Chapter 6: The Ballad of the Great Wall (Part I)

Soon, Shi Liangcai couldn't care about any more worries. The brothers of the Independent Regiment who were in charge of guarding the surrounding area sent back a warning message, and in the village about five miles west of the group, a brigade of Japanese devils appeared.

"What are the devil soldiers doing in such a remote place?" Frowning, he asked Liu Huozi, the commander of the Independent Regiment of the 31st Division, in a low voice.

"Looking for you! In the words of the devil, it is to purge the remnants of the enemy! Liu Huozi smiled, with a little admiration on his face. The day after you left, there was information sent from Beiping. That night, the little devil lost almost thirty cannons! There is also a very large front-line gasoline depot, which you have also ordered. As a result, the gasoline supply of the little devils has been particularly tight these days, and even the planes and tanks are not as diligent as they used to be! ”

"I ordered the gasoline depot, it should have been done by Lao Ji with the third battalion of the special service group!" Shi Liangcai grinned, but he couldn't be happy in his heart. From a local point of view, the results of the special task force can be described as brilliant. But looking at the overall situation, the Chinese army lost a mess. The 29th Army was retreating, the 26th Route Army was retreating, and even the Central 52nd Army and the 53rd Army, which were claimed to be better equipped than the little devils, were also retreating in great strides. It has only been more than a month since the official war with the devils, and Beiping, Tianjin and half of Hebei have been lost. If you continue to retreat at this rate, it won't take two years for everyone to retreat to Lingdingyang!

"Let's go a different way, try not to meet the little devils! The military department has explained that if it can pick you up, it must bring you back alive! Liu Huozi looked at the gray sky above his head and said with a wry smile.

The majority of the troops have withdrawn, and the hundreds of people around them are not even enough to stuff the devil's teeth. He didn't dare to imagine what miracles he could create! Everything is about preserving one's own strength, and you can avoid the devil as far as you can.

In line with this attitude, Liu Huozi led more than 100 brothers to pick up remote ravines as much as possible, and went out day and night, preferring to walk slower than risk being discovered by devils. Thanks to the surprise attack of the secret service group a few days ago, the devils rarely showed up on the plane. Even if it was dispatched, it focused its exploration on finding the main force of the Chinese army, and was unwilling to entangle with the 100-odd "miscellaneous fish". So the group went quite smoothly, and only came into contact with the exploration team of the two devils, and they successfully returned to the actual control area of the Chinese army.

The exploration team of the two devils only had about a dozen people, and Liu Huozi led everyone to outflank them and swallow them alive. On one occasion, he captured four little devils alive, which can be regarded as a miracle since the beginning of the war. It's a pity that Liu Huozi was not interested in escorting the captives at all, so he just glanced at the devil's face casually, and then ordered his brothers to bury them alive.

"You have to use human methods to deal with people. To deal with the beast, you have to use the beast's way. If you insist on treating wild beasts as human beings and being bitten by them in turn, you can only show that you are stupid! Seeing the unbearable look on Zhang Songling's face, Liu Huozi, the commander of the Independent Regiment of the 31st Division, explained.

As a major commander, he didn't have to care about the opinion of a recruit. But this time, the credit of the secret service group is so great that it is said that even the central side has been alarmed. The 26th Route Army, on the other hand, has always had a tradition of promoting cadres from the special service regiment. Today's recruits may be platoon commanders and company commanders when they go back. After a few more battles, with his cleverness and the cultural water in his stomach, he was taken by the old battalion commander Sun Lianzhong at a glance, and it was easy to climb to lieutenant colonel and colonel.

Feng Anbang, commander of the 27th Division, had already been entrusted by Commander Sun Lianzhong to lead a bunch of senior and middle-level generals of the 26th Route Army, as well as reporters and members of the condolence group who had come all the way from Nanjing, to greet him. He asked by name to meet with the brothers of the secret service who had returned triumphantly.

It's a pity that Zhang Songling was really unlucky, and before he could listen to Chief Feng's condolences, his legs went weak. Seeing this, Battalion Commander Li, the commander of the medical battalion who came with Feng Anbang to greet the special task force, hurriedly rushed forward to check it. Only then did it be discovered that several shrapnel wounds on his body had turned into pus. The flesh of the wound turned outward like a carp's mouth, and small white maggots could be faintly seen rolling inside.

"Wow!" Two beautiful reporters who flew over from Nanjing bent down together and vomited! Several officials sent by the central government to the front line to boost morale also pursed their lips tightly, and their intestines rolled to their throats and eyes uncertainly.

"Save people, hurry up and save people. Send him to the officer's ward, and I have to get him back to me at all costs! Feng Anbang immediately became anxious, and he didn't care about letting the warriors who returned triumphantly give the 26th Route Army a face in front of the people from the center, and opened his throat to order.

Several staff officers of the military department took off their coats and personally lifted Zhang Songling, a recruit who was shorter than them, and he didn't know how many levels. Only then did the carriage begin to take a step, and Shi Liangcai fell down over there. Battalion Commander Li of the medical battalion hurriedly rushed over to check, and as soon as he untied the bandage, he smelled a strong rancid smell.

"Who bandaged his wounds!" Although he had never been on the battlefield, Battalion Commander Li was angry, just like a fierce god. "You might as well shoot him directly, so that he doesn't have to suffer this fragmentary crime!"

"I, I, I washed him, washed his wounds, washed it with liquor, washed it with liquor!" Xiao Zhao, a medical soldier of the Independent Regiment who had already turned white with fright, lowered his head and confessed with tears. "I, I have only studied Chinese medicine for a few days before, no, I have never treated external injuries. Yes, they insisted that I be a medics! ”

"I'll settle accounts with you later!" Battalion Commander Li scolded stupidly, didn't bother to trouble the medical soldiers, and went to check on Lao Gou in a coma. Fortunately, Lao Gou's body resisted, and although the person who was tossed by the high fever did not wake up, the wound was not infected. After ordering someone to carry Lao Gou away, he went to see Hu Fengshou again, and also found a large amount of pus and blood in the wound on the other party's back.

Now, the ceremony of welcoming the hero's triumph cannot be carried out at all. The reporters and officials of the condolence group, who wanted to find some bright spots in the news of the "turning" of the whole line by interviewing the four members of the detachment, also left on their own. Re-gather materials and get ready to show off at the next wave of welcome ceremonies. Anyway, there are dozens of other people in the special service group who are about to come back, and it is said that the devil's front-line gasoline depot is one of the triumphant returnees, and Ji Shaowu, the head of the special service group, personally led people to blow it up.

Feng Anbang, commander of the 27th Division, personally escorted Lao Gou, Zhang Songling and others to the medical camp and supervised the entire process of retreating the wound before leaving with red eyes. Before leaving, he also took Battalion Commander Li's hand and told him that the four heroes must be sent to the wards of senior officers and that special personnel be sent to accompany them 24 hours a day. If you need any medicine, as long as you can find it on the market, send someone to buy it. Even if it can only be bought in Shanghai and Guangzhou, you can send a telegram from the military headquarters, ask someone there to buy it, and hand it over to Nanjing to be brought over by a special plane.

In fact, even if he didn't need to tell him a thousand times, Battalion Commander Li would treat these four people at all costs. The big smoke that he can't give up completely depends on the secret service of the secret service. And the battalion commander Lao Gou has an extraordinary friendship with Sister Wu, the head nurse under his command.

As a result, Zhang Songling was confused, and he enjoyed the treatment of an officer again. This time, instead of living in a large room for a dozen people, I live in a suite, a special care ward for officers at or above the school level to recuperate! There is no shortage of meat, eggs and fresh vegetables every day, and occasionally you can drink goat's milk to nourish your body.

Under the dedicated care of Camp Commander Li and Nurse Wu, it only took five days for the wounds on his body to disappear. After another three days, the sutures of the wound were already able to be removed, and although there was an occasional itch, there was no pain when I turned over. Shi Liangcai and Hu Fengshou have long been out of danger, and they are bored all day long and play chess together. Among the four people, Lao Gou was the last one who could get out of bed and move, his face was a little scary, and he was listless when talking to everyone, and he only gave a perfunctory sentence for a long time. Several times, Sister Wu deliberately told him jokes, but she didn't get any effect. Angry, he shook the plate and smashed the bench, and left in hatred.

During this period, the regiment leader Ji also came several times. Seeing that Lao Gou was decadent like this, he tried his best to enlighten him. Lao Gou just grinned and said in a low voice: "I understand all the truths you said." After all, he is also a person who has fought so many difficult battles, can't he clearly distinguish the difference between the local and the global? I just feel sorry for the brothers of our secret service group, more than 1,000 people, and I'm afraid there is not even a third left in the end! ”

"Taken together, three hundred and twenty-seven remained. Your battalion has the most left, and the remaining two battalions are all crippled! When it comes to the loss of the secret service group, Lao Ji can only sigh. To say that you are not uncomfortable in your heart is to deceive yourself. In the past few years, he and Lao Gou have used all kinds of means to make money, and even resold depreciated arms and usury, just to build an elite army with their own hands. Who would have expected that this unit would be smashed to pieces for the first time when it fought with the little devil.

Then the two of them sat opposite each other, each thinking about his own thoughts, and did not have the heart to say another word. Brothers have been for so many years, whoever saved whose life is deserved. Words of thanks are purely superfluous. And other topics, especially those related to the war situation, are disturbing when they are said, so it is better to pretend not to know for the time being.

Pretending to be deaf and dumb is the most useless trick. Although Commander Ji didn't want Lao Gou and the others to know about the development of the battle, so as not to affect the recovery of the four of them. Although the nurses also tried their best to keep all military secrets to Lao Gou, Zhang Songling and others under the advice of Battalion Commander Li and Sister Wu, there were some things that could not be covered up.

In late August, the little devils of the three divisions under the command of Seishiro Itagaki launched an attack on the Heihan line. Sun Lianzhong personally led all the soldiers and horses of the 26th Route Army to defend the Liuli River. The 27th Division repelled the devil's attacks many times, but the 30th Division suffered too much loss some time ago, and after holding out for more than ten days under the artillery bombardment of the little devils, the position was broken through. The devils successfully captured Gu'an on 15 September and formed a pincer offensive against the 26th Route Army.

Sun Lianzhong had to shrink the whole army and defend Zhuo County a little. After two more days of fighting, the 53rd Army and the 52nd Army of the Central Committee on the right flank successively abandoned their positions and, under the leadership of army commanders Wan Fulin and Guan Linzheng, strode southward to "turn around." As a result, the 26th Route Army completely became a lone army, fighting alone against the devil soldiers of three divisions.

On 18 September, the Japanese army gave up the pursuit of the 52nd and 53rd armies and attacked Sun Lianzhong's 26th Route Army with all their might. That night, the 31st Division of Chifeng City was defeated by devils in the Nandazhai Mountains, directly exposing the headquarters of the 26th Route Army to Japanese artillery fire. Sun Lianzhong had no choice but to give the order to retreat. He led the 27th Division, which was still fully formed, and the 30th and 31st Divisions, which had already suffered more than half of the casualties, to retreat to Handan.

The military headquarters has already begun to retreat, and the field hospitals, of course, must follow suit. In a panic, Shi Liangcai and Zhang Songling lifted Lao Gou, followed the doctors, nurses and wounded soldiers of the medical battalion, and retreated over the mountains and mountains to the southwest of Hebei under the cover of the remnants of the special service group.

Halfway through the retreat, Lao Gou refused to sit on a stretcher. Staggered to Commander Ji and proposed, "You have to tell the old battalion commander that the special mission must be rebuilt!" ”

"I've already told the old battalion commander. He also promised me personally. But there has been a war recently, and the military department has not yet freed up its hands to do this! Captain Ji was also burned with red eyes by a series of bad news, patted Lao Gou on the shoulder, and said loudly.

"Others don't want to fight to the death with the Japanese devils, so the two of us will take people to the death. Otherwise, if we continue to retreat like this, we will have to withdraw from China! Lao Gou didn't seem to understand his words, and shouted loudly. Lao Tzu can't control others, Lao Tzu can at least manage himself. This is one of his creeds as a man, and it is also the most primitive motivation that supports his refusal to fall.

Captain Ji looked at this right-hand man and nodded solemnly: "As long as the special mission is rebuilt, I will go forward with you to kill." Let the little devils also see, the Chinese soldiers are not all Wan Fulin's kind of goods! But only if you get your body healthy as soon as possible! ”

"Lao Tzu has been fucking good a long time ago!" Lao Gou held on to a small tree and gasped in response. Seeing that Captain Ji's face was full of suspicion, he kicked the trunk of the tree fiercely and promised loudly, "You give Lao Tzu another day, and tomorrow morning, Lao Tzu will show you!" ”

As he said he would, the next morning, he shaved his beard, changed into new clothes, and began to exercise with a cane. Zhang Songling and others were afraid that he would be tired, so they did everything possible to trick him into resting on a stretcher. Lao Gou can always see through everyone's conspiracy and will never be fooled.

After two days of worrying about it, his face actually reappeared ruddy. The voice of the voice sounded slowly neutral.

"I'm going to see the old battalion commander, I'm going to reason with him. Why don't you complete the team for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu blew up the devil cannon, is it still wrong! "Erlengzi made a mistake, and no one could stop it. Just caught up with the large army, Lao Gou went straight to the command headquarters. I don't know if I'm afraid of him, or if I really feel sorry for this fierce general under my command. Sun Lianzhong, commander-in-chief of the 26th Route Army, was not angry, and immediately ordered to transfer elite troops from the defeated 30th and 31st divisions to rebuild the special service regiment.

Ji Shaowu, the former commander of the Special Service Corps, was promoted to commander of the 92nd Brigade for his outstanding military exploits. Liu Hengde, the former commander of the 92nd Brigade, was transferred to the military headquarters as an operational staff officer. The post of head of the reorganized special mission was assumed by Gou Youde, and the battalion commanders were Wang Tiehan, Gong Ziqiang, and Li Qingfeng. Cadres below the battalion commander level shall be arranged by Gou Youde and the three battalion commanders at their discretion.

Almost at the same time, the commendation order issued by the Nanjing government some time ago also arrived. Ji Shaowu was awarded a fourth-class Baoding Medal for his meritorious service in commanding the troops and destroying the Japanese artillery and front-line gasoline depots, and was directly promoted to the rank of major general. Gou Youde was awarded a fourth-class Yunlu Medal and promoted to the rank of colonel because he led his troops to blow up the Japanese artillery and defeat the Japanese army's aftermath squadron, and rescued a large number of trapped robes from the Japanese army. Even Shi Liangcai, Hu Fengshou, and Zhang Songling also received the attention of the central government, and they were awarded a sixth-class Baoding Medal, and each was promoted to the rank of captain, lieutenant, and second lieutenant.

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