Lan Qianzhong saw in the telescope that two people with white cloth coats were shouting something while walking towards the forward position. Both of them were dressed as common people, one wore a robe and a horse coat, and a melon-skin hat was buttoned on his head; One was wearing a black jacket on the upper body and military pants on the lower body, and his face seemed to be familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while. When the two got closer, Ouyang Gui, the acting company commander of the second company of the third battalion, recognized it, saying that these two boys were originally from the second company, one was called Bei Yuejie, who was originally the commander of the second company, and the other was named Fan Yizhi, who was originally the deputy of the second company, and they were both deserters before the war.

Lan Qianzhong then remembered, yes, it's these two people! They were all under the one-eyed battalion commander Hou Shunxin, and that Bei Yuejie had opened a large shipping stack; Fan Yizhi was the principal of the national elementary school, what are they doing here from the devil? Be a lobbyist? Damn, no wonder I didn't attack for a long time.

Fortunately, it was not attacked, if it did, I am afraid that there will be no new three regiments at this moment. The defense line of the 1761 regiment on the mountain could not be broken, and the attack of the devils could not be stopped.

At the moment, it is not bad, although the retreat has not been opened, and Staff Officer Fang, Zhang Fangzheng and a battalion of one hundred and ten brothers have fallen under the guns of the 1761 regiment again, but the remaining forces of the whole regiment have been concentrated at the front again, and the brothers can at least earn a last. Duan Renyi still has some military common sense, and he hasn't done anything too stupid after leaving Staff Officer Fang.

Duan Renyi was beside him, and Duan Renyi, the faces of Bei Yuejie and Fan Yizhi, also recognized it. Duan Renyi's face was ugly, and his hand holding the six-wheeled gun trembled.

"What are they doing here?"

"Presumably it's persuasion, right? They now represent the Imperial Japanese Army! ”

Bei Yuejie and Fan Yizhi, who represented the Japanese Imperial Army, were really a pair of bear bags, and as soon as they entered the front trenches, they knelt down, kowtowed to any brother they saw, and wept bitterly and said that they did not want to come, because they were forced to come by the devils and traitors, and the little heralds who fled with them did not want to come, so they were disemboweled by the devils with bayonets, and their bloody intestines hung up on a tree.

Duan Renyi was not moved by their crying at all, and only asked them what they were doing here? They crawled in front of Duan Renyi and handed a letter of persuasion to Duan Renyi.

The letter of persuasion was jointly written by Saburo Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese brigade, and Yang Huabo, commander of the Peaceful Founding Army, to Duan Renyi and Staff Officer Fang.

The letter said:

"The Imperial Army and the Peaceful Founding Army deeply admired the stubborn resistance of your officers and men, but this resistance was meaningless. First, with their superior strength and sophisticated firearms, it was only a matter of time before the Imperial Army and the Peaceful Founding Army broke through the barrier. Second, the main force of the 23rd Route Army did not participate in the battle, and the Hedong defense line was voluntarily abandoned by the 377th Division. Therefore, the Imperial Army and the Peaceful Founding Army suggested: The A and New Third Regiments should be returned to Wang ** and reorganized into the Peaceful Founding Army. B. If they do not return to obedience for the time being, they can take the initiative to abandon their positions and withdraw from the theater, and the Imperial Army and the Peaceful Founding Army will ensure the safety of all officers and men. There are two ways to retreat: A. Withdrawal by land, and the Imperial Army and the Peaceful Founding Army will give way to the positions at the foot of the mountain. B. Withdrawn from the waterway, the Imperial Army and the Peace Founding Army will reserve boats for their officers and men to use to cross the Xima River eastward. ”

Saburo Yamamoto and Yang Huabo ordered Duan Renyi and Staff Officer Fang to reply within two hours.

After Duan Renyi read it, he forwarded the letter to him and Adjutant Huang, and after Hou Shunxin and Huo Jack were ordered to arrive, Duan Renyi asked the two of them to take a look at it too.

After the letter of surrender was turned around in the hands of the brothers, it returned to Duan Renyi's hands. Duan Renyi ordered Ouyang Gui to escort Bei Yuejie and Fan Yizhi away, and then asked everyone:

"What do you think?"

No one said a word, everyone stared at Duan Renyi's face, Staff Officer Fang was gone, and the new third regiment was really the head of Duan this time.

Duan Renyi obviously didn't want to be this family, or he didn't want to be this family, and seeing that the brothers were silent, he slowly turned half of his body and asked Adjutant Huang:

"Brother Huang, what do you think?"

Adjutant Murmur sighed:

"The letter is telling the truth! Some of them are worse than they know! You all know that we are not just sacrificed, but betrayed! ”

Hou Shunxin opened his hot one-eyed eyes and said:

"Since it's up to us, let's sell it! We won't fight this battle, we won't do it, we won't stop, just ......"

"Just be a traitor?"

Regimental Deputy Huo Jack interrupted Hou Shunxin's words and said excitedly:

"Brother-in-law, when I came to Xijiadian to join your death squad, I didn't surrender to the devil! Whoever wants to do that, I, Ho Jack, will fight with him! We have to settle the accounts that Han Peige owes us, and we must also take care of the national righteousness! If an anti-Japanese soldier doesn't have this backbone, is there any hope for the country?! ”

Lan believes that Hojack's words make sense. In any case, the brothers are still Chinese, and the accounts of the Chinese family are one and the same thing as the accounts of the Japanese. He, the commander of the machine gun company of the Tang Army back then, and an old brother who had participated in many battles against Japan, could not wear a traitor hat in front of this Ma'anshan and leave a lifetime of infamy.

He followed up on Horjack's words:

"Brother Huo is right, we can't surrender, we can't withdraw! To withdraw is to surrender! The two armies are facing each other, how can there be any such thing as withdrawing from the enemy's position?! Lao Tzu has never heard of it! If we want to withdraw, we can only withdraw from the positions of our 1761st regiment! ”

Adjutant said to Adjutant Murray:

"That's right! We also need to be wary of the devil's tricks. Our own commander-in-chief will play us, and who can guarantee that the devils will not play us?! If the devils fire at me during the retreat, we will only be beaten, whether in the river or by land! Anything can happen in war! ”

Hojack said warmly:

"I think, just kill Bei Yuejie and Fan Yizhi, and get rid of the delusions of the devils! Even if we all die on this scorched earth, we can't let the regimental flag of the new third regiment be disgraced! ”

Duan Renyi shook his head:

"Think about it again, and think about it again: Can we use the devil's persuasion to buy a little time? Huh? Even if it's just two hours! If we can survive tonight, oh, is it possible for us to avoid the frontal position of the 1761st Regiment, well, quietly pass through the 1761 regimental defense area from both sides of the top of the mountain?! ”

What the! Duan Renyi didn't have Fang Staff to rely on, and his head became flexible. Duan Renyi's vision is entirely possible, not only to ensure the safe withdrawal of the brothers, but also to avoid the shame of being traitors.

Lan Qianzhong immediately agreed, and Adjutant Huang, Huo Jack and Hou Shunxin had no opinion, and the matter was decided: leave the dogs of Bei Yuejie and Fan Yizhi for the time being, and let them go back to spread the word to the devils, and the new third regiment can consider withdrawing, and if they want to take the waterway, ask the devils to prepare boats. They estimated that the devils would have to come up with a dozen or twenty boats, and it would be impossible to do so in three or five hours.

Unexpectedly, less than two hours after Bei Yuejie and Fan Yizhi went down the mountain, the devil actually prepared the boat. He used his binoculars to see that more than a dozen empty boats were pushed up by the devils, and there was a traitor squatting on each boat.

Bei Yuejie and Fan Yizhi came up again, saying that they were inviting the brothers to set off. Duan Renyi didn't say a word, and one of them gave them a shot. The first time they killed someone, their hands trembled badly, Bei Yuejie and Fan Yizhi were shot but did not die, so Lan Duzhong and Ouyang Gui gave them two shots before they were finally sent on the road.

It was about 3 p.m.

At about 3:40, the devils and traitors saw that there was no movement on the position, so they sent another traitor adjutant, and as soon as the traitor adjutant came up, he was killed again.

At 4:20 a.m., the devils saw through their plan, gave up their efforts to persuade them to surrender, and attacked the position again.

With this gap, the forward positions were reverted to a tighter defense, and all the wounded who could shoot were put into the trenches. The battle went well. Lan Qianzhong optimistically estimated that he was seventy or eighty percent sure that the sun would set.

But he didn't expect that there were machine guns hidden in the dozen or so boats by the river. As soon as the attack began, the ship's machine guns opened heavy fire, and the battalion deputy Zhou Jili, the first company commander Wu Degui, and the second company commander Ma Dashui were killed one after another, and there was a gap in the defense line of several tens of meters against the river.

Duan Renyi was anxious, and asked Lan Duzhong in the fierce gunfire:

"What...... What to do? What to do? ”

Under the cover of machine guns, at least the 100th devil traitor attacked, and the guy who rushed to the front was less than forty meters away from the gap in the position.

Lan Duzhong hissed and asked his wings to quickly move closer to the gap, and at the same time ordered the brothers around him to mount their bayonets and prepare grenades.

Duan Renyi is not like a regiment commander, but like a soldier who obeys orders. As soon as his words fell, Duan Renyi picked up a rifle from the side of a fallen brother, clumsily loaded the bayonet, and rushed towards the gap.

Bullets flew around the gap, and many of the brothers who had swooped down on the wings had already fallen.

He was scared, not afraid that he would be shot and killed, but afraid that Duan Renyi would die under the whistling bullets, Duan Renyi was not only their regiment commander, but also their county magistrate, he was innocently dragged into the new third regiment, and was dragged into this bloody battle, which has made them feel guilty, if Duan regimental commander dies next to him again, what will he do to the more than 70,000 people in Jiadian County!

He shouted:

"Danger, County Magistrate Duan!"

Yes, at the most dangerous juncture, he called him the county magistrate. He is a county magistrate himself, and he is a very good county magistrate. Without this county magistrate, I am afraid that Xijiadian will be flattened by Han Peige's artillery three months ago!

He shouted, pounced, and caught up with Duan Renyi on a section of scorched earth that had collapsed more than a dozen meters away, and pressed him under him before a volley of bullets hit Duan Renyi. He himself was shot, and his body suddenly went limp, and he was paralyzed. He struggled to raise his head, but it was dark in front of him, and in the clamor of smoke and dust, he walked into a dead silence.

The world was peaceful, there was no war, no artillery fire......