Li Dazhong also slapped Wu Xiaoming unceremoniously, and replied: "Company Commander Wu, are you looking forward to my death!" I went to Lord Yama's place, and Lord Yama said, you don't accept it when you come alone, and your good friend, named Wu Xiaoming, will come together if you want to come, and the two of you will receive it. No, they sent me back. ”

The two of them hugged each other tightly again, jumping in circles. Wu Xiaoming said to him: "It's really not okay without you, when you have you, you cut with a knife in front, and I have a gun in the back." A knife and a gun, complement each other, now it's good, it's a lame leg, forcing the duck to go on the shelf, I have to be on it, and I have to be on it. You can't make a forest alone! ”

Li Dazhong also shouted: "I can't do it without you, when I have you, I cut in front of me, anyway, someone is plotting against me, and one of your bullets hits his head." But not now, there's no protector in the back, I'm also a rat bogey, I'm very worried, I can only use it in front of five points, and I still have half of my strength, pay attention to the plot next to it! ”

The two of them said a few more words of confidant, and then while beating, they reluctantly broke up and returned to their own command posts.

Han Xing led this army to withdraw to the area of Dahong Mountain, and returned with Liu Zhiyuan's main force. As soon as he stabilized his body, Peng Tinghua, deputy commander of the 518th Regiment of the 173rd Division, led the main force of the 518th Regiment to withdraw. Hearing that the 518 regiment was also coming, Han Xing was very puzzled, and immediately went to see Peng Tinghua with Ling Yun.

The 518th Regiment said that it was a regiment, but in fact there were only a few hundred people, and the officers and soldiers were all tired, their faces were black, their clothes were ragged, and eight out of ten people had to hang flowers, but they were all slightly injured, and if they were seriously injured, they would never have lasted until now.

They were all so hungry that they hadn't eaten for a few days.

In the face of the high-quality food of the Southern Expeditionary Army, the officers and soldiers of the 518th Regiment were like hungry wolves, hungry and devouring, and their eyes were wide. There was a sound of sucking, snorting, chirping, and snoring in the field.

Seeing that the 518 Regiment was like this, Han Xing sighed and said, "The 518 Regiment, you have suffered. ”

Ling Yunshang scolded Peng Tinghua: "Peng Tinghua, you shit, I can't choke you to death." Commander, how did you get here? What about the division commander? Why didn't you bring the division commander here? ”

Peng Tinghua stuffed another steamed bun into his mouth, and then ran over and reported to Han Xing: "Report ...... Commander Han Xing, deputy commander of the 518th Regiment...... Peng Tinghua was uninvited. ”

Han Xing persuaded him: "Don't panic, don't panic, you drink saliva first, and then talk when you're full." ”

Peng Tinghua scolded a few more words: "If you eat less, you won't die of hunger, and I will kill you after a while." I ask you, what about the division commander? What about the 173rd Division, where did the 173rd Division go? ”

Only then did Peng Tinghua smooth his throat and report to Han Xing and Ling Yunshang:

"The main forces of our 173rd Division, which were surrounded by the enemy several times in a row, protruded, surrounded, protruded, and surrounded. Division Commander Zhong ordered us to disperse and break through, and we broke through head-on, but we really couldn't break out, so we could only break through to the enemy's rear, rushing left and right, and only then did we break through here. When I contacted Division Commander Zhong again, the radio station was not available, and Division Commander Zhong and the 173rd Division had all lost contact......"

Hearing this, Ling Yun was anxious, grabbed Peng Tinghua's neck and shouted, "Your grandma's!" Is there a regiment like you? Even if you lose all your regiment, you can't leave the division commander behind. If the division commander has three longs and two shorts, I won't be done with you! ”

Peng Tinghua was strangled by Ling Yunshang and couldn't breathe, so he helplessly clasped his hands and said pitifully: "But I am also carrying out the orders of Division Commander Zhong, and our regiment is also covering the retreat of Division Commander Zhong!" If you look at the brothers of our 518 regiment, there are only a few people left, and they are all gone. I didn't expect to live until now......"

Ling Yunshang scolded fiercely: "Damn! This time, I will spare you first. He looked at the battlefield in the distance and shouted, "Master Zhong, where are you?" Hurry up, contact Master Zhong quickly! ”

The radio of the 517th Regiment was rapidly contacting the headquarters of the 173rd Division, and the radio of the 518th Regiment was also contacting the headquarters of the 173rd Division. But there was no news over there, and the signal had long been cut off, and no one answered at all.

Ling Yunshang shouted loudly to the blue sky, "Senior Commander Zhong, where are you?" 173rd Division, where are you? ”

At that time, after the breakthrough of Suiyangdian, Han Xing and the Southern Expeditionary Army took the 517th Regiment to cover the main force of the 173rd Division, and after the covering task was completed, they broke through to the east and the rear of the enemy.

At this time, Zhong Yi took the division headquarters of the 173rd Division, as well as the 518th Regiment and the 519th Regiment, and retreated to the west, that is, the direction of the retreat of the 84th Army.

It took a lot of effort for the main forces of the 173rd Division to get rid of the pursuers. It's just that the chasing soldiers are temporarily freed, which does not mean that the 173rd Division is safe.

Since the target was too large with two regiments and one division headquarters, Zhong Yi ordered the troops to retreat in three directions. The division headquarters was covered by the first part of the 518th Regiment and the special service battalion, and the remaining two regiments broke through separately.

Here, Han Xing has to say that Zhong Yi also made a big mistake. It is good to break out in a scattered way, but there is also a drawback, that is, there are too few troops, and if you encounter enemy forces, you may be broken by each one.

As a result, the 519th Regiment advanced dozens of kilometers to the north, but was intercepted by the Japanese army more than 10 times, and finally stopped by the main Japanese force on the east bank of the Tang River. Wu Wenxiang, the commander of the 519th Regiment, was extremely experienced, and he took advantage of the fact that the Japanese army was not yet assembled, and suddenly led the main force of the regiment to launch a frontal onslaught.

The Japanese had expected the regiment to flee in other directions and were not prepared at all. After several hours of fierce fighting between the regiment and the Japanese army, the Japanese army was finally routed, and the entire 519th Regiment broke out. The Japanese hurriedly sent cavalry to pursue, but it was already late at night, and the cavalry could not find the target at all, so they had to return in vain.

Zhong Yi's division headquarters and the 518th Regiment retreated together, and in the next two days, they were constantly intercepted and flanked by the Japanese army, and they fought hard to retreat, and the casualties were very heavy.

Seeing that it was difficult to break through, Zhong Yi ordered Peng Tinghua, the deputy commander of the 518th Regiment responsible for covering the division headquarters, to immediately lead his troops to break through on their own and reduce the target.

Peng Tinghua led his troops to walk less than 10 kilometers north before they were besieged by Japanese troops on all sides. Peng Tinghua knew that he couldn't break out, so he simply retreated south to the depths of the Japanese encirclement, and finally made three breakthroughs and two breakthroughs, surviving in the cracks, and only then did he break through here by luck and get closer to the 517 regiment on Lingyun.

However, because the Japanese army was busy encircling and annihilating the headquarters of Zhang Zizhong's 33rd Group Army, they did not launch a fierce attack on these small fish and shrimp in the encirclement, and they were lucky to survive.

The 519th Regiment and the 518th Regiment Peng Tinghua were also lucky and survived, but the situation in the following two parts was not good.

Li Junxiong, the commander of the 518th Regiment, led his troops to the east of the Tang River after several hard battles, where they were discovered by the main force of the Japanese army and surrounded by regiments. Li Junxiong led his troops to fight the Japanese army in a small forest for a whole day, and in the end, only more than 20 people remained, and the bullets were almost gone. Li Junxiong was shot and captured, and the regiment was completely scattered.

This is also the only high-ranking officer of the national army who was captured in this battle.

At the same time that Li Junxiong's regiment was defeated by the Japanese army, the headquarters of the 173rd Division also suffered a catastrophe. When they arrived at Cangtai Town, Tanghe, more than 300 people from the headquarters and special service battalion encountered more than 1,000 people from the 3rd Division. After hours of fierce fighting, most of the battalion was killed, and one was broken up in the battle.

Division Commander Zhong Yi led a personal guard force of only 50 people to break through the siege, and they barely crossed the Tang River near Cangtai Town, but when they reached the area of Dongshang Camp not far away, they encountered hundreds of cavalry of the 3rd Division.

The guard units of the Gui Army inherited the characteristics of the Gui Army, and were all equipped with box guns.

This pistol, similar to a carbine, was the best melee weapon in China at that time.

Unfortunately, the range of the box gun was only 50 to 100 meters, which was simply not enough to deal with highly mobile cavalry, which had to be dealt with with machine guns or a large number of rifles at a long distance.

The Japanese cavalry rushed close within a few minutes, and the guards fought the cavalry at close range, relying on the strafing of 20 box guns to barely repel the cavalry temporarily.

When the Japanese troops nearby heard the sound of dozens of box guns firing here, they immediately judged that there were high-ranking officers of the national army here, and immediately surrounded this place from all directions.

As a result, these more than 50 people fought hard with hundreds of Japanese cavalry for nearly two hours, and almost all of them died.

In the fierce battle, Division Commander Zhong Yi was also shot in the right chest and was seriously injured. Seven or eight guards desperately carried him to a bush of reeds.

At this time, the Japanese army already knew that Zhong Yi was a high-ranking officer, so they wanted to capture him alive and surrounded the reeds on all sides.

Zhong Yi, who was seriously wounded, did not want to be taken prisoner, so he ordered the battle materials, letters, diaries, seals and other items to be wrapped and buried in the nearby reeds, and then instructed seven or eight guards to disperse and break out immediately, and never leave his body alone.

When the guards didn't understand what it meant, Zhong Yi suddenly shouted: "The Chinese nation is rising!" The anti-Japanese resistance will win, and the founding of the country will be successful! ”

Immediately, he pulled out a pistol and shot himself in the head, and died a glorious martyr at the age of 40.

When the reed was cut with a sickle, the reed lay like this, without sorrow, and it could finally rest. Falling, and the melody of the song. Even if the reed is thrown into the fire, it does not forget to crackle in the fire for a while.

The reed's thin muscles and bones finally left the smile. Smiles lurk in the roots of the reeds, and transparent thoughts float in the vast wetlands. Pascal said, "A man is but one of nature's most fragile reeds, but this is a thinking reed." ”

Yes, the reed, although fragile, thinks. The heart of the reed is transparent, like a rehearsal of a spiritual landscape. She perpetuates and condenses her affection into the roots of the reeds. In the cold times, expansion is brewing. When it's warm, it's brewing. Eventually, the reed roots of each tree were connected into an interdependent battle flag.

A snow-white egret suddenly rushed out of the reeds, and it spread its wings and soared into the wind. After flying for a while, it stood alone on the shallows in the water, looking into the distance in confusion. Its white and smooth feathers shimmered in the late autumn glow, and its two slender legs stood proudly in the autumn wind, staring into the distance without moving.