Chapter 14 Failure to break through in the snow

Morikura Village Ancestral Hall. The Eighth Route Army supplemented the regimental headquarters.

"It's someone from the military district. Captain, you see there's still a letter here. The warrior said.

"Oh? Great, great, finally got in touch with the military region. What are you sending here? Yu Genshan got up and walked over quickly.

And all the people gathered around them. The political commissar lifted the white cloth on a wicker basket and couldn't help but say in surprise: "Huh! This basket is full of medicines, and they are all Western medicines. It's so good, it's so timely, it's really urgent, it's so urgent. Ay? It's all foreign codes, I don't know any of them, which of you know? ”

Everyone gathered around to take a look, and they all shook their heads and said, "I don't know." ”

The chief of staff picked up a box of medicine, looked at it, shook his head and said, "I don't know what the foreign code on it is, alas! How do you use it? ”

Yu Genshan: "Alas! It would be a shame not to know how to use it. Isn't there anyone in our group who knows foreign languages? ”

Staff Officer Wu: "Huh? I remember. The head of the regiment and the officer of the regiment headquarters, Deng Junsheng, went to university, and he should know Yangwen. ”

Yu Genshan: "Really? Great, call him over right away. ”

"Deng Junsheng! Deng Junsheng, come here! Staff Officer Wu shouted loudly.

"Here!" Deng Junsheng walked over quickly. "Staff Officer Wu, what's the matter?"

The political commissar handed the two boxes of medicine in his hand to Deng Junsheng. "Director Deng, we don't recognize foreign characters, can you understand it? Let's take a look at what these two boxes are? ”

"Yes." Deng Junsheng took the medicine box, looked carefully at the foreign text on it and said:

"This box is penicillin injection, this box is an anesthetic, made in the United States. Ay? Political commissar and head of the regiment, why don't you let Fang Jiren come and see it? He understands Chinese medicine and can do surgery for knife wounds and gunshot wounds, and he definitely knows more about the efficacy and use of Western medicine than I do. Deng Junsheng added pretending not to know.

Yu Genshan and the political commissar looked at each other and smiled speechlessly.

The chief of staff held up the two glass bottles and asked, "Officer Deng, can you see what kind of pills are in these two bottles?" ”

Deng Junsheng took the bottle and looked at it and said, "This is sulfonamide tablets, this is quinine tablets, and they are also produced in the United States." Regiment commanders, political commissars, these are the life-saving medicines that our wounded and sick people urgently need now, they are too precious and rare. ”

"Really? Great, is there anything else? The chief of staff lifted the white cloth on the two wicker baskets of another burden and exclaimed: "Hey! It's really a charcoal in the snow, rice, white flour, this has to be 300 catties. ”

"Look, there's soybeans, pickles, salt, and yellow sauce in this basket." Huang Zhongde pointed to another wicker basket and said happily.

"Hey! Great, great. I'm worried that I don't have rice to put in the pot, but now I can save the emergency, and I can improve the food for the regiment leaders. Squad leader Wu of the regiment headquarters came over and rubbed his hands and said happily.

Staff Officer Wu walked over and whispered, "Second brother, you have to save money." ”

"Hey. I know, save a little bit. The honest Wu squad leader said.

Yu Genshan took the envelope and opened it to read the contents: Head Yu Genshan, send the medicine that your department urgently needs, and use it sparingly. Ministry of Health of the Military District. Yu Genshan carefully looked at the envelope and stationery again, and handed it to the political commissar beside him. Full of doubts, a blank face. "What about people? And what about the people from the military district? Yu Genshan asked loudly.

"I'll let them both come in with me." After the soldier finished speaking, he turned his head to look for someone, but he didn't find it. "Huh? What about people? Why didn't you come in? After speaking, he ran out of the ancestral hall to find someone.

Yu Genshan bent down and squatted, weighed the weight of the four wicker baskets respectively, and shook his head speechlessly.

After reading the letter, the political commissar was also full of doubts and looked at Yu Genshan with a blank face.

The soldier ran back to the ancestral hall and reported: "Regiment commander, the two people from the military region have left. ”

"It can't be, it's impossible. It is impossible for the military region to send two people to venture through the war zone, and each of them carries a burden of two or three hundred pounds and walks hundreds of miles on foot to bring us such an important thing. However, this envelope and stationery I know are indeed for the exclusive use of the military region. ”

Political commissar: "Since you are from the military region, why don't you come in and meet us?" Why didn't you bring instructions from your superiors? How can the military region know that our supplementary regiment has now arrived in Shengcang Village? How did these two people find here? ”

"It's not right that the guards who came in with their burdens were the sentries of the guard company standing guard outside the ancestral hall gate, not the soldiers guarding outside the village." Yu Genshan seemed to be talking to himself, and it seemed to be talking to others.

"There's something strange about this." "Strange, what's going on?" "Could these two be the little devil's spies?" The crowd began to talk in confusion.

"Report!" Fang Jiren walked into the ancestral hall with a black leather briefcase in his right hand, walked in front of Yu Genshan, handed the briefcase and said, "Leader, here you go." ”

"What is this? Where did you get it? Yu Genshan asked with a frown.

"This is what I picked up when I was cleaning the battlefield after the battle at noon today, I forgot to hand it in, I don't know what's in it." Francis replied.

Yu Genshan opened the briefcase and took out the documents to look at, his face suddenly changed, he slammed the documents on the table, and roared: "Despicable! Shameless! Stinky pigs! ”

The crowd was shocked. The political commissar and the chief of staff came over and looked down at the documents.

The courtyard of the Ding family in Shengcang Village. In the study on the west side of the main room in the middle courtyard, Ding Ruxuan was pacing back and forth anxiously under the bright gas lamp, Ding Wenqian sat on the sofa and looked at his nephew walking back and forth, sighing and asking, "Alas! Ru Xuan, what should I do in the future? ”

Ding Ruxuan stopped and looked at Ding Wenqian in a daze, shook his head and said helplessly: "Alas! Third uncle, I don't know what to do anymore, now there are wars everywhere, and it's all a mess. Why hasn't Mr. Li written from him? Where should we go next? Or go back to the county seat of Lin'an County first? It's really urgent. After saying that, he was on the couch.

Then the door was gently pushed open. Uncle Gen walked in and said softly and respectfully: "Third master, young master, the children have all slept, and they have been tired these days. ”

"Don't forget to see my pigeons and sons before you go to bed, old roots." Ding Wenqian instructed.

"Yes, yes, I'll go. The third master and the young master should also rest early. Ah, right. Young master, I saw an Eighth Route Army in the village just now, how do I look like the little young master of the Fang family, but the black light is blind, and I don't see it too clearly. ”

Ding Ruxuan was shocked when he heard this, stood up from the sofa, opened his eyes and said in surprise: "What?!" Have you seen the little sixth son, Fang Jiren? Is he still the Eighth Route Army? This is impossible, Uncle Gen, you must be dazzled and wrong. ”

A series of problems plagued Ding Ruxuan like a mess, and he was so anxious that he didn't know where to start to solve them.

Late at night. Bai'an Village Village Office. Eiichi Nakagawa's temporary bedroom. Dressed in a Japanese kimono, Eiichi Nakagawa sat at his desk under the gas lamp, looking at the two photos on the table with tenderness and longing in his eyes. One photo shows a pure and beautiful woman in her early twenties wearing a Chinese cheongsam, and the other is a family photo, Nakagawa Eiichi wearing a Japanese military uniform, arrogant and spirited, next to a Chinese woman wearing a Japanese kimono with gentle and dignified eyes and melancholy eyes. In front of them were two beautiful and lovely boys and girls of eight or nine years old. After reading for a while, Eiichi Nakagawa took out a pen and stationery and began to write letters.

In the letter, he wrote: Guilan, I have been fighting in your hometown for the past two months, and it has been going smoothly and with brilliant results. However, I am a little conflicted, seeing the Chinese who died in the war, I don't know why I feel a little uneasy, and there is a faint sense of guilt. However, I am an Imperial soldier, and I must fight to the end for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor's Kamui and the interests of the Great Japanese Empire, and for the glory of the Nakagawa family. Now I miss you guys so much and would love to come back to you and my children sooner, but I just don't know when this unwinnable war will end?

Before dawn. The sky is starry. The positions of the Eighth Route Army in the east and west of Shengcang Village.

The fighters were heavily armed and ready to attack. In the position in the west of the village, Yu Genshan said to Staff Officer Wu beside him: "Ten minutes later, the east of the village and the west of the village will attack at the same time, and the action must be fierce and ruthless, and a hole must be torn to the death." Cover the safe transfer of the masses, the wounded and the county party committee organs. ”

"Yes. The correspondent immediately ran to inform the troops in the east of the village to launch an attack in ten minutes. Just go! Staff Officer Wu turned to the correspondent and ordered.

The correspondent got up and turned his head and ran towards the east of the village with his rifle in hand.

The courtyard of the Ding family was silent, and Ding Ruxuan, who had a sad face, didn't sleep all night, walking around the living room restlessly, thinking bitterly. Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire. Ding Ruxuan walked to the door and stopped, looking at the night sky blankly.

Bai'an Village Village Office. In the dormitory, Eiichi Nakagawa was sleeping soundly. Captain Nakahiro Masayoshi reported loudly outside the door: "Captain, the Eighth Route Army launched an attack on the east and west sides of Shengcang Village at the same time. ”

Nakagawa Eiichi woke up, got up and got out of bed to open the door and said: "The east of the village is a feint, don't care about it, the west of the village is the main direction of attack of the Eighth Route Army." The troops were ordered to stop the firing and the artillery bombardment, not to make sorties, not to let a single person go, and to completely destroy them after dawn. ”

The positions of the Eighth Route Army in the east and west of Shengcang Village. Under the suppression of the intensive artillery fire of the Japanese army, the fighters failed in both sorties, and there were casualties.

Fang Jiren ran to Yu Genshan's side and anxiously and worriedly dissuaded:

"Regiment commander, regiment commander, you can't fight like this, the casualties of the troops will be very large, and you can't rush out if you fight like this! It's in the trap of the devil. ”

"Then how do you say to fight! You said! Yu Genshan glared at Fang Jiren and yelled angrily.

"I, I didn't think about it. Commander, the devils seem to know our intentions, they have already set up a position and are waiting for us to attack, you see the devils only defend and do not attack, it is obvious that this is consuming us, they are waiting for dawn to fight again, and then it will be more difficult for us to break out. Francis said worriedly.

"Do you still need to say that? Anyone can see it. Dog mongrel little devil! After thinking for a moment, Yu Genshan said decisively to the combat staff officers beside him: "Order the troops to stop attacking." There are only a few hidden observation posts left at the entrance of the village to closely monitor the devils. All the troops withdrew into the village and immediately built fortifications, preparing to block the attack of the devils after dawn. ”

Morikura Village. Ding's compound.

The morning sun is slightly dewed, and the east is getting whiter. Sporadic gunfire rang out from time to time. The smell of gunpowder wafted through the air. On the platform of the second-floor attic in the backyard of the Ding family's compound, Ding Ruxuan stood behind a waist-high wall, nervously and anxiously looking back and forth between the east and west of the village, and Changgui followed closely behind Ding Ruxuan. Ding Ruxuan looked at the west of the village, his expression was solemn, and he said to himself anxiously: "Look at the excitement in this night, the guns and cannons are scared to death, and now the Eighth Route Army is miserable, the more you beat the little devils, the tighter they will be." What can I do? The little devil trapped us here, we have to find a way to get out, we can't afford to fight like this, we have to find a way quickly. ”

Morikura Village. The Eighth Route Army Supplementary Regiment Health Team is stationed in the courtyard.

At dawn, the head nurse, Glenland, brushed her teeth and washed her face by the well in the front yard.

A female nurse in a white lab coat hurriedly walked over and said with concern:

"Nurse Ge, you got up so early after tossing for most of the night? Why don't you sleep a little longer? You can't get tired. ”

Glenland straightened up and wiped the water off his face, pretending to be relaxed:

"It's okay, I'm a little tired, but it's still early when I'm tired. Ay? Have all the wounded sent in the night been disposed of? ”

The female nurse said with a displeased face, "Ahem, Sensei said." We disposed of all the wounded who were brought in at night in accordance with the health team's disposal plan and operating procedures. But ......"

"yes. We'll be busy until it's almost dawn. ”

"But we're all in vain. Head Nurse Ge, when it was just dawn, Dr. Fang sent by the head of the regiment was patrolling the ward, and he picked his nose and eyes, saying that we didn't do it right. No, he's still talking in the ward. I snuck out to find you. ”

"Doctor Fang? What is Dr. Fang? Where's Dr. Fang? ”

"Fang Jiren, he said that he was transferred from the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion, and he has already reported to you."

"So it's him? Francis only came last night, and I haven't assigned him any specific work yet. Ooh? He dared to pick on us this morning, huh! It's really unbelievable. Let's go, let's see. Glenland put the towel in the basin and walked with the female nurse to the backyard ward.

When she walked to the door of the ward and heard Franciscan harshly reprimanding a dozen female nurses and seven or eight male hygienists, she couldn't help but stop, she wanted to hear what Franciscan was saying. How so?

Francis in the ward pointed to a soldier who was wounded in the thigh while lying on the bed and said:

"Look, you all see, is this a bandage? Like an old lady wrapping her little feet, wrapped so tightly and thickly, do we have too many bandages to use up? Yes? So tight, hinder blood circulation; It is so thick that it is not breathable at all, which will affect the healing of the wound, and after a long time, it will become inflamed and suppurated, causing tissue necrosis, and then it will be amputated, or even lose your life. What a pity it would be for such a young soldier not to die on the battlefield, but to be disabled for life because of our mishandling? ”

Gu Lanlan, who was standing at the door of the ward, was stunned when she heard this, lowered her head and thought: Huh? This Fang Jiren is quite reasonable, it seems that he is quite an expert.

The female nurse next to her whispered, "Head Nurse Ge, listen, Dr. Fang is quite professional and expert." It seems that he used to study medicine, and he was a surgeon. ”

Fang Jiren accidentally saw Glenland standing at the door and bowing his head in thought, and he immediately remembered what Glenland had said last night. Therefore, Francis recited what Gülenland said about him: "Comrades, I must tell you solemnly and unequivocally that there must be no negligence or deviation in any work of the health team, otherwise it will be a matter of human life, and meticulousness and accuracy are the most basic requirements for our medical workers." Comrades, you must keep in mind what I said today. Also, many of the wounded were treated incorrectly, or even wrongly, which is simply nonsense. ”

A male health soldier asked unconvinced: "What should be done?" We used to do this, but neither Captain Jiang nor Nurse Ge said that we were doing something wrong. ”

Fang Jiren said angrily: "That's Captain Jiang and Nurse Ge who don't know much about surgery, let alone battlefield ambulance. What you did before was wrong, it was a matter of disregard for human life. ”

A female nurse said loudly: "Doctor Fang, don't always say that what we did was wrong, then what can you do to do the right way to deal with it?" ”

"Okay, I'll tell you. Comrades, the first thing we have to do when any wounded person is brought to the health team is not to dispose of it, but to check and judge. It is necessary to find out in a very short time whether it is a knife wound or a gunshot wound, whether the wound is superficial or deep, whether there is a lot of bleeding, whether there is infection or ulceration, whether there is thick fluid or secretion, and whether surgery or sutures are required. Only by figuring it out can we deal with it correctly and accurately. The wound should not be bandaged too tightly, otherwise it will affect blood circulation, and the secretion will not drain smoothly, causing bacteria to grow and multiply, which is not conducive to wound healing and increasing the pain of the wounded. ”

The female nurses and male hygienists nodded convincingly.

A soldier walked up to Glenland and said, "Nurse Ge, Captain Jiang has just returned from his medical tour, and he asked you to go over immediately." ”

"Okay, I'll go." Glenland turned his head and glanced at Francis admiringly, then followed the warrior to the front yard.

Morikura Village Ancestral Hall. Inside the regimental headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Yu Genshan, political commissar, chief of staff, and others are studying the deployment of combat plans.

Yu Genshan said solemnly and firmly: "There will be a fierce battle today, comrades must be mentally prepared, but we must not fight hard, we must fight skillfully." Build three fortifications on the streets and houses in the village, form a crossfire network up and down, put the devils into the village and fight again, fight again and again, resolutely not leave the village, we must hold out until dark, and then find a way to break out......"

A soldier ran into the ancestral hall with a rifle with a bayonet on it and handed it to Yu Genshan a piece of paper: "Report to the regiment commander, this is sent by a fellow villager just now, saying that it can be used by the regiment commander."

Yu Genshan opened it and saw that it was a topographic map of the houses and streets of Shengcang Village, and said happily: "Great, really useful." Chief of Staff, build the fortifications according to this diagram. ”

The chief of staff took the topographic map, looked at it carefully, and said with amazement:

"Regiment commander, this is not an ordinary topographic map, it is simply a detailed combat map. Regiment commander, if you take a closer look, from outside the village, to the edge of the village to the village, there are many small circles clearly marked, and these small circles are all tactical value points and combat offensive and defensive positions. This is a topographic map that only people who know about military affairs and defensive warfare can draw, and they must be very familiar with the streets, houses, and even every corner of Morikura Village. This man is by no means an ordinary person. ”

Yu Genshan looked at the topographic map carefully again, and said in amazement and approval:

"Yes, Chief of Staff, you're right, isn't this just a military battle map of the defensive battle of Shengcang Village. The drawing is very detailed, specific and accurate, and it is a combination of inside and outside, depth configuration, up and down crossing, there are both defense points and attack points, which can be defended and attacked, and there are tunnels that can be fully utilized. Great, that's great. How could there be such a high-level military talent in this Shengcang Village? I should have met him. Correspondent, the person who came to deliver the picture? Invite him in for me. ”

Correspondent: "Commander, the person who sent the picture has already left." ”

The crowd gathered around to look at the topographical map and talked approvingly.