Chapter 1161 Growth (Part 2, ask for a monthly ticket)
"If you want to be a general in an army, you have to make choices." Liu Lang, who had quietly arrived beside him at some point, suddenly said softly.
"For China as a whole, it is absolutely impossible to win without sacrifice. This sacrifice is not only made by our soldiers, but also by all Chinese people, so that our descendants can continue to live and sacrifice on this land.
It's necessary." Liu Lang looked at the bungalows one after another, and the light and heavy machine guns from both sides fired at each other, forming extremely magnificent crimson trajectories in the night sky. He seemed to be sighing, more like explaining. "Shiyu, do you know,
As a commander, every second of hesitation you make will lead to an increase in the number of casualties among your subordinates. Moreover, the Japanese army may have been approaching Xicheng District, where civilians are most concentrated. Every minute of delay will lead to the worst consequences we had anticipated in advance.
Bad results happen. At that time, when you see rows of gray-haired old ladies and wailing babies, do you still have the courage to order your brothers to shoot? Don't want or dare to make sacrifices?
Then, you will face more sacrifices."
"What's more, do you think that with the Japanese army's precautions against our people, they will allow them to continue to stay around their positions and spy on them? How could they have thought that one day, their firepower would be inferior to that of China, which they despise?
People? They built defensive positions with residential buildings and streets. I'm afraid they wanted to kill a large number of infantry and never thought that the opponents they encountered would have artillery!" Liu Lang looked at the Japanese position with a somewhat formidable look, "Now, you
You should know what to do!"
The reason why Liu Lang mobilized the death battalion to attack the south gate was based on the personalities of the three infantry battalion commanders. Ling Hong of the Panshi Battalion and Liu Dazhu of the Bayonet Battalion, one was outgoing and enthusiastic, the other was honest and dull, and they treated Liu Lang very well.
They will never disobey military orders, but their personalities are not suitable for attacking the South Gate.
Regardless of whether they are extroverts or introverts, they all have one common characteristic: they are too emotional. In other words, they are too emotional.
The main combat mission of Ling Hong's attack on the west gate was not to break through the west gate, but to contain the Japanese invaders somewhere so that they would not have the opportunity to harm the civilians who were not far away from them. Where did Liu Dazhu attack the east gate and the train station?
It was a stronghold of the Japanese invaders, and there were almost no civilians.
It happened to be at the South Gate. In the past ten days, Zhou Ming had walked through the streets and alleys to help the Japanese army promote the "China-Japan Friendship" policy. It was not in vain. Except for the East Gate and the train station, he had never been there. Japanese troops and civilians were stationed on the south, west and north sides.
He knew everything about the situation clearly, and had passed this information to Liu Lang as early as two days ago when the Japanese army was still strong.
Needless to say, the north gate of the West Gate was not the focus of the independent group's attack. In the south gate area, the people in the private houses that were requisitioned by the Japanese army as positions were naturally driven away. In fact, before the Japanese army came, Jingxing County had already fled
Half of the people were killed, and those who stayed either really had no place to go, or they were lucky enough to think that the Japanese army would not do anything to them. The entire small county of Jingxing only has less than 3,000 people now, and it is not as good as the people of the future Republic.
A market town.
However, there is a street leading from the south gate to the center of the city, which is also the commercial center of the entire Jingxing County. Businessmen such as rice shops, wine shops, and restaurants are basically concentrated on this street, and businessmen are indeed different from ordinary people in terms of money.
The attraction to them is even more important than life. When the Japanese came, civilians ran away more, but many businessmen still chose to stick to it.
Although the Japanese army also had free meals, perhaps for the sake of stability, there had not yet been large-scale looting and looting. In the past ten days, many shops were even open for business.
In other words, at the South Gate, there were naturally no Chinese on the Japanese positions, but the surrounding residential buildings had not been driven away, and there were still many businessmen. Once the artillery fire was fired, there would definitely be accidental damage.
If after the war, Liu Dazhu and Ling Hong saw their own people lying in a pool of blood under their orders, it would definitely be a huge blow to them, and it might become their inner demons for life.
But Zhou Shiyu is different. Although he is a white-faced scholar, he is actually more like a soldier than Liu Dazhu and Ling Hong. He is more rational. Back on the ancient mountain of Luowenyu, in order to win and to attract more Japanese soldiers to be buried, this man was a soldier.
He used seven or eight wounded soldiers as bait and blatantly ordered Zhao Ergou's artillery battalion to fire on him.
Therefore, he can withstand the cruelty he may face in the future. It can be said that in Liu Lang's eyes, if the independent regiment expands its army, the person who is more suitable to serve as a higher-level commander is the most low-key battalion commander.
Of course Liu Lang didn't want to shirk the blame. He could also give such an order. As he said, for the victory of the nation, no one could not be sacrificed, including himself. However, they were the military masters only under him.
Officers, now they are battalion commanders, in the future they may be regimental commanders or they may move to a higher position. At that time, they must learn to make choices.
In every war, what is won is not only victory, but also sacrifice, but also learning and growth.
Soldiers become elite soldiers in all battles. Commanders learn to dare to take on more responsibilities, even if they are deeply ashamed of themselves.
Liu Lang was forced to learn to be ruthless and cruel, and so did his subordinates.
"The officers and soldiers on the city wall were ordered to withdraw from the city wall in batches. The infantry platoon at the city gate received the order and retreated into the city gate hole. Requesting the artillery battalion, Twelve 82men were forced to launch artillery fire on the Japanese front-line positions for five minutes." Zhou.
When Shiyu heard Liu Lang's words, he lowered his head and pondered for ten seconds, then raised his head resolutely and issued the order.
Three minutes later, watching groups of soldiers retreating from the city wall to 300 meters away, looking for bunkers to hide, Zhou Shiyu, who retreated from the city wall to the woods again, looked at Liu Lang who looked as normal beside him, and finally couldn't help but say: "
Tuanzuo, I'm sorry, there may still be a lot of Jingxing people in this area, I still want to try..."
"Haha, very good, Shiyu, you did better than I thought. If you ordered the four mountain cannons to fire at the first time, then your future career as regimental commander will probably be over." Liu Lang smiled slightly,
There was relief on his face.
In the face of a cruel war, sacrifice is inevitable. If you feel deeply guilty when you see a little bit of your own blood, then it is better not to shout the slogan of defending your home and country and go home. But if it is for tactical victory, you will not care at all.
If your own civilians are to die or live, then you are as cold-blooded as a butcher.
Just like Huayuankou in the future, although the terrible Yellow River water hindered the progress of the Japanese mechanized troops, slowed down their pace, and even forced the Japanese army to slow down the threat to the important town of Wuhan, it was considered a victory from a strategic perspective. However,
The price the Chinese people paid for this was that as many as 890,000 people were buried in the belly of fish, millions of people became victims of the disaster, and their bones stretched thousands of miles away.
Using the slogan of saving the country and the people, but personally pushing the people into the abyss, is that ridiculous or selfish? No matter how history evaluates it, Liu Lang absolutely disagrees.
There is no warmth on the battlefield, but that does not mean that one loses his humanity.
Obviously, Zhou Shiyu did a good job. His choice was not wrong.
The soldiers were ordered to leave the city wall not because they were afraid of being accidentally injured by mortars, but because Zhou Shiyu wanted to do something big.