Chapter 55: Lack of Strength (2)

In one night, Xue Ru felt that he had just fallen, and he was woken up by the soldiers, because before dawn, there were soldiers who had retreated from the front line, and they were not organized at all, they were just a group of chaotic soldiers, and most of them were basically unarmed.

There were too few people in the Snow Fox Brigade, and there were about 2,000 people gathered, all of whom were divided into two roads, and stood guard along the way, and it was impossible to see how many people there were.

When Xue Ru arrived at the city wall, the entire Kunshan City was already full of people, there must be tens of thousands of people, and there was no order in the chaos.

If they are all in order, they are still not slow, but they all want to go to Kunshan. Originally, there were roads on both sides, but after retreating overnight, most of the soldiers were thirsty and hungry, thinking that they could get food when they entered the city, so they did not want to bypass from both sides.

Seeing a soldier passing through the middle and entering the city, someone immediately clamoured. For they found that it was the Central Army that passed through the middle and entered the city.

All this caused extreme dissatisfaction among the soldiers, and many low-ranking officers were also very angry, when they were fighting, these miscellaneous troops were on the front line, and when they retreated, it was the Central Army that withdrew first. Immediately many officers united with the soldiers and began to make trouble.

When Xue Ru received the report, she also regretted it a little, and she didn't know how Xue Yue could give such an order. It was indeed the Central Army that passed through the middle and entered the city.

But there was no way, Xue Yue ordered, the 71st Army and the 18th Army to guard Changshu to the division bridge. The First Army and the Second Army held on to Wuxi, so Xue Ru could only let their army enter the city as soon as possible, and set off immediately after the city was incorporated into the formation, and rushed to the predetermined location. This time, all the troops who entered the city were the Central Army.

The Hunan army, the Yunnan army, the Gui army and the Yue army, which were blocked in the city and could not advance and demanded to retreat from the side roads, were very dissatisfied.

The dissatisfaction in my heart is not today's thing, it is the result of years of accumulation. The fear of escaping, the unwillingness to fail, and the inequality of treatment finally ignited and exploded at this time.

Xiao Yong began to worry, this is tens of thousands of soldiers, once a melee breaks out, the Snow Fox Brigade only has two squadrons of four or five hundred people. As soon as the rebels rush, the whole Kunshan will be chaotic. He wondered if passing through the city without discrimination would ease the soldiers' emotions. So I didn't care that Xue Ru was already tired and fell down to rest, and sent someone to call her up.

Xue Ru was very strange, how could he not see senior generals, the highest military rank was the deputy division commander, and he couldn't even see the army commander, let alone the commander of the group army. If there were such officers, they could also change the battlefield arrangement, and at the same time shock these junior officers.

But all the withdrawn troops, there were no high-ranking officers at all, they were low-ranking officers. Perhaps the herd mentality, most of the soldiers were gathered in small groups, and many were either officers or soldiers. And they simply can't make sense.

In desperation, Xiao Yong and the others had already shot more than a dozen troublemakers, and these soldiers did not die on the battlefield, but died here, which aroused public anger even more. Xue Ru hurriedly gave Xiao Yong an order to persuade him as much as possible and not to kill people.

But it's easy to talk and discuss, and no one listens to you. Everyone knew that the devil was behind him, and the whole of Shanghai collapsed, and the Japanese army pursued in several directions, and at the same time there were planes in the sky to intercept and bomb. Xue Ru didn't know what Chen Cheng was doing, why didn't he stay behind to block the troops.

Looking at the faintly bright sky, if it is not solved, as soon as the day dawns, the Japanese planes arrive, which is a great disaster. What made Xue Ru most angry was the local government, which didn't care about anything, causing the people to flee with him. As a magistrate, why don't you evacuate the people in advance.

Xue Ru, who was helpless, came out of the city wall, and Fan Tiezhu behind him said worriedly: "Captain, there are too many people, it is dangerous for you to go out." ”

Xue Ru knew that in fact, when he went out, he might not be able to work, just a little captain. Do you see that you are a woman, and you are obedient? At this time, don't talk about women, even the old lady has no one to take care of you.

She didn't have a loudspeaker, so she could only speak closely. Coming to the city gate, Fan Tiezhu shouted: "Tell them that the officers are concentrated in one area and the soldiers are concentrated together." ”

Fan Tiezhu's loud voice is really useful, and it can be transmitted far away at once. Under the pressure of Xiao Yong's bayonets and guns, some company platoon commanders and even battalion commanders were partially concentrated.

Looking at this, Xue Ru found that most of them belonged to the 21st Group Army, but there was no army commander and commander of the group army. After all, these officers were still a little disciplined, and Xue Ru thought of a way, that is, to order troops and retreat in an organized manner as soon as possible.

First find a platoon leader, squad leader, each squad leader leads ten people, ten squads and a company, and the lowest is a platoon leader to lead. According to the number of the group army, enter Kunshan through the city gate, and then go out of the city on the other side through the city of Kunshan. Retreat in the direction of Suzhou in order. Along the way, it was notified that the 21st Army entered Suzhou.

A way was found and immediately implemented, with the 19th Group Army entering Changshu and the 15th Group Army entering Taicang. The Ninth Army continued to retreat in order and assembled in Changzhou.

Soldiers follow the generals and the grass follows the wind, and the soldiers are like this, although they don't know each other, the military rank has this use. When he saw that he was a commander, he would be able to follow the order and retreat in an orderly manner. The number of soldiers in front of the city gates was drastically decreasing. Because they all entered through the city gate, no one had an opinion.

Once they lined up in a column and entered the city, they were told to go out of the city and assemble immediately, and there would be no trouble if there were few people. Besides, if it's noisy, it's easy to clean up.

Xue Ru had just breathed a sigh of relief, when suddenly there was a noise in the distance, mixed with gunshots, and there was chaos in front of the city that had just restored order. This time Xue Ru is also on fire, what the fuck is this army.

Xiao Yong was taken aback and rushed over with people, and saw a group of people pointing guns at four or five people. They were the garments of the people, and they had guns in their hands. The surrounding soldiers pointed their guns at the five men.

Xiao Yong shouted: "Put the gun down, who is the officer?" ”

Among the surrounding soldiers, one of the sergeants shouted, "Fuck, these guys actually killed my brothers, they were from the Central Army." Brothers, we can't let them go, we're the opposite. ”

Xiao Yong was most afraid of this kind of incendiary language at this time, and immediately put a gun against this person and shouted: "If you incite any more trouble, I'll kill you." ”

This person immediately shouted: "Brothers, these central troops don't treat us as human beings, we no longer resist Japan, and rush into Kunshan, where there is food and drink." ”

Immediately someone began to storm the city gate where the soldiers of the Snow Fox Brigade stood in rows. Things were about to get out of control, Xue Ru squeezed over and shouted, "Don't mess up, listen to me." ”

But no one listened to the noisy sounds. Fan Tiezhu was not stupid, seeing that the person who took the lead was the most noisy, he reached out and grabbed his neck and lifted it up. This person was a little shorter, and he was carried off the ground by Fan Tiezhu. Out of breath.

He grabbed Fan Tiezhu's arm with his backhand, and Fan Tiezhu, who was caught off guard and had a lot of strength, was actually turned back by him. Both legs tripped one of Fan Tiezhu's legs, and one twisted and fell, which actually knocked Fan Tiezhu down.

This shocked everyone. The man rolled over and stood up, cleanly. Fan Tiezhu was stunned and stood up blankly. Xue Ru's eyes flashed suddenly, judo? Is this a trick of the Japanese? One step forward and shouted, "Yaga." ”

This person, stunned for a moment, habitually stood upright: "Hi." ”

Xue Ru shouted: "He is a Japanese spy, arrest him." ”

Fan Tiezhu, who was fallen, finally reacted, his thinking was simple, but on the contrary, he reacted the fastest. Xue Ru's Japanese spy, when Xiao Yong and they were stunned, Fan Tiezhu was the first to react, and pounced on a Mount Tai to press the top, and this person was pounced. This time he was on guard, and in front of Fan Tiezhu, who had a lot more strength than him, he couldn't do any tricks, and he was pressed to the ground. Xiao Yong also reacted, and several soldiers rushed up and grabbed this person.

Xue Ru didn't need to ask anything, he already understood why it had been difficult to control from yesterday to today, and just after it was a little calmer, it was chaotic again. It turned out that they were mixed with Japanese spies to make trouble and incite soldiers to make trouble.

She didn't want to interrogate anything, because she didn't have time, and she didn't want to know anything, so messy, what problems could be solved by interrogation. said to Fan Tiezhu: "Shout and tell them that it was the Japanese spies who took the lead in making trouble, and those who instigated the trouble were executed on the spot. ”

Fan Tiezhu shouted loudly, the soldiers around him didn't know whether it was true or not, Xue Ru didn't have time to explain to them, and pointed to the five people who were surrounded with his hand and said, "They too, shoot them." ”

Xiao Yong waved his hand, the machine gun behind him rang out, and he was killed without even giving a chance to explain, and everyone around him was scared. Xue Ru said to Xiao Yong: "Carry out propaganda, let the soldiers shout, and tell these soldiers that there are Japanese spies among them, and they are spies who take the lead in making trouble, and they will be executed on the spot." ”

During the extraordinary period, Xue Ru didn't know if those five people were really Japanese spies, but killing chickens to show monkeys and shocking these soldiers was the main thing.

Order returned to normal, and troops began to move in three directions. Maybe it was the murder that shocked these soldiers, or maybe there were really spies who made trouble, when the sun appeared in the sky, there were not many soldiers left in front of the city gate, and most of the people who fled were forced to move to other directions in the countryside.

Looking at the continuous flow of people on this highway, Xue Ru looked worried, she really didn't know how many troops had not withdrawn.

Xue Ru explained to Xiao Yong a few more words, she was going back to the city, and she did not have the password to contact Nanjing directly, nor did she have a way to contact the war zone. According to the retreating soldiers, the Japanese 6th Division has entered Qingpu, the group army headquarters has retreated, and Xue Ru cannot contact Xue Yue.

In one night, only two battalions of troops were sent in the direction of Taicang, and most of the officers did not receive orders from their superiors, did not know the order to reinforce Taicang, and refused to carry out the order.

The 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment of the Teaching Corps that were collected were all part of the group, plus those gathered together in a scattered manner, and were temporarily commanded by Xie Chengrui, the commander of the 2nd Regiment. He was the head of the regiment, and he didn't receive an order, and he didn't know whether it should be carried out or not, as Xue Ru said, teaching the corps to enter Taicang to cover the retreat.

But seeing the situation in Kunshan, he asked him to hand over a concentrated battalion to Wu Youyuan, the commander of the third battalion, to lead to Taicang. He stayed behind and continued to gather the soldiers of the teaching corps.

The sky is already bright, I don't know what the direction of Taicang is. The Japanese army attacked at Liuhe, the distance was very close, and once Taicang was lost, Kunshan would be attacked on the flank. Thus the Beijing-Shanghai line railway was cut off, where Xue Ru protected, and the entire road and railway were retreating troops.

Especially on the railway, although it is not a train transport, but the railway is a straight road, the bridge and roadbed are intact, and the ten-meter-wide roadbed is full of retreating soldiers.

Xue Ru was just about to go back when a soldier ran over: "Report to the captain." Someone wants to see you. ”

Xue Ru was stunned, this was the first time in several days that someone wanted to see her. said, "Let him come." ”

A few people dressed as ordinary people came over, and one of the leaders could be in his thirties, followed by several people, and at first glance he was a protector, which proved that this person was an official.

Xue Ru's face was not still looking, the local officials, not with the people, ran away by themselves, it must not be something to return. Finding yourself is just trying to get into the city early. said coldly: "Who are you, what are you doing when you see me?" ”

Xue Ru's attitude was very cold, but this person didn't mind: "Under Li Yannian." ”

He didn't say his official position, he just said his name, and that was because he was dressed as a common man.

He didn't know where this famous and widely spread Snow Fox Brigade came from. But he calls himself a Confucian general, and he is also a good learner. The former Qing Ju was born and his self-esteem was also very high. A low-level officer who can fight, I believe she may not know herself, so she directly says her name.

There is another reason, I am so embarrassed, it is equivalent to abandoning the army, wearing people's clothes and running away alone, which is too embarrassing. But there were more and more soldiers behind him, and the people were restricted from moving to the surrounding villages, and they were not allowed to go to Kunshan.

He wanted to enter the city, but these snow fox brigades with red silk scarves did not give face at all, as long as they were ordinary people, they were not allowed to enter the city. In desperation, he proposed to see their captain Xue Ru.

Xue Ru was stunned by his registration number, and he was the first military-level general he encountered. She knew to Li Yannian that it was still the most famous Huaihai Battle in later generations, when he was already the commander of the corps, and at this time he was the army commander. Surprised, he said, "You are the commander of the Second Army?" ”