The soldier looked blankly at his companions around him, he couldn't believe that all this was true, maybe he had just gotten used to fighting alone, he had never been able to survive himself, he wanted to have just had a dream, all this was a dream.

"Can you put the gun down first?"

The platoon commander carefully reassured that with the current mood of the soldier, it was likely that the gun would accidentally go off, and he had to stabilize the soldier's mood.

The blankness on the soldier's face began to turn into sadness, he didn't know why he was so sad, maybe he was rescued, maybe his comrades were killed, his hands began to tremble, but he controlled himself and slowly put down the gun.

The platoon commander slowly stepped forward, took the gun in the soldier's hand, and then said softly: "The Japanese have withdrawn, we have won!" ”

After hearing the news, the soldier slowly crouched on the ground with his gun on his body, then buried his head deep in his arm and cried loudly. The warriors just watched quietly, and no one laughed at him and cried, but understood him in their hearts,

He survived, he did survive, but his comrades did die, it's not a dream, it's real!

The platoon commander stepped forward, squatted down beside the soldier, and comforted him by patting him on the shoulder with his hand.

"Why, why are you here now!" The warrior threw his head on his stomach and roared heartbreakingly.

The platoon commander did not speak, they knew how fierce the street fighting in the city was, the previous courtyard they searched, there was not a single intact corpse, and the soldiers of a squad could only piece together five corpses.

"Sorry we're late!"

This is the responsibility of the immortal platoon commander, and they also want to come, but there are Japanese troops everywhere in the city, and they can only defend, once they break away from the cover to attack, I am afraid that Jingcheng City is now Japanese.

"If you want to see them, they're all in the square west of the city!" A soldier said at this time that he knew what comradeship was, and that the bodies just now were sent to the west of the city, and that their families would be arranged to claim them today, and the unclaimed corpses would be cremated, and then transported back to Taihang Mountain and buried with everyone.

The battle of Jingcheng is over, the Japanese army has fully retreated, the two sides have returned to the state in front of the station, and all other troops have also entered the city, and now Hu Guoshan is in command of all the affairs in the city.

Ma Wanzhong sat on the chair and waited to look at the teapot in front of him, a gesture that had remained since he learned of the retreat of the Japanese army.

Hu Guoshan didn't bother Ma Wanzhong, and Ma Wanzhong's current state was not suitable for presiding over the work in the city, so Hu Guoshan took the initiative to help him share the burden.

There were originally more than 5,000 soldiers in Jingcheng City, but after this battle, there were only more than 400 left, and there was not one out of ten, and no commander would be in a good state when he heard such news.

It is not only Ma Wanzhong who is also sad, but also the people in Jingcheng City, whose homes have been in ruins in the shelling, and they will definitely have no place to live in the coming days.

Fortunately, the tents captured by the New 33rd Division from the Japanese army were still there, and after receiving the news, Li Lingfei mobilized all the tents and transported them to Jingcheng City, first settled the common people, and promised them that they would definitely help them build new houses on the original address.

"Old Ma, go see your brothers!"

After Hu Guoshan finished arranging the work, he finally had time to talk to Ma Wanzhong for a while.

But Ma Wanzhong didn't reply to Hu Guoshan, just put his hand on the teapot, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it all!

"Always go and see them, they have just lost their comrades, if they don't see their commander again, their hearts will definitely not be steady!"

The battle has become like this, and it is not only Ma Wanzhong who is sad, but also those soldiers, who have lost their squad leaders, platoon commanders, and even regiment commanders, but they don't want to have no division commanders anymore, because the troops are already their home.

"Good!"

Ma Wanzhong spit out a word with difficulty, the casualties in this battle are so large, he has to take full responsibility, he is too proud, too light on the enemy, from the northeast all the way to Shanxi, he has never been so light on the enemy, but in the end he still did not control the spread of pride.

It was already dark, and the city was full of torches, and the soldiers were clearing the rubble, carrying the corpses, no matter how tired, and they had to finish all this work tonight before they could rest.

Accompanied by Hu Guoshan, Ma Wanzhong walked to the square in the west of the city, where Ma Wanzhong's division participated in the battle of Jingcheng, both alive and dead.

After Hu Guoshan's reminder, Ma Wanzhong sorted out his emotions before walking to the high platform in the middle.

The firelight flickered, shining on the young cheeks of the soldiers, and Hu Guoshan knew that they were so young. After seeing Ma Wanzhong, the soldiers' originally nervous expressions instantly relaxed, their division commander was still there, and they were not homeless children.

Ma Wanzhong glanced around, feeling sad, for he saw another area, where the sacrificed warriors were lying, and in the distance there were people carrying new corpses in the middle of them.

"They're heroes!" Ma Wanzhong pointed in the direction of the sacrificed soldiers and shouted, "You are also heroes, you have created miracles with your persistence and courage, and I, Ma Wanzhong, thank you for ......"

However, the warriors did not regard themselves as heroes, because only those who lay there were real heroes, and those who were alive only dutifully completed their tasks, and as long as they lived, they had to continue walking.

The soldiers didn't ask much, they just wanted to take a look at Ma Wanzhong and prove that the sacrifice they had made was not in vain, and in this era when the name of the person was not even as good as the bedbug, they just wanted to know that their lives had a little value in this country.

They paid so much for this little bit of value that no one would even remember their names, and only one day when they remembered that they had done so many things.

A few hundred shells are enough to destroy a city, but it is not so simple to build a city. The soldiers in the city began to take turns resting and working overtime, because the dead were easy to bury and the living needed a better place to live.

The news of the retreat of the Japanese army reached Liao Fan, and Liao Fan did not punish Ma Wanzhong, and the death of thousands of soldiers in Jingcheng City was more effective than any punishment, and I believe that Ma Wanzhong would never make such a low-level mistake in the future.

Liao Fan was more concerned about the current situation of the mine protection team, the mine protection team did not have a telegram, the lone army sneaked behind the enemy, the news was isolated, and they did not know that the Japanese army had retreated from Jingcheng.

If the withdrawn Japanese army pounced directly on Shen Zhengwen, it is estimated that the little devil would be able to wipe out the mine guard team by throwing a stone alone.

"Send a telegram to Li Lingfei and ask him to tell Yan Xuelin that he can send a small group of soldiers from the special operations brigade to get in touch with Shen Zhengwen!"

There are also more than 2,000 soldiers in the mine protection team, and if they are completely surrounded behind enemy lines by little devils, it will be difficult to escape.

After dark, Shen Zhengwen led his troops to camp in a dense forest, and today they broke through a county town again, and the harvest was huge, and the Japanese commander was like thunder, because this county town is an important transportation hub on the Pinghan railway line, and a large number of materials transported by the train are still hoarded in the railway station and the warehouse in the city, and they are not transported away at all.

Obviously, these supplies will definitely not be saved, but the commander of the little devil has sworn that he must destroy this army in order to eliminate the hatred in his heart.

However, Shen Zhengwen seemed to smell the resentment of the little devil commander against him in his breath, maybe Shen Zhengwen felt that he had done a little too much to the little devil in the past few days, and Shen Zhengwen actually ordered the soldiers to have a day off tomorrow.

Of course, this holiday day is limited to the camp, everyone can sleep, can chat, but can not leave the dense forest half a step. Taking advantage of this time period, Shen Zhengwen also arranged for the soldiers to reconnoiter the surrounding enemy situation and decide which direction to move in next.

It was also during this day that Shen Zhengwen saved the operation of the mine protection team. Shen Zhengwen was keenly aware of the abnormality of the Japanese army, and on the second night, Shen Zhengwen decisively ordered the troops to move immediately.

While passing through a county town, the soldiers found that the defense in the county town had been strengthened. Shen Zhengwen concluded that the Japanese army had evacuated from Jingcheng.

Jing Cheng was saved, but Shen Zhengwen was highly vigilant, because their danger was really coming. Without making a plan, Shen Zhengwen convened all the officers of the army to discuss the feasibility of the plan.

In the end, Shen Zhengwen decided to take his troops south, at least he couldn't stay on the border of Cangzhou any longer.

However, Shen Zhengwen had to face a problem, after going south, he entered the boundary of Shandong. As long as they cross the Zhangwei Xinhe, they will face the Japanese army in Shandong, and the Japanese army in Hebei will definitely block the road from Shandong to Hebei with all their might, cut off their way back to Taihang Mountain, and when the time comes, they will be trapped in Shandong, and the mine protection team will really become a lone army.

"Captain, it's too risky for us to enter Shandong!"

At this time, everyone knew that when they entered Shandong like this, there was a chance that they would not be able to return to the Jingcheng area, there was no reinforcement of soldiers, no ammunition, food and grass, and after Shi Dakai left Tianjing, his strength was stronger than that of the mine protection team, and the final result was also a dead end.

Shen Zhengwen was also beating a drum in his heart, and he was not sure that he would be able to return to Hebei, but now their best choice was to go south to Shandong.

In the end, Shen Zhengwen overrode public opinion and decided to enter Shandong.

Since the Japanese army did not arrange many troops to defend the Zhangwei Xinhe, under the cover of night, the soldiers of the mine protection team entered the boundary of Shandong from the upper reaches of the Zhangwei Xinhe with weapons and equipment, and easily disappeared from the field of vision of the Japanese army in Hebei.

Not only did the mine protection team disappear from the sight of the Japanese troops in Hebei, but even the soldiers of the special operations brigade who infiltrated behind enemy lines to find the mine protection team did not find the slightest trace of the mine protection team, and the mine protection team seemed to have disappeared.