Mitani listened to the admonition of Captain Nakagawa, went back and began to pack up weapons and equipment, as well as ammunition, he learned through the adjutant about the casualties of the brigade in the past few days, as he expected, the casualties of the brigade in the past few days are very abnormal, and it is very likely to be related to the Chinese man who is very accurate in marksmanship.

Far from frightening Mitani, this provoked him to be aggressive.

After packing up his weapons and equipment, Mitani brought his disguise to the headquarters of the brigade, and at this time, Captain Nakagawa was discussing the next offensive strategy with several squadron leaders.

The constant sound of artillery fire and gunfire from other directions of the Sitang River witnessed the fierceness of the Japanese offensive, and also confirmed that they did not give up the attack on the Sitang River so simply, the arrival of Mitani made Captain Nakagawa temporarily suspend the meeting, he introduced Mitani to the three squadron leaders, and said to the squadron leader of the second squadron:

"Shidao-kun, with Mitani-kun here, he will eliminate the cunning Shina people and cooperate with you to complete the attack on the Shina people's position."

Due to casualties, the 3rd Squadron temporarily abandoned the task of serving as the main attack, and the 2nd Squadron took up the main attack mission.

Generally speaking, a large battalion of the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on the position of the national army, and it was difficult for the national army to withstand it, but a battalion of the national army withstood it, not only withstood it, but also beat a squadron that served as the main attacker.

Captain Nakagawa immediately began to give the order to attack half an hour later: "The 1st Squadron has opened up the situation in the direction of Fujiazhai on the Eastern Front, erected an iron bridge, crossed the Sitang River, and occupied the forward positions of the Zhina people, but the Long family on the Western Front has been unable to open the situation for a long time. ”

He turned his gaze and fell on Santani: "Sangu-kun, next, you will follow the second squadron and launch an attack on the position of the Shina people. ”

"Nakagawa-kun, I'll go to the front line now to observe." Mitani didn't want to wait any longer, time was relatively short, and he had to go and reconnoiter and find a good firing position by the way.

The second is to see if we can find the sharpshooter of the Shina people.

Captain Nakagawa thought for a moment, then said: "I will let the artillery of the brigade fight with you, once you find the sharpshooter of the Chinese people, you must kill him, if you can't kill it, the artillery will bomb it." ”

"Yes!"

Mitani left the command headquarters with a Type 97 sniper rifle on his back.

The squadron leader of the second squadron, Ishishima, looked at Mitani's back and said, "He is the sniper sent by the general?" ”

Mitani nodded: "Yes." ”

He looked at the squadron leader of the third squadron and said, "With him, the infantry of the Shina people will be dealt the most severe blow, and as for their snipers, with the ability of Mitani-kun, they will definitely be able to find out the snipers of the Shina people and kill them." ”

He is quite convinced of Mitani's abilities.

Mitani has shot and killed battalion-level commanders of the national army more than once, and even more so than a company-level commander, and he has quite a wealth of combat ability and combat experience.

"Gentlemen, let's also go down and prepare, we must reach the other side of the Sitang River in the shortest possible time and take the position of the Chinese people."

"Yes!"

The Japanese attack stopped, and there were unfinished iron bridges on the Sitang River, and the river kept rolling, and the iron bridges built floated on the surface of the river, constantly swinging.

160 battalion position.

The battle stopped, but Xia Yuan did not eliminate the happiness of more than fifty Japanese devils at all.

Zhao Shiguo died.

Zheng Dayong sat in the trench with a Czech light machine gun in his arms, not crying, not making trouble, and not even looking at Zhao Shiguo's body.

The scholar's mortar shell was lost, I don't know if he was afraid of Xia Yuan's blame, or because of other reasons, he didn't say anything, and sat in the trench.

Xia Yuan looked at Zhao Shiguo's body and said: "Everyone has their own life, some people are safe and sound, and they live until the end of the war, and some people don't even see the shadow of the Japanese devil, so they die, in fact, it's good to die, no longer have to endure hardships, and they will be reincarnated as a good family in the next life and enjoy a lifetime of happiness." ”

He sat in the trench and was quite emotional, but only emotional, not sad.

He has experienced too much of this kind of life and death separation, from Changjin Lake, to Shangganling, from my regiment commander and my regiment, to the awakening era, and has experienced the major event of the 180th Division being surrounded by the US army.

Xia Yuan took out a cigarette from his pocket, wiped a match and lit it, took a puff and stuck it on the ground, which was regarded as a farewell to Lao Zhao, got up and said: "Why are you stunned, come here, what's wrong, there are only three of us left, sad?" Great use, scholar, come here, bury it for Uncle Zhao, so that it can be buried in the ground. ”

Li Youcai went to the camp headquarters, and he could probably guess that he showed his hand, which shocked Li Youcai, and he was talking to Zhang Guangqi about his own affairs at this time.

Xia Yuan looked at Zhao Shiguo lying on the ground, and suddenly felt that this so-called proof had become indifferent, the strength was on himself, so why did he need to prove it to others, what could he do if he proved it.

Just when they buried Li Youcai, the battle situation in the east came back, the 161st Battalion was lost, the Japanese troops had arrived at the forward position, and held the forward position, and the Japanese reinforcements were coming non-stop.

The 161st Battalion was organizing a counterattack against the Japanese army, but suffered heavy casualties and was likely to retreat.

Once the friendly 161st Battalion begins to retreat, then the friendly troops on the left and right sides of the 161st Battalion will face the situation of being attacked by the enemy on the flanks, Zhang Guangqi was shocked by Xia Yuan's shooting level, and said to Li Youcai, with more than 50 bullets, more than 50 enemies were eliminated, and not a single shot was missed, except for shock, the rest was still shocked.

Subsequently, the news of the planned retreat of the 161st Battalion made Zhang Guangqi come back to his senses from the short-term shock, and his brows tightened, "The Japanese attack is powerful, and the 161st Battalion also paid huge casualties in the battle of Luodian, and it is normal for them to be unable to hold on in the face of such a fierce offensive by the Japanese army." ”

Li Youcai said: "If it weren't for Xia Yuan, our forward position might also fall. ”

"One man is one army." Zhang Guangqi said with emotion: "It's hard to imagine that there are really such soldiers in the world, killing 50 enemies in an hour, if the Japanese army continues to attack, with him, the casualties will definitely increase. ”

Li Youcai said again: "I see that he has a stable chassis, and it is estimated that he is also a practitioner, and his marksmanship is great, but he doesn't know how to do kung fu." ”

"Fist and foot kung fu has a limited role on the battlefield, and marksmanship is the most important thing." Zhang Guangqi groaned a little and said: "Order the second company to strengthen the defense of the flank, don't let the Japanese army come, and tell the brothers fighting on the front line to hold the position and don't let the Japanese cross the river." ”

Not long after he gave this order, the Japanese army crossed the Sitang River and occupied the positions along the Sitang River.

Buried Zhao Shiguo on a bag of soil on the bank of the river, Zheng Da tamped the ground with a shovel, with silence on his face, Xia Yuan walked up to him and said: "Lao Zhao's last wish is to let you live well, do you remember the first time we met?" ”

Zheng Dayong raised his head and remembered that night, Xia Yuan was like a god of war descending to earth, using a gun to destroy a detachment of Japanese soldiers, which brought endless shocks to his heart.

He nodded: "Yes." ”

Xia Yuan lit a cigarette, felt the spicy nicotine, and said: "Lao Zhao has planned to sacrifice himself in order to save you and buy you time, if I didn't come that day, Lao Zhao may have died in order to save you, he can live until now, you should be happy for him." ”

"Time is a cycle, just like the sun in the sky, rising in the east and setting in the west, every morning, you can see him, maybe a few years later, you will meet a person who looks very similar to Lao Zhao, maybe he doesn't know you, but that's when he comes to see you."

"Brother Yuan, is what you said true?"

"Well, with his long-cherished wish, live well, and if possible, avenge him."

"Yes!"

Zheng Dayong, who was chirping, regained his confidence, carrying the Czech style with a firm gaze.

Xia Yuan turned his head and looked at the scholar, after burying Zhao Shiguo on the ground, this guy squatted on the ground, without saying a word, the mud on his body dried up a lot, and when he moved slightly, the dry and cracked mud on his body kept falling down.

The sky is already bright, the sun is in full bloom, shining on the surface of the Sitang River, sparkling, the scholar looked at the river in the distance, his eyes were a little dull, Xia Yuan took out one from the Japanese-style cigarette case and handed it to him, "I am bored, smoke a cigarette, when I am bored, I smoke a cigarette, and I slowly think about it." ”

"Ahem!"

The scholar didn't know how to smoke, so when he took a puff, he choked on himself, and his face turned red, but he still endured it, he couldn't smoke, he couldn't smoke either, he spit it out when he inhaled it, smoked one, and didn't want to open anything.

"Brother Yuan, give me another one."

"Fuck off, if you smoke like this, this box won't work for you." Xia Yuan stuffed the cigarette case into his pocket, took the cigarette in his mouth, inhaled it from his mouth and spit it out from his nose.

The scholar saw the novelty, but after watching it for a while, he felt that it didn't mean much, and continued to be silent.

He looked at Xia Yuan squatting on the ground, thought for a while, and said, "Brother Yuan, you said, who are we fighting for." ”

Xia Yuan paused slightly, and asked curiously, "Why do you think so." ”

The scholar said: "These officials, they tie people to stones with iron chains, and they can't run away if they want to, and when the Japanese devils rush over, they can only hold guns and fight with the Japanese devils. ”

Xia Yuan frowned, and with such a stubble, he stood up and said, "Take me to see." ”

Even if he was mentally prepared, seeing this scene, his heart was still a little more angry for no reason, even if some of the soldiers were already dead, they still had iron chains on their ankles, firmly tied to the stones, and the corpses were soaked in the mud, and no one came to collect them.

He continued to walk forward, and found a lot of people like the scholar said, these people are thin and unshaped, they don't look like people, ghosts, ghosts, skins and bones, they don't even have the strength to struggle, even if they are dead, with chains on their ankles, they can't take them away.

Xia Yuan was pulled into the team, because of the task of the system, he looked for those people to take revenge, but it didn't work, so he honestly followed to fight the Japanese devils, at least in terms of fighting the Japanese devils, the whole country is still relatively unified.

But they never imagined that they would use such a way to imprison the soldiers.

These soldiers were chained to stones, unable to move, unable to advance or retreat, even if the sound of shells sounded overhead, they could not hide, they could only let the shells bombard, in the muddy trenches, there were too many such corpses, with iron chains on their ankles, firmly tied to the stones, and many corpses were shattered by the shells of the Japanese devils.

They couldn't run, and in the face of the shells falling overhead, they could only lie down in the trenches, praying that the shells would not blow them up, maybe they would survive now, but when the Japanese devils rushed over, they would still die, and no one would rescue them.

This couldn't help but remind him of the new barracks, the hundreds of people in the new barracks, although they were not tied with anklets, but they didn't have an invisible chain around their necks.

Xia Yuan also seemed to understand why the scholar was like this, he was confused, what these people were fighting for, it was his own compatriots who persecuted them, but they were more cruel than the Japanese devils.

In this way, it seems that there is no point in fighting or not.

Xia Yuan sighed, no matter who sees this kind of thing, he can't help but have such a question in his heart.

In such a desperate war, in the present, the compatriots persecuted them like this, and in the future, there are many people who are unwilling to recognize their merits, and it is indeed sad to think about it.

They sat in the trenches, no longer talking, and there was a bit of silence in the air.

In a low reed swing on the opposite bank, Mitani held a Type 97 sniper rifle, crawled on the ground, carefully peeled off the reeds in front of him, revealed a gap, put the muzzle of the gun on the gap, and observed the position of the national army through the scope.

The forward positions had been hit hard by the Japanese, and many of the Shina soldiers were rebuilding trenches, and his target was the commander of the Shina and the one who was good at shooting.

After observing a circle, no suspicious objects were found, and Sanya decided to wait, now the ordinary soldiers who shoot the Chinese will expose themselves, and the gains outweigh the losses, and his target is the Shina people, but the sharpshooters of the Shina people have a higher priority.

Before Mitani had not yet observed the suspicious object, he fell silent and waited until the Japanese attacked, until the enemy was exposed, and gave the enemy a fatal blow.

The wind blew the surface of the river, rippling and making the sun shine brighter.

Xia Yuan did not comfort the scholars, he thought that by comforting the scholars, he was helping the Kuomintang to speak, and he himself had no feelings for the Kuomintang, so how could he help the Kuomintang to speak.

It's a pity that those who really want to resist Japan, they paid with their lives, but they became victims of bald governance.

(End of chapter)