Zhanyang knew that if the attack was smooth, then the artillery group would definitely not carry out intensive covering shooting, and the artillery fire was clearly broken for the attacking troops, which meant that the reinforcements could not reach Chengde and were blocked, or even trapped or even annihilated? That means that it is likely that the reinforcements of the Yue army have also arrived at the periphery of Chengde? Zhanyang inadvertently gasped, he was afraid of his idea.

At dawn, the last few surviving wounded soldiers of the 106th Division detonated a box of grenades, and more than a dozen soldiers made very ideal burial offerings! Lao Tzu, I have to pull a cushion on my back when I die! The hideous expression of the Chinese soldier at the end made almost all the soldiers shudder.

The soldiers of the army cautiously walked among the corpses all over the mountains, looking for their own wounded, and beware of the counterattack of the Chinese soldiers who were not yet dead, this night both sides were red-eyed, in the dark night, the wounded Chinese soldiers were holding explosives bags or bundles of grenades lying quietly on the ground, waiting for the attacking troops to pass by, this was a battle without surrender, and there were no prisoners.

The fierce battle throughout the night made the Fourth Brigade and the 36th Brigade of the Infantry that the army put into the encirclement and general attack suffered heavy losses, and the blue-faced Nishiyichi inspected the battlefield of last night's fierce battle accompanied by the two brigade commanders of Suzuki Mitsu and Kawahara Kan, Suzuki Mitsu cautiously followed Nishiichi and suggested anxiously: "Your Excellency the division commander, the battlefield has not been completely cleaned, and it is likely that there are still wounded soldiers in [***], you can't go up!" ”

Suzuki's worries are very reasonable, since six o'clock in the morning began to clean up the battlefield, at least more than 100 officers and soldiers have fallen! Shootings, suicide attacks, and the attack methods of wounded Chinese soldiers emerge in an endless stream, looking at the soldiers who plan to fight the battlefield tremblingly and shooting at the corpses first, Suzuki Mitsu shook his head helplessly.

Ascending a small hill and looking down on the entire battlefield, for a moment Xi Yiyi was dumbfounded, almost all over the ground within a radius of a few square kilometers were layers of corpses, there were traces of fighting everywhere, broken weapon parts were scattered all over the ground, and a rock not far from him was full of black marks that seemed to be covered with moss? Dozens of soldiers of various forms fell nearby.

As soon as Xiyi approached and touched it, he realized that it was condensed and blackened blood! And those moss-like things turned out to be flesh and blood that had been blown to slag? Most of the corpses scattered across the battlefield were still in their original appearance, and many of the frozen corpses were entangled.

Xi Yiyi looked at the dozen or so soldiers trying to separate the two bodies that were hugging and fighting together, and the two corpses were tightly glued together? Their eyes were still wide open, and each other's bayonets were stuck in their chests! Hugging each other like brothers? The different uniforms testify to their different identities, and a soldier finds an axe to forcibly separate the body.

"Don't move! Bury them together! It seems that the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood are not unique to my imperial army! Xi Yiyi's words made the soldiers below slightly stunned.

"Hey! It's Your Excellency! A military officer hurriedly saluted, and then cut off one of the deceased's little fingers, which can be regarded as a triumph of white bones!

Xi Yiyi took a deep breath and asked in a slightly trembling voice, "How about the casualties of the troops?" ”

The division commander interrogated about the casualties, Suzuki Mitsu and Kawahara Kan's hearts chuckled, but this is something that cannot be avoided sooner or later, after the two looked at each other, both sides nodded and saluted to Xiyi: "Sorry Your Excellency, due to the stubborn resistance of the Chinese [***], our army has killed more than 4,000 officers and soldiers, more than 2,200 light and serious wounded, and the number of Zhong [***] annihilated is almost more than 6,000 people, but fortunately, it is completely annihilated!" ”

As soon as Xiyi heard that the casualties were almost 1:1, he looked up to the sky and said with a long sigh: "A quarter of the casualties! If there are two more such victories, I'm afraid none of us will be able to get back to our roots! If we had known, we would have let them into Chengde to be surrounded and annihilated! ”

"Oh? Do you know the number and commander of this unit? It was as if he had suddenly remembered a very important question.

Kawahara Kan nodded expressionlessly and said: "At the last moment of the fierce battle last night, the surrounded Zhong [***] sent a clear telegram, they are the 106th Division of the Northeast Military Department, and the division commander is named Shen Ke!" ”

Kawahara Kan took out the translated telegram draft from his pocket and handed it over with both hands, and Nishiichi took the telegram draft and read it aside, only saying four words.

Suddenly, a young staff officer ran over quickly, saluted and said, "Your Excellency the division commander, we have found the body of the big man in [***]!" ”

"Oh! Take me to see it! Nishiichi walked down the hill quickly, and Mitsumi Suzuki hurriedly greeted the soldiers next to him and said, "Your Excellency the Commander of the Protection Division!" ”

The soldiers of the army lined up in a dense formation on both sides of Xiyiyi, walking among the corpses everywhere, no matter who would be shocked by this unusual tragedy, Xiyi looked at the expressions of the officers and soldiers marching on both sides of him, he deeply knew that at this moment, compared with the middle [***], the Imperial Army can only be regarded as well-equipped and well-trained, and last night's fierce battle has proved that the so-called bushido spirit is invincible and invincible, only the other party has the determination to die, It will also cost the Imperial Army unimaginable casualties.

Soon, near a small depression, the soldiers of the two armies were abandoned, and what kind of fierce battle broke out here? No one could tell Nishiichi that because all the jade of the Hayakawa brigade that participated in the White Soldier assault was shattered here, and among the many corpses, the bodies of more than a dozen Chinese officers and soldiers were falling in one direction, and Nishiichi could see who they seemed to be protecting?

After instructing the soldiers to carry away the corpses, Nishiyichi personally came to the corpse in the tweed uniform, crouched down and wiped the triangular gold star on his collar badge with his hand? Obviously, the major general is the supreme commander of the first level of the [***] division, so the body that was killed by his subordinates and protected is likely to be Shen Ke, the commander of the 106th Division of the Central [***], Xi Yiyi is very helpless, they didn't catch a prisoner? There wasn't even a wounded person, so naturally it was impossible to identify his true identity, and Nishiichi opened the jacket pocket of the corpse and found that there was a blood-soaked letter that seemed to carry the address?

Xi Yiyi handed the letter to a translator of the Jing'an Army who accompanied him, this translator had already been frightened by the fierce battle and trembled, tremblingly took the letter and glanced at it, and hurriedly translated it in Chinese: "Your Excellency the division commander, this is Shen Ke, the commander of the 106th Division of the Central [***], this is his last letter to his wife and children in Beiping, and there is an address below. ”

Xi Yiyi took out the pen and pocket watch that Shen Ke was carrying, and handed them to Jing Anjun along with the letter, and said: "According to that address, mail the letter to Beiping, and order the preparation of a coffin, even if he is an enemy, the warrior is worthy of respect!" ”

Xi Yiyi slowly took off his military hat, stood up with a bang on his legs, and bowed to Shen Ke's body! The officers and soldiers on the side stood solemnly in mourning, and the Han Annihilation translator of the Jing'an Army stood in place for a long time!