I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 643: The Sorrow of Zhongtiao Mountain (6) Song Wenwan’s First Encounter with Liu Yanzi

Xie Jinfang felt very bitter, because those were his subordinates from a main brigade, and almost all of them, along with the non-combat personnel in the division headquarters, had died.

Even his chief of staff almost died at Guishe Slope.

The 207th Division had more than 23,000 people, but less than 8,000 were alive.

If I follow the unspoken rules of the party-state’s military, I can only be a brigade commander.

Commander Song Wenwan kept his word and transferred a main brigade from the guerrilla division.

I have just gone to the position of the 80th Army in front to support their retreat.

When Commander Xie arrived at the position below, he had already heard what his brothers from the guerrilla division had said.

The wounded soldiers did not want to retreat to rest, they wanted to live and die with their positions.

In other words, they vowed to live and die together with their sacrificed brothers...

Liu Yanzi, who was hiding in the corner of the trench, was lazy. She did not take care of the wounded or rescue them.

Instead, she picked up her diary and started writing in it again.

"Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain: Today is May 11th, and it is already the fourth day of the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.

Last night, the Japanese suddenly fired heavy artillery, and many soldiers were injured...

Not all of them could be considered soldiers; they were grooms, cooks, engineers and baggage soldiers.

Some of those baggage soldiers couldn't even put together their uniforms, and some didn't even know how to use their guns.

I once asked them: Why are you still on the battlefield when you don’t even have a military uniform?

An old soldier said to me while tying grenades to his body.

Nizi, even if we don’t have guns, we are still soldiers!

Later I heard from others that he was the father of the company commander who died in Heyanggou...

The chief of staff of the 207th Division was also seriously injured. He was seriously injured while trying to save me.

They all say that this life-saving grace should be

I should repay you with my life... I should repay you with my own life... hehe!

It seems that I can only wait until the next life to find that chief of staff to repay his kindness.

The father of the company commander just now has avenged his son.

I heard the Japs start firing again, this time it's my turn...

Reporter of the Military Newspaper of the Temporary Capital: Liu Yanzi's last work! 》

“Whoosh… Boom boom boom…”

The Japanese artillery attack had just begun when they were blasted back by a heavy burst of artillery fire.

Liu Yanzi was just about to lie down on the trench to see what was going on with the sudden shelling.

Then he was kicked to the ground and the diary in his hand was snatched away.

The man was yelling loudly while flipping through the diary she wrote.

"Xie Jinfang, I asked you to lead the troops to fight against the Japanese invaders, why did you send me the female soldiers as well?

Where are the men in your division? Where did they all go?"

When Liu Yanzi heard that someone dared to criticize Master Xie, she immediately spoke up to refute him.

“The 207th Division of our National Revolutionary Army has a total of 23,000 men.

More than 15,000 martyrs have died here.

At the same time, more than 4,000 Sichuan Army soldiers died for their country.

And more than 500 guerrilla soldiers, all of them are brave men of steel. "

The man who kicked her didn't say anything, but took off his hat and saluted the position!

At this time, Xie Jinfang finally appeared and gently pulled Liu Yanzi.

“This is the national hero, the commander-in-chief of the Gannan Allied Forces, General Song Wenwan.

Commander Song, this lady is not our soldier, she is reporter Liu Yanzi from the Temporary Capital Military Newspaper?"

Song Wenwan asked, "Haha, what kind of national hero am I? Commander Xie is joking.

Um, a military newspaper reporter? You're not the boss of the Military Control Commission in the Temporary Capital, are you?"

Liu Yanzi: "You are the one who is from the Military Control Commission. Your whole family is from the Military Control Commission. I am just a reporter."

Song Wenwan scratched his head and said, "Haha, I didn't expect that the big boss of the Military Control Commission is also such an annoying guy."

After he finished speaking, he threw the notebook in his hand into Xie Jinfang's arms.

"Old Xie, you shouldn't have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others.

Your chief of staff is being targeted by someone, and you are still foolishly speaking up for him."

When Liu Yanzi heard this, her face immediately turned red. She went over and snatched the notebook, put it in her pocket and held it tightly, refusing to take it out again.

Just now, Commander Xie took a look at the diary and explained helplessly.

"Commander, you know that when I was in my hometown, my parents also arranged a marriage for me. How could I understand this?

By the way, Commander Song, why are you here?

This place has been under fire from the Japanese, it is really too dangerous."

Song Wenwan: "I just came to give you a 75mm cannon. It's not a good idea to keep getting bombed like this."

The two were chatting when they saw a telegraph soldier running over to report.

"Commander Song, this telegram is sent to you by the brigade commander of the Third Division who is going to relieve the guard.

They said that as soon as they entered the 80th Army's position, the 80th and 98th Armies all ran away."

Commander Xie said angrily: "This is nonsense, we agreed to cross cover.

"These two soldiers are too unethical. How could they abandon their savior?"

There were no longer any Kuomintang troops behind the 80th and 98th Armies.

Now there are still troops willing to go upstream to take over your defense line, which is really like a life-saver.

Song Wenwan's expression was extremely ugly. He said in a cold voice: "This is a bunch of idiots! Don't they have any idea at all?

Don't you want to take the credit for what you've achieved? It seems like there's no need for you to exist anymore."

Commander Xie understood what Song Wenwan meant. The losses of the Heavenly Kingdom Army were indeed heavy.

However, the Japanese also left behind a lot of corpses on the defense line of Guishepo.

The Japanese had less than 50,000 troops left on the northern front.

As for the Nationalist Army, the Sichuan Army had three divisions with 60,000 men, and Division Commander Xie had another 8,000 men.

The brigade that sent the guerrilla division alone had more than 12,000 soldiers.

What's more, behind the Dayu Valley position, there were three newly formed divisions of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, with a total of more than 40,000 people, waiting there covetously.

A quick calculation will show that the National Army still has more than 140,000 troops.

As long as the two of you can hold on for an hour or two, can Song Wenwan just watch you and do nothing?

Let’s not talk about anything else for now. I just want 20,000 Type 38 rifles and one million rounds of bullets. Do you want them?

If you want, we can equip your two armies in minutes. Why are you running away?

This is also because their two armies have been in Zhongtiao Mountain for too long and they consider themselves to be the central army.

Normally, they were not very close to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Guerrilla Division, so they had no idea about the twists and turns involved.

If Deng Beihou and others happened to encounter such a good thing, they would know that they were chosen by God.

They will hand over their command in a minute.

And under the whip of Commander Song Wenwan, he was allowed to gallop.

Division Commander Yoshitani, who was attacking the Zhongtiao Mountain position, was already furious.

Other Japanese divisions were advancing rapidly and indiscriminately chasing and killing those Nationalist troops that were running around everywhere.

However, their Yoshitani Division seemed to have run into a group of tough guys.

The 80th and 98th Armies on the opposite side, although they were retreating step by step, were always unwilling to turn around and escape.

(Commander of the 80th Army: You think we are stupid, but it’s not that we don’t want to run away.

Just exposing your back and running away will only lead to your death faster.)

(Commander of the 98th Army: Same as above, same as above. Moreover, I just received a telegram from the Second War Zone.

A brigade of the guerrilla division has already come up to support their retreat, how could they run away now?)