After three bowls of wine, the officers and soldiers of the 772nd Regiment, from top to bottom, from generals to soldiers, each had five bowls of wine, and more than 95% of them actually filled their glasses.
In fact, Liu Tuanzuo's reason for drinking every time makes people feel that drinking less is a crime, a crime against his comrades, against himself and against the country.
Not to mention too much, on average, each person has one kilogram less. That is to say, the purchased liquor is basically sorghum wine brewed by local mountain people using indigenous methods. Because the craftsmanship is very rough, the alcohol content is far less than that of later generations. At most
That is thirty-five or six degrees. Otherwise, more than a thousand people can still stand upright, and there will definitely be no more than three hundred.
But even so, many people still got drunk.
Of course, that was when I heard the short, fat God of Wealth loudly announce that money would be distributed on site, one hundred French coins per person. Because there were too many people, the infantry squad leader and infantry platoon leader would take the money on their behalf. Each infantry company commander would be responsible for organizing the team and checking the number of people.
Then he got drunk.
This is where Liu Tuan is sitting. Only the 772nd Regiment has this honor to receive the rewards for participating in the war at the banquet. The other troops should have only heard the news about the money distribution at this time. As for the distribution of rewards, I am afraid they will have to wait until later.
It's time.
After all, more than 3 million banknotes and 500,000 oceans have been distributed to more than 20,000 people, and the seriously injured people who have sacrificed their lives and are recovering in field hospitals must be taken into account. The staff of the Independent Regiment Logistics Department and the Huashang Group will still have a difficult job tonight.
very big.
The wealthy Koreans are about to pay out money, and they need the help of company-level cadres. Naturally, they don't have to drink the wine for now. Chief of Staff Sun of the 772nd Regiment is responsible for the general person in charge of the 772nd Regiment receiving war participation allowances, leading a group of company platoons.
The commander went to collect the money. The director of the Political Training Department left an infantry company to stay at the station and did not come this time. So the two commanders, Ye and Wang, and the three battalion commanders accompanied the future general and Liu Lang to find a place to sit down.
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But the beautiful reporter went deep into the soldiers alone to conduct her interview.
However, the future general was not in a hurry to have a drink with Liu Tuanzuo this time. Instead, he gave an order: "Give it to me first, and then drink with Liu Caishen after the wine is pressed."
It is true that Liu Tuanzuo was too diligent in persuading him to drink. If he did not eat a mouthful of food, he would drink a kilogram of white wine. If he was almost drunk and did not spit out the wine on the spot, he would have good willpower, so he had to use the food to suppress it.
While bursting into laughter, a group of officers stopped at the command. Under the leadership of the future general, a group of people gathered around a large iron pot and each ate a bowl of food before they felt relieved.
"Captain Liu, thank you so much this time. Come on, let me toast you with this glass." Commander Ye, who was obviously a little drunk and already flushed, but had calmed down a little, took the initiative to drink it.
Wine came to Liu Lang.
Although this person has already become a colonel and was a division-level cadre of the Red Army before the reorganization, his real age is only 24 years old, even 2 years younger than Liu Lang at this time. That is, a picture
His face is dark and thin, making it difficult to tell his true age.
However, from the tears in his eyes, Liu Lang could tell that he really wasn't responding to the call of his lively brigade commander and wanted him to lie down and go out, but that he was really moved.
The way a man expresses his feelings to a woman is just one word... But what about a man? In fact, it's still the same word. It's just that it's not the other word. Cheers, everything is in the wine. Only the burning alcohol comes from the throat.
Only by passing through can the indescribable passion between male creatures be reflected.
"Hey, Captain Ye, this is a glass of wine! I can't drink it with you first." But Liu Lang shook his head and rejected him.
Not only did he reject him, Liu Lang nodded to Deputy Commander Wang and the other three battalion commanders, and said: "And the four of you, if you don't promise me one thing today, this wine! Not only will I not be with you,
Captain Ye will not drink alone with any of you."
This time, it was beyond the expectations of all the cadres of the 772nd Regiment. Not to mention them, even the future generals were surprised and put down their jobs that they were pretending to be munching on.
This was not Liu Lang's style that he was familiar with. In his impression, he had never refused anyone to hold up a wine glass, let alone someone who still held up a wine glass.
"Captain Liu, you said, just because you will bring everyone together to bring down the Japs this time, I, Ye Chenghuan (homophone), will obey you. As long as it does not violate the party spirit and the principles of the army, I will agree to anything.
You." Captain Ye was stunned for a moment before replying decisively.
"Okay! This is what you said." Liu Lang nodded, turned to the future general and said, "This is the military, and it's still on the front line. Brigadier Chen, there are no jokes in the military! You can bear witness to me.
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"Wait, wait." The future general waved his hands repeatedly, looked at Liu Lang suspiciously and asked: "You don't want to poach my old Chen, do you? That's not possible, everyone here is me 386
Which one is the backbone of the brigade? I, Chen Geng (pronounced homophone), will not be able to sleep for several nights, and the combat effectiveness of the unit will be greatly reduced."
"Don't worry, I promise I won't poach you, Brigadier Chen." Liu Lang shook his head.
But there was a slight sigh in my heart. In the future, not one of the people in front of me has left, but several. The future generals not only stayed awake for several nights, but also cried bitterly for several times, and even...
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, I still burst into tears when I mentioned these few who were the cornerstones of the 18th Group Army's strongest infantry brigade.
Because, among the people he regarded as treasures in front of him, except for "Li Yunlong" who lived to the end of the war and was awarded the title of founding lieutenant general, the rest, including Ye, the regiment leader, all died in the long and cruel Anti-Japanese War.
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You know, those who are at the same level as them in the 18th Army at this time will at least be major generals in the future! Even Director Xie, who was still the director of the Political Department of the 772nd Regiment at this time, was awarded the title of general.
With their sacrifice, the future republic lost four generals.
When the Eighteenth Group Army was first established, it was organized according to the second-class division assigned by the government. Excluding some auxiliary combat units such as the special agent training regiment and other cavalry and artillery troops, its main infantry force totaled three divisions, six brigades, and twelve regiments. It should be
Thirty-six infantry battalions. In the long war, these red officers, who are now only major battalion commanders, sacrificed a total of ten, excluding those who died of illness, those who betrayed, surrendered, and those who made mistakes and were executed. The remaining ones were at least the founding major generals of the country.
These officers who initially served as infantry battalion commanders were basically the backbone of the Red Army. Their combat death rate reached one-third, which was much higher than the death rate of ordinary soldiers. But the 772nd Regiment, together with its commander
, all the chief officers of the three infantry battalions died, this ratio is a bit too high.
This is closely related to their fierce and tenacious combat style. Not only are the officers and soldiers of the 772 Regiment brave, but even these senior officers are also leading the charge.
Especially Captain Ye, who was only 24 years old. Even his own father was full of praise for him. He shook his head in front of Liu Lang several times and lamented that he died too early.
Liu Lang remembered that military history introduced Commander Ye, who was already considered a senior commander of the Red Army at this time. Not only was he highly praised by the 129th Division, but Commander Liu called him: "Attack like a tiger, defend like Mount Tai, a hundred hundred soldiers."
"Victorious", and in the future the Republic will list them as: "100 heroic model figures who have made outstanding contributions to the founding of New China".
In fact, you can know from the fact that "Li Yunlong", who is fierce in nature but extremely resourceful and talented in fighting, is willing to be his deputy. If he survives until the end of the war, he will at least be a lieutenant general or even an admiral.
The officer is definitely an excellent commander.
Moreover, in the Battle of Changshengkou and the Battle of Qigen Village in time and space, the former enemy commander was actually Captain Ye, who proved his excellence with the blood of the Japanese.
For such an outstanding commander, not only to retain a lieutenant general for the future republic, but also to better fight the war behind enemy lines with the Japanese, Liu Lang also hoped that he would not be like what he had done in the past.
At only 25 years old, he died in the spring of the second year of the Anti-Japanese War.
"My request is very simple. This time, we have captured a lot of Japanese helmets. From now on, all officers and soldiers of the 772nd Regiment, from the regiment commander to the new recruits, will, in wartime, if conditions permit,
, you must wear a helmet to fight." Liu Lang said seriously.
"This... this is not a big problem." Commander Ye agreed with some tongue-tiedness.
Obviously, Liu Lang's request was too weird.
"Captain Liu, the little devil's helmet is ugly and bulky, and the bulletproof effect is not very good. Look, haven't the little devil wearing the helmet been beaten to death and wounded heavily by us? Let the soldiers carry an extra kilogram or two.
It would be more economical to march with a steel helmet and bring more bullets." "Li Yunlong" objected carelessly.
"That's why I made this request. If senior commanders like you don't take it seriously, the soldiers will take it even less seriously." Liu Lang looked at "thorny head" with piercing eyes, and his tone changed.
It must be a bit harsh. "This time on the Jiuguan front line, the main casualties of the 772nd Regiment were caused by the Japanese bombardment, and 40% of them died due to head injuries. Wang
Deputy Commander, think about it, if all the soldiers had worn steel helmets before the war, wouldn’t there be at least a hundred more people sitting here drinking?"
According to common sense, although Liu Lang is a colonel commander and an officer, he is actually the colonel commander of the Sichuan Army. If he gives instructions to the lieutenant colonel deputy commander of a friendly force like this, even if the person involved tolerates it, his direct commander
He will definitely look unhappy.
However, when Liu Lang said this, no one present, including the future general and Commander Ye, felt that Liu Lang's criticism was wrong. Instead, they all thought deeply. Especially the person involved, who was once Xu Shuai's confidant and favorite general, was a war veteran.
The desperate "Crazy King" was also described by Liu Lang as having no temper at all, and he didn't even dare to glare at him like a bull's eye.
It’s not because Liu Lang paid the combat allowance to all the officers and soldiers of the 772nd Regiment this time that he must be grateful. It’s also not that Liu Lang is a genius enough to make these equally proud red officers completely his vassals. It’s really what Liu Lang said.
The number of one hundred people touched the hearts of these red officers.
At least one-third of the soldiers of the 129th Division, which is mainly composed of red troops such as the Fourth Red Army and the 15th Army, are their old comrades. They made it through the cruel strategic shift of thousands of miles, but they died here, and
, most of them were killed by the enemy's shelling without even firing a shot or even seeing the enemy's face.
Liu Lang is right. If there is a helmet as protection, the chance of being hit by shrapnel on the head will be greatly reduced, and the casualties will naturally be reduced a lot.
"Moreover, in addition to reducing casualties, the helmet can also be used as a container for scooping water and an iron pot for cooking in emergencies. The most useful function is that you can insert camouflage on it, which is most suitable for your operations in mountainous areas.
." Seeing that "Li Yunlong" was a bit more honest, Liu Lang said in a slower tone.
"That thing is so naked, how do you insert something into it?" "Li Yunlong" asked humbly this time.
"Sanchuan'er, come here and show the officers how to camouflage the helmet." Liu Lang waved to Sanchuan, who was sitting at the same table with the 772 regiment's signal soldiers and eating, more than ten meters away.
"Hehe, good!" Sanchuan'er agreed with a smile.
He jogged over, took out a ball of twine from his small backpack, and shook it gently. Only then did the red officers realize that it was not pure twine, but a small net woven from twine. Then, Sanchuaner quickly
Then buckle the small net onto the helmet to cover the entire helmet. Gently pull a buckle on the small net, and the hemp rope net will be firmly attached to the helmet.
Then, Sanchuan folded a few branches with leaves on the bushes a few meters away and inserted them into the mesh of the small net on the helmet. He put the helmet with the bushes stuck on his head and put it on his head thirty meters away.
He found a place to lie down in the bushes and shouted loudly to the future general he was already very familiar with: "Brigadier Chen, how are you? You can still see me!"
"Haha! You little melon, it's dark everywhere now. Even if you don't use this disguise, I can't see you. Come out here quickly, don't let the wild wolf snatch you away!" The future general laughed loudly.
But Ye Wang, the two regiment commanders, and the three battalion commanders had their eyes shining brightly, staring at Sanchuan's figure looming in the bushes thirty meters away.