After nightfall, the devastated poplar shop fell into calm again. Since Wang Youcai returned to the bunker, he has not been in a high mood, even if the cooking soldiers in the village brought them food in the dark, he did not move his chopsticks.

Although he knew that the devils were not good at night fighting, in order to prevent their sneak attack, in the middle of the two pillboxes, Wu Linsheng led people to light a big fire, and the village was full of firewood, so he didn't worry that the fire would go out at all. And the devils outside the village also lit a lot of fires, obviously they were more afraid of the troops in the village attacking at night.

With a half-curved moon in the sky and a sparkling starlight filling the night sky, the night would be beautiful and comfortable if it weren't for the war. But now, the black smoke that drifts from time to time, and the occasional sporadic gunshot, remind people that a moment ago this was still the Shura field.

The devil's attack in an afternoon actually did not cause much damage to the second regiment, except for the dozen brothers in the pillbox and the dozen or so soldiers killed and injured during the bombing, the vitality of the second regiment was far from being injured, the only disadvantage was that these new houses in the village were blown down by artillery fire, that is to say, there were more loopholes in the layers of defense and carefully calculated firing surfaces designed by Sun Yumin. This is also a matter of no choice, the devil's artillery fire is too intensive, the shells are desperately smashed into the village as if they don't want money, no matter how strong the house is, it can't withstand this kind of destruction, but fortunately, there are not many casualties, which can be regarded as the money spent at the beginning.

After Wu Linsheng sent a squad of soldiers to the bunker next door, he came to Wang Youcai and them. Although their temporary deafness was somewhat relieved, they could still not hear clearly when they spoke in a low voice, and in response to this situation, he brought some paper and pens, planning to use them to communicate with Wang Youcai.

There was also a pile of firewood burning in the bunker, and by the light of the fire, Wu Linsheng took a pen and wrote on the paper: "How is it?" Can it still withstand it? Do you want us to switch? ”

When he wrote, Wang Youcai's eyes were still empty, staring at a certain point in the bunker in a daze, and he didn't move.

It wasn't until Wu Linsheng raised the written paper in front of his face that Wang Youcai came to his senses, he took the paper, and after reading it carefully, he said: "No, it can still be guarded here." ”

Although he had some difficulty hearing voices, he had no problem speaking. Wu Linsheng saw his restless appearance, a little uneasy, and wrote again: "Do you have something on your mind? Can you tell me about it? ”

This time, Wang Youcai watched him finish writing these words, he shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "I don't have any thoughts, I just think of the brothers who were shocked to death in the bunker, and they must have endured unimaginable pain." ”

"yes." Wu Linsheng wrote on the paper: "They are all heroes, and they are the pride of our company." When he wrote this, he looked around the soldiers in the entire bunker, then looked at Wang Youcai, and continued to write: "Also, you are also heroes, and you are also the pride of our company. ”

After seeing this, Wang Youcai's expressionless face finally squeezed out a smile, and he said: "Not only our people, but also all the brothers of the second regiment in the village, are all heroes......" When he said this, he suddenly paused, stared at Wu Linsheng's eyes, and asked seriously: "Company Commander Wu, tell me seriously, tell the brothers, do we have reinforcements?" ”

Although Wang Youcai used to be a prodigal, but he was a very smart person, he fought for an afternoon, the poplar shop was completely on the death, if there were no reinforcements, such a dead guard would really be guarded to the death, a series of fights, two regiments fought light, the poplar shop fell, this battle is over; If there are reinforcements, then why hasn't there been any movement until now, indulging the devils in the periphery of the poplar shop, like a trap guarding the prey, firing a few shots when they are happy, and putting a few cannons when they are unhappy, treating the second regiment in the village as a sheep to be slaughtered.

Wu Linsheng also looked at his eyes, this time he didn't write with a pen again, but nodded heavily, and said loudly in Wang Youcai's ear: "We are not alone!" ”

Xiaoshanzi is the last person to be promoted among the group of people who followed Sun Yumin from Nanjing, first, he is young, and secondly, he really doesn't know how to fight, this more than a year with Sun Yumin, finally learned something, as soon as Gang Lengzi took over his class, he went to the recruit camp to lead the troops, and was officially appointed as the commander of the second company of the second regiment on the day of the flag. When Sun Yumin read out the order, he burst into tears, not because he was promoted to company commander, but for the first time in so long, Sun Yumin called out his name: Liu Xiaoshan.

Maybe Sun Yumin won't feel that there is any difference in his title, but for Xiaoshanzi, for him who is known as Liu Xiaoshan, this is an affirmation, this is the greatest affirmation of him as a person, and the position of company commander is not so important in comparison.

All afternoon, he and his company were guarding the left side of the village, but except for two rounds of shelling, he did not see a single devil soldier attacking from his side. As soon as it got dark, he hurried to the headquarters of the ancestral hall.

The bombardment in the afternoon caused relatively much damage to the ancestral hall, after all, this is the largest building in the village, and it is normal to receive a few more shells.

Seeing him coming, Dai Cunxiang was a little displeased, and reprimanded: "You don't guard your position, what are you doing here?" There is an order that I will have the messenger go to your side, and you should not come here. ”

"Commander, I have an idea I want to report to you and the deputy commander." Since Xiao Shanzi followed Sun Yumin out for a run outside, and when he came back, he went to the recruit camp to lead the troops, and his previous submissive personality has changed a lot, and he has gradually become his own ideas.

"Tell me about it." Dai Cunxiang put down the bluestone brick in his hand and asked curiously.

"I want to lead a death squad to attack the devil's camp at night, even if it can't break through the devil's encirclement, but at least it can make them uneasy."

As soon as Liu Xiaoshan's words came out, Dai Cunxiang burst out laughing, patted his head with a pair of dusty hands and said, "There is progress, I will find a way, not bad." ”

Liu Xiaoshan was a little embarrassed to be praised, and just wanted to be modest, but heard Dai Cunxiang's words again: "If you think so, the devils will think like this, I guess they must have set a trap and waited for us to go over and enter the pit." ”

"How do you know that devils will set traps, even if there are, I'm not afraid, as I said just now, take a death squad, whether there is a trap or not." Liu Xiaoshan's words were very resolute, no one knew what had happened to him, so that he was completely different from before.

"Even if you don't care for your life, but what about the warriors? Can you make the warriors think like you? Liu Wenzhi's voice suddenly came out, and it was obvious that the conversation between Dai Cunxiang and Liu Xiaoshan had all entered his ears.

"Moreover, even if you and the soldiers are willing to sacrifice your life to attack at night for our poplar shop, Cunxiang and I will not agree, you are willing to give up yourself, but we will not be willing." Liu Wenzhi walked out of the ancestral hall, and he said to Liu Xiaoshan: "Although your idea of sneaking up on devils is not advisable, it is still okay for us to harass and harass them, they light so many fires over there and target us, if we don't do something, I'm really sorry for them." ”

"Deputy Commander, you mean, let's make a little move from time to time so that they don't want to rest tonight, don't you mean?" Liu Xiaoshan's face was full of joy, this was his first idea to be adopted, although it was not the same as his original intention, but it did not hinder his excitement.

"Can you do this?" Dai Cunxiang looked at him with a smile and said, "If you can't think of any good way, I suggest you go find the little girl, she had the idea of tying firecrackers to the tail of a horse and a mule and putting a bomb in the basket when she was in Jining." ”

Yuji Honda was very annoyed, and for a whole night, the national army in the village did not stop, either secretly firing a few shells, or suddenly firing with Makqin, or suddenly a cold gun came from somewhere. Not to mention the soldiers below, even Yuji Honda himself and the two captains didn't rest well, and their eyes were bloodshot.

"鄙な支纳人は、正面対決をしないで、こっそりとこの花をthiefみ出します." (The despicable Shina people do not dare to confront them head-on, and will only secretly play these little tricks.) A devil captain scolded hatefully, his eyes were the most bloodshot, obviously he was harassed and didn't close his eyes very much.

"中田君、このfoolを出すことができるのか、彼らを退治するのが一大事なことだ。 yesterdayの攻撃はただ小试みで、日が本当の章を见る时だった! (Nakata-kun, is it useful to complain about this, the most important thing is to eliminate them, yesterday's attack was just a small test, and today is the time to see the real chapter!) ）

Yuji Honda said to the grumbling captain that he didn't have much rest last night, and he was also full of anger.

"大佐の閣下,Todayはどうやって攻撃するのか?" (Your Excellency, how are we going to attack today?) ）

Another group leader asked.

"村の支那軍は強いが,彼らは皇陸軍の前進を阻止することができない。 砲撃後、皇協軍に2つの中隊をdispatch し、村の正面と右側から攻撃を受け、中田君がdispatch した中隊を援護し、村の左側から攻撃を受けた」と述べた。 2時間以内にこの村を手に入れたい」と話した。 (The Shina army in the village was stubborn, but they could not stop the advance of the Imperial Army.) After the shelling, the Imperial Allied Army was ordered to send two squadrons to attack from the front and right sides of the village, and to cover the squadron sent by Nakata-kun to attack from the left side of the village. I hope to take this village within two hours. ）

Yuji Honda had a sly smile on his face, and it seemed that the poplar shop had become his bag.

Liu Xiaoshan was very happy, he made a fuss all night, stirred up the devil, and stopped at dawn, and was about to close his eyes and rest for a while, but he heard the voice of the communicator: "Where is Company Commander Liu?" The deputy commander had an order for him. ”

"I'm here, come here." As soon as Liu Xiaoshan heard the new instructions, he was completely sleepy, and shouted outside.

The communicator came over quickly with a voice, he saluted Liu Xiaoshan, and said: "Company Commander Liu, Deputy Commander and Regiment Commander Dai asked me to come over and remind you that the devil will definitely launch a real attack from your or Company Commander Hu's defensive area today, so that you have to hold your position no matter what, and they will let Company Commander Xu's fourth company support at any time." ”

After hearing the order conveyed by the communicator, Liu Xiaoshan restrained his smile, he knew that Liu Wenzhi and Dai Cunxiang were really veterans who had been on the battlefield for a long time, and if they made such a judgment, there was a chance that it would become a reality.

Although the defensive area of the second company is also dangerous to defend, it is not like the first company, there are two protruding pillboxes, which can attract a large part of the firepower, once the devil really attacks from his side, the soldiers of the second company are really going to fight for their lives. He knew that the battlefield was not a child's play, and after a battle, his company did not know how many casualties would be inflicted.

Although Liu Xiaoshan was worried about the casualties of his company, it did not mean that he would be timid, and after a short silence, he said to the communicator: "You tell the deputy commander and Regiment Commander Dai that even if the second company is the last soldier in the battle, it will not let the devils attack from our defense area." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the same situation happened as yesterday afternoon, with the screams of grenades and mortar shells from grenades and shells resounding over the village.

"One squad is on alert, and the rest of the platoons and squads pay attention to finding good cover, and the devils will launch a general attack after the shelling, and our defensive area will be the main target of the devils today, everyone cheer up."

Liu Xiaoshan didn't wait for the shells to explode, and shouted at the several squad and platoon commanders around him, he was not worried about whether his orders would be conveyed to the first squad, he still had this confidence in his company, and the only anxiety was whether his soldiers would withstand the cruel test of the bloody battle.

Clusters of fireworks rose in the poplar shop, and a roar resounded in the poplar shop, this remote village that has no quarrel with the world, at this moment suffered from the bombardment that ordinary people could hardly imagine. Although the devil's 125mm howitzer could not be majestic, the 80mm caliber mortar has been playing happily, with a large number of grenadiers, plowing the small village of Yangshupu from the outside to the inside, and from the inside to the place.

After nearly 20 minutes of shelling, at least 1,000 mortar shells and grenades thrown from grenades fell over Yangshupu.

But even the strongest fortifications and buildings have become unrecognizable after withstanding this wave of shelling.

As soon as the artillery fire began, Liu Xiaoshan shuttled through the ruins, and he wanted to remind his soldiers that it was time to prepare to defend against the attack of the devils. But what he saw and heard along the way made him almost unbearable to speak loudly, many soldiers were injured, and he even saw more than 20 brothers killed in his company. In particular, in the first squad that stood at the forefront and took on the vigilance, only six of the fourteen people in the entire squad were intact, and even the squad leader was seriously injured.

"Send someone to send the seriously wounded brothers to the mountain behind, and the other brothers will return to their places and prepare to fight the devil to the death!"

Liu Xiaoshan's immature face, but the words he said were very sophisticated, and the glittering light in his eyes made people feel very calm.