Talking about protecting the country cannot arouse the resonance of these people. What is country and family? There is no measure in the eyes of these national soldiers. They live at the bottom and do not have any concept of country. If we insist on saying country, we mean
What, in their eyes, there is no country, only home, but war, oppression, and exploitation have caused their home to perish.
There is no country at all, and their only home is gradually lost. They are left with a group of soulless soldiers who only live for pleasure and live in the present.
To the superior officers, going to the battlefield and dying is just a series of cold numbers. They can get as many of these numbers as they want. The most important thing in China is people.
It is better to talk to them about the country than to talk about a meal of pork, cabbage and vermicelli stew.
Captain Xu glanced at Xia Yuan unexpectedly, with a bit of appreciation in his eyes.
Unlike Captain Xu, Captain Cao's face suddenly became embarrassed. He and Cao Jiayao had been fighting openly and secretly for more than a day or two. The battles between the two were basically draws. The battalion commander would not look at the two men in the battalion.
The company commander had been fighting, and it was still the same now. They each had their own opinions. As long as he insisted that these people were soldiers who escaped from the battlefield, Cao Jiayao had nothing to do with him.
Who would have thought that an accident would happen at a critical moment? He never expected that Xia Yuan could say such thoughtful words, which even aroused the sympathy and resonance of other soldiers around him. After he finished speaking, he immediately fell
Downwind.
The soldiers around him looked at him with something wrong.
Company Commander Cao held it in for a while and had not spoken yet. Company Commander Xu laughed loudly: "Well said! Hahahaha! They have all gone to the battlefield. How can they be deserters? What's more, they retreated with the retreating troops this morning. This is the last time they left."
Feng gave the order to retreat, Lao Cao, what's going on with you? You're so arrogant on weekdays that you want to kill the soldiers who retreated from the battlefield in front of so many people? Isn't this bad?"
"You are so slanderous!"
Company Commander Cao held it in for a long time, his face turned red and his neck became thick.
"Okay, okay, don't mess with those who have what you don't have. Return their weapons and equipment to others. You still owe a few guns. If you want to seize them on the battlefield yourself." Captain Xu stood here, even though Captain Cao was
There is nothing he can do to deal with these soldiers, not to mention that he is now at a disadvantage.
He could only crush it with his teeth, swallow it into his stomach, glance at the pig's head, and say: "Go and get all their equipment."
"Company commander!" Zhutou Wen shouted angrily, still wanting to struggle.
"Go quickly!" Captain Cao glared at this guy. Now that the matter is getting serious, it is definitely not good for him. It is best to deal with it calmly, return the things to the guys in the recruit camp in front of him, and deal with them later when there is an opportunity.
There were officers passing by on horseback, and among the people surrounding them were the guards around these officers. If a gun were to be used, even his position as company commander would not be able to protect him.
Two crooked handles, several machine gun bullets, a rifle, five bullet clips, several grenades, seven military kettles, eight bayonets... A pile of things was placed on the ground, shocking the surrounding soldiers.
Company Commander Xu was also shocked.
He murmured for a long time. If it were just a few guns, it would actually be okay. The Japanese had a lot of rifles on the battlefield. If you kill the little Japanese, you can pick up their weapons and equipment from the corpses of the Japanese, and their company.
Many people picked up Japanese rifles for use. The Japanese had long bayonets, long rifles, and high accuracy.
The few Henan soldiers from Henan in front of me had only three spears to hold them to death.
I never expected that there were two crooked handles and a lot of machine gun bullets. There were five bullet clips used by the Japanese to hold rifle bullets. I don’t know how many rifle bullets were loaded in them. It looked like there were twenty grenades.
There are many, as well as military kettles, bayonets, etc.
Company Commander Xu asked: "How many Japanese devils have you eliminated?"
Xia Yuan said: "Sir, we eliminated a platoon of Japanese soldiers."
A platoon!
Xia Yuan's words immediately caused quite a stir.
"Bragging, just the five of them, can they wipe out a platoon of Japanese Japs?"
"I really think that beating the Japanese is like killing a chicken. How can we destroy the Japanese so easily?"
The surrounding soldiers obviously did not believe what Xia Yuan said. A group of new recruits went to the battlefield for the first time and fired their first shot on the battlefield. They could win with less and eliminate a platoon of Japanese soldiers. Who would believe it?
But there are two crooked things in front of me, and I have to believe them.
In fact, they also captured the Japanese grenades and many artillery shells, and assisted a company that attacked the Japanese-occupied houses. They eliminated about one squad of Japanese soldiers, but the company commander of that company and Company Commander Cao in front of them
He looked like a ghost, he couldn't walk when he saw good equipment, and he even killed Xu Liu.
Xia Yuan shot the company commander mercilessly, so naturally he couldn't tell the story.
Captain Xu pondered and said: "If you believe me and follow me with your weapons and equipment, I will help you find your company. In addition, I will not interfere with your private affairs."
Xia Yuan and Platoon Leader Zhao looked at each other, nodded and said, "Sir, we believe you."
"Let's go." Captain Xu patted Xia Yuan and Platoon Leader Zhao on the shoulders. Regardless of whether what they said was true or not, he followed his company until they reached the battlefield and everything became clear.
Xia Yuan glanced at Platoon Leader Zhao and picked up his own things on the ground. Platoon Leader Zhao cursed, "Come here, take your things, go, you damn thing, you are lucky this time, but you have to give
I should be careful, don't let me catch you."
Niu Hai was stunned. The scene that lasted for a long time ended like this. He felt a little uncomfortable.
He picked up the weapons and equipment on the ground, and the three of them left carrying their things.
The three of them all left, and the crowd dispersed. Only Company Commander Cao stared at the backs of Xia Yuan and the others with gloomy eyes, and turned around to look around.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Company Commander, they are missing two people." Zhutou noticed something and stepped forward and said.
"I know, they are missing two people. What about those two people? Ask the other people in the company." Captain Cao withdrew his gaze and said.
"yes!"
The pig head came and went in a hurry, and soon came back with an embarrassed expression: "Company commander, some soldiers have seen those two people, and they have gone back."
"Going back?"
Zhutou explained: "Just go to where they followed."
Company Commander Cao was stunned for a moment and asked: "After you went back, you never came back?"
"I haven't come back, I haven't seen him before." Zhutou shook his head.
Company Commander Cao was a smart man. He immediately thought of something and cursed: "Okay, okay, so that's it. You want to set a trap for me!"
Zhutou asked in confusion: "Company commander, are they going to set a trap for you? What kind of trap are they going to set?"
Zhutou obviously didn't react. Company Commander Cao was a man who could see clearly. He reacted and said: "The one who was beaten was injured before. He pretended to be beaten, making us mistakenly think that his injuries were from the recruit."
The platoon leader shot it out. As for the two soldiers who left, they took the gold jewelry that the platoon leader said was hidden away. When I get into the ditch, they will take me to find the gold jewelry. The two soldiers who did not come back will
Take the opportunity to ambush."
"Damn! These people are so shady!" Zhutou cursed: "Company commander, what are we going to do?"
"We can't let them go so easily. Find an opportunity to kill them!"
"good!"
The scholar and Zheng Dayong returned to the team and were called back by Niu Hai. There was no gold jewelry, it was just fishing bait. The two of them had indeed laid an ambush at the place where they rested last night. No one thought that something unexpected would happen along the way.
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Xia Yuan did not prepare an emergency plan and relied entirely on improvisation.
"Can you trust Company Commander Xu?"
Platoon leader Zhao did not have much favorable impressions of these central army officers. He met two officers one after another. One officer killed Xu Liu. When he was about to kill the scholar and Niu Hai, Xia Yuan fired in time, otherwise the scholar and Niu Hai would have died.
It's hard to say what his fate will be.
The second officer they met was Captain Cao, who was also a man who ate people without spitting out their bones. He took away all their weapons and equipment. Once they lost their weapons and equipment, they looked like this, with their clothes in tatters.
Wearing a Japanese raincoat and walking on the road is called a deserter.
On the contrary, it is better when there are weapons and equipment.
"I have observed his behavior before, and it seems to be quite sincere. I won't make a decision for the time being. I will follow suit first. I will ask Niu Hai to call the scholar and Zheng Dayong over later."
Xia Yuan thought for a while and couldn't make up his mind for the moment. The situation on the Songhu battlefield was quite complicated. In the middle and late stages, too many soldiers were defeated. Among the soldiers who fled, they came from different provinces. There were too many and too many. Besides,
, his mission is to complete the Battle of Songhu. Once he leaves, the mission may fail.
No matter what Platoon Leader Zhao and the others choose, Xia Yuan must stay on the Songhu battlefield and wait for the end of the Songhu battle.
Platoon leader Zhao couldn't make a choice. After thinking for a moment, he decided to believe what Xia Yuan said. After a night of fighting, he was impressed by Xia Yuan's fighting ability. He was the same type of person as a scholar.
"I trust you."
"What are you mumbling in the back?" Captain Xu stood on a broken earth wall and looked back at Xia Yuan and Platoon Leader Zhao.
"Sir, where is the Eighth Company?"
The Eighth Company was Captain Xu's company and belonged to the 401st Regiment. Xia Yuan looked around and didn't see a company here. Instead, he saw a lot of broken soldiers retreating from the battlefield. They were holding guns and sloppy.
Sitting on the ground, unconscious, their uniforms were torn by bullets, as if they had rolled in the mud. They were all dirty. The rain soaked their uniforms and stuck them to their bodies. Many soldiers were wrapped with bandages.
Soaked in blood and drenched in heavy rain.
Decadent, dirty and without any spirit.
When Company Commander Xu pointed at the company in front of him and told Xia Yuan that it was their Eighth Company, the five of them were in a daze. They could not connect the gray-faced and dirty soldiers in front of them with the Eighth Company of the Central Army.
"Why don't you say anything? It doesn't look like you?" Captain Xu smiled, his smiling face stained with the ashes and mud of gunfire, and the drizzle sprinkled on his face like mist. His expression showed a trace of sadness, and he sat there.
There was mud under the broken earth wall, but he didn't care. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and squeezed it. It was soaked by the rain, and when he took it out, the cigarettes were already rotten.
He stuffed it into his pocket in disappointment but did not throw it away.
"Wangwu, it can still be used."
Seeing that the five people were silent, Captain Xu said to himself: "I brought up the Eighth Company with my own hands. I treat it like my own child. I have never beaten or scolded every soldier in the company.
Because when I get to the battlefield, I have to hand over my back to them. Hey, tell me, am I a good company commander?"
The five people did not understand what Captain Xu was saying. They did not know why the company commander in front of them told them these things.
Zheng Dayong said: "You are a good company commander."
Company Commander Xu murmured: "Okay? I pushed them to the battlefield to fight against the little Japanese devils. There are more than 100 people in the Eighth Company, but only about 30 people are left, and half of them are wounded."
Zheng Dayong was stunned. He had nothing to say. He could no longer define good or bad. He was good to the soldiers because Captain Xu did not beat or scold the soldiers of the Eighth Company. The scholar thought of the previous training when their company was beaten and scolded. The situation was not bad.
, everyone knows that you will not be beaten or scolded as long as you obey, but the beating situation in other companies was very miserable. They would hit you on the buttocks with a stick as thick as your arm. After the beating, you would not be able to get up the next day, and you would be beaten.
Take him to training.
Being whipped with a whip is common.
Compared with them, Captain Xu is already a good company commander.
"Have you read a book?" Captain Xu asked the scholar again.
"Yes, I studied in a private school." The scholar didn't reveal much, and he would miss the mark if he said too much.
"Tell me, am I good or bad? Scholars can best distinguish right from wrong." Captain Xu seemed to want to make a clear distinction.
The scholar looked at Xia Yuan and hesitated.
"Scholars are also so grinding." Captain Xu was a little dissatisfied.
"Sir, if you want to define whether you are good or bad, it is actually very simple. You just need to look at your starting point."
At the critical moment, Xia Yuan stood up.
"Starting point?"
"Why don't you hit or scold the soldiers?"
"They are all poor people who have lost their homes. They will die if they go to the battlefield. Staying in the military camp may be the only place where they feel safe."
"Why do you send soldiers to the battlefield to fight against the Japanese?"
"Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. Although the superiors did not give orders to the Eighth Company, I took the initiative to volunteer. However, I did not expect that the cruelty of the war was beyond imagination. In one company, these are the only ones who died."
Company Commander Xu looked a little miserable. He blamed himself very much for what he had done. If he had not taken the initiative to ask for help and went to the battalion headquarters to ask for a fight, maybe nothing would have happened to the Eighth Company.
There is no possibility. Xia Yuan knows clearly that if the Eighth Company cannot go up now, it will definitely go up tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Even whether the Eighth Company can come back then is still a question. At least at night, when the Japanese army's combat effectiveness is reduced, they can come back alive with more than thirty people.