Section 43

Zheng Pusheng jumped out of the trench, strode across the wooden bridge to meet the stone and others, a day, the stone they went for a whole day, in this day, Zheng Pusheng was worried about the outside and worried, almost a moment to calm down, for the confusion of the current battle situation and ignorance of the enemy's movements, so he could only lead the troops to passively guard the river. He didn't know when the devils would attack, he didn't know where the devils would attack, and he didn't even know if the devils had bypassed their defenses and attacked their backs.

He was desperately looking forward to the stone to bring him accurate news, but what he didn't expect was that this wait was a whole day, usually just a few hours, but today made him deeply understand what it means to live like a year, during this period, Zheng Pusheng even had the idea of sending another team of people out countless times, but every time after the fierce battle of ideas, this idea was vetoed, and now even the stone relatives took people to have an accident, and sending others out can only be in vain.

Just when his patience was exhausted, thinking that the stone had met an accident and would never return, the sound of a sound in vain instantly ignited the longing in his heart to go silent.

"Battalion commander, are the positions of Beixinjing and Bazi Bridge still in the hands of the 58th Division?" Shi watched Zheng Pusheng rush across the bridge in person, he was stunned at first, and then eagerly asked the question in his heart.

Zheng Pusheng originally wanted to vent the anger he had accumulated for a whole day, but the stone's words surprised him, and this thought disappeared, and he said in surprise: "The 58th Division on the front line should still be holding on, and at the end of this day, we have not received unfavorable news from the front line, what's wrong with the stone, where did you go this day, what did you find?" ”

Shi didn't dare to hesitate in the slightest, and while following Zheng Pusheng back to the west bank of the river, he told in detail what he had experienced during the day today, and even the process of designing the devil with Liu Wenfeng and them in the village on the other side of the river at the beginning, he believed that with Battalion Commander Zheng's rich combat experience, he might be able to analyze some things from these things that they had not thought of.

After listening to the stone's story, Zheng Pusheng didn't say anything for a long time, what the stone said was too amazing and shocking, so that it was difficult for him to come back to his senses for a while, especially when he heard that the stone had completely encountered the troops scattered from the front line, his mind was a chaos, rout? The troops at the front line have been defeated, how long can they hold here?

Originally, when he heard that the devils had landed in Jinshanwei in the early hours of yesterday morning, he already had no illusions about this battle, in front of the fierce firepower of the devils, they had used their flesh and blood to block the enemy countless times, and they had also repelled the attacks of the devils again and again, but all this was in vain, and their victories in one battle after another could not determine the outcome of this battle. This also made them lose after paying an extremely heavy price, and the defeat was unacceptable.

However, the order in the early hours of this morning, the determination of the division commanders to swear to stop the enemy to the death, made him look forward to a miracle as if he had caught a life-saving straw, and even made him come to stop the enemy with the belief that he would die.

However, the news brought back by the stone made Zheng Pusheng look up to the sky and sigh, and secretly smiled bitterly, it's over, this battle is really over, the expected miracle has not happened, and all the fantasies are so unrealistic. Judging from the distance and direction mentioned by the stone, the scattered troops they saw earlier should have withdrawn from Changning, east of Xinjing, with the purpose of reconsolidating the town, but the retreat of the army did not leave enough strength to break the back, so that they were caught up by the devil's army, and a massacre was inevitable.

"The army's spirit is scattered!" Zheng Pusheng muttered and sighed, hundreds of thousands of troops, still haven't won this battle, is China about to die? Are these soldiers about to become sinners through the ages who have been stinking for thousands of years? Imagining the unarmed people howling under the devil's bayonet, Zheng Pusheng felt a kind of pain coming from the bottom of his heart.

Looking at the battalion commander who was speechless, after waiting for a long time, Shi still broke the silence and asked, "Battalion commander, what should we do next?" ”

"What should I do?" Zheng Pusheng smiled bitterly, and then said listlessly: "What else can I do?" The winner and the loser have already been decided, and we are all going to become slaves of the country, and what we do is in vain. ”

Shi felt the despair and sadness in Zheng Pusheng's tone, and looked at the battalion commander in front of him, who was almost the same as before, Shi was extremely surprised, and even didn't know how to face it! In fact, he really wanted to say that there are still many troops on this battlefield, and they still have the strength to fight, and it seems that this battle is still fought, but thinking that Battalion Commander Zheng has been an officer for so many years and knows so many things, these things must be clearer than himself, so he swallowed the words full of stomach and savored them carefully.

Zheng Pusheng looked at the stone standing on the side, and said with a long sigh: "Stone, go to the rest meeting, take a good rest, don't do anything in the past few days, save your strength with the brothers, and hurry when the time comes." ”

"Shall we retreat?" Stone asked instinctively.

"Go and rest, don't ask anything, it won't be long before you'll know." The news brought back by the stone obviously hit Zheng Pusheng very hard, so that he even seemed to lose the interest in speaking, in this strange atmosphere, the stone could only rush towards the place where the third company was located under the leadership of a brother in the second company with full of questions.

Back in Sanlian, everyone naturally couldn't help but have some greetings, but fortunately, Liu Wenfeng and Li Wenguang, who came back one step ahead of him, had already told them what they should have said, but they saved a lot of words. I originally thought that I would rush here to defend the flank of the friendly troops of the 58th Division, and there might be a bloody battle, but I didn't expect the situation to change, it was far faster and more complicated than they imagined, especially the news of the defeat of the friendly army was like a cannonball falling not far from their side, deeply shocking their hearts and making them more silent than before.

The stone couldn't care so much, and after lying down in a relatively dry place, he fell asleep, and consumed a lot of energy during the day, plus Zheng Pusheng's explanation, so he had to take a good rest.

No one expected that things would change so quickly, in the next few days, although they were never attacked by the Japanese army and bombed by planes, but the news still made them feel a sense of difficulty sleeping, the only good news was the follow-up of the cooking class, so that they could eat hot meals, and they did not need to worry about the problem of food and clothing for the time being.

On November 7, the correspondent sent by the brigade headquarters to the front line transmitted the fierce battle situation on the front line to them, and there were fierce battles in the areas of Beixinjing, Baziqiao, and Baihegang, and the 174th Brigade of the 58th Division and the 11th Brigade of the 6th Division of the Devil's Regiment, and the position changed hands several times, and the commander of the 174th Brigade, Wu Jiguang, personally led the death squad to launch a counterattack several times, which drove the devils who broke into the position back, and the casualties of both armies were very large, but the follow-up of the devils continued slowly, and the supplementary regiments of our army have long been exhausted, so go on, Originally, there was a gap in firepower, and it wouldn't be long before the troops would be at an absolute disadvantage.

Listening to such news, everyone felt the pressure on their faces, however, even if they were anxious, it was useless, as the lowest pawn, this was not something they could worry about in the first place.

On November 8th, until the evening, the front line came to the fierce battle of the day, but the people who had been anxiously waiting for a day, after hearing the news, even preferred that the messenger did not pass through them, the news of the loss of the position of Beixinjing and Baziqiao was like a plague that made them feel fearful, after a day of fighting, the friendly troops of the 174th Brigade were compressed in the small space of Baihe Port and fought endlessly, and the Japanese army did not stop the attack until the evening after several failed strong attacks, although the position has not been completely broken, But they are experienced in combat, and they have already faintly smelled the smell of defeat and evacuation.

In addition, the soldiers of the second company sent out to inquire about the situation also brought not very good news, the wounded who were transported from the front line in the direction of Qingpu have hardly stopped in a day today, on the long road, the blood dripping on the ground has hardly dried up, and in the evening, the red blood stains have been connected into a line, just looking at it, you can make people feel the tragedy of the battle situation on the front line, and the strange thing is that it seems that at the end of this day, I have never seen the wounded officers withdraw, this abnormal situation, There is still a hint of weirdness.

At night, the officers and men of the second company couldn't help it, in the face of the worsening military situation day by day, several officers went to Battalion Commander Zheng to find out, for them, it was the wisest choice to withdraw while the front line had not collapsed, once the 174 Brigade in front could not withstand it, it was too late for them to withdraw. And in the first company near Shenjingtang, the company was also sent over, and its purpose was self-evident.

Zheng Pusheng still maintained the expression on his face when they came back that night, as if since that night, he didn't care about these things, no matter what these officers said, he always didn't say a word, if it wasn't for his usual behavior, the soldiers of the first battalion would almost have wondered if their battalion commander had an accident.

After waiting for a night in this anxious, depressed, and chaotic mood, in the early morning of November 9, a soldier of the 174th Brigade who was soaked in blood brought a news that almost collapsed them, the commander of the 174th Brigade, Major General Wu Jiguang, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 334th Regiment, Ying Yang, and the commander of the 3rd Battalion, Tong Yafu, were all martyred, the 174th Brigade suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining brothers of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 334th Regiment were still fighting to the death in the last section of the position, and the other divisions had begun to evacuate in their direction.

Everyone was at a loss and at a loss, but Zheng Pusheng, who had been silent, stood outside the trench unconsciously.

[After lying in bed for four or five days, I was finally able to move, but the tragedy is that in the coming year, I can no longer eat meat dishes, and the tragedy of life is so that it makes people cry and speechless! 】