Chapter 18: Confused and helpless

Xue Ru didn't understand why Liu Jie, she had her own plans, what about retreating to Yunzaobang, it was just a day and a half of a day to block, at this time Shanghai was already as high as five or six hundred thousand troops, and the devil's strength had also reached more than 100,000, the two sides were staggered, and the positions were already intersected. The Nationalist army was only holding on to two routes, which proved that Shanghai was not lost.

It is actually not a wise move to fight for positions with devils and resist the Japanese army. Because in terms of heavy weapons, the national army is indeed inferior to the Japanese army. The comparative strength of the two sides is very disadvantageous in a positional war. Even if all these people die on the battlefield, it will only add a few more wisps of heroic souls and will not solve the problem.

In Xue Ru's view, the most important thing at present is to eliminate a large number of devils' living forces. The Japanese army has limited resources and limited soldiers, and a country with a population of less than 100 million can also make them lose their country.

The devils have just occupied the area from Luodian Baoshan to Yuepu, and it is impossible to attack without resting, and it is too late to arrange a strong defense line, which is the time to annihilate a large number of devils.

But Liu Jie didn't want to fight because of the heavy casualties. There was a hint of anger in my heart. But Liu Jie was the head of the regiment, and he belonged to his troops, so he had to say patiently: "Commander Liu, the devils have just occupied this line, they will not guard against our attack, it is the opportunity to kill and injure the devils." ”

Liu Jie had his own thoughts: "Miss Xue, Liu understands your anti-Japanese spirit, but you have also seen it, that is, without the cooperation of the troops, you cannot fight in a unified manner, so there was the misunderstanding just now." Just the bombing of planes will cost us a battalion of troops. I think it is better to obey the orders of the division headquarters and withdraw to Miaohang Street for unified operations. ”

Xue Ru was a little angry, Wen Shaofei and them were purely accidental, and it had nothing to do with whether they were under unified command or not. said: "This was just an accident, because the two of them didn't understand military warfare at all, and they attacked without knowing the situation." As long as we are cautious and move closer to the front, there should be a chance. ”

Xue Ru knew the end of Shanghai and knew what had happened, so the goal was not to hold Shanghai, but to eliminate the Japanese army. But Liu Jie didn't know that in his opinion, Xue Ru was just clever in tactics, lacking an overall strategic plan, and could not cooperate with the entire battlefield to fight.

So his evaluation of Xue Ru is that he can command a battalion at most, almost at the level of a company. Tactically you can listen to her, but strategically you can't. That would drain your own troops and do no good to the entire battlefield. So he said: "Don't say more, carry out the order, turn to Dacheng, pass through Yunzaobang from the fresh wind, and meet the division headquarters on Miaohang Street." ”

The three battalion commanders wanted to fight, but the soldiers had to obey, so they had to agree immediately, and only Lai Changwen's team looked at Xue Ru. Although Xue Ru was angry in her heart, she was also a soldier in her later life, and she knew that the duty of a soldier was obedience. Even if you don't want to obey, you can't help it. I had to say: "Okay, Commander Liu, I still have a few people who went to reconnoiter and didn't come back, I'll stay and wait for them to come back, and then catch up with the big army, you guys should withdraw first." ”

Liu Jieming knew that Xue Ru was not satisfied with him, but he couldn't let Xue Ru come to him. It turned out to be okay, but Luodian was lost, and the national army fully retreated, so it could no longer fight indiscriminately. Once separated from the large army, supply will be a problem, and thousands of people will have to eat. Lack of ammunition replenishment, behind the Japanese army, too dangerous. But he cherished Xue Ru's ability, and he didn't want her to have anything to do, so he said: "That's okay, but meet up with the regiment headquarters as soon as possible, and I'll leave you another platoon." ”

Xue Ru shook his head, a platoon is meaningless: "No need, there are so many people that it's not good to be secretive." I'll rush back as soon as I can, just leave me some ammunition. ”

Liu Jie didn't force it anymore, he didn't know Xue Ru's identity until now, no matter who it was, it was a guess. He also said: "Okay, you are a member of the 66th Regiment, return to the team as soon as possible." ”

The troops left, and Xue Ru's sixteen men remained in the woods. Looking at the large army that disappeared into the distance, Lai Changwen asked, "Captain, what should we do?" ”

Although Xue Ru was a little angry, she really didn't know what to do for a while. Only these few people, thinking about it, said: "Wait a minute, Wei Ming and the others will come back and see the situation." ”

Lai Changwen stopped talking, and he couldn't understand what problem only a dozen people could solve. But they were integrated into the special combat team from the beginning and still didn't want to leave. At this time, it is also embarrassing to say that he is going with the head of the regiment. More than a dozen people sat on the ground, looking at the sun that was gradually sinking in the west, and they didn't know where to go.

Xue Ru closed her eyes and tightened the clothes on her body, she was also a little confused. Looking at the dozen or so people around him, Xue Ru wondered if he was going to form his own team. It is indeed good to follow the national army, there is equipment, provisions, and a place to rest. But it doesn't matter if I say it at all, not even a regular soldier. All military ranks and positions were given by others temporarily, and if Liu Jie forcibly ordered them, even Lai Changwen and them would have to leave.

In the past three or seven years, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression had just begun, and before the outbreak of the Pacific War, China's War of Resistance was the most arduous. Where do you go from here? Will they go north to find the party organization, or will they go south to join the 66th Regiment?

Thinking of his unclear identity, he almost let Yao Dianshu arrest him, if he joined the party organization, would he be able to pass the examination? Xue Ru had her own ideas and didn't want to go with them for the time being. Besides, the Eighth Route Army was too hard, and Xue Ru didn't dare to guarantee that he would not make mistakes. The Eighth Road doesn't even have weapons and ammunition, how can you resist Japan and kill devils?

It wasn't until it was dark that Wei Ming and the others finally returned, but Xue Ru still didn't figure it out. She drove away the cluttered thoughts in her mind, and listened to Wei Ming's report, and the situation was not different from the telegram Liu Jie received from the division headquarters.

Xue Ru's judgment was right, after the Japanese army occupied Baoshan, they advanced forward and were already approaching Wusong. The remnants of the 98th Division held out at Wusong, Xue Yue, the former commander-in-chief of the left wing army, adjusted the deployment in time, the 15th Group Army was concentrated west of Dachang, and the 19th Group Army was concentrated in the area south of Gaojing Song and Zhongxing.

The Ninth and Eighth Armies and the Tenth Army were put into battle one after another. Although there were many troops, they were always on the defensive, there was no counteroffensive at all, and the positional front was locked in a stalemate.

Almost all of the Chinese troops retreated south of Yunzaobang and south of the Suzhou Creek, forming two strategic groupings with the Japanese army. However, there were Japanese marines in the center of Shanghai, so that the national army could not form an overall defense.

In the face of the complicated situation in Shanghai, Xue Ru felt powerless, not to mention that she only had sixteen people under her command, even if there were 16,000 people, she didn't know where to start. After studying for a long time, Xue Ru couldn't help but admit that he really lacked the ability to have a grand strategy.

Looking at the map left by Liu Jie in his hand, and looking at the distribution of the Japanese army and the national army that Lai Changwen had just marked on it, Xue Ru didn't know what to do at all.

Lai Changwen turned out to be a deputy company commander, and Xiao Yong was only a platoon commander, and they didn't have this ability at all.

Lai Changwen also knew that it was not easy to do, there were too few of them. He said a little dazedly: "Captain, let's go back to the division headquarters, a dozen people can't solve any problems." Taking advantage of the fact that the devils had not yet formed a tight defensive circle, they crossed the Yunzaobang from the gap and moved closer to the division headquarters. ”

Xue Ru is also out of line, and it seems that he can only come together with the large army. Nodding and saying, "Okay, let's see which route is safe, let's cross Yunzaobang and move closer to the temple." ”

Wei Ming pointed to the map and said: "This place in Yangjiaji is a brigade of the Devil's Jing'an Army, they are the troops of the former Northeast Army, and they surrendered to form a puppet army. Behind Yang Jiaji was the Third Brigade of Manchukuo in Zhijiang and the Seventh Brigade of Li Chunshan, totaling more than 20,000 people. ”

"Puppet army?" Xue Ru was stunned for a moment, she suddenly remembered that many movies have been acted, and the puppet army is not really helping the devil, but the surrender of the official is a traitor, and the soldiers follow, and the combat effectiveness is very rubbish. smiled and said: "Okay, let's pass through the Yang family set, and get some supplementary supplies first." ”

More than a dozen people didn't have any ideas at all, of course they listened to Xue Ru. He also stood up and gathered to rush to Yang Jiaji. Yang Jiaji is no stranger, when stationed in Luodian, Yang Jiaji is also the defense area of the national army, the 11th Division constantly fights for Luodian, and moves to Yuepu, so I still know more about here.

Xue Ru and the others already knew that the whole area was full of devils, so they acted very carefully. The reconnoitring Wei Ming team sent two people to explore the road in front, and the entire team followed behind. While walking, Lai Changwen said: "Miss Xue, are you looking for a village to get something to eat, I just had a meal from yesterday to today." ”

"It's okay, inform the people in front of you, pay attention to the village," Xue Ru said.

Thinking about something, as soon as he said that he wanted to find the village to get something to eat, Zhang Xiukuan, who was exploring the road in front, ran over: "Captain, there is a village in front, should we go around?" ”

Xue Ru looked at Lai Changwen and smiled: "You really have a life." ”

Lai Changwen smiled proudly: "That's it, let's have a mouthful, Xiukuan, go into the village and look for food." I'm fucking starving. ”

These people are hungry and hungry, and they only eat one meal for almost two days, can they not be hungry? You have to walk continuously. As soon as I heard about the food, I was in good spirits and quickened my pace.

When the distance was not far away, Xiao Yong suddenly raised his hand to signal, and the team stopped. The small village in the distance was not large, but there was a fire, and shouts could be faintly heard.

Xue Ru's spirit was highly nervous, and she couldn't be as calm as Lai Changwen and them. From the time of the fight to the present, in fact, Xue Ru's spirit has been highly tense.

She has never really seen the battlefield, and the guns and blood she has experienced in the past few days have made her constantly overlap with those film and television images in her mind.

The dark night, the village, the devil, the cry, the firelight, made Xue Ru instinctively realize, opened his mouth and said: "It may be a devil, get ready for battle, lean in." ”

As soon as they heard that it was a devil, more than a dozen people immediately loaded their bullets and ran towards the village with their guns in hand. The small village is not big, with dozens of households, and at first glance it is a farmland cottage. It is surrounded by fields and low thatched houses everywhere. When I got closer, I saw two of them on fire, and heard the woman's cry.

Xue Ru waved his hand, and more than a dozen people immediately dispersed, cautiously approaching the village. There is nothing here, not even a wall, it is a completely scattered village.

It's not a big village at all, and you can see it at a glance when you come in, and there are no ghost soldiers. Many ordinary people were fighting the fire, and several women were sitting on the ground crying.

They came in with loaded guns, and frightened the firefighters to stop and look at them in horror. After searching around, Xiao Yong, Wei Ming, and Dai Zong reported that there was no devil, and Xue Ru was relieved, it seemed that it was just an accidental fire. shouted: "Changwen, help put out the fire." The dozen or so people immediately put away their guns and rushed forward, but quickly retreated: "Captain, it's useless, you can't save it." ”

Xue Ru also looked at it, there was basically no need to save the thatched house. He walked over and looked at the crying woman and said, "Sister, don't be sad. ”

"Get out, you bad things these days" The woman suddenly stood up and rushed towards Xue Ru with her hair scattered.

Xue Ru was stunned at this moment, what does it have to do with herself? With her speed of reaction, of course the women couldn't catch her. His two guards were there, and Guo Yongcai kicked the woman away and blocked her in front of Xue Ru.

Before Xue Ru could speak, a shout came from among the group of people who had been hiding far away: "Bastard, I'll fight with you." ”

With the words, a big man like an iron tower rushed over, and in his hand it turned out to be a big guillotine, slashing towards Guo Yongcai.

The special combat team is basically *, not a rifle bayonet, even if Guo Yongcai is a bayonet, he cannot be the opponent of the big guillotine, so he hurriedly dodged. The strength of this big man was very great, and the guillotine slashed again with the sound of the wind. At this moment, everyone was in a hurry, what was going on, and several people raised their guns at the same time.

Xue Ru shouted, "Don't shoot" and rushed forward with a twist. She's petite, and she's so fast. The big man had a long knife and was bullied into his arms by Xue Ru.

Dahan didn't expect this little girl to be so fast, he grabbed the knife with both hands, so he had to let go of one hand, wanting to catch Xue Ru, with Xue Ru's small physique, he could leave Xue Ru out with one hand.

But he underestimated Xue Ru, this was not an ordinary fight, as soon as he stuck it, he squatted down, hugged the big man's legs with both hands, and a big man who rolled and fell, and the big man with an unstable center of gravity was thrown to the ground, and the knife in his hand also fell.

Xiao Yong It was the first time they saw Xue Ru so fierce, and they hugged the big man and held it down. Xue Ru gritted her teeth and got up, she always forgot that the current body was not the original one, although the skills were still there, but the body coordination was not good. This time he fell not lightly, gritted his teeth and stood up and shouted: "Who comes and tells me what's going on, otherwise I'll kill him?" ”

The mouth said; The gun in his hand was pointed at the big man.