Chapter 45: Despair

Dean, Commander of the L Corps.

The air in the war room seemed to be stagnant, several group army commanders and army commanders were watching Xue Yue, several combat staff officers were holding their breath, and even the ticking sound in the telecommunications room next door seemed to have become softer, and the communication staff officers who entered and exited the communication room were almost walking on tiptoe.

In the silence of the war room, only the click of the clock could be heard clearly.

In the middle of the night in De'an in October, it was already a little chilly, but Wu Yizhi, chief of staff of the L Corps, had a bean-sized sweat on his forehead, and he was in a hurry.

Xue Yue, on the other hand, stood in front of the big map with his hands behind his back.

For four whole hours, Xue Yue had been standing there, and his posture had not even changed, if it weren't for the hands behind his back that were subconsciously clenching, relaxing, clenching, and relaxing, people who had just walked in here would even mistake it for a realistic statue.

At a certain moment, Xue Yue finally turned his head and said, "It's okay."

Wu Yizhi was relieved and almost rushed into the communication room.

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Wanjialing, this is the closest Xu Shijiu has come to death, but in the end, he still did not die.

Seeing Xu 19 leading more than a dozen veterans to stride down the mountain, hundreds of Japanese soldiers who rushed up the hillside pulled the bolt of their guns one after another and withdrew the bullets from the chambers, these Japanese soldiers had been completely brainwashed by militaristic ideas, and they were more enthusiastic about destroying the opponent's will to resist mentally than physical destruction.

And white-knuckle warfare is undoubtedly the best means to destroy the opponent's will to resist.

However, when there were still a few dozen meters left between the two miles, a fierce burst of gunfire suddenly sounded in the valley to the right of the high mountain tip.

At this time, the ammunition of the 19th Brigade had been basically exhausted, and the entire high mountain peak position was silent, so the sound of this burst of gunfire seemed unusually abrupt and unusually clear, and Gao Shenxing and several other experienced veterans could tell at once that it was clearly the sound of the Czech machine gun of the national army, not the crooked machine gun of Little Japan.

"Reinforcements" Li Zihan was the first to react, tearing open his throat and yelling, "It's our reinforcements that have arrived"

Xu Shijiu instinctively stopped, and more than a dozen remnants behind him also stopped, and then turned their heads to look in the direction where the gunshots came from, and the little Japanese also found that something was wrong, and another flare screamed into the air, and with the dazzling strong light, it could be clearly seen that the black-pressed national army was rushing from the valley on the right like a tide.

At the forefront of the national army's soldiers, a blue sky and white sun flag is fluttering in the wind.

"The national army, haha, it's really the national army"

"Grandma, damn reinforcements are finally here."

"Damn, these bastards are really picky."

More than a dozen remnants of the soldiers immediately cheered, and they were all overjoyed.

Li Zihan even asked Gao Shenxing proudly: "Old Gao, what do you say?" ”

Gao Shenxing just snorted coldly, and didn't pay attention to it at all, if the reinforcements didn't appear at this time, maybe it would be better, but when they appeared at this time, they could only confirm his guess, Xu Shijiu's face also dimmed, and there was even a look of despair in his eyes, yes, despair, Xu Shijiu was really desperate at this moment.

For the national army and the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Shijiu felt unprecedented pessimism.

A moment later, the two sides met near the top of the mountain, but at this time the small Japanese had already divided their forces, and the main force had turned around and went down the mountain to block the reinforcements of the national army, and only less than 100 people continued to go up the mountain, trying to seize the top of the mountain, and the Japanese soldiers of No. 70 or 80 intercepted more than a dozen remnants of the 19th Brigade and launched a fierce white-knuckle fight.

Xu Shijiu held the bayonet with both hands, killed one person in one step, and walked forward with blood.

In less than a moment, six Japanese soldiers had fallen under Xu Nineteen's bayonet, which was equivalent to the assassination of the ninth section of the sword, and Jishu was definitely not a joke, but Xu Nineteen's body was also covered with blood grooves, except for the fact that he would instinctively dodge, and the rest he was too lazy to hide, at this moment, Xu Nineteen only wanted to die in battle.

"Captain, be careful" A miserable scream sounded from behind Xu Shijiu.

Suddenly turned around, only to see a Japanese soldier holding a bayonet and about to stab Xu 19, Xu 19 slid forward, cut the throat of the Japanese soldier with a backhand, and then looked down, only to see that Li Zihan had fallen in a pool of blood, he was stabbed in the abdomen, and the blood was bubbling out like a spring, and he blocked a knife for Xu 19.

"Zihan?" Xu Shijiu squatted down and helped Li Zihan up from the ground.

Li Zihan had already found out that Xu Nineteen had a will to die, so he shook his head desperately and begged: "Captain, don't give up, don't give up, no matter how corrupt the national government is, no matter how serious the factions of the national army are, don't give up, okay, don't forget that we are the 19th Brigade, the 19th Brigade that can't be defeated or dragged down." ”

"Don't give up, I promise you will never give up, and you can't give up either."

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Iino Kenten was stunned and looked at the national army that was killing all over the mountains, and he couldn't react for a long time.

One step, just one step away, the Iino United team is about to take the main peak of the high mountain, and the life channel of Wanjialing is about to be opened, but the reinforcements of the national army have arrived, which is too frustrating, too desperate, and now it is so depressed, Iino Kenten almost blew up his lungs.

Although the Japanese machine guns on the hills on both sides quickly turned their guns and blocked the reinforcements of the Nationalist army, it was a pity that the heavy machine gun squadrons of the little Japanese had been fighting for a day and a night, and several 92 heavy machine guns had been blown up one after another because of the overheating of the barrels, and there were few bullets left, and the weak suppression of fire could not stop the charge of the Nationalist troops.

The battle has reached this point, and the Iino Wing has actually reached the end of the strong crossbow, which was all supported by a breath of qi before, but now as soon as this breath is released, the morale immediately falls into the valley to admit his mistake, Iino Ken has no choice but to withdraw the main force of the wing that has attacked the main peak of the high mountain pinnacle, and turn to the defense on the spot, while sending someone to Matsuura Junrokuro for urgent help.

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Before Junrokuro Matsuura received the news of Kenten Iino asking for help, he was still thinking about breaking through.

Because Iino Kenten had already sent someone back to report that Gao Shanjian had been taken, and Wanjialing would soon be opened, in order to open Wanjialing as soon as possible and realize the tactical intention of converging with the first division, Matsuura Junrokuro even took great pains to transfer more than 1,000 infantry from the remaining three infantry wings, preparing to strengthen the Iino wing.

However, Matsuura Junrokuro's delusions were shattered in the face of cruel reality, and when he learned that the reinforcements of the national army had arrived at Wanjialing and re-stabilized the Takayama sharp defensive line, Matsuura Junrokuro was speechless for a long time, and Akiyama Yoshitaka shouted several times, and Matsuura Junrokuro finally recovered a little from the boundless despair.

Xue Yue finally opened his hidden hole card at the moment of zuihou and gave little Japan the heaviest mental blow

"Akiyama-san, there is no hope of breaking through." Junrokuro Matsuura sighed, as if he had aged a few years all of a sudden, and said weakly to Yoshitaka Akiyama, "Send a report to Your Excellency the Commander, our division is unable to break through the encirclement, and will turn to the defense on the spot, and I implore Your Excellency the Commander to mobilize heavy troops to come to the rescue......"

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Xue Yue's forbearance not only gave Matsuura Junrokuro a heavy spiritual blow, but also Okamura Ninji.

After receiving the telegram from Junrokuro Matsuura, Okamura Ninji silently walked out of the office, came to the courtyard and looked up at the starry sky for a long time without speaking, Chief of Staff Yoshimoto Sadachi brought a coat to put on for Okamura, Okamura was also unconscious, this is the heaviest blow Okamura Ninji has suffered since joining the army, and the old devil was almost stunned.

The so-called god of war, the so-called god of war, are actually all blown out.

Whether it is Xue Yue or Okamura Ningji, in the final analysis, they are human beings after all, and they have the limit to bear them, and they will be depressed in the face of a huge blow, and they will be depressed, the only difference is that the strong can come out quickly, while the weak will always be immersed in depression and unable to extricate themselves, and will sink completely from then on.

Okamura Ninji was able to come to this day and make a great name in the small Japanese military circles, of course, he was not a weak person.

After standing in the courtyard for half an hour, Okamura Ninji finally came out of his depression and returned to the war room.

Staff officer Sadaichi Motoyoshimoto and more than a dozen staff officers all looked at Okamura Ningji with blank eyes, the fate of the Matsuura division has hung by a thread, although Matsuura Junrokuro has not yet sent a farewell message, but everyone knows that the destruction of the Matsuura division is only a matter of time, a formed division is annihilated, this is a big deal, save it or not?

If you don't save it, how can you explain it to the commander of the repertory army and the base camp?

But if it is saved, where will reinforcements be sent from? It is conservatively estimated that it is absolutely impossible to rescue the Songpu Division from the vicinity of Wanjialing without more than two divisions, but the problem is that the troops of the 1st Army have almost been used up, and it is already very difficult to maintain the offensive now, so where can so many troops be mobilized?

"Your Excellency Commander......" Yoshimoto took two steps forward, as if he wanted to say something.

Okamura Ninji raised his hand to interrupt Yoshimoto Sadachi, he knew what Yoshimoto Sadachi wanted to say, Yoshimoto Sadachi just wanted to say that once the Matsuura Division was completely annihilated, it would become the worst defeat since the full-scale outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, not only a shame for the L's Army, but also an indelible stain on his Okamura Ninji's resume

Okamura Ninji doesn't want to hear this now, although the current situation is frustrating and even desperate, but after all, it has not reached the worst level, although the Matsuura Division has lost the ability to break through, there are still nearly 10,000 remnants, and it is no problem to be trapped in a corner for three to five days, so there is still room for redemption in the situation.