This bloodied lieutenant was none other than Kuroda Shoue's friend and Koike Sheng, who grew up with Yumiko Hayakawa. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info he was injured by a cannonball, his legs were cut off by the cannonballs, and the doctor helped him cut off some rotten flesh, and then bandaged it roughly, and his face was even more salallow due to excessive blood loss, and he was lying motionless next to a tree and looking at Yumiko Hayakawa dying.

"Koike-kun, you're awake!" Seeing that it was Koike Sheng, Yumiko Hayakawa ran over quickly in surprise and joy, and carefully helped him up and let him lean against the tree.

Koike Sheng showed a smile that was more ugly than crying at Yuiko Hayakawa, and said weakly: "Yukiko, you hurry up and follow the big army, there is only a dead end to stay here, and you can only survive by retreating to Jiangxian County to meet with the division headquarters, you must not hesitate." ”

Miko Hayakawa bit her lip and hesitated, "But...... But Kuroda-kun's whereabouts are still unknown, so how can I leave now? ”

Koike Sage shook his head: "Hayakawa Yukiko, Kuroda-kun He is an imperial soldier, it is his duty to serve the emperor by dying on the battlefield, you are just a nurse, you don't have to die to serve the emperor like us!" ”

When she said this, Yumiko Hayakawa had already cried, her boyfriend didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and this friend from the same village who grew up together was about to die, how could she not be sad.

Seeing Yumiko Hayakawa, who was crying incomprehensibly, Koike Sheng frowned and said with some pain: "Yukiko, I'm ...... I'm going to die, can you sing me another piece of the nine-san board? I'd love hearing you sing this song the most! ”

"Good...... Okay, I'm ...... I'll sing it to you......" Yuiko Hayakawa, who was crying profusely, began to sing.

This is a song that is widely circulated in Japanese books, and the lyrics are to the effect that an elderly mother carries a gold medal from her son who died in battle from the countryside to the Yasukuni Shrine in Kudanzaka.

"When I came to Kudanzaka from Ueno Station, I was in a hurry, and it was hard to tell the way. I walked all day with my cane in hand, and came to Kudanzaka to see you and my son. The towering gate leads to the splendid shrine, and now you have ascended to heaven as a god, and your useless mother is happy and tears are in tears for you! The black hen hatched an eagle, where would your mother dare to be! In order for you to see your gold medal, I came to Kudanzaka to visit you and my son......"

At this point Hayakawa Yuiko stopped crying bitterly, she couldn't sing anymore, because at this time Koike Sei had closed her eyes and stopped breathing, and no one in the woods spoke except for the suppressed crying.

"Gentlemen, let's meet again at the Yasukuni Shrine!" A captain who had been blown out of his intestines by a shell and could only lie on a stretcher and wait for death shouted, his tone was a little fanatical, but more helpless, the battle was fought to such a point that no one expected, no one would have thought that the artillery of the Chinese people would be so fierce, just a covering artillery bombardment destroyed most of the positions in Hengling Pass, so that the Japanese soldiers' skills of shooting and stabbing for many years were useless.

The wounded soldiers in the woods also shouted in despair and at the same time in unison: "Let's go to the Yasukuni Shrine together!" ”

In fact, most of these wounded soldiers did not want to die, but now they have no choice, in order not to become prisoners of the Chinese, they can only choose the path of suicide.

Under the watchful eyes of the seriously wounded, Yumiko Hayakawa and those who were still able to walk, as well as doctors and nurses, began to leave the woods, and when Yuiko Hayakawa and others began to leave, they heard a burst of thanks from behind.

"Thank you, Nurse Mitsuko!"

"Thank you, Dr. Fukuda!"

"Thank you for your singing!"

After everyone left hundreds of meters, a shout suddenly sounded from behind, "Mom...... Goodbye......"

"Boom ......"

I only heard a loud bang, it was the sound of a grenade exploding, followed by the sound of explosions one after another, the grenades exploded one after another, and the huge explosion made Yumiko Hayakawa, who was walking behind, tremble all over her body.

"Let's go, Nurse Yukiko, as long as we can get to Jiangxian before the Zhina people, we will be saved!"

The development of the battle at Hengling Pass can be described as a series of twists and turns, first the attack of the 11th Division was blocked, and then under the cover of the heavy artillery regiment launched a continuous bombardment of Hengling Pass, in just less than two hours, the heavy artillery regiment poured more than 20 tons of shells into Hengling Pass, the entire Hengling Pass was sifted by shells, the 213 Wing was beaten all over the body like a girl who was insulted by a strong man, and under the repeated attacks of the three regiments of the 11th Division, the 213 Wing suffered heavy losses, In the end, the wing commander Kawahara had to shrink his forces to the last line of defense, and sent three telegrams asking for help to the division commander Sakurai Province in a company.

Sakurai Shozo, who received the telegram, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered the 215th Wing in Sangchi to rush to the aid of Hengling Pass.

In a hidden command post covered with weeds, Kawahara anxiously used his binoculars to look through the observation hole at the third line of defense, which was less than 500 meters away from him, and the remaining less than 1,000 soldiers of the 213th Wing were relying on that position for the last resistance.

The third line of defense is located in the two steep slopes of Hengling Pass, which is also the highest peak of Hengling Pass, and the only passage of Hengling Pass passes through the middle of these two steep slopes, so it can be said that as long as the commanding heights on both sides are occupied, even if the Chinese army occupies the first and second positions, it is useless, because the Japanese army can condescendingly block all the roads with firepower on the positions on both sides, and now Hu Lianzheng commanded the officers and soldiers of the whole division to launch a round attack on the slopes on both sides.

"Whoosh......"

"Boom...... Boom ......"

Watching the bombs explode one after another on the hillside, although it was not their own shells, Hu Lian, Wang Yuanzhi, Luo Xianda and Hu Yi, who were watching the battle, all felt sorry for the heavy artillery regiment. Heavy artillery shells are not cheap, a 155 howitzer shell is 150 oceans, Wang Yuanzhi secretly calculated an account, from this morning to now, the heavy artillery regiment has fired at least three or four thousand shells, which is already hundreds of thousands of dollars into the ocean, not to mention that he has experienced such a generous battle, he doesn't even dare to think about it, where is this war, this is simply smashing people with money!

At this time, Luo Xianda put down the telescope and sighed and said, "Look at this posture, we will be able to have dinner in Hengling Pass tonight." ”

Judging from the current situation, the resistance of the Japanese army under the bombardment of heavy artillery is getting weaker and weaker, and as long as it continues like this, the Japanese army will collapse or even be completely annihilated in two hours at most. But there must be a premise for all this, that is, the Japanese reinforcements will not arrive, and if there are reinforcements, it is impossible to say.

Wang Yuanzhi sighed and said: "It's a pity that the Japanese themselves scattered their artillery, which makes it extremely difficult for me to find out their location, otherwise this battle will be even easier to fight." ”

Hearing this, everyone secretly frowned, and after suffering a loss, the mountain artillery wing of the Japanese himself scattered all the artillery, and the wing commander Long Fumatsu Nakasa arranged the remaining 20 or so 75-caliber mountain guns in several square kilometers behind Hengling Pass, and after receiving the order, he ordered the artillery to either use the woods or use the cover of the valley to fire at Hengling Pass. They did not fight fiercely, but they were vicious, and every time each cannon only fired two or three shells and then stopped, the intensity of such firing was not high, but the losses for the attacking troops were very large, after all, no one wanted to attack the enemy just now, and then at some point a shell fell on them.

And the most troublesome thing is that the Japanese artillery positions are still covered by woods and hills, which makes it difficult for the reconnaissance planes that have been hovering in the sky to find the Japanese artillery positions, and even if it takes a lot of effort to find the target, it can only blow up one or two artillery pieces.

At this moment, a staff officer hurriedly came over and reported: "Report to the division, Luo Jia, commander of the 1st Garrison Division of the Third Group Army, which is covering the left flank, has sent an alarm, according to their aerial reconnaissance, the 215th Wing of the Japanese army is rushing from Sangchi towards Hengling Pass, and it is expected to arrive at Hengling Pass in about two hours. ”

"Reinforcements from the day I myself? It's so fast! Everyone was shocked, although they had already prepared for the arrival of the Japanese army, they did not expect it to come so quickly.

"Shizuo, the Japanese are not good, if we really let the 215 Wing arrive, our plan to take Hengling Pass today will become a joke!"

Wang Yuanzhi said with some worry that once the two wings were able to join forces, the combat effectiveness that could burst out was by no means as simple as one plus one equaling two.

"Division, why don't we send a regiment to the front to stop the 215th Wing?" This sentence was said by Hu Yi.

"That's a bad idea." Luo Xianda, who was on the side, directly opposed Hu Yi's proposal, only to see him say: "Now that Hengling Pass is still in the hands of Ri I, our large army will not be able to cross it at all." If we have to go over, we will have to take the path, and I think that if we have to do this, it will take too much time on the road, and it will also weaken our offensive forces, so I think it is better to ask the 2nd Garrison Division, which is responsible for guarding our right flank, to help us stop this enemy. ”

Everyone couldn't help but hesitate, and Wang Yuanzhi said with some hesitation: "This ...... Will this work? ”

The crowd was also silent, and there was an inherently estranged gap between the Central Army and the armies of other local systems, which was the result of Chairman Chiang's forcible division of the national army into the Central Army and the Miscellaneous Army.

"How do you know if you can't do it if you haven't tried it?" Luo Xianda said impatiently: "Since people are willing to use the heavy artillery regiment to support us, it proves that they are not so stingy. ”

"Kensan has a point." Hu Lian, who had been silent, suddenly said: "Judging from yesterday's meeting, that Senior Commander Luo is not a person with a small belly, as long as we open our mouths, I think it is unlikely that they will refuse." ”

"Okay...... Then let's contact them and have a look. ”

The development of the matter was very unexpected by everyone, and the Second Garrison Division happily agreed......

The midday sun in May was exceptionally hot, and the soldier Cao Koizumi was carrying a rifle and looked at the sun in the sky that was almost baking everything in the sky with some dazzle. The abominable sun had turned almost the entire land into steamers, and the bewildering steam-like heat wave rising from the road had penetrated under the scorching sun. The 215th Wing had been walking for an hour, but it had only walked less than seven kilometers.

Traveling under the scorching sun was originally an extremely difficult task, not to mention that the superiors also ordered them to rush to Hengling Pass within two hours, which made the soldiers complain even more.

Koizumi wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, took out the kettle and took a big sip of water.

At this time, Private Mitomitsu, who was on the side, also took out the kettle and drank a sip of water and said to Koizumi: "Koizumi-kun, you have been here in Shina for more than two years, what do you think of the woman in China?" ”

"That's it, Koizumi-kun, you have the most experience, tell us about the woman."

At the mention of women, the people who had been dizzy from the sun immediately came to their senses, which is a common problem of all men, and there will be no change because of race or nationality.

Koizumi Masakazu was also trying to ease the silent atmosphere in the team, he thought for a while and said: "China women, many of them are very beautiful, with soft waists, high breasts, round buttocks, and graceful and pleasant, especially women in big cities, and Shina women are more ...... than Japanese women Pay more attention to chastity, which is incomparable to Japanese women. For example, if you force yourself into a relationship with a woman in Japan, she will cry a lot, but then she will return to normal, after all, life has to go on. But the women of China are different, and the women of China attach the most importance to this kind of thing, and many women of China will choose to commit suicide to defend their chastity. So I admire Shina women more than Japanese women, at least they are more dignified like a samurai! ”

"Koizumi-kun, you must have been to the woman in China, right? Tell me, how many women have you been on for so long? ”

Immediately, there was a chaotic commotion around them, and the soldiers were very interested in such a topic, and they exchanged ears. Although it was forbidden to speak during the march, the officers did not want to be too harsh in such weather, so they turned a blind eye, otherwise if the oppression was too much, the soldiers would be in trouble.

"I'm ......"

A hint of nostalgia flashed in Koizumi Masakazu's eyes, and he was about to speak, but his face immediately changed in the next second......

"Lying down ......" (To be continued.) )