Xie Jinyuan and Zhou Zhihan led everyone to the basement of the warehouse.
At this time, the weather was already very cold. Several fires were raised in the basement to keep away the cold. It was very warm. Iron buckets were placed on top of the fires. The hot water was sizzling and steaming. The soldiers sat around the fires, nearly half of them Drinking hot water for the first time in months.
The aroma of rice and vegetables wafted not far away, making everyone salivate.
Just before dark, the soldiers found a way to move fresh vegetables, fruits, pork, and chicken donated by people on the south bank of the Suzhou River back to the warehouse.
The Sixing Warehouse used to be the headquarters of the 88th Division. There are firewood and large pots inside. The soldiers can do it themselves. Those who can cook can cook rice, those who can cook can stir-fry, and those who can’t cook can make a fire and boil water. In the warehouse There is white sugar, which is a good thing and most people cannot drink it.
There will be a decisive battle tomorrow, and the soldiers must eat well and drink well to replenish their physical strength.
There is a lot of wine in the warehouse. You can reward yourself tonight. It has been three months since the Battle of Songhu. The soldiers have not taken a bath, slept well, or eaten a decent hot meal. .
In a corner of the warehouse, several soldiers set up large pots and boiled vat after vat of hot water. After the soldiers finished eating, they could take a good bath. There will be a battle tomorrow. Everyone's life or death is uncertain. Tonight enjoy it.
If you come here barefoot and leave cleanly, you will be worthy of yourself.
Because they were worried about the war between China and Japan, the war might spread to the natural gas pipeline next to the Sihang Warehouse, causing an explosion and damaging the interests of the Western Concession. Therefore, Admiral Henry Irving of Country M and Lieutenant General Charles of Country Y have always hoped that China and Japan Be able to cease fire and sit at the negotiating table to negotiate.
Knowing that China and Japan would have a life-and-death battle at Sihang Warehouse tomorrow, and so they called a truce tonight, General Henry Irving and Lieutenant General Charles took the opportunity to use the excuse of being neutral notaries to quickly dispatch a squad of 100 men each. , lying between Sihang Warehouse and the Japanese army.
The excuse of General Henry Irving and Lieutenant General Charles was that because the interests of both countries were involved, they had the right to intervene and mediate for the warring parties in a fair and just manner.
In this regard, the soldiers at Sihang Warehouse wanted nothing more, and the commander of the Japanese army, Major General Yoshimaru Kiyoshi, could only hold back his anger. He did not want to offend these two military powers at this critical moment, and he did not care to wait for this night, anyway. Tomorrow when the First God of War shoots down Ship Battle No. 214, it will be the moment when the defenders of Sihang Warehouse collapse.
With the two armies of the two countries separated between the Sixing Warehouse and the Japanese army, there will basically be no fighting tonight.
Even so, Xie Jinyuan still did not dare to take it lightly. There were still hidden sentries and snipers arranged around the warehouse, and he must not let his guard down at the critical moment.
Before dark, the sky was overcast, the northwest wind was howling, and the temperature in Shanghai dropped sharply, which was very abnormal compared with previous years.
Except for ten soldiers who were seriously injured and dying, and with the help of the Western Concession, they left the Sihang Warehouse to seek medical treatment outside, there were still many wounded soldiers in the warehouse who could barely fight.
"Thank you, Commander! Chief Instructor!"
Wu Zhonghua, Ma Ben, and Fan Xiaosi stood up immediately when they saw Xie Jinyuan, Zhou Zhihan and others walking towards them.
Zhou Zhihan looked at the three of them with a smile.
These three people were brave and resourceful. With only a few firecrackers, they were able to break through the Japanese sniper rifles and cross the bridge safely. They are all talented people who can be put to great use in the future.
Xie Jinyuan shook hands with the three people one by one and thanked them for risking their lives today to send the phone to Sihang Warehouse, so that the warehouse could contact the outside world and get important information.
"Thank you, captain! We request to join the team and fight to the death with the little devil tomorrow!"
Wu Zhonghua said.
Xie Jinyuan nodded in agreement. Now is the time to employ people. These three people are both wise and brave and are worthy of great use.
Shangguan Zhibiao said to the soldiers of the 88th Division: "The uninjured brothers of the 88th Division automatically came out, stood in a row, and reported their number. The injured brothers stayed put."
152 people.
Only 152 uninjured soldiers in the entire warehouse were able to fight, and the injured soldiers accounted for more than half.
Seeing that there were not enough soldiers, the thirty-some slightly wounded soldiers of the 88th Division stood up and asked to join the battle.
Some of them were injured in their arms, and some were injured in their legs, but none of them were fatal and they could still fight.
Xie Jinyuan said: "Tomorrow's battle is of great importance. If we win, we can buy one more day. If we lose, the warehouse may be lost.
Therefore, those who go to the battlefield tomorrow must be uninjured brothers.
Although we believe that the chief instructor will be able to shoot down the Japanese army's number one god of war within five minutes, the first five minutes will be extremely difficult for the brothers, because the Japanese army will select the top two soldiers from the 300,000-strong army. Hundreds of soldiers are fighting hand-to-hand with you. They are waiting for work, but we are extremely exhausted.
Since we accept the challenge of the Japanese army, we must send 200 soldiers to participate, and we must not lose morale to the little devils!
Especially the brothers who go out for the first battle must choose the twenty most brave and skilled people in the warehouse. "
No one spoke.
Xie Jinyuan looked at the miscellaneous troops and asked Lei Xiong: "Except the brothers of the 88th Division, how many brothers in the brother troops are not injured?"
Lei Xiong said: "There are more than a hundred of these miscellaneous troops. They were all broken up by various armies and failed to evacuate Shanghai in time, so they entered the warehouse with us. However, the brothers of the miscellaneous army also performed very bravely. Many people were injured in previous battles.”
Being called a miscellaneous army, the soldiers of the miscellaneous army were not angry. Many of them bowed their heads and kept silent. Compared with the ace 88th Division, they were not even a miscellaneous army. When they evacuated Shanghai, they were attacked by Japanese aircraft. The troops were scattered by the bombing, and their retreat route was blocked by the Japanese army. They had no choice but to follow the 88th Division into the Sihang Warehouse. After entering the warehouse, they realized that this was a place of death.
Lei Xiong then said to the motley crew: "There are still more than forty people left. Is there any of you willing to join?"
The motley army held hot marching kettles and bowed their heads to drink water without talking. Everyone knew how difficult the battle tomorrow would be.
Tomorrow's battle will involve the honor between the two countries, and the Japanese will definitely send their strongest soldiers.
All 700,000 troops were routed and retreated by the Japanese. With just a few hundred people in the warehouse now, it would be harder than climbing to the sky to defeat the Japanese. If they defended in the warehouse, they could still have a chance to fight with the Second Army. A hundred of the strongest Japanese troops faced off against each other with bayonets, which could only lead to death.
The little devil is notoriously ruthless when fighting with a bayonet. He can often fight one against two, or two against five.
Seeing that no one said anything, Yangguai stood up first with a cigarette in his mouth. His abdomen was wrapped in a bandage, with bloodshot eyes oozing out: "I'll join." Then, he looked at the man in the iron cloth shirt who claimed to know how to do it. Lao Tie, "I'm a coward. It's time for you to show off. Do you dare to go for a walk with the brothers?"
"I'm afraid, but you won't be afraid." Lao Tie said, stood up, leaned the rifle against the wall, pulled out the big blade from his body, and looked at the sheep squinting, "We will go to the battlefield tomorrow. Let’s see who is the coward.” After saying that, he picked up the sword and danced it a few times, it was very powerful!
"Yes! Tomorrow we will form a sword team and let the Japanese army see the power of our swords."
Many soldiers of the 88th Division said as they also took off their swords from their shoulders.
"The three of us will join in."
Wu Zhonghua said.
Fan Xiaosi and Ma Ben also stood up. The three of them took the sword from the injured soldiers of the 88th Division and danced a few times, very powerfully.
Looking at the swords in the hands of the soldiers of the 88th Division and Lao Tie, Zhou Zhihan frowned and asked Shangguan Zhibiao: "What weapons are you going to use tomorrow for the battle?"
After fighting side by side several times, everyone in the warehouse has become a good brother who lives through life and death. He speaks directly and does not need to beat around the bush.
Shangguan Zhibiao reached out and took the sword from a soldier: "The Japanese use bayonets, so we use swords to overwhelm them with momentum first."
"No!" Zhou Zhihan said quickly, "The broadsword is indeed very powerful when used, but in actual combat, its power is far inferior to that of the bayonet."
All the soldiers were stunned and looked at Zhou Zhihan.
A soldier whispered: "I used to hear that the Big Sword Team made the little devils frightened..."
The other soldiers nodded repeatedly when they heard this.
Zhou Zhihan said: "A broadsword has to be swung and slashed to exert its power, but a bayonet can pick, stab, and tease, and its power is far greater than that of a broadsword. If our brothers use broadswords against Japanese bayonets tomorrow, they will lose first in terms of weapons. .”
The chief instructor said that the sword was not as powerful as the bayonet, but the soldiers did not believe it.
In the past, I often heard that a certain unit used a machete to kill Japanese people who abandoned their armor. Moreover, the machete was very powerful and powerful, and its momentum could intimidate the enemy.
Zhou Zhihan knew that the military said that broadswords were more powerful than bayonets against their will. One of the biggest reasons was that the number of bayonets was far from enough, and bayonets had to be machine-cast, unlike large blades that only a blacksmith could make.
In order to boost morale, the military could only publicize how the Big Sword Team made the little devils fearful. This was also a helpless move.
In this era, soldiers were relatively ignorant. They did not know that in hand-to-hand combat, a little Japanese soldier holding a bayonet could defeat four or five Chinese soldiers holding large blades.
The bayonet is extremely sharp, but the large blade will curl up after a few cuts, making it even less powerful.
Zhou Zhihan took a big sword to demonstrate: "Because the big sword is powerful only when it is raised and slashed, and the trajectory must be long to exert its advantages. In this way, the arc of the sword must be very large, and it is often when our soldiers just lift it." Before he could strike down with his sword, the enemy's bayonet had already stabbed him in the abdomen.
The bayonet can stab forward continuously, with fast speed and short distance, and can make consecutive killing moves within one or two seconds, which is something that the broadsword does not have. "
Seeing that most of the soldiers looked confused, Zhou Zhihan knew that facts speak louder than words, so he took a rifle, tied cotton cloth on the bayonet, took out all the bullets, and said to Wu Zhonghua: "You use the sword, I use the rifle. Let’s demonstrate it for everyone.”
Wu Zhonghua hesitated.
Zhou Zhihan: "You can't hurt me if you use your moves boldly."
Wu Zhonghua refused to say anything, so a soldier took a wooden board and made a wooden knife, and asked the two of them to make gestures until they reached the point.
Several times in a row, when Wu Zhonghua swung his wooden sword and didn't have time to chop it down, Zhou Zhihan's wooden bayonet had already reached Wu Zhonghua's abdomen.
Simple and effective.
The soldiers were dumbfounded and convinced, and looked at Zhou Zhihan one by one.
what to do?
However, Xie Jinyuan, Shangguan Zhibiao and other officers were dripping with cold sweat on their backs. Zhou Zhihan's explanation made them wake up from a dream. Before that, they also believed that the powerful and brave broadsword was more powerful than the Japanese bayonet.
If it weren't for the chief instructor, a battle tomorrow would have unimaginable consequences.
"Tomorrow when we engage the Japanese, our brothers will try to form groups of three or five, holding back the enemy with their bayonets pointed out. Especially the brothers who are the first to engage the enemy, focus on defense and do not take the initiative to attack. I will use my best strength to fight the enemy. Quickly shoot down the Japanese army's number one god of war!" Zhou Zhihan knew that he had to make a solid promise to all the soldiers. He raised his right hand and suddenly made a cobra movement. His movements were unparalleled and his momentum was extraordinary, "I will spread my arms like a wolf. With the toothed cobra, you quickly shot down the Japanese leader of war, and then swooped down to kill the remaining 180 Japanese soldiers. You swarmed up and chopped off the first batch of Japanese soldiers."
The soldiers were startled and gasped. When the chief instructor made cobra movements with his hands just now, they seemed to see a cobra with its fangs spread out and rushed towards them.
This brought great encouragement and confidence to the soldiers.
Now, Commander Xie Jinyuan is the backbone of all the soldiers in Sihang Warehouse, and the chief instructor is the God of War in their hearts.
"Regiment seat!" A soldier from the motley army who had just lowered his head to drink hot water stood up and walked to the back of the team of soldiers who would go out to fight tomorrow. "Count me in."
"Count me in……"
"I'll go too... lend me a brother's bayonet..."
With the first person taking the lead, the rest of the miscellaneous soldiers stood up one after another and walked behind the team that was fighting hand-to-hand with the Japanese army tomorrow.
When the meal was served, the soldiers ate meat and drank wine, played guessing games, laughed and cursed, and drank freely. Xie Jinyuan did not stop the soldiers from drinking. No one knew whether they would be able to eat until tomorrow's dinner.
Just then, someone outside the warehouse shouted: "It's snowing!"
The soldiers walked to the window and saw patches of snowflakes falling from the sky in the neon lights on the other side.
Snow.
Soldiers put their hands out of the window to welcome the first snow in Shanghai.
On the other side of the Suzhou River, there were still many Chinese people standing. Seeing the soldiers from the Sixing Warehouse appear at the window, the people waved their hands.
Suddenly, a burst of gongs and drums sounded behind the people, and then dozens of bright lanterns appeared, lined up in two rows, walking towards the river. A white-robed general with a silver helmet and silver armor, holding a silver gun in his hand, Appears on the south bank of Suzhou River.
"Zhao Zilong!"
The soldiers in the warehouse cheered!
Immediately afterwards, Cao Cao appeared with a white face.
"Changbanpo!"
Xie Jinyuan's voice was a little excited.
"Zhao Zilong fights Changbanpo!" Shangguan Zhibiao was also very excited.
There are more and more people on the south bank of Suzhou River...
The soldiers at Sihang Warehouse heard Zhao Zilong on the south bank of the Suzhou River singing: "Kill him seven in and seven out..."
The next morning, the soldiers in Sihang Warehouse climbed up from the warm fire and walked to the window. The light snow was still falling outside, and the surroundings were completely white.
Seeing the soldiers appear at the window of Sihang Warehouse, many people slowly stood up on the white ground, brushed off the snow on their bodies, and turned around to leave.
The soldiers standing at the window exhaled hot air and looked at the distant background with moist eyes.
The common people lay in the snow and kept vigil for them to prevent Japanese sneak attacks.
At eight o'clock in the morning, two hundred soldiers armed with rifles walked out of Sihang Warehouse.
The U.S. Marine Corps, which had been waiting for a long time, stepped forward to check that there were no bullets in the soldiers' cloth guns under the supervision of the foreign observer group.
On the opposite side, soldiers from the British Fusiliers Regiment Reinforcement Battalion, under the supervision of the observation group, checked that the Japanese Army's 38-gallon gun had no bullets.
At half past eight, Ship Battle No. 214 took off from the roof of Sihang Warehouse, circled around the warehouse, and then disappeared into the light snow in the sky.
On the south bank of the Suzhou River, a red lion appeared in the snow, majestic and majestic.
"coming!"
"The number one war god of the Japanese army has appeared."
"It is indeed a new fighter jet..."
"What kind of fighter is this?"
"It seems to be...and it seems not to be...tsk tsk..."
Standing on an airship three to four hundred meters above the ground, senior foreign military observers commented on the appearance of the new Japanese fighter jets.
"Boom..."
The drums started beating on the south bank of Suzhou River.
The red lion, with its mane exploding, is extremely domineering.
Shangguan Zhibiao took off his helmet and threw it into the snow: "Brothers, the people on the other side are watching us. Even if we fight to the last person, we have to hold on for five minutes."
"yes!"
Soldiers holding rifles.
"Fire the bayonet!" Shangguan Zhibiao shouted, "Listen to my order..."
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