Headquarters of the Tachibana detachment. [No pop-up novel network]

Ogasawara Gorou hurriedly walked into the war room and reported to Tachibana Keio: "Detachment leader, I just received a battle report from the 1st Infantry Brigade, they have found and eliminated the third small unit of the Shina Army, and up to now, the Shina Army that has been wiped out by us has reached 156 people, and the Shina Army that fled into the swamp of Lake Seven Stars has been basically annihilated. ”

"Basically annihilated does not mean completely annihilated." Tachibana Yoshio frowned and said, "You immediately send a report to Maeda-san and ask him, is there a lot of fish missing?" ”

Ogasawara said: "Detachment leader, even if there are a few fish that have slipped through the net, I'm afraid it has nothing to do with the overall situation." ”

"You're confused." Tachibana Keio glared at Ogasawara fiercely, and said in a deep voice, "What if it's the commander who temporarily formed the remnants of the 79th Division who slipped through the net?" If you can't kill the commander of the remnants of the provisional 79th Division, the battle of Hai'an Town will not be won, and the provisional 79th Division will still have the possibility of resurgence, you don't forget, in the Battle of Wuxi, the 6th Infantry Wing was killed by the remnants of the Provisional 79th Division because of the incomplete annihilation of the enemy, and then His Royal Highness Prince Fushimi Palace was attacked and killed. ”

"Hello." Goro Ogasawara paused and said, "I'll send a telegram to the Maeda brigade." ”

However, before Ogasawara Goro left, a young staff officer hurriedly came out of the communication room, gathered his feet and reported to Tachibana Keio: "Detachment leader, the cavalry team has just reported that they have lost two branches, and one of these two branches has extremely amazing marksmanship!" ”

"Nani?" Ogasawara Goro's face suddenly sank.

Tachibana Yoshio was shocked when he heard this, and said loudly: "It's him, it must be him!" ”

Ogasawara Goro said in horror: "Detachment leader, are you saying that this person is the commander of the remnants of the provisional 79th Division?" ”

"Yes, it must be him!" Tachibana Yoshio said in a deep voice, "Okahara-san told me that this person's marksmanship is outstanding, even far better than that of the Brandenburg Special Forces Training Camp instructor. ”

Ogasawara Goro said: "This means that although the 1st Infantry Brigade has eliminated more than 100 soldiers, the main target is still on the run? ”

Tachibana Keio nodded, "It must be so." ”

"That's going to be a problem." Ogasawara Goro hurriedly walked to the map, pointed to the map and said, "Captain of the detachment, you see, the remaining remnants of the provisional 79th Division have bypassed the west of Hai'an Town, and at this time it is already twenty miles away from Hai'an Town, if the Imperial Army does not pursue again, they will soon enter the northern forest area." ”

Yoshio Tachibana was also in a struggle.

Tachibana Yoshio originally thought that it would be easy to wipe out the Chinese* army that had entered the Qixinghu swamp, and then he would be able to free up his hands to clean up the remnants of the provisional 79th Division that had bypassed from the west of Hai'an Town, but he never expected that the combat operation in the Qixinghu swamp would encounter serious trouble.

Now, Yoshio Tachibana has a choice to make.

Will they continue to shrink their forces to sweep the swamps of Qixing Lake and kill the commander of the remnants of the provisional 79th Division at all costs?

Or do you want to let this person go for the time being, first go back and clean up the remaining remnants of the provisional 79th Division, and then go back and clean up this most dangerous enemy?

If we continue to sweep the swamps of Qixing Lake, we will inevitably let go of the remnants of the provisional 79th Division.

However, if the remnants of the provisional 79th Division were dealt with first, Tachibana Yoshio was worried that the most dangerous enemy trapped in the swamp of Lake Seven Stars would take the opportunity to escape, because according to intelligence, this dangerous enemy could also speak Japanese, and he could be fake as long as he put on the uniform of the Japanese army, and as long as it was dark, he would easily escape.

Ogasawara raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and then said to Tachibana Keio: "Detachment leader, there are less than three hours left until dark at the moment, whether to shrink your forces and continue to sweep Qixing Lake, or concentrate your forces to solve the remnants of the provisional 79th Division first, you have to make a decision early." ”

Tachibana Keio bit it and said in a deep voice: "Order, the 3rd Infantry Brigade will also enter the swamp, cooperate with the 1st Infantry Brigade to conduct a carpet search of the Seven Star Lake Swamp, and tell Maeda and Fujii that they must find and eliminate those two fish that slipped through the net before it gets dark!" Otherwise, they will prepare to seppuku to thank His Majesty the Emperor! ”

"Hello!" Ogasawara Goro paused and turned to leave.

(Dividing Line)

Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng rested for a while, and then set off to return to the hiding place of the 1st platoon.

Before he approached the hiding place of the remnants of the 1st platoon, Xu Rui smelled a strong smell of blood.

"Oh, no, no, no, no......" Xu Rui immediately screamed nervously, and his feet inadvertently sped up his running speed.

Seeing Xu Rui's expression, Leng Tiefeng's heart suddenly sank, and his heart was broken!

Sure enough, when Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng hurried to the depression where the remnants of the 1st platoon were hiding, what was presented in front of the two of them was an extremely tragic picture.

I saw that the whole depression was full of craters left by the explosion, the grass on the ground was also scorched, and the dirt that was blown up was also scorched, in addition, there were more than a dozen corpses of remnants lying around, all of them had hideous expressions and were covered in blood, obviously, they were all full of grief and indignation and unwillingness.

Leng Tiefeng inspected the battlefield and said to Xu Rui: "The little devil attacked from the direction of six o'clock, they mobilized at least two mortars plus six grenadiers, and fired at least fifty high-explosive grenades, oh and sulfur bombs, you see, there are still traces of sulfur shells burned here." ”

Xu Rui didn't say anything, the whole person seemed to be petrified, motionless.

Leng Tiefeng continued to deduce the process along the battlefield traces, and continued: "Judging from the traces left on the battlefield, the 1st platoon broke up the little devils at least three times, and then because of the exhaustion of ammunition, they were forced to charge, yes, they did not break through, but launched a counter-assault on the devils, good, all of them are good." ”

Leng Tiefeng walked forward in the direction of the assault, and found the remains of a remnant soldier not far away, the legs and chest of the remnant were full of bullet holes, but in addition to bleeding from his legs, there were so many bullet holes in his chest, but none of them were bleeding, obviously, before he was **** shot, the blood on his body had already dried up.

There was no need to speculate, Leng Tiefeng could imagine that this must be a seriously wounded remnant soldier crawling and charging, facing the surging devil soldiers, and persisting in fighting until the last drop of blood was shed.

After walking about five meters further, Leng Tiefeng saw the remains of another remnant.

The body of the remnant soldier was still in a hugging state, but it was empty in his arms.

But Leng Tiefeng easily restored the battlefield scene at that time, this remnant soldier should be engaged in hand-to-hand combat with a devil before he died, at that time his hands should have hugged a devil to death, the purpose should be to create an opportunity for his comrades to assassinate that devil, and from the relieved look on the face of this remnant soldier, his comrades should not disappoint him.

Less than two meters away from this remnant, the body of another remnant lay down.

Although this remnant soldier has been breathing for a long time, a pair of angry eyes are still open, and the pair of fan-like hands that leaned forward also made a "pinch" shape, and from the two thumbs he was broken by life, Leng Tiefeng knew that he should have choked the throat of a devil at that time, and that devil should have been strangled to death by him, and the devil who came to collect the corpse must break the two thumbs of the remnant soldier to be able to take away the corpse of the devil soldier.

Leng Tiefeng squatted down, stretched out his hand and gently stroked the face of the remnant soldier, the remnant soldier's round eyes finally closed, and his face finally showed a trace of peace, thinking that his heroic spirit was not far away, knowing that the living comrades-in-arms would definitely avenge him and all the comrades who died in battle.

Leng Tiefeng stood up, and looked forward, all the way was full of the remains of the remnants of soldiers.

The deaths of these remnants are different, but one is exactly the same, that is, they all died in the muzzle or bayonet of the little devil, and none of them were shot in the back or stabbed in the back, which means that they all really did what Xu Rui said: even if they die, they will die on the way to the charge!

"It's all good, it's all good." Leng Tiefeng looked back at Xu Rui, the corners of his eyes were already moist.

Leng Tiefeng can't remember the last time he cried, the year his father died of illness at the age of seven? Or the moment when he left home at the age of seventeen, his mother sent him to the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, and waved at him? But at this moment, Leng Tiefeng really had a strong urge to cry, not because of sadness, but because of pride.

Leng Tiefeng was extremely proud to have such a comrade-in-arms, and he was deeply proud to have such a robe.

Xu Rui never said a word, and he never said a word since he stepped into this depression.

When Leng Tiefeng turned back to the same place, Xu Rui took out a crooked cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth, and took out a box of matches to light the cigarette, however, after more than a dozen matches in a row, Leng Tiefeng clearly noticed that Xu Rui's hand holding the matchbox was trembling slightly.

Leng Tiefeng knew Xu Rui's mood at the moment, and he knew very well that Xu Rui was blaming himself.

"Lao Xu, you don't have to blame yourself for this." Leng Tiefeng stepped forward, patted Xu Rui's shoulder, and said in a heavy tone, "To be honest, you have done well enough, if it weren't for you, the brothers of the provisional 79th Division would have already confessed to Wuxi, and there would not have been so many victories later." ”

Xu Rui still didn't say anything, but the match was finally struck and the cigarette was lit again.

"Really, you don't have to blame yourself at all." Leng Tiefeng then comforted, "Although I only participated in the Tax Police Corps and not the regular national * army, I am no stranger to the national * army, so many national * army, so many officers, I have never seen you do better, you are this." ”

Leng Tiefeng gave Xu Rui a thumbs up.

Xu Rui took a hard puff of the cigarette, then threw the cigarette on the ground and stepped on it.

Then, Xu Rui looked back at Leng Tiefeng and said, "Go!" ”