Chapter 25: Encirclement

"Retreat! Fall back! ”

A fire broke out in the backyard, and the devils attacking on the front line were in chaos, and a devil captain quickly ordered the troops to retreat.

"Boom Boom" "......"

Just as the devils were about to evacuate, nearly ten howitzers suddenly fell from the sky and then exploded in the middle of the road, and immediately flew sand and sparks. In a moment, a large number of devils were killed and injured.

"Brothers, get on the bayonet and rush with me!"

Zhao Guangfu had been holding his breath, he was the first to rush out of the position, and then shot wildly at the retreating devils in front.

"Dadada" "......"

A few devils not far away were hit in the back by bullets and fell in the rubble.

"Rush!"

Zhao Guangfu roared loudly and rushed to the front, putting his life and death out of the way. The soldiers behind him were infected by Zhao Guangfu's courage and rushed out of the fortifications like tigers.

"Kill!"

"Kill the devil!"

“……”

The sound of killing in the south shook the sky, and the howl was like a catharsis of anger, completely disintegrating the devil's last will to fight.

"Boom Boom" "......"

There was another explosion, and a dozen stragglers threw grenades into the street, then rushed out of the alley with a killing cry to join the encirclement of the devils.

At this moment, the sound of killing and explosion blended together, and the devils who were surrounded in the middle were heartbroken, feeling that the end had come.

The two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat in the middle of the street, and there were no gunshots and explosions, but cries of murder and painful wails.

In the melee, a green figure interspersed back and forth among the devils, he saw blood with his knife and killed his knife, without any superfluous movements, and everywhere he passed was a miserable scream.

"Die!"

The battle was coming to an end, and in the middle of the crowd, Xiao Zhan captured the devil captain. I saw him grasping the opponent's head with one hand, and the trench knife in the other hand was on the opponent's neck. As soon as he finished speaking, he swiped hard, and blood gushed out from the middle.

Only half an hour later, the rest of the devils were killed. Xiao Zhan was covered in blood and stood next to the corpse. In the eyes of everyone, he was like a killing god from hell, and the warriors couldn't help but feel fear in their hearts when they saw it.

Zhao Guangfu walked through the crowd and shouted, "Why are you standing stupidly, clean up the battlefield!" ”

Xiao Zhan put away the German trench knife, but the killing aura in his heart was still surging in his body. This feeling was something Xiao Zhan had never felt before, and killing actually brought him pleasure. This body didn't belong to him, what kind of person was Xiao Zhan in the first place.

"Company commander!"

At this time, Zheng Binghao ran over with people and shouted excitedly: "The devils in the north have withdrawn to the north gate!" ”

Zhao Guangfu, who had been fighting fiercely, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he shouted: "The devil has withdrawn, we have won!" ”

"Victory!"

"Victory!"

“……”

The surrounding soldiers chanted together, they were as excited as Zhao Guangfu, this victory was won by them with their blood and lives.

After the cheers, Xiao Zhan ordered the troops to continue to clean up the battlefield, and the enemy left countless pieces of equipment, and ordered the sappers to re-consolidate the positions of the second defense zone, so that every step forward of the devil will have to pay the price of blood!

At one of the fortified positions, a soldier arrived on horseback and dismounted and reported: "The Japanese troops in the east and south have stopped attacking and are in a state of confrontation, and the Japanese troops in the north are still not moving. ”

"Casualties."

The soldier replied, "Nearly half of the troops were killed or wounded, but some of the lightly wounded returned to the battlefield. ”

Before the battle, there were 10 platoons and 30 squads, and now there are still half of them, which has exceeded Xiao Zhan's expectations. Now there are two and a half hours before dark, and as soon as it gets dark, he has the confidence to hold on until morning.

The devil was hit hard and would not attack for a while, Xiao Zhan patted Zhao Guangfu and said, "The air here is not good, let's go to the roof to breathe." ”

Zhao Guangfu saw Xiao Zhan's serious expression, and it seemed that he had something to say to himself, so he said, "Okay." ”

The two came to a roof on the side of the street, and Zhao Guangfu said bluntly: "I am a straight person, you might as well say anything straight." ”

Xiao Zhan turned around and said, "If it weren't for the fortifications built by your engineer company, we wouldn't be like this. However, your casualties are the heaviest, and you have no complaints? Also, I just saw that you were completely dead in the battle, can you tell me why? ”

Zhao Guangfu said casually: "Sappers are also soldiers. ”

Xiao Zhan heard that he was perfunctory, so he said: "You and I have experienced life and death together, I have regarded you as a brother in life and death, I want to hear the truth." ”

Zhao Guangfu stepped forward and passed by Xiao Zhan, then looked at the sappers below, and sighed: "Do you want to dig up our scars?" You know, my heart is going to hurt. ”

Xiao Zhan didn't speak, and he didn't want to force Zhao Guangfu. "It hurts" shows that he does have unspeakable pain in his heart.

Half a day later, Zhao Guangfu actually had tears in his eyes, in order to prevent the man from crying, he looked at the sky and sighed: "We are all sinners." Even if we all die on the battlefield, we will not be able to make up for our sins. ”

Xiao Zhan couldn't help but asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhao Guangfu said: "You also came down from Nanjing, you should know the situation at that time." Our 36th Division is the Combat Supervisor Division, which is in charge of the Xiaguan Wharf, and we were still in conflict with your 88th Division at that time. You come down from Yuhuatai, and we won't let you wounded soldiers pass. ”

Xiao Zhan replied pretendedly: "I remember it vividly. We fought in Yuhuatai for three days and four nights, and then nearly 2,000 wounded were withdrawn from Yuhuatai, but you didn't let us cross the river. Later, our division commander Sun personally came to mediate, and you let us pass, but our division commander was charged with running away from the general, and he is still in Wuhan prison. ”

Zhao Guangfu then sighed and said, "Not only you, but many troops have been blocked by us in Nanjing City. In fact, Tang Zhisheng had already given the order to retreat at that time, but it was not issued to all departments in time, and our 36th Division did not receive this order. In the end, a large number of soldiers were stranded in Nanjing. ”

Xiao Zhan asked, "What does this have to do with you sappers?" It was the command system that had gone wrong, and we had already crossed the river at that time. ”

Zhao Guangfu couldn't hold back his tears anymore, the pain in his heart could not be expressed, and he said hoarsely: "In the end, our 36th Division received an order to retreat and crossed the river safely from Xiaguan Wharf. At that time, there were already devil boats on the river, so the superiors ordered our engineer company to burn all the boats crossing the river. ”

Zhao Guangfu turned around and was already a tearful man, and he said: "Do you know, there are still 100,000 of our troops on the other side, and millions of people in Nanjing. Thousands of people were waiting for ships at Shimonoseki, but we ...... What did we do!? Looking at the raging fire on the other side of the river, those soldiers and civilians were almost desperate, howling and crying by the river. ”

Zhao Guangfu wiped away his tears, and finally said excitedly: "50,000 soldiers of the National Army were slaughtered by the Japanese army, and 300,000 Nanjing compatriots were slaughtered by the Japanese army, this is our crime!" ”

Xiao Zhan was infected by Zhao Guangfu's emotions and didn't know what to say, it was a disaster, a man-made disaster. In the end, all the soldiers who could not wait for the ship were killed, and half of the Yangtze River was stained red with blood.

Songhu and Nanjing are just some kind of information for Xiao Zhan, but they are unforgettable for these people who have experienced it firsthand, and it is their eternal pain.

Xiao Zhan walked to the roof, looked at the corpse of the devil below, and said lightly: "Brother, let's kill the devil together." ”