"But-" Shang Zhen said.
"No buts!" Wu Keyong said simply, but his voice was not high, but his tone was unquestionable.
What Shang Zhen was worried about finally happened.
They were assigned to Wu Keyong as guards by Chang En, the commander of the 108th Division.
Although he had only been in contact with Wu Keyong for one day, Shang Zhen also knew that Wu Keyong himself still had to carry a gun and go to the front line, let alone these guards?
Shang Zhen can be fearless of life and death, but he cannot ignore the tasks assigned to him by Chang En.
For this reason, Chang En even told him privately that you can't leave even if the army commander chases you away!
Is it really up to Shang Zhen whether to leave or not?
"The security commander still has us." Seeing that Shang Zhen didn't want to leave, an officer standing side by side with Shang Zhen was said.
Lei Liang was killed in battle, so this person is the new company commander of the guard company.
But at this time, Shang Zhen was still hesitant.
In a war, the chief officer of one side is definitely a flag for that side. If the chief officer dies in battle, it will naturally have an irreparable impact on morale.
It's just that Shang Zhen thought so, but others didn't think so. The guard company commander said again, "Don't be so self-conscious. I know you are veterans. Aren't you afraid of death?"
This cannot be said to be a provocation, but it also smells of gunpowder.
Shang Zhen glanced at the newly appointed guard company commander. Now that he was in this situation, what else could he say?
If Chang En really came to hold him accountable for not completing the task, then he could only tell Chang En truthfully and say "I'm sorry."
"Then let's go to the front." Shang Zhen ignored the new company commander and said to Wu Keyong, and then he went to the house where his own people lived.
Shang Zhen has never been an emotional person.
If he was the kind of person who was easily impulsive when things happened, he wouldn't have been able to survive to this day with these people of his.
It is unknown whether there are still Shang Zhen among the remaining officers and soldiers of the Sixty-seventh Army outside the county town, but there are only about two thousand people in Songjiang County town.
Because of this, the entire Sixty-seventh Army was filled with a tragic atmosphere.
This is all understandable. An army of nearly 30,000 people has been fighting the Japanese army until now, and the remaining people are not even a fraction of the original number.
In this tragic atmosphere, it is understandable that people's language and behavior are extreme. There is even a feeling of "I fight the Japanese, I am killed, I am proud", which is an extremely extreme emotion.
Of course Shang Zhen would not say that it was wrong not to be afraid of sacrifice, but he felt that this battle, well, how should I put it?
Due to the restrictions on the mission, the Sixty-seventh Army was completely restricted to fighting the Japanese army in Songjiang County, unable to move around. How could the sacrifice not be huge?
Twenty minutes later, Shang Zhen and the others had appeared in the northwest corner of the county.
This place is about a hundred meters away from the gap.
Although the Japanese army had blown up all the houses in the county, it was extremely difficult for the Japanese army to advance a hundred meters through street fighting.
The reason here is that, first, although the Japanese troops temporarily rushed into the gap, the walls on both sides of the gap were still in the hands of the Northeastern officers and soldiers, and the firepower above could cross-shoot the Japanese reinforcements.
Secondly, of course the officers and soldiers of the 67th Army also understood that this gap was the biggest loophole in the defense of Songjiang County, so the way they thought of was to fight in the streets and fight the Japanese army house by house.
There were soldiers fighting with the Japanese army in the front, and they sent soldiers to every house in the back.
They often try to increase their defenses in order to prevent the Japanese attack, so the Japanese attack will naturally not be able to speed up.
As for the third reason, it was the rain that had to come early.
Although the rain the day before yesterday made it difficult for the Northeast Army to build fortifications, it also caused trouble for the Japanese army. The Japanese armored vehicles and tanks could not pass through the muddy roads, which also deprived the Japanese army of attack.
Seeing Shang Zhen and the others arriving, an officer who was setting up a defense line here took one look at them, then raised his hand and said, "Go and defend there."
Shang Zhen glanced at the place pointed by the officer. The houses there had been blown down by the Japanese army. Moreover, it was not one house that was blown down by the Japanese army, but several houses. Because of this, it was not conducive for the defenders to hide there.
It's just that the officer didn't know Shang Zhen. In his eyes, Shang Zhen and the others were just ordinary soldiers, no different from anyone else.
But Shang Zhen didn't think so.
What Shang Zhen thinks is not that he is not an ordinary soldier, but that he feels that at least there is a better way to fight here.
"Sir, I've seen the terrain here during the day. I have an idea. I wonder if it works?" Shang Zhen ignored the officer's order and suggested instead.
"Besides piling people up, what else can you do? Get over there quickly!" the officer said disapprovingly.
"We can put bundles of grenades here to lure the Japs over!" Shang Zhen ignored the officer's words and went on to state his suggestions.
"You think the little Japs are just animals. Put a carrot in front of them and they will come over if you ask them to! Just go and do what you have to do!" the officer said angrily.
Zhang Zhen saw that the officer was out of touch, and he had nothing to say. He could only signal to his people, turn around and walk towards the area pointed by the officer.
But before Shang Zhen and his men had taken a few steps, the officer suddenly opened his mouth and stopped them: "Wait a minute, tell me your idea!"
When Shang Zhen heard the sound and turned around, he saw the officer looking at the damage to the surrounding houses. Apparently the officer felt something.
“Look at our house, only the middle one is still intact, while the ones on both sides were damaged a lot by the bombing.
The more the house is destroyed by bombing, the easier it will be to be covered by fire, and it will be less likely for the Japs to come from both sides.
So let's relax the defense on both sides. The little devils will definitely get into the houses in the middle of the money, and then we will blow them up with grenades. "Shang Zhen directly talked about his thoughts.
"How to blow it up? Is it like blowing up a little devil's tank? One person holds a bundle of hands and then rushes in?" The officer was obviously attracted by Shang Zhen's ideas, so he asked again.
"You don't know how to tie a rope to the grenade. If you pull the rope, won't it go off? Why would you use someone to hold it and blow it up?" At this time, before Shang Zhen could say anything else, Xiao Dustpan interrupted.
Xiao Dustpan's words were a bit stiff, at least not like a soldier speaking to his superior in a proper manner.
At this moment, the officer was completely attracted by Shang Zhen's idea.
"Landmines?" The officer's eyes lit up.
Shang Zhen said this method, and Xiao Dustpan also said to use a rope to pull the cluster means. Isn't that a landmine?
"Okay, I think this method is worth a try!" The officer finally heard the beauty of this method.
