Dading Bridge.

Meng Shaoyuan stood there, half-smoking a cigarette.

Stationed near Dading Bridge is the Xie Zhengkun Camp of the 87th Division.

To complete this task, you must get his help.

After waiting there for more than ten minutes, a major appeared.

Xie Zhengkun.

"Are you Meng Shaoyuan?"

"Yes."

"Tell me what's going on."

Generally speaking, these soldiers always treat spies with contempt and a respectful attitude.

Of course, Meng Shaoyuan's military rank was lieutenant colonel, and Xie Zhengkun did not dare to offend him openly for fear of causing harm to himself and his family in the future.

Just meet him once and be perfunctory.

"Captain Xie, smoke."

"No. If you have anything to do, just tell me. I have a lot of things to do."

"boom!"

There was a sound of cannon in the distance.

"It's midnight, and artillery fire is still going on." Meng Shaoyuan muttered: "Battle Commander Xie, I want to ask you to lend me some troops."

"Borrowing troops?" Xie Zhengkun was startled.

"The situation is like this. More than 200 Japanese expatriates formed a volunteer team, ran out of the rental area, gathered at Wufu Company on Qingyu Road, and then prepared to join the battle with the help of the Japanese army."

Meng Shaoyuan gave a rough explanation: "I am going to kill more than two hundred people, but I don't have enough strength. Your battalion happens to be stationed nearby, so I have to come to Commander Xie for help."

Xie Zhengkun frowned: "Sir Meng, originally it was our duty to eradicate the Japanese invaders, but as a reserve force, our battalion must wait for mobilization orders at any time. At present, fierce fighting is going on on the front line, and all my battalion soldiers are on guard and ready to do so.

There was an order from above, and everyone from the battalion commander to the cooks must arrive at the designated place within the designated time. To mobilize the troops without permission is a crime of beheading, and Xie cannot afford it."

"I understand, Battalion Commander Xie." Meng Shaoyuan said patiently: "I will go and coordinate with your superiors. If you really need to be mobilized, I, Meng Shaoyuan, will not hesitate. Even if the action is imminent and you evacuate, I will never

There will be complaints.”

Xie Zhengkun still shook his head: "Sir Meng, there are only more than 200 ordinary people. There is no need to use our regular army. You should find a way on your own. I'm sorry."

Meng Shaoyuan was not a person who liked to talk truth to others, and was even very disgusted with preaching. However, seeing Xie Zhengkun's firm attitude, it seemed that he could not do anything but speak some truth:

"Battal Commander Xie, ordinary people? Do you really think those Japanese are ordinary people? It was your 87th Division that launched the attack at Hujiang University, right? I was on a mission on the Japanese position at that time, and I saw the battle with my own eyes.

There are a total of fifty Japanese expatriates, what you call ordinary people. They are trained by retired military officers, and their fierce and ferocious fighting skills are no less than those of professional soldiers.

Go and ask the comrades of the 87th Division who were responsible for attacking Hujiang University. How many of your brothers died there because of the resistance of these ‘common people’? They are not common people, they are all a group of real soldiers!”

Xie Zhengkun's face looked a little ugly.

The attack on Hujiang University was carried out by the 521st Regiment of the 261st Brigade of the 87th Division.

Although they were the first to obtain intelligence and successfully kill a hidden heavy-armed squad of the Japanese army, the 521st regiment still encountered stubborn resistance and suffered heavy casualties.

What this agent said doesn't seem to be unreasonable if you think about it carefully.

Meng Shaoyuan said slowly: "I know that you soldiers look down on us as spies, but at Hujiang University, do you know how the Japanese heavy-armed squad was killed? One of our latent spies, named Liu Meihua, risked her

Risk passed on this information, but she sacrificed herself, and she was only in her early twenties."

Xie Zhengkun was startled.

"You are sacrificing, and we are also sacrificing."

Meng Shaoyuan sighed softly: "When facing a national crisis, whether it's a soldier or a spy, we have only one enemy, the Japanese.

Battalion Commander Xie, think about it, once these more than 200 Japanese troops are thrown into the battlefield, how many of our brothers will be killed? What if Shanghai is lost one day?

These common people in your eyes will follow the Japanese army to Nanjing, Zhenjiang, and your hometown Suzhou to massacre our common people, and this situation will be caused simply because we failed to kill them here!"

Xie Zhengkun was silent.

Meng Shaoyuan did not urge him, but lit another cigarette.

"How are their weapons and equipment?" Finally, Xie Zhengkun asked.

"It has a small number of weapons and no heavy firepower." Meng Shaoyuan said quickly.

"Let's do this." Xie Zhengkun made a decision: "At most I can give you a platoon and a light machine gun squad. With your people, I think it should be enough."

"Thank you."

Meng Shaoyuan felt relieved: "Battal Commander Xie, I'll take action tomorrow night, please do it."

"Don't worry, I will definitely do what I promised you." After Xie Zhengkun said this, he suddenly asked: "Is that Liu Meihua a nurse from the Hujiang University Clinic?"

This time it was Meng Shaoyuan's turn to be surprised: "How did you know?"

Xie Zhengkun sighed deeply: "How do I know? Why don't I know? She is my cousin."

Meng Shaoyuan suddenly realized.

What a coincidence.

It seems that Liu Meihua's reasons accounted for a large part of why Xie Zhengkun agreed.

"Our family thought she was really working as a nurse, and we were still worried about her safety." Xie Zhengkun's tone was a bit bitter:

"Only now do I know that she was also a spy. Oh, it's gone, just like that. Chief Meng, help me kill a few more Japanese tomorrow night to avenge my sister."

…

On August 21, 1937, a huge fleet headed by the Japanese battleships Nagato and Mutsu transported about 10,000 people from the vanguard of the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Force from Japan to the Ma'an Islands.

On the evening of the 22nd, the Japanese army transferred to light cruisers and destroyers in the Ma'an Islands, and then sailed towards Chuansha Town and Wusongkou area.

The Japanese army retreated to the stronghold centered on the Japanese Marine Corps Command in Jiangwan on the 16th. Both China and Japan continued to invest troops in Shanghai.

Starting from August 23, the Japanese 3rd and 11th Divisions, under the cover of intensive naval gunfire, landed at Wusongkou Railway Terminal, Shizilin, and Chuanshakou, and attacked the Chinese positions in Baoshan, Yuepu, Luodian, and Rozaobang.

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Shanghai has fallen into a sea of ​​fire.

The military unified armed rangers and entered the battlefield in large numbers. Here, the bad blood between soldiers and agents was temporarily put aside. For them, there is only one enemy:

Japanese army!

China's brave soldiers suffer huge casualties every day, and so do these military reunification agents.

On August 23, the Second Squadron of the Second Squadron of the Fourth Brigade of the Juntong Armed Rangers was discovered by the Japanese army after completing its reconnaissance mission against the Japanese army in Shizilin.

Squad leader Qian Yizhong immediately ordered an agent to take the Japanese deployment back.

As for him, he took the other agents and sniped on the spot to buy him time.

Compared with professional soldiers, especially the well-equipped and well-trained Japanese soldiers, these agents are no match.

There were eight members of the second team, one of whom returned to report intelligence. The remaining seven, in an extremely passive situation, dragged the Japanese army to death, trying to buy even one more second for their brothers.

Soon, three agents were killed.

Vice-captain Tang Dayou was timid and suggested surrender, but Qian Yizhong executed his family law on the spot and shot him to death.

"Those who are unfaithful and unfilial shall be killed! Those who commit adultery and plunder shall be killed! Those who are cowardly and timid shall be killed! Those who resist orders shall be killed! Those who reveal secrets shall be killed! Those who liaise with foreigners shall be killed! Those who betray their fellow soldiers shall be killed!"

The remaining three continued to fight.

When the Japanese troops rushed up, the last agent remaining on the temporary position raised his gun and committed suicide.

At this time, Qian Yizhong had already died for his country in advance.

In this battle, all members of the second squadron of the second squadron of the fourth brigade of the military unified armed rangers were killed except for one who survived because he passed on information.

This small battle was insignificant in the countless bloody battles of the Battle of Songhu and was not worth mentioning.

However, relying on the intelligence they exchanged for seven lives, the 98th Division of the Chinese Army repelled the Japanese army that captured Lion Forest on August 24, wiping out more than a thousand enemies.

"It's worth trading the lives of seven people for the lives of more than a thousand Japanese pirates."

Later, after Meng Shaoyuan learned about what happened to Team 2, he said this.

But in fact, even he didn't know that there were only six martyrs and one who was supposed to become a traitor.

He is Tang Dayou.

But the family law was enforced on him in advance.

Naturally, Tang Dayou also became a martyr.

The truth of many things has been forever submerged after the death of the person involved.

Even the agent from Team 2 who survived delivering the information was killed in a Japanese air raid on August 28.

At this point, the second squadron was completely destroyed.
To be continued...