The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 675 Meeting with the Commander of the 51st Division

Lao Qi looked at the two beggars happily and said to the veteran: "Tell me, what is the company commander doing?"

"You didn't listen. That's the company commander's fellow villager. He must have come from a certain place." The veteran smoked a cigarette and squinted his eyes.

Zheng Dayong said from the side: "Hey, aren't those Old Man Wang and Monkey?"

"Do you know them two?" the veteran asked.

"We know you, Lao Zhao. Remember what I told you, when I came out of Yudi with the company commander and we were still in the new barracks."

"Remember, they are also from the recruit camp?"

The veteran asked in surprise.

"Yes, they are also from the recruit camp, but they became deserters. At that time, there were only a dozen or so people in the third class. Eight or nine people left, and only Brother Yuan, Scholar, Niu Hai, and the squad leader were left. Unexpectedly, there were a few people in class three. You’ll meet them here.”

When talking about these two people, Zheng Dayong's face was filled with disdain. Being a deserter was the most shameful thing.

"There is something else going on." The veteran understood somewhat. He threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stamped it out. He quietly watched how the company commander dealt with the two of them.

At this time, the two people carrying them had already walked outside. They were very frightened and were still struggling. Who knew that the person carrying them walked to the door and threw them on the ground? .

The two of them were a little confused. Xia Yuan walked up to them and said, "I'll let you go this time and get out of here. Ever since you two ran away from Class [-], you and I are no longer fellow villagers."

"Big one, you!"

Old man Wang was so angry that he was so angry.

"Xu Liu is dead, Niu Hai is dead, the scholar is also injured, and more than half of the recruit camp is dead."

Xia Yuan struck a match, lit a cigarette, and looked at him quietly, "How do you think you are staying in Jiading so safely now? There are many soldiers in front of you who are holding on to the Japanese with their lives." , if they come over and you raise your hands and surrender, the Japanese will not let you go."

He squatted on the ground and asked him: "Do you know what the Japanese will do to those Chinese soldiers who surrender."

"How to deal with it?" Old Man Wang asked.

"They will tie you to a tree with a rope, or hang you up, and then let their recruits stab you with bayonets and stab you to death. There is a sound of bayonets piercing into your flesh. , Chi, hahahaha."

Xia Yuan smiled and said: "Get out of here quickly, don't let me see you again."

"Big one!"

When Xia Yuan turned to leave, Old Man Wang stood up suddenly and looked at him: "Do you particularly hate me, old man?"

"You say you are an old man. I hate you for what you do. In fact, the situation on the battlefield will be the same with or without you."

Xia Yuan's meaning was obvious. You would be cannon fodder if you went there. Old Man Wang was a man, so why couldn't he hear Xia Yuan's unintentional meaning? But he asked in confusion: "Big man, you said, we are The young man who was captured, so many people died along the way, why do you still work for them wholeheartedly? Isn't it good to be alive? "

"The Japanese are coming. It's useless for you to run wherever you go. You can only resist them."

Old Man Wang didn't understand what Xia Yuan meant. His personal purpose was that the best thing for him was to live his own life. As for the life and death of others, it had nothing to do with him. He said, "I didn't expect that you would become the company commander."

"There are still many things you haven't thought of." Xia Yuan looked at Old Man Wang and the silent monkey, and said with a smile: "Monkey, what's wrong? He's mute and can't speak."

"Big man, you have changed." The monkey said quietly.

"You have changed too." Xia Yuan smiled and said: "You cherish your life. I know that I am going to the front line this time. I don't know how many of my more than 100 brothers will come back alive. Do you want to be official?" , I can give it, but if I give it to you, you will have to follow me to the front line to fight the Japanese devils, and you will definitely not survive."

What he said was right. The monkey stopped talking. The sound seemed to be of no use.

Xia Yuan was right. If they really wanted to stay in Xia Yuan's company, they would have to go to the front line with the troops.

When you get to the front line, you have to fight the Japanese devils.

It is precisely they who least want to fight the Japanese devils.

"Okay, stop the ink stains and get out of here." Before Xia Yuan left, he told them again: "Don't stay in Jiading. It won't be long before the Japanese invaders come."

"Big man, thank you."

What Old Man Wang said came from the bottom of his heart.

The two left, the monkey was a little lame, and Old Man Wang's figure was a little bumpy.

Xia Yuan thought that he would probably never meet Monkey and the others again.

On September 60, the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on Li Shusen's No. 67 [-]th Division, which was stationed on the east side of Luodian. After a day of fierce fighting, the front positions of the [-]th Division were basically captured by the Japanese army, and the battlefield began to shrink to the rear. After a whole day's attack, the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties. By dusk, they could no longer continue the attack and had no choice but to stop the attack.

The 51st Division held fast to the west side of Luodian. In front of them was the No. 11 Second Regiment of the Japanese No. 20 Squadron, which had strong combat capabilities.

However, on the 20th, the Japanese army focused all its energy on the east side of Luodian. The No. 51 Second Regiment did not launch an attack on the 11st Division's position. However, the Japanese Army's Fourth Battalion, Third Squadron, and No. The Fourth Squadron landed and entered the west side of Luodian to meet up with the No. 40 Cavalry Regiment. The second brigade of the Japanese No. [-] Third Regiment, which was originally on the west side of Luodian, went to the east side of Luodian to join up with the Asama Detachment. .

As the Japanese reinforcements arrived, the Japanese No. 11 Division gradually added reinforcements to the west side of Luodian, and sent the transferred troops to the east side of Luodian in order to further launch an attack on the east side of Luodian against the national army. .

On September [-], the Japanese army suspended its offensive and began to mobilize its troops.

51 divisions.

The company led by Xia Yuan has also arrived at the defense line of the 51st Division. Under the leadership of Adjutant Sun, Xia Yuan saw the famous anti-Japanese general Wang Yaowu.

In 33, Wang Yaowu was still very young. At the age of [-], he had become the leader of a division and his future was limitless.

His face has gradually begun to become smoother. He is wearing a military uniform and a military cap, and the logo on his chest is particularly eye-catching.

Seeing Xia Yuan coming over, Wang Yaowu showed a smile on his face: "The Commander-in-Chief values ​​Brother Xia very much and even asked the commander of the 67th Division to go find you. However, that day, the Japanese army launched an attack on his position, and Li Shusen did not I spared no time to look for you, but I didn't expect that I took advantage of it." Wang Yaowu was very talkative, with a smile on his face and no airs at all. He continued: "Old Sun said that your bomb-dropping ability is very powerful. In fact, I am also very talkative. I want to take a look, but the current conditions are simple, Brother Xia, can you open my eyes."

"Okay." Xia Yuan had nothing to say.

In fact, it is understandable that the marksmanship is accurate. After all, this incident was personally reported by Zhang Guangqi, the commander of the 53th Battalion of the 53th Brigade, and personally supervised by his adjutant Li Youcai. He killed [-] enemies with [-] bullets. It is true. Sex is high.

Only its ability to deliver bombs was promoted by low-level soldiers, and it was suspected of being false. After all, the battlefield conditions were changeable. In addition, it was dark and the battlefield conditions were complex, and the human eye could see it wrong.

Moreover, these people have been leading troops in wars for more than a year or two. They have experienced live ammunition target shooting and bombing training in the military academy. They know that it is not easy to throw a grenade 50 meters. Throwing a grenade 60 meters is very rare in the army. Today, no one throws seven or eighty meters, and has never even heard of it.

I heard that some people threw it 62 meters with all their strength, and their arms almost broke.

Anyone who can throw a grenade more than 100 meters away is a ruthless person. I have never seen anyone able to throw a grenade more than 100 meters away. The most terrifying thing is that if you can throw a grenade more than 100 meters away and still control the accuracy, then it is not called throwing. A grenade is called a grenade.

Wang Yaowu didn't quite believe it. He thought to himself that it should be OK to throw it four to 50 meters or five to 60 meters.

"Just stay here at the division headquarters, Xiao Zhang. If you see the broken wall in front of you, just hang your kettle on the broken wall." Wang Yaowu said to the guard beside him.

"Hey."

Xiao Zhang took out the water bottle from his waist and ran away quickly.

After a while, he ran back.

Wang Yaowu said: "The distance is almost 90 meters. It doesn't matter if you can't throw it over. Just try your best."

"It's okay. I can usually throw 100 meters. The limit is about 110 meters. For me, more than 90 meters is pretty good."

At the limit of 110 meters, Xia Yuan was still humble. With Ming Jin's breakthrough, his strength increased horribly. He threw the grenade with all his strength. It was estimated that the fuse would not have enough time to explode in the air.

Therefore, Xia Yuan has always maintained a distance of about 100 meters. This distance is very suitable for the grenade to pull the fuse. When it explodes, it will explode when it is about two or three meters away from the ground. The area where the shrapnel will splash can spread about nine or ten meters. Mi Yuan, the power doubled.

Xia Yuan said with a smile: "I can hit the target, throw it so far, and ensure that the grenade explodes in mid-air with maximum lethality."

After hearing Xia Yuan's bragging, everyone gasped and threw it 110 meters. Is that still a human being?

The people in the division headquarters have all seen the world. They have never seen any kind of soldiers, and they have seen many people with strong bomb-dropping abilities. However, accuracy is guaranteed, but distance is not guaranteed. Distance is guaranteed, but accuracy is not guaranteed. It's not easy to hit the target after throwing it away from a distance of 90 meters.

"Interesting, hahahaha!"

Wang Yaowu laughed and said with great anticipation: "You give it a try and let me broaden my horizons."

Xia Yuan picked up a stone the size of a baby's fist on the ground, bumped it in his hand, and threw the stone out without thinking or even aiming. The stone drew a parabola in the air. After a few seconds, he heard The sound of a thud was very small, and the distance between them was a bit far, but it made the expressions on the faces of the division commanders freeze.

"Hit, hit, there's a scratch on the kettle!" Wang Yaowu's guard ran over and took the kettle down. On one side of the kettle, there was an eye-catching white spot.

The division commanders gasped, with extremely shocked expressions on their faces.

They all discussed it one after another, saying that such bomb-dropping ability was really shocking.If used on the battlefield, if used well, the ability to attack difficult situations is absolutely outstanding.

Their mortars are mostly used to destroy Japanese positions and firepower points, but the effect is not good and not as powerful as the Japanese. Xia Yuan's grenade-throwing technique can be used on the battlefield to approach the Japanese positions as a single soldier and can attack the Japanese. The firepower point caused huge damage.

Everyone understands very well.

But it is a pity that the night of the [-]th was their last fierce offensive against the Japanese army, and they then entered a positional battle.

Relying on the earthen walls, earthen slopes, and houses of the village, they built many firepower points and cross-firepower points. As long as the Japanese army did not attack, that would be the best. If the Japanese army attacked, they would never come back.

Wang Yaowu valued Xia Yuan's skills very much, but skills are skills. On the battlefield, it still depends on combat ability. He said: "I will give you a position, which is the main offensive position of the Japanese army. Take your company and hold on for a day. , if you can guarantee that the Japanese army cannot come in before dusk, I will make you a major battalion commander!"

"Master, is this an order?" Xia Yuan looked at Wang Yaowu and asked.

"This is not an order." Wang Yaowu shook his head.

"Then I refuse." Xia Yuan said directly.

The division chiefs were immediately startled, and Adjutant Sun quickly glanced at Xia Yuan.

"Tell me the reason." Wang Yaowu was not angry either.

"Since it's not an order, then I won't lead my brothers to die on the battlefield for a major battalion commander."

Xia Yuan is very principled, and he abides by orders. If it is just an agreement like that with Zhang Guangqi, he will not abide by it.

The reason why he agreed with Zhang Guangqi was that he had not led the team to fight at that time, and the only people following him were Zheng Dayong, Lao Zhao and the scholar. Lao Zhao sacrificed his life. He felt very guilty in his heart. His agreement with Zhang Guangqi actually should not have allowed Lao Zhao and the others got involved.

But now, Xia Yuan would not agree to using his position as a major battalion commander as an agreement and asking him to take his company to the front line for a day.

Wang Yaowu laughed loudly: "Okay, this is the order!"

"Since it is an order, I hope there are troops to coordinate with me, instead of just letting my company go alone. In addition, my company is insufficient in number and needs to be supplemented to 120 people."

Xia Yuan knows the truth very well, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

When he was still in Jiading before leaving, after Xia Yuan organized his team, he put the several hundred oceans they had earned during this period in a box and placed it in front of everyone, he said.

"I will go there this time, there will be life or death. I will not force everyone to go with me. Those who go must be prepared to stick to the front line with me. Those who stay, take five oceans. We have high mountains and long roads. We are destined." Goodbye, if you are lucky enough to survive and meet again in the future, I will still be your good brother. '

He said this from the bottom of his heart. His own affairs had attracted the attention of the superiors. It was obviously impossible to continue to focus on attacking a marginal position like Qiaojiazhai as before.

When he arrived at the front line, Xia Yuan estimated that the division commander would definitely move him forward to the main offensive position of the Japanese army.

(End of this chapter)