The old lady's uncle was smoking dry tobacco in the trench, he had been officially transferred to the 19th Brigade by Zhu Xia, and at this time he had just spent a long day talking with the recruits of the 19th Brigade, teaching them how to dodge artillery and machine guns.

Ergua leaned in front of the old lady's eyes, salivated and said, "Uncle Niang, tell us about the captain again?" ”

When the nearby recruits heard this, they suddenly came to their senses, but they were worried about becoming the target of the bombing of Japanese planes, so they didn't dare to surround them, but they all pricked up their ears one by one.

"Your captain?" The old lady's uncle squinted his eyes and said lightly, "This is a long time, I can't remember whether it was the sixth year of the Republic of China or the seventh year, once I went to the street to buy, and saw a white-bearded old man lying at the gate of the city, the old man was so hungry that he only had one breath left, and there was a tiger head and a tiger brain baby sitting next to him." ”

Ergua couldn't help but ask: "This baby is our captain, right?" ”

"Yes, it's your captain." The old lady's eyes became softer and softer, and then said, "That old man is his grandfather, and he was the only relative he lived in the world at that time. ”

No one interjected, Ergua also listened attentively, the old lady's eyes were unfocused, and he was completely caught in the memories of the past, and then said: "Your captain said to his grandfather, master, you beg someone, I will go to the dock to carry a big bag, I will feed you, hehe, he was only a six or seven-year-old child at that time." ”

Ergua smiled, but his nose was a little sour, he was actually an orphan.

"As soon as he finished speaking, his grandfather swallowed his breath, I took him back to the barracks as a young man's leader, at that time Guangdong was still Lu Dashuai's territory, and later Lu Dashuai fought with Sun Cannon, Sun Dacang fought with Chen Dashuai, and then the Northern Expedition, the battle of Tingsi Bridge, our independent regiment fought the hardest, and the men were all on it, Ah Jiu was only fifteen years old at the time, and he also went to the battlefield."

Ergua lowered his head a little abruptly, he thought of the battle of Honghe Road and Bridge, the previous battles Ergua was ranked in the attack sequence of Zuihou, basically to make a scene, but the 1st squadron of the Battle of Honghe Road and Bridge fought to Zuihou four people, that was the first time Ergua faced death, but there was a big embarrassment, which made Little Japan scared.

The old lady smiled, and then said: "This first battle, your captain's performance is not good, as soon as the Beiyang Army cannon sounded, he rushed over and hugged my thigh and cried, Han Ting was only a company commander at the time, and he gave him a big ear bracket at that time, after this slap, every time you fight, your captain always rushes to the first one." ”

Listening to the words of the old lady's uncle, Ergua felt much more comfortable, it seems that bravery is not born, the crazy brother and the dog brother were embarrassed when they went to the battlefield for the first time, but they didn't expect the captain to go to the battlefield for the first time.

Ergua also wanted to ask Xu Jiu about his deeds in the Northern Expedition, but there was a sudden uproar in front of him.

The old lady, Ergua and the nearby recruit Danzi looked up when they heard the sound, only to see that a huge spherical object had risen not far ahead, and it was still rising, the weather was still sunny at this time, and it could be seen clearly that there seemed to be a basket hanging under the sphere, but because it was too far away from Wen, it was not clear whether there was anything in the basket.

"What is this?" Ergua and the recruits' eyes widened.

The old lady's face sank and said, "This is the observation balloon of Little Japan!" ”

"Observation balloons?" Ergua and the recruit Danzi were puzzled, "What is it for?" ”

"It was used to guide artillery fire." The old lady said in a deep voice, "Do you see the basket underneath?" There was a small Japanese artillery observer standing there, who was able to accurately calibrate the shooting elements through observation equipment and calculations through drawings, and we suffered a great loss in the 128th Shanghai War of Resistance five years ago. ”

Ergua's face suddenly changed, and he said in horror: "Then aren't we going to suffer a big loss?" ”

Before the words fell, black smoke suddenly rose from the observation balloon that had just risen in front of him, and then it quickly deflated, and then fell from a high altitude, and the two melons and the recruits cheered one after another, and the old lady also breathed a sigh of relief, the current 9th Army is not the Fifth Army five years ago, there are anti-aircraft machine guns, and there are anti-aircraft guns.

At this moment, Scar strode into the temporary station.

"Get up, hurry up, it's time for you to go to war, hurry!" Scar yells as he kicks the recruit's eggs in the trenches.

Ergua suddenly turned over and sat up, and asked Scar, "Knife team, what's wrong?" ”

Scar straightened the German-style steel helmet on Ergua's head, and his voice was metallic: "Little Japan wants to build a pontoon bridge in Dingjia Lane, and the police brothers guarding Dingjia Lane are almost unbearable. ”

Ergua let out a soft sigh, picked up his rifle and joined the queue.

At this time, Ergua didn't know that he would soon face another vicious battle!

Yesterday, that is, in the early morning of 23 August, the Japanese army suddenly landed in Zhanghuabin, and the Zhanghuabin Railway Station, which was garrisoned only by a platoon of the police corps, was quickly lost, but fortunately, Zhong Song, the new lieutenant general of the 61st Division, reacted quickly and urgently ordered a battalion of the 183rd Brigade to make a detour from West Zhanghuabin to the south, and it was able to occupy the Sijing Railway Bridge in front of the Japanese army.

After the Japanese army landed successfully at the Zhanghuabin Railway Station, they immediately divided their troops into two routes, one along the Songhu Highway to the Fuzaobin Bridge, and the other along the Songhu Railway to take the Sijing Railway Bridge, in both directions the Japanese army suffered stubborn resistance, fierce fighting until dawn, the Japanese army only advanced less than 500 meters!

Teng Tianjin, the commander of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, saw that the situation was not right, so he divided an infantry brigade and made a detour to the customs pier, trying to outflank the defenders of the Sijing Bridge from the flank.

However, Zhong Song is not a vegetarian, as soon as the guns rang out at the customs wharf, he immediately judged the Japanese army's intentions, just as the independent battalion, that is, the 19th Independent Brigade, was training in Zhou's house in Shanghai's new urban area, Zhong Song urgently ordered the 19th Brigade to suspend the training and go out to intercept the Japanese troops who came from the customs wharf.

Scar immediately rushed to the customs dock with a company composed of basically veterans.

The 19th Route Army has a fine tradition, and he loves to use his brains in battle, and Scar is no exception, he did not repeat the mistake of Hu Jiaji's regiment attacking the Huishan wharf, and was stunned to fill the limited force on the customs wharf, but quickly seized the two reinforced concrete buildings outside the wharf, which were the material warehouses of the American and British Tobacco Company.

Through the Russo-Japanese War, Japan had already shown its fangs in the international community, but in the face of the old powers such as the United States and Britain, Japan still lacked confidence after all, and in order to avoid an international incident and dragging the United States and Britain into the war group, the large-caliber naval guns of Japanese warships did not dare to shell the warehouse building of the American and British Tobacco Company, and the planes did not dare to bomb it, which made the Japanese Army suffer.

The 19th Brigade relied on strong fortifications and sophisticated German equipment to lock the exit of the wharf, and the Japanese troops who landed at the customs wharf could not move, and as a result, there was an infantry brigade empty, but it was blocked by the Scar 100 people in the projectile place, and the two sides fought fiercely at the customs wharf for a day and night, and the Japanese army could not advance an inch!

Teng Tianjin was annoyed and ashamed, and urgently ordered the sappers to erect a pontoon bridge from Dingjia Lane, trying to open the gap from the middle road, Dingjia Lane is in the middle of the customs wharf and the Sijing Bridge, the middle road is lost, the national army is in danger of collapsing, after Scar received the order, he handed over the defense of the customs wharf to the one-handed and one-eyed dragon, and he brought the new soldiers to Dingjia Lane to block the gun hole.

Sijing is a small riverside with a width of more than 30 meters, and most of the riversides in Shanghai are similar, the silt blockage in the river is extremely serious, it is impossible to sail at all, and it is even more difficult to wade across the river on foot, so it is not easy to erect a pontoon bridge on it, and the pontoon bridge has not been erected when Scar arrives with troops.

In charge of guarding Dingjiaxiang is a platoon of the Shanghai Municipal Police Corps.

When Scar arrived with the recruit company, the platoon of the police corps had already beaten to less than ten people, and they had been driven out of Dingjia Lane by the Japanese army.

However, as soon as the recruit company arrived, the Japanese retreated.

Scar called the platoon commander of the police corps to him and asked, "What's the situation now?" ”

The platoon commander of the police corps is surnamed Ding, and the platoon commander Ding said: "Sir, the pontoon bridge in Little Japan has only been half stretched, so the large troops can't come over at once, and only half of the squad's devils wade through the water and force it over." ”

The ghost soldiers who crossed over were only half a team? This battle still has to be fought!

At the moment, Scar called more than 20 backbone veterans of the recruit company to him, recruits are recruits, even if they have participated in military training, they are still recruits, if there are no backbone veterans with them, they can't form combat effectiveness at all, Ergua has participated in the bloody battle of Honghe Road and Bridge, and he is also a veteran, Gao Daquan and Gao Shenxing are also among them.

"Little Japan is erecting a pontoon bridge on the riverside in front, I won't say more about how urgent the situation is, once the Japanese army sets up the pontoon bridge, then everything will be over!" Scar's cold gaze swept over the faces of the twenty or so veterans, and he added, "Fortunately, the devils who crossed by force are only half a team, and the battle still has to be fought." ”

As he spoke, Scar drew a circle on the ground with his bayonet, and then drew three arrows on the south side of the circle, and then said to the pattern, "I will take 1 platoon to attack from the front, Gao Maniac, you will take 2 platoons to outflank from the left flank, Gao Shenxing, you will take 3 platoons to outflank from the right flank, remember to assault at full speed, rush up and fight with little Japan!" ”

"Yes!" Gao Daquan and Gao Shen Xing's faces were expressionless, but their voices were as cold as metal.

Scar put the bayonet back into its sheath, took out the large mirror box and pushed it forward, and the 20 or so veterans quickly divided into three groups, and immediately led 350 recruits to charge at Dingjia Lane from three directions at the same time, and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers guarding Dingjia Lane immediately opened fire fiercely, and the machine rifle bullets whizzed and screamed and fired indiscriminately.