"No, it's not a dream, Yuzhen, I'm Zihan." Li Zihan hugged Qin Yuzhen tightly in his arms, and while calling softly in his lover's ear, he burst into tears, and everyone couldn't bear to turn their faces away, Qin Yuzhen was extremely seriously injured, and the most fatal wound was in her left vest, and everyone could see that she was no longer good.

Qin Yuzhen stretched out her hand with difficulty, gently stroked Li Zihan's cheek, and while crying, she smiled, and said in a low voice: "Zihan, not long after you left, I also came to Shanghai, first signed up for the medical team, and then entered the field hospital, I thought that I could get closer to you, maybe I could see you one day, but I didn't expect to see you, it's good, it's good, it's good, Zihan, it's good to be able to zaijian you." ”

"Yuzhen, stop talking." Li Zihan looked up at Yu Jiaxi and pleaded, "Doctor Yu, please save Yuzhen, please, save her, she is only eighteen years old, she is only eighteen years old." ”

Yu Jiaxi sobbed and buried the head of the mantis into Xu Shijiu's arms, not daring to face Li Zihan's sad eyes.

"Zihan, don't bother Dr. Yu, don't bother." Qin Yuzhen coughed lightly, a faint blood-colored foam overflowed from the corners of her mouth, Li Zihan was heartbroken, but Qin Yuzhen stroked Li Zihan's face and smiled, "Zihan, don't cry, a man shouldn't shed tears, come here, get closer, and let me take a good look at you......"

Because of too much blood loss, Qin Yuzhen's eyes had begun to drift, and she couldn't see Li Zihan's appearance clearly.

Li Zihan hurriedly put his freshly shaved face close to Qin Yuzhen and said, "Yuzhen, I'm here, I'm here." ”

"It's so good, it's as handsome as ever." Qin Yuzhen looked at Li Zihan's handsome and masculine face and smiled, and then stroked Li Zihan's face and begged, "Zihan, promise me, you must live well, you must live until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, you must persevere, and drive Xiao Ri out of the Central ......."

"Uh-huh, I promise you, I promise you." Li Zihan nodded again and again.

"Zihan, Zihan......" Qin Yuzhen called in a pulse, her voice gradually softened, until she was weak and inaudible, and then her little hand on Li Zihan's face fell down, and the look in her beautiful eyes quickly dissipated.

"No, no, that's not true." Li Zihan looked up to the sky and roared, he obviously couldn't accept such a cruel fact, he couldn't accept it, the lover he had been thinking about for a long time appeared in front of him in such a way, and the two had just met, and it was immediately life and death, he hugged Qin Yuzhen's delicate body that was gradually cold, and whimpered, "Yuzhen, wake up, wake up and say a word to me, don't sleep anymore, don't ......"

The officers and soldiers around them dispersed, and they couldn't bear to see such a parting of life and death.

Gao Shenxing stood up a little dazedly, looked at Li Zihan who hugged his lover tightly and whined, and then looked at the other body lying quietly on the ground next to her, her name is Xiaohui, so ...... What about Yao Nianci? Where did she go? Suddenly, Gao Shenxing seemed to feel something, and turned back suddenly, Yao Nianci was standing not far behind him, with tears already rippling on his face.

When the Japanese army came to sneak attack, Yao Nianci was sitting in the back yard counting the stars in the sky because she couldn't sleep, and when the Japanese army burst in, she quickly hid in the firewood and grass pile in the corner of the yard, so she escaped, so she saw Gao Shenxing rushing over to save her like crazy, and she also saw Gao Shenxing calling her name sadly.

Seeing Gao Shenxing turn around and look over, Yao Nianci couldn't control himself anymore, and opened his arms and threw himself into Gao Shenxing's arms, but Gao Shenxing's face showed a fierce struggle, just when Yao Nianci was about to throw himself into his arms, a trace of resoluteness suddenly flashed across his face, and he dodged away.

Yao Nianci threw himself into the air, and almost fell to the ground, and a sad look suddenly appeared on his pretty face, and he looked at Gao Shenxing sadly and asked, "Ah Chu, do you still refuse to forgive me?" ”

Gao Shenxing had completely calmed down, and said lightly: "I'm sorry you recognized the wrong person, I'm not called Ah Chu." ”

"I know, your name is Gao Shenxing now, Shen Xing, does it mean to be cautious in words and deeds?" Yao Nianci asked sadly, "Are you regretting what you said to me before, and regretting what you did for me?" Ah Chu, I know it's wrong, I really already know it's wrong, forgive me, forgive me, okay? ”

"Sister Xiao, you really recognized the wrong person." While speaking, Gao Shenxing had already missed Yao Nianci's side, and strode away, Yao Nianci looked back at Gao Shenxing's resolute back with sadness, and said sadly, "Ah Chu, I know you have me in your heart, otherwise you were so sad just now?" You still have me in your heart, and you haven't forgotten me, have you? ”

Gao Shenxing didn't respond, and there was no pause at his feet, and soon, his figure disappeared into the night, leaving only Yao Nianci hiding his face and sobbing, and Li Zihan hugged Qin Yuzhen tightly and choked lowly, in the distance, Yu Jiaxi sighed lowly, and then turned around and hugged Xu Shijiu tightly.

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The sky finally dawned, and the sun rose again in the east.

No matter how cruel this shijie becomes, everything will continue, Xiao Ri will continue to move forward, the national army will continue to rout, the fallen city will still fall, the soldiers who will be broken and sacrificed will continue to sacrifice, and the entire country and the whole nation will continue to shed blood and continue to pay.

The officers and men of the 19th Brigade got up one after another, tightened their armed belts and leggings, and then took up their backpacks and began to line up, the wounded soldiers also put up crutches one after another, and those who could not walk on their own were also carried on stretchers.

The 19th Brigade is about to go to Suzhou, and the medical team is about to retreat to Wuxi with the field hospital, Yu Jiaxi is saying goodbye to Xu 19, holding Xu 19's hand, Yu Jiaxi is reluctant to let go for a long time, the life and death of Li Zihan and Qin Yuzhen last night are still vivid, who knows that they will not repeat such a tragedy tomorrow?

Yao Nianci also looked anxiously looking for Gao Shenxing's figure in the team, but in the end she didn't see Gao Shenxing, thinking that Gao Shenxing didn't want to be on her side when he left, Yao Nianci's eyes completely dimmed, this person is really hard-hearted, how can his heart be hard like this?

At the entrance of the village, by the river, 14 new graves are lined up, and 14 outstanding Chinese sons and daughters are buried here forever.

Li Zihan finished writing a page of Zuihou's diary against the rising sun, and then added a handful of soil to Qin Yuzhen's tomb.

"Yuzhen, my love, I'm leaving." Li Zihan raised his head, squinted at the slowly rising sun in the east, and said lightly but firmly, "Don't worry, I will definitely live well, and I will definitely live until the day of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, at that time, I will come back to visit you and tell you the good news of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War." ”

With that, Li Zihan turned around and joined the marching column of the 19th Brigade.

This time, the beacon fire was in the sky, and the mountains and rivers were broken.

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The 19th Brigade set out from Kunshan early in the morning and arrived outside Wuxian (Suzhou) in the evening of the same day.

According to the telegram order of the Third Theater Commander's Department, the 74th Army should hold on to the front line of Wuxian and Wujiang for at least two days, of which Wang Yaowu's 51st Division guarded Wuxian and was responsible for blocking the Japanese army advancing from Kunshan, and Feng Shengfa's 58th Division was guarding Wujiang and was responsible for blocking the Japanese army from Pingwang to the north.

As soon as the 19th Brigade walked to the vicinity of Xujiabin, it encountered a herald sent by Feng Shengfa, and ordered the 19th Brigade to immediately seize the existing fortifications near Xujiabin and protect the Xujiabin Bridge, and it turned out that the 58th Division had just received a telegram from the 14th Division from Kunshan, and a small group of Japanese troops took a small boat to trace the Wusongjian River westward, and it was very likely that they wanted to attack Wu County by water.

The group of Japanese troops advancing west along the Wusong River had about one infantry squadron of more than 100 people.

Since the complete defeat of the Nationalist army on the Songhu battlefield, Xiao Ri's courage has become bigger and bigger, and any infantry brigade dares to bite several divisions of the Nationalist army to chase and fight fiercely, a squadron dares to launch a strong attack on a regiment of the Nationalist army, and sometimes a small team dares to launch an attack on a county town, and it has repeatedly succeeded.

Xu Shijiu was furious when he heard this, Xiao Ri was really crazy, and only an infantry squadron dared to go deep alone, and he really regarded the national army as a clay puppet wood carving? Xu Shijiu immediately sent Shu Tongwen to contact the nearby town and township offices, and took over the existing permanent fortifications nearby, and at the same time ordered the troops to carry out the fortifications on the spot and repair the fortifications.

More than two hours later, Shu Tongwen came back, but he brought back an angry news, the officials of the nearby towns and township offices had all run away, and even the security chiefs and lieutenant chiefs had also run away, and the directions, drawings and keys to the closed fortifications were all in the hands of these officials.

However, Shu Tongwen finally brought back a statement, in order to prevent traitors and Japanese spies from discovering, Wu Fu, Xicheng, Jiazha and Haijia, the four national defense lines of the permanent fortifications are disguised as sealed mounds, as long as the mound is excavated, you can find the fortifications, Xu Shijiu sent people to dig the mound, and the result was to dig a few locked heavy machine gun nests, but the iron door was closed, and the lock was also dropped, and it was the kind of built-in lock, unless it was blown up with explosives, it could not be opened at all.

As far as Xu 19 is concerned, these heavy machine gun nests are still quite exquisitely repaired, low, can effectively reduce the bullet surface, have a good firing range, and can completely lock up the enemy troops rushing from the front, if these heavy machine gun nests are connected by communication trenches, supplemented by a battalion of troops, they can definitely easily block the attack of an infantry brigade of the Japanese army.

However, it is a pity that because the national army withdrew too hastily and did not do a good job of connecting with the local authorities, these fortifications have basically become decorations, and the 19th Brigade has to rush to repair simple fortifications.