As the Five Tiger General of the National Army, Wei Lihuang deserves his name. He accurately judged the battlefield situation and commanded decisively and vigorously. The army he led was brave and quick to fight.

With Wei Lihuang's order, the 10th Division immediately set out, and the various units covered each other to retreat. The Japanese army had no choice but to take advantage of it, and the 10th Division retreated successfully.

There are also realistic reasons why Wei Lihuang is eager to retreat.

In order to reinforce Nankou, the Ministry of Health, in addition to the 10th Division, the 83rd Division and the 85th Division were also striving forward. The 83rd Division had been blocked by the main force of the Japanese Fifth Division in Xigouzi near Juyongguan.

Another 85th Division of the Ministry of Defense also made emergency reinforcements. Under the leadership of the division commander Chen Tie, the 85th Division went from Fangshan to pass through Chenjiafen, crossed the mountains in Beiyu, and went out of Nanganggou to move secretly to Qianjuntai and stood on the line of Maling.

At dinner on August 25, after the 85th Division arrived at Qianjuntai, they were setting up tents to prepare for accommodation. At this time, Wang Yushu and Wang Yu from Wangping Village Office came to report that the Japanese invaders were almost at Banqiao.

The military situation was so hot that Chen Tie didn't bother to have dinner and immediately ordered the two companies of the 85th Division to run quickly to the backbone of Dongbanqiao, and exchanged fire with the forefront of the 40th Regiment of the 6th Japanese Division.

These two companies are reinforced companies, equipped with a machine gun platoon. The Kuomintang army was condescending and opened fire with all its power. It annihilated more than a dozen Japanese in the first encounter.

Because the 85th Division occupied favorable terrain, the Japanese army temporarily retreated. Later, the Japanese army climbed from Taoyuan Mountain to Qingshuijian, preparing to occupy the commanding heights of Qingshuijian.

In the face of national crisis, the 85th Division received firm support from the local people. Under the leadership of the locals, the 85th Division took a shortcut from Moshitang and Hei Niu Temple to quickly climb the commanding heights of Fengli Mountain. After the 85th Division took the lead, it immediately attacked from the main peak to Dongshun Daliang with its superior forces, and wiped out a Japanese cavalry company on the mountain platform below the main peak of Qingshuijian, the two armies launched an offensive and defensive tug-of-war between Fenglishan and Qingshuijian.

As the main force of the national army, the 14th Army was well equipped, and all officers and soldiers had helmets. They used the best rifle in China at that time - Zhongzheng and had complete light and heavy machine guns. In addition to mortars, there were also a small number of large-caliber artillery and flat-fire cannons that fired tanks.

When seizing the commanding heights, the 85th Division acted quickly and won first; after occupying the commanding heights, attacked in time, and wiped out a cavalry company of the Japanese army with one gun. These surprised the Japanese army. They believed that the 85th Division was the absolute main force, so the Japanese army formulated a plan to eliminate the 85th Division.

When the sky cleared a little, the Japanese army dispatched planes to bombard the 85th Division indiscriminately. The bombshells were thrown down like money, and the 85th Division suffered heavy casualties.

The 85th Division was predecessored by the 10th Division of the former Guizhou Army. In the 25th year of the Republic of China, the division was reduced to the 253rd Brigade, and was combined with the 255th Brigade adapted by the Anhui Army to establish a new 85th Division. The current division commander is Chen Tie.

Chen Tie, a native of Zunyi, Guizhou, graduated from Huangpu in the first phase and participated in the Northern Expedition. After the July 7 Incident, Chen Tie held a mobilization meeting for all officers and soldiers of the division at Cangzhou Railway Station. At the meeting, Chen Tie was passionate and took a look at the atrocities of the Japanese army and wrote a poem to express his aspirations: "A black leaf covers the old capital, and the July 7 Incident is in Lugou; the city is full of wind and rain, and it is difficult to protect it, so we will not stop the Japanese pirates (swear)!"

Like the Sichuan Army and the Gui Army during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the army adapted from local warlords in Anhui and Guizhou had advances and no retreats on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War, and had no backs. Although the 85th Division suffered heavy casualties, the officers and soldiers spared no life and used their flesh and blood to resist the bloody bombing of the Japanese army. They continued to hold their positions and could defend and counterattack at the appropriate time, which gave the Japanese army great damage. Since the confrontation between the two sides, the Japanese army has never been able to move forward.

Li Qinglin retreated with the 10th Division. In order not to be divided by the Japanese army, Wei Lihuang asked the three divisions to get closer as much as possible.

Due to the marching in heavy rain for several days and the emergency of the war, many officers and soldiers of the 10th Division began to get sick. Five of Li Qinglin's squad suddenly began to have fever and colds. Fortunately, the local government and the people strongly supported the war of resistance. They sent folk Chinese medicine to bring a large number of medicinal materials to treat the officers and soldiers. In addition, the officers and soldiers were all young and strong. Li Qinglin and his friends drank ginger soup and took several doses of Chinese medicine, most of them were cured.

Even when Li Qinglin was sick, he did not leave work to attack tactical training. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Although there are ten new recruits in the class who have never been on the battlefield, under the strict training of Li Qinglin, Xiao Liuzi and Li Gousheng, they were also decent during the drill. But training is training, and it is definitely a long way from actual combat, and the final test is still to be found on the battlefield.

The 85th Division insisted on regressing, and the Japanese army was unable to succeed in the attack for a long time, which made the Japanese army even think that they had encountered the absolute main force. In addition to sending planes to throw bombs, the Japanese army also began to throw incendiary bombs.

All the trees on the 85th Division's position were blown up, the grass was burned to black ash, and even the stones were burned. But after the bombing and the fire burned, as long as there were still people in the trenches of the 85th Division, they picked up weapons and continued to fire at the enemy.

The national army's persistence was at the cost of life. The number of casualties of the 85th Division was hundreds of times per day. On September 10th, the 10th Division, which had been resting for a few days, received an order: the entire division immediately went up the mountain to replace the 85th Division's defense.

The 10th Division quietly touched it in the evening while the Japanese bombing was bombing. The Mount Tailing was desolate, all the plants were burned, the trenches had been blown to pieces, and the bodies of the National Army could be seen everywhere.

There were large pieces of blood everywhere in the trenches, and even human organs. The blood of the dead flowed into the soil and turned into blood mud. The blood mud stuck to the soles of the shoes and could not be shaken off. In early autumn, the temperature was quite high during the day, and some corpses that could not be buried in time began to rot, and there was an indelible stench on the position.

The recruits following Li Qinglin had never seen this hell on earth. Some began to tremble and some started to vomit.

Xiao Liuzi and Li Gousheng began to curse the timid soldiers loudly. When they met the dull and timid, they even smashed the butt stock and beat them with belts.

Li Qinglin did not stop them. If a farmer wants to become a real warrior, he must face blood and death. War is a contest between blood and fire, and a showdown between wisdom and will. Cursing and beating may not be the best way, but at least it can awaken them from fear.

The Japanese artillery fire had stopped, the smoke had not yet dissipated, and some remaining wood was still burning, and there was no one in the trenches quietly. But when the 10th Division entered the trenches, the remaining soldiers of the 85th Division got up one after another. They were covered in mud and blood, like the living dead who had just returned from the gate of hell.

At this time, one person began to sing military songs, and then more people sang them, and the tragic song sounded in the battlefield:

The wind and clouds rise, the mountains and rivers move,

Huangpu Army was established with great momentum,

The revolutionary hero is loyal.

Golden swords and iron horses, battles on a hundred battles,

Be a pioneer in resilient and stable foreign countries.

Sweep and revive China, be invincible and make great contributions!

Flags shine, golden drums ring,

The dragon and tiger leaped over the army's mighty power,

Loyalty, solidity, discipline and discipline.

Mobile offensive, brave and calm,

The surprise attack took the initiative and made great wisdom.

Be loyal to each other, unite and strengthen yourself, annihilate the enemy, and sing with triumph!

This is "Army Song"!

The position has been destroyed, and almost all the remaining soldiers of the 85th Division were injured, but they were still singing military songs!

The songs of the wounded soldiers were desolate, but they were also very tragic. The officers and soldiers of the 10th Division were moved.

"The wind and clouds rise, mountains and rivers move..." The officers and soldiers of the 10th Division who automatically joined the chorus quickly entered their respective positions and began to treat the wounded and repair the fortifications.

China will not perish! China will not perish! With such soldiers, China will not perish!

Li Qinglin felt a heat rushing in his chest, and he wanted to shout out.
Chapter completed!