Section 62

"The first battalion lost 236 people killed and 344 wounded, of which 78 were seriously wounded, and the second battalion lost 307 people......" Chief of Staff Lin Xiufeng held a small notebook and stood up to report the casualties just counted, as the strings of numbers were read out, the look of decay on his face became thicker and thicker, and gradually, his voice also lost its former loudness and became smaller and smaller.

Ji Hongru sat on a chair, no longer straight, the night's battle seemed to drain his body, making his whole person shrink in, listening to Lin Xiufeng's report, he seemed to be motionless and silent.

"Nian, why is it silent?" However, when Lin Xiufeng paused, Ji Hongru's body nested there made a slightly hoarse voice.

Lin Xiufeng looked at the regiment commander, and immediately took a deep breath and read: "The regimental headquarters company has 42 killed and 104 wounded, and the whole regiment has suffered about 2,000 casualties, and it has completely lost its combat effectiveness. Seeing Ji Hongru fall into a depression, Lin Xiufeng thought for a while and said: "Tuanzuo, in order to capture Liang Yuanyuan, our regiment is almost exhausted, and what we need most at the moment is to make up for rest, this time, I am afraid that it will not be able to recover in half a year." ”

Ji Hongru was silent as if he hadn't heard him speak, which made Lin Xiufeng can't help but look at the stone on the side, but what made him speechless was that the stone was standing there with his eyes and nose and nose at this moment, like a stake, expecting him to help say a few words, it was obviously hopeless.

"Report to the regimental seat, the brigade headquarters telegraph!" A correspondent stood up in the corner on the side, and looking at his bloodstained appearance, it was obvious that he had also participated in the battle last night, and now he insisted on his post when others had begun to take turns to rest, and this alone was enough to make admiration.

And after Ji Hongru heard this voice, he immediately came to his senses, straightened up from his chair and said, "Read! ”

"Brother Hongru, I heard that the Ru Department has conquered Liang Yuanyuan, I am very relieved, today the 301st Regiment is still storming Yangqi Yuan, and the division headquarters has transferred Zhang and Qiu two regiments to participate in the attack, I hope my brother can stick to the vested place, so as to wait for the army to complete the siege of the enemy of Sanyi Village." The correspondent did not dare to hesitate, and immediately read the contents of the telegram word by word.

Seeing that he put down the folder in his hand and stood upright, Lin Xiufeng on the side couldn't help but ask strangely, "Is there nothing?" The brigade didn't mention supplies and ammunition? ”

The correspondent shook his head and said, "Chief of Staff, that's all." After that, he seemed to be afraid that the chief of staff would not believe it, so he simply handed over the telegram.

Lin Xiufeng also took it unceremoniously, just glanced at it, and was extremely depressed and twisted into a ball, smashed it to the ground, and scolded: "Our regiment was raised by his mother's stepmother, the three of them fought a Yang Yuan, and one of our regiments beat Liang Qiyuan, but there were no reinforcements after we beat down, I really thought we were beaten by iron." ”

Ji Hongru seemed to have expected this, ignored Lin Xiufeng's complaints, and said to the correspondent: "Xiao Zhao, let's go rest for a while and eat something to fill your stomach, there will be nothing to do for a while." ”

Feeling the concern of the group, the correspondent immediately saluted excitedly and said: "Tuanza, I'm not tired!" ”

"Don't be tired and go lie down, it's an order." Ji Hongru said undoubtedly, and after seeing him finally salute and withdraw, he turned his eyes to the two people on the side, and said in a deep voice: "Tell me what to do next!" ”

Lin Xiufeng looked out of the window angrily, and the stone still maintained his silent movements, this kind of cold scene suddenly made Ji Hongru feel very uncomfortable, and couldn't help but say by name: "Stone, you are attached to the group, and you commanded last night's battle, tell me your opinion!" ”

The stone looked up and said with a blank face, "What? Danza, you call me? ”

Ji Hongru couldn't help but feel angry, and immediately thought that this kid usually seemed to be like this all the time, and he really didn't want to say anything, so he took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket and lit it himself, and then said to the still dazed stone: "The brigade has just had a telegram down, and the battle in Yang Yuanyuan has not yet ended, and there is only one of our regiments stationed here for the time being, do you have any opinion on this matter?" ”

I don't know if Shi Shi had heard this before, but when he heard the news, he didn't react, frowned and thought for a while, he said strangely: "Tuanza, do we have any tasks?" ”

Lin Xiufeng, who was on the side, couldn't stand it anymore, and suddenly turned around and shouted: "Shi Tuanfu, Chief Shi, we have to guard until they take Yang Yuanyuan!" ”

"Take Yang Yuan? When? How long will it take? Stone asked, a little puzzled.

"How long? It may be one day, it may be three days, ten and a half months is not impossible. Lin Xiufeng said angrily, and immediately glanced at Ji Hongru with some dissatisfaction, as if he had a very good opinion on the fact that the head of the regiment still had no reaction until now.

Shi Shi was a little confused by what he said, and couldn't help but look at the regiment commander and asked, "Do you want to guard it for so long?" Tuanza, we don't have anyone now, it's still possible for a day or two, but after a long time, there are no people, what else to guard? ”

Ji Hongru took a deep breath of paper cigarette, glanced at him and said: "Don't say two days, as long as we can hold on for one day, our task will be completed, I have already reported the situation here in detail, according to the current situation, we can capture Liang Yuanyuan with the strength of a regiment, which should have greatly exceeded the expectations of the officials." ”

"One day, there is still a little hope, there is a river ahead, the advance of the Japanese army is bound to not be carried out on the whole line, which provides convenience for our defense, as long as we hold the bridge deck and the pontoon bridge that the devils may erect, the shortage of numbers can be greatly alleviated." The stone seems to have thought about this for a long time, and immediately said his thoughts.

"Stone, if you have any ideas, just say it, this is a major matter related to the life and death of the whole regiment, this battle, as long as it can be delayed until dark, and when the battle on Yang Yuan's side is over, we can get reinforcements and evacuate the battlefield." Ji Hongru didn't seem to think that the stone really had a way, and he couldn't help but feel the spirit, and Lin Xiufeng on the side also looked at it with some disbelief, but the stone's great exploits were there, and there was no way to believe it.

The stone thought for a while and said, "Tuanza, I think since it's delaying time, let's ......"

Half an hour later, Shi took Liu Wenfeng and other battalion brothers to the north of the Sanyi Village Bridge, where the battle that lasted for almost a whole night had stopped, and only a cold corpse and a rudimentary position destroyed by artillery bombardment were left on both sides of the river, and under the illumination of the sun, all the ugliness and gloom were infinitely magnified, and the cruelty of the war exploits deeply stimulated everyone's heart.

He was surrounded by brothers from the third battalion who were constantly busy, and after receiving the order to garrison here, Qu Yuben brought all the troops over and began to build fortifications.

Perhaps it is really as Battalion Commander Qu said before, from beginning to end, the first battalion and the second battalion are fighting bloodily, which makes everyone in the third battalion, who is also the main battalion, feel aggrieved.

The huge craters now brought convenience to the men of the third battalion, their shovels flew over, shovels waved, and sections of communication trenches and machine-gun bunkers gradually became clear, crisscrossing the north bank of the bridge, like a spider web, netting the entire battlefield.

Facing the soldiers of the three battalions who stopped their work one by one and saluted immediately, the stone was very unaccustomed to saluting all the way, moving forward quickly, if it was not easy to rush to the vicinity of the Sanyi Village Bridge, he suddenly felt a sense of relief.

The marching team stopped advancing, and the only remaining 100 or so men of the first battalion shrank in the narrow communication trenches, giving people a sense of urgency that a big battle was coming.

Liu Wenfeng, who was attached to the battalion, looked around in surprise, and the brothers of the three battalions, who were also a little confused, were casting their eyes on them, but after seeing his gaze, they lowered their heads again and went to busy with the work in hand, as for the opposite, the Sanyi Village Bridge with a mountain of corpses was so stationary across the river, and countless Japanese corpses were stacked on top of each other, so that people could clearly feel at a glance that this stone bridge connecting the north and south was now directly connected to the underworld, and anyone who wanted to pass had to go through the test of death.

This made Liu Wenfeng frown, seeing that the stone stopped here with the team, he faintly felt uneasy, and after a while, he still couldn't help but ask softly: "Stone, this is the defense area of the third battalion, what are we doing here?" Assist in defense? It doesn't seem like enough to rely on us alone. ”

Instead of answering his question directly, Shi asked, "Has the problem of the scarcity of medicine for the wounded been solved?" Are there still stocks of weapons, ammunition and food? ”

Hearing Shi Shi's question, Liu Wenfeng looked around again, and after confirming that there were no people from the third battalion nearby, he said excitedly: "These guys from the second company are really amazing, the devils didn't leave anything behind when they retreated last night, but these guys were stunned and collected a bunch of things from the corpses of the devils, especially some hemostatic drugs and gauze, and a lot of them, although there is still a little gap, it is basically enough." ”

Shi nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's good, that's good." After that, he said without hesitation: "We will kill the bridge and scare the devils!" ”

These words immediately exploded in Liu Wenfeng's ears like a thunderclap, making him unable to come back to his senses for a long time.