The messenger Qiu Huizong was Xie Benying's comrade-in-arms. Xie Benying is the platoon leader of the second platoon of the fifth company of the second battalion of the 23rd regiment of the 8th division of the 57th army. There is no information about where Qiu Huizong was born, h

The messenger Qiu Huizong was Xie Benying's comrade-in-arms. Xie Benying is the platoon leader of the second platoon of the fifth company of the second battalion of the 23rd regiment of the 8th division of the 57th army.

There is no information about where Qiu Huizong was born, what his family background is, as well as his age, height, intelligence, experience, etc. Xie Benying mentioned him when recalling the Zhangmao battle, so Qiu Huizong left a few unclear shadows.

On May 8, 1944, the Eighth Division took a train from Xianyang to assist the first theater. On the 12th, the 23rd Regiment went to Huixing Town to set up defenses. The second battalion was the vanguard and stationed at Zhangmao Station. The fifth company was the outpost company and occupied the position at Shili Fort east of Zhangmao.

The second platoon is the outpost platoon, guarding the forward position. The forward position is an oblong independent hilltop, about three to four meters high and less than a hundred meters long. The left end is slightly higher and the right end is slightly steeper. Facing the enemy, there is a slight slope that can be climbed. There is a small village about half a mile in front of the mountain.

html On the morning of 013, the second row entered the position. Platoon leader Xie arranged for the soldiers to build machine gun bunkers, paying special attention to using side and oblique firepower, digging skirmishing firing pits and traffic trenches, and setting up two grenade throwing sites on the mountainside to eliminate blind spots for shooting. In addition, important target ranges were measured.

The enemy situation is urgent, and there is almost only so much that can be done in one day.

The next day, at dawn, the Japanese military balloon floated over, stopped for a while, and then floated away again. The planes came and dropped more than a dozen bombs, but they were blind and there were no losses.

The messenger Qiu Huizong hurried over and said that the deputy company commander Liu Rong had sent news that the Japanese army had entered the village in front and would be here in a few minutes and asked to be ready for battle. The

battle soon began. After artillery bombardment and aircraft strafing, the Japanese launched their first attack and were repulsed by the second platoon.

The second Japanese attack begins. Despite the fierce resistance, the Japanese army attacked frantically regardless of casualties and reached less than 25 meters from the top of the mountain.

The machine gun bunker of the fifth squad was blown up, and four people including the squad leader were killed.

The battle was intense. Qiu Huizong reported that the deputy platoon leader was shot and killed by Japanese planes on his way to the fourth squadron. There were still several seriously injured people in the traffic trenches who had no time to be evacuated.

Platoon leader Xie was unable to give Qiu Huizong a way to transport the seriously wounded. The Japanese army was now only more than ten meters away from the top of the mountain.

He ran to the battle positions of Class 4 and Class 5 and told them to hold on. If he could no longer command, he should make a decisive decision and fight on their own until every soldier was left. Then he returned to the command position and asked everyone to fix their bayonets and prepare for hand-to-hand combat.

continued to work for half an hour. The machine guns of the fifth squadron stopped firing, and all they could hear were roaring explosions and shouts of killing. This is very bad news, it means that the position has been breached.

Platoon leader Xie was very anxious and took Qiu Huizhong with him to rush to the fifth squadron position.

A cannonball flew over and blew up the shelter. Several soldiers from the Sixth Squadron died.

Platoon Commander Xie turned around and looked back. A machine gun bullet passed through his right rib and penetrated his chest and back. He immediately collapsed to the ground.

Xie woke up and saw Qiu Huizong crying beside him. While crying, he said: "Platoon leader, there is no stretcher here, so we can't rescue you."

Qiu Huizong added: "The fourth class can't do it either. There will be gunshots every now and then." Is it possible that the sound of grenades is the same? What should I do?"

Xie Benying also cried: "How many of our brothers are left?"

Before Qiu Huizong could answer, several Japanese soldiers were running over from the fifth squadron position.

Qiu Huizong said: "Platoon leader, there are many enemies, so we can't fight."

With a seriously wounded soldier and a messenger, Xie Benying knew the current situation very well. He asked Qiu Huizong to leave quickly and informed the fourth squad to hold the position and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

But Qiu Huizong didn't listen. He picked up Xie and walked to the area near the collapsed shelter. He dragged two bodies over and placed them on top of Xie's body. He also covered them with some broken rocks and debris, and then walked away.

The Japanese soldiers were stabbing my injured soldiers one by one with bayonets, and they were also poking at the corpses of the national soldiers. Xie Benying held her pistol tightly and waited for the Japanese troops to approach.

The sound of footsteps became heavier and heavier, and the sound of bayonets poking at objects became clearer and louder.

The machine gun of Class 4 suddenly fired at this moment. The Japanese army was startled, stopped poking, turned around and attacked the Fourth Squadron's position.

followed by rumbling explosions and intensive shooting. Reinforcements from the second battalion came over and the Japanese troops were driven down the mountain.

Qiu Huizong was the first to run over, followed by company commander Cui Zefan, third platoon leader Zhang Duo and many brothers.

Xie Benying was very excited. Company Commander Cui said: "Don't say anything. Qiu Huizong, hurry up and take stretcher soldiers to send Platoon Commander Xie to the regimental health team."

Xie Benying still asked, how many brothers are there in the platoon?

No one answered this question directly. It was the fourth squad leader who spoke up and said, Platoon leader, don't worry, those of us who are alive will continue to fight.

It is already six o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky is dim. Qiu Huizong took several people and sent Xie Benying to the regimental health team. The next day Xie was transferred to Shaanxi Wugong Hospital.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, Xie met Instructor Wang of this company in the hospital. As soon as the two met, tears flowed down their faces.

Instructor Wang said that the company commander died, platoon leader Zhang Duo and Zhang were killed, the enemy was outnumbered, and there was no backup, the battalion was ordered to abandon the outpost position, and the troops moved to the main position to rendezvous. These were all things that happened the morning after you left.

Where is Qiu Huizong? Thank you for asking.

"Dead." Instructor Wang said, "After the company commander died, he stayed beside the company commander's body and refused to leave anyone who shouted. The Japanese army came up and assassinated him."