The Japanese pursuers pursued the retreating Chinese troops like wild beasts with their fangs exposed, and the bombers that pressed the swarms were not to be outdone, catching up from behind and bombing indiscriminately at the flow of people. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The terrain of the plains made it impossible for the troops and civilians who crowded the roads to hide, and in the midst of the huge fires and explosions, blood was everywhere, limbs were flying, and countless people were shattered.

Yang Ling's small army behind the palace continued to exchange fire with the Japanese army that came up, although they destroyed many devils under the command of Yang Ling, but they also suffered great losses.

In this plain area conducive to the movement of the Japanese mechanized troops, Rao is refugees and retreating troops run fast, but how can they compare to the devil chasers with cavalry and armored vehicles.

Seeing that the Japanese army was pressing up from the rear, the main force of the 74th Army withdrew to Qinyang, Henan Province, and stopped to prepare to resist relying on buildings.

When the Chinese troops and thousands of refugees retreating from the Lanfeng battlefield were about to be chased and wiped out by the Japanese mechanized troops, the chairman of the committee in Wuhan was also anxious.

Not to mention the consequences of the destruction of the elite of the more than 100,000 Central Army, once the Japanese army takes the west of Henan and Central Henan and goes straight to Wuhan on the Pinghan line, with the current strength of Wuhan, it will be difficult to block the Japanese offensive.

At this moment, Wuhan, as the capital of the war, not only gathered millions of people, but also countless factories, schools and party and government organs.

At this critical moment, the plan to bomb the Yellow River to block the Japanese army was once again placed in front of the Supreme Military Council, because on the one hand, the danger of the destruction of the country, and on the other hand, the death and death of millions of inhabitants and the incalculable loss of economic property after the breach.

After a night of intense discussions, the Wuhan Supreme Military Council finally decided to approve the motion of the First War Zone to blow up the Yellow River embankment to intercept the Japanese army.

The Supreme Military Council called the First Theater Command overnight, and the engineer units of the two regiments rushed to Zhaokou on the south bank of the Yellow River overnight to begin the work of breaking the embankment.

But things did not go well, the sappers sweated profusely to excavate and blast, but in the end the earth and rocks of the blasting collapse blocked the gap, so that the blasting port had to be re-selected.

In the face of the Wuhan Military Commission's repeated reminders about the progress, Cheng Qian, the commander of the First War Zone, who was so anxious that he was sweating, had to send the new 8th Division, which had just blown up the Yellow River Bridge, to Huayuankou to dig and blast again.

When the troops of the new 8th Division evacuated the residents of the villages downstream of the breach on the one hand, and excavated sweat like rain on the other, at this moment the fierce Japanese army had already entered Kaifeng, and no one cared about the life and death of the residents further away, so they only wanted to complete the blasting as soon as possible.

After two days and nights of busy work, a large hole with a width of 30 meters was finally blown open near the mouth of the garden, and the surging torrent poured down, swept downstream, and turned into an ocean as far as the eye could see in an instant.

Watching the turbulent torrent rolling down, the officers and men who stood on the river for two days and nights and worked hard did not know whether to be happy or sad, although they had completed their tasks.

Although the breach of the Yellow River can stop the pursuit of the Japanese army, hundreds of thousands of civilians farther downstream will be wiped out, and the officers and soldiers who blew up the gap are in a heavy mood.

"Old and young masters downstream, our brothers are also carrying out military orders, I'm sorry-" A battalion commander couldn't help but cry bitterly, knelt down and kowtowed downstream.

The muddy brothers all knelt down in unison, kowtowing in the direction of the downstream, they dug the mouth of the Yellow River, but they were also forced to dig the mouth of the Yellow River, the country was poor and the family was weak, so they could only stop the Japanese army in this way to avoid the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species.

One of the regimental commanders shot into the air and roared with grief and indignation: "Brothers, remember that today, we have to settle this account on the devil's head!" ”

The surging flood rolled down, and the people in the entire southeastern region of Duncheng Zeguo, who had no time to transfer, were swept farther away by the torrent.

The vanguard of the 14th and 16th Divisions of the Japanese army also suffered a catastrophe, and they scrambled to climb onto the roofs as the torrent swept in.

But the mud-built houses were soon washed away by the raging floods, and the evil devil soldiers fell into the water in terror, and disappeared after a few waves.

The Japanese mechanized units were stuck in the swamp and mud overnight, and many small units were caught up in the flood and did not know where to go.

In the face of Zeguo, which was blocking the way, the elite Japanese pursuit division had to retreat in a hurry to avoid encountering annihilation.

The troops of the 74th Army, which had withdrawn to Qinyang, Henan, also heard the thunderous roar in the rear, as if thousands of troops were galloping, and they thought that the Japanese were chasing them.

But soon the news came that the troops of the new 8th Division had blown open the mouth of the Yellow River at the mouth of the garden, and their backs were all flooded.

After hearing the news, the soldiers of the unit were like five thunderbolts, and they couldn't react for a while.

After reacting, those brothers from southeastern Henan scolded the new 8th Division, and they were about to go to them for revenge with guns, and their families were all gone, who could accept it.

Commanders at all levels intervened in time to stop the angry brothers, and began to persuade them.

The brothers who came from the flooded area were finally persuaded by the commanders at all levels, and when they thought of their relatives whose fate was uncertain, they could no longer hold back their weeping, and the whole army was enveloped in an atmosphere of grief.

Yang Ling's mood was also heavy, although he knew that there would be such a day, but he couldn't stop it, firstly, he was humble and light, and secondly, compared to the danger of losing the country, blowing up Huayuankou was also a helpless move for a weak country.

If the Chinese army has the strength to resist the Japanese invasion, how can it sacrifice the lives of thousands of people, no one wants to do such a stupid thing, because it will only leave a reputation for eternity.

However, for the survival of the nation, we can only sacrifice millions of innocent people, and the soldiers serve the country with their lives, and these people are also worth remembering, they have all paid great sacrifices for the Chinese nation.

The Japanese pursuers were blocked by the surging flood on the other side of Zeguo, and the retreating troops and civilians were finally able to take a breath.

Without the Japanese pursuers, the Japanese planes in the sky also began to search and rescue the Japanese troops who were caught in the flood, and there was no time to bomb Yangling and them, but they were rarely cleaned.

After a short two-day rest in Qinyang, Henan, the order came, and the troops restarted and arrived at Hankou through the Pinghan Line.

The land of June was sweltering, the people fleeing were overwhelming, and the railway lines were full of tired and dirty refugees, who were suffering the worst suffering of the country and the nation.

Seeing the same dirty army walking past them, these people did not cheer, there was no joy, only a pair of numb eyes, this look made Yang Ling uncomfortable and helpless.

Although the army fought bloody battles against the Japanese army in various battles, it still caused thousands of civilians to destroy their homes, and they were so disappointed with the army that they no longer had illusions.

Moreover, whether it is Nanjing or the Yellow River breach, the government has been sacrificing the interests of the people for the overall strategic consideration, which has further deepened the people's misunderstanding of the army and the government.

In this complex social background, any explanation is futile, Yang Ling and the others are also aggrieved in their hearts, but they can only hold back their hearts, ready to go to the little devil on the battlefield to seek justice.