Regarding the refusal of Guo Laosan's father and daughter, Li Ziyuan shook his head, took out the roster of the army from his shoulder bag, stuffed it into Guo Xiaoshan's hand and said: "Xiaoshanzi is obedient, you are now a soldier, you should know the importance of obeying orders." This is the roster of our troops, and you must hand it over to Secretary Liu and Instructor Ma. ”

"Tell them that on the day when the Anti-Japanese War is won, if they are all alive, they will build a monument for their brothers here. And this roster, you must give it to them. So many brothers have died here, and it is impossible not to leave even a name behind. Xiao Shanzi was obedient and obeyed orders. ”

Li Ziyuan's words, Guo Xiaoshan did not speak, but Guo Laosan said: "Battalion commander, let Xiaoshan take this roster out, I will stay here with you." Battalion commander, I can't leave at this time. I'm from a horse bandit, let's not talk about anything else, at least this righteousness is still there. ”

Regarding Guo Laosan's answer, Li Ziyuan said angrily: "Dumb, this is the army, not the horse bandit gang you used to be." Since you, Guo Laosan, keep saying that you are now a member of the team, what is the first of the three disciplines and eight points of attention of our Eighth Route Army? If you can't even obey orders, what kind of Eighth Route Army soldier is you? ”

"Besides, if you let Xiao Shanzi take the risk of breaking through as a girl, don't you worry about her falling into the hands of devils and traitors? Let's go, if you two still think you are Lao Tzu's soldiers, let Lao Tzu go now. If you don't think you're Lao Tzu's soldiers, why do you want to go? ”

After speaking, Li Ziyuan turned his head and no longer looked at Guo Xiaoshan, who was full of tears, but turned his head to look at the battlefield. Looking at the flares that the Japanese army kept firing, he knew that the Japanese army was probably adjusting its deployment to prepare for the final blow to itself. And in this final blow, for myself and the remaining fighters, I am afraid it will also be the last battle.

Li Ziyuan's judgment was not wrong, Katsume's Naoyuki Dazuo is indeed preparing at the moment to give Li Ziyuan, who is trapped in the north of the village, the final blow. Although he has already put all his living forces into the village, except for a squadron of cavalry. But that doesn't mean he's going to attack hastily.

For Naokyuki Katsume, the previous anger is rage. Now that the sky is gradually getting dark, he can't help but make some preparations for a possible breakthrough operation of the Eighth Road. After an afternoon of fighting, he realized the tenacity of these eight roads. So he still has to make some preparations before the final blow is launched.

This Dazuo, who was decisive before, is now a little sluggish. In Tsuruta Numa's opinion, his final stage of adjustment was not necessary at all. At present, since it has been eight roads in the village, it has been compressed to the north corner of the village. Just launch a direct attack, why are you so troublesome?

Could it be that he was under the cover of two squadrons, not counting the artillery squads and mortars, but only the mountain artillery and howitzers? After a fierce battle in the afternoon and half of the noon, he was very proud to have eliminated the strength of a reinforced company of the Eighth Road, so he had to come to the ceremony at the last moment?

I was trying to persuade this guy to strike while the iron was hot, so as not to have any accidents at that time, and Tsuruta Numa, who made all the cooked ducks fly, was assigned an important task by Naoyuki Katsume. That is, after cremating the bodies of the Japanese soldiers who died in the battle, the ashes of the dead in the battle, and the artillery that would shoot out the shells in advance to bring back to Changzhi.

Tsuruta Numa, who was assigned such a glorious task by Naoyuki Katsume, can be described as quite angry. He is the intelligence staff officer of the division and regiment, not the leader of the cremation team. Allowing yourself to cremate the bodies of the war dead is an insult to your own personality as an intelligence staff officer.

The angry Tsuruta Numa Nan directly protested against this Katsume Naoyuki Daisa. If it weren't for the strict order of the division commander before his arrival, and the advice of the chief of staff who personally called before the war. Tsuruta Numan will turn around and leave directly, and he will not accept this insult to himself by Naokyuki Katsume.

But for Tsuruta Numa's protest, Katsume Naoyuki Osa didn't take it seriously at all. He looked coldly at the young staff officer in front of him, and said in a voice almost between his teeth: "Tsuruda-kun, if you are still a soldier of the empire, you must obey the orders of your boss. If you are not willing to serve the Emperor, then you can take off this military uniform. ”

"Every soldier of the Imperial Army lives preciously, and you actually regard it as an insult to take them home, and you are still worthy of being called an Imperial officer? Tsuruta Shaosa, I don't care if you were trusted by the division commander and the chief of staff before, but I am now your immediate boss. Disobedience to orders on the battlefield, you should be clear about the consequences. ”

"Tsuruta Shaozuo, you have to think clearly, the current army is no longer the army of a few years ago, and you staff officers can do whatever they want. Tsuruta Shaosa, I hope you are thinking carefully about whether or not to carry out this order. Even if you are a graduate of Lu University, you must pay attention to the military discipline of the empire. ”

This Katsume Naoyuki Daisa's cold voice, Tsuruta Numan hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to accept. However, after he returns, he will definitely give the division commander a detailed report on this operation. He is fortunate in this battle, and the advantage of troops and firepower in the air is like this, and it looks like this to see if he has this face.

Tsuruta Numan turned around to carry out the order, but he didn't see the sneer on the corner of Katsume's mouth behind him. For Tsuruta Nunan, who is always gloomy, Katsume's Naokyuki Osa has an aversion from the heart. What's more, for Tsuruta Numan who was sent out by the division commander, Katsume Naoyuki always felt that he was being watched, and even distrusted.

And as the captain of several wings of the 36th Division, Naoyuki Katsume, who has not been to Lu University. For Lu University graduates such as Tsuruta Numanu, there is a congenital feeling of rejection. Although it is now due to the massive expansion of the army, he, a non-land university graduate, has finally climbed to the position of Dazuo.

But Katsume Naoyuki Osa knew that unless he died in battle and was posthumously awarded, his rank of Osa would basically come to an end. Although it is not uncommon for people who have not been promoted to major general at Lu University, Katsume Naoyuki Daisa does not guarantee that this glory will fall on his head.

So this guy is very jealous of his colleagues who graduated from Lu University and basically got on the fast track to be promoted to major general. This time I seized the opportunity, why don't I let Tsuruta Nunan, who was admitted to the Land University at the lieutenant stage, be educated, and they really want to be in the army is the world of them who are graduates of the Land University?

Retaliated fiercely, and even humiliated Tsuruta Numasu. Katsume Naoyuki Osa said to the adjutant beside him: "Tell the artillerymen to shoot out all the shells." When the fire support is complete, the infantry is ordered to immediately charge. When the infantry charges, shoot all the flares. ”

After receiving the order of Naoyuki Katsume, after hearing what he said to Tsuruta Numan before, the adjutant did not dare to say anything, and went directly to convey the order. With the order of Naoyuki Katsume's order for the final general attack was issued, the Japanese once again smashed a dense barrage of shells into Li Ziyuan's last position.

At present, Li Ziyuan has been compressed to a corner of the village, although there are some dogs and teeth on the battle front, but the situation is much better than the previous chaotic battle. So this time, Katsume Naoyuki Osa was very arrogant and gave the order for all the artillery to fire. Although in the eyes of ordinary Japanese officers, this was a bit of a waste of shells.

But Naoyuki Katsume, who really didn't dare to let the casualty figure rise, finally chose to solve the problem with firepower. The dense shells blew up Li Ziyuan's last position in thick smoke. Piles of bricks and rubble were blown up into the sky. The dense sound of artillery was heard clearly in Hubei County, dozens of miles away.

Looking at the effect of the dense shells, Naoyuki Katsume, who was holding a telescope to observe the battlefield, smiled very happily. Although the casualties in this battle were a little larger, if they could kill the Tubalu that gave the division commander a headache. Then for yourself, this battle may not be a good thing.

When the sound of artillery gradually began to fade away, the light and heavy machine guns, grenadiers and infantry guns of the Japanese troops in front began to sound again. Under the cover of flares, the Japanese launched a full-scale attack on Li Ziyuan's last position. The artillery fire had reached such an extent that almost no one believed that there were still living creatures on the Eighth Route position opposite.

Therefore, the Japanese army in front of them invested most of their forces in the first round of attack and launched an attack along the ruins. But just when these Japanese troops attacked with flashlights under the bright light of the flares. On the opposite side, where they thought that few people would survive, there was another dense burst of gunfire.

The first few light machine guns that fired cross-fire directly knocked down the Japanese soldiers in front of them. The sound of rifle fire was also fired along with the machine gun. Although they did not expect that there were still people resisting on the other side, the Japanese troops who launched the attack, under the supervision of officers and non-commissioned officers at all levels, did not retreat because of casualties, and launched round after round of attacks.

When the last bit of machine gun bullets and grenades were exhausted, Li Ziyuan, who had no ability to stop the Japanese attack except for a single rifle. Seeing the Japanese soldiers who had rushed in front of him, the fast and slow machine in his hand flattened the gun body and fired over. With a bayonet mounted on his 38-type rifle, he rushed directly towards the Japanese soldiers who rushed up.

Just after Li Ziyuan jumped out, the soldiers who could still stand up beside him also jumped out with rifles in their hands. After firing a bullet reserved in the chamber, it became entangled with the Japanese soldiers in front of him. Separated by piles of rubble, the attackers and defenders put together bayonets at the northern end of the village.

Separated a bayonet with the barrel of the gun, and the rifle in his hand stabbed the three-zero bayonet in his hand into the chest of the enemy in front of him. He pulled out the bayonet, smashed the gun in his hand to the side, and the butt of the gun slapped directly on the steel helmet of a Japanese soldier, smashing the soldier's nose into his face.

Before Li Ziyuan could turn the gun, he faced a Japanese soldier who rushed over on the slope. After Li Ziyuan dodged the fatal knife sideways, he didn't care about replacing his fast and slow machine with a new magazine. He took out the Southern Type 14 pistol on his belt and directly opened a skylight in the head of the guy who sneaked up on him.

As long as it does not jam, the Southern Type 14 pistol, which has very good directivity, is scary with high accuracy at this distance. Li Ziyuan shot casually and knocked down the Japanese soldier who picked up the bargain. Immediately, Li Ziyuan did not hesitate at all, and the pistol in his hand directly ran out of bullets in the magazine in one go.