When the donkey returned to the trenches, Zhang Youquan was collecting the seizures of each person, and the national army did not require the seizures to be returned to the public, and the materials such as cigarettes, cakes, canned food, or towels seized from the battlefield could be kept, but medicines and ammunition must be handed over, especially medicines, which must be handed over, and it was strictly forbidden for officers and soldiers to keep them privately.

The officers and men of the 19th Brigade were quite conscious, and they all took the initiative to hand over the medicines.

Donkey Erdan also handed over the two satchels scavenged from the battlefield to Zhang Youquan, including the leather satchel of the little Japanese ensign, Zhang Youquan found out a full six bottles of quinine tablets from this leather satchel, and was overjoyed, and smashed a punch on Donkey Er's chest, almost roaring and saying: "Erdan, there are really yours." ”

The donkey grinned at Zhang Youquan, and then fell straight back.

Zhang Youquan was stunned, and when he reacted, the donkey Erdan had already fallen to the ground, when he squatted down to help the donkey Erdan up, and when his right hand touched the back of the donkey Erdan, he felt sticky, and when he took it back and saw that it was full of blood, Zhang Youquan's face changed suddenly, and at this moment, the black face of the donkey Erdan became like a blank piece of paper.

"Erdan, Erdan, wake up, don't sleep, don't sleep." Zhang Youquan shouted loudly the name of the donkey Erdan to tell him not to fall asleep, and at the same time turned his head and shouted: "Old Niu, Zhang Dadan, come over quickly, carry Erdan to the ambulance station, Erdan is about to die, hurry, find a stretcher." ”

The two veterans rushed over, lifted the donkey on a stretcher and left.

After the heavy machine gun positions of the 19th Brigade were dropped, the 92 infantry guns of the small Japan also began to carry out free artillery bombardment of the positions of the second company in the front line.

Under the cover of artillery, the infantry of the little Japanese soon approached 200 meters away, and then the Type 92 heavy machine guns and crooked light machine guns of the various fire support groups began to fire fiercely, and the bullets poured like water, so that the officers and men of the second company could not even lift their heads.

This time, as soon as Little Japan came up, it was a general attack, and it was an infantry brigade, with the squadron as a unit, attacking in turn towards the Niu Shiltun garrisoned by the 19th Brigade, and the battle was extremely fierce, and Little Japan was like the tide of the rising tide, one wave had just faded and another wave was surging again, and the 19th Brigade did not even have the time to take a breath.

In addition to the attack of the small Japanese infantry, the Japanese gunboats on the Poyang Lake also launched a cluster artillery attack on the north and south sides of the cow pier after completing the task of covering the infantry landing, and the fierce battle lasted for more than two hours.

Feng Shengfa stood in the forward observation post on the East Lonely Ridge and looked out, and found that the cow pier had been completely covered by artillery fire, and even nearly a thousand meters away, he could feel the shock wave transmitted under his feet, and the red light and smoke produced by the explosion were like fireworks blooming one after another, brilliant to the extreme, but behind this splendor, what was hidden was the brutal killing.

The atmosphere in the forward observation post seemed to be very depressing, the deputy division commander He Lingxiao and the staff officer Yang Shaoren were there, both of them pursed their lips and did not speak, although no one said it explicitly, but everyone could imagine how hard the 19th Brigade fought in Niu Shidun, how difficult it was, and such a firepower intensity was by no means something that ordinary troops could bear.

Pulling up the other four main regiments of the 58th Division may not be able to hold out in such an intensity of firepower.

It is completely conceivable that after this battle, the 19th Brigade is afraid that it will be as broken as it was a few times before.

Feng Shengfa suddenly felt a little guilty, since the Battle of Songhu, whenever the 58th Division had a difficult task, whenever the 58th Division needed someone to stand up and sacrifice, he would think of Xu 19 and the 19th Independent Brigade at the first time, and Xu 19 and the 19th Independent Brigade had never disappointed him.

In the Battle of Songhu, when the 58th Division urgently needed to open up the situation, the 19th Brigade recovered Luodian in one fell swoop

In the Battle of Nanjing, when the 58th Division needed someone to sacrifice, Xu 19 took the initiative to ask Ying to lead his troops to stay in Saihongqiao

In the Battle of Lanfeng, when the 58th Division needed troops to break off, Xu Shijiu once again stood up and bravely shouldered the heavy burden

But behind coming forward again and again, there are sacrifices again and again, and Feng Shengfa can't even remember how many times he has replenished the strength of the Nineteenth Brigade, five times? Ten times? Or a dozen or twenty times? But there is one thing Feng Shengfa remembers very clearly, the Nineteenth Brigade has never been truly defeated

No matter how many people were killed in battle, the 19th Brigade was still the 19th Brigade

In Luodian, in Dachang, in Qingpu, in Saihongqiao, and in Dangshan, the 19th Brigade fought to Zuihou many times, and fought many times until there were only a hundred or even dozens of veterans left, but as long as the troops were replenished in time, the 19th Brigade would immediately be like a leek.

Xu Jiu even had a new nickname, and many officers and soldiers of the 58th Division privately called him Xu Ajiu, who could not be killed.

But this time, Feng Shengfa was a little worried, because the more than 400 remnants of the 348th Regiment had just been added to the 19th Brigade, and Xu 19 would lead the troops and govern the army again, but I was afraid that it would be difficult to convince the more than 400 remnants in such a short period of time, and the uneven morale of the army would inevitably affect the combat effectiveness.

Xu Nineteen is certainly an iron-clad man, a real soldier, and the Nineteenth Brigade is certainly an iron-clad force and a real elite, but he Feng Shengfa seems to be begging for this army, no matter how iron-beaten the man is, no matter how hard the bones are, there is a limit after all, and it is time to give the Nineteenth Brigade a breath after this battle.

The battle for Niu Shidun has entered a white heat.

More than 1,000 Japanese soldiers of the Infantry Brigade of the Iizuka National Wing were like a rising tide rushing to the position of the 19th Brigade one after another, the first wave was defeated, and the second wave soon came again.

But from morning to evening, a full eight hours passed, and little Japan could not even break through the first line of defense placed at the foot of the 19th Brigade at the foot of the cow dung mound, if the attack of the 1st Infantry Brigade belonging to the Iizuka National Union was wave after wave of tides, then the defense line of the 19th Brigade was a solid reef, and I would not move regardless of the ebb and flow of the tide.

However, Little Japan's attack is not something that can be blocked, it has to be filled with life.

After a day of fierce fighting, most of Zhang Youquan's company had been killed and wounded, and by the evening, the whole company had not been able to make up a platoon, and more than half of them were still wounded, but in this way, these wounded had no intention of getting out of the line of fire.

When the zuihou of the setting sun was also put away, little Japan launched an attack on Zuihou before dark.

Iizuka Kunigoro put pressure on the 1st Infantry Brigade, and the captain of the 1st Brigade, Yateng Shaoza, was in a hurry, took out a kamikaze and wiped his forehead and tied it to his forehead, and then held a saber to personally act as the captain of the daredevil, and launched a general attack on Niu Shid Dun with most of the squadron put together by Zuihou, this time, Yateng was determined to make a desperate bet.

Gao Shenxing walked into the brigade headquarters with his modified rifle on his shoulder, and said to Gao Shenxing: "Captain, the company is almost unable to withstand it, are you giving up the first line of defense?" ”

"No, the first line of defense cannot be abandoned." Xu Shijiu flatly refused.

Niu Shidun is different from the east and west Guling, behind the east and west Guling is the lofty mountains of Lushan, and the small Japan has no choice but to attack head-on, so it doesn't matter if it gives up the forward position at the foot of the mountain, and after shrinking the troops, you can also strengthen the defense of the two main peaks, but this is not the case with Niu Shidun.

The first line of defense defended by Zhang Youquan is not only the barrier of the entire fortification of the 19th Brigade, but also the passage connecting the east and west Guling, once this line of defense is abandoned, small Japan will easily be able to cut off the connection between Niu Shidun and the east and west Guling, and when the time comes, not only will the ammunition supply not be able to be transported, but the officers and men of the 19th Brigade guarding the Niu Shidun will have problems eating and drinking.

You can go three days without food, but you can't go without water for half a day.

Don't look at the cow pier next to the water surface of Poyang Lake, it seems that it is easy to get water, in fact, this is not the case, the small Japanese gunboat patrol boat has already completely blocked the front of the cow dung dun, the men of the 19th brigade want to carry water from the front is simply wishful thinking, but there is no water on the small cow pier, so it can only be continuously transported from the east and west lonely ridges to the cow pier.

"Then I'll take L Company to strengthen the defensive line." Gao Shenxing tightened the modified rifle, turned around and walked out after speaking.

"No, L Company can't move" Xu Jiujiu categorically refused again, "It's not yet time for L Company to attack." ”

Xu 19 fights, even if it is a defensive war, he will never be passive defense, he will definitely leave reserves in his hands, and launch a strong counterattack against small Japan when necessary, Xu 19 always firmly believes that offense is the most haode defense, Lu Jianbang's L company is Xu 19's iron fist, and he will definitely not be easily dispatched until the critical moment.

"Then it's okay for me to take 3 companies with me, right?" Gao Shenxing looked at Xu Shijiu, and fire was already erupting in his eyes.

Gao Shenxing has a lot of opinions about Xu Shijiu's putting Zhang Youquan's company on the first line of defense at the foot of Niu Shidun, to say that the combat effectiveness is strong, Lu Jianbang's company is indeed strong, but no matter how strong it is, can it be stronger than Zhang Youquan's company? Zhang Youquan's company was downsized from the original 19th Brigade, and these more than 100 veterans crawled out of the pile of dead people, can they be worse than Lu Jianbang's L company?

Xu 19 has always liked to detain the strongest combat effectiveness of the troops in battle, just like shrinking his fist, and he will suddenly hit out at the critical moment and give the opponent a fatal blow, there is nothing to say about this, Gao Shenxing admitted that Xu 19's set of tactics is indeed effective against small Japan, and it has indeed received a very good effect in actual combat.

However, the most qualified to serve as the head team of the fist should never be Lu Jianbang's L company, but Zhang Youquan's company.