readx; The Second Army, which attacked Wuhan, commanded the 3rd, 10th, 13th, and 16th Divisions to move west from Hefei, and their mission was to go south to Wuhan via the Pinghan Road. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe Fifth Theater of Operations was fortified here layer by layer, and as soon as the army left Hefei, it was met with fierce resistance from the 26th Division of Gao Fei.

The 10th Division of the Japanese Army was blocked by the 26th Division of the Fifth Theater in Lu'an for five days, killing and wounding more than 3,500 people. Later, the 10th Division, with the response of the 13th Division, escaped from the Oolong Temple. When they fled to Shiheji, they were beaten by the 6th 26th Division of the Fifth War Zone.

On July 31, the Commander's Department of the Fifth Theater of Operations in Wuhan issued an order for a counteroffensive on all fronts, and in the evening, all the troops who attacked the Wulong Temple turned around and retreated, so the battle finally became a pursuit battle.

The victory in the defense of the Oolong Temple laid the foundation for victory, and the 26th Division faced the enemy's two divisions alone, and finally broke up the enemy's attack. dragged the army from offensive to defensive, and urgently ordered the 3rd Division and the 39th Division to withdraw from the Oolong Temple; At the same time, the enemy 13th Division was ordered to cover in the rear. From the very beginning, this 13th Division was intercepted by [***] units layer by layer, and by the end it did not attack under the Oolong Temple, realizing a joint attack with the other two divisions.

On 1 August, the enemy's 3rd Division and 1st Division were preparing to cross the river, but they were discovered by the Chinese and Soviet air forces, which blew up and sank two ferries, and the river was full of the corpses of devils, and there were almost no survivors. At the beginning of the early morning of this day, the [***] armies from all walks of life quickly pursued, and the army was already exhausted after a long battle, and according to previous experience, it was believed that the pursuit action of [***] must be slow, and the combat power was not strong, so at the beginning of the retreat, many troops were negligent in vigilance, and the teams behind them were mostly caught up by [***], and many were surrounded by many [***].

On 2 August, the pursuit battle was still in full swing, and the situation fell one-sidedly in favor of [***], and the 13th Division of the Japanese Army served as a cover and containment rearguard force, about 3,000 people, were caught up by [***] and besieged near Changyang Mo City. At this time, in front of the Wulong Temple position, the enemy was all defeated and retreated, and the vicinity of the fortress was completely out of the battle, and the 26th Division had the opportunity to completely close the battlefield. In the bitter battles that followed, although countless enemies were annihilated, the 26th Division also suffered heavy casualties. In front of the 26th Division, the enemy's corpses were also piled up, and there were more than 3,000 corpses in each position.

On 3 August, Commander Li Zongren, Deputy Commander Bai Chongxi, and other members of the Commander's Department returned to Sandouping again, bringing with them a large number of reporters and commendations from the Central Committee.

The battle was still going on at this time, but the battlefield had already been fought. At this time, the battlefield of the Oolong Temple was quiet, and the battle here was over.

When the leaders of these chiefs' departments saw Gao Fei again, looking at the haggard appearance of this young and handsome major general, everyone felt very unhappy, after all, everyone had stayed together for so many days, and they had feelings for this young man, especially Bai Chongxi, he honestly told Gao Fei that he made him think of his son when he saw him.

Gao Fei accompanied Li Zongren and his entourage to the Oolong Temple, although the battle was still going on at this time, but the Oolong Temple had ushered in her rare calm, but under this calm, there was infinite sadness.

From a distance, they saw a pair of soldiers of the 26th Division carrying water up the mountain, everyone was silent, and a long line meandered up, like a silent dragon.

Li Zongren jumped out of the car first, followed by Bai Chongxi and Gao Fei, and there were many reporters behind them, including two female reporters who had taken Gao Fei's car.

"What are they doing here?" Li Zongren turned around and asked Gao Fei.

Gao Fei walked forward quickly, and at a glance he saw his subordinate named Chen Daxing, who was also carrying water, so he shouted: "Chen Daxing, come here, the chief wants to ask you!" ”

Chen Daxing saw Gao Fei, put down the burden on his shoulders, and ran in front of everyone.

Bai Chongxi walked up and asked with a pleasant face: "Young man, what are so many of you doing carrying water to the mountains?" ”

Chen Daxing straightened up and saluted the officials, his eyes were red, and he held back his tears, and then said, "Report to the chief, we are carrying water for our brothers to take a bath!" ”

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi glanced at each other and frowned. Commander Peng walked up from behind, raised his face, and said angrily: "The battle is not over yet, the victory has not yet come, how can your division be so indulgent?" ”

Chen Daxing was stunned, he didn't know what to do for a while, and looked at Gao Fei with a look of help. Gao Fei was also stunned for a moment, and there was anger on his face, but then he calmed down again, looked up at Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, and did not answer immediately.

Ma Debi hurriedly stood up and smiled at everyone, while explaining: "Junzuo, in fact, the 26th Division is not idle, we are in" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Gao Fei. Gao Fei smiled slightly, but his eyes were swollen red, and he said to everyone: "Since the commanders are so attentive to the soldiers of our 26th Division, why don't you follow them up the mountain to take a look, how do they take a bath?" ”

Commander Peng wanted to say something, but he saw Li Zongren nodding, turned around and said to everyone: "Okay, let's go up the mountain to see how the soldiers of the 26th Division take a bath!" ”

As he spoke, he walked first to the mountain. Everyone followed him.

At this time, the Oolong Temple, has been full of devastation, there were originally a lot of reinforced concrete fortifications built on the mountain, in a few days of the military planes bombing and the intensive pouring of artillery fire on the opposite bank, these fortifications were almost leveled, that is, the rocks and soil on the mountain were also overturned, the trees were lying on the ground horizontally, the tunnels that were originally connected into one were also buried from time to time, and the mountain with the fragrance of birds and flowers became a ruin at this time.

Gao Fei led the way, and everyone came to a flat-topped hill on the edge of the fortress position, this hill is called Sifang Mountain, and the soldiers who carried water carried the water to the top of this mountain.

Before reaching the top of the mountain, the sky was overcast, and everyone smelled the blood and the smell of corpses, it was summer, the weather was hot, and the battle had just passed, so everyone didn't care at first. But when they walked into the woods on the mountain, everyone was shocked by what they saw:

I saw corpses all over the ground neatly lined up there, these corpses were wearing [***] military uniforms, although tattered, but very neat and clean. And the faces of these corpses were so young that some of them had lost their legs, some of them had lost their hands, and some of them even had half of their bodies left, but their faces were so clean that someone must have washed them specially for them; The reason why their clothes are not stained with blood is also because they have been washed. And they are our heroes - these nameless soldiers who died on the battlefield!

It was not until this time that everyone saw that the soldiers who carried the water were pouring the water into the pool in the center of the mountaintop, which was made of cement.

Next to this pool of blood, there are piles of dead lives, these once lively young people, at this time, have lost their brightness, covered with blood, severed arms and limbs, and unrecognizable. In the pool, there are a few veterans, ignoring the blood and the smell of corpses, holding these former robed brothers, carefully and sadly scrubbing their faces and bodies, as if these lives have not passed away, but are only asleep.

After a while, the water in the pool turned blood-red, and they drained it and replaced it with another pool. Without complaint, the soldiers who carried the water poured all the water they had picked up from the far hill into the pool, and then turned down the hill again to pick it up. But the veterans, who were still scrubbing the brothers just now, couldn't bear it anymore, climbed into the pool, knelt on the edge and hugged their heads and cried. So, several more veterans jumped into the pool

At some point, there was a light rain in the sky, but everyone seemed to be unconscious, and all the people on the top of the mountain could only hear the rustle of leaves in the wind, except for the cries of a few veterans. The people were silent, there was no exchange of words, no whispering, everyone just stared at the soldiers bathing in a blank manner, and even the reporters forgot to take pictures.

Li Zongren didn't say a word, and Commander Peng was also full of shame, what they saw turned out to be such a bath, this is the last housekeeping of the living soldiers for their dead comrades, even if it is death, they must leave their beauty.

"I just want my soldiers to be clean when they leave!" When Gao Fei said this, he was already choked up.

Not far from the pool of blood, facing south, there were many soldiers digging pits, not to be seen, for the burial of their brothers who had been washed in the woods. In the summer, corpses decay quickly, so it is necessary to bury them early. Gao Fei thought, these brothers may come from all over the world, but they finally came together, and died together, and finally had to be buried together, they will not be lonely! If one day, I can be like them, not being lonely in a barren mountain and buried with my brothers, it must also be a kind of happiness.

The lock pillar, who accompanied the commanders on the tour, suddenly saw Liu Xiaohu, who was being carried out of the blood pool, and the two soldiers on the side were laboriously putting on the washed military uniform for him. He walked up quickly, couldn't help but burst into tears, took off his major uniform without hesitation, knelt on one leg and fell to the ground, changed the tattered military uniform, put his clothes on with his own hands, and after putting on the clothes, he remembered something again, walked quickly to Gao Fei, and asked, "Division commander, do you have any money with you?" ”

Gao Fei was stunned, and while touching his body, he asked, "What do you want money for?" ”

"I owe money to someone, I want to pay it back!"

Gao Fei touched his body for a long time, but he didn't find a single one, as the division commander, he didn't need to bring money. He shook his head. Bai Chongxi took out a dozen national coins from his body and handed them over, the lock pillar was stunned, received it in his hand, saluted him, and promised at the same time: "I will definitely pay it back!" As he spoke, he turned around and ran to Liu Xiaohu, and under the gaze of everyone, he stuffed the dozen national coins into his pocket.

It was the money that Suozhu asked Liu Xiaohu to borrow, as a congratulatory gift for Fei Ge when he got married

The two female reporters who had taken Gao Fei's car suddenly remembered the scene from Wuhan, and they also suddenly remembered what Gao Fei once said: "I was already dead at that time, and in this war, probably all soldiers will die." ”

So, with tears in their eyes, they wrote this scene into their war reports

On 4 August, the battle continued, because many parts of the enemy's 13th Division were surrounded by [***], therefore, the enemy's 13th Division stopped retreating, and transferred back all the other units of the 13th Division that had already crossed the river, and returned to rescue the besieged enemy along the Yuyang River. After a fierce battle until the sixth day of February, the army successfully counterattacked and rescued the second brigade of the army that was surrounded.

On 7 August, the 17th Brigade of the Yue Army encountered the elite 74th Army, and the two sides fought fiercely for two days and two nights, and the brigade was almost completely annihilated, and three of the five brigade leaders were killed.

On the night of the same day, the Provisional Sixth Division, which was formed by the Wuhan local security forces and the remnants of the 128th Division, attacked the headquarters of the enemy's 13th Division stationed in Songzi Mopanzhou. The officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division rushed in bravely, and the rest of the troops were all killed.

On August 8, the [***] armies of all walks of life took advantage of the victory to pursue, and the 121st Division recovered Cidu City, cutting off the retreat of the Yue army to the east.

On August 9, the army had no intention of fighting, and once again organized a retreat and broke out of the encirclement of [***]. On the same day, the 121st Division, together with the 185th Division of the 66th Army, captured Zhicheng, and the remnants of the enemy fled eastward.

On 10 August, the battle was still ongoing, and [***] advanced from the west and south directions to Songzi and Gong'an on the Yangtze River.

At this point in the battle, both sides have completely restored their previous original situation, and the battle of Oolong Temple ended victoriously.

The victory of the defense of the Oolong Temple, known as the defense of Stalinsler in China, although the reputation is somewhat excessive, but its important surname is still obvious, it is the victory of this defense battle, which laid the comprehensive victory of the Battle of the Oolong Temple.

In any case, the Battle of Oolong Temple is another big victory since the Anti-Japanese War!

Li Zongren returned to the headquarters of the Fifth Theater of Operations in Wuhan with his senior staff members, and he gave Gao Fei three days for him to make a good handover in the 26th Division, and then took the meritorious personnel to attend the commendation meeting in Wuhan. In fact, a day and a half is enough for that kind of handover, and the extra time is to take care of some personal things for him.

In this battle, the 18th Army suffered heavy casualties, its combat strength was reduced to half, and it was in urgent need of replenishing troops to recuperate, so as soon as the battle ended, the 18th Army was withdrawn to the west of Sandouping for recuperation, and the defense of the 18th Army was replaced by Sun Lianzhong's old subordinate 30th Army. The 30th Army was a unit from Henan, and it was also a strong force that became famous in one fell swoop when it fought Taierzhuang in the Battle of Xuzhou. It was the 30th Army that took over from the 26th Division to defend the Oolong Temple.

The 26th Division had withdrawn from the Wulongmiao Fortress and was stationed on the edge of Sandouping, this division had suffered too much loss and was already incapacitated, so it needed a period of recuperation.

When the 26th Division withdrew from the Oolong Temple, all the people cried, after all, when they fought here for so much, there was no affection, there was also a trace of affection, not to mention, they also left their brothers here forever.

Everyone came to the top of the mountain, which is a mountain peak on the west side of the Oolong Temple, where more than 1,000 comrades of the 26th Division who died in battle are buried. Today, in the cemetery of the warriors stands a granite monument, several feet high, below which is a two-layer square carved marble pedestal, above which there is an inscription written by Li Zongren:

"Tracing back to the 77 Incident, the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression was accompanied by the 26th Division, and the divisions galloped north and south, and fought bloodily. Today, the decisive battle with the Japanese Koukou Oolong Temple, the expedition is actually said, until the moon is not bright, the blood is sprinkled on the country, the soldiers are brave to take the lead, to die to repay the country, and finally make the enemy completely defeated. In order to cherish the memory of loyalty, the world of righteousness, then on the west side of the Oolong Temple, the sun of the Sifang Mountain, build a cemetery on it, comfort the soul of the martyrs, for future generations to pay respect, from then on the loyal remains have sent, Jiuyuan jubilant".

In the middle of the monument is the eight characters mentioned by Deputy Chief Bai Chongxi, "You can run through the moon and the blood for a thousand years".

All the officers and men took off their hats and saluted, and on the fort battery, the soldiers of the navy fired their cannons to see them off.

Qingshan buries loyal bones everywhere, why should the horse leather shroud be returned! At this moment, everyone cried

Under a large willow tree in the distance, a group of people were gathered there, not knowing what they were doing, and quite a few people were running over there, apparently to see the excitement.

A medical staff walked over there with a smile and was stopped by Jing Lianyu, she asked, "Xiao Li, what's going on over there?" ”

This Xiao Li saw her, and at the same time saw Gao Fei, and said with a smile: "Shizao, your guards are fighting with our wounded soldiers over there!" ”

"Xiong Sanwa?" Gao Fei was stunned, frowned, and immediately turned back to Jing Lianyu and said, "I'll go over and take a look!" As he spoke, he strode over.

Seeing the arrival of the officer, Gao Fei did not need to crowd, and saw two guys in the field who were using bamboo brooms as bayonets, one of them was Xiong Sanwa, and Xiong Sanwa was not very tall, but the man with a strong physique and handsome eyebrows, his legs were still a little lame, obviously the injury was not completely healed.

Xiong Sanwa can be said to be the strongest soldier in the reading battalion in addition to Liu Xiaohu and Chen Daxing, but the confrontation with this wounded soldier is not taken advantage of at all, this wounded soldier because of inconvenience, so he has been on the defensive, but his speed is extremely fast, Xiong Sanwa charged several times, but the broom did not arrive, the broom of this wounded soldier can always come first, forcing Xiong Sanwa to retreat. This person also has extraordinary endurance, although he is at a disadvantage, his expression is very calm, and he does not see the slightest panic.

Xiong Sanwa was very nervous, he thought that he was winning, but after handing it over, he knew that the strong have their own strong players.

(To be continued)