Chapter 44: The Lotus Blossom (2)
The next day, a torrential rain raged, but within an hour the sky was blue and the clouds were white again. In the dense jungle, the green leaves are green, and some birds are singing. After the rain, everything is radiant, and nature paints a more beautiful picture than before! The land moistened by the rain, under the sunlight, a small amount of stagnant water on the earth emits a dazzling light, as if the earth is inlaid with sparkling diamonds. The view after the rain and sunny days enchanted everyone......
Pushing aside the dark clouds to see the sunrise, Ouyang Xueyue's heart knot was untied, and Ruan Xuelin's face was no longer cold, always with a smile. Today, Ruan Xuelin and Ouyang Xueyue are preparing to leave for Naha Ruan's house, and there are more than 20 days left before the traditional Chinese New Year, and it is also the time for Ruan Wenji to hand over the affairs of the Ruan family to Ruan Xuelin.
Lin Junxiong took several of his brothers and Lin Jiajun and Tang Fangfei to send them five kilometers before stopping. Ruan Xuelin said embarrassedly: "Big brother, thank you!" resolved the knot for me and Yue'er, and at the same time allowed me to find the direction of my life's struggle. ”
Lin Junxiong patted him on the shoulder and said: "Sixth, the burden on your shoulders is not light, this time the Japanese army has suffered heavy losses, it is estimated that it will soon react, and maybe it will set off another bloody storm, you must pay attention to protecting your own safety in Naha, and at the same time let the intelligence team put down all the actions in their hands in the past month, enter the dormant period, and avoid the enemy's investigation." ”
Nguyen Xuelin also knew that a large number of operations in the last two months had attracted the attention of the enemy, and that there were still a large number of Japanese spies hidden among the Japanese diaspora. He nodded and said, "Big brother, don't worry, I already have a dormancy plan in my heart, and for the few people who were active some time ago, they were temporarily transferred to a remote island to standby, and there is nothing major recently, and I will not take action." ”
"That's good, seeing you more and more mature, I'm more and more relieved. Oh, when will you and your younger sibling's marriage be done, you still have to give her a name as soon as possible, so that the matter of Yuanfu Village will be completely knotted in her heart, in addition, she has just recovered, and she will recuperate for a period of time after going back, so as to avoid being stimulated again. ”
"Thank you big brother for your concern, I'll pay attention. Speaking of marriage, I also discussed it with her yesterday, and I want to wait for a while to talk about it, I can't get married to the sixth brother, and none of my brothers are here, right? ”
"I have an idea, it's better for your family to do it first, after all, my uncle and aunt will be back in China in a few days, so I want to reassure them first. In the warm spring, we are doing it with us, and everyone is lively and lively together. Lin Junxiong planned to have a group wedding for three pairs of lovers.
"Oh, the eldest brother wants to be with the sister-in-law"
"Not only me and your sister-in-law, but also Jiajun and Fang Fei, when the time comes, the Goto Rokugatake operation will also be over, and the wedding will be held while celebrating at the Nahadake training camp."
Several people gathered together and agreed, Lin Junxia seemed to think that she was finally going to give herself to her beloved man at that moment, and she couldn't help blushing.
Lin Junxiong thought she was uncomfortable and hurriedly asked what was wrong, but Lin Junxia said shyly: "Bad guy." ”
Lin Junxiong was at a loss for a while, and after a little thought, he understood that his lover must have thought of that shy thing, so he whispered in her ear: "Go back later, I'll let you see what a real bad guy is, hehe." ”
Lin Junxia thought of the embarrassing scene, and couldn't help lowering her head.
After another greeting and entrustment, Ruan Xuelin hugged his four brothers together emotionally and said, "It's good to have you brothers!" Take care, brothers, we're waiting for you in Naha! ”
Seeing Ruan Xuelin and his entourage leaving, a few people returned to arrange the withdrawal of the troops.
On the morning of January 7, 1930, the Japanese army was stationed at the headquarters in Okinawa.
Major General Tadashi Kawakami, commander of the 12th Division of the Japanese Army, looked at the battle report in his hand, slapped the table and scolded angrily: "Yaga, Murakami Takeyoshi is a fool, Maeda Hidetaka is a fool." Gritting his teeth, he said to the guards: "Tell Miyoshi-kun to inform the captains and deputy captains of each wing, the officers of the division and regiment headquarters, and the Air Force Fukuhara Shaozo, come to the headquarters for a meeting, immediately!" Right away! As he spoke, he angrily swept the papers on the table to the ground.
In the afternoon, a group of Japanese officers rushed to the headquarters for a meeting, and everyone discussed what had happened, and the corps commander was in such a hurry to hold a meeting, only Maeda Hidetaka had a gloomy face, he knew that it must have something to do with the incident on Ishigaki Island, and he did not come back to his senses for half an hour in the morning when he received the information.
Tadashi Kawakami came in with a dark face, and all the officers immediately stood up to greet him, and he walked to the top position, but did not signal everyone to sit down, but only asked the chief of staff of the division, Miyoshi Motokatsu, to read out the battle information on Ishigaki Island.
"On October 28, 1929, more than 1,200 people from the Maeda Hidetaka Wing of the Maeda Hidetaka Wing of the 12th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army arrived at Ishigaki Island, preparing to exterminate the 'bandits' of the Black Carbon King."
"On November 2, 1929, the squadron of Sanada Yukio of Murakami's Buyoshi Brigade was ambushed at the Kodake Pass where Mount Motoden entered the mountain, and all 217 Emperor warriors of Sanada Yukio's squadron were shattered."
"On November 20, 1929, the 'bandits' raided Ishigaki Town and snatched a batch of war supplies, and all 54 Emperor warriors of the Murakami Buyoshi Brigade and 102 members of the Ishigaki Island Police Protection Team were all broken."
"On November 22, 1929, the bandits 'ambushed in Ishigaki Village, Ishigaki Town, and all 136 Emperor warriors of the Murakami Bukit Brigade Okuma Asahide Squadron were shattered."
"From December 22 to 30, 1929, the 'bandits' launched six attacks in eight days, causing 123 warriors of the Murakami Buji Brigade to be shattered."
"On January 5, 1930, Murakami's Buyoshi Brigade fought fiercely with the 'bandits' in the Tang Valley of Mt. Moto, and the officers of the Murakami Buyoshi Brigade (except for Captain Nakagawa Kiyohide's squad) and the Emperor's warriors were all shattered."
All the officers were shocked and couldn't keep their mouths together, since the Japanese occupation of the Ryukyus, they had never suffered such heavy losses, and there were more than 1,300 soldiers and officers of the Japanese Empire in more than two months, no wonder Major General Kawakami was so angry, and the conference room was silent for a while.
For a long time, Maeda Hidetaka saw Kawakami Tadashi staring at him, thinking that his end was coming, so he said: "My subordinates are incompetent, and I am willing to take all the responsibility and commit suicide by disembowelment in front of the portrait of the emperor." ”
Tadachi Kawakami looked at Maeda Hidetaka before retracting his gaze, and said with a long sigh: "Death is the most cowardly performance, and my soldiers of the Japanese Empire do not need to be cowardly and incompetent, and they must get up where they fall." Now I order Maeda Hidetaka Wing to quickly pursue and annihilate this 'bandit' on Ishigaki Island, and Fukuhara Sadatoshi will send the air force to support it, and this time I don't want to hear the news of defeat again, that is, to sweep Ishigaki Island and blow up Mt. Motobu, and to destroy them all. ”
Maeda Hidetaka obviously didn't expect Major General Kawakami to give him another chance, and immediately said excitedly: "I can't complete the task, and my subordinates are willing to be loyal to the emperor." ”
On the morning of January 8, 1930, a grand funeral was taking place in the Chinatown Valley.
In the bloody battle of the Tang Valley, the anti-Japanese army lost 70 people, and 5 of the 30 wounded died of their wounds. At this time, the bodies of 75 sacrificed soldiers were neatly placed on the temporary burial platform in the center of the valley.
Lin Junxiong took Du Sheng, Lin Jiajun and Tang Fangfei to walk past the bodies of each soldier one by one, Lin Junxiong sorted out their clothes from time to time, wiped the blood stains on their faces that were not completely cleaned, and finally walked forward and said loudly to the soldiers below: "The deceased are gone, we must turn our grief into strength and continue their unfinished ideals, now please raise your heads, come to see them for the last time, and send them on their last journey." ”
The soldiers of the anti-Japanese army did not panic, and lined up neatly to see off these brothers who had fought side by side for the last time, most of them bit their lips and hated the Japanese with tears in their hearts; There are also some who can't help but cry when they see their brothers in their former class; Others shook their heads as they walked and watched, as if they didn't believe it was all true.
The long procession marched slowly, and the people who had seen the remains silently returned to their original places, and the light of the sun seemed to be no longer so dazzling for a moment, and became a little pale.
After everyone returned to the same place, Lin Junxiong said loudly: "Brothers, everyone put away their sorrows, they are all heroes of the Ryukyus against the Japanese army, maybe tomorrow we will also fall, but the ideals in our hearts will not change, and our beliefs will not change." ”
"They fell to protect this land, even if they die, their heroic souls will continue to guard this land, and one day, the anti-Japanese victory will be won, and those of us who are alive must return here to tell these brothers that we have won!"
"Now is not the time for us to grieve, the Ryukyus still have a long way to go to resist Japan, and our battle has just begun. So, please put away your sorrow, let's remember their heroic deeds, remember their beliefs and goals, and see off the heroes together! ”
As Lin Junxiong, Du Sheng, Lin Jiajun and Tang Fangfei threw the torches in their hands towards the pyre of the cremation, bursts of flames burst out and then spread rapidly. Finally, countless tongues of fire emitted from the entire pyre, and the raging fire completely enveloped the hero's body.
Everyone watched in silence until the last flame was extinguished. Lin Junxiong ordered loudly: "Let's carry their ideals and beliefs and continue to set off to fight, go!" ”
The team arrived at Kohama Village at noon, had lunch, and was about to board the ship and set off, when suddenly more than a dozen Japanese planes flew through the sky and headed straight for Mt. Mao. Soon after, a deafening explosion sounded at Mt. Morandung, which made Ishigaki Island tremble. When the altitude of Mount Maoden was later tested, they were surprised to find that the original 566-meter-high Mt. Maodengo was only 526 meters, which shows the anger of the Japanese army at that time.
The soldiers were glad that if they had left half a day late, perhaps the bombing would have buried most of them in Mt. Maoden. After the Japanese planes flew away, Lin Junxiong and his team set off straight for Iriomote Island, which could only be reached in half a day.
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