When the Japanese soldiers wore gas masks and rushed to the position of the first battalion, they did not find any Chinese soldiers, and the shells that followed brought a lot of casualties to the Japanese troops. But no matter what, Yuta Kobayashi's psychology is still a little relaxed, and he finally won the front-line position. Judging from the previous operations, as long as the first-line position of the Chinese army was taken, it would be possible to break through its defensive line, but then remembering the painful experience of the troops who had just detoured, it seemed that the opponent would never have fewer troops on the second line than on the first line.

Xie Chengrui didn't even give the Xiaolin Brigade a chance to attack the second-line position, and saw through the telescope that the remnants of the first battalion had withdrawn from the position, and immediately came down Xu Zhiqing's artillery company to fire a salvo, and the target was the main position of the first battalion that had been occupied by the Japanese army. The artillery bombardment encountered by the soldiers of the Xiaolin Brigade when they had just entered the position of the first battalion was nothing more than a test-fired artillery shot by Xu Zhiqing's artillery company in order to locate it.

The sudden and powerful shelling of the other side inflicted a heavy blow on the Kobayashi brigade, which had just been immersed in joy, and the Japanese soldiers in gas masks could only sit together and hide in the abandoned trenches of a battalion, and now only the trenches could provide them with some protection, otherwise they would have died in the shock wave of the explosion, if not chopped into pieces by the shrapnel flying in the sky. "On the second battalion, retake the position for me." Silently counting that Xu Zhiqing's artillery company had already fired several rounds of salvos, Xie Chengrui ordered the second battalion, which was a reserve, to enter the attack state.

The second battalion of more than 400 people was a new force, the first battalion was on the forward line for two days, these guys watched the excitement of the city for two days, the order to attack finally came, and more than 400 people of the second battalion rushed over with rifles one by one. Xu Zhiqing's artillery company was still shelling until the second battalion was less than 100 meters away from the Japanese army, and the moment the artillery stopped, the fastest soldiers of the second battalion were only less than 50 meters away from the position of the first battalion, and this distance could be reached in less than half a minute.

The second battalion had a single charge into the dilapidated position, and the gas masks that resembled pigs' mouths had some effect on the combat effectiveness of the Japanese troops, and before they could find their opponents through the dusty lenses, the bayonets of the second battalion had already pierced their bodies. This is the second battalion of machine gunners who followed up to shoot the Japanese soldiers in the trenches, and most of the Japanese soldiers in the trenches that were still intact, the soldiers of the second battalion who rushed into the position were not good to jump into the trenches and fight with them, so they simply cheapened the machine gunners, and a 30-round magazine was shot out, and the entire trench was full of blood spray.

Several clouds of smoke rose from the "boom" and "boom" positions, and the Chinese and Japanese soldiers in the melee fell to the ground one after another, this time it was the Japanese army shelling the position of the first battalion, if they didn't bomb their own people together, none of the imperial soldiers who still had a chance to leave the battlefield might not be able to return. Kobayashi Yuta, who was commanding the battle in the back, gritted his teeth and ordered to bombard his own people together, this decision required absolute courage, and for the safety of more people, Kobayashi Yuta had to give the order for artillery bombardment with red eyes.

"Oh, the little devil retreated, and we repulsed." The cheers of the soldiers of the second battalion sounded on the position, and the Japanese troops who had taken the position of the first battalion by artillery bombardment and poison gas bombs finally retreated. The more than 200 Japanese troops who attacked the position only withdrew less than 100 people, half of them were left in the position of the first battalion forever, when Kobayashi Yuta's brigade came from the periphery of Chunhua Town, his brigade still had more than 900 people, but it was only two days of fighting, and the 900-person brigade was left with less than 400 people, Kobayashi Yuta was ready to apply to the wing for backup, otherwise his own brigade might die here.

Seeing that the Japanese army had been repulsed, Xie Chengrui, who was a little worried that the Japanese army would use despicable means again, immediately ordered the second battalion to withdraw back, and the positions of the first battalion were almost all destroyed under the artillery fire of both sides, and it was meaningless for the second battalion to hold on any longer. "Tuanzao, the brigade commander's phone" A staff officer walked up to Xie Chengrui, who was smoking, and said, after Xie Chengrui snuffed out the cigarette, he picked up the phone and said, "Luzao, I'm Xie Chengrui." ”

Brigade Commander Zhou Zhenqiang's voice was calm, "Chengrui, the chief captain personally ordered that your regiment must guard the Engineer School, and the 87th Brigade of the 260th Division will assist you when the time comes. But the military order is difficult to disobey, you must hold at least until noon on the 9th, if the Japanese army is overwhelming, you can choose to retreat to the city, I will meet you at the city gate. ”

Brigade Commander Zhou Zhenqiang's words made Xie Chengrui a little confused, at the moment of the war, why is his brigade commander still speaking so ambiguously, turning his head and looking at the map on the table, Xie Chengrui was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat, could it be that the brigade commander was hinting that the 51st Division could not hold Chunhua Town. If the 51st Division evacuates from Chunhua Town and wants to enter Nanjing, it will have to pass through the Engineer School, and the brigade commander also stressed that the troops of the 87th Division will also come to assist in the defense here, so this should be preparing for the retreat of the 51st Division.

Without waiting for Xie Chengrui to react on the phone, the brigade commander Zhou Zhenqiang continued, "Listen to the commander-in-chief, this is a death order from above, before noon on the 9th, your second regiment must be nailed to the engineer school and must not retreat, otherwise military law will be engaged." The captain has always been very interested in you, a top student majoring in the army at the University of Lyon, France, and has told me many times that he wants to transfer you to be his operational staff officer. ”

Xie Chengrui, who was holding the phone, subconsciously stood upright, and replied with vigor, "Yes, Chengrui understands what to do, please rest assured that before noon on the 9th, Chengrui's second regiment will always be here and will never embarrass the teaching team." When Zhou Zhenqiang hung up the phone, Xie Chengrui immediately called his quartermaster and asked the logistics to report the casualties At the same time, Xie Chengrui also asked his quartermaster to draw up a list of ammunition supplies.

The second battalion recaptured the battlefield occupied by the Japanese army in one charge, and killed half of the Japanese soldiers who occupied the position. After two shellings and the poison gas attack of the Japanese army, the second company, which had only more than 20 people left, now has only 12 people, Mazi and Niu Wazi are dead, and Qiu Jiangong is gone. Most of the veterans of the Second Company who were qualified to wear 20-round shell guns had already suffered casualties, and Tang Cheng, who was weakened by the Japanese poison gas and had red eyes, secretly counted them, and there were only seven veterans of the Second Company who withdrew from Shanghai with Xie Bo that day.

Liu Goat is not an invulnerable King Kong Arhat in the end, and the close stabbing of the Japanese army added two scars to his body, and the knife wound on the back waist is okay, but it was just rubbed by the bayonet blade. But the knife on his thigh was extremely dangerous, if the bayonet that stabbed him was a little more off, I am afraid that these people who were still alive in Erlian would have to congratulate Liu Goat on entering the palace to serve the emperor. The ambulance soldier who was holding back a smile wrapped Liu Goat's injured thigh in a big circle, and Zhou Fu, who was also exhausted, still had the energy to joke with Liu Goat at this time.

After killing half of the Japanese troops who captured the position of the first battalion, Xie Chengrui was in a very good mood, and when he got out of the temporary command post, Xie Chengrui came to the second company lying on the ground, and did not say too much greetings, but directly asked about the casualties of Liu Goat's troops. Obviously felt the anger in Liu Goat's eyes, but Xie Chengrui still smiled and said to Liu Goat, "It's good to withdraw, the first battalion fought well, give the second regiment commander a face, just now the brigade commander also called and said that he wanted to commend you, and the brothers who were poisoned by the Japanese army also need to be treated, and I am going to withdraw your second company to the city for a day of rest." ”

For Xie Chengrui agreeing to the second company to return to the city to rest, Liu Goat's face did not show much joy, just to be able to kill and injure a large number of Japanese soldiers, Xie Chengrui took himself and the first battalion that had been disabled as bait, and even took the second company almost wiped out, this person's mind is really deep enough. His acting battalion commander was appointed by Xie Chengrui, and he also said that he would promote his military rank to major, looking at Xie Chengrui's face at the moment, this is to unload the mill and kill the donkey, and he intends to separate the rest of the first battalion from the second company, this is for fear that the second company will share their credit with their light.

Seeing that Liu Goat did not mean to greet him, Xie Chengrui's smile froze on his face, he valued Liu Goat's ability to fight, but it did not mean that he could tolerate Liu Goat's repeated provocations against him. Xie Chengrui was ready to clean up this Liu goat on the spot, but when he looked at the bloodstained soldiers of the second company beside Liu goat, Xie Chengrui could only leave in a huff.

"What did that guy say?" As soon as Xie Chengrui left, Zhou Fu, who had been pricking up his ears, leaned over to Liu Goat and asked in a low voice, the people who withdrew from the position have been divided into two groups, those people from the original first battalion have been picked up by the people of the second regiment, and only the 12 people from the second company are left here.

"Let's go back to the city and watch the others fight?" Zhou Fu looked at Liu Goat in surprise and said, seeing Liu Goat nodding again, Zhou Fu said with some surprise, "Why are the people of the teaching team of the dog day so kind, they put us in front of the Japanese like cannon fodder to attract them to fire and block the cannons, and when they finish picking up the cheap, they will kick us away, and they are also grateful for their generosity, and they also think that they can spare a few of our lives." ”

Zhou Fu's verbosity ordered Liu Goat to be angry, and directly smashed a piece of gravel, and then scolded, "You can't keep your fucking mouth idle, tell the brothers to collect some ammunition, I guess we won't want to supply ammunition again when we go back to the city, especially our 20 rings, all of them will be brought back to Lao Tzu, and none of them can be given to their teaching team." ”