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August 12, 26 years of the Republic of China, 3 o'clock in the morning.

No one slept tonight in the Guyi Garden in Nanxiang Town, and the war room was even brightly lit; from time to time, communications personnel went in and out of the war room to report the latest progress of various combat units, and several operational staff officers gathered on the long table to work on the map, and under the red basket and two-color pencils, the situation map of the Songhu battlefield was about to come out.

Tong Yuanliang threw down his pencil, walked up to Zhang Zhizhong and said: "Commander, the 87th Division has been deployed on the north side of Hujiang University, the Navy Club, the Gongda Yarn Factory, and Yinxiang Port, the 88th Division has formed a semi-encirclement posture against the Japanese army in Hongkou from several directions such as Zhizhi University, Bazi Bridge, Japanese Tomb Mountain, and North Railway Station, and the 36th Division has also left Shaanxi, and the 8th Independent Artillery Regiment and the 10th Independent Artillery Regiment have also built fortifications near Zhenru and Jiangwan respectively, and everything is ready. ”

Zhang Zhizhong didn't say anything, just raised his wrist to look at the time, and closed his eyes again.

Zhang Zhizhong was quite satisfied with the efficiency of the 87th and 88th Divisions and the two artillery regiments in entering the attack position, and he was even more confident in the big battle that was about to break out.

Zhang Zhizhong even had some uncontrollable eagerness in his heart, compared with five years ago, the location has not changed, the opponent has not changed, and even the composition of the army under his command has not changed, but the Fifth Army at this time is no longer the Fifth Army of five years ago, and the current Fifth Army has changed its German weapon, and its combat effectiveness is already very different!

However, at this moment, the phone on the desk suddenly rang.

Tong Yuanliang looked at Zhang Zhizhong, stepped forward and picked up the microphone and said, "I am Gu Yiyuan." ”

After a while, Tong Yuanliang's face suddenly changed greatly, and he covered the microphone with his hand and said to Zhang Zhizhong: "Commander, the phone from the General Staff of the Military Commission ordered us not to attack today and tomorrow, and the original plan was cancelled. ”

Zhang Zhizhong suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Tong Yuanliang in disbelief.

Tong Yuanliang nodded heavily, indicating that this was indeed an order from the General Misery Department.

Zhang Zhizhong Huo Ran stood up and said in a hurried tone: "You tell them that all divisions, brigades, and regiments of the Fifth Army have all been launched, and the battle order has been issued. ”

Tong Yuanliang let go of the hand holding the microphone and said as Zhang Zhizhong instructed, but soon, Tong Yuanliang's face became more and more embarrassed, and he hung up the phone directly, and then said to Zhang Zhizhong: "Commander, the General Staff said that this is an order from the commission, and this matter is related to the international situation and cannot be argued. ”

"International Times?" Zhang Zhizhong slammed his fist on the table and said angrily, "What kind of fame? ”

Tong Yuanliang was also extremely indignant in his heart, but he still asked: "Commander, do you want to cancel the battle?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhizhong sat back in his chair and sighed lowly: "Since it is the leader's order, I should carry it out." ”

Tong Yuanliang nodded silently, then grabbed the phone to get through to the 87th Division, and then said to the other end of the phone: "I'm Tong Yuanliang, let Wang Jingjiu listen to the phone." ”

Watching Tong Yuanliang notify the combat units one by one by phone, Zhang Zhizhong couldn't help but sigh: "What a few opportunities, just missed in vain, wait for two days, I'm afraid there will be no more such haode fighters, it's a pity ......"

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The 19th Independent Brigade of the Shanghai Security Corps is stationed.

In the dormitory of the barracks, the veterans are sleeping soundly, but none of the recruits can sleep, some keep tossing and turning in bed, some whisper to the wall, and some sit quietly on the bed and look at the night sky outside the window in a daze, but more are hiding in the bed and secretly crying, they are afraid.

Last night, the battle order was issued to the individual soldiers, and after the cultural class, the camp was strictly enforced, and the secretary also received the big guy's suicide note, and the gang also prepared a sumptuous supper for them, facing the table full of good dishes, but the recruits had no appetite at all, only the veterans feasted there.

However, no matter how frightened the recruits were, time continued to move forward coldly and constantly.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, a sharp whistle sounded on time in the large playground, because the big battle was imminent, in order not to alarm the Japanese troops on the opposite side, the assembly number was temporarily changed to an assembly post.

The veterans sat up reflexively, dressed and got up in an orderly manner, and the frequency of their movements was the same as in the past, as if this was just an ordinary assembly, at least from their expressions and movements, you can't find a trace of abnormality, countless times of blood and fire, have already cast their nerves as cold and hard as steel.

The recruits were much slower to react than usual, and they made frequent mistakes, either wearing the wrong shoes, buttoning crookedly, or taking someone else's pants, and it was all a mess.

When the first veteran rushed out of the barracks, Xu Shijiu and Zhu Xia, who stayed to supervise the battle, were already standing on the flag-raising platform on the north side of the playground, and behind them, the blue sky and white sun flag were fluttering gently on the flagpole.

Ten minutes later, the whole team was assembled, four times slower than usual.

Xu Jiu clasped the armed belt around his waist with both hands, and there was no joy or anger on his face, but his eyes revealed a metallic cold tone, as if from this moment on, he was no longer a living person, but just a machine, a killing machine, he killed the enemy, and at the same time sent his own people into the meat grinder.

Zhu Xia looked at his watch and said in a low voice, "It's almost time." ”

Xu 19 took half a step forward, and all the officers and soldiers of the 19th Brigade gathered their legs and stood upright.

Xu Shijiu's cold eyes swept from the front row of the queue to the end.

"Remember what I said to you when you first joined the Nineteenth Brigade? Don't enter this door if you eat and wait for death, just thinking about getting military pay but not selling your life get out of the house as soon as possible, since you put on this black skin, don't treat yourself as a living person anymore, once the war starts, we will all die sooner or later, either today or tomorrow! ”

More than 600 officers and soldiers were all silent, and Xu Shijiu's cold words made them suddenly realize that death was so close to them, and in two hours, maybe a bullet would pierce their heads, or a shell would fall and blow them to pieces, and from then on, they would be separated from their relatives.

Zhu Xia's expression was serious, this was the most cruel pre-war mobilization he had heard so far, before the war, other commanders always tried their best to soothe the hearts of officers and soldiers and make them try to remain calm, but Xu Nineteen did the opposite, he was not afraid to stimulate his soldiers with the most cruel words, but judging from the history of the Nineteenth Brigade, the effect seemed to be good.

"Forget it, forget that you are still a living person, from now on you are a dead person!" Xu Shijiu's words became more and more cold, but he still didn't say the second half of the sentence, only by forgetting that he was a living person would he have the illusion that he was a dead person, only the dead would not be afraid, and only by leaving behind fear could he have a chance to survive.

The battlefield has its own laws of the battlefield, the more you are afraid of death, the more you will behave at a loss, the more sluggish you are, the easier it is to give away your life, only by throwing away fear will you be calm and composed, only by reacting quickly will you have more chances to come back alive, as a veteran who crawled out of the pile of dead, can Xu Jiuyan not know the truth of this blood?

At this time, the one-eyed dragon rushed in from outside the gate on a side three-wheeled motorcycle, and stopped on the side of the flag-raising platform with a creak, and reported to Xu Shijiu before he got out of the car: "Captain, the French Concession is ready, and the field ambulance has also been driven out of the naval hospital!" ”

Xu Shijiu nodded and said loudly: "You can drive, get out of the queue!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a few veterans and more than 20 recruits came out of the ranks.

Xu Jiu walked down the flag-raising platform and said with a cold expression: "I need two dead people, driving a field ambulance full of high explosives to blow up the Japanese Navy Headquarters building, if you are willing, one step further!" ”

This time, no one stepped forward again, if it was on the battlefield, it was not uncommon to shoot grenades and rush into the enemy's pile, but in a situation like this, who would think that they would stand up for a long time? After all, ants are still greedy for life, let alone human beings who are the spirits of all things? Calmly dying, it has always been a legend!

Xu Jiu's expression was like iron, and he set his eyes on those veterans.

"Mother, I'll go!" A veteran gritted his teeth and took a step forward.

"Dead shovel, count me in!" As the words fell, another veteran stepped out of the crowd.

There was silence on the big playground, and everyone's eyes focused on the two veterans, Xu Shijiu stepped forward and patted the shoulders of the two veterans, and asked, "Do you have any unfulfilled wishes?" ”

Xu Shijiu's tone was calm and low, but it was full of coldness that made people tremble, and the more than 500 recruits present listened to it so that their hairs stood on end, and the roots of their teeth trembled. Is this a zuihou farewell before dying? Feeling the fear in their hearts, and then looking at the two veterans with miserable expressions, the recruits suddenly had some inexplicable admiration.

"Unfulfilled wishes?" The veteran who was the first to come out smiled miserably and said, "I Xie Baoding don't have any wishes, this time I can pull the commander of the little devil on the road together, it's worth it!" ”

Another veteran also said miserably: "In the future, if the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is won, it would be best for someone to erect a monument at the gate of the headquarters, and then engrave the tuba of me and Xie Gouzi, and it will not be in vain for us to work hard for the party and the state." ”

Xu Shijiu silently wrote it down, then snapped his feet and stood upright, and said sharply: "All of them, salute!" ”

More than 600 veterans and recruits gathered their feet and stood upright, saluting Xie Gouzi and Gao Madman with their guns, Xie Gouzi and Gao Madman looked at each other and smiled miserably, and shouted: "Brothers, say goodbye here, the next life will be zaijian!" ”

No one answered, no one even gasped, everyone held their breath, silently watching Xie Gouzi and Gao Maniac turn around and step onto the three-wheeled motorcycle, the one-eyed dragon with tears in the corner of his eyes twisted the accelerator fiercely, and the motorcycle under his crotch suddenly made a roaring sound, but at this time, the secretary elder Cao hurriedly ran out of the team headquarters.

"Captain, take a seat." Cao Mancang beckoned to Xu Shijiu and Zhu Xia, "Headquarters phone!" ”