After a day of fierce fighting, Luodian inevitably lost again.

The 58th Division used the means of expanding the depth of defense to weaken the lethality of the Japanese artillery, but it also inevitably weakened the defense of the national army on each line of defense, and the fierce battle lasted until the evening, Luodian was lost, and the casualties of the 343rd and 347th regiments were nearly 1,000, and because the position was occupied by the Japanese army, the casualties were basically killed!

However, the Japanese army also paid a heavy price of more than 300 killed and more than 600 wounded, and the 1st Infantry Brigade of the Hezhi Wing, which was responsible for the main attack, was basically disabled.

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Shi Xianggong Temple, the station of the 19th Brigade.

The veterans of the 19th Brigade have already blown up the pot, and they are very happy, in addition to the commendation of the division headquarters, the Songhu Garrison Command has just transferred hundreds of letters from their families, regardless of whether they are killed or not, all of them have been sent over, and along with the letters sent over the two months' military salaries, the big-headed soldiers have two and a half fiat dollars each.

The military salary is just that, because it is on the battlefield, there is no place to spend it for the time being, but the letter can make the veterans of the 19th Brigade happy, the literate veterans take the family letters and hide in the corner of no one, while reading, crying, laughing, and the illiterate veterans take the family letters and beg the literate to help read them, because there are many people, waiting with their eyes blank.

It is difficult for people who have never been a soldier or on the battlefield to understand the complicated feelings of these big-headed soldiers at this moment.

One hand got rid of a few veterans who begged him to help read the family letter, and hid in the corner alone, and then trembled with one hand and took out a letter from his coat pocket, the envelope reads "Du Jiahui of the 19th Independent Brigade of the Shanghai Security Corps".

The only hand is very clear, the daughter-in-law who stayed in the hometown is illiterate, this letter must have been written by Liu Fuzi in the village, in order to beg Liu Fuzi to write a family letter, most of the eggs that she had saved for half a year were sent.

One hand did not rush to tear open the envelope, but pinched two pinched through the envelope, and only after making sure that the envelope contained more than just the letterhead, he safely tore open the seal, as expected by the only hand, the first to slide out of the envelope was indeed a photo, the photo showed a pink little guy, sitting in a stroller, and the little cock between the legs was clearly visible.

Silently looking at the photo of his son, tears soon overflowed from the corners of his eyes with one hand.

"Du, is this your son?" I don't know when, Ergua sat behind one hand.

The surrounding veterans looked excited, but Ergua looked a little gloomy, because he did not receive the letter from home, and he could not receive the letter from home, since he can remember, he wandered and begged in Shanghai alone, and was bitten by the wolf dog of the Japanese ronin, if Xu Shijiu hadn't passed by to rescue him, his bones would have sunk to the bottom of the Huangpu River.

"Well, my son, today is exactly one year old." One hand nodded, shook the letterhead pressed under the photo, and said proudly, "I can already call Abba." ”

"Tsk, that's good." Ergua admired and asked, "What's your name?" ”

Looking at the photo with one hand, he replied happily: "The big name hasn't been thought about yet, and the little name is Dudu." ”

"Doot?" Ergua grinned, "The little guy looks meaty, it's really appropriate." ”

The one-handed hehe smirked twice, and suddenly sighed again: "Dudu will call Abba, but I have never seen what Abba looks like, and ......"

The second half of the sentence of the one hand was lighter, and even he didn't hear it clearly, but Ergua guessed what the one hand wanted to say, the battle of Songhu was in full swing, hundreds of officers and soldiers died every day, and no one dared to say that he would definitely live to see the sunrise tomorrow, and Dudu would probably never have the opportunity to see his father.

Ergua turned his eyes and suddenly saw Shu Tongwen with a camera in the crowd, and said happily at that time: "Duhu, ask Tongwen to take a picture of you, and you can send it back to your home when the photo is washed out." ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, the only hand was overjoyed, "Yes, yes, take a photo." ”

The voice fell, and Xu Shijiu's voice suddenly came from the front: "Lao Du! ”

"Well, here it is." With one hand, he put his son's photo in his pocket along with the letterhead and envelope, got up and ran over, and Xu Shiyi saw Ergua again in a blink of an eye, so he said, "Ergua, you are also here." ”

"Captain, what's the matter?" Ergua helped the steel helmet on his head and ran to Xu Shijiu upside down.

Xu Jiujiu patted Ergua on the shoulder, and said to the one-handed, one-eyed dragon, Gao Shenxing and Ergua who gathered in front of him: "It's still a matter of reconnaissance behind enemy lines, Lao Du, you are in a group with Ergua, and Ah Long is in a group with Shenxing, but this time is not as good as before, Little Japan has suffered several losses in a row, and tonight will definitely strengthen vigilance, you must be careful." ”

The one-eyed dragon said: "Captain, don't worry, I am familiar with the terrain in this area. ”

One hand also said: "Ah Long is right, this is the ground of China after all." ”

"In short, you have to be careful, it is important to reconnoiter the enemy, but it is even more important to protect yourself." After that, Xu Shijiu punched the one-handed one-eyed dragon, Gao Shenxing, and Ergua in the chest, and then waved his hand, "Go ahead." ”

"Yes!" The four of them stood up and saluted, turned around and melted into the endless darkness.

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Luodian, the forward position of the Japanese army.

A "national army" with less than 100 people and ragged clothes was quietly approaching the stone bridge in the west of the town under the cover of night, and what shocked people was that the Japanese sentry guarding the stone bridge not only did not stop it, but even took the initiative to remove the barricades to let them go, and the Japanese second lieutenant headed by him also straightened his feet and bowed to the leader of the national army.

Of course, this "national army" is not real, but was made up by the Japanese army.

In fact, this is a special combat team directly under the 11th Division led by Hayashi Taro Shaoza.

The reconnaissance of the national army is pure reconnaissance, and its purpose is to find out the deployment of the Japanese army's troops and firepower configuration, and to provide accurate information for the night counterattack of the large force, so only a small number of elite troops are enough, while the Japanese army tries to harass and sneak attack the national army through the night infiltration of the special combat team, which requires a capable small force.

Kankan crossed the stone bridge, Lin Taro squatted down in a cotton field, and then raised his right hand and clenched it into a fist, and the seventy or eighty Japanese soldiers who followed silently behind him followed one after another, and the three sharp soldier groups quickly dispersed, setting up a cordon in front and on the left and right sides respectively.

Lin Taro called the three squadron leaders to him and whispered in Chinese: "From now on, our number is the 3rd Battalion of the 583rd Regiment of the 98th Division of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army, we just broke through from Baoshan County, because it was dark and lost our way, so we came to Luodian by mistake, I am your battalion commander Yao Ziqing, do you remember everything?" ”

The three squadron leaders had obviously learned Chinese, and at the same time replied in Chinese: "Remember." ”

Lin Taro nodded with satisfaction, raised his right hand and pointed forward, and the seventy or eighty Japanese soldiers behind him were divided into three echelons and moved forward in turn, and soon disappeared into the night.

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Shi Xianggong Temple, the position of the artillery battalion directly under the 58th Division.

The artillery battalion has five companies, one infantry company, one anti-aircraft artillery company, one mountain artillery company and two mortar companies, but the anti-aircraft artillery company was detained by Chen Cheng.

In the darkness of the night, the battalion commander Grevi was asking the soldiers to remove the camouflage of the ten Bufoss mountain guns.

As Cai Zhonghu's protégé, Grevi is also well versed in camouflage, most of the farmers in the Songhu area implement wheat and cotton rotation in two seasons, so the cotton fields are full of stacks of wheat straw, and Grevi disguised the mountain cannon as a wheat straw stack.

If we do not observe carefully from a close distance, it will be difficult to find flaws only by relying on long-distance observation or aerial reconnaissance by meteorological observation troops, and because the 8th Group Army has learned from the past of hiding mountain artillery in the bamboo forest, the Japanese reconnaissance planes also put the focus of reconnaissance and bombing on the nearby bamboo forests and woods, and they did not find that the artillery position of the 58th Division was set up in this open land.

When Grevi was wiping the barrel of the cannon with a sackcloth, two figures walked towards him from a distance, and when they got closer, they realized that it was Hu Jie, the commander of the mortar company, and Xu Shijiu, the captain of the 19th Brigade.

Greaves straightened his feet and saluted meticulously, no matter what, Xu 19 was an army colonel.

Xu Nineteen returned the military salute and said bluntly: "Brother Ruiwei, I want to borrow Company Commander Hu and a few mortars to explain the mortar shoulder firing skills to the veterans of the Nineteenth Brigade, you can see ......."

A smile appeared on Greville's face, the 19th Brigade fought well in this early morning battle, whether it was the attack on Luodian or the blocking of the Western Front Bridge, it was well fought, and the two mortar companies that cooperated with the 19th Brigade also performed well, and Yu Jishi, who had been promoted to commander of the 74th Army, personally called and praised him.

However, what Grevi admires the most is that Xu Shijiu can also carry a mortar on his shoulder and shoot directly, to be honest, this is really a difficult jishu job, if the fire is not mastered well, it will be fatal.

"No problem." Greville nodded happily and instructed Hu Jie, "I'll leave it to you." ”

"Yes!" Hu Jie stood upright, saluted, and then followed Xu Shijiu to turn around and leave.

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In the dark, Lin Taro raised his right hand again and clenched it into a fist, and the special combat team members accompanying him quickly scattered in all directions, and after a while, the three captains under him came to Lin Taro's side.

Lin Taro made a gesture, and a Japanese soldier had already put a cloak on the heads of four people, Lin Taro took out the map from his satchel and spread it on the ground, and turned on the flashlight and said to the map: "The task assigned to us by the division commander is to find and destroy the artillery position of the army in front of Luodian.

According to the information provided by the aviation and meteorological scouts, and then to the caliber and range of the Hechina artillery, I have circled three suspicious areas on the map, namely Area A, Area B, and Area C, Kobayashi-san, you lead the 2nd squadron to search Area A, Murakami-san, you lead the 3rd squadron to search Area B, and Nishimura-san, you lead the 1st squadron to search Area C with me. ”

Under the cloak, the three little devils turned their heads sideways at the same time and whispered in unison: "Haiyi." ”

Lin Taro extinguished the flashlight, lifted his cloak, and gestured to the two squadron leaders, who turned their heads sideways again, and then each went separately with more than 20 devil soldiers.

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Shi Xianggong Temple, the position of the artillery battalion directly under the 58th Division.

After doing the daily maintenance of the two mountain guns, Grevi was idle, gave a circle of cigarettes to several company commanders under his command, and then leaned on the mountain cannon to light a cigarette and smoked it deliciously.

The commander of the mountain artillery company smoked a cigarette and asked Grevi: "Battalion, I heard that the captain of the 19th Brigade can also carry a mortar on his shoulder and shoot at a straight point?" This is really evil, this is Instructor Cai's unique skill! ”

Grevi said: "What a unique skill, our Instructor Cai never hides his selfishness, five years ago when Instructor Cai was a small boss in a yarn factory in Shanghai, he was invited to teach the artillery unit of the 19th Route Army to operate jishu, this Xu 19 is from the 19th Route Army, most of them also learned to operate artillery from Instructor Cai Jishu. ”

"It turns out that he is also the apprentice and grandson of Instructor Cai." The commander of the mountain artillery company said, "It's no wonder. ”

Grevi smiled, Instructor Cai has more apprentices and grandchildren, but there are really few who can do shoulder-mounted mortar flat aiming and direct shooting, this Xu Shijiu is not an artillery background, let alone a military academy and an artillery course, it is really not easy to do this, but since he came out of the 19th Route Army, he is still exempt from making friends.