After dinner at home in the evening, Han Guo and Wang Zongyao sat face to face. They didn't know what kind of communication they were having, at least they looked at it this way.
"In the Battle of Xuzhou, you lost more than half of your division, but you were still able to fight to the death. It's really admirable!"
"There is no way. If we retreat, once the Japanese encirclement is formed, the defenders in Xuzhou City will not be able to retreat."
At this time, Wang Zongyao was not promoted to army commander, but was still a major general.
"But I have a question. Why didn't you comply when the Chairman asked you to move the machine gun positions of the third company and the first squadron of your regiment 70 meters forward? If you had complied, you would have been promoted to corps commander long ago."
"Don't be ridiculous. There is a road 70 meters ahead. Should I set up an ambush in the middle of the road? I was given more than one order, ordering my third regiment to launch an attack on the enemy's flank. This is fighting, not playing games!"
Wang Zongyao felt a little ridiculous when he mentioned that pitiful order, because it was completely inconsistent with the purpose of the operation. The purpose of the operation was to block the enemy, not to attack!
"Isn't it because of the commissioner's poor self-esteem? The experience he learned from the civil war was used in the war against Japan. He thought that such small changes could not affect the larger war situation."
"How could it not have an impact? It's just that the Japanese didn't pay attention to some places. If they really had to pay attention, that place would be the breakthrough point and the failure of the entire war situation."
Wang Zongyao has become very fond of alcohol recently, probably because he always needs to drink some alcohol to fall asleep after fighting. Sometimes, he wakes up immediately when there is the slightest movement at night. Although he has been fighting for half his life
, things that I could accept before are a bit difficult to accept now.
"I'm going to get some wine. If I don't drink some wine, I won't be able to sleep well."
"Didn't you dislike drinking before? Why do you suddenly have to drink a little every day? Are you really telling the goddess outside that you are possessed by a ghost?"
Wang Zongyao naturally didn't believe this. He knew that it was brought from the battlefield. If he didn't numb himself in the short term, he might fall to the ground at the sound of a sound.
"Do you believe it? I'm not afraid of ghosts. It's mainly because I was very nervous during the war. When I was at the headquarters, whenever there was gunshots anywhere, I would wake up immediately. But there were gunshots from all directions.
When I woke up, I slept soundly and couldn't even wake up."
"Do you want me to find an American doctor to look at you?"
"No, you should keep it. This thing is not an injury or a disease, it is a heart disease. Have you ever seen a doctor who can cure heart disease?"
Wang Zongyao poured himself a glass of foreign wine. Although he didn't know how to drink and his drinking capacity was very light, he wouldn't be able to sleep well if he didn't drink a glass.
"Oh, I finally understand why soldiers like to drink. It's so they can have a solid night's sleep."
"This can be regarded as a way to relieve stress. Come on, pour me a glass, and I'll drink some too."
Korea took a cup and placed it in the middle of the table.
"Then are you trapped by love or are you just like me and can't sleep?"
"Why are you trapped in love? I don't have a girl here that I can like, so why are you trapped in love?"
"What is that? No hope for promotion?"
“Pour the wine, pour the wine!”
If two people have a glass of foreign wine each, neither of them knows how to drink it, but if they drink it, the taste of the liquor is too overpowering, and the person who doesn't know how to drink will probably vomit it out.
"Oh, this foreign wine tastes different from white wine. It's a little sweet! What brand is it?"
"I don't know what brand it is. One of my regiment leaders in Xuzhou gave it to me. They all have foreign characters. Can you read it?"
"can't read."
"Why do you ask if you don't understand? Let's drink first and then talk."
The two of them started to drink in small sips. The relationship between the two of them was actually a bit awkward, and they didn't know how to address each other, but relatively speaking, it was easier to just call them by their first names.
"The Battle of Xuzhou is over. Have you seen the next battle intention?"
"Basically, we can guess a little bit, but for the Japanese, our preparations are too obvious. It should be the battle of Wuhan, right?"
This idea cannot be hidden from Wang Zongyao. He is also a person who tends to play with the overall situation. If the overall situation is not suitable, then just run away as much as possible. In some things, money and gold bars will speak for themselves.
"Haha, you are right. I guess the committee will not select your general for the time being. Who allowed you to win a big victory?"
"Haha, it's not the Ministry of Defense that has the final say whether I click or not? If they really want me to go, they will try their best to get me to appear on the battlefield. If they don't want me to go, then I'll probably stay at home drinking.
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Wang Zongyao was very helpless about this, because this was his fate as a soldier, waiting for a call at any time.
"Have you never thought about leaving the army? Become a businessman, be a commoner, whatever you want."
"I have thought about it, but are they willing to let me go? The current situation is not a question of whether I want to quit, but a question of whether they are willing to let me go? Who am I? Beiyang? Leftist?"
I understand my situation very clearly. I am in the kind of situation where my grandma does not care for my uncle and I do not love him.
"But you are doing the right thing. At least no one will care about where you are or how much of a threat you are to them. But there is one thing. You and Chief Li were too close at the reception. Keep a proper distance.
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"I know that I don't often interact with many of them. I estimate that I am the only one in the army who is neutral, and the others are more or less capable."
Wang Zongyao doesn't feel that his position is awkward at all, which is good, since he is on the edge anyway.
"Huh, just watch it if you can. Anyway, just take your share of the money and don't worry about the rest and don't watch. Sometimes, I get upset and angry after watching too much. Who told us to
In this big circle, you can’t escape and I can’t escape, so just make do with it.”
Of course South Korea understood the twists and turns, and he certainly knew why he came back from Shanghai. Because in Shanghai he planned an operation to kill a group of middle-level Japanese soldiers, and the military command needed someone to handle it.
The fruits were picked, so we temporarily transferred them to South Korea.
The water here is too deep. Sometimes ability does not mean background, and sometimes the work is not necessarily good work, but dirty work. But before leaving, I said hello to the Qing Gang, and the rest
It all depends on whether the newly arrived commander can inherit this fruit.
The two of them didn't drink for long before they went back to the room. They would be greeted by the bright sunshine tomorrow.