On December 11, 1943, the night was getting deeper, the war finally stopped, and the night finally had the quiet that night should have, but the firelight and corpses were still telling everything that happened here!

Lu Daoyuan's military vehicle slowly drove into Changde, and the soldiers along the way saluted, but what Lu Daoyuan saw was a group of soldiers dressed in tatters and gray like beggars. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

There were still a large number of corpses on the ground, those of the Dian army and the Japanese army, and there was frozen purple blood everywhere, and the cold wind was full of blood. Looking at these corpses, Lu Daoyuan's eyes were a little moist, and after a while, he spoke: "Crying ghosts and gods in shock, the military is called Changsheng Ke Famous City, the wind rises on the bank of the Yueming River, and there is a suspicion of howling and screaming." ”

The work of cleaning up the battlefield is still going on, in the open space outside Changde, a corpse is neatly placed here, roughly there are as many as four or five thousand, and there is a dirt slope on the side There are also more than a thousand corpses, the soldiers are searching for relics or suicide notes in their pockets, and the officers on the side are tearfully recording the list of fallen soldiers.

A big pit not far away has been dug out, more than a person deep, Lu Daoyuan looked at these corpses speechless for a long time, and after a while, he suddenly straightened up and saluted a straight military salute in the cold night.

The wind was blowing, with a biting cold, the living soldiers in the field saluted one after another, tears flowed down unconsciously, and on Lu Daoyuan's already weathered face, two muddy tears slipped across his cheeks and smashed heavily on the ground under his feet.

"Commander, they have all been recorded, and the bodies of more than 400 people have not been found, whether to bury them or not!" Xiao Benyuan choked up.

"Has Lu Hai's body been found"?

"No, it's probably gone!" Xiao Benyuan said helplessly.

"The sky will soon be bright, let's bury them, so that they can see the light is unlucky." Lu Daoyuan said.

"Buried!" Xiao Benyuan turned around and shouted.

At the same time, the soldiers in the field took off their hats and saluted, and in the cold wind, a sapper shovel was weakly inserted into the bloody dirt and covered the bodies of the martyrs until it was completely covered, as if we had forgotten them.

The sky gradually brightened, and the trains drove in the direction of Changsha, with four or five thousand wounded soldiers of the 58th Army, and the ground on the outskirts of Changde City was once again full of corpses, and there were also four or five thousand corpses of these Japanese soldiers, which showed the tragic situation of the battle.

"Commander, the casualty statistics of the Japanese army have also come out, there are 5,446 Japanese soldiers killed directly, 123 prisoners, and more than 6,000 wounded"! Xiao Benyuan said with a list.

"Report these battle conditions, and let them be put here for the people to see if they don't bury the corpses of these Japanese soldiers first, which is conducive to enhancing the people's confidence in the war of resistance!"

"Yes!"

"The chairman of the committee and Chief Xue have sent congratulatory messages, and Chairman Long has also sent congratulatory messages, praising us for our courage in fighting and greatly promoting the prestige of the country, but Chairman Long has put forward a new request!"

"What requirements"?

"He told us that the War of Resistance in Western Yunnan is still stalemate, and soldiers who are familiar with the terrain of YN are needed to lead the way, and the Japanese army launched a diversion offensive in southern Yunnan, and the Sixty Army cannot draw troops, and he is ready to draw some of the Luhai who came before them go back to reinforce!"

"Go back for reinforcements? Lu Hai's body can't be found, how can I send him back? Also, Zhao Jianying and Hai Zhizhi are good if they can survive, how can I agree, I don't believe that the 60th Army, which has more than 30,000 people, can't draw more than a dozen officers! Lu Daoyuan said angrily.

"General's words, let's just say it behind our backs, don't you know what Chairman Long means? If we don't, we'll be constrained in our supplies and soldiers! Xiao Benyuan said.

"I know what to guard against, he is afraid that he will be annexed after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and it will be difficult for us to transfer back, so he needs to transfer outstanding officers back to avoid being annexed by the central government, when is this still thinking about this?" Lu Daoyuan said.

Xiao Benyuan frowned and said, "Commander, it makes sense to say this, but have you ever cared about the situation since you came out?" Chairman Long sent me out to do everything possible to support our war of resistance, ammunition, weapons, and soldiers have never lacked us, do you say that Chairman Long is for his own selfishness? Isn't it unclear that some of the chairman's behavior, the current YN is no longer the original independent kingdom, the military command agents, the people over there, the democrats, and the progressives are simply a mess, and the chairman of the committee keeps transferring troops to garrison in YN, do you think it's just for the war of resistance in western Yunnan? ”

"But the country has already become to this point, they still don't abandon their prejudices and fight together, what's going on?" Lu Daoyuan said angrily.

"We are soldiers, we can't interfere in politics, now we can only obey, wait for Zhao Jianying and they to get better, send them back, and send a few more outstanding officers to them, so that we can also have an explanation!" Xiao Benyuan said.

"It's a pity for Lu Hai, if they don't die in this battle, the future is immeasurable, and it's a pity that such a good military talent!" Lu Daoyuan patted the table and said.

"Commander, Lu Hai has found it!" But it was Li Jian who ran in quickly and said.

"Where?"

"Inside a crater, but seriously injured and urgently needs to be taken to the hospital!" Li Jian said.

"Take me over and take my heart booster!"

"Yes!"

The three of them walked out quickly, and just saw a group of soldiers surrounded by a group of soldiers in a hastily built house outside, and the leader was naturally Li Fan, Li Fan could be described as digging three feet into the ground, and finally found Lu Hai and Zhao Weiguo in a crater, and the power of the explosion covered a broken roof, which caused them not to find Lu Hai and them.

However, both of them have been seriously injured, and Lu Hai has been in a coma, with only a faint heartbeat, and Zhao Weiguo can barely open his eyes but can't say a word.

"Give them heart boosters and send them to Changsha with my car!" Lu Daoyuan said.

"Yes!"

The two medics hurriedly took out the cardiotonic equipped by Lu Daoyuan and Xiao Benyuan and injected one for each of them, and then got into the military vehicle and staggered in the direction of Changsha!

Back at the headquarters, Lu Daoyuan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I hope this kid is okay, if it's okay this time, I must ask for credit for him!" ”

"I hope so!" Xiao Benyuan also smiled.

"By the way, the people will be back soon, what are we going to do?"

"Let the soldiers repair first, they have been exhausted in the past few days, gather on time at two o'clock in the afternoon to help these people rebuild their homes!"

"But how can Changde be rebuilt like this?" Xiao Benyuan frowned.

"What is built how? Build it with your hands, do we let these people freeze to death in the cold wind? ”

"Yes"!

The car was still speeding and shaking, and Li Fan helped Lu Hai tighten the military blanket on their bodies before he spoke: "Drive steadily, faster!" ”

"Yes!"

In the direction of Changsha, the Ninth Theater Command, including the Supreme Commander's Department of ZQ, all well-known officers were smiling, and senior generals such as Chen Cheng, Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren, and other senior generals were also happy, and the recovery of Changde was tantamount to a booster for China at that time!

The defeat of thousands of kilometers has made many people and soldiers lose confidence, and even many people have already thought that China will die, and the so-called resistance is nothing more than defeat and retreat, and it was the first time on the battlefield at that time to regain lost ground in a large-scale battle.

If you can recover one place, you can recover the second place, plus the third Changsha victory before, it also told the Chinese people that the Japanese army is not invincible, they have advanced weapons, but we also have brave and fearless soldiers, we won, we will beat them out, the war of resistance should be persevered, no matter how hard and difficult it is, only by persevering, the country will have hope, the nation will have hope, and we will one day drive the RB people out of our land!

At the same time, the military attachés of Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, including high-level officials of various countries, sent congratulatory messages one after another, and major newspapers also vied with each other to report that General Lu Daoyuan's portrait appeared in major newspapers, and the entire theater of war and even the whole of China at that time was in jubilation.

In the direction of Changde, groups of people moved back again, but now their homes have been destroyed in the war, they can only rebuild their homes, on the land on the outskirts of Changde, these Japanese corpses are still placed here, so that the people along the way look at it, at first there were people who did not dare to look at it, but then they were bold to come forward and spit on these Japanese corpses, and even some people went up directly and kicked a few times, and the cursing was endless.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the soldiers of the 58th Army also finished repairing, and helped these people to build temporary shelters and clean up the ruins in the city.

At this time, the British, American, Soviet and Chinese countries all came to Changde, when they saw the corpses of the Japanese soldiers lying in the suburbs, they also took pictures, only these corpses left behind were enough to build a Japanese grave, after these photos were taken, they entered the city and found that the soldiers of the 58th Army were helping the people to build shelters, after half a day of efforts, there were finally some temporary tents and dilapidated houses in the ruins.

After that, these pictures appeared in major newspapers, of course, these things no longer appear in the public eye for historical reasons, but these old photos are recorded in the book "Ambition for a Thousand Autumns", and those who are interested can take a look. But the price is very expensive, after all, it is a book published in 48 years and has become a collector's item.

It was already dark, but the Avon Hospital in Changsha City was brightly lit, and the doctors were in full swing to do the operation, and at the same time, the field hospital in the suburbs was also in full swing to operate on the soldiers. (To be continued.) )