Independence Corps

Chapter 52 Before Dawn (4)
The fierce battle lasted for two hours, with neither side making any distinctions, and no one took advantage of the other.The little devil died several times, and the corpses were densely packed, lying slanted on the hillside.More than 100 brothers from the national army on the mountain fell down, and almost every meter advanced, a brother died.Although Bai Jianjiang fought flexibly, the casualties were also serious.The brigade commander surnamed Deng appointed by Bai Jianjiang was to cover a brother. He was hit by a devil's shell, and his body flew up and landed on a three-branch tree. Half of his body was gone, but his eyes were still wide open. , as if there is any wish that has not been fulfilled.Bai Jianjiang pulled the rescued brother out of the ground and ordered: "He died for you, you now take over from him as the brigade commander." The brother wiped the blood from his face: "I will die You must be more heroic than him!" As a result, 5 minutes later, the brother also died.

Shiziling has become a place where both sides compare corpses!
Another half an hour later, Bai Jianjiang couldn't move anymore. The devil's artillery fire was so fierce that people dared not even lift their heads. Several soldiers were buried in the pile of devil's corpses, but they dared not stop their guns for a moment.Even if you can't hit the devil, you have to let the gun scream desperately.The miracle happened on the east side. Just when the two sides were about to decide the high and low, dense gunshots rang out from the east, followed by the responders rushing in.The devils did not expect that the national army would rush in from the east, and there was a moment of chaos. Tan Weiming on the mountain took advantage of the situation to break through, attacked from inside and outside, and wiped out more than 500 devils on the small hill to the east.

Tan Weiming was supported by the 26th Division, which had already outflanked Hongshui County to the enemy's rear.Knowing that Tan Weiming was trapped, Wang Guotuan sent a brigade to fight a bloody road from the east and rescue Tan Weiming.

No one cared about rest, after the meeting of the three parties, Tan Weiming didn't even have time to say a word of gratitude, he just shook Bai Jianjiang's hand vigorously, and then threw himself into a new battle.

Never thought that this handshake would become the eternal farewell between the two of them.

The fourth girl, Moth, has been hanging from the pole for two days.

Miyata was so frustrated and so angry.An alliance, unexpectedly unable to eliminate Tan Weiming, let him escape from the palm of his hand.

"Idiots, you are all idiots!" Miyata was so angry that his mouth was crooked at the squadron leader who came to report.What made him even more panicked was that Zhukang's subordinates reported that the road to Gucheng had been cut off, and the 26th Division of the Kingdom Regiment had built a line of defense 20 kilometers east of the Confucius Temple.

"Where's Takeno, where did Takeye go?" Miyata asked with a loud voice.

"Commander, have you forgotten, didn't you tell Lieutenant General Zhuye to rush directly from Confucius Temple to Huanghuagang?" Zhu Kang said cautiously.

"What did Okamoto-kun say, he didn't see Takeno's troops?"

"No way, Lieutenant General Zhuye has passed by for more than a day, and he should have arrived at Huanghuagang early." After Zhu Kang finished speaking, he turned sideways and shouted at the spy soldiers behind him, "Go a few more people, and find out Mr. Zhuye immediately. and the position of the 56th Division."

The spy soldier let out a "hay" and turned around.Miyata suppressed the anger in his heart, and turned his gaze to the empty space outside the window.

The back road was cut off, and the front attack was blocked. During the day, Gangben fought another fierce battle. Unfortunately, Liu Ji's 12th Division was on top, and the deputy division commander Zhuang Guoxiong personally commanded, and Gangben retreated steadily.On Sasaki's side, it was even more embarrassing. Liu Mi'er from Niangniang Mountain and Shen Mengzi from the 72nd regiment joined hands to attack Sasaki on three sides.The contingent suffered heavy losses. Seeing that Luanshigangzi could not be defended, Sasaki abandoned his position and fled without permission.As a result, a lean force led by Shen Mengzi was wiped out five miles away from Ma'anpo.

It is said that the Communist Party and the Kuomintang are at odds with each other, and the bandits are even more incompatible. This time, they actually joined hands to deal with the imperial army!

Miyata was aware of his situation. Although he didn't shout out to his subordinates, he knew that he was in a desperate situation.If Tu Lanlong in the city suddenly opened fire at this time, the consequences would be disastrous.

How to do?While staring at the two women hanging from the pole, Miyata searched his brains for a solution, how could he pass through Miliang Mountain?

It is sad to say that two days ago, Miyata was still full of firm confidence in this battle, and had no doubts about taking down Miliang City. He even wondered, after Tu Lanlong surrendered Miliang City, should he take over the headquarters? Set in Meiyuan?But now, he has no confidence in Miliangcheng, let alone Tu Lanlong.

All the crimes are Matsubara!
It was Song Yuan who ruined his good deed, and it was Song Yuan who made him fall into such a passive situation.If it wasn't for Songyuan's mistake to let the Communist Party rescue the mother and daughter, he wouldn't be so passive.

"What about Matsubara-kun, didn't you promise to arrive today? Why is there no one there?" Thinking of this, Miyata turned around and asked Zhu Yasushi, who was accompanying him like a fool.

"They have already passed the Confucius Temple early this morning, and they will arrive soon."

"Very quickly, how long has it been? Why hasn't it arrived yet?" Miyata was furious. Ever since Zhang Guozhen and Wang Guotuan joined the battle, the situation has taken a turn for the worse. Everything around him is in danger. Messed up.Now not only Gangben can’t be contacted, the Chinese caught by Yamazaki can’t be delivered, and there is no news from Songyuan. If Tu Lanlong’s father-in-law is not delivered to him in time, he will have nothing for Tu Lanlong way.

This straw must be grasped, definitely!Miyata cheered herself up again.

About 5 minutes later, the squadron leader in charge of peripheral security came in and reported in a panic: "There is a group of Chinese people outside the camp, sneaking towards my camp."

"Have you found out, which road are they from?" Miyata cheered up. Could it be that some Chinese people really took the bait?
"Report to the commander, it is Bai Jianjiang who rescued Tan Weiming yesterday."

"Baga." Miyata called out excitedly, I thought you weren't hooked, Bai Jianjiang, you're finally here!

"Take Kurano!" Miyata yelled, dropped Zhu Yasushi, and headed outside.

At this moment, there was a voice in Miyata's heart. This voice was the cheer of suddenly seeing hope in a desperate situation, and it was the voice of unwilling revenge.Miyata was never afraid of death. As a senior Japanese commander, he had dedicated his life to the emperor and to this "jihad".But Miyata has his own ideas. Even if he is about to die, he still wants to pursue a kind of perfection, and laughs at death amidst the pain of the Chinese people.What's more, it's still not clear who will win and who will lose. He still has a few cards in his hand. As long as these cards are played well, it is entirely possible to reverse the passive situation!

He wanted to capture Bai Jianjiang alive, he believed that as long as Bai Jianjiang was in his hands, Shen Mengzi would retreat without a fight.

Haha, retreat without a fight!

Miyata quickly called the two squadron leaders and asked them to prepare for the attack immediately, and then said to Zhuyasu: "Now it's time to invite Kurano-kun up, and get another pole so that Kurano-kun can see farther. .”

Zhukang nodded knowingly.Soon, a longer pole was erected. Under the blue sky and white clouds, Masao Kurano was easily pulled onto the pole like a dried-up rabbit.A gust of wind passed by, and Cang Ye reluctantly opened his eyes. In a trance, the Rice Grain City of his childhood reappeared in front of his eyes. Green mountains, green water, rows of tidy tile houses, chasing in the streets and alleys wearing crotch pants Children playing.There are also the fragrant mung bean cakes and fried crispy beans.The blacksmith shop on the east side of the street is producing new horseshoes again, and the fire is so bright that it can make the whole rice grain city red.The owner of the Wang's steamed stuffed bun restaurant on the north side of the street was beating his wife again, and the wife was running and eating steamed stuffed buns, while screaming Ye Liang Ye Liang.A large group of children followed, grabbing buns and singing:
Big nose is useless

Marry a wife who is dwarf

The little wife is so lazy

Killing her doesn't work

Among the group of children, there was him, Bai Jianjiang, and Moth.Oh moth, where is the moth?
Masao Kurano struggled, turned his gaze, and saw a moth in mid-air.Is that a moth? Isn't that a moth?The moth is in the sky, in the moon, in the deepest part of his heart, it is a dream, a dream that he never dares to touch or wake up.

Oh, that's a moth, really a moth.That is a moth that has been tortured beyond recognition by its own country!

nation?Masao Kurano, who was swinging around in the air, suddenly thought of this word, and he laughed, very sadly.

Country, army, emperor, jihad.

Killing, looting, usurpation, bloody.

One country's armed aggression against another country, and an army's violent massacre of a country's poor.

Another gust of wind blew, and Masao Kurano turned in the air, and he saw He Xiuzi.What an excellent woman this is, she is well educated and reasonable, she is beautiful and intelligent.If it wasn't for this war, they would have gotten married a long time ago. Despite all the ups and downs in the middle, Kurano firmly believes that he loves her, and if he really loves her, she must love him too.But the war is coming, and everything must make way for the war.

Terrible war!

Masao Kurano closed his eyes, not daring to look at the two women beside him.The two women were both inextricably linked to him, but because of his involvement in this war, they ended up like this in the end.Could it be his fault?

No, he loves them deeply. One is from his homeland, and the other is from Miliang City, which raised him. Speaking of which, this is also his second homeland. How can he just watch this land? The people above are being bullied!

"Miyata, Okamoto, you are all executioners, and history will judge you in the end!"

Masao Kurano shouted these words with all his strength.

Miyata laughed loudly: "Kurano, you have finally told the truth. Well said, I am the executioner, and I will get rid of you, a traitor and traitor, for the emperor."

"Miyata, you are the invader, this war is a scam, a complete scam, a scam!" Kurano's voice seemed to be bleeding.

This voice startled Bai Jianjiang.

Knowing that the fourth girl, Moth, was hung on the pole by Miyata, Bai Jianjiang suddenly turned around and came towards Lao Yingzui.San Tangzi and Gou Sheng, who were guarding him, were gearing up even more, threatening to rescue his sister-in-law for Brother Bai.

"Don't worry, big brother, our brother is good at saving people." Sandangzi said without knowing the sky and the earth.

Bai Jianjiang didn't say a word, his face was blacker than the mountain top scorched by the gunfire.They avoided the enemy's main force and passed through a narrow path. Although they encountered a small group of enemies in the middle, they did not fight.Gou Sheng wanted to fight, but when he saw that Bai Jianjiang was silent, he obediently hid under the cliff.They climbed out from under the cliff when the devils had walked far away. Gou Sheng asked Sun Changgen quietly, "Why didn't you fight?"

Sun Changgen gave him a gouged look, and said viciously, "Whether it's to save people or fight against the devils, just these few people, what should we do if we run out?"

Gousheng let out a long "oh", it seems that he, a country bumpkin, just can't do it.

After crossing the small hill and crossing a ridge, the soil field of Laoyingzui appeared in sight.There are two long poles planted on the dirt field, and two black shadows dangle above the poles.

Bai Jianjiang looked at it once, and his heart ached for a while, and when he looked at it twice, his heart hurt so much that they were together.Looking again, fire spewed out of his eyes.

Bai Jianjiang remembered that there was also a temple there when he was a child, it seemed to be called Laojun Temple.Later, the temple disappeared, and several families were moved to burn bricks there.Later, a certain leader led a group of people to drive away the brick burners and occupy Eagle's Mouth.As for how those houses were built, and who lived there, Bai Jianjiang didn't know.But how to touch the dirt field, he knows!

Bai Jianjiang looked back at Sun Changgen: "How many people are left now?"

"42!" Sun Changgen replied.

Bai Jianjiang felt a sudden pain in his heart. He came from the Confucius Temple with nearly 42 people, and now there are only 42 left.These are Tan Weiming's two brigades. The two brigades make up [-] people. Bai Jianjiang has never fought such a battle.

"Tell the brothers, I want to go to the other side of the scene to save people. If I go, I am afraid that none of them will come back. If the brothers have ideas, there is still time to leave now."

Sun Changgen puffed up his chest: "Brothers, go with you!"

"No, you still have to ask, I, Bai Jianjiang, don't want to hurt the brothers, this is my personal matter."

In the middle, a brother from the national army came over and said tremblingly: "Regiment...Regiment commander, the devil is obviously trying to lure us into the bait, so we can't take it!"

Bai Jianjiang walked over and slapped the national army brother hard on the shoulder: "Brother, you are right, the devil is trying to lure us into the bait. But even if it is a mountain of knives, I have to break through it, and I have to jump into a sea of ​​fire."

"Why...why?" the national army brother asked with a sallow face.

"Little brother, how old are you?" Bai Jianjiang suddenly bent down, looking at the brothers in the national army like a big brother.

"I... I'm 18, the old commander who was 14 years old."

"You are still young and don't understand men. You will understand when you have a woman in the future."

"Woman?" The little brother of the national army became more and more curious.

"Yes, a woman." Bai Jianjiang turned around, pointed to the pole in the distance and said, "The one hanging from it is my Bai Jianjiang's woman. Tell me, can I not save her?"

The little brother of the Guojun shook his head: "Are you kidding me? That's the woman of the fireman under Captain Hou. Everyone knows it."

Bai Jianjiang's face changed color suddenly, and then he loosened his brows and let out a long sigh: "Little brother, there are some things you don't understand. If you can go back alive, tell Zhou honestly that Xiao Moth is my Bai Jianjiang's woman. If you die, you will die." You have to die with me." After speaking, he turned around abruptly, and without waiting for Sun Changgen and the others to follow, he resolutely walked forward.

At this time, Tan Weiming, the commander of the 12th Division, had already engaged with Songyuan.

Breaking out from Shiziling, Tan Weiming took his brothers back to fight back. In the middle, he suddenly received information from the 26th Division Wang Guojun, saying that the Takeno Division that came down from the Confucius Temple did not go to Huanghuagang according to Miyata's order. To reinforce Gangben, they inserted obliquely from the northwest of the Confucius Temple and headed towards Pingguchuan, one of the three rivers.As soon as Tan Weiming heard it, he knew that Zhuye didn't dare to fight brutally and wanted to escape.Tan Weiming knew Takeno well. He was different from Miyata, and even more different from Okamoto.Takeno has never been head-to-head with anyone, he will fight if he has an advantage, and flee if he has no advantage. He has studied "Sun Tzu's Art of War" very thoroughly.Tan Weiming fought against Zhuye before the decisive battle on the Great Wall. This is an old fox.

Tan Weiming sent someone to inform the deputy division commander Zhuang Guoxiong, asking him to send this information to Meiyuan no matter what, and block Pingguchuan. Except for Tu Lanlong, no one can do it.Gathering his own troops, he chased after him.

After crossing Guhe, Tan Weiming didn't see Zhuye's shadow, not even the tail.Tan Weiming was puzzled, it could be that the Wang Guotuan got the information wrong, no matter how fast Zhuye ran, it was impossible to reach Pingguchuan in such a short time, and Zhuye's heavy artillery units moved slowly, according to the normal speed, they should Within ten kilometers from Guhe.Just as Tan Weiming sent out a search force, someone came to report that a group of devils, about 1000 people, had been found in Erdao Liangzi on the north bank of Guhe River.

"Continue to scout and find out which way it is!"

The scouts went away in response, and about 10 minutes later, the scouts came back and said out of breath, "The devil of Erdao Liangzi is Songyuan, and the infantry brigade sent by Takeno is the infantry brigade sent by Takeno to meet Songyuan. The brigade leader is called Wei Teng."

"Song Yuan, Wei Teng?" Tan Weiming silently chanted these two names, and as he was chanting, a doubt suddenly popped up in his mind.

"No, we let the devils fool us!" Tan Weiming cried out.It turned out that Zhuye didn't cross the Guhe from where they were standing. The devils sneaked across the Guhe from above the Erdao Liangzi. The terrain there was low, and of course Tan Weiming could not find the devils.

Tan Weiming rushed to Erdaoliangzi, and sure enough, he saw Songyuan wading across the river under the protection of Captain Weito.The Valley River, a branch of the Daughter River, suddenly slows down here, the current is not very fast, and the water is only knee-deep.Taking advantage of the cover of the cliffs on both sides, the devil quietly chose a place that was not easy to be noticed by others.Tan Weiming saw Songyuan clearly through the binoculars, and what shocked him was that next to Songyuan, protected by Wei Teng and others, was actually Tu Lanlong's father-in-law, Zu Cihang.

It turns out that Songyuan and Takeno are in collusion and want to leave Miyata aside and pass through Miliang Mountain first.

What to do, if you fight, you will hurt Mr. Zulao. If you don't fight, the devil will calmly cross Guhe under his nose.If Song Yuan and the others crossed Guhe and joined Zhuye here, it would be difficult to deal with them.Tan Weiming carefully inspected the surrounding terrain, and found that not far from the place where Songyuan and the others crossed the river, there was a stone mouth, and around the stone mouth were dense bushes.If Shizui is occupied, wait for the devils to cross the river before attacking, and leave a group of troops in the north to cut off the connection between Songyuan and Zhuye, and it should not be a problem to deal with this group of devils.But the most important thing is that we must try our best to rescue Mr. Zu Lao, and we must not let him fall into Zhuye's hands!
Having made up his mind, Tan Weiming immediately ordered the team to divide into two groups, one group going north, occupying the valley north of Shizui, blocking the bamboo fields, and preventing him from coming back.The other group, led by him personally, seized Shizui and rescued Mr. Zu Lao.

Twenty minutes later, gunshots fired, and the calm Guhe suddenly set off a stormy sea.

(End of this chapter)