The War of Resistance

When the gunfire rang out, many people on the Chinese front looked east, including brigade commander Liu Chengyi and his guard company commander Shang Zhen.

The reason was that Shang Zhen and some people were accompanying brigade commander Liu Chengyi to inspect the frontline positions.

The 337th Brigade rushed thousands of miles in a hurry, but there was no fighting after arriving. For this reason, Mr. Wang complained.

However, complaining could not change the reality, so the 337th Brigade began to build fortifications on the east bank of the Baisha River.

The Japanese army came from the east. Why did the 337th Brigade build a position on the east coast? Do they also want to learn the ancient Chinese last-ditch approach?

That is of course impossible!

A last-ditch battle was something that happened in the ancient cold-weapons era. Both the enemy and ourselves used cold weapons. The side that fought a last-ditch battle was forced into a dead end, and had no choice but to put it to death and survive.

But that's not possible nowadays. It's already an era of hot weapons. What's more, the Japanese army has an absolute superiority in firepower. If they dare to fight against the odds, it will be unless they don't want to fight again in the future.

As for why you don’t want to fight anymore, do you still need to ask? Under the superior firepower of the Japanese army, they will coexist and die with the position sooner or later!

There are three reasons why Liu Chengyi ordered the construction of fortifications on the east bank of Baisha River.

One is that the terrain is favorable, with patches of low mountains.

One is because Gaocheng is on the east bank of the river, and they can rely on Gaocheng to fight street battles with the Japanese army.

The last one is because after all, the Baisha River is just a tributary of the Huaihe River. Some sections of the river can be waded across the river without boats, so it is not a dead end. Even if the 337th Brigade loses the east bank, it can withdraw to the west bank and then attack the Japanese army across the river. hit.

So after arriving at the Baisha River line, the 337th Brigade had been digging trenches and doing fortifications. Just when the security checkpoint in front was shooting at the Japanese scouts, Liu Chengyi and the others were exactly in the trenches of the main position behind.

The gunfire in front was messy but not intensive. An officer expressed his judgment to Liu Chengyi, and that officer happened to be the company commander of Ge Changli's squad ahead.

A few minutes later, a soldier ran over from the front to report the situation. That soldier was the soldier named Tiezi who was sent back by Ge Changli to report the news.

"Brigadier, let's go back?" Li Xiang, the chief of staff who accompanied Liu Chengyi to inspect the front line, suggested.

Liu Chengyi ignored Li Xiang's suggestion and instead asked the guard for a telescope and looked ahead.

Seeing that Liu Chengyi didn't want to go back, Li Xiang winked at Shang Zhen who was standing next to him.

There were only a small group of Japanese troops active in the front. Of course Li Xiang would not let Shang Zhen lead his men to force the brigade commander back to the rear. He just wanted Shang Zhen to persuade Liu Chengyi.

But before Shang Zhen could persuade them, everyone saw someone running back towards the bare stone mountain in front of them.

Liu Chengyi frowned, what is going on?

But when the second soldier appeared in front of Liu Chengyi and the others and began to report the situation ahead, the soldier's brows furrowed deeper and deeper as he spoke.

It stands to reason that the Japanese army is in the light and the squad that Ge Changli is responsible for guarding is in the dark. Although the Japanese army has several more people than Ge Changli's squad, they can strike first and Ge Changli's squad will not suffer.

According to the second soldier's account, this was indeed the case at the beginning. Their squad still killed several Japanese soldiers.

But who would have thought that their squad only had the advantage when they fired the first shot. When the Japanese army started to fight back, they were at a disadvantage when the enemy and we started to shoot at each other. Moreover, the Japanese army on the opposite side of the open field responsible for covering the enemy also started shooting, so they were even less able to fight back. of power.

In just a few minutes of shooting, it was unclear how many Japanese soldiers Ge Changli's squad killed. However, except for Tiezi who came back first to report the news and the soldier who just ran back, six people in his squad had been killed on that mountain. , and the two people who stayed behind, including squad leader Ge Changli, were all injured, and could only stand firm because they were unable to move.

There is only one reason for this, and that is that the Japanese army's marksmanship is too accurate!

As this soldier narrated, everyone present pictured this: when the squad fired the first platoon shot at the Japanese army, it was indeed an advantage, but when the rest and the Japanese soldiers in the distance began to attack When they were shooting, most of them were shot almost at the same time, as if the Japanese army had ambushed them when the enemy was changing positions.

"First platoon leader, you take people to rescue Ge Changli and the others, and maybe kill the remaining little Japs as well!" At this time, the company commander gave the order.

The brigade commander was right in front of him, and the company commander never thought that if two of his squad hadn't come back, they would have been wiped out by the Japanese army in an instant!

This was a slap in the face by the Japanese army. There were two wounded people above, but he had to save them.

The current situation is like this. The Japanese army does not have many troops. It seems that they are just Japanese scouts. Not to mention whether they can destroy this group of Japanese scouts, it is impossible not to rescue the two wounded people on the rocky mountain in front. of!

There were so few Japanese soldiers, and it would definitely hurt morale if I didn't even dare to rescue the wounded. Although I didn't know how seriously injured Ge Changli and the soldier were, but they died after they came back and they were not dead yet but I didn't dare to send anyone to rescue them. Just dying there, the impact on morale is definitely different.

The platoon leader who received the order ran down the mountain with his soldiers, but at this moment the brigade commander Liu Chengyi suddenly said without warning: "Shang Zhen, take your people there too."

"Ah?" Shang Zhen was stunned and his face turned happy, but after instinctively moving his body, he quickly looked at Chief of Staff Li Xiang.

"Is the brigade commander inappropriate?" Li Xiang asked hurriedly.

Shang Zhen is now the commander of the security company. He has brought more than ten people to escort Liu Chengyi who is inspecting the forward positions. Is there anything wrong with Liu Chengyi's doing this? Do you still need to ask?

"Those who bear wages for everyone should not be allowed to freeze to death in the wilderness." Liu Chengyi said this as if he was sighing.

His words stunned the people around him again, and then he lowered the telescope in his hand and said, "Let's go back!"

Then he ignored others and followed the trench to the left, where was the exit of the trench.

As soon as Liu Chengyi moved, his personal guard Luan Zhengwu naturally followed him.

But the rest of the people were stunned for a moment. They all said that all orders in the army should be concise and easy to understand, but who knew that a dignified brigade commander would come up with such a sentence at this time?

Li Xiang is always with Liu Chengyi. He has heard Liu Chengyi mutter this sentence, so he naturally understands what it means.

He already understood what Liu Chengyi meant, but when Li Xiang looked at Shang Zhen again, he saw that Shang Zhen had already waved his hand and said: "Go! We must save our two brothers!"

After finishing speaking, Shang Zhen reached out and picked up the 38-type rifle that a Northeast Army soldier beside him had placed on the trench. He pressed the edge of the trench and jumped out. The words came out just after he got out of the trench. Passed over: "I'll pay you back later!"

As soon as Shang Zhen moved, the dozen or so soldiers he brought jumped out of the trench.

After Li Xiang glanced at Shang Zhen's back in surprise, he turned around and followed Liu Chengyi.