"I caught a few cowards who were greedy for life and afraid of death. They tried to run away, but I caught them back."
Liu Yidao cast a disdainful look at the deserters. Deserters have always been synonymous with shame. As a company-level officer, he naturally hated deserters.
"Batalion Commander, what should we do with them?" Liu Yidao raised his head and asked Yang Ling.
These brothers all fought against the Japanese on the battlefield. Now that Nanjing was defeated, they became disheartened and became deserters. This is human nature. Yang Ling also understood them. If he killed them, he would probably let the rest
The brother felt chilled, and when he was thinking about how to deal with it properly, Zhao Wenbin, who was standing aside, spoke.
"According to wartime discipline, all deserters will be shot." Zhao Wenbin's words were still cold and emotionless.
Company Commander Wang Huzhu was lying weakly on a pile of hay, squinting his eyes and concentrating, waiting for the meal to begin. When he heard the word "shooting", he immediately opened his eyes.
He turned sideways and looked around. Aren't the captured deserters the brothers assigned to his company? His heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly got up.
"Damn it, when have I ever treated you so badly that I want to be a deserter!" Company Commander Wang Huzi rushed over angrily, kicking and scolding the disgraced deserters.
These brothers had all fought with him through the hail of bullets. They were brothers who could block each other's bullets on the battlefield, but now they had to sneak away and become deserters. This way they could avoid making Wang Huzi angry, so they kicked him hard.
Seeing Wang Huzi yelling and kicking these brothers, the people around him hurriedly pulled him away. If he continued to beat him like this, he would probably die.
"A bunch of cowards, they are a disgrace to me!" Wang Huzi cursed angrily when he was pulled away.
These brothers who were captured also knew the shame of deserting. No matter how Wang Beard beat or scolded them, they always bowed their heads and remained silent.
"Battal Commander, these are the cowards in my company. I support shooting them. Leave it to me and I will kill them myself!"
Wang Huzi said and waved to the brothers in his company, and they came over to grab these deserters and headed to the bamboo forest nearby.
Zhao Wenbin reminded him coldly: "Company Commander Wang, don't show any favoritism."
"No way -" Wang Huzi grabbed the rifle and led the captured brothers toward the bamboo forest without looking back. Soon, several gunshots were heard from there.
Wang Huzi came back soon cursing. Although Yang Ling knew what was going on, he didn't expose it. They were all brothers who rolled over on the battlefield. It was so easy to kill him there. Just let him go. Yang Ling
I have no intention of pursuing them. They are all bloody men who have fought against Japanese invaders. They are lucky to be able to return home alive.
"Wang Beard, gather the brothers together, I have something to say."
Yang Ling also knew that if the ideological problems of the brothers were not solved, they would not be able to reach Chuzhou, and the hundreds of brothers who had gathered together would be scattered.
More than 300 broken soldiers from each unit and more than 100 brothers from the guerrilla camp were quickly gathered together. They were wearing tattered military uniforms and their faces were haggard. They were more like a group of beggars than an army.
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Yang Ling tightened his armed belt and walked to a higher place. His eyes swept over these brothers who were covered in dust and blood one by one, feeling heavy in his heart.
They all once marched to the battlefield bravely and fought bloody battles with the Japanese army on the battlefield where mountains of corpses were piled up. However, due to the incompetence of their superiors, they were abandoned. Their hot hearts to protect the country have become cold, and they who escaped from death have become
Be confused and become discouraged.
But Yang Ling knew that the war was far from over, and the Chinese nation was still suffering. Before these veterans could disarm and return to their fields, they still had to take up arms and continue fighting against the Japanese invaders until they were driven out of China!
"Brothers!" Yang Ling took a deep breath and suddenly shouted. The brothers subconsciously raised their heads.
Yang Ling continued to say loudly: "Stick up your chest!"