At the headquarters of the Xiaoyang Village Independent Regiment, Shao Fei sat on a chair, holding a telegram in his hand, and his mood was a little heavy.

This is a battle report, which says that the White Gate Tower was lost, and more than half of the first battalion was killed or wounded. The company, which had received itself before, was killed except for more than 20 wounded, including the company commander.

Gao Yi understood Shao Fei's mood at this time, slapped Shao Fei from behind, and said: "War is so cruel, good people stand in front of you today, and tomorrow may be forever." ”

Shao Fei gently put the message on the table and said, "Brainless, don't you know how to retreat?" Without anti-chemical equipment, encountering a poison gas attack is a dead end. ”

Gao Yi sighed and said: "At that time, I came suddenly, I didn't receive the order to retreat, and I was a deserter if I retreated to the position without permission. There are things that are more important to a military man than life. ”

Shao Fei didn't know this truth, how many soldiers of the national army died under the enemy's poisonous gas because of this. Shao Fei stood up with a hint of anger and said, "They used suffocating gas bombs, and it is very painful to suffocate to death. You don't understand, but I understand the pain. ”

Gao Yi immediately changed the topic and asked, "I've always wanted to know the purpose of the division commander putting us here. It's all on this, why don't you send us up. Didn't you tell us to be a reserve and reinforce the 1085 regiment? ”

"It's not."

Shao Fei shook his head and said, "It's more important than reinforcements." The purpose of the 184th Division was to use the defense in depth to destroy the enemy's living forces, and the task of our regiment was to cover. After the 1085th regiment is finished, there will be a large number of wounded and supplies, and we must hold off the enemy and cover their safe evacuation. ”

The Independent Regiment is a conciliator, which is used to reconcile the various lines of defense. Let the various units in the battle, relaxed.

After the Japanese army occupied the White Gate Tower, they intensified their attack on the positions of Ishii Ming and Ma'anshan.

The frequency of aircraft bombing is increasing, the artillery fire on the ground has become more intense, and follow-up reinforcements are constantly coming.

The two positions of Akira Ishii and Ma'anshan were attacked devastatingly.

The officers and men of the battalion, under the leadership of the battalion commander, fought back and repelled several rounds of enemy attacks.

In desperation, the Japanese army once again shamelessly used poison gas bombs. This time they used mustard gas.

"Bang", "Bang", "......"

Shells fell into the position like stuffy shells, and then emitted a sickening yellow gas. The entire field was filled with yellow smoke.

Not long after, the Japanese swaggered towards the position to launch a ground attack. Speaking of attack, these devil soldiers are more like they are here to clean up. After such a long time, the enemy should all be poisoned and killed.

All the way forward, the devil did not encounter any attacks. The defensive mentality of these devil soldiers was completely relaxed, because their poison gas was invincible.

As the devils approached a distance of 50 meters, gunfire rang out above the position. One after another angry fires slanted down, and the vanguard of the devils was wiped out in a moment, and they fell to the ground in an orderly manner. The follow-up devils were caught off guard and fled down the mountain with a rolling belt.

Eat a trench, grow a wisdom. The soldiers of the Yunnan army on the battlefield had already put on gas masks and slaughtered them when the devils were careless.

The Japanese army's killer weapon completely lost its effectiveness, and they could only carry out a regular attack in a step-by-step and honest manner.

The two sides fought fiercely for an afternoon, and the two positions were still held by the Dian army. After the battle, the position was in ruins, covered with corpses, and the blood had already stained the position, and under the oblique light of the setting sun, this scene was even more bleak.

At this time, the morale of the officers and men of the first battalion became a little lost. Seeing this tragic scene, seeing the brothers who used to train, eat, and kill devils with them, but now they have become cold corpses, their hearts are only heavy, and nothing else.

After two days of fighting, facing an enemy several times their size, a battalion of nearly 1,000 people was left with only more than 100 people left, but the superiors still did not give the order to retreat.

"Battalion commander, when will you retreat?"

One soldier couldn't help but ask, and this was the question that everyone else wanted to ask. But the commander of the first battalion was silent, because he could not answer the question. His regiment commander Zeng Zesheng told himself that only the wounded could be evacuated.

"Brothers!"

The commander of the first battalion suddenly shouted from the position, the soldiers in the trenches stood up one after another, and the commander of the first battalion said loudly: "I don't want to lie to everyone, the order from above is to hold on to the last man." Maybe we will all die, but it is my honor to die with you, and it is the honor of our soldiers to die on the anti-Japanese battlefield to defend our homeland and defend the country! We are the Yunnan army, representing Yunnan, and we must not discredit the fathers and villagers in Yunnan! It's all dead horizontally and vertically, it's better to fight with the devil! ”

"Yes, fight! In the past two days, we have killed hundreds of devils, and we have enough of it! ”

"Fight! Fight! ”

“……”

"Okay, let's sing another military song that belongs only to our 60th Army!"

As he spoke, the commander of the first battalion began to sing: "We are from the great place of the Yunnan uprising, ready to sing!" ”

The soldiers below sang together: "

We came from the great place of the Yunnan uprising, walked through the mountains and mountains, and drove to the battlefield of resistance against Japan.

The brothers fought for the liberation of the nation with their flesh and blood, and carried forward the glory of our defense of the country and the glory of Yasukuni.

We must not allow the enemy to run rampant on our territory or allow enemy planes to soar in our airspace.

Yunnan is the hometown of the 60th Army, and the 60th Army is the armed force to defend China!

Yunnan is the hometown of the 60th Army, and the 60th Army is the armed force to defend China! ”

The military song is loud, but it is tragic; The military song was loud, and it also carried the last light of their lives. This song seems to tell the enemy below that we will defend our land to the death and defend the glory of our soldiers with our lives.

The song reached the rear headquarters, and Zeng Zesheng couldn't help but shed tears when he heard it. He knew that all the officers and men of the 1st Battalion were ready to die and would live and die together on the position.

On the 29th, as soon as dawn the Japanese launched a tsunami-like artillery bombardment. Shells rained down on the already crippled position.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of Japanese troops swarmed towards the mountain like insatiable locusts.

"Brothers, the last moment has come, hit hard!"

"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "......"

The commander of the first battalion held the handle of the heavy machine gun with both hands, pressed the switch in the middle with his thumb, and fired wildly down the hill. The other soldiers had already realized the sacrifice, and with anger in their eyes, they shot at the enemy below desperately.

Bullets of heat and hatred were fired into the chest of the invaders, and then they staggered and died.

A strong aura of death swept down from the position, and the attacking devils were suppressed by the momentum of the Dian army, and began to be timid and retreat.

"Attack!" "Attack!" “……”

The devil commander in the rear was in a hurry, like an ant on a hot pot, constantly waving his saber, urging the soldiers to advance.

After an hour of bloody fighting, the Japanese occupied the position, but also paid a heavy price, while the first battalion paid the price of all the killed.

The commander of a battalion died next to the machine gun, his thumb still pressed on the round switch of the machine gun. Until the last moment of his sacrifice, the machine gun in his hand was still blazing until the bullets were fired.

After the Japanese occupied two positions, another unit launched an attack on the first line of positions in Shiti and Hoang Lien Dong.

(End of chapter)