In the end, the captain and company commander selected three people from those who stood up.
One second lieutenant and two sergeants.
It’s not because they have high military ranks and strong combat effectiveness, nor do they need officers to be leaders.
Rather, they are the three most skilled car drivers in this security force.
If you can't even drive the car away, how can you be a good bait?
Cars, in this era, were a rarity. Not many ordinary soldiers had actually ridden in the back of a truck, let alone driving one.
The army captain who chose the key members of his command with a hard heart was heartbroken.
“Company commander, why don’t you want me?” a young soldier who followed the second lieutenant and stood out of the queue suddenly shouted loudly.
"You bitch, you should learn how to drive first!" The captain glanced at the superior soldier, his eyes twitching, and then took a deep look at the upright second lieutenant standing there, and left without saying a word.
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Seeing that the commander had left, the soldiers from each platoon dispersed under the leadership of their respective platoon leaders, leaving only the thin soldier standing there alone, a little embarrassed and lonely.
The two selected sergeants walked past the young soldier who was standing still and patted him on the shoulder to encourage him, but they still failed to change his decadent mood.
The two sergeants didn't stop much, and ran towards the three trucks on the other side of the woods, never looking back.
The equally young second lieutenant who was walking at the end sighed slightly when passing by the dejected young soldier, and rubbed the soldier's hair, which looked a bit messy without a helmet: "Ningzi, maybe the third brother will not be able to take care of you in the future, but remember
, No matter how hard it is, you must stay alive for me. One of the six brothers in our old Yang family must go back and report the news to our family."
“Third brother, if I can’t do it, you must come back.” The thin soldier looked at the second lieutenant who turned to leave, with tears in his eyes.
Only this time, his cousin and platoon leader, who had always taken care of him, did not answer his questions and walked faster and farther away.
Perhaps the Army second lieutenant who is about to die is not willing to deceive his youngest cousin!
The young upper class soldier who lives in Rehe has a very powerful name, Yang Bicheng. It was the name his father asked a famous private school teacher in the village to give him, which means that he must be successful in whatever he does in the future.
But as the saying goes, "Ideals are full, reality is backbone." Yang Bicheng has been a coward since he was a child. He was born in an Orion family but has never killed a rabbit.
Even though he was watching helplessly as the Japanese invaders who entered the village and plundered the village dragged his aunt deep into the Baomi field, he did not dare to make a sound while hiding in another part of the Baomi field.
The timid Yang Bicheng escaped the disaster of life and death, but he could not escape the disaster in his heart.
After venting their animalistic desires, the Japanese soldiers left, and my aunt died.
His plump chest, which he had sucked on when he was a child, was stabbed to pieces by the Japanese army with bayonets.
His aunt's eyes were not closed until she died. For a year, his dreams were filled with her unceasing eyes.
He knew that his aunt did not blame him, because when his aunt who hid with him in a cornfield was discovered by the Japanese soldiers, the first thing he shouted was: "Hide and leave me alone!"
However, Yang Bicheng could not forgive himself.
Under great psychological pressure, he became even more timid.
After this tragedy, the twenty-eight members of the Yang family swore to God in front of their aunt's grave that if they did not avenge this humiliation and revenge, the Yang family would die from this generation.
After the first seven days, the Yang family sent six young men of Yang Bicheng's generation to join the army. They were also all the men of the third generation of the Yang family who were over fifteen years old.
Although the old man of the Yang family is illiterate, he was also a good man who traveled all over the country when he was young. He knows that eggs cannot be put in one basket. If you want to take revenge, you must survive first.
The eldest son of the Yang family took the fourth and fifth elders to the 29th Army stationed in Pingjin based on the principle of proximity. The second eldest son of the Yang family took the third and sixth elders to cross the Great Wall and go to Shaanxi via Shanxi to find the former Northeastern Army.
After three years in the army, Yang Lao Er gradually showed his prowess and became the infantry squad leader because of his good marksmanship from hunting since he was a child. Yang Lao San, the most well-read among the Yang brothers, was valued by the head of the military secret service group and was directly promoted to
He served as a second lieutenant adjutant in the regiment headquarters, and then was transferred to the guard battalion as a second lieutenant platoon leader during the North China War due to excessive battle losses of the guard troops. It was normal for a second lieutenant who performed well to be promoted to lieutenant after this battle.
Yang Bicheng is the only coward who is ineffective. He has been a soldier for almost four years and was promoted to a first-class private just because he had enough military experience. At that point, maybe the secret service team was looking for Yang Laosan's face.
Because, Yang Bicheng is really too incompetent.
When he heard the sound of cannons, he held his head and wanted to tuck his head into his crotch. When shooting, he always shot blindly with his eyes closed. The word "coward" was simply tailor-made for him.
If the superior officer hadn't been concerned about his two cousins who performed well, he would have been kicked out of the army long ago to stop wasting food.
Perhaps only his third cousin Yang Bishen, who has read a lot of books, understands him and thinks that his incomprehensible timidity is a disease. As long as it is a disease, it can be cured sooner or later. Therefore, he has never disliked him.
Everywhere he went, he took his sickly and timid cousin with him.
If you can't be a soldier, then you can be an orderly or a medical soldier.
Don't mention it, although Yang Bicheng is timid, it does not mean that he is lazy. The 4th Guard Company has suffered a lot of attrition due to continuous wars. Yang Bicheng, who was originally a platoon-level signal soldier, works part-time as a medical soldier, and he also does a good job with his quick hands and feet.
But all this is under the protection of my cousin.
So, when my cousin bravely took that step, he subconsciously took it too.
Soldiers who knew him well knew why, but no one laughed.
No matter what reasons he has, he is worthy of admiration for standing up even though he knows he will die.
So, for the first time, the old sergeants from the other two platoons patted him on the shoulder as recognition.
But for Yang Bicheng, who stood still and watched his cousin walk into the distant woods, his last refuge was about to disappear.
The second son of the Yang family died in the first battle with the Japanese army on the North China battlefield. He was killed by Japanese artillery. Before he could even use his accurate marksmanship, the entire infantry company's position was used by the Japanese army.
105 howitzers attacked, and an infantry company disappeared before even seeing the shadow of the Japanese army.
Although there is no news about the three elders of the Yang family who are in the 29th Army, their unit is in Wancheng, which is the focus of the Japanese attack. It is said that the casualties of the unit exceed 60%.
There is little chance of life!
So, Yang Bishen’s final explanation before leaving was not to ask his mentally ill cousin to become brave, but to ask him to work hard to survive.
The fourth generation of the Yang family has not yet grown up. As the third generation, he is considered the last adult. He must live.
It’s just that on such a cruel battlefield, it is far more difficult to survive than to die.
This is undoubtedly an extremely difficult request, especially for a timid upper-class soldier who has fired less than 30 bullets in four years of service in the army.
“Third brother, I promise you, live on!” Yang Bicheng gritted his teeth and silently promised into the distance.
He knew that from this moment on, he no longer had a brother to rely on.
Three trucks, covered with tree branches and covered with tarpaulins, roared out of the woods, broke out of the mud and entered the main road, heading towards the bridge in the distance.
Soon, three fast-moving targets attracted the attention of Japanese pilots in the sky who were looking down carefully with telescopes.
"Yo Xi! Some Chinese couldn't help it and were scared out of their wits." A Japanese naval aviation captain took the initiative to lower the plane a hundred meters. After confirming that it was a few trucks, the corner of his mouth curved with pride.
Picked up the radio receiver: "Gentlemen, we can really start our hunting."
“Lieutenant Takeuchi, why do the Chinese want to bring out their cars at this time? We clearly didn’t bomb that area!” Another Japanese pilot’s question came over the radio.
"Because they know that bombing that group of Chinese civilians is just an appetizer, and the woods are the targets we will bomb sooner or later." The Japanese captain said confidently. "I think those three trucks must contain the most precious items of the Chinese people.
Supplies, the Chinese want to keep those supplies."
“Why are they going to the bridge? Aren’t they afraid that we will blow it up to ashes along with the bridge?” Another Japanese pilot asked a question on the radio.
“The Chinese are not stupid. The bridge is the goal we hope to seize rather than destroy. Otherwise, how would the group of mainlanders from the Army’s Tenth Army get across? Do they need to swim?”
“Haha! Let the mainlands swim over!” The radio receiver was full of Japanese pilots laughing.
"The second group will follow me to crush the ambitions of the Chinese. The remaining groups will continue to circle and search the Chinese positions as originally planned. Once any Chinese cannot bear to attack me, they will be killed." said the Japanese soldier with a proud face.
The captain gave the order over the radio.
Then, press the flight rudder hard.
The fighter plane under him drew a beautiful arc and flew 45 degrees to the right. Two Japanese fighter planes roared closely behind him, and the formation of three planes, one in front and two behind, remained as one.
This was the three-machine formation tactic most commonly used by the Japanese army during World War II.
Three Japanese planes made sharp turns, pointed their noses at the main road in a very short period of time, and quickly lowered their altitude from an altitude of 1,200 meters, like golden eagles that found their targets.
If we don’t care about the enemy or ourselves, just from the perspective of perception, the phrase "as graceful as a startling giant, as graceful as a swimming dragon" is probably used to describe this group of soaring "eagles" in the sky.
This chapter has been completed!