Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

55 The wounded soldiers asked for battle

But the other soldiers were already fast asleep leaning against the wall.

After a night of fierce fighting, although the victory was joyful, the soldiers were indeed exhausted.

However, Zhou Xinghai still had to pull Wang Dachuan and others to continue studying the map and decide how to fight next.

"Commander Zhou, please stop pulling me.

You go find someone else.

I want to sleep. You and the battalion commander should discuss how to fight next.

When the time comes, I will just hit you wherever you point me."

Wang Dachuan slipped away quickly. He didn't want to bother with this anymore. It would be better to just go to sleep.

"You guys!"

Zhou Xinghai had no choice but to study there by himself.

A moment later, Ye Qingshan, who had just taken a short rest, came over, looked at Zhou Xinghai who was still studying the map with a smile, and directly flipped up his map.

"Hey, Captain, what are you doing?"

“Okay, Lao Zhou, stop looking.

Even if you look at this map, you will still be confused.

There is no other good way.

You'd better go to sleep peacefully."

Ye Qingshan slowly put away the map, threw it into the map bag next to him, and said to Zhou Xinghai with a smile.

"I just can't sleep."

Zhou Xinghai didn't give up and went to get the map.

But he was stopped by Ye Qingshan.

Ye Qingshan restrained his smile and said seriously: "Even if you can't sleep, you have to sleep.

I command you, go to sleep.

We'll still need you to lead the team at night.

You can’t let me down when the time comes.”

Hearing Ye Qingshan say this, Zhou Xinghai's eyes suddenly lit up: "Battalion Commander, you have a solution."

"That's it."

"Great. What's the solution?"

Zhou Xinghai asked curiously.

“We’ll know what to do tonight.

Go to bed now."

"Okay, I'll go to bed now."

Zhou Xinghai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Ye Qingshan already had an idea.

Finally, Ye Qingshan sent him to rest.

"Hey."

After Zhou Xinghai left, Ye Qingshan sighed.

He also understood why Zhou Xinghai was so anxious at this moment.

It was simply because, at this moment, their team seemed to have reached a desperate situation.

At this time, Ye Qingshan and his team were located near the northeastern suburbs of Shanghai city, where there were already quite a few residential houses.

Continue eastward and you will reach the Huangpu River, where there is no road at all.

Not to mention going north, you would go straight into the Japanese lair.

To the west is the Songhu Railway Line, and they just came from there.

Therefore, it seems that the only way for their team to survive is in the south.

But at this time, the Japanese blocked the south.

This is also why the Japanese Major Yamaguchi Sayoshi received reports from his subordinates.

We found out that Ye Qingshan and his team were fleeing in the northeast direction.

One of the reasons why he was not in a hurry to pursue.

The Japanese also knew that there was no way out if they escaped that way.

But Ye Qingshan and his friends had no better choice before.

Ye Qingshan knew at that time that south was the only direction they could escape.

However, Ye Qingshan still chose to take them to retreat to the northeast temporarily.

Instead of retreating south immediately.

Because retreating southward is fraught with dangers, and they may have to fight continuously for a period of time without a chance to close their eyes.

And last night, they had just fought fiercely all night long.

If we continue to retreat south immediately, we will continue to be engaged in high-intensity fighting.

Then they probably won't be able to escape.

Therefore, Ye Qingshan chose to take his men and retreat to the northeastern suburbs of the city to rest.

Then break out to the south.

After a while, Ye Qingshan arrived at another abandoned house, where all the seriously injured were.

After the battle last night, Ye Qingshan and his men had more than forty wounded soldiers.

Fortunately, most of the casualties were minor.

The two medical staff accompanying the team could still handle the situation.

"battalion commander!"

Seeing Ye Qingshan coming, the wounded soldiers also shouted.

"Don't move, have a good rest."

Ye Qingshan comforted the wounded.

"You two go out for a while."

Ye Qingshan said to the two medical workers.

The two medical staff didn't think much about it, just accepted the order and went out.

Then, Ye Qingshan looked at the more than forty wounded soldiers and saluted them.

"You are all great. In the battle last night, we wiped out more than 200 Japanese soldiers. You are the biggest contributors.

As long as we break out, I will definitely commend you for the credit."

Ye Qingshan said sincerely.

“It’s just that the current situation of our team is very bad.

We are surrounded by dangerous areas, and the only way out is to the south.

So, tonight we have to break through."

Ye Qingshan changed the subject and said this.

"But now the Japanese are in the south, and have mobilized a lot of troops, blocking our way out.

So, I need a team to disguise as the main force.

Draw away the main force of the Japanese and provide cover for our large force to break out."

When Ye Qingshan said this, his face turned red.

The whole room was eerily quiet.

In fact, some injured veterans already knew the purpose of Ye Qingshan's visit after hearing this.

"Captain, I challenge you to fight!

I, Zheng Dapeng, a second lieutenant platoon leader of the 17th Regiment of the 411th Division, request to lead the wounded company and take on this cover mission.

It just so happens that I haven’t killed enough Japs during the day.

Tonight, let me kill a few more devils."

At this time, an officer with a bandaged leg, leaning on a crutch, saluted Ye Qingshan and shouted generously to the wounded soldiers around him.

“Yes, we also want to fight.

We still have to kill the devils."

The other wounded soldiers also shouted after hearing this.

These wounded soldiers know everything.

They knew that the team was in a bad situation, and that those of them who were injured would be a complete burden if they were to lead them to break out.

Therefore, Ye Qingshan decided to let these wounded soldiers pretend to be the main force to attract the Japanese and cover the team's breakout.

Although they felt a little uncomfortable, they still chose to accept it.

Ye Qingshan could have given them orders directly, but he still chose to send others over to persuade them.

In this case, let them make use of their remaining energy.

Rather than everyone dying, it is better to sacrifice these wounded soldiers and save the lives of more comrades.

They are willing.

Looking at the wounded soldiers around, who were wearing bandages but were still shouting for the chance to fight.

At this moment, Ye Qingshan suddenly felt his nose sore and his eyes became moist.

"Hey, how come there's sand in my eyes?"

Ye Qingshan wiped the corners of his eyes.

Then, Ye Qingshan saluted everyone again, turned around and looked at Zheng Dapeng, the second lieutenant platoon leader with the highest rank among the wounded soldiers, and asked:

"Platoon Leader Zheng, do you have any other requests?"

Zheng Dapeng grinned and said, "Captain, can you give us a few more of the cigarettes you seized from the devils?"

"no problem.

All the cigarettes in the camp are yours."

"Thank you, Captain."

"Captain, do you have any more of the Japanese canned meat? I'm craving for it."

Another wounded squad leader asked with a smile.

“Yes, a lot.

After dark, each of you will be given two cans of meat to keep you full."

"Captain...Captain, do you think people will still remember us in the future?"

In the corner, a thin wounded soldier, who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, raised his hand tremblingly and nervously and asked.

"Yes, future generations will definitely remember you.

You are role models and the backbone.

Don't just say remember it, future generations will have to worship and pay tribute to you.

Otherwise, what use would they have to have unfilial descendants who even you dare to forget about.”