Chapter 50: The narrow road

(...Do you think that when the veterans are killed, they will really fight for or draw lots? No, and no commander will openly order the soldiers to die, and no commander can do it; but the soldiers all know that they don't need to tell them, they all know what kind of order is to die for the country... Excerpted from "Grandpa's Memories of the War of Resistance")

Because there was a temporary battalion of the 306th Regiment of the 74th Army on the road to maintain discipline, the defeated soldiers along the way began to become organized, and the refugees were not so panicked. The refugees knew that those who were in military uniforms would hit them regardless of the road when robbing the road, and might even bully them on purpose, but everyone was still willing to follow the army silently. After all, this was the army. If you walked on a road without an army and encountered those who blocked the road and made money from the country, you would not even have your life! People in troubled times are not as good as peaceful dogs, and the creatures who were suffering in the war were so helpless and worthless...

One by one, the troops passed by Cao Xiaomin and others silently. Cao Xiaomin no longer greeted the troops and persuaded them to leave behind to block the possible enemies because he had tried hard, but no one was left behind. The people who stood firm in the position looked at the troops that had lowered their heads and passed by at a loss. They didn't know why the superiors wanted to stay. People in the past could not raise their heads at all, and they felt guilty in their hearts. Every soldier in the past knew that they were safe now because someone was holding them behind them; but a kind of shame made this sense of security very embarrassed: everyone is soldiers, why do they need others to protect themselves?! But everyone knows that they can't stay, and staying may never go home again... With heavy guilt and shame, every retreating soldier's footsteps are extremely heavy.

"Sister-in-law, you can..." Cao Xiaomin was very embarrassed. He was embarrassed to stare at the other party's chest; he held the baby in the cradle and dragged the older child, looked over the Shao family one by one, and finally saw a peasant woman breastfeeding.

The peasant woman gave him a very friendly smile and then took the baby from him. The commander executed the bad Qiu Ba who killed the people, and the entire Shao family knew about it. This army was reasonable and everyone knew that it was not bullying. The baby the commander brought was the little life that had just lost his mother and was kept by his mother with his body to block the danger. The farmer woman accepted the baby who had just lost her mother with the same motherhood; while the same kind farmer and several guards nailed a wooden box to the young mother with wood, and then accepted her in a foreign land...

A strong horse suddenly flew and ran directly to Cao Xiaomin. The knight jumped down: "The devil is here, eight kilometers..."

Because this army took away several pairs of Japanese artillery eyepieces when they came out of Sixing Cang, their observation distance could be very long. In addition, the scouts went far ahead and they discovered Japanese troops very early.

"A reinforcement brigade, or a refined gang, eliminated various artillery soldiers, but added a lot of machine guns, about two thousand people..." The scout pointed to the simple map and said: "Just here, we walked the path we walked a few days ago..."

"Two thousand people!... It's really the reorganized gang left behind by the baggage and artillery troops!" Li Tianhao took a breath. They added the "Semi-Immortal" and "Crip" to bring a total of 748 people, half of whom had guns, and on average, each rifle was less than fifty bullets...

"The Japanese have cannons and small steel cannons." The scout continued: "We observed that their number of small cannons and heavy machine guns were more than that of conventional infantry corps. It should be because of the specially adjusted light weapons reinforcement troops on the mountain road..."

"This battle cannot be fought...at most two hours." Yang Man raised two fingers: "Two hours, half of the people may be killed..." He looked at Cao Xiaomin. He was not afraid of death, but it was obvious that he hoped Cao Xiaomin ordered a retreat because he could not fight.

"Let's retreat!" "Banxian" finally spoke: "The eight-kilometer mountain road makes it easy for the Japanese to leave, and we still have time..."

Cao Xiaomin said blankly. He wanted to fight, but he really couldn't fight! Seven hundred mobs against two thousand elite troops; he wanted to fight, but he didn't know how to fight!

Cao Xiaomin turned his head and could see the road in the distance still rolling in smoke and dust on the high ground. Needless to think about it, there was a lot of crowded with defeated soldiers and refugees...

He turned around and said, "It's all my brothers. To be honest, I want to leave, but we can't..." Cao Xiaomin suddenly felt the blood blocking his chest, his eyes turned red and his hoarse voice roared: "There are all people behind him, and the Chinese Democratic Party soldiers have no way out!"

It is impossible to defeat the Japanese, with their strength; but they have the chance to scare away their opponents!

Yang Man's company was divided into four waves, and the first wave was all carrying explosive packs. When he rushed up, he was a suicide attack to storm the enemy's vanguard; the second wave of attacks was full of large blades and other cold weapons. After entangled with the enemy, he used grenades to slaughter the enemy's reinforcements, and then the two waves of troops gathered together to continue advancing; the fourth wave of troops used explosive packs again, and quietly moved from both sides when the enemy was entangled with their second and third waves of troops, and carried out suicide attacks again. Li Tianhao's troops were immediately connected.

There were still four waves. The first two waves concentrated the elite firepower of the entire battalion and had to drive the enemy a distance. The troops behind went up empty-handedly and picked up the enemy's weapons to continue attacking... The battlefield could not be set up in Shao's house. It was too open and once the enemy was deployed, they would have no chance at all. The battlefield was set up on a narrow mountain road, and they could not defend. They had to attack, attack along the mountain road and then attack, until the enemy was defeated and scared away! If they were not successful, they would all die on the charge road!

This is the only chance they have to scare the enemy, thinking that the Chinese Democratic Party army has a strong defense method on this line, and scare the enemy with a battalion's suicide attack. As for whether it can work, they will all die in battle and cannot resist them themselves, but this is the only way they thought of to have a chance to succeed!

The combat plan was summarized by everyone. Everyone knew that this was a way of fighting that would be absent from the clan, but they could only fight like this, because "there are all the people behind them, and the Chinese Democratic Party soldiers have no way out!"

...Do you think that when the veterans are killed, they will really fight for or draw lots? No, and no chief will openly order the soldiers to die, and no chief can do it; but the soldiers all know that they don’t need to tell them, they all know what kind of order is to die for the country... Cao Xiaomin’s mind was a memory of Grandpa. He dared not confirm this plan and gave this order, and even dared to look at Yang Man with his eyes. He knew that this plan was the death talisman of Yang Man and his more than 200 Sichuan Yazi!

"Battery Commander, Tian Hao, this vanguard can only be fought by our Sichuan army; we have poor training and it is wasteful to hold a good gun. That's it, grenades, explosives bags, big blades..." Suddenly, Yang Man's throat choked. He originally wanted Cao Xiaomin and Li Tianhao to feel better, but... they all came from the dead. Who doesn't understand what such a battle represents!

Before everyone's tears came out, Yang Man rushed out and ran to his company frantically!

"Yanglong! You are my younger brother, and you will be led by the first echelon!" Yang Man immediately assigned a task after returning: "Listen, don't embarrass our Yang family..." Finally, before the company set off, the entire army broke out with a slogan: "There are all people behind us, and the Chinese Democratic Party soldiers have no way out!"

The farmers and young and old of the Shao family all walked to the side of the mountain road. They didn't understand why these soldiers suddenly left behind their fortifications, but these Chinese Democratic Party soldiers did not escape, they went into the mountain road!

"I will come back and take them away, please trouble you..." The young and kind officer took out all the money he had on his body and handed it to the peasant woman who feeds the baby. Will he really come back alive?...

"There are all people behind you, and the Chinese Democratic Party soldiers have no way out!" Every unit will shout this slogan when they set off. Although they don't understand, all the farmers feel a kind of heroic spirit that blocks their chests!
Chapter completed!