The blood of the Anti-Japanese War stained the mountains and rivers

The headquarters was busy, the phone had been set up, the battle situation was getting worse, and the staff members were busy working on the map. When Colonel Liu Ming saw Yang Ling walking in, he just nodded to him and started to work again.

"Yang Ling is here, sit down quickly." Seeing Yang Ling coming, Liu Xing enthusiastically pointed to the bench in front of the wooden table for him to sit.

Liu Xing likes officers who can fight. Yang Ling's several victories have impressed him, so he has begun to pay attention to Yang Ling now.

Yang Ling was not hypocritical, and sat down on the bench. The continuous fierce battle made him very tired.

The orderly poured boiling water for Yang Ling, and Yang Ling gulped it down his throat in this cold weather, feeling that the stiff muscles all over his body finally eased a lot.

"How about the casualties in your guerrilla battalion?" Liu Xing was very busy, asking Yang Ling while issuing orders.

Yang Ling also told the truth: "More than 50 brothers were sacrificed, and more than 100 were injured."

"You guys fought well. It's really amazing to be able to wipe out nearly two hundred devils with so few casualties."

The devil's field troops were powerful, and their victory in the Battle of Songhu brought their morale to its peak.

It takes four or five Chinese soldiers to kill a devil. Hearing the casualty ratio of Yang Ling and the others, Liu Xing was a little shocked, and praised him without hesitation.

"It's all under the command of Commander Liu." Yang Ling also flattered me.

Liu Xing laughed, pointed at Yang Ling and said with a smile: "It's my commanding skills, don't make fun of me, it's all thanks to the brothers, if I take it all by myself, the brothers will scold me Liu Xing, Ha ha."

Yang Ling knew that Liu Xing was joking, so he just smiled and said nothing.

"You have fought all the way from Shanghai to the present. It is really hard work for you. Your achievements are obvious to all. It has been confirmed that you killed the enemy Lieutenant General Kawatahara in Jiangyin. The chairman's approval has come down and it is decided to award you the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal."

As Liu Xing spoke, he took out an exquisite box from his pocket, and opened it to reveal the shining blue sky and white sun medal inside.

Yang Ling was also stunned when he saw the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal. This medal is the highest military honor after the Guoguang Medal. During the entire Anti-Japanese War, only more than 200 people received this honor. He did not expect to be awarded the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal.

"Why, don't you want it?" Liu Xing laughed when he saw that Yang Ling stood still and didn't respond.

Yang Ling hurriedly stood up: "Mr. Liu, it's all thanks to the brothers who killed He Tianyuan. How can I, Yang Ling, He De, get this honor..."

"Don't refuse, this is the honor you deserve." Liu Xing said as he stepped forward to pin the medal on Yang Ling's chest in person: "Special treatment during wartime, the chairman asked me to award it to you on your behalf. Don't have any grudges."

Yang Ling looked down at the shining medal, feeling extremely complicated in his heart. This medal was won by the lives of countless brothers. Before him, only Captain Xie Jinyuan, who guarded the Sixing Warehouse, recently got it.

Yang Ling was originally the captain of the Falcon Squadron and a member of the Chinese Communist Party. Now that he returned to this era, the reason why he stayed in the National Revolutionary Army to fight against the Japanese invaders.

One is because of the duty of a soldier, he is unwilling to abandon those brothers who follow him, but because he feels that following the National Revolutionary Army can be guaranteed, whether it is weapons, equipment or logistics supplies, so that he will not have to worry about it, but now he has obtained this The nature of the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal is different.

Liu Xing returned to his seat and sat down: "This is a compliment to you for defending your home and country, and it is also your recognition. I also hope that you will continue to fight the enemy bravely and drive the Japanese army out of China as soon as possible, so that our innocent people will not suffer from Japanese aggressors." Devastated."

"Yes!" Yang Ling hastily raised his hands in salute. At this moment, his mood was overwhelmed and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

How did Liu Xing know what Yang Ling was thinking at the moment, so he took out some boxes and said, "Although these Baoding Medals are not as good as the Blue Sky and White Sun Medals, they are also rewards for meritorious soldiers, so you can take them back to Liu Yidao and other meritorious people." , I can’t leave here, so I’ll trouble you.”

Yang Ling hurriedly put away the medal, and thanked Liu Xing for Liu Yidao and the others. He didn't expect to gain so much by coming here.

But Yang Ling's harvest was far more than that. Liu Xing promoted his rank from major to lieutenant colonel, and he still acted as the commander of the guerrilla battalion temporarily.

When he was in Jiangyin, Liu Xing let Yang Ling enjoy the treatment of lieutenant colonel, and now it can be regarded as fulfilled for him. Seeing the new military rank, Yang Ling was filled with emotion.

In the Battle of Songhu more than a month ago, he was still a small second lieutenant and platoon leader. After fighting this series of vicious battles, he has become a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander, and he has thousands of brothers under his command...

"Your guerrilla battalion is tired after fighting for so many days, temporarily retreat to the Daguang Road area to rest and replenish ammunition, the position will be temporarily defended by the 156th Division, but you must be prepared to fight again at any time."

"Yes!" Yang Ling was very grateful to Liu Xing when he heard that the guerrilla battalion could be withdrawn to rest.

"Okay, let's go." Liu Xing waved Yang Ling to let Yang Ling go back, but Yang Ling just stood there and didn't move.

Liu Xing raised his head and asked, "Why is it still a matter?"

Yang Ling took a deep breath, looked at the busy staff officers around, and said, "Mr. Liu, can you take a step to speak."

Yang Ling knew that Nanjing couldn't be defended, even if they all died in battle, the gap in strength between the two sides was too great. With nine divisions of devils and 20 field troops, Nanjing would definitely be a catastrophe.

So for the sake of the hundreds of thousands of people in the city and for these brothers who fought bloody battles, he had to take the risk of persuading Liu Xing, the deputy commander of the garrison, hoping that he could make arrangements so that these soldiers and civilians could escape.

Main text Chapter 286 Persuasion

Liu Xing stood there without saying a word. Seeing Yang Ling's serious look, he was very puzzled. Is there anything he can't say here?

Yang Ling was also very disturbed. As the deputy commander of the Nanjing Garrison, Liu Xing had a high position and authority, and there were a lot of generals under his command.

Although he had been interviewed by Liu Xing several times, he should have a good impression in Liu Xing's heart, but as a small battalion commander, Yang Ling wasn't sure if he would give him a chance to talk alone.

"You come with me."

After being stunned for a few seconds, Liu Xing decided to listen to what Yang Ling wanted to say.

Hearing Liu Xing's words, Yang Ling also breathed a sigh of relief. No matter whether he succeeded in persuading him or not, he had to do his best, and followed Liu Xing into a separate room next to him.

The furnishing of the room was very simple, and Yang Ling closed the door behind him, leaving only him and Liu Xing in the room.

Liu Xing went to the chair and sat down, took out a pack of cigarettes from the pocket of the woolen army coat, lit it for himself, looked up at Yang Ling and said, "What's the matter, let's talk now."

"Yes!" Yang Ling knew that the opportunity was fleeting, so without the slightest delay, he poured out all his inner thoughts like beans.

Liu Xing had been smoking a suffocating cigarette, his face remained unchanged, making it impossible for Yang Ling to figure out what he was thinking.

"Are you finished?" After Yang Ling finished speaking for a long time, Liu Xing stubbed out the cigarette in his hand and stood up.

"Mr. Liu, I'm done."

"Do you know what you just said?!" Liu Xing's voice was full of anger: "Mr. Tang ordered the ferry to be blocked, the ferry was destroyed, and he vowed to live and die with the city, and our soldiers also fought bloody battles against the Japanese invaders." You must fight, shed blood and died to defend the capital, but now you want to lift the ban on crossing the river, what is your intention?"

Before Yang Ling could explain, Liu Xing had already slapped the wooden table heavily: "If it wasn't for your meritorious service in killing the enemy, I could have someone pull you down and shoot you now for the crime of disturbing the morale of the army! "

Yang Ling knew that when it came to this point, it would not be his style to keep it secret. Even if Liu Xing wanted to shoot himself, if he could save the soldiers and civilians in the city, death would be worth it.

"Mr. Liu, the brutality of the Japanese invaders is well known to everyone. We saw countless towns turned into ruins along the way from Shanghai to Nanjing. Wherever the Japanese invaders went, there were no human beings or animals left. There are still hundreds of thousands of residents in the city. If the city How can you guarantee that the unarmed people will not be slaughtered by the Japanese invaders?"

Facing Yang Ling's rhetorical question, Liu Xing sneered, and he retorted loudly: "In Nanjing, there are generals headed by Chief Tang who are strategizing, and there are more than [-] loyal and brave soldiers to resist to the death. How can we allow the Japanese invaders to be rampant!"

Hearing Liu Xing's words, Yang Ling also sighed in his heart. He was planning a bullshit strategy. When the time comes, the battle will be unfavorable. The fastest runners will be the officers of the Garrison Headquarters, throwing hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians to the Japanese invaders for nothing.

Yang Ling took a deep breath and continued: "Mr. Liu, I'm not talking about being discouraged. The Japanese invaders have nine divisions with more than 20 field elites. As for us, most of them are dilapidated divisions withdrawn from Shanghai. Many troops There is no time to make up for it, the first battalion has only 400 people, and some companies even have only 30 soldiers, let alone [-] soldiers, [-] to [-] soldiers are not bad, how to fight this?"

Liu Xing also knew what Yang Ling said. Most of the troops were newly defeated troops, and most of them were dissatisfied. However, he still held a sliver of hope and argued, "Even if there are only [-] to [-] soldiers, as long as we wait to defend them with all our might, the Japanese will Kou will never want to occupy my capital!"

"In just one week, all of our defense lines outside Nanjing fell, except for Zijin Mountain. Commander Liu, do you think our city walls can hold off the heavy Japanese aircraft and heavy artillery?"

Regardless of Liu Xing's gloomy face, Yang Ling continued to say to himself: "A few days ago, the commander of the Japanese invaders had airdropped a letter of persuasion. If we don't surrender, the day the city is destroyed will be the day when the city is slaughtered. Soldiers are not afraid of death, it is our honor to die on the battlefield, but you have to think about the hundreds of thousands of people, order to open the ferry, let the people in the city evacuate..."

Yang Ling's words were moving, and Liu Xing's expression softened. He knew that Yang Ling was not afraid of death, but just didn't want the people in the city to suffer.