When the impatient Yoshio last month made a morale-encouraging speech in front of the newly arrived commander of the Squadron of Commanders, two captains of the infantry squadron and the captains of the 10 lieutenant infantry squadrons, he threw 10 infantry squadrons of more than 2,000 infantry into the front line, in addition to 12 mountain guns, 12 field guns, nearly 20 infantry guns, and 32 heavy machine guns of four heavy machine gun squadrons, ready to complete the attack.

But he was surprised to find that the Chinese, who had not retreated for half a step, had retreated.

Moreover, as soon as you retreat, you will retreat cleanly.

Including the mountain people of Donkey Ridge Village, they all slipped away cleanly.

In the whole village, there was not even a single chicken, only chicken feathers were left.

Except for the corpses of a few Chinese soldiers at the forefront of the position, who had not yet had time to converge, not a single Chinese was seen in the entire Lack of Donkey Ridge.

Last month, Liangfu held back his strength and hit a straight punch, as if it hit the air, and flashed his waist directly.

Last month, Liangfu who punched the air in the air climbed to the highest peak of the Donkey Ridge, with a glance of the mountains, and the position that had killed and injured more than 1,000 casualties under his command was all in front of him.

But he didn't even have the slightest joy.

Could it be that the Chinese know about the deployment of his troops? Or is it that the Chinese, who were already at the end of the crossbow, had already planned to run away, but the timing of the run happened to be when the main forces of the 79th Infantry Wing arrived? Compared to the former, Yoshio last month is more inclined to the judgment of the latter.

He now finally understood why, throughout the day, the Chinese were desperately trying to regain the remains of their dead soldiers at the front of the position, that is, they were retreating. In the face of imperial artillery fire and bombers, they can no longer hold on, even if they do not add these more than 2,000 men, the Chinese will not be able to hold it.

Actually, Liangfu was right last month, and he stuck to it until four o'clock today, which was the time point for Liu Lang and Lieutenant General Zhao Shoushan to discuss. Regardless of whether the main force of the 79th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army will come, the 17th Division, which has completed the task of blocking and luring the enemy with great sacrifices, will retreat.

The main force of the 79th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army set off from Jingcheng County, and the special squad led by Niu Er used the field radio to report to the regimental headquarters of the Independent Regiment, and Liu Lang quickly forwarded this telegram to the headquarters of the 17th Division.

From this, the lieutenant general judged that the Japanese army, which had also been frightened, would not launch a larger attack until its main forces arrived. As a result, the 17th Division held out for another hour and a half longer than the agreed time.

It was to give the mountaineers more time to collect the remains of the martyrs, and to cover the retreat of the heavy troops, hospitals, and wounded soldiers.

In the past time and space, the 17th Division, which had only more than 3,000 people left in the bloody battle with the Japanese on the 9th, had to retreat hastily due to the collapse of the defensive line, and the remains of thousands of soldiers scattered all over the mountains and fields did not converge. Zhao Shoushan, who would rather die than retreat and was forcibly carried away by his subordinates, looked at the remains of the mountain and cried bitterly when he left, but he was helpless. I had to entrust the collection of the remains of the soldiers to the local villagers, hoping that one day the 17th Division would return to Donkey Ridge and be reburied.

However, the cruel Japanese invaders did not allow the mountain people of Donkey Ridge Village to collect the remains of the soldiers of the 17th Division, and several brave villagers quietly collected the remains of the soldiers but were brutally killed, and within a few days, 28 villagers were killed in a row, and Dai Xiao, a family in the small Donkey Ridge Village.

It was not until the spring of the following year, taking advantage of the spring planting, that the mountain people collected the remains that had become white bones under the surveillance of the Japanese and traitors.

"The first place is the mouth of Baihuagou, where more than 500 bones are buried, who died in this area after being withdrawn from the main position because of their injuries. The second place is Mazuiliang, which the Japanese army called "Yiwen Mountain", and the bones of the martyrs buried here were properly placed before the retreat led by Brigade Commander Geng Jinghui. The third place is the east ditch of Jijiayan, where the villagers made three tombs and buried more than 500 bones, because the soil here is shallow, the villagers dismantled the stones of the terraces, dug out a deep trench, put the remains in it, and then restored the terraces. The fourth is Donggouzhang, which is the main burial ground, and the villagers built eight large tombs and many single tombs, each of which concentrates on the bones of one or two hundred or more people. If it is not possible to bury it in a centralized manner, it will be buried on the spot. This is the original text seen in the village chronicles of Liu Lang's visit to Niangzi Guan Donkey Ridge Village in time and space.

Compared with the more than 8,000 people who sacrificed their lives, only half of the remains that have been recorded and collected are small, but most of them have been integrated into the mountains and wilderness, and the most magnificent rivers and mountains of the motherland have been integrated.

That year, those years, the rhododendrons on the Donkey Ridge were as red as blood.

Since he has lived a lifetime again, Liu Lang naturally will not let the tragedy happen again. The most important thing for the Chinese is to enter the soil for safety, and the martyrs have been sacrificed, so they cannot still be left in the field by their bodies to be left to the wind and rain. Therefore, in the morning between the battle, Liu Lang and the lieutenant general of the army telegraphed, and specifically mentioned the problem of reining in the regrets of the soldiers and the retreat of the villagers of Donkey Ridge Village.

This time, the Japanese invaders suffered more losses than they had in the previous plane, and when their main force arrived and punched the air, would they pour out their anger on the villagers? Liu Lang could not pin his hopes on the fact that the Japanese commander was a real soldier, they may have been soldiers, but the fanatical **** and greed for China's beautiful mountains and rivers have turned most of them into devils.

Since the 918 Incident in 1931, China does not know how many villages have been slaughtered, and even the capital has been massacred by hundreds of thousands of people who shocked China and foreign countries, and the Chinese civilian casualties are as high as more than 30 million, which is one of the most terrible civilian casualties in the entire history of Chinese civilization. Even the murderous rulers of the Manchus, who slaughtered the entire city at every turn, could only be relieved.

Therefore, from the morning, the 17th Division began to systematically collect the remains of the soldiers, and handed them over to the rear to hide in the caves in the mountains and blast them for burial to prevent the Japanese from digging graves to vent their anger. Maps were drawn up and handed over to the Divisional Archives Office for unified management, so that the martyrs' mausoleums could be rebuilt after the war.

The old, weak, women and children of Donkey Ridge Village retreated in the direction of Niangzi Pass with the baggage battalion and the field hospital.

The 2nd Theater Command has agreed that the 17th Division will temporarily withdraw from the battlefield for repair, and in addition to the heavy casualties of the 17th Division, of course, Liu Lang will have the credit. Otherwise, a miscellaneous army was placed at the most important Donkey Ridge Pass, while the strategic deployment of the Central Army on both flanks could wipe out the entire 17th Division, just like in the past time and space.

The 386th Brigade, which has not yet had a specific combat mission, will replace the 17th Division and deploy defenses between the mountains on the right flank of Niangzi Pass, so as not to break through the heavy Japanese troops in the important area of Donkey Ridge and attack the rear of Niangzi Pass in a roundabout way to the town of Yuyu.

The Jindong Theater Command had already received a casualty report from the 17th Division, and seeing that the 17th Division had indeed suffered most of the casualties and was no longer able to bear the heavy task of blocking the enemy, and that the 18th Group Army had taken the initiative to assume the heavy responsibility of defense, it telegraphed the headquarters of the 17th Division in the afternoon to agree to withdraw to the Niangziguan area for repairs.

At dusk, just before the arrival of the main force of the Japanese invaders, the only remaining two regiments of the 17th Division, more than 4,000 people, except for a small number of troops to block the enemy, took the young and strong villagers who helped collect the remains of the soldiers, and all withdrew along the mountain path to the Niangziguan area.

When the Japanese army attacked the bloodstained position, the two companies left behind to block the enemy also withdrew into the mountains 20 minutes early, and the dense woods blocked the sight of the Japanese reconnaissance planes.

That night, there was a fire in the sky over Donkey Ridge, and the village of Donkey Ridge was burned to the ground by the Japanese army who had nowhere to vent their anger.

On the distant mountain, the villagers who drove pigs and sheep and carried chickens and ducks looked at the location of their homes, and they all burst into tears, and their homes were gone.

But no one dared to cry out, because this was still the front line, and there were thousands of Japanese soldiers in front of them and behind them. There are only 6,000 people left in the 17th Division, and more than 1,000 are lying on ox carts and stretchers, and they have also run out of ammunition.

Even the old trick of burying grenade and explosive packs on the position before leaving has been forced to give up, which shows how far the 17th Division has reached at this moment.

Fortunately, less than 20 miles away from the main defense area of Niangzi Pass, the 17th Division waited for the troops to respond.

Liu Lang, the commander of the Independent Regiment, led the 3rd Battalion of the 772nd Regiment and the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment to greet them.

"Salute!" With Liu Lang's low roar, all the officers and soldiers of the two teams, including Liu Lang, belonging to different sequences, lined up on both sides of the mountain road, expressing their heartfelt respect for the remnants of the army who had been withdrawn from the front line.

The officers and men of the 17th Division burst into tears, but their footsteps did not stop and they moved forward with their heads held high.

They had reason to hold their heads high, and one of their divisions undertook the attack of an infantry wing and two artillery battalions of the Japanese army, as well as dozens of sorties of Japanese planes, and they completed the task of blocking the enemy in five days.

Naturally, they cry too, because they don't really want this glory. Because, in exchange for all this, it was the sacrifice of 6,000 brothers, and almost three infantry regiments were wiped out! Not to mention those who died on the front line, only the wounded soldiers who were seriously injured and transported back to the hospital sacrificed more than 500 people in two days, and the director of the field hospital almost killed himself by drawing a gun.

It's not that he doesn't want to save it! It's that it can't be saved. There are too many wounded, and the stored medicines are no longer enough, and the 50 boxes of anti-inflammatory drugs that Liu Lang sent before looked like a lot, but when he really got to the battlefield, he found that it was really a drop in the bucket. Moreover, many of the soldiers suffered most of their injuries were from shells, and there was no blood on the outside, but in fact there was almost no chance of surgery, and they died in silence after hours under the helpless gaze of the doctors.

"Brother Liu, I can't stand you." When he saw Liu Lang for the first time, although the lieutenant general had tears in his eyes, he felt guilty.

His 17th Division had already completed the task of blocking the enemy discussed before the war, and even completed it beyond the ordinary. The 40th Infantry Brigade suffered heavy casualties, and at least one infantry brigade of Japanese troops would be removed from the 20th Divisional sequence. How can he be ashamed?

Liu Lang, who had a heavy face, understood.