It was finally dark and the Japanese army finally stopped attacking.

When the one-eyed dragon walked into the command center of the Ancestral Hall Brigade with exhaustion, Xu Shijiu was on the phone with Feng Shengfa. After a few words, Xu Shijiu hung up the phone and asked the one-eyed dragon, "Along, has the Japanese army withdrawn?"

One-eyed dragon nodded and said weakly: "Well, Xiaoji Wumoto has withdrawn from Dongshan Bridge."

Xu Shijiu asked again: "What is the situation of the third consecutive casualties? So what about the equipment loss?"

If it were another commander, the first question asked at this time must be how many Japanese soldiers were killed and how much equipment they seized, because this directly determines the military achievements. However, what Xu Shijiu is most concerned about is not the number of enemies killed, but the casualties of his officers and soldiers. Compared with the number of enemies killed and the seizure, Xu Shijiu obviously cares more about the casualties of his brothers.

One-eyed Dragon sighed and said, "Fifty-six brothers died, nine seriously injured, and probably no help. More than twenty brothers have suffered minor injuries to varying degrees. It is probably not a big problem if bandaged." After a pause, One-eyed Dragon said again, "The two old oxen who the brigade assigned to our company and the six imitations of our company, all of which were scrapped.

"What, all eight machine guns have been scrapped?" Xu Shijiu frowned, "What's going on?"

"There is no way. Xiaoji Wuben made a ruthless call this time, rushing forward one after another. The machine gun couldn't stop, but he could only keep firing, strafing, and then strafing." One-eyed dragon said guiltily, "The imitation Czech gun barrel was burning red, and it couldn't even get cold even when he peed up. The old ox didn't have time to change the cold water, and it was all exploded."

After saying that, the one-eyed dragon sighed again and said sadly: "The two old oxes didn't know how to explode the chamber. I was too careless and didn't prepare enough cold water in advance. When the stored cold water was used up, they could only send people to go to the foot of the mountain to get the water. As a result, it was too late. When the cold water was retrieved, the two old oxes had already exploded.'

Seeing that the one-eyed dragon looked guilty, Xu Shijiu advised again: "Forget it, just blow it up. I'll ask for a few barrels from the master's seat." After that, Xu Shijiu patted the one-eyed dragon's shoulder again and said with concern, "Along, you're tired too. Go down and have a good meal. After dinner, you'll probably have a fierce battle tomorrow."

The one-eyed dragon saluted Xu Shijiu, turned around and walked out of the ancestor's hall and headed towards the kitchen.

Watching the figure of the one-eyed dragon go away, Gu Wei suddenly said, "Captain, although the exact number of deaths of the enemy has not been counted, it will not be less than 200. Our 19th Brigade killed more than 200 Japanese devils in a day. Why should we reward you? Otherwise, we call the division seat and ask Commander-in-Chief Tang for rewards?"

Xu Shijiu shook his head and said, "Forget rewards, fighting the Japanese is our duty."

Gu Wei sighed and stopped talking. He was actually very clear about Xu Shijiu's difficulties. His identity was not there, and he refused to give up his views on the committee. Even if he reported his military achievements, even if the teacher was in the military seat and Commander-in-Chief Tang pleaded with him, the Military seat and Commander-in-Chief Tang would not have any substantial expressions. At most, he would give him a verbal reward.

Xu Shijiu said again: "But you reminded me that I still have to go to the division headquarters. In addition to asking for a gun barrel, I also have to get Hu Jie's gun platoon back. Tomorrow, the offensive of the Japanese-Bank will only be more fierce than today. If there is no artillery support, even if all the machine guns of the entire brigade are scrapped, I am afraid that I will not be able to stop the Japanese-Bank."

Gu Wei asked: "There are night attacks in the mines..."

Xu Shijiu said: "Let Lu Yong lead the 2nd Company to cooperate with Li Zihan to bury the mines, and then let Gao Shenxing lead the guard platoon to attack at night. If you have the chance, you will hit him. If you don't have the chance, forget it. Don't show off."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements now." Gu Wei turned around and left the Ancestor Hall.

Xu Shijiu also hurriedly left the Ancestor Hall with Heixiazi. When he was about to walk the mountain road to the main peak of Niushou Mountain, he met a female student who was one of the two female students who insisted on staying to serve as a battlefield rescue doctor yesterday. Xu Shijiu remembered that her name was Li Yulan, who seemed to be a college student at Jinling Women's University.

"Captain Xu, I want to take a leave." Li Yulan smiled at Xu Shijiu, and two dimples appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Xu Shijiu sighed slightly in his heart. Yesterday, when more than a dozen boys and two female students insisted on staying, Xu Shijiu was angry on the surface, but he was still very happy. Although these intellectuals had not been trained and could not fight, staying was still very useful. At this time, seeing Wang Yu half-excuse leaving, Xu Shijiu couldn't help feeling disappointed.

"Okay." Xu Shijiu nodded and said, "But now that the Japanese army has reached the foot of Niushou Mountain, the road at the foot of the mountain is no longer safe. Let's do this. Anyway, I have to go to the division headquarters. Why don't you follow me to the main peak of Niushou Mountain first, and then go down from the northern foot of Niushou Mountain. This way, it should be safer."

"Thank you, Captain." Wang Yulan naturally agreed.

Although Wang Yulan has not been with the wounded in Guanyin Hall for a long time, she has heard a lot of battle stories about Xu Shijiu from Ergua and the others. Wang Yulan is eighteen years old and is in a season like a flower. At this time, she admires heroes the most. If you can get close to a combat hero like Xu Shijiu, Wang Yulan is naturally excited.

However, on the way to the main peak of Niushou Mountain, Wang Yulan kept asking about Li Zihan.

"Captain, does Li Zihan have a wife who has not passed the door, named Qin Yuzhen?"

"Captain, I heard that this fiancée of Captain Li also went to Shanghai and joined the medical team?"

"Captain, I heard that you retreated from Shanghai and encountered a sneak attack by the Japanese army when you passed through Kunshan? Several brothers and two female nurses were sacrificed, one of which was Captain Li's fiancée?"

"Oh my God, it's just because we meet, we are separated from one's life and death. Squad leader Li must be very sad.

Xu Shijiu dealt with Wang Yulan in a mess. He had already seen that this little girl was probably in love with Li Zihan, so she became interested in his affairs. It is not surprising to think about it. A sad and beautiful love story like Li Zihan and Qin Yuzhen is indeed easy to move the little girl.

What's more, Li Zihan is indeed very heroic.

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The 58th Division's headquarters is located in a natural cave on the north slope of the East Peak of Niushou. There are dense mountain vines at the entrance. It is difficult to detect even if the reconnaissance aircraft of Xiaojiwuben passes through the ultra-low altitude, and it is absolutely safe to be guaranteed.

When Xu Shijiu walked into the cave, Feng Shengfa had just finished talking to Yu Jishi. He didn't know what Yu Jishi said to Feng Shengfa on the phone. After hanging up the phone, Feng Shengfa's expression seemed very serious. He frowned and looked at the map without saying a word. It was not until Xu Shijiu walked into the cave to report loudly that Feng Shengfa was awakened.

Seeing Xu Shijiu, Feng Shengfa's expression was slower and he said, "Ajiu, are you here?"

Xu Shijiu walked to Feng Shengfa and stood still, and asked in a low voice: "Master, is the situation of the battle not optimistic?"

Feng Shengfa nodded with a serious expression and said in a deep voice: "The situation of the battle is indeed not optimistic. Today is the first day of the Japanese attacking the southeast position. Your 19th Brigade suffered half a company of casualties. Qiu Weida's 306th Regiment was also attacked by the Japanese army in Hushu Town, and also lost half a company. Ji Hongru's 301st Regiment, who guarded Songshu, lost a battalion!"

After a pause, Feng Shengfa said again: "But I still want to praise you. The 19th Brigade fought well in Zutangshan. Gu Wei had just reported the number of enemies to kill. I really didn't expect that you actually killed more than 200 Japanese devils. Ji Hongru's 301st Regiment lost 500 people in Songshu, and only killed more than 200 Japanese soldiers."

Xu Shijiu originally did not intend to give a reward, but since Feng Shengfa took the initiative to mention it, he took the boat and said, "Master, can you give Commander-in-Chief Tang a report, call for commendation, meritorious merits, medals, etc., it's fine, but at least you have to pay a pension to the fallen soldiers and injured brothers, right?"

Feng Shengfa said: "If you report the list of fallen soldiers, the National Government will naturally pay the pension."

Xu Shiwujiu said: "Master, it's not that I don't trust the National Government, but you know the National Government's Government."

Since the day the National Government was established, military expenditure has remained high, and the years with the least expenditure accounted for more than half of the total fiscal revenue. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, military expenditure increased to several times the fiscal revenue. Where can the National Government pay extra money to pay pensions to the fallen officers and soldiers?

If you cannot send out the pension, you can only send a public letter, asking the families of the fallen soldiers to take the official letter with a seal from the Ministry of Military Affairs to ask the local government for money. However, local governments in various places are unable to make up for the income and cannot even raise all the taxes for the delivery of the Central Committee. Where can the money be paid to the families of the fallen soldiers?

Therefore, the so-called pensions issued by the National Government are actually all unpaid bills.

In fact, after the eight years of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Kuomintang army was killed more than three million. The National Government did not pay even a penny to ordinary officers and soldiers. Even though they later received a large amount of free economic aid from the United States, the National Government did not pay a penny to the fallen officers and soldiers. Ten figures of US deposits were added to the American accounts of the four major families.

In other words, more than half of the free economic aid in the United States fell into the private pockets of the four major families, so that after the end of World War II, the newly elected US President Truman would be so angry that he cursed in public that senior officials of the National Government, especially Chairman Chiang, should all be locked in a cage.

Of course, Feng Shengfa knew that the families of the fallen soldiers could not receive the pension at all with the official letter, but he was helpless and sighed: "Ajiu, I will try my best to fight for it, but you should not have too much hope. Moreover, even if Commander-in-Chief Tang agreed, the amount of bonuses would not be too much."
Chapter completed!