After seeing the tragic scene on the battlefield, Tang Cheng turned his head and looked at the position of the 173rd Division. The position of the 173rd Division was completely silent. Except for the smoke rising from some unburned bushes, Tang Cheng's sight was completely silent.
There are no soldiers from the 173rd Division. Could it be that the 173rd Division has retreated? Having experienced being used as cannon fodder in Nanjing, Tang Cheng has learned to be wary of his friendly forces like Liu Yangyang, and does not want to be treated as cannon fodder.
Tangcheng's first reaction was that the troops of the 173rd Division had withdrawn during the night.
"Isn't it what I thought?" Before Tangcheng went to find Liu Yangyang, Lao Xu, who came out from the county to deliver food, brought Liu Yangyang's order. "You mean to let us go back to the city? What should we do with the position?
What should the Japanese army do?" Tang Cheng, who was chewing the big cake, obviously did not understand Liu Yangyang's order. He asked a series of questions that Lao Xu, the messenger, could not answer.
"Go back to the city now and take away all the weapons and ammunition that can still be used." Lao Xu, who ignored Tang Cheng and brought people to help, gave the order on Tang Cheng's behalf. Tang Cheng evacuated backwards along the long traffic trench.
Still a hundred meters away from the city gate, I finally met Liu Yangyang who had withdrawn from his position. Looking at the gauze wrapped around Liu Yangyang's waist and the soldiers of the garrison behind him, Tang Cheng had already spoken.
Couldn't get the words out.
"Don't ask anything, go back to the military camp." Tang Cheng found that the 173rd Division, which was supposed to be at the main position outside the city, had already returned to the city. However, Liu Yangyang did not give Tang Cheng the time and opportunity to ask questions, and kept urging Tang Cheng.
Back to the military camp. When the garrison left the city, there were 800 people. Now Liu Yangyang brought back less than a hundred people from outside the city. The soldiers who smelled of gunpowder smoke had faces full of exhaustion. Two days and two nights of fighting had completely exhausted them.
Almost all physical and mental.
Tang Cheng was helplessly put on the carriage by Old Xu, and then he followed Liu Yangtou back to the garrison camp. "Shitou, follow your Uncle Xu to prepare things. We will go there later." He sent Liu Shitou who was following him to find him.
Old Xu, Liu Yangyang, and Tang Cheng were the only two people left in Liu Yangyang's house. "There is a tunnel in the yard to the west of the military camp, which leads directly to the outside of the city. We will take the tunnel out of the city in a while. A battalion of the 173rd Division yesterday
I already took the tunnel out of the city at night."
Liu Yangyang's words made Tang Cheng stunned for a moment. Did he hear it wrong or was Liu Yangyang talking nonsense? The military camp of the garrison was not close to the city wall. Where did Liu Yangyang come up with a tunnel? "You are suppressing bandits.
At that time, I was not idle. It took me more than half a month to dig the tunnel myself. I originally thought that if the Japanese army suddenly surrounded the city, we would have a chance to escape. Unexpectedly,
Now it's being used to sneak attack on the kid's retreat."
After listening to Liu Yangyang's explanation, Tang Cheng suddenly realized that no wonder when he led the 1st company to suppress bandits, barracks and walls were suddenly built in the military camp. It turned out to be to deal with the soil excavated from the tunnels.
It was a cover-up. Naturally, Tang Cheng still had questions to ask, but he was urged by Liu Yangyang to go back and pack his things. Seeing Liu Yangyang's attitude, he left the county through the tunnel and did not intend to come back. The Japanese army was overwhelming, and Liu Yangyang certainly did not want to come back.
He would defend Mengcheng with the 173rd Division. If he stayed, he would be dead. If he left, he might still have a chance to survive. Liu Yangyang, who was lively and thoughtful, would of course choose to leave.
Tang Cheng didn't want to be a deserter again, but he understood Liu Yangyang's intention. Besides, he could only follow Liu Yangyang's arrangements now, because the injured Jiujin was still waiting on Beishan. The tunnel dug by Liu Yangyang personally was at
In the backyard of the military camp, after Tang Cheng followed Liu Shitou into the backyard with his packed things, the first person he saw was the weird old man who had been sitting in the library all day. "Boy, are you leaving?"
It doesn’t matter if you leave, you can leave the mountains behind without worrying about having firewood. Only by saving your own life can you have the chance to do what you want to do."
The strange old man handed a thread-bound book to Tang Cheng, and then left with his hands behind his back. The old man's departure was as sudden as when he appeared. The whole process left no time for Tang Cheng to speak. "He was the one who guided us to dig the tunnel.
"This was originally his family's ancestral property, and the tunnel was dug by his ancestors. I just led people to dig the tunnel wider." Liu Yangyang, who came with a flower trap, solved the mystery for Tangcheng.
This made Tang Cheng even more curious about this strange old man.
"This old man's ancestor was a Hanlin member of the emperor's family. It is said that he returned to his hometown of Mengcheng after being offended. People have lived here for several generations. When his father's family fell into decline, he is now the only one left to guard the ancestral grave.
"Seeing Tang Cheng staring at the old man's back, Liu Yangyang told everything he knew. "If it weren't for this damn era, such a person should be a very capable person."
Liu Yangyang's garrison had been completely disabled. Only a dozen of the dozens of soldiers who came back were willing to follow Liu Yangyang out of the city through the tunnels. The rest were arranged by Liu Yangyang to go to the city gate to help defend. "Leave them alone."
Their homes and relatives are in Mengcheng. It is impossible for you to take them with you. You should take care of yourself first." Walking in the dark tunnel, Liu Yangyang's voice carried an echo.
Tang Cheng, who was walking in front of him, found it difficult to listen.
The twists and turns of the tunnel seemed to have no end at all. Tang Cheng didn't know how much soil Liu Yangyang and his men dug out at that time, but he had to secretly sigh that the old man's ancestors were so capable that they could actually create such a long tunnel.
As the family's escape route, the long and narrow tunnel took Tangcheng and the others an hour. When they got out of the exit from the city, fierce gunfire sounded from the city gate. It seemed that the Japanese army had discovered
All the defenders who faced them outside the city retreated into the city.
"Commander Liu, our battalion commander asked me to meet your garrison here." A commander of the 173rd Division with a grass circle on his head came out from hiding. Judging from his appearance, he should be waiting in a cave somewhere.
It took a long time. When the soldiers of the 173rd Division said they were assisting the garrison, Tang Cheng subconsciously turned around and looked at the soldiers who followed Liu Yangyang out of the tunnel. They were the only ones left in the 800-man garrison.
They left the city to continue fighting, and the difference before and after was too great.
The battalion of the 173rd Division, which had withdrawn from the city in advance, had been hiding on the flanks of the position outside the city. Last night, when the Tangcheng position was fighting desperately with the Japanese army, it was when they left the city that the bullet-filled battlefield had attracted all the Japanese troops.
With the attention of the 173rd Division, the battalion that left the city was able to lurk quietly and smoothly on the flanks of the position. "Captain Liu, the Japanese army has begun to attack the city. The deputy division commander wants us to wait for his signal before attacking. It's just the scouts I sent out.
The location of the Japanese artillery positions has not yet been found.”
After listening to the words of the battalion commander of the 173rd Division, Liu Yangyang couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart. Didn't this guy mean that he wanted his men to help them search for the location of the Japanese artillery positions? The garrison regiment had already been
Almost all of the 800 people were thrown on the battlefield fighting the Japanese army. It was impossible for Liu Yangyang to drag these few around him to seek death, so Liu Yangyang could only pretend not to understand the meaning of the battalion commander's words.
Tang Cheng did not join in the conversation between Liu Yangyang and the others. Instead, he lay down on the edge of the hole where he was hiding and watched the Japanese siege through binoculars. The 173rd Division, which had also experienced two days and two nights of defensive battles, was outside the city.
Hiding their strength, they were fighting the Japanese troops attacking the city alone at this time. At this time, the 173rd Division showed its true skills. The Japanese troops and the 173rd Division fought back and forth across the city wall. With the artillery on both sides,
With their participation, the fighting became more and more intense.
"Batalion Commander, the flag is waving on the city top." Waving the flag on the city top is a signal that Zhou Yuan and the battalion commander have agreed to see. As long as the hidden troops outside the city see the flag waving on the city top, it means Zhou Yuan
An order had been issued for the troops outside the city to attack at any time. "Battle Commander Yang, just charge forward and leave the rest to our garrison." Before the battalion commander surnamed Yang could speak, Liu Yangyang spoke first.
More than 400 soldiers of the 173rd Division with grass circles on their heads moved concealed along the slope. Each of them was issued 100 rounds of rifle ammunition and 4 grenades. Four light machine guns were placed on both wings by Battalion Commander Yang to suppress them.
The formation. There is only one simple word for "kill". 400 fresh troops who had rested for the night rushed out along the slope and rushed straight to the rear of the Japanese army. The target they chose was not the flank of the Japanese army nor their offensive troops, but
They were the Japanese army's supply troops occupying the trenches outside the city and making rice.
Zhou Yuan's plan was to take advantage of the Japanese siege and send his own fresh troops to occupy the trenches captured by the Japanese and attack the Japanese siege troops in front and behind. The total strength of the Japanese troops attacking Mengcheng this time was a brigade of more than 1,000 people, even if they were the same as the Japanese troops.
On the other hand, Zhou Yuan thought it was a good deal to fight to the death. He "killed" the 400 soldiers of the 173rd Division who rushed down the slope and rushed left and right into the lost position. The Japanese army was caught off guard by the sudden enemy troops.
, the Japanese army, whose heads were hit by a grenade, initially dispersed, but under the command of officers who appeared later, they occupied a section of trenches and formed a confrontation with their enemies.
"Fire artillery" Zhou Yuan, who was watching the battle on top of the city, apparently saw the chaos at the old position outside the city, and immediately ordered his artillery to open fire and bombard the Japanese troops who were attacking the city, trying to cause continuous turmoil to the Japanese troops. He had reached the point where he tried to
The purpose of flanking the Japanese army. "Let's go, go quickly, go to Beishan. If it's too late, no one will be able to leave." Liu Yangyang, who was staying on the slope to watch the battle, suddenly picked up Tang Cheng in the cave and ran away. Tang Chengshun, who still didn't know anything,
Following Liu Yangyang's gaze, two Japanese tanks suddenly appeared in the corner of the battlefield. Behind the two Japanese tanks was a large expanse of khaki.