Old Qi Le looked at the two beggars and said to the veteran: "You say, what is the company commander doing?" ”

"You didn't listen, that's the company commander's fellow countryman, it must have come out of a place." The veteran smoked a cigarette and squinted.

Zheng Dayong said on the side: "Hey, isn't that the old man Wang and the monkey?" ”

"You know the two of them?" The veteran asked.

"I know, Lao Zhao, I still remember I told you that I used to come out of Yudi with the company commander, or when I was in the new barracks."

"Remember, they're also from the boot camp?"

The veteran asked in some surprise.

"Yes, they are also from the new barracks, but they became deserters, there were more than a dozen people in the third shift at that time, and eight or nine left, leaving Brother Yuan, scholars, Niu Hai, and the squad leader, I didn't expect to meet them here."

Talking about these two people, Zheng Dayong is full of disdain, being a deserter is the most shameful.

"There's another thing." The veteran was a little clear, threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it, and quietly watched how the company commander cleaned up the two of them.

At this time, the two of them had already walked outside, they were so frightened that they were still struggling, who knew that the person who carried them walked to the door, and threw them on the ground and fell to the ass.

The two of them were a little dazed, Xia Yuan walked up to them and said, "I'll let you go this time, get out of here, since the two of you ran away from the third class, you and I are no longer fellow countrymen." ”

"Big one, you!"

Old man Wang's mouth was crooked.

"Xu Yu died, Niu Hai died, the scholar was also injured, and more than half of the recruit camp died."

Xia Yuan wiped a match, lit a cigarette, and looked at him quietly, "How do you think you are staying in Jiading so safely now, that is, there are many soldiers in front of you who are fighting against the Japanese devils with their lives, if they come over, you just raise your hand and surrender, then the Japanese devils will not let you go." ”

He squatted on the ground and asked him, "Do you know how the Japanese devils will deal with those Chinese soldiers who surrendered?" ”

"How to deal with it?" Old man Wang asked.

"They'll tie you to a tree with a rope, or hang you, and then they'll have their recruits, with bayonets, stab you to death, and the sound of bayonets sticking into the flesh, oh, hahahaha."

Xia Yuan smiled and said, "Hurry up, don't let me see you again." ”

"Big one!"

When Xia Yuan turned to leave, Old Man Wang stood up suddenly and looked at him: "Do you hate the old man and me very much?" ”

"You say you're an old man, I hate you for what you do, in fact, with you and without you, the situation is the same on the battlefield."

Xia Yuan's meaning is obvious, you are also cannon fodder when you go, Old Man Wang is a good person, so why can't he hear Xia Yuan's meaning, but he asked very incomprehensibly: "Big man, you said, we are strong men who have been arrested, and so many people have died along the way, why do you still want to give them your life?" Is it bad to be alive? ”

"The Japanese devils are coming, it's useless for you to run anywhere, you can only resist them."

Old man Wang didn't understand what Xia Yuan meant, his personal purpose was that it was best to live by himself, as for others, life or death had nothing to do with him, he said: "I didn't expect that you would actually become a company commander." ”

"There's so much more you didn't expect." Xia Yuan looked at Old Man Wang and the silent monkey, and said with a smile: "Monkey, what's wrong, I'm dumb, I can't speak." ”

"Big one, you've changed." The monkey said faintly.

"Haven't you changed too?" Xia Yuan smiled and said: "You spare your lives, I know, this time I went to the front line, I, more than 100 brothers, I don't know how many of them can come back alive, you want officials, I can give them, but if you give them, you have to go to the front line with me and fight with the Japanese devils, then you will definitely not survive." ”

He was right, and the monkey was silent, and it seemed useless.

What Xia Yuan said was right, if they really wanted to stay in Xia Yuan's company, they would have to go to the front line with the troops.

When you get to the front, you have to fight hard with the Japanese devils.

It's just that they don't want to fight the Japanese devils the most.

"Alright, don't ink, get out of here." When Xia Yuan was leaving, he told them again: "Don't stay in Jiading, it won't be long before the Japanese devils will call." ”

"Thank you, big one."

Old man Wang's words came from the bottom of his heart.

The two left, the monkey was a little lame, and the figure of the old man Wang was a little stunning.

Xia Yuan thought that he probably wouldn't meet the monkeys again.

On the day of 16 September, the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on Li Shusen's 67th Division, which was holding the east side of Luodian, and after a day of fierce fighting, the forward position of the 67th Division was basically captured by the Japanese army, and the battlefield began to shrink to the rear.

The 51st Division held on to the west side of Luodian, and in front of them was the 22nd Wing of the 11th Squadron of the Japanese Army, which had strong combat capability.

However, on the day of the 16th, the Japanese army's energy was focused on the east side of Luodian, and the 22nd Wing did not launch an attack on the position of the 51st Division, but the 4th Brigade, the 3rd Squadron, and the 4th Squadron of the Japanese army's back landed and entered the west side of Luodian to meet with the 11th Cavalry Wing.

With the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the 11th Division of the Japanese army gradually replenished the reinforcements to the west of Luodian, and dispatched the drawn troops to the east of Luodian in order to further attack the national army on the east side of Luodian.

On September 17, the Japanese suspended their offensive and the troops began to move.

Fifty-first Division.

The company led by Xia Yuan had also arrived at the defense line of the 51st Division, and under the leadership of Adjutant Sun, Xia Yuan met the famous anti-Japanese general Wang Yaowu.

In thirty-seven years, Wang Yaowu was still very young, and at the age of thirty-three, he had become the head of the first division, and his future was limitless.

The face has gradually begun to be rounded, wearing a military uniform, wearing a military cap, and the logo on the chest is particularly eye-catching.

Seeing Xia Yuan coming, Wang Yaowu's face showed a smile: "The commander-in-chief values Brother Xia very much, and even asked the commander of the 67th Division to go to look for you, but on the same day, the Japanese army launched an attack on his position, and Li Shusen didn't spare the effort to find you, but I didn't expect to be exploited by me." ”

Wang Yaowu was very talkative, with a smile on his face, and he had no arrogance at all, he continued: "Lao Sun said, your bomb throwing ability is very powerful, in fact, I also want to take a look, but the current conditions are simple, can Brother Xia open my eyes." ”

"Yes." Xia Yuan has nothing to say.

After all, this incident was personally reported by Zhang Guangqi, commander of the 160th Battalion of the 18th Brigade, and was personally supervised by his adjutant Li Youcai, who killed 53 enemies with 53 bullets, which is very authentic.

After all, the battlefield situation is changeable, and in addition, it is dark and the battlefield situation is complicated, and people's eyes will see it wrong.

Moreover, it has not been a year or two since these people led troops to fight, and in the past, in military academies, they had also experienced live-ammunition target shooting and bomb throwing training, and they knew that it was not easy to throw a grenade for 50 meters, and it was very difficult to throw 60 meters, and there were very few people in the army, and those who threw 70 or 80 meters were even less rare, and they had never even heard of it.

I heard that someone threw 62 meters with all his might, and his arm was about to break.

Those who can throw a grenade out more than 100 meters are ruthless people, and they have never seen anyone who can throw a grenade more than 100 meters away, and the most terrifying thing is that if they can throw more than 100 meters and control the accuracy, then it is not called throwing a grenade, it is called a grenade.

Wang Yaowu didn't believe it, he thought in his heart, it should be okay to throw it out forty or fifty meters, fifty or sixty meters.

"It's right here at the division headquarters, Xiao Zhang, if you see the broken wall in front of you, just hang your kettle on the broken wall." Wang Yaowu said to the guards beside him.

"Hey."

Xiao Zhang took out the kettle on his waist and ran away quickly.

After a while, he ran back.

Wang Yaowu said: "This distance is almost 90 meters, it doesn't matter if you can't throw it away, do your best." ”

"It's okay, I can usually lose 100 meters, the limit is about 110 meters, and more than 90 meters is not bad for me."

At the limit of one hundred and ten meters, Xia Yuan was still modest, with Ming Jin's breakthrough, his strength had increased terrifyingly, and he struggled to throw the grenade out, estimating that the time for the lead was not enough, and it could explode in the air.

Therefore, Xia Yuan has been maintaining about 100 meters, this distance is very suitable for the grenade to pull the lead, and when it explodes, it can explode when it is almost two or three meters from the ground, and the range of shrapnel splashing can spread about nine or ten meters away, and the power is directly doubled.

Xia Yuan said with a smile: "I can hit the target, and I can throw it so far, and ensure that the grenade explodes in mid-air, and the lethality reaches the maximum." ”

Hearing Xia Yuan's boasting, everyone gasped and threw it one hundred and ten meters, is that still a person?

The people in the division headquarters have all seen the world, what kind of soldiers have not seen it, and they have seen a lot of people with strong bomb throwing ability, but they have all ensured accuracy, not the distance, the distance, not the accuracy, and the distance of 90 meters has been lost, and it is not easy to hit the target.

"Interesting, hahahaha!"

Wang Yaowu laughed and said expectantly: "You give it a try, let me wait to open my eyes." ”

Xia Yuan picked up a stone the size of a baby's fist on the ground, flipped it in his hand, and threw the stone out without thinking, without even aiming, the stone drew a parabola in the air, and after a few seconds, he heard a bang, the sound was very small, and the distance was a little far, but it made the expressions on the faces of the commanders of the division headquarters freeze.

"Hit, hit, the kettle has a scratch!" Wang Yaowu's guards ran over and took down the kettle, and on one side of the kettle, there was a striking white dot.

The commanders of the division headquarters gasped, and the expressions on their faces were extremely shocked.

They all talked about it, and they all said that this kind of bomb-throwing ability was really shocking. If it is used on the battlefield, if it is used well, the ability to attack fortified positions is absolutely a must.

Their mortars are mostly used to destroy Japanese positions and firing points, but the effect is not good, not as powerful as the Japanese army, and Xia Yuan's hand throwing grenade technology, placed on the battlefield, with a single soldier approaching the Japanese position, can cause huge damage to the Japanese army's firepower point.

Everyone knew it in their hearts.

But unfortunately, on the night of the 6th, it was the last ferocious offensive they launched against the Japanese army, and after that, they entered into positional warfare.

They relied on the earthen walls, dirt slopes, and houses of the village to build a lot of firepower points, and cross-fire points, as long as the Japanese army did not attack, it was the best, and when the Japanese attacked, they would have no return.

Wang Yaowu attaches great importance to Xia Yuan's skills, but skills are skills, and when it comes to the battlefield, it still depends on the combat ability, he said: "I will give you a position, which is the position of the Japanese army's main attack, take your company, and hold on for a day, if you can guarantee that the Japanese army will not be able to enter before dusk, I will give you a major battalion commander to be a one!" ”

"Divisional commander, is this an order?" Xia Yuan looked at Wang Yaowu and asked rhetorically.

"It's not an order." Wang Yaowu shook his head.

"Then I refuse." Xia Yuan spoke directly.

The commanders of the division headquarters were taken aback, and Adjutant Sun hurriedly gave Xia Yuan a look.

"Tell me why." Wang Yaowu was not angry.

"Since it's not an order, then I won't take these brothers of mine to the battlefield for the sake of a major battalion commander."

Xia Yuan is very principled, it is an order, he abides by it, if it is just an agreement with Zhang Guangqi, he will not abide by it.

The reason why he agreed with Zhang Guangqi was that he had not led the team to fight at that time, only Zheng Dayong followed him, Lao Zhao and scholars, Lao Zhao sacrificed, he blamed himself very much in his heart, his agreement with Zhang Guangqi should not actually involve Lao Zhao and them.

And now, if he wants to use the position of a major battalion commander as an agreement, let him take his company and go to the front line for a day, Xia Yuan will not agree.

Wang Yaowu laughed: "Yes, this is the order!" ”

"Since it is an order, I hope that there are troops that can cooperate, and not just let me go alone, besides, my company is not enough in number, and needs to be replenished to one hundred and twenty people."

Xia Yuan knows a truth, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

When he was still leaving Jiading, after Xia Yuan formed the team, he put the hundreds of oceans they had earned during this time in a box and put it in front of everyone, he said.

'This time I will not force everyone to go with me, those who go, be prepared to stick to the front line with me, those who stay, take five oceans, we are far away from the mountains, we have a fate to see you again, if you are lucky enough to survive, see you in the future, I will still be your good brother. ’

This sentence was said by him from the bottom of his heart, his own affairs have attracted the attention of the above, and it is obviously impossible to just look at the marginal position of Qiao's house like the original one.

When he arrived at the front line, Xia Yuan estimated that the division commander would inevitably transfer him forward to the position of the Japanese army's main attack.

(End of chapter)