The death battalion was repaired in Tan's house, and the 11th Division and the Songhu battlefield did not stop, the 33rd Brigade recaptured Luodian, and the 31st Brigade recaptured the Zhanghuabin Railway Station on the afternoon of the 23rd.

On the evening of the 23rd, the devils relaunched a counterattack and stormed Luodian, with more than 1,500 Japanese troops, opened the road by armored vehicles, without doing any reconnaissance, and divided into three teams to march towards Luodian from the west, north, and east.

Hu Lian had been waiting for them in Luodian for four hours, Luodian built a relatively complete fortification around Luodian, the first exchange of fire was the 8th Company of the 66th Regiment guarding the long bridge on the road in the northwest suburbs of Luodian, fighting until dark, the regiment commander Hu Lian immediately ordered the company commander Captain Guo Xiaowei to block the Japanese army along the highway section, and then the Japanese army attacked Luodian Station Xiaoshiqiao, which was not only the location of the 66th Regiment headquarters, but also the location of the 33rd Brigade headquarters.

Brigade commander Ye Peigao, regiment commander Hu Lian and other officers at all levels participated in the battle, the Japanese tank rushed all the way, directly aimed at the 33 brigade headquarters, was ambushed by the 66 regiment special service platoon, blew up three devil tanks, in the battle, platoon commander Zhou Dapeng was shot several times, died on the battlefield. Then the Japanese continued their onslaught and were stubbornly sniped by the 66th Regiment.

At the same time, Colonel Zhu Dingqing, commander of the 65th Regiment, received an order from the brigade commander: to attack the flanks of the Japanese army from the main force from Collapsed Shiqiao and Wudoujing to Panzhai, Shili Changjie, and Lujia Village; With a fierce assault from Jiaozhai to the rear of the Japanese army in the area of Xiaoshiqiao and Luodian Station, it is necessary to closely coordinate with the 66th Regiment in Luodian Town, flank the Japanese army in front and rear, and strike annihilating blows. After receiving the order, Regiment Commander Zhu immediately ordered each battalion to leave one company to defend the current position, and the deputy regiment commander, Colonel Cao Jinlun, led the main force of the 1st and 2nd battalions to attack the enemy in Panzhai and Shili Changjie. Colonel Zhu Dingqing personally led the 3rd Battalion to gallop to Xiaoshiqiao to rescue the brigade headquarters. In addition, Major Wang Zhongbin, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 66th Regiment, who was guarding the western end of Luodian, also led his troops to attack Lujiaqiao, and after more than two hours of fierce fighting, the Japanese army's frontal attack was blocked, and the flank and back were attacked by the national army, resulting in heavy casualties. In less than a few minutes, the whole line was routed, and then the artillery bombarded the infantry and withdrew and abandoned the offensive on Luodian.

In the early morning of August 24, 1937, the artillery fire in the Songhu area was still continuing, and Luo Zhuoying, the commander of the 18th Army, had already set up a headquarters in Jiading, and the headquarters of the 11th Division was waiting for the 31st Brigade in Tan's house.

"Report, military command!" The staff officer on duty at night knocked on the door of the division headquarters with a telegram.

"Come in!" Peng Shan's voice sounded, the battle was not going well, Mei Chunhua and Peng Shan were still discussing the battle situation in Luodian.

"I hereby order your unit to start from Luodian and launch an attack on the enemy in the area to the left of the Xinzhen-Yuepu-Shishilin line, and annihilate the Japanese troops who landed in the Chuansha area, and the 14th, 56th, 67th, 98th, and 16th Artillery Regiment will attack together......"

The order of the telegram was very simple, and there was no long narrative of the importance of the battle, and in fact all the troops participating in the battle in the Songhu area knew the importance of the battle.

"Division commander, the 33rd Brigade is going to stick to Luodian, and the 31st Brigade is still on the way to arrive, do you want to explain the situation to the military headquarters?" Chief of Staff Mei Chunhua asked,

Now the 11th Division has no extra troops to attack, everything has to wait for the return of the 31st Brigade, or the withdrawal of the 33rd Brigade from Luodian, Luodian is too important, there is no lack of defense, they will not dare to withdraw their troops no matter what.

"Report the actual situation to Chief Luo and Chief Chen, and ask for instructions for the next operation!" Peng Shan can't help it, it's difficult for a good woman to cook without rice!

At present, the headquarters of the 11th Division only has a direct subordinate existence, and a mountain artillery battalion has been assigned to the 33rd Brigade, and the remaining are only the engineer battalion, the transport battalion, the special service platoon, the communications company, the guard battalion, the cooking class, the health team, and the field hospital.

Fortunately, Luo Zhuoying and Chen Cheng also knew Peng Shan's difficulties, and ordered the 67th Division to take over Luodian, but the 67th Division was going to arrive in Luodian at the earliest!

Amid the rumbling of the cannons, the day finally dawned, and the remnants of the death battalion finally regained a little vitality after a night's rest, and the brethren began to curse and receive their breakfast. This is wartime, and if possible, the logistics people will still ensure that they eat three meals a day.

"Toot ......"

"Death camp assemble!"

The morning multigrain cake felt like it had just reached the stomach, and a whistle sounded in the camp, and Peng Shan's guard battalion commander was shouting loudly at the top of his throat!

"Knock, ......"

Now the camp was lively, and the lazy death camp brothers began to hurry, wearing military uniforms indiscriminately, bullet belts, grenade bags, rifles, steel helmets, etc., hurriedly hanging on their bodies......

"Stand upright!"

A few minutes later, the remaining 151 people of the death battalion were standing in the open space of the barracks in four groups, and in front of them was the commander of the guard battalion who had been blowing the whistle.

"All stand up, the commander of the fourth company, reorganize the team, count the number of people and equipment, if the equipment is not complete, go to the logistics immediately to get it, half an hour later, the division commander will give you a lecture, look at your current appearance, no different from a group of routs, go and prepare!"

The guard battalion commander looked at the untidy and lifeless death battalion, he didn't understand why the division commander wanted to transfer officers from the guard battalion to rectify this remnant army, and according to his idea, wouldn't it be okay to just break these people up and make up for the two brigades? Are you still afraid that these people will run away?

In fact, the guard battalion commander didn't pay attention to Peng Shan's true thoughts, veterans are the foundation of a force, with enough veterans, no matter how hard the troops are hit, they can recover quickly, because veterans will tell recruits how to grow, and what recruits who don't know anything will quickly adapt to the battlefield, and many tasks must be performed by veterans, which is why a unit must maintain an elite force composed entirely of veterans.

The death battalion was brought to Peng Shan by the old chief, Luodian completely played the value of this death battalion composed of veterans, Peng Shan didn't think about splitting these people, but he didn't dare to do it when he thought of their other identity, these accused veterans, except for surviving, there is nothing to stimulate their fighting spirit, splitting into an infantry company can play a limited role, they will not revitalize new soldiers like normal veterans, and it is possible to bring their negative emotions to those enthusiastic soldiers, This situation is what Peng Shan is most worried about.

"The division commander has arrived!"

Half an hour later, the remaining brothers of the death camp finally dressed up and stood in place in a neat queue, the guard battalion commander nodded, his preparations in advance still had an effect, although now these soldiers still look sluggish and unenergetic, at least they are a lot more energetic in their clothing!