Qiao's house is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but Qiao's house is not a very important strategic place, but if you don't fight, you can't give up the attack, the Japanese army can rely on Qiao's house to attack the flank of the main force, choose to attack, and can't get in, and pay huge casualties.

The commander of the reinforced company is surnamed Chen, named Chen Hengchun, a square-faced man in his thirties, and the temporary command post of the company is in a very dilapidated wooden house two kilometers opposite Qiao's house, and there are many wounded in the yard, all of whom have been carried down from the battlefield, missing arms and legs, and those who have been shot and lost fighting, and the weather is very stuffy, and the air is full of a rancid smell except for the heavy gunsmoke.

Gunfire and artillery rang out at the front line, and by daytime, the Japanese counteroffensive began, and fierce fighting broke out on streets about a kilometer long.

A house can be fought over dozens of times, broken streets, alleys, and ruins, there are corpses of Chinese and Japanese soldiers everywhere, the weather is dull, and the corpses decompose with a thick stench, mixed with gunsmoke, which is very pungent.

The figure of the national soldier shook among the ruins, from the crack of the house poked out the black muzzle, the gunshot, one by one the figure fell, the blood was sticky, the mud was dyed black and red, the battle of Luodian from August 28, has lasted for three days, the battle was very fierce, the Japanese army did not give up the advance of Luodian, they want to completely occupy Luodian, relying on Luodian, cut off the route of the northward march of the national army in Shanghai, cut off the supply route of Beijing and Shanghai.

The battle of Qiao's house was not over, the Japanese army organized a counteroffensive, and the reinforced company changed from active to passive, and in the blocking battle that lasted all morning, the forward position of the reinforced company was lost, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and four of the nine Czechs were knocked out, leaving only five and placing them on the second line of defense.

"Qiao's house is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but we are not easy to defend and difficult to attack here, company commander, the forward position has been lost, we need support."

The deputy commander of the reinforced company rushed in from the outside, his butt was not next to the stool, and he hurriedly spoke.

"Lao Wan, calm down, the order from Shangfeng has been issued, let's hold our positions and don't blindly choose to attack, there are already reinforcements on the way." Chen Hengchun threw the marching kettle to the other party, "Drink some water first and moisten your throat." ”

"What's going on, why don't I know?" The butt of the 10,000 deputy company commander was next to the stool, unscrewed the kettle and drank two sips.

"It's the 401st regiment, last night the three of them didn't knock down Qiao's house, early this morning, they contacted Shangfeng, saying that they would send another team, it seems that they haven't given up the attack on Qiao's house, I estimate, they will be the last."

"Ha, what did I say, it turned out to be the support of the 401st Regiment." Deputy Company Commander Wan put down the kettle, nodded and said: "Don't say it, the Qiao's house held by the little Japanese devils is easy to defend and difficult to attack, we fought twice and didn't beat it down, no, stabbed the hornet's nest, the little Japanese devils counterattacked, and their reinforcements arrived, and they had to stop the little Japanese devils." ”

After a pause, he said, "That's a good thing. ”

"That's not it, let them go to guard the forest house, that location is not good, and it is also the focus of the Japanese devil's attack, and move our troops to the side a little." Chen Hengchun had already thought of a plan.

"Lin family house, we guarded the Lin family house in a platoon, but we didn't hold it, and we fought several counterattacks before we knocked down the Lin family house, and I guess I can't hold it when they come." Deputy Company Commander Wan said.

"Whether we can keep it or not, that's not something we think about, it's something they should think about." Chen Hengchun looked disappreciative.

The communications corps ran in from outside, "Company commander, the people of the 401st Regiment have arrived." ”

"Look, let's go, let's go and have a look." Chen Hengchun got up and took the deputy company commander to the outside, a luxuriously equipped squad stood there outside the door, Chen Hengchun looked at it, and his heart sank, "I have already received the order from Shangfeng, the brother troops of the 401st Regiment will support us, thank you very much, let's go into the house and sit." ”

He looked at Qiu Zhengfu, who was dressed extraordinarily, and as for Xia Yuan, who was dressed in shabby, and Lian Commander Xu, who was gray-haired, he naturally didn't pay attention to it.

"This is our chief, Xia Yuan, and this is Company Commander Xu."

Who would have thought that Qiu Zhengfu stretched out his hand and pointed at Xia Yuan, which was a little embarrassing, but he didn't expect that this shabby dress, covered with dust and cracked mud was their commander, Chen Hengchun laughed: "There is a loss of welcome, there is a loss of welcome, contemptible Chen Hengchun, this is the deputy company commander Wan Ronggui." ”

"Company Commander Chen, Deputy Company Commander Wan, we won't go in and sit, the war is important, let's talk about the situation." Xia Yuan refused: "It's not good to delay the fighter." ”

"Okay, Deputy Company Commander Wan, you come and tell Chief Xia about the situation on the front line." Chen Hengchun said.

"The situation on the front line is not good, when the sky is gray, it is not completely bright, we launched two attacks on Qiao's house held by the Japanese army, the battle lasted until dawn, and it was not defeated, as soon as dawn, the Japanese army organized a counteroffensive, under the cover of artillery, attacked the houses we occupied, the houses in the combat zone were lost, and we retreated to the forward positions to block the Japanese army."

Deputy Company Commander Wan was quite clear about the battle situation on the front line, "The Japanese army was divided into three roads, each road probably had the strength of a small Japanese army, and they rushed over under the cover of artillery fire, we blocked for more than two hours, and the forward position was still lost. ”

"The Lin family's house? Let's talk about the situation of the Lin family's house. ”

Xia Yuan's eyes moved slightly, and he did not study the truth of what the other party said, and when he arrived on the battlefield, everything was clear.

The Japanese guns are coming and going, it is estimated that there are still a few kilometers from here, the Japanese counteroffensive is indeed coming, the situation of this brother company in front of me is not good, walking along the muddy road in the village, everywhere you can see the wounded who have retreated from the front line, and the yard is also, which shows that the company in front of you has paid huge casualties on the front line.

Xia Yuan is not a pedantic person, he has always held on to the past of these people, and the most important thing at the moment is to resist Japan.

The Japanese army's counteroffensive was expected for a long time, and the day was the home of the Japanese army, and they had to seize the time during the day to counterattack the positions of the national army and completely clear the national army near Luodian.

After clearing out the Nationalist troops in Shanghai, they would attack Jinling, forcing the bald heads to launch the Jinling Defense War, and after capturing Jinling, they launched the tragic Jinling Massacre.

Although the top of the national army is incompetent, the ordinary soldiers at the bottom are definitely one by one, and they are the best soldiers during World War II.

"The Lin family house is the center of our defense line, and the Japanese army tried to open a breakthrough in our defense line from the Lin family house, and they also did it, capturing the Lin family house, and the forward position was completely controlled by the Japanese army." The deputy company commander squatted on the ground and used stones as a building for the forward position, and the largest stone was the Lin family house.

"Were there any Japanese attacks from other directions?" Xia Yuan stared at the deputy company commander of Wan, most of the positions above the battalion level are related to the above, or are related to other commanders, and the company commander is too low because of his official position, most of them are people who know something about things and can do things, and few have a certain combat ability.

Ten thousand deputy company commanders are even less like this.

"Other directions were also attacked by the Japanese army, but their way of attacking was rather strange, after clearing the houses in the combat zone, the focus of their attack was the Lin family house, and after the Lin family house was captured, they did not move forward, but attacked to the left and right, consolidating the forward position."

Deputy Company Commander Wan told Xia Yuan about the situation on the front line.

"It is similar to the method of breaking through the central government, but it is completely different, and there is a sense of gradual and step-by-step." Xia Yuan groaned, got up and said, "Okay, I already know the situation on the front line, Platoon Commander Qiu, Company Commander Xu, let's go now." ”

"Sir, you don't need our help?" Deputy Company Commander Wan asked.

"Help? You've already helped a lot, it's enough to tell me this information, and then do me one last favor. Xia Yuan said.

"What's the rush? Sir, though, we will do our best to complete it. Deputy Company Commander Wan said.

Since they don't know Xia Yuan's official position, but seeing that the so-called Qiu Platoon Commander and Company Commander Xu both listen to Xia Yuan, it is obvious that Xia Yuan's official position is not low, and it is very likely that he is the battalion commander, and those well-armed soldiers are most likely the guards of the Xia Commander in front of him.

"After we capture the Lin family's house, you must order the soldiers of the defense line to attack the Japanese army, and we must completely eliminate the Japanese devils and drive them back to Qiao's house." Xia Yuan's voice was sonorous, with an irresistible meaning.

Deputy Company Commander Wan glanced at Chen Hengchun behind him vaguely, and when he saw the other party nodding, he responded: "Yes!" ”

Seeing Xia Yuan and his party leave, the smile on Chen Hengchun's face disappeared, replaced by an indifference: "Order all platoons to be ready for battle at any time, and when they capture the Lin family's house, let the platoon commanders take their men to clean up the Japanese army, if we can't fight it, we will not move." ”

Deputy Company Commander Wan responded: "Hey, company commander, if they can't beat it, won't we always stop attacking?" ”

Chen Hengchun looked like a matter of course: "Naturally, this is what they said." ”

The reason why he thinks this is because he doesn't want to be responsible, if he can let others take the blame, he will definitely not take the blame himself.

Deputy Company Commander Wan nodded and left with two soldiers.

The other side.

"Xia Yuan, why do you agree to attack the Lin family's house, our task is to attack the Qiao family's house, and the Lin family's house is not within the scope of our mission."

Away from the other party's company, Platoon Commander Qiu couldn't help but say.

He has not followed Commander Qiu for a day or two, and when he follows Commander Qiu, he has already learned to observe words and feelings, and this deputy company commander and that Chen Hengchun and Company Commander Chen are clearly trying to trap them.

Company Commander Xu also quite praised the words of the platoon commander of Dongqiu, "I have observed the location of the Lin family's house before, the gate faces north, and the surrounding houses are all around, and we are in the south, not in the direction of the main gate, if you want to enter it, you must first pass through the enemy's fire blockade, and then you have to touch the direction of the main gate, so as to launch an attack on the Japanese troops in the house." ”

Platoon Commander Qiu was already dissatisfied with Company Commander Chen and Deputy Company Commander Wan, but this time he heard Company Commander Xu say this, and his dissatisfaction in his heart reached the extreme.

Platoon Commander Zhao, when the scholars heard this, they also felt that they had been pitted, and Platoon Commander Zhao scolded and said: "This obviously gives us a huge problem, they can't beat it, give us the problem, let us fight." ”

Platoon Commander Qiu glanced at Platoon Commander Zhao, knowing that the people who followed Xia Yuan came out of the recruit camp, he saw Xia Yuan's strength, so he didn't despise these people, and nodded: "What this brother said is reasonable, this is obviously a trap for us, Xia Yuan, it's too late for us to go back now, the attack of the Lin family house will be handed over to them, and after they take down the Lin family house, we will attack the Qiao family house." ”

Company Commander Xu also agreed to this plan.

Xia Yuan looked at everyone, everyone else looked like this, he pondered for a moment, and then said: "It's okay, whether it's Qiao's house or Lin's house, I will take you to fight over, and then I will briefly talk about the combat mission." ”

As soon as Platoon Commander Qiu heard Xia Yuan's words, he knew that he was going to come recklessly, and he couldn't help but be secretly anxious.

"The strength of the Japanese army in the Lin family house is definitely not too much, you, I know that the Lin family house is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Japanese army naturally knows that they will put the focus of defense on the difficult position, so this is actually a good thing for us."

Xia Yuan calmed everyone's emotions and said, "So you don't have to worry too much, we are on the advantageous side." ”

Advantage? Everyone looked at each other, the Japanese army occupied the right time and place, and the firepower was above them, and when it came to Xia Yuan's mouth, it turned out to be the dominant side.

Platoon Commander Qiu calmed down, thought for a while, and felt that what Xia Yuan said made sense, but it was a little unreasonable, "Xia Yuan, I think we should be conservative." ”

"There's no need, in fact, the result is the same from any direction. In addition, Regiment Commander Qiu said that the guard platoon should obey my orders, and I think you know very well the consequences of disobeying orders. Xia Yuan turned his head to Lian Chang Xu and said, "You know the location of the Lin family's house, now take us over." ”

Company Commander Xu looked at Xia Yuan and nodded helplessly.

Platoon Commander Qiu couldn't resist Xia Yuan, so they couldn't resist Xia Yuan's order, so they had to nod.

The Lin family house is located in the southwest of Luodian, a marginal town in Luodian, the houses are numerous, scattered, the three-storey small building of the Lin family house is particularly eye-catching in the town, and the ancient building of the Lin family house is seen rising from the ground from a distance.

The sound of gunfire bathed the ancient building, adding a bit of horror, attacking the Lin family's house was four rows, close to fifty people, fighting all morning, repeatedly fighting three or four times, leaving corpses all over the ground on the road of attack.

In the dilapidated and collapsed hut, the four platoon leaders looked at the few remaining four rows of soldiers and sighed helplessly.

They could no longer organize the fight for the Lin family's house.