Ding Keteng was not able to see the arrival of reinforcements!

When he pulled the grenade that was tied to himself and Quan Laifu, behind the horse ravine, the sound of a military horn that shook the heavens and the earth sounded.

Goofy and his brethren with the commandos rushed up, overwhelming the sky and covering the mountains.

The brethren of the commando team used machine guns, rifles, broadswords, and grenades to drive back the rushing troops.

Mashangou is still firmly in the hands of the 26th Division!

However, on the Mashangou position, Ding Keteng's platoon was killed in the whole platoon, and there was no longer a living brother

Some of them generously killed themselves in front of their own aircraft and cannons; Some of them sounded explosives and perished with the enemy; Although some were afraid of cowardice and wanted to surrender to Yue himself, they did not have this opportunity. So no matter what they were like when they were alive, after they spilled their blood, there were only two words for them:

Martyr!

Martyrs who died for the sake of the country and the nation!

For example, the mother of Quanlaifu will be devastated by the death of her son, but the respect and glory she enjoys is infinite, although no one knows what happened in Mashangou Quanlaifu

The position in Mashangou was re-established, and when the conspiracy of the Yue army failed again, the only way they could take was to bombard every inch of the Chinese position with more intensive artillery fire.

Time is passing minute by minute, and with every minute and second more, more soldiers sacrifice their lives for the country; But with every minute and second more, the plan to finish destroying the army became one step closer!

Smoke filled the battlefield, and blood stained the earth red. The brothers of the 26th Division exhausted their last strength and struggled to support themselves

At 6 o'clock, most of the outlying positions of Maocun were lost under the attack of the Yue army, but this was no longer important. The 26th Division was a full hour ahead of the scheduled retreat.

This 1 hour will provide the most precious time for more annihilation of the Yue Army!

At 6:10, Tang Shizun, commander-in-chief of the 23rd Group Army, personally issued an order for the 26th Division to retreat. At 6:20, General Liu Yuqing, commander of the 26th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, issued an order to retreat!

The mission has been honorably completed!

The 26th Division withdrew its positions on the whole line and moved in the direction of Kouziling, and the 3rd Battalion of the 151st Regiment was ordered to cut off the enemy's pursuit and cover the retreat of the whole division.

On February 6, 1938, the 26th Division completed the last mission to lure the enemy!

Starting from the 23rd of January, in order to annihilate the elite Guoqideng Brigade of the Yue Army, the 26th Division successively carried out four battles in the defense of Guanzi Village, the defense of Xihe Town, the defense of Yijiang Town, and the defense of Maocun, which lasted 14 days and more than 100 battles of all sizes, and successfully completed the task of luring the enemy!

In these more than 100 battles, the 26th Division killed and wounded more than 2,700 soldiers and captured 8 people. The 26th Division lost 1,800 casualties, and more than 2,600 were wounded or missing.

A heavy price, but in exchange for the victory of the entire battle! The Kunisaki Noboru Brigade has completely fallen into a huge encirclement at this time

The Great Annihilation begins!

At 2 a.m. on February 7, 1938, the 26th Division, which had suffered heavy casualties, arrived at the designated place and was defended by the 148th Division.

Tang Shizun, commander-in-chief of the 23rd Group Army, and Zhou Conghua, chief of staff, accompanied by Chen Wancheng, commander of the 21st Army, and Pan Zuo, commander of the 148th Division, personally greeted the 26th Division!

Although more than half of the casualties of the whole division and almost all of them were injured and covered in blood, these Sichuan officers and soldiers who had fought bloody battles in Wuxi still did not change their military prestige!

They stood straight, greeting the Commander-in-Chief.

After seeing Tang Shizun and Zhou Conghua, Liu Yuqing, commander of the 26th Division, and Cai Yushi, chief of staff, stepped forward and said loudly:

"Report to Commander-in-Chief Tang, the 26th Division has completed its mission and has been ordered to return, please review!"

"Master Liu, hard work!" Looking at the officers and soldiers in front of him who had experienced countless bloody battles and died nine times, Tang Shizun could only say that.

Bian Zhou Conghua suddenly remembered Liu Xiang, and his nose was a little sour for a while, and he calmed down his emotions:

"Xianting, the Yue army has entered our encirclement, and our 135th and 136th divisions have returned to the back of the Yue army from the flank, and they can seize Yijiang Town at any time and cut off the way of life for the Yue army. The army is expected to arrive before noon today, and a big encirclement has been formed! Division Commander Liu, we will attack the 20,000 troops of the Yue Army with tens of thousands of troops, and this battle will be won! And all of this was bought by your 26th division in exchange for human life! ”

Liu Yuqing nodded silently. yes, all these things were bought by their own brethren in exchange for their lives. But compared to the upcoming war of annihilation, any sacrifice is worth it.

Chen Wancheng, the commander of the 21st Army, suddenly asked: "Which unit is responsible for the broken back?" ”

"Report, 151 regiment. After the 151st regiment was broken, if my guess was correct, it should be the 3rd battalion of Gao Fei. Liu Yuqing didn't have time to think about it, and blurted out.

"Goofy!" Tang Shizun looked at the back: "What about Gao Fei?" Haven't come back yet? ”

At this moment, opposite the position of the 148th Division, a burst of loud singing suddenly sounded:

"A man rides the wind to break thousands of miles, it is best to die on the battlefield, how to become famous before the national humiliation, and the sword is carried out on the expedition. Resist power, remove national thieves, sweep away the atmosphere and conquer the Yu domain, reckless Great Wall, go in and out, and broadcast the sound of heroes on the earth! ”

Then, two huge military flags slowly appeared.

The brothers of the 148th Division stood up from their positions one after another and raised their torches one after another. In the firelight, they saw a mighty procession, lined up, approaching it. And those two military flags are all too familiar:

Sichuan Army, "Dead Word Flag"; And the 3 battalion military flag, the tiger ben military flag!

The singing was loud and the sound shook the earth. And all this also made the brothers of the 148th Division sing in unison:

"The frost wind is fluttering, the iron cavalry has thousands of groups, holding high the autumn rolls and thousands of clouds, and the Yuejia army is tall. Resist power, get rid of national thieves, drown the head of the enemy and talk about the blood, the atmosphere of the sea in the east, the dust in the west, and the war to make meritorious deeds! ”

The singing echoed each other and resounded throughout the battlefield. Even the generals such as Tang Shizun and Liu Yuqing in the back couldn't help but hum along.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief Tang, report to Chief of General Staff Zhou, report to the divisional seat! My 3rd battalion has completed the sniper mission! Checking the battlefield, no one in our 26th Division has not evacuated the battlefield, no one has fallen into the hands of the army, and no one has become a prisoner! Goofy strode up to the commanders and said loudly.

Liu Yuqing's eyes were red, and he turned around and saluted Tang Shizun:

"Report to Commander-in-Chief Tang, all of my 26th Division have returned! Inspecting the battlefield, no one has not evacuated the battlefield, no one has fallen into the hands of the army, none"

Speaking of this, Liu Yuqing's voice was already choked, but he quickly controlled his emotions, and said the last sentence in the loudest voice:

"No one became captive!"

"How magnificent it is that no one has become a captive!" Tang Shizun's heart was surging, and he couldn't help himself: "No one has become a prisoner!" Brothers, remember today, remember what Master Liu said! Our Sichuan army only has a good man with a broken head, and there are no cowards who surrender! ”

"As long as the decapitated man is a good man, there is no coward who surrenders!"

All the officers and soldiers replied in unison.

Tang Shizun looked at the brothers of the 26th Division again, and said to Liu Yuqing: "Division Commander Liu, the 26th Division has been fighting for 14 consecutive days, and the casualties are huge, and now the encirclement has been formed, I order!" ”

Liu Yuqing and the officers and soldiers of the 26th Division stood upright, only listening to Tang Shizun say:

"I order, the 26th Division will withdraw to the rear to rest, replenish the source of troops, and act as the general reserve of the whole group army!"

"Yes!" Liu Yuqing replied loudly.

Although he knew very well that the brothers had gone through so many bloody battles in order to be able to annihilate the Kunisaki Brigade with their own hands, the casualties of the 26th Division were too great to continue the battle even after the bloody battle!

At this time, I suddenly heard Zhou Conghua ask a little strangely: "Gao Fei!" ”

"Here!"

"The 26th Division suffered thousands of casualties, but I see that your 3rd battalion is well-organized, and the losses are not very big, let me ask you, how did you do it?"

"Report to the chief of staff, the battle is not only to fight bravely, but also to fight skillfully, find the enemy's weak point, and hit with one blow, there is no other trick!"

"Well, there's no other trick, you're talking about it." Tang Shizun listened to it as if he was scolding, but in fact, he cherished and appreciated it more, he thought about it, pulled Liu Yuqing aside, and whispered:

"Master Liu, I'll discuss something with you. I think Gao Fei, the son of a little turtle, can fight, and it's not an exaggeration to be a regiment commander or brigade commander."

Liu Yuqing didn't understand what Tang Shizun meant, he just thought that he wanted to be promoted to the rank of the officer, thinking about it, Gao Fei had made outstanding achievements, and it was more than enough to be promoted to the commander of the regiment: "Commander-in-chief, I also think so, so I want to take advantage of this break to promote him to the commander of the 51st regiment"

"I didn't mean that" Tang Shizun hurriedly interrupted Liu Yuqing's words: "What kind of official he is promoted to be is your matter for Senior Commander Liu, and I won't interfere." It's just that this time, in order to complete the annihilation of Kunizaki as soon as possible, I also pulled everyone in the headquarters up, and now I have become a bare-bones commander, you see, the 3rd battalion is complete, can you lend Gao Fei and his 3rd battalion to me? ”

Gao Fei is Liu Yuqing's sweetheart, where is he willing to borrow? Liu Yuqing didn't think about it: "Commander-in-chief, it's not me who refutes your face, although the casualties of the 3rd Gao Fei Battalion are not large, they are already very tired from continuous combat, so I think it is better to go down with us to rest and recuperate." ”

Tang Shizun's face sank: "Senior Commander Liu, if you ask you to borrow, it's not someone who wants to dig you, after the battle, I will pay you back immediately, and I will never be in arrears!" ”

Seeing that the commander-in-chief said this, Liu Yuqing was a little helpless, and Cai Yushi on the side saw the division commander's thoughts: "Commander-in-chief, let's do it, since it is said that it is borrowed, it is good to borrow it and pay it back, and it is not difficult to borrow it again, or you can give us a receipt?" ”

Tang Shizun was stunned for a moment, then laughed, took out the pen briskly, took the notebook handed by Zhou Conghua, wrote a few lines on it, tore it off, and handed it to Liu Yuqing's hand:

"My Master Liu, you should be relieved now, right? Promise to return Goofy and his 3rd battalion to you as soon as the battle is over! ”

How did poor Gao Fei know that in the hands of the commander-in-chief and division commander Liu, he had actually become an IOU!

(To be continued)