Chapter 40 Chapter Sixteen

Lan Jinzhong saw through the binoculars that two people in white cloth jackets were walking towards the front while shouting something.Both of them were in common people's attire, one was wearing a long robe and mandarin jacket, and a melon skin cap on his head;When the two got closer, Ouyang Gui, acting company commander of the Second Company of the Third Battalion, recognized him and said that these two boys belonged to the Second Company. The lieutenants of the second company all became deserters before the war. Only then did Lan Jinzhong remember, yes, it was these two people!They used to be under the one-eyed battalion commander Hou Shunxin, then Bie Yuejie had opened a large delivery warehouse, and Fan Yizhi had been the principal of an elementary school, why did they come here from the devil?Are you a lobbyist?Damn, no wonder there was no attack for a long time.

Fortunately, they didn't attack. If they attacked, I'm afraid there would be no new third regiment right now.The defense line of the 1761 regiment on the mountain could not be broken through, and the devil's attack could no longer be stopped. The Xinsan regiment would be finished if they attacked from both sides of the mountain. Right now, it’s not bad. Although the retreat route has not been cleared, Staff Officer Fang, Zhang Fangzheng, and a hundred brothers from the first battalion fell under the guns of the 1761 regiment, but the remaining troops of the whole regiment have concentrated to the front again. Earn a bit.Duan Renyi still has a bit of military common sense, and he hasn't done anything too stupid without Staff Fang.

Duan Renyi was beside him, and Duan Renyi recognized the faces of Bie Yuejie and Fan Yizhi.Duan Renyi's face was ugly, and the hand holding the six-round gun was shaking. "What are they doing here?" "It must be to persuade you to surrender? He is now representing the Japanese Imperial Army!" Bie Yuejie and Fan Yizhi, who represent the Japanese Imperial Army, are really a pair of bears. They knelt down as soon as they entered the front trenches. They kowtowed to any brothers they saw. They also cried and said that they didn't want to come because they were raped by devils Forced to come, the little orderly who fled with them refused to come, but was opened by the devils with bayonets, and his bloody intestines hung on a tree.

Duan Renyi was not moved by their cries at all, he only asked what they were doing here?They climbed up to Duan Renyi and handed Duan Renyi a letter to persuade him to surrender. The letter of persuasion was written jointly by the commander of the Japanese Army Brigade, Yamamoto Saburo, and the Peaceful Founding Army Yang Huabo to Duan Renyi and Fang Staff. The letter said: "The Imperial Army and the Peaceful Nationalist Army deeply admire the tenacious resistance of your officers and soldiers, but this resistance is meaningless. First, it is only a matter of time before the Imperial Army and the Peaceful Nationalist Army break through the barrier with their superior strength and sophisticated firearms. Second, the main force of the 23rd Route Army did not participate in the battle, and the 377th Division voluntarily abandoned the defense line on the Hedong Line. The regiment surrendered to Chairman Wang and was reorganized into the Peaceful Nationalist Army. B. If you do not submit for the time being, you can voluntarily abandon your position and withdraw from the theater. The Imperial Army and the Peaceful Nationalist Army will guarantee the safety of all officers and soldiers. There are two ways to withdraw: A. By land Withdrawal, the Imperial Army and the Peaceful National Founding Army will make way for the passage at the foot of the mountain. B. Withdraw from the waterway, the Imperial Army and the Peaceful National Founding Army will prepare boats for their officers and soldiers to cross the Xima River in the east.”

Saburo Yamamoto and Yang Huabo ordered Duan Renyi and Staff Officer Fang to reply within two hours. After reading it, Duan Renyi forwarded the letter to him and Adjutant Strider. After Hou Shunxin and Huo Jieke were ordered to come, Duan Renyi asked them to read it too. After the letter of persuasion circulated in the hands of the brothers, it returned to Duan Renyi. Duan Renyi ordered Ouyang Gui to take Bie Yuejie and Fan Yizhi away, and then asked everyone: "What do you think we should do?" No one said anything, everyone stared at Duan Renyi's face, Staff Officer Fang was gone, this time the New Third Regiment was really headed by Duan Renyi.

Duan Renyi obviously didn't want to be the leader of this family, or rather he didn't want to be the leader of this family. Seeing that the brothers were silent, he slowly turned half of his body and asked Adjutant Hou: "Brother Hou, what do you think we should do?" Adjutant Hou sighed: "The letter is telling the truth! Some situations are more serious than they know! Everyone knows that we are not only sacrificed, but betrayed!" Hou Shunxin opened his fiery one-eyed eyes and said: "Since the boss sells us, let's fucking sell the boss! We won't fight this battle anymore. If we don't do it, we won't stop. Just..."

"Just be a traitor?" Huo Jieke, the deputy of the regiment, interrupted Hou Shunxin and said excitedly: "Brother-in-law, when I came to Xijiadian to join your death squad, I didn't intend to surrender to the devils! Whoever wants to do this, I, Huo Jieke, will fight him! We have to settle the debt Han Peige owes us, and we have to pay for the righteousness of the nation." Gu! If an anti-Japanese soldier has no such backbone, is there any hope for the country?" Lan Jinzhong thinks that Huo Jieke's words make sense.No matter how you say it, brothers are still Chinese. The accounts of the Chinese family are one thing, and the accounts of the Japanese are another matter.He, the machine gun company commander of the Tang Army Corps, and an old brother who participated in many battles against Japan, cannot put on the hat of a traitor in front of Ma'anshan and leave a lifetime of infamy.

He continued Hojack's words: "Brother Huo is right, we can't surrender, and we can't withdraw! Withdrawal is surrender! The two armies are facing each other, how can we withdraw from the enemy's position? I have never heard of it! We can only withdraw from our Fang 1761 Regiment's position is withdrawn!" Adjutant Strider said: "Yes! We have to be wary of the devil's tricks. Our own commander-in-chief will trick us, and who can guarantee that the devil will not trick us? If the devil opens fire on me during the retreat, we will only be beaten whether we are in the river or on land! Anything can happen in war!"

Huo Jieke enthusiastically said: "In my opinion, we should simply kill Bie Yuejie and Fan Yizhi, so as to put an end to the delusions of the devils! Even if we all die in battle on this scorched earth, we can't shame the banner of the New Third Regiment!" Duan Renyi shook his head: "Think about it again, everyone, and think about it in the face of reality: Can we use the devil's persuasion to buy some time? Even if it is only two hours! If we can last until tonight, is it possible for us to avoid the frontal position of the 1761 regiment and go from the top of the mountain? The two sides quietly passed through the 1761 regiment's defense zone?"

What the hell!Duan Renyi's brain became flexible without the support of Fang's staff.Duan Renyi's idea is completely possible, it can not only keep the brothers to evacuate safely, but also avoid the shame of being a traitor. Lan Jinzhong immediately agreed.Adjutant Strider, Huo Jieke, and Hou Shunxin also had no objections, so the matter was decided like this: leave Bie Yuejie and Fan Yizhi behind for the time being, and let them go back and send a message to the devils. The New Third Regiment may consider withdrawing. The devil prepares the boat.They estimated that the devils would have to come up with a dozen or twenty boats, which would be impossible within three to five hours.

Unexpectedly, less than two hours after Bie Yuejie and Fan Yizhi went down the mountain, the devils got the boat ready.He saw with binoculars that a dozen empty boats were pushed up by the devils, and there was a traitor squatting on each boat. Bie Yuejie and Fan Yizhi came up again, saying they were asking the brothers to set off.Without saying a word, Duan Renyi shot them one by one.The first time he killed someone, his hands were shaking badly, Bie Yuejie and Fan Yizhi were robbed but survived, causing him and Ouyang Gui to shoot them twice before finally sending them off on the road. It was about three o'clock in the afternoon. At about 3:40, the devils and traitors saw that there was no movement on the battlefield, so they sent another traitor adjutant. As soon as the traitor adjutant came up, he was killed again.At 4:20, the devils saw through their plot, gave up their efforts to persuade them to surrender, and attacked the position again. With this gap, the forward position resumed a tighter defense, and all the wounded who could shoot also entered the trenches.The battle went well.He estimated optimistically that there is a 70% to 80% certainty of persisting until the sun sets. But I didn't expect that there were machine guns hidden in the dozens of boats by the river. As soon as the attack started, the machine guns on the boats fired violently. The battalion deputy Zhou Jili, the first company commander Wugui, and the second company commander Ma Dashui were killed one after another. There was a gap in the defense line of tens of meters. Duan Renyi looked anxious, and asked him amidst the fierce gunfire: "What...what to do? What to do?" Under the cover of machine guns, at least No. 100 devils and traitors attacked, and the guy who rushed to the front was less than 40 meters away from the gap in the position. Lan Jinzhong hissed loudly, asking the two wings to quickly move closer to the gap, and at the same time ordered the brothers around him to mount bayonets and prepare grenades. Duan Renyi didn't look like a regiment commander, but a soldier who obeyed orders.As soon as he finished speaking, Duan Renyi picked up a rifle from the side of a fallen brother; awkwardly put on the bayonet, and rushed towards the gap. Bullets flew around the gap, and many of the brothers who rushed forward had fallen down. He was afraid, not because he was shot and killed, but because Duan Renyi was killed by the howling bullets. Duan Renyi was not only their regiment leader, but also their county magistrate. This bloody battle has already made them feel deeply guilty. If Captain Duan dies by his side again, what will he do to the more than 70,000 people in Jiadian County! He shouted: "Dangerous, County Magistrate Duan!" Yes, at the most dangerous moment, he called him the county magistrate.He is the county magistrate himself, and he is a very good county magistrate.Without this county magistrate, Xiejiadian would have been flattened by Han Peige's cannon three months ago! He shouted, rushed over, and caught up to Duan Renyi on the collapsed scorched earth more than ten meters away, and crushed Duan Renyi under him before a row of bullets hit Duan Renyi.He himself was shot, and his body suddenly became weak and paralyzed.He struggled to raise his head, but his eyes were dark, and he walked into a dead and silent world amidst the clamor of smoke and dust. That piece of world is peaceful, there is no war, no artillery fire...