Sugi Sugimoto was already thinking about how to shirk responsibility and how to fool the royal family and the base camp, but Tsukada was still thinking about how to minimize the losses, even if the collective jade fragmentation of the Kawaguchi detachment had become a reality, at least he had to ensure that the equipment and ammunition of the Kawaguchi detachment did not fall into the hands of the enemy.

Otherwise, if the Dameishan Independent Regiment is allowed to obtain the weapons and equipment of the Kawaguchi detachment, the consequences will be very serious.

In particular, 36 75mm caliber field guns of the artillery wing belonging to the Kawaguchi detachment will become a big problem.

At that moment, Tsukada said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think that other things can be suspended, but there is one thing that must be done immediately, that is, the equipment of the Kawaguchi detachment, especially more than 30 field howitzers, and a large amount of ammunition carried by the army, must not fall into the hands of the Dameishan Independent Regiment. ”

Shanshan Yuan was shocked when he heard this, yes, he almost forgot about it.

At that moment, Shanshan Yuan asked in a deep voice: "So, I don't know what Tsukada has to attack you?" ”

Tsukada said: "Your Excellency Commander should order all the bombers of the Aviation Corps to take off urgently from Feicheng and Nanjing, divide into several batches and go to Dameishan, and carry out carpet bombing of the camp of the Kawaguchi detachment and the Mustang Beach to ensure that the weapons and equipment of the Kawaguchi detachment and the ammunition carried by the army do not fall into the hands of the enemy. ”

Shanshan Yuan asked, "Is there still time for it?" ”

"It's still too late!" Tsukada said in a deep voice, "From the farewell telegram sent by Yamaguchi Shaosa to now, less than five minutes have passed, and in such a little time, the battle at the headquarters of the Kawaguchi detachment is still not over, and the bomber group that took off from Feicheng and Nanjing can fly over Dameishan in only half an hour, and in half an hour, the Dameishan Independent Regiment is afraid that it has not even finished cleaning up the battlefield, let alone transferring weapons and ammunition." ”

"Yo Xi, in addition to blowing up the weapons and supplies of the Kawaguchi detachment, and destroying Meizhen by the way, we must let the people of Dameishan understand that if the forces supporting the Communist Party oppose the imperial army, they will pay an unbearable price!" After Shanshan Yuan finished speaking, he grabbed the telephone and asked the operator to connect to the headquarters of the aviation regiment.

Half a minute later, a piercing siren sounded over Nanjing Ziyuan Airport, and not long after, two Type 97 dive bombers slid off the runway, and then slowly rose into the air and roared towards Dameishan.

(Dividing Line)

"Lie down, lie down!"

"Get down, get down!"

Seeing the two bombers swooping down from the sky with a scream, Xu Rui hurriedly rushed out of the tent used by the devils to store military supplies, and motioned to the nearby villagers who were carrying supplies to lie down, but before the nearby villagers dispersed, the two aerial bombs had already fallen off from the belly of a bomber and fell down screaming.

Xu Rui only had time to knock an old man to the ground, and the bomb fell to the ground and exploded with a bang, and the flames and gunpowder smoke completely covered the range of dozens of meters in an instant, and the violent explosion lifted off a large amount of sand and gravel, splashing all over the sky and falling down again, scalding Xu Rui's teeth.

The bomb was dropped, followed by a dive straf.

"Holy!" Xu Rui's heart was not only angry but also regretful.

The devil doesn't know which tendon is wrong, and he actually dispatched such a huge group of bombers to bomb!

All morning, the little devil's bombers did not stop for a moment, and as soon as one batch left, another batch came, and so far there have been seven or eight batches of bombers with more than a hundred sorties!

Mother, dealing with a mere regiment, can you commit such a battle?

Ten minutes later, the twelve bombers of the ninth batch finally returned.

When the smoke cleared, Xu Rui got up from the ground, shook off the sand on his head and body first, and then asked the old man who was crushed to the ground by him just now: "Uncle, are you okay?" ”

"It's fine." The uncle said abruptly, "The devil wants my life, it's not that easy. ”

Xu Rui smiled, then turned over and climbed onto a truck that had been blown up next to him, and looked around condescendingly, only to see that the warehouse of the Kawaguchi detachment had completely caught fire.

Moreover, the fire will also detonate the ammunition, and it will be too dangerous to rescue the supplies.

Xu Rui jumped out of the truck, found Wang Husheng from the crowd, and said: "Old Wang, hurry up and organize the villagers to evacuate, ammunition explosion may occur in the warehouse at any time, and it is too dangerous to continue to stay here." ”

"Evacuate?" Wang Husheng shouted, "So many materials haven't been shipped out yet?" ”

Wang Husheng really felt sorry for those materials, which were medicines, ammunition and food urgently needed in the base area.

Xu Rui was silent when he heard this, and at the first time he took the headquarters of the Kawaguchi detachment, Xu Rui realized that the little devils would never let them get the supplies, so he decisively ordered the three infantry battalions of the independent regiment plus the cavalry battalion to rush to transport military supplies, and even the battlefield did not have time to clean, as a result, several soldiers were attacked by the devils, and they were either killed or injured.

It's a pity that there are only more than 1,000 people in the independent regiment, and they can carry 50 or 60 tons of materials back and forth.

Xu Rui expected that the devil would come to retaliate, but he didn't expect the devil to make such a big move!

When Wang Husheng mobilized the villagers to arrive, the devil's bomber group also arrived, and then there was an overwhelming and indiscriminate bombardment, and the villagers risked their lives for a long time, and finally failed to rescue many materials from the warehouse of the Kawaguchi detachment, but sacrificed dozens of villagers, which made people feel embarrassed.

Xu Rui sighed: "Materials are important, but the lives of the villagers are more important, if there are no materials, you can still grab them from the devils, if the lives of the villagers are gone, we can't grab them back, evacuate quickly." ”

Wang Husheng sighed: "It seems that it can only be like this first, but it's a pity that these materials are gone." ”

Soon, Wang Husheng began to organize the evacuation of the villagers, and Xu Rui also evacuated the devil camp with his troops.

When Xu Rui walked out of the devil's barracks, he found that it was not only the barracks of the Kawaguchi detachment that were bombed, but Meizhen was also bombed indiscriminately by the devil bomber group, a large number of houses had caught fire and burned, and many houses had been bombed to only a pile of rubble.

It turned out that among the people mobilized by Wang Husheng was Meizhen, who cried bitterly when he saw his house on fire, and this extremely suppressed cry pierced Xu Rui's heart, to say that the Chinese people are really good, to say that the sacrifice is great, the eight-year War of Resistance, the Chinese people are the biggest sacrifice!

History will always remember that the Chinese people not only paid more than 30 million direct losses, but also sent more than 3 million of their children to the battlefield, and they also contributed countless huge amounts of materials to the cause of the War of Resistance Against Japan, without the strong support of 40,000,000 people, the War of Resistance would never have been won.

You really can't be more demanding of such a people.

In a word, the villagers must not be allowed to shed blood and tears!

Taking a deep breath, Xu Rui Huo Ran turned around and shouted: "Independent regiment, all of them!" ”

When the officers and men of the Independent Regiment who were evacuating the Devil's Barracks heard the order, they hurriedly gathered and began to line up.

Xu Rui shouted again: "No need to queue up, go and help the villagers to put out the fire immediately, and extinguish this fire at all costs, and never let the people in the town be homeless!" ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Rui took the lead and rushed into the town.

More than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment also hurriedly followed Xu Rui into the town, carrying buckets and basins, no matter what they found from the villagers' homes, they rushed to the river and rushed to the well, but unfortunately, for a fire that had already filled half of the town, this weak resistance was really nothing.

The independent regiment tried its best, and even more than a dozen officers and soldiers were buried in the fire, but they still could not stop the spread of the fire, and nearly 10,000 houses in the town, except for more than 1,000 in the northwest corner, were barely saved, and the remaining 8,000 were all destroyed, and only a broken wall was burned to the ground.

He was busy until late at night, and Xu Rui dragged his tired legs back to the command post under the tunnel.

Rao is Xu Rui's energy and physical strength are far better than ordinary people, after a full day of high-intensity work, he is also a little unbearable at the moment, but compared to the physical exhaustion, the psychological guilt makes Xu Rui feel breathless, Meizhen and several surrounding villages failed to save after all, and finally let the fire burn down.

Xu Rui didn't expect that the devil's revenge would come so quickly and so ferociously!

The destruction of Meizhen and more than a dozen surrounding villages instantly diluted the festive atmosphere, and the independent regiment obviously won the battle, but the soldiers all drooped their heads one by one, as if they had lost the battle.

What made Xu Rui feel glad but also made Xu Rui feel even more guilty was that the villagers in Meizhen and more than a dozen surrounding villages did not blame them for the independent regiment.

Not long after Xu Rui returned to the command post, Wang Husheng and Leng Tiefeng also came back one after another.

Leng Tiefeng has been monitoring Mustang Beach, and what he finally brought back was bad news, the devil's bomber group also launched a carpet bombing of Mustang Beach, but Xu Rui didn't care much about it, the fire in Mustang Beach was a coalfield fire, even if the devils didn't bomb, they didn't want to snatch out the weapons and equipment left by the Kawaguchi detachment.

At that moment, Xu Rui said: "Lao Wang, I have to ask you for the post-war recovery work in the base area." ”

Wang Husheng waved his hand and said, "Lao Xu, what are you talking about?" We have already had a division of labor, you are in charge of the war, and everything else is in my charge, and the post-war restoration work in the base area is originally my job. But Lao Xu, you can't pick a pick, the main force still has to help. ”

Xu Rui said: "I'm afraid the main force of the regiment won't be able to help for the time being. ”