Age of Rebirth

Following the first batch of cannons roaring towards the position of the Chinese government army, Yamashita Fengwen's heart, which had been depressed for a long time, seemed to open a small door. Seeing the puffs of black smoke rising from the city of Duyun, His Excellency the Commander nodded, muttering "West, West," while patting the head of the young staff officer whose head was almost beheaded. shoulder, and said, "Good job! Let's work together in Mississippi."

The young staff officer who has been frightened to death by His Excellency the Commander is not sure whether the words are true or not. In front of this moody Commander, the young staff officer is not in the mood to have breakfast with him at all. , to have a meal with him, you will lose ten years of life, and you agree with "Hay, Hay" in your mouth, with a flattered expression on your face, but you are thinking in your heart, how to find an excuse and slip away .

The first shelling of the Japanese heavy artillery on the city of Duyun seemed to have eyes. Guo Huawen's group army headquarters was not next to the artillery, and there was nothing wrong with the material warehouse in the city, but it happened that Commander Liu Zhi was staying. The place became the first shelling target of the Japanese artillery.

Liu Zhi was sleeping soundly. Last night's performance greatly satisfied his vanity. In the press conference that followed, he bragged about it again. Seeing the flashing spotlights, Liu Zhi was fat and fat. His round face was full of smiles, and he didn't see Guo Huawen's gloomy face that was almost dripping with the gritted teeth of the officers of the No.19 Army Group in the audience.

At the subsequent banquet, Liu Zhi was in high spirits, drinking until his glass was dry, and he returned to the place where he stayed contentedly until he was very drunk.On such an occasion, Chu Tian didn't participate at all. In order not to cause trouble for Guo Huawen, he sent a few soldiers to change into the uniforms of the No.19 Army, and mixed in the venue, taking everything into consideration. [

Listening to the descriptions of several soldiers almost broke their hearts with laughter.Chu Tian smiled and shook his head while listening, and immediately reported the news that Liu Zhi had arrived in Duyun.The report was sent to the division commander Tang Qiuli, and Tang Qiuli called back, "Liu Zhi is here to claim credit, ignore him, a new round of Japanese attack should start, pay close attention to the battle in Duyun, and report at any time."

Following several loud noises and huge shock waves, all the glass in the room was shattered, and Liu Zhi was soundly asleep.I was so scared that I jumped out of the bed, but I didn't know what was going on. Then, there were a few closer loud noises.The room trembled suddenly, and Liu Zhi was knocked to the ground by the shock wave.

Now I understand, the place where I stayed was shelled, and the Japanese started to attack? "Come on, come on!" Liu Zhi shouted loudly, pulling his neck, several guards rushed into the room, several cannons fell one after another, the flames were shining.Bricks and stones flew randomly, Liu Zhi saw it with his own eyes.One of the guards at the back had more than half of his head blown off by the whistling piece.

Bright red blood mixed with snow-white brains.It sprayed out along the broken half-drawn head, and immediately, the body of the guard fell heavily into the room. Liu Zhi was terrified, staring in frightened eyes, his face was pale, trembling, his whole body was limp and motionless. After serving as a soldier for more than [-] years, it was the first time he saw a soldier whose head was cut off by a cannon and died in front of his eyes. The red and white mixed color was shocking right in front of his eyes.

Several guards lifted up the commander-in-chief and moved desperately to a safe place. Less than 5 minutes after they left, the room where Liu Zhi stayed was razed to the ground amidst a burst of violent explosions. In the sound, Liu Zhi and several guards finally got into a basement.

Seeing Liu Zhi's dazed appearance, his guard captain shouted loudly: "Commander, we are safe now." Liu Zhi's eyes finally came alive, and the first sentence was, "Quickly order Guo Huawen, arrange troops , protect me to evacuate," the captain of the guard smiled wryly and said: "Commander, let's wait for the Japanese shelling to end, it's too dangerous outside now!"

Liu Zhi was in the basement, waiting in fear for two hours before the Japanese bombardment ended. When he got out, he saw that Duyun City had almost changed. There were ruins everywhere, rubble and bricks everywhere, and collapsed houses. Crying and wailing citizens, still blazing with flames and green smoke, were frantically digging up their relatives in the ruins.

Liu Zhi didn't care about all of this, what he cared about was how to leave this horrible place as soon as possible, Liu Zhi cursed himself in his heart, "It's really unlucky, just arrived in Duyun, and caught up with the Japanese attack, yes, why bother?" Come and join in the fun, stay honestly in Fuquan, such and such danger, this Guo Huawen, wants to kill me, "Well, this matter is Guo Huawen's fault again, he doesn't even think about it, whoever asks him to come up?

When we arrived at the headquarters of the group army, it was very busy inside. The staff officers went in and out of the place with nervous faces, and their footsteps were hurried. From a long distance, we heard Guo Huawen shouting: "The guard group of the headquarters, the city defense force immediately launched a rescue in the whole city to put out the fire. , Rescue the injured citizens, count the number of casualties, and the communication department will immediately resume telephone contact with the West Cloud Peak Independent Brigade, hurry up, I want to know the specific situation."

Regardless of these, Liu Zhi said in an orderly tone: "Commander Guo, immediately arrange for your subordinates to escort the general headquarters to leave Duyun. I will rush back to the command position and coordinate the overall battle." High-sounding reasons and excuses.

Guo Huawen put down the phone, looked at Liu Zhi, who was wearing pajamas with an ugly face, and panicked eyes, and said, "I'm sorry, Commander Liu, most of my troops have already gone into battle, and some of them are participating in the rescue in the city. Come on, but I agree with the evacuation of the general headquarters from Duyun City, after all, the commander-in-chief has different identities and shoulders heavy responsibilities, how can he stay in such a dangerous place?"

Liu Zhi ignored Guo Huawen's sarcastic tone. He didn't want to stay in this unlucky place for a minute. Under the contemptuous eyes of Guo Huawen and all the staff officers of the No.1 Army Headquarters, Liu Zhi drove through with his entourage. In the ruined urban area, the injured citizens groaning in pain, crying for their loved ones, fled the city in a hurry and headed towards Fuquan.

Those Central News Agency reporters who followed him didn't know whether Liu Zhi was patronizing his escape and forgot about them, or they chose to stay voluntarily, and they didn't leave. Their figures appeared in the streets and alleys of Duyun.

Compared with the situation in Duyun City, the situation on Xiyun Peak was even more serious. The Japanese army's heavy artillery bombarded the position, and it was impossible to see where the trenches were and where the fortifications were. Chi Zifeng thanked Chutian for his suggestion and strengthened and deepened the Most of the anti-blasting holes withstood the shelling of Japanese heavy artillery.

However, the telephone lines leading to the regiments and battalions were all blown up, the brigade headquarters lost contact with the troops below, and Chi Zifeng didn't know the current casualties of the troops. In the brigade headquarters of the boat, waiting for the end of the Japanese shelling.

The soil on the top of the hidden headquarters of the brigade kept falling down, and the telephone placed on the cannon box was knocked to the ground. Chi Zifeng realized that this time the Japanese bombardment was worse than that time. Ferocity, it should be what Chu Tian said, the heavy artillery of the Japanese army, "The little devil really paid for it," Chi Zifeng said to himself.

As soon as the Japanese bombardment ended, Chi Zifeng was the first to emerge from the hiding place. He could not see the trenches and fortifications, but only saw huge pits everywhere, and soldiers crawling out of the mud. Their bodies were covered in mud, and their uniforms could no longer be seen. The original color, "enter the position immediately, the little devil is about to attack," Chi Zifeng ordered, God knows where the position is.

The soldiers of the Independent Brigade had to lie down on the hot and soft soil. Some clever soldiers were busy digging the soil under their bodies. Soon, they became simple trenches. Although they could not block the heavy machine guns, it was better than putting themselves His body was exposed in front of the soldiers of the Japanese army. At this moment, the rest of the soldiers became enlightened and dug up one after another.

Under Xiyun Peak, rows of Japanese soldiers' steel helmets reflected dazzling halos in the sun. The Japanese Type [-] heavy machine guns that served as cover roared wildly, and shot through the floating soil. The soldier's body trembled suddenly, his head tilted and his eyes closed, and bright red blood flowed from his body. [

The fierce battle began. The Japanese soldiers rushed to the main position of Xiyun Peak like crazy. The soldiers of the Independent Brigade shot with red eyes and gritted their teeth. Intermittent group charges, the Czech-style light machine guns of the Independent Brigade, the barrels are about to be scrapped.

From morning to night, the sound of guns on Xiyun Peak almost never stopped, and Chi Zifeng couldn't remember exactly how many times he repelled the Japanese army's charge. He just kept receiving reports that the head of the regiment was seriously injured. The second regiment commander was killed, and several battalion commanders were killed. When night fell over Xiyun Peak again, the last Japanese attack was repelled. Chi Zifeng visually observed that the nearest Japanese soldier's body was less than 50 meters away from the front position.

Taking a deep breath of the air full of gunpowder smoke, Chi Zifeng ordered: "Check the casualties, count the medicines and weapons," and the numbers were quickly reported. Chi Zifeng looked at the chief of staff in disbelief, it was only a day's work , The Independent Brigade suffered more than 4000 casualties, of which more than 3000 were killed, and almost all the guns and grenades were shot. If the little devils attack again, the Independent Brigade can only fight with bayonets.

The Japanese army did not take advantage of it either. Under the main position of Xiyun Peak, there were five or six thousand corpses of Japanese soldiers lying in a mess. The strong smell of blood could not be blown away even by the evening wind, and the Independent Brigade paid the entire brigade casualties. More than two-thirds of the price, and several major officers were killed.

After receiving Chi Zifeng's report, Guo Huawen put down the phone and sat down heavily on a chair. Today, the casualties of the Independent Brigade are beyond imagination, and they have already been disabled. They can replenish soldiers and medicine, but in the long run, it is difficult to guarantee even. A strong city that must be defended under long-term attack.

Accept Chutian's suggestion and join forces with Tang Qiuli to eliminate the crazy Japanese army in front of him, but he still has tens of thousands of people in his hands, enough for a little devil to eat for a few months, so he is really unwilling to ask for help like this, and , once you join hands with Tang Qiuli, what will the government think?What will the immediate boss Liu Zhi do?Guo Huawen hesitated, worrying about gains and losses.

(To be continued)