Spy Wars: I am the Captain of the Military Police

His voice trembled with anger and his eyes were bloodshot.

The seriously injured Erwazi struggled to sit up, and Li Changshun quickly supported him.

Erwazi was panting heavily, and fresh blood oozed out of the bandage on his broken leg. "I won't leave! If I leave this leg in Zhabei, the Japanese will have to pay with their heads! If you want to retreat, you can retreat. I'll stay and fight the Japanese!"

Several soldiers also started to stir, their long-suppressed emotions bursting out like a flood:

"That's right! We're not leaving! We'll fight the Japs to the end!"

"My brothers all died here, why should we retreat?"

"Have all the officials fled, leaving us to die?"

Fang Xiaoshu's face turned ashen. He suddenly pulled open his collar, revealing a hideous bullet mark on his neck. It was the wound left by the hand-to-hand combat a week ago.

"Shut the fuck up!" His roar drowned out all the noise: "Look at this! Look!" He pointed at the wound that was still bleeding: "I want to kill the enemy more than you do! I want to fight the devils to the death more than you do!"

The soldiers fell silent, all eyes focused on the company commander.

Fang Xiaoshu took a deep breath and tried to calm his voice. "I just received an urgent telegram from the division headquarters. The Japanese 10th Army has landed at Jinshanwei. Our flanks are about to be surrounded! If we don't leave now, the entire army will be trapped here!" His eyes swept over every face. "I know everyone is feeling frustrated, and so am I. But at this moment, only those who can hold back the Japanese and save our seed are real men! As long as there is green mountains, there will be no shortage of firewood!"

He pulled out a piece of sweat-soaked telegram from his bosom: "This is the handwritten order from the division commander, requiring my company to hold on until 3:00 this afternoon to cover the main force of the division as it crosses the Suzhou River.

This is a military order, and violators will be subject to military law!

The regimental commander just called me over and told me that after some of our brother divisions received the retreat order, the entire division immediately became a rout!

But we are different! Even if we retreat, we must do so with dignity! No one is allowed to abandon our people! ! "

There was silence.

Suddenly, a slight explosion was heard from the direction of the bunker where Douzi died. It might be a delayed-detonation artillery shell.

Everyone subconsciously shrank their necks.

Hu Daren finally spoke again, his voice much deeper: "Captain, didn't they say the international community would mediate? Didn't they say that if we held on for a few more days there would be a chance of a turnaround?"

Fang Xiaoshu smiled bitterly and shook his head. "The foreigners are unreliable! Shanghai can no longer be defended, but the war of resistance must continue. We must conserve our strength for subsequent battles." He pointed southwest. "After retreating to Qingpu, we will move along the Beijing-Shanghai Railway toward the Wufu National Defense Line, where sturdy permanent fortifications await us."

Li Changshun suddenly asked: "Company Commander, what should we do with the wounded? How can Erwazi leave?" His question expressed everyone's concerns. There were still more than a dozen seriously injured soldiers on the position who were unable to move independently.

Fang Xiaoshu's expression twitched in obvious pain: "The division headquarters promised to send a stretcher team to pick us up, but..." He paused, as if choosing his words: "But the Japanese artillery fire blocked all the passages, and the stretcher team may not arrive on time.

The lightly wounded will move with the team, and the seriously wounded... " He couldn't continue, but everyone understood the unspoken meaning.

Erwazi suddenly laughed, and that smile was uglier than crying: "Captain, please leave me a grenade. When the Japanese come, I can take a few away."

A suppressed sob was heard from the battlefield.

These men who had never shed tears despite having gone through bloody battles could not help but wipe their eyes at this moment.

Fang Xiaoshu turned around abruptly, his shoulders trembling slightly. When he turned back again, there was no hesitation or pain in his eyes, only the determination unique to a soldier: "Now I command!"

All the soldiers instinctively stood at attention, although some staggered.

"Platoon leader Hu, big guy!"

"Here!" Big Hu straightened his back.

"You lead a platoon to occupy the commanding heights on the right and establish a blocking position!"

"Yes!"

"Second platoon leader Li Changshun!" Fang Xiaoshu looked at Li Changshun. The former second platoon leader had died three days ago, and now he was replaced by Li Changshun, who had rich combat experience.

"Here!" Li Changshun answered loudly.

"Lead the second platoon and blast the bridges along the way, especially the Zhejiang Road Bridge. They must be blown up immediately after the main force crosses the river!"

"understand!"

"Third Platoon Leader..." Fang Xiaoshu suddenly paused. The Third Platoon Leader had just died in the battle yesterday. "I'm personally in command of the Third Platoon, responsible for evacuating the wounded and covering their retreat."

He began to plan the details of the retreat, including the location of the blocking points, the timing of the explosion, the retreat route, and the assembly point.

Every order was clear and decisive, showing the qualities of an excellent commander.

"Remember, our mission is to delay the Japanese pursuit, not to engage in suicidal defense." Fang Xiaoshu emphasized: "At 3:15 pm, we will begin the alternate retreat, and by 3:30 pm, the entire company must evacuate its position.

Remember this time, don't waste a second!"

After completing the deployment, he looked around at the faces he might never see again and suddenly bowed deeply: "Brothers, I, Fang Xiaoshu, apologize to everyone.

But today's retreat is so that we can strike the enemy more powerfully tomorrow. Long live the Chinese nation! !"

"Long live the Chinese nation!" the soldiers responded in unison. Although their voices were not loud, they were filled with a tragic determination.

After the order was given, the soldiers quickly dispersed and prepared themselves.

The battlefield was filled with the metallic clang of guns being checked, the counting sounds of ammunition being distributed, and suppressed farewells.

Li Changshun returned to Erwazi and found that the tough guy was already in tears: "Kidnapper, you must get out alive." Erwazi grabbed his hand and said: "Kill a few more devils for me!"

Li Changshun nodded heavily, took out the half of the bloody hard cake from his arms, broke off half and stuffed it back into Erwazi's hand: "Keep it, I'll see you later."

He knew that this was probably just empty talk, but at this moment, they all needed such a lie to support themselves.

Fang Xiaoshu was whispering something to Hu Dage when suddenly, a burst of rapid artillery fire came from a distance.

Everyone stopped moving. This was the prelude to a new round of attack by the Japanese army.

"Get in position! Prepare for battle!" Fang Xiaoshu roared and jumped into the command position nimbly.

The soldiers quickly took up their combat positions, pointing their guns at the front of the position.

After a brief moment of confusion, the dead silence and tense atmosphere returned to the battlefield. Only the heavy breathing and occasional metal collisions indicated that there were still living people here.

Li Changshun checked the rifle in his hand one last time and pulled the bolt to load the bullet.

Through the crosshairs, he could see figures gathering on the Japanese positions in the distance, apparently preparing for an attack.

He subconsciously touched his chest, where his mother's photo and half a biscuit were hidden.

Then he took a deep breath and put his cheek against the cold butt of the gun.

The order to retreat had been given, but they first had to survive the upcoming attack.

On this blood-soaked ruin of Zhabei, the final battle is about to begin.