The blood of the Anti-Japanese War stained the mountains and rivers

The wind was strong and the waves were rough, and the boat was bumping violently. Those veterans who were so strong on the land also had soft legs and pale faces.

After tossing the whole afternoon, the boat sailed in the dark and didn't know where it was. The old smoker simply found a place to sleep with a [-] rifle, but the boat was bumpy and woke up several times in the middle, and the boat didn't stop. .

"Company commander, wake up, wake up." The old smoker was shaken awake from his sleep by Tian San, the fat man. When he opened his eyes, it was already daylight.

"Are you there?" The old smoker looked around and asked.

The fat man shook his head and said: "Not yet, I guess there is still a distance, but there are dead people floating on the river over there."

When the old smoker heard what the fat man said, he immediately stood up to check. Sure enough, there were many dead people soaking in the water near the river bank. Many of them were still wearing gray military uniforms, so they should be soldiers.

They pulled a boatman to ask what was going on, and the boatman responded with no surprise: "A few days ago, a troop carrier was blown up by a devil plane. Those dead people should have fallen into the water and got stuck in the shallow water on the bank of the river. Most of them have been washed downstream."

Hearing what the boatman said, the old smoker was suddenly overwhelmed with a haze. It seems that it is not safe to stay on this boat. They are all landlubbers. Once they fall into the water, they will all die.

But as the saying goes, whatever you are afraid of, you will come here. The old smoker prayed that the ship would send them to their destination safely, but after a while, several Devil planes flew over along the river.

Hearing the sound of the roaring motor, everyone on the boat panicked and tried to dodge in a hurry, but they could dodge on Lu, but there was no place to hide on this boat, they just watched the devil plane roaring towards them.

Da da da—— da da da—Two strings of flames flew down from the sky, piercing through the roof of Old Smoker and his ship, revealing two rows of bright holes, two blood mist covered the boat, more than a dozen brothers Flesh was spattered by the machine gun bullets that flew in, and he wailed again and again.

Old Smoker hid quickly, bullets brushed past him, and a student soldier next to him was blown off his head, red and white splashed all over Old Smoker's face, ignoring the bloody smell that shot into his nose, Old Smoker Gun hastily yelled to stop those brothers who were desperate to jump off the boat. The Yangtze River is deep, and those who can't swim will die if they fall.

Although the old smoker yelled in time, a few of them still jumped down, only to see a large cloud of white spray, which soon disappeared, and the other brothers were so scared that they didn't dare to jump again.

There were not many devil planes, only six of them. A bomb was hit on the boat on the left of the old smokers. With a bang, a large group of flames exploded. The soldiers on the other ships shot fire in their eyes, cursed and raised their guns and began to shoot at the Devil's plane, but it was useless, the Devil's plane was still arrogant.

The fleet encountered a surprise attack by the Devil's plane, and suffered heavy losses. Two ships were bombed and sunk, and others also suffered losses. There were countless boards and corpses floating on the river, and the old smoker's mood became very bad.

Text Chapter 173 Battlefield

The pitted bomb craters are covered with black scorched earth, and dried blood can be seen everywhere. Most of the villages along the road have been razed to the ground by artillery fire, and the burning wood is still emitting black smoke. ?

Among the rubble, Old Smoker is leading his No.11 Company to advance in depth, and there are troops rushing forward behind and behind their company.

The squadron suffered heavy losses in the fierce battle in Shanghai in March and could not stop the violent attack of the devils. The retreating squadron lost the Kunming branch line one after another, and the Fushan line in Changshu. Only the Changzhou Jiangyin defense line remains.

Although the Nanjing government has moved its capital to Chongqing, and a large number of party and government agencies, schools, factories, and people have also begun to move, but Nanjing is the capital of the Republic of China after all. If it falls, it will not be able to explain to the people.

Jiangyin Fortress has now become the last strong line of defense outside Nanjing City. Since the battle of Songhu in August, a large number of Japanese warships have gathered on the river near Jiangyin Fortress to fight fiercely with the Chinese Navy, trying to attack Nanjing upstream.

At this moment, the Chinese navy is weak, and after several fierce battles, it also suffered heavy losses. In the end, the strong men had to sever their wrists and sink in the river. In addition, more than 100 merchant ships and fishing boats collected from various places sank in the Yangtze River, blocking the devil warship from going upstream. Attempts, but the Chinese navy has since been wiped out.

Because of the important strategic location of the Jiangyin Fortress, the government has built a large number of reinforced concrete fortifications after several years of operation. At this moment, it is densely covered with trenches and barbed wire. Coupled with the assistance of the fortress cannons, although the strength is not weak, but the military strength is Very scarce, only a few divisions such as 112 and 1o3.

After the Devils broke through the Wu Fu line of defense, their 13th Division had arrived at the outskirts of the Jiangyin Fortress and started a fierce battle with the 112th Division of the Chinese defenders.

The main force of the Chinese army fought fiercely in Shanghai in March. Most of the troops who were withdrawn were broken divisions, and there was a shortage of weapons and ammunition. It was an embarrassing battle. Jiangyin Fortress was in danger. Devil's attack pace.

"Stop advancing! Take shelter and rest on the spot!" The orderly's withered and thin body trotted past the team, and the hoarse voice spread far away.

The old smoker turned around and waved to his company, pointing to the nearby bomb crater and ordered: "Don't stand around stupidly, we all nest in the bomb crater."

Company No.11 originally had more than 80 people. When they were on the boat, they were shot and killed more than a dozen by devil planes. The remaining 70 or so people all fell into the bomb crater, just like driving ducks into the water. Old smoker very satisfied.

Those student soldiers who were eager to fight saw many dead people along the way, and they no longer had the excitement they had before. Many people have already started to retreat in their hearts, but since they have come to the battlefield, there is absolutely no reason to retreat. Tell them clearly, if anyone dares to be a deserter without authorization, he will definitely destroy him.

Facing the ferocious old smoker, the student soldiers respected and feared him. What they admired was his heroism in killing the enemy and his composure at the moment, but what they were afraid of was that he would actually shoot at his own people.

Although the student soldiers were holding their guns nervously and were terrified, the veterans in the company were making jokes with different accents and didn't take it seriously. The behavior of these veterans made the nervous student soldiers gradually less nervous up.

Old Smoker and the others rested here for almost two hours, nestled in the bomb crater, ate cold steamed buns, and waited until dark before giving the order to move on.

The team was moving forward in the dark night, the rumbling gunfire in front of them was fierce, those explosions flashed like lightning, and the air was mixed with the smell of gunpowder smoke, and the sky was also dark, I don't know what it was The rising smoke was still naively black.

Boom!Some shells fell into the marching team, and several soldiers were blown to pieces, and those who were injured were still twitching and screaming on the ground.

"Don't stop! Keep going!" The cold-faced officer surnamed Liu saw the team screaming and lying on the ground again, cursing and kicking the team to continue walking. As for the injured and screaming, they stayed where they were and waited for the stretcher team behind. .

The eyes of the old smoker swept across the night where the guns were rumbling, and went all the way to the burning position in front, where the guns were fierce, and they were very close to the battlefield at this moment.

The team didn't stop until they were about a mile away from the battlefield. Lying on the ground, they could already see the tongues of flames from the devil's machine gun in the distance.

Soon some troops from the front withdrew. They were dressed in rags as if they had been fished out of blood. They were covered in blood, and their faces were so black that they couldn't see clearly. Only their red eyes were exposed, which made the student soldiers For the first time, I saw the cruelty of war.

"Brother, are there many devils in front?" The smoker asked a soldier with gauze around his head to ask about the devils.

The soldier stopped and replied: "There are not many people, only a few hundred, but their firepower is very strong. We charged several times, and the brothers were almost wiped out." He said with a choked voice.

The old smoker patted the tearful soldier on the shoulder and resolutely comforted him: "Don't worry, we will take it down! Those brothers will not die in vain."

"Company Commander, Commander Liu asked you to go and take the mission." Fatty Tian Sanmao rushed over to report.

"Brothers, don't move, I'll go back when I go." The old smoker ordered the fat man, and walked away.

Behind the half-dilapidated wall, Old Smoker found the cold-faced officer, Commander Liu, who was using a flashlight to draw on the ground with a branch to assign tasks to other company commanders.

"The first company cooperates with the second company to attack from the left wing and take down the devil's artillery position."

"The third company, the fourth company, the fifth company, and the sixth company gathered their machine guns from the front and opened a gap for me!"

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Although Commander Liu is young, he is calm and composed in the face of the battlefield full of gunfire. Compared with Old Smoker and the other veterans, they are more calm and sophisticated. Idiot chief, otherwise many brothers will be killed.

"Old Smoker, the task of your No. 11 company is to kill these two firepower points and explode the safety of the assault force's flank."

"Yes!" Old Smoker took a few more glances at the scratched ground, and after confirming his company's mission, he hurried back to his company.

Old Smoker has fought a lot of battles over the years, and he has rich experience in both offense and defense. He fought against Devil soldiers when he was in Shanghai, and knows how powerful Devil soldiers are.

Now, 20% of his subordinates are newly recruited student soldiers, which are unreliable, so he is counting on the more than [-] veterans, so he concentrated all the only Czech light machine guns and grenades in the company into the hands of the veterans , to ensure the firepower of the assault.

Text Chapter 174 Charge!

The dark night was deep, and on the battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke, flares flew up from time to time. The flickering lights shone pale on the incomplete corpses in front of the position. The air was filled with gunpowder and blood. The companies responsible for counterattacking the position Lying quietly in the trenches and craters, waiting for the order to attack. ? ? ?

Most of the No.11 company where the old smoking gun is located are newly recruited student soldiers. They have never experienced war, but now that the troops are tense, they have to rush the ducks to the shelves and pull them up. Looking at the bloody soldiers in front of the position Corpse, their faces were tense, and their breathing was a little short.

The old smokers and other veterans are calm at the moment. After all, they have all rolled through the dead. It is not the first time they have experienced such a cruel war. They use the short time before the attack to check their weapons and ammunition in an orderly manner. The bayonets were loaded on the rifles, ready for the assault.

"We'll see what the veterans do later. Don't be afraid. The more you are afraid, the faster you will die." The old smoker smelled a smell of urine from his nose, and turned his head to see that the student soldier lying next to him couldn't help himself. Trembling, he shook his head helplessly, reached out and patted his shoulder encouragingly.

When the old smoker encouraged the student soldiers beside him, in the dark trench, other veterans were also cheering up the recruits beside him.

"Devils are beasts, so treat them like pigs, don't be afraid."

"A devil also has two shoulders on one head. If you shoot him, he will still die."