Yue Weihan and Liu Yi recognized each other at a glance. It was Li Qinglong, the commander of the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment. However, Li Qinglong had a bandage on his head, his right hand was hanging around his neck, and there was a support under his left armpit.
He walked with a limp on crutches, but his eyes were still shining brightly. It seemed that he had suffered some superficial injuries.
"What, you lost the prize?" Yue Weihan joked, but his eyes showed concern.
Yue Weihan really appreciates Li Qinglong more and more now. Back in Xuzhou, this guy was almost executed by Yue Weihan for robbing a stutterer, but now, Li Qinglong is almost the number one general under Yue Weihan! The one who committed the crime and made meritorious service.
The death camp has now been led by Li Qinglong into an iron-clad ace force.
"Nothing." Li Qinglong touched the ground with one foot, raised his left hand and saluted Yue Weihan as a military salute.
Yue Weihan immediately straightened his military appearance, slapped a military salute back to Li Qinglong, and said: "How are the casualties of the 1st Battalion?"
"More than two hundred brothers were killed in the battle, and more than sixty were seriously injured." Li Qinglong looked a little sad at first, and then said with a ferocious face, "However, the little devil didn't get any benefits, so he was rescued by them.
There are more than 600 wounded soldiers, and there are more than 600 Japanese corpses dumped in front of the pass alone! Those 200-plus brothers in the army are worth it!"
"Yes, it's worth it!" Yue Weihan nodded and said solemnly, "As a human being, death is inevitable, and in war there will be casualties. Today it is them, maybe tomorrow it will be your turn. As a soldier, you and I have already had
After realizing that I must die, as long as I can kill a few more Japs before dying in battle, it will be worth it! And my journey through this world will not be in vain!"
After saying that, Yue Weihan turned back and ordered Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, go back and carefully collect the remains of the fallen soldiers, not to miss any one. Then, set up a large monument of heroes and martyrs in front of Niangziguan, and engrave the heroic deeds of the martyrs on the stone monument.
Their heroic souls will forever be admired by future generations!"
"Yes!" Liu Yi snapped and stood at attention.
"Let's go." Yue Weihan said to Li Qinglong again, "Take me to see the wounded."
Deep in the Taihang Mountains, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
"We won! The Baoshan Division actually won! It actually severely damaged the Japanese 20th Division!" Mr. Peng said, throwing the pencil in his hand heavily on the map, shaking his head and saying: "My old Peng defeated
I have never commanded such a large-scale battle in my whole life, but a young boy like Yue Weihan took the lead, huh? Hahaha..."
At the end of the sentence, Mr. Peng burst out laughing and looked in a very good mood.
Mr. Peng was not pretending, but was really happy. The reason was very simple. Baoshan Division severely damaged the 20th Japanese Division stationed in Shanxi at Niangziguan. Then the pressure faced by the Eighth Route Army was suddenly reduced a lot. For a long time to come,
The Eighth Route Army will be able to develop with confidence, step up efforts to expand its base areas, and expand its armed forces!
"Boss, there is a new situation." Chief of Staff Zuo said and handed the telegram in his hand to President Peng.
"Where is this telegram?" Mr. Peng did not reach out to pick it up, but asked flatly.
"This is from the Yan'an Security Bureau." Chief of Staff Zuo handed over the telegram again and said, "Boss, you'd better take a look."
"From the Yan'an Security Bureau?" Mr. Peng then took the telegram. After reading it, his eyes widened and he said in disbelief, "Yue Weihan is actually the brother of Yue Weiguo, a cadre of our party and the commander of the Southern Hebei Military Region, who is a compatriot?"
"It's not just that!" Chief of Staff Zuo said with great sadness, "Yue Weiguo also has three brothers. The eldest brother Yue Weizhong, the second brother Yue Weihua, and the third brother Yue Weimin are all underground members of our party! But unfortunately, the second brother Yue Weihua died on the
During the Second Eastern Expedition, the third brother Yue Weimin died under the walls of Wuchang during the Northern Expedition, and during the Great War between Feng and Jiang in the Central Plains, the eldest brother Yue Weizhong also died in the battle!"
"Oh my God, my God!" Mr. Peng exclaimed repeatedly, "Yue Weihan's four brothers are all party members!?"
"Yes." Chief of Staff Zuo nodded and continued, "These four brothers all joined the party separately. Due to work reasons and confidentiality needs, their party membership identities did not dare to be disclosed to their families, so none of the brothers knew it.
Teko only discovered the identity of others by accident recently when he was sorting out the list of deceased party members."
"I didn't expect, I really didn't expect that Yue Weihan is actually the younger brother of Yue Weiguo's compatriot, and his four brothers are actually members of our party!" Mr. Peng said this, and suddenly said in a hateful voice, "Yue Weiguo, this
Boy, what did he do? Since Yue Weihan is his younger brother, why didn't he report it to the headquarters? "
"Ahem, boss, I'm afraid you have wronged Yue Weiguo." Chief of Staff Zuo shook his head and said, "It's not like you don't know the transportation conditions of our party. In addition to a few division headquarters, the brigade headquarters is equipped with radio stations, and there are more than a dozen others.
Military districts, as well as units below the regiment level, still rely on cavalry communication. How about writing a letter? It can take a few months to reach the destination?"
After saying this, Chief of Staff Zuo said again: "Yue Weiguo is far away in southern Hebei. The Japanese and puppet forces there are relatively strong and the news is relatively limited. I'm afraid this guy just heard the name Yue Weihan not long ago. How can I be sure that Yue Weihan is him?"
Brother? There are people with the same name and surname in China, especially people like Yue Weihan. If there are not ten thousand, there should be eight thousand, right?"
"That's true." Mr. Peng said with deep understanding, "However, now that the brotherhood between the two has been verified, let Yue Weiguo step up contact with Yue Weihan to see if it is possible to win over Yue Weihan and his Baoshan Division.
If this can be accomplished, then our party and our army will immediately have another fierce general and a brave division!"
Niangziguan, field hospital.
The temporary field hospital of Baoshan Division is located in a temple.
Yue Weihan walked into the temple gate surrounded by a large group of generals such as Liu Yi and Cao Xinglong.
Although Li Qinglong was limping and unable to walk, he insisted on walking in front. When he could barely walk into the gate, this guy shouted at the top of his voice: "Brothers from the 1st National Battalion, the military seat looks at you!"
Immediately, all the wounded who could still stand up stood up together, and each of them straightened their bodies. This was also the instinctive reaction of being a soldier for a long time.
Yue Weihan had no time to stop him, so he had to step forward and shake hands with the wounded one by one.
When it was the turn of the ninth wounded man, Yue Weihan stretched out his right hand, but the wounded man showed no reaction.
When Yue Weihan took a closer look, he found that the wounded man's right sleeve was hanging straight down beside him. When he reached out and touched it, he found that the sleeve was indeed empty. Obviously, this veteran had lost his right arm in the fierce battle not long ago!
At that moment, Yue Weihan extended his left hand to the veteran again, and took off his white gloves to show respect.
However, there was still no reaction from the veteran. Yue Weihan couldn't help but change his expression slightly. When he stretched out his hand to touch, he found that the veteran's left sleeve was also empty!
At that moment, Yue Weihan stood at attention and gave the veteran a solid military salute.
The veteran could no longer raise his hands to salute Yue Weihan, but he suddenly raised his chest.
The attentive Yue Weihan noticed that the veteran's body seemed to tilt involuntarily when he straightened his chest. He suddenly lowered his head and saw that the veteran's right foot was intact, but only a bare foot was left on his left foot.
, the sole of the foot below the ankle has disappeared, and the gauze wrapped around the foot pole is still bleeding out. It is obviously a newly amputated limb.
"Old soldier." Yue Weihan's voice has obviously become a little difficult, "please tell me your name."
"Report to the military seat!" The veteran suddenly raised his eyes, looked directly at Yue Weihan, and replied loudly, "The 1st Battalion of the Baoshan Division of the newly formed Sixth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, Senior Private Cao Liufu, please give me your instructions!"
"Old soldier, take a break!" Sensing the heroism and indifference conveyed in the eyes of the superior soldier, Yue Weihan's expression suddenly returned to his cold expression, and he waved to the two nurses standing behind the superior soldier Cao Liufu.
He quickly rushed forward and helped the superior soldier Cao Liufu down.
Half an hour later, Yue Weihan and his party left the field hospital again.
When he came, he felt heavy and regretful, but when he left, Yue Weihan's mood became extremely determined again.
Because, from these wounded people, what Yue Weihan saw was calmness, heroism, determination, and indifference, not decadence, dejection, and no despair!
These respectable veterans have never cared about their own life or death.
They are not even afraid of death, so how can they care about a little injury? So what if I lose my arms and legs, I am still a man and an upright Chinese! I will never be able to withstand the robbery or fight the Japanese in this life.
Yes, but I still have something to offer. If I marry a mother-in-law and have a baby, and then raise it and continue to do it, I don’t believe that I can’t drive away the dog!
By the time Yue Weihan and the others left the hospital, it was almost dawn and the battlefield had almost been cleaned.
Yue Weihan immediately said to Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, it's time for you and I to split up. I'll leave the 1st regiment to you, plus Hanlin's guard regiment, to control Shimen, Zhengding, Jingxing County and Niangziguan. It should be enough.
As for the third friend, Gao Shuxun and Sun Dianying, you don’t have to worry, I will take care of them along the way."
"Take care, military seat." Liu Yi didn't refuse and just saluted.
To be honest, Liu Yi had to guard Shimen, Zhengding to guard against the 11th Brigade of Japanese troops stationed in Baoding, and guard Niangziguan to guard the more than 10,000 Japanese prisoners.
The strength of the two regiments was really tight. Fortunately, there were troops from the Eighth Route Army nearby, so they had some kind of support.
Yue Weihan nodded, then turned around and shouted: "Special Operations Brigade, get in the car!"
Yue Weihan went here to recruit the troops of Shi Yousan, Gao Shuxun and Sun Dianying, and integrate the New Sixth Army into a real army, rather than to eliminate them. Therefore, it was obviously inappropriate to go with the main force of the Baoshan Division.
, but if Yue Weihan is allowed to go to the meeting alone, then he will become a fool?