In the remaining years, Duan Renyi could no longer forget the last night of the Ma'anshan Blockade. That night was as long as a century, as heavy as the whole world, and he could not get out of that night until the last moment of his life, and he could not lift the burden that night weighed on him.

It was a drizzling night that was silent and lingering. There was no thunder, no lightning, not even wind, and the silence on the corpse-strewn mountains was eerily silent. Raising your head to the sky, it is wet darkness, and looking down at the ground, it is also wet darkness, as if the end of the world. In the atmosphere of the end times, he and the more than 200 survivors of the ragged New Third Regiment under his command stood silently and solemnly to bid farewell to this bloody battle and to the 1,600 brothers who had fallen in the bloody battle.

As the night fell with a drizzle, the last attack of the enemy was knocked down. For the New Third Regiment, the war was over, and the brothers would be evacuated from the battlefield on his orders and go their separate ways. The New Third Regiment will no longer exist as an armed force of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army, and he, the regiment commander, will bear all the consequences thereafter.

He is happy to take on this responsibility. His soldiers from Shakadian were worthy of the country and the nation before and after being betrayed by their own commander-in-chief. After a short period of three months of training, they relied on the inferior weapons and equipment in their hands to fight a blocking war to such a point, which is very remarkable. More than 1,600 flesh and blood bodies have proved the loyalty of the people of Shakadian and washed away the shame caused by that incident.

It's inconceivable to think about it, this group of people who were forced to go into battle and couldn't be called soldiers at all actually blocked a Japanese brigade and a puppet army division in front of Ma'anshan for a full 36 hours, and inflicted heavy losses - he estimated - the Japanese puppet army that fell in front of the battle may be no less than 1,000 people, which is really a miracle of war. And what caused this miracle was not the good command of his regimental commander, not the military talent of the staff officers, or even the courage and strength of the brothers under normal conditions, but the double oppression from our side and the enemy. In the irresistible double oppression, their lives went to glory, bursting with dazzling brilliance. In this sense, the commander-in-chief, Han Peige, is the maker of this miracle.

However, the price paid by the Shakadian for this miracle was too great, and 1,600 people fell, lying on this scorched earth forever. The men of the Armorian were devoured in a bloody battle. The county seat of Jiejiadian has become a city of widows, a city of orphans, how can he, the magistrate of Jiejiadian County, explain to the thousands of orphans and widows! Their sons, their fathers, their husbands, their brothers, he brought them out. It was he who brought it out in the name of the country and the nation! Now that they are all gone, some of them are dead under the fire of devils, and some of them are dead at the guns of his own people, how can he say to them? Say they were betrayed? Said that he was also confused! He's their county magistrate! They trusted him and gave him their sons, husbands, and brothers, and he led them to be fooled! Knowing this, it would have been better to defend the city wall and fight to the end with the siege team of the 377th Division, so that the resentment of the fathers and sisters of Xijiadian would not be concentrated on him.

The more than 200 surviving brothers had to go, but he couldn't. He used to be the county magistrate of Jiejiadian, and now he is the head of the new third regiment, and he is responsible. He must be responsible for his soldiers and the people of Jiadian on behalf of the country and the nation; He also needs to be responsible for the country and the nation on behalf of his soldiers and the people of Shajiadian. While Brother 1,600 had fallen here, he had no reason to go back as a survivor.

The New Third Regiment was saying goodbye to the war, and he was also saying goodbye to the surviving brethren. The regimental flag, which had been fought for three months and had been burned by artillery fire in Xiagangzi Village, was carried in his arms. He stood on the ruins of the head of the village of Xiagangzi, looking at the surviving men of Xijiadian with teary eyes.

It was too dark for the brothers' faces to be read. But he wanted to take a better look at the brothers, so he ordered Hojack, the deputy of the regiment, to light a torch. Hojack was afraid that lighting the torch would attract the devil's artillery fire, he said lightly, no matter how much, anyway, it will be withdrawn soon, even if the devil shoots a few shots, it is nothing bad, they fire the cannon, just to see us off!

More than a dozen torches were lit, and the faces of the brethren became real.

He saw the third battalion commander Hou Duyan.

The culprit of the accident stood against the half-blown bluestone wall in front of the mill, his flat face expressionless, as if he had become numb to life and death. This old man was lucky, Zhang Fangzheng, who caused the accident with him, died in the 1761 regiment's blockade, and Lan Duzhong died in the bullets of the devil's attack, but he was alive and well.

Of course, Hou Duyan should live, even Lan Duzhong should also live, without the last insistence of these two battalion commanders, it would be difficult to repel the last attack before nightfall. Besides, Lan Duzhong saved his life again. He felt that the survival of Hou Duyan and the brothers in front of him was equivalent to his survival,—— Ma'anshan Resistance Battle had integrated him with their lives.

Hou Duyan was surrounded by Ouyang Gui. The blacksmith brother was killed in two of the three, and he was the only one left. He was tied to the new third regiment, and he was tied up by the security chief Ding Hanjun. He remembered that when he was writing the roster that day, Ouyang Gui also kicked over the table, and Staff Officer Fang almost didn't kill him. Later, I heard that Ouyang Guilao and Ding Baochang had an endless quarrel, and they beat Ding Baochang at least three times. Now, the artillery fire of the bloody battle has also brought them together, Ouyang Gui has a bandage wrapped around one arm, and the other strong arm is also holding the equally injured Ding Baochang.

Ding Baochang was wronged. On the night of the incident, he didn't even go out of the gate, and on the first day of the formation of the new Third Regiment, he worked hard to help him arrest Ding, and finally went in himself and asked him to be the company commander, but he didn't do it, and as a result, he became a big soldier for three months as a security chief. Right now, his waist and legs are injured, and it seems that it will be difficult to get out of the battlefield.

looked down, and next to a locust tree that had been blown up, he saw Liu Tatters with leather boots on his feet. Liu was wearing a hat crookedly, carrying a small blue cloth burden on his shoulders, and he didn't know what treasure was in the baggage. He really admired this man's courage, and climbed into the pile of corpses of devils and traitors three times in a row to make a fortune, and there were hundreds of bullets dragged up alone. For this reason, he gave him a reward three times, and he was afraid that he would send more than 1,000 yuan of fiat currency in total. The Grim Reaper has no problem with this kind of person who is not afraid of death, and this person is not even injured by a single hair. As long as Liu Rag passes through the 1761 regimental defense line tonight, he will be the winner. He can unashamedly show off his war story and the war riches he has recovered from death to the people in the days of peace to come, after he has had enough to drink.

And it makes sense. In the face of Liu's tattered bravery, he should also return triumphantly with his wealth.

There are only three people who do not belong to Xijiadian, one is Adjutant Huang Zeming, one is Miss Bai Jiefen Bai, and the other is Deputy Huo Jack.

At this moment, all three of them were standing beside him, Hojack holding a torch in his hand, Adjutant Huang smoking in the light of the torch's flashing light, and Bai Jiefen hanging his injured arm and standing behind Adjutant Lu.

Hojack is still neatly dressed, and there is no slackness in his life that despair can bring. This young university lived a solemn life, with enthusiasm, threw a pen from Rong, promised the country with his body, and voluntarily jumped into the trap set in the name of anti-Japanese resistance. Knowing that he was betrayed, he still maintained his precious sanity and never had the idea of surrendering and rebelling. It's a rarity.

Adjutant Huang was the underburser of the New Third Regiment. Han Peige sent him and Staff Officer Fang to accompany the funeral, probably because they were unlikable in the headquarters of the 23rd Route Army and could not brag. Staff Officer Fang didn't say anything, this shrewd and capable young man had too much temper, and he was constantly in conflict with the brothers of the New Third Regiment, and he naturally collided with the people in the headquarters. But why was Adjutant Huang driven here? He has a really good temper and is honest, why did he end up with such a fate?!

Maybe ,—— yes, maybe his idea is wrong, maybe they are all people that Han Peige trusts, Han Peige sent them, not only to let them accompany the funeral, but also to arrange the funeral of the new third regiment more grandly. Han Peige wants to rely on war to destroy the New Third Regiment, and he wants the destruction of the New Third Regiment to bring the greatest benefit to himself. For this purpose, what is the great deal about burying the lives of two young staff officers and adjutants? For a lieutenant general-in-chief, the lives of two young junior officers are really worse than his pet dogs.

There is also Miss Bai, the only female in this group of survivors, she and Miss Wen were probably sent to the New Third Regiment by Han Peige as part of the whole conspiracy. Of course, she definitely didn't know about it, and Miss Wen, who was martyred, wouldn't know. It wasn't until this moment that he saw Miss Bai's handsome face under the firelight, and he reminded the gods of this. Why didn't Han Peige send two male newspaper operators, but two young women? The purpose was very clear, to induce the brothers from Shajiadian to take the bait, and as soon as they discovered the indecent acts, they would immediately correct the Fa. During the training in Baiji, there was a brother in the third battalion who was shot because he watched Miss Wen take a bath, and before the battle, Zhang Jinkui, the deputy of the original regiment, fell under Miss Bai's skirt again-although Zhang Jinkui was killed by Huo Jack, he believed that if Huo Jack did not kill Zhang Jinkui, Staff Officer Fang would still kill Zhang Jinkui, which was a mockery of his Duan Renyi. When he was the county magistrate, didn't he repeatedly complain that the Gunnerian Artillery Battalion harassed the place and raped the people's daughters? Now you, Commander Duan, take a look at your subordinates! What else do you have to say?!

He believed that Han Peige could do it. After the incident, the scene at the headquarters of the 23rd Route Army in the provincial capital made too deep an impression on him. Han Peige actually shot at the unloading of Jiadian on the map, and actually killed Battalion Commander Lu in front of him and Gao Hongtu's old **, and after performing this murderous performance, he could still ask him to come forward to form a new third regiment so naturally! This general is not only a conspirator, an executioner who kills without blinking, but also an out-and-out scoundrel.

The rain was falling slowly, and he silently thought that from the new third regiment and the bloody battle of betrayal in front of him, he thought of many far-reaching problems, and he wanted to tell the brothers everything he thought of at this farewell moment......

However, this is too impractical.

He let out a long sigh, retracted his boundless thoughts, and returned to the harsh reality of reality.

The reality was that the brethren, soaked in the drizzle, were going to go out, bypass the 1761st Regiment's defenses, withdraw to safety, and then return to Shakkadian. It was time to remove the armor, and when their battle was over, he, the former county magistrate and now the head of the regiment, had to say something to the brothers one last time.

He told the regimental deputy Ho Jack what he meant.

Hojack raised his torch in front of him and announced in a loud voice to the brethren:

"The final lecture of the head of the Qing Duan!"

He wiped the rain and tears from his face, opened his mouth, and shouted "brethren," but there were no words below.

He really didn't know what to say to his brothers.

The brethren looked at him with faithful eyes.

He was stunned for a long time, and spoke in the tone of the county magistrate, not the head of the regiment:

"Brethren, I ...... I just want to tell you, let's ...... We're going home! We don't care what it says, let's ...... Let's go home! What is the account, let them find the county magistrate to calculate! The county magistrate also struggled to break the corpses...... It is also necessary to reserve some seeds for the county seat of Xiejiadian! ”

His words touched the brethren, and some whimpered and wept.

With a wave of his hand:

"What are you crying about? Our brethren in Shakdeen are all good! We...... We've been here for thirty-six hours, let's ...... We are worthy of the fathers and sisters of the Jiadian! Thank you! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! You fight for the magistrate of this county...... Fight for face, fight for our father and sisters, let's ...... The people of Jiadian will not be able to forget you for generations! ”

Seeing Adjutant Yellow, Hojack, and Miss White, he said again:

"The county magistrate would also like to thank the martyred Staff Officer Fang, Miss Wen, and Adjutant We, Miss Bai, and Deputy Huo Tuan! Without them, especially ...... Especially without Fang Staff, we can't hold on to this moment! Staff Officer Fang and Miss Wen died for our brothers who were relieved of Jiadian, let's ...... Let's get rid of the people of Jiadian...... Always remember them! Forever...... Always treat them as our ...... Our brothers and sisters look at it! ”

Miss Bai lay on Adjutant Huang's shoulder and cried. Adjutant and Hojack also had red circles under their eyes.

He moved emotionally, and his voice became more and more whimpering:

"Thing...... Even now, I don't ...... Don't say anything more, I'm not a regimental leader, I ...... I'm just a county magistrate, I ...... I have brought the eighteen hundred Shakdianites ...... Bring it here, just ...... I'll only send you two hundred or so people...... Send it back, I ...... I ......"

Hou One-Eyed shouted:

"County Magistrate Duan, don't say it, it's not your fault! Neither the living nor the dead blame you! As long as we go out tonight, we'll fucking settle accounts with the headquarters of the 23rd Route Army! Settle accounts with Han Peige's mongrel! ”

He nodded, straightened his military uniform, straightened his regular hat, and issued an order for the last time as the commander of the new third regiment:

"Brethren, ...... Now I declare that the newly formed 3rd Regiment of the 23rd Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army will immediately withdraw from Ma'anshan, and will disband itself after the retreat is completed. ”

When he had finished speaking, he solemnly cupped his fists, shook himself at the brothers standing all over the hills, and muttered with tears in his eyes:

"Take care, brethren! Take care! ”

As planned in advance, the retreat began in an orderly manner. Hou Duyan led the last combat troops to walk in the front, Adjutant Huang and Ouyang Gui followed closely with a group of lightly wounded people, and he and Ho Jack and a dozen seriously wounded people walked in the rear. As the team marched up the mountain, all the torches were extinguished, and the mountain field was once again plunged into darkness.

In that drizzly night, he had decided to say goodbye to this unreasonable world, he had no face to meet Jiangdong's father, and he could not escape the murderous disaster that would inevitably be caused by disobedience and retreat, and there was no other way but to die. Watching the retreating procession leap in the direction of Shanggangzi on the mountain, he stood motionless on the ruins, but asked Miss Bai not to cry when Miss Bai Jiefen walked in front of him. Unexpectedly, the more Miss Zi cried, the more fierce she became, and in the end, Adjutant Huang forcibly pulled her away. ……

His six-wheeled pistol had been hollowed out, and as long as he pointed the muzzle of the gun at his head in time, everything would be over, and he, the county magistrate, would live forever with the more than 1,600 martyred male citizens of Jiejiadian under his rule, along with this mountain field full of craters.

It was a Hojack, and it was just as he was aiming his gun at the head. As he pulled the bolt, Hojack grabbed his hand holding the gun, and the bullet didn't hit his head, but grazed the flesh of his chest, hitting the lobe of his lungs and shoulder on the other side of his body.

A few minutes later, everything was clear. You can feel your body bleeding, you can smell the strong smell of blood, you can hear Hojack's panicked cries. Later, footsteps sounded, and with the sound of footsteps, many people came to him, including Liu Po and Miss Bai. He smiled bitterly at Miss Bai, took one last look at the wet sky of that wet night, and fell into a deep sleep. In the last moments before he fell asleep, he thought that he was dead, and that he was going to die according to his own will, so he straightened up, and in the double pain of mind and body, he said the last words:

"I ...... I'm not ashamed! ”