When Cai Jigang, Gao Shuxun, Liu Changyi and other generals were fighting with the Japanese army in the peaks of the Kunshan Mountains, they did not expect that due to the loss of Luoyang, a large number of Japanese troops poured into the central Henan Plain like a tide, and according to their usual way for the civilians in the occupied areas, they burned, killed, and plundered, and did everything they could, turning this area into hell. At the beginning of the war, the order issued by the Japanese Dispatch Force Headquarters in China to provide relief to the victims was only a temporary political strategy, and once the military was successful, the original measures to relieve the people were gone. Everywhere the Japanese army went, the officers and men were dominated by a kind of crazy emotion, and the beastly nature, which was usually strongly suppressed by military discipline, suddenly burst out with a thousand times more force like sleeping magma underground.

The Japanese troops stationed in the county town of Yichuan were an infantry battalion of the 63rd Division, which suffered nearly a third of its men killed and wounded during the attack on the outlying positions of Luoyang, and the younger brother of the brigade commander Yoshimura Hideno Shaozo was also killed in the Luoyang street battle. These days, Hideno Yoshimura's eyes turn blood-red.

Yoshimura Hideno Shaozo believes that every time Genghis Khan's army captured a city in ancient times, it must be a three-day battle, except for the men with skills who were incorporated into the battalion craftsman team, and all the rest were killed. It makes sense that women and possessions should be distributed according to the rank of the military and the size of their military exploits, and without the temptation of women and possessions, soldiers would lose their motivation to fight. The eight Crusades in history, which lasted 200 years, began for religious reasons such as the struggle for holy places, and then the Crusader brethren tasted the sweetness, and it turned out that wealth could be increased through warfare, which was the real motivation for war. Yoshimura Hideno was never a nationalist, and as for why the Japanese Empire was engaged in this "holy war", he rarely thought about it, and he chose to enter the military academy as a professional soldier only because of his love for war. In Yoshimura's view, there is nothing more thrilling in the world than conquering a city. He likes to fight and kills more. But all those who have such a habit do not live well in peacetime, and it is only in war, after the bloodthirsty desire is satisfied, that they have a happy and meaningful life. There are not many such people in the world, and Hideno Yoshimura must be one of them, because he has the genes of a samurai family in his body.

Yoshimura Hideno's 12th Infantry Brigade suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Luoyang, so it was ordered by the wing commander to rest in the county seat of Ikawa, which made Yoshimura Hideno feel very irritated. He doesn't like to rest, and it's a waste of his life to do nothing all day. Yoshimura Hideno was eager to fight, especially after his brother's death, and he developed a strong urge for revenge, and the Chinese must pay for their actions.

On this day, after Yoshimura Hideno finished handling military affairs, he began to wipe his saber. This saber is not a uniformly distributed standard saber, he has always scoffed at the standard saber, it is not a saber at all, it can only be used to cut watermelon. Yoshimura Hideno's saber is a true ancestral heirloom, dating back to the Tokugawa shogunate period, and it has been more than 300 years now. Hideno Yoshimura carefully looked at the blade, which was covered with a dense wave-like pattern from the spine to the edge, and the blade reflected a colorful luster in the sunlight.

In the process of high temperature and forging, the impurities in the billet are constantly removed, and mercury sulfide and rare metal powder are added to each hammer to make it evenly penetrate into the knife body, and the modern professional term of this method is carburizing. The rank of the samurai in ancient Japan varied depending on the number of layers of the sword, and the more layers there were, the higher the level of the samurai. Thousands or even tens of thousands of folds and forgings are needed to make thousands of layers of blades as thin as cicada wings and tightly bitten. Such a sword is extremely sharp and indestructible, and the blade has excellent toughness, and can spark without breaking when striking the opponent's sword in combat.

Yoshimura Hideno carefully wiped the inscription engraved on the top of the knife with a flannel cloth dipped in alcohol, which is the three Chinese characters "Sangu Cut". According to the rules of the traditional Japanese knife industry, all *** engraved with such an inscription has a terrifying bloody history. In the history of Japanese sword-making, there is a unique ritual of "sacrificial knife" - using the human body to try the knife. "Three carcass cuts" is to tie three people together, wave them with a knife, and cut off the carcasses of the three people with a knife, so that they are qualified to engrave the inscription of "three carcass cuts". The *** that can slash three people with a single swing is naturally a priceless and precious knife, and there are not many such knives handed down. Yoshimura Hideno once saw a *** in the hands of a hereditary baron with royal blood, and the knife was engraved with the words "Seven Trunk Cuts", which means that this *** once created a record of cutting seven people with one sword, which is really amazing.

Yoshimura Hideno looked at the cloud pattern on the knife body and thought about a question: a legend is a legend after all, he really hasn't seen the thing of slashing several people with a knife, when will he use the human body to test it? Let's see if we can reach the level of "three carcass cuts".

There was a commotion outside the door, and several squadron leaders under Yoshimura Hideno walked into the brigade headquarters, their emotions were very excited, as if they were arguing about something.

Yoshimura Hideno inserted *** into the scabbard, raised his eyelids and asked, "What happened?" ”

The leader of the 3rd squadron, Captain Nakajima Jikata, said with an angry face: "Sir, my soldiers were attacked near Gangzi Village, one dead and one wounded, and it was done by a small group of stragglers of the Chinese army. ”

Yoshimura Hideno was surprised: "Oh, are you sure that the Chinese army stragglers did it?" As far as I know, there should be no more Chinese troops in this area, and even a small group of enemies that have been scattered should run south. ”

"According to the soldiers present, they were dressed in Chinese military uniforms, there were five people in all, all with weapons in their hands, and my soldiers engaged in an exchange of fire with them, killing two of them, and the rest fled."

Yoshimura Hideno stroked the scabbard and was silent, he was thinking about something.

Yoshio Ogawa, the leader of the 1st Squadron, said angrily: "Sir, I think these Chinese soldiers are hiding in several surrounding villages, and it is necessary for us to sweep that area. ”

The officers were talking about it, all of them emotionally charged and angry.

Yoshimura Hideno was very calm, and in his opinion, it was not a big deal to kill or wound one or two soldiers. He was thinking about another problem: how to pacify his troops during the recuperation. These officers and men who have survived the battlefield need to relax, and the next combat mission will soon be assigned, and what awaits them will be even more fierce battles. Yoshimura Hideno needed a reason, why did his officers and soldiers fight? What can they get in the war? If these soldiers did not think about it, it was his duty to remind them that there was not only resistance in the occupied territories, but also possessions and women. Yoshimura Hideno is not against the soldiers making a small fortune, nor is it against them to solve it properly**, this is the least of the many desires of human beings, otherwise why would they go to shed blood and fight hard? Of course, to solve these problems, a high-sounding reason is needed, and Yoshimura Hideno will not give people a handle, and will not give orders to let his subordinates rob and rape, all of this should be carried out in the form of battle orders.

Yoshimura Hideno walked to the map and drew a circle around Gangzi Village with his finger: "Everyone, in order to strengthen law and order, we need to carry out a military sweep of this area, and all those who dare to confront the imperial army should be severely punished!" Please, please do it now! ”

"Yes!" The officers pulled their legs and left.

"Wait......" Yoshimura Hideno looked at Gangzi Village on the map again, "Remember, there is a Chinese medicine doctor named Chen Jiaxing in Gangzi Village, who told the troops, don't harass this family, and asked the interpreter to send me a business card and ask Mr. Chen Jiaxing to come to the county seat to treat me." ”

Hideno Yoshimura suffers from severe rheumatoid arthritis and is in pain whenever the weather changes. Western medicine believes that the pathological cause of this chronic pain in the joints and surrounding soft tissues is not clear. This condition causes impaired mobility due to joint pain, and in severe cases, muscle and blood vessel atrophy, joint disability, and visceral failure. Over the years, Yoshimura Hideno has been looking for medical treatment everywhere, but he has not been cured for a long time. After occupying Luoyang, Yoshimura Hideno heard that Chen Jiaxing, the owner of the "Dehuitang" Chinese medicine shop in the city, had excellent medical skills, and went to seek medical treatment, but he did not expect that the "Dehuitang" Chinese medicine shop had been destroyed in the street fighting, Chen Jiaxing dismissed his men and returned to Gangzi Village.

Yoshimura Hideno has always disbelieved in Western medicine, but he has great respect for traditional Chinese medicine, and he believes that the only drawback of traditional Chinese medicine is the lack of quantitative concepts in theory and teaching, and the same herbs to treat the same ailments vary depending on the doctor's experience. From this point of view, the understanding and experience of TCM itself is the most important, and an excellent TCM practitioner can create many miracles that make Western doctors stunned. It's a pity that there are very few truly skilled Chinese medicine practitioners, and if you can encounter them, it should be your own creation.

According to the order of Yoshimura Hideno, more than 1,000 officers and men of the 12th Infantry Brigade were dispatched to sweep the surrounding areas of Yichuan County, and the focus of the sweep was the area around Gangzi Village. So a huge bloody disaster came, and Gangzi Village was one of the first villages to be washed in blood by the Japanese army.

The Japanese army rushed into Gangzi Village at about 10 o'clock in the morning, and every soldier of the 12th Infantry Brigade knew that the military sweep was just a cover, and the real purpose was to loot property and find women, which was tacitly approved by Captain Yoshimura Hideno. The Japanese soldiers all entered a state of madness at this time, they smashed open every courtyard door, rushed in and looted, raped ** women, shot and killed immediately when they encountered the slightest resistance, and then set fire to the houses, and Gangzi Village was drowned in a pool of blood.

The courtyard gate of Tong Chunfu's house was directly knocked down under the heavy blow, and a Japanese soldier Cao Cao broke in with two soldiers, and saw that there was nothing to grab in the courtyard, so he entered the house with a gun.

As soon as the Japanese military Cao saw Cuihua, his eyes lit up and became excited, Cuihua screamed in fright and threw herself into her mother's arms, she trembled all over, and looked at the approaching Japanese military Cao in horror. Man Tang Niang instinctively took Cuihua behind her and retreated step by step.

Tong Chunfu stepped forward and grabbed Jun Cao's arm, begging bitterly: "The child is too young, please let Taijun let her go!" A Japanese soldier picked up ** and smashed it on Tong Chunfu's face, Tong Chunfu fell on his back, the bridge of his nose was broken, a few teeth were also knocked off, and his face was covered with blood. The Japanese soldier Cao grabbed Man Tangniang's hair and shook it fiercely, Man Tangniang was thrown out of the house, her head hit the wall hard, and she suddenly fell into a coma with blood flowing all over her face.

The Japanese military Cao grabbed Cuihua's feet and lifted them upside down and fell heavily on the kang, the other two Japanese devils held down Cuihua, and the military Cao couldn't wait to untie his trouser belt, and Cuihua let out a desperate scream......

Tong Chunfu was originally an honest farmer, and he always stayed away from those who used violence, and he did not have the courage or ability to resist even slightly. But there is a limit to everything, once the bottom line is exceeded and people are forced to have no way out, even rabbits will become beasts.

At present, the atrocities of the Japanese soldiers have already broken through the bottom line, Tong Chunfu's anger finally broke out, he rushed to the edge of the kang and grabbed a wood-chopping axe, and slashed at the back of Jun Cao's head, with a muffled sound, Jun Cao's blood and ** splashed on the wall. Tong Chunfu did not hesitate, and once again raised his axe and slashed at another Japanese soldier...... The two Japanese soldiers were shocked, hurriedly let go of the cuihua, dodged and rolled away, Tong Chunfu's axe slashed on the edge of the kang, and the blade of the axe was deeply stuck in the kang blank. He pulled out the axe and wanted to continue to fight hard, but there was no chance, a Japanese soldier grabbed his rifle and pulled the trigger, the bullet hit Tong Chunfu's chest, his eyes were wide and slowly slipped to the ground against the edge of the kang......

The two Japanese soldiers gasped and stared blankly at Tong Chunfu's corpse, they thought that the Chinese people would not resist, where did they expect such an ending. The two Japanese soldiers moved the body of the soldier while discussing how to explain to the commander, but they did not expect the cowardly Cuihua to also desperately, she took out a pair of scissors from the sewing basket on the kang, jumped up and inserted the scissors into the neck of a Japanese soldier, the Japanese soldier let out a scream, covered his neck with both hands, and rolled on the kang in pain...... Another Japanese soldier pounced on Cuihua, and was cut in the face by Cuihua's scissors, Cuihua went crazy, she screamed and brandished the scissors, so that the Japanese soldier could not do anything, the Japanese soldier was furious, picked up his rifle and nailed Cuihua to the wall with a bayonet......

Cuihua's hand hung limply, and the scissors fell to the ground. She sat half-seated with her back to the windowsill and died, blood flowing like a red stream down the overturned kang billet into the kang hole.

In the catastrophic village, 87 people were killed, more than 100 were seriously injured, and most of the houses were burned down. Many of the villagers who died had participated in the actions organized by Mantang to support the Japanese army, and they had all received food from the Japanese army, and these villagers did not understand why the Japanese turned their faces so quickly until they died.

Chen Jiaxing did not escape this catastrophe, and 10 days later, he died at the brigade headquarters of Hideno in Yoshimura, Yichuan County.

When the Japanese army washed Gangzi Village in blood, Chen Jiaxing's home was not ransacked, and Yoshimura Hideno's orders were meticulously carried out. Chen Jiaxing, who was sitting in the living room, heard the screams and gunshots in the village, he opened the courtyard gate and wanted to go out to have a look, but who knew that there were two Japanese soldiers standing outside the courtyard gate, and they politely blocked Chen Jiaxing back.

Chen Jiaxing was silent for a moment, and then said to his son Chen Shaolin: "There is a wooden box in the wall, and there is a Song version of the medical book in it, which was handed down by the ancestors, and you have to protect it." ”

Chen Shaolin said: "Dad, don't worry, the devil seems to be very polite to our family, it's okay." ”

Chen Jiaxing didn't seem to hear his son's words, he seemed to explain the future, and seemed to say to himself: "The shop in Luoyang has been destroyed, and the family's savings in the past two years have also been relieved to the villagers." It's good that people will live easier without the drag of their possessions......"

"Dad, it's okay, you can earn it again if the family property is gone, anyway, we have the craft, and we won't die of hunger."

"After I leave, you don't want to live in Gangzi Village, or find a way to go to the rear, I heard that Kunming's Southwest Associated University is doing well, and there are a lot of talents, I think you can consider going to Southwest Associated University to complete your studies." Alas, if it weren't for the war, you would have graduated a long time ago. Chen Jiaxing is still nagging.

"Dad, what are you talking about? Don't say it's unlucky, I'm not going anywhere, I'll do my filial piety by your side......"

At that moment, there was a knock on the door. Chen Shaolin opened the courtyard door and saw a Japanese lieutenant standing outside the door, he bowed respectfully to Chen Shaolin: "Hello! I am Nobutsu Takeyama, the interpreter of the 12th Infantry Brigade, and I have been entrusted by Yoshimura Hideno Shosayuki to invite Mr. Chen Jiaxing to visit the county seat of Ikawa. This is the business card of Hideno Yoshimura, please accept it! The lieutenant handed over the business card with both hands.

"I'm sorry, my father is sick, I'm afraid he won't be able to go, please go back!" Chen Shaolin said politely.

Chen Jiaxing stepped forward, he pushed Chen Shaolin away and stood in front of the Japanese translator: "Sir, please tell me, the Mr. Yoshimura Hideno you said has never known me in my life, what is the matter with him looking for me?" ”

The Japanese translator bowed again and said: "Oh, that's right, Yoshimura Hideno Shaozo has been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis for many years, he has visited famous doctors all over the world but has not been cured for a long time, I have heard that Mr. Chen Jiaxing comes from a family of traditional Chinese medicine and has excellent medical skills, so he wants to invite you to the county seat to treat him, it is really troublesome for you." ”

Chen Jiaxing waved his hand: "I'll talk about the medical treatment later, sir, I want to ask, what are your soldiers doing in our village?" ”

"Oh, our soldiers are searching for anti-Japanese elements. However, this is none of Mr. Chen's business, you and your family will not be disturbed, Yoshimura Hideno Shaozo specially explained. ”

"Mr. Interpreter, I can treat Mr. Yoshimura Hideno, but I have a request, I want to walk around the village and see how your army punishes the rebels. I'm sorry, please forgive me for my curiosity. ”

The translator hesitated: "This ...... I beg your pardon, it's better for you not to see it, military operations are always a little cruel, no way, it's ...... war"

Chen Jiaxing shook his head: "Sir, then forgive me for being disrespectful, I can't cure your chief's illness." Shaolin, send-off! ”

"Wait...... If the gentleman insists on seeing it, of course he can. Once again, I reiterate to you that our military action is against all those who dare to rebel against the Imperial Army, and that it is our duty to protect good citizens like you, and I ask for your understanding of our actions. The translator bowed again.

"Lead the way!" Chen Jiaxing has already walked out.

Many years later, when Chen Shaolin recalled his father, he always felt incredible. In Chen Shaolin's impression, his father was an extremely elegant scholar, he lived a very peaceful life, there were no big ups and downs, and he had never witnessed bloody and cruel things. But that day, as he walked down the bloody streets, looking at the mutilated corpses and breathing the smell of blood, his old man looked calm and without fear. Chen Shaolin trembled when he saw the tragic situation of each family, and couldn't help crying several times, but there was not a single tear on his father's face.

Back at home, Chen Jiaxing asked the interpreter to sit in the living room for a while, and he went to prepare for it, and he could leave immediately.

The interpreter said, "Mr. Chen, you don't have to bother, we have everything there, you can just prescribe medicine then." ”

Chen Jiaxing's face sank: "What do you know?" If you have everything, what are you asking me to do? Let me tell you, there are a few herbs that you may never find. ”

Chen Jiaxing walked into a wing room in the backyard, which was the room where the Chen family dispensed medicine, and outsiders had never entered it. Ten minutes later, Chen Jiaxing walked out carrying a wooden box.

Chen Shaolin stood in front of the gate, watching his father get into the Japanese car. The moment the car started, his father raised his hand to him calmly and shook it, never saying a word.

Chen Shaolin burst into tears in an instant, he knew that his father would never come back.

At the headquarters of the 12th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army in Yichuan County, Chen Jiaxing gave Yoshimura Hideno a pulse, and then silently began to study ink, apparently planning to write a prescription. Yoshimura Hideno glared at the translator: "Shin Zhejun, how can you let Mr. Chen personally study ink?" I can't afford it! ”

The translator hurriedly took the ink from Chen Jiaxing's hand and grinded it hard.

Yoshimura Hideno looked at Chen Jiaxing expectantly: "Mr. Chen, can my illness be cured?" ”

"It should be possible, but it takes time to cure rheumatism. Judging from your pulse, you have suffered from wind chills, headache and fever, cough and dry throat, and diarrhea in the past two days, is that true? ”

"That's right, your diagnosis is not bad at all, Mr. Chen really deserves his reputation!"

Chen Jiaxing said lightly: "Mr. Yoshimura Hideno, you are not very good at complimenting people, diagnosing this kind of minor disease, a mountain village man who goes to the rivers and lakes to sell herbs. In this case, I will make a prescription to cure your wind and cold first, and then cure your rheumatism tomorrow. ”

"You mean, after taking your medicine, you'll be fine tomorrow? Is it so fast? Yoshimura Hideno was a little unconvinced.

"Don't you have a gun, if your wind and cold disease is not good tomorrow, you can shoot me in the head!"

Yoshimura Hideno was a little embarrassed: "Mr. Chen is joking, you treat me, you are my benefactor, how can I take revenge?" ”

Chen Jiaxing stopped talking, he picked up the pen and wrote down the prescription.

The interpreter on one side said in Japanese, "Sir, this man is very deep and elusive. He saw the actions of our soldiers in Gangzi Village. Frankly...... The scene was a little cruel, but he didn't have the slightest fear. ”

Yoshimura Hideno replied casually in Japanese: "Shin Tetsu-kun, please follow this recipe to grab the medicine, and when the herbs are fried, we should find a Chinese to try it, what do you say?" ”

"Yes!"

Yoshimura Hideno is a suspicious person, and he also feels that this Chinese is somewhat suspicious. Chen Jiaxing is a person who is moody, generally speaking, witnessing this kind of bloody scene, it is a person who will have a relatively strong reaction, or fear or anger, or grief or panic, these reactions are normal, and few people will be indifferent. And Chen Jiaxing's performance is confusing, his face is expressionless, calm as water, giving people the feeling of a heavy rock, no one can guess what he really thinks in his heart.

After the herbs prescribed by Chen Jiaxing were fried, the interpreter Wushan Shinzhe led the soldiers to catch two beggars in the street, tied them to a pillar, pinched their noses, and poured a belly of medicinal soup. The results of the trial showed that Chen's prescription should be safe, because the two beggars were still alive until the third day, and Yoshimura Hideno would rather take the medicine a few days later to ensure safety.

To ensure safety, the two beggars were kept for a few more days. Yoshimura Hideno did not start taking rheumatism herbs until five days later, and the two beggars served as test subjects before he began to take them. While waiting for the results, Chen Jiaxing saw Yoshimura Hideno, and his first sentence made Yoshimura Hideno very embarrassed: "Mr. Yoshimura Hideno, my prescription has been prescribed for three days, why don't you take the medicine yet?" ”

"Mr. Chen, how do you know that I haven't taken my medication?" Yoshimura Hideno asked rhetorically.

"It's not surprising, you can tell from the look on your face. A good TCM practitioner does not need to communicate with the patient in words, it doesn't matter if he is mute, he can be judged by other means. I just found out through the 'hope' method, you are not taking the medicine, can you tell me why? ”

Yoshimura Hideno knew that all his physiological reactions could not be hidden from this famous doctor, and if he made up some reasons, it would be even more intriguing, so it would be better to simply pierce the window paper and let him know what kind of price he would pay for making trouble with herbs.

Yoshimura Hideno smiled, and a hint of hideousness appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Mr. Chen, I know that your heart is full of hatred, therefore, I can't trust you for the time being." ”

"Hate? How so? ”

"There are many reasons for this, and I will not state them all, but I want to explain that war is an extreme state in which human nature can be transformed into animal nature at any time. If you understand this shift, we can find a way to communicate that we can recognize each other. ”

Chen Jiaxing smiled and said, "Mr. Yoshimura Hideno, are you also afraid of death?" ”

Yoshimura Hideno stared into Chen Jiaxing's eyes: "No, I'm not afraid of death, but what soldiers want is to die on the battlefield, not to eat something wrong and die like a dog." ”

"Oh, I see, can our treatment be over?"

"No, doctors shouldn't abandon their patients, it's against ethics, so we have to continue to work together."

"You just said that human nature can be transformed into animal nature at any time, and it seems that there is no need for morality among beasts. However, since you still need to be treated, you should take the medicine according to the doctor's instructions. If I still don't feel safe, I can take the medicine with you, but there is nothing else I can do. ”

Yoshimura Hideno narrowed his eyes: "Mr. Chen, I haven't asked yet, are you afraid of death?" ”

Chen Jiaxing did not reply positively: "Of course I don't want to die like my fellow villagers, your soldiers have torn them to pieces, and I saw many people's internal organs hanging from trees, that kind of scene...... It's weird. Mr. Yoshimura Hideno, are you hinting at something? ”

Yoshimura Hideno nodded coldly: "It's not a hint, it's a reminder!" I also don't want this unpleasant thing to happen to my doctor. Mr. Chen, starting tomorrow, let's take the medicine and treat it officially. ”

Chen Jiaxing's medical skills are really brilliant, and Yoshimura Hideno feels different two days after taking the medicine, and the local redness, swelling, burning, and pain in his knees, ankles, shoulders, elbows, wrists and other joints are gradually reducing. Yoshimura Hideno was delighted, he thought that the problem between himself and Chen Jiaxing had been solved, and Napoleon said that there are only two levers in the world that can drive people's actions, and that is profit and fear. Yoshimura Hideno believes that Mr. Napoleon is not ruthless enough, in fact, it is enough to have a frightening lever, and as for the benefits, it cannot be given to others, it is reserved for himself.

On the morning of the third day of Yoshimura Hideno's official medication, he suddenly felt unwell, he was a little dizzy, tachycardia, and his limbs were slightly numb, which he had never felt before. Yoshimura Hideno called Chen Jiaxing and wanted to ask Chen Jiaxing how he felt, because he was taking medicine with Chen Jiaxing in the morning.

Chen Jiaxing didn't wait for Yoshimura Hideno to ask him before telling him: "You are a little dizzy, your heart is beating faster, and your hands and feet are slightly numb, is that so?" ”

"Yes, what's going on?"

"It's normal, it's the medicine that's working, I feel stronger than you now, you don't have to be restless, wait a while, there will be some new changes."

"Mr. Chen, what kind of herbs are these, how can there be such a strong reaction?"

"Okay, let me tell you a little bit about Chinese herbal medicine, there are four main ingredients in the decoction you just took: mandala, hook kiss, aconitum and cucumber. Mandala is also known as mountain eggplant, hook kiss is commonly known as broken intestine grass, strychnine is also called strychnine, "Compendium of Materia Medica" said that these four herbs have a common characteristic, its taste is pungent, warm, and has a great poisonous ......"

Yoshimura Hideno jumped up when he heard this: "What? Poisonous? You...... Poisoned me? ”

"You don't get excited, otherwise the drug will attack faster, many herbs have this characteristic, which can both cure diseases and kill people, the key is in the control of the dosage. If my guess is correct, you are now experiencing some symptoms again, your pupils are starting to dilate, your vision is impaired, and you feel nausea and abdominal pain, am I right? Chen Jiaxing was sweating like rain, his facial muscles were spasming, but he tried his best to control it.

Yoshimura Hideno struggled to pounce on the wall, took off the family heirloom hanging on the wall, he just pulled out half of the knife, he couldn't stop spasming, saliva flowed out of his mouth, "dangchang", *** fell to the ground. Yoshimura Hideno gasped and slumped in his chair, looking at Chen Jiaxing speechless.

Several Japanese lieutenants in the brigade headquarters immediately understood what was happening, and they drew their sabers in a fit of rage......

Yoshimura Hideno raised his hand to stop them, he tried to support his body, and asked with difficulty, "Mr. Chen, tell ...... Me, I...... And also...... How long does it take to ......"

"Less than 10 minutes...... You...... There's too late to do anything, you and I...... Will...... paralysis of respiratory muscles...... Death...... You'll be there right away...... Panorine convulsive disorder, when a seizure occurs...... Head back, spine backbend...... The trismus is tightened, and the facial muscles spasm in the form of a 'spasmodic smile'...... Yoshimura Hideno, you have done a lot of evil, you deserve this retribution! I am happy...... I will go to hell with you......" Chen Jiaxing's head hung weakly.

A Japanese lieutenant looked at Chen Jiaxing: "Sir, he ...... He's dead. ”

Yoshimura Hideno fell from his chair to the ground, his whole body convulsed, his head tilted back, his spine bent back, and his body arched backwards, looking extremely painful......

Several young lieutenants watched helplessly as their commander slowly died in agony.

Since Cai Jigang commanded the 217th Regiment to fight a beautiful ambush battle at the Tianye Temple in Kunshan Mountain, and completely annihilated the two squadrons of the Japanese army, the 5th and 59th brigades of the Japanese army thought that they were the main force of Jiang Dingwen's group, so they followed them to the death. From this point of view, the warring sides on the battlefield in the Central Plains are in a state of chaos, and the intelligence systems of both sides are also somewhat sluggish.

The remnants of the New 8th Army and the Provisional 15th Army alternately covered each other, fighting and retreating, and the establishment of the troops had been disrupted. After several encounters, the troops fought less and less, and the last major battle took place at the Guandaokou on the southern slope of the Kushan Mountain, where the troops met the Japanese 5th Brigade head-on, and the battle entered into a white-hot meeting within a few minutes, and the two sides spread their forces around the five hills, desperately fighting for the commanding heights, and these five hills changed hands repeatedly within two hours.

Only the 217th Regiment of the New 8th Army was accompanied by Gao Shuxun's 39th Group Army Headquarters, and Liu Changyi's Temporary 15th Army had only two battalions of troops left, and after the only one and a half regiments were put into battle, the 39th Group Army and the Provisional 15th Army each had one guard company left, and then there was Cai Jigang's guard squad.

Taking advantage of the stalemate between the 217th Regiment and the Japanese army, Gao Shuxun, Liu Changyi, Cai Jigang and others quickly left the battlefield with the guard troops and retreated in the direction of Lushi County in western Henan.

The county seat of Lushi is the rear supply base and military station of the troops stationed in Henan in the First Theater, and you can get supplies when you get there. Cai Jigang and others had already learned from the radio that Hu Zongnan's 34th Group Army stationed in Shaanxi had been dispatched and was now moving closer to Lu's army, and it would be safe once they got there.

Cai Jigang and others walked less than 50 kilometers to the west and collided head-on with a wing of the Japanese 59th Brigade, Gao Shuxun's guard company took the lead in firing a few light machine guns, eliminating the Japanese army's top soldiers, and the 15th Army Guard Company seized the commanding heights, and before they had time to build a bunker, the entire commanding heights were covered by Japanese artillery fire, and it was another fierce battle. The two guard companies plus Cai Jigang's guard squad have a total of less than 300 people, and their opponent is a wing of more than 3,000 people.

Cai Jigang discussed with Gao Shuxun, Liu Changyi, and others, and at present, they could only leave the guard troops to hold back the enemy, and the headquarters personnel should evacuate first, and after four hours, the guard troops serving as blockers could go up the mountain to disperse their actions, and all the personnel could finally assemble in Lushi.

Gao Shuxun scolded unwillingly: "Damn, Lao Tzu is now the only one left in a group army, I am the commander of the light pole, I really don't have the face to retreat to Shaanxi, let Hu Zongnan see my jokes!" ”

Cai Jigang persuaded: "Commander Gao, your troops have not been wiped out by the enemy, but they have temporarily broken away from the establishment and will withdraw to Shaanxi sooner or later." ”

Liu Changyi said with a dark face: "If you want to go, I don't want to go, I want to be with my troops, the troops are gone, and it doesn't mean anything for me to return to the rear." ”

Cai Jigang was anxious: "I said two commanders, you are acting rashly, we have no time to argue, and we don't know how many casualties will be added to the blocking force at this moment, if you really love the soldiers, hurry up, we are safe, and the blocking force will have the possibility of survival." ”

Cai Jigang roared, Gao Shuxun and Liu Changyi were silent. It is clear that now is the threshold of great crisis, and if we do not evacuate as soon as possible, the headquarters of the 39th Army and the headquarters of the 15th Army will be completely wiped out by the enemy.

Cai Jigang took the initiative to stand up and organize the retreat of the two headquarters, and when he retreated into the valley with the headquarters personnel, he also looked back from time to time at the two commanding heights that were gradually moving away, and the fierce gunfire from there was still endless. Cai Jigang was quite depressed, his mood had never been so bad. Yesterday he received an order from the Central Military Commission asking him to rush to Xi'an as soon as possible to report on his work, and the Military Commission was preparing to convene a military meeting in Xi'an to review his mistakes in the battle of central Henan. If the two commanders of the First Theater had given a little consideration to the suggestions of their subordinates before the war, they would not have fallen to such a point.

Cai Jigang cheered up, followed the headquarters, and rushed to the southwest of Lushi County at the speed of a rapid march.

The full guard squad and the guard company of the 15th Provisional Army were guarding the commanding heights in the south, and the Japanese artillery fire was very fierce, and the blocking battle started less than an hour ago, and more than half of the troops had already suffered casualties. Everyone knows in their hearts that with only the light weapons and limited ammunition in their hands, this hill will not be able to hold on for long, but it is just to let the commanders of the headquarters go farther, and it can drag on for a minute.

The highest rank on the position was Captain Zhao Changshan, the commander of the guard company of the 15th Army Provisional Army. This is a veteran who participated in the Battle of Songhu, and has fought for seven years from 1937 to the present, which can be regarded as a battle-hardened battle. Company Commander Zhao had a lot of experience in actual combat, and he completely gave up the defense of the positive slope of the hillside, but set up the forward fortifications on the ridge line of the hillside as the support point of the anti-slope position, so that when the Japanese shelled it, the defending soldiers could avoid the low-ballistic artillery fire on the anti-slope position, which greatly reduced casualties. In short, an officer does everything he should do well, and the only drawback is that he is good at talking discouragement, and he does not consider the psychological endurance and morale of the soldiers at all.

After the first Japanese attack was repulsed, Company Commander Zhao immediately ordered the soldiers to hurry up and strengthen the fortifications. Mantang found a flowing ditch in the bushes behind the hillside, which was formed by the rain washing away the top of the hill for a long time, and the bottom of the ditch was smooth without any vegetation. Man Tang excitedly reported: "Company Commander Zhao, I have taken a closer look, this flowing water ditch runs from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, and when I retreat for a while, the brothers slide down the ditch and get hit. ”

Who knew that Company Commander Zhao said angrily: "Withdraw? Pull out of the fart! To tell you the truth, today's more than 100 of us can't go anywhere, so we have to be buried here. ”

Mantang was taken aback: "Not really, right?" Block the devil for a while, the chiefs are far away, can't we withdraw? ”

"You think beautifully! I don't think we'll be finished in an hour. You see the artillery fire just now, they are all large-caliber heavy artillery, only the artillery belonging to the devil division regiment has this kind of artillery, today our brothers are considered to have crashed into the crotch of Lord Yama's pants, no one wants to live, I said brothers, accept your fate! Company Commander Zhao replied while pressing bullets into the shell gun.

Company Commander Zhao has no culture, he is a rough man, he can say whatever he wants, completely ignoring the psychological feelings of the soldiers. Man Tang noticed that many soldiers had already shown frightened expressions when they heard Company Commander Zhao's words.

Tie Zhu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke: "I'm going to die anyway, so what kind of bunker are you digging for?" Dig it up, and the brothers will sit here and die. ”

Company Commander Zhao glared: "Hey! Did I tell you to do nothing and wait to die? Knowing that you have to do it for Lao Tzu if you die, pull a few more devils on your back before you die, and make money! ”

As he was talking, the Japanese army began to prepare for artillery fire again, and the first batch of shells whistled down on the position, exploding violently, and the position was instantly enveloped in fire and gunsmoke.

Mantang and the soldiers rolled and crawled to the anti-slope of the hillside to avoid the shells, although it is a dead angle of low-ballistic artillery fire, but it can't prevent the **** from falling vertically like raindrops, this kind of curved fire is very terrible, the maximum angle of fire of the mortar can reach 85 degrees, the shells fly out almost vertically, which is unguardable, and the shells falling from the sky may fall directly on your back at any time.

The soldiers lay on the ground, trying to cling to the ground as close as possible, as if it were safe in this way, but in fact this was self-deception. Mantang saw through the smoke that a soldier seven or eight meters away from him was directly hit by an 82****, and the shell hit him right on the back, and with an explosion, the soldier turned into a pink blood mist, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Tie Zhu's face turned white with fright, and he muttered in a low voice: "Good girl, such a big iron lump is smashed, and you can't live if you don't blow it up." ”

Mantang found that the veterans had a way of defending against artillery, they didn't stay in one place for too long, as long as a nearby shell fell and exploded, they immediately jumped into the new crater, and just kept changing their position. The veterans all know that theoretically, the shells fired multiple times by each cannon will not fall on the same point, because the barrel will be displaced by the recoil, and the shells will also be affected by the wind, charge, and temperature of the gun chamber, so the veterans believe that the survival rate will be higher if the shell landing point is hidden.

Company Commander Zhao scoffed at this, and he laughed loudly: "Silly boy, it's useless to do this, it's such a big place, there are dozens of mortars staring at you, and I don't think it's safe to see any crater." Hum! Damn the dick is facing up, it's useless to be afraid, let's see who has a big life! ”

Mantang and Tiezhu lay down next to Zhao Lianchang, they decided that Zhao Lian had a long life, since this old man had fought for seven years and didn't die, it was strange if he didn't have a big life, and it was right to follow him. Company Commander Zhao really had the demeanor of a veteran, and in the deafening explosion, shrapnel and sand and gravel raised by the air continued to fall in mid-air, and Company Commander Zhao actually took out a paper cigarette and lit it, and his face did not change his face and became addicted to smoking.

Company Commander Zhao looked at Mantang and Tiezhu's faces, and said knowingly, "Scared? Don't worry, just get used to it! I was not as good as you two when I first caught up with the shelling, I was not afraid of your jokes, I peed my pants at the time, and I didn't know it when I finished peeing, and I was shivering when I was patronizing, and I only found out when the shelling stopped...... His grandmother's, what's hot in the crotch of Lao Tzu's pants......"

Company Commander Zhao was talking, the Japanese artillery suddenly stopped, Company Commander Zhao glanced out of the bunker, he was taken aback, it turned out that the Japanese army's skirmish line was less than 20 meters away from the trench. Company Commander Zhao screamed wildly: "The devil is here, brothers, copy the guy!" ”

The machine guns of the iron pillar screamed frantically, and the hillside in front of the position was filled with smoke and dust from the dense bullets, and the Japanese soldiers who rushed in front were swept down, and the corpses rolled down the hillside.

The remaining soldiers of the national army on the position had just woken up from the ignorance of being shelled, and they threw out their hands one after another, throwing out five or six in one go, and the Japanese straggler line crashed headlong into the barrage of shrapnel and was blown up to pieces......

This time the Japanese attack was repulsed, leaving dozens of Japanese corpses on the hillside.

Company Commander Zhao sighed after counting the number of people: "There are not many people left, if the devils attack again, we won't be able to defend it." ”

Mantang asked, "Company Commander Zhao, when will we withdraw?" ”

"I've been entangled by devils, and now we can't leave if we want to, I'm afraid we won't have a chance until it's dark. The trouble now is that we don't have many men, and we're running out of ammunition, so we won't be able to keep it dark. Company Commander Zhao lay in the bunker and smoked.

Mantang's head was smashed into a big bag by the rocks lifted by the explosion, he picked up a Japanese steel helmet and put it on, the iron pillar looked at him and said: "Brother, no, no, you wear this iron hat like a devil, it's too fucking ugly." ”

"It doesn't matter what he looks like, it's true to protect his head first. This iron hat is okay to block stones, but I don't know if it can block the bullets of the 38 big cover. ”

Company Commander Zhao crawled out of the bunker after smoking: "Well, why didn't the devil move?" I'll take a look at ......"

Company Commander Zhao slowly poked his head out of the bunker and looked down the hillside, only to hear a "pop" gunshot, and Company Commander Zhao was hit by a bullet in the head, and he fell backwards violently, half-leaning on the chest wall of the trench and not moving.

Man Tang rushed over to help Zhao Lian Commander up, but he found that Zhao Lian Chang's round eyes had lost their luster, there was a black bullet hole on his forehead, and the chest wall behind his head had been stained red with blood.

It seems that the Japanese have changed their tactics, and they have deployed snipers before the attack, wanting to take out the defender commander and the combat backbone first.

Man Tang was furious, he put the rifle on the chest wall, poked his head out to find the Japanese sniper who killed Zhao Company Commander, at this time another gunshot, Man Tang's steel helmet was shot at the top, he only felt that his head was strongly shaken, blood flowed down from his brain, and his eyes were blurred in an instant, and his mind was blank......

The Japanese, anxious to end the battle before dark, launched a final attack. The artillery preparation before the attack was very fierce, and the **** smashed down overwhelmingly, blowing the position into a sea of fire. Man Tang vaguely felt a violent shock wave knock him over into the trench, and the deafening explosion faded away, and he gradually lost his mind.

Tie Zhu screamed: "Brother! What's wrong with you? He threw himself on the body of the man and cried out loudly...... The Japanese artillery fire fell like hail, and the fragments of trees and gravel loess on the position were stirred up by the air waves, covering the sky and the sun. The cries of the iron pillar were immediately drowned out by the sound of explosions......

The Japanese shelling was devastating, and when the explosions on the positions stopped, the Nationalist blocking force ceased to exist.

Tiezhu struggled to lift himself up, shaking off the thick layer of dirt and gravel on his body, and he hurriedly pulled the full hall out of the dirt. Mantang's face was covered with blood, and there was a bullet hole diagonally on the top of his steel helmet, and the iron pillar hurriedly took off the steel helmet, only to see that the rifle bullet actually cut a groove on the top of Mantang's head, and his scalp was cut open, and a lot of blood was shed, but fortunately it did not hurt the skull. Tie Zhu tore off the strip of cloth from his military uniform and wrapped Mantang's head thickly around several times. At this time, Mantang had already woken up, but he was weak and couldn't stand up.

Hordes of Japanese troops rushed to the position, they were examining the corpses. The Japanese soldiers apparently did not intend to carry the wounded prisoners, and when they found the seriously wounded, they did not hesitate to pick them to death with bayonets, and when they saw the less serious ones, they kicked them violently and ordered the prisoners to stand up on their own, and if they could not stand up, they were all dealt with with bayonets.

Tie Zhu whispered in the ear of the full hall: "Brother, you can't lie down anymore, you can't stand up and can't live, we have to grit our teeth and stand up!" With the support of the iron pillar, Mantang slowly stood up and raised his hands in embarrassment.

Three Japanese soldiers immediately ran up to them, put their bayonets on the brothers, and ordered them to stand aside. The full hall saw clearly, in addition to himself and Tiezhu, there were three brothers of the national army standing on the side of the road, and they were all slightly injured to varying degrees.

The house thought in frustration, damn, how did this battle go? There were more than 200 people just now, and in the blink of an eye, there were only five people left. As for whether anyone broke through, the full hall didn't know, only one thing was obvious, he and Tie Zhu became prisoners of war.

At dusk, a major incident occurred at the Yangjie Airport, and out of nowhere, four Japanese Type 96 bombers attacked the airport, causing heavy losses to the airport.

This incident involved Cai Jiheng again, and this time he became a big star at Sheep Street Airport.

Due to Fujinouchigoro's uncooperative attitude, Cai Jiheng didn't have a good way for a while, so he had to wait patiently for him to change his mind. Although Chennault was anxious, considering the difficulty of this matter, he still gave Cai Jiheng great tolerance.

So Cai Jiheng became the richest idler in the Sheep Street base, wandering around the base with his trouser pockets in his pants all day long. Coincidentally, Cai Jiheng was overjoyed to reunite with Old Jack again.

When Cai Jiheng walked across the tarmac, he suddenly found that the grizzled old Jack had just climbed out of the cockpit of a P-40 fighter jet.

Cai Jiheng shouted happily: "Rattlesnake, why did you come here?" ”

Old Jack didn't show any surprise when he saw Cai Jiheng, he unhurriedly wiped the oil stain on his hands with cotton silk and said: "Oh, it's a crocodile, what's all the fuss about, it was General Chennault who transferred me, and you don't know, Sidewinder is the most skilled aircraft maintenance engineer of the 14th Air Force, which airport has technical problems, the first thing that comes to mind is myself." Crocodile, you can't imagine how important my rattlesnake is, I've been running all the airports for the past two years, let's just say that when I landed at an airport on a C-47, they thought it was God who had come to earth. ”

"Dear rattlesnake, just blow it, the empty stove has been eating steak lately, just because you blew the cows to death. Come on, hug, I miss you so fucking! Cai Jiheng exaggeratedly pounced on Old Jack.

Old Jack dodged Cai Jiheng's hug: "Crocodile, stay away from me, I don't like men's hugs......"

"Hehe, I don't like it either, but you're an exception! Hey, old man, where's my Zero? ”

"I also got to Sheep Street Airport, it was General Chennault's order, he was going to organize a few ace pilots here to test flights and find out some regularity. You know, only I can handle the maintenance of that Zero, and no one else can, so I had to come along, like a babysitter. ”

"Rattlesnake, it's great that you're here, I'm going to invite you to drink tonight, our club here is doing well, not only good wine, but also beautiful women, ...... from Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles."

Old Jack came to his senses when he heard this: "Is there any Seattle?" I really want to meet people from home! ”

Cai Jiheng teased: "Look, you see, when you see an old friend, you are listless, when you hear about beautiful women, your eyes shine, we Chinese call this heavy color light friend, do you understand?" ”

"Is it, the Chinese still think like this? So what should I do? Pretending not to like beauty? But I fucking like beautiful women, you know. ”

"Forget it, forget it, you don't understand what to say anyway, what's wrong with this plane?" Cai Jiheng looked at the P-40, and there were many patched bullet holes in the fuselage and wings of the plane. It seems that the plane took part in fierce air battles.

"This is a landline of the 23rd Brigade named Tom, he is a Pennsylvanian, this guy was in the air battle over Wuhan, the plane was hit by 43 bullets, and when he flew back, it was like a hornet's nest, this kid immediately announced as soon as he got off the plane, he just flew 400 flight hours, and now he doesn't want to stay for a minute, and he wants to go back to China for a vacation. It just so happened that there was a C-47 going to Calcutta, India, and this kid didn't even change his clothes, and got on the transport plane in a flight jacket. And guess what? This C-47 disappeared the day before yesterday while flying over the 'Hump Route', how unlucky you say he was! Old Jack sighed.

Cai Jiheng boarded the escalator, glanced at the dashboard of the cockpit, and said to himself: "Well, there is still a third of the fuel, and the ammunition is not even half of it, and his own plane has become a hornet's nest, how does this kid play?" ”

Old Jack pointed to a trolley beside the tarmac, which was high up with something and covered with a canvas, and he said triumphantly, "Crocodile, look at my new weapon...... and he lifted the canvas.

Only then did Cai Jiheng see clearly that it turned out to be a P-40 fighter jet on the dot-50 aviation machine gun that was welded to the iron frame of the trolley, becoming something similar to an anti-aircraft machine gun, and the machine gun still had a golden chain hanging from it.

"One of the P-40s was scrapped, and I removed the machine gun on it and modified it, but it hasn't been tested yet." Old Jack explained.

Cai Jiheng laughed: "Rattlesnake, you are really a layman, this air-cooled machine gun can only be used in the air, because the low temperature in the air can cool the barrel at any time, but at the normal temperature of the ground, if you can't fight for a while, the barrel will become red due to poor cooling, unless you put a bucket filled with water outside the barrel and cool it with water, just like the Makqin machine gun." ”

"Oh, I see, there's a temperature problem with machine gun shooting? I've never heard of it. Old Jack was disappointed, "I fucking spent all morning putting it up, it's a piece of waste for a long time." ”

"It can't be said to be scrap, or can it shoot a hundred and ten rounds, what if these hundred and ten rounds happen to hit a plane?" Cai Jiheng comforted Old Jack.

Old Jack said as he packed up his toolbox, "Crocodile, let's see you at the club in the evening, I'm going to check a P-51, I'm missing." ”

Cai Jiheng nodded and prepared to walk away. He looked around and thought, when did Cai become an idler? All the people on the airport were busy, the fuel truck was running back and forth on the parking line to refuel the plane, several armorers were squatting on the wings of the fighter jets and were busy installing machine gun bullets, and an American major in a flight jacket stood on the jeep and directed several P-51 fighters that had just landed to slowly slide towards the evacuation lane......

At this moment, a sharp sound pierced the sky, and Cai Jiheng subconsciously shook his whole body, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Air raid siren!" ”

Yangjie Airport is adjacent to Kunming City, belongs to the rear of the second-tier airport, since February 1943 after its completion, has never been subjected to air raids, although the Japanese base camp regarded this airport as a thorn in the side, to destroy it by all means, but organized several air raids without success, the Chinese and American Air Force fighters have always intercepted them outside the safety circle. After a long time, people have the illusion that this is a real rear airfield, and it will not be attacked by air raids under any circumstances.

Today's air raid came too suddenly, and less than two minutes after the air raid siren was sounded, four Japanese Type 96 bombers had already appeared on the eastern skyline, and with the appearance of the aircraft group, a piercing roar of the twin engines of the bombers could be heard in the distance. Suddenly, the ground crew at the airport panicked, they threw down their tools and ran in all directions, and the American major standing in the jeep shouted loudly to stop it, but to no avail.

At this time, Cai Jiheng had left the tarmac about 100 meters, and he reacted at the first time and rushed towards the tarmac without hesitation......

The Type 96 bombers of the first two-plane formation immediately entered a dive after approaching the airfield, and the machine guns and 20-millimeter guns in the belly and under the wings emitted dazzling fire, and the Sanhetu runway was hit by a rain of bullets, and smoke and dust flew everywhere.

Several pilots of the 23rd Brigade who had just returned had already left the plane and were waiting for the jeep to take them back to their dormitories......

The first wave of Type 96 bombers swept over the runway, and a few black ** fell on the tarmac from under the belly of the plane, and the fire flashed, and the explosion tore the air, and several P-51 fighters were suddenly wrapped in flames, and the air wave generated by the explosion swept like a hurricane, lifting Cai Jiheng a few meters away from the running......

Cai Jiheng rolled on the ground for two and jumped up to continue running, when he heard the firing of the 50 machine gun, and saw from a distance that Old Jack was using the nondescript machine gun to shoot headlessly and thoughtlessly over the runway. Cai Jiheng ran to Tom's P-40 fighter jet, and he climbed the ladder and jumped into the cockpit.

Old Jack, who was shooting, was so anxious that he shouted: "Crocodile, danger, you didn't bring an umbrella bag!" ”

Cai Jiheng didn't care to answer, he "banged" the cockpit canopy and started the engine casually. The plane slowly circled several burning planes and headed for the runway. He thought in his heart, really thanks to the American pilot named Tom, this plane actually has one-third of the fuel and nearly half of the ammunition base left, and the six machine guns on the P-40N fighter are equipped with a total of 1686 rounds of ammunition, which looks like a lot, in fact, if you shoot continuously, it will be used up in less than two minutes. Cai Jiheng shook his head regretfully, it was really cheap for those 96 types, and this ammunition was only enough to fight one plane.

But this doesn't matter, as long as it can be successfully lifted into the air, Cai Jiheng will hit a Type 96 even if he hits it.

The second attack wave composed of two Type 96 bombers appeared over the runway again, and a 250-kilogram ** exploded 100 meters to the left of Cai Jiheng, and the strong shock wave caused the plane to deviate from the evacuation path and almost crashed into a pile of burning tanker wreckage. The fragments of the plane that were lifted into the air by the explosion fell one after another, smashing on the cockpit canopy and wings of Cai Jiheng's plane, and he looked at the speed of the propeller on the nose of the plane, feeling anxious. For fighter pilots, there is no initiative without altitude, and the most deprived thing is to be destroyed on the runway by enemy planes, because at this time you are like a newborn baby, without the ability to defend yourself.

The engine of the plane finally reached the ideal speed, Cai Jiheng pushed the throttle to the limit at once, and the plane let out a deafening roar, speeding along the runway, getting faster and faster......

A picture flashed in Cai Jiheng's mind, he remembered the scene of playing "Russian roulette" with the American pilot nicknamed "Tuna", the probability of death in that game was one in six, so today he is ready to take off in the rain of bullets, and the probability of death is probably greater than one in six. There is no other way but to gamble again, wars are full of accidental elements, and it is undeniable that those who survive have no other explanation, relying on luck.

Cai Jiheng thinks that his luck is not bad, he can survive such frequent and fierce air battles, it is unimaginable that he will not be blessed by luck, and today he still wants to gamble on his luck.

Old Jack's machine gun finally stopped firing, and the barrel of this aviation machine gun had been beaten red, and the barrel had become soft and bent. Even if Old Jack is a layman with firearms, he knows in his heart that if he continues to fight, the ammunition in the chamber will spontaneously combust, and the bullet will get stuck in the barrel, which will eventually endanger the safety of the shooter. Old Jack threw down the machine gun helplessly, cursing incessantly.

At this time, Cai Jiheng's plane was already taking off from the runway, and Old Jack watched him make a small turn of ascent, then climbed up at an almost vertical angle, and disappeared into the clouds in a blink of an eye.

Old Jack wiped the sweat from his face in panic, cursed loudly and looked around, he couldn't be sure if there was a Japanese Zero escort over the airport at this time, if there were, then this crocodile was dead, just with his P-40 still compared to the climb and turn radius of other Zeros, there was no fucking chance of winning.

Cai Jiheng couldn't manage so much at this time, he wholeheartedly climbed to the air in the shortest time to seize the advantageous position of the attack. The steep climb made the plane tremble violently, and it seemed that it might fall apart at any time. Cai Jiheng's eyes were staring at the altimeter on the dashboard, 500 meters, 600 meters, 700 meters...... As long as you can climb to a height of more than 1,500 meters, you can find a target to attack, Cai Jiheng's heart is anxiously praying: God, just give me a minute, a minute......

When the altimeter pointed to an altitude of 1,500 meters, Cai Jiheng pushed the joystick to change the plane to level flight, and rushed out of a cloud, and he was suddenly pleasantly surprised to find that 100 meters below there appeared a Type 96 bomber with blood-red plaster logo on both wings, and there was a row of eye-catching aircraft numbers on the side of its huge fuselage: 0854. Now the bomber is going into a dive.

Cai Jiheng can be said to know the Type 96 bomber well, this long-range twin-engine bomber is very badly designed, in order to pursue a long range, Japanese aviation designers omitted a lot of necessary settings, its fuselage structure is very weak, once attacked, it is very easy to catch fire, so it has the nickname of "air lighter", and has become the ideal prey for Allied pilots.

Later, a US intelligence officer told Cai Jiheng that this was because in the early days of the war, there was a stupid theory among some young Zhuang factions in power in the Japanese Army and Navy Air Force, called the theory that fighter planes are useless. They believed that the best way to protect the bombers was to strengthen the bombers' self-defense weapons and increase the flight speed, rather than escorting them with fighters. This absurd theory pitted the bombers' crews and made them pay a heavy price in the war. According to statistics made by the departments concerned, most of the Japanese bomber crews killed in the battle were burned in the air after the planes were hit.

In the air battle of Jianqiao on August 14, 1937, the Chinese Air Force encountered the Japanese Type 96 group, and the group leader Gao Zhihang opened the record and shot down the commander of the Japanese aircraft team, Shinichi Nitta. Nicknamed "Fierce Bear", Nitta was a famous Japanese test pilot and an ardent believer in the "theory of the uselessness of fighter jets". In this battle, he paid the most reasonable price for his theory.

Cai Jiheng often wonders why those extremely smart Japanese aviation designers got into the water in their heads when designing the Type 96 and designed such a bad bomber?

To put it bluntly, Japan, which claims to be a military power, is not capable of everything, and their strength is actually only relative to China.

Cai Jiheng secretly congratulated his luck and seized a favorable position without much effort, and this 96-style plane happened to hit his gun. He pushed the joystick down and dived down the nose, at the same time, the middle machine gun tower of the Type 96 bomber took the lead in firing, and a string of shiny tracer bullets swept over Cai Jiheng's cockpit, he was unmoved, his eyes were staring at the sight, the first to enter the halo of the sight was the middle machine gun tower of the Type 96, you can clearly see the almost distorted face of the machine gun shooter wearing goggles, if he fires at this time, it only takes a few rounds of 50 bullets to beat him into a pile of rotten meat, but Cai Jiheng doesn't want to waste ammunition on him, He adjusted the dive angle slightly, and at this time, the transparent cockpit of the ninety-six type appeared on the halo of the sight, and the co-pilot sat side by side in the cockpit, and the co-pilot was looking back in horror, Cai Jiheng sneered, his theory has always been like this, any part of the plane is better than directly destroying the pilot's body, and the effect is to solve the problem once and for all, the pilot is dead, and the plane will naturally crash.

Cai Jiheng pressed the firing button violently, and the six machine guns on the wings on both sides roared at the same time, and the dense rain of bullets smashed the glass of the cockpit in an instant, and the two Japanese pilots immediately flew flesh and blood......

This "air lighter" did not catch fire this time, but once it lost its pilot, it plunged to the ground like a kite with a broken string......

Cai Jiheng piloted the plane through low-altitude clouds and changed to level flight when it was 300 meters above the ground, and he saw the Type 96 crash into a paddy field, igniting a skyrocketing fire. The remaining three Type 96 planes had climbed to a certain height and were fleeing in a southeasterly direction. He shook his head, regretfully thinking that he had already used up all his ammunition in the first round of shooting, otherwise he could have caught up and killed another one.

Cai Jiheng only found out at this time that he had forgotten to turn on the communication radio after he took off, and he turned on the radio casually, and there was a call from Colonel Robert, the commander of the 23rd Brigade: "Crocodile, crocodile, did you hear it?" Why not answer? ”

"I'm sorry, Colonel, I just turned on the radio."

"Young man, you have done such a beautiful job, I salute you on behalf of all the air and ground crews of the 23rd Brigade! Now the enemy planes have fled, but you'll have to wait a while before you land, as ground crews are tinkering with the runway. ”

Cai Jiheng circled around the airport and found that the runway was full of craters, and ground crews like ants were driving dump trucks back and forth, filling the craters with sand.

Cai Jiheng looked at the fuel gauge and found that the pointer on it was close to zero, he secretly complained in his heart, and said that this is troublesome, in the past, if the fuel is exhausted, there are at least two ways to remedy it, one is to find a flat place to make a forced landing; The second is to abandon the plane and parachute. But neither of these two methods can be used today. As far as Cai Jiheng knows, there are paddy fields near Yangjie Airport, and the plane's forced landing in the paddy fields is basically looking for death. As for skydiving, he couldn't even think about it, because he didn't have a bag with him at all.

Colonel Robert's voice came over the radio: "Crocodile, why don't you answer, is there any problem?" ”

Cai Jiheng replied: "Colonel, please hurry up, brothers from the ground crew, my fuel level is close to zero, and I can barely support it for five minutes, by the way, I was in a hurry when I boarded the plane and forgot to bring my umbrella bag." ”

Colonel Robert was shocked: "God, is that so? Crocodile, don't panic, can you still climb higher? For example, to climb to a height of three or four thousand meters? ”

"I'll try, Colonel, I see what you mean, grab altitude before the fuel runs out completely, and land by gliding."

"That's right, this is the only way, everyone on the runway is desperately working to grab time, even the flight crew have done it, it will be fine soon, it should be in time! Crocodile, climb up and good luck! ”

"Yes, Colonel." Cai Jiheng pulled the control stick sharply, and the plane climbed upwards at a 60-degree angle, and he knew in his heart that the plane was the most fuel-consuming to climb at a large angle, but the matter had come to this point, and there was no other way, if he could rise 100 meters more, he would have a better chance of surviving, and this was probably another "Russian roulette" type gamble.

As Cai Jiheng estimated, when the plane climbed to an altitude of 2,500 meters, the engine suddenly stopped, which meant that the fuel had been completely exhausted. Thankfully, fate once again gave Cai Jiheng a chance, and this 2,500-meter height is the boundary between life and death.

Now that there is no roar of the engine, the surroundings immediately become quiet, and Cai Jiheng feels that the plane that has lost power is as light as a kite, floating in the air, and it feels very relaxed. Since he became a pilot, he has experienced flying in various complex conditions, but the only thing he lacks is gliding flight experience, which is also something that cannot be helped. The pilots trained by the Air Force Military Academy in the war are all quick and easy as long as they can meet the needs of the war, and they will never take any more time to train pilots in gliders.

Cai Jiheng searched in his mind, and he had learned a little about gliding and aerodynamics before. There is an absolute rule: when an aircraft that loses power glides through the air, unless it encounters an updraft, the air resistance will gradually slow down the aircraft, and the lift will become smaller and smaller, and the gravity will be greater than the lift, and the aircraft will fly lower and lower, and finally land on the ground [1]

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However, this damn P-40 is not a glider, it does not have the slender wings of a glider, and its own weight is much higher than that of a glider, and its gliding ratio can reach 20:1. Cai Jiheng was nervously calculating his empty time, hoping that the damn runway could be repaired quickly, otherwise he would have to plunge headlong into the paddy field in a few minutes.

There is also a fatal problem, the plane must be aimed at the runway at an altitude of more than 100 meters, the altitude and direction must be absolutely unified, and the grasp must be extremely accurate, otherwise the plane that loses power will jump over the end of the runway and finally plunge into the paddy field outside the airport.

"Crocodile, crocodile, good news! The runway has been largely repaired, but you must be careful that all the craters are only temporarily filled with sand and dirt, and it is too late to be compacted by the roller, so there may be some minor problems when you land, so you need to be very careful! ”

Cai Jiheng replied: "Understood, Colonel, if something happens to me, please give the 'Si Deng' type *** to my brother for me, I borrowed it from him." ”

"Yes, I'll do it, but it's not that bad, you'll make it. Crocodile, watch the height, aim at the runway! There was a hint of warmth in Colonel Robert's voice.

The scenery on the ground is becoming clearer and clearer, the wreckage of the destroyed planes on the airport has been pushed off the runway by bulldozers, several red fire trucks and white ambulances are on standby on the tarmac, many air and ground crews are standing on the lawn on both sides of the runway, Cai Jiheng can clearly see that some people keep scratching crosses on their chests. Without thinking too much, he opened the speed brake, aligned the angle, and pressed down the nose of the plane, and the plane landed on the runway at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour......

Old Jack was driving a jeep parked next to the runway, the jeep's engine was still running, and he was ready to rush to the runway at any time to rescue his friend.

At this time, Cai Jiheng's plane had already crossed a third of the length of the runway, and the speed gradually slowed down, and everyone at the airport breathed a sigh of relief. Cai Jiheng looked at the speedometer on the dashboard, 80, 70, 60, 50 kilometers...... Fortunately, there was no danger, and I finally landed safely. He remembered that he was going to have a drink with the rattlesnake tonight, but he had to give the kid a treat...... Cai Jiheng was thinking so, only to feel that the plane jerked up, seemed to jump, he hit his head on the dashboard, the whole plane stood up, and finally stopped on the runway. Cai Jiheng knew in his heart that this was because the sand that filled the crater was too soft, and the tires of the plane were stuck in the crater, but fortunately, the speed was slowed down, and if it hit this crater at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, it would be completely finished.

Cai Jiheng was dizzy to see the crowd of black pressure rushing towards the plane from all directions, he unbuckled his seat belt, his tense nerves finally relaxed, and he felt dizzy......

He felt that someone had slowly flattened the erected plane, and the boarding ladder was also on the fuselage, and the first thing that appeared outside the cockpit was the hard beard of Old Jack, he suddenly opened the cockpit cover, and carried Cai Jiheng out of the cockpit with a wicked smile on his face, and the confused Cai Jiheng was planted headfirst to the ground, and before he could scold, he was immediately caught by countless hands, and was thrown high into the air, hundreds of Chinese and American air and ground staff broke out into a burst of enthusiastic cheers and applause, and Cai Jiheng's body was thrown into the air again and again......

Shen Xingyun seemed to have just cried, her eyes were red and swollen, her face was full of tears, and she shouted hoarsely in the crowd: "Please, don't throw it away, don't throw it away, break our hero, can you take responsibility?" ”

[1]

The glider's ability to stay in the air is strong, because it has a narrow wing with a large aspect ratio and a smooth and slender fuselage, so as to obtain a high lift-drag ratio, and its gliding ratio is much larger than that of the same fixed-wing aircraft, so the gliding ratio of some gliders can reach 50:1, that is, under windless conditions, the glider can glide a distance of 50 meters in the horizontal direction for every 1 meter of height.