Ergua took out a pack of cigarettes from his coat pocket and handed it to the lone hand beside him, and said as if offering a treasure: "Lone team, give." ”

Glanced at the cigarette box with one hand, and then his eyes lit up, and he took the cigarette case from Ergua's hand as if he was grabbing, and while eagerly tearing open the seal, he asked happily: "Japanese cigarettes?" Where did it come from? ”

Ergua took off his steel helmet and scratched his head, and replied in a humble voice: "I collected it from a Japanese officer." ”

As he spoke, he had already opened the seal with one hand, and with a skillful flick of his fingers at the bottom of the cigarette box, half of a cigarette had jumped out, and he handed the cigarette box to Ergua and said, "Come on?" ”

Without waiting for Ergua to stretch out his hand, the one-eyed dragon didn't know where to get out of place to make the first move.

"A crane, Japanese smoke, that's a good thing!" The one-eyed dragon put the cigarette under his nose and sniffed it, accurately reporting the brand of the cigarette, and then shouted around, "Brothers, hurry up and smoke cigarettes." ”

The veterans who lie down or sit around to rest suddenly rush up, a pack of cigarettes is not enough at all, inevitably three or two people make up a pile, you take a puff and I take a puff again, to deal with the solution of smoking addiction, this is also a matter of no way, with the deepening of the war, the materials donated by all walks of life in Shanghai have been exhausted, and the supply of materials for the national army has been very tight at this time.

The veterans of the Nineteenth Brigade gathered together to smoke, only two people did not move, one was Gao Shenxing, this guy still had the same indifferent expression on his face for thousands of years, and his hand was still unhurriedly wiping his saber, in fact, the saber was as bright as a mirror, and there was not even a trace of dust on it.

There is also a soldier who can't be regarded as the 19th Brigade strictly speaking, at least not yet, he is Li Zihan of the Engineer Company, the first time the Japanese army attacked, Li Zihan's engineer company fought so hard that he was the only one left, if it wasn't for the timely counterattack of the 19th Brigade, Li Zihan was afraid that he would have died under the bayonets of the Japanese army.

After repelling the Japanese army twice in a row, Li Zihan withdrew from the position with the 19th Brigade.

At this time, it was already evening, and it was pouring rain in the sky, which brought great difficulties to the national army that held the position of Gu's house, and the officers and soldiers of the 306th Regiment almost squatted in the stagnant water to fight the Japanese army, but this heavy rain had a greater impact on the Japanese army, because the muddy ground made the Japanese tanks become decorations.

Losing the guidance of tanks, the advantage of artillery fire was greatly diluted, and the Japanese army had to repeatedly engage in white-knuckle battles with the 306th Regiment, a murderous opponent, and the decisive victory or defeat was not the superiority of the equipment of both sides, or even the number of troops, but the fighting will and combat experience of the soldiers on both sides.

The Japanese army, which had inculcated militaristic ideology in its will to fight, was on a par with the officers and men of the 306th Regiment, who were determined to defend their homeland and the country, but in terms of combat experience, the officers and men of the 306th Regiment clearly had the upper hand.

In actual combat, the Japanese army was obviously at a disadvantage, and until the evening, the Japanese army lost more than a dozen white-knuckle battles.

After throwing more than 500 corpses on the position of the Gu family's house, He Zhiyinger, an old devil, finally understood that it was absolutely impossible to defeat the national army mentally with his will to die, so He Zhiying Er could only order the troops to retreat gloomily, and then pray that the weather would improve tomorrow, otherwise, Gu's house would become an insurmountable barrier for the Hezhi United.

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At the headquarters of the 306th Regiment, Qiu Weida was shaking hands with Xu Shijiu to say goodbye.

Qiu Weida shook Xu Shijiu's hand vigorously and said, "Brother, don't go back to the 58th Division, stay and be my deputy in the regiment, right?" ”

Xu Nineteen smiled silently, he knew that Qiu Weida's words were both true and false, Qiu Weida hoped to have an elite liliang in his hand that could be of great use at a critical moment like the Nineteenth Brigade, this should be true, but to say that he could ignore Chairman Jiang's taboo against the Nineteenth Route Army and radical students would be absolutely false.

Sure enough, Qiu Weida shook his head with a smile as soon as he spoke: "But brother, if you really stay in our 306th regiment, I think Master Feng will never spare me." ”

With a straight face, Qiu Weida continued: "Brother, you are a good example, although you are not from Huangpu, but few of our officers from the Huangpu Military Academy can match you, if you are not afraid of embarrassment, I Qiu Weida is far inferior to you, this time the Gu family house position can be defended, brother, you are indispensable." ”

Xu Shijiu withdrew his hand, stood upright at Qiu Weida, and saluted.

Qiu Weida returned the salute, and persuaded him very sincerely: "Brother, listen to my brother's advice, change the name back, the name of Nineteen is nondescript, and it is still difficult to scream, how good the Han soul is, it is imposing, and it is loud." Qiu Weida already knew about Xu Shijiu's past from others, so he had this persuasion.

"The group seat is kind, and the humble heart is accepted." Xu Shijiu smiled, turned around and walked away.

Seeing Xu Shijiu's figure go away, Qiu Weida sighed lightly, he knew that Xu Shijiu did not accept his persuasion, and he was not ready to draw a clear line with the 19th Route Army, but Xu 19 had the title of a remnant of the 19th Route Army, and if he wanted to stand out in the national army, he didn't have to think about it, but it was a pity that he had good skills.

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When Xu 19 was ordered to rush to the Shi Xianggong Temple, he saw a large group of shining generals, but Xu 19 was only a small captain, so he was naturally not qualified to participate in the meeting, so he could only stay outside the thatched hut that was temporarily used as a conference room to take a look from afar, among so many generals, he only knew one person, Feng Shengfa, the commander of the 58th Division.

In the evening, Feng Shengfa's 58th Division and Wang Yaowu's 51st Division rushed to the Luodian battlefield almost at the same time.

With the arrival of the two main divisions one after another, the 11th Division commander Peng Shan's heart finally fell back into his stomach, and Peng Shan conveyed to Feng Shengfa and Wang Yaowu the order of Chen Cheng, commander-in-chief of the 15th Group Army, that the 58th Division would change the defense of Shi Xianggong Temple, and the 51st Division would guard Gu's house, forming a horn with the 58th Division.

At the end of the meeting, Wang Yaowu took the troops directly to Gu's house, and Peng Shan also withdrew to Jiading with the remnants to rest, but the more than 5,000 people who drove into Luodian at this time were less than 500 people, and the 11th Division was the number one main force of the civil engineering department, even if Chen Cheng could quickly replenish the troops for the 11th Division, it would be difficult to recover combat effectiveness in a short time.

After sending Wang Yaowu and Peng Shan away, Feng Shengfa called Xu Shijiu into the headquarters and asked him to introduce the situation in Luodian in front of the deputy commander of the 58th Division, two brigade commanders, and four regiment commanders.

Xu Shijiu was not hypocritical, picked up the bamboo pole and pointed to the map to explain, and roughly introduced the 306th Regiment after the two battles with the Japanese army in Wudoujing and Gujiazhai, and then explained his inference about the battle situation, Zuihou concluded: "In general, with the arrival of the 51st Division and the 58th Division, the situation in Luodian has improved, but the situation in the Battle of Songhu has worsened. ”

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The Nanjing Command, at this time, was a different atmosphere.

When Chairman Chiang heard the news, he was overjoyed and immediately called Chen Cheng, commander-in-chief of the 15th Group Army, and Yu Jishi, commander of the 74th Army, to show their commendation.

Nine years later, when Zhang Lingfu's 74th Division was wiped out in Menglianggu, and Chairman Jiang planned to rebuild the 74th Division, the first candidate for division commander was Qiu Weida.

Chairman Chiang was excited, but there was another person who was even more excited, and that person was Falkenhausen.

At the beginning of the Battle of Songhu, he had serious differences of opinion with Zhang Zhizhong, Zhang Fakui, Chen Cheng, Bai Chongxi and other senior generals of the national army, especially when the situation in Luodian and Jiading repeatedly appeared in crisis, his ideas encountered great challenges.

Even Chairman Chiang had doubts about Falkenhausen's judgment, and the situation in Shanghai was becoming more and more severe, and Chairman Chiang could not but doubt the correctness of a decisive battle with the Japanese army on the outskirts of Shanghai, and if more troops were thrown into the outskirts of Shanghai, and the riverside terrain on the outskirts of Shanghai could not play its intended role, the consequences would be disastrous.

Now, however, Qiu Weida's impressive performance at Gu's house has saved Falkenhausen.

Because he was so excited, the old German man Falkenhausen almost roared loudly, and while waving his dry fist vigorously to strengthen his momentum, the German translator also shouted: "I have said that the riverside terrain on the outskirts of Shanghai will become the biggest obstacle for the Japanese army, and it turns out that my judgment is correct!"

The Japanese tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles stopped at the muddy terrain north of Gu's house, and the Japanese offensive was seriously frustrated, and one regiment could block one wing of the Japanese army, and one army was enough to block a permanent division of the Japanese army, so if the strength of 59 German armor divisions was concentrated, it would definitely be able to block the 17 permanent divisions of the Japanese army! ”

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Lion Grove Battery, Headquarters of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army.

He Zhiying Er lowered his head, and said to Matsui Shigen, who came to supervise the battle, with a face full of shame: "Your Excellency, your incompetence has caused the situation of the battle in Luodian to be reversed, please punish Your Excellency the General." After that, He Zhiying Er turned around and bowed to Yamamuro Zongwu again, and said ashamedly, "The humble position failed to capture Jiading County before dark, which disappointed the division commander." ”

Yamamuro Zongwu's face was expressionless, but Matsui Shigen waved his hand and said with a smile: "The battle situation in Luodian has been reversed? Indeed, but not a reversal that was unfavorable to the empire or the imperial army, but a reversal that was unfavorable to the Chinese army. After that, Matsui Ishine patted Kazutakaji's shoulder and said with a smile, "Kazuchi-san, you did a good job." ”

"Huh?" He Zhiying II was confused, Yamamuro Sotake, the chief of staff of the 11th Division, Katamura 48, the commanders of the two brigades, and the captains of the seven wings also looked at each other, and the 44th Infantry Wing was not effective in combat, not to mention that it failed to break through the Guzhai defense line of the Chinese army, and even suffered more than 1,000 officers and soldiers, and it was still "doing a good job"?

The expressions of the senior generals of the 11th Division fell in Matsui Shigen's eyes, which made this old devil very useful in his heart, he enjoyed this wonderful feeling of standing on the strategic overall situation, as the commander of the Shanghai Army, Matsui Shigen did not care about the gains and losses of a certain local battlefield, he cared more about the victory or defeat of the entire Songhu battle.