The entire Tenth Army of the devils has been forced to make a detour.

However, it was not easy for the 367th Regiment to achieve such a record, and Zhong Yi's excellent tactical command was certainly important, but it was also inseparable from the sacrifice of the officers and men of the whole regiment.

When the 367th Regiment first arrived in Jinshan County, there were two main battalions and a guard company, with more than 1,000 officers and soldiers! This is not counting the 3rd Battalion, which was originally left in Jinshanwei.

However, now, most of the more than 1,000 officers and soldiers have suffered casualties, and even with Wang Zilong's 3rd battalion, there are less than 600 people left!

In addition, the number of dead and wounded in Jinshan Wei Minzhuang also exceeded 500.

Of the more than 1,500 people who followed Zhong Yi to Jinshan County, there are still about 900 people left, and almost all of the people who were added to the 2nd battalion before were martyred!

In other words, after a day of fierce fighting, the officers and soldiers of the 367th Regiment and Jinshan Wei Minzhuang sacrificed a total of more than 1,000 people, and such a casualty ratio is undoubtedly very scary!

War has always been so cruel!

Sacrifice always comes quietly!

At this time, Zhong Yi was standing in front of the lookout hole on the first floor of the Traffic Building.

Since the devils stopped shelling in the evening, Zhong Yi has been standing here.

Seeing the last ray of light disappear from the western sky, and the devil still didn't move, Zhong Yi finally breathed a long sigh of relief, turned back to Zhang Kongyi, who was wrapped in gauze on his head, and said, "The devil won't attack again today." ”

Zhang Kongyi nodded and agreed, because the devils almost didn't fight at night in the Battle of Songhu.

Zhong Yi said again: "But we must not be careless, so it is still necessary to be vigilant at night, and we must set up double posts, not afraid of 10,000, just in case!" ”

While the two were talking, Wang Zilong walked in with his head down.

Zhong Yi immediately asked, "Camp Commander Wang, how many remains have been recovered?" ”

Dare to love just now, Wang Zilong took people to the battlefield to collect the remains of the fallen soldiers.

Wang Zilong sighed lightly and said gloomily: "In total, less than three hundred complete bodies have been recovered, and a lot of severed limbs and stumps have been recovered, but it is impossible to distinguish whether it is a devil or a fallen brother?" In addition, many brothers were buried in the ground by the ruins of collapsed houses, and they could not be dug up at all. ”

Zhang Kongyi looked at Zhong Yi and said gloomily: "Bury the remains found, as well as all the severed limbs and remnants that have been collected, whether they are devils or your own brothers." After a pause, he added, "As for those buried under the rubble, let them stay there forever, after all, they died to defend Jinshan County, and they deserved to die!" ”

Zhong Yi then advised: "The list of fallen brothers must be collected, and it must not be lost no matter what!" ”

"I know." Wang Zilong nodded, and said, "Whether it is the old brothers of the 367th Regiment or the brothers who have just been added to the 367th Regiment by Jinshan Wei Minzhuang, I have already registered their names and kept them properly!" ”

"That's good." Zhong Yi sighed lightly and said, "When the Anti-Japanese War is won in the future, we must erect a stone monument in the central square of Jinshan County, and then engrave the names of all the fallen brothers on it, so that their heroic souls can accept the admiration of generations of people in Jinshan County!" ”

The prince replied: "Yes! ”

Zhong Yi let out a long breath, and when he faced Zhang Kongyi again, he had already returned to his previous cold color.

"Zhang Tuanza." Zhong Yi said in a deep voice, "No accident, after dawn tomorrow, most of the devils will also use the artillery tactics of burning jade, although the devils also have large casualties, but there are many devil soldiers, they can afford to lose, but we can't afford to lose, if there are two more such losses, Jinshan County will not have to defend directly." ”

Zhang Kongyi said: "Just about to say this, commander-in-chief, do you have any good solutions?" ”

"There's always a way." Zhong Yi nodded, and said, "The most effective way is to shrink the scope of defense and give up most of the city to the devils!" In this way, under the devil's jade and stone artillery tactics, the devil's losses will far exceed that of our army, and we can hold out as long as possible. ”

"Shrink the range of defense?" Zhang Kongyi frowned and said, "I'm afraid this won't work, right?" ”

"yes, it won't work!" Chu Gangchang, who had just bandaged the wound on his right shoulder, said without thinking, "It is definitely not possible to give up most of the urban area to the devil, and only retreat to the traffic building, no matter how strong the traffic building is, it will definitely not be able to withstand the shelling of the devil's tank main gun and battle defense artillery, not to mention that the devil has no worries, and can even transport large-caliber heavy artillery directly into the city and shoot directly at the traffic building, and then we will be ironclad." ”

Zhong Yi said: "I just said that most of the urban area will be given to the devils, but I didn't say that I only stick to the traffic building!" ”

"Map!" Zhong Yi motioned to Wang Zilong to spread out the battle map, and then pointed to the map and said, "You see, there are three relatively strong fortifications in Jinshan County, one is the traffic building, the other is the Yao family compound, and the third is the county office. ”

Zhang Kongyi, Chu Bangchang, and Wang Zilong nodded subconsciously.

……

At this time, in Matsue.

The alert force sent by the 67th Army has returned to Songjiang and brought back the latest news from Jinshan County.

"What? Are you saying that Jinshan County has not been lost yet? After listening to the report, Wu Keren was a little surprised.

Huang Qixiang, who came to Songjiang to supervise the battle, was also surprised, he couldn't imagine how this battle was fought?

The 367th Regiment guarding Jinshan County has more than 1,000 people in two battalions, but it can actually hold Jinshan County for a day under the onslaught of nearly 100,000 Japanese troops.

"Yes." The adjutant said in a deep voice, "It is said that the devils also used heavy artillery groups!" Hundreds of large-caliber howitzers have carried out large-scale shelling of Jinshan County several times, especially in the second shelling this morning, the devil also used sulfur bombs, and the fire in the city was full of red half of the sky! ”

Wu Keren couldn't help but gasp when he heard this.

Then, Wu Keren turned back to Huang Qixiang and said, "Vice President, do you want to report this news to Nanjing?" ”

"No, you don't." Huang Qixiang didn't know what his psychology was, and said coldly, "The Fuxing Society has a radio station in Jinshan County, but I don't know what the situation is in Nanjing, so we need to talk about it?" ”

Wu Keren didn't say anything more.

After a while, Wu Keren suddenly asked again: "Deputy General Seat, you said that this battle, could it be that Zhong Yi commanded?" ”

"!" Huang Qixiang said suddenly, "Commander Wu, do you really believe that the surname Zhong is a high-achieving student who graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point?" It's all a bluffing trick! ”