On the eighth day of June, the third battalion where Sun Botao was located once again launched a fierce attack on the enemy and occupied a mountain in the evening. However, Jiannu, who was guarding the mountain, still resisted desperately with his strong fortifications. It seemed that everyone knew that there was no surrender in this war.

They even buried a large number of mines around the position, and the fierce battle lasted for two full days.

During this period, other troops marched along the main road and arrived at a place less than ten miles from Shijian. There were a hot spring area here. There were no residents in the town. There were several hot spring hotels on the street. The steamy hot springs were definitely an irresistible temptation for the tired soldiers.

For exhausted soldiers, being able to take a hot bath is definitely a pleasure. Unlike the records of Western missionaries in the late Qing Dynasty that Chinese people did not like to take baths, in the records of missionaries, Chinese people in the Ming Dynasty liked to take baths very much, and they were extremely hygienic. To put it bluntly, clean and tidy, and bathing was equated with economics. Who would take a bath every day when they couldn't even eat enough?

The officers naturally knew the desire of the soldiers very well. With the order, both officers and soldiers were given the opportunity to take a bath, allowing them to wash away the dirt accumulated on their bodies since the war.

The soldiers were so happy that they couldn't wait. Even if the hot springs were not enough, it didn't matter. They directly found a large tank and a basin, put it on the side of the road and poured the hot spring water into it, and then took off their bodies in broad daylight on the street and took a shower.

"It's rare. I didn't expect that in Japan, there are also places that make people like in addition to the Japanese girls!"

The soldiers who were bathing in the streets were joking and scrubbing their bodies. Without exception, their bodies were covered with blood and soil.

After a soldier jumped out of the water tank, he looked at his body again, and then said to himself.

"What's going on? Why are there so much dust on your body? No, I have to wash it for a while..."

He jumped in again as he said that, and he even took a shower three or four times a day, so that the captain of the company asked in the end.

"I heard you actually took a shower five times a day, right?"

Faced with the captain's question, he had a serious expression and replied:

"Yes, I finally cleaned up all the dirty mud on my body. It's so comfortable to soak in this bath!"

Of course, not everyone likes taking a bath like him. Of course, there are soldiers who refuse to take a bath. They do not like it, but they have their own reasons. Once a soldier tastes the refreshing taste, the life will be difficult in the future, so this kind of temporary cleanliness and refreshing is completely unnecessary.

Everyone has their attitude towards war, but it is certain that even the bravest warriors will inevitably seem a little nervous at this moment. They are very clear about what they are going to face.

It is less than a day away from Ishimi. Today, camping and taking a bath here may be the last chance to have a good sleep. After that, I don’t know when I can have a good sleep. Even many of them believe that maybe this is probably the last time I sleep.

Jiannu will definitely resist to the end, and they will never surrender!

Of course, it is impossible for everyone to accept their surrender.

There are no surrenders in this war, and no one will be surrendered!

The soldiers were indeed nervous. They once again thought of themselves on the battlefield and their destiny tomorrow.

Either live or die.

That night, the soldiers packed their backpacks and packed them in cookies and tin cans. Then they counted all sixty bullets and fire hats, put them in bullet boxes at their waists, and checked for grenades again. Finally, they put their suicide note in their wallets or put them in their laptops in their underwear pockets.

For the soldiers, this night was a night that was hard to sleep. After enjoying a moment of comfort, what would be waiting for them tomorrow?

As a second lieutenant officer, Sun Botao looked extremely heavy. He thought of the fire he set and even recalled the flames he had seen when he was a teenager, which were the flames burning in the city.

His family, his parents, and brothers and sisters all died under the butcher knife when Jiannu invaded. Once upon a time, the sadness that faded once again surged into his heart.

He was silent, as if he was remembering something, picked up the pencil, wrote this passage on his notebook, and broke the pencil in his hand with a "click" and threw it into the fire beside him.

“June 8th day, sunny:

This may be my last diary. People will die once, but tomorrow I will die without regrets!”

Looking at the pen burning in the fire, Sun Botao's heart suddenly became very calm, and he was immersed in an inexplicable mood. He carefully wiped the saber, then checked the revolver, wiped the gun body, ensured that the fire cap was installed in place, and finally filled the kettle with water.

He even deliberately wrapped a box of matches carefully in oil paper and put them in his backpack. When everything was ready, he said to himself.

"It depends on tomorrow!"

In order to ensure that tomorrow we can join the warriors in a hundred times more energetic state, Sun Botao fell asleep early.

Of course, there were also many soldiers who looked very calm, and they didn't even make any preparations, but they tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, but they just lay there, and they didn't even think about preparing anything unless the commanders were ordered by the superiors.

That night, everyone could not fall asleep peacefully.

The next day, Sun Botao's troops finally arrived at Shimiji. The distance was only five miles. Not only could the city wall be seen clearly, but the mountains around the city were also clearly visible. This should be said to be the outpost position of the general attack Shimiji.

Starting from the afternoon, small-scale battles with troops outside Jiannu City occurred from time to time, and their resistance was extremely fierce.

At night, the enemy began to retreat one after another, and they began to retreat to the bastion outside the city and tried to rely on the fortress to defend. After all, Xie's facts told them that no matter how hard they fought in the outpost, it would be useless.

However, these Jiannu buried mines on the position before retreating, which caused some trouble to the attacking troops.

But it was just a trouble. With their retreat, Ishimi was surrounded. As a city, the city has become an isolated city.

At noon the next day, people who came from afar could finally clearly see Shi Jian's city wall.
Chapter completed!