"Half an hour ago, when several of my fellow officers and I were raising glasses to celebrate the victory, Officer Liu said that this first glass of wine must be dedicated to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the victory. You said, our brothers are going to drink this.
Should I offer them a glass of wine?"
"Should!" The officers and soldiers of the 769th regiment raised their wine bowls and roared like thunder.
The soldiers' eyes, originally full of joy, overflowed with deep sadness!
The 769th Regiment paid a heavy price in the battle of Beiganling, with more than 500 people sacrificed and more than 200 people seriously injured. The casualty rate exceeded 50%.
Those 500 people who died in the battle can no longer sit here talking and laughing loudly, drinking wine and eating meat. Many of them never even ate a piece of meat from the time they joined the army to the time they died in the battle.
"We have to drink this glass of wine for them, because they are here and will never leave. They have never left." Tang Dao stood in the hunting wind, making a fist with one hand and beating his chest hard.
Tang Dao's blows were so powerful that even in the noisy scene, people standing near him could hear the banging sound!
His body is very strong, and he uses his body as a drum, a war drum!
But everyone knows that what Tang Dao, the leader of the group, really wants to beat is not his chest muscles, but his own heart.
The best memorial is to keep them in your heart and never forget them.
"Respect the fallen comrades, do it!" Comrade Wang Xiaoqiang imitated the Tang Dao, pounded his chest, and shouted with tears in his eyes.
As Brigadier Cheng who knows him well said, many veterans in the 769th Regiment are his old comrades-in-arms. He jumped out to take the lead, not because he wanted to show off himself, but because he wanted his familiar comrades to see him.
, if you can exchange greetings with him and see them doing well, his heart will be at peace.
But Wang Xiaoqiang is doomed to be disappointed! Many people he wanted to see have not yet been seen, even though he has tried very hard to find them in the firelight.
The most tragic situation in this battle was the encounter with the Japanese army. The 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, equipment, and firepower. The 1st Battalion was also the most elite infantry battalion of the 769th Regiment. Veterans accounted for the majority, so the sacrifices were natural.
Make up the majority.
It was one of the very few units where the casualty rate of veterans was higher than that of new recruits. Even at such a moment, the veterans left their hope of survival to the new recruits.
Because they believe that sooner or later, new soldiers will become veterans, and this will happen again and again!
"Respect the fallen comrades! Do it!" The soldiers knocked on their chests twice and drank up the strong wine in the bowl.
They don't know if their comrades who have died can see this scene, but they believe what Tang Dao said, as long as they keep their names, voices and looks in their hearts, they will still be there until their own lives come to an end.
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Not only did Wang Xiaoqiang and the young regiment leader beside him burst into tears and drained the wine in the bowl in one gulp, Brigadier Cheng also gritted his teeth and drained the wine in the bowl in one gulp. Even he felt that if he did not drink this bowl of wine,
Sorry people.
It was really touching that someone used his chest as a war drum and said "never leave, and never leave".
Tantai Mingyue quickly lowered her head, taking advantage of the fall of her hair to cover her eyes that were about to get wet.
She originally thought that she had seen too much blood and death, and her heart had become strong enough, but she did not expect that, far away from blood and death, these men standing upright in the firelight could still make her eyes wet.
Trying her best to suppress her turbulent mood, Tantai Mingyue quickly recorded the first chapter of her Jindong battlefield diary: While we were here, they never left!
It is said that after Tantai Mingyue's battlefield diary was written, it was sent to the desk review of the head of the 921 Division. It was originally going to be sent to the northwest for broadcast to the whole country through the Northwest Radio Station, but the division head with a rigorous personality was extremely rare.
Staring at the article affectionately, he asked: "Tell the reporter from Tantai if you can not broadcast this diary to the whole country. I don't want the mothers who are still at home waiting for their sons to return to worry. This article will be published in the Military Daily of our 80th Group Army."
But wait until after the war and send this article and military medals to the martyrs’ homes!”
In the end, this article did not exaggerate the atmosphere, but completely realistically recorded the battlefield diary of more than a thousand remaining members of the 769th Regiment that day beating their chests in memory of their comrades. It was only published in the Military Journal of the 80th Group Army and the "Taihang Battle Report" newly established by the Fourth Army Regiment.
In the future, with only 10,000 copies of the first issue of "Taihang Battle Report" printed, except for three copies that were collected by the China Military Museum, the other five copies that were wandering around became the favorites of military collectors. The only first issue that went to the auction house
It was auctioned for a high price of five million.
It is said that the grandfather of the low-key and reserved middle-aged man who took this newspaper photo was killed in this battle!
His father was a posthumous son and he had never seen his father. The "Taihang Battle Report" published photos of a total of ten young soldiers from the 769th Regiment, the 771st Regiment, the 772nd Regiment, the Supplementary Regiment, and the Fourth Regiment. They were all in
When cleaning the battlefield, they found it from their blood-stained purses.
These soldiers took the opportunity to take photos between battles, just to leave a message to their families.
Originally, the old black-and-white photos were very blurry. In addition, after decades of use, even if the person who collected the newspaper kept it very carefully, it was still mottled and even the faces of the people could not be seen clearly.
But the middle-aged man still gently pressed his face against the mottled photo, as if, spanning eighty years, he could feel the warmth of the young man who was thirty years younger than him.
No one can understand his heart except himself.
The war caused his father to lose his father! But the middle-aged man did not truly understand the pain of losing his father until his father left. After feeling the pain, he felt even more sorry for his old father.
Because, his old father never had the chance to call out the word "Dad" in his life.
This pain lasts for three generations!
The only thing that makes people happy is that even though time has passed by nearly a hundred years, there are still people who remember the young man with a gun slung across his body, wearing leggings, and looking seriously at the camera in front of him, looking a little nervous.
He has never left before anyone remembers him.
After drinking the wine in the bowl, Tang Dao, who did not wipe the wine stains from the corners of his mouth, stared at the thousands of officers and soldiers in front of him with sharp eyes, and continued to shout loudly: "As for the second glass of wine, the division commander proposed to toast us, precisely because we dared
Only by facing the bullets and artillery shells of the Japanese invaders can we have a chance to win. But I also feel that it is the duty of our soldiers to face the bullets and blades of the enemy. Since we put on this uniform, our lives have been saved.
It doesn’t just belong to us, not just to our parents, but to the entire country and nation.
This land gave birth to our ancestors and gave birth to us. When they were wailing under the iron heel of the Japanese army, how else could we choose? We had no choice but to go, even if we died.
Therefore, with this glass of wine, we pay tribute to the military uniform we are wearing. It is the military uniform that gives us responsibility and gives us the courage to protect our Chinese nation.
Now here are thousands or even tens of thousands of dark blue and dark gray military uniforms, but in the Xuzhou battlefield that we cannot see, there are hundreds of thousands of Chinese passionate men like us who are marching forward one after another. We should also respect them.
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Do you think you should drink this wine?"
"Here's to the Chinese soldiers, do it!" The young regiment leader's eyes flashed, he roared with great pride, he raised his neck, and drank up a tael of white wine without saying a word!
Even though his face was red at this time, he was obviously semi-drunk.
"Here's to the Chinese soldiers, do it!" The soldiers raised their glasses loudly and drank all the wine in the bowl.
After two bowls in a row, many people were already swaying. They hadn't just drank, but they had also drank a lot in the past half hour or so.
After all, drinking too much requires courage, but staying awake after drinking too much really depends on your ability to drink.
"This guy is simply a wine commander! Where did he get so much talk?" Brigadier Cheng Da had to drink another drink with his teeth bared. If he didn't drink this drink, he wouldn't dare to wear a military uniform.
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However, by this time, Brigadier Cheng Da couldn't help but be a little curious about what method Tang Dao would use to make the entire army drink the third glass of wine.
Of course, he had already asked the orderly to prepare the third cup. He had a hunch that this third cup might have more reasons to drink than the first two cups.
Tantai Mingyue, who put down her pen and paper, was stimulated by Tang Dao's passionate toast, and took a big sip. The alcohol was like a ball of fire burning from her throat to her stomach, but her eyes were curved into crescents.
As smart as she was, she had guessed Tang Dao's intention at this time: Don't talk to me about drinking, I am good at talking about drinking, and I am even better at persuading people to drink.
Previously, he was worried that Tang Dao would get drunk, but now he was mostly relieved.
After just two bowls of wine, it is estimated that half of the people were sluggish in their steps. Needless to say, the result would be another bowl.
Now that his worries are gone, he is just like Brigadier Cheng, who is extremely curious about Tang Dao's next toast. He has to drink two bowls of wine in a row. The reason for the third bowl is so convincing that it makes people move.
"In this third cup, the division chief once suggested that he should respect me, saying that it was because of the long-distance raids that the Four Troops and I worked tirelessly to achieve the great victories at Shentou Ridge and Beigan Ridge, but I refused.
Because this great victory belongs to all the officers and soldiers on the eastern Shanxi front line. How can I alone take the lead?
But that was said to the chief, and it was somewhat modest. But here, I want to say that you really have to respect me for this third cup."
Needless to say, the officers and soldiers of the 769th Regiment were stunned. Even Brigadier Cheng shook his little hand and almost threw away the wine bowl he had habitually picked up.
What do you mean? You are so humble as a leader, but here you can pretend to be a big clove of garlic? You want to pretend to be a good person! An infantry platoon pays a toast to you, the man who made the first contribution!
"Because, I'm not only here to drink with you, but also to give you money." Tang Dao smiled slightly, "Don't think you heard it wrong. That's right, we will win the battle and kill more than 4,000 little devils, just drinking and eating meat.
How can I issue certificates of merit? I am here this time to give bonuses to everyone. As long as those who participated in this battle, died, were injured, and made meritorious service, the pensions and bonuses will not be counted. Everyone will have a bonus for participating in the battle. "
Everyone who participated in the war had money? The whole place was so silent that you could hear a pin drop.
‘A wealthy man wants to be beaten?’ This thought directly impacted Brigadier Cheng Da’s head and made him buzz at the time.
"Done!"
However, it must be said that Brigadier Cheng Da is very clever. He was knocked unconscious by the pie suddenly falling from the sky, and he was able to react immediately and roared so loud that his voice almost broke.
The wine doesn’t seem to be wine anymore, just simmer it in one sip!
Tang Dao said before that sentiment is touching, but money is more practical! The whole army is giving out money. There are only 8,000 people in the 921st Division participating in the war this time, so how much money will they get?
If it were anyone else, he might still have doubts, but who is Tang Dao! Needless to say, one hundred thousand silver coins captured in Lucheng had to be divided into 50,000 by the Four Lines Group. I heard that the Four Lines Group in Licheng captured the Japanese army.
The baggage warehouse contains a lot of gold bars.
Comrade Dacheng originally wanted to ask Tang Dao how much was captured, but in the end he still didn't have the nerve to ask. Now it seemed that it was more than he imagined.
It shouldn’t be worth more than 100,000 silver dollars! That’s really a huge fortune!
This means that Tang Dao still doesn't know this man's "flowery intestines" at this time, otherwise he must tell him about the famous "two peasant women guessed whether the empress in the palace would eat two cakes or one cake for breakfast"
story.
The pattern! You need to open it up a little. One hundred thousand silver dollars is nothing. Not to mention the gold bars stored in the Japanese army's baggage warehouse are worth nearly one million. The cash in the vaults of the four major banks in Jincheng is worth tens of millions. That is, Tang Dao is now
I haven't been able to take it out yet, and when I take it out, it will probably be turned into various equipment or supplies.
Money is yours only when you spend it. It means nothing if you put it anywhere!
Comrade Wang Xiaoqiang and the young regiment leader also woke up from their dreams at this moment, and followed Brigadier Cheng Da to drain the wine in their glasses in one gulp!
"Haha! We must respect Captain Tang's wine!"
"Captain Tang, we've done it, you can do whatever you want!"
The soldiers who reacted cheered and drank up the wine in the bowl happily! The attitude was just like the future when the bosses of some large Internet companies promised their employees to give them six months more salary during the Chinese New Year.
You can't blame these soldiers for their eyes shining brightly when they heard the word "money", and they reacted more violently than the previous two reasons for drinking.
Regardless of sacrifice or victory, it is all in the past. People have to look forward.
And the current Eighty Group Army is really too poor.
Many people may not understand that after all, the 80th Group Army is now a unified organization and receives military pay from the Ministry of Military Affairs. How can it be so poor?
The military pay is pretty good. Based on the level of the 80th Army and the number of 45,000 soldiers, 630,000 legal currency can be paid out every month, including 300,000 in living expenses, 200,000 in combat expenses, 50,000 in subsidies, 10,000 in medical subsidies, and 70,000 in rice allowances.
Looks like a lot.
But this money is not only the military salary of the more than 40,000 people in the army, but also the loss of weapons and ammunition and the fodder for mules and horses require a lot of expenditure, not to mention the casualty allowances for soldiers and subsidies for their families. In addition, there are also those at the northwest headquarters.
Military pay subsidies for tens of thousands of people are also included.
Now, there is less available for everyone.
If Tang Dao remembers correctly, in the early days of the war, soldiers received one yuan a month, company and platoon leaders received two yuan, battalion commanders received three yuan, regiment commanders received four yuan, and brigade commanders, division commanders, including group army commanders all received five yuan.
Yuan.
In other words, Brigadier Cheng, a dignified lieutenant general, could not earn as much as a top soldier in other troops, even if they still deduct military pay.
It is hard for Tang Dao to imagine that as soldiers who are ready to sacrifice their lives at any time, they only receive a few yuan or even one yuan of military salary a month and cannot even support their wives and children, but they have no regrets!
However, they are not saints. They all have emotions and desires, and their ideals cannot be eaten as food. Everyone is an ordinary person, and they have a family to support behind them.
They can kill the enemy without money, but they can still have money after killing the enemy, which is naturally a very happy thing.
Of course, for these soldiers, it is not because money can bring them a superior material life, but being able to help their families or the army is what they desire most.
And for Tang Dao, who publicly promised to provide everyone with pensions, bonuses, and war subsidies, it was naturally not a whim.
This idea was actually discussed by Tang Dao and deputy commander Gong Shaoxun when the Four Elements Regiment marched into Lucheng.
During the Battle of Licheng, the Fourth Army Regiment captured a large amount of Japanese army baggage, which was originally worth more than the Japanese equipment captured by the 683 Brigade, not to mention the large amount of gold.
Although the two armies had previously agreed that the seizures on their respective battlefields would belong to each other, which would facilitate calculations by both parties, this battle was firstly fought under the command of the 921st Division Headquarters; secondly, in order to prevent the Japanese from
As the scale of the battlefield expanded, the 921st Division carried out general mobilization. All units not on the battlefield were also on standby, ready to enter the battlefield at any time. They did not participate in the war, but they also spent a lot of manpower and material resources.
From a human perspective, the division leaders and Brigadier Cheng might not think twice about the Four Elements Regiment monopolizing this batch of supplies, but it does not mean that everyone would be so ambitious.
The two militaries still want to cooperate more deeply, and people have no excuse. Then they must give some supplements to the 921st Division. If it is not possible to do so on the surface, then we should find another way.
For example, pensions and rewards for officers and soldiers at all levels.
In this case, at least the 50,000 yuan allocated to the 683rd Brigade will be saved, and the entire army will be greatly encouraged.
Of course, the same goes for the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment.
PS: I’m here to tell you nonsense again! In the past four or five days, Feng Yue was actually at home alone, and she didn’t even leave the house. Everyone knows the reason. Originally, Feng Yue thought she could code properly, but the result was not as she imagined.
Like that, on the contrary, Fengyue's own online classes, her daughter's online classes at home, parents' life problems, etc. make people extremely anxious, and being stuck for a long time is even more painful.
I don’t know if I can go out of the house tomorrow. If I can, Fengyue will go for a walk tomorrow to change my mind. If everything goes well, I will update around 10:30 in the evening. If there is no update, then I will take a day off and wait for Fengyue to relax.
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This chapter has been completed!