With just one bombardment and artillery bombardment, more than 60 percent of the positions, trenches, and various fortifications occupied by the Provisional Fifth Division were blown up. The soldiers were lying in trenches and craters that could no longer provide them with sufficient defense, and before they could pat off the dirt from their bodies or pull out their comrades who were still alive from under the rubble, grenades slammed into their faces.

When everything finally calmed down, the Chinese soldiers lying on the position, less than forty meters away from the enemy on the opposite side, just when both sides were clenching their weapons and lying on the ground, those Yuben soldiers suddenly began to repeat the same two sentences that they had memorized through Chinese translations in a stiff voice: "Surrender, surrender, our imperial army is merciful and treats prisoners preferentially!" Surrender, surrender, surrender and you will have water to drink and food to eat......"

Faced with this scene, Luo Sanpao was angry and anxious, "Our soldiers have not drunk water for more than a day, their mouths are dry, and they can't eat a little bit. ”

"That's right, Takeuchi Kuan just wants to use this method to hit the morale of our army and wear down the morale of our army. Lei Zhen slapped the stake on the log that temporarily served as the command table, and shouted loudly: "Takeuchi has forgotten the numerous crimes committed by their army in China, the Nanjing Massacre, and the fact that they captured and killed prisoners of war, but we have not forgotten!" I think that their behavior will not only fail to achieve results, but will inspire the determination of our officers and men to fight to the death with the enemy! ”

Sure enough, listening to the stiff voice of the enemy army on the opposite side, shouting such words, the Chinese soldiers lying on the ground widened their eyes, and one soldier took a deep breath and shouted loudly with all his strength: "I fuck your mother's little book, I fuck your mother's preferential treatment of prisoners, my brother was poured gasoline on his body and burned alive after surrendering!" And my brother ......"

Speaking of this, big tears suddenly flowed out of the eyes of the most ordinary Chinese soldier, "Everyone said that you said that you could not eat the porridge I distributed in the Shanghai refugee camp, and there was a problem, and some people said that they saw you throwing the corpses in the refugee camp into a cart into the sea." But my brother was so hungry that he was fighting everywhere and begging for food, so he secretly went to the refugee camp every day to get porridge. As a result, after drinking your merciful porridge, after only a few days, my brother was so thin that he could not become a human form, and he did not even have the strength to stand up, and finally when I went out to beg for food, I slept under the bridge and was bitten to death by rats! ”

Listening to the soldier's cry, everyone was silent, only the soldier's crying voice echoed fiercely in everyone's ears, "He was only seven years old then, he was only seven years old!" I don't understand, why are your hearts so ruthless, even seven-year-old children! My brother died at your merciful hands, my brother died when he put down his gun and became your prisoner, you will treat the captives preferentially, you will be merciful, who are you liaring?!!! ”

"What are you crying about, what's it called?" On the battlefield, a squad leader's eyes widened and he shouted: "Put away your worthless tears, grab the guy in your hand, and fight me to the death!" Kill three, and you'll have at least enough money, and if you kill four, you'll make a fucking profit! ”

Shaking off the tears from the corners of his eyes, the soldier hissed, "Yes, understood! ”

When the shots finally rang out, a tragic defensive battle of the position, in which no one retreated, let alone surrendered, began.

The aerial bombardment and platoon artillery bombardment have severely damaged the fortifications of the [***] team, although they are still condescending, although the three fire support points can barely build a firepower cross network, but in the face of the soldiers, who are obviously superior to themselves in terms of weapons, training, and mental and physical strength, in the repeated tug-of-war, the forces of both sides are constantly being consumed to the same extent.

"Attack, give me non-stop attack! Our 55th Division, with air support from aircraft and artillery firepower, can already completely blow up their positions with the shells we fire, and if we can't break through the enemy's positions under such circumstances, then we will commit suicide by disembowelment to thank the emperor! ”

It was in the hysterical howl of several wing commanders of the Yue Army, with the help of absolute superior heavy firepower, that the Yue Ben Army, which finally tore through the enemy's defensive line, launched wave after wave of attacks like a tide.

"Report to the division, our army's heavy machine gun ammunition has been exhausted!"

"Report to the division, our army's grenades have all run out!"

"Report to the division, the wounded in our army's field hospital are overcrowded, and the reserves of clean water are exhausted, and it is no longer possible to provide the most basic wound cleaning for the wounded!"

"Reporter, due to excessive thirst and hunger, the soldiers who have died of dehydration in the front line!"

…… Faced with the reports transmitted back one after another, Lei Zhen also went crazy, pinching the telegram that the telegram receiver carefully delivered to him, Lei Zhen shouted loudly: "Commendation? Don't fucking make me laugh out of my big teeth, what is the reward for me now, I want bullets, grenades, medicine, fresh water, food! You can't airlift these supplies to me, so I'm talking about bullshit here, top fucking shit! ”

Looking at the telegram receiver who was scolded stupidly by himself, at this time Lei Zhen was really crazy and out of control, he waved his hand and shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze, send me what I said word for word!" After my Lei Zhen died, I couldn't even find the corpse, and I still hope that they can set up a monument for me, and then posthumously crown a lieutenant general and deputy division commander?! ”

Report ......

This time it was Luo Sanpao who rushed into the division headquarters, and before he had time to report the military situation, Lei Zhen's gaze fell on his face, "Don't report it!" Isn't it just that there are no bullets to fight, no grenades to throw, no water to drink and no food to eat? ”

"A group of [***] guerrillas who have not received formal training can sing there that there are no guns or artillery, that the enemy has made us, that we have no food or clothing, and that the enemy has sent us forward. Our Fifth Army is the trump card army of the whole country, and every year it is a model of strict training in the whole country, and it is an example of the image of soldiers! ”

Lei Zhen was really crazy at this time, he pointed at Luo Sanpao, and shouted: "Tell those guys who have run out of bullets and grenades, and can only lie on the ground and wait for death, give me a swarm to rush down the mountain, if you want to eat and drink, and if you want bullet supplies, you will take it from the enemy!" ”

Facing Lei Zhen's eyes that were almost breathing fire, Luo Sanpao nodded fiercely and hissed: "Yes, understood!" Even if we all die in battle today, we must let those dogs see how powerful we are! ”

"Master!"

At this time, the telegraph receiver spoke again, the division headquarters was about to be lost, and everyone was about to be wiped out, but the telegraph receiver was overly excited and overexcited, and his face turned red, facing Lei Zhen's eyes that had reached the last moment of his life, and he really brought the trapped beast to the limit, and he stumbled and shouted: "This, this, this is Chairman Jiang, sent from there, yes, telegram!" Chairman Chiang wants us to report on the battle situation immediately! ”

"The main force of the enemy's 55th Division, with the support of aircraft and artillery, is launching a group charge against our army's position with a brigade as a unit.

Speaking of this, Lei Zhen raised his head and said loudly: "But I temporarily organized the Fifth Division, with a number of 4,000, to resist the attack of the enemy's 55th Division, and has won the most precious time for the Fifth Army to get rid of the pursuit and make a detour to the country. ”

Seeing the telegram sent back from the front, this telegram full of the smoke of war, and even more with the cold wind and cold water, and the tragic spirit of the strong man who was gone, Chiang Kai-shek, as the supreme commander of the Kuomintang, was silent. In the past few days, He Yingqin, chief of the General Staff, has clearly investigated all the information about Lei Zhen, including his birthplace and his experience of surviving alone in the mountains, and escorted the national flag to the Sixing Warehouse with Yang Huimin, a little-known matter.

Xie Jinyuan's apprentice who spent four years cultivating; On the battlefield in Burma, Huang Jingsheng, the deputy head of the 598th Regiment who shouted "Although success is uncertain, Chengren has determination", and he has already become a lieutenant colonel, Huang Jingsheng, the most trusted subordinate before his death; In the later stage of the Tonggu Defense War, Division Commander Dai Anlan began to rely on the capable cadres he continued to rely on; When Du Yuming gave the wrong order and the expeditionary force was defeated, he stepped forward and organized a group of stragglers together, and spontaneously consciously established the captain and division commander of the provisional fifth division!

In front of Chiang Kai-shek, this article is as stoic and warlike as a wolf, and under the teaching of his mentor and friend, he has learned to sacrifice his life for the country and the people.

As the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, Chiang Kai-shek could not imagine what kind of astonishing light a low-level officer who was only a captain platoon commander could shine from him, and only then could he use a ragtag army that can definitely be called a rabble to fight against the 55th Division under the command of Takeuchi Kuan for five days without reinforcements, in a desperate situation, and even less in supply!

Such a result has really gone beyond the limits of the military category!

"Lei Zhen, you and your provisional Fifth Division, after this battle, will be famous all over the world! If it is possible, I really want to see you, I want to see what kind of person can turn the tide like this, can save the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers of my expeditionary force, and can sacrifice his life. Lei Zhen, although you are not a student of my Whampoa Military Academy, but in you, I see the unique spirit of Whampoa Military Academy! ”

Chiang Kai-shek closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, just as the so-called thousands of troops are easy to get and it is difficult to find a general, this kind of good generals and handsome talents who can create extraordinary military miracles in the most hostile environment are even more difficult and difficult. If it was possible, he really hoped that Lei Zhen would come out of that battlefield alive, but at this time, Chiang Kai-shek, a powerful figure in China, found that he really couldn't give any real help to Lei Zhen, who was fighting fiercely against an enemy several times stronger than himself, in Burma.

"Lei Zhen, how long can you hold out?"

"Every hour, the enemy will carry out artillery bombardment on our troops, and every two hours there will be repeated bombardment of our positions by bombers, and this will be accompanied by continuous onslaught by the enemy. Our army held out until this time, and the number of dead was more seriously wounded, the seriously wounded than the lightly wounded, the guns without bullets than those with bullets, and the vast majority of soldiers could only use bayonets to engage the enemy. In my judgment, the next time the enemy charges, it will be when the headquarters of our division is broken! ”

There is only one hour left, and this best soldier named Lei Zhen has only one hour left in his life!

Chiang Kai-shek was silent again for a long time before he said to his assistant, who had been standing respectfully in front of him with a pen and a notebook in his hand: "Lei Zhen, you still have anything undone, you can tell me, as long as you can do it, I, Jiang, will definitely try my best to fulfill your wish!" ”

"Yes! It was Master Xie Jinyuan who taught me to read and write, and taught me a lot of principles for dealing with people, without him, I am just a country boy who only has personal hatred and family hatred in my heart! Therefore, I hope that for the sake of Mr. Xie Jinyuan's love for the country and the people, Chairman Jiang, you can take more care of the teacher and her children, and don't let the heroes shed blood and tears! As long as I can do this, I will thank you even if I die! ”

This is Lei Zhen's last wish?!

Looking at the telegram in his hand, Chiang Kai-shek groaned slightly, and said, "Besides, Lei Zhen, do you have anything else to say?" ”

"Yes!"

At this time, Lei Zhen stood with his hands behind his back at the division headquarters, which was shaking slightly with the shelling one after another, staring at the horse lantern hanging on the top of the division's command room, which was emitting a faint yellow light, and said: "Before I joined the unit, I thought that our army's failure in the battle was caused by backward equipment and insufficient command technology. However, I have traveled many places over the years and witnessed many facts with my own eyes, and it was only then that I learned that it had become a common practice for officers in the party to lie about the number of troops and eat empty losses for personal gain. For example, I once saw a division with a total of more than 7,800 people, but there were only more than 3,000 people in the barracks. We put this unit into service as a division, and miscalculated the strength, how can we not fail? And once such a unit with more than half of its members empty is put into the battlefield, the division commander will inevitably lie about the casualties and the number of fleeing people afterwards to ask the higher authorities for supplies! For these people, the more they lose the battle, the more their subordinates die, and the more money they can make! There are such moths in our army, how can the party [***] team not be defeated in the face of a well-trained, sincere and united army, and with the spirit of bushido?! ”

"And!"

In the continuous tapping of the telegraph receiver's fingers, Lei Zhen's words, through the radio waves, were directly transmitted to Chiang Kai-shek, he really did not expect that at the end of his life, he could actually express his opinions to the top leader of this country, and in the last moments of his life, Lei Zhen did not need to hide anything, in the gesture of indulgence, his words were really sharp to the limit, and at the bottom of the life experience, let him see the temple of Chiang Kai-shek, what he could not touch personally.

"Although the Sanming Cooking Righteousness advocated by Mr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of the nation, is the party's program, it has not been truly implemented. At this time of national calamity, the soldiers in front fought bloodily, even if they sacrificed their lives for the country, their families did not receive enough pensions, and they were still poor. And those military and political dignitaries, business tycoons live a life of spending money like dirt and getting drunk on gold, the families of meritorious soldiers do not get the treatment they deserve, and some drunken and meaty people who are not profitable to the country stand in the upper echelons of the country, enjoying the most abundant materials, meritorious service is not rewarded, but no punishment, such a country, such an army, how can they achieve victory?! ”

"One last but not least......"

Speaking of this, even Lei Zhen hesitated slightly, but he still said his inner thoughts faithfully, "Since the Anti-Japanese War, our [***] team has rarely taken the initiative to attack, but has always taken the posture of supplementing the defense, which has a great relationship with the strategic idea of defending exclusively put forward by Chairman Jiang, that is, because of the stubbornness in defense and not taking the initiative to take the initiative, so that the enemy can do whatever he wants and let go of his full strength to attack. And what I can't understand the most is that until now, our army has never given up the idea of exterminating the [***] army, on the one hand, it has formed an alliance with [***] in order to engage the army, and on the other hand, it has actively prepared for war against [***], often creating or conniving at friction between parties. ”

Lei Zhen's words have definitely touched the high-voltage line in Chiang Kai-shek's heart, but Chiang Kai-shek still looked calm, and he even silently recited a few sentences that Lei Zhen summarized at the end: "According to the lower officials, instead of being so half-hearted and trying to start a war on both sides, it is better for the two sides to sincerely unite and resist foreign humiliation!" When the expulsion is carried out, the two sides can coexist peacefully, and they will coexist peacefully! If there is really no room for two tigers in one mountain, no matter who wins or loses, China is still our China, and the rivers and mountains are still the rivers and mountains of our generation, everyone will witness each other's right and wrong on the battlefield for their own ideas and their own persistence! ”

"Peace? Of course I want peace! China has been involved in the war for so many years, and the people need peace to rest and recuperate, and the country needs time to repair its wounds. ”

Looking at this long telegram, Chiang Kai-shek said in his heart: "If you want to have eternal peace, you must wage a war, a war in which either the enemy dies or we die, until this land of China, there is only one voice and one idea!" ”

When the communication between the two reached the end, Luo Sanpao returned to the division headquarters again, "Lei Zhen ......"

Looking at this brother who wanted to stop talking, Lei Zhen said: "Is the enemy preparing to attack again?" ”

Luo Sanpao nodded.

"Can't stand it?"

Luo Sanpao nodded again.

"How many more people do we have available?"

"We launched several counter-charges against the enemy just now, and although the brothers snatched some weapons and ammunition from the enemy's corpses, the casualties increased exponentially, and in the end, there were less than 500 people who could come back with me."

Speaking of this, Luo Sanpao's voice was low, in just five days, their provisional Fifth Division has grown from more than 4,000 people at the beginning to what it is now, from a military point of view, their provisional Fifth Division has been annihilated by the enemy as a formation!

"Just now, Sun Shangxiang and I launched a counter-charge against the enemy, and she was injured." Luo Sanpao clenched his fists, "It's not critical, the bullet pierced her right leg, and it was the rabbit who forcibly carried her back." And also...... The second squad leader, Wang Ersheng, the first captain and company commander Xiao Dayong, had already been killed when the enemy launched the attack this morning, and their bodies had just been sorted out. ”

Lei Zhen suddenly asked, "How many seriously wounded people are there now who are no longer able to participate in the war?" ”

"More than 1,200 people."

"Come with me to see the wounded brothers."

No one knows what Lei Zhen was thinking at this time. In the face of more and more seriously wounded, the doctors could only put most of the seriously wounded into the jungle, which had little strategic value due to the geographical location, and had hardly been bombed and shelled.

It was under the leadership of the doctor that Lei Zhen walked straight in front of Sun Shangxiang, because he had not drunk water for more than a day, after his thigh was pierced by a rifle bullet, his body lost a lot of blood, Sun Shangxiang's expression seemed a little wilted, and her face, which was always full of pride and health of the eldest lady, was now even more pale.

Only when Lei Zhen subconsciously put his hand on her forehead and wanted to test the humidity, that sudden intimacy made Sun Shangxiang's face raise a faint red tide.

"Aren't you the self-proclaimed commander of the spy battalion and guard battalion, how can the commander of the guard battalion casually leave the division commander and run to the front line to fight the charge?"

Listening to Lei Zhen's words that seemed to blame, but were actually concerned, Sun Shangxiang bit his lip.

"I want to give you another task, I don't know if you can complete it."

"Guaranteed to finish the mission!"

"Good!"

Lei Zhen stretched out his hand to take Sun Shangxiang's stormtrooper, who was lying in the jungle even if he was seriously injured, checked the bullets in the magazine, and took out two bullet magazines from his body, along with a few grenades because he had to sit in the division headquarters and did not go to the front line in person, so of course he had no chance to throw them, and handed them over to Sun Shangxiang.

Sun Shangxiang looked puzzled, and Lei Zhen's words made her face change. "I will personally lead the troops and assault the headquarters of the Takeuchi Wide Division!"

Judging from the establishment of the [***] team, a regiment has a guard platoon, and a division has a guard battalion, so if you want to compare, a division with two divisions in the number of people, his division and regimental headquarters, how many guard troops should there be? Not to mention that Lei Zhen led a group of troops who had reached their limit, both physically and mentally, and had fewer weapons and ammunition, could they successfully break through to the enemy camp, and even if they could really rush to the division and regiment headquarters, how could they defeat the guard troops of the division and regiment headquarters?

Lei Zhen stretched out a finger, and easily blocked Sun Shangxiang's words that were about to burst out, he squatted down his body, looked at this girl whose face was full of nervousness and concern, and even more raised a characteristic that made his heart beat slightly faster, and said in a deep voice: "Remember, when I lead the troops to launch a counter-charge down the mountain, you and the doctor will take the seriously wounded who can still survive, hide in this jungle, no matter what happens outside, as long as the enemy does not find you, do not shoot and expose yourself." The enemy's target was me, and after destroying our stubborn enemy, they had to pursue the rest of the Fifth Army, and did not have time to conduct a detailed search of the positions of our battle territory. As long as you hide in that small valley in the jungle and wait quietly, I think the enemy will most likely ignore your presence. At that time, you and the doctor can find a way to take this group of wounded people who can still move and support their own movements, and turn around and walk out of this big jungle. ”

"It's a difficult task to complete, you're all wounded, you can't move, and you're in a foreign land where you don't understand the language, where hostile eyes are everywhere, and where people are tipping off the enemy. In fact, even if it's just you and the doctor, I can't rest assured. ”

looked at Lei Zhen's face that was close at hand, Sun Shangxiang saw care on Lei Zhen's face, saw a wisp of tenderness that she really thought she would never see, and even more apologetic.

Lei Zhen stretched out his hand to hug his son's neck, and he used his face to rub his son's neck again and again, and Lei Zhen's son also stretched out his tongue and licked Lei Zhen's face.

"It has followed me since I was a child, and in order to protect my father, it has been shot for me, and when I was about to be stabbed to death by an enemy who came up from behind, it was clear that its body had been pierced by bullets, and it was able to use its teeth to bite the bayonet in the enemy's hand with all its might."

Lei Zhen's hand gently swept over his son's body, counting the marks left on his son's body by year after year, year after year, and he whispered: "I will leave it to you today, if you can go back alive, I hope you can take good care of it for me." Let it be old with at least a bite of meat to eat and a nest to sleep in. ”

Looking at this affectionate father and son, tears, I don't know when, slowly, slowly, oozing out one after another from Jiangdong Sun Shangxiang's eyes that he thought he was already strong and impeccable. These crystal tears slowly flowed down her face, drawing two meandering tear marks, until they dripped onto her tattered military uniform, which was stained with gunpowder smoke and the smell of earth, and made a snorting sound.

Just when Lei Zhen subconsciously stretched out his hand, wanting to wipe away the tears that were pouring out of her eyes for Sun Shangxiang with his sleeves, Sun Shangxiang suddenly pressed his hand to Lei Zhen's hand, and let Lei Zhen's thick and rough palm directly touch his face, penetrating a heat that penetrated her surname into the deepest part of her soul.

Feeling the softness and warmth that comes from the palm of his hand, the kind of young girl's unique softness and warmth, when the tears flowing from Sun Shangxiang's eyes seeped into his palm and her face, each other listened to each other's sudden accelerated heartbeat, and each other felt the reverberation of body temperature at such a close distance, and in the hearts of these two young boys and girls, there was suddenly a kind of such intimacy and such sadness...... The feeling of being passed down by blood.

"Please, Lei Zhen......"

Sun Shangxiang really didn't know that she would use such a weak, such a little woman's tone to beg a man, you know, she is Sun Shangxiang, the Sun Shangxiang who is so strong that even a five-foot man is dumbfounded. It was the first time in her life that she went to beg someone, and her voice was so cautious, "Please, don't go, please, don't go...... I don't want you to go! ”

She doesn't want Lei Zhen to go, she doesn't want Lei Zhen to go, she really wants Lei Zhen to live!

"I don't want to leave if I can. I wanted to accompany you and finish this road, but ......"

Just when Sun Shangxiang was pale and desperate, Lei Zhen straightened his body again, he stretched out his fingers, and quietly pinched a teardrop from the corner of Sun Shangxiang's eyes into his palm, and just when he turned his body, he let out a soft sigh: "I'm sorry!" ”

(To be continued)