Around four o'clock in the morning. This unexpected encounter on the main battlefield is finally over. Of the more than 4,000 apprentices (plus Chi Guanxing's guerrillas), in the end, there were less than 1,000 people left, and in Jiangbei, there were only about 500 people gathered around Ye Zhao. And these 500 people, all of whom were injured, was Ye Zhao, and half of his left ear was also missing from a stray bullet.

This was the largest casualty in a single battle since the founding of the Cadet Army, and a full 3,000 cadets sacrificed their young and precious lives in the six-hour battle. The long battle consumed everyone's physical strength, and after it was determined that the little devil "escaped", except for Ye Zhao and Gao Yongxiang, everyone else sat on the cold blood-stained river beach, gasping for breath.

Looking at the corpses everywhere, Ye Zhao felt sad and painful in his heart, without the slightest joy for the rest of his life. As far as his own thoughts are concerned, his best fate in this battle is to die here. However, Nishio Shouzo did not fulfill his wish.

Ma Yishan was quickly found, this kid had a big life, but he was only injured by a bullet in his left arm, which was considered a very light injury. He was brought to Ye Zhao, who asked him, "Ma Yishan, you are fine." Tell me, how did you come up with the idea of using a suspicious tactic? ”

Ma Yishan also knew at this time that there was no so-called reinforcements, and he recalled the scene when he was rushing to the first, with bullets flying around him, and he couldn't help but be afraid of a cold sweat. "Suspicious tactics", Ye Zhao's words made him sweat again, but this time it was because of shame, he replied with a red face: "Master, I, I just woke up at the time, I heard the sound of artillery, I thought that reinforcements were coming, and then, and then rushed up." ”

This answer was beyond Ye Zhao's expectations, and he asked with an "ah" sound: "You mean, you were dizzy before the cannon fired?" ”

"Well, I got a bullet in my helmet and was stunned. Woke up to the sound of an explosion, and then, and then ......"

"Ha Lu Ha!" Ye Zhao laughed loudly again - things are already like this, instead of thinking about how to face the commander-in-chief and what punishment he will accept after going back, it is better to enjoy the joy of this hard-won "victory" first. He slapped Ma Yishan hard, and then said, "You are a lucky general!" Ma Yishan, listen, I now appoint you as the commander of the third battalion of the 127th regiment, tell me, do you have the confidence to be the commander of this battalion? ”

Ma Yishan was a little dumbfounded, he thought for a while and said: "Master, I, I don't know how to read, I'm afraid that it won't be good." ”

According to the promotion rules of the cadet army, officers above the company commander must be literate with more than 1,000 words, so Ma Yishan said this.

Ye Zhao naturally knew this, he smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if you can't read now, it will take a while for the appointment letter to come down, so you can use this time to learn literacy." Well, when you go back to Jiujiang, I'll let Director Jiang teach you personally. Patting him on the shoulder again, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of killing devils, are you still afraid of literacy?" Okay, that's it. Brothers, hurry up and clean up the battlefield, and find the remains of your fallen comrades. Gao Yongxiang! ”

"Master!" Gao Yongxiang stood up with a limp. During the battle, he was shot in the left thigh, but fortunately he did not injure the major arteries or bones, so he can still stand up after the explosion.

"The Japanese shouldn't be coming back, but to prevent them from counterattacking, you pick the ones that can still fight, and organize defenses. Captain Chi, thank you so much today, you will withdraw first! ”

Chi Guanxing finally killed a devil in the pursuit just now, he was very excited for this, the battle was over for about a quarter of an hour, his face was still flushed, and he looked overexcited. Hearing Ye Zhao's words, he hurriedly walked over and said, "Senior Commander Ye, my brothers didn't contribute much just now, let's stay and help defend, please take the wounded and withdraw first!" ”

When the battle was most intertwined, Chi Guanxing and the group of guerrillas under him still showed the courage that a man should have, and withstood the attack of the little devil with real knives and guns. There are more than 300 people under Chi Guanxing, not to mention the personal combat effectiveness, but this number is here, which can already play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army. The structure of the Xuebing Army is very complicated, not to mention the old factions such as the Cantonese and Fujian factions, and there are also characters such as bandits, such as the Huang brothers, their mountain division, seven or eight out of ten, but they are all adapted from the original bandits. Therefore, Ye Zhao did not discriminate against them because of their identity. Seeing that Chi Guanxing said sincerely, he felt that it would be good to give them a little more chance to fight, after all, this guerrilla force is now surnamed Xuebingjun. He thought for a moment, looked at the guerrillas who were obviously different from the ones they had shown on the south bank, and said with a smile: "Then I will work hard for you!" Okay, brothers, let's move, we have to withdraw to Jiujiang as soon as possible. ”

Cleaning up the battlefield is a sad thing, so many young students with great prospects have fallen in a pool of blood so permanently, Ye Zhao walked past the remains of every student soldier, and his heart was filled with regret again - if the preparations for crossing the river were done more fully and the reconnaissance work was done more effectively, presumably, today's battle could have been avoided!

The results of the battle were quickly counted, and the troops directly under the 12th Division and the 36th Division suffered a total of 3,274 casualties, of which two were killed by the regiment commander and the colonel's staff officer, 16 were killed by the battalion commander, the staff officer of the lieutenant colonel, and the staff officer of the major, and the company platoon commander was almost wiped out. In terms of the wounded, there were only a dozen seriously injured, and the others were all injured. There is a reason why there are so few seriously wounded, because when the fighting was at its fiercest, these seriously wounded on the front line almost unanimously chose to die with the enemy. As a result, the remains of a considerable number of them were only collected from an arm or a helmet or something.

In terms of destroying the enemy, a total of 3,700 Japanese troops were annihilated, including two Zhongzuo, 17 Shaozuo, and several officers of the rank of lieutenant. Three hundred and thirty-nine Japanese soldiers were captured, of whom 100 were lightly wounded, and all the others were seriously wounded.

The enemy is outnumbered, and it is said that it is very good to be able to achieve such a result with a weak force. However, considering that his light weapons had an absolute advantage, and were assisted by heavy artillery, the result was like this, which made Ye Zhao even more remorseful.

The little devils are very tenacious, and most of the captives are because they have run out of weapons and ammunition, or they have lost their mobility. How to deal with these devils made Ye Zhao quite big.

During the Battle of Nanjing, because of the sins caused by the Japanese army in Suzhou and other places, Ouyang Yun usually ordered the implementation of battlefield discipline to deal with these devils who lost their combat effectiveness or were captured. But this time, one thing is different, because the Japanese of the anti-war coalition are following, and it seems inappropriate to take such a crude approach.

After Ye Zhao, Gao Yongxiang and Qian Shuanglin discussed, the three of them made a decision, the seriously wounded still enforce battlefield discipline, and as for the lightly wounded, they should be brought back to Jiujiang first.

"One day, we will erect a monument here!" Before boarding the boat, Ye Zhao looked at the blood-stained ground under his feet and said, "Those who have contributed to the country and the nation, the country and the people will definitely remember them." ”