Chapter Seventy-One: A Thousand Graves
On this day, no troops passed around Liao Fan except for the puppet army they captured. Eā”.*The other troops sensed the retreat of the little devils and began to take the initiative to attack and harass the devils. The sound of gunfire also pointed the way to the scouts of the three battalions and a company, and in the course of a day the scouts of the first company informed most of the troops, and they began to retreat and return to the station, but there was no news of the guard company.
"Ah~ how can you do this?" Zhang Cuihua had just come out of the room and saw a group of people standing in the courtyard in a line wearing pants.
It turned out that these people who were only wearing pants were all puppet soldiers, and Liao Fan had indeed starved them for a day, and was worried that they would go out and harm the people, so he took everything they could take away from them, leaving them only a pair of pants. was about to let them go, but Zhang Cuihua came out of the room and saw this scene.
"It's inconvenient to take a woman, Spring Knife, hurry up and blast them away, we will retreat immediately! Her voice didn't invite the little devil! ā
Liao Fan took the troops around the mountains for a day, and the more he walked, the more uneasy Liao Fan became: "Spring Dao, do you think there is anything wrong?" ā
"I don't think there's anything wrong!" Liu Chundao said.
"Let the brethren be vigilant, and the bullets are loaded." Liao Fan always felt that he had to give birth to something, "Find two vanguards." ā
"Brother Fan, it's better for me to go as a soldier!"
Liao Fan nodded and motioned for them to be careful.
"Brother Fan, we have some situation in front of us......" The soldier who followed Liu Chundao ran back to report, but he couldn't tell what was born, "Brother Fan, you better come with me to take a look!" ā
A few minutes later, Liao Fan and the others came to a small valley, and Liu Chundao was squatting on the ground at this time.
"What's wrong, Spring Knife? Injured? In a hurry, Liao Fan thought that they had been ambushed by the Spring Knife.
"Brother Fan, I'm fine, look here." Liu Chundao took Liao Fan behind a rock.
Liao Fan has imagined the scene in front of him countless times, and the first time he saw it, it was like hell. Liao Fan didn't know whether to cry or be angry, he ignored his subordinates, and walked into this less than one acre of land, but there were more than 300 people lying in the open space, including old people and children, women and men.
Liao Fan wanted to do something, but he didn't know what to do, his eyes went dark, and he fainted.
"Brother Fan...... Brother Fan...... "The warrior ran over and shouted loudly around Liao Fan.
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Three days later, Liao Fan was lying on the hospital bed in the station, and several military commanders under Liao Fan were surrounding John and asking how Liao Fan's condition was, why he hadn't woken up for three days.
"I've said it many times, he's just overworked and mentally battered, and it's up to him to rest well and he'll wake up soon." John was not fluent in Chinese, and he was so troubled by several people that he stuttered when he spoke.
Huang Changsheng shouted, "How fast is it soon?" It's been three days, and a lot of work in the army has to wait for Brother Fan to preside, if you can't save Brother Fan, I'll ...... today."
"Slap" slapped Huang Changsheng's head.
"Who the hell is beating Lao Tzu......" Huang Changsheng turned around, and now Liao Fan was already standing behind him, his face changed instantly, "Brother Fan, you're awake." ā
"If I don't wake up, are you going to eat John?" Liao Fan was still a little weak when he spoke, "Lao Tzu doesn't dare to yell at John like this, you still don't apologize to John!" ā
Several people hurriedly apologized to John: "Old Covenant, I'm sorry, we were wrong, you don't care about the villain." A few people changed their faces just now.
John ignored them and turned to look on the other wounded, the hospital was now overcrowded after the battle with the little devils the other day.
"Brother Fan, you finally woke up, we're worried about you." Huang Changsheng was a little excited.
"How many days have I been asleep?" Liao Fan asked.
"It's been three days and two nights...... Lao Hu told the three battalions and one company how to find them and then go back to the camp.
"After all this time, how are the casualties of the troops?" This is what Liao Fan is most concerned about.
Huang Changsheng glanced at the two people, and then said: "Fortunately, the casualties of the troops are not very large, and now the troops are back." ā
"Changsheng, do you think this matter can be hidden from me?"
"Brother Fan, don't we want to wait until you are well rested before telling you?" Huang Changsheng knew about this, and Liao Fan would know about it sooner or later.
"Say, I'll hold on!" Liao Fan said.
"There are 1,500 dead and wounded in our troops and the brothers of the guard company, of which more than 600 were killed in battle, and more than 300 were seriously wounded, but according to the reports of various units, the casualties of the little devils are about 2,000." Huang Changsheng has been presiding over the work for the past few days, and he knows the number of casualties best.
"The casualties of the little devils are not that big." Liao Fan understood that the important losses of the little devils were in the Wild Wolf Valley, and although all the troops fought with the enemy after entering the mountain, more of the puppet soldiers were killed, and the Japanese suffered casualties of up to 500 people, plus the Japanese advanced medical technology, and the little devils killed were about 1,200 people.
"Brother Fan, what's wrong with you?" Ma Wanzhong saw that Liao Fan didn't speak, and thought that he was not feeling well.
Liao Fan came back to his senses: "I'm fine, have the bodies of the brothers been found?" ā
"Most of them have been recovered, but a company of the second battalion and two platoons of the first battalion have not been returned, I don't know ...... them," Huang Changsheng did not continue.
"To live to see people, to die to see corpses." Liao Fan said.
"Yes! Brother Fan, let's go back first. The three of them didn't want to disturb Liao Fan's rest anymore.
"Wait, after I go back, call Liu Chundao and Li Weimin over, I have something to explain to them." Liao Fan said.
Liao Fan was lying on the hospital bed, thinking about where the troops should go in the future, and they couldn't always be beaten passively like this.
"Brother Fan, you're all right!" Liao Fan's thoughts were interrupted, and Li Weimin appeared in front of the hospital bed.
"Oh, for the people, you're here, find a stool to sit on by yourself, I'll rest for two days, how is the situation in the troops?"
"Brother Fan, it's my fault that I let go of the little devil......"
"Don't be in a hurry to admit your mistakes, I still plan to hand over the second battalion to you to bring, but this time I will first talk about the ugliness in front, if there is a mistake again, we will settle the old accounts and new accounts together." Liao Fan felt that it was appropriate for the second battalion to be handed over to Li Weimin.
"Brother Fan, I promise to complete the task." Li Weimin didn't expect Liao Fan to believe in himself so much.
Liao Fan talked to Li Weimin about how to manage the troops, and Li Weimin began to understand some of his shortcomings as a commander. Liu Chundao waited on the side without interrupting the conversation between the two.
After Li Weimin left, Liu Chundao helped Liao Fan out to find an open space to sit down.
Liu Chundao has followed Liao Fan for so long, of course, he knows what Liao Fan is thinking, and before Liao Fan can open his mouth, Li Weimin told Liao Fan everything: "Brother Fan, I have buried the brothers of the more than 300 people, and the brothers who died in the war have been recovered." ā
"Has the second platoon leader's body been found?" When Liao Fan asked about the second platoon leader, his heart ached.
"I have found it, and I am buried with my brethren!"
"A thousand more graves have been added to this mountain, and tomorrow you will accompany me to see them." At this time, Liao Fan seemed extraordinarily calm.
Liu Chundao knew that Liao Fan should be the saddest at this time, but he was not comforted, and only replied: "Okay!" ā
The guards even went back to the villagers they brought back, and they also took away the guns and ammunition they had with them, but Zhang Cuihua stayed, clamoring to see Liao Fan in the past few days, saying that they wanted to stay in the army.