The Japanese army thought that China was divided among itself and warlords were fighting, and they arrogantly formulated a plan to destroy China in three months. Little did they know that their all-out invasion angered local armies everywhere. This is how the Chinese nation truly realized a comprehensive united front.
In a battle, they put aside their grudges and fought against Japan together.
The next day, when the weather was still hazy, the soldiers who were sleeping soundly were awakened by a rapid whistle.
A month of hard training allowed the soldiers to basically master the muscle memory of hearing the sound, and then there were murmurs of huffing and puffing everywhere. When the scholar, Xu Liu, Old Man Wang, and Monkey opened their eyes, they saw
Xia Yuan stood at the door neatly dressed.
"The big one is so fast."
Old Man Wang's name for Xia Yuan remains the same. The key is that Xia Yuan never cares about it, and everyone basically calls him big.
"Old man Wang, you are getting old and useless. You didn't drink like a monkey last night." Xu Liuma was wearing clothes while making fun of yesterday's interesting things.
"If you can't drink it, just don't drink it." Old Man Wang said cheerfully. With the battle imminent, a lot of the nervousness in his heart suddenly disappeared.
"Squad leader, Old Man Wang may have been drunk. Don't underestimate him. He was all pretending last night. Compared with drinking, you have to look bigger." Monkey chuckled, put on clothes faster than others, and stood up like a carp.
, just as he pulled up his pants, he felt a splitting headache, a dizzying feeling, and fell to the ground with a plop.
"Hey, who knocked on my sap last night?" Monkey couldn't help but said while rubbing his head.
Everyone laughed at him for a while.
The scholar was as silent as ever. He drank a lot yesterday and vomited all over the ground. But now it was no longer time to think about this. He put on his clothes, carried an unloaded gun on his back, and followed everyone to the playground.
The place where Jiulian often gathers.
At dawn, many people had already gathered. The Ninth Company lined up very quickly. The commander on the stage gave them enough time. The gathering lasted for ten minutes. Then they began to give lectures, which could be regarded as pre-war mobilization, surrounding Japan.
The Japanese have begun to invade Shanghai, and they will attack soon. The whole country, men, women, old and young, will be plunged into war. If we don't fight today, the nation will be in danger.
"That's very good." The scholar's eyes were bright, as if there was a flame burning.
"That's fine, I just want you to die." Old man Wang stood in the crowd, took out a piece of meat from his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it a few times and swallowed it, then took out a piece of meat from somewhere.
Put a branch on your yellowed teeth and pick it back and forth.
"Big man, is this Li'er?" Hou Hou raised his eyes and looked at Xia Yuan, who had been silent beside him, and asked.
"It depends on how you understand it." Xia Yuan didn't say much.
Scholars have received education and are well aware of the principle that "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world." Wang Huzi is an out-and-out farmer. He has to fight with the landlords in order to survive, and he is sent here as a strong man. His thoughts are that of "
If a person does not serve himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth.
Throughout the Anti-Japanese War, some people chose to die standing, and some chose to live on their knees. Those who died standing will remain in history, and the people will always remember them. Those who lived while kneeling will be infamy for thousands of years, and the people will always spurn them. There is nothing to say, and they are not in that position.
era, you will never realize their greatness and their cowardice in that era.
Even in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, there were many people who fled. In the first battle that Xia Yuan participated in, at Changjin Lake, Commander Song of the Ninth Corps personally shot a battalion commander who had become a deserter, but even so, there were still many people who fled.
People were frightened by the harsh conditions and chose to retreat.
Old Man Wang glanced at the scholar and said, "We are just rough people. We don't even know a word. We are not as knowledgeable as you. If it weren't for the monitor and the big guy, we would have run away long ago."
Old man Wang looked very disdainful. What he said was right. Xia Yuan and Xu Liu looked at him closely, especially Xia Yuan. Even if he got up lightly in the middle of the night, he could still see Xia Yuan's open eyes.
, Xia Yuan stared too closely, leaving Old Man Wang unable to find a chance.
Old Man Wang didn't say anything, but his heart was full of complaints.
Xia Yuan naturally knew Old Man Wang's little thoughts. He didn't say anything and waited quietly for the commander of the recruit camp to finish his training. Then a group of carriages and trucks came over to take them to the train station. They were going to proceed next.
After traveling for more than half a month, we arrived at the front line, and now, half a month has passed since the Battle of Songhu broke out.
The recruit camp used oxcarts and horse-drawn carriages, and a class was crowded together, while a villager drove the horse-drawn carriage to the train station.
"We haven't fired the bullets yet." The monkey, holding the gun and sitting on the carriage, couldn't help but ask: "Squad leader, when can we fire the bullets?"
"The bullets are here early. I guess they won't be given to you until we get to the front line." Xu Liu was looking at the scenery around him. When he heard the monkey's voice, he couldn't help but look back.
"Old man Wang, we can fire bullets when we get to the front line." Monkey said happily.
"Aren't you afraid?" Old Man Wang said.
"What are you afraid of? Don't be afraid. We have guns."
The monkey grabbed the gun in his hand and couldn't put it down.
Old Man Wang sneered, "If you have a gun, then the Japanese devils don't have guns?"
"I don't care. If you have a gun, you can kill the Japanese." Monkey is not afraid of heaven or earth, and his temper is the most lively in their class.
"A born optimist." The scholar sighed with emotion. He really embarked on the journey. The previous enthusiasm was blown away by the wind, leaving only nervousness.
Xia Yuan sat in the car without saying a word, recalling the details of the Songhu Battle in his mind. With the successful landing of the Japanese army, the brutal battles of Luodian, Baoshan, and Liuhe were about to begin. They should be able to fight in the battle
Arrive at Luodian before the end and reinforce the Central Army holding Luodian.
"Big man, what are you thinking about?"
After Xia Yuan became the deputy squad leader, he did not use his power to suppress them. Instead, he was not used to calling him deputy squad leader. Everyone still called him big. Old Wang took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.
When he blew it, the cigarette butt burned brightly and quickly. He could never guess Xia Yuan's thoughts.
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Seeing that the big man didn't say anything, Old Man Wang said with emotion: "My head has healed and it's still the same as before. Your head has healed, but you don't know any of us anymore."
Xia Yuan shook his head. He then recalled that the Sichuan Army was defeated, the Gui Army was destroyed, and the Central Army was basically defeated. Thinking about it carefully, this flesh-and-blood mill was not only a flesh-and-blood mill for the Chinese army, but also for the Japanese army.
A bloody mill.
In this battle, their entire squad will most likely be wiped out.
"I'm thinking about this fight."
"What's there to think about? Let's fight. If you hit me, I'll hit you." Old Man Wang said nonchalantly.
"Are you planning to take advantage of this battle to escape?" Xia Yuan suddenly asked in a cold voice.
Old Wang's relaxed expression suddenly disappeared, his face changed slightly, and then quickly recovered: "How is it possible? There is no reason to escape when you reach the front line."
"I'm not sure. If you run away, I won't say anything. Just don't run away in front of my eyes." Xia Yuan has experienced various battles and has zero tolerance for deserters.
My regiment leader, Shi La Shi La, said something, one person can sweep away ten, and ten can sweep away a hundred. If Old Man Wang ran away on the battlefield, he would turn around and run away, and he would be scared.
The new recruits will collapse like a pile of loose sand.
And if no one runs away, they will all stay in the position. No matter how scared the recruits are, they will not run away.
Everyone looked at Xia Yuan and Old Man Wang.
Old Man Wang just smoked quietly, squinting his eyes, and it was hard to tell what he was thinking.
The big man's face is always calm. Unlike them, after more than a month of training, the big man's face is not as sallow as theirs. Instead, his figure is getting stronger and stronger, and the muscles in his arms are bulging. He looks like he is wearing a military uniform.
No, once you take off your military uniform, you can see that muscular body, which is completely different from the slim figure of a scholar.
Old man Wang is a good person, but the big man is sharp and restrained.
The carriage swayed left and right, and the wheels made a creaking sound. From the beginning of the day, until the sun hung above their heads, they stopped in an open space, where many troops had already gathered and were walking towards the train station.
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Captain Du waved his hand and led them through the streets and alleys with the flow of people. The soldiers looked left and right, looking at everything around them. Suddenly, there was a noise in front of them, and everyone couldn't help but be curious.
I looked forward, but there were too many people in front of me and I couldn't see them.
When they arrived at the front, everyone found that the residents of the town were wearing simple clothes, standing on the streets and alleys, holding hands with their elders. Women were rolling baskets with eggs in the baskets, and steamed buns were being stuffed into the arms of the national army brothers.
, the all-out war of resistance broke out, and the Songhu War started. This difficult and protracted battle shocked China and foreign countries. This was a patriotic war, and these national army brothers who went out were fighting to defend their homeland. They tried their best to protect their homeland.
Delicious food was delivered to the arms of the national army brothers.
The scholar stuffed a few eggs and steamed buns into his arms, while the monkey happily grabbed the apple and ate it in big gulps. He had never eaten such a delicious apple. Old Wang looked at the steamed buns and eggs in his hand in silence, feeling
Inexplicable.
He just wants to be a deserter.
More and more food and fruit were stuffed into his arms until they couldn't hold them anymore.
We are all ordinary farmers. We have been oppressed by landlords and bullies for half our lives. We live a life without enough food and clothing. We have never seen such a scene or received such care. For a while, everyone was like a walking zombie.
They were dumbfounded and moved with the flow of people. Not only them, but also the brothers from the national army in these new military camps were the same as them. They were frightened, shocked, and warmed.
Old Man Wang pinched off the cigarette butt, and the monkey straightened his waist.
An inexplicable emotion spread over the recruit camp. At this moment, they finally understood what the commander of the recruit camp said before mobilization: "Why are we fighting? For the land of China, for the tens of thousands of people, and for the lights of thousands of families."
The team was surprisingly quiet, except for the noisy crowd, with smiles on their faces, food in their hands, and stuffing into their arms.
As we were walking, a soldier from the company next door fell to his knees on the ground with a plop and shouted loudly: "Today I leave the Henan border, and I swear that I will need as many Japanese devils as possible to protect my safety in China!"
His head hit the ground hard and hit everyone's hearts hard.
As they neared the station, the battalion commander of the recruit battalion ordered the soldiers to put down the fruits and carry only a small amount of eggs and steamed buns. Then the team geared up and quietly waited for the arrival of the train in the empty space of the train station. So far, the superiors still have not given any instructions.
They fired bullets, but the soldiers in the new barracks had noticed that in the phalanx of the veteran troops, they were all wrapped with bullet pouches, including the grenade pouches around their waists that contained grenades one after another, surrounding them in a circle.
Some recruits were a little dissatisfied. Why do you have bullets and grenades? We can only carry a gun on our back, and it is an empty gun.
The veterans looked at the recruits with sneers, mocking eyes, and some laughed at them: "a bunch of cannon fodder."
This immediately aroused dissatisfaction among the new recruits. Several tall recruits angrily shouted: "Who are you calling cannon fodder?"
The veteran responded to them mercilessly: "What about you, you are a bunch of cannon fodder!"
Just when the new barracks and the veteran phalanx were at war with each other, the voice of the messenger came: "All aboard! All aboard!"
The new recruits looked at the veterans with anger in their eyes, and the veterans walked away arrogantly.
"Why are these people like this?"
Someone said unconvinced.
"Why? Just because you are too weak. It is your first time to go to the battlefield. You are not cannon fodder. Daily training is to improve your chances of surviving on the battlefield. If you do not train properly, you will not even kill a single Japanese on the battlefield.
If you die, you will die. What are you if you are not cannon fodder? If you don’t want to be cannon fodder, you can, then use the guns in your hands to kill the Japanese devils. It is worth dying."
The commander of the recruit battalion responded to them loudly, suppressing the dissatisfaction of many recruits.
"Damn it, they don't treat us as human beings. Why don't they give us bullets if they have bullets? This is obviously to send us to the battlefield to block the bullets." Old man Wang felt unbalanced and his voice was not stable.
It's small, but not too loud. Only the surrounding soldiers can hear it.
"Yes, just give us a gun and nothing else, and let us go to the battlefield. Even if we are new recruits, we still have to fire bullets when we go to the battlefield."
"Even if we are asked to kill the Japanese, we still have to be given bullets."
Old Man Wang's words immediately resonated with some people. How can anyone go to the battlefield without firing bullets? Isn't this too bullying?
"Old man Wang, don't talk nonsense! When we get to our destination, we will be given bullets." Xu Liu's face changed slightly, this guy was trying to provoke us.
"Squad leader, you are targeting them. We all went to the battlefield to fight tooth and nail. Since we are fighting the Japanese devils, we have to give them bullets. Or maybe they don't give us bullets because they are afraid that we will shoot them with guns."
Old Man Wang had an inexplicable look on his face.