Zhong Yi felt a lot of regret in his heart after hearing this.

At that moment, Zhong Yi walked up to Aunt Fang, squatted down and greeted, "Auntie? ”

Aunt Fang, who was crying in grief, looked up when she heard the sound and saw that it was a young senior officer, so she quickly turned around subconsciously and wanted to kowtow to Zhong Yi.

In this era, the feudal poison ideology at the bottom of China was still very serious, and the hierarchy was strict.

Therefore, when Aunt Fang, who was born at the bottom, saw Zhong Yi, her first reaction was to kneel on the ground and kowtow.

If Zhong Yi was really a Kuomintang officer in this era, he would have suffered these few rings, but after all, what was hidden in his body was the soul of a modern person, how could he accept this?

At that moment, Zhong Yi stretched out his hand to hug Aunt Fang and said, "Auntie, you don't have to kowtow, it's me who should kowtow." ”

While speaking, Zhong Yi really knelt down, knelt in front of Aunt Fang, and then really kowtowed respectfully to Aunt Fang three times.

Aunt Fang was a little stunned, and she didn't react for a while.

After knocking, Zhong Yi said sincerely: "Auntie, I have to thank you, thank you for cultivating good soldiers like the seven brothers of the Fang family for our coastal defense corps and our National Revolutionary Army!" If it weren't for thousands of mothers like you, if it weren't for thousands of good soldiers like the Fang brothers, our country would have died a long time ago, and our nation would have disappeared in the long river of history, Auntie, I thank you! ”

After a pause, Zhong Yi said solemnly: "However, people have feelings after all, like the seven brothers of the Fang family, we will not sit idly by, auntie, you can rest assured, you have lost five sons successively, so, we will never lose your last two sons, Xiao Liu, and Xiao Qi, I will let ......"

However, before Zhong Yi's words were finished, he was interrupted by Aunt Fang.

"Sir!" Aunt Fang said hurriedly, "You must not let Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi go home!" ”

"What?" Zhong Yi was stunned when he heard this, Aunt Fang's reaction was a little unexpected to him.

It stands to reason that having lost five sons, wouldn't it be good to have the last two sons come back?

Aunt Fang said with tears in her eyes: "Sir, the old man of my family swore before he died that the children and grandchildren of our camel Fang family will be soldiers, and if we don't drive foreigners out of China for a day, we won't go home to farm for a day!" ”

Cao Guolin next to him whispered: "Counselor, Old Man Fang participated in the Boxer Rebellion in his early years, and fought a few battles with foreign devils in Tianjin and Beiping, and was sent back to his hometown in Yinjiang after being wounded, and left not long after, it is estimated that it is because of this that he will leave his last words for the children and grandchildren of the Fang family to become soldiers and fight foreigners." ”

Seeing that Zhong Yi was still a little hesitant, Mrs. Fang said again: "My old man also said that although China is big and there are many Chinese, if every family refuses to let their children become soldiers, then this country will die sooner or later, and the children and grandchildren of our Fang family will never be slaves of the country, begging the chief not to let Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi go home." ”

Hearing this, Zhong Yi finally burst into tears, nodded vigorously and said: "Okay, auntie, don't worry, I won't let Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi go home, if you don't drive foreigners out of China for a day, you won't go home for a day!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhong Yi couldn't hide the excitement in his chest, and said, "Auntie, I'll knock you a few more." ”

After finishing speaking, Zhong Yi leaned down again and knocked his head several times towards Aunt Fang.

A mother like Aunt Fang deserves everyone's respect, Zhong Yi only hates the limited way of expression, and the only thing he can do is to knock a few times.

……

Aunt Fang left and took Xiao Wu's body with her.

The bodies of the remaining officers and men of the 1st Platoon were also taken away by the transport team and brought back to their homeland for burial.

Cao Guolin followed Zhong Yi into the war room of the regiment headquarters and said in a low voice: "Counselor, why don't you change the 1st and 2nd battalions?" ”

Cao Guolin still felt sorry for the little brothers of the Fang family, and felt that the defense line on the right flank would be relatively safer, so he hoped that the remaining two brothers of the Fang family could go to the right flank defense line.

"No, you don't." Zhong Yi shook his head and said with a sad expression, "There are Fang brothers in the 2nd camp, but do you know that there are no Tang brothers and Xiao brothers in the 1st camp?" ”

"You can't bear the sacrifice of the Fang family brothers, can you bear the sacrifice of the Xiao family brothers?"

"It's still Old Man Fang who is right, although China is big and there are many Chinese, if every family refuses to send their children to the battlefield, then the country will die sooner or later."

"So, let it be, and let it be."

"As commanders, the only thing we need to think about is to win this battle, so that thousands of good soldiers like Fang Xiaowu will not die in vain, and let the tears of thousands of heroic mothers like Aunt Fang not be shed in vain!"

Cao Guolin nodded vigorously and said, "Counselor, I understand my humble position!" ”

Speaking of this, Cao Guolin said again: "But fortunately, in the battle of Jiulong Mountain this afternoon, the devil's losses are much greater than that of our coastal defense corps, so I Cao Guolin dare not say anything else, but if the little devil wants to open a gap from Jiulong Mountain, it is wishful thinking and impossible!" ”

Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "Head Cao, you think about the problem too simply!" ”

After a slight pause, Zhong Yi continued: "The reason why the little devil's losses are so big today is mainly because he is too light on the enemy, and then the situation will not be as easy as today, the real difficulties have not yet come, look, tomorrow you will know, why the Fifth Division is so famous!" ”

……

In Cixi Zhangqi Town, Sakamoto Detachment Headquarters.

The bodies of more than 500 Japanese officers and soldiers had been doused with gasoline, and Sakamoto Shun personally held a torch and walked to the pit where the bodies were stacked, and then threw them down.

As soon as the torch hit the ground, it burst into flames.

In just a few moments, a fire broke out in the pit.

Watching the bodies of the fallen soldiers gradually turn to ashes in the flames, Sakamoto Shun's expression relaxed a little, and after a few minutes, his expression had completely regained his calm.

After a few more minutes, Sakamoto Shun turned around and bowed lightly to Takeshi Sakurada and the others, and said, "Go back!" ”

Sakurada Takeshi and several wing commanders followed Sakamoto Shun back to the war room, and at this time, several combat staff officers of the staff department had already spent an afternoon setting up the sand table.

Sakamoto Shun walked to the sand table and stood still, and said in a deep voice: "Let's talk about it, how to fight next?" ”

Katano was the first to speak: "Detachment leader, the firepower allocation of the coastal defense corps is far superior to that of the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army, and the tactics used to deal with the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army must be abandoned!" ”

The tactics used by the Fifth Division against the Jinsui Army and the Central Army were actually the consistent tactics of the Japanese army, to put it bluntly, that is, artillery bombardment, infantry charge, and artillery continued to bombard after the infantry charged.

And so on until the national army could not bear the collapse of the defensive line.

(End of chapter)