Yang Ling led the guerrilla battalion to eliminate the Japanese soldiers who had infiltrated the Zhongheqiao neighborhood, and the garrison positions around Guanghua Gate were once again consolidated.
Liu Xing was shocked that the guerrilla battalion was able to eliminate the infiltrated Japanese soldiers in a short period of time, and he was also impressed by Yang Ling. Their guard battalion returned without success several times, but Yang Ling succeeded in one fell swoop.
The headquarters of Liu Xing, deputy commander of the garrison, has been moved to a private house by the river near Zhonghe Bridge. In view of the previous lessons, the security is even tighter.
Yang Ling returned to the headquarters to hand in the mission. Along the way, he saw machine guns set up on the commanding heights on both sides, and sandbag bunkers piled up on the street outside the headquarters.
Many of the brothers in these guard camps were brothers from the supplementary regiment who had retired from Shanghai. When they saw Yang Ling approaching, they all greeted him happily. They admired Yang Ling very much.
"Chief Yang, come this way, Chief Liu is already waiting for you." Wu Jiang, deputy commander of the guard battalion, greeted Yang Ling at the door.
At the time, most of the brothers in the supplementary regiment were promoted due to their military exploits. Liu Ming became a colonel's staff officer, and Wu Jiang was promoted from company commander to deputy battalion commander. Only Yang Ling remained where he was.
Many people fought against Yang Ling, but Yang Ling didn't care. Compared with those officers and soldiers who died heroically for their country, they were extremely lucky to be alive. Why bother to earn those vanity things? Fighting the Japanese is the right way.
But now as the team grows, Yang Ling feels more and more that his rank of major is too low and he cannot do many things.
The headquarters was busy. The telephones had been put up. The battle situation was deteriorating. The staff were nervously doing map work. When Colonel Liu Ming saw Yang Ling walking in, he just nodded to him and said hello, and then started working with his head down again.
"Yang Ling is here, sit down quickly." Liu Xing saw Yang Ling coming and enthusiastically pointed to the bench in front of the wooden table for him to sit down.
Liu Xing likes officers who can fight. Yang Ling's several achievements impressed him, so he has now begun to take Yang Ling seriously.
Yang Ling didn't show any pretense and sat down on the bench. The continuous fierce battle made him very tired.
The orderly poured boiling water for Yang Ling, and Yang Ling poured it into his throat in this cold weather. He felt that the stiff muscles in his body were finally relieved a lot.
"How are the casualties of your guerrilla camp?" Liu Xing was very busy, asking Yang Ling while issuing orders.
Yang Ling also told the truth: "More than fifty brothers were sacrificed and more than a hundred were slightly or seriously injured."
"You guys fought well. It's really impressive that you were able to annihilate nearly two hundred Japs with so few casualties."
The Japanese field troops had strong combat effectiveness, and the victory in the Battle of Songhu brought their morale to its peak.
Chinese soldiers can kill one Japanese soldier every time they sacrifice four or five people. When he heard the casualty ratio of Yang Ling and others, Liu Xing was a little shocked and praised him without hesitation.
"It's all because of Commander Liu's command." Yang Ling also flattered him in a moderate way.
Liu Xing laughed, pointed at Yang Ling and said with a smile: "I have good command over there. Don't make fun of me. It's all the credit of the brothers. If I take it all, the brothers will scold me Liu Xing."
Ha ha."
Yang Ling knew that Liu Xing was joking, so he just smiled and said nothing.
"You have fought all the way from Shanghai to now. Thank you for your hard work. Your record is obvious to all. The fact that you killed the enemy Lieutenant General Kawadahara in Jiangyin has been confirmed. The Chairman's approval has been issued and it has been decided to award you the Medal of the Blue Sky and White Sun."
Liu Xing said as he took out a beautiful box from his pocket and opened it to reveal the shining Blue Sky and White Sun Medal inside.
Yang Ling was stunned when he saw the Medal of Blue Sky and White Sun. This medal is the highest military honor second only to the Medal of Guoguang. During the entire Anti-Japanese War, only more than 200 people received this honor. He did not expect that he would be awarded the Medal of Blue Sky and White Sun.
"Why, you don't want it?" Liu Xing laughed when he saw that Yang Linlang didn't respond.
Yang Ling stood up in a hurry: "Sir Liu, the killing of Hetian was all due to the brothers. How can I, Yang Ling, He De win this honor..."
"Don't refuse, this is the honor you deserve." Liu Xing said as he stepped forward and pinned the medal on Yang Ling's chest: "Special treatment during wartime. The chairman of the committee asked me to award it to you on your behalf. In your heart
Don’t have any grudges.”
Yang Ling looked down at the shining medal, feeling extremely complicated in his heart. This medal was earned with the lives of countless brothers. Before him, only Captain Xie Jinyuan, who was guarding the Sixings Warehouse, had recently received it.
Yang Ling was originally the captain of the Falcon Squadron and a member of the Communist Party of China. Now that he has returned to this era, the reason why he has been fighting against the Japanese invaders is in the National Revolutionary Army.
First, because of his duty as a soldier, he was unwilling to abandon the brothers who followed him, but because he felt that by following the National Revolutionary Army, both weapons and equipment and logistical supplies could be guaranteed, so that he would not have to worry about anything. But now that he has obtained this
The nature of the Medal of Blue Sky and White Sun is different.
Liu Xing returned to his seat and sat down: "This is a commendation for your defense of the country and recognition of you. I also hope that you will continue to fight bravely and fight the enemy bravely to drive the Japanese army out of China as soon as possible to save our innocent people from the Japanese invaders."
ravaged.”
"Yes!" Yang Ling hurriedly raised his hand and saluted. At this moment, his mood was overwhelming and he could not calm down for a long time.
Liu Xing didn't know what Yang Ling was thinking at this moment, so he took out some boxes and said: "Although these Baoding Medals are not as good as the Blue Sky and White Sun Medals, they are also a tribute to meritorious soldiers. You can take them back to Liu Yidao and other meritorious people.
, I can’t leave here, so I’ll trouble you.”
Yang Ling hurriedly put away the medal and thanked Liu Xing for Liu Yidao and the others. He did not expect to gain so much from coming here.
But Yang Ling's gains were far more than that. Liu Xing promoted his military rank from major to lieutenant colonel, and still temporarily acted as the commander of the guerrilla battalion.
When he was in Jiangyin, Liu Xing allowed Yang Ling to enjoy the treatment of lieutenant colonel. Now it has been implemented for him. Seeing the new military rank, Yang Ling was filled with emotions.
During the Battle of Songhu more than a month ago, he was still a small second lieutenant platoon leader. After these series of vicious battles, he has become a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander, with thousands of brothers under his command...
"You guerrilla battalion are tired after fighting for so many days. Please retreat to the Daguang Road area to rest and replenish ammunition. The position will be temporarily taken over by the 156th Division, but you must be prepared to fight again at any time."
"Yes!" Yang Ling was full of gratitude to Liu Xing when he heard that the guerrilla camp could be withdrawn to rest.
"Okay, let's go." Liu Xing waved to Yang Ling and told Yang Ling to go back, but Yang Ling stood still and didn't move.
Liu Xing raised his head and asked, "Why is it still the same thing?"
Yang Ling took a deep breath, looked at the busy staff around him, and said, "Sir Liu, could you please take a moment to speak."
Yang Ling knew that Nanjing could not be defended, even if they were all killed in battle. The strength gap between the two sides was too great. With nine Japanese divisions of 200,000 field troops, Nanjing would definitely be a catastrophe by then.
Therefore, for the sake of the hundreds of thousands of people in the city, and for the sake of these brothers who fought bloody battles, he had to take the risk to persuade Liu Xing, the deputy commander of the garrison, hoping that he could make arrangements so that these soldiers and civilians could escape.