Chapter 538: The Jedi Strikes Back

The cold wind is bleak, the night is deep, the fierce gunfire in Kaifeng City seems to come from the distant sky, it can't break the condensation here, the cannonballs explode from time to time far or near, the soldiers stand around Su Jingfeng, quietly looking at the commander who seems to be sleeping, no crying, no tears, like a group of frozen statues.

They didn't believe it, the vigorous commander was lying on the ground, his face was pale, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, like a sleeping person, since the formation of the garrison corps of the Yellow River Henan Defense Line, Su Jingfeng has been with the troops, he is familiar with every company commander and even the squad and platoon commander, he is familiar with them, just like he is familiar with his own brothers, and in the future, he will never hear the commander's hearty laughter.

Su Jingfeng, who has a bold personality, is outspoken and fast-talking, and is jealous and hateful, has won the support and love of the soldiers, and he has done his best to build a newly formed army into a qualified first-class army, he has never regarded the Yellow River Henan Garrison Corps as a second-line army, he often says, to be a soldier is to be a good soldier, give me a year, I can bring out a well-known main force, he also requires himself and every soldier in the army.

The words are still in my ears, the unit has only been formed for more than nine months, and these guard soldiers beside him worship their commanders, knowing that Su Jingfeng is the veteran of the independent division, and has fought countless vicious battles with the Japanese devils in the northeast, it can be said that he has experienced a hundred battles, and followed the division commander all the way from the northeast to North China, and every soldier can be proud to have such a commander.

They didn't believe that the commander would lie down like this and never get up again, the military doctor hesitated and touched Su Jingfeng's pulse, his eyes were instantly covered with a layer of tears, and he silently stepped aside, Wang Dongshan saw the actions of the military doctor, the last illusion in his heart, the pain was shattered, for his superiors, Wang Dongshan can only summarize in one sentence "He is a pure soldier".

Wang Dongshan has always believed that the period of working in the garrison corps of the Yellow River Henan Defense Line is the happiest and most comfortable day in his life, Su Jingfeng has absolute trust in him, and the cooperation between the two is quite tacit, and he has also learned a lot from Su Jingfeng, in his heart, he has long regarded Su Jingfeng as a trustworthy brother, although he is several years younger than himself, it does not prevent him from revering in his heart.

Wang Dongshan was very strange, why he didn't shed a single tear, but his heart was as painful as a tear, the pain was so painful that the blood in his whole body was boiling and burning, although he was also injured, but the pain of the wound was far less than the severe pain in his heart, the commander would not wake up, he had already left, and the burden of leading the troops to retreat fell on his shoulders, he quickly adjusted his emotions and forced himself to calm down.

"Guard platoon, send the commander's body to Xuchang immediately, you have to ensure that no one disturbs the commander, even if it is at the cost of their own lives, you must do this" He gave the first order in a hoarse voice, and the soldiers of the guard platoon silently bent down and carefully lifted Su Jingfeng's body, as if they were afraid of disturbing his good dreams.

Then, Wang Dongshan arrived at the body of the killed Xiaoshan Zhengnan, he frowned, looked at the dead corpses, the dirty military uniforms, very ill-fitting to wear on these corpses, obviously a few sizes larger, Wang Dongshan ripped open the collar of the military uniform on the Xiaoshan corpse, and the military uniform of the Japanese army was revealed inside, and he was also wearing the rank of Shaozuo, and ripped off the military uniforms on the other corpses, revealing the Japanese military uniforms inside.

Wang Dongshan found several special artillery instruments and walkie-talkies around Xiaoshan's corpse, and he completely understood why the commander was suddenly shelled, it was this group of little devils who had become dead people, discovered the location of the headquarters, and guided the Japanese artillery to shell this area from a distance, and the commander ......

Wang Dongshan slapped himself hard, the safety of the corps headquarters is his own responsibility, dereliction of duty, strict zhòng's dereliction of duty, ignoring the safety and security of the corps headquarters, was exploited by the little devil, he was about to send a telegram to the division commander, and asked for severe punishment, only in this way will his heart feel better.

However, the corps headquarters was covered by the artillery fire of the Japanese army, and all the personnel were killed, including the radio station and password, all of which were turned into ashes in the artillery fire of the little devils, that is to say, from that moment just now, the contact between the corps and the division commander and all the troops was all cut off, remorse and self-blame, like a poisonous snake, it was like a poisonous snake tearing Wang Dongshan's heart, blocking his chest in one breath, unable to spit out or swallow, and he was so suffocated that he almost went crazy.

Wang Dongshan ordered the correspondent to bring in the two brigade commanders, and soon, the two brigade commanders, who were covered in gunsmoke, hurried over with a reluctant face. Does the chief of staff have to call us back from the line of fire at this time?

Wang Dongshan looked at the two brigade commanders silently, these are the two cadres of the corps, who have been following the commander for a long time, and have more or less learned his brave and tiger-like combat style, and the silence of the chief of staff almost drove the two brigade commanders who were anxious crazy, in fact, Wang Dongshan didn't know how to speak, the murderous letter of the commander's death, sued these two brigade commanders who had a very good personal relationship with Su Jingfeng.

Especially when it came out of his own mouth, time waits for no one, and the troops have exceeded the scheduled evacuation time for more than an hour, he gritted his teeth and told the situation with difficulty, and sure enough, as soon as the two brigade commanders heard this, their eyes were red at that time, if Wang Dongshan was not their respected chief of staff, they would grab Wang Dongshan's neck on the spot, point a gun at his head, and scold him for talking nonsense.

After the feelings of the two brigade commanders calmed down a little, he put his thoughts and put them out, Wang Dongshan only had one idea, he couldn't just evacuate, and the commander's revenge couldn't be avenged, otherwise, I would be uneasy for the rest of my life, the commander's spirit in the sky looked at us, and when the two heard it, they agreed without hesitation, in fact, they had been filled with hatred in their chests, and in the past three days, how many good soldiers have fallen under the guns of the little devils, and now, the commander is also ......, they can't think about it.

In the end, the three of them agreed on a plan, to organize all the troops into three teams, each leading a team of about 3,000 people, two of which secretly moved to the flank of the devil, and killed them together at the same time, taking the little devil by surprise, and then withdrawing without taking the initiative to attack, they couldn't swallow this breath in their hearts, and they couldn't vent the hatred in their hearts.

Wang Dongshan knew that when he made this decision, it meant that many of the more than 9,000 soldiers would fall in the last battle of Kaifeng, and he might be one of them, but he had no regrets, and he wanted to tell the news of the commander's death to every soldier who participated in the battle, and he believed that the prestige of the commander in the hearts of the soldiers would arouse the greatest hatred in the hearts of the soldiers, and the object of hatred was the little devil in front of him.

It was now about one o'clock in the morning, the momentum of the Japanese offensive had receded, the sound of gunfire gradually calmed down, and the troops were holding the southeast of Kaifeng City, and not an inch of land had been lost.

Since receiving the direction of Koyama Masao's report, the Japanese artillery truthfully carried out the order to cover the shelling, but they could no longer contact Koyama, the Japanese troops who attacked on all fronts fought for more than an hour, and did not take advantage of it at all, the fierce and tenacious Chinese army, like an iron walnut, broke several front teeth of the Japanese army, Isoya Ryosuke did not know the result of the shelling, and the night battle could not take advantage, so he had to order the troops to stop the attack.

Isoya Ryosuke believed that with his own strength, it was a matter of time to annihilate the troops of the independent division on the opposite side, but it was precisely time that became his fatal weakness, the key was that he could not afford to spend it in Kaifeng, and the war dragged on for a long time, and the first army was afraid that it would be in danger of becoming a lone army.

Tang Qiuli, known as the devil of China, will not let himself slowly consume his troops here, no more than ten days, Tang Qiuli will mobilize a large number of troops, like wolves, from all directions to rush towards him, pull out his own nail wedged into his heart, how long it will take to open this channel, Isoya Ryosuke does not know, but he knows very well that the independent division troops on the opposite side will not give up Kaifeng without fighting to the last man.

At this time, he really hoped that the Chinese army, which gave him a headache, took the initiative to withdraw from Kaifeng because he could not afford a large number of casualties, and the precious three days were wasted on the way, and below, there were still several towns that needed to be conquered in order to reach Xuzhou, and Isoya Ryosuke only hoped that Kaifeng was the last difficult bone on the road to Xuzhou, and how many corpses of imperial soldiers would be used in exchange for the total annihilation of the Chinese army?

Ryosuke Isoya convened a military meeting overnight, and his order to the attacking divisions was that before twelve o'clock at noon tomorrow, at any cost, all Kaifeng would be occupied, and the wings would be used as units to form a continuous attack wave, and all the damned Shina people on the opposite side would be turned into broken corpses, and at seven o'clock in the evening, Shangqiu would be occupied on time, and he would give all his strength to give the troops of the independent division the final fatal blow.

At two o'clock in the morning, it is the time when the human spirit is the most difficult, the wind suddenly rises, the dust is blowing, the cold wind blows sharply along the ruins and broken walls, a few days of fierce fighting, the Japanese soldiers are already mentally exhausted, on the forward position, most of the Japanese soldiers, tightly leaning against the cold chest wall of the trenches, while cursing the ghost weather of the Zhina, while retracting their heads into the collar of their clothes as much as possible, in order to resist the pervasive cold wind, the vigilant Japanese sentries, their eyes widened conscientiously, and they tried to search the dark night sky, but, In addition to the dust that blinds the eyes, there is the howling of the cold wind.

A little sound, the Japanese sentry "bang", the bullet was loaded, vigilantly went over to check, as if flying from the ground, two black shadows, ghostly in the dark night pounced on him, the cold blade from the carotid artery briskly crossed, the thirty-eight guns in his hand instantly changed owners, put down the paralyzed corpse of the Japanese sentry, and stood in his place.

More black shadows in the back quietly touched the Japanese position, as if nothing had happened, only the howling cold wind saw this qiē, but it passed by indifferently.

(To be continued)