Meng Shaoyuan had two darkest moments in his life.
Once in Houjia Village.
Another time, on Hualandeng Road in the Shanghai Public Concession.
But this time it's different.
This time:
He is willing!
He is willing to risk his life against the Japanese army!
He is willing to be this desperate defender!
People can die, but they must die standing!
All of them, bayonets on!
For the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the battle in the rearguard battalion was just a small part of countless bloody battles.
But for the rear guard battalion, it is an unforgettable memory in their lives.
Those who are lucky enough to survive, even many years later, still clearly remember those words:
Officers in front, soldiers in the back!
Meng Shaoyuan, Ding Wenrui, company commanders, and platoon commanders all raised their bayonets and rushed out without hesitation.
The same kind of soldiers are the same as the commanders!
The soldiers all became anxious and their eyes turned red when they saw their commander risking his life.
They roared and ran, completely ignoring the enemy's hail of bullets.
They must run in front of the commander, block bullets for the commander, and fight a bloody path for their colleagues!
Yu Song, the second platoon leader, threw a grenade.
There was an explosion with a "boom".
"Tu tu tu tu"!
When he took out the second grenade, a hail of bullets hit him.
Yu Song seemed to feel no pain at all. He pulled off the fuse of the grenade and roared:
"I'm going to fuck your uncle!"
He jumped up and flew out like an eagle!
He solidified his blood and flesh on this land forever!
Everyone is risking their lives!
Everyone is using their blood to pave a way for life!
No fate favors you.
All the paths of life are fought for with one's life!
"Old Li, protect your officer, if something happens to you, you can take matters into your own hands!"
Cao Ruicheng stabbed a Japanese soldier to death with red eyes: "Brothers, charge with me!"
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Meng Shaoyuan is undoubtedly the lucky man.
He was covered in blood, but that was all the blood of the Japanese army!
He couldn't believe it, he didn't even hurt a single hair on his head!
Rush out!
Brothers, you really risked your life to open a bloody path!
The rear guard camp is out!
But what price did this cost?
From the beginning of the blockade to the desperate charge, half of the brothers in the battalion were laid to rest in Myanmar.
They couldn't even take back the remains of the martyrs!
Meng Shaoyuan's guards also came out.
There are five people left!
I brought out twelve people!
Li Zhifeng kept watching. When he saw the injured Shi Yongfu, he pulled him to his side: "Where is Cao Ruicheng? Is he someone else?"
"No more, no more."
Shi Yongfu shook his head in despair.
"Fart!" Li Zhifeng suddenly became furious: "Go back and find him, go back and rescue him!"
"It's gone, captain, it's really gone!" Shi Yongfu, such a tough man, cried loudly: "Old Cao covered us, he was knocked down by a bullet, he asked us to leave, leave him alone, I refused, wanted to If I take him with me, he will be a slap in the face to me..."
"Protect your commander, and tell Li Zhifeng that I don't have to wear small shoes with him anymore!"
Cao Ruicheng struggled to stand up, holding himself up not to fall down: "Sir, please take care, we didn't catch up in Houjiacun, Myanmar, we caught up."
The bayonet had been broken, so he picked up a bayonet from the ground: "Sir, I am your confidant. I got the Dabu Decoction for you. It's a pity that I can't help you get it anymore." Good stuff.”
Several Japanese soldiers surrounded him.
"All of you, bayonets on!"
Cao Ruicheng mounted the bayonet again.
He was alone.
But he clearly felt that his brothers were with him!
"What a bastard!"
Cao Ruicheng roared:
"kill!"
He is one of countless expeditionary heroes.
This was one of countless bloody expeditions.
Cao Ruicheng, 28 years old, is a second lieutenant officer of the Iron Blood Guards and a native of Fushun.
Killed in action on May 14, 1942, Burma.
About half of the dead soldiers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force were under the age of 25.
No one can imagine that when he is usually called "Lao Cao, Lao Cao", he is actually only twenty-eight years old.
At 14:00 on November 5, 2015, the remains of 347 expeditionary force soldiers entered the country from the Houqiao Port in Tengchong, Yunnan.
Is there Cao Ruicheng in this?
Most likely not.
He doesn't care.
From the first moment he stepped out of the country, he never thought about where his bones would be buried.
There is no place in the mountains where bones are not buried!
However, the people of the motherland have never forgotten these heroic spirits from foreign countries!
One day, one day, Cao Ruicheng and his brothers will come back!
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"Sir, this is a Burmese secret recipe. It's a good thing."
"Sir, you are stupid. That is the biggest secret of our military command. You must not tell anyone!"
That sentence clearly appeared in Meng Shaoyuan's mind over and over again.
He wanted to cry.
But he couldn't cry.
At least you can't cry in front of your subordinates!
A pair of hands held his hand.
That's He Yu!
He Yu also rushed out.
She wanted to comfort Brother Meng, but she didn't know where to start.
"Sir."
Ding Wenrui, whose face was covered in blood, came breathing heavily: "We rushed out."
Then, he said with some difficulty: "But, your telecommunications class has been dispersed."
Meng Shaoyuan said "Oh" numbly.
Why do we have to bring women with us to a war?
Meng Shaoyuan has never been a male chauvinist, but he has always believed that it is a man's business to fight, bleed, and be loyal to the country.
Especially when facing those beasts of the Japanese army!
"Sir, what should we do now?"
Meng Shaoyuan cheered up: "Immediately move to the Seymour Highway and catch up with the regiment headquarters!"
I can't control it anymore.
Those who have been dispersed and those who are lagging behind cannot be controlled.
Now, how to ensure the safety of the remaining brothers is the most important thing!
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The whereabouts of the 200th Division were still discovered by the Japanese army!
It is said that the target of Dai Anlan's 200 Division is very small. If they were hidden in the vast jungle of Myanmar, the Japanese army would not be able to discover their whereabouts quickly.
The Chinese army is fighting in a foreign country, and the Japanese army is also fighting in a foreign country. Why does the Japanese army know the geographical situation and transportation routes of Myanmar better than the Chinese army?
Why?
The Burmese traitors are the Burmese Independence Volunteer Army.
The Burmese Independence Volunteer Army detected the location of the 200th Division, and the Japanese set up an ambush on the Seymour Highway, where the 200th Division must pass.
As soon as the 200th Division arrived at the ambush site, the Japanese troops ambush here rushed out and the offensive was extremely fierce.
At this time, if they had been replaced by ordinary troops, they would have been thrown into chaos and collapsed by the unexpected attack by the Japanese army. The 200th Division was not an ordinary unit. They quickly stabilized their position.
In this critical situation, Dai Anlan decisively ordered:
"Today either the fish will die or the net will be broken. Order the entire army to attack!"
On the 18th, the 200th Division launched a desperate assault!
