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Lao Lei also found a watch on his body and handed it to Xia Yuan: "That bitch also found a watch on his body, which can keep time."

"Good thing." Xia Yuan's eyes moved slightly, and he took the watch as expected, put it on his hand, checked the time, then looked at the sky outside, and said, "Not bad, the time is accurate."

He took out another cigarette from the cigarette case and put it to his mouth.

Xiao Liu took out a match, struck out the flame, and carefully lit it for Xia Yuan.

"No need to be courteous, just tell me if you have anything to do with me." Xia Yuan took a puff of cigarette, and the smoke mixed with nicotine made his whole body relax a little.

"Platoon leader, look at the fact that we two stayed in the queue." Lao Lei rubbed his hands.

"You guys have already retreated, probably to the rear, it doesn't matter if you stay or not." Xia Yuan took a deep breath and let out a long breath. After fighting for two days in a row, he felt a little tired.

From the day before yesterday when I went to the front line to last night, I didn't get much rest. The nicotine dispelled the fatigue in my body.

What Xia Yuan said was quite straightforward. Lao Lei understood the meaning and nodded happily: "Yes, platoon leader!"

Zhao Shiguo looked at Lao Lei sitting next to him and said with a smile: "Look at what I say, the platoon leader will definitely agree."

"Old Zhao, we have to take care of each other in the future." Xia Yuan agreed that Xiao Liu would stay with him in the team. Lao Lei felt relaxed, leaned against the wall, and joked with Zhao Shiguo.

"Okay, okay, you can take care of me." Zhao Shiguo said with a smile.

Just now, he followed Lao Lei all the way. This guy's fighting ability is not weak. He is much stronger than him. He is a platoon leader, but he is still a soldier.

It can only be said that the Central Military Commission has too many talented people.

In this battle, he saw many very capable people, but unfortunately many died on the battlefield.

There are still many powerful people in the Central Military Army.

After taking a break and finishing a cigarette, Xia Yuan said, "The third company commander wants us to stay. What are your plans?"

Zhao Shiguo, who was cleaning his gun, was slightly startled and asked: "Stay? Platoon leader, if we don't stay, are we still planning to leave?"

Zhao Shiguo already subconsciously thought that they would stay here.

Xia Yuandao: "I originally planned to take you out of Luodian."

"Leave Luodian, Platoon Commander, where can we go? The situation is much better now. Unlike other officers, Company Commander Lu has no intention of looking down on us." Zhao Shiguo said again: "Then Company Commander Lu still calls you brother. , I think staying is a good thing.”

The scholar nodded and agreed with Zhao Shiguo's opinion: "We really have to leave. If we come down from the battlefield, we will probably be regarded as deserters by many people."

Along the way, they met two people who treated them well.

One is Company Commander Xu. Company Commander Xu also saved them once and led them back from the battlefield, but for some reason Xu Company Commander left without saying a word, very suddenly, without even calling them hello.

The other one is Lu Jingguang.

Unlike Company Commander Xu, Company Commander Xu experienced a defeat on the battlefield and was mentally and physically haggard, like a piece of stone with its edges smoothed away, giving people a very tired and trapped feeling.

Lu Jingguang, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. He was full of energy, enthusiastic about them, and full of hope for the victory of the battle. He even led the troops personally when he went to the battlefield. They saw Company Commander Lu leading a squad of soldiers, holding submachine guns, and riding a horse at the forefront. The picture ahead.They had a good impression of Captain Lu, and it seemed that staying in the Third Company was a good choice.

At least it's much better than being treated like a defeated soldier.

Zheng Dayong agreed with the scholar's words, Xiaoliu also agreed, and even Zhao Shiguo agreed. Who would want to be watched indifferently if he could live an upright life.

The scholar saw with his own eyes that Squad Leader Xu Liu died beside him. When they retreated from the battlefield, they were destined to lose their human rights and would be slaughtered like animals.

Maybe he died quietly like cannon fodder.

They didn't want to choose either.

They want to be treated as human beings and live an upright life. Even if they die, at least they have lived an upright life.

"Okay, now that it's decided, I'll go and give an answer to Captain Lu." Xia Yuan's eyes moved slightly, he threw the cigarette butt on the ground, crushed it, stood up and left the room.

Lu Jingguang was extremely excited when he received Xia Yuan's reply. He immediately summoned the remaining people from the second and third platoons and held a brief meeting. The content of the short meeting was to appoint Xia Yuan. He is the deputy commander of the third company.

Zhao Shiguo and the others also participated in the meeting. Due to the death of the squad leader of the third platoon, Zhao Shiguo naturally became the squad leader of the first squad. Lao Lei relied on his rich combat experience to become the deputy squad leader. Scholar, Xiao Liu and Zheng Dayong became soldiers of the first squad.

At this point, they completely got rid of their status as deserters and recruits and became members of the Central Army.

There is still a certain gap between the military uniforms of the Central Army and the local warlords, which cannot be changed in essence. They have killed many people now, so there is no military uniform for them.

"After I receive the order to retreat from my superiors, I will go to the logistics and get you some new sets of military uniforms."

As a company commander, Lu Jingguang naturally knew what to do with recruits. The Central Army's treatment for recruits was pretty good, but the treatment given by local warlords was not good. He was poor himself, and the superior officers wanted to exploit them and deduct military pay, food, and uniform fees. , equipment expenses, and empty wages are all common things.

He has done it himself, so he is naturally familiar with this routine.

If nothing else, most of the shabby military uniforms worn by Xia Yuan and the others were ripped off from the corpses of his own people on the battlefield, and the weapons and equipment were eliminated and reimbursed by the superiors.

Don't talk about taking off their own clothes, some even don't even bury the corpses at all.For the sake of money, those people never regard human life as life, or even regard them as human beings. "Okay." Xia Yuan nodded and asked again: "By the way, there is a row. Why can't we see the first row?"

"The first platoon went to the long street to the east, and the battle is over. A soldier was just sent over to tell me that the battle is basically over."

Officer Lu paused and then said: "The transfer order from the superior should be here soon. There will be troops to support us to change the defense. Let's go back and have a good rest."

Lu Jingguang could see that Xia Yuan's mental outlook looked a little tired. He must have been tired. Xia Yuan had mentioned to him that they were coming from Yudi to recruit soldiers, and he had some understanding of the situation in the recruit camp. , the recruit camp joined the battle the night before yesterday, and was defeated not long after arriving on the battlefield. Many recruits fled from the battlefield.

As far as he knew, when the [-]st Regiment was still there, a company commander in the front line of the Chinese army shot more than a dozen people in one night, all of whom were new recruits who had escaped from the battlefield.

Participated in a battle with Xia Yuan, Xia Yuan didn't seem to have escaped from the battlefield, especially since there were two light machine guns in their team, so it is certain that Xia Yuan definitely did not flee from the battlefield , there is a very obvious difference between their team and the defeated team.

Xia Yuan responded, he really wanted to take a good rest.

Soon, Lu Jingguang's superiors sent a company into Qiao's house. Lu Jingguang led them to change defenses. The one who came was from the fifth company. The commander of the fifth company said: "You can do it, Lao Lu. Let's fight the Japanese all night. You are the only one who has successfully broken through."

Lu Jingguang clasped his hands behind his back. He was in a good mood after accepting Xia Yuan, "Why, there is no progress in other lines?"

The Fifth Company Commander sighed and said, "No progress at all. The resistance of the Japanese devils was very tenacious. They only entered the forward position and had to retreat. Fortunately, you opened the situation from this side."

"Don't tell me, our casualties are serious, we have to go back and rest."

"Okay, you can retreat first and leave the Qiao family residence to us."

The 18rd Company belongs to the 52th Battalion of the [-]nd Regiment of the No.[-] Brigade. It is stationed at the Linjiazhai in the rear. After the reinforcement company retreats, the defense of the Linjiazhai is also handed over to the [-]rd Company. At least not today.

Xia Yuan and the others also got some time to rest. They leaned against the cold wall of the house and fell asleep.

Since the Japanese army occupied Luodian on the 28th, the Chinese army hastily organized several attacks against Luodian, but failed to achieve effective progress due to hasty attacks, coordination among troops and other problems.

Even though the attack of the 79th Regiment successfully hit the rear of the No.20 Second Regiment of the Japanese Army, due to the lack of coordination of friendly forces, the Japanese army concentrated their forces and beat the 79th Regiment back.

Qiao’s house is currently occupied by the No.18 Brigade. It is like a nail stuck in the front position of the Japanese army. The appearance of the Sixth Division can be regarded as stabilizing the situation in front of Luodian. The defense line launched a counterattack, but failed to be effective despite the stubborn resistance of the national soldiers.

On the east side, the two regiments of the No.90 Eighth Division successfully penetrated into Luodian and stabilized the situation in the east of Luodian. Although the Japanese army successfully occupied Luodian, their strategic intentions were not achieved. Stalemate.

At the same time, Wang Yaowu's First Division and Yu Jishi's Eighth Division also received orders and were rushing to Luodian for reinforcements. The No. 15 Group Army in Luodian was still able to fight the Japanese army.

Due to the difficulty and fierceness of the Luodian battle, the Japanese No. 11 Division decided to temporarily abandon the attack on Liuhe, leaving only the second battalion of the No. 40 Third Regiment to protect the division's flanks.

Xia Yuan is still resting, but the war in Luodian has not yet stopped. The Chinese army is still fighting bloody battles with the Japanese army. People are bleeding and dying every moment. On the streets of Luodian, the corpses of the Chinese and Japanese sides are piled on top of each other. The smell is high, and flies are flying. Flying around.

The corpses of the soldiers who died in the past few days have rotted badly, and corpses are flowing everywhere. Gun smoke and pungent corpse odor are floating in the air, which mix together to form a strong and pungent smell.

When the national soldiers charged, they would even use corpses as bunkers to shoot at the Japanese troops.The shells fell in the pile of corpses, and the soil lifted up was red. You can always see dazzling pieces of meat, intestines, internal organs, etc. on the walls of the ruins.

The blood dried up, and after being exposed to the sun and wind, it turned into dried meat.

The Flesh Mill is also concentrated on the front of the center line.

While the bloody battle in Luodian has not yet stopped, the Nationalist Government and Japan are also mobilizing troops.

The weather in August was so sultry and terrible that it was like a huge furnace, covering the entire Jinling territory, and gunpowder smoke shrouded the sky over Jinling City. Since the outbreak of the Songhu Battle, Jinling City had been bombarded by Japanese aircraft from time to time.

At that time, there were as many Japanese spies in Jinling. With these spies tipping off, the Japanese command organization could always keep track of Baldhead's whereabouts. Therefore, their bombers always followed Baldhead's whereabouts and bombed, and Baldhead hid in Tibet every day.

He hid in Qingliang Mountain for a while, lived near the Sifang City of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, and then moved to Zhonghua Gate Castle.

Spending every day hiding here and there, and sometimes even having to change positions several times a day, Baldhead was constantly being harassed by spies every day.

Considering the safety of the office environment of the agency, on August 20th, an emergency meeting of leaders of various departments was held to make a decision on the relocation issue.

The first resolution: The first step is to evacuate the offices of each agency. That is, assuming that when enemy planes bomb or fire, each agency will prepare secret offices in private houses inside or outside the city, and first register the person in charge and the phone number for contact. .

The second resolution: As a last resort, move the office to another location (such as Hengyang).All important documents that need to be kept permanently must be moved to another location for storage first, and the relocation of each agency must be implemented.

These two resolutions did not propose moving the capital, only relocating offices.The fundamental reason is that it was so disturbed by Japanese spies and bombers that there was no way to do it. If we didn't relocate, even working every day would become a huge problem.

Since the September [-]th Incident, various agencies, schools, and superiors in Jinling have begun to dig air-raid shelters and educate agency cadres, workers, citizens, and students on air-raid knowledge. At that time, Xinjiekou in the center of Jinling City was built The three-story bomb model keeps citizens alert to enemy air strikes.

Therefore, after Baldou's decision to relocate his office was made, various agencies and schools implemented the decision, which actually meant entering the air-raid shelters to work and attend classes.

Even now, there are still many air raid shelters in Jinling.

On August 29, Falkenhausen, the head of the German Military Advisory Group, submitted a written report to Bald Head. This written report had a huge impact on Bald Head. It can even be said that after the Battle of Songhu, there was the Battle of Jinling, and This report appeared in many battles after the Taiyuan Battle.

The Battle of Songhu lasted three months from August [-] to November [-], [-].

The Jinling National Government, represented by Baldhead, has been paying close attention to the battle in Shanghai since the first shot was fired at the Eight-character Bridge in the Battle of Songhu.