Chapter 19 The bloody battle to the death and the search for a husband with a woman

South of Morikura Village, Japanese position. Inside the headquarters tent. Nakagawa Sakae pointed to the map and redeployed the Japanese officers and Japanese officers who were surrounding him.

In the ancestral hall, military meetings were still going on, and everyone was full of confidence in victory. Huang Zhongde got up and quietly walked out of the ancestral hall, found a few soldiers and whispered a few words. Then he turned around and walked back to the ancestral hall. The heavily armed warriors ran out of the ancestral hall compound together.

Yu Genshan: "After the battle starts later, the political commissar and Director Huang each take a platoon to go first from the two tunnels, and after you go out, organize the masses and the wounded to move in concealment, don't alarm the enemy, go west along the road ditch, and you will be safe when you reach Shuihe Village." ”

Commissar: "Okay. Commander, but your burden is too heavy, or I'd better stay. ”

Yu Genshan: "No. Political commissar, the task of leading the masses, the wounded and sick, and the county party committee and county government organs to break through and transfer is also very arduous. Chief of Staff, you take a reinforced company to make a feint to break through the encirclement in the east of the village, and then retreat to the village after a storm, and then shock and then retreat, creating a false impression that you want to rush out but can't rush out, this is to attract and entangle the enemy, but don't really rush out, the tanks and armored vehicles of the devils outside the village are not decorations, and we will suffer a big loss if we rush hard, and we must not be brutal. ”

Chief of Staff: "Yes. Resolutely carry out the orders of the regimental commander. ”

Yu Genshan: "Staff Officer Wu, you immediately send people to inform the first-line blocking troops in the south of the village, in the west of the village, and in the north of the village, to withdraw into the tunnels of the villagers' houses when the enemy starts shelling, or to hide them, put the devils in the village, and wait until they exchange fire with the second-line blocking forces in the village, and then come out to attack and destroy the enemy flexibly from behind, and then use flying thunder canisters or explosives bags to resolutely knock out the devils' tanks and armored vehicles, otherwise the threat to our army will be too great." We must give full play to our army's advantages in close combat and street fighting, effectively destroy the enemy in large numbers, grit our teeth and hold out until dark, so that we can attack and attack outside the village at the same time, and we will have a greater chance of victory. ”

Political Commissar: "Regiment Commander, the troops are acting separately, the pressure on you and the blocking troops is too great, you should look for an opportunity to break out as soon as possible." ”

"yes. The pressure is indeed not small. After the attack was stopped, the officers and men of the whole regiment broke through the tunnel and moved out. After the battalion and company commanders lead their troops to break out of the encirclement, they must arrive at Shuihe Village before dawn tomorrow to assemble, and this assembly site must be kept strictly secret. In addition, the masses, the wounded, and the county party committee and county government organs could not stop for a moment, and continued to move westward, striving to cross the river and withdraw into the mountains as soon as possible. Comrades, hurry up and make separate preparations. Yu Genshan said decisively.

"Yes, yes." The Chief of Staff, Staff Officer Wu and others stood up and saluted and prepared to leave.

"Wait!" Huang Zhongde said loudly: "Regiment commander, political commissar, Fang Jiren is now missing and his whereabouts are unknown, which is a very dangerous signal. I think that before the troops break out, Francis must be caught and guarded. Otherwise, there is a risk that the breakout will fail. ”

The political commissar woke up and patted his head and said, "Yes, how did you forget about Fang Jiren." Alas! Negligence, negligence! I almost missed a big thing. ”

The chief of staff said anxiously: "Now that the deployment is complete, and the big war is imminent, how can I have the kung fu and where to find Fang Jiren?" Commander, what do you say? ”

"Didn't I already say it just now, why did you bring it up again? Now I can't take care of Jiren, so leave him alone. Let's go ahead and prepare according to the deployment just now. Yu Genshan said decisively.

"Commander, this can't be done......"

Yu Genshan stared at Huang Zhongde with a straight face and said angrily: "Why can't this work?!" Director Huang, you said that if you can't find Fang Jiren, it is very dangerous, and the breakthrough may fail. What basis do you have? Well?! I can tell you unequivocally that when the guns go off and the battle is fierce, Francis will definitely appear, he will definitely appear in front of the enemy, and he will definitely appear on the battlefield where his life hangs by a thread. If you don't believe me, arrest me first. ”

Huang Zhongde said embarrassedly: "Commander, you, how can you say that?" ”

"Alright, alright. Don't say any more. Immediately follow the order of the regiment commander. The political commissar clasped Yu Genshan's hands, his expression was solemn, and he said earnestly: "Commander, take care, I wish you victory, I am waiting for you to triumph in Shuihe Village."

In the south of Moricang Village, the Japanese position, Nakagawa put down his binoculars and said arrogantly to several Japanese officers around him: "The Eighth Route Army will definitely resist until dark, and then break through from the west of the village, and then flee to the mountains." We must completely defeat the Eighth Route Army before dark, rescue the Nanjing envoy, and occupy this village, not a single person can escape, and destroy them all! ”

Morikura Village. In a bombed-out house to the west of the courtyard of the health team of the Eighth Route Army Supplementary Regiment. Fang Jiren, Ma Fucai, and Deng Junsheng sat on the ground and were consulting urgently in a low voice.

Deng Junsheng: "Young master, the final deployment of the regiment commander is these, the order has been issued, and the whole regiment is preparing." You quickly think about any loopholes or mistakes, tell me, and when I return to the regiment headquarters, I will tell the regiment commander. ”

"Yes. Sixth brother, our sixth company has already received an order. Ma Fucai added.

Fang Jiren lowered his head and thought about it, then raised his head and looked at Deng Junsheng and Ma Fucai and said:

"Well, that's the right number. I don't see anything wrong with it now. Let's just do it for now. Fucai, Junsheng, this may be the last meeting of the special team before we break up, the two of you remember everything during this time, write a work report, and give it to the boss when you have the opportunity in the future, so that the boss can give us special tasks according to the situation. Also, when our special group meets in the future, you two should not call me young master or sixth brother, but call us team leader, remember. ”

"Yes. Remember, Team Leader. Ma Fucai and Deng Junsheng agreed in unison.

Ma Fucai: "Team Leader Fang, what special task does the boss want to give our special team?" When will the order be given? ”

"Well, I don't know what a special assignment it is, and I don't know when it's going to be issued. The boss just said that this task came from the boss at the highest level, and it was a big deal, and he was also waiting for the order of the top boss. He asked our three-person special team to come to the western Hebei border area in advance, looking for opportunities to infiltrate the Eighth Route Army Supplementary Regiment and wait for the opportunity to wait silently, but now more than three months have passed, and I feel that the current situation and the future trend are coming, and I feel that the special task is coming soon. Wait. ”

"Good. Come on. I can't wait. Ma Fucai rubbed his hands and said.

"yes. I'm almost suffocating too. Deng Junsheng followed.

"Comrade Ma Fucai, I order you to firmly control the Sixth Company, and you must be able to pull it out and enter the battle at any time if the task requires it. I also need to secretly and steadily develop loyal and reliable team members who can be used by me. At the same time, the camera penetrates into the fourth and fifth companies. ”

"Yes. Team Leader Fang, I have memorized it all and promised to complete the task. ”

"Comrade Deng Junsheng, I order you to have a comprehensive understanding of all the movements of the regiment headquarters and the situation of each person. You must not reveal your identity, nor can you expose your special relationship with Comrade Ma Fucai. If possible, it would be better to develop several squad members among the guards fighters at the regimental headquarters. ”

"Yes. Team Leader. ”

"Comrade Ma Fucai and Comrade Deng Junsheng, the fierce battle is about to begin, pay attention to safety. Let's break up here. With that, Franciscan got up and stood up.

Ma Fucai and Deng Junsheng stood up together, looked at Fang Jiren with a serious and solemn expression, and at the same time raised his right hand to salute, and said in a low voice: "Goodbye, Team Leader Fang." ”

"Goodbye. Comrades will have a period later. Fang Jiren also raised his hand in return.

South of Morikura Village, Japanese position. Nakagawa Eiichi looked at the tanks, armored vehicles, and steps that were ready, and turned to give combat orders to several Japanese commanders:

"Ten minutes after five minutes of artillery bombardment, tanks, armored vehicles, and infantry launched a final general attack, completely and completely annihilating the Eighth Route Army, and rescuing the secret envoy of Nanjing."

Ding's compound. Uncle Gen walked quickly into the living room of the main room in the middle courtyard, came to Ding Ruxuan's front and said breathlessly: "Young master, I finally found the young master of the Fang family in the village, he only gave me such a palm-sized piece of paper, let our big guys follow the team to leave here quickly, and after returning to the county seat, Malier sent it to his uncle, and before he said anything important to me, he was in a hurry, I looked at him alone, as if he was very aggrieved and pitiful." ”

Ding Ruxuan took the piece of paper and read: "Uncle, hurry up and prepare 'geese don't eat grass', I have an urgent need." Jiren. This? What is this talking about? Inexplicable. ”

"Who's to say no, what is he talking about? Why can't I understand it at all? Uncle Gen asked puzzled.

"Ah, it's nothing, Uncle Gen, it's nothing important. You don't have to worry about that, just leave it to me. As soon as Ding Ruxuan's words fell, suddenly the explosion of cannonballs sounded again in many places in the village.

Outside the village of Morikura. After the shelling, Japanese soldiers followed closely behind tanks and armored vehicles with guns, and launched simultaneous attacks from all sides of the village, and the focus of the attack was to the west of the village.

The Eighth Route Army abandoned the first-line blocking position at the edge of the village and withdrew into the houses on the edge of the village to hide. The soldiers in the second-line blocking position in the village were heavily armed. The soldiers hid in the fortifications on the rooftops and in the streets, waiting for the devils to come and die.

West of the village. When the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles marched to a distance of more than 100 meters from the village, the Eighth Route Army simultaneously bombarded intensively with flying thunder canisters, and the sound of the flying thunder explosion was so loud that it was like the sky cracking and the earth cracking, which was deafening. Seven or eight Japanese tanks and armored vehicles suddenly exploded and caught fire, paralyzing and moving, and the enemy who followed closely behind the vehicles was also killed or wounded. The remaining armored vehicles continued to attack and advance, and the Japanese officers brandished their sabers and shouted loudly, directing the Japanese soldiers to continue the attack.

Nakagawa Eiichi was surprised to see the bombed tanks and armored vehicles through the binoculars. He put down his binoculars, looked left and right at his subordinates, and shouted:

"What kind of artillery is the Eighth Route Army?! Why is the explosion so powerful?! ”

The devil officers looked at each other dumbfounded, speechless.

Qian Wanlin cautiously stepped forward and nodded and said:

"Report Taijun, I think this may be a new type of artillery, the secret weapon of the Eighth Route Army."

As soon as an armoured vehicle drove into the alley at the western end of the village, it was blown up by a landmine and caught fire without moving. Dozens of Japanese soldiers armed with machine guns and rifles bypassed the burning armored vehicles and stormed the village. The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army hid in their respective fortifications and were silent with their guns in hand, waiting for the order to attack, waiting for the best time to destroy the enemy.

Staff Officer Wu held his breath and lay quietly in the fortifications on the roof, holding a telescope in his hand and carefully observing the battle situation in the west of the village. Several fighters around him took aim with guns.

The Japanese soldiers searched and advanced cautiously and slowly. Armed with a broadsword and a crossbow, Francis nimblely approached the enemy through the streets and alleys. Once he had determined the enemy's position and route of attack, he hid behind a collapsed wall, drew his bow and arrows, and aimed his crossbow at the approaching enemy. When they were less than 30 meters away, Francis shot a crossbow arrow from the gap in the collapsed wall at the Japanese officer, striking him in the left chest and killing him instantly. He fired a second arrow with great speed, killing the Japanese machine gunners with precision. The enemy was in a state of confusion, dizzy, rushing and crashing, panicking, screaming, some lying on the spot, some lying in the corner, and firing their guns indiscriminately without any purpose. Fang Jiren shot an arrow, shot a devil, immediately changed a position, and continued to release the arrow, effectively blocking the enemy's attack. The Japanese gradually woke up and found that the other party was only alone and unarmed, and slowly got up from the ground with courage to search and continue the attack. Fang Jiren went around behind the enemy's back, kicked on the roof, and changed positions to shoot the devil. When he finished shooting all the crossbow arrows, he took out the sharp pieces of iron and iron pieces that he found from the Liu family's blacksmith shop from his shoulder bag, and instantly activated his internal strength, adjusted his luck, gathered energy, and threw it hard and accurately at the deadly parts of the devil's body. The enemy crowd is in chaos, turning around and howling in search of opponents. After throwing the iron weapon, Fang Jiren jumped from the roof of the house and jumped into the crowd of enemies, holding the short sword in his left hand and picking up the broadsword in his right hand, slashing left and right, and fighting the devil in close quarters without fear. Surrounded by many Japanese soldiers with guns, Fang Jiren was not afraid, he shouted and roared wildly, his steps were dexterous, his body was erratic, his movements were fast, and his moves were changeable. "Chop a devil to death; Fang Jiren wielded a short sword in his left hand, with a sharp edge, stabbing forward and killing back, blood splashing everywhere. The devil soldiers cried wolf and retreated......

"Rejoice! Well done by Francis! What a lone hero. Staff Officer Wu saw through the binoculars the scene of Fang Jiren fighting alone to kill the enemy, and couldn't help but praise him from the bottom of his heart.

The county seat of Lin'an County. In the afternoon, the streets were sparsely populated, and most of the shops on both sides of the street were closed and closed for business, the stalls that set up retail items on the streets were gone, and the hawkers who were hawking in the alleys down the streets were nowhere to be seen. The whole county was depressed and lifeless. From time to time, motorcycles of heavily armed Japanese gendarmerie sped by. The agents of the detective team rode bicycles in groups and scurried around the streets. Every household in the county town is panicked and frightened, even in the sunny day, the door is closed, and they will not go out easily until the last resort. Since the start of the May Day Sweep, the devils, the Imperial Army, and the detective team who stayed in the county town were on high alert, and they couldn't help but arrest suspicious people immediately.

In the dormitory of the female teacher of the National Model Middle School in Lin'an County.

Tian Yuanxiu, a young and beautiful art teacher in a pale green sleeveless dress, stood next to her desk and looked at her three-year-old daughter who was concentrating on painting on a chair:

"Niu Niu is so good at drawing. Whose house is this? ”

The beautiful, cute, innocent chick raised her pink face and said in a milky voice:

"Mom, this is our home, there are Mom, Dad and Niu Niu at home. Mom, where's Daddy? When is he going to come home? Daddy doesn't want mom and niu niu? Mom, I want Daddy to ......" as she spoke, Niuniu's voice gradually became choked, and her big beautiful and bright eyes were covered with tears.

Tian Yuanxiu's heart was pricked by a needle and was extremely painful, she forcibly held her daughter in her arms with grief, leaned over and kissed her daughter's forehead, pretending to be relaxed and said in a soft voice:

"Niu Niu is good, Niu Niu doesn't cry. Dad is coming back soon, Dad won't want Mom and Niuniu, Dad will bring a lot of gifts to Niuniu. ”

"Great, great! Daddy come back soon, Niuniu misses Daddy. ”

"Okay, as long as Niuniu is obedient and Niuniu is well-behaved, Dad will come back quickly."

"Mom, Niu Niu is obedient and Niu Niu is good."

"Niuniu, don't paint yet, take a break and paint again, go to bed and lie down for a while."

Niu Niu put down her paintbrush, got off the chair, walked to the double bed against the north wall, took off her purple cloth shoes and went to bed and lay down.

Tian Yuanxiu sat on the chair, picked up a sketch portrait on the table, looked at it with full attention and affection, and slowly her eyes were full of sadness, and she sighed from the bottom of her heart:

"Alas! Where are you, my dear? When will we be reunited? Kiren, you don't know yet, we have a beautiful and lovely angelic daughter......"

Tuk, tuk, tuk—there was a soft knock outside the door.

Tian Yuanxiu put down the sketch portrait, got up and left the desk and walked to the door to open the door.

Fang Luqing, a young and beautiful chemistry teacher wearing a moon-white muslin short-sleeved shirt and a light lotus lotus skirt, stood outside the door with a cardboard box in his hand.

"Teacher Fang? Lu Qing, come in, come in. Tian Yuanxiu greeted happily.

Fang Luqing walked into the house and sat on a rattan chair across the coffee table with Tian Yuanxiu. Fang Luqing put the carton on the coffee table. Niuniu, who was lying on the bed, got up from the bed after seeing Fang Luqing come in, pulled her shoes and staggered into Fang Luqing's arms, and shouted happily:

"Aunt Fang! Aunt Fang hasn't come to see Niuniu for a few days, Niuniu can think of Aunt Fang. Niuniu also has to listen to Aunt Fang sing and tell stories. ”

"Niuniu, be obedient, get up quickly, don't be rude."

"It's okay. I haven't seen Niu Niu for a few days, and I miss her a lot. Fang Luqing took Niuniu in his arms, kissed her softly on the cheek, looked at it and said:

"Ho! I haven't seen you for a few days, but our Niu Niu is beautiful again. Niuniu, it will be your third birthday in a few days, Aunt Fang will give you a birthday gift, do you like it or not? Fang Luqing picked up the carton on the coffee table and put it in Niuniu's arms.

"Thank you, Aunt Fang! Niu Niu likes. Niuniu walked to the side of the bed with the carton in her arms and was overjoyed when she opened the carton: "Rag doll, so beautiful." Mom, she's my little sister. ”

"Okay, it's your little sister. You can play with your sister. Tian Yuanxiu said with sincere gratitude to Fang Lu Qing: "Lu Qing, my good sister, thank you." Thank you for your support and care for me and Niuniu during this time. Alas, our mother and daughter are dragging you down. ”

"Yuanxiu, don't say that, it should be, we are good sisters, and I don't have any burden alone. Niuniu is so sensible and so well-behaved, I have long regarded her as a daughter. ”

"Thank you, Lu Qing. But you're not rich, are you? The school is closed, our salaries are stopped, although you are single, but you also have to spend money to live, how difficult it is now, you still have to save some dowry money for yourself. ”

"Alas, I don't want to pay the dowry, let's take care of the present. Ay? Won-so, have you found out about your husband's whereabouts? ”

"No, no clue at all. After the devil's sweep began, the county town was heavily guarded, gunfire continued every day, and the gendarmerie, the imperial army, and the detective team were crazy to arrest people everywhere. Niuniu and I didn't dare to go out on the street, and hid in the school dormitory every day. Lu Qing, you can move from the front row dormitory to live next door to me, so that I can feel more at ease. ”

"Yuanxiu, I also thought about moving here to live in the dormitory next door to your east, but the roof of that dormitory leaked a big hole, so I can't live in it for the time being. It's okay, we live in the front and back rows, and it's very convenient for me to come over, and I will come over often to see you and Niuniu in the future. ”

"Lu Qing, please help me. When we were in Beiping, I knew that you were also from Lin'an County, and I wanted to ask you to help me find my husband together. Now, Niuniu is crying and shouting for her father every day, which is really pitiful. Alas! The most innocent people in the war are children! ”

"Good. Yuanxiu, I'll help you find it. What's your husband's name? Tell me, how old is he? What does it look like? ”

"His name is Fang Qiren, he is 26 or 7 years old this year, and he used to work as a buddy in Jishi Pharmacy."

Fang Qiren? Jishi Pharmacy? Fang Luqing couldn't help but tremble in his heart when he heard this.

Tian Yuanxiu got up and walked to the desk, picked up the sketch portrait, turned around and sat on the rattan chair, and handed it to Fang Luqing: "Oh, look, this person is my husband, Niuniu's father." ”

"Let me see what kind of man is worthy of Miss Tian's tireless search for a husband?" Fang Luqing said curiously and casually jokingly. Fang Luqing took the sketch portrait from Tian Yuanxiu's hand, held it up in front of him and only glanced at it. In an instant, Fang Luqing's face was pale, his facial features were stiff, his eyes were closed, his lips trembled slightly, his upper body leaned weakly on the rattan chair, and he held the sketch portrait tightly in his hand.

When Fang Luqing saw the young and handsome man on the sketch portrait, he suddenly felt five thunderbolts, the sky spinning, all five burning, and his face changed suddenly. She never expected that the husband Tian Yuanxiu was looking for was actually him! It was actually Fang Luqing who decided that she wanted to be together in this life and this life since she was a child!