Chapter 1573 The Last Drop of Blood (Thanks to the Support of Book Friend Jie!)

In Ye Tian's mind, it was absolutely a mercy to let Jin Genmao and others live.

The law is long and there is no loophole.

According to Ye Tian's violent temper, whenever he met a traitor, he should first interrogate him violently and then execute him by lingchi without saying anything.

However, for the sake of the overall situation of the war of resistance and the next small plan, Ye Tian gave Jin Genmao and others a chance to survive.

Unwilling to reveal his secrets, and a little disgusted with these traitors, Ye Tian played a trick on eating.

Like him, the dead soldiers could take food with spiritual liquid.

On the other hand, these traitors who abandoned darkness and turned to light could only eat normal food.

In fact, the traitors were very happy to enjoy this kind of food.

After all, before this, although they followed the devils, they were not taken seriously at all.

The devils' food was very good, but they could only fill their stomachs.

This time, facing this kind of delicious food, they all had a big appetite.

What Ye Tian was happy to see was that although Jin Genmao and his men had gained freedom, they were very respectful of him.

The most important thing was that even if they were marching on the rugged mountain roads at night, they were very obedient.

They did not complain at all, and they were all very energetic.

Especially during the rest and daytime rest, no one dared to run around.

In this way, along the vast mountains and old forests, this large force repeatedly moved southwest.

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During the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance, a large number of national heroes emerged in China.

Among them was Wang Mingzhang from Sichuan.

Wang Mingzhang, a Sichuan native, was the commander of the 122nd Division of the 41st Army of the government army.

As a famous anti-Japanese general, Wang Mingzhang became famous for his integrity and bravery.

After the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance, like many national heroes, Wang Mingzhang also strongly requested to go out of Sichuan to fight.

What Wang Mingzhang was happy to see was that his request was also approved by the relevant superior departments.

Wang Mingzhang cherished the opportunity to serve his country.

To this end, he set an example and ordered the soldiers to fight and strive to leave their names in history.

Unfortunately, after leaving Sichuan, on the anti-Japanese front in Shaanxi and Shanxi, the 122nd Division lost most of its troops due to the poor military literacy of the soldiers and the serious lack of various heavy weapons.

In order to facilitate the next battle, with the help of the superiors, Wang Mingzhang had to reorganize the troops.

As a result, the 122nd Division, a division-level unit with two brigades and four regiments, had to be changed into two brigades and two regiments.

Fortunately for Wang Mingzhang, the numbers of the two brigades are still there.

If the heart is there, the dream is there!

After the reorganization, Wang Mingzhang tried his best to expand the division and get some good weapons.

Unfortunately, it was difficult to achieve his goal, whether it was to recruit new soldiers or to equip some good weapons.

The reason is very simple. The full-scale war of resistance had been going on for more than half a year. Many beggar troops like the Sichuan Army, and even many elite troops of the government army, suffered heavy casualties.

Therefore, after finally getting some new recruits, the superiors always gave priority to the elite troops.

Of course, once advanced weapons were available, the relevant departments of the superiors would also operate in the same way.

It was difficult to replenish troops and weapons as desired. There was no way, Wang Mingzhang had to lead his troops to overcome various unfavorable conditions and continue to fight the Japanese and puppet coalition forces in Pingyao and other places.

When the pointer of history pointed to the end of 1937, that is, after the island country completely occupied Nanjing City, the situation changed dramatically again.

In order to connect the North China and Central China regions, the island country decided to launch a large-scale battle along the north-south direction of the Jinpu Road at the same time.

Obviously, this large-scale battle was the Battle of Xuzhou.

And an important combat goal of the island country was to capture the important transportation town-Xuzhou City.

It must be said that the northern section of the Jinpu Road was Han Fuju's defense zone.

At that time, the government asked Han Fuju to make good use of the natural barrier of the Yellow River and try to stop the Japanese and puppet coalition forces from advancing southward.

Unexpectedly, in the face of a powerful enemy, Han Fuju automatically ignored the important responsibilities on his shoulders and chose to lead his troops to escape from the battlefield.

What is gratifying is that under the brave resistance of other anti-Japanese armed forces, the situation has improved to a certain extent.

To the south of the Yellow River, there is a big river called the Huai River.

It was here that the two armies formed a situation of confrontation across the river after the efforts of the Chinese anti-Japanese armed forces regardless of casualties.

In other words, in a short period of time, the southern section of the Jinpu Road will not be contributed by the island country for the time being.

The problem is that the northern line of the Jinpu Road, that is, the area of ​​​​southern Shandong, is facing the pressure of the island country's Central China Front Army, and the situation is precarious.

Therefore, like other anti-Japanese armed forces, Wang Mingzhang was also concentrated in southern Shandong to reinforce the northern section of the Jinpu Road.

In early January 1938, like other troops of the 22nd Army Group, the 122nd Division arrived in the Zaozhuang area.

At that time, the 122nd Division had not been replenished in time because of heavy losses in the previous battle.

Therefore, this heroic unit was arranged as the army reserve, ready to defend the periphery of Teng County.

In early March, after gathering a large number of troops, the Japanese prepared to launch a large-scale attack.

In order to resist the Japanese and puppet coalition forces more specifically, the 122nd Division was assembled in Tengzhou under the order of the relevant superior departments.

In fact, with the approval of his superiors, Wang Mingzhang was responsible for commanding the 124th Division in addition to the 122nd Division, and served as the commander-in-chief of the 41st Army.

In fact, facing the situation where the enemy was obviously strong and we were weak, Wang Mingzhang was very clear about his fate.

It was very simple. If nothing unexpected happened, the whole army would be wiped out.

For this reason, Wang Mingzhang made up his mind again before leaving Sichuan to fight against the Japanese.

This time, in order to complete the tasks assigned by his superiors and make due contributions to the overall situation of the Battle of Xuzhou, he was willing to shed his last drop of blood!

Wang Mingzhang had just led his troops into the small county town of Teng County, and immediately commanded his subordinates to make various defensive preparations.

Unfortunately, when the defense of Teng County started, these defensive fortifications did not play a big role under the bombing of the devil's planes, heavy artillery, etc.

Seeing that the general situation was gone, other anti-Japanese armed forces withdrew from this place of right and wrong for various reasons.

Wang Mingzhang was not discouraged when he found that he really had the rhythm of sacrificing his life for the country.

Cheer up and inspire fighting spirit.

Even at the most critical moment, Wang Mingzhang went to the front line to command.

It is regrettable that after the heavy bombing of various heavy weapons of the Japanese, there were no defensive fortifications in Teng County.

In the end, like other generals in the command, Wang Mingzhang was unfortunately shot and killed.

When the defense of Teng County was over, except for a few soldiers who broke through, the 122nd Division and the 124th Division were basically annihilated.