On the last day of the Lunar New Year in 1938, the Four Troops showed off their muscles to nearly 20,000 soldiers and civilians present.
Even if it is just a sports meeting, even if it is just a partial display of the strength of the Four Elements Group, it is enough for everyone present to see the reason why the Four Elements Group is so tyrannical.
The people were very happy that such a strong army was stationed in Dakouzidong Town or Taihang Mountain, and they no longer felt in danger.
Most of the officers and soldiers in other ministries are only envious but not jealous. Having such a friendly army provides an extra layer of protection from the perspective of Chinese soldiers, including the protection of life.
But for the middle and senior officers in various ministries, they have a clearer understanding of the current background of the Four Elements Regiment.
It does not depend on how sophisticated the equipment is, nor how many good friends Tang Dao has made. The fundamental core of the strength of the Four Elements Regiment is the grassroots officers and soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles and have a tenacious will.
Generals with rich battlefield experience believe that even if one day the Four Lines Regiment suffers heavy losses in a certain battle, even if this infantry regiment with special organization only survives 500 people, as long as they are given enough recruits, it will only take three
Within a few months, they will regain at least half of their combat strength.
This kind of foundation with enough skeleton support is the foundation for the Four Troops to dare to challenge the Japanese North China Front Army.
Moreover, the generals who arrived at the Si Xing Regiment could see that the officers and soldiers of the Si Xing Regiment were extremely loyal, and the middle and senior levels were extremely united. Unlike some armies, there were several factions within a small infantry regiment.
Tang Dao has absolute authority in the Four Elements Group. Wherever his blade points, the entire Four Elements Group will move forward unswervingly.
This is also the decisive factor for the Four Lines Group to maintain its strong combat effectiveness!
In less than a year and a half, the Four Lines Regiment accomplished many things that the military had not accomplished in more than ten years.
Because staying up late on New Year's Eve and family reunion are extremely important in Chinese families, the four-pronged group did not have any guests after the sports meeting.
Not only did the people and militia representatives receive a bag of rice and a bag of flour from the Si Xing Tuan logistics office and go home to celebrate the New Year, but several big shots who came to support the Si Xing Tuan's collective wedding were also eager to return home.
It's not that they have to rush back to the army to celebrate New Year's Eve, but they are the chief officers of various ministries. In such war years, they must not let the army escape their control for too long, especially when such a big festival seems peaceful.
time period.
Even if the two generals have better control over the troops than Liu and Zhao, they are not willing to delay the New Year's Eve night and cause other unpredictable changes.
"Admire! Admire! The Si Xing Regiment is truly worthy of our reputation as the First Regiment of the Chinese Army in North China! If he is lucky enough to fight against the Japanese pirates with the Si Xing Regiment again, our 101st Division will definitely go all out!" 101st Division of the Shanxi-Sui Army
After the show ended, Mr. Dong made a meaningful promise as he bid farewell to Tang Dao.
This is the first time that the general of the Jinsui Army has made such a serious promise to Tang Dao. Even in the last battle in Shanxi Province, the 101st Division only sent out most of its main force, leaving only two infantry regiments behind.
I used 70% of my strength.
That has the air of a stingy old man!
Of course, there is a deeper meaning behind this sentence. This general of the Jinsui Army already treats Tang Dao as a comrade of the same level. More importantly, he hopes to always be on good terms with the Four Elements Group.
And that is what Tang Dao wants most.
Tang Dao knew that in just one or two years, as the Eighty Group Army gradually grew stronger on the battlefield behind enemy lines, especially after the 300,000-strong army counterattacked with thousands of miles of defense organized in retaliation for the Japanese raids, the frightened man in the mountain city would
He found that his old rival's strength had expanded beyond his control, and he even tried to suppress the 80th Army at the expense of destroying the United Front.
If nothing else goes wrong, these distinguished guests who came today will be forced to change from friendly forces to passers-by or even enemies.
So today is a seed planted by Tang Dao in advance.
The right to speak is always born from strength, not because of any ideals or because you are a good person! This truth not only applies to love, friendship, family affection, but also applies to the battlefield.
Like Commander Dong, the Deputy Commander of the 12th Division and Brigadier Hu of the 28th Division, who had to start their return journey today, both expressed almost similar farewell words to Tang Dao when they were leaving.
Different from them, when Commander Li of the 104th Division shook hands with Tang Dao and said goodbye, he conveyed the New Year's message to Tang Dao from Li Jiayu, deputy commander of the 22nd Group Army: "Although the Fourth Army Regiment was transferred from our group army, please invite the Fourth Army to
All the officers and soldiers of the regiment believe that the 22nd Group Army should be the strongest backing of the Fourth Infantry Regiment, and the Sichuan Army will never let down the country or its friends!"
Why is it not Commander Sun but the famous general who was later promoted to the commander of the 36th Group Army and died on the front line of the Anti-Japanese War? There may be shadows of internal fighting among the Sichuan Army factions, but as a former Tang Dao officer, he said this
words are more appropriate.
If coupled with the firm support of the two Sichuan Army generals, Commander Guo and Commander Rao, this almost means that most of the Sichuan Army will become the backing of the Si Xing Regiment.
Even without the support of Zhang, Wu, Gu and other generals with heavy troops, the Four Lines Regiment is no longer easily accessible to anyone.
Of course Tang Dao didn't know that regarding his attitude, the generals of the Sichuan Army who were still fighting abroad even used their spare time to communicate by telegram.
No matter how complicated the composition of the soldiers of the Si Xing Regiment is, the regiment leader Tang Dao is a native of Sichuan, and the Si Xing Regiment has been classified as a Sichuan Army twice in a row, so the Si Xing Regiment is the Sichuan Army.
Are the generals of the Sichuan Army who are extremely eager to create their own prestige on the anti-Japanese battlefield, who are not foxes of thousands of years?
This Patriotic War cannot be fought in a few years. Tang Dao's greatest advantage is not that he is capable of fighting, but that he is young enough.
How high can a young general who can fight and have enough time to wait silently fly in the future? This is enough for the generals of the Sichuan Army who are already in their forties or even fifty to imagine.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After the war, how much profit share the Sichuan Army can get from the big cake of the country may depend on Tang Dao, a young man with unlimited potential.
It is precisely under the leadership of this kind of thinking of taking precautions that although Tang Dao has not yet been regarded as a representative figure of the Sichuan Army in the future, sufficient support must be given.
On the morning of New Year's Eve, the congratulatory messages sent by Guo and Rao were on the one hand an expression of personal emotions, and on the other hand, they also represented the forces of the Sichuan Army behind them. The same was true for the New Year's message from Deputy Commander Li conveyed by Commander Li.
the meaning of.
However, I only mentioned this when I was saying goodbye, so it was obvious that I had some considerations.
Of course, Tang Dao was not stingy with these friendly generals who had made promises.
When they arrived, the generals who led the troops brought as few as two guard companies with 400 people, and as many as one guard battalion with 600 people.
Tang Dao gave each person 5 yuan of "business trip allowance" according to the number of people, and also gave each person a three-edged military thorn as a gift!
Today's Sihangtuan Military Factory has been able to mass-produce this type of individual bayonet blade with a simple structure and powerful stabbing power. The monthly output can be maintained at about 2,000 pieces. It also specifically addresses the problem of different types of standard rifles in the Chinese military.
With the universal bayonet design, any gun, even a bamboo pole, can be locked after simple adjustments.
The military factory also thoughtfully made a detachable triangular spur handle. If you don't want it to get stuck on the muzzle, you can install this handle and use it as a personal spur.
With this kind of murderous weapon in hand, just imagining the feeling of having it stabbed into the enemy's body, the soldiers in the guard camp felt like the hairs all over their bodies were exploding!
Tang Dao also cashed in on various rewards obtained based on competition rankings. The 12th Division, 28th Division, 101st Division, and 102nd Division received slightly less submachine guns than the 17th Division and the 921th Division because of their slightly lower rankings in each event.
, but on average each division has about 30 strokes.
Moreover, when the generals got their hands on it, they discovered that it was not the MP28 flower machine submachine gun they imagined, but the MP38 with stronger firepower and more stable ballistics, which almost made several generals extremely happy.
Tang Tuanzuo is not someone who just gives away guns without bullets. Each submachine gun comes with standard 4 magazines and 300 rounds of bullets.
The strength of the various guard battalions that came to this big mountain like Taihang Mountain instantly increased by more than 10%. How could the big guys leave without laughing?
Before leaving, Luo Wanjian, the second lieutenant platoon leader of the 12th Division's guard battalion, went to Long Yan specifically and asked him to accompany him to find Cai Yongguan, who was shocked by him, to express his apology.
Cai Yongguan admired this man very much and gave his gun to the second lieutenant platoon leader as a souvenir.
According to the ordnance management regulations of the Fourth Army Regiment, if the gun is damaged in battle, the company headquarters can apply for re-issuance. However, if the gun is damaged or lost during training or daily life, the situation must be explained first and then reviewed and then applied for. But then
It's not free anymore, you have to pay.
Like a Black Star pistol, the price is not high but it still costs NT$50, and if someone like Cai Yongguan gave it away because it was not damaged during training, it is full price.
But 50 oceans is nothing to Captain Cai Dal.
But Captain Cai Dal seems to have forgotten that from today on, he is not a bachelor who can feed himself and the whole family is not hungry, he is also a man with a wife.
The little military pay and bonus he had saved seemed to have been forced to be handed over in full after the collective wedding in the morning.
"Holy shit! Brother, you are the company commander and I am the platoon leader. Are you asking me to borrow money?" Long Yan looked at Company Commander Cai Dal, who was licking his big face and asking for a loan to buy a gun at the ordnance department. He almost lost his mind.
My jaw dropped.
"You are single and have no need for money. If I don't ask for your baby, who can I borrow it from? Hurry up, 50 oceans, and after two months, the Japanese group will give you a bonus and I will give it back to your baby." But Cai Yongguan said.
It's a matter of course.
Daqing means that you can be rich if you are single. What the hell is this? Long Yan doesn’t understand this big brother’s logic.
But the key point is that he didn't dare to refute. In the past half month, because he was apprenticed to Instructor Han, under the guidance of Old Uncle Han, he had been sparring with this senior brother in hand-to-hand combat. Every time, he was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.
, if you refuse, how will you be beaten next time?
But Longyan didn’t have money, he really didn’t.
Although he already had the rank of lieutenant and was a winner of special merit, all his money was given to the families of brothers from the mountain infantry company who died in the counterattack a month ago.
This is also a tradition in Yeyue Village. When that family loses its pillar, all other families must try their best to help this family, even the leader is no exception.
It is precisely because of this tradition of mutual help that the Jiuli people of Yeyue Village can persevere in the extremely harsh living environment and continue to this day.
In the last battle of Shaiyue Valley, more than 200 tribesmen died. This time, dozens of people were killed and injured again. The livelihoods of nearly a hundred families and hundreds of young and old were affected. Long Yan, who had no family to support, had to help with all his resources?
Fortunately, there are cooking classes in each unit of the Si Xing Regiment, and there is no charge for meals. Otherwise, Long Yan, a winner of special military merit, would have to go to the mountains to find food by himself. Lieutenant Long, who touched his empty wallet, felt sad for a moment.
"Then I'll go find my brother-in-law. They say he's good at searching Japanese pockets, and he must have private money!" Lieutenant Long, whose eyes were wet because of poverty, said that there were people behind him.
Shen Laoliu...
If he could, he would like to say to his wife: "I can't live this life anymore, divorce her!"
However, Shen Laoliu, who was called by his brother-in-law to borrow money outside the courtyard, could bear it for the time being when he saw his wife, who was wearing a bridal gown with a Jiuli short blade stuck in her waist and entertaining guests in the yard in front of the house.
Calmly, he led Long Yan to a rock on the cliff behind the wooden house. He took the saber he carried with him and pried open a movable rock. He took out a small clay pot and took out a piece weighing 20 grams.
gold medal.
"This is the amulet I prepared for your future nephew. When you go to Director Tantai of the Ordnance Department, remember to tell him that it is just a temporary hold. Brother, you will redeem it after you get your military pay reward in two months. Don't really
Give it to me." Shen Laoliu was still very experienced in playing the family card, including but not limited to it.
It is a kind of desperate struggle to maintain family ties without letting one's private money disappear just like that!
"Hey, brother-in-law, what you said is that there is no need to trouble Director Tantai! The regimental commander is also entertaining tonight, and Director Tantai must be there. I will go directly to Sister A with this sign. Just say that this is a meeting gift I prepared for my future nephew, but I need money now, so I will temporarily lend me 50 yuan for the New Year, and that will be the end of it?" Long Yan said carelessly.
"Your sister has a lot of money!" Shen Laoliu was still complaining and didn't react. He watched Long Yan take his private money and run away.
"Wait, shit!"
Shen Laoliu suddenly realized that his private money had gone to his wife, and Dayang had also borrowed it. He probably would never have to pay it back, a double loss.
It was in this chain reaction that Luo Wanjian got a pistol with green eyes that even his battalion commanders envied, but the one who suffered the most heavy losses was Lieutenant Shen, who seemed to have nothing to do with it.
However, it’s like the truth said by Wu Nao Dao: “I can’t let you, Platoon Commander Shen, take all the good things. Who is still fighting the Japanese with his head on his head? As a result, your sixth brother survived. Not to mention, marry a capable and virtuous sister-in-law.
What's wrong with having an unreliable brother-in-law who always cheats on you? Besides, Lieutenant Long cheats you every day, but on the battlefield, it's like having a divine body to protect you, and he always gives people different surprises."
When Shen Laoliu thought about it, he felt relieved.
He knew that he had no problem fighting the Japanese alone, but commanding a platoon was already the limit. Even if he survived until the end of the war, he would be a mid-level officer at most.
But this cheating brother-in-law has unexpected magic on the battlefield. It is true that the regimental commander loves his soldiers as his own children, but not all of them are qualified to be selected by him to guide him personally.
In the future, his Shen Laoliu's baby may have to rely on his unreliable brother-in-law to take care of him.
For those who get married and start a family, the Engineer Company of the Fourth Army Regiment has built a single-family wooden house in advance around the station. Although it is not big, it is enough for the couple to live their own small life.
But if the couple is both in the military, I'm afraid that after the 15-day wedding holiday, both of them will have to return to the military camp, and they won't be able to go home for reunion until the military holiday.
Even if they give birth to a baby, the couple will not have time to go home and take care of the baby. Tang Dao also plans to allocate a special amount of funds to build a nursery in the town. In the future, children born to military couples will be taken care of here. When their parents are on vacation, You can take her home and reunite with your family.
As for those who belong to the military alone, they can hire a live-in nanny to help take care of the children. The military pay of the soldiers in the Four-Hong Regiment is enough to cover these additional expenses.
This is determined by the war years and the special attributes of soldiers. No one will complain about this.
Since Tang Tuanzuo does not advocate big things, even if each wedding is a special festival like New Year's Eve, each young couple will only invite two or three tables of their best comrades in their own yard.
Not lively, but enthusiastic!
Tang Dao only invited one table. Except for a few chief officers of the regiment, not even the main battalion commanders such as Guo Shouzhi and Shangguan Yun received invitations.
Otherwise, the small courtyard belonging to Tang Dao and Tantai Mingyue could be crowded and explode.
Xia Dayu and Erya, two former and current orderlies, came to help themselves, so no one could say anything.
The old couple Yunshu and the newlyweds of Tantai prepared the meals for the guests themselves.
Then, Tang Tuanzuo, who was very proactive, was 'invited' out of the kitchen by his parents-in-law.
In fact, Tang Tuanzuo, who has great personal charm in dealing with people, is invincible on the battlefield, and can impress people by singing and reciting poems, finally exposed his personal shortcomings at this moment.
In addition to Lei Xiong, Ye Chenghuan, Gong Shaoxun, and Zhuang Shisan, the other three guests were the 683 Journey Brigadier, Wang Xiaoqiang, and Captain Xu, who were stationed closest to Dakouzidong Town.
Seven people plus five members of Tang Dao's family and Xia Dayu and Erya who helped, there were exactly 14 people in the table!
Although it was still a bit cold on New Year's Eve, the charcoal fire was lit and everyone was happy for Tang Dao and his wife. Even Mrs. Tantai, who was a little frail, didn't feel cold.
PS: Time flies so fast, it will be 2024 soon, Feng Yue wishes brothers a Happy New Year in advance! Starting from today, the monthly tickets will be doubled, Feng Yue is here to weakly ask for a monthly ticket.
In addition, there is something else I would like to announce to my brothers. My daughter, a very tired senior high school student, has used her lunch break for the past six months to write a science fiction novel, which she plans to publish on January 1st. Editor
I have already read the inner signature. When the time comes, brothers will go support me and take a look at what my daughter wrote.
Of course, Fengyue also spent his time polishing her, so the quality will definitely not be bad!
This chapter has been completed!