Chapter 417: Live in the same quilt, die in the same coffin
Chapter 417 Living in the same quilt and dying in the same coffin
Soon, the secretary of the British Governor in Burma, Sir Smith, caught up with Yue Weihan.
However, Smith's secretary is not a woman, but a man in his early thirties. His name is Cruz. He has shiny blond hair that would make a fly fly on it. He also has a twitchy expression on his face.
Even when facing Yue Weihan, his chin was raised high, and his eyes were like a noble king looking down on his assholes.
Cruise brought a guard, which was small in number but well equipped.
In addition, there was a beautiful British woman accompanying her. This woman had flaxen shawl hair, a pair of beautiful blue eyes, a slim figure, and the unique plump breasts and fat buttocks of Western women, and a slender waist.
In addition, the sharply expanding hip curve below can always easily stir up the most primitive desires in a man's heart.
This British woman's name is Avril, a war correspondent from the British Reuters station in Myanmar.
"Hi, are you Yue Weihan, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force?" Cruise asked in a disdainful tone.
Yue Weihan's sharp eyes glanced over Avril's plump buttocks, and then glanced at Cruise coldly, and then got into the jeep without saying a word. Chu Zhongtian immediately slammed the accelerator, and the jeep was suddenly in
Cruise rushed forward crazily with a huge roar, and the billowing smoke and car exhaust immediately covered Cruise's head and face.
"Shit!" Cruz was furious and said, "That's so rude, you're just a barbarian!"
"Mr. Cruise, before you accuse others, you'd better learn how to treat others with courtesy first!" Luo Youlun glanced at Cruise coldly, and then also boarded his jeep.
Watching Luo Youlun's jeep drive away, Cruise cursed: "A bunch of rude pariahs, China pigs!"
The attendant standing next to him suddenly pulled Cruise's clothes gently. Cruise frowned and was about to reprimand his attendant loudly when he swallowed back the curse words that came to his mouth.
In his stomach, Cruise suddenly discovered that a group of Chinese soldiers passing nearby had stopped without knowing when, and they were staring at him with cold eyes.
Meeting the cold eyes of the Chinese soldiers, Cruise suddenly shuddered with excitement. These were definitely a group of desperadoes that could not be provoked! At this moment, Cruise had no doubt that as long as something came out of his mouth again,
With just a few insulting words, these Chinese soldiers would definitely pounce on him without hesitation and stab him into bloody sieves with their sharp bayonets.
Cruise's guards also became nervous, but none of them dared to raise their submachine guns.
Next to her, Avril, a Reuters war correspondent stationed in Myanmar, lost no time in raising her camera and pressing the shutter repeatedly, freezing the stern expressions of these Chinese soldiers forever. A few weeks later, one of the photos was published in the UK
The headline on the front page of a well-known newspaper is: Never mess with the Chinese!
Just as Yue Weihan was leading the 200th Division, the New 22nd Division and the troops directly under the Fifth Army rushing south along the Mandi Railway, the Sixth Army had already exchanged fire with the Japanese 55th and 56th Divisions in Mandalay who were rushing back for reinforcements.
, the battle has been intense from the beginning, and the city-operated airport has become the focus of repeated competition between the Chinese and Japanese armies!
Due to the loss of air superiority on the battlefield, the Japanese army decisively innovated their tactics.
Speaking of which, Yue Weihan was also in a cocoon. In the North China battlefield, in order to avoid being bombed by Japanese aviation, Yue Weihan's troops generally only moved at night. The commander of the Japanese 55th Division, Hiroshi Takeuchi, and the commander of the 56th Division, Masao Watanabe
Both had served in North China. In view of the threat from the Flying Tigers, both of them shamelessly became Yue Weihan's students.
This posed a great threat to the Sixth Army, because the Sixth Army was not good at night fighting.
After ten days of fierce fighting, the Sixth Army had already suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, and the 49th Division holding on to Mandalay Airport had suffered more than half of its casualties! Due to the rush of time, there was no time to build strong defenses, and the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Army were almost
They are using their flesh and blood to resist the crazy attack of the Japanese army's steel torrent!
Mandalay Airport, the position of the 9th Company of the 146th Regiment.
The sun was setting in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun spilled into the trenches, turning the deep water into gold.
The young upper-class soldier was leaning in the trench and playing the Suona without emotion. The sad and melodious tune floated over the battlefield, lingering. Although many officers and soldiers were still dreaming, they still shed tears. My mother was at the rear.
Worried, my wife and children were waiting eagerly at home, but they had to fight in a bloody battle with the enemy in a foreign country thousands of miles away!
She stayed silently beside the superior soldier, staring at him intently. She was the medic of the 9th company.
Except for the company commander and deputy company commander, no one knows her name, but she is really beautiful, with big eyes that seem to speak. She was just sent to the 9th company from the division field hospital three days ago.
The day she arrived at the position, all the officers and soldiers of the 9th Company felt the restlessness in their hearts, especially those with families.
She has beautiful hair, which is tied into a ponytail with a red cloth strip.
Soon, she got a unique name, and the officers and soldiers of the 9th Company called her "Red Bu Tiao".
During the day when the Japs were not attacking, all the officers and soldiers of the 9th Company wanted to chat with "Red Cloth Strips". Even just hearing her voice was a pleasure, but she only wanted to stay with the first class soldier, who was mute.
However, he has a beautiful lock blow, which can really make people cry when he blows it to the sad point.
Amidst the sad and melodious sound of the suo na, the sun finally sets and darkness falls.
There was no rallying horn, and there was no shouting, but the officers and soldiers of the 9th Company who had been sleeping soundly just now woke up almost at the same time, and then sat up from the knee-deep water. The officers and soldiers who woke up
, some people were busy wiping the sharp bayonets, some were busy pressing bullets into the gun chambers, and more people just lit a cigarette and smoked it silently.
The sound of the lock finally stopped. The superior soldier carefully wrapped the red cloth strip tied on the lock tightly, and then pinned the lock to his belt. A sharp-eyed soldier suddenly discovered that the red cloth tied on the lock was
The red cloth strip seems to be similar to the red cloth strip on the head of "Red Cloth Strip".
At this time, Hong Butiao was also silently organizing her first aid kit, but there were really not many medicines in the first aid kit. There was only one bag of plasma, two bandages and six injections of morphine left. Morphine was aided by the United States, and its only
Its function is to reduce the pain before death of soldiers who are seriously injured and cannot be saved.
"Boohoo!" Three piercing screams suddenly came from the sky.
The officers and soldiers of the 9th Company remained calm as usual. This was just a test firing by the Japanese artillery.
"Boom!" A shell landed on the outer edge of the trench, and the huge explosion splashed a lot of mud. However, Second Lieutenant ***, who was sitting not far away, did not even twitch his eyelids, but just held his hands leisurely.
He put out his cigarette butt, then picked up the military kettle next to him, unscrewed the lid, wiped off the muddy water around the spout, and took a big gulp.
After a brief silence, the large-scale bombardment by the Japanese field artillery finally began!
Second Lieutenant ***, who had been expressionless just a moment ago, plunged into the knee-deep water with one sudden movement. The officers and soldiers of the 9th Company who were wiping their bayonets or loading bullets just now also fell into the trench as quickly as possible.
Suddenly, dozens of artillery shells fell on the 9th Company position, followed immediately by a deafening explosion...
"Red Cloth Strip" organized the medicine box and was about to find a place to hide when a short scream suddenly fell from the sky.
Upon seeing this, the superior soldier jumped up without hesitation and threw the "red cloth strip" into the turbid water.
After half an hour, the Japanese shelling finally stopped. "Red Cloth Strip" struggled to sit up from the muddy water. When he turned around to look, he saw that the superior soldier was leaning weakly against the trench wall, his face was very pale and red.
Bu Tiao hurriedly stepped forward to check the private's back, and sure enough he found a huge gash, with blood gushing out from the wound like a fountain!
Due to massive loss of color, the soldier's face was becoming increasingly pale, and he would definitely be doomed if he didn't receive a blood transfusion.
"Hong Bu Tiao" quickly opened the medicine box and took out the only bag of plasma. But at this moment, there were sudden and chaotic footsteps in front of him. When "Hong Bu Tiao" turned his head to look, only
Seeing four officers and soldiers rushing over carrying a stretcher, the leading second lieutenant officer shouted: "Red cloth, hurry up, the company commander is injured, give the company commander a blood transfusion quickly!"
The red cloth's hands holding the plasma trembled slightly, and the expression on his face suddenly became extremely sad.
Looking back, the superior soldier's face became paler, but his consciousness was still very clear. He just looked at the red cloth strip and smiled miserably. The *** second lieutenant over there was urging loudly again. The red cloth strip gritted his teeth and took the
Carrying the only bag of plasma and blood transfusion needles, he walked towards the company commander who was also seriously injured.
After hurriedly giving the company commander an injection, the four officers and soldiers picked up the stretcher and went straight to the division headquarters field hospital.
But Hong Butiao returned to the senior soldier with a sad face, and then took out a shot of morphine from the first aid kit with trembling hands. The only bag of plasma was given to the company commander. The senior soldier definitely had no chance of survival. Hong Butiao
The only thing the cloth strip could do was to give him a shot of morphine to minimize the pain before his death.
The superior soldier shook his head, then smacked his lips behind the red cloth strip.
When Red Cloth Strip turned his head to look, he saw an explosive pack quietly placed not far behind him.
At this time, the Japanese infantry had already begun to attack. Through the fire that broke out from time to time on the battlefield, it could be clearly seen that a Japanese tank was leading about a hundred Japanese soldiers, and they were rushing towards the 9th company's position. 9
The company's only three light machine guns fired fiercely, but they were unable to stop the advance of the Japanese tanks.
In an instant, Hong Butiao understood what the superior soldier meant. He wanted to die together with the Japanese tanks.
Big tears suddenly fell from the beautiful big eyes of the red cloth strip. She looked at the superior soldier sadly and just shook her head vigorously. However, the senior soldier suddenly miraculously regained his strength and ducked around the red cloth strip.
, picked up the explosive pack and jumped out of the trench, running towards the Japanese tanks hundreds of meters away.
However, the superior soldier had only run less than ten meters when a hail of bullets pierced both of his knees.
The superior soldier did not give up. His legs could not move, so he crawled with his hands, gritted his teeth, and crawled forward through the bloody road.
Red Bu Tiao burst into tears and immediately rushed out of the trench, helped up the superior soldier and stumbled towards the Japanese tank!
When the deputy company commander and the officers and soldiers of the 9th company who took over the command discovered that they had already rushed out of the trench, they were less than 20 meters away from the Japanese tanks that were rushing over. At this time, a flare slowly rose into the air.
The officers and soldiers of the 9th company clearly saw that the red cloth strip was tightly hugging the waist of the superior soldier, but the superior soldier did not hesitate to pull the explosive bag in his hand. The Japanese tank barely ran over the two of them, and the explosive bag exploded.
Exploded.
After the huge explosion, the Japanese tanks lay down and the 9th Company's position was saved!
After dawn, the officers and soldiers of the 9th Company searched the battlefield for a long time, but only found two red cloth strips.
The deputy company commander who was responsible for collecting the relics of the fallen officers and soldiers accidentally discovered that two red cloth strips were actually embroidered with words. He spread the two red cloth strips together and found a complete red embroidered handkerchief with "
The yellow ribbon is embroidered with a line of small characters in regular script: Born in the same quilt, died in the same coffin, to my beloved Chu Dakui, signed by Zhang Jingqiu.
The deputy company commander's heart suddenly trembled. He knew the name of the red cloth strip. Her name was Zhang Jingqiu.
The name Chu Dakui is even more familiar to the deputy company commander. He is the superior soldier and the locksmith of the 9th company. Oh my god, they are actually a couple! No one thought that Hong Butiao and the superior soldier were a loving couple.
!
They were born in the same quilt and died in the same coffin. The deputy company commander murmured to himself and shed tears unconsciously.
After a long while, the deputy company commander shouted in a hoarse voice: "Brothers, find them all for me. I will find their bones even if I die. I will buy them a good coffin later. This
We must fulfill their last wishes. Let them share the quilt when they are alive, and let them share the coffin when they die!"
On the bank of the Irrawaddy River, the temporary headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.
Yue Weihan had his hands behind his back and was pacing back and forth anxiously in the war room.
The Sixth Army has been fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in Mandalay for ten days. Under the tidal offensive of the two Japanese army groups, the Sixth Army has already suffered more than half of its casualties, and its defense line is already in danger. But at this critical juncture, the Fifth Army
But the main force could only stand on the west bank of the Irrawaddy River and stare, because the Japanese army took the lead and blew up the railway bridge on the river.
If we take a detour, we can only go back the same way and then cross the river through Mengong. This is unrealistic and will definitely be too late in terms of time.
The Fourteenth Air Force of the U.S. Air Force, adapted from the Flying Tigers, has dispatched almost all transport aircraft and is urgently airdropping bridge-building equipment from Calcutta, India. However, it will take at least ten days for the pontoon bridge to be erected after the equipment arrives. If
If the Japanese 55th Division prevents the Allied engineers from building the bridge at all costs, the time will be extended.
In other words, the Sixth Army will have to hold on in Mandalay for at least ten more days!
More than half of the Sixth Army has been killed or wounded. The officers and soldiers are close to their limits both mentally and physically. Can they still hold on?
Suddenly, Yue Weihan paused suddenly, turned around and shouted to Chu Zhongtian: "Prepare the car and go back to Myitkyina!"
"Chief Commander, are you going back to Myitkyina?" Luo Zhuoying said in astonishment, "at this critical juncture?"
"Yes, go back to Myitkyina!" Yue Weihan said solemnly, "Then fly directly to Mandalay. I want to live and die with the Sixth Army!"
"Ah? Direct flight to Mandalay!?" Luo Zhuoying was shocked when he heard this, and Dai Anlan, Liao Yaoxiang and other generals were also shocked.
Not far away, a strange look appeared in the beautiful eyes of Reuters war correspondent Avril: Mandalay was about to be lost, but this guy was going to Mandalay to live and die with the Sixth Army.
?What does he want to do? Use his actions to boost the morale of the soldiers of the Sixth Army? Or go to death stupidly?