The east of Lin'an City is adjacent to the jumping village of Nanshaoxi.

Hanghui Highway passes through the village, the mountains behind the village are densely covered, Banqiao Mountain, Dadi Mountain, Tianzhuling have been stretched to Lin'an, more than 100 meters in the north is Nanshao Creek, the north bank of Nanshao Creek is half a day mountain, Pangongling group of peaks stand, forming the majestic landscape of two mountains across a river and the riverside road.

The village of Jumping Head is located at the entrance to this landscape, where the sappers of the New 2nd Division set up a blocking position in advance.

A steady stream of people passed through the village and meandered to the west, more than 100,000 people stretched for more than 10 kilometers, at this time the forward had already entered Lin'an City, and the rear team also landed in Jumping Head Village, which was 18 kilometers away from Lin'an. However, the frightened people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that the new Second Division was ready for battle.

After running for their lives continuously, the people who were temporarily out of danger could no longer run, and those gentry and rich men with fat brains were lying on the ground, panting heavily, muttering and complaining from time to time, pointing the finger at Wu Ming and the new second division.

Wu Ming, who had rested on the stretcher for more than ten hours, came to the center of the village and glanced left and right, and the gentry and rich people who were saying strange things were suddenly silent.

Huang Shao struggled to get up from the ground, and this journey made him miserable, and he lost at least ten pounds.

Seeing that Wu Ming's face was a little gloomy, Huang Shao said with concern: "Master Wu, you have to take good care of your health."

Wu Ming hurriedly thanked him, and then changed the topic: "Chairman Huang, although our division has established a blocking position in the north and south of Jumping Head Village, this is not a place to stay for a long time, so let's go in the morning." ”

Huang Shao sighed and pointed to the crowd around him: "Senior Master Wu, take a look...... After running at a high intensity continuously, my colleagues were so tired that they couldn't get up. ”

"No, no, no, this is the battlefield soon...... If anyone is not afraid of death, just stay" Wu Ming said mercilessly.

Huang Shao nodded with difficulty, still stunned in his heart.

Just now, when the relocation brigade of the provincial and municipal governments was resting for a short time on the front line of Huangpo Temple and Baiyangwu in the east of Jumping Head Village, the Japanese Seventh Division suddenly caught up from behind, and the people were so shocked that they lost their souls.

Thanks to the meritorious service of the blocking position set up by the 1st Regiment at Funabashi Hill east of Jumptou Village at the critical time, the Japanese army did not dare to act rashly after losing forty or fifty lives under light and heavy machine-gun fire, which gave the westward migration a chance to breathe.

The people who collapsed on the ground, under the urging of the loudspeaker of the Propaganda Section of the Staff Office of the New Second Division, supported each other to get up, and once again helped the old and the young to go to Lin'an City in the west.

Wu Ming said solemnly: "Chairman Huang, you can leave quickly...... You people stay here, not only to let us throw a mouse, but also to delay our deployment of defense, so don't make trouble for me at this time."

Huang Shao stroked his chest that was still undulating, pointed to those provincial and municipal officials who were full of fat, and said with a wry smile: "Commander Wu, I was born in the army, and I can barely hold on, but they ......"

"Love to go or not, don't want to leave but can't go" Wu Ming said with a gloomy face and turned to leave.

After a while, the officers and men of the new 2nd Division, who were like wolves, surrounded them, and despite the tide of protests, they began to openly snatch the luggage full of belongings on the roadside

A lieutenant officer held a megaphone and shouted: "Those who do not want to leave show that they are willing to die together with our new 2nd Division to serve the country, so all property will be confiscated and scattered in front of the position to attract the attention of the Japanese army, and no one will be exempted." ”

Yesterday, on the grounds that the roads were not smooth, Luo Yuming confiscated all the picks and luggage that blocked the road, and those things that could not be transported were piled up, and mines were planted underneath to tempt the Japanese army to be fooled -- in fact, the valuable antique calligraphy and paintings had already been selected by the officers and men of the New Second Division, wrapped in oiled paper and plastic, and landfilled, with a total value of no less than 10 million oceans.

Now seeing that the new Second Division is coming to rob again, the gentry and rich men gritted their teeth, tried to stand up, held their suitcases, and together with their families and servants, carried gold and silver treasures, and kept away from the officers and soldiers of the New Second Division like bandits, and fled quickly along the road to the west.

Xuan Tiewu anxiously found Wu Ming, pointed to the soldiers of the New Second Division who were robbing property, and asked angrily: "Commander Wu, do you have to give me an explanation that your soldiers are still revolutionary soldiers?" I don't think even bandits are as good as them."

"Oh? Is it? ”

Wu Mingha smiled and pointed to the crowd on the highway that was desperately running west: "Director Xuan, just now Chairman Huang said that these people can't hold on, what do you think of it now?" All of them are alive and well, and they are more energetic than my warriors...... What is this little money compared to saving his life? ”

Xuan Tiewu was speechless when he heard it.

At this time, Huang Shao came over to say goodbye to Wu Ming, and Wu Ming said with a smile: "The things collected this time will be made in a unified book, and let people come to the ground to pick them up...... A gentleman loves money, and he takes it in a good way, and I haven't seen it in my eyes yet. ”

Xuan Tiewu was very ashamed when he heard it, and before he could apologize, Wu Ming waved his hand and went to deploy defense on his own.

He stood behind a large stone on the top of Lijia Mountain, more than 100 meters above sea level in the south of Huangpo Temple, holding a telescope to try to find the figure of Wu Ming, the commander of the new Second Division.

On this march, the 7th Division was tortured enough by the various intrigues and tricks of the new 2nd Division, and now it is almost the reimbursement of the two wings, and Sonobe and Ichiro are full of resentment in their hearts. Yesterday, in particular, the mountain of goods along the Nanshao Creek was a treasure for the Japanese troops from Hokkaido, the poorest part of Japan, from officers to soldiers, and when they were cheering with gold, silver, jewelry, and silk satin, the earth-shattering explosion sounded one after another, and the explosion almost blasted two Japanese brigades into the sky.

Sonobe and Ichiro searched carefully from the foot of the opposite mountain to the top of the mountain, but they didn't find a single person wearing a general's uniform, not even a school uniform. He didn't know that since Lu Dao joined the Songhu battlefield, the new Second Division has uniformly exercised control, from the division commander Wu Ming to the ordinary first soldier, they all wear soldiers' uniforms, and they are not allowed to salute when they meet with each other on the front-line positions, and all kinds of rules and regulations are strict to the point of perversion, and it is these measures that have avoided unnecessary losses. Therefore, at this time, Sonobe and Ichiro saw that all the soldiers were soldiers, and they were very suspicious that the officers of the new second division had run out.

Seeing the new 2nd Division's well-layered blocking positions on the high ground on both sides of Nanshao Creek, Sonobe Kazuichiro shook his head, his 7th Division marched continuously, coupled with frequent attacks and harassment, and its morale was low.

Just when Kazuichiro Sonobe had a headache, Major General Sugiura, the commander of the 14th Infantry Brigade, led the commander of the 37th Wing of the Osaka Division, Morita Yesasaku Nakasa, to climb Lijiashan.

Morita Wing took the waterway, from Xixi to Nanshao Creek, abandoned ship at Shimen Bridge in the middle reaches of Nanshao Creek, and soon caught up with the Seventh Division.

Morita Nakasa saluted Kazuichiro Sonobe.

Kazuichiro Sonobe pointed to the position of the New Second Division in the distance and asked, "Morita-kun, have you seen the defensive line held by the Shina army over there?" I want you to lead your wing and take the lead in launching an attack on the Chinese army."

"Ahh

Morita Nakasa was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "General Sonobe, although our soldiers came by boat, our troops are already unbearable to fight...... Half a month ago, our unit received an order from the base camp in Manchuria to go south from Xinjing (now Changchun) under the starry night, board a ship at the mouth of Lushun, and finally landed at the mouth of the Qiantang River, and after occupying Xiaoshan, it marched westward in the starry night, and has not been given a chance to breathe until now...... Please forgive us for not being able to go into battle. ”

The Osaka Division was notorious for its treacherous deception, from officers to soldiers, and Morita was one of them. Before coming to Central China to participate in the war, everyone in the division heard that the new Second Division had the terrible nickname of the Devil's Division, and in the past few days, bad news has come from the Seventh, Eighteenth, and Second Divisions, and the losses of each division are unbelievable. Now if Morita United is to face such a strong opponent alone, how can Morita agree?

"Yaga"

Yasuo Sugiura was annoyed and ashamed, stared at Morita Nakasa, and shouted angrily: "It's just a loss of face for the Imperial Japanese Army...... Our division marched south from Deqing and pursued the Chinese army all the way for five days and five nights, and forcibly marched for more than 200 kilometers in a row. You're sitting in a boat, humming a little tune, and you're relaxed, and now you're saying you can't go into battle right away. Can you Osaka soldiers show some blood? ”

"Enough, Sugiura"

Kazuichiro Sonobe drank the angry Major General Sugiura, muttered for a while, and said to Morita Nakasa, who lowered his head and was annoyed, "Since your department needs to rest, I won't force it... You see that this is good, our 7th Division will attack first, and then Morita-kun will lead his troops to tear through the defense line of the new 2nd Division in one fell swoop."

The official level crushed people to death, not to mention that Sonobe and Ichiro were three levels higher, Morita hesitated a little and then nodded and agreed: "Thank you so much General Sonobe"

Kazuichiro Sonobe continued: "Due to the speed required for the pursuit, part of the heavy weapons and equipment of our division was left in Wuxing, and the other part was left in Hangzhou, and the suppressive firepower was seriously insufficient. You have come by boat, bringing with you a lot of infantry guns and mortars, and I hope that when the 7th Division attacks, your unit will take on the heavy responsibility of firepower."

"Hay—"

Morita bowed and saluted: "There is no problem, we are willing to help the friendly forces achieve victory" After saying that, he took his leave and returned to the army.

Major General Sugiura looked at Morita's back and said to Sonobe with a cold face: "General, Morita is clearly afraid of war, he-"

"Okay, can't I see that?"

Kazuichiro Sonobe shook his head: "It's not a matter of a day or two for the Osaka division, and when General Terauchi was the commander of the division, he didn't see any restraint, and now Matsui is the commander of the division, not to mention." However, the 4th Division is still very good at fighting a good battle, and we can only hope that they will be inspired by our brave and fearless bushido spirit and fight with all their might. ”

Kazuichiro Sonobe was quite helpless, although he was the commander of the lieutenant general's division, he had a different affiliation with each other, and even Okamura Ninji, the commander-in-chief of the southern front, could only mobilize the 37th Wing through the commander of the 4th Division, Lieutenant General Matsui, let alone him.

Wu Ming was also on the top of Banqiao Mountain at an altitude of more than 200 meters at this time, calmly observing the movements of the Japanese army, and he felt very sorry that the devil lieutenant general in the telescope and the major general and Zhongzuo who arrived later were about two kilometers away from the Banqiao Mountain blocking position in the air, even if it was. The 7mm blocking rifle could not hit the opponent, and when he mobilized the mortar in place, the opponent disappeared, and the opportunity to decapitate was lost.

"Division, the Japanese army has begun to attack...... It's the little devils of the Seventh Division" Luo Yuming came behind Wu Ming and reported in a low voice.

Wu Ming waved his hand vigorously: "You go back to your command post immediately, you haven't received the order to retreat, even if your brigade is gone, you can't move a single step."

"Yes"

Luo Yuming nodded resolutely, and in a blink of an eye, he bent down and ran down the mountain.