It was finally dark, and the Japanese army finally stopped attacking.

When the one-eyed dragon walked into the headquarters of the Patriarch Hall with a tired body, Xu Shijiu was talking to Feng Shengfa on the phone, and after saying a few words, Xu Shijiu hung up the phone and asked the one-eyed dragon: "Ah Long, the Japanese army has withdrawn?" ”

The one-eyed dragon nodded, and said weakly: "Well, Xiao Ri has withdrawn to Dongshan Bridge." ”

Xu 19 asked again: "What is the casualty situation of the 3rd Company?" What about equipment losses? ”

Replaced by other army commanders, the first question asked at this time must be how many devils have been killed and how much equipment has been captured, because this directly determines the merits of the battle, but Xu Shijiu is most concerned about not the number of enemies killed, but the casualties of his officers and soldiers.

The one-eyed dragon sighed: "Fifty-six brothers died, nine were seriously injured, and it is estimated that they will not be saved, and there are more than twenty brothers who have been slightly injured to varying degrees, and it is estimated that it is not a big problem to bandage them." After a pause, the one-eyed dragon continued, "The two old cattle assigned to our company by the brigade headquarters and the six imitation Czechs in our company have all been scrapped.

"What, all eight machine guns are scrapped?" Xu Jiu frowned and said, "How did you do it?" ”

"That's right, Xiao Ri was ruthless this time, rushing forward wave after wave without stopping, and the machine gun couldn't stop if he wanted to, so he could only keep strafing, strafing, and continuing to strafe." The one-eyed dragon said guiltily, "The barrel of the imitation Czech gun is burned red, and it can't be cold when you pee on it, and the old scalper doesn't have time to change the cold water, and it's all blown up." ”

After that, the one-eyed dragon sighed again, and said gloomily: "The two old cattle originally didn't blow up, but I was too careless, I didn't prepare enough cold water in advance, and when the stored cold water was exhausted, people could only go down the mountain to get water, but it was too late, and when the cold water was taken back, the two old cattle had already exploded." ’

Seeing that the one-eyed dragon's face was guilty, Xu Shijiu persuaded again: "Forget it, just blow it up, and I'll ask Shizuo for a few barrels when I go back." After that, Xu Shijiu patted the one-eyed dragon on the shoulder again, and said with concern, "Ah Long, you are also tired, go down to eat, sleep well after eating, it is estimated that there will be a fierce battle tomorrow." ”

The one-eyed dragon saluted Xu Shijiu, turned around and walked out of the ancestral hall towards the room.

Seeing the figure of the one-eyed dragon go away, Gu Wei suddenly said: "Captain, although the exact number of enemies killed has not been counted, it will not be less than two hundred, our nineteenth brigade killed more than two hundred little devils in one day, how can it be rewarded, right?" Do you want to stop making a phone call to the division seat, and he will ask the military seat and the commander-in-chief Tang for a commendation? ”

Xu Shijiu shook his head and said: "Forget about the reward, fighting devils is originally our job." ”

Gu Wei sighed and stopped talking, he was actually very aware of Xu Shijiu's hardships, his body was there, and he refused to let go of his views on the commission, even if he reported his exploits, even if the division seat interceded in front of the military seat and Commander-in-Chief Tang, the military seat and Commander-in-Chief Tang were afraid that there would be no substantive expression, and at most they would give a verbal reward

Xu 19 said again: "But you reminded me, I still have to go to the division headquarters, in addition to asking for the barrel, I also have to ask for Hu Jie's artillery platoon to come back, tomorrow Xiao Ri's offensive will only be more fierce than today, if there is no artillery support, even if all the machine guns of the whole brigade are scrapped, I am afraid that I will not be able to stop Xiao Ri Ben." ”

Gu Wei asked, "What about planting mines and night raids......

Xu Shijiu said: "Let Lu Yong take the 2nd Company to cooperate with Li Zihan to lay mines, and then let Gao Shenxing lead the guard platoon to a night attack, and hit him if he has the opportunity, forget it if he doesn't have a chance, don't be reckless." ”

"Haode, I'll arrange it." Gu Wei turned around and walked out of the Patriarch Palace.

Xu Shijiu also hurriedly left the ancestral hall with the black blind man, and was about to walk the mountain road to the main peak of Niushou Mountain, but met a female student, who was one of the two female students who had to stay as a battlefield ambulance doctor yesterday, Xu Shijiu remembered that her name was Li Yulan, and she seemed to be a college student at Jinling Women's University.

"Captain Xu, I want to take a leave of absence." Li Yulan smiled at Xu Shijiu, and two small dimples appeared at the corners of her mouth.

Xu Shijiu sighed slightly in his heart, when more than a dozen boys and two female students insisted on staying yesterday, although Xu Shijiu was angry on the surface, he was still very happy in his heart, although these intellectuals were not trained and could not fight, but it was still very useful to stay, at this time, seeing Wang Yuban making an excuse to leave, Xu Shijiu couldn't help but be a little disappointed in his heart.

"Okay." Xu Shijiu nodded, and said, "But now that the Japanese army has reached the foot of Niushou Mountain, the road under the mountain is no longer safe, so let's do it, anyway, I have to go to the division headquarters, why don't you go with me to the main peak of Niushou Mountain first, and then go down the mountain from the northern foot of Niushou Mountain, it should be safer to go this way." ”

"Captain Xiexie." Wang Yulan naturally agreed.

Although Wang Yulan has not been with the wounded in the Guanyin Hall for a long time, she has heard a lot of battle stories about Xu 19 from Ergua and their mouths, Wang Yulan is eighteen years old, and she is in the season like a flower, at this time she worships heroes the most, and can get in close contact with a combat hero like Xu 19, Wang Yulan is naturally excited.

However, on the way to the main peak of Niushou Mountain, Wang Yulan asked Li Zihan about it vigorously.

"Captain, does Team Leader Li Zihan Li have a wife named Qin Yuzhen?"

"Captain, I heard that squad leader Li's fiancée also went to Shanghai and joined the medical team?"

"Captain, I heard that you retreated from Shanghai and encountered a sneak attack by the Japanese army when you passed through Kunshan? Several brothers and two female nurses were also sacrificed, one of whom was the fiancée of squad leader Li? ”

"Oh my God, just meeting is life and death, squad leader Li must be sad.

Xu Shijiu has a good deal with Wang Yulan, he has already seen that this little girl is in love with Li Zihan nine times out of ten, so she will be interested in his affairs, it is not strange to think about it, such a poignant and beautiful aiqing story as Li Zihan and Qin Yuzhen is indeed very easy to move the little girl.

What's more, Li Zihan is indeed very heroic.

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The headquarters of the 58th Division was set up in a natural cave on the northern slope of the eastern peak of Niushou Mountain, and there were dense mountain vines at the entrance of the cave.

When Xu Shijiu walked into the cave, Feng Shengfa had just finished talking to Yu Jishi on the phone, I don't know what Yu Jishi said to Feng Shengfa on the phone, after hanging up the phone, Feng Shengfa's expression was very serious, his brows were furrowed and he looked at the map silently, until Xu Shijiu walked into the cave and reported loudly, Feng Shengfa was awakened.

Seeing Xu Jiu, Feng Shengfa's expression softened slightly, and he said, "Ah Jiu, are you here?" ”

Xu Shijiu walked up to Feng Shengfa and stood still, and asked in a low voice, "Master, the battle situation is not optimistic?" ”

Feng Shengfa nodded solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "The battle situation is indeed not optimistic, today is the first day of the Japanese army's attack on the southeast position, your 19th Brigade has suffered half a company, Qiu Weida's 306th Regiment was also attacked by the Japanese army in Hushu Town, and also lost half a company, and Ji Hongru's 301st Regiment guarding Songshu lost a battalion!" ”

After a pause, Feng Shengfa said again: "But I still want to praise you, the 19th Brigade fought well in Zutang Mountain, Gu Wei has just reported the number of killed enemies, I really didn't expect you to kill more than 200 devils, Ji Hongru's 301st Regiment lost 500 people in Songshu, and only killed and injured more than 200 Japanese soldiers." ”

Xu Shijiu originally didn't plan to mention the commendation, but since Feng Shengfa took the initiative to mention it, he took the boat and said: "Master, can you give a report to Commander-in-Chief Tang, just call the commendation, meritorious service, medals or something, don't want it, but you have to give a pension to the fallen soldiers and injured brothers, right?" ”

Feng Shengfa said: "You report the list of fallen soldiers, and the pension will naturally be distributed by the National Government." ”

Xu Shijian Jiu said: "Master, it's not that I don't trust the National Government, but you also know what the National Government is doing." ”

Since the founding of the Nationalist Government, military expenditures have remained high, and the years with the least expenditures also accounted for more than half of the total fiscal revenues, and after the full-scale outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, military expenditures increased to several times the fiscal revenues.

If they are unable to issue a pension, they can only send an official letter and ask the families of the officers and soldiers who have died in battle to take this official letter stamped with the big seal of the Ministry of Military Affairs to the local government government to ask for money, but the local government offices in various localities are also unable to make ends meet, and they cannot even collect all kinds of taxes sent to the central government, and where can they get the money to pay pensions to the families of the officers and soldiers who have died in battle?

Therefore, the so-called pensions issued by the government are actually all blank slips that cannot be cashed.

As a matter of fact, after the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the death of more than 3 million Nationalist troops, the Nationalist Government did not issue even a penny of pensions to ordinary officers and soldiers.

In other words, more than half of the free financial aid of the United States fell into the private pockets of the four major families, so much so that after the end of World War II, the newly elected US President Harry S. Truman would be so angry that he would openly scold the high-ranking officials of the Kuomintang, especially Chairman Chiang, that they should all be put in prison.

Of course, Feng Shengfa knew that the families of the fallen officers and soldiers could not receive pensions at all with official letters, but he was also helpless, and sighed: "Ah Jiu, I'll try my best, but you shouldn't have too much hope, and even if Commander-in-Chief Tang agrees, I'm afraid the amount of the bonus will not be too much." ”

"One thing is a little bit, and it's better than nothing after all." Xu Jiujiu sighed, "To be honest, it's really not easy for the brothers, they abandoned their wives and children, left their parents behind, and handed over their lives to the party-state, the party-state doesn't care about them, but those of us who are governors can't ignore it, right?" ”