The news that the troops were about to go to the battlefield in Xuzhou made every brother excited. They were gearing up and preparing to do something big to avenge Shanghai and Nanjing.
The brothers have been training all winter, and the various units of the Xuzhou friendly forces have received good news from time to time. Each good news will make them excited for several days, and now it is finally their turn. How can we not be excited.
The 301st Regiment quickly held a pre-war mobilization meeting. The new regiment leader Zhang Handuo gave an impassioned speech, detailing everything from the atrocities of the Japanese army to the responsibility of the Chinese revolutionary soldiers to save the nation from danger, which made every brother's chest stir.
With enthusiasm and high morale.
The regiment leader Zhang Handuo asked Yang Ling, the deputy regiment commander, to say a few words at the end. After all, Yang Ling single-handedly took charge of the training of the brothers. He has contributed a lot to the current appearance of the army.
Yang Ling's speech was as crisp and clear as ever. After emphasizing some matters that should be paid attention to on the battlefield, he made some arrangements for the departure.
After Yang Ling's regiment's mobilization meeting ended, the brigade headquarters sent an order to set off in the evening. The entire regiment, numbering more than 2,000 brothers, suddenly set out and the troops quickly became busy.
The effects of a winter's training quickly became apparent. The troops were busy and not chaotic. The cooking classes of each battalion and company prepared five days' worth of fried rice and salt for each brother. They were all put into dry food bags and hung on their bodies.
The brothers also received enough bullets and grenades each, and they hung them all. Some recruits bought many gadgets with their military pay, but they were all scolded and thrown away by the patrolling battalion and company commander.
"Why are you bringing so many things? We are fighting a war and not going on a blind date. I will throw them all away."
Most of the veterans have experienced the baptism of bullets and bullets. Naturally, they know that on the battlefield, in addition to food, drink and ammunition, they can throw away whatever they can, otherwise they will be a burden on the march. Everything is about protecting their lives.
The veterans played a very good role in taking the lead. Their battlefield experience was valuable. The recruits had to throw away useless sundries and get ready to go in full gear.
The troops arrived at the train station in the evening. At this moment, the station was already crowded and chaotic, and there were fully armed soldiers everywhere.
The platform was also crowded with people wearing civilian clothes. Some people raised their arms and waved constantly, while some women were crying.
Seeing these people seeing off people on the platform, Zhang Hongying's figure appeared in Yang Ling's mind inexplicably. During the training period in Wuhan, although they kept asking for news about Zhang Hongying, there was no news, and they didn't know where they were training.
study.
In this era of war and chaos, sometimes some people will never see each other again once they are separated. Moreover, Yang Ling and Zhang Hongying are still in two units, so it is rare to meet. However, Yang Ling also took a deep breath. No matter what, first of all,
Let’s fight this battle well.
"Brother Yang, do you think you are with the regiment headquarters or the third battalion?" Zhang Handuo, the regiment leader, was wearing shiny military boots and a German-style steel helmet. He looked in high spirits.
Yang Ling thought for a while and replied: "Let me and the Third Battalion take action together."
"Okay, I'll send someone to inform you if something happens."
After the regiment leader Zhang Handuo said a few more words to Yang Ling, he turned around and went straight to the regiment headquarters.
Although Yang Ling is the deputy commander of the regiment, he is also the commander of the third battalion. Although he usually works at the regiment headquarters, but now that the war is going on, he hopes to act together with the third battalion, so that he can easily command the battle.
"The 301st Regiment board the train, the 301st Regiment board the train!" The order to board the train soon came from the station's loudspeaker.
According to the arrangements of each battalion and company, more than 2,000 brothers of the 301st Regiment quickly boarded the military ranks under the guidance of the instructors.
"Damn it, it stinks so much." Captain Liu Yidao, the company commander, had just been pulled into the stuffy car, and the stench mixed with the smell of blood almost made him vomit.
During the training period, they were provided with delicious food and drinks, and they washed clothes and bathed on time in accordance with the army's regulations. The brothers all became very hygienic. But now they were suddenly thrown into this smelly and dirty stew car, and they suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable.
Not adaptable.
"Just save it, the hard times are still to come." The deputy battalion elder, Qiangqian, didn't care. He found some hay and sat down against the carriage.
Most of the new recruits were added to the army during winter training. Now they are boarding the train to go to the front line to fight the Japanese. They are excited and worried. The veterans are indifferent. After so many years on the battlefield, they have long been indifferent to life and death.
, as long as you can survive, it is better than anything else.
With a clatter, the heavy iron door of the carriage was pulled shut, and the interior of the carriage suddenly became dark. I don't know whether it was dark or the sunlight was blocked by the iron door.
The train full of soldiers left the train station with a long roar, and the newly arrived troops quickly filled the gaps in the station.
"Medical Officer Zhang, the dispatch room informed us that we will board the train at eight o'clock tomorrow." A female soldier wearing a red cross armband reported to Zhang Hongying.
After a winter of intensive learning and training, Zhang Hongying has become a medical assistant. She is no longer the medical soldier who can only treat simple wounds. This time she also went to the front line with the army.
"Have you heard about the 74th Army?" Zhang Hongying asked.
The female soldier replied: "The dispatch room said that the 74th Army has left some, and some will be needed tomorrow."
Zhang Hongying looked at the messy station, but did not see the number of Yang Ling's unit. She pulled the medicine box with some frustration and said, "Let's go to the station guest house and stay overnight."
Yang Ling didn't know that if he had been slower, he would have seen Zhang Hongying, but they didn't know that they had already passed each other at the station.
The military train that Yang Ling was on was moving very fast. It had already left Hubei and entered Henan the next morning, but staying in the stuffy tank carriage felt the same.
The train slowed down significantly when it entered Henan. This is the territory of the First War Zone, next to the Fifth War Zone where the war is burning.
The Japanese Army Air Force and Naval Air Force sent countless bombers to bomb everywhere, causing many important cities and train lines to be bombed, and trains had to stop and go.
Fortunately, the First War Zone Headquarters has been sending engineers and railway workers to repair the lines, which saved Yang Ling and the others from marching to the battlefield on foot.
Although the theater headquarters sent people to repair the line, Yang Ling and others were still not moving fast. The train was crawling slowly in Henan, almost at a snail's speed.
The brothers were so suffocated in the stuffy tank car that when they stopped at a small station, they opened the door but did not close it. This allowed them to finally chat and gamble in the car while enjoying the scenery in Henan and those stinking wooden barrels.
Finally, I can no longer use it, and the smell in the car is finally much better.
Because the area around Xuzhou has been reduced to a pot of porridge, the people who could not escape were like a long black dragon moving along the railway line towards the Wuhan defense line. Seeing the sallow and skinny fleeing people who were shambling, the brothers felt quite uncomfortable.
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The troops kept walking and stopping all the way, and finally arrived at Dangshan on the front line in May. It was already night when they arrived at the station, and they could already feel the strong battlefield atmosphere here.
As soon as they got off the train, the wounded soldiers, who were reeking of blood and missing arms and legs, were wailing and stuffed into the train and pulled back.
The air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder and sulfur, and the rumbles of light projectiles in the distance pierced the night sky from time to time, and the shining flashes of light made people's hearts palpitate.