My uncle was smoking a dry cigarette in the trenches. He had been officially transferred to the 19th Brigade by Zhu Xia. He had just spent a long time talking with the recruits of the 19th Brigade to teach them how to avoid cannons and machine guns.

Ergua leaned over to the old uncle's eyes and said with a saliva: "Uncle, let's talk to us about the captain again?"

The new recruits nearby suddenly felt excited when they heard this. They were just worried that they would become the target of the Japanese plane's bombing. They did not dare to surround them, but they all raised their ears.

"Your captain?" the uncle squinted his eyes and said lightly, "This is a long way to say it. I can't remember it was the sixth year or the seventh year of the Republic of China. Once I went out to buy it and saw an old man with white beard lying at the city gate. The old man was so hungry that he was only breathless, and there was a terrifying baby sitting beside him."

Ergua couldn't help asking, "This kid is our captain, right?"

"Yes, it's your captain." The old uncle's eyes became softer, and he continued, "That old man was his grandfather and the only relative he lived in the world at that time. A family of more than a dozen people fled from Hanzhong to Guangzhou, and they lived two grandchildren. The old man knelt down and begged me, but guess what did your captain say at that time?"

No one interrupted, Ergua was also focused on listening. The uncle's eyes were completely in the memory of the past. He continued, "Your captain said to his grandfather, "Master, don't ask for help. I'll go to the dock to carry a big bag. I'll support you. Haha, he was only a six or seven-year-old child at that time."

Ergua smiled, but her nose was a little sour. He was actually an orphan.

"As soon as he finished speaking, his grandfather died, and I took him back to the military camp to be a young leader. At that time, Guangdong was still the territory of Lu Dashui. Later, Lu Dashui fought with Sun Dashui, and Sun Dashui fought with Chen Dashui. Later, the Northern Expedition was in the Battle of Tingsiqiao, our independent regiment fought the most. The husbands were all on the way. Ajiu was only fifteen years old at the time and followed him on the battlefield."

Ergua lowered his head a little embarrassedly. He thought of the Battle of Honghe Road and Bridge. In the previous battles, Ergua was at the end of the offensive sequence, and basically joined in the fun. The 1st Squadron of Honghe Road and Bridge fought with the last four people. That was the first time Ergua faced death, but it made a big embarrassment, which scared the Japanese.

The old uncle smiled and continued, "This is the first battle. Your captain's performance is not very good. As soon as the Beiyang Army cannon fired, he rushed over and hugged my thigh and cried. Hanting was just a company commander at that time, so he gave him a big ear. After this slap, your captain always rushed to the first place in every battle."

After hearing what my uncle said, Ergua felt much more relieved. It seemed that bravery was not born. Brother Madman and Brother Dogzi all made a mistake when they went to the battlefield for the first time. Unexpectedly, the captain was like this when he went to the battlefield for the first time. It was said that veterans were fought by iron, but even the brave and fearless veterans came from the recruits.

Ergua wanted to ask Xu Shijiu about his deeds in the Northern Expedition, but suddenly there was a noise in front of him.

Old uncle, Ergua and nearby recruits looked up when they heard the sound. They saw a huge spherical object rising not far ahead, and it was still rising. The weather was still clear at this time. You can see clearly that there seemed to be a basket hanging under the sphere. However, because it was too far away, it was difficult to see clearly whether there was anything in the basket.

"What is this?" Ergua and the new recruits widened their eyes.

The old uncle's face darkened and he said, "This is a little Japanese observation balloon!"

"Observing the balloon?" Ergua and the recruits were confused, "What are they for?"

"It is used to guide artillery fire." The old uncle said in a deep voice, "Did you see the basket below? There was a Japanese artillery observer standing there. He could accurately mark the shooting numbers through the observation equipment and calculate the drawings. Five years ago, we suffered a great loss in the Shanghai Anti-Japanese War in 128, five years ago."

Ergua suddenly changed her face and said in a terrifying manner: "Then aren't we going to suffer a big loss?"

Before he finished speaking, black smoke suddenly rose from the observation balloon that had just risen in front of him, and then quickly faded and fell from a high altitude. Ergua and the new recruits cheered one after another, and my uncle also breathed a sigh of relief. The 9th Army is not the Fifth Army five years ago. There are anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft cannons.

At this moment, Scar strided into the temporary station.

"Get up, get up quickly, it's time for you to go to the battlefield, hurry up!" Scar shouted while kicking the new recruit sitting in the trenches with his feet.

Ergua suddenly turned over and sat up, asked Scar, "What's wrong with the Knife Team?"

Scar corrected the German steel helmet on Ergua's head, and the voice was cold like metal: "Little Japan wants to build a floating bridge in Dingjia Lane. The police brothers guarding Dingjia Lane can't stand it anymore. The attendant just came down to order our recruit company to take it over and prevent the Little Japan from forcing the crossing of Sijing from Dingjia Lane at all costs."

Ergua let out a light sound, started the rifle and joined the queue.

Ergua didn't know at this time, and he would soon face another fierce battle!

Yesterday, in the early morning of August 23, the Japanese army suddenly landed in Zhang Huabin. The Zhang Huabin Railway Station, which was stationed in one platoon in the Police Corps, was soon lost. Fortunately, the new lieutenant general of the 61st Division, Zhong Song, responded quickly and ordered a battalion of the 183rd Brigade to detour from west Zhang Huabin to the south, barely occupying the Sijing Railway Bridge in front of the Japanese army.

After the Japanese army successfully landed forcibly from Zhanghuabin Railway Station, they immediately divided into two groups, one along the Songhu Highway to attack the Qizaobin Bridge, and the other along the Songhu Railway to capture the Sijing Railway Bridge. In both directions, the Japanese army suffered stubborn obstacles. When the fierce battle was dawn, the Japanese army advanced only less than 500 meters forward!

When Tengtianjin, the commander of the 3rd Japanese Division, saw that the situation was wrong, he divided an infantry brigade and detoured the customs dock, trying to surround the defenders of Sijing Bridge from the flank.

However, Zhong Song was not a vegetarian. As soon as the gunfire sounded from the customs terminal, he immediately judged the Japanese army's intention. The Independence Battalion, the Independence 19th Brigade, was in the Zhouzhai in Xinshi District, Shanghai. Zhong Song urgently ordered the 19th Brigade to suspend the training and went forward to intercept the Japanese army detoured from the customs terminal.

Scar immediately rushed to the customs terminal with a 1st company composed of veterans.

The 19th Route Army has a fine tradition. He likes to use his brain when fighting, and Scar is no exception. He did not repeat the mistakes of Hu Jiaji's group attacking Huishan Wharf, and he immediately filled the limited troops into the customs wharf. Instead, he quickly seized two steel and concrete buildings outside the wharf. This is the material warehouse of the American-English Tobacco Company.

Through the Russo-Japanese War, Japan has shown its fangs internationally, but facing old powers such as the United States and Britain, Japan is still lacking in confidence after all. In order to avoid international incidents, the large-caliber naval guns of Japanese warships did not dare to shell out the warehouse building of the US-British Tobacco Company, and the planes did not dare to bombard the Japanese Army.

With its strong fortifications and excellent German equipment, the 19th Brigade locked the exit of the dock tightly. The Japanese army landed from the customs wharf could not be rushed out. As a result, there was only one infantry brigade's force, but was blocked by Scar 100 people in a small area. Both sides fought fiercely at the customs wharf for a day and night, but the Japanese army was unable to advance!

Tengtianjin was so angry that he ordered the engineers to set up a floating bridge from Dingjia Lane, trying to open a gap from the middle road. Dingjia Lane was between the customs wharf and the Sijing Bridge. When the middle road was lost, the Kuomintang army was in danger of collapse. After receiving the order, Scar handed over the defense of the customs wharf to the one-handed and one-eyed dragon, and he led the new recruits to Dingjia Lane to block the gun hole.

Sijing is a small riverside that is only more than 30 meters wide, similar to most riversides in Shanghai. The silt blockage in the river is extremely serious and it is impossible to sail at all. It is even more difficult to trek across the river. Therefore, it is not easy to set up a pontoon bridge on it. When Scar led his troops to arrive, the pontoon bridge had not been built yet.

The person in charge of the Dingjiaxiang guarding was a platoon of the Shanghai Police Corps.

When Scar arrived with the recruit company, the platoon of the police corps had already fought less than ten people, and had been expelled from Dingjia Lane by the Japanese army.

However, as soon as the recruit company arrived, the Japanese army retreated.

Scar called the platoon leader of the police corps and asked, "What's the situation now?"

The platoon leader of the police corps was named Ding. The platoon leader of the Ding said: "Sir, the little Japanese pontoon bridge has only been half apart, so the large army can't get through at once. Only half a team of Japanese soldiers wade through the water and force them to cross."

The Japanese soldiers who forced them to survive were only half a team? There is still a battle to fight!

At that moment, Scar called more than 20 key veterans of the recruit company. The recruits were new recruits. Even if they had participated in military training, they would still be new recruits. If they were not led by the backbone veterans, they would not have any combat effectiveness. Ergua participated in the bloody battle of Honghe Road and Bridge, and was considered a veteran. Gao Daquan and Gao Shenxing were also among them.

"The little Japanese is putting on a floating bridge on the riverside in front of me. I won't say much more about how urgent the situation is. Once the Japanese army is asked to build the floating bridge, everything will be over!" Scar's cold eyes flashed across the faces of about twenty veterans, and he said, "Fortunately, there is only half a team of Japanese soldiers who have forced to cross over, and there is still a battle to fight."

As he said that, Scar drew a circle on the ground with a bayonet, and then drew three arrows on the south side of the circle, and then said to the pattern, "I will take the 1st platoon from the front to attack, Gao Crazy, you will take the 2nd platoon from the left wing, Gao Shenxing will take the 3rd platoon from the right wing, remember to assault at full speed, and rush up to fight with the little Japanese hand in hand!"

"Yes!" Gao Daquan, Gao Shenxing's face was expressionless, but his voice was filled with a metallic coldness.
Chapter completed!