The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Xia Yuan looked at the crowd and shook his head.

"If you don't use a good gun, it will rust sooner or later. Even if the best troops don't fight, if they are equipped so well, they will not be able to exert their due strength."

Commander Qiu looked at the soldiers in the guard platoon and said: "A good knife needs to be sharpened frequently. I make the decision on this matter. Lao Qiu, you lead the guard platoon and follow him. His orders are equivalent to my orders."

Seeing this, Qiu Zhengfu didn't refuse again: "Yes!"

Just like that, Xia Yuan left the temporary regiment headquarters of the [-]st Regiment with the "alternative bet" agreement with the regiment leader Qiu, and a guard platoon with luxurious weapons and equipment.

Platoon Leader Zhao and the others were waiting outside, sitting on a piece of a broken gun head.

"It's been so long since we've been in, and there was gunshots just now, so there shouldn't be any problems." The scholar paced back and forth worriedly, seeing that the three of them were indifferent, "Platoon leader, go and say something, or Let's go in and have a look."

"Look at what, don't worry, there is absolutely nothing wrong." Platoon Leader Zhao looked very relaxed. He was full of confidence in Xia Yuan. See it in the eyes.

Xia Yuan's combat effectiveness is the first time he has seen a person with such a strong individual combat ability since he joined the army for several years.

Not to mention him, even Commander Du, or even the battalion commander of the new army battalion, may not have half of Xia Yuan's abilities.

Platoon leader Zhao trusts Xia Yuan, believes in Xia Yuan, only he can lead himself to victory.

The scholar's worries were in vain, Xia Yuan came out along the deep alley, and the scholar immediately clapped his hands happily when he saw it: "Come out, come out, and a group of soldiers are following behind."

The three of them couldn't sit still anymore. They got up one by one and looked towards the deep alley. Xia Yuan came out, followed by a group of soldiers with luxurious weapons and equipment. The regular army far behind, whether it is the uniforms on their bodies or the weapons and equipment on their bodies, is far more luxurious than the new barracks.

Platoon Leader Zhao walked up to Xia Yuan and asked, "What's going on? They're here."

Xia Yuan said in a calm voice: "We have received a combat mission. The Japanese army stationed a small team in Qiao's house. Our mission is to take down Qiao's house. These are the support given to us by the regiment leader."

"What? Did I hear correctly, are we going to perform a mission?"

The scholar is a little confused, what's the situation, how to go in, they are about to go to the front line to perform tasks, and the situation has changed too quickly.

Everyone didn't know what happened, so Xia Yuan told the story.

Platoon Leader Zhao asked, "Why don't you refuse?"

Xia Yuan shook his head: "We have already entered the regiment headquarters, so refusing can solve the problem? Maybe if one side refuses, the other side will arrest us and say we are deserters. Even if we have a hundred mouths, we can't tell. "

Thinking about it carefully, what Xia Yuan said makes sense.

"I just narrowly escaped death, and now I have to go back again." Platoon Leader Zhao looked a little bored. He was not afraid of death, but he didn't want to die in a muddle. I was naturally a little unhappy in my heart.

"I have applied to Head Qiu, you can choose to stay, I can go by myself." Xia Yuan glanced at the few people, and said: "Head Qiu said, he will take good care of you, follow Head Qiu, you They should retreat to the area around Jiading for rest."

"What about you?" the scholar asked.

"I still want to stay. The war is not over, so it's meaningless for me to go back." Xia Yuan said in a deep voice, "The battlefield is my destination."

The four were a little silent and looked at each other.

Platoon Leader Zhao said: "Stay here. If it weren't for you, would we all be able to come back alive? Zheng Dayong, if Xia Yuan hadn't wiped out Little Japan last night, would you still be alive to see me? Are you still alive? Where do you put it, there are scholars, Niu Hai, without Xia Yuan, it depends on you two to survive on the battlefield?"

Everyone thought about it and shook their heads.

The scholar gritted his teeth: "We can't survive. The Japanese have blocked us in the house. If it weren't for Brother Xia Yuan and the squad leader, we would have died by now. This life was given by Brother Xia Yuan. I want to go!"

"I am coming too!"

Dozens of people in the guard platoon looked at them with admiration in their hearts. From the conversations of these few people, it could be seen that Xia Yuan saved these people by himself. If it wasn't for Xia Yuan, they probably all died on the battlefield.

"Then let's go, I will bring you back alive."

There was nothing to say, Xia Yuan didn't talk so much nonsense, walked up to Li Wan who was squatting in the corner, and asked, "What are your plans, are you following us, or staying here and waiting for your company commander."

Li Wan thought for a moment, glanced at the well-equipped guard platoon, and heard Xia Yuan continue: "We are going to perform a mission."

"I'll stay here."

After speaking, Li Wan fell silent.

Xia Yuan didn't force the other party either. Being able to go to the battlefield has proved the other party's courage, so he turned to Qiu Zhengfu and said, "Let's go."

On the road again, they headed in the direction of Luodian. This place is basically a large plain, without any high mountains, and the ground undulations are very gentle. The forests are rooted on the plain one by one. The air is filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke. There is no sun in the sky. Dark clouds shrouded it, and as far as the eye could see, the muddy road was winding and twisting. Soldiers of the national army were collecting the dead soldiers' bodies on the road. The number of soldiers retreating along the way was very large, scattered, defeated, and dejected.

Luodian was occupied by the Japanese army for a period of time. They launched several attacks on the Japanese army in Luodian, all of which ended in failure. Many people were killed and injured. The continuous defeat affected the emotions of many people. The spread of the epidemic, coupled with the officer's yelling at the soldiers of the national army, caused the national army, which was not strong in combat effectiveness, to almost lose its combat effectiveness.

This is not uncommon in any army.

The guard platoon was well-equipped and attracted many routed skirmishers. They looked at the army that was running against them, stared at them for a long time, and then let them go.

"These are soldiers from the [-]st Regiment. Last night's attack did not make effective progress. The troops suffered too many casualties, so they had no choice but to withdraw from the battle." Qiu Zhengfu's voice was a little heavy, "It's not their fault, the Japanese army's firepower The equipment was too fierce, a Japanese squad that stood firm was equipped with two heavy machine guns and several light machine guns, and the firepower completely crushed us."

The Japanese army is equipped with 37mm anti-tank guns, also known as 37mm flat-firing guns. Even at night, as long as the machine guns on the national army's side are fired and the flames flickering at the gun muzzles are seen, the flat-firing guns will fire a shell, destroying the national army. The firepower of the machine guns of the army was destroyed, and the central army of the national army only had a few Czech-style ones. After a battle, there were not many machine guns left.

Xia Yuan glanced at Qiu Zhengfu, somewhat surprised.

However, Qiu Zhengfu didn't know enough about the battlefield situation and the Japanese devils, so he didn't have much firepower to crush them. Artillery and air force, as well as the means to deal with the firepower of the national army, but the national army has no means to deal with the firepower of the Japanese army.

The most critical point is that the wrong decision-making of the high-level and the wrong combat plan are the reasons for the final failure of this battle.

He does not deny the bravery of the Gui army, but without strong firepower, it is obviously wrong to adopt the method of central breakthrough, especially in such a plain battle with few bunkers, to launch a deadly attack on the Japanese positions. The charge is a very stupid behavior.

Of course, he evaluates the present from the perspective of the future, which is indeed the case in the future.

Wrong combat plan, wrong decision-making, coupled with various subtle problems such as supplies, replenishment of troops, etc., the battle is doomed to failure.

After walking for about ten minutes, a group of wounded soldiers approached. The voice of platoon leader Zhao interrupted Xia Yuan's thoughts.

"Commander Xu!"

"Why are you here?"

Xia Yuan glanced at it, and it turned out that it was Company Commander Xu and his eighth company, thirty or so people, who were not moving fast, stopping and stopping to get here.

Company Commander Xu looked at the group of them, and his eyes fell on the guard platoon behind Xia Yuan. Each of them held a submachine gun, obviously not an ordinary army. He suddenly remembered the guard platoon next to the regiment leader, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"We are going to perform a mission." Xia Yuan stepped forward and talked to Company Commander Xu, "Company Commander Xu, if you walk along this road for another half an hour, you will see a village where the [-]st Regiment will be resting temporarily. "

"Okay." Company Commander Xu heard that the other party was performing a mission, so he answered without asking any more questions.

"Commander Xu, do you know the place Qiao's house?" Xia Yuan asked suddenly.

"Qiao's house! Are you going to Qiao's house to perform a mission?" Xu Lianchang was startled, and immediately thought of something: "I am talking too much."

Xia Yuan's heart moved: "Commander Xu, this task is not a secret. The task we received is to attack the Japanese army at Qiao's house."

Company Commander Xu said: "The situation in Qiao's house is very complicated."

After hearing this, Qiu Zhengfu asked, "Commander Xu knows the situation of Qiao's house very well?"

Company Commander Xu glanced at Qiu Zhengfu and knew that the other person's clothes were extraordinary, so he asked: "Who is this?"

Xia Yuandao: "His surname is Qiu, and he is the leader of the personal security platoon of Head Qiu."

Company Commander Xu's eyes narrowed, and he said the truth: "Mr. Qiu, to tell you the truth, our company was one of the units that attacked Qiao's house. The Japanese army built a very tight fortification in Qiao's house. Without heavy weapons, you guys can't get in. "

"Commander Xu, you are familiar with the situation over there, why don't you take us there." Xia Yuan remembered that Company Commander Xu once said that when he had the opportunity, he would return to the battlefield to fight the Japanese devils desperately for the dead. Brothers take revenge.

And right now, it is this opportunity.

Company Commander Xu thought for a while, then nodded: "Okay, I'll go and explain to them."

After a while, Company Commander Xu came back with a few uninjured soldiers, "Li Wan is still in the village, I let the wounded go first and go to find Li Wan, these few are uninjured, there are many people and strength is great. "

A few disheveled soldiers, carrying a few broken guns, had few bullets left on their bodies, and the grenades in their waists were exhausted. He took off the grenades on his body and stuffed them to the opponent.

"The little Japanese devil's grenade will not work."

"It will work." A soldier smiled.

Xia Yuan nodded, and said to Company Commander Xu, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you soldiers?"

"I'm afraid of the eggs. If I were really afraid, I wouldn't take them with me."

Company Commander Xu smiled, and didn't say anything more. Commander Qiu handed over the personal guard platoon to the other party's command, which shows how much Commander Qiu trusts Xia Yuan, and how much people like himself are nothing.

"Qiao's house is a very deep house. There are many houses around, all of which were transformed into military fortresses by the Japanese army. Machine guns are placed in these houses, which can form crossfire and control the three streets attacking Qiao's house. They belong to Yi Shou Difficult place."

"The Qiao family's house has two floors and is taller than the surrounding houses. The Japanese's firepower was able to shoot down from above. We fought for two hours in a row and suffered heavy casualties. Only about thirty people were left dead."

On the way, Company Commander Xu briefly told Xia Yuan and Qiu Zhengfu about the situation in Qiao's house: "When we even went to fight, two companies had already come down, and they all failed, with heavy casualties. Didn't touch it."

With crossfire and condescension, only three streets can launch an attack on Qiao's house. In the absence of effective firepower, the Japanese army guarding this place is really easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The next offensive plan can only be determined after a field survey of the battlefield.

Xia Yuan said: "Let's go over and take a look before making a decision."

Qiu Zhengfu asked: "You don't have a rough action plan yet?"

"To be honest, there is no complete attack plan yet." Xia Yuan shook his head.

Qiu Zhengfu and Xu Lianchang were at a loss for words, they didn't even have an attack plan, so they went there rashly, which was too hasty.

"The situation on the battlefield is changing every moment. No matter how well-prepared you are, you can't deal with sudden situations and keep changing."

Qiu Zhengfu and Xu Lianchang felt that what Xia Yuan said had some truth, but they always felt weird.

The sky was gray, and roars could be heard from far away. The Japanese planes launched a fierce bombardment on the National Army troops who were holding the defense line. There were roars everywhere, houses were blown down, and the already broken ruins were in ruins. Under artillery fire, it was almost crushed into powder, and the attacking national army suffered huge casualties.

The situation is getting worse for the soldiers of the No.18 Brigade of the Sixth Division.

The direction of Qiao's house.

The national army launched several attacks on the Japanese army stationed here, all of which ended in failure. Relying on the impregnable fortification fortress, the Japanese army blocked the three attacking streets with light and heavy firepower. easy thing.

The reinforcement company of the 200th Brigade was attacking Qiao's house, with more than [-] men and nine Czech light machine guns. (end of this chapter)