Volume 1: The Battle of Songhu Chapter 51 The Price of Blood
"Nani? All the ammunition was blown up? Tomorrow the artillery will not be able to enter the battle? ”
Kusaba Tatsumi doesn't care that more than a dozen cannons are destroyed, because the artillery group gathered here is nearly two hundred cannons, and a dozen are missing, but if the artillery can't participate in the battle, then the problem is serious, which means that tomorrow his troops will have to attack the national army without artillery coordination, how many casualties will this have?
Hirata Kenyoshi was speechless, this is actually his underestimation of the enemy, originally according to the artillery drill code, the shells must be placed in the underground shelter department, and the construction standard of the underground shelter department is also very high, requiring at least 500 kg of heavy bombs to bombard, but Hirata Kenyoshi judged that the national army would be quickly defeated, and the artillery position would soon move forward, and he did not think that the national army's more than a dozen mountain guns could pose a threat to his artillery position, so he was unwilling to spend too much effort to build standard fortifications in accordance with the artillery code, Just stacked the shells in the open air in four places, and the result was easy for the attacking national army to find out, and then the national army only sacrificed a dozen people, and only a dozen grenades were used to blow up four ammunition storage points.
After staying in Kozhuzhuang for less than ten minutes, Kusaba Tatsumi rushed away angrily with a dozen senior officers, and Hirata Kenyoshi naturally did not really choose to cut his stomach to the emperor, but none of the more than 600 Japanese soldiers, including more than a dozen lieutenants, were spared, and all of them stabbed their sabers or bayonets into their abdomen after the solemn caesarean section.
Inevitably, there will be a few timid officers and soldiers, who scream like pigs with only a little skin pierced with bayonets, and Zuihou can only be assisted by others to cut off their heads with sabers, which is the cruel punishment of little Japan for the cowardly, the cowardly will be beheaded, and the soul will never be able to return to the homeland to rest in peace.
Liu Zhi was defeated by the Japanese army in the Battle of Pinghan Road last year, known as the long-legged general, this nickname is really not given in vain, as early as the Central Plains War that year, this duke has shown the strength of being extremely good at saving life, he let people dig this tunnel in Xiaozhuzhuang is very level, and there is a big bend in the middle.
As a result, the little Japanese who chased out in the direction of the first half of the tunnel pounced, and Xu 19 and the remnants of the 19th Brigade successfully escaped from the other direction after blowing up the second half of the tunnel.
Xu 19 didn't know that his 19th Brigade had caused more than 600 Japanese casualties after the battle, and he was sighing for the figure of Liao Luo behind him, a fully reinforced company with half a guard platoon, nearly 400 veterans, and in the end there were less than 50 people who could escape alive with him.
After this battle, the 19th Brigade was once again wounded, and the strength of a company was less than one company if it was counted as the personnel left behind.
And this time, the 19th Brigade wants to recover again, but I am afraid that it will not be as easy as last time, after the last time the defense of Nanjing, although the national army is also seriously injured, but in fact, there are still a large number of veterans surviving, the 19th Brigade quickly recovered its combat effectiveness after replenishing more than 500 veterans such as Zhang Youquan.
But this time, it is no longer possible to have so many veterans to supplement the 19th Brigade, although there are still more than 100 people left in the 19th Brigade, most of them are just donkey Erdan, Niu Lewa, barely able to be regarded as veterans, and there are less than 50 veterans left in the real sense like Gao Shenxing and Black Blind Man.
There are fewer and fewer experienced veterans, the quality of recruits who can be replenished is getting worse and worse, and the War of Resistance continues, and the vitality of the entire Chinese nation is also being consumed sharply.
When Xu Jiuzheng was frowning, Wang Xiaomu, who was walking in front, suddenly fell down without warning.
"Xiaomu, Xiaomu?" Several familiar veterans hurriedly stepped forward to pick up Wang Xiaomu, and at this moment, Wang Xiaomu's swarthy face had become pale, and the person passed out, Xu Shijiu immediately realized that something was wrong, and Gao Shen acted faster than him, and untied Wang Xiaomu's military uniform in one fell swoop.
Wang Xiaomu's abdomen is wrapped in a canvas belt, before going to the battlefield, many veterans will wrap a canvas belt in the abdomen, although the canvas belt is not enough to block bullets, but it has a certain defense ability against bounce, and the abdomen is the most vulnerable part of the human body, so wrapping a canvas belt in the abdomen can increase a certain chance of survival.
Wang Xiaomu's canvas belt was already stained with blood, but there was no bullet hole, so it should have been wrapped later.
Gao Shenxing directly picked up the canvas belt with a bayonet, and found that Wang Xiaomu had a tiny wound in the upper left abdomen.
Turning over Wang Xiaomu's body, there was also a small eye on his back, and he didn't seem to have shed much blood.
But Xu Shijiu knew that Wang Xiaomu actually didn't bleed less, but it flowed into the abdominal cavity, looking at Wang Xiaomu's face, I was afraid that the blood on his body was almost gone, Gao Shenxing flattened Wang Xiaomu, and said with a gloomy expression: "It seems that the liver and spleen have been pierced, and the internal bleeding is heavy, and it will definitely not be saved." ”
More than forty veterans surrounded them, all of them looked gloomy, they never wanted to see such a situation, seeing that they had already stood out, seeing that they had come back alive, but they fell to Zuihou who returned to the barracks at the moment, the most unbearable scene on the battlefield was this scene, except for Wang Yidao, who was also unconscious, all the veterans silently took off their military hats.
Wang Xiaomu woke up and turned around, he quickly realized something from the eyes of his comrades-in-arms, and crystal tears flowed out of his eyes at that time, all said that the will of the veterans of the national army was harder than steel, and they all said that the veterans of the national army were very cold, but it was on the battlefield, and when they got off the battlefield, they were actually all human beings, and they were also nostalgic for life and afraid of death like ordinary people.
"Captain, I don't want to die, woo woo, I really don't want to die......" Wang Xiaomu cried while crying.
"Good brother, you won't die, you really won't, it's just a small injury." Xu Jiujiu held Wang Xiaomu's outstretched hand and clenched it very hard, but he choked up and said, "I'll take you back to the station, let Cao Jiao treat your wounds, and then send you back to Shangqiu tomorrow and hand it over to the rear field hospital, and you will get better soon." ”
Gao Shenxing also squatted down beside Wang Xiaomu, with a rare smile on his always cold face, and said, "Let's wait for you to come back and kill Little Japan together."
Zhang Youquan and more than 40 veterans also came forward to comfort Wang Xiaomu.
Wang Xiaomu was still crying vigorously, couldn't he hear that his comrades-in-arms were just comforting him? Thinking that he would soon leave this shijie forever, and thinking that he would never wake up from this sleep, Wang Xiaomu was inexplicably afraid, and he held Xu Shijiu's hands tightly, as if he would fall into darkness forever as soon as he let go.
However, a wave of sleepiness hit like a tide, and Wang Xiaomu's upper and lower eyelids began to fight constantly, and finally, he couldn't resist the invasion of the next wave of sleepiness, slowly closed his eyelids, and fell asleep forever.
Seeing Wang Xiaomu's eyelids slowly closed, the expression on his face became calm, Xu Shijiu also burst into tears, he didn't hide it at all, in front of more than forty veterans, crying in public, Xu Shijiu has experienced the departure of many, many comrades-in-arms, but it was all on the battlefield where bullets rained, and there were not many people who quietly watched their comrades-in-arms leave like this.
It is said that it is easy to die generously, and it is difficult to be righteous calmly, but who knows, seeing that the battle is over, seeing that they have already escaped this death, but they have to watch their comrades die silently, this is the most painful, and it is difficult for people who have not experienced it to understand this distress.
Rao is Xu Shijiu's heart is harder than iron, and at this moment, he can't help but wonder if he should take his brothers to the battlefield? What is the point of waging this war? Wang Xiaomu and thousands of brothers who died in battle, did their blood and the price they paid worth?
He turned his head, his guilty eyes swept over the faces of more than 40 veterans one by one, but he kept saying to himself in his heart that if a country and a nation want to maintain their dignity and not be bullied by other countries, they must pay the price of blood, and if the Chinese nation wants not to be enslaved by little Japan, it must fight, and it must pay the price of blood.
And the thousands of Wang Xiaomu who died in the war are the heavy price paid by the Chinese nation, even if there is no Wang Xiaomu, there must be Li Xiaomu, Zhang Xiaomu, as long as it is on the stall, no one can escape, including him Xu Shijiu, as long as he is on the stall, he will not hesitate to give his life, even if he is also afraid of death in his heart, he is also greedy for life.
Including Gao Shenxing, more than forty veterans also had complicated expressions, and their wills were also a little shaken.
Xu Shijiu knew that he had to say something, he had to cheer up the will of these veterans, otherwise, even if these dozens of veterans survived, it would be almost like they were dead, this is actually psychological counseling, people are flesh and blood after all, there will always be a limit to bear, once the limit is exceeded, if it is not timely and counseled, there will definitely be problems.
An army must rest after every major war, and this is because of this reason.
But now the 19th Brigade or the 58th Division has no chance to rest, so it must rely on the guidance of officers.
"Brothers, I won't talk about the big truth, in fact, I can't say it, because I don't understand any big truth, I just want to ask you, are you willing to live without dignity, and are you willing to have your wife and daughter humiliated by little Japan? Do you want your descendants to be enslaved by little Japan like your grandson? I don't want to anyway. ”
The veterans' eyes became firm again, because Xu Shijiu's words hit the nail on the head.
It is useless to talk about the Great Dao if you tell them that you are not of my race and their hearts will be different, but as long as you tell them that little Japan will bully their wives and daughters and enslave their children and grandchildren after occupying China, they will suddenly be gone.
Chinese have two very serious plots, one is the local complex, many people would rather die than leave their homeland, the other is the kinship complex, especially their own children, many people will not hesitate to exchange their lives for their children's lives Now that little Japan is not only destroying their hometown, but also bullying their children, how can they not jump?