After Qin Dechun put down the phone, he immediately got dressed and rushed to the headquarters. The army was dissatisfied with our reply, and still demanded to enter the city for inspection, and threatened to surround the city if we did not agree. Qin Dechun immediately telegraphed to the troops, "We must be on strict guard and prepare for battle."

As soon as Cao Dechun arrived at the headquarters, he received a report from the Wanping defenders that the army had surrounded Wanping City. In order to prevent the situation from further escalating, after consultation with the Chinese side, the two sides agreed to coordinate and send personnel to Lugou Bridge to investigate. At this time, the "missing" soldier claimed by the side had returned to the team, but he did not report it.

At about 5 o'clock in the morning of July 8, the army suddenly launched an artillery bombardment and bombarded Wanping City. Cao Dechun immediately called the front-line officers and soldiers, Cao Dechun grabbed the microphone and ordered loudly, "Be sure to ensure that Lugou Bridge and Wanping City, Lugou Bridge is the grave of Er, and they should live and die with the bridge and not retreat." ”

He Jifeng, commander of the 109th Brigade, personally commanded the forward position at dawn on 8 August and issued an order to the officers and men of his headquarters to live and die with Lugou Bridge.

On the railway bridge of the Pinghan Line, the defenders of the 20th Army were standing in strict formation on the railway bridge and the positions along the railway. A group of soldiers was marching towards the position of the 29th Army in a neat line, and they saw that the little devils had already reached within a few tens of meters. A soldier in the forward position couldn't help but say to the company commander next to him, "Company commander, fight?" ”

Looking at the excited soldiers with their eyes blazing, the company commander sighed helplessly and said, "No, there is an order from above, we can't fire the first shot!" ”

"Hey! What a! The soldier said with a feeble sigh.

Seeing that the little devil had arrived in front of him, a soldier of the 29th Route Army with a big knife on his back jumped out and blocked the little devil and shouted, "Stop! ”

The officer of the army who was holding a command knife in front of the army column, his face changed and he scolded loudly, "Bagaya Road!" He jumped to the side. Immediately behind him, a ghost soldier with a machine gun walked over, aimed at the soldier of the 29th Army, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Da Da Da!" The silence of the morning was broken by the crisp sound of gunfire, and a dozen blood flowers immediately bloomed on the soldier's body, and his body fell straight backwards.

"Hit! Give Lao Tzu a hard beating! The company commander roared hoarsely like an enraged lion.

The soldiers, who had already been loaded with bullets, pulled the trigger one after another, and the dense gunfire rang out instantly. The little devils who had been prepared for a long time also raised the 38 big cover in their hands and shot at them, and the tragic battle broke out in an instant. Although the little devil had been prepared, standing in the unobstructed open space, facing the dense rain of bullets fired by the 29th Army, a large area was swept down in an instant.

The devil officer raised his command knife and shouted with a hideous face, "Kill it!" But a few rounds came and quickly interrupted the shouting of the devil officer.

The ferocious devils rushed over one by one, because the distance between the two sides was too close, and soon the little devils rushed into the position of the 29th Route Army, and the soldiers on both sides launched a fierce white-knuckle battle along the railway. In the distance, a large group of devils are desperately rushing towards this side.

Jin Zhenzhong, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, saw that the army had launched an attack, and he pulled out the big knife on his back and shouted, "Brothers, kill devils with Lao Tzu!" Let the little devils see the power of our Northwest Army broadsword team! Kill! Then he took the lead in rushing over, and the soldiers around him also let out an earth-shattering roar and rushed towards the little devil.

Amid the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the officers and men of the 29th fought desperately, and from time to time the heads of the little devils rolled down on the railway. In the face of the frequent provocations of the little devils, this group of hot-blooded men was already full of anger, and finally broke out completely at this moment.

The little devil's stabbing skills are indeed not bad, but the broadsword team of the 29th Army is even better, and soon the little devil was killed and fled in embarrassment.

However, the little devil who was not willing to fail quickly transferred more reinforcements, and dispatched planes and tanks to participate in the battle, launching a more fierce attack on the Pinghan Line Railway Army and the nearby garrison troops. The two sides fought fiercely for several hours, and the third battalion of the defenders, under the leadership of the battalion commander Jin Zhenzhong, repelled the attacks of the Yue army several times, but the third battalion also suffered heavy losses.

Regiment commander Ji Xingwen was heartbroken after receiving the report of heavy losses on the front line, Ji Xingwen realized that the little devil had artillery tanks and planes to help fight, and it was not a way to fight like this, so he ordered Jin Zhenzhong to withdraw from the position, but at this time, Jin Zhenzhong, who had already killed the red eye, did not listen at all, and refused to withdraw from the position. Our defenders took the initiative to retreat, and the railway bridge and the nearby Longwang Temple position fell into the hands of the army.

At this time, the little devil who had been fighting for most of the day was also exhausted, and after occupying the railway bridge and other positions, he did not continue to attack, but stopped and rested temporarily.

He Jifeng was furious after receiving the news of the loss of the railway bridge, and immediately rushed to the front-line headquarters in person. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Ji Xingwen and Jin Zhenzhong sitting there with their heads down, He Jifeng held a horsewhip and pointed at the two of them and shouted loudly, "How did you lose the big iron bridge and the Dragon King Temple?" How the fuck did you fight this battle? Our 29th Army is all iron-clad men, and there is no one of them! If you are greedy for life and death, take off this military uniform now and go back to your hometown to see the children! Don't fucking embarrass Lao Tzu! ”

Ji Xingwen and Jin Zhenzhong found that He Jifeng hurriedly got up to greet them, but they didn't expect to be greeted by He Jifeng. Jin Zhenzhong hurriedly explained, "Travel! It's not that we are greedy for life and afraid of death, the little devil's artillery fire is too powerful, and in the end, we only have "

"I don't want to hear you explain how to lose your position!" He Jifeng unceremoniously interrupted Jin Zhenzhong, holding a horsewhip and saying to the two people, "I want you to take back the big iron bridge and the Dragon King Temple to Lao Tzu!" ”

Jin Zhenzhong looked at Ji Xingwen in embarrassment, and Ji Xingwen couldn't help frowning. He Jifeng saw the expressions of the two, and he was even more angry, "What? You can't do it, can you? All right! Lao Tzu go by himself! With that, He Jifeng turned around and strode outside.

The two hurriedly chased out, and Ji Xingwen said loudly, "Travel! If I can't recapture the bridge tonight, I'll "

Without waiting for Ji Xingwen to finish speaking, Jin Zhenzhong's loud voice interrupted Ji Xingwen's words, "If we can't take the big iron bridge and the Dragon King Temple, we will repay the country with death!" ”

Hearing the assurances of the two, He Jifeng's face looked a little better, and he turned to look at the two of them, "How do you plan to recapture the Great Iron Bridge and the Dragon King Temple?" (To be continued.) )