Li Xing's whole body was stained with blood at that time, just like a bloody man, but he said: "Nonsense! If you withdraw again, you will withdraw to Hunan. Lao Tzu will die in Jiangxi! Death is also going to die on the high ground!! ”

The soldiers in the platoon suffered heavy casualties and were almost exhausted, and Li Xing personally controlled the heavy machine gun to strafe. The Japanese concentrated all kinds of weapons to attack Li Xing's heavy machine gun, and bullets flew like raindrops.

Li Xing didn't care about dodging, and fired fiercely with machine guns, killing and wounding more than 30 enemies, and the Japanese troops retreated in a panic when they saw this.

Suddenly, a string of bullets flew, and Li Xing's chest was also pierced by a 6.5mm bullet, blood spurted out from behind a few meters away, and the person also fell. The comrades-in-arms next to him hurriedly supported him and took out a first-aid kit to bandage him!

Li Xing pushed away his comrade's hand and said, "I can't do it!" Don't waste it! We only have a few first-aid kits for the other wounded. This is the last time I serve my country. ”

Before he could finish a sentence, he died a heroic martyr.

The officers and men of the machine gun platoon who were still alive were fiercely attacked by Li Xing's bravery, and the whole platoon swore to hold the position to the death, and no one said to retreat.

In this way, Huayang was always under the control of the 74th Army.

When Li Xing was martyred, he was only 20 years old.

This wooden squadron leader still wants to engage in aerial combat with Xu Da's air force? Xu Dacai didn't fall for him, and opened a certain distance from the Japanese planes to carry out missile attacks. After a while, 4 more Zeros were shot down by missiles from J-20 fighters.

When this wooden squadron leader saw it, he didn't take advantage of it, but was shot down by the Chinese Air Force 8 fighters, and if he continued to fight, he would lose everything. Besides, it is also necessary to go back to reload, and immediately give an order: "Return immediately, reload and reload." ”

His remaining three fighters didn't want to fight, but when they heard this order, they immediately turned their noses around and flew towards their base.

The threat of the Japanese air force was temporarily lifted, and the situation in Huayang finally eased a little, and Han Xing's heart finally breathed a sigh of relief. But seeing the situation of the 57th Division, Han Xing's heart was like a mountain and uncomfortable.

The 57th Division was facing the attack of the 34th Division from a strong frontal enemy, but the Jinjiang Stone Bridge behind it had been completely scrapped under the repeated bombardment of the Japanese army. The bridge deck was blown into several sections, and even the infantry could not pass. The front needs to transport the wounded to the rear, as well as ammunition and supplies, and the rear needs to support the front.

The stone bridge is too cumbersome to repair, and it is faster and less expensive to erect a new pontoon bridge. The pontoon bridge is to gather all the boats, line up on both sides of the Jinjiang River, and the boats are boarded with wooden planks, and the buoyancy of the boats can be used to become a new transportation line.

The 74th Division also dispatched an engineer battalion to rebuild a new pontoon bridge, but with hundreds of people, it was very weak to build a pontoon bridge several hundred meters long.

At that time, the engineer battalion, unlike now, was all modern, a pontoon bridge, and after the car unloaded all the equipment to build the bridge, a pontoon bridge was completed in the blink of an eye. At that time, they were all on the staff, and the efficiency was obviously not ten or eight times worse.

Han Xing said to Hou Dashan: "Commander Hou, you are in charge of the headquarters, and Liu Zhiyuan and I will take a look at the bridge." ”

Hou Dashan was a little anxious: "Commander Han, you are sitting here, can't I go to see the bridge?" Do you still need to go to build a broken bridge? ”

Han Xing said: "Don't underestimate a bridge, it's the key to the battle!" If the bridge is not repaired as soon as possible, the 57th Division will not be able to hold on. ”

Liu Zhiyuan was also willing to go with Han Xing, he had long been bored with being in the headquarters, and said to Hou Dashan: "Commander Hou, please keep here for a while!" It's really important to build bridges. ”

Hou Dashan came towards Liu Zhiyuan again: "I said Chief of Staff, are you tired of being in the headquarters for a long time, and you have to follow Commander Han out to breathe." You're comfortable, but I'm not happy here. ”

Han Xing and Liu Zhiyuan hurriedly went to the place of the Jinjiang Stone Bridge to have a look. Before leaving, Pan Xiaoan, the director of intelligence, also followed, and he whispered a few words in Liu Zhiyuan's ear.

Han Xing was also pricking up his ears to listen, just listening to Pan Xiaoan say the names of "Huang Xiandu, Qu Wenyuan".

This Huang Xiandu, Han Xing heard Wang Yaowu mention him, he is the Kuomintang county magistrate of Shanggao County, and if necessary, he can find him to ask for help. This Qu Wenyuan had never heard of.

Han Xing's heart was very uncomfortable with his sworn second brother talking behind his back, and he said to Pan Xiaoan: "Director Pan, do you still have to say anything behind someone's back?" Am I still an outsider? ”

Pan Xiaoan has long been married to Han Xing and become brothers, the eldest brother Zhao Hongwu, the second brother Pan Xiaoan, the third brother Ni Shiqian, the fourth brother Han Xing, and the fifth sister Wang Xiu'e. But Pan Xiaoan joined the party early and became a member of the party, and Han Xing has been censored by the party because of his identity in the Military Command Bureau, and he is still a person outside the party.

Although he is a brother and Han Xing is his superior, he can't tell him the secrets of the party. So Pan Xiaoan said a little embarrassed: "What Chief of Staff Liu and I are talking about is a private matter, and it is not good to say it to outsiders." ”

Han Xing knew in his heart that if it was really a private matter, Pan Xiaoan would have nothing to say to himself, and it must be a secret in the party. But since Pan Xiaoan didn't want to tell himself, he didn't ask anymore.

In fact, the secret that Pan Xiaoan said to Liu Zhiyuan just now is: "Shanggao County has a party organization, and if necessary, the party organization can be mobilized to support the Shanggao battle." ”

Han Xing, Liu Zhiyuan, and Pan Xiaoan, protected by guards, quickly arrived at the Jinjiang Bridge. On the river several hundred meters wide, the engineer battalion of the 74th Army was busy, and from time to time small boats came from upstream and downstream, which were the fishing boats of Shanggao County that the engineer battalion had urgently transferred.

On the wide river, a small engineer battalion seems to be very thin, if this is the case, I don't know when the pontoon bridge will be repaired.

Han Xing's heart couldn't help but get anxious, and said to Liu Zhiyuan: "Chief of Staff, this is too slow, otherwise, mobilize our remaining Southern Expeditionary Army and help come to repair the bridge." ”

Liu Zhiyuan said to Han Xing: "Wait a little longer, our Southern Expeditionary Army still has to fight." The people of Shanggao County will not sit idly by. ”

"Time waits for no one, if you wait any longer, the cucumber dish will be cold."

Han Xing was talking, and suddenly from the direction of Shanggao County, thousands of people came, some of them were carrying stretchers made of bamboo, some were carrying door panels, some were carrying bed boards, and some were holding shovels, carpenters and other tools, and walked towards the place of the Jinjiang Bridge.

Han Xing was overjoyed in his heart, and happily said to Liu Zhiyuan: "The people of Shanggao County have finally been dispatched, and they have come to help repair the bridge, and the bridge will be soon." The hearts of the people are united, Mount Tai moves! ”

After a while, these people came to the Jinjiang Bridge, and the leader was the county magistrate Liu Xiandu.

Liu Xiandu took a fancy to it at a glance, and surrounded a young officer among the officers, and hurriedly came up to hold Han Xing's hand and said, "I am Huang Xiandu, the magistrate of Shanggao County, and I ask the chief for advice if I have something." ”

This person is in his thirties, wearing a robe, and looks very simple and sophisticated. Han Xing first went up to shake hands with him and said, "I am Han Xing of the Southern Expeditionary Army, and I thank the people of Shanggao County for coming to support the repair of the bridge." General Wang Yaowu also mentioned you and asked me to find County Magistrate Huang if I have something. Before he could find it, the county magistrate Huang personally led the people here. ”

Huang Xiandu also held Han Xing's hand tightly and said, "We, the people of Shanggao, have long been looking forward to the arrival of the Southern Expeditionary Army. When he said this, his eyes were full of affection and expectation.

"No, Huang Xiandu, supporting the army to repair the bridge is really a matter within our Shanggao County. Here, I would like to reassure Commander Han that, first, I will ensure that the stretcher team and transport team will keep up. Ensure that ammunition and military rations are transported to the front in a timely manner, and the wounded are transported to the rear in a timely manner. The second is to ensure that the telephone is unimpeded and the traffic between the front and rear is unimpeded. The third is to ensure the security of the rear and prevent traitors from setting fires, poisoning, and other sabotage activities. ”

Han Xing was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "The contribution made by County Magistrate Huang is not a task that can be completed by one regiment or two regiments. ”

Huang Xiandu also introduced several staff members of the county government to Han Xing, one of whom was Qu Wenyuan, a member of the Civil Affairs Section.

At this time, under the command of the relevant personnel of the county government, the people of Shanggao County were in full swing, some people assisted the engineer battalion in repairing the bridge, more boats were transferred from the water, and countless people went up to help push the boats, tighten them, and put on wooden planks.

It's really a lot of people collecting firewood, and the flames are high, and there are many people who are easy to do. It didn't take long for a pontoon bridge to be built.

The relevant personnel of the county government, leading the masses to brave the flying bullets, led the transport team to the pontoon bridge, delivered ammunition and military rations to the front, and then evacuated batches of wounded from the front.

Han Xing watched the magnificent scene of this people's war, and his heart also aroused some uncontrollable excitement. In the entire Shanggao County, there are still 120,000 people in the turmoil of the war, but among these 120,000 people, the county government has mobilized nearly 40,000 people to support the frontline battlefield.

It can really be said that except for the old, weak and disabled who can't walk, most of them have come to participate in this war as long as they can move.

Han Xing is a person who understands history and has checked Hwang Hyundu's information. Jiangxi Province, even after the Kuomintang and the Communist Party united to resist Japan, was also engaged in thrilling struggles.

In 1938, Huang Xiandu's identity was still the political instructor of the 13th Regiment of the Jiangxi Security Corps, and he had actually become an underground party member, under the single-line leadership of Huang Dao, director of the Jiangxi Eighth Route Army Office in Jiangxi.

On March 24, 1939, that is, during the Battle of Nanchang. Luo Zhuoying, the 19th Group Army of the Lushan Front, called the staff officer on duty at the General Staff and said, "We are retreating. The New Fourth Army office in Jiangxi had four cars, and the commander of the 8th Regiment of the Military Police stationed in Baihuazhou sent a company of gendarmes to kill the office in the name of requisitioning its four cars. ”

Huang Xiandu was in the security office, and after hearing this top-secret news, he immediately ran back to the political training office of his unit as fast as he could, and kept contacting the office of the New Fourth Army in Jiangxi, and the time when he connected the phone was already 11 o'clock in the evening, and the person who answered the phone said that Huang Dao had already slept.