On the hillside not far from Gushan Temple, eleven simple coffins are neatly arranged together.

Behind the coffin is a tomb that has been dug.

Xie Tian walked solemnly to each coffin, stood upright, saluted, and silently recited the calligraphy on the coffin.

"Yu Baoqiang, from Jiaozuo, Henan, 19 years old"

"Ma Zhuangtian, from Kaifeng, Henan, 27 years old"

"Liang Shi, from Handan, Hebei Province, 22 years old"

"Qu Xiangyang, a native of Datong, Shanxi, 35 years old"

"Hua Qiushou, a native of Zaozhuang, Shandong, 17 years old"

"Ding Erbao, from Dagu Town, Pingyuan County, 19 years old"

……

Walking past each coffin in turn, Xie Tian took a few steps back to face the eleven coffins and saluted solemnly again.

"Salute, Shoot"

Wu Wenhua on the side shouted loudly.

The soldiers attending the funeral stood up and saluted, and the ten arranged soldiers raised their rifles and fired into the sky.

The sound of gunfire echoed through the hollow, and eleven coffins were slowly lowered into the tomb.

Some of the people on the sidelines cried, especially Ding Erbao's mother, who cried to death.

At this time, Master Pu, the abbot of Gushan Temple, walked up to Xie Tian with his hands folded and bowed slightly, and said, "Head Xie, the poor monks and others want to do a Dharma for them, and I also ask Head Xie for permission." ”

After a big battle, the simple monk also understood that if it weren't for Xie Tian's violent means to escort them into the tunnel, I'm afraid that these monks would have been slaughtered by the devils a long time ago.

Only the Gushan Temple survived in the whole Dagu Town, more than seventy percent of the houses in the town have been burned down by the devils, not that the devils have any respect for the temple, but because the Gushan Temple is a little away from the Dagu Town, and the devils have not had time to burn here.

Not to mention Dagu Town, the innocent two villages along the upper and lower rivers were not burned by devils, and they also killed a lot of ordinary people who didn't have time to run away, and even Gao's family was burned, and the simple monk understood that this new group of devils was different from the previous devils, and it was more ferocious.

Xie Tian looked at the simple monk and said: "It's up to you to do things, master, I have something to ask for, and I ask the master to make it convenient." ”

"Head Xie, please speak." The simple monk hurriedly said.

Xie Tian glanced at Dagu Town, where there was still smoke coming out of many places, and said: "Master, most of the people in the town are now homeless, can the master make more room in the temple to come out and settle them, I'm afraid this time will not be too short." It may take three or two months for me to free up my hands to help people rebuild their homes. ”

The simple monk hurriedly bowed: "More than a dozen houses can be vacated in the backyard of the temple, and the side hall can also be let out." There are also some materials in the temple that can help you build some sheds in the courtyard and in front of the door, and everyone will get through it together. ”

Xie Tian nodded: "Thank you, Master." ”

He could feel the change in the simple master, and that's a good thing.

The monks began to do things, and such a solemn funeral was a bit nondescript, but Xie Tian didn't care about it.

Xie Tian walked up to Carpenter Yu and Stonemason Tan who were standing together, first nodded at Carpenter Yu, looked at Stonemason Tan and said, "Master Tan, I want to ask you to help me build a stone tablet here, it must be big and solemn, and in addition, each of my soldiers buried here must have a small stone tablet with their name, place of origin, and date of death engraved on it." ”

Stonemason Tan hurriedly nodded: "Head Xie, please rest assured, leave this job to me." ”

Xie Tian stretched out his hand and shook hands with Tan Stonemason: "Then this matter will trouble you, I will go back and let someone calculate it to you." ”

Stonemason Tan hurriedly said: "It's all my own baby, and the sacrifice is also for us." There are stones on the mountain, and I just have to make some effort, and Captain Xie is slapping me in the face when he asks me for money. ”

Xie Tian stretched out his hand and patted Tan Mason's shoulder, and said heavily: "Thank you." ”

He knew that Tang Hao'er would handle these trivial matters, including the eleven coffins given by the carpenter, Tang Hao'er would handle them, and he really couldn't be distracted and worry about these things anymore.

Seeing that Xie Tian was leaving, Stonemason Tan hurriedly asked, "Head Xie, what words are engraved on that big stone tablet?" ”

Xie Tian stopped and replied: "No word." ”

Stonemason Tan nodded for a moment: "I understand." ”

In fact, Stonemason Tan only understood what to do with this big stone stele, as for why there was no word, it was not something he had to think about, how to make this big stone tablet good was what he had to think about.

Be big, be dignified.

Do you want to make a big stone tablet carried by a turtle like the imperial tomb, and carve some reliefs or something?

He didn't have to think about it, after Xie Tian returned to the regiment headquarters, he hurriedly drew a picture of a monument in his notebook, and even marked the size for him, and after the painting was completed, he found a soldier to send him over, Tan Stonemason really understood what kind of stone tablet Xie Tian wanted, this is a big project, even if you find a few helpers for a month, you may not be able to do it well.

As the regimental headquarters, Changlong Silk Village was not burned, not even a piece of glass was broken, and it became one of the few buildings in Dagu Town that was still well preserved, perhaps just because the devils wanted to finally burn down this place that they used as a temporary headquarters.

"Did you contact the last battalion?" Xie Tian sat on the sand table and gobbled up something and asked Wu Wenhua.

"I got in touch, the first battalion has made a detour to Zhangzhuang according to your instructions, and the Xiangyanggou Bridge Commando and Zhang Xingsheng Commando have also set off, and they will start their actions at six o'clock in the evening as agreed."

Xie Tian nodded, raised his wrist and looked at the watch plate and said: "We still have more than three hours, inform the soldiers to hurry up and eat and rest, our mobile strength is sufficient, and we can rush to the vicinity of Zhangzhuang to join the first battalion in an hour." ”

"Yes", Wu Wenhua responded.

Xie Tian looked at him and said solemnly: "Next, we will face a more brutal battle, you have to prepare the soldiers mentally." ”

Wu Wenhua looked at Xie Tian and smiled: "Do you want to tell the truth?" ”

Xie Tian looked at Wu Wenhua and said speechlessly: "Whatever you want." ”

Wu Wenhua said with a smile: "The warriors have already worshiped you as a god, and no matter how cruel the battle is, I am afraid it will become easier to fight with you." For example, this time, we wiped out seven or eight times as many enemies as ours with one battalion, and our battle losses were only eleven soldiers......"

The corners of Xie Tian's mouth twitched slightly, stared at Wu Wenhua and said, "Each of my fighters is unique, please don't add the word "mere me" in front of them, I feel very uncomfortable to hear." ”

Wu Wenhua's smile froze instantly, the muscles on his face twitched lightly uncontrollably, his forehead sweated slightly, and he hung his head at Xie Tianli and said, "I'm sorry Commander, I brought the bad habits I developed in the Jin Sui Army." Each of our fighters is unique, and I would treat them like brothers. ”

Xie Tian hummed and said, "I don't want the warriors to mythologize me, I just want them to be able to survive every battle." So, my style of play, my attitude towards the enemy may not be understood by many people. It doesn't matter, I can be scolded for being shameless, being scolded for being domineering, as long as my fighters can survive, as long as my fighters can kill devils to the greatest extent, I can be scolded by others as much as possible, I don't care. I hope that my commanders will be like me, treating all the soldiers under him as their own brothers, and willing to use their bodies to block the bullets that come at them. ”

Wu Wenhua stood up: "I swear to the head of the regiment that I will definitely work hard to do it." ”

Xie Tian nodded: "I believe you can do it." ”

At this time, Li Changshun and Tie Dan rushed into the regiment headquarters with a few command knives of Japanese devils and a bunch of miscellaneous things, and Li Changshun entered the door and found that the atmosphere seemed to be a little wrong, and glanced at Wu Wenhua in surprise.

Tie Dan didn't see this, he piled up the things he was holding on the table and greeted Xie Tian: "Godfather, come and see, there are a lot of good things, let's get rich." ”

Xie Tian ignored Tie Dan, looked at Li Changshun and asked, "The battlefield has been cleaned up?" ”

"It's basically the same, there are too many corpses, I arranged for the soldiers to find a pit nearby to bury ......"

Xie Tian stared at Li Changshun and scolded: "Bury a fart, China doesn't bury Japanese ghosts, it's all burned for Lao Tzu, if you can't burn it in one day, you will burn it for Lao Tzu for two days, and if you can't burn it in two days, you will burn it for Lao Tzu for three days, arrange a platoon to do this, and everyone else will give Lao Tzu time to rest and take Zhangzhuang tonight." ”

Li Changshun's expression was overcast, and he replied loudly: "Yes, China does not bury Japanese ghosts." ”

Li Changshun turned around and trotted away, Wu Wenhua looked at Xie Tian and said, "I'll go out and have a look." ”

Thank God for a hum and turned to the sand table again.

It shouldn't be difficult to win the battle of Zhangzhuang tonight, but the difficult thing is how to hold Zhangzhuang and disrupt this big game.

The main reason for choosing the night battle was to worry that the devil's air brigade would rush to support, but every minute after taking Zhangzhuang was afraid that he would have to pay the price of blood and flesh, not only to face the indiscriminate bombardment of the devil's plane, but also to divide his troops to block the devil's reinforcements from Taiyuan, Pingyuan County and Shanyin.

In addition, since the vanguard of the two divisions and regiments transferred by the devils from the Kwantung Army has already arrived, I am afraid that the large troops behind will also arrive in the next day or two.

The railway is the main artery of the devil, and if it is cut off by Xie Tian, it will definitely be recaptured desperately.

At that time, I am afraid that within a few hundred miles around Zhangzhuang, it will become a huge meat grinder, and this Zhangzhuang will definitely become the center of the eye of the storm.

What this battle will be, Xie Tian has no bottom in his heart.

Xie Tian had a lawsuit, but Tie Dan was still ignorant, and he smiled and took a devil command knife and came to Xie Tian to show it: "Godfather, look, this knife was seized from that devil Dazuo, and there are still words engraved on the handle, I don't know how to read, can you help me see what words are engraved on it?" ”

"Get out of here." Xie Tian's eyelids didn't move, and he reached out to pull away the iron egg and handed it to the command knife in front of him.

Tie Dan pursed his lips and muttered: "It's also in vain to ask you, and you don't know Japanese characters, so I'll ask my godmother." ”

Tie Dan wanted to find Tang Hao'er, but Tang Hao'er came first, and Gao Meijuan came in from the backyard with her.

Seeing Gao Meijuan, Xie Tian had a headache.

Eldest sister, what did you tell your father, who can stand your father's call son-in-law when they meet this time?