Chapter 57: Arriving at the outskirts of Xuancheng

"Hey......" Namie Oda glanced at the expressions of these people, sighed helplessly, pulled up Yuhimeko Sakai and left to rescue the wounded.

"Son, my good brother, how are you ...... Why are you willing to leave us old brothers and go first! Woo woo...... "Zhao Hu gently lifted Li Qiusheng's headache and roared with tears.

"Ahem...... Battalion commander...... Brothers...... I...... cough cough...... "Li Qiusheng tried hard to reach out to pull Zhao Hu's arm, but his body couldn't use any strength because of the huge destructive power of the bullet, so he could only let his arm shake gently on the ground.

"Good brother, I know what you have to say, we all know, don't worry, what you want to do is we will help you do it even if you die." Liao Peng stretched out his hand and gently wiped the blood foam from Li Qiusheng's mouth, and after speaking, he turned his head sideways and cried.

"Huh...... Please......" Li Qiusheng hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled again, barely squeezed out these three words, and his head was crooked and angry, and he had a smile on his face to death, as if death was not terrible for him, but a relief worthy of gratification.

"Brother...... It's on the road......" Fu Zhiyong gradually let go of his hands pressed on Li Qiusheng's wound, and after saying a word in pain, he stretched out his bloody right hand and grabbed a shell gun on the ground on the side, and slowly pointed the muzzle of the gun to the sky.

"Brother...... It's on the road......" Liao Peng, Zhao Hu and the other five people also raised their respective weapons with tears in their eyes, pointed to the sky and shouted.

"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang...... Da ......" There was a shock, and the dense gunfire immediately rang out together in the open grass.

Fu Zhiyong already knew that he was hopeless when he saw Li Qiusheng's situation, two 7.7mm machine gun bullets shot directly into his back, and his entire chest was about to be smashed by penetrating bullets.

Li Qiusheng was born and raised in Nanjing, and when the city of Nanjing was lost, there was only one thing left in his life, and his only wish, that is, to kill all the Japanese devils standing on the territory of their country, and to avenge the compatriots in Nanjing City and the relatives killed by the devils.

This wish Li Qiusheng had expressed in front of these old brothers, so Liao Peng would agree to help him complete this unfulfilled wish at his last moment, this wish is not only Li Qiusheng's alone, but also the wish of Fu Zhiyong, the Chinese soldiers who sincerely defended the land and resisted the war, so whether it is for Li Qiusheng or for themselves, this wish must be fulfilled, no matter how much price is paid, no matter how many brothers will fall, this wish must be fulfilled until death......

Next, Fu Zhiyong and the others didn't care about burying the bodies of the fallen soldiers, so they gathered the team and set off for Xuancheng again.

The bodies of those fallen soldiers were just neatly placed together one by one, and the stumps and severed arms that flew were also collected as much as possible to correspond, and in such a situation, this was the only thing they could do.

Li Qiusheng's corpse was an exception among these fallen soldiers, and Zhang Dali personally carried it with the brigade to march slowly, originally according to Fu Zhiyong's idea to leave Li Qiusheng's corpse here, but Zhang Dali and Liao Peng said that they didn't agree with anything, and they had to take turns carrying Li Qiusheng's corpse to Xuancheng together, wanting to build a cemetery for Li Qiusheng there, so that he could be buried in peace.

Fu Zhiyong's original idea was not to be ruthless and unrighteous to Li Qiusheng, but because there were too many brothers who died in battle, these people were all national anti-Japanese heroes, Fu Zhiyong didn't want to divide these soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country into three, six, nine, and so on, and it was understandable to treat them equally.

But after the persuasion of everyone and the approval and support of Zhang Weidong, You Zhiqing and others, Fu Zhiyong reluctantly agreed, but Fu Zhiyong left a sense of guilt in his heart for these fallen soldiers, they shed blood for the country and the nation but could not enter the ground for peace, this will be Fu Zhiyong's debt to these fallen soldiers for a lifetime......

It has been a day and a half since they left the location of the blockade area attacked by the Japanese Type 96 carrier-based fighters, and Fu Zhiyong and their journey during this period of time everything went very smoothly, although there were also two Japanese planes flying over their heads, but they were all hidden in time to dodge, so the tragic situation of crossing the blockade area did not happen again.

Fu Zhiyong now has only a little more than one company of troops left, and there are more than 20 seriously injured and disabled soldiers, and the only remaining medicine has been used up, and the casualty rate that had just recovered has risen again, and I don't know if Fu Zhiyong is too resentful of the Japanese, or if he is unlucky enough to follow him, anyway, the troubles are one after another, and they don't give people a chance to breathe.

The company led by You Zhiqing suffered a lot of casualties when it broke through the blockade area, and the establishment of the three platoons was completely reduced by one and a half, if he hadn't organized his soldiers to fight back, there would not have been such a big casualty, and now there are still four seriously injured soldiers in the team who are carried on stretchers.

"Report to the battalion commander, the field defense positions of our national army have been found one kilometer ahead." At this time, a soldier who was scouting and guarding in front ran back quickly, and said with a happy face after saluting Fu Zhiyong.

"Where are we now?" Fu Zhiyong nodded to the soldier and asked Liao Peng on the side.

"Extrapolating from our location and time, we are now less than five kilometers away from the Qingge River line north of Xuancheng." Liao Peng immediately took out the military map he was carrying, estimated it, and said.

"So the garrison of Xuancheng actually placed the outer position four kilometers north of the Qingge River? Isn't this nonsense? Fu Zhiyong looked down at Liao Peng and pointed to the location on the map, frowned and said.

"If it's the same ...... Ahem, if it is a war with those warlords in the country, then there is nothing wrong with such an arrangement, after all, it is better to destroy the enemy than to reject the enemy, this is common sense. Liao Peng thought for a moment and nodded and said.

"That's what you said about the way we fought the civil war in the past, can the situation be the same now! This is a four-kilometer-long defensive depth, the little devil's family is supported by aircraft and artillery, if the little devil really wants to forcibly go south to launch an attack on Xuancheng, it is estimated that the reinforcements have not had time to reinforce the Qingge River, and the peripheral positions have been lost, and the retreating troops and the reinforcements who are ready to rush to help are crowded on the two bridges on the river, isn't this the rhythm of death! Fu Zhiyong said with a distressed look.

"This ...... I can't figure it out either. Liao Peng really didn't understand which bastard ordered the troops to set up a defensive position like this, is this obviously sending his subordinates to death.

"It's just 10,000 steps back, as long as the Japanese army has two bomber squadrons to destroy your bridge, then these troops thrown in Jiangbei are a group of turtles in an urn. Fu Zhiyong spat on the ground and said hatefully.

"I said battalion commander, why are you worried about this, people are soldiers, we are also soldiers, and the duty of soldiers is to obey orders, so let's take care of ourselves first." At this time, Zhang Weidong walked out of the team, and after hearing Fu Zhiyong's words, he said with a nonchalant expression.

"I really don't know how many troops are enough for those who are in charge, forget it, tell the brothers to sort out the equipment and military appearance, and we are ready to enter our own territory." Fu Zhiyong sighed and explained helplessly to Zhang Weidong.

"Yes, Battalion Commander." After Zhang Weidong agreed, he was about to turn around and go back to convey Fu Zhiyong's order.

"Wait for Weidong......" Fu Zhiyong's eyes inadvertently glanced at the team, and suddenly saw Oda Namie and Sakai Yuhimeko, who were still wearing Japanese military uniforms, and hurriedly called Zhang Weidong back, who was leaving.

"How battalion commander?" Zhang Weidong walked back and asked Fu Zhiyong puzzled.

"You go to find two changes of clothes for the female soldiers to change into the two Japanese medical nurses, if they are allowed to wear devils' uniforms and swagger into the national army defense area, isn't this looking for death, and we will inevitably be dragged down by them and get into trouble." Fu Zhiyong said to the two Japanese female medical nurses not far away.

"Well, I almost forgot about it, maybe I didn't notice it because I got used to it, I'll do it right away." Zhang Weidong patted the steel helmet and suddenly said.

"Also, remember to tell them not to talk too much, one mouth will definitely reveal the filling, our Chinese words come out of their mouths, how awkward it sounds." Fu Zhiyong did not forget to say a word to Zhang Weidong in the end.

"I take care of it." After Zhang Weidong finished speaking, he left without looking back.

"Battalion commander, what about these soldiers of the New Fourth Army? Do you want to part with them now? If Shangfeng knows about this, we will be in a lot of trouble. Liao Peng waited until Zhang Weidong left before whispering in Fu Zhiyong's ear, after all, You Zhiqing is not too far away from them, and there are many soldiers of the New Fourth Army among the soldiers who have passed by one after another.

"No need, if you come, you will be safe, no matter how you say that people are also the battle sequence of our National Revolutionary Army, it shouldn't be a big problem, and now let you go and talk to You Zhiqing, can you open your mouth?" Fu Zhiyong shook his head, smiled bitterly, and asked rhetorically.

"No, after all, people have saved our brothers, I Liao Peng can't do such an ungrateful thing, I still want this old face, hehe......" Liao Peng shook his head directly without thinking about it.

The reason why Liao Peng asked such a question was that he was afraid that it would affect these surviving brothers, he himself didn't care about this matter at all, he was a real Chinese soldier, he was good at fighting and killing him, and he really disdained to do it if he was conspiring and calculating, and he was alone, no relatives and no home, he was afraid of a fart, it was a big deal that people would hang themselves in the sky.

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