Chapter 164: The Last Hour (Part II)
Supplementary 1st Regiment, 27th year of the Republic of China, February 4, 1938.
When these soldiers, who were once wrapped in the shameful cloak of "puppet army", began to wash away their shame with their dignity and lives in the naturalized county town, they turned back into a person, a real Chinese [***] person.
4. On the 4th, all the periphery and adjacent positions of the Guihua county were lost, and except for some troops, all the remnants of the army retreated and returned to the county town for the final defense.
At this time, there were only more than 400 fighters left in the entire 1st Supplementary Regiment, and more than 200 police and security forces were temporarily organized.
The army has surrounded the naturalized from three directions and covered the naturalized with powerful artillery fire.
The final hour has come!
Braving the enemy's artillery fire, the 1st Supplementary Regiment, the police, the security forces, and the naturalized civilians fought hand in hand.
They are doing their last bit to defend this last position.
A detachment of Japanese troops, under the cover of several mortars and a tank, launched an attack on the West Gate, where the brethren of the temporarily organized squadron of naturalized police.
Eighty brethren, who had almost never received any formal military training, struggled to sustain themselves with the most rudimentary weapons in their hands. Under the attack of the army wave after wave, they were like small ships that could be sunk at any moment
The commander of this unit is called Gao Xuanbing, a local who once served as a platoon commander in the regular army, and was discharged after being wounded.
When the 1st Supplementary Regiment came to naturalize and formed a police force, and was in urgent need of manpower to command, the Gao Xuan soldiers took on this task without hesitation.
He knew that this task was not a beautiful thing, and he even used his surname to fight the people of the East, but he didn't have any regrets.
I thought I could only live like this for the rest of my life, but I never thought that I would be able to fight face-to-face with the Orientals!
It's worth it, it's worth it even if you're dead!
Looking at the menacing group of soldiers, the fear of these police brothers when they first entered the battlefield gradually disappeared with the continuous sound of gunfire.
Human instinct is always afraid of death, but sometimes the surrounding environment can make you gradually disappear this fear unconsciously
A mortar shell landed in the middle of the position, and several brothers were blown up into the air, and by the time they hit the ground, they could no longer distinguish what they were.
No tears, no pain, even when you watch your brothers and relatives fall to your side!
Relying on the absolute superiority of artillery fire, the army rushed up.
Gao Xuanbing roared, and the first one stood up and pounced on the Orientals. And then, all the brethren!
These police brothers, they can't shoot guns, they can't throw grenades, but they can fight with devils, okay!
They didn't know how to stab at all, and when they saw the devil rushing up viciously, he turned the gun upside down, grabbed the handle of the gun, and smashed it with all his strength.
Some people were stabbed by the devil's bayonet, and while they screamed in pain, they pounced on the enemy on the opposite side, and hugged the enemy and bited, hit, and pulled!
There were fewer and fewer brothers on the battlefield, and when it came to the end, only Gao Xuanbing and the other three brothers remained, standing back to back with weapons in their hands, staring nervously at the Orientals who surrounded them.
Gao Xuanbing killed two devils, it's worth it, and there are two brutes who are buried for themselves, it's worth it!
"Captain, I'm afraid" A brother looked at the slowly approaching devil, and his voice trembled a little.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" Gao Xuanbing kept cheering for his brothers: "Brothers, don't be afraid, the devil will come in a while, let's close our eyes, at most it will hurt!" ”
"Don't be afraid! Unafraid! The other two brothers cheered on the little brother as well.
"Don't be afraid! Unafraid! The little brother's voice trembled, but he tried to straighten his chest.
The last soldiers of the four police squadrons were constantly cheering each other on and encouraging each other.
"It's time to surrender, Shina people!" A devil officer shouted: "You have done your duty, now you can lay down your arms!" ”
"Fuck you!" Gao Xuanbing didn't even think about it, and scolded.
On his own turf, the little devil actually ordered himself to surrender?
Gao Xuanbing straightened up: "Police squadron, fight bayonets, kill!" ”
"Kill!" Four Chinese policemen, armed with bayonets, yelled and screamed, and rushed towards Yue himself
Blood splattered on the battlefield, and the roar of the strong man floated in the sky!
It doesn't matter how many enemies these brave and loyal Chinese policemen have killed, but they tell every aggressor in front of them with their actions:
This is the place of Chinese, and every real Chinese, when the national crisis is at hand, they know how to make the most correct choice!
Every step forward of the aggressor must pay the heaviest price!
On the battlefield, in the end, only the scared little brother remained. He saw that Captain Gao and the other brothers had fallen in a pool of blood and could no longer get up to be with him.
The little brother's body trembled even more, and a wound on his thigh made him cry. And those little devils were not in a hurry to kill him, and they all looked at him with playful eyes, wanting to see when this "cowardly and cowardly" person would beg them for mercy.
The little brother really wants to beg for mercy with the Orientals, he doesn't want to die, he really doesn't want to die.
His hands were trembling desperately, and he couldn't hold the gun at all, and suddenly, he threw the gun away, squatted on the ground and cried "whining".
The Orientals erupted in ridicule, and some even put away their guns.
Not everyone is so afraid of death, there are cowards among them, just like the little soldier in front of them!
After crying for a while, the little brother slowly stood up with a wounded leg, and the officer was about to loudly order his subordinates to turn off this "waste", but suddenly his eyes widened in horror.
He saw that green smoke was rising from the waist of the little soldier, and a grenade with the fuse pulled out was leading the little brother to death little by little
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" The little brother was in tears, but he kept repeating Captain Gao's words in his heart.
Unafraid! Unafraid! Those of us who are soldiers are not afraid of anything!
"Mother!"
The little brother suddenly burst into this cry, and he would never see his own mother again
At 10 a.m. on February 4, 1938, the west gate of the county seat was naturalized.
More than 80 members of the police squadron responsible for the defense here were all killed under the fierce attack of the Japanese army, and none of them survived.
Each of them fought to the last moment, and each of them faithfully fulfilled their duty.
Knowing that you can't fight but you will fight it, knowing that there is no possibility of life but you will die and martyr the country, this is a kind of spirit!
Such a spirit is not bought by much political education, but is only the instinctive reaction of every upright Chinese at the moment of national calamity.
Most of these police brothers are no longer known by name, and they are only collectively referred to as the "Eighty-One Warriors".
The warriors are gone, and the majesty lives on
"Tuanzuo, the west gate and the north gate are all lost, only the east gate is still in our hands, the devil is entering the city in a big way, please leave the tuanzuo and move in the direction of the east gate!"
Gu Yueming hurriedly rushed into the regiment headquarters.
"Got it." Bu Zhenglong stood up unhurriedly, put a letter that had just been written, carefully put it in his pocket, then picked up his hat and put it on his head, checked his pistol, and strode out of the regiment headquarters.
The sound of explosions sounded everywhere in the naturalized county town, and the sound of "boom" filled the entire county with gunsmoke.
Ahead, the gunfire rang out intensively, and it was the remnants of the brothers, who were still doing their best to block the attack of the Japanese army.
With a "boom", Bu Zhenglong staggered forward, and then didn't know anything
"The head of the regiment is awake, the commander of the regiment is awake!"
When Bu Zhenglong woke up from his coma, there were bursts of screams from the side.
He tried to open his eyes and saw the anxious faces in front of him.
There was unbearable pain in his stomach, Bu Zhenglong looked down and found that his stomach had been bandaged with a thick bandage, he gritted his teeth and sat up with the help of Gu Yueming:
"What's wrong?"
"Tuanza, the bomb of the Oriental people exploded right next to you, you" Gu Yueming almost cried.
"What's red-eyed, you're the battalion commander, you're the commander!" Bu Zhenglong said majestically.
"Yes!" Gu Yueming responded loudly, but her voice was still choked.
Bu Zhenglong looked to the side: "How many brothers are there?" ”
"There are more than 300 people in total, including more than 100 brothers."
Bu Zhenglong nodded: "Gu Yueming, now I appoint you as the acting head of the Supplementary 1st Regiment." ”
"What?" Gu Yueming was stunned for a moment.
"I appoint you as the acting head of the Supplementary 1st Regiment." Bu Zhenglong repeated his words: "Take the brothers who are not injured or slightly injured, and it is best to break through to the front line of Xuzhou, and if you can't stand out, you will fight guerrillas nearby!" ”
"Tuanza, what about you?" Gu Yueming was anxious.
Bu Zhenglong's voice was indistinguishable: "I take the brothers who can't leave, and I'm here to cover for you.!" ”
"No, Tuanza!" Gu Yueming roared loudly: "Come on, prepare a stretcher, and rush out with the regimental seat!" ”
"Presumptuous!" Bu Zhenglong roared, screaming urgently, the wound hurt so much that he almost fainted again, he sighed, lowered his voice and said:
"Yueming, take the brothers to persevere, the Orientals will not stay here forever, sooner or later one day we will launch a big counteroffensive I, when the time comes, go back to the army and tell everyone what happened here!"
Gu Yueming looked at Tuanzuo in a daze, and tears flowed out uncontrollably.
Bu Zhenglong slowly raised his hand and gave a military salute to Gu Yueming:
"Please, brother!"
(To be continued)