All armies across the country are waiting for the military command to go out, but the war has never stopped since the "July 7th Incident" broke out.
On the northern battlefield, the 29th Army and the reinforcements from the Nationalist Army began to restructure their defense lines and resist with difficulty.
In the southeastern battlefield, since the Songhu War broke out on August 13, China and Japan gradually increased their troops. A war that no one on either side expected was in full swing at the Songhu Battle.
The Japanese army had relatively few troops in the early stage, and the Nationalist army did not fight very hard. However, as the Japanese army gradually increased in strength, the headquarters ordered elite troops from all provinces to support Songhu.
At the end of August, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the First Division of the 115th Division held a swearing-in meeting at the playground of Yunyang Town to reorganize the Red Army and march to the Anti-Japanese Front. At the meeting, Commander-in-Chief Zhu gave a mobilization speech on the Red Army's reorganization and march to the Anti-Japanese Front in North China.
Then, under the leadership of Commander-in-Chief Zhu, the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers present read aloud the "Eighth Route Army's Departure Anti-Japanese Oath" word for word: "Japanese imperialism is the mortal enemy of the Chinese nation. It wants to destroy our country, exterminate our race, and kill us.
Parents and brothers, they raped our mothers, wives and sisters, burned our crops and houses, and destroyed our farming tools and animals. For the sake of the nation, the country, the compatriots, and the children and grandchildren, we have no choice but to fight to the end!"
The sound was as loud as thunder, resounding across the loess land and the blue sky.
On September 2, the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army held a swearing-in meeting in Zhuangli Town, Fuping County. Commander-in-Chief Zhu, on behalf of the Red Central Committee and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, announced the reorganization order at the meeting and called on all officers and soldiers to fight bravely for the sacred cause of resisting Japan and saving the nation.
In the early morning of September 6, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army held a reorganization oath meeting in an open field in Sanli Village, Qiaodi Town, Jingyang County to fight the Japanese. More than 10,000 people from the entire division lined up in front of the review stand. It was raining heavily, and the division commander, Lieutenant General Liu
, Major General Zhang, director of the Political Training Department, and others stood calmly on the review stage, and all the officers and men stood in the heavy rain in orderly order. After briefly describing the anti-Japanese situation across the country, Commander Liu said: "In order to resist Japan and save the country, the nation is in peril.
, our 129th Division of the National Revolutionary Army will not hesitate to fight for the national cause to the end."
All the elite red troops were divided into three groups and vowed to march to northeastern Shanxi, northern Shanxi, and Yuci, Shaanxi.
On September 5, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians lined up in Shaocheng Park, Chengdu, listening to the speech of Sichuan Provincial Chairman Liu Xiang, whose health had deteriorated somewhat in the past two days and was still hospitalized with stomachache.
"On the issue of unity in the war of resistance, I have made many speeches recently. Today's activities have a lot of content, time is very precious, and I am not in good health. I will not repeat many of my words here. I just emphasize that to defend the country from aggression and to serve as a soldier
They should fulfill their bounden duty! The Sichuan army has to devote itself to the battlefield and fight for the survival of the nation. It is very glorious to wash away the shame of the civil war! This is our pride!" Liu Xiang tried his best to speak into the microphone with all his strength.
As soon as he finished speaking, the troops of the Sichuan Army who were ready to go shouted slogans: "Fight for the survival of the nation and live up to the elders in my hometown!"
The crowd burst into applause and chanted overwhelming slogans: "The people of Sichuan swear to support the soldiers who came out of Sichuan to fight against the enemy!"
Next was the speech by Deng Xihou, commander of the first column. He said loudly: "Currently, the weapons and equipment of the invading army are far stronger than ours. Only by long-term resistance can we achieve final victory. When we go out to fight in Sichuan, we must march on the blood of the martyrs.
, If you win in battle, it is of course very glorious; if you lose in battle, you are determined to return the favor! If we die, we hope that the people in the rear, especially the young and middle-aged people, will bravely follow our bloodstains and rush to the battlefield of national salvation. In this way
If we fight one after another and fight endlessly, we will be able to defeat any strong enemy! Victory must belong to us!"
The audience was silent at first, and then burst into thunderous applause.
The commander of the second column, Tang Shizun, spoke more straightforwardly. He pushed away the microphone and walked to the stage. He spoke impassionedly and roared throughout the audience: "Dear fellow villagers, many people present know that I, Tang Shizun, also known as 'Tang Shizun'."
That's because I was a coward when fighting the civil war. But things are different now. We are no longer fighting a civil war but a national war. I no longer want to be a coward. I want to lead the soldiers of the second column to the east.
Leave Kuimen and go straight to Wuhan to defend Nanjing, defend Shanghai, and defend all of China!"
The audience immediately applauded. Tang Shizun then said: "If you still fail to live up to expectations at this time of national crisis and are still a coward, you will call me a 'Tang Fei pig' when you see me. I will never complain. In a word, this trip is determined to avenge the country's shame.
Winning glory for the nation, if you don’t succeed, you will become a benevolent person. If you lose your land, you will never return to Sichuan! "
After the applause, he announced that he would use a poem he had just written in the past few days as his oath, and used it to inspire all the officers and soldiers in the column: Men are determined to leave Kui Pass, and Japanese slaves will never be exterminated.
There are green hills everywhere!
As soon as the tragic song came out, it was like a strong man cutting off his wrist, breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians gritted their teeth and applauded, and the applause shook the sky.
The Sichuan Army soldiers, who had already lined up and were carrying their own grain bags, bullet belts and bamboo hats, officially set off for the expedition amid the roaring cheers and applause of the masses.
Wang Mingzhang, Rao Guohua, Guo Rudong and other lieutenant generals rode their horses and followed their troops towards Rongcheng.
The Ministry of Military Affairs ordered that the Sichuan Army will be divided into two groups. The 23rd Army will start from the mountain city and go down the Yangtze River straight to Xiaguan and then to Songhu. The 22nd Army will enter Shaanxi via the repaired Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway and enter Shanxi.
Go to the northern anti-Japanese front line.
Although hundreds of thousands of Sichuan troops were ready to wrap their bodies in horse leather, they probably could not have imagined that this war would be more tragic than they imagined.
Nearly 300,000 Sichuan Army soldiers were buried in a foreign land. Four of the six lieutenant generals and division commanders who left Sichuan died heroically for their country. The first batch of more than 400 regiment-level officers who left Sichuan basically died on the front line. Their highest commander, the Second National Army Commander,
A senior general will also die of illness in half a year. Forcing his sick body to march will undoubtedly aggravate his condition.
His illness is an old one, and the new drugs developed by the Science and Technology Department of the Independent Regiment cannot do anything about it. Liu Lang, who knew this history, tried his best to persuade him, but at this time, this second-level superior who wanted to serve the country and the nation was unable to do anything about it.
General, where can I listen? He only knows that if he, the commander, is afraid of fighting due to injury, his soldiers will be afraid of fighting, and he must be with his soldiers.
Not only Shaanxi and Sichuan, but also other provinces in southern China have pledged their strength to fight, taking trains northward and gathering toward the southeast of China's economic center.
The independent regiment base also held its own swearing-in meeting on this morning when the tsunami roared in the mountains of Rongcheng.
The venue for the conference was chosen under the Independence Regiment Martyrs Cemetery. 3,000 officers and soldiers and 1,000 strong men, already fully armed, stood quietly and solemnly, facing the nearly 2,000 officers and soldiers who had died since the 1932 Songhu Anti-Japanese War and were buried here.
's tombstone.
The flag with the word "death" was placed in front of the tombstones. It gradually became moist in the continuous drizzle, just like their eyes were gradually moistened with tears when they looked at their brothers lying quietly in the tomb.
It was also a rainy day, and the silky drizzle just sprinkled on their faces, in their eyes, and on the top officers of the independent regiment who were standing on a temporary platform built with logs.
Liu Lang stood in the middle, with Zhang Ruhao and Chi Dakui standing on both sides. All the other school officers stood at the front of their troops. Whether they were going to fight or staying behind, they all stood there.
Even the three green wolves and the giant panda Xiong Si were squatting neatly in a queue of more than 200 people at the security office. They now also have military status and are soldiers of an independent regiment.
And all around, there were crowds of people.
Yes, today is the day when all the Sichuan troops finally received the order from the Ministry of Military Affairs to dispatch troops one day ago. The independent regiment that has been incorporated into the 22nd Group Army is no exception. The Guangyuan County Government, which learned the news, began organizing at noon yesterday
Crowds gathered in the town of "Shuguang". Including military families and workers' families who already lived in the town of "Shuguang", as well as people who came spontaneously after receiving the news, there were more than 20,000 people.
It is slightly different from the farewell of the people in Chengdu. What they want to send off is not just a troop that will go out to defend their homeland. The Independent Regiment has a special feeling for the whole county of Guangyuan. Not only the Independent Regiment has a special feeling for Guangyuan during its garrison in Guangyuan,
The common people did not commit any crime, ensuring the tranquility of the land and water. More importantly, most of the recruits recruited by the independent regiment came from Guangyuan.
The Independent Regiment can be said to be their disciples.
The officers and soldiers standing in the center of the square with backpacks, guns, leggings and military caps on their backs were all related to them in all likelihood.
Yes, the soldiers were from Guangyuan, and most of the officers were Guangyuan's sons-in-law. How could they not come to see off such young soldiers when they were about to go on an expedition?
There are white-haired old men, women in green clothes, confused children tugging at the corners of their mother's clothes, and even babies who are waiting to be fed and don't know anything about the world. Because there are soldiers who are about to go on a long journey.
, have their sons, have their husbands, have their fathers.
This farewell is the first time, and perhaps the last time.
Their eyes, somewhat greedily, roamed over the faces of their relatives, over and over again.
The large square is so quiet and solemn that it's a bit scary.
His eyes wandered on the faces of the officers and soldiers who were standing solemnly in the audience. They took a deep breath and Liu Lang's metallic voice echoed throughout the audience.
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PS: The oath to fight is a plot that Feng Yue has thought about for a long time. I hope that this scene that happened in the land of China can be shown to book friends with Feng Yue's pen. The next chapter, Feng Yue, will be written more excitingly, because
Fengyue really has tears in her eyes, because Fengyue really loves this land. Also, thank you all for your messages of encouragement to Fengyue yesterday. Thank you for having you!