Chapter 45 Despair
De'an, the headquarters of the 1st Corps.
The air in the war room seemed to be frozen. Several army commanders and corps commanders were watching Xue Yue, and several combat staff members held their breath. Even the beeping sounds in the telecommunications room next door seemed to have become lighter. The communications staff members entering and leaving the communications room were almost walking on their toes.
In the quiet war room, only the sound of the clock walking can be clearly heard.
It was already a little chilling in midnight in October, but the head of Wu Yizhi, the chief of staff of the 1st Corps, had sweat the size of beans on his forehead, which was all anxious.
Xue Yue stood in front of the big map with his hands behind his back.
For four hours, Xue Yue had been standing there, and even his standing posture had not changed. If it weren't for his hands behind his back, he was clenching, relaxing, holding, and relaxing again, those who had just walked into this place would have even mistakenly thought it was just a realistic statue.
At some point, Xue Yue finally turned his head and said, "It's OK."
Wu Yizhi felt relieved and almost rushed into the communication room.
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Wanjialing, this is the closest Xu Shijiuli dies, but he still doesn't die in the end.
Seeing Xu Shijiu leading more than a dozen veterans down the mountain, hundreds of Japanese soldiers rushing up the hillside, they pulled the bolts and pulled the bullets out of the barrel. These Japanese soldiers have been completely brainwashed by militarism. Compared with physical destruction, they are more keen to destroy their opponents' will to resist spiritually.
Hand-to-hand combat is undoubtedly the best way to destroy the opponent's resistance.
However, when there were still dozens of meters left in the distance between the two feet, a fierce gunshot suddenly came from the valley on the right side of the mountain.
At this time, the ammunition of the 19th Brigade had basically been exhausted, and the entire mountain-sharp position was silent. Therefore, the gunshot sounded extremely abruptly and extremely clear. Gao Shenxing and several experienced veterans immediately decided that it was clearly the sound of the Czech machine gun of the National Army, not the crooked machine gun of the Japanese.
"Reinforcement" Li Zihan first reacted and shouted loudly, "It's our reinforcements that have arrived."
Xu Shijiu stopped instinctively, and more than a dozen remaining soldiers behind him stopped, and then turned their heads to look in the direction of the gunfire. The little Japanese also found something wrong. Another flare roared into the air. With the dazzling bright light, it was clearly seen that the black national army was rushing towards the valley on the right like a tide.
At the forefront of the national army's military tide, a blue sky and white sun flag was flying in the wind.
"National Army, haha, it's really a national army"
"Grandma, the damn reinforcements are finally here."
"Damn, these bastards are really good at picking things."
More than a dozen remaining soldiers immediately cheered, and they all showed joy.
Li Zihan even asked Gao Shenxing proudly: "Old Gao, what do you say?"
Gao Shenxing just smiled coldly and ignored it. If reinforcements did not appear at this time, it might be better, but if they appeared at this time, they could only confirm his guess. Xu Shijiu's face also dimmed, and even a look of despair appeared in his eyes. Yes, despair, Xu Shijiu was really desperate at this moment.
Xu Shijiu felt unprecedented pessimism about the national army and the War of Resistance.
A moment later, the two sides encountered each other near the top of the mountain. However, at this time, the Japanese had already divided their troops, and the main force had turned around and went down the mountain to block the reinforcements of the national army. There were less than a hundred people continuing to go up the mountain, trying to seize the top of the mountain. The No. 70 and 80 Japanese soldiers intercepted the last dozen remaining soldiers of the 19th Brigade and launched a fierce hand-to-hand combat.
Xu Shijiu held the bayonet in both hands, killed one person in one step, and moved forward with blood.
Within a moment, six Japanese soldiers had already fallen under Xu Shijiu's bayonet. The assassination technique equivalent to the Ninth Stage of Swordsmanship was definitely not something to be said to be fun, but Xu Shijiu's body was covered with blood grooves. In addition to trying to avoid him instinctively, he was too lazy to hide. At this moment, Xu Shijiu just wanted to die in battle.
"Captain, be careful" a scream rang out from behind Xu Shijiu.
He suddenly turned around and saw a Japanese soldier holding a bayonet to stab Xu Shijiu again. Xu Shijiu slid forward and cut off the Japanese soldier's throat with one backhand. He looked down and saw that Li Zihan had fallen into a pool of blood. He was stabbed in his abdomen, and blood was gushing out like a spring water. He blocked Xu Shijiu.
"Zihan?" Xu Shijiu squatted down and helped Li Zihan up from the ground.
Li Zihan had already discovered that Xu Shijiu had ambition to die, so he shook his head desperately and begged: "Captain, don't give up, don't give up, no matter how corrupt the National Government is, no matter how serious the faction of the National Army is, don't give up, okay? Don't forget that we are the 19th Brigade, which cannot be defeated or dragged down."
"I promise you not to give up, nor can you give up."
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Kento Iiye stared blankly at the national army who were fighting all over the mountains and fields, and could not react for a long time.
One step is just one step away. The Iino United is about to take down the main peak of the mountain, and the Wanjialing life passage is about to be opened. It is at this critical moment. The reinforcements of the National Army have arrived. This is too frustrating and desperate. Now it is so frustrating that Iino Kenshi almost exploded.
The Japanese only sent a small number of vanguards to the valleys on both sides. Of course, the vanguards of a few teams could not stop the national army that was flooding like a tide. Although the Japanese machine guns on the hills on both sides quickly turned the guns and blocked the national reinforcements. Unfortunately, the Japanese heavy machine gun squadron had been firing for a day and a night. Several 92 heavy machine guns were blown up one after another because the barrel was overheated, and there were very few bullets left. The weak fire suppression could not stop the national army from charging.
The war reached this point, the Iino United team had actually reached the end of their strength. They were all relying on a breath to support them. Now that the breath was released, the morale immediately fell into the valley and admitted that they had no choice but to withdraw the main force of the gang that had already attacked the main peak of the high mountain and switched to defense on the spot. While sending people to Junroro Matsuura to seek emergency support.
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Before receiving the news from Kento Iono, Matsuura was still thinking about breaking through.
Because Kento Iino had sent someone back to report that the top of the mountain had been taken down, and Wanjialing was about to be opened soon. In order to open Wanjialing as soon as possible and realize the tactical intention of merging with the First Division, Junroro Matsuura even tried his best to draw more than 1,000 infantry from the other three infantry corpses and prepare to strengthen the Iinogen corps.
However, Junroro Matsuura's delusion was shattered in the face of cruel reality. When he learned that the reinforcements of the Kuomintang had arrived at Wanjialing and stabilized the high mountain defense line again, Junroro Matsuura could not speak for a long time. Yoshitaka Akiyama shouted several times, and Junroro Matsuura finally recovered from the boundless despair.
At the last moment, Xue Yue finally opened his hidden trump card and gave the heavyest spiritual blow to Japan.
"Akiyama Sang, there is no hope of breaking through." Junjiro Matsuura sighed, as if he had just aged a few years, and said to Akiyama Yoshitaka weakly, "Send a report to the commander. Our division is unable to break through and will move into the defense on the spot. Please ask the commander to mobilize heavy troops to rescue..."
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Xue Yue's forbearance not only gave Matsuura Junroro a heavy mental blow, but also gave Okamura Yanji a heavy mental blow.
After receiving a telegram from Junroro Matsuura, Okamura Yanji silently walked out of the office and came to the yard to look up at the starry sky without saying a word. Chief of Staff Satoshi Yoshimoto brought a coat to Okamura, and Okamura was also unaware of it. This was the heaviest blow that Okamura Yanji had suffered since joining the army, and the old Japanese were almost stunned.
The so-called god of war and the so-called god of war are actually all blown up.
Whether it is Xue Yue or Okamura Yasuji, after all, they are human beings. If they are human beings, they have limits to bear. They will be depressed and depressed in the face of huge blows. The only difference is that the strong can come out quickly, while the weak will be immersed in depression forever and cannot extricate themselves, and will be completely depressed from then on.
Okamura Yasuji was able to reach this day and gain a great reputation in the Japanese military, of course he was not a weak person.
After standing in the yard for half an hour, Okamura Yanji finally walked out of his depression and returned to the war room.
Staff Stage Benyoshi Moon and more than a dozen staff members were staring at Okamura Yasuji. The Matsuura division was already on the verge of life. Although Junroro Matsuura had not sent a farewell message, everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before the demise of the Matsuura division was destroyed. A established division was annihilated. This is a big deal. Should I save it or not?
If you don’t rescue, how can you explain to the commander of the condemnation army to the base camp?
But if we are rescued, where will reinforcements be dispatched? Conservatively estimated, it is impossible to rescue the Matsuura Division from near Wanjialing, without two or more troops. But the problem is that the 1st Army has almost used up its strength, and it is difficult to maintain an offensive now. Where can we mobilize so many troops?
"Your Excellency Commander..." As soon as Shizuki Yoshimoto stepped forward, he seemed to want to say something.
Okamura Yasuji interrupted Yoshimoto Satoichi. He knew what Yoshimoto Satoichi was trying to say. Yoshimoto Satoichi was nothing more than saying that once the Matsuura division was completely wiped out, it would become the heaviest failure since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. It was not only a shame for the 1st Army, but also an indelible stain in his Okamura Nishi's resume.
Chapter completed!