At the moment when Lin Rui just fell, Lin Junxiong was inexplicably irritable, with a faint pain in his heart, and a strange feeling that he couldn't help crying. He felt that something must have happened that was unknown and painful, and he stopped, took a deep breath to calm himself from that sadness.

Wei Xin saw Lin Junxiong stop, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Brigade commander, what's wrong?" Are you too tired? ”

"No, I just suddenly feel very uncomfortable, and I'll be fine after taking a break. By the way, how long is it until the thunder drums? ”

"Half an hour at most."

"Well, let's go, let's go to the thundering drum, help me ask about the battle situation in the past two days."

On October 8, when night fell, Lin Junxiong finally arrived at the Thundering Drum with the 45th Brigade, and he ordered the troops to settle down and rest first, waiting for orders.

Lin Junxiong's 45th Brigade was arranged to defend in Thundering Drum, and did not directly participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese 106th Division at Wanjialing.

On October 9, Wang Yaowu selected 400 commandos from the 51st Division, led by Zhang Lingfu, deputy commander of the 153rd Brigade of the 51st Division, to attack from 8 o'clock in the evening, once again occupy the main position of Zhanggushan, and cooperate with the reinforcements to take advantage of the victory to attack the Beege Street, and by the morning of the 10th, the Japanese army on the Beege Street was completely annihilated.

Under the blow of the Chinese army, the Japanese 106th Division suffered heavy losses, especially the casualties of the Japanese army rank-and-file officers, and the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, General Shunroku Hata, personally organized the airdrop of more than 200 officers below the rank of wing commander to the Wanjialing area to strengthen the strength, which was unique in the entire Chinese War of Resistance Against Japan. Therefore, the position was very important for the Japanese army to break through, with aircraft and heavy artillery attack, the 51st Division had to retreat, and recaptured it at night, after five days and nights of repeated battles, Zhang Lingfu insisted on fighting with injuries, and finally firmly controlled the position.

Chiang Kai-shek ordered Xue Yue to completely annihilate the enemy before 24 o'clock on October 9 and end the battle as a gift to the "Double Tenth Festival". At 15 o'clock, Xue Yue ordered each unit to select 200 to 500 brave soldiers to form a brave team to serve as the vanguard assault. At the same time, all ministers and officials were all in front of the command, and Xue Yue himself was also on the front line. At 18 o'clock, artillery fire was prepared. At 19 o'clock, the Fenyong team attacked, and the main forces followed closely behind, attacking the whole line to Jianlusu, Wanjialing, Tianbusu, Leiminggu, Yangjiashan and other places. The troops rushed forward one after another, stepping on the corpses and rushing violently. After a night of bloody fighting, the defensive positions of the 106th Division completely collapsed. After fierce fighting until the morning of the 10th, the 66th Army regained Wanjialing and Tianbusu, the 4th Army regained the highlands southwest of Dajin Mountain and the highlands east of Jianlusu, the 74th Army regained Zhanggushan, the 91st Division regained the unnamed village northeast of Yangjiashan, and the 142nd Division regained the highlands at the northern end of Yangjiashan. During the battle, the avant-garde assault team of the 4th Army once rushed to the vicinity of the headquarters of the 106th Division in Wanjialing, but because the sky was too dark and they themselves suffered heavy casualties, they could not detect Lieutenant General Matsuura in time. The failure to capture Junrokuro Matsuura became the biggest regret in this battle. On the 10th, more than 1,000 remnants of the 106th Division retreated to an area of less than 5 square kilometers, including Leiminggu, Shimakeng Liu, Tonghanfu, and Songshuxiong, and waited for reinforcements.

On October 10, General Ye Zhao also rushed to the battlefield with the 66th Army, which was originally arranged by Chiang Kai-shek to fight guerrillas in Lushan. Motorcycles shuttle back and forth, there are many bright posts and secret sentry posts, groups of officers look like people coming in and out, and there seems to be antennas set up on the roof of the house, it seems that this is the headquarters of the Japanese army.

In the evening, Ye Zhao called his younger brother, who was the head of the regiment, and asked him to lead a 500-person death squad to enter the village by night. In the evening, the death squad quietly approached the village and bravely charged after exchanging fire with the Japanese army, shouting as they rushed.

The October night was already a little chilly, but the blood of the soldiers was already boiling, and they fought hard, and their bodies were stained with the blood of the Japanese invaders. After a fierce battle all night, after nearly 1,000 troops led by Matsuura were intercepted by the 66th Army, only 200 or 300 people escaped under the response of the Japanese army, although Matsuura picked up a life, but his 106th Division headquarters was accidentally discovered and knocked out by Ye Zhao's 66th Army.

In order to save the remnants of the 106th Division, Okamura Ninji made an exception and ventured to fly at night, blowing up a bloody path with air-dropped bombs, and with the guidance of flares, Matsuura Junrokuro was able to lead a small number of remnants to escape from the encirclement.

October 10 is the National Day of the National Government, in the praise of the whole country, Xue Yue personally came to the Wanjialing battlefield, Lin Junxiong also followed a group of officers to walk with Xue Yue on the battlefield. Looking at the scene in front of him, Xue Yue said emotionally: "Artillery fire, gunsmoke, sunset, lack of full moon, devils are cruel, soldiers are bloody, the world is as hellish as horror, we live in this terrible world, we have to walk out of a road, and this road can only be paved with blood and life." ”

From September 28th to October 10th, the battle of Wanjialing lasted 12 days, the Japanese elite Matsuura Junrokuro's 106th Division suffered a devastating blow, and also caught the 149th Wing of the 101st Division that came to relieve the siege, the battle annihilated more than 10,000 enemies, captured more than 100 people, this battle is an unprecedented fierce battle on the battlefield in northern Jiangxi, and it is also an unprecedented victory.

The original plan of attacking Nanchang by the 106th and 101st Divisions was also cancelled, and the Battle of Wanjialing played a very positive role in delaying the Japanese attack on Nanchang and defending the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border.

Ye Ting, commander of the New Fourth Army, claimed: "The great victory of Wanjialing saved the flood from dying, served as the guarantee of Jianghan, and was with Pingxingguan and Taierzhuang, and its reputation should be immortal." ”

In view of the fact that the main goal of basically annihilating the 106th Division had been achieved, and the casualties of all units were extremely heavy, Xue Yue ordered all units to withdraw from the battle, and the whole army retreated to the line of Yongfeng Bridge, Guobeishan, and Zhelin.

In the praise of the world, Lin Junxiong returned to the thunderous drum where the troops were stationed, remembering the scenes he saw in Wanjialing, Lin Junxiong's heart was full of sadness, not so much the victory of Wanjialing, but the bloody battle of Wanjialing. Wei Xin soon brought Lin Junxiong a heart-wrenching news that Lin Ruigang died in the Zhanggushan position in the Battle of Wanjialing.

Lin Junxiong was stunned for a while, and then flew towards Wanjialing Zhang Gushan, a few days ago Wanjialing's vigorous struggle and fighting has been far away, Wanjialing is dead silent, everywhere is filled with the smell of rotting corpses, and the sad cries of several old crows tell of grief.

After arriving at the Zhanggushan Heights, Lin Junxiong rummaged through the corpses one by one, and more than 20 members of the shadow team also searched for them with him. From the mountain to the mountain, and from the mountain to the mountain, day and night passed, no one shouted tired, no one shouted hunger, and no one even made a sound.

Finally, Xie Qin opened a few corpses and saw the body of Lin Ruigang, who was already swollen and deformed, and he shouted in a hoarse voice: "Brigade commander, here!" ”

Lin Junxiong staggered over, he pulled out the bayonet that stabbed into Lin Ruigang's body, and carefully wiped the dust and smoke from his face for him, he gritted his teeth and tried not to cry, but the tears couldn't stop flowing.

"Third child, you just left like this, how sad should they be for our father and mother to send the white-haired people to the black-haired people, and Xia Ling, what do you let her do, didn't you promise the eldest brother to live well?"

"In the past few years, our brothers have not been together a few times, and the last time Wuhan finally got together, I didn't expect a hurried goodbye, but it turned out to be a goodbye."

"You left in such a hurry, you haven't had time to say anything, brother, I don't know how many unfulfilled wishes you still have, how many worries you can't let go"

"Okay, my brother came here to send it off, if you can still feel it, you must say that I am hypocritical, I hope you are okay over there, my brother, I will take good care of my father and mother, help Xia Ling as much as possible, if there is anything else you want my brother to do, just give me a dream, and my brother will help you do it."

Lin Junxiong asked people to pick up some dry firewood to cremate Lin Ruigang, and then walked down the mountain without wrapping the ashes.

After the Battle of Wanjialing, all the participating troops were retreating, Lin Junxiong rushed to Wang Yaowu's 51st Division, Wang Yaowu cried bitterly when he saw him: "Brother Junxiong, I'm sorry for you, I didn't take good care of Ruigang for you." ”

After two days of adjustment, Lin Junxiong had calmed down, and he helped Wang Yaowu and comforted: "Division Commander Feng, no one wants such a thing to happen, but Rui Gang, like other sacrificed officers and soldiers, is a hero of the party-state, the war is cruel, full of accidents and variables, the deceased is gone, and Division Commander Feng does not have to blame himself." ”

"Brother, I should have comforted you, but I asked you to comfort me instead."

"It's useless to be sad, maybe I'll die on the battlefield tomorrow, as a soldier, I can't stop and grieve."

"If my brother comes here, just say it, Wang will do his best to help."

"Master Wang, my brother has a fiancée who I heard that you introduced me, I want to meet her."

Wang Yaowu personally took Lin Junxiong to the logistics hospital, and when he arrived outside a tent, he heard a faint voice from inside: "Child, your father has gone to a distant place to protect us, my mother can't be sad, my mother must cheer up, so that you can be born peacefully and grow up happily."

Lin Junxiong was shocked, Xia Ling is pregnant? The woman did not cry dead or alive, but faced it strongly. He walked in slowly, took out Lin Ruigang's urn and put it on the table, and called softly: "Brother and sister"

Xia Ling looked at the urn, threw herself over and hugged her in her arms, choked and cried, Lin Junxiong gently patted her back, and tears were rolling in her eyes.

After a long time, Xia Ling wiped away her tears and said to Lin Junxiong: "Big brother, I am the daughter-in-law of the Lin family, let me escort his ashes back, okay?" ”

Lin Junxiong nodded: "Okay, I'll arrange someone to escort you back to Fujian, and my father and mother will rush back after they get the news, and I'll let the fourth child go back too." ”

Xia Ling embarked on the road to Fujian the next day, and Lin Junxiong asked Xie Qin to take Xiang Hu and the other three to protect him and go back to listen to Dusheng's arrangement.

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