Da Ting Bridge.

Meng Shaoyuan stood there, halfway through a cigarette.

Stationed near the Dating Bridge was the Xie Zhengkun Battalion of the 87th Division.

To accomplish this task, it is necessary to have his help.

After waiting there for ten minutes, a major appeared.

Xie Zhengkun.

"Are you Meng Shaoyuan?"

"Yes."

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

These soldiers always have a disdainful and respectful attitude towards spies.

Of course, Meng Shaoyuan's military rank is lieutenant colonel, and Xie Zhengkun did not dare to offend him openly, for fear of bringing harm to himself and his family in the future.

Just see him and be perfunctory.

"Camp Commander Xie, smoke."

"No, it won't. Tell me what's going on, I've got a lot of things going on there. ”

"Boom!"

A cannon could be heard in the distance.

"It's the middle of the night, and the cannon is still fired." Meng Shaoyuan muttered: "Battalion Commander Xie, I want to ask you to borrow troops." ”

"Borrowed soldiers?" Xie Zhengkun was stunned.

"The situation is like this, there are more than 200 Japanese expatriates, forming a volunteer team, running the rental industry, gathering at the Wufu Company on Qingyu Road, and then preparing to join the battle under the response of the Japanese army."

Meng Shaoyuan roughly explained: "I am going to solve more than two hundred people, but I don't have enough strength in my hands, and your battalion happens to be stationed nearby, so I have to come to ask Camp Commander Xie for help." ”

Xie Zhengkun frowned: "Chief Meng, it was originally a matter for us and other soldiers to eradicate the Japanese invaders, but my battalion, as a reserve, must wait for the transfer order at any time. Mobilizing the army without permission, that is the crime of killing the head, and Xie can't afford it. ”

"I understand, Camp Commander Xie." Meng Shaoyuan said patiently: "Your superiors, I will go to coordinate with them, if you really need to be transferred, I, Meng Shaoyuan, have nothing to say, even if the action is imminent and you evacuate, I will definitely not complain." ”

Xie Zhengkun still shook his head: "Chief Meng, there are more than 200 ordinary people, there is no need to use our regular army, you better figure it out by yourself, I'm sorry." ”

Meng Shaoyuan is not a person who likes to tell others big truths, and even very disgusted with preaching, but seeing Xie Zhengkun's resolute attitude, it seems that it is not good not to say some big truths:

"Camp Commander Xie, ordinary people? Do you really think those Japanese are ordinary people? Hujiang University, it was also your 87th Division that launched the attack, right? I was on duty at the Japanese position, and I saw the battle with my own eyes.

There are a total of fifty Japanese expatriates, which are the so-called common people in your mouth. They were trained by retired officers and fought with the same ferocity as professional soldiers.

You go and ask the comrades of the 87th Division who were responsible for attacking Hujiang University, where how many of your brothers died because of the resistance of these 'common people'? They are not ordinary people, they are a bunch of real soldiers! ”

Xie Zhengkun's face was a little ugly.

The attack on Hujiang University was carried out by the 87th Regiment of the 261st Brigade of the 521st Division.

After being the first to get the information and successfully taking out a hidden heavy squad of the Japanese army, the 521st Regiment still encountered stubborn resistance and suffered heavy casualties.

What this agent said, when you think about it, doesn't seem to be unreasonable.

Meng Shaoyuan said slowly: "I know, you soldiers look down on us as spies, but Hujiang University, do you know how the Japanese army's heavy squad was killed?" One of our sleeper agents, named Liu Meihua, took the risk to pass on this information, but she herself died, she is only in her early twenties. ”

Xie Zhengkun was stunned.

"You are sacrificing, and we are sacrificing."

Meng Shaoyuan sighed softly: "The national crisis is at the head, whether it is a soldier or a spy, in short, we have only one enemy, the Japanese."

Battalion Commander Xie, think about it, how many of our brothers will be killed by these more than 200 Japanese troops once they are put into the battlefield? What if Shanghai is lost one day?

These ordinary people in your eyes will follow the Japanese army, go to Nanjing, Zhenjiang, and your hometown Suzhou, and slaughter our people, and this situation will be caused because we have not been able to kill them here! ”

Xie Zhengkun was silent.

Meng Shaoyuan did not urge him, but lit another cigarette.

"How's their weaponry?" Finally, Xie Zhengkun opened his mouth to ask.

"Possession of a small number of weapons, no heavy firepower." Meng Shaoyuan said quickly.

"So be it." Xie Zhengkun made a decision: "I'll give you a platoon at most, and then give you a light machine gun squad, and cooperate with your people, I think it should be enough." ”

"Thank you."

Meng Shaoyuan's heart relaxed: "Battalion Commander Xie, act tomorrow night, please don't please." ”

"Don't worry, what I promised you, I will definitely do it." When Xie Zhengkun said this, he suddenly asked: "That one named Liu Meihua is a nurse in the infirmary of Hujiang University, right?" ”

This time it was Meng Shaoyuan's turn to be surprised: "How do you know?" ”

Xie Zhengkun sighed deeply: "How do I know? How did I not know? She is my cousin. ”

Meng Shaoyuan suddenly realized.

What a coincidence.

It seems that Xie Zhengkun can agree, and Liu Meihua's reasons account for a large part of the reasons.

"My family thought she was really a nurse and was worried about her safety." Xie Zhengkun's tone was a little bitter:

"I now know that she was also a spy. Hey, it's gone, it's gone. Sir Meng, tomorrow night, help me kill a few more Japanese and avenge my sister. ”

On August 21, 1937, a huge fleet led by the Japanese battleships Nagato and Mutsu transported about 10,000 people from Japan to the Ma'an Islands.

On the night of the 22nd, the Japanese Army changed into light cruisers and destroyers at the Ma'an Islands, and then sailed into the vicinity of Chuansha Town and Wusongkou respectively.

On the 16th, the Japanese army retreated to Jiangwan, a stronghold centered on the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters, and both China and Japan continued to invest troops in Shanghai.

From August 23, the 3rd and 11th divisions of the Japanese army, under the cover of intensive naval artillery fire, landed at Wusongkou Railway Wharf, Lion Forest, and Chuanshakou, and attacked the Chinese positions in Baoshan, Yuepu, Luodian, and Fuzaobang.

Shanghai has been caught in flames.

The military commander's armed special forces were put into the battlefield in large quantities, and here, the mustard between the soldiers and the spies was temporarily put down, and for them, there was only one enemy:

Japanese Army!

China's valiant soldiers are suffering huge casualties every day, and the same is true of these military commanders.

On August 23, the 2nd Squadron of the 2nd Squadron of the 4th Brigade of the Military Commandment Armed Forces, which was discovered by the Japanese army after completing the reconnaissance mission of the Japanese army in Lion Forest.

Squad leader Qian Yizhong immediately ordered an agent to bring back the deployment of the Japanese army.

As for himself, he took the rest of the agents and sniped on the spot to delay time.

Compared to professional soldiers, especially the well-armed and well-trained Japanese soldiers, these agents were no match at all.

There were eight members of the second squad, one returned to report the information, and the remaining seven people dragged the Japanese army to the death in an extremely passive situation, trying to buy even one more second of time for their brothers.

Soon, three agents were killed.

The deputy captain Tang Dayou was cowardly and suggested surrendering, but was immediately executed by Qian Yizhong on the spot and shot to death.

"Those who are disloyal and unfilial, kill! Rape and captive, kill! Cowards, kill! Resist the order, kill! Leak secrets, kill! Fornication with the Gentiles, kill! Whoever betrays his comrades, kill! ”

The remaining three continue to fight.

When the Japanese rushed up, the last remaining agent on the makeshift position committed suicide with a gun.

At this time, Qian Yizhong had already been martyred in advance.

During the service, all the members of the Second Squadron of the Second Squadron of the Fourth Brigade of the Military Commanding Armed Forces, except for one who survived because of the transmission of information, all the others were killed.

This small battle was insignificant in the countless bloody battles of the Battle of Songhu and was not worth mentioning.

However, with the information they exchanged for seven lives, the 98th Division of the Nationalist Army repelled the Japanese army that captured Lion Forest on August 24, and annihilated more than 1,000 enemies.

"It's worth exchanging the lives of more than a thousand widows for the lives of seven people."

Later, Meng Shaoyuan said such a sentence after learning what happened to the second team.

But in fact, even he didn't know that there were only six martyrs, and one who was supposed to be a traitor.

He is Tang Dayou.

But he was executed in advance.

Naturally, Tang Dayou also became a martyr.

The truth of many things, with the death of the person concerned, has been submerged forever.

Even the agent of the second team who survived by passing on the information was killed in a Japanese air raid on August 28.

At this point, the second squad was wiped out.

In the Songhu War of Resistance, countless soldiers and agents died generously, and this is not the end, but only the beginning.

In the future, many more will become martyrs.

As long as the war does not stop for a day, such sacrifices will not end for a day......

Qingyu Road, Wufu Company.

Night, 10 o'clock.

"Report, reconnaissance." Yue Zhenchuan, who had just been transferred, hurriedly came over: "Since the morning, people have entered Wufu Company one after another, and by half an hour ago, it was roughly estimated that there were more than two hundred people in Wufu Company. ”

"This is Chen Yushan's company."

Meng Shaoyuan said lightly: "Chen Yushan was also a businessman who wanted to save the country through industry, he fought with American businessmen and British businessmen, suffered heavy losses, was disheartened, sold his factory, opened Wufu Company, and began to cooperate comprehensively with the Japanese, and also married a Japanese wife. ”

"He was a patriotic businessman." Yue Zhenchuan said: "It's a pity, over the years, he has changed, and finally became a traitor. The Japanese, all gathered in his company, became the base camp for their escape. ”

"A lot of the patriots who were in the past have slowly changed since then." Meng Shaoyuan sighed softly, he looked at the time and said:

"Attack on time at 10:30, no mercy!"