Precious time always passes easily, and the Letters from Home program will soon end.
The announcer's pleasant voice sounded again: "To the soldiers of the Wanzhong Advance Brigade, the soldiers of the Dameishan Independent Regiment, and all the National Army soldiers on the entire Xuzhou front line, in addition to the messages from these compatriots in the rear, I am here to
There is another important news to tell you."
"The martyr Shanwazi who died last night, Wang Dayong, the editorial director of Ta Kung Newspaper, has personally gone to Weinan with 500 French currency to find the mother of martyr Shanwazi, and is going to personally hand over the martyr's pension to her, as well as the other martyrs.
, the Ministry of Military Affairs will also gradually distribute pensions.”
"Five hundred French coins is not enough to erase the unforgettable pain that a mother feels after losing her beloved son, but as a government, we must never let our heroes shed blood and tears. We will definitely arrange your funeral arrangements.
You can rest assured that the National Government will fulfill its commitments and will sincerely accept the supervision of all media!"
"Finally, I would like to encourage the soldiers with a song about Wang Changling's military service."
"The snow-capped mountains are covered by long clouds in Qinghai, and the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass in the distance."
"The yellow sand will wear the golden armor in a hundred battles, and the Loulan will never be returned until it is broken."
"Soldiers of the National Army, when you defeat the Japanese invaders and return in triumph, your motherland will welcome you back with the grandest triumphal ceremony, and welcome our heroes... on their triumphant return!"
After the broadcast ended, Xu Rui slowly walked up the steps in front of the headquarters, then turned to look down.
But I saw that many officers and soldiers were still sobbing quietly, especially Liu Jin, who never stopped, as if he wanted to shed all his tears in this life today.
However, Xu Rui discovered very keenly that these recruits in the Wanzhong Advance Brigade were really different.
The biggest change is their eyes, or their spirit. Before, almost every recruit had a look of panic on their face, and their eyes were unfocused. Now, although these recruits are heartbroken,
Their eyes were no longer scattered or at a loss; their eyes had begun to become firm.
Xu Rui took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "I once asked a veteran why he became a soldier?"
Xu Rui's low voice was low and hoarse, but extremely penetrating. It spread easily throughout the square. All the recruits who heard Xu Rui's voice stopped sobbing in unison, raised their heads, and looked at Xu Rui.
"The veteran told me that he joined the army to serve the country and the nation. I said, this is nonsense!"
The recruits in the square laughed lowly. Xu Rui's words spoke to their hearts. In fact, except for a very small number of well-educated elites, the rest of the National Army officers and soldiers really did not have much ambition.
They don't think about profound issues such as country and nation, and they don't understand these general principles.
Xu Rui continued: "I am a soldier just to make a living. In today's world, it is not easy to find a way to survive. It is even more difficult to support a family. As a soldier, you still have two meals a day."
If I work hard, I can still get two stipends a month, which I can at least send home to support myself for a while."
Almost all the recruits nodded subconsciously.
Xu Rui's words touched their hearts again.
"I don't understand the truth. I just want the whole family to have a stutter. I just want the old mother at home to have a happy old age. I just want these naughty children to grow up in peace and live every day.
I go out to carry a hoe and go to the fields, and every sunset I go home and hold my wife in my arms to make babies. Is this too much to ask? Is it too much?"
"Not too much! Not too much at all!" Several recruits responded immediately.
The next moment, almost all the recruits shouted: "It's not too much!"
"But little Japan won't agree to this. They have to break into China, kill my old mother, kill my naughty children, and take away my wife to give birth to their children! How can I bear this?
?!" Xu Rui picked up a piece of rubble and threw it heavily on the ground, and said sternly, "I would rather be broken by rubble than be destroyed!"
Lei Xiang, who was next to him, whispered: "Captain, I'd rather be in pieces than in ruins."
Xu Rui ignored the thunder and shouted: "Brothers, do you agree?"
"No!" A recruit stood up.
"No!" The second recruit stood up immediately.
"No!" Almost all the recruits stood up and shouted in unison.
"Yes, I won't agree, I must not agree. The little Japanese bully is going too far!" Xu Rui's low roar once again suppressed the shouts of more than 2,000 recruits at the scene, and said, "You all heard it just now, the National Government has fulfilled their promise
The compatriots in the rear area also said they would fully support the commitment, and even students and children are ready to go to the battlefield. However, we are the soldiers. With the government’s military pay and pensions, we can let them go to the battlefield.
Are you going to fight the little devil?"
"cannot!"
"cannot!"
"cannot!"
This time, the new recruits responded in a much more orderly manner.
Xu Rui opened his voice and shouted with all his strength: "Tell me, are you ready?"
"Ready!"
"Ready!"
"Ready!"
The recruits responded loudly.
Xu Rui asked loudly again: "Are you really ready?"
"alright!"
"alright!"
"alright!"
The recruits responded with three calls.
"Okay!" Xu Rui nodded heavily and shouted sternly, "Now go back and have a late-night snack. After you finish eating the late-night snack, go back and fight hard with those little devils. Let the little devils look at us Chinese men.
Their eggs, with their three-inch size, are still far from comparable to those of us Chinese men!"
More than two thousand new recruits burst into laughter and then dispersed.
The recruits dispersed, but Luo Feng and several officers gathered around them.
Luo Feng asked in a low voice: "Brother Xu, do you really plan to counterattack at night?"
Xu Rui nodded and replied: "You have all seen that the morale of the advancing brigade in Central Anhui has been fully mobilized. Now they have the courage to fight any enemy they face. However, their tactical literacy makes it impossible
They have been improved overnight, so we must find a way to have the greatest effect and the least cost to improve their tactical qualities. Compared to a frontal assault during the day, a counterattack at night is undoubtedly more suitable."
Luo Feng nodded and said: "Indeed, during the day we not only have to face the Japs' heavy artillery, but also the indiscriminate bombings from the Japs' attack planes. If we counterattack during the day, the casualties will definitely be huge, but if we counterattack at night, we don't have to worry about the Japs' attacks."
Attack aircraft and Japanese artillery cannot be accurately positioned, and their lethality will also be greatly reduced."
Xu Rui added: "My opinion is this. The battalions of the 2nd Regiment of the Wanzhong Advance Brigade will be temporarily incorporated into the independent regiment, and the veterans of the independent regiment will lead them to fight counter-assaults. This way, they will grow faster. Brother Luo, you
What’s your opinion?”
Luo Feng shook his head and said: "In my opinion, there is no need to integrate them temporarily. Let's just formally integrate them."
Ding Li and Lei Peng next to them looked at each other in confusion upon hearing this. With this, the organization of the Central Anhui Advance Brigade was equivalent to non-existence. Xu Rui also said: "Brother Luo, isn't this inappropriate?"
"There's nothing inappropriate, it's settled." Luo Feng's attitude was extremely determined.
"Okay, that's it." Seeing Luo Feng's firm attitude, Xu Rui no longer refused.
Luo Feng added: "Brother Xu, I know you always have a lot of clever ideas in fighting. This counterattack tonight will definitely not be as simple as training troops. You must have other intentions, right?"
"Brother Luo, I really can't hide anything from you." Xu Rui smiled, and immediately ordered Lei Xiang to take out the map, then squatted down and pointed at the map and said, "Brother Luo, look, after two days of repeated battles, the city has been destroyed.
The eastern front has formed a crescent shape. During the day, I went to the front line and found that the headquarters of the Shimakojima Regiment was relatively far forward and in this position."
Luo Feng's eyes narrowed upon hearing this, and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Xu, do you want to raid the headquarters of the Kagoshima Regiment?"
"Yes, in the art of war, it is said that if you don't move, you will be like thunder." Xu Rui said, "Either you don't fight back, but once you fight back, you must hit the enemy's vital points directly. You must not only hurt them, but also cripple them!"
Luo Feng said: "The Kagoshima Regiment is the elite among the elite Japanese troops, and their combat effectiveness is not fake. Brother Xu, how do you plan to fight this battle?"
Xu Rui said: "In the art of war, the reality is the illusion, and the illusion is the strength. This is what I think. Use one force to attack from the front of the crescent formation to confuse the enemy. When the Japanese troops shrink to the middle of the crescent formation, then use two
A reinforced battalion of troops will outflank the crescent formation from the left and right wings and eat up the Kagoshima Regiment in one go."
Luo Feng said: "Brother Xu, don't forget, the Japanese troops opposite us are not only the Kagoshima Regiment, but also the main force of the Kumamoto Division outside the city. When we outflank from both wings, there may be other Japanese troops from the Kumamoto Division.
The three infantry regiments will carry out counter-outflank operations from the north and south wings, and by then the situation will be difficult to get out of the situation."
Xu Rui said: "The battlefield in the east of the city cannot place so many troops. What's more, the Kagoshima Regiment, as the strongest army of the Japs, naturally has their dignity. Besides, even if I use two additional battalions to outflank the Kagoshima Regiment from both wings, the Kagoshima Regiment will
The Kojima Alliance can still cope with it, and Suzuki will respond tit-for-tat, deploying troops to block the attack on both wings."
"Then what?" Luo Feng said in a deep voice, "Then what?"
"Then?" Xu Rui smiled solemnly and said, "Then, the strong attack on the two wings will turn from real to false, and the feint attack on the front will turn from false to real. I will personally lead a commando team composed of veterans of the 88th Division to attack from the front.
, forcefully raid the Kagoshima Regiment Headquarters with lightning speed, and strive to destroy it in one fell swoop!"
Luo Feng took a breath and said in a deep voice: "I basically agree with your plan, but there is one thing I don't agree with. It should not be you, the de facto commander-in-chief of the former enemy, who personally leads the commando to launch the assault.
It’s me, Luo Feng! Brother Xu, I can listen to you on everything else, but you must listen to me on this! This is an order!”