"Mom!" Erya threw herself into Aunt Han's arms, her body trembling.
"Erya, don't be afraid. Mom is here for everything. Mom is here. Nothing will happen to you, nothing will happen to you." The old lady was like a chicken protecting a chick, opening her arms to protect Erya tightly.
Inside, while looking at the door with vigilant eyes.
Outside the door, gunshots sounded closer than one, indicating that the security forces of the Independent Regiment were retreating towards their small courtyard.
After Sun Changhe left with the main force of the guard battalion, there was only one guard platoon left in the independent regiment's headquarters. In the previous battle, this guard platoon had suffered more than half casualties, and now there are only less than 20 left.
Individuals, together with the cooks and grooms left behind by the regiment headquarters, gathered together and relied on various small courtyards in the army compound to resist desperately.
Due to the rush, no one came to the army compound to organize the evacuation.
In fact, there was no time to evacuate, because Abe's resolute combat team arrived too quickly. Almost before the battle started, they had already rushed into the regiment headquarters and defeated the regiment's guard platoon. The situation had already taken a turn for the worse and was out of control.
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Another gunshot sounded outside, but this time it was very close, right outside the door of the Han family's courtyard.
Erya's body trembled more and more violently, and Aunt Han hugged Erya tighter and tighter. While Aunt Han comforted Erya, she was also very nervous. If she was afraid, why wouldn't Aunt Han be afraid? But again
She had to hold on even if she was afraid. She had to protect her daughter-in-law and the child in her belly.
After a muffled groan, silence began to fall outside the door.
After a while, slow footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door. Finally, the footsteps stopped outside the door, and then there was another frightening silence, which lasted for dozens of seconds. After Aunt Han and
Just when Erya thought the man had left, the door was suddenly kicked open, and then a black figure rushed in from outside the door.
Erya immediately screamed and buried her head in Aunt Han's arms. Aunt Han also turned around instinctively, facing away from the black figure who came in, but tightly protecting Erya in her arms.
In the darkness, a flashlight suddenly lit up, illuminating Aunt Han and the trembling Erya.
Finding that there were two women, one was an old man and the other was a pregnant woman, the man who came in relaxed a little, then strode over, put a bright bayonet on Aunt Han's neck, and then shouted out the door.
He babbled and said in blunt Chinese: "Go, get out!"
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Gao Chu rushed down like flying from Qingniuling.
At this time, the entire fortress and the entire Mei Town were in chaos.
Shooting was going on everywhere, at the fortress, at the heavy artillery position, and even at the regiment headquarters. There was no telling how many Japanese soldiers had gotten in.
After descending from Qingniuling, Gao Chu immediately rushed towards the fortress.
Although he was very worried about Chu Chu's safety, Chu Chu was still pregnant with his child. How could Gao Chu not be worried?
But no matter how worried he was, he had to endure it, because compared to an individual's small family, the safety of the entire base area was obviously more important, because it was related to the safety of thousands of families.
As the battalion commander of the fortress garrison, how can you abandon everyone and take care of your small family?
Holding back the reluctance and worry in his heart, Gao Chu grabbed the Browning pistol and rushed outside the fortress as quickly as possible.
When Gao Chu rushed over, Takeo's combat team on the mountain had just withdrawn, and the entire fortress was still in chaos. Some people said they wanted to pursue it, while others thought it was important to protect the fortress. Some people said that half of the troops would be sent to clear out the little Japs who had infiltrated.
Several company commanders got into a quarrel, and no one gave in.
After Gao Chu arrived, several company commanders immediately gathered around him as if they were a savior and started arguing.
Gao Chu was so quarreled by several company commanders that he shouted: "Shut up, shut up everyone!"
As soon as Gao Chu got angry, several company commanders fell silent. Gao Chu snorted and shouted: "Listen to my order and guard the main bunker of the fortress for the whole company. Without my order, no one is allowed to approach without permission. Anyone who dares to disobey will be shot to death."
Even if the company immediately goes out of the Shaqiaogang position, no matter who comes, they will be shot, and I, the King of Heaven, will do the same."
"yes!"
"yes!"
The two company commanders responded with a bang and left with their troops.
Gao Chu gritted his teeth and said to the last company commander: "You, take the Third Company with me and kill the Japs who have infiltrated. Damn it, these little Japs have turned into spirits and are actually playing dirty tricks. Don't
I think our independent group will be easy to bully if the leader is not here, let’s see how I deal with you.”
Gao Chu gave an order, and more than three hundred officers and soldiers immediately swarmed out of the fortress.
The third company originally had more than 500 officers and soldiers, but in the melee just now, the third company suffered the greatest losses, with more than 100 dead, and now only more than 300 officers and soldiers are left.
Gao Chu led the third company out of the fortress and met the county brigade head on.
Just now, Gao Chu fired a warning shot from the top of the cliff, and the county brigade stationed next to the county government was immediately alerted.
The county brigade was actually a local militia with poor training and slow response. By the time they were fully assembled and rushed over, the battle on the fortress had already been completed.
The captain of the county brigade is concurrently served by the county magistrate Liu Jinbiao.
"Captain Gao!" Liu Jinbiao asked as soon as he saw Gao Chu, "How is the situation over there at the fortress?"
After all, Liu Jinbiao was also an old revolutionary and knew that the fortress was of great importance, so after gathering the team, the first reinforcement target was the fortress. Although the independent regiment headquarters was already in a mess at this time, Liu Jinbiao still led the county brigade and went straight to the fortress.
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"The fortress is fine. There is a group of Japanese who are attacking us. We have to push back." Gao Chu responded loudly, "The gunfire from the heavy artillery brigade was also very fierce just now. County Magistrate Liu, please hurry up and take the county brigade over there. I'm worried about the heavy artillery."
The brigade can't handle it, and if something happens there, our fortress will be in trouble."
"Okay." Liu Jinbiao nodded and said, "You take the troops to the regiment headquarters. I will take the county brigade to see the heavy artillery position first. If nothing happens, I will take the troops to the regiment headquarters to support you."
In just a moment, the two of them discussed it and then took their respective troops and went their separate ways.
Gao Chu led the third company straight to the regiment headquarters. He was almost flying all the way. He wanted to put on his wings and fly to the army compound. By this time, the fortress had already determined that everything was fine, and Gao Chu's heart dropped.
Halfway through, I became particularly worried about Chu Chu's safety.
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Aunt Han helped Erya out of the courtyard. At this time, the lights on the street outside were still on.
Through the light, Aunt Han saw a soldier lying down at the gate of her small courtyard at a glance. Looking at the armband on his arm, she knew that he was a soldier from the regiment's security platoon. He was only eighteen years old at most, but he had been closed forever.
Eyes closed.
"Hurry up!" Aunt Han and Erya hesitated for a moment, but the Japanese behind them immediately urged them fiercely.
Erya held tightly the horse-riding warrior doll that Han Feng gave to her unborn son with her hands, and said to Aunt Han in a low voice: "Mom, I'm afraid."
"Don't be afraid, your mother is here." Aunt Han quickly comforted her, "Your mother is here."
When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law walked out of the courtyard, they found that the doors of various nearby courtyards were opening one after another, and the military family members were being escorted out by the Japanese one by one. Among these family members, Aunt Han saw Battalion Commander Gao's newly pregnant daughter-in-law Chu Chu and her
sister in law.
Seeing Aunt Han and Erya, Chu Chu and her sister-in-law walked a few steps closer and came closer. Although they were still under the knife of the Japanese, the women working together gave them a sense of security.
Several Japs were escorting a dozen family members out of the compound, when suddenly a gunshot rang out from behind.
When they heard the gunshots, the Japs gathered together and muttered a few words in Japanese, then immediately separated into two people and headed towards the direction of the gunshots. The remaining Japs continued to escort Aunt Han, while Erya and the others headed forward.
Go to the regimental headquarters.
Chu Chu glanced at the direction where the gunfire rang out just now, and whispered: "It seems to be Minister Xiao's house."
The Minister Chu Chu is talking about is Xiao Yanyue, the director of the Logistics Department of the Independent Regiment.
The veteran is Captain Langya and is rarely at home. There are usually only two people at home, Xiao Yanyue and Doudou. The women immediately began to worry about Xiao Yanyue and Doudou. Although Xiao Yanyue is also a veteran, she is a woman after all.
, how can they be the opponents of these fierce-looking Japanese soldiers?
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When Doudou climbed into the water tank, Xiao Yanyue handed Doudou a reed pole.
Although Doudou was still young, under the influence of Xu Rui and Leng Tiefeng, he had already mastered a lot of special warfare skills. He immediately took the reed pole from Xiao Yanyue without saying a word and clicked it.
nodded.
Xiao Yanyue touched Doudou's little head lovingly and said: "Be good, Doudou, hide yourself and don't make any sound. Mom, go and lead the Japanese away."
Doudou nodded obediently.
Xiao Yanyue came up and kissed Doudou's little face again, turned around and rushed out of the door. Doudou took a deep look at Xiao Yanyue's back, then bit the reed pole and sank into the water.
Soon, the water in the water tank became calm again, leaving only a small reed stick exposed.
But if you don't look closely, you won't be able to spot it at all.
As soon as Xiao Yanyue rushed out of the gate, she ran into a Japanese man.
Xiao Yanyue raised her Browning pistol and fired two shots at the Japs, but the Japs dodged them.
The Japs slid out from the corner where they were hiding to fight back, but Xiao Yanyue rolled forward to dodge. Xiao Yanyue then jumped forward, climbed over the fence of the small courtyard, and entered the backyard.
Across the backyard is the back mountain. Once inside, Xiao Yanyue is confident of escaping.
However, at this moment, a black figure suddenly jumped up from under the wall, and struck Xiao Yanyue hard on the back with a whip. Xiao Yanyue immediately groaned and fell down from the air. Without waiting, Xiao Yanyue
After getting up, a leather shoe jumped out of the darkness and stepped on Xiao Yanyue's right wrist.
Xiao Yanyue felt pain, and the Browning pistol in her hand fell to the ground.
The Japs bent over and picked up the Browning pistol, then unloaded the magazine and threw it away.
