"Nani? All ammunition was blown up? Will the artillery be unable to participate in the war tomorrow?"

Tatsumi of Caochang didn't care that more than a dozen cannons were destroyed, because the group of artillery gathered here had nearly two hundred cannons, which was not worth mentioning. But if the artillery was unable to participate in the war, the problem would be serious, which means that tomorrow his troops would have to launch an attack on the national army without artillery cooperation, how many casualties would this increase?

Hirata Kenki was speechless. This was actually because he underestimated the enemy. According to the artillery, the shells had to be placed in the underground cover, and the construction standards of the underground cover were also very high, requiring that they could withstand the bombing of at least 500 kilograms of heavy aerial bombs. However, Hirata Kenki judged that the Kuomintang would soon be defeated and the artillery position would move forward soon. He did not think that the more than a dozen mountain cannons of the Kuomintang could pose a threat to his artillery position, so he was unwilling to spend too much effort to build standard fortifications according to the artillery order. He just piled up the shells in open air everywhere, and as a result, it was easy for the raided Kuomintang army to discover it. Then the Kuomintang army sacrificed only a dozen people and used only a dozen grenades to blow up the four ammunition storage points.

After less than ten minutes in Xiaozhuzhuang, Tatsumi of Caochang rushed away with more than a dozen senior officers. Kenyoshi Hirata naturally would not really choose to make his promises to the Emperor, but none of the more than 600 Japanese soldiers, including more than a dozen lieutenants, were spared. They all stabbed the sword or bayonet into their abdomen after the solemn caesarean section ceremony.

There will inevitably be a few timid officers and soldiers who scream like a pig with just a bayonet piercing the skin. In the end, they can only help others and cut off their heads with a saber. This is the cruel punishment for the cowards. The cowards will be beheaded and the soul will never be able to return to their hometown to rest in peace.

Liu Zhi was defeated by the Japanese army in the Pinghan Road Battle last year. He was known as the long-legged general. This nickname was not for nothing. As early as the Central Plains War, this man had already shown his strengths of saving lives. The tunnel he had someone dug in Xiao Zhuzhuang was very accurate, and he even turned a big turn in the middle.

As a result, the little Japanese who chased out along the extension of the first half of the tunnel was lost. Xu Shijiu and the remaining troops of the 19th Brigade escaped from the other direction after blowing up the second half of the tunnel.

Xu Shijiu didn't know that his 19th brigade caused more than 600 casualties to the Japanese army after the battle. He was sighing for Liao Luo's figure behind him. A fully-packed reinforced company plus half a guard platoon, nearly 400 veterans, and in the end, less than fifty people were able to escape back alive with him.

After this battle, the 19th Brigade was injured again, and there were less than one company of troops left behind.

And this time, if the 19th Brigade wants to recover its vitality, it is probably not as easy as last time. After the last Nanjing Defense War ended, although the Kuomintang army was seriously injured, in fact, a large number of veterans survived. After replenishing more than 500 veterans including Zhang Youquan, the 19th Brigade quickly recovered its combat effectiveness.

But this time, it is impossible for so many veterans to supplement the 19th Brigade. Although there are more than 100 people left in the 19th Brigade, most of them are just Du Erdan and Niu Lewa, who can barely be considered veterans. There are only less than fifty veterans left in the true sense like Gao Shenxing and Hei Xiazi.

There are fewer and fewer experienced veterans, and the quality of new recruits that can be supplemented is getting worse and worse. In addition, the War of Resistance Against Japan continues, and the vitality of the entire Chinese nation is also being consumed rapidly. By the next time, even if Tang Ying stands up, I am afraid that it will not be possible to raise 500,000 US dollars of funds for the 74th Army. No one has no money or equipment. What kind of anti-Japanese war will be used in the future?

When Xu Shijiu was frowning, Wang Xiaomu, who was walking in front, suddenly fell down without warning.

"Xiaomu, Xiaomu?" Several familiar veterans rushed forward and helped Wang Xiaomu up. In this moment, Wang Xiaomu's dark face turned pale and he fainted. Xu Shijiu immediately realized something was wrong. Gao Shen was moving faster than him, and he unbuttoned Wang Xiaomu's military uniform in an instant.

Wang Xiaomu was wrapped in a canvas belt on his abdomen. Before going to the battlefield, many veterans would wrap canvas belts on his abdomen. Although the canvas belt is not enough to block bullets, it has a certain defense ability for bounce. The abdomen is the most vulnerable part of the human body, so wrapping a canvas belt on his abdomen can increase a certain chance of survival.

The canvas belt of Wang Xiaomu has already been bleeding, but there is no gun hole, so it should have been wrapped later.

Gao Shenxing directly used a bayonet to open the canvas strap and found that there was a tiny wound on Wang Xiaomu's upper left abdomen. Just look at the gun hole, you can tell that it was made by the 38th cube of the little Japanese. The 38th cube of the little Japanese has a very strong penetration power, and only a small eye is left when penetrated through the human body.

After turning over Wang Xiaomu's body, there was a small eye on his back, and it looked like he didn't feel much bleeding.

But Xu Shijiu knew that Wang Xiaomu actually bleed a lot, but it flowed into his abdomen. Looking at Wang Xiaomu's face, the blood on his body was probably almost gone. Gao Shenxing put Wang Xiaomu flattened and said with a dim expression: "It seems that the liver and spleen have been penetrated, and there is a heavy bleeding inside, so it will definitely not be saved."

More than forty veterans surrounded him, all of them looked dim. They would never want to see such a situation. They seemed to have already emerged, but they were back alive, but fell to the last moment they returned to the military camp. The most unbearable scene on the battlefield was this scene. Except for Wang Yidao, who was also unconscious, all the veterans silently took off their military caps.

Wang Xiaomu woke up and quickly realized something from the eyes of his comrades. Crystal tears came out of his eyes. It was said that the will of the veterans of the National Army was harder than steel. It was said that the veterans of the National Army were very cold, but that was on the battlefield. After they were on the battlefield, they were actually all human beings, and they were nostalgic for life and feared death like ordinary people.

"Captain, I don't want to die, wuwu, I really don't want to die..." Wang Xiaomu cried while crying.

"Good brother, you won't die, really won't be. It's just a little injury." Xu Shijiu held Wang Xiaomu's hand and clenched it tightly, but said with a sob, "I'll take you back to the base now and let Cao Jiao treat your wounds. I'll send you back to Shangqiu tomorrow and hand it over to the field hospital in the rear. You will be cured soon."

Gao Shenxing also squatted down beside Wang Xiaomu, with a rare smile on his usual cold face and said, "We will wait for you to come back and kill the Japanese together."

Zhang Youquan and more than 40 veterans also came up to comfort Wang Xiaomu.

Wang Xiaomu still kept crying. How could he not hear that his comrades were just comforting him? Thinking that he would soon leave this world forever, and thinking that he would never wake up after sleeping, Wang Xiaomu was inexplicably scared. He held Xu Shijiu's hands tightly, as if he would fall into darkness forever as soon as he let go.

However, waves of sleepy tides came, and Wang Xiaomu's upper and lower eyelids began to fight. Finally, he could not resist the next wave of sleepy invasion, slowly closed his eyelids, and fell asleep forever.

Seeing Wang Xiaomu's eyelids slowly closing and the expression on his face became peaceful, Xu Shijiu burst into tears. He did not hide anything, and cried in public in front of more than 40 veterans. Xu Shijiu had experienced the departure of many comrades, but they were all on the battlefield with bombs flying. It was not many to watch his comrades leave quietly like this.

It is said that it is easy to die with mercy, but it is difficult to die calmly, but who knows that the battle has ended and has already escaped this death disaster, but when it comes, you have to watch your comrades die silently. This is the most painful thing. It is difficult for people who have not experienced it personally to understand this kind of distress.

Even though Xu Shijiu's determination is stronger than iron, he couldn't help but wonder at this moment whether he should have taken his brothers to the battlefield? What is the significance of this war? Wang Xiaomu and millions of brothers who died and died in battle, their bloodshed, and the price they paid are valuable?

He turned around, and his guilty eyes flashed through the faces of more than 40 veterans one by one, but he kept telling himself that if a country and a nation want to maintain its dignity and not be bullied by other countries, he must pay the price of bleeding. If the Chinese nation wants not to be enslaved by Japan, it must fight and pay the price of bleeding.

And the thousands of Wang Xiaomu who died in battle are the heavy price paid by the Chinese nation for this. Even if there is no Wang Xiaomu, there must be Li Xiaomu and Zhang Xiaomu. As long as they are on the stall, no one can escape. Including him, Xu Shijiu, he will sacrifice his life without hesitation. Even if he is on the stall, he is also afraid of death and is also greedy for life.

Including Gao Shenxing, more than 40 veterans also had complicated expressions, and their will was a little shaken.

Xu Shijiu knew that he had to say something, he had to cheer up the will of these veterans. Otherwise, even if these dozens of veterans survived, they would be similar to death. This is actually psychological counseling. After all, people are flesh and blood, and they will always bear the limit. Once the limit is exceeded, if they are not provided in time, problems will definitely occur.

An army must rest after every war, because of this reason.

But now the 19th Brigade or the 58th Division has no chance to rest, so it depends on the guidance of the officers.

"Brothers, I won't talk about the great principles, but I can't tell them either, because I don't understand any great principles. I will just ask you one thing, are you willing to live without dignity and be humiliated by the little Japanese? Are you willing to support the little Japanese as your descendants? Anyway, I don't want to."

The veterans' eyes became firmer again, because Xu Shijiu's words hit the nail on the head.

For a big soldier who doesn't know if the shoulder pole is down, it's useless to talk about the great way. Whatever you tell them is not my race, their hearts will be different. They will most likely think you are crazy, but as long as you tell them that Japan will bully their wives and daughters and enslave their descendants after occupying China, they will immediately stop.
Chapter completed!