Chapter 197: Arriving at the Front
"Why"? Wan Baobang frowned. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"A few of us have thought about it, it is very difficult for the Japanese army to fight now, and the Japanese army will not be stupid enough to fight from here, and the next thing is that there should be a long confrontation! A few of us want to go to the battlefield and bring back the souls of our brethren"! Lu Hai said.
"But it does not rule out the possibility of the Japanese army increasing troops, Yunnan as China's largest material transfer center, the Japanese army is bound to increase troops, I have a hunch that the long is two years, the short is one year, they are bound to have a big move, will definitely attack Yunnan! The tone is tossed like this, it is better to stay here, and it is also good to defend your hometown. ”
"Commander, I heard that the second Battle of Changsha on the frontier battlefield finally forced the Japanese army to return in vain, and we have fought from the Battle of Xuzhou to the present, even if we fought tenaciously, we have not fought a great victory in the real sense, on the contrary, the brothers are all killed and wounded on the battlefield, we want to go back, fight a great victory, and also find the lonely souls of the brothers who have wandered in a foreign land. We have all thought about this matter very clearly, please approve it from the commander"!
"You still have Qiao Miao at home, and you have a child, can you bear it?" Wan Baobang asked.
"We have already discussed this matter, she agreed, I hope the commander agrees"!
"I hope the commander approves"! Everyone spoke together.
Wan Baobang sighed and said: "This is not impossible, the 58th Army also has casualties on the front line, Commander Long is really going to send some recruits to the 58th Army to replenish, or these recruits will be supplemented by a few of you, you can march directly to Chongqing, and you can go all the way to Changsha by train"!
"Commander Xie approved"! Several people were overjoyed and hurriedly saluted.
"To tell the truth, I don't want to let you go, you are my precious soldiers, send you over, and cheapen Sun Du and Lu Daoyuan for nothing, but the country is in danger, and it is also the duty of a soldier to send you over, but I have a request! You must promise me!"
"Commander, you say!"
"Strive to kill more devils, and strive to give me back alive." Wan Baobang said.
"Yes!"
"I'm going to inform Chairman Long and ask him to arrange...
Four days later, more than 4,000 recruits from the two regiments set out again, with the goal of reinforcing the frontal battlefield and making up for the losses of the 58th Army in two large-scale operations.
In the same way, they set out on foot, after several years of great wear and tear in the war, plus the construction of the Yunnan-Burma Highway and the expansion of the First Army. Yunnan's finances, which were not wealthy in the first place, are on the verge of collapse.
Long Yun couldn't put on brand-new 79 rifles for these soldiers like before, and he didn't have an Andrian steel helmet, in the entire team, only Lu Hai still had a steel helmet, and the rest of the soldiers were all wearing military hats.
About half of the soldiers still have weapons, but they have been replaced by Zhongzheng, and even Hanyang-made.
When the 60th Army and the 58th Army went out of Yunnan, they were all steel helmets and rifles, and even three or two pairs of cloth shoes for combat were kept for backup, and now many soldiers have changed to straw shoes, but some people have improved a kind of fur shoes to wear.
How to make fur sandals? In fact, it is to cut out a sole from discarded tire soles or discarded leather, and open a hole in the toe of the shoe with leather, similar to today's flip-flops.
Fur shoes are still good in terms of practicality, but fur shoes also have a disadvantage that the tire soles are relatively hard, easy to grind the feet, and there is already a lot of discomfort when wearing on weekdays, not to mention this long-distance march!
Lu Hai's march was not fast, the strength of two regiments, the march took three days to reach the Yunnan border, began to enter the territory of Sichuan, many recruits were already full of blood blisters on their feet, and even some soldiers began to get sick, and the march became slow at the beginning!
After entering Sichuan, Lu Hai also found that the territory of Sichuan was also poor and poor, and it was obvious that there were more women and fewer men, so he didn't need to think about it to know why.
During the entire period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Sichuan army can be said to have undertaken the most important replenishment of soldiers in China, and the morale of the entire War of Resistance against Japan, the Sichuan army reached 3 million people before and after, although it is also related to Sichuan as a province with a large population in China, but it is more about the patriotic enthusiasm of the Sichuan people.
In the past few decades, the Yunnan army and the Sichuan army have always been mortal enemies, during the Protectorate War, General Cai Yi with 8,000 people rushed all the way into Sichuan, reversed the situation, forced Yuan Shikai to abdicate, after the death of General Cai Yi, the Dian army once became Tang Jiyao's campaign tool, and Yunnan Province has always been poor, financial income is beyond means, Sichuan naturally became a piece of fat that Tang Jiyao remembered!
Serving for more than ten years, the Sichuan-Yunnan army friction continues, although the Yunnan army is elite, but the number has always been the disadvantage of the Yunnan army, in the subsequent operations, the Yunnan army is subject to the strength of the army many times beaten back by the Sichuan army, until the fall of Tang Jiyao, after Long Yun came to power, only began to truce the army, and actively develop the financial development of the army, the Sichuan-Yunnan soldiers finally one day hand in hand to resist Japan, now they are no longer the soldiers of a certain province, but are Chinese soldiers!
China's national defense forces!
What touched Lu Hai the most was that after these Sichuan villagers knew that they were the Yunnan army that had gone to participate in the War of Resistance Against Japan, many villagers also received farewells one after another, and took out the delicious, delicious and precious food that their families were already strapped for, and wanted to give them to these troops who went on the expedition.
Looking at these villagers to be welcomed, Lu Hai was also full of emotion in his heart, now he is the supreme commander of these recruits, and naturally he must also order to restrain the troops, in order to prevent the troops from disturbing the people, and for the sake of these people, Lu Hai issued a strict order: "You must not disturb the people, the violators will be shot, and the business things must not be blackmailed, otherwise they will be shot, the troops will borrow the people's utensils, and they must be returned one by one after leaving, if there is damage, compensation will be made according to the price, and the violators will be shot!" ”
Under such orders, the soldiers said that there was no way to harass the people, and many of them would buy them with money if they were too enthusiastic to refuse.
Unlike some armies with bad military style, there were indeed many troops crossing the border to harass the people, and there were even the phenomenon of robbing the people's property and even plundering, but the military regulations of the Yunnan army have always been strict, and it is a strict order wherever they go, and harassing the people is definitely the death penalty without the slightest room for turn.
In an interview, the film crew found an old farmer in Shandong and asked, "At that time, the Yunnan soldiers fought with you and harassed the people"?
The old peasant immediately replied: "The Yunnan soldiers are very honest, they never disturb the people, he will give as much as you say about buying and selling, and never slander people"!
Including mentioning it now, some veterans who have retired from the army will say that they knew that the Daodian Army was the highest quality and the most elite army at that time.
Everywhere I passed, the people were also very loved, and they were also welcomed...
After another half a month, Lu Hai's team finally came to Chongqing, and after three days of arrangement, their team finally got on the train and headed for Changsha!
The next few days were also boring, and it was naturally boring for a group of people to crowd into the carriage without seats, and it was also very boring inside, so after these recruits were idle, they asked Lu Hai and other veterans to tell them stories about the war.
Lu Hai immediately told a few people to tell them what they should pay attention to in a war, which can be regarded as letting them have some basic military knowledge. When I'm bored, I sing military songs or something.
After five or six days of hard work, Lu Hai's team finally arrived in Changsha, and after getting off the bus, Lu Hai gathered all the departments, had lunch in the logistics department and began to wait.
Half an hour later, I finally saw the fifty-eight soldiers who came to greet him, the person who came was a battalion commander in his thirties, and the Andrian steel helmet on his head was the best identification.
"Hello, Major Battalion Commander of the 58th Army, Zhang Songcheng, I was ordered to come to pick you up"!
"Hello, the Sixty Army Special Service Battalion, Lu Hai was ordered to come and report"! Lu Hai saluted.
"I've admired the name for a long time, I have long heard that Battalion Commander Lu is coming to the 58th Army, the army commander is very happy, and he specially killed pigs in the army to welcome everyone, come with me!"
"Good"!
The next road was still on foot, and there were a few trucks pulling some ammunition, weapons, food, etc., and the team followed the trucks all the way, and finally came to the station of the 58th Army after dark!
I saw that the outside of the barracks was already full of soldiers, and the division commander Lu Daoyuan personally greeted him on the playground!
Everyone entered the barracks, and Lu Hai said in front of General Lu Daoyuan: "Lu Hai, the commander of the special service battalion, is ordered to come and report"!
"Good! You're finally here, your commander sent me a telegram a few days ago, and I thought he had nothing to tease me, so I was thinking, how could he be willing to let you come over, you guys are his baby bumps." Lu Daoyuan said with a smile.
Lu Hai said with a smile: "These are all recruits sent by Chairman Long for reinforcements, a total of 4,687 people, a lot of one, and please ask the division commander to review it"!
"It's good to have a supply of soldiers, there will be a big battle to fight in a few days, but these soldiers are all new recruits and need to be trained, and we haven't found a few vacant positions for you yet, so why don't you train these recruits first?" Lu Daoyuan said.
Lu Hai thought for a moment and said, "Okay"!
Lu Daoyuan saw that Lu Hai agreed, and then said: "You are tired of traveling and traveling all the way, and the military commander specially told us to kill a few pigs before the meeting to greet you well, fortunately, your feet are not short, otherwise the pork will be boiled." Let's start a meal!"
"Thank you, Commander"!
Everyone immediately started to eat, many soldiers were gnawing steamed buns and fried noodles during the war, if it weren't for the new recruits to replenish it, there would be no oil and water to talk about, and even these pigs were specially drawn from the military budget by the military department.
And most of these recruits are poor families, and the opportunity to eat meat is even less pitiful, so most of the food is devoured, and after the meal, Lu Daoyuan said: "From today on, you are the soldiers of our 58th Army, I have three requirements: First, no matter who you are, you must not harass the people, and those who violate it will be killed." Second, do not stop the deserters, violators will be killed, third, do not surrender to the Japanese army as traitors, if anyone surrenders and corrupts the atmosphere of the Yunnan army and loses the face of the Yunnan army, no matter where you hide, kill"! (To be continued.) )