"I'm tired. I'm already old. I don't want to live the life of licking blood with the tip of a knife anymore. I was also present in the battle between you and Ji Zang. He is right. We are all old, so we should no longer interfere. Something we can't do anything about.
China still has to leave it to these young people to solve the problem. Don't you think so? "
Shadow's voice was very calm, and it was obvious that he had made the final decision.
In other words, before this, Shadow had not made such a decision, but was still struggling. So he watched a performance quietly watching the changes.
The entire surprise attack force was wiped out, and Tianhong was seriously injured.
So Shadow made a decision to withdraw from the world. But before leaving, he still had to give an explanation to Tianhong. After all, he was his former leader.
During thirty years of cold and summer, they performed tasks together, drank together, and discussed national affairs together.
Although most of them, Shadow is just a listener, but he is still passionate about it and wants to restore the country's prestige.
But at this time, things seemed to be very different from what he thought. He increasingly lost hope and became a lackey of the Japanese.
He had killed Japanese people secretly, but so what? A certain Emperor Pu was still a puppet of the Japanese, and this has not changed at all.
But the appearance of the Dragon Boat Festival made him see the hope of China's rise. This young man has been leading a group of passionate young people to fight against the Japanese invaders. Occasionally when I see him, I feel like I have returned to my youth.
This feeling is very strange, just like an old tree blooming in spring.
"You are talking nonsense! The Qing Dynasty will not perish. As long as we are here, the Qing Dynasty will not perish!"
Tianhong roared, but at this time, tears were already pouring out of his cheeks.
Duanwu slowly put away his gun at this moment, because at this moment, he saw loyalty in Tianhong's eyes. And his faith also collapsed at this moment.
"Hahaha, hahaha! The Qing Dynasty will not perish, it will not perish, hahaha! Hahaha!"
Tianhong suddenly laughed, jumped up suddenly, and hit the towering tree on the side. After only hearing a bang, the hero of the generation, Tianhong, committed suicide.
At this time of the Dragon Boat Festival, he slowly raised his right hand to salute Tianhong's body, which was a sign of respect for the soldiers.
At the same time, all the soldiers of the Supervisory Corps were like this. Although this mysterious surprise attack force caused great casualties to the Supervisory Corps, they were a group of admirable opponents.
puff!
However, when Duanwu and others were saluting Tianhong's corpse, a man in black who was seriously injured but not dead pulled out the short knife from his waist and stabbed himself in the heart.
When he was dying, he said nothing, but remained kneeling, facing northeast.
Duanwu and everyone looked at each other, sighing in their hearts for the loyalty of Tianhong and his subordinates.
But at this moment, the surviving men in black in the forest knelt down on one knee, facing the northeast, pulled out their short knives, and stabbed themselves in the chest.
"The battle is over, what are you doing?"
Lao Snoring looked at the man in black who was kneeling on the ground and committing suicide in surprise.
"We are an obstacle to this country's continued progress. China's future will be left to you. Kill, kill all the Japanese."
The man in black's voice was hoarse and his breath became weaker and weaker. Finally, he could no longer maintain his kneeling position and fell to the ground.
At this moment, Lao Shou was moved, and crystal tears appeared in the corners of his eyes.
"Give power to the First Special Battalion and order them to withdraw. The Special Battalion sends out scouts to conduct reconnaissance within a five-kilometer radius. The rest treat the wounded and bury the fallen brothers. By the way, bury these surprise troops as well!"
At this moment, Duanwu gave the order. Lao Shou and others acted according to Dragon Boat Festival's orders.
Duanwu sat on a tree stump in the forest, pulled off a strip of his shirt, and covered the wound on the outside of his thigh.
He felt a little heavy as he looked at the bodies of the soldiers being carried away one by one in front of him. The largest casualty in this battle was the cavalry battalion, which probably lost nearly one-third. The secret service battalion also suffered casualties. Although the casualties were not large, the secret service battalion was a sharp knife in his hand.
Duanwu felt that he should leave with his troops as soon as possible, cross the Yellow River, go south from the west bank of the Yellow River, and enter Henan, where the supply convoy would meet him.
And with enough ammunition, he can train and train the new soldiers, and in turn, he can take care of the 110th Division and the 5th Division.
Duanwu was thinking about his next plan, but he didn't know when there was a branch next to him with a note tied to it.
Duanwu looked up and saw that the shadow was long gone. In other words, this shadow actually threw the note to Duanwu without him knowing it, but Duanwu didn't notice it at all.
This is very dangerous, because what if the other party throws not a branch, but a throwing knife or a bullet? Then Dragon Boat Festival's life is long gone.
Duan Wu thought to himself: No wonder the master wants to be careful about this shadow. He is indeed very strong.
Dragon Boat Festival asked himself for a while, then picked up the branch and untied the note.
A few simple words were written on it: "Look back, the ferry is closed!"
Duanwu frowned, because judging from the meaning of the note, it meant that the Japs had understood Duanwu's plan and blocked Duanwu's way to cross the Yellow River south, forcing Duanwu to go south on the east bank, and then encountered the Japanese army. of attacking troops.
Duan Wu thought to himself: "Are we really going to poke the little devil in the butt?"
But then I thought that this was wrong. If the Japs forced themselves to go south, they must have been prepared and went south along the east coast. The terrain there is flat and the soil is very soft. In addition, the Japanese army occupied the river and had a water advantage. Then Isn’t it the same as the Battle of Songhu?
Thinking of this, Duanwu finally understood why the little Japanese was so confident that he wanted to go south along the east coast. This was obviously a trap.
However, at this moment, the sound of artillery was heard from the southwest of the Dragon Boat Festival. Not long after, a communications troop came to report to the Dragon Boat Festival that the first battalion of scouts had just appeared along the Yellow River and was bombarded by Japanese warships. .
According to the scouts, there were at least five warships on the river, and the ferry was also heavily guarded by Japanese troops. It was visually observed that there were nearly two squadrons of Japanese and puppet troops on the east bank, and there may be more on the west bank.
Dragon Boat Festival understood at this time that the shadow was right, the way across the river had been blocked by the little devil.
But Dragon Boat Festival is very angry. Does your little devil's warship block my own way just because it blocks my way? If I don't teach you how to be a good person, then I won't call it Dragon Boat Festival. Even if he doesn't have the heavy artillery that can sink the Japanese warships, he will still sink a few of your small boats and cause you, the Japanese, a lot of pain.
Thinking of this, Duanwu immediately ordered: "Order the first battalion to make a gesture of forcibly crossing the Yellow River and secretly escort the wounded and the heavy supplies back. Order the second battalion to deploy two rapid-fire cannons to the river bank and aim at the little devil's small boat. Give me a fierce bombardment. Tell them to run away after the fight, and not to stay for long. The little devil's naval guns are no joke!"
(End of chapter)
