Chapter 512: Datong Counterattack

The ward was quiet and peaceful, a strong smell of potion came to the face, a doctor and two nurses, who were engrossed in looking at all kinds of instruments, saw the division commander come in, and quickly stood up, Tang Qiuli waved his hand, signaling them to continue their work.

Tang Qiuli set his eyes on Mei Ting on the hospital bed, because she was injured in the back, Mei Ting could only lie on the bed, he walked over gently, his wife was still in a coma, her long black hair covered her face, and she couldn't see her face clearly.

Tang Qiuli leaned down and gently stroked his wife's long black hair, his pale and bleak face made his heart ache like a knife, his fair face, because of excessive blood loss, was so white that it was almost transparent, he could even clearly see the blood vessels, his eyes were closed, as if he was sleeping peacefully, is this his energetic, youthful and beautiful wife?

He felt his wife's faint fire of life, like a little flame swaying in the wind, life wandered between death and survival, Tang Qiuli suddenly became irrepressibly intense fear, this fear made his will and nerves extremely fragile, and if he touched it lightly, it would collapse with a bang, if it weren't for Mei Ting's faint breathing, he almost thought that his wife would sleep forever.

This kind of fear, tightly grasped his heart, he was afraid of losing Mei Ting, in his life, he could no longer bear the pain of loss, he didn't dare to touch his wife's body, afraid of his recklessness, blowing out that little swaying fire of life, for more than a year, accustomed to his wife's youthful body, the fire generally scorched himself, at this time Mei Ting's fragility, so that Tang Qiuli's heart burst open violently, and shattered, tears flowed down.

The division commander cried, the commanding general, he actually cried, the doctor and the nurse, at a loss, stood in the ward, just now, they clearly felt a strong pain in their hearts, the breath was so strong, so that their breathing was embarrassing, a person's heartache, can it be so strong?

Another night came, Tang Qiuli stood in front of his wife's hospital bed like this, staring blankly at Mei Ting in a coma, not a single qiē zài, only her in her eyes, no one dared or could bear to disturb Tang Qiuli at this time, Shanhu stood silently behind him, it was a guard, but also a burden.

The doctors and nurses who changed shifts are gone, and new ones are coming, Zhang Quan, Ma Chaoyang, Jiang Yanming and Wang Xu. Wu Hongtao and the others, when they came to the ward, did not know how to persuade the division commander who had not eaten a few meals, they could not speak, so they could only accompany him silently.

Tang Qiuli remembered the bits and pieces between him and his wife, the Yanjing Hotel in Beiping, the first time they met, the cold and glamorous Mei Ting, as a subordinate, the shrewd and capable Mei Ting, after waking up from injury, had to see her Mei Ting, and even later understood each other, walked into each other's hearts, and Mei Ting, who was infatuated.

Every time he recalls a scene, his heart bursts once, he has ever lost his life, his heart is like ashes, is Mei Ting giving him the color of life again, can God bear to take away all his happiness?

The night passed quietly, the dawn of dawn appeared in the east, Tang Qiuli, who stood all night, did not have a sense of tiredness, the sun shone through the window, shining into the ward, driving away the coldness and depression, Mei Ting's closed eyes were slightly incited, and her long eyelashes trembled.

The infatuated Tang Qiuli found no signs of his wife's life recovery, his gaze had penetrated the ward, and flew in the distant sky on the wings of memory.

An inaudible moan, which was keenly captured by the mountain tiger who accompanied Tang Qiuli all night, looked at Mei Ting in disbelief, and was surprised to find that Mei Ting had opened her eyes slightly, perhaps because of the pain, her brows furrowed slightly, her lips squirmed slightly, so weak, so delicate and powerless.

The mountain tiger stepped in front of the doctor, pulled his arm, and pointed to Mei Ting's hospital bed, and the doctor saw a burst of Venus jumping in front of him, my God, my arm was pinched off by the colonel, just like a vice pinch, that hurts

Shanhu may also feel a little stronger, and with an apologetic smile, the doctor ended the pain, and his arms were numb, and as Shanhu pointed in the direction, he immediately ran to the door in surprise and shouted, Immediately, Dean Yang poured into the ward with many doctors, Tang Qiuli was suddenly awakened from the sleepwalking state, and only then did he notice Mei Ting's tired and weak eyes.

After the doctors were busy examining Mei Ting, Dean Yang came to Tang Qiuli, who was in extreme ecstasy, and told him that Director Mei was out of danger, and all that was left was to recuperate, Tang Qiuli held Dean Yang's hand tightly, and was so excited that he couldn't speak.

Then, he threw himself in front of Mei Ting all of a sudden, his wife's tired eyes, tired and weak, opened slightly, in the black pupils, the fire of life burned vigorously, but there was a bright smile on the corner of his mouth, Tang Qiuli's tears couldn't help but flow down, Mei Ting seemed to want to wipe her husband's tears, her arm just moved, the wound was touched, and her brows were tightly wrinkled.

Immediately, she unfolded again, she saw her husband's tears for herself, Tang Qiuli didn't see a trace of reproach in his wife's gaze, only heartbreaking tenderness.

He never wanted to leave Mei Ting's sight again, because Mei Ting was injured in her back and could only lie on the bed, Tang Qiuli made a bunk in front of Mei Ting's bed, he wanted Mei Ting to see himself as soon as she opened her eyes, and similarly, he could also see his wife at any time, although Mei Ting's weak opposition, he was determined to do so.

The dignified vice chairman of the Military Commission of the National Government, the northern overlord with hundreds of thousands of troops, slept on the floor every day, and communicated endlessly with his wife, Mei Ting's ward became Tang Qiuli's headquarters, and the staff officers who went in and out did not feel the slightest awkwardness, but were moved by the deep affection between the division commander and Mei Ting.

The war continued to go down according to inertia, and the Japanese troops who stayed in the area of Hanyuling and Sucheng suddenly lost the trace of their opponents, and in Sucheng, they were bitten hard, in addition to scolding the commander of the Japanese division, Yamaguchi ordered all departments to send small units to search, but they also had no clue and found nothing, and finally grabbed Tang Qiuli's tail and disappeared out of thin air, where is his current position?

After two days of headaches, the mountain pass issued an order, the troops advancing from all directions, still according to the original plan, steadily advancing from east to west, must be chiseled through the Taihang Mountain, since the original tactics, Tang Qiuli's troops were discovered, and given heavy losses, before there is no new tactics, or adopt the old method, maybe there will be a miracle.

In the direction of Datong, Yan Xishan had the upper hand, the Japanese army had no backup troops, and the number of troops was getting smaller and smaller, but Yan Xishan continued to mobilize the main force of the Jin army, relying on complete fortifications, to inflict a large number of casualties on the attacking Japanese army.

On the other hand, he also felt that he should go to cheer up these soldiers, and on November 21, Chief Yan personally came to Datong to direct the battle, and the morale of the Jin officers and soldiers who were greatly encouraged was high, and shouted the slogan "Win the battle and welcome Commander Yan".

On the 22nd, the Jin army after careful preparations, with more than twice the strength of the Japanese army, launched a counterattack on the whole line, the Japanese army, which has always taken the initiative to attack, did not expect that the Jin army would suddenly counterattack, was repulsed again and again, and the fierce battle until the evening, the Japanese army retreated on all fronts, and the Jin army pushed the battle line to the Xiwanbao area at the junction of Hebei and Shanxi, where it was already the boundary of Hebei, in a sense, the Japanese army in the direction of Datong had been completely driven out of Shanxi.

As soon as the battle was nearing the end, Yan Xishan asked his staff to prepare a telegram to report the victory to the Military Commission of the Nanjing State Government, but Yan Xishan put his hands behind his back and dictated the telegram word by word: "Chairman of the Military Commission Jiang Xun Jian, on the 22nd of this month, our Shanxi troops, in the direction of Datong, launched a counterattack on all fronts against the Japanese troops in front of them, and fought until the evening, and the Japanese troops who invaded Jin Province repelled us to the area of Xiwanbao in Hebei Province for us, and were forced to take a defensive position. ”

"In this battle, many lost territories were recovered, and more than 50,000 Japanese soldiers were killed," he thought about this, and then dictated: "The battle was extremely fierce, the Japanese resistance was extremely tenacious, although our army won the victory, it also injured more than 100,000 officers and soldiers, and the soldiers were exhausted, and the ammunition and materials were exhausted. ”

Yan Xishan finished speaking, the command headquarters was silent, all the civilian and military generals did not understand what the old man meant, it was true to kill the Japanese army, but at most there were three or four thousand people, the Japanese army retreated calmly, and did not even capture a single prisoner, our army's casualties were greater than the Japanese army, attacking, it was a natural thing, but there were no such big casualties? At most 10,000 people, the old man said so, isn't it to destroy his own prestige and grow the ambition of the Japanese?

Yan Xishan smiled proudly, "Guawa, don't you understand, such a big battle, tens of thousands of casualties, not convincing, besides, after this battle, our army has been wounded, and there will be wars in other battlefields in the future, we are unable to reinforce, we are fighting for him Jiang someone, Shanxi is also the territory of the Nationalist Government, the battle attrition, naturally it is in charge of Nanjing, and it is always a fact to beat the Japanese out of Shanxi, right?" ”

Everyone suddenly realized, admired the old man so much, can dominate Shanxi, has stood tall for many years, has his own merits, never suffers, in fact, Yan Xishan still has a purpose that he can't say, Tang Qiuli stabbed his little Jiujiu to Nanjing, has always been a pimple in his heart, fight a big battle, have an explanation for all aspects, I Yan someone is not idle.

Jiang and Tang Qiuli were the dolls, it was the time to fight with the Japanese, Shanghai, Jiang took out his family background and worked hard with the Japanese, in the north, Tang Qiuli used the strength of breastfeeding, and fought with the Japanese, at this time, if he didn't move, he would be very passive.

Besides, fighting for his own territory, how can he not suffer a loss, like Han Fuyu in Shandong, he left his territory, ran away by himself, and left the rich Shandong to Tang Qiuli, I Yan Xishan can't do it, he has many years of ups and downs in the sea and life experience, and instinctively feels that Han Fuyu is going to be unlucky this time, the work is too rough, and running away is not such a way to run

(To be continued)