Chapter 1315: Those who carry firewood should not be frozen and killed in the wilderness

Author: Lao Zhe

Chapter 1315: Those who carry firewood should not be frozen and killed in the wilderness

The moment the gunfire sounded, many people on the Chinese front looked to the east, including brigade commander Liu Chengyi and his guard company commander Shang Zhen.

The reason is that Shang Zhen and some people were accompanying the brigade commander Liu Chengyi to inspect the front line.

The 337th Brigade rushed to a thousand miles in a hurry, but there was no war after arriving, so Wang Laomao even complained about this.

However, even if you complain, it would not change the reality. The 337th Brigade began to build fortifications on the east bank of the Baisha River.

The Japanese army came from the east, why did the 337th Brigade build positions on the east coast? Do they also learn from ancient China's battle against the water?

Of course that is impossible!

Fighting on the back is a matter of the ancient cold weapons era. Both the enemy and us used cold weapons. The side that fought on the back is forced to death, and they could only live in death.

But it is not possible now. Nowadays, it is the era of hot weapons, not to mention that the Japanese army has an absolute firepower advantage. If they dare to fight against the enemy, they will not want to fight again in the future.

As for why they don’t want to fight again, do you still need to ask? With the superior firepower of the Japanese army, they will sooner or later live and die with their positions!

There are three reasons why Liu Chengyi ordered the construction of fortifications on the east bank of Baisha River.

One is that the terrain is favorable and there are large areas of low mountains.

One is because Gaocheng is on the east bank of the river, and they can rely on Gaocheng to fight street battles with the Japanese army.

The last one is because the Baisha River is just a tributary of the Huai River after all, and some sections of the river can wader across the river without a boat, so it is not a dead end. Even if the 337th Brigade on the east bank is lost, it can retreat to the west bank and then attack the Japanese army across the river.

So after arriving at the Baisha River line, the 337th Brigade was always digging trenches to do fortifications. Just when the guard post in front was shooting at the Japanese scout, Liu Chengyi and the others were in the trenches in the main position behind.

The gunshots in front were messy but not dense, so an officer told Liu Chengyi his judgment, and that officer was the company commander of Ge Changli's squad in front.

A few minutes later, a soldier ran over from the front to report the situation. The soldier was the soldier named Tiezi who was sent back by Ge Changli to report the news.

"Brig Commander, let's go back?" Li Xiang, the chief of staff who accompanied Liu Chengyi to inspect the front line, suggested.

Liu Chengyi ignored Li Xiang's suggestion and instead looked at the guards' telescope and observed forward.

Seeing that Liu Chengyi didn't want to go back, Li Xiang winked at Shang Zhen who was standing next to him.

There were only a small group of Japanese troops in front of him. Li Xiang would certainly not let Shang Zhen lead the brigade commander back to the rear. He just wanted Shang Zhen to persuade Liu Chengyi.

But before Shang Zhen could persuade him, everyone saw someone running back in the bare stone mountain ahead.

Liu Chengyi frowned. What's going on?

But when the second soldier appeared in front of Liu Chengyi and the others and began to report the situation ahead, his brows became deeper and deeper as the soldier told him.

Logically speaking, the Japanese army was in the open, and the squad in charge of Ge Changli's vigilance was in the secret. Although there were a few more Japanese troops than Ge Changli's squad, it was better to take action first, and Ge Changli's squad would not suffer any loss.

According to the second soldier's account, this was indeed the case at the beginning. Their squad still killed several Japanese soldiers.

But who would have thought that their squad had only gained the advantage when firing the first shot. When the Japanese army began to fight back, they were at a disadvantage when the enemy and us started shooting at each other. They were also responsible for covering the Japanese army on the open side, and they also had no power to fight back.

In just a few minutes, Ge Changli's squad killed several Japanese soldiers. However, except for Tiezi who came back to report the news first and the soldier who had just run back, six people had already died on the mountain. The two people who stayed, including the squad leader Ge Changli, were injured. They could not move and could only hold on the spot.

There is only one reason for saying a thousand words, that is, the Japanese army’s marksmanship is too accurate!

In the story of this soldier, everyone present imagined the scene: when the squad was indeed taking advantage of the first platoon of guns at the Japanese army, but when the remaining and distant Japanese troops began to shoot at them, most of them were shot almost at the same time, as if the Japanese army had also ambushed them by the enemy and us.

"A platoon leader, you can take people to rescue Ge Changli and the others, and you may destroy the remaining Japanese devils!" At this time, the company commander ordered.

The brigade commander was right in front of him, and the company commander didn't expect that if his squad had not run back two, he would have been wiped out by the Japanese army in an instant!

This is a Japanese army's slap in the face. There are two wounded people on it, but he has to save him.

This is the situation now. The Japanese army does not have many troops. It seems that they are just Japanese scammers. Not to mention whether they can destroy this group of Japanese scammers, it is impossible to rescue the two wounded people on the stone mountain in front of them!

There were so few Japanese soldiers, and it was definitely a morale that he didn't even dare to save the wounded. Although he didn't know how seriously Ge Changli and that soldier were injured, the death after he came back was the same as he was not afraid to send someone to rescue him and was killed there before he died. The impact on morale was absolutely different.

The platoon leader who received the order ran down the mountain with his soldiers, but at this time the brigade commander Liu Chengyi suddenly said without warning: "Shang Zhen, you will take your people over."

"Ah?" Shang Zhen was stunned and looked happy, but his body moved instinctively for a while, then he hurriedly looked at Chief of Staff Li Xiang again.

"Is the brigade commander inappropriate?" Li Xiang said hurriedly.

Shang Zhen is now the company commander of the guard company. He brought about a dozen people to protect Liu Chengyi, who inspected the frontier positions. Is there anything wrong with Liu Chengyi doing this? Is it necessary to ask?

"Those who carry the firewood for everyone should not be allowed to freeze and die in the wilderness." Liu Chengyi said this with sigh.

His words stunned the people around him again, and then he went down the telescope in his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go back!"

Then he ignored others and went left along the trench, where there was an exit for the trench.

When Liu Chengyi moved, his personal bodyguard Luan Zhengwu naturally followed him.

But the rest of the people were stunned again, saying that all the commands of the army should be concise and easy to understand, but who knew that a brigade commander made such a sentence at this time?

Mr. Li Xiang is with Liu Chengyi. He usually hears Liu Chengyi muttering this sentence, so he naturally understands what this sentence means.

He already understood what Liu Chengyi meant, but when Li Xiang looked at Shang Zhen again, he saw that Shang Zhen had waved his hand and said, "Go! You must save our two brothers!"

After saying that, Shang Zhen stretched out his hand but took up the Type 38 rifle of a Northeast soldier who was placed on the trench beside him, pressing the edge of the trench and jumped out. Then he came out of the trench and said, "Go back to you!"

When Shang Zhen moved, the dozen soldiers he brought followed and jumped out of the trench.

After Li Xiang looked at Shang Zhen’s back in surprise, he turned around and followed Liu Chengyi.
Chapter completed!