When they approached the southeast of Luodian, they heard the roar of the Japanese heavy artillery, which sounded continuously, like a drum, rumbling non-stop.

With the crackling sound like firecrackers, it was the sound of the fierce fighting of the infantry on both sides.

The fighting was fierce, and there were many dead and wounded.

In particular, passing through the defense area of the national army and arriving at the forward position, as far as the eye can see, in large and small urban areas, the Japanese artillery has blown up the houses to smithereens, and in this large area of ruins there are corpses and bones, some of which are already incomplete and have been blown to pieces by shells.

Guns were scattered everywhere.

Xia Yuan and they arrived at the front line, but it was not clear to the Nationalist side, they secretly withdrew from the position of the 51st Division, and then secretly entered the position of the Nationalist Army.

In this regard, Wang Yaowu only had a conversation with Ou Zhen, the commander of the 90th Division.

"The Japanese army has planted spies within the national army, Xia Yuan, as a well-deserved god of war in the national army, he must enter the front line secretly, and he must not be discovered by the Japanese spies."

During this period, the Japanese army's infiltration into the Nationalist Army was very powerful, and most of the Nationalist Army's troop movements were under the control of the Japanese Army.

Especially the reconnaissance of Xia Yuan, after Xia Yuan appeared in the newspaper and became the god of war, the top level of the Japanese army had already noticed this national army general who was active in the Songhu battlefield.

It can't be regarded as a general, and no general will go to the front line to fight, most of them are in the division headquarters.

The Japanese army decided to use some dark chess to replace Xia Yuan, if they can kill Xia Yuan and not expose themselves, then they will earn it, if they are exposed, they will not lose, and it is very profitable to replace a national army god of war with a dark chess piece.

Why not replace the high-level generals of the national army, the reason is also very simple, those who can get in touch with the high-level of the national army, most of the identities are not simple, and the price paid for wanting this position is unimaginable, and it is not profitable to kill the high-level of the national army only to kill them.

Secondly, intelligence is much more important than killing a general of the national army, killing a general of the national army, and the national army will transfer another person to replace it.

But to win a war, you can't win it again.

The value of intelligence is much higher than that of a high-ranking general of the national army.

Why did the Japanese army choose to use a dark chess piece to assassinate Xia Yuan, not only that the other party has been published in the newspaper and become a victory, but the most critical point is that with the battle he participated in, the casualties of the Japanese troops have reached an unprecedented new height, killing Xia Yuan can save more Japanese soldiers, which is very profitable in itself.

A dark chess piece is nothing in terms of casualties in a large army.

The degree of secrecy in this matter was very high, and the distance between the positions of the 51st Division and the 90th Division was very short, and it could be reached in half a day, and the Japanese army could not react.

On 22 September, more than a month had passed since the Battle of Songhu broke out, and the Japanese offensive had not weakened much compared with the past.

The 540th Regiment of the 270th Brigade was fiercely attacked by the Japanese army early this morning, and the offensive lasted a whole day, and the Japanese army's progress was very slow.

The opening was also torn apart by the Japanese army as time went by, and a few hours later, the Nationalist positions fell.

Subsequently, the Nationalist troops of the 540th Regiment retreated to the west bank of Dijing and built fortifications on the west bank of Dijing.

Xia Yuan, who was still unaware of all this, led a new company, crossed Dijing, and arrived on the east bank, where he suddenly found that the Japanese army had occupied the house on the east bank and built fortifications relying on the house on the east bank.

At sunset, the defenders on the west bank of Dijing were reinforcing their defensive positions, and suddenly heard a fierce battle coming from the opposite bank of Dijing.

When the commander of the 540th Regiment heard the gunshots, he quickly observed them with a telescope and asked: "Which unit attacked the Japanese position, is it the people of the 59th Division?" They are still unwilling to give up. ”

After a whole day of fighting, the 59th Division, which had only more than 200 men left and was no longer able to carry out the next battle, had heard that the remnants of the 59th Division had retreated to the rear.

Which unit was attacking the Japanese position, wasn't it the 59th Division?

Puzzled, the commander of the 540th Regiment decided to wait and see for a while, he continued to watch with a telescope, and said to the adjutant beside him who was also observing the battle situation on the other side: "This national army will not be the opponent of the Japanese army, the Japanese army holding on to the opposite bank has about one Japanese squadron, and looking at their strength, it seems that there is only one company." ”

Not long after his words were spoken, the changes on the battlefield exceeded everyone's expectations.

The Japanese army that originally resisted was defeated at a rapid speed, and the banks of the Dijing River were miraculously held, and the counterattacking troops seemed to have only one company of troops, but they repelled the Japanese army, and the national troops who watched the battle on the other side of the river arrived very surprised.

Thundered.

Not long after Xia Yuan occupied the position, the position was bombarded by the Japanese army's fierce artillery fire, and the corpses that had not been collected and the battlefield that had been cleaned up were covered by Japanese artillery fire in an instant.

The black smoke of gunpowder filled the entire battlefield, and it was in the center of the bombing, and the direction was not clear, the tremor was strong, and the splashed earth fell like raindrops, and the broken wall was shattered by the Japanese artillery fire, and the corpses disappeared under such a fierce bombardment.

"Hidden!"

Xia Yuan's shouts were basically engulfed by Japanese artillery fire, and the soldiers of the newly formed company who were blown away were seen everywhere.

His brain was buzzing, and the rumbling sound reached his ears, as if he had fallen into water, and it was snoring.

The heavy artillery coverage of the Japanese army was unexpected, and the entire bunker fortifications along the Dijing River and the houses were turned over by the Japanese army.

The Japanese heavy artillery bombarded for a full fifteen minutes, and the people who were hidden felt like fried beans in a pot, being tossed back and forth, and the soldiers who were close to the heavy artillery fall point were directly shattered by the huge shock wave, and the blood covered the soldiers around them, and the severed limbs seemed to be thrown out.

When the artillery fire died down, the voices of veterans and cattle sounded in front of the position.

"Classes check for casualties."

"Company commander, the Japanese devils are going to counterattack."

The first battle they fought on the front line was particularly fierce and repulsed all the Japanese troops, but they never thought that they would be attacked by the Japanese army's particularly fierce artillery fire.

Xia Yuan's ears were blurry and he couldn't hear clearly, he looked at the position covered in black smoke, looked at the faces of the veterans, and the black dirt was like pasting on his face, "Something is wrong, something is wrong." ”

"Company commander, company commander."

The veteran stared at the big eyes, and he couldn't see any expression on his dark face, but there was worry in his eyes: "Old Niu, is the company commander stupid by the bombing." ”

"I, I don't know." Niu Qian was also in a hurry, they had just arrived at the frontline position, and they would repel the Japanese devils, so as not to attract heavy artillery bombardment from the Japanese army.

"Company commander, the Japanese devils are here!"

The two stunned people ran over from the direction where the Japanese devils had retreated before.

"The Japanese devils are coming." Xia Yuan came back to his senses slightly, and he immediately ordered: "Old soldier, old cow, take your people, quickly enter the remaining bunker fortifications, and prepare to block the enemy Japanese army." Two stunned, what about the other defenders? ”

"Yes, on the other side of the river." The second stunned man pointed in one direction.

The Dijing River, like the Chu River and the Han Realm, clearly divides the two worlds, with gunsmoke on one side filled with ruins, destroyed bunkers, severed limbs and stumps everywhere, and damaged guns. On the other side, there was a newly constructed defensive position, and the strength of the national army had retreated to the other side of the Dijing River.

Xia Yuan opened his eagle eye and saw the defenders of the national army on the other side of the Dijing River.

"And on the other side, is it the 90th Division or the 67th Division."

Xia Yuan asked, but when he didn't get a response, he waved his hand: "It's not important, it's not important." ”

"Company commander."

The second stunned look was a little worried.

"Reinforcements from the Japanese army arrived at the Songhu battlefield." Xia Yuan frowned, after the round of shelling just now, he was blown up.

What the national army lacked the most was not people, not heavy firepower and heavy weapons, but intelligence on the movement of Japanese troops.

He knew that the Japanese army had sent reinforcements, but the exact time of the arrival of the reinforcements was not clear until Wang Yaowu, the commander of the 51st Division, told him that the Nationalist positions in the southeast were lost and that he would be sent to the southeast.

Xia Yuan had already realized something in his heart, but he was just not sure.

At this moment, when we arrived at the front line, we were subjected to such a fierce artillery bombardment by the Japanese army, coupled with the eager offensive of the Japanese army, combined with the diversion action of the 11th Wing of the Japanese cavalry opposite the 51st Division, and the Japanese army launched a general attack on the Nationalist army in the southeast direction.

That would cost a lot of people for the sake of the so-called victory.

Now it seems that the reason why the Japanese 11th Division launched a general offensive was that their reinforcements had arrived at the Songhu battlefield, so the 11th Division would launch a large-scale counteroffensive.

He looked back at the national army on the other side of the Dijing River, and after this half-day trip, Xia Yuan could basically determine the number of this army.

Bang!

After the artillery fire subsided for a short time, the new company was like a sharp knife stuck in the Japanese position.

If the Japanese army wants to launch an attack on the Dijing River, it needs to first pull out the sharp knives inserted in the position, and before the new company has settled on the position, the Japanese attacking troops will come over, and the scattered lines will be lined up, passing through the ruins and alleys, and you can see the Japanese troops wearing khaki uniforms floating past, and they move quickly between the ruins, approaching the position of the new company.

The Japanese army did not give up, they wanted not only the position here, but the whole of China.

The battle is on the verge of breaking out.

The heavy machine guns and light machine guns sent by Qiu Weida before also came in handy, Xia Yuan placed them at the intersection of the two streets, responsible for keeping an eye on the street entrance, once the Japanese army came over, it could form crossfire, the time was too urgent, it was too late to arrange too much, Xia Yuan ordered each platoon to occupy the house separately and rely on the house to block the enemy Japanese army.

"Company Commander, aren't the people on the other side of the river going to come to help us?" The second stunned man said angrily.

Across the river, the other side could have come with reinforcements, but they didn't, but occupied the other side of the river, and many troops were deploying, and none of them said that they wanted to come to help defend the position.

The second stunned person was not angry, it was all fake, and the new company was also helping them hold their positions, but the other party didn't care about anything, didn't pay attention to it, and didn't give them any support. This is completely unreasonable, don't give support to the troops, at least give some artillery support.

Not to mention artillery support, not even a single gun.

"We can't rely on them, we rely on ourselves." Xia Yuan glanced at the situation on the position, it was not easy for the Japanese army to break in, their weapons and equipment were on the way, Wang Yaowu, the commander of the 51st Division, gave them all the captured Japanese equipment, and equipped with six light machine guns, two 24-type water-cooled heavy machine guns, which were once called "Death Scythe" by Japanese devils, a machine for harvesting life.

Including the capture of several Japanese mortars and grenadiers.

The armament of the newly formed companies far exceeds that of some local armies. In some places, not a single regiment of the army has several mortars.

It is not easy for the Japanese army to take down the position, and Xia Yuan will not easily let the Japanese army take down the position, at least hold on here for a day, wait until dark, and take two positions with the 90th Army counterattacking the Japanese position.

At this moment, the position held by the newly formed company was full of corpses, the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, the corpses of the national army, half of the body was buried in the ruins, revealing the other half of the body, or the charred head.

The body was killed by a shell and cut by a bayonet.

Obviously, the battlefield looked especially bloody after the shelling, and the soldiers of the new company used the ruins and bunkers to set up their defenses.

The Japanese army was menacing, and the earthy yellow figures alternated between the ruins.

Bang!

The gun rang out, someone fired, it was the soldiers of the newly formed company who fired the shot, and the alternate shuttle figures quickly dodged.

"What kind of gun, you can't shoot, if you shoot, you are exposed."

The veteran slapped the soldier on the head.

"What's going on?" Xia Yuan touched the ruins and saw clearly the person who shot him, vaguely feeling familiar, and his eyes froze: "Raise your head and I'll take a look!" ”

"Old man Wang, monkey!"

"Wait, why are you here?"

Xia Yuan was completely stunned, these two people actually lowered their eyelids, touched in, and joined the new company.

The veteran frowned, stared at the two of them, and found that these two people were not outside Jiading City, and the two people who were packed by the company commander actually appeared here.

"Company commander." The veteran turned his head.

"Now is not the time to say this, veteran, you see your platoon." Xia Yuan raised his hand to stop the veteran from continuing, the Japanese devils were about to attack, and it was useless to say more, he stared at the two of them: "I don't know what happened, why did you come here, but when you arrive at the new company, you have to obey the order, old man Wang, put away all your thoughts, the battlefield is not a child's play." ”