"Order, send power to the headquarters. 15 incoming enemy fighter planes were shot down by our ground-air cooperation, and only 3 escaped. The danger in the sky has been resolved. Please conceal their whereabouts and evacuate this place according to the original plan. Our advance group will continue
Attract the firepower of the enemy's Tenth Army to the north."
"Order, the advance regiment, with the Sixing Battalion as the vanguard, immediately set off towards the Baihe Port Bridge, leaving the heavy baggage battalion and the cavalry battalion behind to clean the battlefield!"
"Order that the wounded who have difficulty moving will be carried by carriages in the baggage camp. At the same time, inform the cavalry and baggage troops of my military order. Our army will not receive any baggage replenishment in the next few days and nights, and the horses that died in the battle will also need to be replenished.
This is an order to make military rations! Anyone who violates this will be subject to military law!"
Tang Dao, who regained his composure, issued military orders one after another, and the entire advance regiment spread across the wilderness quickly took action.
Only Tantai Mingyue looked worriedly at the Chinese cavalry who were still wandering in the wilderness looking for their comrades.
Of course she knew why Tang Dao deliberately emphasized the last military order.
Because war horses are not only the legs of the cavalry, but also the most loyal and silent comrades. From the fact that the bay-red horse still chose to block the armless cavalry in the face of the fierce Japanese attack, we know that people and horses are important to them.
For both parties, they are the most important partners.
How cruel it must be to let them use the horses and soldiers who died in battle as military rations!
Perhaps for them, they would rather starve to death than eat the corpses of their companions!
Tantai Mingyue's worries emerged.
The cavalry were responsible for searching the battlefield again to find the bodies of their fallen comrades, while the baggage battalion was responsible for using carts to transport the wounded that could not be carried away by manpower, ammunition that the combat troops could not carry, and horse corpses that weighed hundreds of kilograms.
The meat of the war horses and pack horses will be turned into broth in the evening, replenishing enough energy for the exhausted 3,000-strong army.
A group of soldiers from the transport camp found a horse corpse. They surrounded it in the wilderness, but no one took a step forward.
Tang Dao's military order required them to collect every horse corpse on the battlefield, including more than 20 war horses and pack motors that died or were injured and unable to move due to Japanese bombings and machine gun fire.
Those pack horses struggling in a pool of blood were also the most important helpers of the baggage soldiers. When they held guns to help these good helpers deal with their pain, they were filled with tears. Even the major battalion commander of the baggage battalion, a rough Northeastern man, listened to the post-war battlefield
The sound of gunfire sounded sparsely, and he closed his eyes tightly in pain.
Not to mention, they had to drag the corpses of these companions onto the cart to provide enough food for the entire army in the next few days.
But as outcasts, each of their troops carried as much ammunition as possible, but only enough rations were left for two days, and the rest was left to the main force.
People are like rice and steel. Without military rations, no matter how elite the advance team is, they will not be able to fight the Japanese invaders in the following days.
Although the south of the Yangtze River is rich, at this time, most people have left their houses empty to escape the war. Even if they can meet refugees, how can they bear to collect the little money from the people who have left their homes and still need their protection?
of food?
3,000 elites can die in battle, but they cannot starve to death in vain.
No matter how cold the commander's military orders are, they can only understand and accept them.
Therefore, they followed military orders.
But on the cavalry side, they encountered obstacles. The cavalry chose to line up to form a horse wall to prevent them from putting the horse corpses into the cart. One lieutenant even cried out with tears on his face to let them bury his comrade.
However, Tang Dao's military order had been issued, and the commander's will could not be disobeyed. As the top commander of the cavalry, Gong Shaoxun could only harden his heart and drive away all those cavalrymen who were crying and crying.
But beside the 'big man', the baggage soldiers encountered a ruthless character.
Lu Sanjiang, who rushed over frantically, did not cry, but drew out his sword and stood straight in front of the bay-red horse.
His black horse snorted anxiously and kept wandering beside him.
The young cavalry squad leader did not point his sword at the baggage soldiers. The cavalryman who had grown into a sergeant in several consecutive fierce battles would never easily point his sword and gun at his comrades.
He took out his sword and put it on his neck.
If anyone wants to eat his brother's partner, let him eat it too!
When the baggage soldiers saw this stubborn temper, how dare they take a step forward? Don't worry, if this fierce cavalry really rubs his neck, then their sins will be huge.
After receiving the news, Gong Shaoxun rushed over with a group of cavalry. Seeing this scene, the major cavalry battalion commander and the cavalry were stunned.
"Lu Sanjiang, what do you want to do?" Of course Gong Shaoxun knew the cavalry squad leader of his own cavalry battalion, and he personally appointed this guy's military position.
"Battal Commander, they are so stupid that they want to eat the big guy, don't even think about it, unless I die." Lu Sanjiang saw the arrival of his direct commander, but he was also stubborn and did not move.
"You bastard, all the horses and pack horses that died in the battle were used as military rations. That was the military order of Commander Tang. You are a good soldier, so get out of here and execute the military order!" Gong Shaoxun did not dismount, but roared loudly and looked at both sides.
: "You go and drag that bastard away for me. This will make you lawless after a little military success."
Of course, everyone present knew that this was a cavalry major who wanted to protect his soldiers. Carrying a knife, even if it was placed on his own neck, was an extremely serious violation of military orders.
Especially in a war like this, he might be given a military order and either he would actually wipe his neck or be shot on the spot.
On the battlefield, many company commanders and platoon leaders who retreated because they could not withstand the enemy's fierce firepower were directly shot on the spot by the supervising team, let alone a mere sergeant. The decisive and decisive Commander Tang ordered such an illegal person to be shot.
Ling Xiaobing might not even blink.
"Stop, whoever dares to come over, I will slit the neck first, and let you bastards carry my more than one hundred kilograms of meat and boil it into broth for you to drink!" Lu Sanjiang had simply performed Hun Bu He to the extreme at this moment.
Even his battalion commander turned into a bastard and turned into a man-eating demon king.
Gong Shaoxun almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
If he could, he would chop off this guy's head first.
However, he couldn't bear it! It was this bastard's fault for disobeying military orders, but what was wrong with protecting his comrades? Even if his comrades were dead.
"Lu Sanjiang, right?" A voice came from the outside.
Upon seeing this, everyone dispersed and stood at attention. The cavalrymen, led by Gong Shaoxun, also dismounted and stood at attention.
Tang Dao walked over at the pace of a tiger.
Standing in front of the cavalry sergeant who was still standing stubbornly, he said coldly: "You coward!"
"I am not a coward, I have killed Japanese soldiers." Lu Sanjiang retorted with a red face.
"If you are not a coward, then let me ask you, is the battle over? Is the war over?" Tang Dao pointed his finger into the distance and shouted: "The Japanese Tenth Army is chasing our advance group one after another.
, the Japanese invaders' Songhu Expeditionary Army, and the Japanese invaders' North China Expeditionary Army are burning, killing and looting on our Chinese soil, but as an army of China, you put the sword on your own neck, do you think you are a coward?"
"While the Japanese aggressors are still alive, no matter what the situation, we, the Chinese army, are all cowards who point their swords and guns at us, cowards who dare not take responsibility! Who will avenge the comrades who died at your feet? Use your soul.
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"I'm not, I just don't want the big guy to become meat." Tears welled up in Lu Sanjiang's eyes. Under the roar of Tang Dao that echoed throughout the countryside, he dropped the knife and squatted on the ground crying: "Sir, I don't know if you can see it.
I saw that my squad leader and the big guy were helping my cavalry to absorb the firepower of the Japanese planes, dozens of bullets! The big guy was blocking it for my squad leader! Otherwise, my squad leader would have been beaten to pieces. It also sacrificed its life for my squad leader.
The safety of some cavalry brothers, sir, it is a hero, a real hero! How can you still eat it!"
The mournful cries of the young cavalry made all the soldiers present feel sympathy for them. Many of the cavalry led by Gong Shaoxun used the corners of their sleeves to wipe the tears from their eyes.
"I know it is a hero!" Tang Dao's eyes passed over the horse corpse on the ground, his voice turned cold and cold. "But this does not become the reason for you to disobey military orders."
