Chapter 99 Chapter Ninety-Nine

There are two branches of flowers, one for each.Let’s talk about Cai Renjie, who set up an ambush in Caowang Temple, raised his head from time to time, looked in the direction of Shijiabang, and raised his wrist to look at his watch from time to time. The hands with faint fluorescent light were turning like his anxious heartbeat. , this was the first time he was concerned about Zhang Lingfu's safety.He began to feel that it would be a good fit for Zhang Lingfu to form a team. This Shaanxi man is strong and forthright, courageous and knowledgeable, emphasizing love and morality, and even has a little childish cuteness.Although the character of Wuhan people is also strong, forthright, and empathetic and moral.But the people of Wuhan are still relatively shrewd, sometimes even shrewd too cunningly.As long as he didn't play tricks on Zhang Lingfu and didn't have many twists and turns, he, Cai Renjie, had to obey Zhang Lingfu.

Suddenly, in the distant night sky, there was the sound of rumbling guns like rolling thunder. The fire light rose from the horizon flickeringly at first, and then a big fireball shot up all of a sudden, illuminating the pitch-black wilderness and sky like daytime. . "Okay, it's finally a fight! It's a fight!" Cai Renjie was very excited in his heart. The Caowang Temple is three stories high and is a well-known temple in the local area. It is located on the right side of the road, and it is integrated with a gentle slope along the road. Now the wall is full of gun holes, and it seems to be a big fortress.

Cai Renjie's location is on the roof of Caowang Temple.On the left and right are several Maxim heavy machine guns.The two mortar companies were under the unified command of the brigade commander and set up in the jungle behind Caowang Temple. The third battalion of the 305th regiment was responsible for frontal interception. The officers and soldiers were in ambush on the front of the road and in the Caowang Temple; the 306th regiment was in ambush on the slope on the right.On the left side of the road is a winding lake. Across the 100-meter-wide lake, a heavy machine gun company of the national army is ready.Not far from Caowang Temple, more than a dozen abandoned school buildings are also scattered on the left side of the road. In each classroom, a barrel of gasoline is prepared, and the brothers just wait for the fish to get the bait, and come to a "fried small yellow croaker".

When Cai Renjie was instructing his brothers to arrange the gasoline barrels, his heart suddenly moved. This little devil was dressed in yellow clothes, didn't he just look like the little yellow croaker I ate at noon today?Hey, wait, little devils! The IQ of the Japanese Chieftain is actually very average.As soon as the flames on Shijiabang's side rose, the gunshots from Luodian's side weakened significantly.After a while, the teacher called, saying that the little devil had been tricked and came straight to Caowang Temple.Sure enough, not long after, dozens of cars with headlights on, from far to near, came at a high speed. The lampposts swayed wildly with the uphill, downhill, turning, and bumping of the cars. There is a whole Sakai United team in Jiahama.

300 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters, 50 meters••••••Suddenly, a car in the front hit a mine and exploded, and the convoy behind couldn't dodge in time and crashed into a ball.It was too late, but soon, as the two Maxim heavy machine guns on the roof spewed out fiery flames, airtight bullets and shells roared from the sky, the ground, the front, and the back.In just a few minutes, more than a thousand "Great Japanese Imperial Army" immediately suffered one-third casualties, jumped out of the car in a hurry, and lay on the ground looking for hidden objects. The last few cars wanted to turn around and escape, but were caught A grenade set off a raging fire.

In the chaos, the devil soldiers began to rely on cars as cover to fight back.But soon they found that the terrain was unfavorable, and they were suppressed by heavy machine gun fire from the direction of Caowangmiao and across the lake bank. In addition, cars caught fire and exploded, so they had to retreat into the school building one after another, trying to resist here. . Cai Renjie, who was lying on the roof, saw it clearly. According to the prior agreement, he turned on the flashlight and drew a big circle behind him.As a result, a dozen mortars that had already been positioned by the National Army threw another round of shells at them.In an instant, shells and gasoline embraced each other warmly, and big fireworks bloomed, which contrasted brilliantly with the tumbling mushroom cloud in the direction of Shijiabang, marking a rich and colorful page for the Battle of Songhu.

When Cai Renjie and the others were cheering for "Fried Little Yellow Croaker", it was already three o'clock in the morning, and the comedy "Catching Prisoners" by Zhang Lingfu and his brothers also came to an end. Faced with groups of national troops approaching, the dozen or so surviving little devils all bared their teeth, grinned, and held 38 caps, forming a circle back to back on the road, trying to fight me with a bayonet .This little devil's single-soldier combat ability is extremely strong. It is said that one person can fight against a squad of the national army in the wild.Although most of the national army are recruits, the newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and they are not afraid of fighting. With their large numbers, they swarmed up, shooting, stabbing, and wrestling, and scattered the opponents all at once. With the formation of three times, five divisions and two divisions, the devil soldiers were cleaned up, and seven people were captured.

Xiao Yuncheng also seized two shiny black Japanese "crooked" machine guns, with a smile on his face against the raging fire, shining brightly, holding the spoils high in both hands, excitedly shouting at Zhang Lingfu, "Captain! Kidnapper!" !” shouted in unison. "Look! Look! We're rich!" it is good!You're done!Caowang Temple also started!Because it was a night battle and close combat, the enemy ships and artillery groups near Wusongkou were also dumbfounded for a while, fearing that they would blow up their warehouses, they watched helplessly and dared not use the cannons. So far, our side has only slightly injured a few people.

But at this time must not love to fight.Feigning an attack on Shijiabang behind the enemy will surely lead to the enemy's siege, and the way back will be even more thorny! As soon as Zhang Lingfu gave the order to retreat, and the brothers were about to escort the prisoners and withdraw from Shijiabang, the brothers defending the Sikong Stone Bridge caught fire with the Japanese reinforcements who came from around. Running around, this is the Japanese army indicating the direction of the artillery, and the atmosphere on the battlefield suddenly became dignified. According to the original plan, the whole army forcibly broke through along the original road.The difference is that when they came, they were inside the river embankment, and when they returned, they were outside the river embankment to avoid the Japanese firepower on the other side of the river.Commander Yu will send a regiment of the 58th Division to tear through the first line of defense of the Japanese army in response.

"Quick! Follow me! Withdraw!" Lu Xing still led the first battalion as the vanguard, and Zhang Lingfu led the troops directly under the regiment and the second battalion to follow up immediately.He rushed across the bridge at high speed, disregarding the stray bullets flying everywhere, and ran for hundreds of meters in one breath before stopping his feet. The company staying behind the stone bridge also withdrew from the battle immediately, followed the main force, and looked back. Has been caught in the large-scale bombardment of the Japanese army. It's dangerous!The brothers couldn't help but let out a long breath.But the ensuing enemy situation made everyone's heart rise to the throat.Judging from the sound of gunfire all around, and two of the more intense situations, the enemy is organizing an encirclement and fighting with the two platoons left at Yangliudu and Sanchalu.Once you can't hold on, you only need to throw one of these two intersections. Once the devil's army comes, or as soon as it is dawn, as long as it is exposed in the wilderness, it will be a dead end.

When the two armies meet, the brave wins.Zhang Lingfu moved the machine gun platoon to the front, while Lu Xing frowned and said, "What about those devils? It's a burden." Zhang Lingfu gritted his teeth and only said one word: "Back!" Lu Xing understood what the head of the regiment was thinking, if he didn't bring a few little devils back to parade, and didn't let the common people slap them a few times, what would it mean to win a battle? !It's just hard work, brothers.Soon after the arrangements were made, the whole team began to march again, quickly advancing outside the Nantang River. The gunshots were getting closer.Sure enough, the enemy is attacking Yangliudu.At a glance, there are ghost shadow pupils up and down the river embankment.Zhang Lingfu had no intention of fighting, and kept urging his brothers on the side of the road to run, run.The brothers fighting here did not pick up their guns and rushed up until all the large troops had passed safely. Arriving at Sancha Road, the fighting here is even more intense. Sancha Road is located by the Nantang River and is an important connecting passage leading to Shijiabang and Jiading nearby. More than half of the 30 national army casualties were lost, and the enemy troops at Yangliudu chased after them along the river embankment, with constant gunshots behind them. There is interception in the front and pursuit in the back.Zhang Lingfu categorically sent orders to the left and right: "After five minutes of rapid shooting of mortars and heavy machine guns at Sancha Road, throw them all away. All of them will move forward lightly. When encountering the enemy, kill the enemy. Even if we encounter a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire, we will rush over!" A tense life-and-death contest has begun. As soon as the heavy shooting from mortars and heavy machine guns ended, the shouts of "Come on! Kill!" were earth-shattering. In the smoke and flames, Xiao Yuncheng, with two crooked handles crossed across his shoulders, strode forward. At the front, with a light machine gun in his hand, he fired left and right. Seven hundred warriors followed behind him, rushing towards the three-way road and the enemy's guns, like a tiger descending a mountain, like a raging wave, someone fell, someone followed On the ground, someone climbed up, and the ground, doors and windows shook with their hasty footsteps. The first battalion rushed over, and the second battalion also rushed over. Jiading was ahead, and victory was already in sight! In the night sky, three green signal flares rose just right, like fireworks set off during the New Year, swaying leisurely, only to hear the excited voice of the head of the regiment Zhang Lingfu immediately echoing around: "Brothers! This is the army commander who came to pick us up. Wow! We won wow!" "Aww!" The brothers all rejoiced and rushed forward.Behind them, the first ray of dawn has appeared in the dark east····· The telegram of "Our army in Luodian sends another good news!" was sent to Chairman Jiang's desk that morning. "Nanjing, Generalissimo Jiang Junjian: Another good news from our army in Luodian!In the early hours of this morning, in order to reduce the pressure on the front of Luodian and ensure this strategic location, Division Wang Yaowu of the Seventy-Fourth Army of our army surrounded the spot to fight for reinforcements, and set up an ambush at Caowangmiao with the attack on the Japanese army supply station in Shijiabang as bait. Annihilating more than a thousand soldiers from the Sakai Regiment of the Jito Brigade of the Japanese Army and destroying 47 military vehicles; the Zhang Lingfu Regiment, not afraid of danger, dispatched surprise troops to go deep into the enemy's rear to attack Shijiabang, and wiped out hundreds of enemies, captured seven of them, and destroyed countless supplies of the enemy. The number one hero for this campaign.Yes, I only suffered 80 casualties. Chen Cheng, Commander-in-Chief of the Fifteenth Group Army in the Third Theater Zone” General Chen Cheng, Commander-in-Chief of the Fifteenth Group Army, sent this telegram on September 20.It was from this day that the Seventy-Fourth Army, Wang Yaowu, and Zhang Lingfu left an indelible impression on Chiang Kai-shek's heart.In such a shocking, bloody battle in Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek, who had been to the front line three times in person, knew how fierce the competition for every minute and every inch of land was, and how much he hoped for a victory to inspire the soldiers and civilians across the country The enthusiasm for the war of resistance! After staring at this good news for a long time, the supreme commander couldn't hide his joy. He couldn't help but raised a brush and wrote a telegram himself: "The Fifteenth Army of the Third Theater: I am very pleased to hear the good news of Luodian victory!All the officers and soldiers who participated in the battle will be rewarded with merit.The great cause of saving the nation from the dead is still extremely arduous. The Prime Minister has a will saying: The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard!Zhongzheng vowed to encourage all the soldiers of the 74th Army. Jiang Zhongzheng, Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Commission of the Republic of China The font is neat and straight, with every stroke and every stroke expressing the ardent expectations for the soldiers ahead. The next day, Chiang Kai-shek's handwritten commendation telegram spread throughout the country together with the news of "Our Army's Victory in Luodian Again", which gave great encouragement to the officers and soldiers who were fighting bloody battles.The photos of the seven Japanese prisoners were also published in the newspaper. Their wretched and ugly looks and dejected eyes were in stark contrast to the imposing soldiers of the national army around me. "Learn from the Seventy-Fourth Army, and be determined to fight to the end!" The slogan resounded through the front lines of Songhu. The morale of the national army was high, and they launched a big counterattack. In the hail of bullets, they marched forward without hesitation. They fought tenaciously with the enemy from bridge to bridge, street to street, and pushed the front line forward several kilometers in two days. But while singing and advancing, there was a discordant noise.