Chapter 65: If you die for the country, why would you regret dying?
Nanjing, the leader’s residence.
Chairman Jiang was sitting in his office to review documents. Now the Battle of Shanghai is in full swing. Although all logistics support such as the military commission and the logistics department are included in the Military Commission and the Logistics Department, some urgent and important matters are indispensable for military and national affairs.
Just as Chairman Jiang was a little tired and was about to stand up and walk, relax and rest for a while, a burst of rapid footsteps came from the corridor outside the office.
Chairman Jiang turned to look at the door after hearing this. Suddenly, the head of the guard Wang Shihe walked in quickly with a hurried look, holding a document in his right hand.
"Commission!" Wang Shihe quickly came to Chairman Jiang and stood attentively and reported.
"Well! Shihe, what's the matter? It's so hurry?" Chairman Jiang said slightly.
"Commission! I just received a relatively special telegram from the 88th Division Commander Sun Yuanliang, who was transferred from the 1st regiment, from the front line." Wang Shihe said and opened the telegram in his hand and said: "The 88th Division reported that in the lost Gongda Spinning Mill and other positions in the original teaching regiment, we found that our soldiers were still fighting with the enemy. After judgment and speculation, it is very likely that those who were trapped in the siege were taught that all the officers and soldiers of the 1st regiment, the 1st regiment were forced to retreat, and the officers and soldiers of the 1st regiment had already attacked the Japanese positions and had not withdrawn."
"The Third Battalion and One Company? Is the company where Zhang Xinghan is?" Chairman Jiang asked in surprise.
"Yes!" Wang Shihe nodded with a serious expression.
"Immediately call Sun Yuanliang to carry out rescue immediately, and no matter what, Zhang Xinghan and this company must be brought out to me." Chairman Jiang said excitedly.
Wang Shihe shook his head with a heavy face and said, "Commission, the 88th Division may be powerless in the rescue. At present, the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army has joined the Japanese Marines of Gongda Spinning Mill and launched a continuous fierce attack on our 88th Division's position. The 88th Division's 88th Division's position is not enough. If it forcibly abandons the strong fortifications and puts on the offensive, it is very likely that not only will it not be able to rescue Zhang Xinghan and the soldiers of the first company, the 88th Division's inherent position may also be lost, which will lead to the entire Songhu battlefield being completely passive. I hope that the Commission will put the overall situation first."
Chairman Jiang was silent when he heard this. Indeed, everything Wang Shihe said was reasonable. As the supreme commander of the National Revolutionary and Civilian Army, he naturally could not have known the powerful relationship. If the 88th Division was forced to reinforce Zhang Xinghan's company at this time, the consequences would probably be disastrous, and the entire Battle of Shanghai might have fallen into a total collapse.
Therefore, before the reinforcements of the 15th Army could not reach the front line, the units of the Ninth Army could only defend themselves and must not take the initiative to attack with the powerful ground and air firepower of the Japanese army.
Seeing a trace of regret flashing on Chairman Jiang's face, Wang Shi and the Chief of Guard quickly comforted: "Committee, the overall situation is the most important thing. Zhou Zhenqiang, the leader of the First Regiment, just hopes to give the soldiers who were killed in the Battle of Shanghai to give the title of anti-Japanese heroes, and properly handle and take care of their families, especially all the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion and the First Company, which have been trapped in a heavy siege!"
Chairman Jiang pondered for a moment and said with a stern expression: "Immediately order the Military Commission to send a specialist to count and register the list of soldiers who were killed in the first regiment of war. All the officers and soldiers of the company who were trapped in a heavy siege are no exception. Once, once they die heroically, they will posthumously award Zhang Xinghan as the colonel of the National Revolutionary and Civilian Army Army. The rest of the soldiers will each have their titles and be awarded the title of anti-Japanese martyrs. In the future, the names of each of their names will be engraved on the monument of the anti-Japanese heroes, so that they will be admired by future generations forever and mourned!"
"Yes!" Wang Shihe stood at attention, then turned around and left quickly.
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No. 70 Dumei Road, Shanghai City, back door of Dujia Mansion.
After disguising himself, Du Qianxue transformed into a handsome young man, wearing a black outfit, carrying a black luggage bag, and a black round hat on her head, looking heroic, while her eyebrows were filled with a hint of sadness.
Zhang's mother looked at Du Qianxue with concern and said caringly: "Miss, without me accompanying you, you must pay attention to safety. No matter whether Zhang Xinghan is dead or alive, promise me that he must come back." As he said that, two lines of tears burst out from his eyes.
"Yes!" Du Qianxue was also quite sad and nodded solemnly, "Mom Zhang, don't worry, I'm fine, I believe Xinghan will not be able to do anything. Take care of him." After that, he turned around and left quickly.
Zhang's mother looked at Du Qianxue's back slowly moving away reluctantly, worried. However, she had already regarded Du Qianxue as her own, and she was even more reluctant to look at Du Qianxue in tears every day, so she could only help her find the person who made her worried and heartbroken.
"Hey! I hope God bless them, the infatuated couple, to live safely." Zhang Ma sighed, clasped her hands and prayed.
Du Qianxue resolutely accelerated her pace. Although she was quite reluctant at this time, in order to find her lover, the man who once vowed to make a vow to grow old will step forward without hesitation even if the road ahead is very dangerous.
Du Qianxue had already made plans in her heart. How could Zhang Xinghan really die in battle and die in the country? She would never live in vain. She wanted to die on the battlefield of the anti-Japanese war like him, so that she could be worthy of being his woman.
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Gongda yarn mill, in front of a company of positions.
There are corpses of soldiers on both sides everywhere, and of course most of them are the Japanese.
As the fierce battle continued, more and more Japanese soldiers gathered. They took turns to launch no less than four consecutive attacks on the company's positions, but they were all repelled by Zhang Xinghan and the entire company's soldiers.
The corpses in front of the position are enough to illustrate the fierce battle.
In the trench, a hand covered with blood and soil mixed with a mixture of blood was stretched out. The palm that looked a little palpitation slowly stretched out, and then it grabbed the edge of the trench with a slap, and then another bloody hand was stretched out.
Two bloody hands grabbed the edge of the trench. As the soil around the trench had already been bombarded by the Japanese's dense and fierce artillery fire, the bloody hands grabbed it hard and sank its ten fingers.
"Ah!" Zhang Xinghan roared angrily, and with the force of his hands, he stood up in one fell swoop. At this time, many parts of his body were bleeding. The blood from some small wounds mixed with dirt and other debris had already dried up and hard. The originally brand new captain's uniform also became ragged. The red blood and soil intertwined and mixed to cover the original appearance of the military uniform.
Zhang Xinghan took a deep breath, then he spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm with blood and soil, and his eyes slowly swept across the surroundings behind him with a torch.
The entire position was silent. Seeing this, Zhang Xinghan couldn't help but feel a little sad. Did his comrades and brothers all died in battle?
"Desheng, Lao Sun, Lao Zhou, all the seas!" Zhang Xinghan's voice echoed in the wide factory for a long time, making him look particularly desolate and tragic.
After a while, in a trench covered with soil, Sun Siwei, covered in mud, staggered and stood up.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Desheng, Zhou Wei, Li Sihai and others stood up one by one, with more than 40 people in total, but almost two-thirds of them were injured.
Zhang Xinghan looked at the people who stood up one after another and couldn't help laughing, "Haha... Haha... you are all still alive, all still alive."
"Haha....Living, yes...Living!" Sun Siwei also laughed unruly, but his voice was a bit tragic. He turned to look at the sparse people standing on the position, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.
"Brothers, I'm very happy to be able to fight side by side with you! You are all the best soldiers! I'm proud to have such an excellent subordinate!" Zhang Xinghan said sincerely.
"Company Commander! You are also the best commander! It's really great to be able to fight the Japanese with your brothers and defend your country!" A top soldier with his left arm injured responded loudly.
At this moment, a deafening howling sounded across from them.
Zhang Xinghan looked at the Japanese soldiers who were preparing to attack in the distance, turned his head to everyone with a stern expression, "Brothers, the Japanese attack is about to begin again, we are afraid that we will die in our country! Are you afraid that you will not take a photo?"
"I'm afraid of a ball! Fight the bloody battle with these dog-good Japanese pirates to the end!"
"After so many brothers, my third brother doesn't plan to live anymore. Since I can't go back alive, I have to take some custody before I die!" The officers and soldiers said indignantly.
"Now I order..." Zhang Xinghan paused, picked up a formal rifle from the ground, and pulled out a bayonet from a dead soldier.
Other officers and soldiers also followed suit.
After pausing, Zhang Xinghan sternly said, "I order everyone to get bayonets!" After saying that, he installed bayonets on his rifle.
"Kake!" More than 40 officers and soldiers followed suit, putting the blood-stained bayonet on the tip of the gun, and looked ahead with a cold expression.
Zhang Xinghan glanced over everyone and said righteously: "Brothers, in today's battle, although we are trapped and surrounded, we must never embarrass the Chinese soldiers. We will die on the road to charge! If we die for the country, what's the regret of our soldiers? In a thousand years, our descendants of China will always remember us!"
"Fight for the country, die for the country! There is no regret for death!" Everyone shouted in unison.
"Long live the party and the country! Long live the principal! Brothers, follow me!" Zhang Xinghan shouted loudly, and then he was the first to jump out of the trench with a bayonet.
"Long live the party and the country!"
"Long live the principal!" More than 40 warriors shouted in unison, roaring from all directions, circling for several miles.
Immediately, Zhang Xinghan followed him out of the trenches, and launched a desperate counterattack against the Japanese army with a roaring slogan!
Chapter completed!