Chapter 112

The three highest commanders of the 112th Division, Division Commander Huo Shouyi, Deputy Division Commander Wang Zhaozi, and Chief of Staff Li Lanchi, listened to Lin Fan's answer.

They exchanged glances, unable to believe it.

They couldn't believe that the higher-ups' constant talk of holding firm would change so quickly.

If what Lin Fan said was true, without any contingency plans, their division might not be able to withdraw many men.

Of course, the situation was different now. As long as they thought things through beforehand, the results would be different.

Lin Fan said seriously, "If you all believe me, please prepare for the worst.

Fight to the death to defend the city!

Orderly retreat."

Chief of Staff Li Lanchi looked at Division Commander Huo Shouyi, "Division Commander! The staff department should first make an emergency evacuation plan and distribute it to each regimental commander.

When the order is issued, let each regiment act according to the plan."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Kongming's surprise attack, that's a good idea.

It would be even better if the personnel of each company could walk the retreat route in advance."

Huo Shouyi thought for a moment, "Let the reconnaissance company commanders of each regiment lead a platoon to scout the route according to the retreat plan.

There's no need to tell them the purpose of this mission beforehand."

"Yes!"

Lin Fan suddenly asked, "How was Yunting last night?"

Huo Shouyi said with a wry smile, "It's not that the brothers didn't try hard enough, it's just that the Japanese devils are too powerful.

We only occupied half of it."

Lin Fan was silent. He had originally planned that if they couldn't take it down, he could use the eighteen newly captured cannons today.

Lin Fan asked, "I'll allocate 180 shells for your six cannons.

How about you take them away now?"

Huo Shouyi immediately said, "Good! Good! I'll send someone over right away."

Deputy Division Commander Wang Zhaozi stood up, "Division Commander! I'll go! These six cannons will go directly out of the city to the wharf to be loaded onto a ship.

What Battalion Commander Lin said is right, send them to Wuhan."

Huo Shouyi and Li Lanchi both nodded.

The special operations company had fought hard all night and captured too much.

The remaining twelve Type 41 150mm cannons, thousands of sets of uniforms, and thousands of rifles all needed to be sent to the rear.

These things were all handled by Li Xian. Lin Fan was only responsible for taking the things back from the Japanese devils.

Just like a family, one person takes care of external affairs and the other takes care of internal affairs.

On the morning of November 30th, the Japanese devils were surprisingly quiet.

In the entire Jiangyin defense zone, the Japanese devils who had been attacking desperately yesterday had all stopped.

It was as if someone had suddenly pressed the pause button.

But all the officers, soldiers, and civilians in the entire Jiangyin defense zone felt that a great battle was coming.

Dark clouds pressed down on the city, threatening to crush it!

Lin Fan's desire to use the cannons he had just captured had no chance to be fulfilled.

But he wasn't disappointed. In the special operations company's garrison.

Eight platoons, more than a thousand soldiers, were nervously maintaining the eighteen newly captured cannons.

The eight platoon leaders consciously had their entire platoon practice digging artillery positions and pushing the cannons into position.

They also practiced transitioning the cannons from traveling mode to firing mode.

Every process was so careful and meticulous.

Just like when they had first come into contact with the anti-aircraft gun.

The special operations company's long-standing rule: everyone must be familiar with all the weapons in the special operations company.

This time, the special operations company had newly added eighteen Type 41 cannons, eighteen Type 92 infantry guns, and thirty mortars.

So many good things made the soldiers of the entire company feel like they didn't have enough people.

A Type 41 cannon required at least nine people to operate, two old drivers for the towing vehicle, and at least five other personnel.

This meant that a cannon required at least fifteen people.

Even if Lin Fan sent out six cannons now, the remaining twelve cannons would still require a full 180 people to operate.

This meant that one platoon of the special operations company would have to become a heavy artillery platoon.

Eighteen Type 92 infantry guns, with two sent out, leaving sixteen, required at least five people to serve each gun, which meant another ninety soldiers. Adding the two anti-aircraft machine guns and one anti-aircraft gun, which required another platoon.

The thirty mortars, plus the original seventeen in stock, forty-seven mortars in total, required a team of 150 people to use, which was another platoon.

The special operations company originally had thirty-four vehicles, and this time, not counting the towing vehicles, they captured another thirty-six.

A total of seventy transport vehicles, requiring 140 drivers alone, plus the personnel to operate the two tanks, which required almost another platoon.

Calculated this way, four platoons of the special operations company would be doing these things.

That left only four platoons of professional infantry.

Lin Fan troubledly drew on the ground with a tree branch.

He didn't even have the mind to watch the soldiers' enthusiastic training.

The Japanese devils' rare quiet morning gave Lin Fan time to think about the problem.

Heavy artillery must be used in a concentrated manner. Lin Fan set the first rule for his company.

Twelve cannons, form an artillery platoon!

Anti-aircraft guns must follow the heavy artillery platoon, and the heavy artillery platoon must have an infantry platoon to protect it.

Lin Fan had a rough plan.

Transport vehicles, mortars, and Type 92 infantry guns were all assigned to each platoon.

Seventy transport vehicles, nine vehicles allocated to each of the seven platoons, and the rest to the heavy artillery.

Forty-seven mortars were allocated to the seven platoons, with the platoon protecting the heavy artillery getting two less, and the remaining platoons getting seven each.

Six platoons were each given two Type 92 infantry guns, and the platoon protecting the heavy artillery was given four.

With this allocation, Lin Fan felt that it was very fair.

Lin Fan held a meeting with the eight platoon leaders and explained the plan he had just thought through.

Li Xian was currently busy outside contacting ships, preparing to send out the guns, ammunition, grain, fodder, leather shoes, clothes, and other things they had brought back last night.

As for the twelve cannons, Lin Fan was not prepared to send them directly to Wuhan like the 112th Division.

Lin Fan still wanted to use these cannons to give the Japanese devils a surprise.

All eight platoon leaders agreed to Lin Fan's plan.

As for who would be the heavy artillery platoon and who would be the guard platoon protecting the heavy artillery, no one volunteered.

Everyone understood that the heavy artillery platoon and the guard platoon would have fewer opportunities to go to the battlefield and fight the Japanese devils with bayonets in the future.

So no one wanted to be the heavy artillery platoon.

Liu Laopao said loudly, "The direct detachment has long operated anti-aircraft guns, and the two machine guns are also in the direct detachment, and the direct detachment uses the mortars the best.

The heavy artillery platoon must belong to the direct detachment."

Better to push a fellow Daoist than push a poor priest.

Platoon Leader Liu's speech was immediately unanimously agreed by the other six platoon leaders.

Feng Junya was unwilling, "Have you guys trained less in each platoon?

It's just that we didn't have so many cannons before.

Now that we have these cannons, everyone has a share.

I say company commander, how about we divide these cannons into two for each platoon?"

Lin Fan glared at him, "The previous plan has already been passed, and you also agreed to set up a heavy artillery platoon.

What can you do with two such cannons?

It's not easy to march on the road either."

Lin Fan looked at the seven guys who thought they had succeeded with their tricks, "Platoon Leader Feng has objections, and we can't not listen.

Let's do this!

Same old rules! Draw lots!"

Feng Junya immediately echoed, "Draw lots! If I draw it, I'll accept it."

The other platoon leaders looked at each other, and Liu Laopao was also very straightforward, "I don't believe my luck is so bad. Let's draw!"

Lin Fan wrote down one heavy artillery platoon and one guard platoon in front of the eight platoon leaders.

The remaining six were all infantry platoons.

He carefully crumpled these pieces of paper into balls and threw them into a small-mouthed jar:

"Who wants to go first?"

The eight platoon leaders deferred to each other, unwilling to be the first.

Lin Fan said with a smile, "There are six infantry platoons in the cloud for the first one!"

Liu Laopao quickly reached out, "I'll do it!"

He reached in and rubbed for a long time, becoming anxious under the urging of the surrounding platoon leaders:

"You didn't reach out just now, can't I choose a little longer now?"

Yang Daren sneered, "Liu Laopao, can you recognize words with your fingers?"

Liu Laopao laughed, "These days, the deputy company commander has been teaching you to recognize words with your eyes.

Only I practice recognizing words with my thumb.

This is it."

Liu Laopao finally reached out and picked out a word ball.

He opened it carelessly: Infantry Platoon!

He laughed triumphantly, "I said I could recognize words with my thumb, wasn't that bragging!

Believe it?

Are you convinced?"

He waved the small piece of paper in his hand, questioning the other platoon leaders.

Wu Xiaobao curiously asked Ji Wudi, "Sister! It's so dark in the jar, how did Liu Laopao see it clearly with his thumb?"

Ji Wudi almost choked with laughter, "Xiaobao! Are you trying to laugh me to death so you can inherit the chocolate on my body?"

Wu Xiaobao quickly waved his hand, "No! No! Sister Ji, I just really can't figure it out, it's so dark in the jar.

Isn't it darker than when we attacked this morning!

It's so dark, how did you see it clearly with your thumb?"

Ji Wudi bent over laughing again.

Their movements were a little loud, and Lin Fan and the other platoon leaders all looked over.

Ji Wudi quickly stopped laughing.

"Liu Laopao is bragging! I know more words than him, and my thumb can't recognize words.

Sister Ji, among the few of us, you know the most words, can your thumb recognize words?" Zhao Long asked with a serious face.

"No!" Ji Wudi didn't dare to laugh anymore.

She was suffering, "I really understand, you two came as a group.

Trying to laugh me to death and inherit my chocolate."

Zhao Long quickly said, "Sister Ji, I really didn't mean that.

It's just that Wu Xiaobao doesn't know that Liu Laopao is bragging."

"You two stop talking. If you talk again, I'll really die." Ji Wudi was suffering.

Liu Laopao had a good start, and everyone scrambled to reach out and touch.

Lin Fan didn't stop them, and Feng Junya drew the second paper ball.

Chen Sichuan came out with the third paper ball.

Feng Junya's face changed when he opened the paper ball.

Liu Laopao laughed, "It's your fate! It's your kid's turn to fiddle with heavy artillery."

Feng Junya drew the heavy artillery platoon.

This scared Chen Sichuan, and he carefully opened the paper ball: "Infantry Platoon."

Feng Junya looked at his hand, looking like he wanted to chop off the hand that touched the paper ball and stew it.

Liu Laopao was in a good mood today, "Lao Feng! Don't hesitate, do it!

Chop it off!

A man has to be ruthless to himself."

The other platoon leaders all laughed, "Lao Feng! What are you hesitating for?

Chop it off! Stew it!"

Feng Junya laughed angrily, "I just won't chop it off, if you guys dare to laugh at me again.

When I ask you for artillery support next time, I'll fire a few less shells.

Piss you off!"

Now the platoon leaders didn't dare to laugh at him anymore.

The power of the artillery, these platoon leaders had personally experienced before they joined the special operations company.

Especially these large-caliber shells, when they hit the position, they could really blow away all morale.

Those teams that could persist in sticking to their positions in the midst of artillery bombardment were all iron troops.

Yang Daren's hand drew the guard platoon, and he was happy, "Lao Feng! In the future, when the brothers charge, you must be like the company commander firing artillery.

Blast all the Japanese devils and the defense line in front of me flat.

Don't think I don't know, this 150mm shell, when it smashes down, it digs a well in the ground."

Feng Junya was happy, "Don't worry, sir! This little one will definitely clear all obstacles for you and send you directly to the top."

Liu Laopao said sourly, "To the top? Are you thinking of becoming a platoon leader?"

Lin Fan saw that these people had finally distributed the tasks of each platoon clearly.

Then he spoke, "The weapons and equipment will be allocated as just said: one, two, three, four, five, six, you six platoons, each platoon seven mortars, two Type 92 infantry guns.

Each platoon is allocated nine cars, and each car must be prepared with at least one heavy machine gun.

All of them are like our cars these days, able to fire anytime, anywhere.

The light machine guns are estimated by each platoon themselves, but you have to consider that rifles are also necessary.

When fighting, you have to consider how much weapons, ammunition, and supplies you can carry if your platoon doesn't have car transportation.

Don't give me a full machine gun company, and when you fight, it's all machine guns without bullets."

When he said this, all eight platoon leaders laughed.

Lin Fan continued, "Mortars are allocated to seven platoons each for you six platoons, and two tanks are allocated to one platoon.

Platoon Seven is allocated eleven cars, four infantry guns, five mortars, and the direct detachment is allocated twelve Type 41 cannons, one anti-aircraft gun, and two machine guns.

Twelve Type 41 cannon towing vehicles, one anti-aircraft gun towing vehicle, and eleven ordinary cars.

I want to emphasize one more point: all vehicles must be equipped with a heavy machine gun.

Always ensure that they can fire."

Liu Laopao spoke again, "Report company commander! I suggest we get our homemade armored vehicles onto the cars.

We can fire on the cars at any time, our cars all have jumping boards, and it takes less than a minute to put the boards down when we get off the car, and we can immediately fire after pushing it down."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Lin Fan immediately said, "Good suggestion! Immediately organize people to get flat carts and see if there is anything that can be improved.

Liu Laopao, your brain is flexible enough.

Today's meeting will end here, although various weapons are now allocated to each platoon.

But the rules of the special operations company remain unchanged: everyone in the special operations company must be able to do four things to all the weapons of the entire special operations company: wiping, maintaining, using, and repairing!"

Liu Laopao had the most to say, "Do we also have to know the Type 41 and tanks?"

Lin Fan came to kill the rat and said, "Yes! Everyone must be able to drive, and everyone must be able to drive a car.

In the future, we must also be able to repair them!"

Li Xian took more than a dozen people to the river to rent boats. It was very difficult to rent boats at this time.

Not only was the price high, but there were also few large boats. At this time, only small boats were less likely to be bombed by Japanese devils' planes.

Although the arrogance of the Japanese devils' planes had been greatly reduced in the past two days.

But the boat owners on the Yangtze River still firmly remembered the scene of their companions being bombed and sunk by Japanese devils' planes.

Unless it was a high price, they were simply unwilling to come to Jiangyin.

Li Xian was a person who could afford a high price, and at the same time, the special operations company itself had a boat running transportation on the Yangtze River.

It was just that the "Old Perseverance" freighter was on its way from Nanjing to Chongqing.

There was no way to come down to transport this batch of goods, and Lin Fan required that all the things be transported away today, at the latest tomorrow: December 1st.

Even some of the shells captured by the special operations company this time had to be sent to Wuhan.

Time was tight, and the task was heavy.

Why was this?

Lin Fan didn't hide anything from Li Xian: on the evening of December 1st, the entire Jiangyin defense zone would issue a retreat order.

There wasn't much time left for the special operations company.

The more things that were transported out now, the more cannons and equipment Lin Fan could rescue from the Jiangyin fort when he received the retreat order.

So, a young boss appeared at the wharf upstream of Jiangyin Fortress, and he rented eight boats in one go.

He had them wait on the wharf. To reassure these bosses, Li Xian paid 30% of the freight in advance.

Lang Yong'an's ancestors were all boatmen, and they used to run the canal transportation.

Later, the imperial court changed the course of the canal transportation, and the wealth accumulated by his ancestors grew legs and ran out quickly.

Fortunately, some shade remained in Lang Yong'an's generation.

Lang Yong'an also had a good eye and spent a lot of money to buy a thirty-ton machine boat to run the shipping from Jiangyin to Shanghai and Jiangyin to Nanjing.

He had been living a comfortable life for the past ten years or so. If he continued to do this,

In another ten years or so, he would be able to restore his ancestors' glory.

What he didn't expect was that man's plans are not as good as God's!

It started fighting for no reason. In the past ten years or so, this country had not been at peace for a single day.

Fighting was when those officials argued over dividing territory and money. It was always them fighting them.

Small people like Lang Yong'an still lived their lives, and he had seen a lot of things over the years.

At most, there were more donations and heavier taxes.

The common people could still live their lives.

This time was different from when the foreign devils fought the Empress Dowager a few years ago.

This time, the Eastern 洋人's planes not only bombed the army but also bombed the common people. It was said that in Shanghai and Wuxi, those Eastern 洋人 had already slaughtered villages.

Lang Yong'an had been hesitating whether to take his family and run upstream.

Anyway, he had a boat, and he could find work wherever he ran.

Today, this boss had goods to send to Wuhan and also goods to send to Nanjing.

Lang Yong'an thought about it and finally took the route of sending goods to Wuhan.

He was thinking about whether to bring his parents, wife, children, and family of seven with him.

He looked at the boat boss, who looked like a cultured man, and carefully asked, "Boss! Are the Japanese devils really going to enter the village?"

Li Xian asked with a smile, "Which village are you from?"

"Near Nanzha Town in Jiangyin."

Li Xian said with a wry smile, "Nanzha fought like a pot of porridge last night, and the entire Nanzha is already a mess."

Lang Yong'an quickly asked, "What about the Lang family village, less than three miles from Nanzha?"

Li Xian said with embarrassment, "I don't know! I've only been to Nanzha. I haven't been to the villages next to it."

Lang Yong'an immediately said, "Boss, when do you want to load the boat? I want to go home."

Now he had made up his mind: this time he must take his family with him and avoid going to Wuhan first.

If that didn't work, he would go to Chongqing.

Several boat bosses next to him, who had agreed to wait here for the goods, also returned the deposit to Li Xian. They also wanted to go home and take a look first.

These boat bosses were honest. They were afraid that something would happen and they couldn't come, so they returned the deposit they received to Li Xian.

At this time, Li Xian also understood: only by getting the goods here first and loading them onto the boat when he saw it.

Loading the goods and leaving was the only way.

He told the remaining three boats and thought it was not safe, so he left two soldiers here to wait.

He drove back immediately, preparing to bring all the goods to be sent away.

Division Commander Ogisu Ritsubei knew that the Nanzha Town, defended by Regiment Commander Sasaki Michiichi with two infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion, and one heavy artillery battalion, had been lost in one night.

And less than six hundred people had returned.

He was so angry that he couldn't sleep anymore.

He didn't dare to hide such a big loss from the entire division and immediately reported the situation to Matsui Iwane.

Shanghai Expeditionary Army Commander Matsui Iwane, the old man, heard that a heavy artillery battalion had been lost overnight.

Especially the loss of eighteen Type 41 150mm cannons.

He was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot.

He was already an old man in his sixties, and he had been working hard to invade this country these days.

He was originally an old man who had made mistakes within the empire and had no chance to go to the battlefield again.

The situation in Shanghai suddenly gave him the opportunity to return to the battlefield at the age of sixty.

The arrangement of fate was like this, when he was most depressed, such a big pie suddenly fell from the sky.

For the past three months, Commander Matsui Iwane had been working hard to win the victory as soon as possible.

Looking at the Tenth Army, which had landed from Hangzhou Bay, some troops had already reached the edge of Nanjing.

His Shanghai Expeditionary Army had suffered such a big loss in Jiangyin, how could he not be angry?

When Matsui Iwane woke up, he immediately ordered: "Temporarily stop the attack on Jiangyin!"

He had to think carefully: last time, in order to let the useless 13th Division capture Jiangyin.

He had already specially strengthened two field heavy artillery brigades.

At the same time, he strictly ordered the Third Naval Fleet and the Air Force to cooperate in the attack on Jiangyin.

As a result, they returned in defeat.

It seemed that it took more than just artillery fire to capture Jiangyin. There was already enough artillery fire.

Now he should strengthen the infantry.

If Jiangyin was not occupied, the Third Naval Fleet would not be able to advance up the Yangtze River.

And Jiangyin was the southern gateway to Nanjing. If Jiangyin was not captured, the southern front of the entire Nanjing battle would not dare to attack freely.

Thinking of this, Matsui Iwane looked at the troops of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army near Jiangyin.

He decided that even if the southern front's advance was slower, he would first remove the nail of Jiangyin.

After thinking it through, Matsui Iwane ordered: "The entire Shigeto Detachment, one brigade of the 11th Division, and one brigade of the 16th Division, immediately set out for Jiangyin.

Be sure to capture Jiangyin within three days.

Prepare for the next attack on Nanjing."

Detachment Commander Shigeto Chito immediately took action after receiving the order.

Now he was excited when he thought that he could attack Nanjing immediately after capturing Jiangyin.

This was a good opportunity to show his face to the world. As long as he performed well this time, he could climb up to the division commander.

11th Division Commander Lieutenant General Yamawaki Munetake, Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Katamura Yosashi.

After receiving the order, although they didn't understand why such a small Jiangyin Fortress had the 13th Division, two field artillery brigades, and a cavalry regiment.

In addition, the Navy's Third Fleet cooperated in the attack, but they still couldn't capture it.

Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Katamura Yosashi said with a smile to Division Commander Yamawaki Munetake, "

It seems that with the participation of those pig heads in the Navy, not only can the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army not be increased.

But it also dragged down the combat effectiveness of Division Commander Ogisu Ritsubei."

"Exactly! Exactly!" Yamawaki Munetake said with a big laugh. He felt that the joke that the Chief of Staff had told was very good, and he could tell it to other generals to appreciate it in the future.

The entire 11th Division had under its command:

11th Infantry Brigade: Brigade Commander Major General Amatsu Naotsujiro, subordinate infantry 11th Regiment, infantry 22nd Regiment infantry.

22nd Brigade: Brigade Commander Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, subordinate infantry 43rd Regiment, infantry 44th Regiment.

The division had directly under its command: 11th Cavalry Regiment, 11th Mountain Artillery Regiment, 11th Engineer Regiment, 11th Transport Regiment, Communication Team.

Medical Team: First Field Hospital, Second Field Hospital, Third Field Hospital, Fourth Field Hospital.

The joke was over.

Chief of Staff Katamura Yosashi asked, "We will send out the 11th Infantry Brigade, with the cavalry, mountain artillery, engineers, transport, and communication teams.

Also, take two field hospitals."

"Do it that way! Issue the order!" Division Commander Yamawaki Munetake was very satisfied with his Chief of Staff.

16th Division Commander Lieutenant General Nakajima Kesago, Chief of Staff Colonel Nakazawa Mitsuo, after receiving Commander Matsui Iwane's order.

They frowned as they looked at the map.

Their division's subordinate 19th Infantry Brigade, Brigade Commander Major General Kusaba Tatsumi:

Jurisdiction over the 9th Infantry Regiment, Regiment Commander Colonel Katagiri Mamoru.

20th Infantry Regiment, Regiment Commander Colonel Ono Nobuaki.

This brigade was attacking Changzhou, and the battle was fierce. It was impossible to retreat.

30th Infantry Brigade, Brigade Commander Major General Satomoki Kazuo:

Jurisdiction over the 33rd Infantry Regiment, Regiment Commander Colonel Noda Kengo.

38th Infantry Regiment, Regiment Commander Colonel Sukegawa Seiji.

This brigade was advancing towards Pudong Jingjiang and was about to begin the attack.

20th Cavalry Regiment, Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel Kasai Toshimatsu;

22nd Field Artillery Regiment, Regiment Commander Colonel Mikuni Naoi;

16th Engineer Regiment, Regiment Commander Colonel Imanaka Takeyoshi;

16th Transport Regiment, Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel Karabane Hanto.

These troops were all guaranteeing the attack on Changzhou.

Seeing that Changzhou was about to be captured, it was not cost-effective to retreat at this time.

Division Commander Nakajima Kesago looked at his Chief of Staff, "Send the 30th Infantry Brigade.

The commander's order is to send a brigade, cooperating with the 13th Division, the 11th Division, and the Shigeto Detachment.

Such a small Jiangyin is enough with this force."

Chief of Staff Nakazawa Mitsuo immediately agreed, "That's enough. Commander Matsui doesn't know his own strength, this is completely using a sledgehammer to crack a nut."

"He's old, an old man in his sixties, and he's sick. He doesn't have much time left.

Let's take care of him!

Issue the order: let the 30th Brigade change its direction of attack and turn back to attack Jiangyin."

Division Commander Nakajima Kesago pointed to a position upstream of Jiangyin, "Here, order Brigade Commander Sato to occupy the temporary wharf here. I can't let a Jiangyin defender escape."

Countless radio waves transmitted in the air, and the whole world was paying attention to this war in East Asia.

Today, the most intense war in East Asia was about to unfold in Jiangyin.

On November 30th, the Japanese devils' crazy revenge that Lin Fan expected did not come.

For the whole day, the Japanese devils were quite calm and didn't even provoke.

This allowed the soldiers of the 112th and 103rd Divisions, who had been defending the positions these days, to relax.

Especially since the special operations company had brought back prey again today: horse meat was distributed.

All the troops didn't have to risk the Japanese devils' artillery bombardment to repair the fortifications today.

The 672nd Regiment finally entered Nanzha Town in the evening.

Regiment Commander Wan Yi at this time already knew that Battalion Commander Lin's prediction was completely wrong, greatly wrong.

But he immediately carried out the师部's order to transfer the reconnaissance company to search the road.

At the same time, the师部 sent a sealed letter, specifically stating: do not open it without orders.

The current Regiment Commander Wan had no time to play such riddles and put it casually in a pocket.

He immediately organized the troops to garrison.

His regiment was very familiar with Nanzha. They had been defending here a few days ago and knew the entire Nanzha like the back of their hand.

Lang Yong'an drove his small boat back to the village. Before he saw the village,

He had already seen thick smoke floating in the sky above the village. He couldn't help but think of what those boatmen had said: the Eastern 洋人 didn't reason like the Western 洋人.

They first robbed, then raped, then killed, and then set fire.

Every time they went to a rural village, the Eastern 洋人 wouldn't give up until they turned the village into a wasteland.

The person telling this story said these things.

Lang Yong'an didn't believe it at all, "Isn't that an animal?

How can people do such things?

I don't believe it!"

"I don't believe it!" Many boatmen said so.

Now, although Lang Yong'an was unwilling to believe it, he was guessing in this direction in his heart.

For the past few decades, their village had not been without soldiers. Whether it was foreign devils or warlords, the old people in Lang's village had seen them all.

Those soldiers just robbed some chickens, ducks, pigs, and cattle. More severely, they would sneakily rape a few women.

There had been no reports of slaughtering villages for decades.

Isn't it all a civilized, modern society now?

How could there be such animals?

Turning a few corners, Lang Yong'an finally saw Lang's village.

Although he hadn't seen his own home yet, he could clearly see that the house of Lang Jiu at the entrance of the village had collapsed.

There was no open flame, but smoke was still rising into the sky. A gust of wind passed, and some flames flickered.

Lang Yong'an's hands and feet were soft, and he almost drove the boat ashore.

He tied the boat to his own dock, his legs and feet were weak, and he staggered towards his own home.

His home was no different from the other homes in the village, all collapsed in the dust.

Similarly, smoke billowed and fire rose in the wind.

Approaching the home that had become ruins, the high temperature prevented him from staying for too long.

Lang Yong'an looked around, unable to see a single living person.

But there was a person lying at the door of Lang Da's house.

He ran over quickly and saw Lang Da staring wide-eyed, facing the sky.

He had already died long ago.

Lang Yong'an stared blankly at the entire village, the entire Lang family village, with more than thirty households and more than two hundred people.

Today, there wasn't a single living person. He could smell the smell of cooked meat in the air when the wind blew.

When Lang Yong'an suddenly realized what this smell was,

He collapsed on the ground and vomited.

He kept vomiting on the ground until he had vomited green bile and couldn't stop.

"If I don't leave here, I'll die here.

I can't die!" Lang Yong'an suddenly woke up.

He struggled to climb back onto the boat.

When he got to the water, the freshness of the river breeze made him feel that the smell of meat in the air had faded a lot.

Struggling to shake the boat, Lang Yong'an fled Lang's village in a mess.

From this moment on, he no longer had the desire to make money. He only had one thought: I want to be a soldier, I want to fight, I want revenge!

When Lang Yong'an returned to the agreed-upon wharf, Li Xian had already brought a fleet of cars to load goods on the wharf.

Lang Yong'an walked up to Li Xian, knelt on the ground without saying a word, "Boss! I'll pull goods for you, don't want money, just let me join the army."

Li Xian quickly helped him up, "We welcome you to join the army! The money for pulling goods must also be paid.

Not taking advantage of the people is our military law.

I dare not violate this."

Lang Yong'an insisted on not getting up, "I want to join the army immediately and fight the Japanese devils tomorrow."

Li Xian saw him like this and knew that something big must have happened to his family without asking.

He thought for a while and said, "I can promise you to join our team, you have to listen carefully: our team is called the Special Operations Company.

But after you join, you still can't fight the Japanese devils tomorrow because you haven't been trained.

Fighting the Japanese devils is not just about knowing how to shoot, you must also shoot accurately and listen to orders.

But if you want to seek revenge on the Japanese devils, our company can help you.

You see..."

Li Xian was pointing at the clothes that were being loaded onto the boat.

"Those are all military uniforms taken off the Japanese devils, and many of them have bullet holes.

Last night, we killed at least two thousand Japanese devils.

What was taken off them was not just clothes, but also leather shoes.

A pair of leather shoes for a Japanese devil, you can go and see if you don't believe it. The soles and faces of those shoes are all covered with mud and blood."

Lang Yong'an no longer insisted on kneeling on the ground.

He stood up and staggered to the pile of goods Li Xian was talking about and carefully checked them.

The more he looked, the brighter his eyes became, and his steps were no longer so shaky.

When he walked back with firm steps, he choked up and said, "My whole family and the whole village were killed by the Japanese devils.

The Japanese devils pressed them all into the houses and burned them to death.

You are really fighting the Japanese devils.

I'll follow you."

Li Xian supported him, "You are now unstable, can you still drive the boat.

These supplies of ours are all going to be sent to the rear, for the sake of continuing the war.

For fighting the Japanese devils.

If you can't persevere, take a rest."

Lang Yong'an said, "I can, I can! I'll send the goods to Nanjing and come back immediately."

Li Xian pointed to a team of soldiers and said, "You go with them when you get to Nanjing.

They are the soldiers escorting this batch of supplies, and they are also from our special operations company.

In a few days, we will also go to Nanjing.

You are now a member of the special operations company, you only need to carry out the orders of your superiors, don't ask too much.

We will definitely help you with your family's revenge.

Our special operations company's purpose is: kill one of mine, pay me a hundred.

How many people are there in your family?"

Lang Yong'an's eyes were bright, "Six people died