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As soon as the marines behind followed up, gunshots rang out on the second-floor platform by the street.When they occupied the second floor of the commercial street, the taller buildings nearby - department stores, restaurants, dance halls, all protruded with black machine gun muzzles, and grenade bombs also fell one after another.Grasping the weak point of the tank, the Japanese soldiers were in a mess, and they couldn't take Zhabei after three consecutive attacks.It happened that the United Kingdom and the United States mediated, and the Japanese agreed to a three-day truce.

The people of Shanghai are boiling!For nearly 100 years, the Chinese army has not fought any victories against foreign invaders, and now they can feel proud!The regiment headquarters was completely surrounded, and the playground turned into a non-staple food store, with chicken, duck, fish, steamed rice buns, and canned rice wine piled up like a hill.Zhaoshi had to instruct the guards to count, register, and arrange distribution. Before finishing these trivial matters, a car horn rang outside the regiment headquarters, and a large truck drove in. It turned out that Lan Xin jumped out of the car!For the first time, she didn't wear a cheongsam, but tucked her trouser legs into her leather boots, and she was wearing a leather jacket, looking heroic.She ran to Zhaoshi and hugged Zhaoshi's shoulder desperately.Zhaoshi was a little embarrassed, "Don't, don't, everyone is watching." The soldiers didn't care, and hundreds of people shouted together, "Kiss one, kiss one, kiss one!" She refused, but Lan Xin tiptoed, put her arms around her neck, and kissed her.Zhaoshi was still embarrassed, and he pushed them away just as their lips met, Lan Xin was not annoyed, and still said happily: "My sister-in-law asked me to come, and I will give each of your regiment a yellow military uniform." .I brought people from the Women's Workers School with me to drive them out, so you have to wear them too!"

Zhao Shi still couldn't accept everyone's onlookers outside, so he took Lan Xin by the hand and entered the regiment office. "Is everything okay at home?" "It's okay, my sister-in-law asked me to tell you not to worry about the family. There are two things she said and I will tell you, one is that she plans to withdraw all the shops and factories outside the concession, I want to transfer some assets to Hong Kong, but I feel that Shanghai has never been peaceful." Zhaoshi hurriedly agreed: "I listen to my sister-in-law in business matters, and I can do whatever she says." Lan Xin continued: "There is one more thing , Zhenghai is leaving today. It is said that a Japanese classmate recommended him in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be an interpreter for the peace talks at the League of Nations." Zhaoshi immediately understood that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the interpreter were fake, but it was true to go to the League of Nations.He breathed a sigh of relief, going to the League of Nations was just to collect information, which was better than licking blood at the tip of a knife in Shanghai.Lan Xin was confused and asked: "You said Zheng Hai knew who when he was studying in Japan. Why did he even connect with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?" Zhaoshi thought for a while, and had to say: "Now is not a war against Japan. Well, people who have been to Japan and understand Japanese are especially valued, and Zhenghai attended a prestigious school with good grades, and they are probably well-known among foreign students." Lan Xin nodded: "Well, I only feel sorry for Huanzhu, and I don't know when I can get married .”

The communications soldier came in and reported: "Director Shen, Commander Cai called to say that the defense will be changed tomorrow. Commander He is in charge of the change of defense, and I want you to report back to the military headquarters before [-] o'clock tonight." Zhaoshi stood up and said, "Call the commander back, the patrol map has been handed over. For Commander He, Shen Zhaoshi will report on time at eight o'clock!" After speaking, the communications soldier saluted, and Zhaoshi returned the salute.Lan Xin stared blankly, she blinked her eyes and said to Zhaoshi: "I've never seen you like this before, you look so pretty." Zhaoshi said with a smile: "You haven't shaved, combed your hair, bathed, and Looks good! You heard it too, I have to pack up and report back to the military headquarters. You also hurry home, this is the front line, it is still very dangerous, be careful on the road.” After finishing speaking, he still called two guards: "You drive and take your wife back."

For a long time after that, this was something Lan Xin was proud of. She went to the front line and saw Zhao Shi who commanded Ruoding. Zhao Shi sent guards to escort her home with guns.

Zhaoshi returned to the military headquarters, and everyone gave thumbs up when they saw him, except Commander Cai, who didn't even say a word of greeting, and asked, "Do you think the Japanese will talk about peace?" , grabbed Zhaoshi to look at the defense map of Shanghai, "Look, where is the next place?" Zhaoshi smiled and said, "You must have the answer, so ask me." Commander Cai didn't care, "My answer It's mine, your answer is yours, stop talking nonsense!" Zhaoshi raised his head and said "Wusongkou", and Commander Cai smiled, "Heroes see the same thing." Then he called the messenger outside: "Tell Lao He, let him take A group of people will reinforce Wusongkou before the dawn of Buddha." Zhaoshi hurriedly asked: "What about Zhabei?" Army Commander Cai smiled: "The [-]th Division has already arrived from Suzhou and is changing to defend Lao He's troops." Then he gave the order Bing: "Tell Lao He that those killed by his regiment will be directly supplied by the [-]th Division and taken away."

After a while, the messenger came back and stammered: "Commander, Commander He said that it is already eight o'clock, and there is still ninety miles from Zhabei to Wusongkou." Commander Cai slapped the table: "You tell him to stop Nonsense, if he is not at Wusongkou tomorrow morning, military law will be involved!"

Before eight o'clock the next morning, Lao He made a phone call out of breath: "Commander, didn't I just arrive, I arrived at dawn, and I saw more than 20 rubber boats coming down from the little devil's warship. They all rushed back. This, this can’t be considered a disobedience to the military order.” Commander Cai said with a smile: “Well, that’s enough, spare your life, show me the Wusongkou, and I’ll get you some good wine later. Quench your thirst." Zhaoshi listened to the two talking and laughing, but the cold sweat on his face hadn't had time to wipe off.If Lao He arrived at Wusongkou a little later, the Japanese might have landed.But the two of them are like normal people, they talk to each other, and they don't know who is whose father.

It was only when Teruishi arrived at the military headquarters that he found out that the two major defeats of the Japanese had disgraced Major General Shiozawa.Not only the Sasebo Marine Corps has arrived in Shanghai, but also a Kurume mixed brigade is preparing to pack.Looking back at the [-]th Route Army, they really had nothing but the fighting spirit to fight against Japan. The Shanghai coastal defense line is so long that it is not enough to send a regiment to guard a landing point.The Japanese have strong boats and cannons, but the soldiers of Commander He still use Hanyang.

When I was worrying about weapons, the Taiyuan Arsenal sent [-] mortars with [-] rounds of shells.When Zhaoshi heard the news, he jumped up from his stool: "Commander, send me there!" He, an excellent graduate of the Whampoa Artillery Department, had never touched a cannonball since he entered Changsha City during the Northern Expedition.Commander Cai flipped through the calendar in front of him: "Hey, tomorrow is the [-]th, so you have to set off cannonballs to celebrate. Tomorrow you go to the artillery company, and together with them, feed the [-] rounds of shells to the devils at the Marine Corps headquarters Try something new. You have to come back in the morning on the first day of the new year. Let's go to Wusongkou together.

Brand-new mortars are lined up along the fortifications, and you can smell the freshly sprayed paint by sniffing.Forty shells were neatly arranged behind each gun, shining golden in the sun.The commander of the artillery company ran over to salute and said, "Mr. Shen, you came at the right time. If you don't come, I have to call the military headquarters. Look, it's a new thing, I haven't seen it before!" Zhao Shi He walked into the barrel of the gun and observed it, patted the barrel again, compared the caliber, and said to the artillery company commander: "Gather me all the gunners under your command who have used the Japanese Type [-]." Then he asked: "You There is only so much artillery under a division?" The company commander scratched his head: "There is no artillery, why do we need artillery? Besides, our [-]th Route Army came from Guangzhou, and all the supplies were behind, and we had to pass through Hunan and Jiangxi, where bandits were suppressed again. , not so soon.

After a while, about [-] old gunners were assembled. Zhaoshi shook his head and added a few more people from the team, barely making up fourteen groups. "Two of you are the gunners, and the rest are responsible for transporting the shells. Although this gun is not the same as the ones I have seen before, the principle is the same as the Japanese Type [-]. This one has a larger caliber than the [-]. Pay attention to check and clean the gun after firing. The barrel, if there is residual explosives, it is easy to explode the chamber. Company commander, you are in charge of checking, which group does not clean the barrel, and send it directly to the Military Law Office! Such a short distance, if the chamber is blown, everyone will die, do you hear me! "

The soldiers lined up according to the cannon positions, and Zhaoshi kept the cannon in the middle for himself.He designated the main target in front of each artillery position before returning to his position, and called three recruits to deliver artillery shells to him.These three recruits are not Cantonese, they just joined the army when the army went north and passed through Zhejiang. Zhaoshi said with a smile: "Look, we in Zhejiang don't only produce literati. Speaking of which, we are still fellow villagers, and my ancestors are from Ningbo." The three soldiers were very happy. After joining the army, the company commander was the biggest official, and this senior official who graduated from Whampoa was many ranks higher than the company commander, and he was still a fellow of his hometown. "We Zhejiang people can't lose to Cantonese guys this time!"

Zhao Shi looked at his watch, it was almost eight o'clock.Zhaoshi turned around and asked the three soldiers: "Did you have breakfast?" They said with a smile: "Yes, I drank milk today. A citizen sent several cans of milk powder, and the officer asked us to drink it all. There is strength." Zhaoshi also laughed: "Okay, the Japanese devils over there have breakfast at eight o'clock, so they don't need to drink milk, try our new shells." After speaking, he picked up a shell, as if holding it in his arms. this one baby.He raised the cannonball and loaded it into the chamber by himself and waited for the firing. With a "bang", the cannonball flew towards the Japanese Marine Corps headquarters opposite, and the middle part of a row of bungalows in front of the door collapsed.Zhaoshi wiped his hands, looked at the smoke and dust rising from the opposite side, and made a joke: "Oh, the cafeteria really exploded, I seem to smell the steamed buns." Enter the chamber and fly to the opponent's position.The machine gun on the opposite side also fired, and rows of bullets hit the reinforced concrete fortifications in front of them.Zhaoshi kicked the soldier delivering the cannonballs, and shouted in his ear: "Squat down, don't show your head, the bullets don't have eyes." Fill it into the barrel.

The [-] rounds of shells were fed to the headquarters on the opposite side without hitting the ground. Except for the building that had not collapsed, there was not even a mouse left nearby.

Zhaoshi spent New Year's Eve crowded in the room of the commander of the artillery company.This New Year's Eve was rare and quiet, and the common people didn't have much interest in setting off firecrackers. The Japanese were also dumbfounded by the shells during the day, and the whole city seemed to be asleep.He sat on the chair and thought about his thoughts. The young company commander wanted to give up the bed to Zhaoshi and make the floor by himself.Zhaoshi said: "No, you can go to sleep, I will sit down. Today is New Year's Eve, and I will be here to watch the New Year."