In the field hospital of the new Second Division, which was rebuilt from Lin'an National Primary School, Zhang Dongning helped Wu Ming, who had just woken up, out of the ward and down the corridor to the next room.

Wu Ming's body was extremely weak, and he staggered when he walked, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

When he came to the door of the ward, Zhang Dongning stopped and whispered to Wu Ming: "Master, Chengyuan is inside."

Wu Ming gently pushed open the door of the ward, only to see Cheng Yuan's eyes closed, lying quietly on the bed, his body did not move, only his chest rose and fell slightly.

Wu Ming walked in slowly, came to the side of the bed, bent down, stretched out his hand under Chengyuan's nose, felt the slightest heat, and the big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Zhang Dongning brought a chair from outside and placed it at the head of Chengyuan's bed.

The ward was very quiet, Wu Ming supported himself, tidied up the quilt covered by Chengyuan, sat down and took a closer look, and opened the conversation box by himself:

"Chengyuan, we've known each other for eight years, right? If it hadn't been for the fact that the Elder Bingzhen had brought you to rescue me, I'm afraid I would have lost all my bones. Those days at the Taoist Temple were the most relaxing for me......"

Wu Ming's face was full of reminiscence, and after a while, he said leisurely:

"Chengyuan, you have to wake up quickly, you kid is not over, there are still many things you haven't seen in this flower world, and you haven't tasted a lot of food...... And women, your kid hasn't even touched his mother-in-law's hand, is life too boring? ”

Wu Ming babbled and said, tears falling involuntarily.

Zhang Dongning comforted: "Master, Dean Steve said that the operation was very successful, and all four pieces of shrapnel and two bullets were taken out of the body. Chengyuan is in very good health, he has passed the dangerous period, and now he will see if he can wake up. ”

Wu Ming nodded.

The years have passed, and after the war, Wu Ming has seen too many lives and deaths, and now only a few people can make him so moved.

Zhang Dongning leaned down, leaned into Wu Ming's ear and said, "Chengyuan needs to rest well...... Shizao, you have just woken up now, your body is very weak, let's go back Shiza, you are our backbone, now whether it is the new second division or the temporary third division, both the new second division and the temporary third division have suffered heavy losses, if you don't recover quickly, how can the reconstruction of the army be carried out? ”

Wu Ming was as good as a stream, stood up and gently stroked Chengyuan's quilt with his hand, and was about to take a step, when his body shook, the sky was dizzy, and Zhang Dongning's eyes were quick to support Wu Ming.

Wu Ming turned his head and glanced at Chengyuan reluctantly, which allowed Zhang Dongning to support him and move forward.

Walking out of Chengyuan's ward, Wu Ming's mood calmed down a little, his mind was clear for a while, and he suddenly remembered the Japanese pursuers who had bitten behind his ass these days, and quickly turned his head and asked anxiously: "Dongning, where is the Japanese army now?" ”

Hearing Wu Ming's question, Zhang Dongning's expression suddenly became stiff, he subconsciously turned his face away, coughed twice, and turned his head with a smile on his face:

"Master, you can rest assured. Your plan to flood the Seventh Army wiped out the Osaka Wing of the Japanese Army at once, and the Seventh Division also lost most of it...... It seems that they are all afraid of our new second division."

Wu Ming stared at Zhang Dongning with his eyes, not believing his nonsense at all.

Although the calculation of replacing soldiers with water is a stroke of genius, but Japan is extremely fierce, and the idea of allegiance to the Japanese emperor has been deeply rooted, will they stop because they are afraid of death?

Wu Ming's eyebrows furrowed, and his tone became more and more stern: "Zhang Dongning, now is the critical moment for the survival of my teachers and students, the military situation is urgent, we will delay for one more minute, I don't know how many officers and soldiers died at the guns of the Japanese army on the front line, tell me the truth, where have the Japanese troops arrived now?" ”

Zhang Dongning smiled on the ground and reported: "Division, now the front line is under the unified command of Luo Yuming, the commander of the first brigade, and the commander of the supplementary brigade, Major General Yin Di, is on the side, so don't worry about this...... Steve said, you need to rest well now, and you must not overexert yourself."

", now in this situation, how can you let me go?"

Wu Ming shouted angrily: "Zhang Dongning, let me ask you again, where is the Japanese army now?"

"Don't be angry, it's hurtful"

Seeing that Wu Ming was furious, Zhang Dongning did not dare to hide it anymore, and reported: "Although we have eliminated no less than 10,000 Japanese troops in the Qingshan Gorge through the strategy of flooding the Seventh Army, according to the report of the reconnaissance force, the commander of the Seventh Division, Lieutenant General Sonobe and Ichiro, escaped by chance, and he is currently on the line of Yuanbao Mountain and Laohu Mountain south of Guandi Lane in the east of the gorge to collect the remnants. ”

At the same time, the Fourth Division sent two more wings from Hangzhou to disembark at Yuhang by water. There is also the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, although they participated in the Linhang War only one brigade (the rest participated in the Nanjing Operation), but it is a relatively intact unit in each department, and its vanguard has converged with the search force of Sonobe and Ichiro. The Japanese army is menacing, and there is a great momentum that we will not give up until our army is destroyed."

"What about the Second Division?" Wu Ming asked.

Zhang Dongning reported: "After continuous operations, our artillery regiment ran out of ammunition, and the task I gave Luo Changling to defend the south bank of Zhongshaoxi for two days and two nights has been overfulfilled, so I took advantage of the defeat of the Japanese Osaka Wing and the Seventh Division to break away from the battle and retreat to Lin'an. After a day and a night, the Japanese army realized that the situation was not right, and Okamura Ninji immediately commanded the troops to cross the Zhongshao River. At present, the 2nd Division is approaching the periphery of Lin'an......"

"The situation is so critical, you still say it's okay?"

Wu Ming snorted heavily and pushed away Zhang Dongning, who was holding him.

Regarding Wu Ming's dissatisfaction, Zhang Dongning was a little helpless, and hurriedly explained: "Shizao, we are not alone now, the day after you fell unconscious, reinforcements arrived. At present, the 55th Division, the 128th Division, and the Provisional Sixth Division have built defensive positions on the Lion Mountain, Qinshan, and Quankou lines north of Lin'an to resist the 2nd Division. ”

At the same time, the 45th Division, the 52nd Division, the 4th Provisional Division, and the 5th Provisional Division were already deployed in the Qingshan Gorge. There are seven divisions in the front, and for our division, we can at least gain about two days to rest and recuperate, and at present the regiments are drawing troops from the militia regiments to replenish the attrition, but it is estimated that it will take time to restore combat strength."

"Confused, the battle situation is so bad, how can you rest?"

Wu Ming was angry: "There are not many soldiers, even if the four regiments are combined into two regiments, at this time, they can't suddenly accept so many recruits, do you want to fight hard?" In addition, how could the motley corps of the 55th Division resist the Japanese attack? They maintain law and order, and I'm worried about whether they will disturb the people

Without waiting for Zhang Dongning to answer, Wu Ming continued to ask: "Have the people been transferred?" ”

Zhang Dongning nodded: "After discussing with Xuan Tiewu, Huang Shao thought that so many people were crowded in Lin'an, and there was no other use except for consuming food in vain, so he vigorously mobilized the people to move to Chun'an and southern Anhui, and our political propaganda team has done a very good job, and has recruited more than 4,000 students and more than 3,000 skilled workers in Lin'an so far." Two days ago, under the protection of our engineers and officers and men of the militia regiment, we went to Songxi and Xianming Mountain to the narrow stream by the Fuchun River, where we boarded a boat and returned to Maoliangwu. ”

"Just withdraw"

Wu Ming breathed a long sigh of relief: "It's good that the people are gone, so that we don't have to worry about the future, but our wounded must also be transferred immediately." I think the Japanese army will attack soon, and if we don't prepare now, no one will be able to leave when the Japanese army reaches the city of Lin'an."

Zhang Dongning smiled slightly: "Please rest assured, the wounded have already set off, the stretcher team will go west from the Hanghui Highway to Yuqianhou, take a boat from Tianmu River to the Fuchun River, and then go to Changshan and Maoliangwu In addition, our anti-aircraft artillery and infantry artillery units have run out of shells and have all been transferred. ”

Wu Ming's face eased a lot, Zhang Dongning did things really well, and handled military affairs in an orderly manner during the time he was in a coma, which was even better than he imagined.

Subsequently, Wu Ming asked about the situation in Nanjing.

Zhang Dongning introduced that after the Japanese army was frustrated in the first attack on Lishui, it immediately adjusted its tactics, prepared to make a detour to Gaochun, seized Wuhu and Dangtu to the west, and then followed the Nanjing-Wuhu railway, and went north to attack Nanjing.

Compared with the victory in Lishui and the southern region, the situation in the north is less optimistic.

In terms of Jurong, the Japanese army attacked the frontal defense line of the Chinese defenders with one division, and the main force was divided into two routes, attacking Tuqiao Town and Mumachang, and detouring from Tuqiao to Xintang to cut off the return route of Jurong's troops, and Jurong fell with it. The Japanese army attacking the horse ranch invaded Mengtang from the northern foot of Jiuhua Mountain, and then entered Dahu Mountain. The Japanese army attacking from Tuqiao Town entered Suoshu Town and conducted a powerful search for the Chunhua position, and a large number of Japanese planes took turns bombing the town.

On the Zhenjiang side, the Japanese Yamada Detachment and the Tiangu Detachment stormed the defensive line held by the 83rd Army, and the battle has now entered a white heat, and due to the lack of reinforcements, the situation in Zhenjiang is very dangerous, and it may fall at any time.

"Have the citizens of Nanjing finished evacuating?" Wu Ming asked again.

Zhang Dongning said: "Since the fall of Wuxing and Wuxi, there has been a large-scale exodus of Nanjing citizens, and about 200,000 people have been evacuated from Nanjing so far. However, when Japanese fighter planes attacked Wuhu two days ago, they blew up and sank the British Dehe and Datong two wheelers, and yesterday the US Navy's Panay Island gunboat was also attacked and sunk by Japanese planes on the river near Nanjing, and this gave the Nationalist Government hope that the Chinese incident would be internationalized. Chairman Chiang telegraphed an order in Wuhan to strictly control the flight of the citizens of Nanjing, so as not to affect the morale of the defenders. Chairman Chiang's order for the defenders of Nanjing was to hold out for a month and wait for changes in the international situation. ”

"It's the tune again"

Wu Ming stroked his forehead and shook his head and sighed: "Could it be that the results of the Brussels Conference and the bitter lessons of the later stage of the Battle of Songhu still can't make Chairman Jiang wake up?" In the face of the threat of the Germans, the British were too busy to take care of themselves in Europe, isolationism was rife in the United States, and the American capitalists were pinning their hopes on the war to get the United States out of the economic crisis. Always holding unrealistic illusions, our Chairman Jiang is dizzy"

"What then?" Zhang Dongning was anxious.

"Let's keep getting the word out"

Wu Ming shook his head helplessly: "Let the intelligence department distribute more leaflets in Nanjing that the Japanese army is going to massacre the city, and in addition, whether it is radio or newspapers, we must say that the consequences of the fall of Nanjing are as serious as possible, I don't believe that when hundreds of thousands of people are restless, the government and the army can control the situation."

The two returned to the ward, Wu Ming had just gone to bed and lay down, Zhang Dongning suddenly remembered something, and said to Wu Ming indignantly: "Master, now someone is coming to rob our things."

"What?"

Wu Ming was a little surprised, after Liu Jianxu touched his head after the Jiaxing incident, who else dared to touch the tiger whiskers of himself and the new second division?

Zhang Dongning leaned into Wu Ming's ear and said a few words, and Wu Ming looked depressed after listening: "What did you say?" It turned out to be the corpse of the devil? ”

Zhang Dongning nodded, and continued: "Yes, this time the water was used to destroy a large group of Japanese soldiers, and the corpses of the devils were washed everywhere, which aroused the covetousness of those who had a heart." At present, all units of the national army in Lin'an are involved in the robbery of corpses, and every corpse found is like a treasure, as if winning the jackpot in a gamble."

Wu Ming only felt that there were no surprises in the world, there were people who robbed gold and silver treasures, those who robbed antique paintings and calligraphy, and those who robbed beautiful women, but he had never heard that there were people who robbed corpses, and they were still the corpses of devils.