Suddenly, the tremor of the earth shaking and shaking came from the ground.

The officers and men of the Nationalist army on the position of the company looked up, and the tracks of the Japanese tanks, which were getting closer and closer to them, were billowing with thick smoke, and the tracks were badly deformed, and they were roaring, but they could not move.

The tracks of one tank were blown up and could not move forward.

This was like a signal, and one of the platoons that still existed on the position began to shoot at the Japanese troops. However, the strength of a platoon can form a lot of firepower, and the Japanese troops attacking the position are enough for thousands of Japanese troops, and because of the swarming locusts, the bullets did not enter it, and they could not make the slightest wave.

However, the Japanese army probably did not expect that they organized this particularly ferocious attack, and even sent ten tanks, which was inevitable.

But it never occurred to him that the most powerful weapons of the defenders on the position were not rifles and machine guns, but more grenades than could be counted.

Beside each soldier, there was a box full of grenades, and when the Japanese broke away from the tanks and began to attack the position, the grenades rained down from the sky and fell into the enemy's group, and in an instant, the rumbling sound played a beautiful music, intertwined with the screams of the Japanese soldiers.

Black smoke filled the air, and Japanese tanks roared.

Immediately afterwards, Xia Yuan began to exert his strength, there were seven Japanese tanks, and he used cluster grenades to blow up the tracks, lying on the ground and unable to move, and the tank soldiers who opened the hatch tried to cover with machine guns, and were pierced by the flying bullets, and lay on the tank without moving.

The tank only had the barrel left to support, but at this time the tank had already climbed to the small dirt slope, the barrel was facing the sky, and it was only forty or fifty meters away from the position, how could it hit the defenders on the position.

The Japanese tanks lost their effect, and the Japanese infantry began to swarm, and at a short distance of fifty meters, they rushed to the position of the national army with confidence, but they were greeted by grenade bombardment like raindrops, compared to other soldiers throwing grenades, Xia Yuan's grenade was simply terrible.

Even if it is only thirty or forty meters away, the air explosion mine is still quite accurate.

The gunfire was scarce and gradually covered with grenades.

On the flanks, a platoon of soldiers who had set up an early ambush also began to attack the Japanese army, intending to share the pressure of the frontal defenders, and when a group of Japanese troops were attracted to them, they took out their grenades and threw them vigorously into the Japanese attacking force.

The minefield formed by the explosion of the grenade is enough for the Japanese devils to eat a pot.

The amount of grenades was sufficient, and the Japanese army could not threaten the national army, so they were able to throw grenades all the time, blocking the Japanese offensive route with a powerful grenade net, and bringing huge casualties to the Japanese army.

The battle lasted until the afternoon, the Japanese fought three times, failed to knock down the position, and the forward positions of the attack, which were already scorched earth, were blown up not by the artillery of the Japanese devils, but by their grenades.

The consumption of grenades to resist the Japanese attack was also huge, and by the afternoon, there were only three boxes of grenades left, and there were still twenty men left in the two platoons.

The Japanese suffered even more casualties, and in order to defeat the position of a company, the Japanese army launched an attack of 1,000 men, and two attacks of a battalion of one battalion, all of which ended in failure, and failed to defeat the position, but suffered huge casualties of their own, and the casualties were more than 1,300 in addition to yesterday's attack.

This is not a small number, the Japanese army attacked Songhu, and the casualties of the regiment in two or three days were only 1,000.

Attacking a position, with more than 1,300 casualties a day, was enough to shock everyone.

Among them, Xia Yuan has the most credit, his throwing ability has been tested by Shangganling, his shooting ability has been honed by Changjin Lake, and his whole body individual skills have reached the level of unity of heaven and man, coupled with danger perception, he can always avoid danger at the first time.

At least half of the 1,300 casualties of the Japanese army were attributed to him alone.

Among them, the Japanese tanks were blown up by him alone.

However, the first company also paid huge casualties, and only one squad of soldiers was left to continue to participate in the battle, and it was no longer possible to carry out follow-up operations.

Xia Yuan, who was blackened by the gunsmoke, retreated the first company and replaced the third company, the situation must have been better, they withstood the crazy attack of the Japanese army for a whole day and a half, eliminated a large number of Japanese troops, and greatly frustrated the sharp spirit of the Japanese army, for a whole day and a half, the Japanese army stayed in place and could not move forward.

The positions were littered with the corpses of Japanese devils.

Annoyed and angry, the Japanese threw a large number of aerial bombs, incendiary bombs, and artillery shells on the hill where the company was located that night, and the entire position was immediately plunged into a sea of fire, and the shelling lasted for a whole hour, and the soil on the hill was completely overturned, and the surface of the position seemed to have been ploughed again by oxen ploughing the land.

However, quite fortunately, at dusk, the first and third companies were changing guards, and there was only one squad of troops on the position of the first company, hiding in the cat's ear hole, only some of the soldiers who were injured by the explosion appeared, and there were not too many casualties, I don't know if the Japanese devils knew about it, they would be angry to death.

It was quite a coincidence.

Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong were also observing the battle between the battalion headquarters led by Xia Yuan and the Japanese army, and after a day and a half of fighting, the company that held the position still did not move, which made Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong look at Xia Yuan with admiration, but they didn't expect that this person's ability to lead troops to fight is also a must.

The Battle of Songhu, the name of the Songhu God of War who fought independently spread widely, and few people knew this person's ability to lead troops to fight.

These temperings also show that this person has a high ability to lead a small number of troops and fight tough battles, which many generals of the national army do not have.

A company, in the face of a frenzied attack by a wing of the Japanese army, miraculously held on, if they were not the generals of the national army, they thought that the national army had received international aid, and the weapons and equipment had caught up with the Japanese army.

It can only be said that this person's ability to lead troops to fight is a must, and at the same time, the cat ear hole that Xia Yuan taught them before also proved in this battle that the cat ear hole has a strong ability to fire artillery, and digging is much easier than digging an air-raid shelter.

So, that night, Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong took people to seriously study the excavation of cat ear holes.

The excavation of the cat's ear hole is quite simple, you only need to make a hole in the side wall of the trench to accommodate two or three people to hide, if you are worried that the hole is not tight, you can use wood to fix it, just like Xia Yuan, wood and concrete are combined with each other.

This kind of fortification can greatly avoid the damage caused by the Japanese artillery bombardment, and has a high artillery ability.

The most critical point is that the cat ear hole can be used to store supplies, accumulate soldiers, and even be used as a hoarding tunnel.

The appearance of the cat's ear hole greatly changed the huge casualties of the national army when it was shelled by the Japanese army.

After the end of the Japanese shelling, the positions in front were destroyed, the surface positions were no longer usable, the scorching flames were burning, and billowing smoke swept in.

Army commander Sun Yuanliang learned that Xia Yuan led a company to repel the attack of 2,000 Japanese troops, and was full of praise for him: "It is worthy of being the god of war in Songhu, but I didn't expect that the ability to lead troops to fight is also quite outstanding, just leading a company's troops, it will resist the Japanese army's attack for a day and a half, and if anyone comes, he may not be able to do it to such an extent, giving him a battalion is really a condescending talent, such a capable general should lead more troops to fight against the Japanese army." ”

Sun Yuanliang thought about it again and said: "It's a pity that I don't have any extra troops in my hands to hand over to him to command, I don't know what the chairman is thinking about." ”

That night, Sun Yuanliang brought the news that Xia Yuan led a company to repel the attack of 2,000 Japanese troops to the chairman of the committee, but at this time, the chairman was already on the way to Chuansi.

The message was not passed on either.

Following.

The Japanese army increased the investment of troops, and the third company struggled to support for half a day, after all, it was defeated by the Japanese army, and the position of the third company fell, Xia Yuan led the rout to retreat to the position of the second company, however, just arrived at the position of the second company, and found that the position of the second company was captured by the Japanese army, and then learned from the escaped soldiers that the deputy battalion commander You Xuechang was killed when the Japanese shelled it.

The commander of the second company led a platoon of troops to counterattack the attacking Japanese troops, fought with the Japanese army, and died heroically.

The entire battalion, in just one day, was found weak by the Japanese army, and all positions were lost.

Only some of the wounded of the first and second companies on the position of the third company remained, and they were completely unable to withstand the ferocious attack of the Japanese army.

Sun Yuanliang learned the news of the fall of the front position, and immediately asked Xia Yuan to lead the remnants to retreat, the battalion headquarters position was completely lost and occupied by the Japanese army, Xia Yuan led the remnants to the rear, Sun Yuanliang supplemented him with a new source of troops, and temporarily placed it in the rear.

The task of holding the front line was entrusted to Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong.

He acts as a reserve and is ready to support.

The battle for the defense of Jinling has begun, the armies of all roads have risen up to resist, the casualties of the troops have been increasing, the corpses have piled up, the positions have been scorched, and tragic battles have broken out everywhere.

The tragic battle of the Jinling Defense Battle, the continuous loss of positions, made Jiang feel quite uneasy, and he didn't sleep well for a few days, and on this day, his mood was better.

He smiled and said to Mrs. Song, "Darling, I have good news for you. ”

"What's the good news? Didn't Jinling hold it? Mrs. Song didn't seem to believe that when they were in Jinling, they were bombed by Japanese devils every day, hiding in Tibet, and the devils even hit their doorstep. She really couldn't think of any other good news to be happy about.

Chiang smiled and said, "Let me tell you, last night I dreamed that President Roosevelt was standing on the top of the tallest building in New York and giving a speech to the Americans. ”

After a pause, he said with great interest: "Roosevelt said excitedly that the Chinese people are bleeding. From now on, that is, from the beginning of what I said, all the American troops and people must fully support China's war of resistance, have 300,000 troops to fight in China, and selflessly give them 500 planes, 700 tanks, and 300 trucks. ”

Mrs. Song was angry and amused at this dream of him, she pointed at Jiang and said, "You, you are really daydreaming, where can you find such a good thing?" ”

Chiang still seemed to be immersed in an extremely real dream, and continued: "I also dreamed that the British Prime Minister called me, saying that the British were determined to help China fight to the end, and that the Chinese's food, shelter and guns and ammunition needed for the war were all covered by the British, and he also said that the Chinese army was wounded and could be sent to Hong Kong for free treatment." ”

Even now that the Japanese have reached their doorstep, Chiang has never given up hope for international mediation.

Mrs. Song suddenly felt that although this dream was unrealistic, it was also an encouragement to the Chinese, and she was inspired and said to Jiang: "We want to turn this dream into reality." ”

"How did it come to be?" Jiang asked her.

"I propose to convene a forum of journalists at once to appeal to the people of the whole world to Jinling to be urgent, to ask the whole world to oppose Japan's war of aggression against China, and to give us full support in defeating the enemy. As a world power, the United States must shoulder its responsibility for world affairs and demand that they change their wait-and-see policy and uphold justice. ”

Mrs. Song's words were eloquent, and her mood was quite excited. If this symposium is successful, it may really be able to do what Jiang Meng thought.

Why does the United States, which is known as the 'world's policeman,' take a wait-and-see attitude toward Japan's bandit atrocities in invading China? In the international arena, countries have their own interests, and under normal circumstances, they will not do anything to help others and harm their own interests.

Now, in general, the British are living by looking at the faces of the Americans.

Before World War II, Americans were always looking at the faces of the British, and Britain was at its peak, the sun never set on the British Empire, and the world had its colonies.

The old Britain is like a big tiger on the earth, with one foot in the Mediterranean Sea in Spain and the Far East in the other.

In order to defend their interests around the world, Britain carefully cultivated its relations with Italy, and did everything possible to protect its relations with Germany.

Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an Axis power, and the British also wanted to become bigger and stronger, and did everything possible to squeeze into the Axis powers, and even quite a leader, how could Britain, which had such a desire, oppose Japan's invasion of China? This is a thing to help others and harm their own interests, and those mercenary guys in Britain will not do such a stupid thing.

Even in the Battle of Songhu, when the Chinese fought against the Japanese, the British were very annoyed, saying that the Chinese had beaten their Japanese friends in the war of resistance.

The Americans, like the British, are reluctant to impose sanctions on Japan, both for the sake of interests, after all, Japan is now in the Far East and is a formidable opponent, and the Americans do not want to harm their own interests in order to help others, which is contrary to capitalism.

It wasn't until Japan launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and fought with the Americans that the Americans reflected on how they really underestimated the wolf ambitions of the Japanese at the beginning.

Another important reason why the United States and the Western powers were neutral towards Japan's behavior was that they were all anti-communist, and at that time the Red Union was becoming stronger, and they wanted to use Japan and the north of China to threaten the Union.

Under the banner of 'anti-communism' and 'preventing China's redness,' Japan is catering to the political needs of the Western powers.

Even, this is the reason why Chiang was indecisive and hesitant on the issue of resistance to Japan. He was slow to make up his mind, and a large part of the Japanese were waving the banner of anti-communism, which coincided with his ideas, and he thought that the Japanese invasion was a good thing for him to fight the Red Party.

The Japs are quite cunning.