Baoshan County, the Third Battalion of the 583rd Regiment of the 98th Division.

In the battalion headquarters, Lieutenant Colonel Yao Ziqing, the commander of the Third Battalion, stood in military uniform and with his hands, staring at the blue sky and white sun flag hanging on the wall with bloodshot eyes.

It has been two days and two nights. Since the main force of the 98th Division evacuated, he has led all the officers and soldiers of the battalion to defend Baoshan County for two days and two nights.

Although the Japanese had repelled more than ten fierce attacks by the Japanese in succession, the Japanese army had successively surrounded Baoshan County and mobilized more troops to prepare to capture the lonely city in one fell swoop.

Lieutenant Colonel Yao Ziqing stared at the eye-catching blue sky and white sun, and tears flashed in the tiger's eyes. This was by no means the tears of a coward, but the rolling tears left by a soldier's love for the country and the nation.

At this time, there was another rapid and harsh shelling sound outside the city, and Yao Ziqing knew that the Japanese were attacking again.

Staring at the blue sky and white sun, Yao Ziqing saluted the military flag and said indignantly: "Now that the Japanese invasion of our country and violated our China, causing the country to face disaster and the nation to be shamed. Although our equipment and weapons are behind, our soldiers have a sincere patriotism. In order to make the Chinese nation last forever, our soldiers are willing to fight bloody battles with the invaders until the last soldiers and soldiers, and shed the last drop of blood. I love China and I hope God bless China."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yao Ziqing turned his head to a messenger beside him and said, "Xiao Li, I will give you a task. Now that the Japanese army of enemies is approaching, we must report the situation of our battle here to Shangfeng. You will break out immediately, find the division headquarters, and report to the division seat. The enemy troops are siegeing the city, and there is no hope of breaking through. In order to cover the division headquarters and the main force retreat and deploy defense calmly again, General Yu led all the soldiers of the battalion to survive and die together in Baoshan City, and fight the enemy to the end!"

"Battleman! If I don't leave, I will stay and fight to the end with the camp. I will never be a deserter of the third battalion." The messenger said immediately with a determined expression.

"Xiao Li, death is not scary. Our third battalion was ordered to hold this place. Now that the Japanese invaders are siegeing the city, the telephone line has been interrupted. If no one goes out of the city to report our situation to the top, will it be unknown whether our third battalion officers and soldiers die or surrender? The brothers fight for the country and die for the country, and do not ask for anything else, but only the people of the country can know the determination of our third battalion soldiers to serve the country to the death, so that they can inspire their compatriots to continue to resist.

After we die in battle and die in the country, we will not be exploited by the Japanese invaders and be punished for rebel against the party and treason for eternal crimes! So you must safely send the situation to the division headquarters, so that all the brothers of our third battalion will die without regrets!" Yao Ziqing persuaded meaningfully.

"But..." The messenger was a little hesitant.

"There is nothing to do, obey the order!" Yao Ziqing scolded angrily.

"Yes!" The messenger no longer hesitated and immediately stood at the right moment and responded with a loud bang. Then he turned around and left quickly.

Watching the messenger leave the battalion, Yao Ziqing turned his head firmly and said loudly: "Company Commander, take the flag!"

"Yes!" A captain company commander next to him suddenly responded, strode forward, and took down the blue sky, white sun, and red flags hanging on the wall of the battalion.

A soldier had already handed the prepared bamboo pole to the captain company commander. In a moment, the military flag was fixed to the bamboo pole.

Yao Ziqing strode to the battlefield, took the flagpole and sternly said: "Tell me the order, the whole battalion gathers! Get ready to fight!"

"Yes!" A soldier responded with a loud promise and turned around and walked out of the battalion headquarters.

At this time, the Japanese artillery shells in the sky were still roaring, and the scarlet fireball almost cut through the entire sky. The lonely city in Baoshan County was completely covered by artillery fire.

Under the flames, a group of officers and soldiers from the third battalion received their orders and walked out of the bunker, and then rushed towards the camp.

In just over ten minutes, more than 300 officers and soldiers from the battalion had all assembled. Captain Yao Ziqing, surrounded by several officers, walked out with the blue sky and white sun flag in his hand.

The dazzling blue sky and white sun were covered with red army flags immediately attracted the attention of the soldiers. At this time, this flag made the soldiers feel friendly and sacred. Looking at it, the soldiers seemed to be full of power.

Yao Ziqing raised the general flag with one hand and stepped forward. His eyes were coldly swept over the soldiers present and said loudly: "Brothers, as the saying goes, "Super the enemy, we should raise soldiers for a thousand days and use troops for a while. Now, the Japanese invaders invade our country. As soldiers, it is time to kill our country and serve the country. The Japanese devils want to step across the Baoshan Mountains, unless they step across our bodies, the military flag will not fall, and they will continue to resist. They will still have a breath of bloody battle to the end! We swear to survive and perish in Baoshan City and will never retreat!"

"The bloody battle to the end! Swear to live and die together in Baoshan City!"

"The bloody battle to the end! Swear to live and die together in Baoshan City!"

"The bloody battle to the end! Swear to live and die together in Baoshan City!"

All the officers and soldiers of the battalion roared in unison at the military flag, and the sound echoed for a long time, one wave higher than another, and they were about to suppress the deafening cannon sound.

"The Japanese are about to launch an attack. Let's fight with all their might and kill!" Yao Ziqing waved the military flag in his hand and roared loudly.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" The officers and soldiers of the battalion immediately responded in unison, turning around and running towards the gates of various cities.

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At the same time, the 11th Division of the Japanese Army was headed.

"Bagaya Road! Stupid pig, all the buckets are buckets!" After the commander of the 11th Division, Sunwu, Yamamoto, learned that the 12th Infantry Regiment suffered heavy losses and was shot dead, he was so angry that he was furious that he was furious.

The chief of staff, Colonel Katamura 48 and Major General Majiro, the commander of the 10th Brigade, quickly bowed his head. As the commander of the 10th Brigade, Majiro Akina was mainly responsible for the disastrous defeat of the 12th Infantry Regiment.

The 12th Infantry Regiment is one of the main corpses of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army. This battle in Luodian was almost crippled. How could the division commander Sun Wu of Yamamoto not annoyed and how could he not be angry?

Yamamuro Soyou roared for a while, turned to look at the uneasy Anitani Shijiro standing on the side, and said in a cold tone: "Tiantani, as the commander-in-chief of the front-line enemy in this Luodian Battle, you must be responsible for the Jade Fragrance of Andajun and more than a thousand imperial warriors."

"Hai! Huyi is willing to accept all punishments from the division commander!" Amanya Shijiro quickly lowered his head and said.

"Hmph! Now punish you?" Yamamoto Sobu snorted coldly and said coldly: "It's so cheap. The current battle situation is urgent. General Matsui has repeatedly urged us to capture Luodian as soon as possible to threaten the Chinese army's retreat. From now on, I will strengthen the artillery corps to you. If you can't capture Luodian again, you can wait to apologize!"

"Hai! Huyi will definitely capture Luodian!" Amanya Shijiro was grateful and quickly lowered his head and responded happily, then turned around and left quickly with a saber carrying it.

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Luodian, Zhongrui Camp position.

After the battle in Xiaotang Village, Zhongrui Battalion suffered heavy losses, with more than 400 people in the battalion, more than 120 people killed in battle, and more than 180 people injured. The casualty rate of the entire battalion was as high as three-quarters. Fortunately, most of the injured officers and soldiers were slightly injured and had not completely lost their combat ability.

The reason why there are very few serious injuries is that all the seriously injured people sounded the grenade without hesitation when they were severely injured. They chose to die with the enemy because they knew that the medicine was very precious at this time and they could not survive even if they were seriously injured. It would be better to die with the Japanese as many Japanese soldiers as possible to give birth to the medicine to those comrades who could survive.

After hurriedly cleaning the battlefield, Wang Yan, the brigade commander of the 31st Brigade of the 11th Division, arrived with two regiments and replaced the Zhongrui Battalion and the 65 and 66 regiments of the 33rd Brigade, which suffered heavy losses.

Although the Zhongrui Battalion was withdrawn, Peng Shan, the commander of the 11th Division, firmly led the division troops to stay in Luodian and personally commanded the troops to resist the Japanese's attack.

The temporary position of Zhongrui Camp is a village several miles west of Luodian. Zhang Xinghan set up the camp in a private house at the east end of the village.

In the battalion headquarters, the second lieutenant confidential officer Du Qianxue handed the message sent by Chairman Jiang from Nanjing to Zhang Xinghan. After reading it, Zhang Xinghan hurriedly handed it to Luo Tianyou, the deputy battalion commander sitting next to him.

After the battle in Xiaotang Village, Luo Tianyou and the officers and soldiers of the entire battalion finally accepted Zhang Xinghan as the new commander. Luo Tianyou didn't say it, but Zhang Xinghan could feel that at this time he had no repulsion for himself.

Luo Tianyou looked at it three times at a glance, and looked up with a serious expression and asked Zhang Xinghan: "Zhang Zu, what do you think we should do? Should we withdraw or stay?"

"Now hundreds of thousands of brother troops are fighting fiercely with the Japanese invaders on the front line. As soldiers, we should fight the invaders to the end on the front line. Although the reorganization after the withdrawal is an order, can we feel guilty if we ask yourself?" Zhang Xinghan said in a heavy tone.

"But, this is the personal order of the commissioner after all, how can we openly disobey the military order?" Luo Tianyou said with a change of color on his face.

"Let's do this, whether to retreat or stay, we have to decide for ourselves by all the soldiers of the camp. After all, you and I know that staying is likely to be a life-and-death life. The soldiers have the right to decide their own way of retreating." Zhang Xinghan looked at Luo Tianyou with inquiring eyes.

"Okay, I'll gather the troops!" Luo Tianyou sighed lightly, then stood up and left quickly.

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