A group of people were walking hurriedly in the dim alley. The sound of gunshots coming from Beita Temple made them froze. They all stopped and turned back to look in the direction of the gunfire.
"There may be some of our people over there." Yang Dashu judged, holding a machine gun in his arms.
Yang Ling did not speak, but listened intently. There was only the clicking sound of the Japanese's crooked light machine gun, and no other gunshots. This was not a battle, and the Japanese had no reason to waste bullets for no reason. Suddenly, his heart sank. This was very interesting.
Possibly a massacre.
"Su Er, where is that place over there?" Yang Ling was not familiar with the terrain in Suzhou City, so he immediately pulled Su Er who was standing next to him and asked.
"That's Beita Temple..." Su Er answered, suddenly remembering that a few days ago, a car transported a group of wounded soldiers there, and hurriedly added: "There seem to be some wounded soldiers who were evacuated from the front living in the temple.
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"It's broken!" Hearing Su Er's words, Yang Ling secretly screamed something bad. If there are really wounded soldiers of the National Revolutionary Army over there, listening to the gunshots from the Japanese, they must be in danger now.
"Su Er, lead the way, let's go to Beita Temple!" Although he didn't know whether the wounded soldiers had been poisoned, Yang Ling decided to go back and take a look.
The group of people turned around in a hurry, the front group changed to the back group, and they trotted along the dark streets in the direction of Beita Temple.
Su Er was born and raised in Suzhou, and was extremely familiar with every plant and tree in the city. Although it was a dark night, he led the way and took a shortcut, and Yang Ling and the others quickly arrived at the outskirts of Beita Temple.
There was a Japanese patrol unit on the streets of Beita Temple. Yang Ling and the others did not dare to get too close. They got into the yard and climbed onto the roof. From a distance, they could see corpses lying in the brightly lit square. All wounded soldiers and policemen were slaughtered.
, at this moment, the Japanese soldiers were lifting the corpses one by one, throwing them into the gasoline fire, and burning the corpses.
"Damn the Japs! They killed all those wounded soldiers and brothers!" Yang Dashu stared at the square with red eyes. When he saw the moving Japs soldiers, he gritted his teeth with hatred.
The other defeated soldiers were also clenching their fists with fury all over their bodies. These Japanese soldiers were worse than beasts, and they even spared the wounded soldiers.
Su Er, who was lying on the roof, was filled with regret at this moment. Why didn't he remember that there were so many wounded soldiers here? If they had come earlier, maybe they wouldn't die. He was pulling his hair fiercely at this moment.
, his face was filled with guilt, and he hated himself for being incompetent.
"Company commander, let's fight and avenge those dead brothers!" Yang Dashu asked for a fight with red eyes.
Yang Ling's eyes swept across the faces of the angry soldiers, and seeing their indignant looks, he gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Tonight we will beat him and turn him upside down!"
The Japs' slaughter of wounded soldiers completely angered Yang Ling. His original idea was to do his best to collect the scattered soldiers, and if he could save more people, he would save them first to avoid direct contact with the Japs.
Because Yang Ling knew that the Japs were now at their peak and the victory in the Songhu Battle was unstoppable, if he wanted to fight the Japs, he would only be throwing eggs at rocks, wasting these brave veterans in vain.
The National Revolutionary Army suffered nearly 300,000 casualties in the Songhu War. Most of them were veterans and elites who dared to fight. All of these people died, so that the army lost its backbone and had its backbone broken. For the next few years,
It took years to recover, so he searched for and rescued veterans along the way, hoping to preserve these essences and play a greater role in the future.
Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, Yang Ling avoided contact with the Japanese troops along the way. He wanted to avoid excessive casualties among the surviving veterans, and deliberately suppressed the soldiers' war-seeking mentality.
But now seeing these veterans filled with righteous indignation, he knew that blindly suppressing the anger in their hearts would make them lose the spirit to dare to fight and fight. As the saying goes, if you don't explode in silence, you will perish in silence.
Seeing the Japs slaughtering wounded soldiers, Yang Ling really couldn't bear to swallow it, so he was ready to fight a vigorous battle in Suzhou City to vent the grievances he felt these days and rub off the arrogance of the Japs soldiers.
Yang Ling and the others searched and rescued all night. At this moment, more than a hundred stragglers had gathered around them. There were more than 300 brothers in the building in the west of the city. In total, there were more than 400 veterans. They looked at the people in Beita Temple Square.
The arrogant Japanese soldier, Yang Ling exuded a strong murderous aura.
Although Yang Ling wanted to have a vigorous fight to pay homage to those dead brothers, he was not a reckless person. He knew that the Japanese soldiers were difficult to deal with. If he was not careful, they would all join in. Instead of being able to avenge him, he would actually do something
He didn't want to see a loss-making business.
So after Yang Ling settled his worries, he sent people back to ask Wu Jiang to move the wounded out of the city overnight and bring the remaining brothers to join him, so that he could be sure to fight the Japanese.
"What, he wants to attack the Japanese headquarters!" When Yang Ling sent a soldier back to the dilapidated small building where they were hiding in the west of the city to convey the order to Wu Jiang, unfortunately the regimental deputy Liu Ming who had been knocked unconscious by him woke up.
Now that they were crossing the river, they could not protect themselves. They were surrounded by Japanese soldiers. If they were not careful, they would be wiped out. Instead of thinking about how to evacuate safely, Yang Ling took people out to search and rescue the stragglers who had woken up all over the city.
Liu Ming, the regimental deputy, was frightened.
And now Yang Ling actually wants to be a big shot and wants to attack the Japanese soldiers' headquarters. How can this not make Liu Ming angry? This is simply making fun of the lives of his brothers. No matter what he says, he will not agree.
"You go back and tell Yang Ling, don't mess around, get back quickly, and get out of the city before dawn, otherwise no one will be able to leave at dawn." Although Liu Ming was injured, his head was still clear, and he knew the command of the Japanese soldiers.
What does ministry mean.
Is the Japanese Army's headquarters so easy to fight? It's a hornet's nest! You want to evacuate safely after stabbing the hornet's nest? There is no door. Liu Ming resolutely stops Yang Ling's crazy behavior. This is asking for death.
Although Liu Ming had spoken, the soldier who came back to convey the order to Wu Jiang looked embarrassed and said: "Our company commander said that it is useless for you, Deputy Liu, to stop him. You have already handed over the command."
I gave it to him, and now he is responsible for commanding the battle."
"When did I hand over the command to him!" Liu Minggang woke up and his mind was not clear.
Li Tiezhu coughed next to him and whispered a reminder: "Regiment Vice, when that broken building was surrounded by Japanese soldiers, you asked the acting commander surnamed Yang to break out of the encirclement..."
When Liu Ming heard this, he was immediately exhausted. When he said this, he did not want to be a wounded person and hinder the evacuation of Yang Ling and others, so he asked Yang Ling to command the evacuation. Who knew that Yang Ling knocked him out and brought him out?
Before he could be stunned, this kid actually acted like a tiger and used chicken feathers as arrows.
"I'm awake now, and my command has been taken back. Now I still have the final say here. You should go back quickly and ask him to withdraw. If he disobeys the order, he has to be kidnapped by me!" Liu Ming was shaking with anger and pointed at the man.
The soldier ordered.
The soldier did not move, looking longingly at Wu Jiang, who was standing there silently. Regiment deputy Liu Ming turned to look at Wu Jiang again: "Company Commander Wu, are you going to disobey orders too?!"
"Lieutenant, you'd better sleep a little longer." Wu Jiang said and cut the knife with his hand, and Liu Ming passed out happily again.
"You!" Li Tiezhu watched Liu Ming being knocked unconscious again, pointing at Wu Jiang who was calm and composed and was speechless. These people were getting bolder and bolder.
"Captain Li, the city is dangerous. Please evacuate with your regimental officers quickly." Wu Jiang ignored Li Tiezhu's stunned expression and directly began to speak in a commanding tone.