Chapter 1 9:33 AM, November 21, 1937

Ignoring the exhaustion from running back from the factory, Zhu Jiayue dared not pause for even a second, and rushed out of her house again.

She had to find her son.

Her son was not just the apple of her mother-in-law's eye, but also the treasure of the entire old Wang family.

Her husband, Wang Fugui, was the only son for three generations. After she married into the family, she bore him two sons within five years.

She immediately gained a foothold in the old Wang family. Her two sons were the foundation upon which Zhu Jiayue stood in the Wang household.

Zhu Jiayue rushed out of the house, heading towards the place where the children usually played in the street.

Normally, these children loved to play under the old tree at the entrance of the alley.

Climbing trees and playing hide-and-seek were games they never tired of.

When she ran to the big tree, Zhu Jiayue carefully looked up into the tree and searched around it.

No matter how loudly she called, she didn't hear her son's response.

All she could hear was the sound of distant bombs exploding.

Zhu Jiayue was anxious.

She shouted loudly, "Da Bao! Er Bao!"

She walked towards the distance, determined not to return home without finding her two sons.

She searched along the alley, but her sons usually didn't come to play in these areas.

Children had their own territories for playing.

Unable to find her sons, she could only continue searching forward.

If she went any further, she would be out of the county.

Zhu Jiayue's cries were now tinged with weeping: "Da Bao! Er Bao! Come out!"

Just then, she suddenly heard children crying and low responses.

Following the sound, she turned the corner,

and immediately saw Da Bao and Xiao Bao huddled together, crying under a wall.

Zhu Jiayue rushed over and grabbed her two sons, wanting to run home.

As she ran, she heard "啪啪啪 (pa pa pa)" sounds behind her.

She was filled with fear: "怕怕怕 (pa pa pa)!"

The "啪啪啪 (pa pa pa)" sounds continued behind her.

Zhu Jiayue's heart was filled with fear, and she quickened her pace towards home.

The "啪啪啪 (pa pa pa)" sounds seemed to be following her. Zhu Jiayue couldn't help but stop and look back.

Da Bao and Er Bao saw their mother stop and also looked back.

The three of them looked back and saw a plane spitting long tongues of fire in the sky behind them.

The bullets were hitting only a dozen steps in front of them.

Zhu Jiayue was immediately frightened.

Da Bao and Er Bao burst into tears.

They could both feel the malice emanating from that hideous thing in the sky.

Yukikaze Shotaro watched the mother and sons, who had been running away, stop and stare back at him.

He wasn't afraid at all. He was in the sky, firing his machine gun. What did he have to fear from these three ordinary people?

More than a thousand members of the entire Special Operations Force witnessed:

An attacking aircraft diving down was hit.

The plane plunged straight into the city and never flew again.

It crashed straight into the ground it was attacking, slamming into someone's house.

A raging fire erupted amid the fierce explosions.

Da Bao, who was crying loudly, pointed at a plane flying overhead and plunged into the yard of Grandpa Wang next door.

He happily shook the hand he was holding: "Mom! I just stared that plane down."

Er Bao was unhappy: "I stared it down. I used a lot of effort just now."

Zhu Jiayue pulled her two arguing sons along: "Let's go home quickly. Grandma is home alone, and we don't want the fire to spread to our house."

Da Bao and Er Bao both wanted to break free from their mother's hand: "Mom! We want to stare down more planes."

Zhu Jiayue didn't dare let go now.

She didn't tell her children that planes couldn't be stared down.

Er Bao was small and took small steps.

Zhu Jiayue picked him up with one hand.

She held Da Bao tightly with the other hand and dragged him along as she ran.

Er Bao laughed on her shoulder: "Mom! I stared down another plane."

With the first plane crashing, a second one followed suit.

This second plane was a Japanese Type 96 bomber. It was flying at low altitude over Jiangyin County, preparing to open its bomb bay, when Lin Fan shot it down with a single shot.

It disintegrated in the air, scattering into countless pieces that fell outside Jiangyin County.

The sudden sound of artillery gave great comfort to the people struggling in the county.

Especially when they saw two planes falling from the sky.

Lin Fan's current position was on the flank of the Japanese planes, making it absolutely safe.

The Japanese planes were not targeting his position at all.

But even so, Lin Fan had to adjust the gun every time he shot down a plane.

It was a bit slow, and no longer like last time, when the gun position remained basically unchanged and the Japanese planes kept lining up to die at the muzzle.

Now, to shoot down a Japanese plane, Lin Fan needed to fire a shot and adjust the barrel.

Even so, when Lin Fan shot down the third plane.

The soldiers of the entire Special Operations Force cheered.

Amid the cheers, Lin Fan fired the fourth and fifth shells.

After five enemy planes were shot down in a row, Captain Haneda didn't know what was wrong.

But having suffered a loss at Jiangyin Fortress last time, he immediately ordered: "Cancel the mission! Cancel the mission!"

Among the planes that came to carry out the mission this time were some veteran pilots who had witnessed the scene of planes falling like dumplings from the sky over Jiangyin Fortress last time.

They couldn't wait to leave this place, immediately pulled up, flew high, and escaped this airspace as soon as possible.

Only the newcomers, the new planes, although executing the order after receiving Captain Haneda's command, were not so eager in their actions.

Fighters and attackers no longer dived towards the county. They were afraid of being hit, and these planes were just pulling up quickly.

Or they turned in the air, away from this airspace.

No matter how timely Captain Haneda's order was, the maneuverability of the bombers could not match that of the attackers and fighters.

In addition, the bombers had suffered the greatest losses last time, and most of the pilots flying bombers today were newly replenished rookies.

Fighters and attackers were on guard against impossible attacks by the National Army air force in the high sky.

Only those bombers were struggling to carry out the order: retreat!

Even if they were unwilling to lower their altitude to drop their bombs, now that they wanted to retreat, their weight affected their speed.

Lin Fan fired again, and another enemy plane disintegrated in the air.

The crew members on the plane didn't have time to parachute and began to fall as the plane fell apart.

After the sixth plane fell outside Jiangyin County, the bombers in the air no longer dared to drop bombs.

Lin Fan watched the enemy planes fleeing at full speed, seized the last chance, and fired another shell.

This time, the shell hit the tail of the enemy plane, watching the bomber dragging a long trail of black smoke, flying lower and lower in the distance.

Lower and lower!

The officers and soldiers on the Xiaoshan Fort saw five white objects jumping out of the plane.

Commander Xu Kang ordered: "Bring them back."

Just now, he and all the officers and soldiers on the fort saw the enemy planes being shot down one by one.

It would be a lie to say that they weren't excited.

He had put a lot of thought into keeping this team, and it felt worth it just for today's battle.

When the Japanese plane group collectively left, a fire had already broken out in Jiangyin County.

Some of it was caused by the bombs they dropped, and some was caused by the explosions of the enemy planes that crashed into the county.

The soldiers of the entire Special Operations Force and the officers and soldiers of the eight forts of the entire Jiangyin Fortress mostly saw the scene that happened over Jiangyin County.

Everyone cheered!

Standing on the road, Lin Fan watched the enemy planes retreat, listening to the cheers of the surrounding crowd, but he didn't feel much excitement in his heart.

Watching the enemy planes bomb his own country's cities and still be able to fly back.

This was the greatest insult to a soldier!

At this time, Lin Fan missed the air defense missiles of his team in later generations.

Unfortunately, these were not possible now, and he did not have the ability to manufacture them.

Advanced rifles and machine guns, which he used a lot, could be designed, but the country's current industrial production level would not give him such an opportunity at all.

Lin Fan was not satisfied with his performance, but more than a thousand members of the entire Special Operations Force regarded him as a god.

Especially the soldiers of the 128th Division, they had never thought that their commander could shoot down Japanese planes from so far away.

Before this, their team could only watch the Japanese planes fly around.

When those planes wanted to bomb, they could only endure it and let it bomb.

When those planes wanted to strafe, the brothers could only dodge and let it strafe.

Now it was different. With Company Commander Lin, they were no longer afraid of Japanese planes.

Ma Shouxin was in Jiangyin County and was almost injured by a bomb dropped by a plane.

He was so scared that he quickly found a place to hide. After the Japanese planes in the sky left, he joined the fire fighting and disaster relief efforts.

Many people immediately remembered his appearance, a quack doctor from the Northeast, very enthusiastic, a good person!

Xu Kang saw the mobility of Lin Fan's team for the first time today. Although the artillery only moved more than two thousand meters, Xu Kang could still understand the details involved. It only took a dozen minutes to move two thousand meters, and that was the time from when the order was issued to when the shot was fired.

Although he felt that Lin Fan's bottom-line plan was an insult to him, the fortress commander, having such a team as a bottom line.

He also felt a little more confident.

Lin Fan looked at Jiangyin County shrouded in smoke and ordered: "Take the artillery back to the fort in two minutes.

The rest of the departments, follow me into Jiangyin County for disaster relief."

Having been subjected to the Three Main Rules of Discipline and the Eight Points for Attention, Lin Fan certainly couldn't bear to see the people's houses burn like this.

His order surprised many of his subordinates.

Good iron is not used to make nails!

Good men don't become soldiers! In the eyes of ordinary people, they, these soldiers, were not actually noble.

Surprised as they were, the orders still needed to be carried out.

Liu Laopao led the team and had already run back to Xiaoshan Fort in a puff of smoke.

The remaining soldiers all followed Lin Fan and ran towards Jiangyin County.

County Chief Yuan had already rushed to the Li Gong Yarn Factory with people as soon as the enemy planes left, and was cooperating with the workers in the yarn factory to start disaster relief.

Lin Fan led more than a thousand people and entered the city from the East Gate. There was strength in numbers.

As soon as these soldiers entered the East Gate, they saw the entire county shrouded in thick smoke.

The houses on both sides of the street in front of the East Gate were burning fiercely.

Many people in the city wanted to escape, but only Lin Fan and his team were rushing into the city.

Seeing such a big fire, the soldiers were a little timid.

Lin Fan gave a brief mobilization speech: "Our elders and villagers are struggling in the fire. If we, these soldiers, don't go up at this time.

Who can go up?"

He mixed the soldiers of this era with his own soldiers from later generations.

In the world where Lin Fan came from, as long as the masses had difficulties, they could see the shadows of the soldiers.

When the floods were滔天 (tao tian, overwhelming), there were Dinghaishenzhen (定海神针, Sea-Stabilizing Pillars); when the world was turned upside down, there were land saviors.

After the mobilization, Lin Fan immediately rushed up.

Seeing that the highest commander took the lead and rushed into the fire, the soldiers of the Special Operations Force finally began to move. Many of the houses in this era were still wooden houses.

Once they burned, they could no longer be saved.

The soldiers of the Special Operations Force could only cut out an isolated area in places where the fire had not yet reached.

Preventing the fire from continuing to spread.

To cut out such a blank area, they needed to go to the roof first and remove the roof tiles.

The soldiers came in a hurry and had no ladders. How could they get on the roof?

The ordinary houses of this era were not high. Lin Fan ran a few steps quickly on the street,

and rushed to the eaves of the house to be roofed.

His body jumped up suddenly, and his hand rested on the eaves. The entire body, with the help of inertia, had already reached the roof.

He stepped on a few broken tiles, and quickly changed his feet to another place, stepping on the purlins on the roof.

Then he leaned down and stretched out his hand: "I'll pull a few people up."

The soldiers of the Special Operations Company had been with Lin Fan for almost a month. They all knew that Lin Fan was good at shooting guns, accurate with artillery, and very good at bayonet fighting.

They had never seen a company commander who was so good at roofing.

Ji Wudi looked at Lin Fan's agile body, which jumped onto the roof in one leap.

Just now, a few sparks flashed, but they quickly went out again.

People like himself were not worthy!

Lin Fan pulled six soldiers onto the roof. These soldiers moved quickly, starting from the center of the roof.

Stacks of tiles were quickly removed from top to bottom, all the way to the end.

Lin Fan did not let the soldiers directly throw these tiles to the ground, but asked ten soldiers to catch them below and stack these tiles neatly on the side of the street.

The owners could continue to use them in the future.

After these soldiers uncovered all the tiles on the roof, they began to remove the purlins.

It was not until the beams on the roof were removed that they jumped down.

A dozen soldiers worked together and finally pushed down all the walls of the house.

Now someone only needed to guard this place and the fire would not continue to spread.

This was just a scene in the fire fighting of the soldiers of the Special Operations Force.

They kept rescuing the wounded from the ruins, which were all rooms that had been collapsed by Japanese bombs.

Originally, there were people from the county rescuing people.

It was just that their numbers were not as many as Lin Fan's organized team.

The soldiers of the Special Operations Force listened to orders, and dozens of people went up together, acting quickly and effectively.

For those houses that had just started burning and could still be rescued.

The soldiers of the Special Operations Company had an even greater advantage: they formed a long line, directly drawing water from the well, handing it over bucket by bucket, basin by basin.

Putting out the fire and rescuing the people trapped in the yards.

Whether it was those who were rescued or the people who watched this team rescue people.

They all praised this team.

Xiao Dongbei, Yang Daren, and others listened to these words of thanks spoken from the bottom of their hearts and felt a pride they had never felt before.

The Special Operations Force started from the East Gate and continued to rescue all the way.

Busy until noon, the soldiers of the Special Operations Force ate the food sent down from the fort.

After eating, they continued to rescue.

Those people inquired about the name of this team, and the officers and soldiers of the 128th Division proudly said: "We are the Special Operations Force."

From today's sudden attack, Lin Fan also understood one thing: even under prepared circumstances, it would take at least ten minutes to suddenly pull these guns.

It would take at least twenty to half a quarter of an hour to drag away the four guns of Xiaoshan Fort.

Now he no longer had confidence in dragging away those four "Krupp" one hundred and fifty millimeter cannons.

These guns were not something that his team could contact now. They would need the assistance of the artillery guarding the Jiangyin Fortress at that time.

And these guns were not with the guns that he had his eyes on.

It would take at least an hour to take these guns away.

On the battlefield, an hour was not known how much firepower and life was needed to fight for.

The soldiers of the Special Operations Force saw Company Commander Lin shoot down eight enemy planes today.

Then they followed the company commander to Jiangyin City and worked for an afternoon.

The grateful words of those citizens had already filled the hearts of all the soldiers.

When these soldiers came back, they were both happy to be warmly welcomed by the people and angry to see the collapsed houses and the bodies of ordinary people lying on the ground.

Liu Laopao organized the Second Detachment to drag the gun back to its original place.

They did not rest, but quickly cleaned the barrel and did maintenance.

Liu Laopao knew the status of this gun in Lin Fan's heart.

This time, the Second Detachment was dragging the gun back, and of course he had to carry out this task well.

Drag the gun back, take care of it, and be ready to fire at any time!

Lin Fan's idea was that each team should take turns to operate it once.

On this day, when the Japanese attacked Jiangyin, they were met with fierce anti-aircraft fire from the National Army and lost eight warplanes.

This gave the commanders of the entire China Expeditionary Force the impression that Jiangyin Fortress had fierce anti-aircraft firepower and needed the assistance of the army to attack. Da Feng Novel Network

Now they could only increase their attack on the entire Xicheng Qian Line, and the attack on Jiangyin Fortress was only in preparation.

Just the day before yesterday, the Japanese General Staff had changed its idea of not expanding the war.

It ordered the China Expeditionary Force, which was reorganized from the Shanghai Dispatch Army, to launch a joint sea-land offensive against Nanjing.