"Puchi, Guzi."

Xu Shijiu stepped into the muddy mud and water with one foot. When he pulled out the soles of his feet, the rubber-soled cloth shoes on his feet were left with only one upper left. His five toes, which had been soaked in mud, were exposed. He leaned over and took off the upper of the cloth shoes hanging on his ankles and threw them away. Xu Shijiu couldn't help but sigh again.

Xu Shijiu and more than 100 remaining soldiers from the 19th Brigade have been trekking in mud and water for more than a week. The cloth shoes he threw away just now are the last shoes of the entire brigade. From now on, the officers and soldiers of the entire 19th Brigade, including two female soldiers from the health team, have to walk barefoot.

Looking around, there are yellow waters around, and small earth buns float in the middle, like isolated islands.

After the Yellow River Dike at Huayuankou was blown up, the surging river water flooded down, and it obscured the entire eastern Henan overnight. Before the dike was broken, most of Xue Yue's eastern Henan Corps had withdrawn, but a small number of troops responsible for the rear of the hall were still unable to withdraw and were trapped in the flood. The 19th Brigade was also affected by the flood because it was responsible for the rear of the hall of the entire 58th Division.

Gao Shenxing, who was walking in the front, suddenly turned back and made continuous gestures to Xu Shijiu.

Xu Shijiu pulled out the box cannon and turned his head and shouted: "Everyone is hidden, ready to fight."

More than one hundred remaining soldiers suddenly dispersed, and then they all lay in the mud. Zhang Youquan climbed to Xu Shijiu with all the mud and water, and asked, "Captain, what's the matter?"

Xu Shijiu narrowed his eyes and stared at Gao Shenxing nearly a few hundred meters away. While reading the gesture, he said, "I found a little Japanese in front of him. There was a squad of more than a dozen Japanese soldiers, a crooked handle and two grenade launchers." Before he finished speaking, Xu Shijiu had already figured out how to fight this battle. He immediately called Zhang Youquan and Shu Tongwen to the front and ordered, "Old Zhang, you take the Second Company to surround the left, Awen, you take the Third Company to surround the right, the First Company, the Guard Platoon and the Engineer Platoon followed me in the middle."

Zhang Youquan and Shu Tongwen took the Second Company and the Third Company respectively, traversing mud and water to the left and right wings. When Xu Shijiu was about to set off with the First Company and the Guards, the artillery company commander Hu Jie rushed up and shouted: "Captain, let us have the artillery company come in this time. We can't always stay behind to watch the fun, right?"

In the battle of Dangshan, the 19th Brigade was completely destroyed, except for the artillery company.

Hu Jie's artillery company originally had more than 100 people. Although nearly half of the recruits were drawn away by Xu Shijiu, the foundation of the artillery company was still there, especially the four 92 infantry artillery and seven mm-caliber mortars, and there were still more than 200 shells. Even in the most difficult time, Hu Jie did not throw away these ammunition and equipment.

Xu Shijiu suffered a great loss from Japanese artillery on the battlefield in Songhu and Nanjing, so he cherished artillery very much. Over the past week, the 19th Brigade had encountered small groups of Japanese troops many times. Xu Shijiu was reluctant to use Hu Jie's artillery company as infantry envoys, so many veterans in the infantry company said strange things in private, saying that the artillery company was the troop leader's treasure gem, and Geda was in the northern dialect, which meant the youngest son, who was ridiculed as a treasure gem, and Hu Jie could not bear this?

"No, the artillery can't come." Xu Shijiu still refused flatly.

As a first-level commander, Xu Shijiu knew the huge role of artillery in war. Sometimes even a UUmm-caliber mortar may change the outcome of a battle. It is said that good steel should be used on the blade. Xu Shijiu would never be willing to use dozens of artillery companies, who already have certain artillery experience as infantry envoys.

After saying that, Xu Shijiu took the guard platoon and the 30th veteran in the company to rush up with mud and water. Hu Jie muttered a few words softly, but he could only give up. Duzi and a few big-headed soldiers were eager to fight and came up and asked, "Company Commander, how about it?" Hu Jie was not happy, and immediately said, "Go and go, stay wherever you are cool."

Xu Shijiu soon met with Gao Shenxing, who was the vanguard, and then climbed along the back of a small mound to the top of the mound. The height of the mound would never exceed ten meters, but it was already considered a high ground in the eastern Henan Plain of Yima Plain. Even so, half of it was immersed in the water, and landslides around the mound began to collapse.

There was artemisiae growing on the mound. Xu Shijiu poked his head out of the artemisiae and looked forward. There was a small village about a thousand meters away. However, the entire village had been soaked in the water. More than a dozen thatched huts or tiled houses were left with only the roofs exposed above the water. The dozen Japanese soldiers were trapped on these roofs.

Through the telescope, you can clearly see the appearance of these Japanese soldiers. Most of them looked tired and their eyes were dull. It was noon, and the sun was extremely vicious. Several Japanese soldiers were so thirsty that they were too thirsty. They didn't care how turbid the water overflowing Yellow River was. They didn't care whether they would get sick after drinking it. They all bent down from the eaves to drink muddy water.

To be honest, the breaking of the Yellow River dam did hinder the Japanese army on the Central Plains battlefield. Since the intelligence was not in place, the Japanese did not know in advance that the National Government would dig the Yellow River dam in a daze. So when Xue Yue's Eastern Henan Corps retreated, Kenji Doihara's 14th Division immediately bit up like a bone-bearing maggot, and was flooded by the eclipse of the Yellow River. The dozen or so Japanese soldiers in front were obviously the vanguard of a Japanese army. As soon as the flood came, they were blocked in this small village. I don't know how they survived these six or seven days.

Xu Shijiu put down his telescope and frowned and said, "This village should be in a depression. Judging from the flooded waterline of the house, the depth of the water accumulation is at least more than two meters. Otherwise, these dozen Japanese would not be trapped here. With such deep water accumulation and no boats or rafts, it is difficult to launch an attack directly."

"Captain, why don't you forget it?" Li Zihan said in a low voice.

"No, these dozen Japanese hit us with guns, so there is no reason to let go." Xu Shijiu refused flatly and turned around and ordered Heixiazi, "Heizi, go and call Hu Jie here." The Japanese army ahead was a thousand meters away, and there was no need to worry about the Japanese machine guns at such a long distance. Hu Jie's artillery could be artillery safely.

Hu Jie's artillery company came up quickly. Seeing such an excellent target, Hu Jie's eyes lit up. More than a dozen artillery soldiers who had some experience in artillery were even more excited. Duzi even took out a shell from the box, wiped it with the wet sleeves, and then took a step forward to stuff it into the mortar barrel that Hu Jie had just set up.

"Wait." At this critical moment, Xu Shijiu suddenly stopped Hu Jie and Duzi.

Gao Shenxing's hearing and vision were extremely sharp. He immediately turned his head and looked towards the sky in the northeast direction and said, "There is a Japanese opportunity."

Before they finished speaking, the faint roar was clearly heard. Everyone looked back quickly and saw a Japanese bomber emerging from the clouds in the northeast direction. The pattern of plaster painted under the wings was clearly visible. The dozen Japanese soldiers trapped in front also saw the Japanese aircraft, and they immediately got up, waving their hands excitedly and shouted.

The Japanese plane soon discovered the trapped Japanese soldiers. They first lowered the height and then circled the village that was submerged by the flood twice. Finally, they found the right angle and dropped six boxes of military supplies. The Japanese pilot was really amazing now. Five boxes of military supplies fell accurately on the roof, and only one box fell into the water at the angle.

These dozen Japanese soldiers were obviously trapped for many days, and they were all so hungry that they could not care about the friendship between comrades. They rushed to eat like hungry tigers, rushing to eat the five boxes of military supplies. Two Japanese soldiers were trapped alone on the roof of a spear-thatued house. In desperation, they threw water and rushed to the supply box soaked in water. As a result, they suddenly remembered that they could not swim, but they slapped in two thunders and then disappeared into the muddy water.

Seeing the little Japanese eating canned beef from a thousand meters away, Xu Shijiu suddenly felt hungry. Hei blind man, calf and several tall and strong big-headed soldiers were even more like thunder. The other officers and soldiers also swallowed their saliva, and their eyes were straightened. They had basically never had a full meal this week.

The bomber of the Japanese flew away after airdropping supplies. Obviously, there were many Japanese soldiers trapped in the flood like this, and the Japanese air force could not rescue them at all. Before the North China Front Army urgently allocated motorboats and rubber boat troops arrived, the only thing the air force could do was airdrop supplies to prevent these trapped Japanese soldiers from starving to death.

The calf rubbed his stomach that was so hungry that it hurts a little, and said in a hurry: "Captain, fight and let them eat."

"What to beat?" Xu Shijiu said angrily, "As soon as the shells pass, the little Japanese is done, but those boxes of canned beef and cakes are finished. This is what little Japanese respects us, so how can it be ruined?"

As soon as Xu Shijiu said this, the eyes of the dozens of officers and soldiers behind the mound lit up. They were originally still looking listless, but in a blink of an eye, they all became energetic, as if the six or seven boxes of canned beef and cakes had been placed in front of them, waiting for him to feast.

However, the little Japanese would not hand over the supplies themselves. If they want to seize their supplies, they had to get rid of them. However, these dozen Japanese soldiers were trapped in a village that was like an isolated island. It was not easy to get rid of them. Xu Shijiu pondered for a moment. The terrain here was not good, and there was no other way to imagine except for a strong attack.

At that moment, Xu Shijiu selected more than a dozen water-conscious soldiers from the First Company, the guard platoon and the engineer platoon, and then wades directly into the small village a thousand meters away. Almost at the same time, Zhang Youquan and Shu Tongwen also appeared on the left and right wings of the small village with more than a water-conscious soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers who were feasting immediately discovered the national army and began to scream. An officer pulled out his shiny sword and yelled at him. More than a dozen Japanese soldiers quickly put down the canned food and pancakes in their hands, and raised their large covers and squatted on the roof to fire their guns here. However, the distance was too far, and they were not sure at all.
Chapter completed!