Chapter 133: Sichuan Army, would rather leave a suicide note than retreat
Chapter 133: Sichuan Army, would rather leave a suicide note than retreat
It's no wonder that Ono was angry. The Japanese army's actions this time were simply beyond the reach of human beings.
After the Japanese army increased its troops again, they launched a large-scale counterattack on various defense lines in Nanjing, but ignored the 74th Army.
It's not that they don't care. They do care, but they are just trying to contain the enemy. A brigade and a regiment are stationed in front of the 74th Army. If you mobilize them, they will attack. If you don't mobilize them, they won't move. It's definitely surveillance.
Xue Lao Hu mobilized the 74th Army twice to go to other places, but was discovered by the enemy and was pinned down each time.
The 74th Army couldn't move, and the Independent Regiment couldn't move either. The Japanese reconnaissance planes were keeping their eyes on this place. If you move, the enemy bombers will be here soon.
"Here we go again." Ono heard the roar in the air, gnashed his teeth and ran out to the shelter, pointed his finger at the sky and cursed; "You did this, do your parents know, does your Majesty know, you are so despicable, you deserve the empire's kindness in raising you."
"Has this kid sold out his stuff?" Zhou Weiguo saw Xiao Ye talking for a while, turned around and asked Fang Shengli who was looking through this month's expenses.
Fang Shengli lowered his head and thought for a while; "That should be the case, otherwise he would come here early in the morning to yell that the goods are out of stock and ask us to prepare them."
At this point, Fang Shengli closed the document in his hand; "Weiguo, our expenses have increased compared to last month. If we don't rob supplies, I'm afraid there will be some danger next month. We can't go on like this, we have to get some benefits."
"That's right." Xiao Ye heard Fang Shengli say this outside, he ran back and put his hands on his hips; "Old Zhou, if you don't manage the household, you don't know how expensive oil and salt are. As the chief of the quartermaster department, I naturally know it. Hurry up and ask for the battle. If you don't get some benefits, our regiment will not have any delicious fish and meat. When the time comes, when the vegetables and radishes are served, don't say I didn't prepare them for you."
Damn it. It must be for his 10% dividend, otherwise he would be so active.
"I'm going to the military headquarters." Zhou Weiguo stood up. No matter what, he couldn't remain so passive. He couldn't let the Japanese army monitor him and the independent regiment stop fighting.
Yu Huohuo sat at the door in a daze, feeling hopeless. He never expected that he would be watched so closely by the Japanese army that he couldn't even move.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He happened to see Zhou Weiguo getting off the car, and immediately he was furious and pointed at Zhou Weiguo who was coming over. "Damn it, I told you to keep a low profile, but you didn't listen. Now look, you've led the whole army into gangland."
"General, you can't blame me for this." Zhou Weiguo looked innocent.
Yu Huohuo was stunned for a moment, then kicked Zhou Weiguo with enough force to kill a mosquito. "Damn it, who else can I blame but you? Tell me, what are you doing here?"
"I want to fight you." Zhou Weiguo blurted out. Yu Huohuo almost jumped up and shouted, "I'm being stared at like a man with a woman. I'm going to fight you."
He still wants to fight.
Zhou Weiguo took a step forward and lowered his voice, "General, I heard that a regiment of Japanese troops has gathered at the Dunwu Temple. Do you think a regiment of Sichuan troops can hold them off for two days?"
There's nothing they can do about it. Yu Huohuo didn't even need to think about it and gave the answer directly. Forget about a regiment of Sichuan Army, even if a division was sent, they couldn't stop it. Originally, the 74th Army was supposed to go to that place, but they were targeted by others and couldn't be transferred, so the Sichuan Army was sent there.
As for the Gui army, forget it. They had never seen how powerful they were. An army group launched a charge, but was crippled in less than an hour.
"You want to go to the Dunwu Temple?" Yu Huohuo brought Zhou Weiguo to the battle map; "How are you going? They are watching you closely. Just move."
"Commander, can you transfer a regiment to my independent regiment? I will immediately arrange for some fake tanks to create a sign that my independent regiment has not moved. Our regiment will quickly move to the Dunwu Temple at night to catch him off guard. Then my independent regiment and the Sichuan Army will cooperate to attack this side and kill this little bitch who dares to hold us back."
tsk...
Yu Huohuo lowered his head, thought for a moment, and nodded; "Okay, you go and prepare, I will go to Chief Xue to ask for orders in person."
The Japanese bombers had already blown the Dunwu Temple to pieces. After two attacks, the front-line positions were completely lost. Now, only a few scattered positions of the Dunwu Temple are left.
There is still a day and a half left for defense, and our own troops are limited.
Li, the head of the Sichuan Army, turned his head and looked around. There were more than 800 people in a regiment, but now he had less than 400 people left.
Just recently, another battalion of troops arrived.
He really didn't know how to fight.
"Erwa, bring me some paper and pen." Captain Li was desperate. The battle stopped tonight, but tomorrow, all it took was one attack and his entire regiment would be wiped out. As the captain, he should lead the way, and this would also be his burial place.
It's time to write a suicide note.
Erwa was only thirteen years old and was an orphan. When Captain Li was leading his troops to war, he felt sorry for him halfway and took him with him as a guard, also to give him something to eat and prevent him from starving to death.
Soon he brought paper and pen, and Captain Li wrote a suicide note of less than 200 words, which included arrangements for his family and his wife. If he died, she would remarry with the children and could not be delayed because of him.
He wrote the letter and asked Erwa to gather the remaining troops.
More than 300 Sichuan troops were sitting or lying down looking at Captain Li.
"Brothers, I have decided to fight the Japanese to the death here, what are you going to do?" Captain Li asked, and when no one spoke, he thought for a while and said, "We will finish the battle tomorrow, so if you want to leave, leave quickly, I won't..."
"Captain, I won't leave. I'll follow you."
"Yes, Commander, I won't leave either. Damn it, our Sichuan Army has been accused of civil war over the years. If I go back, we will be punished by our fellow villagers."
"That's right, Captain. We are not leaving. We will fight them tomorrow."
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The chattering voices all said the same thing: if we die, we die together. The Sichuan Army will not run away. They can't afford to lose face.
Captain Li's eyes were moist. He took a deep breath and took out the roster and handed it to Erwa, then looked at the soldiers present. "Well, you are worthy of being my soldiers. You all write a suicide note. I'll let Erwa take it back. No, come to me and the staff of the regiment headquarters quickly. Write it. Tomorrow, we will fight them to the death. We would rather die than retreat."
"That's fine." The soldiers below responded sporadically.
The third battalion commander took out a pen and said, "Come on, come on, if you want to write a letter, come quickly. My pen doesn't have much ink."
Several soldiers gathered around, and Captain Li also sat on the ground, ready to help the soldiers write letters.
In a short while, the letter was written without an envelope. It was folded and put into a white bag. Captain Li handed the things to Erwa and said, "Go to Qianjiang and deliver the things according to the roster."
Erwa took the cloth bag and said tearfully, "Captain, I...I won't leave."
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