After a day of fierce battle, Luodian inevitably lost again.

The 58th Division used the method of expanding the defense depth to indeed weaken the lethality of the Japanese artillery fire, but inevitably weakened the defense of the national army on each defense line. In the evening, Luodian fell, and the two regiments of 343 and 347 suffered nearly a thousand casualties. Moreover, since the position was occupied by the Japanese army, the casualties were basically killed in battle!

However, the Japanese army also paid a heavy price of more than 300 people killed and injured more than 600 people. The 1st infantry brigade of the Hezhi Regiment, who was responsible for the main attack, was basically crippled.

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Shi Xianggong Temple, the 19th Brigade station.

The veterans of the 19th Brigade were already in an uproar and were very happy. In addition to the commendation from the division headquarters, the Songhu Security Command had just transferred hundreds of letters from the family. Whether those who were killed or not, Yi Guna sent them all. The military pay for the two months was also sent for the past two months, and each soldier of the big heads was two and a half yuan.

It's fine if the military pay is on the battlefield, and there is no place to spend it for the time being, but the letters from home made the veterans of the 19th Brigade very happy. The literate veterans hid in a corner with their letters, crying and laughing while reading, while the illiterate veterans begged the literate ones to read, because there are too many people, and they are waiting eagerly.

It is difficult for people who have never been a soldier or have never been on the battlefield to understand the complex mood of these big-headed soldiers at this moment.

With his own hand, he got rid of several veterans who begged him to help him study for his family. He hid in the corner alone, and then took out a letter from his pocket with one hand with one hand. The envelope read "Du Jiahui, the Independent 19th Brigade of the Shanghai Security Corporation, was neatly crafted and regular script. Looking at this line of regular script, he was both happy and sad with his own hand.

The only hand was very clear. The wife who stayed in her hometown was not literate. She must have written this letter from Mr. Liu in the village. In order to beg Mr. Liu to write a letter from Mr. Liu, she probably gave away all the eggs she had saved for half a year.

The solo hand did not rush to tear open the envelope, but pinched it twice through the envelope. After confirming that the envelope was not just the letter paper, the seal was opened with confidence. As the one hand expected, the first one to slide out the envelope was indeed a photo. The photo was a pink little guy sitting in the stroller, and the little cock between his legs was clearly visible.

Looking at the photo of his son silently, tears quickly spilled out of the corners of his eyes with his only hand.

"Team alone, is this your son?" I don't know when Ergua sat behind the one hand.

The veterans around him looked excited, but Ergua looked a little dim, because he had not received the letter from home, so he could not have received the letter from home. Since he could remember, he had been wandering and begging in Shanghai alone. That time he was bitten by the wolf dog of the Japanese ronin. If Xu Shijiu had not passed by and rescued him, his bones would have sank to the bottom of the Huangpu River.

"Well, my son, I'm just one year old today." Nodded with his own hand, shook the letter pressed under the photo, and said proudly, "I'll call you dad."

"Tsk, it's really good." Ergua exclaimed and asked again, "What's the name?"

Looking at the photo with one hand, he replied happily: "Da Ming hasn't thought about it yet, his nickname is Dudu."

"Dudu?" Ergua grinned, "The little guy looks chubby, it's really appropriate."

The one-handed giggled twice, and suddenly sighed again: "Dudu can call me dad, but I have never seen what my dad looks like, and..."

The second half of the words of the One Hand were lighter, and he didn't even hear them clearly. However, Ergua guessed what the One Hand wanted to say. The Battle of the One Hand was in full swing, and hundreds of officers and soldiers died every day. No one dared to say that he would definitely see tomorrow's sunrise alive. Dudu would probably never have the chance to see his father.

Ergua turned her eyes and suddenly saw Shu Tongwen carrying a camera in the crowd. She said happily: "Crossman, please ask Tongwen to take a photo for you, and you will send it back to your home when the photos are washed out."

"Huh?" The sole hand was overjoyed when he heard this, "Yes, yes, take a picture."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Shijiu's voice suddenly came from the front: "Old man!"

"Oh, here we are here." He used his son's photo and letter paper to put his envelope in his pocket, and got up and ran over. Xu Shijiu saw Ergua again in a blink of an eye and said, "Ergua, come too."

"Captain, what's the matter?" Ergua held the helmet on her head and ran to Xu Shijiu happily.

Xu Shijiu patted Ergua on the shoulder and said to the one-eyed dragon gathered in front of him, Gao Shenxing and Ergua: "It's still about reconnaissance behind enemy lines. Old Du, you and Ergua are in the same group, Along and Shenxing are in the same group, but this time it's not as good as before. The little Japanese suffered several losses in a row. We will definitely increase our vigilance tonight. You must act carefully."

One-eyed dragon said: "Captain, don't worry, I am familiar with the terrain of this area."

The sole hand also said: "Aaron is right, this is the ground of China after all."

"Anyway, you have to be careful. It is important to detect the enemy situation, but it is even more important to protect yourself." After that, Xu Shijiu punched each of his chest with one hand, one-eyed dragon, Gao Shenxing and Ergua, and then waved, "Go."

"Yes!" The four of them stood attentively and saluted, turned around and merged into the endless darkness.

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Luodian, the frontier position of the Japanese army.

A ragged "National Army" was quietly approaching Zhenxi Shiqiao under the cover of night. What was shocking was that the Japanese guard post guard guarding the stone bridge at the head of the stone bridge not only did not stop it, but even took the initiative to move the roadblocks to release it. The Japanese lieutenant, led by the leader, stood attentively and bowed to the captain of the Kuomintang.

Of course, this team of "national army" is not real, but is made by the Japanese army.

In fact, this is the 11th Division's direct special forces led by Major Lin Taro.

The reconnaissance of the Kuomintang is purely reconnaissance. The purpose is to understand the Japanese army's troops deployment and firepower configuration, and provide accurate information for the night counterattack of the large army. Therefore, only a small number of elite troops are enough to be competent. The Japanese army tried to harass and sneak attacks the Kuomintang army through the night infiltration of the special forces, which required a small elite force.

After passing through the stone bridge, Lin Taro squatted down on a cotton field, then raised his right hand and clenched his fist. The Japanese soldiers No. 70 or 80 who followed silently behind him squatted down one after another. The three vanguard teams quickly dispersed and set up cordons in front and on both sides.

Lin Taro called the three squadron leaders to the front and whispered in Chinese: "From now on, our number is the 3rd Battalion of the 583rd Regiment of the 98th Division of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army. We just broke out from Baoshan County. We lost our direction because it was dark and lost so we came to Luodian by chance. I am your battalion commander Yao Ziqing. Do you remember it?"

The three squadron leaders obviously learned Chinese and answered in Chinese: "Remember."

Lin Taro nodded with satisfaction, raised his right hand and pointed forward. The Japanese soldiers from 70 to 80 behind him were divided into three echelons and moved forward in turn, and soon disappeared under the night sky.

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Shi Xianggong Temple, the artillery camp position directly under the 58th Division.

The Artillery Battalion has five companies, one infantry company, one flat-fire gun company, one mountain cannon company and two mortar companies, but the flat-fire gun company was detained by Chen Cheng.

Under the night, the battalion commander Grevi was asking the soldiers to remove the disguise of ten Bufus mountain cannons.

Cai Zhonghu is known as the only artillery expert in the national army. That is really not a fool. As Cai Zhonghu's disciple, Ge Ruiwei is also well versed in disguise. Most farmers in the Songhu area implement the two-season rotation of wheat and cotton, so there are piles of wheat haystacks everywhere in the cotton fields, so Ge ​​Ruiwei disguised the mountain cannons as wheat haystacks.

If you don’t observe carefully near, it will be difficult to find flaws based on long-distance observation or aerial reconnaissance of meteorological observation soldiers alone. Because of the lessons of the 8th Army hiding mountain cannons into the bamboo forest, the Japanese reconnaissance aircraft also placed the reconnaissance and bombing centers on nearby bamboo forests and woods, and did not find that the artillery position of the 58th Division was located on this open land.

When Grevi was wiping the cannon barrel with a linen, two figures walked towards him far away. When they got closer, they found out that it was Hu Jie, the commander of the mortar company, and Xu Shijiu, the commander of the 19th Brigade.

Grevi held his feet attentively and saluted meticulously. No matter what, Xu Shijiu was an army colonel.

Xu Shijiu replied to the military salute and said bluntly: "Brother Ruiwei, I want to borrow Company Commander Hu and a few mortars to explain the mortar shoulder-mounted firing skills to the veterans of the 19th Brigade. Look..."

Grevi showed a smile on his face. The 19th Brigade played well in this battle early this morning. Whether it was the attack on Luodian or the blocking of the Western Front Bridge, the two mortar companies that cooperated with the 19th Brigade performed well. Yu Jishi, who had been promoted to commander of the 74th Army, called himself and praised him fiercely.

However, what Grevi admires the most is that Xu Shijiu can actually carry a mortar on his shoulder and aim straight. To be honest, this is really a difficult technical job. If you don’t master the temperature well, you will die.

"No problem." Grevi nodded happily and ordered Hu Jie again, "I'll leave it to you."

"Yes!" Hu Jie stood attentively, saluted, and then turned around and left after Xu Shijiu.

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In the darkness, Lin Taro raised his right hand and clenched his fist again. The special forces members who were following him quickly scattered and alerted all directions. In a moment, the three captains under him came to Lin Taro.

Lin Taro made a gesture. A Japanese soldier had already covered the heads of four people with a cloak. Lin Taro took out the map from his bag and spread it on the ground. He flashed a flashlight and said to the map: "The task assigned by the division commander to our special operations brigade is to find and destroy the artillery position of the Chinese army in front of Luodian.

According to the information provided by the aviation and meteorological scouts, and the caliber and range of the Hechina artillery, I have circled three suspicious areas on the map, namely Area A, Area B and Area C, Kobayashi Sang. You lead the 2nd team to search for Area A, Murakami Sang, you lead the 3rd team to search for Area B, Nishimura Sang, you lead the 1st team to search for Area C with me."

Under the cloak, the three Japanese devils turned their heads at the same time and said, "Hayi."

Lin Taro extinguished the flashlight, lifted his cloak, and gestured to the two squadron leaders. The two squadron leaders turned their heads again, and then they each took more than 20 Japanese soldiers to separate.

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Shi Xianggong Temple, the artillery camp position directly under the 58th Division.

After doing the daily maintenance of the two mountain cannons by himself, Ge Ruiwei got idle and sent a circle of cigarettes to his several company commanders, then lit a cigarette with the mountain cannon and started smoking happily.

The mountain cannon company commander was smoking a cigarette and asked Grevi, "Battleman, I heard that the captain of the 19th Brigade can also carry a mortar on his shoulder and aim straight? This is really evil, this is Instructor Cai's unique skill!"

Grevi said: "What kind of unique skills? Instructor Cai never hides his own personal skills. Five years ago, when Instructor Cai was a small boss in a sponge mill in Shanghai, he was invited to teach artillery technology to the artillery unit of the 19th Route Army. Xu Shijiu was from the 19th Route Army. Most of the time he learned artillery technology from Instructor Cai."

"It turns out that he is also a disciple of Instructor Cai." The commander of the mountain cannon company said, "No wonder."

Grevi smiled. Instructor Cai had more disciples, but there were not many people who could carry mortars on their shoulders and shoot straight. Xu Shijiu was not from an artillery, nor did he go to a military academy to study artillery courses. It was not easy to do this. However, since he was from the 19th Route Army, he would have avoided making friends.
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