Zhang Tianhao smiled when he saw Ning Tao, who was already wearing a colonel's clothes. He did not expect that Ning Tao would actually sneak into the colonel.
"Boss, I finally see you. It's been a long time since I last saw you."
He ran over, laughed loudly, stood in front of Zhang Tianhao, and then hugged Zhang Tianhao directly.
"Boss, these are our old brothers, all of them have become school officials, hahaha."
"How could you not know me, my brothers, welcome to meet again!"
Zhang Tianhao also laughed and hugged a few old brothers, then led the people into his house.
"Guard, there are no visitors today. I want to chat with my brother later."
Zhang Tianhao gave a few instructions to the guards around him and then ushered in a few old brothers.
After walking into the house, several old brothers saw Zhang Tianhao. Although it was only a few months ago, it seemed like they had been years apart. They hugged Zhang Tianhao again.
"Master, we miss you so much. We all regret it now. At that time, we didn't listen to what the master said about marching and fighting. Now that we have to fight every day, we realize how precious what the master said is so precious. We regret it."
"Young Master, this is true. We brothers often sit together to discuss military operations. While recalling what the Young Master said, we check for omissions and fill in the gaps. Now that we see the Young Master, the Young Master must teach us again, otherwise we
You always suffer losses when fighting the Japanese."
"Master, I really regret it now. If the master had spoken more, at least many of his brothers would have died. Really. It's a pity that it's useless for me to regret it."
Ning Tao looked at Zhang Tianhao and felt emotional for a while. Zhang Tianhao went there in May and never had the chance to meet again. But only two or three months later, they were fighting everywhere, and their fight in Feihu Ridge was a mess, even
In order to escape for his life, he had to leave Feihu Ridge and fight in various places.
"Are you under General Fu now?"
"Yes, we are all under General Fu now, fighting the Japanese, and we still have some supplies, otherwise there is nothing we, three or four thousand brothers, can do!"
Ning Tao immediately whispered a few words, and then began to talk about their actual defeat in August. In August, a Japanese brigade originally attacked them, but they were almost wiped out by them. Then the Japanese sent
A regiment came over, and the result was a chaotic mess.
Their casualties exceeded 3,000, and the Japanese regiment also lost at least half of them.
However, the Japanese saw that it was extremely difficult to fight in Feihu Ridge, so they mobilized troops from all around and directly transferred a division, plus the remaining troops of the regiment.
In the end, Ning Tao followed Zhang Tianhao's advice and chose to evacuate the area, but he didn't evacuate all of them, leaving the firepower behind to fight guerrillas.
As for joining General Fu, Zhang Tianhao had already arranged it, but no one knew that it was his arrangement.
It can be said that only Ning Tao knew that Zhang Tianhao had already instructed him to seek refuge with General Fu after his defeat.
"How many troops do you have now?"
"There are more than 3,700 people. I am now a colonel and brigade commander. I have old brothers from three regiments under me. As for the newly recruited brothers, they are still training, about 1,200 people."
"It's far beyond my imagination. Work hard and try to become a major general. I want to see my brother become a general. Haha!"
"Master, all this is a gift. If it weren't for you, we old brothers wouldn't know where to work as coolies. You will always be our young master."
"Okay, stop being coy, how many of our old brothers are left?"
"Fourteen, there are still fourteen old brothers left. I'm really sorry, Master, I didn't protect them well." When Ning Tao heard Zhang Tianhao ask this, his voice immediately choked up.
"Old brothers, 11 of the twenty-five brothers left at one time, and only five came today. When I am free in the future, I will meet with the old brothers again. Alas!"
Zhang Tianhao sighed directly, and this sigh contained endless helplessness.
"Tell their families that their public funds, two hundred and fifty U.S. dollars a year, will be given to them every cent. The old brother is gone, but I will take care of their families and leave a thought."
"Thank you, Master. I thank you on behalf of my dead brother."
Several people were immediately stunned. They had been soldiers for a long time, and knowing that Zhang Tianhao could still do this made their hearts warm.
After talking for a while, several people finally stopped talking, but their eyes were all a little red.
"Master, I wonder why you called us here for something?"
"I asked you to come here to train these brothers and then bring them over. I am a station commander of the Central Military Commission. I cannot always fight with the army. Therefore, in a few days, I will go back, and the army will all
Leave it to you. I will also teach you some things in the next few days. How much you can learn depends on your luck."
"Thank you, Master. Thank you, Master. It's just that Master has given us all these four to five thousand men and horses. What about you, Master? It's better if you take them with you. We are really not suitable. Compared with Master, you are far behind."
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"No, you did a great job!"
Zhang Tianhao looked at a few people and smiled lightly.
"You are my brothers, and you are also my last resort. At my level, as a colonel, it is really difficult to rise further. But you are different. You have military merit and can continue to rise. And these people,
Except for the people in one battalion who are laborers, so the training is a little more troublesome, there is no need to worry about the others. They are all prisoners of war captured by the Japanese. As long as they continue to train according to my training methods, they will be fine."
"It is estimated that it will take a month or two to complete the running-in and form combat effectiveness. By then, your army will be almost as strong as a division, and it will at least be able to fight against a Japanese brigade without losing much."
"Master, you look too much at us. If we are just soldiers fighting, we are not afraid. But we lack the Japanese aircraft and artillery. If we want to fight head-on, we can only risk the lives of our brothers."
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Ning Tao also sighed and said with a bitter smile.
"If the young master hadn't taught us how to build air-raid shelters before, more brothers might have died, really."
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. This time, the heavy weapons only have one 70mm field gun, less than twenty grenades, a dozen heavy machine guns, more than 40 light machine guns, and the rest are rifles.
Moreover, there is a serious shortage of rifles, and only half of the soldiers are equipped."
"so much?"
"More, it's a pity that I don't have many weapons here at all. All my belongings are here. I used to support your army, and now I support this army. Fortunately, it didn't last long. Otherwise, they would have sold me. I would also
I don’t have that much money!” Zhang Tianhao also joked.
"Young Master, you are awesome. We know the young master's ability. Then I will send a telegram back and arrange a training camp to take over here. Moreover, we can learn from the young master."
"Okay, you can learn from me for a week. I will stay here for a week at most. I will transfer some of the people and leave them all to you suddenly." Zhang Tianhao didn't say anything more, but started chatting again.
Get up and talk about what happened to him in Xinjing.
After all, Zhang Tianhao’s affairs in Xinjing can be described as colorful. Even Ning Tao never thought that Zhang Tianhao would develop in Xinjing alone.
"Young master, you are awesome. I never thought that in such a situation, Xinjing would be turned upside down."
"Yes, young master, I really didn't expect that you can do anything. At least about the young master's affairs, we can go back and brag about it for a long time."
"Okay, don't flatter me. The radio station is here. You can send a telegram back and bring a training camp over. After arriving, all officers will be promoted to one level. They will lead as many soldiers as they have the ability. As for
I will take away the original regiment commander and some of the battalion commanders to prevent any trouble for you."
