At 10 o'clock in the evening, fierce battles on all the battlefields of Songhu battlefield continued. Near the trenches on the west bank of Xiaoling River, Lin Rui and Lin Feng led more than 150 commandos, ready to prepare.

In addition to necessary rifles, light machine guns and pistols, as well as a small number of grenades, they also had hollow reed poles about twenty centimeters long.

The agreed action time with Sun Liren was 10:18, so Lin Rui and the others were still waiting for the time being.

At the same time, the Japanese position on the east coast was located in Lujiadu village about 500 meters away from the river.

These hundreds of meters near the river bank were only preset several alert positions to prevent sneak attacks by the Tax Police Corps.

Although the Japanese army at that time had strong support from naval naval guns and carrier-based aircraft, they did not seize all air supremacy. In addition to the Tax Police Corps and the 88th Division and other units, they were all elite troops of the Central Army and had a certain amount of artillery power.

Therefore, the Japanese did not dare to place their troops along the coast, for fear of being bombarded by artillery fire from the Chinese army.

It is precisely because of this that Sun Liren called for artillery fire and even the air force fire support many times, but failed to cause too much damage to the Japanese, so he was unable to capture Lu Jiadu, a seemingly inconspicuous throat.

At the same time, in the downtown area of ​​Shanghai, within St. John's University on Nanjing Road.

In Wujiaochang, a group of patriotic students such as Shangguan Nianci and Li Muxue, who had been busy for a day, were dragging their tired bodies to their dormitory building.

Li Muxue followed Shangguan Nianci and said weakly: "Nianci, I'm so tired. Can you stop going to Wujiaochang tomorrow?"

Shangguan Nianci immediately shook his head and refused, "No, you see how pitiful so many wounded soldiers are. How can we study medicine not save us?"

"But we have been helping for several days in a row, so we are so tired." After all, Li Muxue was also a lady from a big family and was spoiled since childhood. She had never suffered such hardships, so she was a little tired at this time.

Shangguan Nianci stopped and said righteously: "Mu Xue, I know you have worked hard, but if you think about Lin Rui and his soldiers fighting bloody battles on the front line, they risked their lives to fight against the Japanese army.

They are not for themselves, but for thousands of ordinary people, including you and me!

Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. Although we cannot go to the front line to fight side by side with them, we can do things within our ability, such as using what we have learned to help as many injured officers and soldiers as possible, which is more meaningful than anything we do.”

Li Muxue was speechless when Shangguan Nianci said, so she nodded and said, "Okay, let's continue tomorrow."

Shangguan Nianci smiled slightly, reached out to wrap his arms around Li Muxue's thin shoulders, and comforted him: "Good sister, I remember when we first met, you asked what is a meaningful thing.

I want to say that what we are doing now is intentional. Lin Rui was right in the newspaper. To win this war of patriotism, all our compatriots must unite. They kill the enemy and serve the country on the front line. We are here to cure wounds and save people. In essence, they are all serving the country, so this is a meaningful thing."

Li Muxue nodded slightly and said, "When talking about Lin Rui, it's really impressive. You have seen his photos in the newspaper, right? Not to mention, he is really handsome and has a good temperament in his military uniform."

Shangguan Nianci nodded with a smile, but a photo of Lin Rui's military uniform appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but think of the story Lin Rui gave him before leaving.

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On the west bank of Xiaoling River, in the front trenches of the 2nd Regiment of the Tax Police Corps, Lin Rui, who was half-squatting, raised his hand and looked at his watch. He saw that it was already ten:18.

He immediately stood up, turned his head and shouted in a deep voice to the commandos who were on standby in the trenches: "Brothers, the time has come, come with me!"

After saying that, he carried a Mauser 98K rifle, held a hollow reed pole in his hand, took the lead in climbing out of the trench, and hugged his waist and rushed towards the river with the help of the night cover.

Lin Feng and more than 150 commandos jumped out of the trenches, holding weapons and hollow reed poles, and followed Lin Rui to the bank of the river.

Seeing that Lin Rui had already started the water, the soldiers quickly carried their rifles and quietly walked into the water with hollow reed marshes in one hand.

Although the Xiaoling River is only more than ten meters wide, it is two or three meters deep. So soon Lin Rui and the commandos sank under the water one after another, bit the hollow reed pole with their mouths and breathe, and quietly swam to the east bank.

Fortunately, August and September are the hottest time in the Jiangnan region, and Lin Rui and the soldiers will not feel the water is cold.

The Japanese arranged a warning force on the east coast, with only a few reconnaissance squads, with only a few dozen people, lurking in several alert positions.

At night, the Japanese could not observe the lake, so they fired some flares above the lake from time to time to illuminate.

Just as Lin Rui and the others were swimming halfway through, a few bangs came from the east bank again, and several flares shot into the air above the lake one after another.

A dazzling white light suddenly burst out, and the situation on the lake and the west bank was almost completely visible.

Zhou Weihan, who led the main force of the eighth company to stay in the frontier trenches and was ready to attack and support at any time, saw this scene, and his heart was in his throat.

Because, once the Japanese on the opposite side find an abnormality, they will definitely organize firepower interception and even summon their naval gun fire to bomb.

In that case, even if Lin Rui has three heads and six arms, he may not be able to escape.

However, although the light emitted by the flares dispelled the night to a certain extent, it could only allow the Japanese observers lurking on the other side to see a rough look.

He could not see the hollow reed poles on the water that were already inconspicuous under the night, so Lin Rui led the commando and swam across it smoothly without any danger.

About five minutes later, Lin Rui took the lead and did not meet for a long time, and 150 commandos also went docking one after another.

Lin Rui spit out the hollow reed pole in his mouth, turned around and took off the rifle behind him, held it in his hand, opened the security and began to pull the bolt.

Lin Feng and more than 150 commandos also followed suit.

After all the soldiers were ready, Lin Rui ordered in a deep voice: "Brothers, success or failure will be here, and if you don't win, you will die! Take out your courage and rush up with me to kill those little Dongyang in front of you! Go!"

Before he finished speaking, Lin Rui held a gun in one hand and grabbed some aquatic plants on the shore with the other, and jumped to the shore with all his might.

Lin Feng and other commandos followed the shore, rushing forward with guns.
Chapter completed!