Wang Xiaoliang led the guard platoon to block the attacking enemy at the Dongdaemun position, and Lei Jian, who had hidden into the tunnel, said to Xiao Huang, a temporary correspondent who was following him: "You should immediately rush out of the tunnel to find Comrade Wang Ziming, and pass on my order, you must send soldiers to protect Li Yongchang and enter the tunnel after Li Yongchang's big shopkeeper in Rongchang Dyeing Factory evacuates the workers in the factory, this is an order." ”

Xiao Huang nodded and promised to turn around and leave, Lei Jian shouted him and said again in an accented tone: "Find a way to inform Deputy Commander Wang Xiaoliang that you will hold the gate for half an hour, no matter how important something happens, you must quickly withdraw to enter the tunnel to conceal." ”

Wang Ziming received the order conveyed by Lei Jian to Xiao Huang, he pulled Xiao Liu to his side, and said nervously when he heard the fierce gunfire outside the gate: "You take a soldier to find Li Yongchang, who is evacuating the workers, as quickly as possible, and say that Captain Lei ordered him to withdraw to the finished product warehouse immediately, once he does not retreat with you, no matter what coercive means you two take, you two will also pull Li Shopkeeper here for me." ”

Xiao Liu rushed into the factory with a soldier, and saw the workers running nervously in the factory area, some wanted to climb out of the wall, but before they could climb to the top of the wall, they were shot and killed by the little devils who were guarding outside the wall.

Some workers mostly hide in hidden factory areas, and some workers find the tunnels dug in order to prevent the enemy, drill into the hidden holes, and hide in them and dare not move.

More than a dozen female workers ran desperately in the factory area, and the devil who had climbed to the wall picked up the gun and aimed at the trigger, and with the gunshot, a female worker fell in a pool of blood.

Li Yongchang, the chief shopkeeper of the Rongchang Dyeing Factory, ran around the factory and shouted: "Workers, it's better to jump out of the wall and escape, if you can't jump out, find a hidden place to hide immediately, no matter what happens in the factory, no one will let me out." ”

Xiao Liu, who was ordered to look for Li Yongchang, and a soldier, as long as they met the running workers, grabbed them and asked eagerly: "Have you seen Li Da's shopkeeper?" ”

"I saw it, he was evacuating workers in the factory area, and now I don't know where he ran again."

Xiao Liu took the soldier and ran frantically in the factory area, and from time to time he was shot by the little devil lying on the wall, and was almost shot several times, but they were not intimidated by the enemy's obscenity, but ran and shouted even more crazy.

Li Yongchang, who was evacuating the workers, heard someone shouting at him, he didn't know what was very dangerous, he immediately stopped and looked around, and saw Xiao Liu and a soldier rushing over, he asked nervously: "Xiao Liu, what's wrong?" ”

"Treasurer Li, the second shopkeeper of Wang passed on the order of the head of the thunder regiment, ordering you to return to the finished product warehouse immediately and follow the transfer into the tunnel, this is the order of the head of the thunder regiment."

"Xiao Liu, have you seen it? The workers in the factory area have not been completely evacuated, how can I hide and ignore the lives of the workers? Hurry up and go back and tell Captain Lei that as long as the workers are evacuated, I will return to the tunnel immediately. Li Yongchang looked at Xiao Liu and said quickly.

Xiao Liu and the soldier finally found Li Yongchang, he wanted to carry out the order, how could he just let Li Yongchang go? Xiao Liu glanced at the soldier, and the two of them picked up Li Yongchang one by one and ran to the finished product warehouse.

Li Yongchang scolded angrily: "Xiao Liu, you bastard, I can't leave now, let me go, if you pull like this again, it will be kidnapping, and I will never spare you." ”

"I'm sorry for the shopkeeper Li, we are obeying the order given by Captain Lei, you are not an outsider, you should know the meaning of the order, you must go with us now." Xiao Liu and the soldier couldn't help but pick up Li Yongchang and run.

Just where the three of them had just left, two workers ran up from behind, and suddenly two terrible screams were heard, and Li Yongchang, Xiao Liu, and the soldier looked back to see the two workers lying behind them in a pool of blood that they had just left the place.

Li Yongchang struggled and shouted, "Xiao Liu, you have already seen it with your own eyes, right?" The workers, who have not yet been evacuated and hidden, just fell under the guns of the enemy, how can you tell me to ....... ”

In the chaotic gunfire, a bullet hit Li Yongchang's right chest, who was running with Xiao Liu and the soldier, Li Yongchang seemed to have been punched hard, his body suddenly fell back, and his legs were about to fall down.

Frightened, Xiao Liu and the soldier hurriedly shouted: "Shopkeeper Li, what's wrong with you?" Fast....... ”

The soldier suddenly noticed that a large blood stain was oozing from Li Yongchang's right chest, and it soon began to flow, and he shouted: "Xiao Liu, Li Da's shopkeeper was shot and injured, what can I do?" ”

When Xiao Liu found that Li Yongchang was shot in the right chest and bleeding, he cried nervously: "Big shopkeeper, you must not die, if you die, my Xiao Liu can't afford this responsibility." ”

He cried and shouted to the warrior, "I will run in front with the big treasurer on my back, and you will take cover in the back." ”

Xiao Liu picked up Li Yongchang and ran, fortunately, Li Yongchang is not tall and thinner, Xiao Liu is not too strenuous to run on his back, and when he rushed into the finished product warehouse, Xiao Liu cried and shouted to Wang Ziming: "Minister Wang, it's all my Xiao Liu who is incompetent, and I didn't protect Li Da's shopkeeper, and now Li Da's shopkeeper's injury is unknown, how can this be good?" ”

Xiao Huang, the correspondent of Lei Jian who was standing on the side, said quickly: "Hurry up and send it to the tunnel and hand it over to Vice President Zhang of the field hospital, if you are injured in an unimportant place, hurry up and give first aid, you should be able to save life." ”

Li Yongchang, the shopkeeper of Rongchang Dyeing Factory, was quickly sent into the tunnel, and the gunfire in the factory area became more and more intense, as if he was moving quickly to the finished product warehouse.

Wang Ziming ordered the soldiers around him: "Seal the doors and windows, prepare for battle, and retreat to the finished product warehouse at any time in response to the guard platoon led by Deputy Commander Wang." ”

Wang Xiaoliang led the guard platoon at the east gate of the factory, with the help of the wall and the concealment in the factory area, increased firepower to block the attacking devils, the commander of the devils, Captain Matsumoto, ordered the two squads of devils who attacked the gate head-on to increase the intensity of the attack, and must break through the defense line of the gate of the Eighth Route Army in the shortest possible time, rush into the dyeing factory, and wipe out the Eighth Route Army and workers inside.

After more than ten minutes of fierce fighting between the enemy and us, although the Japanese army had strong troops and fierce firepower, under the fire of the guard platoon with the help of favorable terrain, it was never able to rush into the factory, and a group of little devils who were killed fell in front of the gate.

Wing Captain Matsumoto angrily ordered the artillery squad to rush to reinforcements as quickly as possible, and in less than ten minutes, a devil artillery squad came out of nowhere so quickly, and set up a gun position thirty meters from the gate.

When Wang Xiaoliang found that the attacking devils took the initiative to withdraw from the battle, the fierce battle in front of the gate came to an end temporarily, and when he was in a trance, he found that in the open area opposite the gate, a Japanese artillery squad appeared, which was setting up mortars, and more than ten mortars were aimed at the factory gate, and shells could be fired at any time.

He ordered the soldiers of the guard platoon beside him: "Chu Shaopeng led the first squad to hold the gate position, covering the third squad to concentrate firepower to eliminate the devils lying on the wall and shooting, the second squad hunted and killed the devils who jumped into the factory in the factory area, and the three squads crossed cover, immediately bypassed the dyeing workshop, and quickly retreated to the finished product warehouse." ”

Captain Geng Mingli of the factory guard team saw that the Eighth Route Army was going to withdraw from the gate position, he grabbed Wang Xiaoliang without understanding, and roared with an arrogant attitude: "I don't know what position you have, I ask you, why did you withdraw one of your platoons, did you just hand over the gate position to the little devils, and ignore the safety and life and death of the factory and workers?" ”

"You let me go, I order you to withdraw from the battle immediately, hide your weapons, and quickly withdraw from the factory, and I, as the deputy commander of the only regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, order you again to immediately lead your people to withdraw from the battle."

"Y-You're the deputy head of the regiment? Hmph, I'm still the commander, you give up resistance, I will never withdraw from the position, you get out. Geng Mingli didn't know Wang Xiaoliang, at this time Wang Xiaoliang blew up his position, he didn't believe it at all, he didn't believe that the Eighth Route Army could give up blocking the enemy, disregarding the safety of the factory and the lives of workers, and in the face of a powerful enemy attack, he gave up his position and took the initiative to escape.

Wang Xiaoliang didn't have time to argue with Geng Mingli, he pointed to the devil's mortar position thirty meters outside the gate and shouted: "You open my eyes and take a good look, you only have the spirit of killing the enemy, aren't you afraid that the devil will fire and kill the remaining factory guards around you?" Quickly get me out of the fight, hide quickly, and save my life....... ”

(End of chapter)