Liu Cheng never imagined that this time he would face not only a special combat team and thousands of Japanese puppet troops, but also two tanks and a 100mm howitzer!

For this battle, Liu Cheng can be said to be fully prepared.

Those people who still wanted to wait and see were all forcibly driven out of their homes by him, no matter whether they wanted to or not, and how much resentment they had in their hearts, Liu Chengquan didn't care.

He told those who were reluctant to go:

"Whoever it is, you must leave Wudou Township immediately! If you don't want to continue to follow the independent battalion, you can leave on your own after leaving Wudou Township, and no one will stop you! ”

There's a bad saying, but it's very apt:

"Good words can't persuade damned ghosts"

If these people died because they didn't leave in time, Liu Cheng would feel uneasy and ashamed.

But if they want to go down that dead end after they leave, it's their own choice.

Even if he was disemboweled, disemboweled, and thrown into the mountains to feed the wolves, it had nothing to do with Liu Cheng.

There is an essential difference between intellectual deficiency and ignorance, the former can be saved, because he does not have the ability to distinguish between right and wrong; And the latter, that's called deserved!

The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Gao Yuan and Tian Liuwa quietly left Wudou Township with all the soldiers except for the second company and set off in the direction of Jilin.

After seeing them leave, Liu Chang let out a long sigh and whispered to Guan Hong, who was standing behind him:

"Let the soldiers search from house to house, be sure to let all the people leave early, and after an hour and a half, everyone will gather under the military flag!"

"Yes!"

Guan Hong agreed, turned around and led people away.

At less than seven o'clock, the soldiers of the second company returned to the military flag one after another, silently lined up neatly, and quietly looked at Liu Cheng who was sitting under the flagpole, and no one made a sound.

Although Liu Cheng didn't say anything, these soldiers also vaguely guessed something.

Everyone is gone, leaving only one of them, and anyone who is a little smarter can more or less guess the reason in their hearts.

After everyone came back, Guan Hong walked to Liu Cheng's side lightly and called out in a low voice:

"Battalion Commander ......"

Liu Cheng raised his head, and his eyes were a little red.

Guan Hong was stunned for a moment, and was about to ask, but Liu Cheng had already gotten up and walked towards the queue.

Liu Cheng stopped six or seven meters away from the queue, took a deep breath, and said in a condensed voice:

"Brethren! The devils are coming, and the devils who come this time are stronger and more numerous than the previous ones! That's why I'm in a hurry to let those people go, so that they don't die here in vain.

But, how many of you, all of you who remained, I don't know, even if I myself will survive! ”

Guan Hong was taken aback by Liu Cheng's words, and quickly reached out and pulled the corner of Liu Cheng's clothes.

Before this, Liu Cheng had already told Guan Hong about the danger of this mission, but it was not so straightforward.

Now that he said such things directly to the soldiers, it was very likely to shake the morale of the army, so Guan Hong wanted to stop him from continuing.

Liu Cheng turned his head and glanced at Guan Hong, signaling that he was measured.

Originally, Liu Cheng didn't want to say this, but looking at those young faces, he really couldn't bear to let them die in vain.

Less than 300 people against more than 1,000 people, including a mysterious and powerful Japanese special combat team, this is not even nine deaths, it is simply a battle of ten deaths!

Therefore, no matter what the final outcome of this battle is, Liu Cheng wants to let these young soldiers know clearly what kind of enemies and what kind of dangers they will face.

In the final analysis, Liu Cheng still failed to completely change the "faults" of his previous life.

Sensibility is not a pejorative term, but during the war years it was a fatal flaw.

Guan Hong's worries were not unwarranted at all.

In this case, if you change anyone, you will try your best to boost morale, and even hide the number of enemies to a certain extent, so as not to make the fighters feel timid.

But Liu Cheng's remark will undoubtedly put pressure on the soldiers; More serious cases can even make them lose confidence.

Once the fighters lose confidence, then this battle with a huge disparity in strength will not need to be fought, and it will definitely be defeated!

And Liu Cheng's next words almost made Guan Hong fall directly to the ground:

"I have already told you how dangerous this battle is, and now, I give you a chance to choose, and those who do not want to stay, stand up now, take five oceans each, leave their clothes and guns, and leave.

You can rest assured, those who leave now are not considered deserters, I said! ”

Guan Hong secretly complained in his heart, but at this time, he couldn't say anything.

There were already less than 300 people, and if they had gone a little more, then there would really be no need to fight this battle.

And in this case, as long as one person stands up, someone will definitely follow, and when the time comes, they won't be able to control it.

After Liu Cheng finished speaking, there was a commotion in the queue, and his words did make some people want to leave.

Many people will say that this is a sign of cowardice and fear of death, and such a person is not worthy of being called a warrior at all.

But in fact, when anyone faces this situation, they will have more or less fear and worry in their hearts.

This is what a normal person should be.

Life is only once for every person and every living being, and no one is born to sacrifice his life for a certain person or some people, or even a country or nation.

Those who can do that deserve everyone's respect and gratitude; But no one who does that has the right or right to condemn him.

It's like a lot of people will mention those who have too much money to count in their casual chat, and say something sourly:

"No matter how much money they have, they don't give it away."

But if you think about it, do people have obligations? Even if those people's money is easy to make, even a little dirty, but so what? Even if you break the law and have your property confiscated, it is the state.

The bank has more money, and there are a lot of people who can't eat, and I haven't seen the bank take out the money to the poor, right?

If you work hard to save some money to pay a down payment, and want to buy your own house, the bank will charge you a large amount of interest, who can you talk to?

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if all the rich people in the country come to donate naked, the money will not fall on our heads.

(So I'll just say something I shouldn't say, it's better to live happily until death than anything else.) ）

After a while, a soldier in the queue walked out, came straight to Liu Cheng, lowered his head and whispered:

"Battalion commander, I ...... I still have my father and mother at home......"

If it was in normal times, Liu Cheng would definitely kick it over and ask again, "Who the hell doesn't have a father and mother at home?!" ”。

But now, Liu Cheng just nodded slightly, took half a step back, bowed deeply to the warrior, took out five silver dollars from his pocket and stuffed them into the soldier's hand, and said in a deep voice:

"It's not a lot of money, you take it, let's go."

The soldier was startled by Liu Cheng's bowing and wanted to reach out to help, but he didn't dare.

Looking at the five silver dollars in his hand, tears instantly overflowed his eyes, and he choked up and said:

"Battalion commander, what are you doing here? I can't stand your bending! ”

Liu Cheng smiled faintly:

"You can afford it, everyone you are here can afford it! You are carrying guns to fight, in order to keep our country from dying, and to let the villagers and elders not be enslaved, oppressed, and wantonly killed by devils! You're all doing well!

As I said, if you leave now, you won't be a deserter, so you're still good! ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at the queue and said loudly:

"Is there anything else to go? I checked the number of ten, and if I didn't stand up, I was considered to have stayed voluntarily! ”

Before he could count the ten, two more warriors came out of the queue.

Seeing this result, Guan Hong finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

There were only three people, which made Guan Hong both surprised and relieved.

He is the company commander of the second company, and these are all soldiers under him, and he knows more than Liu Cheng.

He knew all three fighters who were leaving, two of whom were recruits who had just joined the separate battalion for less than two months; It's the first one to stand up, and it's been a year since he came, and he's done well in several battles.

Originally, Guan Hong planned to make him a squad leader, but he didn't expect him to be the first to stand up.

After checking the ten numbers, Liu Cheng raised his hand and pulled out the gun from his waist.

Everyone was shocked, thinking that he was going to kill the three men.

But Liu Cheng gently put the gun on the ground and knelt down.

Guan Hong subconsciously went to help, but was pushed away by Liu Cheng.

He knelt straight on the ground and said loudly to all the warriors:

"Brethren! I can't stand you, I leave you here, and fight this battle that even I am not sure of; I don't know which of you will die in this battle, and I can't guarantee that I will survive to the end, so I would like to pay my respects to those of you who will die in advance and thank you for the lives you have given for this war and for this country! ”

Liu Cheng knelt down willingly.

Because he was ashamed in his heart.

There is no suspense at all about the outcome of this battle, and even if it can be successfully evacuated in the end, it can only be a small part of it.

In other words, among the nearly 300 soldiers of the second company, at least more than seventy percent of them will die here.

Moreover, he also used the method of retreating to advance to stimulate the fighting spirit of these fighters.

Liu Cheng knew very well that if it was just a blind encouragement, even if these soldiers were now full of fighting spirit and confidence, when the battle started, they would be afraid to see an enemy several times their own and a special combat team with strong combat effectiveness.

It is better to tell them the truth now, so that they think that they will be defeated and die, and that the battle will be fierce and abnormal, and the effect will be even better than the "last battle......