Section 41

In the early morning of September 7, 1937, on the south bank of the Lianqi River in the eastern suburbs of Luodian Town.

Here is slightly deviated from the battlefield centered on Luodian Town, although the sound of guns and cannons is still ringing in the ears, but the dazzling firelight has disappeared, as the exchange of fire in the town not far away becomes more and more fierce, the face of Cheng Zhi, the commander of the 302nd regiment, is becoming more and more embarrassed. Luodian is about to be lost, although this time they occupied a longer time than when the 305th Regiment was defending, but the position was about to fall into the hands of the Japanese army in the end, as soon as he thought of the division commander's repeated instructions, Cheng Zhi felt uneasy in his heart, and a sense of melancholy occupied his heart.

Cheng Zhi is very clear about the importance of Luodian, during this time, they have been guarding the forefront of the hillside and fighting to the death with the Japanese army, and the division commander's phone calls have been coming several times a day, which is nothing more than tirelessly telling about the pivotal role of Luodian Town, a small opponent's special geographical location. With the loss of Luodian, the left flank of the entire defense line of the Nationalist Army will be completely exposed to Japanese firepower, and friendly forces such as the 15th Army and the 98th Division will be flanked by the Japanese army.

Thinking of this grim consequence, Cheng Zhi involuntarily raised his fist and smashed it to the ground, no one, no one, there was no reserve source of soldiers to make up for so many days, he really had no way to evacuate the position, everyone was finished, what else to defend?

The regiment commander's actions startled everyone on the side, and the first battalion commander Zheng Pusheng said uneasily: "Tuanzao, will there be any accidents with them?" ”

"Accidents? It's all this time, and it's not surprising, it's definitely a ghost, wait another 10 minutes, if you haven't come yet, we'll act on our own. Cheng Zhi took a serious look at Luodian, who was surrounded by artillery fire, with a complicated expression on his face. The officers of the regimental headquarters were scattered after the Japanese broke through the defense line of the Lianqi River, as his cronies, Zhu Jianghai guarded him with the guard squad all the way, but he didn't expect that he would leave him in Luodian with a broken order, and Cheng Zhi's heart was even more uncomfortable.

Although he just said that he would wait for another ten minutes, he obviously didn't have any hope for those people, he didn't follow him for such a long time, and he didn't have to think about what happened, if Xiao Zhu was with the brothers from the guard squad around him, with their excellent skills, there was still a little bit of hope, but it was just a few ordinary company soldiers......

Just as Cheng Zhi was sighing secretly, the extremely suppressed voice of the sentry sounded in the distance: "Who?" ”

"I'm Zhu Jianghai, is the head of the regiment there?"

"Xiao Zhu?" Cheng Zhi got up suddenly, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't dare to make too much movement for the sake of concealment, he was afraid that he would get up and rush over, but with a little excitement, Cheng Zhi said solemnly: "What's the matter, why did you come now?" ”

Zhu Jianghai was overjoyed when he saw that the head of the regiment was still here, and immediately waved his hand into the distance, only to see three agile figures rushing quickly, and after a flash, they merged into the whole night, if they didn't look carefully, no one knew that there would be someone in their position.

Rushing to Cheng Zhi's side quickly, Zhu Jianghai said simply: "Regiment commander, after we got rid of the chasing soldiers, we ran into a large army of devils, but fortunately, the first squad leader Shi and the other two brothers were skilled, so they managed to find a way." ”

Although Zhu Jianghai's words are simple, they are different in the ears of Cheng Zhi, an "old revolutionary", he is very familiar with Zhu Jianghai, this young staff officer who has just passed 30 years old, has always been very arrogant, if it weren't for this, with his talent, I am afraid that he would not be just a captain and staff officer now, even if he sat in his position, it was not impossible, hearing Zhu Jianghai praise the three soldiers, you can imagine the bloody battle they experienced before, How impressed these three people were on him. However, at this moment, Cheng Zhi didn't have the heart to care so much at all, he nodded and said: "When the matter here is resolved, I will deal with this matter, now that everyone is here, act immediately." ”

Zhu Jiangxian glanced back at the stones, nodded immediately, and glanced at the town not far away with great palpitations.

The devil's offensive is becoming more and more fierce, the loss of Luodian seems to be inevitable, how to find a way to delay the pace of the Japanese attack, not only related to whether the friendly forces behind them have enough time to rearrange the defensive line, but also to prepare for the next counterattack on Luodian, this is a top priority, and because of this, even if there are only some stragglers left in front of them, the regiment commander still wants to kill the other side without hesitation, and wants to make as much trouble as possible for the Japanese army.

Waving his hand at Zheng Pusheng on the side, the commander of the first battalion, who had been in ambush here for a while, took a few people from the first group to take the lead in touching the river in front of him.

This river doesn't seem to be abnormal, but Zheng Pusheng already knows the suspense through the confession of the previous regiment leader, during the time they occupied Luodian, the brothers of the other units were still not idle, especially considering that they could rely on this river to defend in the future, and they did some tricks and feet in the river, and the calm water surface of this river had already been filled with mud bags, but to everyone's expectations, they didn't expect it to play a role so quickly.

Zheng Pusheng walked into the river first, waded with his feet, and really stepped on the mud bag after advancing a short distance, which made him very happy, although he was worried that the mud bag below was too high to block the body floating down the river, and the river water had reached his chest when he traveled in the water, but in this case, there was no need to swim, and he would not make a sound, which was already a very rare thing.

After seeing that the battalion commander arrived on the other side of the river, there was no problem, and after hearing a short cry that looked like a long-eared owl "Ououou", Lao Meng of the first class took Xiaoshi and others to the opposite bank.

There are not many of them here, and the time it takes to cross the river is only a few minutes, and after all the warm people have reached the other bank, Cheng Zhi should first walk to the front of the team and act as the arrow of the team. Seeing that two brothers in the guard squad were pasted in an instant, Staff Officer Zhu originally wanted to stone them and dispel the idea of the past, and the team was very compact, so there was really no need for this move, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

However, he looked at the stone in his eyes, faintly with admiration and appreciation, for a small squad leader, this is really a rare thing, especially this kind of thing still happened to the usually arrogant Zhu Jianghai, it was really the previous battle in the alley, between a thousand evens, the stone's decisiveness and bravery, left a deep impression on him.

Stone unconsciously rushed back to the team of a class, Li Wenguang and Liu Wenfeng followed behind him without saying a word, after experiencing a short battle in that alley, there was a tacit understanding between them faintly, and the two were more convinced of the squad leader of Shishi. At this time, the little stone that was following behind Lao Meng seemed to feel the approach of the stone, and turned around and smiled excitedly, this childlike childish expression really made the stone a little speechless.

I don't know if all the attention of the Japanese army was on the battle for Luodian Town, or the road that Commander Cheng Zhi took them was too remote, after leaving the river for a long distance, they didn't encounter the Japanese sentries at all, but the more so, the more nervous their hearts became, the farther away from the riverside, the stronger the uneasiness in their hearts, if this was discovered by the devils, how could they return to the other side? Although they are accustomed to death, they are still somewhat uneasy when they really want to face it head-on.

The stone walked and walked, and finally knew where the head of the Cheng regiment was going, at this moment, without knowing it, they had already touched the foot of the hillside, the mountain was the position they had fought a few days ago, when they thought of the distance between the hillside and the town, they completely had no hope of going back, this little devil's heavy soldiers stopped in the open space, they just had wings and flew into the sky, and it is estimated that they will also be shot down by the dense bullets.

"Battalion Commander Zheng, you take a group of brothers to stay here to meet us, and once you come into contact with the enemy, you will immediately retreat if the situation is not right." Cheng Zhi didn't say anything until this moment, but what he said surprised Zheng Pusheng, it turned out that the regiment commander took them to touch here secretly, and it was not just as simple as adding a little trouble to the enemy, listening to the regiment leader's simple words, it was obvious that there were still many things in it that had not been said! Zheng Pusheng's mind turned, but he really didn't figure it out, it's no wonder, they only withdrew from the front line in the afternoon, and after returning to the town, they didn't have time to look at other things except to seize the time to rest and replenish food and fresh water, where can they guess the reason? Zheng Pusheng hesitated in his heart, but he immediately replied: "Regiment leader, let me take a group of brothers up, you show me the way, if you don't complete the task, I, Zheng Pusheng, will never look back." ”

Cheng Zhi patted Zheng Pusheng's shoulder approvingly, and then lowered his voice and said: "Above is the artillery position of the devils, I think their reserve shells are behind the hillside, the brigade headquarters has instructions before, let us find a way to get all the devils' artillery." After you stay here with the rest of your brothers, if it goes well, I still count on your response to kill you. ”

The regiment commander's words have already been said to this point, Zheng Pusheng has nothing to say, to be honest, in the current situation, whether it is to stay here or to end the enemy's artillery, the danger is not too much, arguing on this matter is really not much of a matter.

After Zheng Pusheng thought it clearly, he suddenly said solemnly: "Don't worry, head of the regiment, if I can't wait for you to come back, I, Zheng Pusheng, will never take half a step back." ”

"Okay, with Camp Commander Zheng's words, you will be my Cheng Zhi's brother in the future, time waits for no one, Lao Tzu will go first and let the little devil know a little powerful." Cheng Zhi didn't say much, and immediately rushed towards the hillside with his gun, stationed in this place for so many days, Commander Cheng really had nothing to say about the terrain and environment, just blink of an eye, and disappeared into the dark with his guard squad.

Looking back at Luodian in the southwest, the war at this moment had completely spread on the south bank of the Lianqi River and covered the whole town, Zheng Pusheng's heart sank, and he suddenly felt that his life was slim, but he immediately clenched his rifle and gritted his teeth and said: "Qianqian, wait for me, I will come back alive!" ”