The War of Resistance

The Huaihe River is also a famous river in China. The Qinhuai Line is a geographical coordinate.

The Huaihe River is not too small. There is usually water vapor by the river in Suli, but there is no such thing today. Clouds of smoke and dust are rising. A house in Xiaobengbu was hit by artillery fire, and a thick black smoke shot straight into the sky. Who knew? I don’t know if today’s battle to block the Huaihe River will end when the house is completely burned down and the smoke is gone.

Sure enough, the Chinese army took advantage of the natural dangers of the Huaihe River to deploy on the Hundred Mile Defense Line to block the Japanese army attacking from south to north. This army was the 51st Army of the Northeast Army transferred from Shandong.

Bengbu is the only way to pass by the Jinpu Railway, a major north-south artery. Although the railway bridge above has been blown up by the Chinese army, once the Japanese army occupied Bengbu and repaired the railway bridge, they could quickly transport troops to pose a threat to Xuzhou in the north. .

Therefore, the primary target of the Japanese attack this time was of course Xiao Bengbu opposite Bengbu. The first round of attack was blocked, and the second round of attack came soon after.

There was no other way. Who told the Japanese army to bring the boat across the river so easily?

However, after the shelling, just as the 337th Brigade on the north bank was preparing to attack the Japanese infantry coming across the river, Japanese aircraft appeared again.

If you look at it from a higher altitude, several planes will spread their wings like birds and swoop down, and when they pull up, a string of "baba" eggs will appear below.

And when the "Papa" eggs landed one after another, clouds of smoke and dust exploded. Since the observer's angle was high enough, the explosion of smoke and dust was like a child playing in the field kicking and "exploding" one. "horse manure bag"

(Note: The horse manure bag here refers to a kind of wild fungus, people with life experience will know)

However, this was only seen from a high altitude, and the explosion sound was deafening when it reached the ground.

There was a soldier who was closer to the explosion point. When he struggled to get up from the ground after the explosion, he was already unsteady.

He walked crookedly, like a toddler or a drunk who had drunk too much, but he only took two steps before he staggered and fell to the ground.

Blood oozed from the corners of his mouth, nostrils and even his eyes, and he never got up.

At this time, the soldier's scene fell into the eyes of a person nearly a hundred meters away.

The man was wearing a camouflage coat made of pieces of torn sacks. Although the camouflage coat was very torn, it actually had a hat also made of a corner of a sack.

How is the hat made? That is to cut off one corner of the sack, which is square, and then tuck one corner into the other corner. This becomes an approximately triangular hat with hollow pockets, which he puts on his head.

He held a Type 38 rifle in his hand. The rifle was also wrapped in torn linen and its true nature could not be seen.

His face was also covered with dirt.

Because his disguise was so good, he had already blended in with the entire background, and the only thing that failed to blend in was his cold yet sharp eyes.

A few years ago, the soldier who was killed by a Japanese aerial bomb would have made him feel uneasy, but for him now it no longer does.

It happened in an instant but cannot be changed. The past is meaningless to him now. As for the future, who knows, the only thing he can control now is now.

At this time, he glanced at the river in front of him. The shadow of the boat appeared again, and the Japanese army's second attack began again.

My current shooting position seems not very good! With my current shooting skills, it’s still a bit far! The man thought.

At this time, he noticed the series of huge craters caused by Japanese aerial bombs.

The crater is a good bunker, the location is appropriate.

It was about 500 meters away from the center line of the river, and about 400 meters away from the shore in front, which was really not suitable for an ambush.

This position can not only ensure the accuracy of your shooting, but also have a certain retreat space.

However, the adjacent craters are a bit far apart. It’s not safe to stay in the same crater all the time!

The man's eyes blinked again, and it only took him a moment to see something. So he suddenly got up from his original position, took the gun, and ran towards one of the craters.

And in the middle of the process, he paused briefly, stretched out his left hand and pulled on a wooden handle that was half buried in the soil. It was a shovel! Then others continued to speed up.

At this time, his movements were very fast, as agile as a civet cat, but because he was wearing a camouflage coat made of sack films, when he ran away, the camouflage coat was picked up by the wind and became like a cloak.

He held his rifle in his right hand and dragged the shovel in his left hand.

The soil blown up by the bomb was a little soft, and his running posture was a little weird. From the perspective of the people behind him, he looked more like a big bird jumping on the ground.

The man didn't know that his series of actions happened to be observed by several officers behind him. In other words, even if he knew that someone saw him, he didn't care because he was one of his own.

"A veteran is a veteran!" an officer couldn't help but exclaimed.

After he finished speaking, he turned and glanced at another officer beside him, who was the chief officer of their unit.

The chief officer did not comment on his subordinate's praise of the soldier in front of him. He had no time to care about what a soldier did, even if the soldier could fight!

He was going to take command of the battle.

The commander of this unit is Liu Chengyi, commander of the 337th Brigade of the Northeast Army, and the soldier who just hid in the crater in front is Shang Zhen.

"The Japanese have sent a lot of wooden boats this time, so we ordered the mortar company to blow up the boats directly." Liu Chengyi ordered.

"Brigade commander, we don't have many shells left." The officer next to him reminded.

"The Huaihe River must be defended. We must fight early or late. No matter when we can't stop it, fight!"

When the shells are gone, use the gun; when the company and platoon are out of fire, go to the camp; when the battalion is gone, go to the regiment; when they are all gone, I go up!

There is glory in death but no shame in life! "Liu Chengyi ordered again.

After a moment, "Boom" and "Boom" gunfire sounded from the Chinese position, and the Japanese machine guns on the wooden boats also sounded like a violent storm, and an offensive and defensive battle destined to be more intense began.

At this time, Shang Zhen was not in a hurry to observe the enemy's situation. The Japanese army was still a few pieces away from him. Now he had put down the Type 38 rifle and was digging hard with a shovel.

The crater created by the aerial bomb was already big enough. Even if he lay down on the edge of the crater and slid away, his feet would still not be able to reach the bottom. Of course he would not dig down. He was digging inward. He wanted to dig in. A trench was dug between the two craters.

The Japanese attack has begun. It is definitely unrealistic for him to dig a trench alone at this time. He only needs to dig a shallow trench so that he can change his shooting position if he feels that he has been discovered by the Japanese army.

Previously, Shang Zhen had just met the brigade commander Liu Chengyi before the Japanese attack began.

What else could be said at this point? As the commander-in-chief of the army, Liu Chengyi had to go to the front line to command, so how could he have the time to pay attention to him? And Shang Zhen was very straightforward. He just said, "I'll go too. Give me a 38 rifle and a hundred rounds of ammunition."

At this point, does it still matter that Shang Zhen and his men beat up the brigade commander's brother-in-law?

That is no longer important at all. There is a Japanese invasion abroad, and the Kuomintang and the Communist Party must stop the civil war and unite with the outside world! And Shang Zhen's people just had a fight, so is that still a big deal? It doesn’t even count!