Chapter 9: First Encounter with the Puppet Army

Zhang Ziwen took a few brothers, and after getting the ammunition, he led the team to Renjiaqiao. The Renjia Bridge spans about four or five meters of water, and the width of the bridge is three meters, which is a typical Jiangnan arch bridge. The Ninth Company constructed two improvised positions along the road on the west bank of the bridge, which could form crossfire to firmly block the bridge deck.

After these battles, the platoon commanders of the Ninth Company were basically all killed, and Luo Yu was killed by a stray bullet when he encountered the devil. If it weren't for the brothers of the Ninth Company who protected Zhang Ziwen with their lives, it is estimated that he would have died a long time ago.

Now there are only 21 brothers left in the Ninth Company, plus the remaining 11 brothers in the commuter platoon, a total of 32 people, Zhang Ziwen and everyone divided these 32 people into three groups.

One group is the old pole as the team leader, and there are Zhang Li, Xiaobao, Dali, and the other twelve brothers. The second group was led by Liu Tong, and there were Liu Ming and the nine brothers who survived the commuter platoon. There is also a group composed of Wang Xinping, Zhang Qing and two slightly injured brothers, with Wang Xinping as the team leader.

It was almost nine o'clock when the Ninth Company had finished its position, and the sound of artillery still remembered from time to time, and the planes still flew over their heads to the west and back again.

What Zhang Ziwen didn't know was that the defense of Jiangyin City had entered the most tragic stage, and the commander of the 112th Division, Huo, had the division command post in Junshan, close to the line of fire, but the Huashan position had been broken through in many places.

At midnight, all the reserves of the 112th Division went to the line of fire to fight, and Division Commander Huo Shouyi ordered Li Yuchun, the acting chief of staff, to sit in the headquarters of the Junshan Division, and personally led the guards to the line of fire to supervise the battle. After Division Commander Huo was wounded, the morale of the officers and men of the 112th Division plummeted, and the 334th Brigade began to retreat to the Qingshan and Banqiao lines.

After the position was settled, Zhang Ziwen leaned on the trench and fell asleep, even though the river breeze in December was cold and biting, he still squinted for a while.

As soon as Zhang Ziwen woke up and ate two Japanese biscuits, Ma Xiaobao came over and said that the regiment headquarters had come to order. The regimental headquarters of the 613th Regiment ordered the 9th Company to blow up the bridge as soon as the 1st Battalion withdrew from the bridge to delay the Japanese advance, and then followed the 1st Battalion to retreat, and the explosives had already been obtained. Zhang Ziwen, who hadn't woken up yet, woke up all of a sudden, blowing up the bridge? This was about to retreat, so he hurriedly called the old pole to discuss with Liu Tong, and then asked a group to start arranging explosives.

It took half an hour to get the explosives and it was almost nine o'clock, and everyone in the Ninth Company was looking to the east bank, and when a battalion came over, the Ninth Company could blow up the bridge and then retreat to the west, which was the hope of life.

The first battalion hadn't come over at ten o'clock, and it hadn't moved for more than an hour, when all the gunfire came from the direction of Renjia Village when everything was about to relax.

"Bullet loading" everyone is loaded with bullets and the muzzle is facing the east bank.

"Quick, cross the bridge and set up an ambush"

A loud voice sounded after a burst of hurried footsteps, and if it weren't for Zhang Ziwen holding down his strength, he was afraid that the brothers on the opposite side would fall a dozen.

"That company, I'm Zhang Ziwen, the commander of the Ninth Company."

As soon as Zhang Ziwen spoke, there was a loading sound on the other side, and then the leader on the other side spoke

"Isn't the Ninth Company Commander a big monkey?"

Luo Da Monkey is the unlucky company commander, his full name is Luo Dengyun, he is really Dengyun.

"Luo Dengyun was killed by the devil's plane, and I was ordered to wait here for you to blow up the bridge after you retreat."

On the other side, when he heard Zhang Ziwen say the real name of Luo Da Monkey, he came over directly.

"Hello brother, Wu Zijian, the commander of the first battalion and one company, was ordered to come to Renjiaqiao to set up an ambush."

As the two spoke, the gunshots were getting closer and closer, and the devil was getting closer and closer.

"Fast"

Wu Zijian hurriedly led people to build a position, and at this time Zhang Ziwen noticed that there were only about 100 brothers left in the first company, and there were more than 300 people in the reinforced company, not including coolies, and now there are only about 100 people, so it can be seen that they are not easy.

Ten minutes later, there was a sound of footsteps coming from the east bank. Wu Zijian, the commander of the first company, asked loudly

"Who's on the other side?"

"It's me, Luo Yibin"

A strong voice came from the east bank, Luo Yibin, the colonel of the 613th regiment.

"Hurry up and cross the bridge," Wu Zijian shouted, Zhang Ziwen heard that it was the regiment commander who immediately climbed out of the trench, and Luo Yibin led people to cross the river in a hurry.

"Report, Zhang Ziwen, the acting company commander of the Ninth Company, was ordered to blow up Renjiaqiao."

"Zhang Ziwen, there is a battalion of three companies and a special agent company behind, and when they cross the bridge, the devils will come up and blow them up, remember that I said to blow up and blow up."

This is going to be an ambush, but Luo Yibin wants to stay? He is the head of the regiment, and the first person to die in an accident is Zhang Ziwen, after all, he is responsible for blowing up the bridge.

"Regiment commander, you still retreat one after another, organize the troops to retreat, here we and a company."

Zhang Ziwen thought that if something happened to Luo Yibin here, he would have to go around without food.

"You kid, how do you know to retreat?" The head of the regiment looked at Zhang Ziwen playfully.

"Because the regiment headquarters ordered our department to blow up the bridge, Renjiaqiao connects the Changshan position and the regiment headquarters, and the Changshan position is obviously still defending, this is the regiment commander, you retreat, this is not to retreat?"

Zhang Ziwen was actually trembling in his heart, afraid that if he didn't analyze correctly, he would be scolded by Luo Yibin, but he had to do it if he couldn't do it in front of the head of the regiment.

"Well, the analysis is quite pertinent, from now on you are not the acting company commander"

Zhang Ziwen's heart chuckled when he heard this, he was not wrong, this is not about to be removed.

"Go back, you will be the company commander of the Eight Classics, do a good job."

Zhang Ziwen felt that his heart was about to jump out, and it took him the second half of the sentence to ease up, and at this time, the gunfire on the east bank was getting closer and closer, and Luo Yibin asked him again.

"Listening to the gunshots, how many Japanese troops do you think there are on the other side?"

"About two squads" Zhang Ziwen really doesn't know much about this, how can he have this ability after only a few battles, he can only hear from the sound of grenadiers, there are about four or five, so there are two squadrons.

"Yes, yes, didn't your three battalions encounter the puppet army?"

Puppet army, Zhang Ziwen has heard of it, but every time he fights with the Ninth Company, it is a devil, and it must be the Japanese army who is muttering.

"I haven't touched it."

Zhang Ziwen wondered in his heart if Jiulian was more pitiful, only encountering such a strong enemy as a devil.

"Ah, haven't you touched it?"

Luo Yibin seemed a little shocked, but looked at Zhang Ziwen with a serious face.

"Can two small teams of devils chase us and fight? There's a battalion of puppet soldiers in the back. ”

There are about 500 puppet soldiers in a battalion, and Zhang Ziwen felt that Luo Yibin was a little angry from the tone, thinking about it, it was also Luo Yibin and not a wine bag and rice bag, how could it be a battalion Then Zhang Ziwen secretly blamed himself for why he didn't say more.

"Ready, the devils are coming soon, and we're going to teach them a lesson. All hidden"

As soon as the words were finished, the brothers of the 613 regiment ran across the bridge, and they did not stop and retreated directly, and in two or three minutes the brothers retreated one after another, and suddenly there was a loud gunfire on the opposite side of the bridge, and then dozens of brothers fought and retreated from the side of the bridge. Zhang Ziwen saw that several brothers had fallen, and he almost wanted to rush up, but he pulled Luo Yibin down with his back.

"If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and you will return it after doubling it down."

This is the cruelty of war, exchanging the sacrifice of a few people for a big victory, this is what every commander will do, Zhang Ziwen was pulled down and did not say a word, and hid directly in the trenches.

The gunfire seems to have crossed the bridge, getting closer and closer, Luo Yibin has not yet shouted to fire, Zhang Ziwen is a little anxious, now he can hear the voice of the devil, how can there still be Chinese, this is the puppet army? Zhang Ziwen turned his head to look at Xiaobao in doubt, Xiaobao also turned his head to look at him, and under curiosity, Zhang Ziwen was about to take a look, just about to look up.

Luo Yibin shouted and hit, and Zhang Ziwen immediately raised his gun and put it on the trench. The devil is so close, the muzzle of the gun is almost against the devil, and there is a puppet army with a big square hat and wearing the same khaki color as the Japanese army, why do you think so? Because the height is really a hard injury, can you not recognize it? And the gun in the hand is not the same.

Then again, you can hit with your eyes closed at such a close distance. Under the blockade of seven or eight machine guns, the devils and the puppet army were simply being slaughtered, just like the Japanese army slaughtered the Chinese people.

The Japanese army suddenly suffered an all-out blow from a battalion, and immediately counterattacked, but it could not withstand such a sudden blow. The devil was beaten back to the east bank after a while, and at the same time, the devil's shells also smashed towards the position, braving the artillery fire, Luo Yibin stood up, shouted and rushed to take the lead in the charge, Zhang Ziwen saw that this was really unacceptable, and immediately jumped out of the trench to block in front of the regiment commander. As a result, Luo Yibin directly pulled Zhang Ziwen down the trench and roared

"What are you doing in front of me? Am I still charging less? ”

As he spoke, the first and second companies had already rushed forward. The second group also rushed up, Zhang Ziwen could only resign himself to fate, Zhang Ziwen saw that his brother had rushed across the bridge, and said yes to Luo again and again, Luo Yibin jumped out of the trench and followed, Luo Yibin's guards rolled their eyes at Zhang Ziwen on the way to the charge, I don't know whether to rob him or complain that Zhang Ziwen is blocking Luo Yibin's charge, anyway, Zhang Ziwen didn't see it.

As soon as Zhang Ziwen rushed across the bridge, the Third Company and the Special Service Company also rushed up, and it turned out that they had retreated to about 200 meters behind the position, just waiting for this counterattack.

Renjia Village re-opened the gunfire, and when Zhang Ziwen and Luo Yibin rushed to the village, more than a dozen puppet soldiers suddenly rushed out of the courtyard.

"Don't move"

"Don't move"

Both sides were holding guns at each other at the same time, but it seemed that Zhang Ziwen had more people, and Luo Yibin's guard platoon plus Zhang Ziwen's people had forty or fifty people.

"Put down your guns and spare you from dying."

Luo Yibin roared directly, this group of puppet soldiers seemed to see the situation clearly, and confronted the people of the 613 regiment with guns, and did not say a word.

"Three, two......"

Luo Yibin directly began to count three numbers, I believe that Chinese know what the last three numbers mean. The regimental commander had only counted to two, and a man with the rank of second lieutenant on the opposite side shouted

"Put down the gun, put down the gun and listen to the sir."

The brothers rushed up and took off their leggings and tied them one by one. At this time, the regiment commander asked, and there were still seven or eight devil wounded soldiers in the courtyard because the 613 regiment counterattacked too quickly, and they hid inside because they didn't have time to retreat. But the movement outside is so loud, the devil must have heard it, as long as you are not stupid, you know what is going on.