When he arrived outside the town, Chu Yuner waved the horse whip and whipped Wang Erxiong hard on the head. Wang Erxiong screamed and sat on the ground with his head covered.

Chu Yuner clamped her legs and ran with two orderly soldiers.

Chu Yun'er knew that there were more than 100 Japanese soldiers, while Xu Dalong and others had only a dozen. Somehow, she was very worried about Xu Dalong's safety at this moment.

She was anxious and kept whipping her mounts. The red horse was in pain and ran desperately.

The Chief Officer of the Second World War Zone of Qiulin Town.

In the war room, a colonel combat staff member heard the phone ringing. He picked up the phone, listened for a while, and said, "I understand, I will report to the chief immediately."

He came to a lieutenant general of the Jinsui Army and said, "Shen Zuo, Yucheng reported to him that the Japanese 216th Brigade had left the barracks and his whereabouts were unknown."

The Chief of Staff hurriedly went to look at the combat map. He said to himself in confusion: "The Japanese army in the direction of Yucheng has also been dispatched. What are they going to do?"

After thinking about it, he said, "Order the frontline troops to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army and report them immediately if there is any situation."

The combat staff was about to convey the order when they heard someone shouting a report at the door.

The combat staff went to the door and took a woman in, who walked towards the chief of staff.

The chief of staff looked at the woman in confusion, not understanding what she was going to do.

The woman is Chu Yun'er, she said: "Sir, my father is Secretary-General Chu, and my brother is Chu Yunfei, the leader of the 358th Regiment."

This time, Chu Yuner became smart and reported her name first to prove her identity.

She continued: "I met a Japanese army disguised as the Jinsui Army on the road, with about 100 people. They are now heading towards the Fenhe Bridge. According to intelligence analysis, the Japanese army in the Yucheng direction may rush to Qiulin Town, so please take precautions early."

The chief of staff asked, “Where did you get the information?”

Chu Yuner said: "It was the conclusion drawn by the analysis of the independent regiment of a brigade of the Eighth Route Army that they have now tracked the group of Japanese devils who disguised as the Jinsui Army."

The Chief of Staff had some impression of the Independent Corps, and he said, "Is the Independent Corps whose leader is Li Yunlong?"

Chu Yuner said: "Yes, the one who tracks the Japanese is the Independent Corps' Special Service Company."

After hearing this, the Chief of Staff came to the battle map again. He looked carefully and asked, "Do you know where these Japanese came from?"

Chu Yuner said: "They came from Xiao Gushan."

The Chief of Staff used his finger to draw a line along Yucheng, Xiaogushan and Qiulin Town, and suddenly understood. He said, "No, the Japanese are likely to come to attack Qiulin Town. He immediately ordered the 69th Army to intercept and notify the direct agencies of the Chief Office to prepare for transfer.

Order the Chief Security Guards to go to the Fenhe Bridge immediately. If the Japanese have seized the Fenhe Bridge, they must retake the Fenhe Bridge at any cost."

With the series of orders issued by the Chief of Staff, the Chief Office suddenly became busy.

The Chief of Staff said to Chu Yuner: "Miss Chu is so thankful. Secretary-General Chu really gave birth to a good daughter. You go home to rest first. After this battle, I will come to my door to thank you in person."

After Chu Yun'er left, the combat staff put down the phone and said worriedly: "Shengzu, the phone number of the bridge guards is no longer available. It seems that something must have happened there."

The Chief of Staff was also very anxious. He said: "The Fenhe Bridge is crucial. Once it is blown up by the Japanese army, all retreat routes will be cut off.

Staff Officer Li, you rush to the Fenhe Bridge in person, and be sure to ensure the safety of the Fenhe Bridge."

"Yes." Staff Li saluted the Chief of Staff, turned around and left quickly.

The Chief of Staff guessed correctly that something had happened to the Fenhe Bridge.

Just half an hour ago, the guards of the Fenhe Bridge saw a Jinsui army coming.

The sentry guarding the bridge was very vigilant. Although they saw that the Jinsui Army was driving, they still asked them to stop advancing 50 meters away and then asked their orders.

Ken Fujiwara had no idea what the Jinsui Army's order was today. He raised his hand and shot him, knocking the questioning Jinsui Army sentry to the ground, and then led the advancing team to pounce towards the bridge.

The troops guarding the bridge were an infantry company of the 69th Army. Since the Fenhe Bridge was in the rear, the War of Resistance began for several years, and no Japanese appeared here. Therefore, their defense was very relaxed. Most of the officers and soldiers were in tents, rolling dices and pushing Paijiu there, and only a few on-duty personnel were guarding the fortifications.

The sudden attack made them mess up.

On both sides of the bridgehead, there were defensive positions built with sandbags. The officers and soldiers of the Jinsui army guarding the fortifications saw the Japanese rushing over and fired at them with machine guns.

The Japanese were fearless. Although people were constantly shot and fell to the ground, they still rushed over. They ran and shot, and when they reached within 30 meters of the fortification, they kept throwing grenades.

Several grenades exploded in the fortifications made of sandbags. The machine gunners of the Shanxi Sui army were blown away together with heavy machine guns. The Japanese officers and soldiers rushed to the front of the bridge in an instant.

Fortunately, it was during the day. The company commander of the Jinsui Army led the soldiers out of the tent, jumped into the fortifications, and shot the Japanese soldiers in a burst of gunfire, hoping to block the Japanese attack.

But the Japanese army was too close and they rushed up quickly. The Japanese army's firepower was very fierce. This time they brought 12 crooked machine guns. The Japanese army on this side of the bridge had eight light machine guns. The Japanese soldiers lined up in front with light machine guns, and the fierce firepower made the officers and soldiers of the Shanxi-Sui army overturn.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the company commander of the Jinsui Army immediately ran towards the other end of the bridge with the remaining troops. They hoped to rely on the fortifications on the other side of the bridge to block the Japanese attack.

At this moment, the Japanese squadron leader also led the Japanese army crossing the river to launch an attack from the other side of the bridge.

The officers and soldiers of the Shanxi-Suizhou Army suffered heavy losses.

In less than ten minutes, more than 120 officers and soldiers from a company of the Jinsui Army were wiped out by the Japanese army.

Due to the strong attack, the Japanese army also lost more than 20 soldiers.

After occupying the bridge, Ken Fujiwara immediately organized troops to repair fortifications for defense. At the same time, he ordered the engineers brought to hang them from the bridge deck with ropes and prepared to install explosives on the main piers of the bridge to blow up the Fenhe Bridge.

The Fenhe Bridge is a steel and concrete building, very strong and difficult to blow it up. The Japanese army was very prepared. They had found the drawings of the Fenhe Bridge in advance and found the core support point of the Fenhe Bridge. As long as the main piers of the bridge were blown up, the Fenhe Bridge would not be repaired in a short period of time.

The Japanese engineers arrived on the piers, then put bags of explosives down with ropes and installed them on the main piers.

Xu Dalong led the soldiers to march in a hurry, and suddenly heard gunshots coming from the front.

He knew he was late and urged the soldiers to speed up the marching.

Not long after, he saw that the bridge had been occupied by the Japanese. With his more than a dozen troops alone, it would be impossible to retake the Fenhe Bridge if he fought hard.

After thinking carefully, he decided to lead the soldiers to swim across the river. When the Jinsui army came to grab the bridge, they launched an attack on the Japanese army from behind.

After arriving by the river, Xu Dalong discovered a serious problem - except for Xu Dalong, only three soldiers in the Special Service Company could swim.

The soldiers were all northerners, most of them were landslides. Due to the short time since the Secret Service Company was established, Xu Dalong had no time to train them to learn swimming. Now that he encountered crossing the river, everyone could only stare at the river dry and stare.

Since everyone could not swim, Xu Dalong had to use a stupid method. He brought a bundle of ropes, jumped out of the water first, and swam towards the opposite bank. After arriving at the opposite bank, he fixed the rope to a large rock opposite, and then asked the soldiers to pull the rope across the river.

The river water was very cold, but fortunately, all the soldiers in the Special Service Company were very strong. After getting ashore, Xu Dalong and the soldiers simply moved their bodies. After recovering their strength, they advanced towards the head of the Fenhe Bridge.
Chapter completed!