In the night, Li Siwei fell asleep in a daze on the horse's back, his hands still clutching the horse's tail, but the thick eyebrows were wrinkled tighter than his fingers.

On the turbulent river, the waves rose one after another, struggling to move forward to both banks, striving to be the first.

However, the Yellow River is so wide, how can the waves in the middle of the river reach the shore?

The waves in the middle of the river naturally can't reach the shore, but they will pass on their strength to the waves closer to the shore, so that the waves closer to the shore have a little more hope of reaching the shore!

The back waves push the front waves, just like those anti-Japanese soldiers who went forward and followed, many of them will never see victory, but they have tried their best and shed blood, but they have brought the living closer to that victory.

When the morning light illuminated the land again, the gunfire on the north bank of the Yellow River south of Zhongtiao Mountain had dissipated, the crossings had completely fallen, and the focus of the Japanese attack had become the Fifth Army on the Western Front and the Fourteenth Army on the Northeast Front.

On the northeast line, the lights in the headquarters of the 14th Army were dim, and Commander Liu was dictating the telegram, his voice tired and hoarse: ...... The army has been on hunger strike for three days, and there are strong enemies all around, and the officers and men are full of hunger, which is extremely pitiful, and if we do not rush to find a way, I am afraid that there is a risk of collapse......"

As he spoke, Commander Liu's voice was already choked.

This is the current situation of the 14th Army: the two armies arranged on the Hengyuan Avenue have been defeated, but the little devils are fighting more and more, and the army is running out of ammunition and food, and the soldiers have to kill the war horses that they usually regard as treasures to satisfy their hunger......

However, the ferry port on the north bank was lost, and the Japanese invaders were besieged layer by layer, how could supplies be sent in?

Even if it's an airdrop, there must be enough planes!

In the end, Commander Liu's telegram was sent to the chairman's case, and the chairman was speechless for a long time.

On the Western Front, all units of the Fifth Army broke through to the north one after another according to Commander Zeng's orders, but the Japanese invaders had already blocked all the dangers and had to set up a heavy encirclement, so how easy was it to break through?

On 11 May, heavy rain fell in the Zhongtiao Mountains, the roads were muddy, and the Third Army repeatedly broke through to no avail.

After the order was given, the breakout troops fought desperately forward at the same time, fought hard for a long time, and finally tore a few holes in the blockade line of the Japanese invaders.

In the afternoon, Commander Tang retreated all the way to the northwest with the troops directly under the military headquarters, and when he retreated to the area of Xianshan and Tangwang Mountain near Xia County, he encountered the headquarters of the commander of the Cun Division who broke through from the direction of Jianshan.

However, the commander of the division only took the troops directly under the division headquarters and the 36th regiment under his jurisdiction, and joined forces with the commander of the Tang army, which was less than the strength of a brigade, not to mention that the various units had fought hard for days, and more than half of the casualties had already been lost, and they were finally blocked by the Japanese in the area of Xianshan and Tangwang Mountain.

Although the soldiers desperately broke through the siege, the enemy was outnumbered and the disparity in strength, coupled with the lack of ammunition, the repeated breakthroughs were unsuccessful, and at dusk, they were forced into Maojiagou by the Japanese invaders.

Maojiagou is adjacent to Tangwang Mountain in the west of the county, and the terrain is low-lying, there is no danger to defend at all, and the hope of breaking through is very slim.

The commander of the Tang army led his troops to hold the valley mouth in the east and south, and the commander of the Cun division led his troops to hold the valley mouth on the west front and the valley in the north.

At this time, the Japanese invaders could not attack for a long time, so they suspended the attack, and the soldiers were able to breathe.

In the provisional military headquarters, Commander Tang and Commander Cun were speechless, and the atmosphere was solemn.

"Strange sex," after a long time, Commander Tang gently broke the silence, "Do you remember what I said that day?" ”

"I don't dare to forget it!" Master Cun hurriedly looked solemn, "When things are possible, we must do our best to restore the situation, otherwise we should preserve the personality of the nation and save the righteousness of heaven and earth!" ”

"Good!" Commander Tang nodded slowly, looking at Division Commander Cun with blazing eyes, with a solemn expression, "China only has the commander of the army and division who died in battle, and there are no captured army commanders, so don't start it with the Third Army!" ”

"Yes!" The commander of the inch division looked solemn and his eyes were blazing, "Please rest assured, commander!" ”

"Let the brothers hurry up and rest," Commander Tang perked up, "After resting, continue to rush...... No one is allowed to give up until the last minute! ”

"Yes!" The commander of the inch division agreed and hurried away.

After a short time, the commander returned to the front line and immediately summoned all the surviving soldiers.

"Brothers," Master Cun's gaze slowly swept over the familiar faces, revealing a hint of affection, "I know that you are all tired, and I also know that some of you have lost confidence, but we can't give up!" Now this situation ...... It's a death to fight or not, so why don't you fight again? There will always be a glimmer of hope if you fight! ”

"Fight! Put together! Put together! The generals suddenly promised, "The gun in the hand, the sword in the waist, will not make the enemy subdued, but also make the enemy afraid!" ”

This is the slogan shouted by the commander of the Cun Division at the pre-war mobilization meeting, and it is also the creed of the officers and men of the 12th Division!

At this point, the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain has come to an end, and Li Siwei's nightmare has just begun.

In a trance, Li Siwei seemed to be still floating in the turbulent Yellow River, and everything was shaking...... Reluctantly raised his eyes to look around, but saw a sudden cloud of blood in the turbid waves.

"Gollum...... Gollum ......"

Then a string of blisters appeared, and then a corpse suddenly jumped out of the river, and the face floated in front of Li Siwei's eyes: the smoke and blood on his face had been washed away by the rolling Yellow River, and it looked so clean and peaceful......

Etiolation! Etiolation......

How could Li Siwei forget that face?

Li Siwei panicked, confused, cried, and called his name loudly, but he couldn't make a sound...... I wanted to rush over and fish him up, but I seemed to be pressed by Tarzan and couldn't move at all!

"Gollum...... Gollum ......"

Suddenly a string of blisters suddenly appeared on the surface of the water, and the whole river seemed to be boiled, and one corpse after another jumped out of the water, and the faces were so clear and familiar: Sun Dali, Fucha Morgen, Wu Tianyou, Actun, Fang Deshan, Lu Fengxian......

A hammer hit Li Siwei's heart, making his throat sweet, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, "Poof......"

"The head of the regiment is awake, the commander of the regiment is awake......"

Immediately afterwards, a joyful exclamation suddenly entered Li Siwei's ears.

It turned out to be a dream!

Li Siwei suddenly opened his eyes, saw the familiar thatched roof, and exhaled a long breath, the fear in his eyes did not dissipate, and his heart was still beating "suddenly".

It's a dream, it's a dream...... They'll be fine!

"Leader, you can be regarded as awake," Yu Xiulian's voice sounded again, holding a wet towel in her hand and reaching out to Li Siwei's mouth, her face full of joy, "You've slept for a day and a night, now it's okay, it's okay to spit out this blood stasis in your heart......"

"Special ...... Qinlian's ...... Is the brother back? Li Siwei turned his head to look at Yu Xiulian with difficulty, his voice was harsh and hoarse, "There are ...... ...... of the cavalry company Brother ......"

"Uh......" Yu Xiulian's hand stiffened, and her smile became reluctant, "Tuan...... Head...... You're badly wounded, you need to rest......"

Seeing Yu Xiulian's reaction, Li Siwei's heart sank to the bottom.

"Let's ......"

At this moment, two women and the heads of various ministries poured in one after another.

"Four-dimensional ......"

Ning Rou, who was walking in the front, called softly, took the towel in Yu Xiulian's hand, and gently wiped the blood on the corners of Li Siwei's mouth and neck.

As Yu Xiulian said, the mouthful of blood that Li Siwei spurted out was not a dream.

Wu Ruolan also arrived at the bedside, just looking at Li Siwei silently, looking tired, her eyes were red and swollen, but she was smiling hard at this time.

"Commander......"

Zheng Sanyang and the others also followed, and their reluctant smiles could not hide their sadness.

"Lao Tzu......" Li Siwei pulled out a smile at everyone with difficulty, and struggled to sit up, but the smile suddenly froze on his face, and his whole body began to tremble, "I...... Target...... What about the left leg? ”

At this moment, Li Siwei found that his left leg was gone!

Ning Rou's hand stiffened, and she smiled reluctantly, "It's still ...... Still ......"

"You...... Lie to me......"

Li Siwei was about to reach out and touch it in a hurry, but his two hands couldn't be lifted at all.

"Don't move," Ning Rou hurriedly pressed Li Siwei, her eyes were red, "Don't do anything, I'm here!" I...... I will definitely not let ......"

As he spoke, his voice trembled, and tears fell down his face.

"Woo woo woo ......"

Wu Ruolan couldn't hold back any longer, squatted down and lay on the side of the bed and cried bitterly.

Alas!

As soon as the two girls cried, Li Siwei calmed down...... They must be sadder than I am!

"Two ...... Two silly ...... Girl,"

Li Siwei tried hard to squeeze out a smile, his voice was still hoarse and difficult, but there was a hint of pampering, "Mo...... Cry...... Alive...... Compare...... Anything is good......"

Hearing this, Wu Ruolan cried even more sadly, "Soft...... Sister Rou'er...... She's going to saw your legs...... Woowoo woo ......"

The sun gradually moved towards the middle of the sky, and the county mountain position was still full of killing sound and gunsmoke.

After a night of hard fighting, the defenders had suffered all casualties, and the encirclement of the Japanese was shrinking.

The surviving soldiers all understand: it is almost impossible to break through!

However, the battle still has to be fought!

Don't let the enemy subdue, but also make the enemy afraid!

The hoarse shouts of killing sounded and echoed in Maojiagou over and over again...... The sun, which had just risen in the middle of the sky, seemed to be unbearable to see the tragic scene on the battlefield, and secretly hid in the clouds.

It was almost noon, but there was no ray of sunshine in Maojiagou.

On the eastern defense line, the Tang army commander clutched the submachine gun in his hand tightly, looked at the Japanese position on Tang Wang Mountain from afar, and slowly gritted his teeth.

Tang Wang Mountain is only 100 meters high, there is a Tang Wang Temple on the mountain, according to legend, when Tang Taizong just started the army, he fought in this generation, the headquarters was set up on the mountain, and later there was Tang Wang Temple on the mountain...... I'm not just surnamed Tang? It is also providential to be able to die here today!

Thinking of this, Commander Tang waved his submachine gun and first touched the central position of the Japanese invaders on the mountainside, and the soldiers hurriedly caught up and tightly protected Commander Tang.

At the same time, on the western defensive line, the commander of the Cun Division also personally led the assault team to touch the left flank of the mountain position in Riko County -- the Mizutani Heights.

At the beginning of the war, Wing Captain Ueda Katsu Osa led his troops to pursue and attack the 12th Division, but he was repeatedly deflated along the way, and at this time, he went to the temporary station of the headquarters of the Hujiagu Division two miles away to be scolded.

In the temporary station of the division headquarters, Lieutenant General Anda shouted at Ueda Dazuo, who was hurrying over, "Ueda Sheng, a small position in Maojiagou, why can't you attack it for a long time?" ”

"Hey!" Ueda Osa hurriedly hung his head and paused, looking ashamed, "The defenders there ......"

"Stupid! Coward! Katsu Ueda, you are the scum of the Imperial Military Circle! Lieutenant General Anda was furious, glaring angrily at Ueda Daisa, "Have you forgotten the oath you made before the war?" ”

"Hey!" Being scolded in front of the generals of the division headquarters, Ueda Dazuo was ashamed, and hurriedly hung his head, "Your Excellency Lieutenant General, your post has disappointed you!" ”

As he spoke, Ueda Daisa gritted his teeth, raised his head suddenly, and looked at Lieutenant General Anda with a resolute expression, "Please give the post another chance, and the post promises to end the battle within two hours!" ”

"Good!" Lieutenant General Anda's expression was relieved, "Go!" You are limited to destroy all the Chinese troops on the Maojiagou position within two hours! ”

"Hey!" Ueda Osa suddenly agreed, turned around, strode out of the division headquarters, and went straight to the direction of the prefecture mountain.

"Bang ......"

As soon as Ueda Dazuo walked three or five hundred meters, he suddenly heard the gunfire in the direction of the county mountain, and suddenly his expression was tense, and he hurriedly ran up, and the guards behind him hurriedly followed.

"Bang ......"

"Da Da Da ......"

As soon as the commander of the inch division and the assault team touched the mountainside, they were discovered by the little devil's sentry, so they had to attack it, and suddenly the gunfire was loud.

"Poof......

Suddenly, a bullet rushed into his face and went straight into the chest of the commander of the inch.

"Division Commander ......"

The guards on both sides hurriedly supported the commander of the inch division and retreated, "Quickly retreat, quickly retreat, the division commander is injured......"

The soldiers protected the commander of the inch division and hurriedly withdrew to the position, and after some first aid, the commander of the inch division woke up slowly.

At the same time, the raid battle on Tangwang Mountain also began, perhaps because the battle on Xianshan attracted the attention of the little devils on Tangwang Mountain, and the Tang army commander and his party successfully touched the central position of the Japanese invaders and captured it in one fell swoop.

Although the raid was successful, there was no joy on Division Commander Tang's face, and when he looked around, there were only more than 30 brothers who could still stand, and the submachine gun in his hand was no longer out of bullets......

The Tang army commander looked at the only half of the adobe house in the Tang Wang Temple behind the position, and walked over slowly.

"Commander,"

The guards hurriedly chased after him, "The little devil is about to fight back......"

Commander Tang interrupted the guard's words with a slight wave of his hand, and continued to walk towards the surviving half of the adobe house.

All the generals discovered the alienation of Commander Tang, and they didn't care about setting up defenses, so they chased after them.

Commander Tang slowly walked into the room, sat down cross-legged in the center of the room, his eyes slowly swept over the soldiers, and slowly pulled out the Browning on his waist, which contained the last bullet he had left for himself.

"Commander," the soldiers were shocked, "no, Commander! We can still rush, and we can rush out......"

"Brothers," Senior Commander Tang pointed his gun at his temples and looked at the soldiers calmly, "You can still rush out, but how can I be a prisoner?" ”

Rush?

The Japanese invaders are under siege, how can they rush out?

It's okay to die on the way to the charge, but if you are captured alive by the little devils......

The soldiers were silent, only tears.

"Bang ......"

The gunshot rang out, and Division Commander Tang's hand suddenly drooped...... The gun in his hand slammed into the ground with a "bang".

When the news reached the temporary headquarters of the 12th Division, Division Commander Cun struggled to sit up, was silent for a long time, and sighed softly, "Since the Anti-Japanese War, in the same army, only Commander Hao of the Ninth Army and Commander Liu of the 54th Division have been killed at the same time, this time, we will definitely be able to catch up with the Ninth Army!" ”

In the Battle of Taiyuan, Hao Mengling, commander of the Ninth Army, and Liu Jiaqi, commander of the 54th Division under his jurisdiction, were killed on the Xinkou battlefield at the same time.

"Bang ......"

As soon as the commander finished speaking, gunshots suddenly rang out outside.

Division Commander Cun hurriedly wanted to get out of bed, Deputy Division Commander Yang held him down, waved his submachine gun, and rushed out, and a sad and angry roar immediately sounded outside, "Brothers, kill me with me!" Avenging the Commander......"

The generals rushed out one after another, and the commander of the inch division also struggled to get out of bed, and walked to the door with his spear, and with every step, the gauze on his chest became red.

"Bang ......"

"Da Da Da ......"

"Bang bang bang...... Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

The so-called "shame and courage", Ueda Daisa personally led a death squad to rush into Maojiagou, and his own artillery provided fire support behind him.

He also said that "the mourning soldiers will win", and the soldiers of the grief and indignation of the 12th Division fought for their lives one by one, and they were immediately inseparable from the little devils.

The commander of the inch division walked out of the temporary headquarters with difficulty and continued to walk towards the battlefield, with difficult steps but still firm.

"Shh......h

With a scream, a shell smashed straight at the temporary headquarters, and the mortars of the little devils rushed towards the death squad.

"Bang...... Rumble ......"

The shell landed in front of the headquarters and knocked the division commander to the ground.

"Division Commander ......"

Deputy Division Commander Yang heard the movement, looked back, and saw Division Commander Cun struggling to turn over and sit up from the smoke of gunpowder, and hurriedly rushed over.

Rushing closer, Deputy Division Commander Yang could see clearly - Division Commander Inch's right leg was already bloody and blurred.

"Division Commander......" Deputy Division Commander Yang suddenly had a sour nose, and hurriedly took out gauze and squatted down to bandage the Inch Division Commander.

"Yukun," Senior Commander Cun gently blocked Deputy Division Commander Yang's hand, "You have to persevere to the end!" If...... If you can't rush out, you ...... Just die! You can't be a captive......"

Deputy Division Commander Yang was stunned, but saw that Division Commander Cun suddenly pulled out the short sword on his waist and stabbed it into his throat...... A generation of tigers will fall!

On the south bank of the Yellow River, Li Siwei listened to Wu Ruolan's words, his heart trembled, and he looked at Ning Rou with a hint of pleading.

Amputation?

Li Siwei thought that he might die on the battlefield, and he also thought that he might survive until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, but he never thought that he would be amputated one day!

If you have an amputated limb, why should you be a soldier?

The War of Resistance has not yet been won, if I become a deserter, what will I face in the future to see those brothers who died because of me?

Tears crept down the corners of Li Siwei's eyes, and everyone was full of tears.

"Siwei," Wu Ruolan's heart trembled, and tears came out of her eyes again, "The wound on your left leg is very deep...... I soaked in the water again...... Two days, two nights...... If you don't cut it......"

As she spoke, Ning Rou couldn't cry anymore and asked her to cut off her lover's leg with her own hands...... How cruel!

But she couldn't let him wait to die!

Seeing Ning Rou's appearance, Li Siwei's heart was like a knife.

However, Lao Tzu can't live without legs!

"Soft ...... Son," Li Siwei gritted his teeth secretly, his expression suddenly calmed down, and he looked at Ning Rou, who was in tears, and smiled reluctantly, "You want to ...... Believe...... I! ”