On the afternoon of April 28, the battle on the outskirts of Xuchang began. The 226th Wing of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army first attacked the Monk Bridge 18 miles north of the city, which was the defense area of the 86th Regiment. Since the Japanese 226th Wing broke through the Yellow River defense line, it has been like a bamboo, and without encountering decent resistance, it is a little careless, and after a symbolic artillery preparation, the infantry began to charge. Although most of the 86th Regiment were recruits, under the supervision of the company platoon commanders and veterans, they used machine guns, rifles, hand ** and other light weapons to make a lively scene.

As soon as the shelling ended, the dazed recruits, driven by the veterans, got out of the anti-artillery bunkers and entered the positions. The Japanese skirmish line was still 200 meters away, and the recruits opened fire sporadically without waiting for orders, and for a while bullets flew indiscriminately, which stunned the Japanese commanders. Although the captains of the Japanese squadrons who organized the attack had been in battle for a long time, they did not expect that these two poles would be hit so far away, and according to the practice of fighting with the national army in the past, the defenders would only open fire when the Japanese straggler line entered a distance of 100 meters.

Yao Changren, the commander of the 86th regiment, was red-eyed, yelling and ordering the companies to stop shooting, and before he finished shouting, he changed his mind again, and he found that the shooting of the recruits was still very effective...... Captain Yao was excited, and hurriedly ordered light and heavy machine guns to open fire to join in the fun, so the gunfire on the position was loud......

Mantang and Tiezhu also followed suit and put the gun, and when Tiezhu fired the first shot, because his shoulder was not firmly against **, he was hit hard by the recoil when the gun rang out, and almost shook his jaw. Mantang had played with the snatched rifle before, and had also shot a few shots at the old crow's nest on the big tree at the entrance of the village, so he had shooting experience, so the situation was not so embarrassing. But his Hanyang team was very unlucky, and it only got stuck after two shots. With the help of veterans, Mantang took a lot of effort to eliminate the fault, at this time the Japanese skirmisher line had entered a distance of 100 meters, and Mantang hurriedly asked Tiezhu: "Pillar, how many devils have you killed?" ”

Tie Zhu hurriedly loaded and shot: "I don't know, anyway, there is a figure in front of me to say hello to the damn, just don't fight back." ”

Mantang said: "Pillar, change guns with my brother, I don't have a good gun." ”

Tie Zhu had already worked well for a while, and the loading was decent, and he said as he shot: "Brother, if the gun is not good, you will stay for a while, I am addicted to fighting here." ”

Mantang said angrily: "Zhuzi, you dare not listen to your brother, you owe a beating, right?" ”

Tie Zhu suddenly shouted happily: "Brother, I have fallen a ......"

Mantang was taken aback: "You fucking yell! ”

Before he could speak, a bullet flew and hit the forehead of the light machine gun shooter next to him, the machine gunner fell on his back, and the whole hall caught the old soldier's body, and saw that there was a small bullet hole in his forehead, but the blood spurting from the back of his head instantly stained half of the sleeve of the room, and the machine gunner twitched a few times and then did not move.

The whole hall trembled uncontrollably, it was the first time he had observed the dead so closely, only to feel that the cold hairs all over his body stood up, and he desperately shook the blood on his hands.

At this time, I saw a figure flashing, the pockmarked platoon commander rushed over and picked up the machine gun and pulled the trigger, and the "da-da-da" machine gun rang out again, and the pockmarked platoon commander shouted to Mantang while shooting: "Shoot, what are you waiting for?" ”

Mantang was scolded so that he had no idea, so he fired a shot in a daze, and he found a Japanese soldier 50 meters away stumbling, kneeling on the ground, and then falling headlong...... Mantang shouted excitedly: "Sir, I also knocked down one." ”

The pockmarked platoon commander shouted: "Good fight!" Take aim, keep shooting! ”

Mantang pulled the trigger again, but the gun didn't go off, and he was wondering, so he heard the iron pillar shouting: "Brother, pull the bolt and withdraw the shell......"

Only then did Man Tang remember to pull the bolt back from the cartridge case, and then push the bullet back into the chamber.

The iron pillar shouted happily again: "Ha! I'll knock down another one, and this is the third one......"

Mantang fired a few more shots, and suddenly felt something. After a long time, the craft of shooting guns is not difficult to learn at all, and you can figure out the trick after a few hits, in general, it is to hit close and not far, put the devil close, you don't have to aim carefully, how to fight.

The hall fired three shots in a row according to the Japanese straggler line, knocking down three enemies one after another, and danced proudly. He had no idea that if it weren't for the fact that the fire network composed of light and heavy machine guns effectively blocked the Japanese attack, the enemy would have jumped into the trenches long ago.

On the first day of the defense of Xuchang, the recruits of the 86th Regiment actually fought the battle into a stalemate.

In the headquarters of the newly formed 29th Division in the city, Liu Changyi, Lu Gongliang, Cai Jigang and others were discussing the battle situation around the map. Liu Changyi believed that the troops at hand were too small and should be reduced and the troops should be withdrawn to the second-line positions for intensive defense, while Lu Gongliang believed that it was too early to shrink the troops, and since the order was to defend Xuchang to the death, the defenders should use the peripheral positions to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy as much as possible, and then withdraw to the first line of Tuweizi by means of continuous resistance and alternate cover.

Cai Jigang did not participate in the discussion, which he believed was of little significance, and that the fall of Xuchang was inevitable no matter which way was used. As the war overseer, his duty was to supervise the troops' execution of the orders of the upper peak, and without orders, not a single soldier was allowed to retreat. As for his fate, Cai Jigang's idea is very simple, at most two days later, the defenders will have a final street battle, and he will use the *** in his hand to kill as many enemies as possible, and then kill a hundred. Tang Enbo put the new 29th Division in this isolated city, and it seemed that he did not intend to let them survive. In that case, he, as the warlord, should save his brains and live and die with the city with these more than 3,000 brothers.

Cai Jigang walked into the communication room and instructed the communications director: "Please pick up Deputy Commander Tang, hurry up!" ”

According to the regulations, the war supervisor has the right to use the radio stations of the headquarters at all levels to communicate with his superiors, and no one is allowed to interfere. Cai Jigang seldom used this privilege, believing that as long as the troops under his supervision did not lose morale during the battle, did not retreat without authorization, and did not commit treason to the enemy, there was no need to report to the higher-ups, because this would easily give the impression that the commanders of the troops carrying out combat missions were making small reports.

But today, Cai Jigang decided to use the privilege, he wanted to work hard for the more than 3,000 brothers of the new 29th Division.

The radio was connected, Cai Jigang took the microphone, and the voice of Deputy Commander Tang Enbo came from inside: "I'm Tang Enbo, please speak!" ”

"Deputy Commander Tang, I am Cai Jigang, the war supervisor, at this time there is a fierce battle on the periphery of Xuchang, and the casualties on both sides are relatively large, as the war supervisor, I have a few words to say."

"Please!"

"I want to ask the commander to tell me the real situation, what is the battle determination of the command in this battle of Xuchang? What is its purpose? ”

Tang Enbo's voice came from the microphone: "The command has decided to defend Xuchang at all costs, fighting for every inch of land, and preventing the enemy's main force from moving south, which is also the meaning of the commission, Officer Cai, do you have any ideas?" ”

Cai Jigang plucked up the courage and said: "Sir, I think that since the command has decided to defend Xuchang, it should mobilize heavy troops to implement this plan, and now the Xuchang defenders only have a new 29th division with a broken structure, and after my verification, the department has suffered huge losses in defending the Yellow River defense line, and there are only more than 3,000 people at present, most of whom are new recruits. Sir, do you think these more than 3,000 people alone can hold Xuchang? ”

"If you can't hold it, you have to keep it, an order is an order, you tell Liu Changyi and Lu Gongliang that I have limited troops at hand and can't transfer troops to support Xuchang, so please rely on their own strength to hold Xuchang. Those who lose their positions, military law is engaged! "Town's words are non-negotiable.

Cai Jigang also wanted to make another effort: "Sir, I believe that the execution of any combat order requires certain conditions, and theoretically speaking, an order that cannot be executed is equivalent to an invalid order. According to intelligence, the Japanese army attacking Xuchang was the 37th Division, the 62nd Division, the 7th Mixed Brigade, the 27th Division, and the 3rd Tank Division, with a total strength of more than 80,000 troops. Sir, don't you think it's ridiculous to use light weapons against tens of thousands of enemy troops equipped with tanks and heavy artillery with a mere 3,000 people of the newly formed 29th Division? ”

Tang Enbo was suddenly furious: "Officer Cai, who are you talking to?" It's too presumptuous, you think that if you are sent by the Military Commission, you can casually accuse the commander of the war zone? ”

Cai Jigang whispered, "I'm sorry, sir. I...... I was a little impulsive, but ......"

"Don't say it, as a war supervisor, you have already exercised your duties, and now, I order you to return to Luoyang immediately and report to the war zone commander's department!"

Cai Jigang hardened: "No, sir, I can't carry out your orders, I was assigned by the Military Commission to the new 29th Division to supervise the battle, and now I am also a member of the Xuchang garrison, without the order of the Military Commission, I will never withdraw from the battle, the city is here, the city is broken, and I will die!" After speaking, Cai Jigang turned off the radio without waiting for Tang Enbo to reply.

He turned around and found that Adjutant Shen Guangya had a "Si Deng" style *** hanging on his chest, and a row of hands ** on his chest, standing there fully armed.

"Adjutant Shen, what are you doing here?" Cai Jigang asked strangely.

"Sir, I have ordered the two guards to be incorporated into the divisional guard company. From now on, I will be your guard. ”

Cai Jigang suddenly remembered something, he stared at Adjutant Shen's eyes and said, "Adjutant Shen, I have received an order, the task of supervising the battle is over, and we can return to Luoyang immediately, but I still have some personal matters to deal with, and I can't leave for the time being." In this way, you pack up, leave immediately, and report to the Luoyang First Theater Headquarters! ”

Shen Guangya didn't move: "Sir, please forgive me, I can't carry out your orders, because I know your intentions, so I won't go anywhere, where you go, I follow, it's my duty." ”

Cai Jigang opened his mouth and didn't say anything, he turned around and walked out of the communication room.

As soon as he went out, he found Lu Gongliang standing outside the door, staring at him with a strange look.

Cai Jigang asked strangely: "Brother Gongliang, what do you think I am doing?" ”

Lu Gongliang looked at Cai Jigang for a long time, and lightly punched him in the chest: "Brother, thank you!" I thank you for the more than 3,000 brothers of the new 29th Division! ”

On the first day of the defense of Xuchang, the arrogant Japanese attack on all fronts was frustrated, and all units suffered heavy casualties. The commander of the 12th Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Uchiyama Eitaro, was taken by surprise, he lost his temper in the command and ordered the front-line troops to take Xuchang before the sun set on the 29th.

The position of the 86th Regiment fought fiercely until 2 o'clock in the morning of the next day, the Japanese army dispatched Type 95 tanks to cover the infantry charge, most of the recruits of the 86th Regiment had not seen tanks, they began to stir, and the atmosphere of terror spread on the position, many recruits threw away their guns and crawled out of the trenches and fled backwards, and the platoon commanders could not stop it at all.

Man Tang and Tiezhu also jumped out of the trench and prepared to escape, but before they had run a few steps, the machine guns of the regimental headquarters supervised the battle team behind them, and the recruits were knocked down one by one, and the rest crawled back to the trench with a rolling belt. By the time Mantang and the Iron Pillar retreated back to the trenches, the Japanese infantry had already rushed to them with bright bayonets, and several recruits were pierced through the chest with bayonets before they could resist. Mantang and Tiezhu are really anxious, damn it, run backwards to supervise the team, and run forward The devil's bayonet wants your life again, anyway, you can't let people live, so you can only save yourself.

Mantang has been a stunned person who doesn't want to die in a fight since he was a child, and no one in the village dares to argue with him when it comes to playing with his life, but he still has the guts. At this time, fear is fear, but once people are cornered, they have a heart, and the wildness hidden in the body of the hall bursts out at once, and he scolds: "Little devil, your ancestor!" Hudi picked up two hands**, pulled them away***, and rushed towards the Japanese soldiers desperately......

The Japanese soldiers suddenly found the white smoke in the hands of Man Tang, and their spirits collapsed suddenly, they didn't care about shooting, they scattered in panic to dodge, and Man Tang smashed his two hands ** on the back of a Japanese soldier, and fell to the ground at the same time...... There was a bang, and four or five Japanese soldiers were blown down, and they rolled a few times and jumped into the trenches.

The platoon commander of Mazi witnessed this scene and was stunned, and he shouted: "Good boy, there is a kind!" ”

When the brother played with his life, when the brother naturally can't be a bad seed, Tie Zhu's mouth scolded his father and mother and picked up the rifle and knocked down three Japanese soldiers in a row, he didn't realize that the actions of shooting, unshelling, loading, and shooting again were as skillful as flowing water. It seems that people are going to be in a hurry, and they can often work miracles.

Several 75-mm anti-war guns set up on the second-line positions of the national army opened fire, and two Japanese tanks were hit by bullets and caught fire......

The fleeing recruits were beaten on both sides, and they were all stunned, and at this time they also picked up their guns and fired at the Japanese soldiers without a head, and they didn't need sharpshooters to shoot at close range, and the guns rang out, and the bullets bit the flesh, and the dozens of Japanese soldiers who rushed to the position were all put down in an instant, and the rest of the Japanese soldiers quickly retreated.

Company Commander Chen pointed to the full hall, and was so excited that he spoke incoherently: "Good fight!" You, you, you...... You shit-day ...... What's the call? ”

"Report to the chief, my name is Tong Mantang, and my brother's name is Shi Tiezhu."

"Well, now I announce, Tong ...... What's going on? Oh, Tong Mantang, soldiers Tong Mantang and Shi Tiezhu have made meritorious contributions to the battle, and the company commander has decided to promote Tong Mantang to the sergeant squad leader of the 8th squad of the 3rd company, and Shi Tiezhu to the deputy corporal squad of the 8th squad, and this order will take effect immediately from now on! In order to express his appreciation, Company Commander Chen raised his fist and slapped it on the iron pillar's chest, and the iron pillar was caught off guard, and sat on the hot barrel of the light machine gun, and was instantly scalded and jumped up.

Man Tang didn't expect that after just two strokes, he would draw a sergeant squad leader, and he was immediately very excited. Damn it, it's so easy to dare to be an official?

Tie Zhu was not very interested in being an official, but at this time he actually jumped out of the trench, rummaged through the corpses of Japanese soldiers, and picked up Yangluo'er.

The platoon commander of Mazi was so anxious that he shouted: "What's that...... Class 8 deputy, you don't want to fuck you? Get back to Lao Tzu! ”

Tie Zhu shouted excitedly while picking up things: "Platoon commander, the little devil still has cigarettes here, do you want it?" ”

"Iron pillar, obedient, come back quickly!" The whole house also shouted.

At this time, Company Commander Chen heard a strange whistling sound in mid-air, and he immediately realized that it was the sound of a Japanese large-caliber artillery shell cutting through the air. Elder Chen shouted: "All lie down ......"

As soon as the recruits lay down, the first shells fell to the ground, and a violent explosion sounded from the position, and thick smoke and fire enveloped the position......

"Iron Pillar ......" the whole house cried, he thought to himself, the iron pillar is finished.

Another volley of shells fell, and the explosion was deafening. The whole hall was shaken to the point of being disgusted. At this moment, a figure swooped into the trench. The house looked fixedly, it turned out to be an iron pillar, this kid was carrying two 38-type rifles, and his body was full of trophies, but he was unharmed.

"Brother, give, your gun is not good, make this, you have a shot, I have a shot, we don't care about others." Iron Pillar handed over a Type 38 rifle.

Mantang hugged the iron pillar, snot and tears rolled down: "Brother, brother, please, don't run around in the future, okay?" ”

"Brother, what's wrong with you? Isn't this good, look at these Yangluo children I picked up. ”

"Look at it, if you die, how can I explain to my father?" Man Tang said with tears in his eyes.

"Okay, okay, I promise you, okay? Brother, look at the guns of other people's little devils, they are really authentic, look at this bayonet again...... By the way, I also got a lot of bullets back......" Tiezhu looked around, and whispered, "Brother, aren't we going to run for a while?" We have to bring these two guns, we can pick them up ourselves, go back and sell them to gun dealers, we can sell them for a good price. ”

Man Tang muttered frustratedly, "Run, where the fuck are you going?" Let the company commander catch him without saying a word, and shoot him with a gun. Even if you run out and crash into the devil's arms, you have to let the devil beat him to death, anyway, he will die. ”

"That'...... Why don't we run? ”

"Your head is damp? It's not like this time to run, didn't this just give our brothers a promotion? The company commander is interesting enough, and we can't help but be righteous, right? The room fiddled with the Type 38 rifle and said.

"In that, I listened to my brother, my brother said that I would run, and my brother said that I would stay here as an official, and I would be an official. Brother, how many people does this squad leader manage? ”

The full hall said angrily: "Who the hell knows, what's the matter, you have to ten or eight, right?" ”

The regiment commander Yao Changren ran over along the traffic trench with two staff officers: "Where is the commander of the 3rd company?" ”

Company Commander Chen responded: "Regiment Commander, I'm here." ”

Yao Changren said: "I just received an order from the division headquarters to order the 86th Regiment to alternately cover and resist step by step, and withdraw to the second-line position. 3 Company Commander, take your people and withdraw first! ”

Company Commander Chen said: "Regiment commander, you lead the regiment headquarters personnel to withdraw first, and I will cover." ”

Yao Changren said sharply: "If you want to withdraw, where is there so much nonsense?" Immediately carry out the order, and the 2nd company will be broken off with me. ”

When Man Tang withdrew from the position, he also glanced back and saw that the 2nd Company had already engaged the enemy, and Regiment Commander Yao personally operated the Makqin heavy machine gun and was shooting.

When the remnants of the 86th Regiment withdrew into the Tuweizi position, the 2nd Company, which was responsible for the covering task, also followed while fighting and withdrawing. At this time, an unfortunate news spread throughout the position, Commander Yao was killed, his heavy machine gun bunker was hit by a shell, and when the smoke cleared, Commander Yao was nowhere to be found, and a staff officer of the regiment headquarters found only one foot of him in the crater.

When the news came, the whole group was shrouded in great grief.

When Cai Jiheng was about to land in the Zero fighter, Hu Guangwen on the tower showed great cooperation, and he told Cai Jiheng through the radio: "Crocodile, the runway has been cleaned, you can land, don't forget to put down the landing gear, be careful!" ”

Cai Jiheng said, isn't this nonsense, Lao Tzu still needs you to remind you when he puts the landing gear? obviously has nothing to say, this kid must have just finished the complaint, and his heart is steady.

After landing, the ground crew dragged the Zero back to Jack's workshop with a tractor, and Old Jack said worriedly: "Crocodile, we must be in trouble, maybe General Chennault will pick my skin." ”

Cai Jiheng sneered: "Look at your guts. Old Jack, why do you call a rattlesnake? I'll just call you a groundhog from now on. ”

Jack argued, "I'm not worried about you, I don't want to see my friend court-martialed." ”

"Hey, what's the matter? We didn't kill people and set fires, so why did we go to a court-martial? Besides, I'll get a bomber, a Zero, a Sidewinder, from now on, Lao Tzu is already an ace pilot, and you have to respect me in the future. ”

Jack was stunned: "Really? You're not bragging, are you? ”

Cai Jiheng sat on the broken sofa and said dejectedly: "You're right, don't keep quiet, anyway, there is no way to prove it, that bomber must have crashed into the enemy-occupied area, what about the Zero, I don't fucking know whose territory it fell on, forget it!" Don't mention it. ”

Jack became excited: "It seems to be true, I believe you, in my impression, crocodiles never brag." Dear crocodile, let's celebrate, I still have a bottle of 1918 whiskey, and today we drank it, only heroes deserve good wine. ”

Cai Jiheng yawned: "Don't drink, I'm tired, I just want to sleep, you urge the mechanic for me, hurry up and repair my plane, and I will try to rush back to Guilin tomorrow." ”

On this day, Cai Jiheng went to bed early, and due to the high mental tension during the air battle, he was exhausted and had no dreams all night.

The next day, Zhang Jingyuan, the head of the airport terminal, personally found Cai Jiheng's temporary dormitory and pulled him up from the bed: "Crocodile, the Ninth War Zone Governor's Department called and asked you to go to Changsha and said that someone wanted to see you. ”

Cai Jiheng yawned and asked, "Who wants to see me, since you want to see me, why don't you come here to see me?" ”

"It's the Zero pilot you shot down, and he wants to see you by name, or he's going on a hunger strike. The Political Training Office of the Ninth Theater would like to ask you to assist them in their work as prisoners of the Japanese army. ”

Cai Jiheng was quite surprised: "Oh, it's that Fujino Uchigoro, he is still alive?" It's really evil, I haven't seen such a big person. How did he get captured? ”

Zhang Jingyuan said: "I heard that he was injured in an air battle, and the plane capsized during a forced landing, and he was injured a second time. Not only is this guy now on a hunger strike, but he also refuses to heal his injuries. He just kept saying that he wanted to meet a Chinese pilot named Crocodile, and the Political Training Office of the Ninth Theater called the Sino-US Air Force Mixed Regiment to inquire, and it turned out that everyone knew about the crocodile, and Lieutenant Colonel Benneid agreed that you should meet this Japanese. I've got a car for you, so go check it out. ”

Cai Jiheng thought of that Fujino Uchigoro, and thought it was very funny, when he sneaked up on the Type 1 land attack plane, there were eight Zero planes as escorts, and the other pilots all symbolically pursued it, and then immediately returned to the original route, only this Fujinouchi Goro pursued unrelentingly, and actually chased Cai Jiheng out of more than 200 kilometers. Judging from this irrational behavior, this guy is likely to be a person who admits death, Cai Jiheng's sneak attack tactics angered him, so he launched a retaliatory action desperately, this kind of person's brain may be a little simple, he can easily turn war behavior into a competitive personal grudge.

Fujino Uchigoro was held in a makeshift prisoner camp on the outskirts of Changsha, which had been a barracks for the local security corps and was now temporarily vacated as a prisoner shelter. Two layers of barbed wire were set up on the perimeter of the courtyard, and in the middle of the two layers of barbed wire was a patrol area for mobile sentinels, and the entire shelter appeared to be heavily guarded.

When Cai Jiheng got out of the jeep, a major from the Political Training Office of the Ninth War Zone was waiting for him at the door of the detention center.

Cai Jiheng didn't look down on the army, but this officer was a little higher in rank than him, and the rules of the army still had to be taught, so he casually raised his hand and touched the brim of his hat, which was regarded as a salute to the major. The major returned a formal military salute to Cai Jiheng and said, "Captain Cai, my name is Hong Lin, and I am ordered to wait for you here." ”

Cai Jiheng shook hands with him and said, "Major, you tell me about the situation, how was this Japanese pilot captured?" ”

Hong Lin said: "Fujino Uchigoro was injured before the forced landing, he was shot in the left arm, and during the forced landing, the landing gear of the plane hit the ridge and turned over, detaining him under the plane. He was unconscious when the soldiers of the security regiment dragged him out, and the military doctor found that his right leg was also broken, presumably caused by a forced landing. ”

"Has this captive been interrogated? Does he cooperate? ”

"After the interrogation, he only said his name and the unit he served in, and refused to say anything else, but just insisted on seeing you, and claimed that if he could not see you, he would go on a hunger strike and commit suicide."

Cai Jiheng looked at the barbed wire fence and the patrolling sentry and asked, "How many Japanese prisoners are held here?" ”

Hong Lin replied: "There are only two, in addition to Fujino Uchigoro, there is also a reconnaissance plane pilot named Nakanobu Yoshio, who was shot down by our anti-aircraft guns while conducting reconnaissance at low altitude near Changsha, and was also wounded. ”

Cai Jiheng walked into the gate with Hong Lin, and inside the gate was a large courtyard with a lawn, and a short stone road in the middle of the courtyard faced two gates side by side. Cai Jiheng walked into a door with Hong Lin, only to know that it was a large office, separated into several small rooms by wooden planks. A captain and a Japanese interpreter from the Political Training Office of the Ninth Theater were standing outside the cubicle, whispering something, and two soldiers of the Security Corps armed with pistols stood beside them.

Fujino Uchigoro lives in a small room on the left. Cai Jiheng said to Hong Lin: "Major, I want to talk to him alone, can you avoid it?" Just leave two soldiers on guard. I didn't need a Japanese translator either, and I could communicate with the captives in English. ”

Hong Lin nodded: "No problem, the Chief's Department has an order to create all conditions for you." ”

Hong Lin exited the room with the captain and the interpreter. Cai Jiheng walked into Fujinouchigoro's room, which was very small, with only a single bed, table and chairs. Fujinouchi Goro was very short but stout, about twenty-five or sixteen years old, and his appearance was quite handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. It was the end of April, and the weather in Changsha was already very hot, and Fujino Uchigoro was still wearing a sheepskin flight jacket, and his shirt at the neckline was already soaked with sweat. He was handcuffed and shackled, and his wounded left arm was wrapped in a dirty pilot's scarf. Cai Jiheng noticed that this silk scarf was actually bandaged on the sleeve of a leather jacket, that is to say, after he was shot in his left arm, he did not cut the flight suit to deal with the wound at all, but directly tied the silk scarf with the sleeve, no wonder he was full of stinky smell and a strong bloody smell.

Cai Jiheng gave a military salute to Fujino Uchigoro and said in English: "Remember? I'm a crocodile. ”

Fujino Uchigoro raised his right arm and saluted him back, and replied in English: "Crocodile, I'm sure you'll come, I don't have anything important, I just want to see you before I die, so I'm sorry." ”

Cai Jiheng called the guards and said, "Open his handcuffs and leg irons." ”

The guards complied.

Cai Jiheng sat down and asked, "Do you know how to smoke?" ”

Fujino Uchigoro nodded: "If you have one, you might as well have one." ”

Cai Jiheng opened the travel bag he brought, took out two "camel" brand cigarettes, four canned American beef and a few pieces of chocolate and put them on the table, he tore open the cigarette case and said: "They are all poor soldiers, there are no good things, I really can't do it, what do you need to tell me, I will find a way to send it to you." ”

Fujinouchi Goro lit a cigarette with Cai Jiheng's lighter, took a puff and said, "Don't worry about it, I don't plan to live too long." Crocodile, I have a regret in my heart, it's hard to hold back, you know. ”

"I know, you just didn't beat me down from the sky, you don't look at death, I guessed right?"

"I was thinking, if you were flying the P-40 at the time, I wouldn't have been able to let you get it, it was that Zero that gave you an advantage, and we treated you as a lone that was left behind, and you deceived you."

Cai Jiheng said with a smile: "Fujino, I think you are making excuses for your mistakes, and you don't get tired of cheating, this is an important military principle." I know you're trying to contact me on the radio, but I didn't answer, so you should be alerted and react, but you didn't do anything and let me break through your defenses. Fujino, to put it mildly, if I had been replaced, and there would have been no response to the radio call, I would have been vigilant first, and then I would have fired a warning shot first, and if the warning was still ineffective, I would have fired decisively and shot it down first. Fujino, you can't help but admit that you lose at the level of the intellectual game, which has nothing to do with technology. ”

"Crocodile, our conversation is not equal, no matter what, you are the victor, I am your prisoner of war, you can humiliate me, anyway I am a prisoner. But I have to tell you, although I was shot down by you, I am not convinced, your victory is mainly due to luck, and I can only admit that luck is not as good as yours. To put it mildly, I'd rather trade this life for a chance to fight you alone in the air one more time, and then shoot you as I please. Fujino Uchigoro looked at Cai Jiheng defiantly.

Cai Jiheng said lightly: "Fujino, a few years ago I was still a student of the history department, and the reason why I went to the battlefield was to defend my country, to do my duty as a citizen, not to fight with others, so whether you are convinced or not, I really don't care." Fujino, about the summary of our battles, I will have the opportunity to discuss it again in the future. Right now...... I just want to express my displeasure with you. ”

"Oh, please!"

"You stink all over and I can't stand the smoke, and I'd rather be shot down by you in an air battle than smell it. Please, can you clean up? ”

Fujino Uchigoro was a little embarrassed: "I'm really sorry! I haven't showered for a few days, I haven't had any change of clothes except for this flight suit, and the wound is also inflamed, and it is inevitable that there will be some bad smells, I'm really sorry! ”

Cai Jiheng took the opportunity to suggest: "I think it's better to let the military doctor treat the wound, and then go take a shower and change clothes?" ”

Fujinouchi Goro was a little hesitant: "Forget it, anyway, there are not a few days to live......"

"It's not good, it doesn't matter if you die tomorrow, but you make my nose very uncomfortable now, don't you always talk about equality? We're not equal now, because I didn't smoke you with the stench. ”

Cai Jiheng asked the guards to call in the military doctor who was waiting in the courtyard, and then instructed the guards to buy four changes of clothes, and he would pay the bill.

The guard asked puzzledly, "Four changes of clothes?" Is it too much for him to use alone? ”

Cai Jiheng said: "Isn't there another captive? Give him two sets too. ”

The guard hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, these two devils are pilots, how many of us have been killed?" We are already very gracious if we don't shoot them, and we can't pity them. ”

Cai Jiheng waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, carry out the order!" ”

When the medic cut the sleeves of Fujinouchigoro's flight suit, he screamed in pain because his underwear had stuck to the wound. The military doctor soaked the wound with warm water and wanted to gently peel off his underwear, but Fujino Uchigoro struggled and screamed, and the military doctor hesitated a little and stopped.

Cai Jiheng walked over, made a lightning shot, and tore the underwear from the wound, Fujino Uchigoro almost fainted in pain, and he scolded: "Crocodile, you bastard, kill me!" ”

Cai Jiheng snorted: "I've already killed you once, you kid is lucky, dozens of bullets didn't kill you, now you have to bear with it." ”

After examination by the military doctor, Fujinouchigoro's left arm was grazed by a 12.7 mm bullet to the muscle tissue, and the bone was not injured. However, even if it is a bruise, the wound caused by a large-caliber bullet is still very serious, and if the position of the bullet is a little more correct, Fujinouchigoro's left arm will be broken by the Qi Brush. His right leg was crushed by the deformation of the plane when it rolled. The military doctor temporarily treated the wound and told Cai Jiheng that the prisoner needed to go to the hospital to get a plaster cast.

Cai Jiheng instructed the guards to take Fujino Uchigoro to take a bath, and specially explained that the prisoner was injured and had difficulty moving, so he asked the guards to help scrub it. After explaining, Cai Jiheng said goodbye to Fujino Uchigoro: "Fujino, take care of your injuries, if I have the opportunity, I will come to see you again." ”

Fujinouchi Goro rolled his eyes and replied, "Crocodile, you don't have to come again, I won't live long." For Japanese soldiers, it was a shame to be captured, and only death could wash away this shame. Crocodile, thank you for coming to see me, and thank you for giving me cigarettes and food, and we'll see you in the next life! ”

Cai Jiheng shook hands with him and said: "We have a saying in China, 'A dog that barks doesn't bite'. Fujino, why are you always dying, dying, nagging endlessly? I just want to tell you one thing, if you really plan to die, you can find a chance. If you figure it out and don't want to die, then live well and wait for the war to end and return home, and we will always have a chance to meet in the future. ”

After Cai Jiheng finished speaking, he left without looking back.

On the 29th, the defense of Xuchang entered a white heat, the Japanese army attacked the Tuweizi position with heavy artillery and tanks, and the north of the city was built relatively strong because of the fortifications, forming a large defensive depth, and a minefield was laid in front of the position in advance. The first attack wave composed of hundreds of soldiers of the 226th Wing of the Japanese Army crashed headlong into the minefield, first triggering the ** group, which shook the mountains for a while, dozens of serial mines exploded at the same time, shrapnel flew sideways, gunpowder smoke was everywhere, and a squadron of Japanese soldiers suffered casualties. After the Japanese suffered losses, they concentrated heavy artillery groups to carry out retaliatory fire, using the barrage extension method to destroy minefields, deer barricades and barbed wire, and then pushed the infantry to the line of the moat, and took rubber boats, wooden platoons and other pontoon vehicles to force crossing. At this time, the concealed fortifications of the defenders in the ruins of the city wall opened fire, and the crossfire network composed of light and heavy machine guns made the water surface as if it were boiling, and the surface of the river was crimson, and the dense floating corpses almost blocked the river.

Sure enough, as Cai Jigang expected, after the Japanese army was frustrated, the 37th Division only left a small force to block the north gate, and its main force bypassed the city wall and concentrated all its strength to attack the south gate.

The Sigutai outside the south of the city became the focus of the fierce fighting between the attackers and the defenders, which was a hilly area defended by the 6th Company of the 85th Regiment and the 3rd Company of the 86th Regiment of the National Army.

Although Man Tang and Tiezhu have not yet dispelled the idea of escaping, they can no longer care about it at this time, the reason is very simple, they are desperately shooting and throwing bombs now not necessarily to defend the country, but the most important thing is to save their own lives. If these red-eyed devils rush up, I am afraid that they will not even give you the opportunity to surrender, and they must chop the brothers of the whole company into meat sauce and swallow them raw, this is not a joke.

Before the war, Company Commander Chen was right, if these dog-day recruits didn't die in a battle, they would be serious veterans. Now the recruits of the 86th Battalion of the 2nd Battalion and the 3rd Company of the 3rd Regiment have been rolling in blood and fire for two days, and those who have survived are all decent veterans. Killing is like this, killing one is killing, killing a hundred is the same, once you kill it, you don't feel it. After two days, Man Tang and Tie Zhu themselves couldn't figure out how many devils they had killed. The two brothers had already thrown away the Hanyang made on it, and they were replaced with three or eight big covers, the little devil's gun was really good, it rarely got stuck, it was much stronger than Hanyang, and the bullets from the iron pillar were more than 200 rounds, and he just told the full hall to save a little money, and make more money when trading with the gun dealer in the future, this kid will really be able to make more money.

"Attention! The devil is coming up, ready to drop the bomb! The platoon commander stared ahead and whispered an order.

At this time, more than 30 Japanese soldiers rushed up with bayonets and howling. The platoon leader yelled: "Drop the bomb!" He threw two hands at the same time as he shook his hand, and the whole row of people shot to form a barrage. With the violent and continuous explosions, the smoke and sand and stones were mixed with the continuous rise of the pale red blood mist, and the Japanese soldiers approaching the fortifications were either killed or wounded.

Behind the hall was a light machine gun bunker, and the Czech light machine gun screamed like madness, and the scorching shells rained down like drops, forming a hill under the bunker. The crossfire of two heavy machine guns and four light machine guns on the position turned the open field into smoke and dust. Several grenadiers from the Japanese troops on the opposite side were fired in turn, trying to knock out these threatening machine gun nests. A ** shot landed directly on the machine gun ammunition man who was pressing the bullet, turning him into a pink mist of blood......

The machine gun shooter shouted as he strafed: "Magazine, give me the magazine......"

Iron Pillar dropped his rifle and jumped to the ammanator's position, pressing the bullet into the magazine while keeping an eye on the machine-gun shooter's firing action.

The shooter squinted at the iron pillar while shooting: "Little rabbit, count yourself as a kind!" Dare to come here with a machine gun, not afraid of death? ”

Tie Zhu stared greedily at the Czech light machine gun: "Brother, this guy is really energetic, let me fight a shuttle, okay?" ”

The shooter glared and scolded: "Damn, press the bullet quickly, and you will fight when Lao Tzu is dead!" ”

The house was crazy, he kept throwing his hands out one by one, the two boxes of hands were thrown off after a while, when the last one was left in the box, he was still unsatisfied, his body twisted, his hand riveted and threw out again, it didn't matter, this hand ** turned over and drew an arc and flew straight out of 60 meters away, just fell on the steel helmet of a Japanese machine gunner, the hand ** bounced up on the steel helmet and exploded in the air, and the two shooters were blown up with guns.

There was cheering from the Nationalist positions, and the fourth Japanese charge was repulsed.

Company Commander Chen bent down and ran along the traffic trench, shouting excitedly as he ran: "Who threw the hand just now?" ”

The platoon leader of Mazi pushed Mantang forward: "Report, it's Tong Mantang, the leader of the 8th squad." ”

"You're you again? Okay, good, great, obediently, it's about sixty meters with a casual throw, and it's okay to be the right leader, have you ever practiced bomb throwing? Company Commander Chen patted Mantang's shoulder affectionately.

Man Tang said disapprerovingly: "I haven't touched my hands before, but I haven't eaten pork and never seen a pig run?" If you want to say that I have practiced, I practiced throwing stones when I was a child. ”

Company Commander Chen said to the platoon commander of Mazi: "Mazi, as soon as this batch of recruits came, I told you that there are a few good blanks in it, such as Mantang and Tiezhu, which don't need to be trained, and you can become a platoon commander in a battle." Asako, that's what I said at the time, right? ”

The platoon commander of Mazi hurriedly confirmed: "That's right, the company commander said that you can become a platoon commander in a battle." Company commander, full of meritorious battles, yesterday he was promoted to squad leader, and today he made meritorious service, you see...... Is my seat at the head of the queue just a full house? ”

Company Commander Chen suddenly became vigilant: "Mazi, what do you mean?" Full Hall is a platoon leader, so why are you going? ”

The platoon commander of Mazi smiled and said: "My soldiers are all platoon commanders, and I don't want to get a company deputy to do it?" ”

"Oh, you've been waiting here for a long time, Mazi, are you looking at me redundant now? I wish Lao Tzu was killed quickly, didn't he? Company Commander Chen's eyes widened.

"No, no, you can misunderstand me, how dare I grab your position, I mean, you are the commander of a company, and you rely on your ability to become a company, what about me, this ability is at most a company deputy, the water is too big to go to the bridge, when I became the company commander, then you will already be the battalion commander, and we will have to listen to the errand under you." The flattering kung fu of the platoon leader of the pockmarked platoon can be called first-class.

"Well, that's like a human saying." Company Commander Chen snorted, expressing satisfaction, but he immediately remembered something, "Hey, let you interrupt this, what did I just say?" ”

"Company commander, you said that I can be a platoon commander if I fight." Full Hall reminded.

Company Commander Chen took off his military hat and slapped the dust, then put it on upright, and said solemnly: "8 squad leader, you have played well in the past two days, it stands to reason that you should be promoted, but now there is no vacancy in the company for the time being, so let's remember this matter, and when there is a vacancy, the company commander will immediately fill it for you." ”

The platoon commander Mazi immediately added: "Don't worry, it's full, it's fast, maybe one day I will be martyred, and you will be able to fill the vacancy." ”

Company Commander Chen said: "Everyone prepare, repair the fortifications, prepare ammunition, and the evil battle is still to come." ”

After Company Commander Chen left, the pockmarked platoon leader pulled Man Tang aside, looked him up and down, and then reached out and pinched Man Tang's arm. Because Man Tang had eaten a full meal for more than half a month, the muscles of the originally thick body gradually bulged, and his body recovered well, he was a tall and burly figure, standing out from the crowd in a group of short and skinny recruits.

The platoon commander of Mazi was very satisfied, and said in a low voice: "Mantang, you kid is right to be a soldier, you are born to be a soldier, you react quickly, your hands and feet are sharp, I can see that you threw your hand ** just now, your arm strength is very strong, and ordinary people can't compare." Do it well, if you have a big life, it is not easy to be an official? If you look at our regiment, every time we fight, more than half of the officers and veterans have to die, and whoever has the greatest life will be promoted quickly. ”

Mantang was a little moved: "Platoon leader, thank you for taking care of me, if I have a bright future in the future, I will definitely repay your cultivation." ”

A rare warmth appeared on the face of the platoon leader of the pockmark: "Brother, I understand it!" Full hall, let me tell you a heartfelt word, this war, I'm afraid that my old Huang won't be able to get by, let's form a new 29th division...... I'm afraid it's also more than lucky. You remember, if you fight to the end...... It's better to leave yourself a way out, you know what I mean? ”

"Understood! Thank you, sir, I know, sir...... For my good ......" Mantang felt his nose sour and his eyes red, "Sir, you ...... in your heart If you understand everything, why don't you think about yourself? ”

"Brother, I'm different, I've been a soldier for four years, this platoon commander was fought by himself, and our company commander Chen is the same, we haven't entered a military academy, we all started from being a big soldier, and after a few years of fighting, we were fatal, and we became officers without dying. People have faces and bark, officers are different from soldiers, soldiers can desert, they can be afraid of death, when the gun goes off, no one will laugh at you if you pee your pants. But the officer can't do it, the officer's face is more important than life, no matter when, even if the knife is on the neck, we can't recognize the bear, this shelf still has to be held. Do you understand? Platoon Commander Asako seemed to be emotional.

"Platoon commander, you are a good person, I can't forget you, I remember your words." Mantang whispered.

At this time, there was another whistling sound of falling shells in mid-air, and the platoon commander of Mazi knocked down the hall.

Violent explosions rang out from the positions......

Due to the stubborn resistance of the defenders of Sigutai, the Japanese commander was anxious and ordered the artillery to push eight *** infantry guns to a distance of 600 meters from the defenders and conduct direct fire on the defenders' fortifications. This trick worked very well, as a cannon shot was discharged, and the civil fortifications and machine-gun bunkers on the defenders' positions were destroyed one by one, which could have beaten the defenders badly.

Of all the equipment of the Japanese Army in World War II, the most successful weapon was the infantry gun. This 70 mm caliber gun is very distinctively designed, its barrel length is only more than 60 centimeters, and the height of the shield is only 62 centimeters. Although this type of artillery was not a battlefield suppression type firearm, it was an ideal infantry battalion support weapon for countries with a low degree of mechanization at that time, which could be used for infantry support and anti-tank combat, and its 3.8 kg high-explosive shells were extremely effective against civil fortifications and general masonry fortifications. Its excellent design ideas are also reflected in the transportation, the total weight of the gun is only about 210 kilograms, in the absence of towing vehicles, the use of animal power or manpower can be towed forward, and even can be disassembled for transportation, the road conditions in the war zone are not very demanding. Only a resource-poor country like Japan could design such a high-quality and inexpensive artillery, because the few steels had to be supplied to the navy first.

The front of the 3rd Company of the Sigutai defenders was 200 meters wide, and the depth of the position was only 150 meters.

Mantang felt that the whole world had turned red, and the violent explosion had turned him deaf, and the waves of air from the explosion swept through the field like a hurricane, and he and the iron pillar stuck their heads in the depths of the trench like ostriches. What's even more terrifying is that every explosion is accompanied by a scream, and then a rain of blood falls from the sky. Tie Zhu found that his crotch was soaked at some point, and he may have peed his pants unconsciously.

There was another loud bang, and the sand and gravel poured down on the face, and the whole hall was shocked by the explosion and vomited. Suddenly, he received a heavy blow to the neck, and the whole house screamed, and his heart said that this is over! He thought that his neck was cut off by shrapnel, so he subconsciously touched it with his hand, and the heavy thing fell to the ground, and when he looked at it, he couldn't help but let out a strange scream from the depths of his throat, it turned out to be a bloody human leg! It was still steaming hot, and the neck of the hall was wet with blood...... He felt sick and couldn't help but vomit again.

When the artillery fire finally stopped, Company Commander Chen cautiously poked his head out of the trench to observe, and was shocked to see that the Japanese straggler line had rushed up silently, and its forward was less than 20 meters away from the trench. Company Commander Chen screamed wildly: "The devil is here, all bayonets!" ”

As soon as the machine gunner next to the iron pillar saw that the enemy had arrived in front of him, he jumped into the trench, picked up the light machine gun and opened fire, but he did not expect that as soon as he fired a point, the machine gunner received a bayonet in the chest. The iron pillar was clearly visible from the side, and the Japanese soldier's bayonet penetrated the machine gunner's body, revealing a dozen centimeters of his back. The machine gunner fell unwillingly on his back, and the Czech light machine gun in his hand "Da Da Da" fired a string of bullets into the air......

Tiezhu's face turned white with fright, and he instinctively picked up his rifle to make a protective posture, and he was confronted by a short, stout Japanese soldier, who was supposed to be a veteran assassin, his legs bent in a T-step, holding the gun at a 45-degree angle, the tip of the bayonet at eye level, a standard, invulnerable posture. If Tiezhu is a veteran trained in assassination, he should be extra cautious when encountering such an opponent, this is a difficult opponent.

The problem is that Tie Zhu is not a veteran at all, the Japanese soldier in front of him is really exalting him, he was a common man two days ago, he has not even touched a gun, like a sheep waiting to be slaughtered, Tie Zhu has no ability to resist, at this time except for being scared and shivering, he has almost no thoughts.

Tie Zhu's hand holding the gun was trembling violently, and he tried his best to control it but could not control it, according to the northern peasants, this is called "sifting through the chaff". This state is very humiliating, if he hadn't been frightened and ran out of ideas, Tie Zhu might have dropped his gun and raised his hands in surrender.

For soldiers, white-knuckle combat is the most severe test, and the two sides compete with each other in terms of their courage, technical and tactical level, physical fitness, and psychological quality. Among them, courage and psychological quality are the most important, in the cruel white-knuckle battle life and death conversion is only a few seconds, the white knife in the red knife out, the abdominal knife in the internal organs overflow out of the body is common, if the carotid artery is cut by the bayonet, the scene is even more terrifying, under the strong pressure of the heart pumping, the blood can be sprayed up to 10 meters away, no matter how strong a person is, it can't last 20 seconds. Such a brutal battle could not survive the battle without extraordinary courage and extremely stable psychological qualities.

The Japanese soldier finally got impatient, the timidity of the iron pillar and the childish face made him relax his vigilance, he was eager to solve the life of this thin young man, so regardless of the taboo of fighting the bayonet, the mouth of the "......" sound of the first stab, the iron pillar panicked subconsciously swung the ** to the lower left, "dang", his gun barrel touched the opponent's bayonet, the Japanese soldier's bayonet immediately deviated from the direction of attack, and the tip of the bayonet rubbed the right rib of the iron pillar on the chest wall. The strong sense of fear made the spirit of the iron pillar almost collapse, he took advantage of the moment when the Japanese soldier drew the bayonet and jumped out two meters away, holding the gun in both hands and trying to make a defensive posture again, who knew that the rifle in his hand had just come over and the "horn" sounded, a bullet penetrated the chest of the Japanese soldier, his movements froze all of a sudden, his eyes stared at the iron pillar blankly, and slowly slid along the chest wall of the trench and sat on the ground without moving.

Tiezhu gasped for breath, his chest heaved violently, and he looked at the corpse of the Japanese soldier before he could react. He had long forgotten that this Type 38 rifle was loaded with bullets in advance, and according to normal operation, the safety machine had to be turned off when there was no need to shoot, so as not to fire and injure people. The tail of this rifle is a knurled flat cylinder, which is pressed forward and rotated to the right to position, that is, in a safe state. Iron Pillar's knowledge of the rifle was very limited, he didn't know that there was a safety machine at all, the rifle had been in a state of loading and ready to fire, and just now he inadvertently touched the trigger, causing a misfire. Tie Zhu thought in horror, if he knew this, what kind of bayonet would he fight, how easy would it be to put down that devil with one shot? I won't be scared out of a sweat.

At this time, the position was chaotic, and the Chinese and Japanese soldiers were in a mess, and the shouts of killing, screaming, wheezing, and the sound of bayonet collision were all over the place.

Mantang is rolling with a Japanese soldier, the Japanese soldier looks the same age as Mantang, about 18 years old, eighty percent is also a recruit, both sides of the stabbing technology are two knives, two fights, both sides of the rifle actually took off, so bare-handed fight together. When it comes to fighting, Mantang is still quite confident, he has made a name for himself among the children in ten miles and eight towns since he was a child, and he has rich practical experience. The little devil in front of him has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and at first glance he is a beaten goods, if he can't even clean up this road of goods, he will be a fool.

Seeing that the cowards couldn't hold the fire, he grabbed the little devil's neck with his left arm, and a "big don't" knocked him to the ground, and then rode on the little devil and opened his fists and slammed him in the face. The little devil was beaten by Mantang's heavy punch and was bleeding all over his face, and he was also anxious at this time, he suddenly stepped forward and hit Mantang with his head, Mantang was caught off guard and was hit in the face, this collision was not trivial, the steel helmet worn by the little devil was quite powerful, Mantang was hit with blood, dizzy and fell on his back, the little devil swooped up, and his hands choked Mantang's neck...... Man Tang felt the sounds around him fade away, the whole world became unusually quiet, and the consciousness in his mind was leaving him little by little, and his two hands were clutching desperately in the air......

In a drowsy state, Mantang suddenly felt a shock to the other party's body, and the little devil's hand was released. He opened his eyes suddenly, only to find that the little devil's head was gone! The blood in the neck cavity jumped out more than half a meter high, and I saw the platoon leader of Mazi carrying a machete, flying up and kicking over the body of the little devil.

Tears flowed down all of a sudden, and he cried and knelt on the ground: "Platoon commander, you saved my life, thank you platoon commander for saving my life......"

The platoon leader of the pockmarked platoon pulled it up and shouted, "Cry! Cry! You're crying! Copy me guy! Get behind me! ”

He had the opportunity to see the fierce battle on the battlefield, and the situation was extremely dangerous, and the recruits hardly knew how to fight the stabs, and they were powerless in front of the tough Japanese soldiers, and they fell under the bayonets of the Japanese soldiers one after another......

Damn, I can't play, we really didn't hit this bayonet. Mantang pulled the bolt of his gun and loaded the bullet, and before he could find his target, he was surrounded by three Japanese soldiers. A devil is not young, with a beard on his face, and two gold teeth flashing in his mouth, he took a step forward and stabbed at Mantang's abdomen, Mantang dodged flexibly, pulled the trigger without hesitation when he passed the rifle, and knocked down the old devil with a shot from the "horn". At this time, Mantang no longer had a chance to unload his shell, and the remaining two Japanese soldiers saw Mantang shooting, and immediately became angry, probably thinking that Mantang had broken the rules of white-knuckle warfare, so he pounced on Mantang with red eyes and sandwiched Mantang in the middle and killed the killer with a bayonet.

The full hall resisted a few times and couldn't stand it, he realized that today's fate is here, whether you want to fight it or not, this dog's war is sticking to you anyway, whether you are afraid or not, it is not over if you don't kill you today. He simply put down a heart, desperately!

The platoon commander of the pockmarked platoon not far away slashed a devil to death, and when he saw that Mantang was very dangerous here, he jumped over with an arrow, blocked the bayonets of the Japanese soldiers with the back of his knife, and turned around sharply and whispered back to back with Mantang: "Don't be afraid, there is me!" ”

A Japanese soldier screamed, probably calling for his companions to help, so four or five more Japanese soldiers rushed up and surrounded Mantang and Mazi platoon leaders in the middle.

Man Tang looked nervously at the Japanese soldiers and asked in a low voice, "Platoon commander, what should I do?" ”

The platoon commander of Mazi held the knife in both hands and did not change his color: "Don't panic, the more panicked, the faster you will die, calm down!" ”

A Japanese soldier stabbed at the platoon commander of the pock, and the platoon commander slammed the bayonet with the back of the knife with a "dang" sound, and stabbed his wrist like lightning, and the blade fell on the left hand of the Japanese soldier holding the gun, and the Japanese soldier threw away the gun, covered his hands and screamed.

Mantang seized the opportunity, stepped forward and stabbed the bayonet into the left rib of the Japanese soldier, the devil suddenly collapsed on the ground, and Mantang tried hard to pull out the bayonet but failed...... Cai Jigang is right, the best attack part of the bayonet should be in the abdomen, if the attack chest is very easy to be stuck by the ribs, then the bayonet is really stuck. He was so anxious that he was sweating, his own bayonet could not be pulled out, and the opponent's four or five bayonets were constantly attacking him, if it weren't for the pockmarked platoon commander desperately blocking left and right, he would have been stabbed into a sieve. The situation was extremely critical, and suddenly, the hall heard a few light machine gun fires, and the two devils opposite him fell headlong. Startled, the hall hurriedly took a step back and distanced himself from the remaining devils. It's too late, it's too late, "Da Da Da!" "Da Da Da!" The light machine gun screamed, and the rest of the Japanese soldiers were beaten to the ground......

The platoon commander turned around with a long breath, and saw that Tiezhu was holding a Czech light machine gun, the muzzle of which was still smoking, and he was leaning against the collapsed bunker and gasping for breath.

The platoon commander asked in surprise: "You fired the gun just now?" ”

Tiezhu nodded, shocked.

The platoon commander of Mazi scolded: "Okay, you dog, we dare to sweep with a machine gun when we get mixed up with the devil, aren't you afraid to take Lao Tzu in one pot?" ”

Tiezhu argued: "I'm afraid of hurting my own people, so I use a point shot!" ”

"You ......" Mazi platoon leader couldn't cry or laugh, "My little ancestor, you really dare to say hello!" The devil can't kill me, you kid can't ...... it, little rabbit."

Man Tang pulled over the iron pillar in surprise: "Pillar, when will you learn to fight machine guns?" ”

Tie Zhu whined and cried: "That machine gunner Lao Li taught, he is our fellow countryman, his house is less than 50 miles away from our village, I just recognized him as a brother...... He was stabbed to death, and Brother Li died so miserably...... Brother Li said that if he died, the machine gun would be my ......"

The platoon commander slapped the dust on his body and said, "Okay, okay, don't cry, Lao Li and the others are gone, it's useless for you to cry the sky." Little brother, your machine gun is still a little accurate, this Czech is yours to use, and I'll give you an ammunition man. ”

"Really? Really give it to me? Thank you, sir. Tiezhu burst into tears and laughed, holding the machine gun tightly, for fear of being robbed by others.

Company Commander Chen also participated in hand-to-hand combat just now, and his arm was cut by a devil's bayonet, and he shed a lot of blood. At this time, he grabbed a handful of loess and pasted it on the wound, and was counting the battlefield, and all the more than 50 devils who rushed to the position just now were reimbursed, and more than 200 devil corpses were lying in front of the position of the 3rd Company. The soldiers of the 6th Company of the 85th Regiment and the 3rd Company of the 86th Regiment were only 36 people, including the lightly wounded.

Company Commander Chen looked at the battlefield strewn with corpses, and scolded uncleanly: "Damn it, I said a long time ago, his little devil is also a fleshy man, have you seen it?" Let's kill hundreds of his people, it's worth it! ”

Suddenly, with a sharp whistling sound, a cannonball exploded not far away.

Company Commander Chen patted the dust on his body and said, "This is the correction bullet of the devil's artillery, and the second round of artillery preparation is about to begin." I have just received an order from the regimental headquarters that all the troops of the outer positions should be withdrawn to the city and prepare for street fighting! Platoon Commander Huang, leave a few people to cover, and the rest of the brothers, withdraw! ”

"Class 7 stays, the brothers go first, I'll cover!" The platoon commander picked up a light machine gun and loaded the bullets.

As soon as the Mantang, the iron pillars and the remnants of the soldiers withdrew from the position, they heard an earth-shattering explosion from the position, and the powerful artillery fire of the Japanese army covered the entire position.

Company Commander Chen withdrew to the city with more than 30 people including Tong Mantang, and before he had time to catch his breath, he received an order from above: immediately take local materials, build barricades, and prepare for street fighting!

When the brothers were working, there was unfortunate news that none of the platoon leader and the 7th class of brothers who were in charge of covering came back.

On April 29, the Japanese army had cleared all positions on the periphery of Xuchang and leveled anti-tank trenches and minefields with heavy artillery.

At 6 o'clock in the morning of April 30, the Japanese army launched a general attack on the city of Xuchang. The formation of 12 bombers of the 5th Air Force was put into battle, which was the first time that the Japanese army used bombers to support ground forces in the Central Plains. On the ground, 80 Type 95 tanks of the 13th Tank Wing of the Japanese Army also joined the infantry in the battle, and the focus of the assault was on the west and south gates of Xuchang City.

The 2nd Battalion of the 85th Regiment of the 29th Division of the National Army and the 226th Wing of the 37th Division of the Japanese Army engaged in a fierce battle near the Ximen Wai Mission Hospital. The Japanese bombers screamed and dived and dropped bombs in turn, and the heavy artillery concentrated on bombarding the Tuweizi fortifications held by the defenders, and the 3rd Battalion of the 85th Regiment of the defenders resisted stubbornly and refused to give up an inch of land.

A lieutenant named Ogawa of the 226th Wing of the Japanese Army organized a shirtless death squad and, under the cover of artillery fire, swam across a 60-meter-wide moat, seized three houses by the river, and established a bridgehead. Five Japanese tanks then crossed the moat to cover the infantry's storming of the west gate. The 2nd Battalion of the 87th Regiment of the defending army started a white-knuckle battle with the Japanese army, and a large number of Japanese infantry poured into the West Gate like a tide, and an hour later, all the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of the National Army were killed and wounded, and the West Gate was lost! The Japanese army drove straight into the city center, and the remnants of the 87th Regiment of the National Army resisted and continued to carry out counter-assaults.

In the command post of the newly formed 29th Division on the cross street in the center of Xuchang, Liu Changyi and Lu Gongliang were anxiously guarding the radio, staring at Cai Jigang, who was holding a microphone and shouting wildly.

Cai Jigang shouted hoarsely: "Deputy Commander Tang, our army has suffered heavy casualties, its strength has dried up, the enemy is only a few hundred meters away from our headquarters, and Xuchang is in danger!" Send reinforcements now! Send reinforcements now! ”

Tang Enbo's calm answer came from the radio: "Commander Cai, you have to be calm, please tell Commander Liu and Division Commander Lu that the Commander's Department has ordered the 29th Army and the 87th Army to go to Xuchang for rescue, but the Japanese army's blocking force is very strong, and the reinforcements cannot get closer to Xuchang for the time being." Your department should focus on the overall situation and hold on for another three days! Three days later reinforcements will be relieved. ”

Cai Jigang turned off the radio station and slammed the microphone on the table.

Liu Changyi smiled bitterly: "Three days? We can't get through tonight! ”

Lu Gongliang said with a gloomy expression: "Brother Yunhe, don't be impulsive, you can stick to it with us until now, you have already fulfilled your responsibility." I assure you that the new 29th Division will fight to the last soldier! ”

Cai Jigang silently untied the belt around his waist, tied his four hands to his abdomen, pulled him out and hung it on his chest, and then lifted Thompson and said to Lu Gongliang: "Division Commander Lu, organize the miscellaneous personnel of the division headquarters, I will lead the team and prepare for street fighting!" ”

Lu Gongliang held his hand and nodded: "Thank you!" I'm sorry for you. ”

Liu Changyi put on a steel helmet and shouted: "Find me a *** too, everyone dies together!" ”

After a whole day of street fighting, Xuchang City became a flesh mill, with corpses everywhere between the ruins and broken walls, and thick blood flowing on the streets and alleys. In the evening, Japanese tanks appeared near the headquarters of the new 29th Division, the engines of the tanks roared, and the rolling tracks made a sonorous metallic sound, collapsing the houses in their path like bulldozers, and crushing the defenders' barricades with guns to pieces. The Japanese infantry of the brigade followed the tanks and swarmed upwards, advancing parallel to the city center.

The defenders, who lacked anti-tank weapons, watched the tanks go on a rampage, as if they were in a no-man's land, so they had to desperately block the Japanese infantry behind the tanks with small arms and hand **.

At this time, the 86th Regiment, where Mantang was located, had less than 100 troops, and the commander with the highest rank was Company Commander Chen. The iron pillar was lying on the roof of a civilian house, holding up a light machine gun and shining at the first tank is a shuttle, the bullet hit the front armor plate of the tank, sparks flew everywhere, the tank continued to move forward unscathed, and the 7.7 mm heavy machine gun on the turret spewed out tongues of fire, knocking the eaves of the civilian houses into dust.

Company Commander Chen found that the gun barrel on the tank turret was moving slowly, his heart sank, and he shouted anxiously: "Iron pillar, the devil is going to open fire, jump ...... quickly."

The iron pillar rolled on the roof of the house with a machine gun a few times, and jumped nimbly from the side, when the fire flashed, and the shells fired by the tank blew the houses apart, and the bricks and stones were raised high......

The barricade on the left side of the street resounded the sound of Makqin heavy machine gun fire, the Japanese infantry behind the tank was knocked down, a shirtless national army demoman holding a ** bag, jumped from the roof of a civilian house and landed on the tank, with a violent explosion, the tank collapsed on the street and ignited a skyrocketing fire. Immediately afterwards, the second Demoman appeared, he used the dead angle of the tank's machine gun to approach the second tank from the side, the Japanese infantry behind the tank opened fire one after another, the Demoman was hit by several bullets, he shook a little, and threw the ** bag towards the tank with all his last strength, and after the explosion, the second tank was also paralyzed in flames.

Two bombed-out tanks blocked the tanks behind, the remnants of the 87th Regiment fought back, shouted with bayonets, and started hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese infantry behind the tanks, two Japanese tank soldiers jumped out of the bombed-up tank cockpit with fire, and the bayonet turned to one, and the remaining one turned around and ran, and was smashed on the back of the head by another soldier **.

The Japanese army gradually weakened, and finally retreated.