Rise From Eight Hundred

However, when Lin Muqingyuan raised his knife to chop, he looked at Lin Peng's eyes that had mocked him.

The Chinese soldiers who had died in the battle had military ranks on their collars, but they were only non-commissioned officers. Compared with the military ranks, they were several levels lower than him.

But he won completely, whether alive or dead.

Although he saw through his last wish after his death, so what? He and more than 500 imperial officers and soldiers were buried with him, just as he said. If the exchange ratio continued, the Yamato nation would fall into the abyss.

The victory or defeat of the Zhaojiazhuang battlefield and even the entire Ji'nan battlefield was actually not that important. The war launched by the empire was like being stuck in a quagmire, with no way forward or backward.

When he thought of this, Lin Muqingyuan was completely desperate, and he could not chop any more with his knife.

"Listen, devils inside, as long as you surrender and tell me where my brothers are, I can accept your surrender!" Li Jiujin's deep and solemn voice sounded outside the one-man high fortification that had just been rebuilt with sandbags and loess.

The 7th Company, which had occupied almost all areas of Zhaojiazhuang through fighting, found almost all the remains of the officers and soldiers who died, except for Lin Peng, which gave Li Jiujin and the officers and soldiers of the 7th Company a glimmer of hope.

As long as Lin Peng was still alive, even if he was captured with serious injuries, Li Jiujin was willing to let go of all the Japanese troops in this small courtyard that had been re-reinforced at first glance.

Lin Muqingyuan's eyes were full of bitterness. An hour ago, he was here to persuade the most stubborn Chinese resistance to surrender, but now it was his turn. Is this the legendary reincarnation cause and effect of the Chinese?

"You can refuse, but I will chop off the heads of all the Japanese soldiers who died in this village and pile them up into a memorial. For the ancestors of the Li family, I, Li Jiujin, swear here that I will chop off the heads of all the Japanese who do not kneel down and beg for surrender in front of me, Li Jiujin, no matter whether they are alive or dead." Seeing that hope was almost completely shattered, Li Jiujin, with red eyes, roared and swore a solemn oath.

Lin Muqingyuan's whole body trembled violently!

He heard the deep hatred and the eagerness of the Chinese officer who was at least of the same level as him. He knew that the other party still had hope, so he was willing to accept prisoners.

Lin Muqingyuan, who had already conceived the will to die, wanted to answer loudly to the Chinese commander who had made a solemn oath. His elite soldiers had died in battle here, and that man must be heartbroken and would definitely kill him.

But when he turned his eyes to his last three subordinates who were pale and shaking fiercely, he sighed slightly, but swallowed the words that were already on the tip of his tongue.

He could die, but he couldn't let himself cause the souls of the imperial officers and soldiers who died bravely for the empire to be unable to find their homeland.

"You have done your duty as a soldier, surrender! Tell them what I found. If they are real soldiers, they will not break their promises. If there is a chance, tell my wife that her husband's mind was full of her looking back under the cherry tree at the last moment of his life!" Lin Muqingyuan waved to his three subordinates.

It was both an order and a farewell!

As the three Japanese soldiers threw out their rifles, they knelt on the ground with their hands on their heads according to the requirements of the Chinese soldiers, and a gunshot rang out.

Lin Muqingyuan fell beside Lin Peng's body.

The two Chinese and Japanese soldiers who fought in this small courtyard eventually died in a courtyard.

Li Jiujin, who strode into the courtyard, looked at Lin Peng's already cold body, and his red eyes couldn't help but shed tears after all.

"Captain Lin Mu said that there are still people from your country hiding in the ruins, otherwise, your warrior would not have made a hint before his death." A shivering Japanese corporal obviously smelled the breath of death and hurriedly reported in Chinese with a strange accent.

Otherwise, he was afraid that he would never have the chance to speak again.

"Dig for me!" Li Jiujin picked up the light body of Lin Peng, which seemed to be only a few dozen pounds, and looked at the drooping stiff but still straight fingers. His eyes turned red again, and he gently put it on a cart pushed by the officers and soldiers of the 7th Company over there, and gave the order without turning his head.

The officers and soldiers around dared not neglect it. They didn't care that the battle was not over yet. This place would soon become the headquarters of the commander of the regiment. Dozens of people waved individual engineer shovels and started digging.

More than 600 Japanese soldiers in the hilly area were blown to pieces by the 150-caliber mortars that arrived. When nearly a thousand officers and soldiers of the 80th Army Group had already rushed to the last line of defense of the remaining Japanese troops from four directions, dozens of soldiers of the 7th Company had already cleared the broken soil and tiles on the ruins.

The only tunnel entrance in the room was also found. An anxious squad leader just leaned out to shout, and a kitchen knife almost poked his nose. In the end, it was only after the squad leader who went to support from Zhaojiazhuang reported his name and said the names of all the officers and soldiers in the squad one by one that Zhao Xiaoni crawled out of the dark tunnel.

After glancing at the Chinese soldiers around who were full of surprise, Zhao Xiaoni cast her eyes into the courtyard, but there was no remains of Lin Peng there. Was it possible that Brother Lin was not dead?

But soon, the hope that Zhao Xiaoni had just raised completely dissipated in the dim eyes of the Chinese soldiers.

Zhao Xiaoni fainted on the ground!

The sadness of losing her lover and comrades, as well as the fear of listening to the constant digging sounds from above in the tunnel, had actually already broken the defenses of this girl who had just joined the militia platoon less than two months ago. The only reason she could hold on until now was because of Lin Peng's request before his death, asking her to live well so that he could tell him what the future motherland would look like.

Therefore, even if she wanted to take away a Japanese soldier before she died, Zhao Xiaoni did not use her last bullet. She could only keep that bullet for herself.

Many years later, Lincheng County, which borders Xingtai to the south and Shimen to the north, has developed into a large industrial county in the wave of reform and development because of its rich mineral resources and special policy support. Large tracts of farmland were bulldozed into various factories, and the villagers also They all moved into residential buildings planned by the city.

But what makes all kinds of businessmen who bring funds to invest extremely strange is that no matter how they lobby the county and city governments, Zhaojiazhuang and its surrounding land remain unchanged.

In the village, there is a monument that is not high, and next to the village there is a martyrs' grave where 66 people are buried together!

Because it was already July and the weather was hot, all the Chinese officers and soldiers who died in the Battle of the Plains that shocked the entire North China battlefield were buried on the spot, but only 66 were buried near Zhaojiazhuang.

Every time during the Qingming Festival, the people of Zhaojiazhuang will go out to sweep the tombs of all nearby martyrs!

There was an old woman in the village who had been living alone in the village since she retired from her job in the provincial capital. Every time the sun went down, she would go to the restored tomb of the martyrs and sit in front of it.

"Brother Lin, I listen to you. I followed Captain Li and Captain Tang to Hunan Province, Yunnan Province, and even went abroad. Our China is really big and beautiful.

In order to build our motherland, after the victory of the war, I went to medical university and became a pediatrician. I like children very much. Although I have never had one, I have never regretted it.

I am very good now. The country has given me a retirement salary. Even if I have no children, I will not be cold or hungry. I can still walk around and see my old comrades all over the country. Our China is getting better and better. "

An old woman who is turning 80 but wears a washed-white green military uniform all year round, sits in the sunset and murmurs about what she has seen in various places, just like an old friend sitting across from her.

The tombstone is silent, but Lin Peng's name, which is painted in gold twice a year, shines in the sunset.

Like, smile!

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"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the main force of the enemy's four regiments arrived at the Zhaojiazhuang battlefield overnight and used large-caliber mortars to bombard our troops. The imperial officers and soldiers relied on temporary field trenches to withstand no resistance. The elites have been exhausted by the enemy's artillery fire. There were less than 300 people left, but the attacking enemy troops numbered more than a thousand.

Numata Tazou has no choice but to die to serve the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor, and say goodbye! "

The top commander of the Zhaojiazhuang front line of the 10th Division, Colonel Tazō Numata, sent a jade-breaking farewell message to the Eighth Brigade before the gray tide surged into the position.

At that time, it had only been an hour and a half since Tang Dao personally led the main force to arrive at Zhaojiazhuang.

More than 1,700 Japanese troops were wiped out in the crazy artillery fire and tidal wave of attacks.

The number of prisoners of war, including the three surviving people in Zhaojiazhuang, did not exceed ten fingers.

"Baga! Is the Four Elements Regiment crazy? A mere infantry regiment wants to fight our division on the plains? Who gave them such courage?" Yoshio Shinozuka, who was far away in Handan, held the eighth The farewell message sent by Colonel Numata Tazō forwarded by the brigade headquarters almost made him spit out a mouthful of blood.

It's not that the Chinese have never fought large-scale battles with imperial divisions in the plains, but it was a battle, and both sides invested hundreds of thousands of troops.

This kind of duel between an infantry regiment and a division is not unique. Didn't the Sixings Regiment fight against the 21st Division at Niangziguan? But at least the Four Elements Group still has the danger of Taihang Mountain to rely on.

But now, has the Four Elements Group expanded to this point? On the undefeated plains, they had to face off against a Class A division from the Empire. Even after the 10th Division suffered consecutive losses, its strength was only two-thirds of its heyday.

If Yoshio Shinozuka knew that the Four Elements Group at this time was only two-thirds of its peak strength, would he vomit blood even more?

This is too much for not using the permanent division of the Empire of Japan as dry food!

Of course, it was precisely based on this kind of logical thinking that Yoshio Shinozuka would never have thought that Tang Dao would do such an amazing job. As soon as he received the news of the battle at Zhaojiazhuang, he decisively tried his best to help, which led to his hanging. The hunters who had tried their best to deploy in Xingtai and other places had not even arrived on the battlefield, and more than 1,700 people who had been used as bait were all eaten up.

To put it bluntly, this guy was just fishing for fun, but he thought he was just catching a big herring, but he didn't know that a great white shark actually came, ate the bait in one bite, broke the line, and even dragged the fisherman to in water.

You caught the wrong fish. This is actually Tang Dao's letter of challenge to Yoshio Shinozuka at the expense of the lives of more than 1,700 Japanese infantrymen.

"Now that you're here, don't leave!" Yoshio Shinozuka had a cold expression on his face as he tore the farewell message from his commander into pieces.

"Order the 8th Infantry Brigade to attack with the entire army to hold off the opponent! I will personally lead the 10th Infantry Regiment, the 10th Artillery Regiment, the 10th Engineer Regiment and the 1st and 2nd Tank Squadrons. In this battle, the Empire must Win!”

Yoshio Shinozuka spent a lot of money this time. The entire 4 infantry regiments of the 10th Division and the 63rd Infantry Regiment were beaten to a bloody head in the Battle of Panzhai in May. Not long after they were replenished, they were again in the 63rd Infantry Regiment. From mid-month to mid-July, nearly half of the troops were lost during the "Operation Clearing the Countryside". They were considered to have lost their combat effectiveness and could basically only be used to defend the city.

The other three infantry regiments also lost nearly a thousand people each, and the supplementary baggage soldiers were not even familiar with the infantry regiments, but this time the whole army was dispatched.

If we put aside the 1,400 infantrymen who had been lost, Shinozuka Yoshio sent out a full 7 infantry battalions this time, which was basically the last infantry of the 10th Division.

In addition to the 2,800 artillery regiments, 700 engineering regiments, and two armored squadrons with 28 tanks, the 10th Division was considered to have done its best.

Of course, Shinozuka Yoshio was not stupid. In order to prevent the situation like the Battle of Panzhai from happening again, when he ordered the infantry, cavalry, artillery and other regular troops of the division to go out, he also left a part of the baggage troops and strictly ordered the infantry battalions of the county security forces to defend the city.

A security army infantry regiment in Handan City followed the 10th Division Headquarters. It was used as cannon fodder by Shinozuka Yoshio when he had no choice.

As for the safety of Handan City, it was naturally handed over to the infantry brigade of the unmovable Okuma Yukinosuke. Although the 4th Division was known as the "Invulnerable Division", 7,000 soldiers were more than enough to guard a small city.

The Four-line Regiment and the main force of the 80th Army must have been gathering in Lincheng County. If Handan City could still be lost under such circumstances, there would only be one reason for Okuma Yukinosuke to surrender to the enemy.

From the perspective of tactical arrangements, Shinozuka Yoshio did not actually have much hope for the 4th Division. He just wanted it to be a "house-guarding beast" at home.

But unfortunately, Shinozuka Yoshio really underestimated the lethality of the "Invulnerable Division". In the past, the Osaka vendors before the Battle of Nomonhan in time and space did not even take the orders of the commander of the Kwantung Army seriously. What kind of onion was he, the lieutenant general of the 10th Division?

Of course, it is no problem to defend the city. We can also continue to collect antiques in the ancient Chinese city. After the war, it must be a huge fortune.

But you want me to go out of the city to eliminate the Chinese, and they are a group of civilians. That is definitely not what a real imperial soldier can do.

This idea does not come from the low-level officers and soldiers of the "Uninjured Division", but from the commander of the Great Bear Brigade who led them to "get rich".

Since the Chinese New Year, the 4th Division has begun to issue wartime allowances to the entire division. Even the lowest-level Japanese privates can receive a monthly allowance of 2 yen, and the second lieutenant officers can receive tens of yen, not to mention the high-ranking officers and generals.

This money is not allocated by the imperial finances, but is obtained by the generals of the 4th Division using the price difference in the occupied areas.

"Relying on looting is just a foolish way to catch fish in a dry pond. What we want to establish is a fair order and trading environment. Only in this way can the Chinese in the occupied areas willingly become the subjects of the empire!" It has become a catchphrase that the officers of the 4th Division often say.

The obvious attitude of going against Duo Tianjun made Duo Tianjun very angry, but the attitude of the senior officers of the 4th Division was very clear. At worst, they would drive me back to the empire, and then we would go to trade with the wives of the empire warriors who were still fighting in the Chinese theater.

Duo Tianjun was defeated by the "uninjured division"'s rolling meat. It's not that he was unable to drive them away, but he was afraid that the entire Chinese expeditionary army would be unstable because he drove away the rolling meat.

It's really too imaginative to "negotiate with the wives". Who doesn't want a warm bed in the winter? The heat from a strong man is much more powerful than a hot baby.

Major General Okuma Konosuke has received a full amount of "penicillin" from Mr. Shen, who kept his promise. At least half of the allowances for the entire division come from this magical drug, one bottle of which can be worth ten taels of gold on the black market.

"It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality." Okuma Konosuke, who has tasted the sweetness of life, has not received medicine for a month. He is so anxious that he wants to exchange it with weapons and equipment.

The young man sent by Mr. Shen to secretly contact Okuma Konosuke did not take the initiative to contact him until the third day after Okuma Konosuke arrived in Handan City, and used the four words "passive sabotage" to exchange for another half year of drug supply.

What's wrong with this? It's not like he is asking him to do something to let down the empire, and this is what the 4th Division originally wanted.

Okuma Konosuke originally thought that he could implement the spirit of "fair trade" in Handan City without any worries until the end of time, and the 10th Division would never die.

But before Shinozuka Yoshio's main force arrived in Lincheng, more than 4,000 officers and soldiers of the 772nd Regiment of the 683rd Brigade suddenly appeared on the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, less than 40 kilometers away from Handan City. The dream of Okuma Konosuke lying down was shattered.

In order to prevent the main force of the 80th Army from approaching the Zhaojiazhuang battlefield, which was already in full swing, Shinozuka Yoshio ordered Okuma Konosuke to send troops to destroy or block the unit in Handan.

Okuma Konosuke could only send troops with a curse!

Although Okuma Konosuke was a stubborn person, he was still a capable army general. He left about 2,000 people to defend the city, and 4 infantry battalions and artillery, engineers, and logistics troops with a total of 5,000 people were able to compete with a Chinese infantry division.

Shinozuka Yoshio, who was still on the road, breathed a sigh of relief.

This breath, he really let go too early! ()