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

Yang Ling and the others confronted each other with machine guns on the devil soldiers swimming across the river, sweeping them one by one into the water, turning them into floating corpses, and the river water became sticky and bloody.

More and more devil soldiers arrived on the other side of the river, and the [-]-type infantry artillery also began to bombard Yang Ling and the others. Weeds and rubble were thrown into the sky, and the brothers began to suffer casualties.

The density of devil soldiers swimming across the river continued to increase, and grenades were thrown into the river, blasting out blood-red water columns. Although Yang Ling and the others fought tenaciously, there were more and more devils.

"retreat!"

Watching the devils from the brigade arrive on the other side, Yang Ling knew that it would be difficult for them to compete with the strength of the first battalion, so he finally ordered to retreat unwillingly.

The group of more than a hundred devils who were the first to swim across the river saw Yang Ling and the others were about to run, so they chased after them with bare buttocks and no shoes.

But just as they stepped onto the embankment, with the sound of a shaking explosion, they triggered the mines planted by Yang Ling and the others, and a large number of them died in the flames of the explosion.

"Baga! Baga! Road!" The Devil Squadron was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, and his red eyes made the troops chase him wildly.

The devil's engineering troops were extremely strong in field combat. Although the small river wooden bridge was bombed, a solid bridge reappeared on the small river in just 10 minutes.

Tanks rumbled across the bridge, chasing Yang Ling and the others with a cloud of dust, and Yang Ling and the others tried their best to run for their lives.

Fortunately, Yang Ling and the others had undergone armed cross-country training, they ran like a gust of wind, and disappeared in an instant, leaving the chasing little devils stunned.

But the little devil didn't intend to let them go. He chased them with all his might, as if he would not give up until he caught up with them, but just now he could see Yang Ling and the others from a distance. With a few loud bangs, the devil who ran ahead Blown to the sky by landmines.

Yang Ling planted a lot of landmines along the way, the real ones made the devil scratch his head, and he was blown to pieces if he didn't pay attention, which made the devil almost go crazy.

The devils wanted to catch up with Yang Ling and the others, but the ever-present landmines made them dare not be careless. They came and went, and the speed of the pursuit couldn't help but slow down.

Yang Ling and the others fought and retreated, all kinds of tricks emerged one after another, which slowed down the speed of the devil's pursuit. In the evening, Yang Ling's group had successfully escaped the pursuers and entered Henan.

Body 4 Chapter [-] The Helplessness of a Weak Country

The Japanese pursuers chased the retreating Chinese army like beasts baring their fangs, and the hordes of bombers were not to be outdone, catching up from behind and bombarding the flow of people indiscriminately.

The terrain of the plain area made the army and civilians crowded on the road nowhere to hide. Amidst the huge flames and explosions, blood was everywhere, limbs were flying, and countless people were blown to pieces.

Yang Ling and his small army at the back kept exchanging fire with the approaching Japanese army. Although many devils were wiped out under Yang Ling's command, they also suffered relatively large losses.

In this plain area that is conducive to the actions of the Japanese mechanized troops, even the refugees and the retreating troops run fast, but how can they compare with the devils with cavalry and armored vehicles chasing troops.

Seeing the Japanese army coming up from behind, the main force of the 74th Army withdrew to Qinyang, Henan Province and stopped to prepare to rely on buildings to resist. The troops quickly repaired the fortifications and dug trenches, and a new battle was imminent.

When the Chinese army and tens of thousands of refugees retreating from the Lanfeng battlefield were about to be overtaken and wiped out by the mechanized troops of the Japanese army, the chairman of the committee far away in Wuhan was also very anxious.

Not to mention the consequences of the destruction of the more than [-] elite central troops, once the Japanese army takes Henan from the west and walks down the Ping-Han line to Wuhan, with Wuhan's current strength, it will be difficult to stop the Japanese offensive.

At this moment, Wuhan, as the capital of war, not only gathered millions of people, but also had countless factories, schools, and party and government agencies.

At this critical moment, the plan to blow up the Yellow River to stop the Japanese army was placed before the Supreme Military Council again. On the one hand, it was the danger of subjugation of the country, on the other hand, it was the lives and deaths of millions of residents and incalculable economic and property losses after the breach.

After a night of tense discussions, the Supreme Military Commission of Wuhan finally decided to approve the motion of the first war zone to blow up the Yellow River dam to intercept the Japanese army.

A phone call from the Supreme Military Council reached the headquarters of the First War Zone overnight, and the engineering units of the two regiments rushed to Zhaokou on the south bank of the Yellow River overnight to start breaking the embankment.

But things didn't go well. The engineers sweated profusely to excavate and blast, but in the end the earth and rocks from the blast landslide blocked the gap again, so they had to choose the blasting port again.

In the face of the Wuhan Military Commission's repeated reminders about the progress, Cheng Qian, the chief of the First War Zone, who was sweating profusely, had to send the new 8th Division, which had just blown up the Yellow River Bridge, to Huayuankou to re-excavate and blast.

When the troops of the new 8th Division evacuated the residents of the villages downstream of the breach, and were sweating like rain on the other hand, the fierce Japanese army had already entered Kaifeng. Finish blasting early.

After two days and nights of busy work by thousands of people, a 30-meter-wide hole was finally blasted near the entrance of Huayuan.

Watching the turbulent torrent rolling down, the officers and soldiers who stood on the riverbank and worked hard for two days and nights completed their tasks, but they didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

Although the breach of the Yellow River can block the pursuit of the Japanese army, hundreds of thousands of people farther downstream will suffer catastrophe. The officers and soldiers who blasted the gap feel heavy.

"Masters downstream, our brothers are also carrying out military orders, I'm sorry—" A battalion commander couldn't help crying, knelt down and kowtowed toward downstream.

The muddy brothers all knelt down in unison and kowtowed towards the downstream direction. They had no choice but to dig the mouth of the Yellow River. The country was poor and the family was weak, so they could only stop the Japanese army in this way and avoid the destruction of the country.

A regiment leader fired his gun into the sky and roared with grief and indignation: "Brothers, remember today, we have to blame the devil for this!"

The turbulent flood rolled down, and the entire southeast of Henan was swept away by the flood, and the people who had no time to transfer were swept away.

The forerunners of the 14th and 16th Divisions of the Japanese Army also suffered catastrophe. Seeing the torrent sweeping in, they scrambled to climb onto the roof.

But the houses built of earth were quickly washed away by the raging floods, and those evil devil soldiers fell into the water amidst the horrified eyes, and disappeared after a few waves.

The mechanized troops of the Japanese army fell into the swamp and muddy overnight, and many small troops were involved in the flood and disappeared.

Facing Zeguo blocking the way, the elite Japanese pursuit division had to retreat in a hurry to avoid disaster.

The troops of the 74th Army that retreated to Qinyang, Henan Province also heard the thunderous roar from behind, like thousands of troops galloping. They thought it was the Japanese chasing troops.

But soon the news came that the troops of the new 8th Division blasted the mouth of the Yellow River at Huayuankou, and their backs were all flooded.

After hearing the news, the soldiers of the army were like a thunderbolt, unable to react for a while.

Those brothers from the southeast of Henan came to their senses and yelled at the new 8th division. They wanted to take revenge on them with their guns in their hands. Their families were all gone. Who could accept it.

The army leaders at all levels stepped forward in time to stop the angry brothers, showed righteousness to them, and began to persuade them.

Those brothers from the flooded areas were finally persuaded by the officers at all levels. Thinking of their relatives whose life and death were uncertain, these strong men couldn't help crying anymore, and the whole army was shrouded in an atmosphere of grief.

Yang Ling's heart was also heavy. Although he knew that such a day would come, he couldn't stop it. First, he was humble and light-hearted. Second, compared to the danger of subjugation, blowing up Huayuankou was a helpless move for a weak country.

If the Chinese army had the strength to stop the Japanese invasion, how could it sacrifice the lives of thousands of people? No one is willing to do such a stupid thing, because it will only leave an eternal infamy.

But for the survival of the nation, only those millions of innocent people can be sacrificed. Soldiers serve the country with their own bodies. These people are also worth remembering. They have all made huge sacrifices for the Chinese nation.

The pursuers of the Japanese army were stopped at the other end of Zeguo by the torrential flood, and the retreating troops and people were finally able to breathe.

Without the Japanese chasing soldiers, the Japanese planes in the sky also started to search and rescue the Japanese troops who were trapped in the flood. They had no time to bomb Yang Ling and the others, but it was rare for them to be clean.

After the troops rested for two days in Qinyang, Henan Province, the order came, and the troops set off again and arrived at Hankou via the Ping-Han Line.

The heat in June was unbearable, and the flow of refugees was overwhelming. Tired and dirty refugees were everywhere along the railway line. They were enduring the heaviest suffering of this country and nation.

Seeing the same filthy army passing by them, the common people did not cheer or joy, but only had numb eyes, which made Yang Ling and the others feel uncomfortable and helpless.

Although the army fought bloody battles with the Japanese army on various battlefields, thousands of people still destroyed their homes. They were completely disappointed in the army and no longer had illusions.

Moreover, whether it is Nanjing or the Yellow River breach, the government has been sacrificing the interests of the people for overall strategic considerations, which has further deepened the people's misunderstanding of the army and the government.

Under this complicated social background, any explanation would be futile. Yang Ling and the others were equally aggrieved, but they could only hold back their hearts, preparing to seek justice from the little devil on the battlefield.

Body 4 Chapter Seventeen

Yang Ling and his regiment were responsible for the rear cover of the entire army. The eastern part of Henan and the northern part of Shandong became a swamp country because of the opening of the Yellow River. The Japanese pursuit troops were blocked by the torrential flood.