Old man Wang listened to their words, his heart couldn't help but sink, and he waved his hand: "Don't worry, I will definitely tell you if I find something good, but the problem is that I haven't found it yet." ”

"Well, we're relieved to have your words."

These people left, and Old Man Wang's expression became gloomy.

The monkey said, "Old man Wang, they."

Before the monkey's words were finished, Old Man Wang said: "This group of dogs, if you want to fight against the water, the two of us are weak and can't fight them." ”

The monkeys were too young to be too young to hear the words of these people, but they had put forward their own ideas and plans to escape, and these people borrowed donkeys to go downhill and got on their own boat, but the boat did not stop on its own.

"We can find the big one, and Brother Chen."

Brother Chen in the monkey's mouth is a scholar, the scholar's surname is Chen, called Chen Jiansheng, in his twenties, and they are from the same village, but they have no common topics with each other, plus they don't agree with each other, so they don't communicate much.

"It would be nice if I could convince the big one, hey, monkey, you say it's not weird, how good it is when the big head is not good, let him do whatever he wants, now the head is good, it is not as useful as before." Old man Wang lit a cigarette and said helplessly.

"Why is that?"

The monkey was also puzzled.

"Why? When you grow up, maybe you'll understand. Old man Wang put the cigarette to his mouth and said, "Come on, I don't want to do this, they don't have the same heart as us, and after they run out, we will separate from them." ”

"Old man Wang, I'll listen to you."

"You stinky boy, you can do it if you don't listen to me."

On the other side, Platoon Commander Zhao led people to search the inside and outside of the landlord's old rich family, but Mao didn't find it, and he was somewhat disappointed.

"This landlord is old and rich, and when he runs, he searches his house really clean."

Most of the things that can be found are clutter in the utility room, useless things, worthless things.

"Old Qian, what's going on over there."

Discouragement is discouragement, and the orders issued by the superiors must still be resolutely implemented. According to the company commander, the current recruit battalion has not yet the possibility of going to the battlefield, and it is very likely that it will stay in the rear and occupy the villages and towns on the road.

Yesterday, the national army launched a general attack on the Japanese army in Luodian, and it happened that the Japanese army also launched a general attack on the national army yesterday, which was undoubtedly the tip of the needle against Maimang, and the battle was extremely fierce, but they had just arrived in Songhu, and they did not know the form of the battlefield, and the superiors were probably also investigating.

Listening to the rumbling cannon sound from a very distant place, Platoon Commander Zhao's heart sank, the more continuous the cannon sound, the more ferocious the enemy's firepower, this situation is completely different from the time of suppressing bandits, the weapons and equipment of the mountain bandits are similar to theirs, and the number of people occupies an absolute advantage when they are evenly matched.

But in the face of absolute firepower, the greater the number of people, the greater the casualties.

It was the first time that Platoon Commander Zhao had heard such a dense artillery fire, which made him feel very palpitations.

The Japanese devils have such firepower, how can they carry out the next battle, he has experienced the war against bandits, and it is very cruel, and in the face of such a fierce artillery fire of the enemy, what is the casualty of the troops on the front line, can you really use the recruit battalion as cannon fodder, can you hold out for a day?

Platoon Commander Zhao had no bottom in his heart.

Not only did Platoon Commander Zhao have no bottom in his heart, but Company Commander Du also had no bottom in his heart, when he set off, he had a certain understanding of the situation on the battlefield, the Japanese army had warships at sea, planes in the sky, and tanks and artillery on the ground, and the ninth company of the new barracks had a bunch of tattered old sleeves, and the superiors only allocated more than 20 boxes of grenades to the new barracks, and they were still close to the troops in front, so it was not their turn to be in the ninth company at all.

So far, more than 130 people and more than 100 tattered guns of the Ninth Company have been eliminated, and they have all gone to the battlefield, saying that they will be replaced with new weapons in Jiading, and then after arriving in Jiading, after the superiors asked the new barracks to build a batch of wooden sheds, they were transferred away in a hurry.

Company Commander Du knew in his heart that the new barracks had been abandoned, and there was a high probability that he would be sent to Luodian to serve as cannon fodder in the next few days, as for how long he could hold out.

One day?

Listening to the rumbling artillery fire outside, Company Commander Du didn't have much hope in his heart, it was already good to hold on for half a day, but as for holding on for one day, he basically didn't have too much hope.

This day was destined to be torturous for the recruits, because they arrived at the front line, heard the catharsis of the rumbling artillery fire, and tore the earth, as if they were going to smash it in the next moment, but fortunately, the superiors had not yet assigned them tasks, and the recruits spent the day in fear.

The sky gradually darkened, and a thick layer of gunpowder smoke floated in the air, floating from the direction of the battlefield.

The soldiers at the front brought back important information and handed it over to the recruit battalion.

The commander of the recruit battalion looked at the battle report sent from the front line, and couldn't help but be shocked: "In just one day, the casualties of the troops attacking Luodian are close to 2,000, which is indirectly equivalent to scrapping a regiment, and tomorrow's offensive will become more fierce." ”

After a pause, he asked, "Is there any order from Shangfeng about the new barracks?" ”

"Report to the sir, I haven't received an order from Shangfeng about the new barracks."

The battalion commander waved his hand and motioned for him to leave first. The adjutant on the side said: "I haven't received the order from Shangfeng yet, this is a good thing, let's just secretly and quietly defend a few villages in the southwest now, and we don't need to think about other things." ”

The commander of the recruit battalion shook his head and said: "You think about the problem too simply, if Shangfeng gives an order, it's okay, we know what to do next, I'm afraid that we won't give an order if we delay it any longer, if the war is tight, we may be sent a mission." ”

The commander of the recruit battalion is also an old fritter, he knows that the new battalion has been sent here, which means that someone above has noticed the existence of the recruit battalion, and let them come here, most likely not to look at these villages, when he came, he inspected these villages, a few irrelevant villages, and even the Japanese army did not bomb these villages, which shows that these villages have no need to attack in the eyes of the Japanese army.

Since there is no need to attack, what is the purpose of stationing their new barracks here, could it be that the superiors have changed their minds and given up letting the new barracks go to the battlefield to serve as cannon fodder?

No way! The commander of the recruit battalion immediately changed this idea, he has not been in the ranks of the national army for a day or two, and he can be said to be clear about what the commander above is, the recruit battalion has almost no combat effectiveness, whether it is to do coordination, or to be the second echelon, it is not qualified, so the only role of the recruit battalion is to attract the enemy's firepower.

But at present, the new battalion has come to the front-line battlefield, more than ten kilometers away from here, which is the battlefield of the war between China and Japan, but they stopped here and did not receive any combat orders.

His heart is undoubtedly the most tormented.

"Maybe it's for these recruits to listen to the artillery fire in front of them here and adapt to the battlefield environment."

The sky gradually darkened, the Japanese army would stop attacking at night, the artillery fire on the front line was indeed not as fierce as before, and the gunfire could not be heard, and the whole land gradually fell silent with the sun setting in the west, and the sky filled with gunsmoke was then shrouded in a black cloud, covered, and there was not a trace of moonlight visible.

The Songhu battlefield was terrible, and the light rain was hazy.

Under the cover of night, a troop was advancing along the winding dirt road between the plains, the shaking helmet was drenched, revealing a trace of shining, the crisp sound of equipment colliding, and the crackling sound of feet stepping on stagnant water, the team was silent and marched in the direction of Luodian.

This was the 397th Regiment to reinforce the south side of Luodian, due to the wrong judgment of the direction of the Japanese attack in advance, the Nationalist Army mistakenly thought that the direction of the Japanese attack was on the line of Yuepu and Baoshan, so the troops in Luodian were only the 33rd Brigade under the 11th Division.

He also ordered the 67th Division of the 15th Group Army to go to Luodian, and its vanguard 402nd and 398th regiments also arrived in Jiading on the day of the Japanese landing, and deployed in Jiading. On the day that the 40th Division arrived, the 67th Division of the 15th Army had already arrived around Luodian for fortification.

After the initial successful landing, in order to stabilize the occupied defensive line, the first and second brigades of the 43rd Wing advanced westward, preparing to seize Liuhe Town, on the one hand, to cover the flank of the 11th Division, and on the other hand, the ferry port of Liuhe Town was very suitable for supplies, after all, the landing site of Xiaochuan Shakou was somewhat unsatisfactory.

The 2nd Brigade of the 44th Wing and the engineers went south to take Luodian, and it took only half a day to occupy Luodian, and then the 33rd Brigade under the 11th Division that supported the counterattack on the Japanese army in Luodian, and successfully recovered Luodian.

The 33rd Brigade then sent the 66th Regiment to the north to confront the Japanese army north of Luodian, and the commander of the regiment was Hu Lian, who later became a famous general of the Nationalist Army.

After the Japanese vanguard and the Japanese command lost contact, that night, the 44th Wing of the 11th Division went south along the Qianzhai and Gujia oil trucks all the way to the south, and the vanguard arrived at Luodian at 7 o'clock in the morning of the second day, and on the morning of the same day, the main force of the 44th Wing arrived at Longjiazhai and Zhujiazhai, and formed a confrontation with the 33rd Brigade in Luodian Town.

On the same day, the 22nd Wing of the Japanese Army also arrived in the vicinity of Jinjia Street near Luodian, and after reconnaissance, it was decided to avoid the central fire and attack from the flank in the early morning of the 25th. Through initial reconnaissance, the Nationalist Army also believed that the number of troops landed by the Japanese army was not large, and the position was not stable, and if it wanted to repel the Japanese army, it should replace the defense with attack, and immediately launch an attack on the Japanese army to drive the Japanese army into the sea.

During this period, the Nationalist army did not know only about defense, but not about attack, as many later sources described.

The Japanese attack was through flank detours, the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the 44th Wing attacked from the east, the 3rd Brigade made a detour from the flank, and the Japanese also drew the 3rd Brigade of the 22nd Wing to make another detour on the outermost periphery of the 3rd Brigade of the 44th Wing, and the main force of the 22nd Wing attacked to the west.

On the Nationalist side, because it believed that the direction of the Japanese army's attack was on the line between Yuepu and Baoshan, and the 98th Division stationed in Yuepu was making slow progress, it adopted the method of advancing on the front line. The Nationalist Army then decided to attack Yuepu from the center of the 11th Division, and its 33rd Brigade advanced to Yuepu from the Wudoujing line.

As soon as the 33rd Brigade left, the center of gravity of the Japanese troops attacking the direction of Luodian was on the 67th Division, the 402nd Regiment and the 398th Regiment, the vanguard of the 67th Division. However, the two regiments also had their own tasks, the 398th Regiment received the task of protecting the road between the landing point and Xinzhen, and the 402nd Regiment took over the 33rd Brigade and advanced to the north of Luodian, they launched an attack at 3 o'clock in the morning that night, the Japanese army did not expect that the national army would suddenly attack at night, and was taken by surprise, the 44th Wing, the 5th and 6th squadrons of the Japanese army on the first line suffered heavy losses, and most of the positions were lost.

But it was a pity that the difference in firepower between the two sides was too large, and the Japanese army, which reacted, immediately organized a counteroffensive of the main force, recaptured the positions occupied by the 402nd Regiment, under the cover of the air force and heavy artillery, and began to advance forward.

The commander of the 402nd Regiment died, Cai Bingyan led the reserve to fight with the Japanese army, the position was repeatedly reorganized, and the brigade commander Cai Bingyan died, if it were not for the fortifications built by the 33rd Brigade, and even relying on the big trees to build a large number of hidden fortifications, which caused huge casualties to the main force of the Japanese army, Luodian was likely to be broken by the Japanese army.

Then, the national army reacted to the Japanese attack in Luodian, so the 398th Regiment was transferred back to stabilize the situation in Luodian, and the 402nd Regiment was unable to continue the next battle because of more than half of the casualties and withdrew from its position.

When the 33rd Brigade and the 31st Brigade advancing in the direction of Yuepu were about to approach Yuepu in the early morning, they found that the 3rd Brigade of the 22nd Wing of the Japanese Army on the flank was crossing the river, and the 3rd Brigade, which was supposed to be detouring to Luodian's flank, was mistaken for an attack on Yuepu, and the 31st Brigade immediately sent the 62nd Regiment to intercept it, so that the Japanese did not complete the flank detour.

The 3rd Brigade of the 44th Wing also discovered the 62nd Regiment and immediately went to reinforce the roundabout troops of the 22nd Wing.

The commander of the Nationalist Army immediately judged that the main force of the Japanese army might be in the direction through the fierce offensive of the Japanese army, so he immediately asked all units to return to help, the 31st Brigade supported the 62nd Regiment and counterattacked the Japanese army, while the 63rd Brigade found the Japanese flank and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese flank.

As soon as it got dark, the Japanese army stopped its offensive, and the Nationalist army began to consolidate its positions.

The first Sino-Japanese battle for Luodian ended with the Nationalist army winning.

However, the Japanese army would not give up and would vomit sooner or later, and the Nationalist army naturally knew that the Japanese army would not give up and held a quiet and stable position until the 28th. (End of chapter)