"No, it's not a dream, Yuzhen, I'm Zihan." Li Zihan hugged Qin Yuzhen tightly in her arms, calling softly in her lover's ear, while crying. Everyone couldn't bear to turn their faces away. Qin Yuzhen was extremely injured, and the fatal wound was in her left vest. Everyone could see that she was no longer able to do it.

Qin Yuzhen stretched out her hand with difficulty and gently stroked Li Zihan's cheek. She was crying, but she smiled while talking softly: "Zihan, shortly after you left, I also came to Shanghai. I first signed up for the medical team, and then went to the field hospital. I thought I could get closer to you, maybe one day I could see you, but I didn't expect to see you, really, really, really, Zihan, it's great to see you again."

"Yuzhen, stop talking." Li Zihan looked up at Yu Jiaxi and begged, "Doctor Yu, please save Yuzhen, please save her. She is only eighteen years old, and she is only eighteen years old."

Yu Jiaxi sobbed and buried her head in Xu Shijiu's arms, not daring to face Li Zihan's sad eyes.

"Zihan, don't bother Dr. Yu, don't bother." Qin Yuzhen coughed gently, and a faint blood-colored foam overflowed from the corner of her mouth. Li Zihan's heart was broken when he saw it. Qin Yuzhen stroked Li Zihan's face and smiled, "Zihan, don't cry, a man shouldn't cry. Come here, get closer, and let me take a good look at you..."

Because of too much blood loss, Qin Yuzhen's eyes began to dissipate, and she could no longer see Li Zihan's appearance.

Li Zihan quickly put his newly shaved face in front of Qin Yuzhen and said, "Yuzhen, I am here, I am here."

"It's so good, it's still as handsome as before." Qin Yuzhen looked at Li Zihan Ying-facing, smiled with a masculine face, and stroked Li Zihan's face and begged, "Zihan, promise me that I must live well, must live until the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, must persevere, and drive Xiaojiwuben out of China..."

"Yeah, I promise you, I promise you." Li Zihan nodded repeatedly.

"Zihan, Zihan..." Qin Yuzhen called out, her voice gradually became lighter until it was weak and unheard. Then the little hand she caressed Li Zihan's face fell down dejectedly, and the charm in her beautiful eyes quickly dissipated. The eighteen-year-old girl, who was just as old as a flower, died in the battlefield where the flames were burning.

"No, no, this is not true." Li Zihan roared to the sky. He obviously could not accept such cruel facts. He could not accept it. The lover he had been thinking about day and night appeared in front of him in this way. And as soon as the two met, they were immediately separated for life and death. He hugged Qin Yuzhen's delicate body tightly, and sobbed, "Yuzhen, wake up, wake up and say something to me, don't sleep anymore, don't..."

The officers and soldiers around dispersed in disgrace, unable to bear to see such a separation of life and death.

Gao Shenxing stood up in a daze, looked at Li Zihan who was hugging his lover tightly, and then looked at another body lying quietly on the ground next to him. Her name was Xiaohui, so... What about Yao Nianci? Where did she go? Suddenly, Gao Shenxing seemed to feel something. He suddenly turned around and Yao Nianci stood not far behind him, with tears already on his pretty face.

When the Japanese army came to attack, Yao Nianci was sitting in the back yard because she couldn't sleep and counted the stars in the sky. When the Japanese army rushed in, she hurriedly hid in the pile of firewood in the corner of the yard, so she escaped. So she had to see Gao Shenxing rushing over to save her like crazy, and even saw Gao Shenxing calling her name with grief.

Seeing Gao Shenxing turn around and look over, Yao Nianci can no longer control himself. He moaned and opened his arms and rushed into Gao Shenxing's arms. Gao Shenxing's face showed a violent struggle. Just as Yao Nianci was about to fall into his arms, a trace of resoluteness suddenly flashed across his face, and he let him go.

Yao Nianci rushed in a flash, and almost fell to the ground with a staggering look on her pretty face. She looked at Gao Shenxing sadly and asked, "Achu, do you still refuse to forgive me?"

Gao Shenxing had completely calmed down and said lightly: "I'm sorry for you admitting the wrong person. I won't call him Achu."

"I know, your name is Gao Shenxing now. Do you mean to be cautious in your words and actions?" Yao Nianci asked sadly, "Are you regretting the words you said to me before and the things you did for me? Achu, I know that you are wrong. I really already know that you are wrong. Forgive me, okay?"

"Sister Wu, you really recognize the wrong person." While speaking, Gao Shenxing had missed Yao Nianci and left with great strides. Yao Nianci looked back at Gao Shenxing's back as he left sadly, and said sadly, "Achu, I know you have me in your heart, why are you so sad just now? You still have me in your heart, you have never forgotten me, right?"

Gao Shenxing did not respond, and there was no pause at his feet for a moment. Soon, his figure hid into the night, leaving only Yao Nianci sobbing while covering his face, and Li Zihan hugged Qin Yuzhen tightly and choked. In the distance, Yu Jiaxi sighed softly, then turned around and hugged Xu Shijiu tightly.

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It was finally dawning and the sun rose from the east again.

No matter how cruel the world becomes, everything will continue. The Japanese and Japanese will continue to move forward, the national army will continue to collapse, the cities that should be occupied will still fall, the soldiers who have sacrificed will continue to sacrifice, the entire country and the entire nation will continue to bleed and continue to pay.

The officers and soldiers of the 19th Brigade stood up one after another, took their armed forces, tightened their leggings, and then carried their backpacks and started to line up. The wounded soldiers also raised their crutches one after another, and those who could not walk on their own were carried on stretchers. After a night of rest, the officers and soldiers of the 19th Brigade were greatly recovered in their spirit and physical strength.

The 19th Brigade is about to set off to Suzhou, and the medical team is about to retreat to Wuxi with the field hospital. Yu Jiaxi is saying goodbye to Xu Shijiuyi, holding Xu Shijiu's hand. Yu Jiaxi is unwilling to let go for a long time. The separation between Li Zihan and Qin Yuzhen last night is still vivid in my mind. How can we know that they will not repeat such a tragedy tomorrow?

Yao Nianci also looked for Gao Shenxing's figure in the team with an anxious expression, but in the end she didn't see Gao Shenxing. Thinking that Gao Shenxing was unwilling to see her again before leaving, Yao Nianci's eyes completely dimmed. This person was really a stern heart. How could his heart be so hard?

By the small river at the entrance of the village, fourteen new tombs are lined up, and fourteen outstanding Chinese people will be buried here forever.

Li Zihan finished recording the last page of the diary facing Chaoyang, and then added the last handful of soil to Qin Yuzhen's tomb.

"Yuzhen, my lover, I'm leaving." Li Zihan raised his head, squinted his eyes and looked at the rising sun slowly rising in the east, and said lightly but firmly, "Don't worry, I will definitely live well and will definitely live until the day of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. At that time, I will come back to visit you and tell you the good news of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War."

After saying that, Li Zihan turned around and joined the marching ranks of the 19th Brigade.

When this time, the war was shattered and the mountains and rivers were broken.

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The 19th Brigade set off from Kunshan in the early morning and arrived outside Wuxian (Suzhou) in the evening of that day.

According to the telegram of the chief of the Third War Zone, the 74th Army was in Wuxian and the Wujiang front line had to stand for at least two days. Among them, Wang Yaowu's 51st Division was guarding Wuxian, responsible for blocking the Japanese army advancing west from Kunshan, Feng Shengfa's 58th Division was guarding Wujiang, responsible for blocking the Japanese army advancing north from Pingwang. When Xu Shijiu led the 19th Brigade to outside Wuxian, Feng Shengfa had already rushed to Wujiang with his re-contracted troops, and the 19th Brigade rushed to Wujiang without stopping.

As soon as the 19th Brigade reached the vicinity of Xujiabin, he encountered a messenger sent by Feng Shengfa, and ordered the 19th Brigade to immediately seize the existing national defense fortifications near Xujiabin and protect the Xujiabin Bridge. It turned out that the 58th Division had just received a telegram from the 14th Division from Kunshan. A small group of Japanese troops took a small boat to go up the Wusong River and entered the west, and it was very likely that they wanted to sneak attack Wuxian by water.

The Japanese army advancing west along the Wusong River had about one infantry squadron with more than one hundred men.

Since the Kuomintang army was defeated in the battlefield of Shanghai, Xiaoji Wuben's courage has become increasingly bold. Any infantry brigade dared to bite the Kuomintang divisions and chase and fight hard, a squadron dared to launch a strong attack on a regiment of the Kuomintang army, and sometimes a small team dared to attack a county town, and it also succeeded repeatedly.

Xu Shijiu was furious when he heard this. Xiaojiu was so crazy that he was out of bounds. He dared to go deep alone in an infantry squadron, and really treated the national army as a clay doll. Xu Shijiu immediately sent Shu Tongwen to contact the nearby towns and township offices, and took over the nearby Yonggu national defense fortifications. At the same time, he ordered the troops to carry out on the spot and repair the fortifications.

More than two hours later, Shu Tongwen came back, but brought back an angry news. All the officials from nearby towns and township offices had run away, and even the security chiefs and the village chiefs had run away. The directions of national defense fortifications, drawings and keys to enter the locked fortifications were all in the hands of these officials. Once they ran, the 19th Brigade was blind.

However, Shu Tongwen at least brought back an explanation. In order to prevent traitors and Japanese spies from discovering, the Yonggu fortifications on the four national defense lines, Wu Fu, Xicheng, Jiazha and Haijia, were disguised as blockades. As long as the mound was dug, the fortifications could be found, Xu Shijiu sent people to dig the mound. As a result, several locked heavy machine gun nests were dug, but the iron door was closed and locked, and it was still the kind of built-in lock, which could not be opened unless it was blown up with explosives.

As for Xu Shijiu's perspective, these heavy machine gun nests are still very particular. They are low and can effectively reduce the bullet surface and have a good shooting range. They can completely lock the enemy troops rushing from the front. If these heavy machine gun nests are connected with traffic trenches and supplemented with a battalion of troops, they can definitely easily block the attack of a Japanese infantry brigade.
Chapter completed!