Songhu: Never Give Up

The guerrilla column headquarters at the northern foot of Dabie Mountain

The guerrilla detachment gradually gained a foothold in western Shandong, the base construction was progressing in an orderly manner, and Yue Qianli's mood also improved a lot;

The south and north of the Yangtze River have become a mess, and this is the golden time for the rapid development of the base areas behind enemy lines.

When the Japanese troops lost many soldiers and occupied the empty city of Wuhan, they would be surprised to find that there was already smoke of war in their rear.
The Eighth Route Army in Hedong and North China has become a force to be reckoned with, and the guerrilla detachments will also gain a foothold in the Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui regions.

By then, the main force of the guerrilla column will advance into the enemy's rear and compete with the Japanese for population, land, and resources. The Japanese will have no chance of supporting themselves by fighting.

"Old Yue, urgent call from Lu'an!"

Just when Yue Qianli was thinking wildly, Chief of Staff Chen Zhongyuan rushed in with a telegram in his hand.

Yue Qianli took it and looked at it casually. His expression instantly became serious, and he immediately asked Chen Zhongyuan to notify several key members to hold a meeting.
After everyone arrived, Yue Qianli said directly:
"Brothers, the devil's reinforcements have arrived!

The 16th Division and the Seya Detachment of the 10th Division arrived at the battlefield on the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains one after another;

At the same time, the old devil Higashikuninomiya also added thousands of devils to the 13th Division and the Sebu Detachment.

As a result, the number of Japanese troops in the Fujinshan area increased to three divisions, and the old Japanese troops still had two divisions in their hands, so their strength was very sufficient. "

The first team leader Zhu Chi immediately asked for battle:

"We are afraid of the ball. The brothers in the first team have all faded out. When will we be sent to play?"

Others also volunteered to fight, and their morale was high. Yue Qianli waved his hand and said:
"No hurry. We are participating in the battle at the northern foot of Dabie Mountain to help the defenders of Fujin Mountain, not to fight to the death with the Japanese.
The purpose of sending troops to Lu'an City has been achieved. A telegram was sent to Duan Yulin, instructing him to use part of his troops to delay the Japanese reinforcements, and for the main force to immediately launch a general attack on the remaining enemies in the city, eliminate them as soon as possible, and then retreat from Lu'an City in large strides.

The Second and First Detachments were ready to respond. If the Japanese dared to pursue them, they would be beaten with a hammer, and the battle line would be stabilized on the line of Lihuang-Heishidu-Huoshan.
If necessary, we can give up Huoshan..."

West of Lu'an City, Yangliudian, Sebu Brigade Headquarters
After being a tortoise for a while, Sei Wuping finally stuck his head out. The reinforcements, the Seya Brigade, had already arrived to the north of Liu'an City and would help them recapture Liu'an City.

Another supporting army, the 16th Division, has launched an attack towards Yejiaji and Lijiaji from the north, threatening Fujin Mountain from the side.

The 40th Infantry Regiment, which had suffered heavy losses before, was also replenished, and now they can finally hold their heads high!

Seeing that both regiment commanders had arrived, and the chief of staff was standing by, Se Wuping said in high spirits:
"Gentlemen, His Royal Highness has shown sufficient attention to the battle in the northern foothills of Dabie Mountain. The 16th Division has already launched an attack on Fujin Mountain from the north in multiple directions.
The 13th Division on the eastern front was also reinforced, and it joined the 16th Division on the northern front to attack Fujin Mountain. It was time to end the fighting on the northern foothills of the Dabie Mountains!

Seya-kun's 33rd Brigade has arrived at the preset battlefield north of Lu'an. According to the unified deployment of the division commander, the 8th Brigade and the 33rd Brigade will attack Lu'an City from the west and north at the same time, encircling and annihilating the remaining enemies in the city.

I declare that all units of the 8th Brigade will immediately launch an attack on Lu'an City. No prisoners are needed in this battle. After occupying Lu'an, military discipline will be lifted for three days!"

The Japanese soldiers stood up excitedly. Lu'an City had given them too much humiliation. Only killing could avenge their past shame.

In Lu'an City, the sound of gunfire suddenly intensified, and the loud sound of military trumpets resounded through the sky. Major Oda Takashi shuddered for no reason, and then said in despair:
"What is coming has finally come, gentlemen. We will not wait any longer for reinforcements. See you in the Yasukuni Ghost Toilet!"

The few remaining officers in the brigade echoed:
"Hey, His Majesty the Emperor!"

The Oda brigade was able to muster only a few dozen troops, and the rest of the troops were all dispersed or annihilated;
They had been holding out in a wealthy businessman's mansion. Their number had been reduced from more than 200 at the beginning to a few dozen, and they were now surrounded by two companies of the Third Detachment.

The sounding of the charge means that the Chinese people's battle is about to begin, and what awaits them is the final battle and death;
Major Oda didn't want to die quietly, so he chose to attack with attack. Even if he died, he would die on the way to charge...

Staff officer Shuzo Kashima took the lead in singing Kimigayo, and the other devils followed suit. The mournful music soon reached the ears of company commander Luo Wenxing, who frowned and asked:
"Captain Yu, what the hell are the Japs crying about?"

Yu Wei was a graduate of the 11th class of the Whampoa Military Academy. He was still a college student before he went to the military academy, so he could understand some of the Japanese language.

Luo Wenxing was promoted as an officer by Yue Qianli's former squad leader of the third company. Naturally, his cultural level was not as good as Yu Wei, who graduated from a professional school, but he had more practical experience and more seniority.

When Yu Wei saw his elder brother asking, he smiled and said:

"This is the devil's funeral song. They sing it to boost their courage before meeting the King of Hell."

Luo Wenxing laughed and said:
"Then we two brothers will give them a ride!"

After he finished speaking, he shouted at the top of his voice:

"Fire, blast him!" Yu Wei couldn't help but laugh. Only Lao Luo could make a flying thunder cannon sound like thousands of cannons were firing simultaneously.

All that was left of their two companies were this one gun, three explosive packs, and more than 3 brothers.

Although there was only one gun left, the ceremony had to be fully carried out. After receiving the order, the gunner lit the fuse on the explosive pack;

A black bag of explosives was thrown out and slammed heavily into a large house a hundred meters away. Sang Ge was instantly engulfed by the explosion, and a brick house was razed to the ground in an instant.

The flying thunder cannon had an impressive accuracy rate, and it landed wherever it landed. It was originally intended to blast open the wall, but ended up landing inside the house, killing more than a dozen Japanese soldiers by accident.

Fortunately, the second shot did not disappoint Luo Wenxing, and it blew down a large section of the already dilapidated wall.

Then came the third one, which also destroyed a section of the wall. Luo Wenxing cheered and waved his hand:
"Brothers, follow me!"

After Luo Wenxing finished shouting, he charged with his submachine gun, and the others followed closely behind. Although the third team was mainly equipped with Soviet weapons, they still had a lot of submachine guns;

Even though Luo Wenxing was the company commander, he still couldn't change his bad habit of leading the charge, and was often scolded by the captain Li Jiaxun for this.

The number of brothers coming out of the Third Company is decreasing, and he doesn’t want to lose another one;
Yu Wei brought a few people to protect Luo Wenxing on both sides, and rushed into the Lin family compound almost at the same time, just in time to bump into Major Oda who was rushing out with a command knife raised high.

"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"

Major Oda could also see that Luo Wenxing was an official, and wanted to challenge him in a duel, so he could find someone to take the blame before reporting to the Yasukuni Ghost Toilet;
When Luo Wenxing saw that it was a Japanese officer, he excitedly raised his hand and fired a volley of bullets. Major Oda was hit by several bullets, but he still cursed Luo Wenxing as a baka.

Luo Wenxing didn't even bother to look at him any more. He had no objection to fighting him one-on-one, but he was used to using a submachine gun.

Those who can survive from the first Battle of Songhu to the present are basically smarter than monkeys and tougher than cats.
Cats have nine lives, he has ten!

After a decisive battle, all the remaining dozens of devils in Oda's battalion were wiped out;
Luo Wenxing used up two magazines, and yelled with blood all over his body:

"Hurry up and clean up the battlefield. Finish off the enemies who need to be killed. These sons of bitches are so cunning. Don't let them pretend to be dead and get away with it."

"Lao Luo, are you okay? Do you want to ask the hygienist to come and check you out?"

Yu Wei was frightened by Luo Wenxing's bloody body. Luo Wenxing said in a hoarse voice:
"Check it, it's all the devil's blood!"

Yu Wei heard Luo Wenxing's voice was full of energy, and it did not look like he was shot. As soon as he turned around, he heard Luo Wenxing fall to the ground with a thud;
He was so scared that he quickly hugged Luo Wenxing and searched around, and found a bullet hole in the left chest. He immediately called a medical soldier for emergency treatment.

The medic checked and said:

"Captain Luo is fine. He has a penetrating wound. He just fainted due to excessive blood loss. His heartbeat is like a drum. He just needs to be bandaged."

After that, he began to treat the wound skillfully, stopping the bleeding, applying medicine, bandaging it, and finally asked someone to come and carry it away;
Before he had taken two steps, Luo Wenxing woke up, asked someone to put him down, helped him stand up and said:
"I'm fine, the bullet just made a hole in my chest. Leave the stretcher for the other injured brothers!"

Luo Wenxing managed to save his life again. He was indeed a cat-like person. In the first company, his words were always final and even the second company commander Yu Wei would not object.

The medical soldiers had no choice but to follow orders and rescue others. Although the battle was won easily, there were still more than 20 casualties, with more than a dozen wounded. After all, the Japanese were not for show;
Luo Wenxing had long been accustomed to this. He left some people behind to look after the wounded, and then took the first and second companies to continue reinforcing other battlefields.

Luo Wenxing was very experienced in street fighting, and the basic principle he followed was to go wherever there was gunfire;
Soon he used his exceptional battlefield sense to find the Japanese's flank, and when they reached the periphery, the enemy and I were already engaged in battle.

Unlike other places, here dozens of Japanese soldiers besieged a dozen or so isolated nationalist soldiers. Luo Wenxing made a hand gesture to Yu Wei to cover them.

Yu Wei understood what he meant and led the second company to attack the enemy from the left wing. Luo Wenxing waited for a moment and then launched an attack from the flank, catching the enemy off guard.

They first threw a round of grenades at the Japanese, and then, taking advantage of the chaos caused by the grenade explosion, they quickly approached the Japanese and fired at the panicked Japanese. In one charge, they defeated the Japanese and killed more than a dozen of them.
The remaining Japanese soldiers retreated backwards out of habit, and ended up running headfirst into the guns of the Second Company, with most of them killed or wounded.

Under the pincer attack from the first and second companies, the remaining Japanese soldiers were quickly wiped out. Yu Wei excitedly said to Luo Wenxing:

"Lao Luo, it was so exciting. We killed more than 50 devils and rescued more than a dozen brothers. They were from the Third Brigade."

Luo Wenxing nodded and said:
"Let them follow us first and continue to look for the devils. The third battalion has also joined us. Now there are more wolves than meat. It all depends on their ability. Whoever grabs it first gets it!" (End of this chapter)