On September 18th, this night, Tang Qiuli couldn't sleep at all, an indescribable anxiety and uneasiness always haunted his heart, he didn't even have the mood to return to his residence, he drove all the special guards out of the courtyard, and he was alone, in the cold evening breeze of the autumn night in Outer Mongolia, wandering again and again, the cigarette in his hand, flashing the fire head of light and dark.

Tang Qiuli didn't go back, Mei Xue couldn't go back, looking at her husband's figure, wandering in the yard, Mei Xue's heart suddenly rose a strong feeling of unease, her husband had never been so restless, from the day he met this man, all he saw was commanding, no matter how sinister the situation was, he was a confident and light wisdom.

Mei Xue thought for a while, looked at the table and took a bite of the untouched dinner, sighed, picked up a military windbreaker, walked over lightly, put on a windbreaker for Tang Qiuli, and said softly: "The weather is cold, go back to the house, maybe, the situation is not as bad as imagined!" ”

Tang Qiu tightened the windbreaker on his body, and said with a little bitterness: "Xue, you go and rest, you don't have to accompany me, I am not only worried about the current war situation in Outer Mongolia, but it reminds me more, it is today's special day, September 18th, snow, it is ten years ago, the day of the fall of the Northeast, on this day, the Japanese Kwantung Army occupied the Northeast, my hometown is in the Northeast, I can't be calm, I want to be quiet alone." ”

Mei Xue's heart ached, but she knew that at this time, it was inappropriate for anyone to disturb her, including herself, Mei Xue gently hugged her husband, turned around and went back to the house, she couldn't sleep at all, through the window. Looking at the figure of the man, wandering alone in the evening breeze.

Another person who can't sleep is the mountain tiger, since the special guards were kicked out of the courtyard, he has noticed the abnormality of Tang Qiu's divorce, and he also vaguely guessed the reason, how can he not be like this, every year on September 18, the mood is indescribably bad. Between the white mountains and black waters, after several years of bloody battles, the lives of many good brothers are buried in the black soil of their hometown, and how many young people's partners. At gunpoint of the Japanese Kwantung Army, young lives were lost.

If you do the math carefully. Originally. followed Xiaoqiu to raise things and pull the team together, more than 50 people came out of Tang's nest, and after the rest of the battle, there were only about 20 people left, and they grew up together since childhood. Partners who go to school together, every time they lose a partner, after getting the news, the heart of the mountain tiger. The pain was severe for a while, and later, the pain was numb, and I thought about it, isn't I also one of the survivors of a hundred battles!

Shanhu couldn't comfort Tang Qiuli's heart, so he could only sternly tell the special guards that tonight, no matter what important things happened, they were not allowed to disturb the division commander, and Shanhu himself stood outside the courtyard and personally stood guard for Tang Qiuli.

In the distance, the lights of a car shone through, and the mountain tiger hurriedly rushed forward to meet it, and a few hundred meters away from the yard, intercepted a military jeep, and from the car, several aviation officers, Major General Liu Cuigang, commander of the Northern Flying Group, jumped out of it.

Liu Cuigang was very familiar with Shanhu, and when he saw Shanhu stop the car, he asked in surprise, "Captain Huang?" Why, you personally stood guard for the division commander? Could it be that something is happening today? ”

Shanhu shook his head and asked, "Cuigang, do you want to see the teacher?" Is there anything important? ”

Liu Cuigang said with a big grin: "It's nothing important, just to report to the division commander, my troops are all in place, and I just flew over from other places to report the situation." ”

Shan Hu said: "Cui Gang, since it is not a very important matter, it is better not to disturb the division commander, his love today is not very good, if there is anything, come back tomorrow morning!" ”

Liu Cuigang showed a nervous look on his face, and hurriedly asked: "Captain Huang, you tell me the truth, is there a big problem in the direction of the Baikal battlefield, and Lao Maozi has launched an attack?" I'm really fucking looking for death, I immediately asked the division commander to fight, the aviation attacked overnight, a bomb, and kept it to make the Soviet army cry and call for mother, just right, use these old Maozi soldiers to practice night bombing! ”

After speaking, Liu Cui was about to enter the yard in a hurry, but was pulled by the mountain tiger and complained: "They all say that I am anxious, and you are not bad, it is not a problem of the battlefield, but because today's day, September 18, is the day when the Japanese Kwantung Army occupied the Northeast ten years ago, do you understand?" ”

Liu Cuigang patted his head, suddenly realized, and said: "Yes, you shouldn't come to disturb the division commander, in that case, Captain Huang, I will come back tomorrow morning, and report the reconnaissance to the division commander casually!" After saying that, like a gust of wind, he drove away.

The conversation between Shanhu and Liu Cuigang, although separated by a few hundred meters, Tang Qiuli could hear the sound of motors coming and going, although he didn't know who it was, it was just a certain commander on the left and right, and he was not in the mood to ask, his mind had been filled with memories.

The heartache is not only the day of 918, but also the first woman in her life, Xiaoling, almost eight years, in the white stone mountain in Nanman, by the Yellow Ni River, under the deep cliff, the empty grave piled up of stones, just the empty grave where a pistol is buried, is it overgrown with wild grass, eight years, I have not visited, on the tomb, is it full of unknown wildflowers, as brilliant as spring? Swaying in the autumn wind?

Far away from her hometown, snubbing her and the child she had never met in her womb, Tang Qiuli's heart was torn apart by a boundless pain, especially in the cold wind of the autumn night in Outer Mongolia, this pain was infinitely magnified.

Tang Qiuli was in a mess in her mind, it seemed that her soul had floated in the high night sky, sitting on the ground, holding her head in her hands, her shoulders trembling violently, a suppressed whimper, Mei Xue in the room, hearing her husband's suppressed cry, a heart, suddenly pinched up, she suddenly understood that her husband's love tonight was out of control because of another reason, perhaps, for his lover in his hometown in the northeast, who was missing.

The wind of the autumn night in Outer Mongolia is blowing more and more, Tang Qiuli outside the house, Mei Xue in the house, are silently crying, one, for his deceased lover, the other, for his husband who is in pain, two feelings, the same mood.

After returning to his residence, he hastily took a bite of dinner and ordered the accompanying radio operator to immediately send a report to Liu Hongzhang, commander of the First Brigade of the Corps directly under him, and Ouyang Yishan, commander of the Second Brigade.

"Brigade Commander Liu, Brigade Commander Ouyang, I have met with the division commander in Kulen, the situation around Lake Baikal is very dangerous, the Soviet army may launch a large-scale southward attack at any time, and the Sejingge River area is the only line of defense that can block the Soviet army's southward advance, and now, Commander Sun's Outer Mongolia border guard troops are weak and have insufficient heavy equipment, and in the face of the Soviet army's attack, they are bound to suffer huge losses."

"The division commander is very anxious about the fact that we did not arrive at the designated position on time, which will further expand this danger, so I ask you to arrive at the designated assembly area on the Sejingge River before 7 o'clock in the evening of 20 September to block the attack of the Soviet troops moving south.

Zhao Yuhe's telegram undoubtedly added even greater difficulties to the 1st and 2nd Brigades, which were full of difficulties, and it would take three days to march with all their strength to reach the Sejingge River.

But Zhao Yuhe must be ruthless, he looked at the map of the Outer Mongolia region, and found that the division commander's worries were completely justified, from the Kulen of Outer Mongolia to the north, all the way to Lake Baikal, except for the Sejingge River, this natural barrier, there is almost no danger to defend, if the Soviet army breaks through the resistance of Sun Zhenbang's troops, it will take less than three days, and the troops will be able to come to the city of Kulun, and once the Kulen is lost, the situation in the Outer Mongolia region will be eroded to the point that it cannot be cleaned up.

Zhao Yuhe also understood why the division commander would send so many fires, and some grievances in his heart suddenly disappeared, as long as Sun Zhenbang's troops blocked the Soviet army for more than 40 hours, the first and second brigades could arrive, immediately enter the battle, and it was possible to fight back.

Moreover, Zhao Yuhe's order is not imaginary, from Kulen to the north, there is no southern region of Outer Mongolia, the natural obstacles caused by the heavy rain, the speed of the troops' march, will inevitably be greatly accelerated, all the oil and logistics supplies are solved in Kulen, and they can be snatched out for more than a day, and he also believes that Liu Hongzhang and Ouyang Yishan can understand their feelings.

The difficulty will not be emphasized because of the harshness of the order, and soon, the call back will arrive.

Liu Hongzhang's reply, just like his previous personality, wild and fearless, "Chief of Staff, I know that the first brigade has never been so ashamed, because of the speed of the march, the division commander was worried and worried, the troops canceled the rest and rushed to Kulun overnight, and then, advancing lightly, throwing those jars and jars in Kulun, even if you break your legs, you have to take back more than a day's time!" ”

"If you can't catch up with Lao Maozi in the Sejingge River, in any area north of Kulun, all the more than 15,000 officers and men of the First Brigade can also hit the Soviet troops on their backs, even if the whole army is annihilated, it will make the Soviet army brake sharply, and after paying a heavy price, it will stop there, and even the edge of Kulen will not be touched, so as to mobilize other troops for the division commander to gain enough time."

Liu Hongzhang's reply was full of heroic and fearless spirit, daring to use the soldiers of the first brigade to face the Soviet army of seven divisions in a place where there was no danger to defend, and those who could say such things were Liu Hongzhang and, of course, Chu Ziye, the commander of the fourth brigade.

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