Shang Zhen and his company were not stationed in Jinzhou City, but in a small village outside Jinzhou City.
The plane flew here just to "take care" of the situation, while the other four or five planes all headed for Jinzhou City.
It only took one plane, one bomb, and one machine gun attack, but twenty or thirty people were killed or injured in the village, and several houses were blown up.
Then one can imagine what the situation was like in Jinzhou City, which suffered even more air bombing.
Looking towards Jinzhou City from this village, you can see more than a dozen huge smoke columns rising above the city. When the black smoke above the smoke columns spreads out, it looks like the dark clouds before rain.
Jinzhou is located on the Liaoxi Corridor, which is like a carrying pole with North China on one end and Northeast China on the other.
The Liaoxi Corridor is a narrow passage between Jinzhou and Shanhaiguan. It is surrounded by mountains to the north and the Bohai Sea to the south. Its widest point is 15 kilometers and its narrowest point is only 8 kilometers.
If the Japanese army wanted to enter North China from the Northeast, they had to pass through the Liaoxi Corridor.
Cities scattered along this corridor, such as Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan, HLD, Jinzhou, etc., have become important strategic nodes.
Especially Jinzhou, which is located at the forefront of the Liaoxi Corridor. How could the Japanese army not attack Jinzhou?
If you go through other places, you either have to cross the mountains and walk through the Mongolian desert, or you have to go down to the Bohai Sea and swim to Yingkou or North Korea.
This is really too difficult!
Therefore, the Liaoxi Corridor has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.
The Japanese army used planes to bomb Jinzhou, which should have been just a prelude to the coming war.
Hu Biao's company became busy, rescuing the wounded and putting out fires.
But they had only been busy for a while before Hu Biao gave the order to assemble the troops.
"Have you seen Xiao Wai?" Li Fushun asked Ma Erhuzi.
At this time, Ma Erhuzi's body was covered in smoke and fire.
Fortunately, when the Japanese plane dropped the bomb, it was not too close to him and did not explode him. His ears were buzzing from the explosion, but fortunately, his hearing recovered after a while.
But the problem was that the fire caused by the explosion set the kitchen on fire, and Ma Erhuzi was busy going to the house with the kitchen staff to carry the sorghum rice out.
"Xiao Er is fine. That guy is even more talkative than me. He was working with me just now!" Ma Erhuzi replied.
The reason why Ma Erhuzi answered this way was that when the Japanese planes bombed earlier, Shang Zhen first hid to the side of a tree.
But when the big plane just flew over and started dropping bombs, Shang Zhen hid on the other side of the tree again.
In this way, Shang Zhen was naturally safe with the cover of the tree. Ma Erhuzi felt that Shang Zhen's awareness of self-preservation was stronger than that of himself, a veteran.
Li Fushun felt relieved after hearing what Ma Erhuzi said, but he was still wondering where this kid had gone. It was time to gather and the troops were taking action.
Their village is actually a village outside Jinzhou City. Battalion Commander Zhang Lianjie did not dare to blow the bugle when giving the order, but asked the communicator to notify.
The reason is that this place is close to Jinzhou City, and the attack will definitely begin after the Japanese planes bomb it.
If they blew the horn, they might attract the Japanese army. Wouldn't that be just looking for trouble?
The sound of footsteps could be heard, and the people in Hu Biao's company had already started to gather.
Li Fushun was thinking about Shang Zhen, so he kept looking, but he couldn't find where Shang Zhen was.
It was not until everyone had lined up that Li Fushun saw Shang Zhen running out of an alley, his ears and mouth still black.
Looking at his appearance, it seemed like he had eaten something, and it was definitely not just the smoke from the fireworks.
Li Fushun thought Shang Zhen was going to eat the ears of corn he gave him. At this time, the queue had already been formed, so he couldn't ask any more questions. Shang Zhen just stood beside him with his little black mouth.
"Check your guns, take your bullets, and let's go outside the village." Company commander Hu Biao ordered.
After a burst of clattering sounds of machinery, they set off immediately.
There was a small hill outside the village. When the entire company lay down here, they could see the gate of Jinzhou City on the flank.
Hu Biao's company and the other two people in their battalion were all outside Jinzhou City. They were actually used to protect the flanks of Jinzhou City.
Since the Japanese army was about to attack, how could Hu Biao and his company just stand by and watch?
After just a short while, they heard the sound of heavy machine gun fire from the top of Jinzhou City. However, due to the obstacles on the ground, they could not see where the enemy was.
When some soldiers stretched their heads to try to see, they were scolded by the company commander Hu Biao: "Pull your heads back! I can't even see, how can you see? Let those bastards see you!"
We are at war now. Even if some soldiers dare to talk nonsense to the company commander in normal times, they will all be quiet this time, and the soldier also lay down with a red face.
"What happened just now?" At this time, Li Fushun asked Shang Zhen in a low voice. Their position was the farthest from the company commander Hu Biao, so they were not afraid of the company commander hearing them.
"I finally had a full meal!" Shang Zhen's answer surprised Li Fushun.
Shang Zhen obviously noticed Li Fushun's confusion, so he reached into his pocket and took out a handful of black granular objects, which turned out to be burnt sorghum rice!
Li Fushun looked at the two-meter-tall peanut again, then looked at Shang Zhen's black mouth, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
He originally thought that Shang Zhen had gone into hiding because he couldn't bear to see the bloody scene after the plane bombing, but who would have thought that he went out to get food for himself!
Needless to say, the kitchen must have been set on fire by the bombing. While Shang Zhen was helping to carry the rice out, he secretly ate a lot of burnt sorghum rice!
When did my waiter become such a glutton? He ate one person's rations, which weren't enough, so he ate corn several times, and then ate so much roasted, half-cooked sorghum!
This would not be a problem in normal times, but the problem is that it is wartime. If a war really breaks out, sometimes people will not even have time to eat. So what should Shang Zhen do?
When Li Fushun wanted to say something else, Ma Erhuzi beside him poked him lightly. When he looked forward, he saw many tiny black dots rushing towards the Jinzhou city gate.
Those tiny black dots are human figures, the enemy has begun to attack!