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Chapter 1544 Extra Chapter (Battle of Gongdelin 2)

Half a month after the battle in the bathroom, Zheng Tingji, the commander of the 64th Army of the Guo Army, and Bai Wenzhi were working hard in the coal yard, their faces and bodies covered in coal dust.

In the last fight, the latter two were the instigators, with the former being the most ruthless. As a result, he was sent by the management office to the most tiring and dirty coal yard for labor reform to reflect on his mistakes.

Three long-serving party and state officials, having dug a basket of coal, were already sweating profusely from exhaustion.

Zheng Tingji suddenly looked pained, touched his stomach, and said he needed to go to the toilet. The other two ignored him and straightened up to rest for a while.

The commander of the 64th Army took a few deep breaths, but then he heard some Japanese voices coming from the direction of the sports field. He looked over and saw three people playing tennis.

So he asked Bai Wenzhi, "Old Bai, are the people on the sports field Japanese soldiers?"

Bai Wenzhi was captured relatively late and knew a lot of information. Upon hearing the other party's question, Bai Wenzhi looked at the sports field with disdain.

"They're Japanese devils: Uemura, the former commander of the Beiping Military Police; Motokichi, the former commander of the 14th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army; and Iwata, the former staff officer of the First Army Headquarters of the Japanese Army. Damn it, ptooey."

As he spoke, Lao Bai spat on the ground. If it weren't for these Japanese, he would still be serving as a department head and deputy minister in Nanjing.

The commander of the 64th Army was also furious when he heard this. They were both war criminals, but he was here making coal balls while the Japanese were playing tennis. Was there any justice in this world?

Just then, Uemura missed Iwata's serve, and the tennis ball whizzed to the feet of the 64th Army commander.

Uemura, used to being domineering, shouted in broken Republican-era dialect, "Yours, the ball, give it to me!"

The commander of the 64th Army gave a cold laugh, picked up a tennis ball as if to throw it back, but the next second he flicked his wrist and the white tennis ball flew onto the coal pile and turned black.

"idiot!"

Enraged, Uemura led two other Japanese soldiers towards Bai Wenzhi and his companion, intending to teach these defeated underlings a lesson.

Logically speaking, even if the 64th Army Commander and Bai Wenzhi were fighting three against one, they should have been able to fight the Japanese to a draw in a short time. However, the problem was that the injuries they sustained in the bathroom battle had not yet healed.

Faced with the attack of three Japanese soldiers, Bai Wenzhi, who had multiple muscle strains, and the commander of the 64th Army quickly fell into a disadvantageous position and could only grit their teeth and hold on, waiting for reinforcements.

Fortunately, Zheng Tingji had "reorganized the military affairs" by then, and slowly walked out of the toilet. When he saw his fellow party members being bullied by the Japanese, he ran back to the dormitory without even pulling up his pants.

As he ran, he sent out distress signals: "It's terrible! The Japanese devils are attacking people! The Japanese devils are attacking people!"

The shouts reached the dormitory, and a large force of the Guo Army, composed of the commander of the 18th Army, the commander of the 206th Reorganized Division of the Youth Army and concurrently the commander of the Luocheng Garrison, the commander of the 73rd Army, and the commander of the 10th Army, quickly assembled and marched to the Xiaomeishan front. These men had all fought bloody battles against the Japanese army during the War of Resistance, and with old and new grudges combined, they set aside factional prejudices and joined forces to launch an attack on the Japanese.

With the support of friendly forces, the commander of the 64th Army dodged Shangcun's punch and used a grappling technique to push him down into a coal pile, making him fall flat on his face.

Uemura reacted quickly, immediately getting up after falling and wiping his face. Sweat mixed with the coal dust on his face, making his already repulsive face even more unsightly.

He swung his fists and howled as he lunged forward. The commander of the 64th Army showed no fear, turned around to avoid the wild boar's charge, and even kicked Shangcun in the buttocks.

On the other side, Bai Wenzhi was not idle either. He made full use of his flexibility and mobility, and occasionally secretly kicked the other two Japanese soldiers a few times.

Zheng Tingji fastened his belt at this moment, and just like in the Battle of Kunlun Pass, he quickly provided support to Bai Wenzhi.

Two men who had been exchanging blows just two weeks ago finally united under the call of national righteousness. One drew the Japanese troops away while the other launched a surprise attack, their cooperation was excellent.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Uemura also shouted loudly for Japanese prisoners of war, and the battle expanded again, with both sides fighting fiercely.

The commander of the 18th Army verbally urged everyone to stop fighting, but in reality, he picked up a carrying pole and struck the back of the Japanese reinforcements. This feint was a masterful display of military strategy.

The commander of the 206th Reorganized Division of the Youth Army and the garrison commander of Luocheng relied on his strength to ride directly on a Japanese soldier, punching him with left and right hooks until the Japanese soldier howled in pain.

In this battle, the speed of the Nationalist army's support and the determination of its fighting spirit surpassed any previous major battle.

If the Kuomintang army had been this united during the War of Resistance, the Japanese devils would probably have been driven back to their homeland long ago, and the war would not have lasted for more than ten years.

As the battle grew larger, the remaining Guo army corps were preparing to strike the fleeing enemy, but were stopped by the deputy chief of staff of the Xucheng Suppression Headquarters, who argued that the concentration of troops would hinder further operations.

Even at this point, the Kuomintang army still couldn't shake off its bad habit of remaining unmoved when its allies were in trouble, letting its comrades fight the Japanese at will, which was both pathetic and laughable.

Although the Xiaomeishan battlefield was small and friendly forces watched from the sidelines, the KMT generals who participated in the battle lived up to their reputation as former anti-Japanese war heroes, implementing various tactics and unique skills in turn.

Under the focused attacks of the Kuomintang army's major corps, the Japanese soldiers were routed, some falling to the ground howling in pain, others unconscious.

Afterwards, Commander Du inquired about the battle results from the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee Director, who proudly declared that the Guo army had won a great victory in the Battle of Xiaomeishan. Commander Du nodded with satisfaction.

But it is said that at the critical moment of the Battle of Xiaomeishan, the generals of the Guo army heard a familiar voice in the dark: instruct Zheng Tingji to move his right fist 3.23 millimeters to the left.