Start with Four Lines Warehouse

Chapter 1
The Battle of Songhu (also known as the August [-]th Battle, the Second Songhu War of Resistance, Japan called the Second Shanghai Incident), was the first large-scale battle between China and Japan in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and it was also the battle that took place throughout the Sino-Japanese War. The largest and bloodiest battle ever fought.

The Battle of Songhu began on August 1937, 8. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Chiang Kai-shek took the initiative to counterattack in Shanghai in order to change the direction of Japanese invasion from north to south to east to west for long-term combat.A total of about 13 million troops from China and Japan went into battle. The battle itself lasted for three months. The Japanese army invested more than 100 people in 8 divisions and 2 brigades, and announced that more than 20 people were killed or injured; The Corps, 4th Division, 87th Division, 88 Divisions and 148 Brigades had more than 62 people. According to their own statistics, there were 80 casualties.

In the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses due to the tenacious resistance of the Kuomintang. For China, this battle marked the real start of an undeclared war between the two countries and a full-scale war. The regional conflict after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident escalated into a full-scale war. , And completely smashed Japan's "three months to destroy China" plan.

—————Introduction to the Battle of Songhu

On October 1937, 10, Yang Ruifu, the commander of the first battalion of the 26th Regiment of the 88nd Brigade of the 88th Division, who had fought bloody battles with the Japanese in the Shanghai area for two months, received a transfer order and went from Zhabei to command the [-]th Division. The Sixing Warehouse of the Ministry of Defense held on for seven days to cover the retreat of the whole army.Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jinyuan, deputy head of the May [-]th Regiment, was appointed as the supreme officer to command the battle.

At night, the autumn rain continued, and the four-row warehouse was brightly lit.

The Sixing Warehouse is a warehouse building located on the north bank of the Suzhou River, at the northwest corner of the New Garbage Bridge, that is, the XZ Road Bridge. .It was the tallest and largest building in Zhabei area at that time, and it was built very solidly.

Therefore, it is also regarded as the place where the last face of the Songhu Battle is located.

"Report to the head of the regiment! There are patriots who have come to help. It seems that he is a good player!" Yang Ruifu, the commander of the first battalion, reported to the head of the regiment Xie Jinyuan who was standing in the corridor on the fourth floor thinking.

"Huh? So sure? How do you know if he is a spy? Can you guarantee it!" Xie Jinyuan, who came back to his senses, asked Yang Ruifu, and he became more and more severe.

"I haven't seen anyone with a Japanese commanding saber as a spy. How about we drive him back?" Yang Ruifu asked Xie Jinyuan with the typical enthusiasm of Tianjin people with a teasing expression on his face. road.

"Jieqing, just read my joke! Hurry up and invite people in!" Xie Jinyuan looked at Yang Ruifu who was giggling with embarrassment and replied.

"Yes, Captain!" After Yang Ruifu finished speaking, he hurried downstairs to pick up people.

At this time, Ma Chao, who had been standing outside the warehouse for a while, was looking at the soldiers who were building fortifications, while recalling the whole story of the defense of the Sixing Warehouse.

As a soldier in the new era, he is not familiar with this period of history, but he is not unfamiliar either.Recalling the more than ten years of living in the army, he has studied and deduced all the battles of the War of Resistance.

"This time, let me personally weigh some little devils." Ma Chao said this with confidence. Before crossing, he was the youngest chief of staff of the National Class A Infantry Division, and he himself served in the special forces experience.So, at this time.There may be soldiers stronger than him, but they will never appear on the battlefield in Asia.

"What's more, the cheat is still there, and it's too tough to explain. Hmph." Looking at the gray express delivery option on the lottery system, a smile appeared on the corner of Ma Chao's mouth.

"Brother, don't stay outside in the rain, come in!" Yang Ruifu, who was ordered to pick up the man, said while making gestures to lead Ma Chao into the warehouse.

Xie Jinyuan, who was standing on the fourth floor, watched Yang Ruifu pull a young man in a black raincoat through the window through the door on the first floor, then turned and went back into the house.

On the first floor, Zhu Shengzhong, who was leaning against the corner and smoking a cigarette, silently watched Ma Chao who was led in by Yang Ruifu, squinting his eyes.After watching Xie Jinyuan enter Xie Jinyuan's office, he snorted softly, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and his disdain was beyond words.

In the office on the fourth floor, Xie Jinyuan was leaning on the table, smoking a cigarette, and quietly staring at Ma Chao who was led in by Yang Ruifu.

Perhaps, tomorrow's battle has put him under a lot of pressure, and he has undone two disciplinary buckles on his military uniform.

"Little brother, I heard from Jie Qing that you are here to help in the battle? You know, on the battlefield, bullets have no eyes, and life and death depend on fate! This is no joke!" Xie Jinyuan stared at the somewhat tender Ma Chao Said lightly.

Xie Jinyuan originally thought that he would be a warrior who would survive a hundred battles, but he didn't expect that after Ma Chao took off his raincoat, a little boy with a slightly thin figure and a bookish face appeared.Xie Jinyuan couldn't bear it, so he decided to persuade him to leave.

"If you just get hotheaded and feel that you can use one against a hundred and turn the tide like in the drama, then I still hope you leave on your own, so as not to lose your life!"

Listening to Xie Jinyuan's words, Ma Chao didn't make a rebuttal, but quietly walked to the desk behind him, first pulled out the Japanese command saber in his hand, and then drew the Japanese command saber inscribed on the chrysanthemum and the inscription. Face up, put it on the table, and then took something out of the pocket.

First, there is a tightly wrapped round object. You can guess what it is from the blood stains on the wrapped coarse cloth, and it is placed next to the command knife. This should be regarded as a sense of Return it to its original owner.

Then there is the plaster gun flag of the Japanese army squad, and then several pairs of epaulets, two telescopes and a combat map.Then he took out a Major's military ID card from his coat pocket, unfolded it and placed it next to the ball that was still oozing blood.

Xie Jinyuan and Yang Ruifu looked at the trophies that Ma Chao took out, with extremely shocked expressions on their faces.If what Ma Chao showed was true, then this meant that he had killed at least one patrol team of the Japanese army!
For the two of them, a soldier who can kill a little devil one-on-one on the battlefield is already an elite soldier.After all, there is a huge difference in the physical fitness of the soldiers on both sides, which is a recognized fact.

Under normal circumstances, if you want to eliminate a little devil, you basically need two or even three or four to fight off one.Physical fitness is one aspect, and weapons and equipment are another aspect.After all, the gap in national strength is obvious.

Therefore, seeing these things that Ma Chao took out, one can imagine the shock to the two.Don't worry about these things being pulled out by Ma Chao from the dead on the battlefield. You must know that cleaning the battlefield is the privilege of the victor.

There is also the saber engraved with chrysanthemums. You must know that only the Japanese royal family can use chrysanthemums as decorations to prove their identity.Perhaps for the high-level government at this time, the combination of the head, the knife and the certificate meant nothing more than a perfect fig leaf.

"I think these are enough to prove my strength. Commander Xie, what do you think?"

"Brother, it's amazing! I apologize for what I said just now, please don't worry about it." Xie Jinyuan responded awkwardly.

"Brother, Captain Xie has no malicious intentions. If you mind, I will apologize to you together with him." After speaking, Yang Ruifu stood still like Ma Chao and saluted.

After Xie Jinyuan saw it, he hurriedly saluted together.

Seeing this, Ma Chao's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly stopped him.You know, these two are absolute national heroes.Although he said that he was angry just now, it was just the kind of displeasure of being underestimated, nothing else.

If other traversers knew that he dared to manipulate these two, he was afraid that his ancestral grave would be dug up.

"Aren't you two embarrassing me, put it down quickly, put it down quickly." Ma Chao blushed anxiously.

"Hahahaha" Xie Jinyuan and the two looked at Ma Chao's embarrassing look at this time, and couldn't help laughing.

"I don't know what's the matter with you coming here at this time, Brother Ma." After laughing, Xie Jinyuan said to Ma Chao.

"That's right, Commander Xie, I was originally an overseas Chinese in Nanyang. I was studying in the UK before. When I heard that there was another war with Little Japan, my father was very angry. I planned to return to China to participate in the exhibition, but I was old, so I did it for him. To be loyal to the country, return to the country to join the war," Ma Chao said.

(End of this chapter)