Xuzhou Railway Station, Bayonet Battalion Battalion Headquarters.

Li Yulong walked into the telecommunications room surrounded by battalion deputy Liu Fengsheng and guard platoon commander Ye Xiaoxian, and saw Zhao Xinyi resting against the wall with a pale face, and immediately stepped forward and said with concern: "Captain Zhao, are you okay?" ”

Zhao Xinyi opened her beautiful eyes when she heard the voice, shook her head and said, "Camp Commander Li, I'm fine." ”

Li Yulong nodded and continued to inspect other positions, but Zhao Xinyi took out his notebook and began to write down the battlefield by the faint light of the flashlight.

………… May 9 of the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938).

This morning, the Fifth Heavy Artillery Brigade and the Air Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army carried out an unprecedentedly large-scale bombardment of Xuzhou.

As a war correspondent, I can responsibly report to the whole [***] people that the morale of the officers and men of the Baoshan Brigade has not been affected in any way, and they are determined to fight the Kou to the end!

Let me tell you another not very good news, Xuzhou Railway Station has been surrounded by the army.

The bayonet battalion and the reading battalion stationed at the railway station have lost contact with the main force of the brigade in Xuzhou and have become a lonely army hanging outside the city, and I am also stranded in the forward position and cannot return to the brigade headquarters.

I don't know how many days the bayonet battalion, the reading battalion, will be able to hold out.

I don't know when the Xuzhou railway station will fall?

But I know that all the officers and men of the Bayonet Battalion and the Reading Battalion will never give up lightly.

I am the same, the moment when the railway station is finally lost, will also be the end of my life, as a Chinese, as a descendant of Yan Huang, I will never bow to the invaders, the late army general Mr. Hao Mengling once said, what is the country, what is the nation? I'd rather be a ghost who died in battle than a slave who died in the country!

Although we are in a desperate situation, we are not afraid, let alone retreat.

General Yue Weihan said, we are not fighting alone, around us, there are hundreds of [***] divisions fighting side by side with us, killing the Japanese together, behind us, there are 40,000 compatriots, the sons and daughters of China will never give in, the final victory will eventually belong to us, long live the great Chinese nation!

………… In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Xinyi's war story was urgently published in the form of an extra number by major Chinese newspapers and periodicals throughout China and at home and abroad, which immediately triggered a frenzy of donations and materials in the entire Chinese world.

………… Nanyang, a suburb of Singapore.

In the Chinese courtyard, the elderly Ye Mu is making incense in the living room.

A moment ago, Ye's mother had already seen Zhao Xinyi's battlefield account from a local Chinese newspaper in Singapore, and also knew that Ye Xiaoxian's bayonet battalion was in a desperate situation, thinking that her only son was already in danger and might sacrifice his life for the motherland at any time, how could Ye's mother not be heartbroken and heartbroken?

"Old man, have you seen it all?" Staring at the portrait of her deceased husband on the front wall of the living room, Mother Ye couldn't help but cry like rain, "The third child has been trapped on the front line, and he is in danger, if you know anything underground, hurry up and help him, he is the only seedling in our Ye family, and there can be no more accidents......"

………… In the western suburbs of Wuchang, there is a manor with a quiet environment on the edge of the Yangtze River.

Lang Zhong retreated from the old man's room and said to the young man in his thirties who was guarding the door: "Mr. Li, the old lady is just depressed, her thoughts are sick, and her body is fine. ”

The young man reluctantly sent Lang Zhong away, and as soon as he turned around, the old butler ran over with a newspaper.

The old housekeeper panted as he ran: "Young Master, read the newspaper, today's declaration number is outside!" ”

"Fauber, when is this?" The young man frowned and said, "How can I still be in the mood to read the newspaper?" ”

"Well, no." The old housekeeper hurriedly said, "The eldest young master, there is news from the second young master in the newspaper, something is not good!" ”

"What do you say? Chu Sheng's news!? The young man's face suddenly changed greatly, and he snatched the newspaper from the old housekeeper's hand, and read it urgently, after reading Zhao Xinyi's battlefield narrative, the young man's face suddenly became extremely pale, and the reading camp was actually surrounded? When Chu Sheng came back from writing last time, he said that he had been transferred to the Reading Battalion as a second lieutenant platoon deputy!

"Young Master, how is this good?" The old butler snorted, "Do you want to tell the master?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the old man's figure had already walked out of the room tremblingly, and said, "Jing Sheng, what's wrong?" ”

"Uh, it's fine." The young man hurriedly hid the newspaper behind him, shook his head again and again, and said, "Dad, it's okay, it's really okay." ”

"What kind of newspaper are you hiding?" The old man snorted, stretched out his hand and said, "Is there any news from the second child?" Bring the newspaper! ”

The young man had no choice but to hand over the newspaper, and said, "Dad, you can read the newspaper, but you have to promise your son that you don't get excited after reading it." ”

"Hmph, why so much nonsense?"

The old man snatched the newspaper with his hand, and said while reading: "Don't think that I'm old, I won't do anything, I tell you, Chu Sheng is on the right path, and it is the duty of every Chinese to fight devils, it should be!" Old man, I'm just old, if I can be ten years younger, I will also follow Chu Sheng to the battlefield, hum! ”

The young man said gloomily: "Dad, but Chu gave birth to him......"

"Isn't it just that you're under siege?" After reading the newspaper, the old man said with great disdain, "Isn't this that you haven't died in battle yet?" Besides, even if he really dies in battle, he will die for the country, for the nation, a hero, a martyr! I will only be happy and proud for him, I, Li Tianqiu, did not give birth to this son in vain! ”

………… Changsha, Hunan, at the foot of Yuelu Mountain.

In the primary school classroom, the old gentleman put down the newspaper in his hand, first took off his reading glasses and wiped his tears, then clenched the chalk and wrote the words "Chinese [***] people" on the blackboard, and then pointed to the blackboard and said: "Students, you must remember these four words, and never forget those Chinese [***] people who have gone forward and sacrificed heroically for the country and the nation!" ”

"Students, they are all heroes! Sacrifice your life for righteousness, righteous and awe-inspiring heroes, true heroes, great heroes! ”

"Students, you must study hard, grow up quickly, and strive to become heroes like them as soon as possible, and don't let them become the last heroes!"

………… Wuhan Xingying, the official residence of Chairman Chiang.

Song Ziwen, vice president of the Executive Yuan, and He Yingqin, minister of military orders, came together and brought exciting good news.

"Take a seat." Song Ziwen said excitedly, "Just now the US Embassy sent a diplomatic note, the US political axe has officially put $200 million in free economic aid on the agenda, and the US House of Representatives will formally discuss this bill next Thursday. ”

"Oh?" Chairman Chiang was suspicious and said, "Why did the attitude of the Americans suddenly change?" ”

"I'm afraid the Americans don't have any good intentions." Admiral He said coldly, "Most likely it was the great victory achieved by the Baoshan Brigade in Xuzhou that made the Americans see an opportunity to check and balance, and the Americans obviously hope that China and Yueben can form a strategic stalemate, so that it will not threaten the security of the United States, and he can also sell arms on both sides and make a windfall." ”

Song Ziwen frowned and said unhappily: "Minister He, please don't think of American friends so badly. ”

"American friends?" Admiral He pursed his lips and said with great disdain, "If the Americans are really our friends, then they should not hesitate to cut off all economic and trade exchanges with Yueben, instead of continuously exporting steel, crude oil, rubber, timber, grain, and other strategic materials to Yueben as they are doing now. ”

"Alright, stop arguing." Chairman Chiang waved his hand to stop the two from continuing to argue.

After Song Ziwen left, Chairman Jiang said to General He: "Jingzhi, how long do you think the Baoshan Brigade can hold out?" ”

Admiral He said solemnly: "Due to the unprecedented large-scale bombardment of Xuzhou by the heavy artillery brigade and aviation regiment of the Yue army, all the fortifications that the Baoshan Brigade spent several months carefully building were scrapped. ”

"Seven days!?" Chairman Jiang frowned and said, "Today is Monday, and there are still ten days left until next Thursday!" ”

General He was also full of sighs, the Baoshan Brigade's insistence on the War of Resistance in Xuzhou has triggered a wave of resistance in the entire Chinese circle, and in the past few days, people from all walks of life and overseas Chinese have been donating money and materials like crazy, and the already exhausted finances of the national political axe have been greatly alleviated, and if the Baoshan Brigade can hold out for another half a month, the Military Command Department can even take out cash to order arms.

"Is it possible to consider letting Yu Xuezhong and Sun Lianzhong flank Xuzhou to relieve the pressure on the Baoshan Brigade?"

Chairman Jiang has already tasted the sweetness brought by the anti-Japanese wave, and this will really be determined to defend Xuzhou by the Baoshan Brigade.

"I'm afraid not." Admiral He shook his head and said, "Yu Xuezhong and Sun Lianzhong's troops are resting in their respective defense areas, and the food needs to be prepared, the recruits need to be trained, and the military supplies must also be replenished. ”

Chairman Jiang thought for a while and said: "In this way, immediately let the Soviet Air Force to aid China take the initiative to attack, provide air support to the Baoshan Brigade as much as possible, and then telegraph to Cheng Qian, and ask him to send three to five divisions along the Longhai Line to attack Xuzhou to the east, and finally telegraphed Yue Weihan that he must defend Xuzhou to the death, and Xuzhou must not be lost without fighting to the last soldier!" ”

(To be continued)