After the battle in front of Yeji Gang, Lin Junxiong ordered the troops to quickly clean up the battlefield, and then the 332nd Regiment continued to strengthen the Yeji Gang fortifications, and the 45th and 89th Regiments retreated to both sides, and the troops defended in a U-shaped arrangement.

On the morning of the next day, Lin Junxiong ordered officers above the battalion commander to hold a meeting at Pheasant Hill. Lin Junxiong waited at the entrance of the temporary brigade department for everyone to arrive, looking at the noble face full of joy of victory, after Tang Jijun arrived, looking at Lin Junxiong's eyes were full of fear, and there was no joy after Fang Yun arrived, more than a dozen people gathered together and did not speak, and the atmosphere was strange.

Lin Junxiong and the others all arrived, and just said softly: "Go." ”

Then he walked with Wei Xin in front and behind the medical team, and from a distance, he could hear some painful screams from the medical team's residence, mixed with some ** sounds.

Lin Junxiong cordially condoled with the dozens of wounded one by one, comforted several soldiers who had lost their hands and feet, and several soldiers cried bitterly.

"Brothers, you are all the pride of the 45 Brigade, you are the heroes of the anti-Japanese resistance, although you are disabled, the Chinese people will remember you, the party and the state will not forget your merits, and will definitely make good arrangements for your future life, I hope you will live well with a proud heart, waiting for the day when the Japanese are all driven out of China, the dark clouds cover the sun, after all, it will be short, there will always be the day when the sun rises in the clouds."

Several soldiers wept bitterly and said that they could not continue to fight with their brothers, and Lin Junxiong couldn't help but shed tears, so that he could calm down the emotions of several people.

"Lao Wei, we must deal with those brothers who can not return to the battlefield properly, we must not chill their hearts, especially those brothers who sacrificed, we must ensure that the bereavement benefits are sent to their families, whoever dares to be greedy for Mo, Lao Tzu will kill him."

"Brothers, some of you may be forced to leave when you have recovered from your wounds, but wherever you go, remember that you are proud and live bravely. For the brothers who are not seriously injured, take good care of your injuries, I wait for you to return to the army soon, and we will fight side by side. ”

A group of officers silently followed Lin Junxiong back to the conference room of the brigade headquarters, and after a long silence, Lin Junxiong said: "The Chinese have never lacked benevolence, but the result of benevolence and love, little Japan used to be a barbarian nation, under the continuous influence of the Chinese national culture, they have moved towards civilization, how many dynasties have supported them benevolently, but when they become strong, what will their reward?" Mercy is only used against one's own brothers and sisters, against enemies, against butchers with blood on their hands, only with cruelty. When you are merciful and merciful in your hearts, you can think of those innocent Chinese, the Battle of Songhu where nearly 300,000 people were buried, the Nanjing Massacre, the massacre of more than 300,000 unarmed Chinese, and the Japanese invasion of China, which has caused the death of many innocent Chinese and the displacement of many people. ”

Lin Junxiong paused, looked at everyone, and roared loudly: "I don't know how long that little bit of pitiful kindness and mercy in your hearts will last, but I tell you for sure, I will not change, if you want mercy and mercy, go home, leave here, what I need is a group of iron-blooded soldiers, not kill a few enemies whose hands are stained with the blood of the Chinese are here to sigh mercy and mercy, and hang their heads in despair." ”

All the officers were ashamed, and stood up together to admit their mistakes to Lin Junxiong.

"Leave your tenderness to your families, leave your kindness and mercy to the more pitiful Chinese, go back and think about it, don't let your cowardice lower the morale of the troops, go back to comfort and reward the heroic soldiers, in the afternoon the Japanese reinforcements will arrive, go back and prepare."

After everyone left, Wei Xin said with some concern: "Brigade commander, this war report is up, there must be people who wonder why there are no prisoners, or it will be exaggerated by people with bad intentions, I'm afraid it will be bad for you." ”

"The clear air floats up, and the turbid gas sinks. How many people in the Kuomintang today can distinguish between right and wrong, let them say, I, Lin Junxiong, look up to the sky and bow down to the Chinese. Guard, you can report it truthfully. ”

Sure enough, when the war report arrived at Xue Yue, Xue Yue was pleased that Lin Junxiong had won such a big victory, but he was also worried that there was not a single prisoner in a brigade of the Japanese army.

"Toshio, this battle was fought beautifully, but why didn't there be a single prisoner, could it be that the Japanese army was too tenacious?"

"Big brother, there are nearly 100 captives, I order them all to be killed."

"Huh? Kill them all? I said, why are you so muddy? ”

"Big brother, how many Chinese did the Japanese kill, this is not even interest, besides, more than a thousand people, only less than a hundred surrendered, do not kill them, sorry for my brothers of the 45th brigade who fought bloodily."

"Hey, you kid was stimulated by the Nanjing Massacre and dazed, do you know, if this matter is known by the high-level and the Japanese, our army's weapons and equipment combat effectiveness will not be as good as the Japanese army, and the Japanese army will also do this to our army in the future war, what should we do? Many people will say that it was you who caused it, and it was your cold-blooded killing that caused the Japanese army to retaliate and cause heavy losses to the troops. ”

"But big brother, since the start of the Sino-Japanese war, I have not seen the kindness and mercy of the Japanese, countless Chinese soldiers, countless unarmed Chinese people were killed by them, what concerns do they have?"

"Hey, who told us to be weaker than others, now the chairman of the committee is still sending people to lobby the European and American powers, hoping that they can mediate this war and avoid the further expansion of the disaster.

"Big brother, you also know in your heart that there is no need for a little hope, and the ambitions of the Japanese cannot be so easy to negotiate peace? Do you have to endure humiliation? ”

"Hey, that's not what you and I should think about, just let that group of bastards toss about political matters. When I reported this incident, I would say that it was the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army, and the bravery of our army to achieve such a great victory, and the fact that there were no prisoners was hidden as much as possible. ”

Lin Junxiong sighed and said, "I know, big brother, thank you." ”

In the afternoon, a brigade reinforced by the Japanese army came belatedly, all the way to Pheasant Gang, watching the shocking scenes, the leader of the team was Yoshino Asada Nakasa, he ordered a squadron to search and advance, and the large force followed. Along the way, Yoshino Asada ordered the artillery to continue to shell the small hills suspected of hiding the enemy on both sides, what puzzled him was that after the shelling search of the best ambush place, he found that there was no shadow of the enemy at all, and he was full of anxiety and came to the front of the pheasant hill with a brigade, perhaps under the influence of the Japanese brigade whose casualties were unknown before, he did not choose to attack immediately, but ordered the troops to be stationed on two small hills to rest, wanting to wait for the arrival of another brigade tomorrow, and then discuss the attack.

Lin Junxiong stood on the hill, looking at the Japanese troops stationed below, watching the Japanese army put on a defensive posture, as if he had no intention of attacking, he guessed that this Japanese army should have unknown casualties to the Japanese army that had been eliminated before, and on the other hand, they were waiting for the arrival of other troops.

After observing the situation for a while, Lin Junxiong returned to the conference room, took out the map and studied it carefully, and couldn't think of any way for a while, so he could only rely on the defense of Pheasant Gang.

Lin Junxiong thought about it, found Gao Shang in front of the defensive position, ordered Gao Shang to send a battalion to advance the defensive position 200 meters, and ordered the mortar company to shell the Japanese army, first try the Japanese army's reaction and patience.

After shelling the Japanese army, Yoshino did not send infantry to attack, but ordered artillery to shell the first line of defense of the defenders on Pheasant Hill in an attempt to force them to retreat.

The heavy artillery fire of the Japanese army caused heavy casualties to the first battalion of the 332nd Regiment, and Lin Junxiong had to order the troops to retreat beyond the firing range. He carefully observed that the Japanese army was stationed on two small hills, the two small hills were less than 500 meters apart, echoing each other, if they forcibly attacked, the Japanese army would counterattack according to the terrain advantage, and unless they attacked two places at the same time, otherwise, the attack on one place and the other would come to help, if a force was sent to insert it from the middle, it would be hit hard by the Japanese artillery fire.

Faced with the seemingly inexplicable situation, Lin Junxiong was a little distressed, did he have to wait for the arrival of Japanese reinforcements to launch an attack on Pheasant Gang? It is still unknown how many reinforcements the Japanese army will come, if the number of reinforcements is too large, then Pheasant Gang will usher in a fierce battle, even if it wins, it will be a tragic victory, and the excessive loss of troops is unacceptable to Lin Junxiong.

Lin Junxiong asked Wei Xin to call Fang Yun, Tang Jijun, and Gao Shang over to discuss together, and the three of them had already recovered from their emotions in the morning, and the five of them expressed their opinions, none of which was a good way to avoid excessive casualties among the troops, and several people thought about it for a long time, and there seemed to be no good way.

Lin Junxiong looked at the map carefully, and his eyes once again stayed on the river less than 10 miles behind Pheasant Gang, and he said thoughtfully: "Why do you have to guard Pheasant Gang?" Since there is a river, there should be a way to pass, right? ”

Fang Yun immediately said: "Brigade Commander, that river is called Fang Yuan River, and there is a simple chain bridge here, mortars and other Ming Yu methods to transport it over.

"Our mortars can't be transported, and neither can the Japanese infantry artillery. Take a step back, the sea and the sky are wide, yes, why stay here and wait for the Japanese army to attack, why not take a step back. ”

Lin Junxiong thought for a while and said: "In this way, the mortar companies of each regiment will be temporarily transferred to the 45th regiment, and then the 45th regiment will immediately organize a retreat and hide here, about 5 miles away from the Fangyuan Bridge, the 89th Regiment and the 332nd Regiment will lead the Japanese army across the river with me, and then Fang Yun, you will take the 45th Regiment to annihilate the Japanese infantry and artillery units, and then cooperate with us to eliminate the Japanese army on the bank of the Fangyuan River." ”

"Brigade commander, what if the Japanese don't chase us?"

"The strategic position of Pheasant Gang is not necessarily defended, if the Japanese army does not pursue, we will temporarily evacuate Pheasant Gang and turn to occupy Neihuang, which is more important in the strategic location, so that the Japanese army can not take care of everything, I think Commander Xue should have other deployments, we just need to jump in Neihuang and Pheasant Gang to disrupt the deployment of the Japanese army, and wait until the arrival of the large army."

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