The Japanese army who fought on the Lugou Bridge suffered a big loss, but Dai Xiaodian's victory did not help in the overall situation, the railway station outside Wanping City was lost first, and then, the defenders of the 3rd company of the Longwang Temple were completely annihilated, and the Japanese army under the leadership of the commander Yimu Qingzhi, it took only 15 minutes to solve the battle, which can be called god speed!

Zhou Yongye and the others, who were about to set off in the city, suddenly heard the gunshots, and they were all a little panicked, and Wei Hailou, who was already afraid that the Japanese would take military action, was even more frightened and his legs weakened, and he asked vigorously: "What's the matter?" What's wrong? Where to shoot? ”

Sakurai was also stunned, why did the military come here? If we are still inside the city, and there is war outside, is that not going to make us hostages? "Wang Sang," he asked Wang Lengzhai, "is your army stationed outside the city?" ”

"No, no. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"None? Could it be that we Japanese are throwing guns into the sky? Captain Tadasuke Teradaira was furious and asked sharply.

Wang Lengzhai quickly softened under the aggressive attitude of the Japanese, "This, there may be, right?" ”

Matsui scolded in his heart, gave him a vicious look, and said, "Go out of the city now and stop the battle between the two sides immediately." What do you think? ”

Wang Wei was afraid when he didn't go to war, let alone now? But I didn't dare to say no, and no one spoke when I looked at each other. Zhou Yongye saw it, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Leng Zhai, if the brother says that you can't bear this responsibility, the brother looks down on you." Now that the gun is going off, we can't lose this person internationally, why don't you take you on a trip with my brother? ”

Wang Lengzhai was overjoyed, grabbed Zhou Yongye's hand, and nodded again and again, "Brother Zhengong is willing to go, then it will be no better!" It's all up to the dude! ”

So Zhou Yongye and Lin Gengyu got into the Japanese car, Sakurai sat on the car water tank, holding a bamboo pole in his hand, carrying a white flag, and suddenly went out of the city gate, and after more than 20 minutes, he arrived at the Lugou Bridge battlefield.

The battle had just stopped, Dai Xiaodian was preparing to deal with the second attack of the Japanese army, when he saw a car coming, waving a white flag on it, and greeted him with a few people, he and Zhou Yongye did not know each other, but the soldiers behind him saw the Japanese sitting in the car, their eyes were red, and they were humming one by one, eager to pull them out on the spot and shoot them on the spot!

Dai Xiaodian and Zhou Yongye said a few words, and frowned, "Director Zhou, if you cross the bridge at this time, if you are injured by bullets from both sides, you can't afford to pay the responsibility." ”

Zhou Yongye didn't expect that the situation in front of Lugou Bridge would be so tragic before he went out, the courage just now had long been gone, and when he heard the words of the defender commander, he felt even more reasonable, and said the same thing to Sakurai, Sakurai rolled his eyes: "Then what do you say?" ”

"Let's go back to the city, and then decide after discussion, how about it?"

Sakurai was reluctant to return to the city, his own situation was not clear, but the Lugou Bridge was obviously still in the hands of the Chinese army, looking at the situation at the scene, the Japanese army should have suffered a loss, he was anxious to know the specifics, and he was eager to fly over the Lugou Bridge. But this time I came from Beiping, I had a task in my body, so I had to nod at the moment, so I got in the car and returned to Wanping City.

Dai Xiaodian watched the car leave and returned to his own position, and almost all the soldiers of the Japanese squad were thrown at the Lugou bridgehead, and they did not dare to make a mistake for a while, and the battlefield was able to restore a short period of calm. The corpses of the Chinese army were temporarily carried to the back, and the wounded were treated urgently, and no less than 20 people were killed, and if the wounded were counted, Ding Dayou's platoon had already been crippled - his 2nd company lost one-third of its combat effectiveness in less than half an hour of fighting.

Arrange the first platoon down, order the second platoon to board the bridgehead, strengthen the position, and prepare for battle, suddenly heard the sound of chaotic footsteps behind him, looked back, hurriedly stood up, raised his hand and saluted, "Battalion commander!" "It was Kim Zhenzhong who came up with the guards.

"Smaller, how's it going?"

Dai Xiaodian didn't have time to speak, Ma Wenshun bragged for him first, "Battalion commander, didn't you see that the Japanese soldiers let us slaughter more than 60!" Look at it, they are all lying on the position in front of the bridge! ”

Jin Zhenzhong was taken aback, and then he was overjoyed! "Pretty, small, really nice!"

"Our casualties are also quite large, and one of my platoons is disabled."

Jin Zhenzhong went up to the bridge with his waist bent, and looked at the back of the position, there were indeed a lot of enemy corpses, and some even rolled down to the cornfield under the bridge, crushing the corn stalks I don't know how many, and the gushing blood splashed the blue and yellow crops in the red, looking messy, "Xiaodian, this battle is really fucking beautiful!" When you completely beat away Little Japan, I'll give you credit! ”

Dai Xiaodian smiled faintly and asked, "Battalion commander, how is it in the city, is there any news?" ”

Jin Zhenzhong's face was gloomy, he took out a cigarette and lit it, and said sneeringly: "Wanping Station is lost, and Longwang Temple is also lost - just hold on for 15 minutes!" Tell me, what the hell does Lao Hu eat? ”

Ma Wenshun suddenly felt a thrill in his heart! "Company commander, battalion commander, what about the brothers of the 3rd Company? Won't ......"

Jin Zhenzhong sighed and didn't speak, Ma Wenshun immediately burst into tears, and there were 4 brothers who walked out of the recruit company together, and there were only a few days of hard work, so it was gone? "Company commander......? Little let them ......"

Dai Xiaodian's eyes widened, and he forcibly held back his tears, and scolded: "What are you crying about?" They are all good men, serving the country and dying well! ”

"Yes...... Are all people dead? ”

"Don't worry, one life of the Chinese will always be exchanged for the lives of thousands of little Japan! As long as you don't die, are you afraid that you won't have a chance to kill these bastards and give them revenge in the future? ”

Ma Wenshun didn't say more, sat on the sandbag on the side, took off his military hat and covered his face, and cried bitterly. Some of his comrades-in-arms patted him on the shoulder, some rubbed his round braincase, and expressed the comfort in his heart in a unique way for soldiers.

In Wanping City, after Zhou Yongye and others' cars returned to the city for the second time, Ji Xingwen immediately ordered to block the city gate, the current strength configuration of the 219 regiment is completely insufficient, he rushed over from Changxindian this time, only with the 1st battalion of Jinglin and Jin Zhenzhong, Chen Guangran's 2nd battalion is still in Changxindian, if you count Jin Zhenzhong's troops stationed at Wanping Station, Lugou Bridge and Longwang Temple, the total is two-thirds of the strength of a regiment, and the total number is in the early 1,000s (the combat force of a battalion of the country/army is 550 people).

He and Chen Guangran summed it up, the 1st Battalion is still full, Jin Zhenzhong's 3rd Battalion is scattered everywhere, and a company's strength has been arranged in several major defensive locations, but he has just received news that except for Dai Xiaodian's 2nd Company, which is still holding the Lugou Bridge position, the other two places have been lost!

Ji Xingwen was distressed and annoyed, unfolding the map to see that Wanping and Lugou Bridge formed an angle, any one of them was lost, and the other had to face the Japanese army's two-front attack and operation, with his little manpower, he couldn't afford such a battle at all! Therefore, on the one hand, he asked Jin Zhenzhong to go out of the city immediately, and on the other hand, he called Nanyuan, asking He Jifeng to send someone over immediately to reinforce the friendly army, and at the same time, he also participated in the talks between China and Japan - at that time, the 29th Army was almost completely fighting with the enthusiasm of lower-level officers and soldiers, and did not form a complete battlefield command system at all.

At nine o'clock in the morning, two Japanese soldiers swaggered to the foot of Wanping City, looked up, and shouted a word of wah-wa-wah, next to an interpreter, and said: "His Excellency Mutaguchi Daisa, commander of the North China Garrison Army of the Japanese Imperial State, has something to tell the Chinese defenders that for the sake of peace and friendship between the two countries, there are now the following terms, please listen carefully: First, before 6 o'clock in the afternoon of this day, the Chinese army will retreat to the west bank of the Yongding River; Second, notify Japanese residents in the city to withdraw from the city; Third, the Japanese advisers Matsui, Sakurai, and Teradaira in the castle, and Saito, the interpreter, withdrew from the castle. If the above clauses cannot be fulfilled within the time limit, our army will officially start war operations, and at that time, all responsibilities will be borne by you! ”

Jing Linlin, who was guarding the city, turned pale with anger, and he really wanted to shoot two shots in a row, directly killing this pair of bastards under the city, and turned around and spat viciously, "Did you hear that?" Go, and tell the regiment commander and the county magistrate Wang that they know. ”

The soldiers rushed to the county government office and told the Japanese side of the requests one by one, Wang Lengzhai looked at each other blankly, and they all saw the horror in each other's hearts! How can such a request be granted? When you have an extra head than others?

The Japanese side discussed it, but Matsui was still unwilling to give up the way of peaceful settlement, and finally decided to let Matsui and Teradaira go out of the city, Sakurai and Saito stay in the city, and at the same time let Lin Gengyu go out of the city from the west gate, return to Nanyuan as soon as possible, contact the garrison there, and wait for Qin Dechun's order at the same time. So the three men went their separate ways, and the gates of the city were blocked, and they tied them down in dung baskets.

The next negotiations did not go well, Matsui has been in China for many years, has the nickname of China Tong, and knows that these Chinese representatives of the Jicha Political Affairs Committee are all echo worms, pointing out that they can make decisions on the spot, undoubtedly because of the wood begging for fish, he didn't bother to talk to the other party, grabbed the phone, wanted to call Qin Dechun, and talked to him on the phone.

Everyone didn't understand, but they saw that Matsui's face was very unkind, and after a while, he held the phone, turned his head and said, "Zhou Sang, please answer the phone." ”

Zhou Yongye took the phone and only heard Qin Dechun say: "Brother Zhengong, you can't sign anyway, you are going to the talks on behalf of the committee, if you sign, it will be effective." ”

"Rest assured, I promise I won't do that, and I'll stay the course."

"Then please Brother Zhengong. You invite County Magistrate Wang to speak. ”

Wang Lengzhai took the phone, nodded here, and finally said: "Please rest assured that the mayor will definitely survive the city and the city will die!" (Note 1)

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After noon, the weather gradually became hotter, and the air was full of indissoluble blood, mixed with hot air, which made people feel slimy and uncomfortable, and they wanted to take off their clothes and jump into the river under the bridge in one breath to be comfortable.

The fog and smoke have already dissipated, and the Japanese positions on the other side of the river are clearly visible, and there are already Type 11 light machine guns and Type 92 heavy machine guns appearing on the defensive line, Dai Xiaodian secretly complained, Type 92 is too heavy, and it will never be used for charge operations, so there is no need to consider it, but if the Japanese army uses light machine guns to attack in battle, it will bring considerable casualties to their own side, "Battalion commander, have you seen it?" ”

"See, damn, does Little Japan really want to make a big deal?"

"Our side is all made in Zhongcheng and Hanyang, and there are grenades, battalion commander, you have to think of a way?"

Jin Zhenzhong and him lay side by side in the forward position, looking at the enemy camp, smelling the mushy smell of sandbags after being pierced by bullets, and frowning vigorously, "Xiaodian, you tell me the truth, if the Japanese are really desperate to press up, how long can you hold out?" ”

"With my current person, I can repel three charges, and no more is safe. That's an hour and a half. ”

"What if I give you another company?"

"Four hours."

Jin Zhenzhong smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, boy, can you hold on for so long?" ”

"Give me two companies, plus such a firepower configuration as Little Japan, if Wanping City is not lost, the Japanese will not want to take a step on the bridge. This, I dare to guarantee. ”

"I'll figure out a way, machine guns, I'll ask the regiment commander for it, as for Wanping City, that's not my responsibility." Jin Zhenzhong gritted his teeth and said: "Xiaodian, the regiment commander asked me to convey the phone number of Division Commander He, if the Japanese come up, we will fight back, if they don't come, you can't take the initiative to attack, understand?" ”

"What does this mean? Waiting to be beaten? ”

"You don't talk nonsense, you do whatever you want you to do!" Jin Zhenzhong scolded and patted his head, "That's it, I'll hand over the Lugou Bridge to you, if something happens, I'll talk to you!" ”

Dai Xiaodian was silent, seeing that he turned around to leave, he suddenly stopped him, "Battalion commander, you just said that you sent me additional troops?" ”

"I know, I know, I'll wait until I enter the city and report to the regiment commander."

Note 1: The plot of the negotiations in the city comes from Zhou Yongye's memoirs.