At night, the 21st Division and the 2nd Division of the National Revolutionary Army quietly retreated back to Quzhou City in the heavy snow. The 21st Division, which basically maintained its organizational structure, detached a section and stationed itself in Xiazhang Town, six kilometers east of Quzhou City, to guard the city.
The natural barrier to the east of Quzhou is the Dongji Bridge on the Wuxi River. The Second Division, which suffered heavy casualties, withdrew into the city, and the division headquarters continued
The Quzhou government office was stationed on Dongmen Inner Street. The magnificent Confucius Temple, separated by a wall from the government office, became the division headquarters hospital. Inside, thousands of wounded soldiers were wailing and wailing, which could be heard for ten miles away. The dogs barking all over the city smelled the strong smell of blood in the air.
, gradually subsided, clasping his tail in panic and hiding around, not daring to make any more noise.
The hard-working and meritorious Independent Regiment is still stationed at Quzhou Academy in the north of the city. The 354 dead brothers have been buried at the foot of Taoyuan Mountain on the battlefield. All the more than 480 lightly and seriously injured soldiers were carefully escorted back to the camp and placed in a row that had been vacated in advance.
In the classroom, the blazing charcoal fire in the room allowed the injured brothers to regain consciousness, and finally let out bursts of painful groans under the severe pain.
Lieutenant military doctors Xiao Langzhong and Shen Fengdao led more than a dozen brothers who had some knowledge of medical skills and were so busy that they were sweating profusely. The dirty clothes and pants they peeled off from the injured brothers were stained with blood, and were gathered together with the replaced gauze.
The baskets were carried outside and piled up like a hill.
More than a dozen war horses braved the heavy snow and galloped through the gate of the academy, and stopped in front of the barracks where the injured brothers were placed. An Yi jumped off the horse, diligently walked to the white horse on the side and wrapped a man in a black robe.
The slender figure helped off the horse, and the other two tall figures, also in black robes, dismounted steadily under the service of the brothers from the guard company. They took the black leather box handed by Gu Laoer and followed An Yi into the room hung with military blankets.
door.
These three people, all wrapped in black robes, are Bishop Lockheed of Quzhou Diocese of Chengnan Christian Evangelical Church, American missionary Alfred and Sister Jenny. The church has been missionary in Quzhou for eleven years.
He persevered in opening church schools, relief societies and other social welfare institutions, and used free education and medical care to spread the "gospel of God" in China where the war continued and the people were in dire straits.
After withdrawing, the shrewd An Yi returned to the city and immediately went to the church. He persuaded the missionary Alfred and nun Jenny in broken English. With the permission of Bishop Lockheed, the kind and knowledgeable middle-aged priest Alfred
Sister De and Jenny, who is proficient in nursing, immediately took the best medicine and equipment and followed An Yi to do good deeds and preach.
The tall and thin Alfred saw the rows of wounded lying on the bunks in the room. Without saying a word, he quickly took off his black robe, revealing a flaxen monk's casual clothes. He strode to Shen Fengdao and asked him to take him to see
He looked at the most seriously injured person and asked him to immediately put together a simple operating table in the open space next to the podium.
Shen Fengdao, a descendant of Taoism, successfully stopped the bleeding of a brother next to him whose right chest was pierced by a bullet. Hearing the sound, he looked up in surprise at a white man who was half a head taller than himself and had a beard. Hearing his full English, he didn't know how to communicate.
Fortunately, Ye Cheng, who could speak some English, had already arrived. Lian Bi and Hua worked hard to translate for the two of them. Only then did Shen Fengdao understand what Alfred meant and quickly led him towards the innermost room.
Pai Tong Shop.
Faced with an open bullet wound, Shen Fengdao, who was proficient in traditional Chinese medicine, had no choice. Apart from using his superb skills to stop the bleeding of the injured and connect the broken bones, there was very little he could do.
Jenny, who has a slim figure and elegant appearance, was shocked when she saw nearly a hundred seriously injured people in the room. She raised her hands and crossed her hands fiercely before joining her hands to pray. Then she took off her robe and put it on the bench. She picked up the emergency kit on the floor and walked to the hospital. Alfred's side.
Alfred ordered two soldiers to carefully lift the dying machine gun company commander Chang Baogen, and together they carried him to the military blanket laid out on three desks. They immediately performed surgery on Chang Baogen, whose abdomen was punctured by shrapnel.
Bishop Lockheed, who was over fifty years old, accompanied by An Yi respectfully, inspected classrooms filled with wounded people. Every time he met an officer and soldier who died before being treated, he clasped his hands and prayed devoutly, walking like this When I stopped and returned to the first classroom where the most seriously injured people were, the heavy snow had stopped and a hazy light shone in the sky.
Lockheed slowly sat down at An Yi's request, while An Yi stood aside and listened to the reports of each subordinate, and issued orders one after another in a timely manner.
Lockheed took the hot tea offered by the orderly and held it in his hands. He looked kindly at An Yi's young face that was blackened by gunpowder smoke and nodded constantly.
An Yi turned around and sat next to him. Lockheed finally saw the only clean nameplate on the front of An Yi's tattered military uniform. He was very surprised and raised his head to stare into An Yi's bloodshot eyes. He sighed. Said to An Yi in proficient Mandarin:
"Son, I didn't expect you to be a colonel at such a young age. It's amazing! Your piety and philanthropy, as well as your deep feelings for your soldiers, deeply moved me. You are my most important person during my twenty-five years of missionary work in China. Rarely seen person with a pure and noble soul, God bless you!"
An Yi was surprised and quite embarrassed, thinking that you are just as cunning as his grandmother. I apologize for the fact that you walked away most of the night and said this and that in halting English, but you kept saying nothing and just nodded. It’s only now that I can speak Mandarin so proficiently.
However, whether he is embarrassed or quite ashamed, An Yi is still deeply grateful to the Lockheed trio for their kindness and assistance: "Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Mr. Bishop, and thank you to Priest Alfred and the beautiful and kind-hearted Jenny, they saved my three company commanders and five deputy company commanders. I don’t know how to express my gratitude in any words.”
The bishop smiled slightly, and then said sadly: "Child, we don't need any repayment, we just need to be grateful to God for his grace and love from the bottom of our hearts. However, there may be some among your hundreds of soldiers who cannot be saved. It is a very sad thing to die. The medicines prepared in our church are extremely limited and it is difficult to treat all the many seriously injured soldiers. Everything can only follow God's arrangement. I hope the war will be extinguished soon and everyone will be lucky enough to receive it. Redemption from Almighty God!”
"Mr. Bishop, my officers and soldiers and I are very grateful to you. We really can't save you. We have no choice but to bury our sorrow deep in our hearts. Our country is very backward. Years of warlord wars have left countless officers and soldiers and Innocent people died unexpectedly, but to end this long suffering, we soldiers must fight. In the era of warlord rule, there was no other choice but to fight violence with violence.
Therefore, this war that swept more than half of China from south to north will continue. Without this fire, China, which is difficult, will never be. Although I am also very painful and unwilling to fight, but for tomorrow’s tomorrow’s, but for tomorrow’s
Anning, I must go to fight, and the casualties like today will continue to appear. This is an unavoidable thing, just like ... just like the Northern and South War in the United States, without that long and painful bloody war, there is no today in the United States.
The peace and development of the people. "
An Yi realized the meaning in Lockheed sensitively, so naturally showed his position.
Lockheed put down the tea cup in surprise. I did not expect that the young and handsome school officer in front of him would have such a vision and strong belief, and it was so frank. It was unusual. The unusual Chinese military generals and hypocrisy.
At this time, Yin Jinan, who was hanging on his head, was hanging with the injured right arm, he hurriedly nodded to Lockheed, and he whispered in Anyi's ear.
Anyi stood up and said to Lockeshid apologize: "Sorry, Mr. Bishop, some soldiers who lost their minds due to injuries shattered the glass of your church, and now it has been stopped by a company and soldiers. Your church is.
Including the remedy next to me, all of which are in the protection of my independent group soldiers. No one will be hurt and wrong. Please rest assured! If you need to go back, I will send a row of officers and soldiers to escort you back. "
Lockheed stood up nervously: "Please send me back immediately! I want to protect the safety of the lonely old and all the monks in the church ... Thank you for you, please, please send me back immediately!"
"Follow!"
An Yi sent the anxious Lockheed to the horse, and instructed the Dou Fang, who led the team to escort, must ensure the safety of Lockheed and the church staff and defend the church fully.
If your partner is hurting any damage, isn't he sorry? No matter what their beliefs, they cannot infringe on the safety of anyone at this time. Otherwise, this kind of grace will cause the expansion of the outside world.
Back in the house, Alfred and Jenny, who had undergone more than eight consecutive hours of uninterrupted operations, were still busy. An Yi called the service soldiers and instructed him to inform the logistics department for breakfast and breakfast for the two church doctors to prepare breakfast and
Good tea, then he apologized and shook his head and turned to leave. He returned to the leading group and Yin Jinan in the front row.
Qu Mochen opened the folder and said in a low voice: "I just returned from the division, and the rough statistics came out. In the battle yesterday, the total number of officers and soldiers who died in the whole division was more than 5,700.
The total number of injured officers and soldiers was more than 4,600, and more than 700 people were still judged as missing, and the total number of casualties had exceeded two -thirds. Among them, there were more than 1,400 officers and soldiers in the four regiments, and the remaining 2,000 were left.
More than one hundred officers and soldiers, more than 760 officers and soldiers in the six regiment, and the number of survivors and soldiers of the three main force groups added less than the original group.
Although my independent regiment is the best, the number of officers and soldiers with a sound group is 2,370, but the total number of casualties also reached 830, of which more than 130 brothers were the grassroots classes of my group.
, Lange, the company commander and military backbone. Model camps are more than half of the casualties. One battalion, the group belongs to each ministry, and even the sixty people's communication is even 17.
This comfort is just. "
The brothers lamented repeatedly, and An Yi nodded numbly: "Anyone in the 21st Division?"
"Except for the division headquarters and two directly affiliated battalions that remained in Quzhou, all divisions of the 21st Division withdrew to Changshan overnight to rest and recuperate. According to the division's logistics officer, more than 2,000 people of the 21st Division were killed and more than 3,000 were injured.
, quite lucky."
Qu Muchen closed the folder and continued to report: "After the commander returned to the city, he immediately sent review messages to the East Route Army Headquarters and Nanchang Headquarters, but until I came back from the meeting, neither headquarters had any
Call me back, if my guess is correct, the Commander-in-Chief is very sad, and Commander He is probably busy adjusting the combat deployment after receiving the news of the failure."
An Yi sighed: "What a tragedy! Such a disastrous defeat was all caused by underestimating the enemy's aggressive advance. It's not worth it!"
"Fortunately, apart from the heavy casualties, our regiment did well in other aspects. In this battle, we wiped out more than 3,500 enemies. Not only did we basically ensure the integrity of our weapons and equipment, but we also had more than 400 long and short guns and ten
The seizure of six light and heavy machine guns. Before we withdraw, Lao Ye
At home, we have quietly moved 3,000 sets of winter clothes from the two munitions warehouses of the Zhejiang Army in the city, as well as 5,000 pairs of black cotton shoes, more than 1,000 quilts, and a batch of grain and meat supplies, which basically ensured that the officers and soldiers of our regiment were not
Being frozen and hungry." Qu Muchen said happily.
Yang Bin saw An Yi thinking deeply, and after thinking for a while, he suggested in a low voice: "Xiao Yi, why not take this opportunity to ask the teacher for a sign?"
"What brand?" An Yi asked confused.
"I want a sign for 'Nanchang Recruitment Office of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army'." Yang Bin looked at An Yi meaningfully.
An Yi's eyes lit up and he suddenly realized: "Yes! Why did I forget this section? The sign of our First Army's 'Changsha Recruitment Office' is still hanging in Changsha, and it was signed by Mr. He from the Military Supplies Department of the Military Ministry.
My brother is in charge, but he can’t do anything despite receiving military pay every month.
Well, if we take this opportunity of heavy casualties and urgent need to replenish soldiers, it will definitely be a huge benefit to hang a sign of the recruitment office in old Nanchang... Let’s do it! I’ll take a shower and change clothes later.
Go find the master, he is almost a bachelor now
Order, are you not in a hurry? As long as we set up a recruitment office in Old Nanchang, we can take over the more than 100 acres of public land north of Chengbi Lake without spending a penny. I will report to the principal again and beg him.
Give a sum of money to build a recruit training camp and recruit a large number of new soldiers and military industry.
Once we have prepared the medical and other talents, we will build a training base and a sergeant school in that picturesque place with convenient transportation, and at the same time protect our industry. As long as there is money and brains, who can't be recruited? From now on, we can fight wherever we go.
Don’t be afraid anymore…Lao Yang, you are so tall!”
Huzi and Yin Jinan enthusiastically agreed, and Huzi immediately suggested: "Let's simply let Huang Yingwu, the instructor of the model camp, take charge. This guy is a talented person, experienced, and good at calculations. He is also a famous iron rooster. He talks about people and tells ghosts.
I will not suffer any loss. I will select a dozen Jiangxi lieutenants from among the injured brothers to go together and form an instructor group to train new recruits so as to supplement the various departments of our second division at any time. This is just and justified, and I guess the principal will support it.
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An Yi nodded solemnly: "There is absolutely no problem with the division, not to mention that Deputy Commander Jiang is still recuperating in Nanchang. I wrote him a letter and he understood it when he saw it. He will definitely help us open up all the joints of the headquarters. As long as there is
If we lose this brand, no one can do anything to us in the future.
Ji Nan, wait for a while, you can choose from the brothers, try to use the brothers of our model camp as much as possible, at least one company brothers go back ... Don't distress, they will bring us a hundred times return, and they can let these can let us let us make these.
The older brother of the old age became a home as soon as possible, fulfilling our promise that our brother started to give his friends from the team.
After a hundred battles, this group of brothers and brothers are firm, and they have accepted our thoughts and military technology.
Both virtue and talents, make up for each other. After that, Lao Tzu will report to them, and let their officials be promoted to the ground to work hard! "
After An Yi said, he stood up immediately, and quickly took off the clothes on his body regardless of the cold. He wore only a pair of pants and rolled into the snow with a foot thick.
What do you think? Come and help Lao Tzu rub his back! "
The young Chuan Ling Bing Du shuddered, and then woke up, and quickly ran over and picked up a big snow, rubbing the smoke and dirt on Anyi hard ...