Jiangpu, the temporary headquarters of the Baoshan Regiment.

The sky was already bright, and the entire town of Jiangpu was immersed in a thin morning mist.

Yue Weihan was walking on the streets of the town accompanied by Liao Xin and Tang Dashan, after issuing the letter to the people, Yue Weihan completely calmed down, before that, he hesitated, hesitated, feared, and retreated, in the end, Yue Weihan was also afraid of death, and was very afraid of death, but, in this world, some things are really more precious than life, such as ...... The dignity of the nation!

On the road in the distance, Zhang Zhongyi was returning to Pukou with the 3rd battalion.

Chi Chengfeng's 1st Battalion, Cao Xinglong's 2nd Battalion and Lu Xiufeng's 4th Battalion have been swinging up and down the road, more than 1,000 officers and soldiers are throwing off their arms and desperately digging fortifications, Li Yulin's 5th Battalion is estimated to have drawn a reserve lot, but it is not idle, and is helping Niu Dagen's artillery battalion to dig artillery fortifications.

"Dangdangdang......" A crisp bell suddenly came from the front.

Yue Weihan turned around when he heard the sound, and saw an old gentleman standing under an old pine tree more than ten meters away, saying that he was a gentleman because he was wearing glasses, and he was also wearing a long shirt, and he was holding a few books in his hand.

Soon, two teenage and half-year-olds came to the old pine tree with a bookcase and a bench.

Yue Weihan noticed that there was a ruin behind the old pine tree, which was supposed to be a primary school, but now it has been blown up by the planes of the army.

After the two children sat down, the old gentleman lifted the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said slowly: "Students, the mayor told me last night that Kou has already hit Hexian, and maybe he will be able to hit Jiangpu tomorrow, so today, maybe it is the last lesson that Mr. will teach you, please listen carefully." ”

"Sir, there are heroes of the Baoshan Regiment guarding Jiangpu, and the devils can't get in."

The old gentleman nodded and said, "Yes, the soldiers of the Baoshan Regiment are all heroes, they are real heroes, so you must not waste your studies, let alone waste your time, you must study hard, and strive to become heroes like them when you grow up, and don't let them become the last heroes, okay?" ”

The two children nodded very seriously and replied in unison, "Okay." ”

"Now please turn to page forty-eight." The old gentleman lifted the glasses on the bridge of his nose again and said, "The text we are going to talk about today is called the last lesson......

Not far away, Yue Weihan suddenly turned his head away.

Liu Xin, who had just walked closer, couldn't help but open her beautiful eyes in shock, when Yue Weihan turned her face away just now, she clearly saw that his eyes were full of tears, such an iron-clad man would actually shed tears?

Yes, Yue Weihan was indeed in tears, because he saw the soul of the nation in the old gentleman!

As long as thousands of such old gentlemen have not died, and as long as thousands of such children have not died, the soul of the Chinese nation will never perish! It is said that the iron hooves can trample on our land, trample on our cities, and slaughter our compatriots, but they cannot destroy our national soul!

"Tuanza, it's snowing, put this on."

Liu Xin stepped forward and draped the tweed coat on Yue Weihan, this tweed coat was originally a heavy vine Qianqiu, but it was changed by Liu Xin, and the collar badge, epaulettes and armbands of the army were removed, but the collar badge of [***] was replaced, which looked both majestic and warm, and this little girl's hand was skillful.

Yue Weihan subconsciously tightened the tweed coat on his body, and when he looked up again, there was indeed a heavy snow of goose feathers floating in the sky, but the next moment, Yue Weihan's face immediately changed, and he turned back to Liu Xin and shouted: "The plane, the little devil's reconnaissance plane is here, Datang, quickly take Captain Liu to hide!" ”

"Tuanzuo, I'm ......" Tang Dashan was a little embarrassed, his duty was to protect Yue Weihan.

Yue Weihan rushed to the old pine tree in three steps and two steps, picked up the two children, and then turned his head to the old gentleman and said, "Sir, find a place to take refuge, Kou's plane is coming!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a huge roar of an airplane engine sounded in the sky.

Yue Weihan had just run into a nearby house with his two children and the old gentleman to hide, and the two planes came out of the low clouds, and the height above the ground was more than 100 meters at most.

The quality of this little devil's pilot is really not low.

With such thick clouds and such heavy snowfall, it was still possible to carry out ultra-low-altitude reconnaissance missions, no wonder after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the little devil's air force was able to beat the old US Air Force and could not find the north, until the following year after the defeat of the Battle of Midway and the loss of a large number of ace pilots, their air force began to decline.

When Yue Weihan was about to turn around and leave, the slightly smaller child on the left suddenly gently grabbed his sleeve and said timidly, "Uncle Hero, can I borrow something from you?" ”

"Uncle is not a hero." Yue Weihan patted the child's little face and said, "But what do you want to borrow?" ”

The kid stretched out his finger and pointed to the two melon grenades hanging from Yue Weihan's waist, and said, "Can you lend me one?" ”

"You want to borrow this?" Yue Weihan was stunned and said, "Why do you want this?" ”

"Devil fighting." The kid was serious.

Yue Weihan said again: "Do you know how to do it?" ”

"Yes." The child said proudly, "Daddy taught me." ”

Speaking of his father, the child's big eyes were immediately full of brilliance, and he said excitedly: "Two months ago, my father went to Shanghai to fight devils, and he hasn't come back yet, my mother said that my father has fought far, far away, and it may be until I grow up that my father can come back." ”

Yue Weihan was miserable, and immediately untied a grenade from his waist.

Then he took out five silver dollars from his pocket, handed them to the old gentleman, and said, "Old man, please pass this on to the child's mother, and say that it is a ...... issued by the government to her husband."

"Okay, okay." The old gentleman nodded again and again, "I thanked the chief for Baoguan and his mother." ”

"No thanks." Yue Weihan immediately turned around, walked a few steps, and then turned back to the kid and said, "Baoguan, study hard, don't let your father down." ”

"Hmm." Baoguan nodded earnestly and gripped the grenade tightly.

………… As soon as Yue Weihan returned to the regiment headquarters, Liu Yi, the deputy of the regiment, came back in a hurry and said loudly: "Tuanzuo, good news!" ”

"What news deserves your pleasure?" Yue Weihan quipped, "Picked up 20,000 oceans? ”

"Twenty thousand oceans are a ball." Liu Yi said, "Tuanzuo, I found a large warehouse in the northern suburbs of Jiangpu, which is full of ashes, not to mention thousands of tons!" ”

"What do you say? Thousands of tons of ash!? Yue Weihan's eyes suddenly lit up.

Thousands of tons of ash, what should that be? 50kg bags are enough to hold tens of thousands of bags, it is estimated that several national defense fortresses can be repaired, Baoshan regiment has this batch of ash, can build a large group of concrete structure bunker fortifications, but time is a problem, it takes time to build so many bunkers, and it takes more time to solidify concrete!

Hua Hanlin, the commander of the guard company who had just returned to the team next to him, said: "Deputy Liu, where did Jiangpu get so much ash?" ”

Liu Yi said: "Hey, I also asked just now, there were exactly two ash factories in Jiangpu, but now they have moved to Wuhan, as for these tens of thousands of tons of ash, they were originally going to be pulled to the periphery of Nanjing to build national defense fortifications, I don't want the little devils to come too fast, this batch of ash has not had time to cross the river." ”

Yue Weihan said: "Okay, inform all battalions to send people to pull ash immediately, and use ash to repair fortifications." ”

"This ......," Liu Yi said, "Tuanzao, do you want to ask the garrison headquarters for instructions?" After all, this is thousands of tons of national defense materials, and the headquarters still has two platoons to guard it. ”

"The military situation is like fire, please show a fart!" Yue Weihan said, "All the ashes will be requisitioned immediately, and the two platoons in the headquarters will no longer need to return to the team, and they will all be incorporated into the battle sequence of the guard company." ”

"Yes! Be! Liu Yi and Hua Hanlin agreed in unison, and immediately turned away.

Liu Yi notified the battalions to go to the warehouse in the northern suburbs to pull ashes, and Hua Hanlin incorporated the two platoons, although the two platoons are few, but no matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are also meat.

………… On the narrow road leading from Chaohu to Hanshan, the mechanized equipment of the Kunisaki detachment is swinging out a long snake formation, marching forward mightily, although the vanguard of the Kunisaki detachment, the 3rd Infantry Brigade under the 21st Wing has already hit Hexian, but the headquarters of the Kunisaki detachment has just set off from Chaohu.

In fact, if it had not been for the telegram that had just received a telegram from the Front Command, Major General Noboru Kunisaki would not have led his main forces to attack in the direction of Pukou at all.

Major General Noboru Kunisaki was born in a famous family, and he is a top student who graduated from the Imperial Land University, and his military literacy is by no means comparable to that of an old man like Chiaki Shigeto, and he is more old and spicy than rising stars like Tashiro Mototoshi and Nakagawa Hiroshi, but for the Shina Army, their views are surprisingly unanimous, and they all think that the Shina Army is an army made of sand.

Therefore, Major General Kunisaki Noboru only sent an infantry brigade to flank Pukou, in his opinion, this infantry brigade is enough to cut down Pukou and cut off the retreat of hundreds of thousands of [***] in Nanjing, as for the main force of his detachment, it is natural to quickly advance north along the highway line and capture Hefei, Bengbu, and even Xuzhou as quickly as possible!

As long as Xuzhou is defeated, the Central China Front and the North China Front of the Great Empire are likely to achieve a meeting! This is undoubtedly a huge victory for the Great Empire, but for the Chinese, it is a huge blow, and the Chinese's military spirit, people's heart, and even their determination to resist will be greatly shaken!

However, a telegram order from the Front Army Command disrupted Major General Noboru Kunisaki's plan!

Major General Kunisaki Noboru had to suspend the plan to advance northward and instead attack and advance in the direction of Pukou, in this regard, Major General Kunisaki Noboru was full of regret in his heart, and the only thing to be thankful for was that under the defeat of Pukou, he was still able to quickly advance north along the Tianjin-Pudong Railway, and it would be delayed for seven or eight days at most.

(To be continued)