Chapter 1308 Victory and sacrifice, never walk alone
Including future generals who think they already know Liu Lang very well.
He found that he understood this little brother a little better. The more he understood, the more he appreciated it. What Liu Lang did was very much in line with his taste.
Those who are qualified to stand in front of the mourning hall and be awarded medals are all soldiers who have experienced countless life and death, from Army General to the Army Major General with the lowest rank. Which one has never seen a battlefield where blood and flesh are everywhere? For them, life and death are almost gone.
Take it for granted.
The four coffins in front of the mourning hall are all colleagues who died in the war. After the sadness of the rabbit's death and the fox's sorrow, there is indifference. It is the fate of soldiers to wrap their bodies in horse leather.
They are all very sensible. Just being sad cannot solve any problems.
But the softness that Liu Lang showed at that moment, in the eyes of many people, was somewhat incompatible with his name as the iron-blooded leader. But, how could that softness make their eyes moist even if they were as hard as they were?
Liu Lang stood in front of the microphone and could not speak for a long time. However, he stood at attention and turned around, facing the coffins of the four sacrificed generals, and solemnly performed a military salute.
Then he strode to the old woman who was caressing her son's coffin, knelt down on her knees, and made three "bang bang bang" sounds.
This move shocked everyone in the audience.
Jiang Yuzhen's mother was also suddenly startled. A look of surprise appeared on her already withered and wrinkled face: "Sir, what are you doing? Please get up quickly. Friends Hong, please help us get up."
"The general is not here, can I ask my wife to be my adoptive mother?" Liu Lang raised his head and asked.
The whole place was silent.
The old woman's eyes suddenly opened and she murmured: "How is this possible?"
"Why not?" Liu Lang said loudly: "Generals are headless, but generals are immortal. General Jiang Yuzhen sacrificed his life for the country. I want to worship him as my adoptive brother and learn from his heroic spirit. I also ask my adoptive mother to agree."
What Liu Lang said, especially the sentence: Generals are headless, generals are immortal, makes people feel as if there is a torrent rushing left and right in the blood, and it will burst out without venting the unhappiness.
"Brigadier, did you hear that? Commander Liu, I said you are immortal!" Huang Hongyou, who was kneeling aside, burst into tears like a child.
"Good boy, good boy!" Tears welled up again in the old woman's already dry eye sockets, and she took a step forward to help Liu Lang.
"From now on, you will be my mother." Liu Lang stood up along the old woman's arm, tears welling up in his eyes, and asked, introducing himself by the way. "My name is Liu Lang, and I am currently an independent member of the 22nd Army of the National Revolutionary Army."
Regiment commander, in this battle in Shanxi Province, we on the Shanxi front line killed no less than 30,000 little devils, so we are not cowards."
"Okay! If Yuzhen knew that I could have a younger brother like you, I would be very happy." When the old woman heard what Liu Lang said, a smile finally appeared on her miserable face.
The so-called Blue Sky and White Sun Medal, the so-called pension and reward, for the mother who lost her son, are far less happy than hearing Liu Lang say that he killed 30,000 Japanese invaders.
"Mom, wait a moment!" Liu Lang smiled and patted the agitated old woman's arm, walked towards the three children, squatted down, and took off the first-class Baoding medal that Wang Shihe had just pinned on his chest that was admired by thousands of people.
Next, he gently put it on the chest of the youngest child who put his finger in his mouth and looked timidly at Liu Lang, and said with a smile: "From now on, I will be your father."
Seeing that the three children were silent, Liu Lang said warmly: "Children, remember, your biological father Jiang Yuzhen died on the anti-Japanese battlefield. He defended the city for ten days with 5,000 against 70,000. He is a great hero. However,
, the dad in front of you is not bad either. In the Battle of the Great Wall four years ago, the independent regiment I led slaughtered 20,000 little Japanese alive. I myself killed dozens of them and built their heads into
Jingguan. A few days ago, the independent regiment led by me hung the so-called noble cavalry of the 300-day Japanese invaders on the front line in eastern Shanxi, just like hanging wind chimes. Do you want to see it?"
Liu Lang spoke in a very soft voice, but the generals around him who could hear his voice were covered in white sweat for no apparent reason. This man, as rumored, was extremely cruel to the Japanese.
Especially when he said that it was like hanging a wind chime, a few very simple children probably had no idea. Although most of them didn't really understand what a wind chime was, the word "hang" made people involuntarily think of a wind chime.
Image: Hundreds of Japanese soldiers were hung on the branches of Taihang Mountain like fat pigs with hairless hair in a slaughterhouse, swaying in the wind.
The picture in my head is really cruel, but it seems so cool.
"If you can avenge my father, we will recognize you as our father!" the eldest girl, about ten years old, said with firm eyes.
"Then it's settled. I can promise that our independent regiment will definitely fight against the invading Shanxi Itagaki Seishiro 5th Division in the future. Unless all 5,000 Japanese invaders are killed, my rank as colonel will not change in my life." Liu Lang looked serious.
Said solemnly.
This statement shocked everyone around him, especially the future general and Wang Shihe.
Almost all the generals who looked at Liu Lang attentively opened their mouths, and the future general even opened his mouth eagerly: "Brother Liu, you can't say this."
Judging from the Jindong Military Merit and the First-Class Medal of Honor, as well as Wang Shihe asking him to speak on behalf of the decorated general, Liu Lang's promotion to the military rank is almost a certainty. How can he give up for making a promise to a child? In this ancient custom
In the era of prosperity, promises should not be underestimated, especially when Liu Lang makes a promise in front of almost everyone. If one day he breaks the promise, it will be almost a complete ruin of his character. No matter how outstanding his military exploits are, it is difficult for anyone to think highly of him.
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As for whether he can fight against the Fifth Division and kill 5,000 of its men, that is not the most important thing. In the eyes of these generals, even fighting is absolutely impossible, at least in the short term.
Judging from the above, the independent regiment, which is still hundreds of miles away from Taiyuan, is still based in the Jindong Defense Area. A small promise to the children almost came at the cost of ruining its future.
"Haha, uncle has made a promise. It's okay if you change your words when the promise is fulfilled. We can hang ourselves on a hook and we won't change for a hundred years." Liu Lang ignored the others at all, stretched out his little finger and said
The little girl hesitantly stretched out her little hand and touched it lightly, then smiled and said, "It's settled."
He reached out and picked up the youngest child, turned around and strode towards the microphone.
"Victory and sacrifice never go alone."
Liu Xueyuan's last battlefield diary in Eastern Jin Dynasty is titled as the first sentence of Liu Lang's acceptance speech while holding the orphan of General Jiang Yuzhen and his newly adopted son.
"This honors ceremony is no longer to let everyone remember the general who was awarded the title of Blue Sky and White Sun, nor is it to let everyone remember how many times Jindong annihilated the Japanese invaders. Since it is chosen in this mourning hall, it is to let me all over Taiyuan.
, the whole of Shanxi, and even the whole of China, remember them in the mourning hall, remember the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the national army in Xinkou who are still fighting bloody battles against the Japanese invaders.
Please remember to say, "This war is a war for the survival of the nation, and there is only sacrifice. If we retreat again and reach the Yellow River, there will be no soldiers left, and there will be no officials. This is what we call the country's survival if we die, and the country's death if we live."
"We were China's first lieutenant general who finally fulfilled his promise and died on the front line against Japan.
Please let us remember that just because of a six-character telegram "Hold Yuanping for seven days", he led his five thousand troops to defend the small town of Yuanping for seven days and fought fiercely with tens of thousands of Japanese invaders. Only about a centaur was left and almost ran out of ammunition and food.
However, because of a six-character telegram to "hold Yuanping for another three days", the entire 196th Brigade, from the brigade commander down, including the chief of staff, regimental commander, battalion commander, company commander, and platoon commander, were all killed in action. The 196th Brigade and them, who can be called fierce, were
Major General Jiang Yuzhen.
Please let us remember..."
Liu Lang's sonorous and powerful voice echoed above the mourning hall.
"Sacrifice may not bring victory, but victory requires sacrifice. Thousands of soldiers who sacrificed their lives have passed away, but we cannot let their families shed tears because of the loss of their loved ones and then live in trouble.
I hereby propose to establish a relief fund for the families of our fallen, wounded and disabled soldiers in the Shanxi Campaign, and I will donate 200,000 silver in advance."
Liu Lang said this was certainly well-founded, especially after seeing General Jiang Yuzhen's mother and three orphans, he felt even more urgent.
In fact, although the government's pension for ordinary officers and soldiers is average, with only a dozen or dozens of oceans being given, the pension for senior generals is actually quite good. For lieutenant generals like Hao Mengling, in addition to the 20,000 ocean pension provided by the government,
In addition, donations from the gentry in Hao Mengling's hometown of Wuhan totaled 60,000 yuan.
However, there is a saying that when people leave, the tea is cool. At the beginning, the country's political leaders took great care of the family of the first lieutenant general who died in the Great Patriotic War. But later, who will remember it? Six
Wan Dayang, in 1937 or even 1938, looked like a lot. An average family's annual income would be more than 100 yuan.
However, as the war progressed, everyone could not escape the skyrocketing prices that followed. In just a few years, 60,000 yuan would not be much left.
Because the Japanese army occupied Wuhan, Mrs. Hao Mengling and her four children were unable to make ends meet as the government moved to Chongqing. Her second underage son had to sell tea eggs on the street to help his mother make ends meet. Finally, he met Hao Mengling's old superior on the street.
General Feng Yuxiang, who almost lost his breath and vomited blood, caused an undisclosed uproar in the Ministry of Military Affairs. Only then did someone come out to take care of the affairs of the general's family, and finally his four children were able to go to school without any burden.
This is an army lieutenant general who has enjoyed a "state funeral" ceremony, not to mention other officers and soldiers with lower ranks.
Liu Lang's sudden proposal at the end of his speech made a group of Shanxi generals a little confused.
Especially the old man from Shanxi, his eyes almost popped out of his head. It’s not because of Liu Tuanzuo’s proposal, nor is it because Liu Tuanzuo donated more than 200,000 yuan to a rich man. In terms of money, looking at the entire
In Shanxi, who has more money than the King of Shanxi? He can get millions of dollars in silver in a matter of minutes and beat Sichuan Tuhao Liu in seconds.
The most important thing is that this person remembered that the 30,000 yuan that Liu Tuanzuo came to deliver in silk gold yesterday seemed to have been mortgaged with two medals of the Blue Sky and White Sun. In the end, he redeemed it for him by pinching his nose and causing bleeding.
But he just thanked me and didn't mention repaying the money at all.
At this moment, he opened his mouth and asked for 200,000 silver dollars.
Could it be that you want me to help you pay the bill? The Shanxi old man secretly only bites his back molars.
A group of Shanxi politicians were also hesitant. Yesterday, this fat man from Sichuan had tricked them without showing any trace. The original gift of 500 yuan in silk gold was directly raised to 30,000 yuan by this "suggestion" of 30,000 yuan.
At least 2,000, and now he has another two hundred thousand...
This is the rhythm of confiscation of homes!
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PS: Posted on December 13, National Memorial Day! Nanjing! I can’t forget it, and I can’t forget it! I recommended a new book from a friend, "The Great Agent of the Republic of China", which is quite interesting.