"Niangzi Pass is a military focus, and there is no room for error. I am ready to die here, and as long as there is one man, one shot, and one bullet, I will hold this position for three days. It is the second day, and there is one day left, and whoever of you is afraid will go away, and he shall not say these words to me again. If anyone says to withdraw the troops, the bullets in my gun will be left for him!"

This is the second paragraph of Liu Xueyuan's third war diary quoting Lieutenant General Zhao Shoushan's poem titled "The moon is like frost outside the Niangzi Pass", all of which are quoted to record the original words of Lieutenant General Zhao Shoushan who inspected the position, and not a word has been changed.

"The remains of more than 4,000 officers and soldiers are not allowed to be buried. The Japanese invaders who were attacking frantically did not give the officers and men of the 17th Division, who did not stop for a moment, to take a breather. Perhaps, when the autumn sun rises overhead, you can know that it is daytime, but for most of the rest of the day, there will always be only gunsmoke overhead, obscuring the sky, so that you don't even know if it is early morning, upturn or dusk.

There is a very beautiful legend in this ancient mountain village with a history of thousands of years on Taihang Mountain. In ancient times, Zhang Guolao and Chai Rong drove donkeys, carried the sun and the moon, and used the car to carry the four famous mountains of Taihang, Wangwu, Zhongtiao and Luliang, and went to Xinzhou.

However, in these two days, the ancient mountain village trembled under the raging artillery fire of the Japanese invaders. The hundreds of years old walled wall built by the ancestors with bluestone is gone, and the houses built by the villagers on the basis of Taihang stone have been collapsed from generation to generation, and only the rhododendrons all over the mountain are still blooming in the artillery fire, red as blood.

Perhaps, that is blood. The blood of more than 4,000 officers and soldiers of the 17th Division who died here dyed the rhododendrons on Taihang Mountain red. Their fury is the unyielding wordless roar of the Japanese invaders: The village is gone, but we are here. Even if we die in battle, we will still be here, integrated with the magnificent mountains and rivers of the motherland.

Inch by inch of mountains and rivers and inch of blood, 100,000 soldiers of the 17th Division, the Third Army, the 26th Route Army, the 18th Group Army, and the 22nd Group Army proved with their lives to the Japanese invaders and to the whole of China that they did exactly that. ”

For the first time, Liu Xueyuan did not use any ink in her war diary to describe the battles she saw, and did not even mention the names of any heroes. Instead, he used an extremely emotional article to describe her feelings about the battle at Donkey Ridge.

Because, as far as the eye can see, it is all tragic, and they are all heroes.

Miserably, she lifted her pen, and her eyes were full of figures she had probably never met, but had fallen in the telescope without any sound.

At that moment, she just wanted to use the towering Taihang Mountain, which was full of heroic remains, and only wanted to use the original words of Division Commander Zhao Shoushan to encourage the last 300 officers and soldiers on the position before leaving the position to tell the Chinese people that it was because of them that China would not die.

"I don't believe that Japanese devils can do evil in our China for a lifetime! Don't say that we still have guns in our hands, even if we have a burning stick for each person, he can't occupy our China! ”

The lieutenant general did not let his soldiers salute him, but at the moment of parting, he told the officers and men of the infantry battalion who were the last to fill in the position to continue to meet the Japanese attack: It doesn't matter if this battle is won or not. The 17th Division, as long as people don't die, will be consumed with Japanese devils, even if it is a lifetime, even if it is only holding a burning stick and a firewood knife.

Yes, although he was not afraid of returning the horse leather shroud, Zhao Shoushan knew very well that there were still more than 6,000 officers and soldiers who needed his command for the courage of the soldiers, and he would lead them to hold on to the last day and fulfill his promise to Liu Lang and Brigade Commander Chen.

Even if his 17th Division sheds blood on this blocking battlefield, it will have to make sacrifices for the entire grand strategy. Judging from the development of the war situation, Liu Lang's prediction was not wrong at all. Although the Japanese army also sent two wings and an infantry brigade to the main battlefield of Niangzi Pass, and the attack was also very urgent, but for the lack of donkey ridge in Xuehua Mountain, they were even more urgent, not only dispatching a full wing, but also using 24 artillery pieces and dozens of aircraft.

The Japanese invaders, eager to open up the lack of donkey ridge, the intention is obvious.

And as long as they dare to use a large army to make a detour to the town of Yuyu, then the biggest move arranged by Liu Lang can come in handy, and there are enough 5,000 elites, and they will ambush them in the way.

The Japanese army, perhaps never dreamed, regarded as an independent regiment that was a great danger to their hearts, could resist them at the old pass with only one piece. And its elite waited silently in the mountains on the right flank of the entire theater of operations to annihilate them in one fell swoop.

And the 5,000 elites not only have independent regiments, but also a section of the 386 Brigade of the Red Army, which has strong combat effectiveness. Zhao Shoushan, who has been dealing with the Red Army since 36, is naturally confident in the combat effectiveness of the Red Army, and there are more than 10 officers at the rank of captain in his unit alone. And the role of those grassroots Red Party officers who joined the 17th Division with his encouragement in this unprecedentedly difficult battle is obvious.

The 5th Infantry Company of the 102nd Regiment defending the No. 1 position on Xuehuashan, the lieutenant company commander Zhang Dengdi, was a Red Party member, and the whole company was killed in battle, and no one retreated.

Defending the 102nd Infantry Company of the 9th Regiment at Jingpu Pass, Second Lieutenant Platoon Commander Liu Xitang led the whole platoon to fight with the Japanese invaders, and the whole platoon was killed and no one retreated.

Liu Xitang was inserted into his chest with two rifles, and still waved a big knife to cut off two Japanese heads, holding the body of the 38 Dagai who bowed his head in a daze, and still stands majestically on the position, like a monument.

Even the Japanese troops, every time they passed, took a detour.

And if you want to achieve the key to Liu Lang's strategy, you must carry the lack of Donkey Ridge. Because, at this moment, the commanders of both China and Japan already know that the Lack of Donkey Ridge is extremely important and cannot be missed.

The Chinese military was deeply afraid that the emptiness of the right flank would be hit by the Japanese army in a roundabout way. And the Japanese army is going to break through the Donkey Ridge and attack in a roundabout way, even if you are already aware of it by the Chinese military. However, how many more troops can you send to the Chinese defense line here? The main force has been firmly attracted to Niangzi Pass and is still too busy to take care of itself.

Now, it's not a conspiracy but an overt conspiracy. The powerful 20th Division was no longer afraid of being understood by the Chinese about the strategy, and they wanted to use their strong strength to crush the Chinese defenders step by step on the position of the lofty mountains, but they were helpless.

If you don't fight until you run out of ammunition and food, and you don't have a donkey ridge, you must not lose it.

It was only at this moment that the lieutenant general of the army understood Liu Lang's meaningful farewell before leaving: Division Commander Zhao, take care. Sure enough, you have to take care! After two more days of fighting, Lao Tzu's 17th Division was wiped out.

The lieutenant general of the army only had a bitter face, if the time could be turned back a few days, he would have known that this was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, would he still agree to Liu Lang to hold on to such a Jedi for 5 days?

The lieutenant general did not give himself an answer, no matter whether he regretted it or not, the lives of more than 5,000 soldiers could not be lost in vain, and he had to recover the principal and interest for the brothers anyway. And the big pocket that Liu Lang's independent regiment had already laid out was his only hope.

He must hold on to the last day, he can only withdraw after there is no battle, otherwise, let the Japanese invaders have defense, he is a sinner, maybe he will not be enlarged to the whole of China, and he will not be able to become a sinner of the Chinese nation, but he is definitely a sinner of the 17th Division and even the entire Jindong.

The right-wing battlefield is the key to dominating the entire Jindong Niangziguan Campaign.

And his 17th Division's sacrifice to resist the enemy and even lure the enemy was the key to the battlefield on the right flank.

Probably, on this bloody night, the only thing that made the lieutenant general smile was the appearance of a lowest-ranking soldier.

When the ragged soldiers, led by the officers and soldiers of the guard platoon of the Independent Regiment, entered the division headquarters and saluted upright, and reported loudly in a hoarse voice: "Report to the division, Private Li Xigua, Senior Private of the 3rd Squad of the 2nd Platoon of the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 102nd Regiment of the 47th Brigade of the 17th Division, reports to you and requests to return to the team." ”

The generals and colonels of the entire command froze. From Zhao Shoushan, the commander of the army lieutenant general and division, to the chief of staff of the major general, to the captain's staff officer who was shouting frantically around the phone, they were all stunned.

Didn't the 5th Company of the 102nd Regiment order its own artillery to fire at the position after firing the last red flare, and the whole army was in ink?

"The squad leader Chen Sanxiao died in battle, the platoon commander Zhang Dazhi died in battle, the company commander Zhang Dengdi died in battle, and all the brothers in the company have been killed in battle, and the only people who can prove their identities are battalion commander Li Erjin, as well as the battalion deputy 。。。。。。."

With trembling hands, he took the soldier card presented by the watermelon's hands, and listened to the soldier watermelon muttering to himself in a thick Shaanxi accent, Zhao Shoushan stared at the soldier who was wearing a military uniform that was almost not a military uniform, and 70% of his body was wrapped in black bandages.

Slowly raised his hand and solemnly returned a solemn military salute to the watermelon.

Although he did not know this soldier, in fact, even if he did, no one could recognize this superior soldier who was the slightest bit like he was before the war. His eyes were swollen, and on his face, there were at least three wounds where the blood had coagulated, and even on the tip of his nose, there was a piece of flesh missing, which had long been unrecognizable.

Only, his eyes were still bright.

But Zhao Shoushan knew that he was a watermelon. Because he knew every name he said, that afternoon, he handed over the names of the 148 officers and men of the 5th Infantry Company to Brigadier Geng Jinghui, and ordered him to rebuild the 5th Infantry Company after the war, and those 148 names would be permanently preserved as the company's history.

Unexpectedly, the 5th Company still had seeds, even if there was only one left.

"Haha, Li Xigua, from now on, you will become the lieutenant and company commander of the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 102nd Regiment, responsible for the reconstruction of the 5th Company." Zhao Shoushan, who laughed loudly, announced the appointment of the soldier.

He didn't even ask how the soldier survived, if he had fled for fear of the battle.

There is no need anymore, as a veteran, Zhao Shoushan knows very well that one of the wounds on the soldier's face is a bayonet scratch, and two are bullet marks. And the piece of meat on the nose, except for being cut by shrapnel, there will be no knife that cuts the flesh and leaves a black scar at the same time.

The medals of these warriors are enough to confirm his bravery. Even if he escapes in the end, so what? Retreat in such a situation, no shame.

The senior soldier, who did not wait for his own testimony but heard the news of his promotion, was not happy, and after inquiring about the situation of the 102nd Regiment and the 2nd Battalion of his own army, he hugged his head and cried.

His company is gone.

Battalion, too.

Even the regiment had less than 200 people left.

A huge 17th Division, he, a two-year senior soldier, turned out to be a 。。。。。

Stranger.

The loneliest stranger.

。。。。。。。。

PS: The results of my mother's enhanced CT scan will not be available until tomorrow or even Monday, the efficiency of this hospital, Fengyue is also drunk, this is the best hospital in Xiangyang! I had no choice but to continue waiting. Fengyue accompanied her mother in the hospital again today for most of the day, and didn't hurry home until 1 o'clock to code words, uploading late, don't blame!