novelaction Chapter 199 I am willing to stop the war with my body
Chapter 199 I am willing to stop the war with my body
After reading the letter, Yue Xiangli was silent for a long time, and finally said only one sentence: "Good job."
He had lost count of how many suicide notes he had received, and he knew that the number of letters he had received was only a handful.
"report!"
"Come in."
A soldier came in, saluted, and handed a piece of paper to Yue Xiangli, "Commander, this is a telegram from the commander-in-chief, asking our army to move eastward and cooperate with the Fourth and Seventh Armies in the North to annihilate the Japanese pirates and win a great victory to boost morale!"
"The commander-in-chief said that we must win at all costs and not lose!"
Yue nodded to Li and immediately sent someone out to call the officers and ask them to organize their troops and set off.
Standing on his horse holding the reins, the army behind him marched in an orderly manner. Yue Xiangli looked up at the sky and exhaled.
Ning Sangyu turned on the kettle, tilted his head back and took a sip of water.
Yue Xiangli turned to look at her and she handed him the kettle.
Yue Xiangli drank two sips of the water she opened, and then screwed the lid back on.
The two horses were running side by side, and he asked, "Sangsang, are you tired?"
Ning Sangyu twisted the reins and whispered, "I'm tired, but I dare not say I'm tired. If I can't hold on, then I will have no home."
"Then keep holding on, and you will win."
"Yes, we will win." After a while, she responded.
Ning Sangyu turned and asked, "Is Shen Dingwei in the Seventh Army in the North?"
"Correct."
"You haven't seen each other for twelve years. Time has passed so quickly, but it has also been particularly painful."
Wanjiezhu, who often entertains himself, is particularly silent in this world.
It can't do anything.
A month later, the three armies joined forces.
Shen Dingwei and Yue Xiangli hugged each other, "Xiangli, we haven't seen each other for twelve years. It's really hard to see each other again."
"Yeah, it's really hard." Yue smiled at Li, "It's a good thing we can see each other again."
After they finished talking, Ning Sangyu asked, "Where's Junyi? Is he in the back?"
Shen Dingwei was silent after hearing this, and after a long while he said, "Sacrificed."
Ning Sangyu and Yue Xiangli were both stunned.
"She died last month. The enemy bombed our army. Junyi was evacuating the wounded and was hit by a shell. I... couldn't save her." Shen Dingwei's eyes were red and his voice was choked with sobs.
"At first, I didn't dare tell the children that their mother was gone, nor did I dare let them see her incomplete body."
"Later, my little daughter asked me for her mother, and I could only point to the small grave and say, 'Mom is over there.'"
Shen Dingwei forced a smile, "She said she wanted to wait until the war was over so we could go home together, but she didn't wait."
Seeing their silence, Shen Dingwei calmed himself down and said, "It's okay. I'll take her back with me in the future. I'll use my life to win this battle and allow more people to return home."
Yue Xiangli patted his shoulder, speechless.
After the troops were assembled, the three armies discussed and decided that Yue Xiangli would be the commander-in-chief. The third army would face the enemy head-on to tie down the enemy's main firepower, while the fourth and seventh armies would surround the enemy from the flanks and annihilate the enemy with heavy firepower.
The sound of artillery fire was so deafening that it made people's ears buzz. Mud and sand were blown into the air by the artillery fire, and the trench was charred.
"Report! Commander, the enemy has sent tens of thousands of reinforcements to the north, and they are trying to break through and surround us with strong firepower!" A soldier with a bandage wrapped around his head came back from the front with the news, "The third division of the fourth route was killed! A gap has been opened on the northern front!"
Hua Zhige and other generals were standing next to Yue Xiangli, listening to him dispatch troops.
From time to time, mud and sand fell on the general's tent, and the generals' hats and the maps on the table were covered with sand.
"Commander, let me go. We must stop the enemy's conspiracy! Even if I have to use my body to block it, I will block this gap!" Hua Zhige said.
Others also asked for orders.
Yue Xiangli looked up from the map and turned to look at Hua Zhige, "Go."
It’s hard to come back from this time.
Hua Zhige saluted him and said, "I will not fail in your mission!"
Hua Zhige turned around and ran out, heading for the northern front with his subordinates.
Two months later, Hua Zhige and his men intercepted five waves of reinforcements, but he was also hit by several bullets. He lay in the trench, his consciousness was blurred, and the sound of his own gunfire gradually disappeared from his ears.
All our own people have sacrificed their lives, and there is no one left.
After the enemy fired a lot of shots, they advanced again.
Hua Zhige slowed down his breathing, used his last bit of consciousness to pull open the explosive pack, and threw it out. The huge force blew the enemy away.
The last small group of enemies was also successfully intercepted.
I wish to use my body to stop the war.
Ning Sangyu annihilated the enemies on other fronts and happened to see the explosion when he led his troops over.
"Go and see if anyone is still alive?"
"Yes!"
Ning Sangyu squatted in front of Hua Zhige, looked at the man whose eyes were still open, and closed his eyes.
She whispered, "Master Hua, we won."
There was a photo embedded in the helmet that fell to the side. After clearing away the dirt, five people could be seen in the photo.
Yue Xiangli, Hua Zhige, Zheng Kaisheng, Xiang Zaihe, and Yan Qiupei.
Hua Zhige was carried away on a stretcher and Ning Sangyu took the photos away.
After two months, the three armies won a great victory, which greatly boosted the morale of the whole country.
Also, the casualties were heavy.
When Ning Sangyu took the photo back, Yue Xiangli was also dressed in black, patrolling the trenches.
Seeing Ning Sangyu coming to him alone, he understood something, "You didn't come back, did you?"
Ning Sangyu nodded, "Yes, he didn't come back. The body was carried away."
She handed him the photo, "Found it in the hat."
Yue Xiangli took the photo, looked at it as he walked, and said, "This photo was taken in 1920, which is 19 years ago."
After reorganizing the troops again, Yue Xiangli stayed in place as ordered.
In July 1941, Yue Xiangli received another letter.
From Yan Qiupei.
He looked at the letters that had been sent to him from many places and was actually afraid to open them.
Yue Xiangli handed the letter to Ning Sangyu beside him and said, "Sangsang, read it to me."
Ning Sangyu opened it and put away her heavy mood.
"From the Marshal himself, I am grateful for your letter..."
"From the Marshal himself, I am grateful for your letter:
As you can see from this letter, I have already served my country.
I left my wife and children first, and now I am leaving you and your wife.
I have been holding a gun for twenty-five years. First, I guarded the three eastern provinces of Qing Dynasty with you for eleven years, then I held the gun secretly for ten years, and then I fought against foreign enemies for four years. I have been on the battlefield for half a lifetime, but I have never lost my original intention.
I am defending the city to the death. The corpses are taller than the walls and the enemy is so numerous that I can’t see the end of it. But I cannot and dare not retreat. I know there is no possibility of my survival, so I put pen to paper.
Kaisheng, Zaihe and Zhige are leading the way, and now I am going too, so we are of the same mind.
Five of us started out as comrades at Jingxi Mountain, and have been together for more than twenty years, but now you are the only one left.
I cannot see the sun rise, so I hope you can offer us a sacrifice in the future, bring a jug of good wine, and tell us your victory.
I am willing to fight for my country and have no regrets.
April 17, 1941, Yan Qiupei wrote his last words.
Her voice was choked with sobs.
Yue Xiangli looked at the photo on the table in front of him and said, "Sangsang, I am really a commander without troops. My division commanders can no longer lead the troops."