Chapter 18 Duilong Wenwen tells the story of the Volunteer Army
Xia Yuan stared at them and said seriously: "Follow me, I will lead you to win the battle and then go home."
Long Wenwen stood aside and said again in his elegant words: "How can I say that I have no clothes, but I share the same robe with you?"
"Qi Yue Wu Yi, I share the same robe with my son" comes from "Qin Feng Wu Yi", which symbolizes friendship on the battlefield and expresses the fearless spirit of a hero who lives and dies together and faces death proudly on the battlefield. Long Wenwen
I want to use these words to tie together this group of broken soldiers from all over the world.
There is quite a feeling of ‘I don’t want to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but I want to die in the same year, the same month and the same day’.
A dozen people agreed without even thinking. They had been defeated for too long. They had lost their guns, lost their shoes, and had very few bullets left. They had nothing to eat but grass and nothing to drink, so they drank dew.
, they walked in fear along the way, fearing that they would meet the Japanese. Now they finally met their own troops. Although the number was not large, at least there was a regiment leader and a deputy regiment in the army.
Even they looked like a group of defeated troops, but in this leaderless situation, the appearance of a colonel leader was so important and inspiring.
The addition of more than a dozen people made the team of more than thirty people suddenly grow bigger, but it only grew a bit. The defeated soldiers distributed their excess weapons and equipment to the new defeated soldiers, allowing them to
Each person has a gun, so when encountering the enemy, he will not be without a gun to deal with the Japanese devils.
This was like a small episode and did not stop the soldiers. They continued walking towards the airport. Meng Fanxiao took the map with him and opened it from time to time to make sure they were not heading in the wrong direction.
wrong.
Along the way, the newly joined soldiers quickly became involved with the old soldiers. Maybe they had the same fate, or maybe they met Chinese people in this foreign country, or maybe they were fighting for a common enemy.
Bu La and Kaname told the group of defeated soldiers vividly about the previous battle, how they killed a small group of Japanese Japs, they told how the Japanese Japs were careless, and they told how they killed the Japanese Japs with their guns.
Bu La said: "Xiao Dongyang, there is nothing to be afraid of. One shot will knock you down. I just knocked down three Xiao Dongyang. I have never killed Xiao Dongyang before, but now I finally kill him."
This newly joined group of broken soldiers were amazed and praised them endlessly.
"The Japanese are very powerful. They fight very hard, and they also conduct sneak attacks. We were defeated by their sneak attacks. The commander ran away. I don't know where he went. We were scattered by the Japanese. There were not as many Japanese as us.
But they fought hard and fiercely."
The defeated soldier said with a hint of sadness on his face.
Their weapons and equipment were given by the Americans, and their clothes were given by the British. They had more people than the Japanese, but they just couldn't defeat the Japanese. After thinking about it, it was the commander's incompetence. The British
of retreat.
The incompetent commander ruined the army, and they actually hoped that the British would turn around and save them. Little did they know that the British sold them all and disappeared long ago with their weapons and equipment.
Doubiang, who was carrying a heavy machine gun, consoled him: "It doesn't matter, just follow us and we will lead you to victory."
Just as the team was advancing, the scout ran back panting and brought bad news: "Captain, we met the Japs' troops in front! There were many, at least one squadron of Japanese troops. They were riding
Bicycles, many, many Japanese soldiers."
Xia Yuan waved his hand and signaled the troops to stop advancing. He and Long Wenwen came to a hillside and looked towards the forest road in the distance. A Japanese infantry squadron was speeding up, with motorcycles, bicycles and other means of transportation, as well as Japanese soldiers.
They were running fast, and they were moving forward quickly.
"A Japanese army forcefully opened up an attack route of several kilometers and defeated the Chinese and British troops."
Long Wenwen observed, with an unconcealable loneliness and anger in his tone.
With only two to three thousand people, they defeated the Chinese and British troops, and even launched an offensive route several kilometers long in an extremely arrogant manner, regardless of the head in front or the rear.
"If we have enough troops, we can directly cut the Japanese army into two or three sections, divide and surround them, and eat them one by one."
Xia Yuan thought of Changjin Lake. The rampant US 1st Marine Division stretched the front line and was divided and surrounded by the Ninth Corps. If it were not for the weather and the weapons and equipment, the 1st US Marine Division would have intervened.
Wings cannot escape.
The actions of the Japanese coalition were very similar to the offensive method of the 1st U.S. Marine Division. It was a pity that they encountered a group of defeated Chinese soldiers and defenseless British soldiers, so they dared to be so arrogant.
Long Wenwen turned to look at Xia Yuan and said, "Tuanzuo and I thought about it together."
He struck while the iron was hot and said: "Regiment leader, there are many defeated troops in Burma. According to your status, you can reorganize them all and form a regiment to fight the Japanese devils."
Xia Yuan shook his head, "War is not that simple. One of your decisions will cause many soldiers to sacrifice, and one of your actions will cause many soldiers to pay the price. Fighting with the Japanese devils, hand-to-hand combat, we are no match for them.
One regiment versus one Japanese regiment will only destroy them in the end."
He sighed, "The more people there are, the more factors you have to consider. It's not like you see the Japanese army forming a long line like earthworms and think it's enough to cut it off."
If it were a platoon or a company, Xia Yuan would not have any pressure to lead it. With his night vision and experience of fighting with the seventh company, he would have no problem going deep behind enemy lines.
But if it is a regiment with thousands of people, the target of the operation is large, and there are many scattered small units. It needs the support of intelligence and correct decision-making. You can't just consider how many Japanese devils to eliminate. What you have to consider is how to eliminate more Japanese devils with the minimum casualties.
With many enemies, how to make effective decisions can turn the situation around when you are at a disadvantage.
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After thinking about it, Xia Yuan rejected Long Wenwen's idea and said: "Burma has lost and the British army is retreating. It would be the stupidest thing for us to really pull up such a large team and go head-to-head with the Japanese."
Not to mention a regiment, even if he gathered a division to fight the Japanese, it would be foolish.
The British were retreating towards India. When they went to fight, they faced the aggressive Japanese army, and even logistical supplies could not be guaranteed.
Troops above the regimental level have too many things to consider.
The Japanese infantry squadron passed through the border like locusts, leaving just as quickly as they came, and soon disappeared from the sight of the two men.
"They were chasing the British convoy in this direction, and that direction was India."
Xia Yuan raised his head and looked at the direction in which the Japs disappeared, stood up and said: "Let's keep going. There are so many Japanese troops chasing the retreating British troops. They will not leave too many troops at the airport. We will try our best to get them within two days."
Get to the airport within a minute!”
Long Wenwen nodded in agreement: "Hey, try to get to the airport within two days. Group members, have you ever thought about what we will do if the airport is captured?"
Xia Yuan was stunned for a moment. He really had never thought about such a problem. "Airplanes are one of the important material transportation routes. Taking the airport means more possibilities."
Long Wenwen said: "Burma's air supremacy has been occupied by the Japanese army."
"I know, but something is better than nothing." Xia Yuan looked at Long Wenwen and said, "You are eager to fight, but have you ever thought about how a group of defeated soldiers who have suffered consecutive defeats and a group of soldiers who are looking forward to being alive should be rehabilitated?
Picking up their lost souls and letting them fight the Japanese army is not just a matter of words or arm's length talks."
His eyes darkened and he said: "I once saw such a group of people, wearing only a single piece of clothing, fighting the enemy in the severe cold of minus 40 degrees. Their fingers were frozen off, their toes were frozen off, and the quilt was two layers.
For quilts, they ate boiled potatoes and stir-fried flour in a pot. In that kind of weather, the potatoes were as frozen as stones, and the flour was so dry that it could make your throat fall out. Without water, they ate snow.
, they climbed over the mountains and ridges on two legs, using bolt-action rifles that could not be fired for a long time."
"The enemy wears cotton-padded military coats, sleeps in duck down sleeping bags, and eats hot food transported by plane. There are all kinds of meat and vegetables. Canned food is the food they dislike most. Their weapons and equipment are luxurious.
They are armed to the teeth with aircraft and artillery, tanks and armored vehicles, rocket launchers, and recoilless guns. They are very powerful."
"But in the face of such a powerful enemy, they used two legs to outrun the enemy's four wheels, used rifles to defeat the enemy's aircraft, artillery, and tanks and armored vehicles, and used hard potatoes to defeat the enemy's chickens, ducks, and fish."
"Sometimes the difference in weapons, equipment, and numbers is nothing."
Xia Yuan nodded his head and said: "The gap here is the most terrifying."
Long Wenwen looked at Xia Yuan intently and murmured: "It's too comfortable, it's all too comfortable. The comfortable life has paralyzed them and sapped their fighting spirit."
Xia Yuan said: "Indeed, their lives are too comfortable. Continuous defeats have worn away their souls and their spirits. What I want is not an army of steel, but an army of spiritual steel. Only such an army can
Only when you have no disadvantages can you be invincible."
"If you want to regain the self-confidence of defeated soldiers, you cannot simply find their self-confidence through a few victories. Their lost souls have been lost too far."
Long Wenwen fell into it, and Xia Yuan's words seemed to wake him up.
He asked, "Does the army you just mentioned really exist?"
Xia Yuan asked him: "Why doesn't it exist?"
Long Wenwen said: "On a day of -40 degrees below zero, wearing single clothes and using a rifle, I defeated what you call a powerful enemy."
Xia Yuan smiled, and his eyes suddenly became profound, "They are real, and they are greater than what I said."
He stood up and said: "Okay, let's go back. Finding the lost souls of these defeated soldiers will not happen overnight. We, the officers, should think about them."
This is like prescribing the right medicine. The problems of the defeated soldiers are not caused by external factors, but by themselves.
"How's it going?" Meng Fangliao asked when he saw the two of them coming back.
"It's nothing serious, a Japanese infantry squadron." Xia Yuan waved his hand: "Continue setting off. It will be safe when we reach the direction of the airport."
The defeated troops of more than fifty people lined up in a column and marched hard along the mountain road.
The scouts sent out monitored the movement ahead along the way and opened the way for the troops.
There was a coldness in the forest in the evening, and when the wind blew, the cold soldiers shivered.
Milong cursed: "Damn it, it's too cold. I can't light a fire in such a cold weather. I'm really suffering."
Doubi panted and said, "You can't light a fire, the Japanese will see it."
There was a heavy machine gun on Heyang Danzi's thin shoulders, which made the two of them breathless. Milong's body was hung with frightening heavy machine gun bullets, strings one after another.
Li Wula followed Mi Long. After entering Burma and coming to the battlefield again, the relationship between the two had eased a lot. However, Mi Long would always bully Li Wula when there was nothing wrong, such as asking him to carry a gun for him.
, another example is the bullets from a heavy machine gun hanging on his body.
The team advanced under dusk and sunset, and the green forest seemed like a natural bed.
In the vast and sparsely populated Myanmar, it is rare to meet locals. Even if you meet locals, you must be careful. The Myanmar people have been colonized by the British army for too long, and the arrival of the Japanese is like their savior.
They joined forces with the Japanese to deal with the expeditionary force and the British army. They were familiar with the jungle and everything here. They used traps, poisons, and all kinds of despicable means.
Especially at night, when moving in the jungle, you must be particularly careful.
Xia Yuan walked at the front of the team, his night vision dispelling the darkness in the forest. He looked around from time to time to ensure the safety of the surroundings.
"There are traces of human activity here."
Not far ahead, Xia Yuan asked the team to stop. He had called the scouts back before dark. Night reconnaissance was not as far-reaching as his night vision skills.
On the ground, there was a piece of blackened land with burnt embers on it, which had lost its temperature. There were also some empty cans that had been disassembled on the ground.
Traces of human activities can be seen everywhere on the surrounding ground, and these traces do not look like they were left by troops of the expeditionary force.
Long Wenwen said: "Chinese and British people don't live in the woods. This was left by the Japanese. It has no temperature. It must have been there for a while. It should have been left in the evening."
"Be careful."
Xia Yuan waved his hand and asked the team to move on.
We went not far forward.
The bang of a gunshot alerted the defeated soldiers, causing them to tremble suddenly and hold the guns behind them in their hands.
Xia Yuan immediately waved his hand and ordered the troops to form a three-three battle formation. Then they quickly moved towards the direction where the gunfire came from. The advancing team made no sound. They were like mountain ghosts in the forest, silently
The sound is approaching.
Using night vision, Xia Yuan was the first to notice the sound of gunfire.