Cai Yongguan's head was wrapped in a bandage, and he walked unsteadily in the tunnel to inspect the condition of the soldiers.
Wei Donglai gained his recognition, and he also gained Wei Donglai's trust.
Two Sichuan Army officers who had never interacted with each other before became friends of life and death in this bloody battle.
Wei Donglai entrusted the lives of everyone on the battlefield, including his own, to him.
This was not the first time for an army lieutenant who was in charge of nearly a hundred people, but it was the first time that he felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
That's hundreds of lives.
Life or death, it all depends on him...
Cai Yongguan knew that he still had ten minutes. Once the ten minutes were over, he would lead everyone else to rush out of the tunnel and continue to block the Japanese attack.
Yes, everyone, as early as in the previous offensive and defensive battle, there was no reserve team. All living people on the highlands had to go to the front line, including the two signal corpsmen who were part-time health workers.
The hygienist is no longer important, because the hemostatic pack has long been used up, and if you don't hold your position, everyone, living or dead, will be finished.
Cai Yongguan, who has obtained the highest command authority, now just wants to know how many soldiers he still has who can shoot.:.
The tunnel was not long, only about 40 meters long. None of the soldiers spoke. They were leaning against the trench wall, either closing their eyes and concentrating and seizing the precious ten minutes to recover their physical strength. They were either drinking large gulps of water, or eating Japanese canned beef to replenish their energy.
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Those were the best supplies that the Independent Battalion had replenished for them before going to the Highlands. Wei Donglai originally wanted to save them for everyone to celebrate in the evening, but now it seems that they won't be used, so it's better to eat them clean.
Bending down, Cai Yongguan walked past the last soldier.
There were 112 people in total. Cai Yongguan felt a sharp pain in his heart. It only lasted for half a day! There were nearly 300 people in two infantry companies, and this was all that was left?
"Hammer, how many observation posts are left on the top of the mountain?" Cai Yongguan yelled habitually.
If 2 or 4 people are left as usual, then at least there will be a few more people.
However, no one agreed.
"You're such a stupid person, Hammerhead, but you're silent!" Cai Yongguan roared angrily, raising his voice.
The fierce and continuous shelling by the Japanese army has caused hearing problems to everyone here, and even ordinary conversations have to be shouted at the top of one's voice.
"Company Commander, Platoon Commander Hammerhead is dead." The voice of the soldier sitting at the end of the platoon sounded so thin that it sounded like it was coming from outside.
Cai Yongguan clearly saw that he was shouting with his mouth open, but his voice was as thin as a mosquito's moan.
"What?"
"Dead!" The soldier's mouth clearly told Cai Yongguan the answer.
"Dead?" Cai Yongguan closed his eyes in pain.
Yes, he remembered. When the fighting reached its peak half an hour ago, the Japanese army had already rushed to a position less than thirty meters away from the position. He saw the only remaining Czech light machine gunner being hit by the Japanese heavy machine gun.
As a platoon leader, Hammerhead resolutely rushed over to take over the machine gun and emptied three magazines of bullets in a row to repel the Japanese invaders. However, he was also shot by the machine guns hidden behind the Japanese invaders. The Type 92 heavy machine gun continuously
Seven or eight rounds of bullets almost punched a hole as big as a bowl in his chamber.
Without even saying a word, the tough man who followed him out of the village to join the army fell to the ground and died.
Damn it, you died without leaving a word, why did I go back to the village? Every time I think of this, Cai Yongguan's eyes sparkle with tears, but he can't stay.
Bleeding without shedding tears is the standard for a hero.
"Erhu" Cai Yongguan, who raised his head to hide his tears, subconsciously called the other person.
As soon as he finished shouting, he shut his mouth.
Hu Erdan, nicknamed Erhu, also died. Hu Erdan, who had been the most accurate marksman in the village since childhood, was not only the sharpshooter in his infantry company, but also had a reputation in the entire regiment.
Because of his accurate marksmanship, he was targeted by Japanese grenade soldiers after killing five Japanese soldiers. At least three grenade groups attacked him. Six consecutive grenades exploded next to him, killing the one-meter-seven-meter-tall man.
The strong man was reduced to only 1.4 meters by the explosion, and the Erhu, whose two calves and an arm were blown off, is still alive.
However, before Cai Yongguan rushed over, he only said "Don't tell my mother that I committed suicide!", then picked up the bayonet with his only hand and inserted it straight into his heart.
It's not that he doesn't want to live, he just doesn't want to drag down his brothers and drag him off the battlefield, at least two people are needed.
谷/span>Cai Yongguan stopped shouting.
He was bent over, but his head was kept raised.
As a Jianghu man and a soldier, Cai Yongguan does not want to expose his vulnerability.
However, the great sadness still caused tears to flow uncontrollably down the corners of his closed eyes.
Two extremely vivid tear tracks burst out on the charred, dust-covered face.
A man doesn't shed tears easily, but he hasn't reached the sad point yet!
How could he not be sad? Those names he had called since he was a child, those names he would never forget throughout his life, would no longer be answered by anyone from now on.
Except for him, all the eight children who joined the army with him were killed in the battle that day, and no one was left.
People are not so much afraid of cold death as they are afraid of loneliness!!
In the abyss of death, will anyone still be with you? Cai Yongguan doesn't know.
What he knew was that on this battlefield, all the brothers left without any sense of loyalty, and he was the only one left.
"Commander Cai, there is no observation post. All the brothers are here. There is not even a hiding place on the position. If you ask the brothers to go up, they will only feed the little devil's cannon." His face was covered with black ash.
The potato came over and shouted in Cai Yongguan's ear.
"Tudou, tell me, will the brothers blame me and Captain Wei? In fact, if we hadn't asked for a fight, we wouldn't have had to garrison the high ground on No. 3." Cai Yongguan, who had several white marks on his face, looked back.
However, the muscles on the face of the army of hundreds of people twitched.
These were originally two fully-replenished infantry companies! There were more than 280 people, but now there are only a hundred or so. Adding in the seriously injured people placed in another tunnel, only half of them can survive until now.
The huge battle loss ratio of 50% was a battle situation he had never encountered in the years he had been in the army.
With such a battle loss ratio, as a commander, he can request support from the rear and even retreat.
"Captain Cai, no one will blame you and Commander Wei. The brothers all walked bravely and there was not a single weakling." Tudou shook his head slightly and replied.
"But it was my decision that caused all my brothers to die. They all died. It hurts my heart!" In front of this soldier whom he had once scolded, Cai Yongguan, a tough guy, couldn't help but expose his vulnerability.
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He is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of loneliness.
The tough guy is already lonely now.
"No, sir, I don't know about others, but ever since I saw that veteran of the Independence Camp stop breathing in front of me, I have never been afraid of death again.
Chief Tang told us that we Chinese soldiers died for our country. In the future, our sons or grandsons will erect monuments to commemorate us on every piece of land where we fought.
Since I don’t have guests, I won’t have any sons, but I still have younger brothers and sisters, and naturally I will also have nieces and nephews. If they still remember me, they will probably set up a monument for their uncles and uncles, and it will say, National
The place where 280 officers and soldiers of the 145th Division of the 23rd Group Army of the Revolutionary Army died for their country!
Martyrdom for the country! How many people in this world can have this title? But we can, definitely can, because we have killed at least 520 Japanese and hundreds of Japanese, with a battle loss ratio of one to five, who else can compare with us?
Stronger?" The young soldier's face was filled with pride.
"Yes! Battalion Commander Tang also said that for everyone in the army who died in battle, he would get a pension of 50 oceans for everyone. If Shangfeng doesn't give it, he will demolish the house and sell the land when he returns to his hometown. We in Sichuan Province
Either you speak or you don't speak. If you speak, you will definitely get it done. If you can earn so much money for your parents, wife and children at once, what else can we be dissatisfied about?" A sergeant squad leader with his arm hanging came over and interrupted.
Finally, he yelled at the remaining soldiers: "Isn't that right, brothers?!"
"Yes!" the soldiers responded loudly.
"Haha, yes, then I'm a bit hypocritical." He picked up his sleeve and wiped it on his face a few times, and Cai Yongguan also laughed. "Since the brothers are not afraid, let's continue to fight the Japanese. Chief Tang asked
We'll wait until dark at least."
"By the way, Signal Corps, call the headquarters and ask if you can send some more stretcher teams. If not, we can transport the Guard Company Commander and a few others who are seriously injured! The Guard Company Commander cannot die here."
Cai Yongguan said.
"No, the headquarters said that the Japanese not only used artillery to block the mountain road, but also sent additional infantry into the forest. The stretcher team couldn't get through. We can only wait until dark." The signal soldier shook his head in pain.
"Till dark!" A hint of desolation flashed in Cai Yongguan's eyes.
He knew very well that the last hundred guns had been exhausted, and it was a miracle that they could survive two waves of attacks.
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