Mandalay Airport, 49th Regiment Headquarters of the 146th Division.

The fierce battle at night had ended, and when the casualty figures came up, Colonel Gao Chu, the commander of the 146th Regiment, finally couldn't hold it back, and immediately called the 49th Division headquarters, begging Peng Bisheng to say: "Division, division, there are less than 500 people left in our regiment, reinforcements, quickly send me a few companies of reinforcements......

"No reinforcements? Then give me the cooks and communicators of the division. ”

"What? Cooks and communicators were replenished to the 147 regiment? ! ”

"This battle really can't be fought anymore, if we fight again, our regiment will be exhausted, Shizuo, Lao Gao, please leave some seeds for our 146th regiment and some seeds for our old Hunan army!"

Master Peng Bisheng on the other end of the phone didn't know what he said, Colonel Gao Chu gritted his teeth, and suddenly stood up and said: "Yes, the people are in the position, please rest assured, as long as I am alive in Gao Chu, the position will never be lost!" ”

Hanging up the phone, Gao Chu turned back to the attendant adjutant and said, "Go, get my saber!" ”

The attendant adjutant took the order and left, and soon found a sharp saber, Gao Chu reached out to take the saber, a trace of remembrance suddenly appeared on his face, and he muttered in his mouth: "Old man, during the Northern Expedition, you drank the blood of the Beiyang Army, and now it's time for you to taste the blood of the little devil!" ”

………… 49th Division Headquarters.

Master Peng Bisheng hung up the phone snapped, and his face instantly became extremely gloomy.

When facing his subordinates, Master Peng must speak loudly, but this does not mean that there are no complaints in his heart!

The Sixth Army has been fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in Mandalay for 11 days, and the entire army has suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and the 49th Division has already suffered more than half of the casualties.

"Master, Mandalay can't be defended anymore!" The chief of staff said miserably, "Withdraw!" ”

"Withdraw?" Division Commander Peng Bisheng glared at the chief of staff murderously and said, "Where to retreat?" ”

"You can retreat anywhere!" The chief of staff said, "We just can't defend Mandalay anymore, and our 49th Division will be over!" ”

"Even if the entire Sixth Army is completely destroyed, it can't retreat!" Division Commander Peng Bisheng retracted his gaze, immediately slapped the table in front of him, and said sharply, "At the beginning, I had stacked cruel words in front of Yue Weihan, and our Sixth Army would be nailed to death in Mandalay like a nail, and the people were in the position, and if the people were gone, the position would never be lost!" ”

"But we've been on guard for 11 days!" The chief of staff said miserably, "Division, our mission has been accomplished!" According to the battle plan formulated by Yue, the Fifth Army should have crossed the river to take over the defense a long time ago, but now? What the hell is it that we are fighting with the little devils in Mandalay while the Fifth Army is watching the battle on the west bank of the Irrawaddy River? ”

After that, the chief of staff, who was still angry, said: "Without a pontoon bridge, the heavy equipment of the Fifth Army can't cross the river, but you can find thousands of soldiers who know how to swim over, it's always okay, right?" ”

"Don't talk this useless." Master Peng Bisheng said, "If you can't cross the river with heavy equipment, find thousands of soldiers who know how to cross the river?" Without tanks and heavy artillery, how can they break through the river defenses of the devils? The river defenses can't be broken, and you still think that they can reinforce Mandalay? Dream on you! ”

The voice fell, and suddenly a communications staff officer entered and reported: "Division, the headquarters is in an emergency!" ”

Master Peng Bisheng waved his hand impatiently and shouted, "Read! ”

"Yes." The communications staff officer immediately opened the telegram and read it aloud, "Telegram to all colleagues of the Sixth Army: Yu has returned to Myitkyina overnight, and will fly to Mandalay Airport this afternoon, vowing to live and die with all my colleagues in the Sixth Army!" Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force of the National Revolutionary Army, Yue Weihan. ”

After the communications staff officer read the telegram, the entire war room suddenly became as silent as death.

Including Master Peng Bisheng, everyone present showed disbelief.

At this time, the word danger was far from enough to describe the situation in Mandalay, and to put it mildly, the defense line of the Sixth Army was already crumbling, and there was a possibility that the whole line could collapse at any time! Yue Weihan chose to fly directly to Mandalay at this time to supervise the battle, almost jumping under the cliff with his eyes open!

"Yue Weihan, what does he want to do?" The chief of staff frowned and said, "It's all this time, and he still wants to put on a show?" ”

"Close your beak!" Division Commander Peng Bisheng glared at the chief of staff viciously, then turned around and instructed the attendant adjutant, "Go, order all non-combatants in the division headquarters to assemble urgently, each of them will be issued with a rifle and two grenades, and then drive to the airport to strengthen the defense, in a word, the landline of the main seat must be guaranteed to land safely!" ”

After that, Division Commander Peng Bisheng said to the Chief of Staff: "Immediately inform the whole division of Commander-in-Chief Yue's telegram and let all the brothers listen to it!" Peng Bisheng was keenly aware that this telegram could definitely greatly boost the morale of all the officers and men of the 49th Division, and Yue Weihan deliberately sent this telegram before he flew to Mandalay, probably precisely for this purpose.

………… On the road from Mong Kung to Myitkyina, six armored vehicles were speeding forward.

In the compartment of one of the armored cars, Yue Weihan was holding a pencil in his hand and writing a suicide note on his knees: "The words are Liu Xin, Jade Fox, Huazi, Helen, Li Mengwu Ai: I am determined to live and die with all the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Army this time, if I don't succeed, I will become benevolent, I don't want you to stay together, it is really a dangerous battle, if I don't go, Mandalay is afraid of losing overnight!" What is a state? What is a nation? It's time to kill yourself! ”

As he wrote, Yue Weihan's eyes were moistened.

This trip to Mandalay is life or death, even he is not sure!

As the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Yue Weihan can choose not to go, but if he doesn't go, Mandalay will inevitably be lost, if he goes, Mandalay may still be lost, but no matter what the final outcome is, Yue Weihan has no regrets in his heart.

The gains and losses of Mandalay are directly related to the life and death of the Chinese nation!

As a soldier, as a man, Yue Weihan will never back down!

The only thing that broke Yue Weihan's soft intestines may be his five lovers.

As the saying goes, men don't flick when they have tears, but when they are not sad, they recall the ten thousand customs and affectionate feelings of Liu Xin's women, Yue Weihan is hard-hearted, and he can't help but feel like a knife at this moment, if he has a choice, why would he be willing to go to Mandalay for an adventure? If he had a choice, why would he face death head-on!?

However, as a soldier, there are always some responsibilities that must be borne!

In the same way, as a descendant of Yan and Huang, there are always some missions that must be fulfilled!

Life is precious, love is more valuable, if it is for the sake of the nation, both can be thrown, these words, not just beautiful words spoken in words, countless martyrs have proved their own defense with their blood, and also used their lives to carry out the historical mission as a descendant of Yan and Huang, Yue Weihan never dared to call himself a martyr, but he never forgot that he is also a descendant of Yan and Huang!

Seeing that there were tears in Yue Weihan's eyes, Luo Youlun, who was traveling with him, persuaded: "Boss, why don't you go?" ”

Compared with Luo Zhuoying's cowardice, Luo Youlun, Dai Anlan, Liao Yaoxiang and others are much more men, and after Yue Weihan decided to fly to Mandalay to supervise the battle, they also asked Ying to accompany him, however, Yue Weihan only agreed to Luo Youlun's request, but Dai Anlan and Liao Yaoxiang could not go, at this stage, the 200th Division and the new 22nd Division are still inseparable from their command.

"The telegrams have already been sent, and now it's too late to regret it." Yue Weihan shook his head, and suddenly asked Luo Youlun, "Brother Si Yang (Luo Youlun), are you afraid?" ”

"It's false to say that you're not afraid, but who isn't afraid of death?" Luo Youlun sighed as he spoke, and said, "But what's the use of being afraid?" Who made us soldiers, as soldiers, it is our natural mission to protect our home and defend the country, otherwise, why would the country and the people spend so much money to support us and spend so much equipment to arm us? ”

Yue Weihan patted Luo Youlun's shoulder and stopped talking, and then continued to write his suicide note.

Luo Youlun was obviously also infected by Yue Weihan, immediately took out a pen and notebook, and began to rustle to write a suicide note to his wife and children.

………… Morgan Building, New York, USA.

Helen said excitedly to the old American man in front of her: "Yes, I'm going to Burma, I don't want to stay in New York for a moment, I have to go back to him!" ”

"If you dare to go, I will deprive you of the qualification of the first heir." The old man of the United States will not compromise.

Helen smiled brightly, and said with infinite amorousness: "That's useless, grandpa, he is already a general now, and he will be a special general in the future, or even a marshal, he is rich and powerful in China, he will support me." ”

"Damn!" The old man of the United States roared angrily, "Then I will let the members of Congress initiate an urgent proposal to interrupt all aid to the national political axe!" All in all, I would never allow the heir of the Morgan family to marry a Chinese! ”

"Oh God." Helen rolled her eyes and said, "I don't think my dear grandpa is going to go crazy. ”

After that, Helen turned around and left, ignoring the thunderous old man in the United States, but after Helen left, the mood of the old man in the United States quickly stabilized, in fact, after entering the thirties, the position of the Morgan consortium has been greatly challenged by the oil tycoon Rockefeller consortium, and its influence on the American political axe has also declined sharply.

The current old Morgan can still have a huge impact on the members of Congress, but it is no longer enough to determine their attitude, not to mention, the current China is not only a member of the Allied forces, but also an important help for the US political axe to contain the military strength, at this time the US political axe will never reduce aid to China, this political vision of the old Morgan still has.

After a long time, the elder Morgan sighed, his only hope now is that his precious granddaughter's passion for the Chinese general can fade as soon as possible, but in order to ensure her safety, it is necessary for the Morgan consortium to exert influence and increase assistance to the Chinese expeditionary force.

………… South Sichuan, a small station along the Sichuan-Yunnan Highway.

The flow of people from the Field General Hospital directly under the 39th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army was slowly marching south along the highway.

In the past 10 days, a large number of trucks have been driving over from Yunnan every day, sometimes there are hundreds of trucks, and sometimes there are 50 or 60 trucks, and as soon as these convoys encounter the marching column of the 39 th Group Army, they will immediately turn around, and then pull the officers and men of the 39 th Group Army and go in the direction of Yunnan.

Over the past 10 days, more than 70,000 people from the Baoshan Division, the 181st Division, the New 6th Division, and the New 9th Division of the 39 Group have been mounted on trucks, and the marching speed is much faster than walking, and by this afternoon, more than 2,500 people of the 1st Regiment of the Forward Baoshan Division have arrived safely in Kunming, and the remaining five main regiments have also entered Yunnan.

However, the new 39th Division behind the palace was still far away in Yucheng, and it is said that Chairman Jiang detained it.

Suddenly, billowing smoke and dust rose on the winding dirt road ahead, and when Liu Yi, chief of the general staff of the 39th Group Army, who was marching with the field general hospital, hurriedly raised his binoculars to look, he saw that a convoy had driven out of the flying dust, Liu Yi hurriedly turned back to his attendant adjutant and said: "Pass my order, the field general hospital urgently assemble!" ”

Soon, more than 3,000 doctors, nurses and security personnel from the Field General Hospital had been urgently assembled.

The convoy that came this time had more than 500 trucks, and all of them were ten-wheeled Dodge trucks with a load of 2.5 tons, which was enough to transport all the personnel of the Field General Hospital away at one time, just when Liu Yi was about to order all the personnel to board the car, a jeep suddenly chased up from behind, and there were only three people sitting on it, Liu Xin, Yuhu and Li Meng.

The telepathy between lovers is really magical, when Yue Weihan decided to fly to Mandalay to supervise the war, Helen, who was far away in New York, felt great unease, and Chiba Hanako, Liu Xin, Jade Fox and Li Meng, who were marching on the Sichuan-Yunnan Highway, also felt great unease, and there seemed to be a voice in the power that kept calling them, telling them to go to Myanmar quickly.

………… Yunnan, Kunming Wujiaba Airport.

General Stilwell jumped out of the jeep in a frenzy and hurried into the Flying Tigers' base building.

Stilwell had just returned from the residence of Long Yun, chairman of Yunlong Province, and in the past ten days, the old man in the United States had been so busy that he had traveled to almost all the towns in Yunnan that were accessible by road, just to collect as many trucks as possible, and in the end, even Long Yun's car was rented by the old man in the United States.

However, after hearing that Yue Weihan was preparing to fly directly to Mandalay to supervise the battle, Stilwell was anxious.

"Quick, get me a plane!" As soon as Stilwell entered the building, he shouted, "I'm going to Myitkyina!" ”

Stilwell knew that the phone call would never stop Yue Weihan, he must immediately fly to Myitkyina to personally persuade Yue Weihan, there is still a huge difference in concepts between Americans and Chinese, for Yue Weihan, as long as it is for the country, for the nation, he can sacrifice everything, including life, but Stilwell does not think so.

(To be continued)