Chapter 385: Gambling Contract
Xu Rui put away the playful look on his face, and his expression became serious.
"I have heard that such a force, at the end of the Battle of Songhu, stubbornly defended the Sixing Warehouse, showing the entire concession, the people of the whole country, and even the world the majesty, determination and undefeatable courage of the Chinese soldiers, it is the desperate resistance of this army in the Sixing Warehouse, which strengthened the determination of the military and the people of the whole country to resist the war!"
"In the battle of Nanjing, this army fought to the end of ammunition, no reinforcements, and no one, the only three brigade commanders in the division lost two, six regiment commanders killed three and four seriously wounded, 18 battalion commanders were killed 11 and 17 were seriously wounded, and the number of company and platoon commanders killed exceeded 80 percent, and the number of casualties exceeded 300 percent! Of the more than 6,000 officers and soldiers in the division, only 500 survived after the war! ”
Xu Rui's sonorous words brought Luo Feng back to the bloody Nanjing battlefield, Luo Feng's eyes suddenly turned red because of congestion, and in a trance, he saw that the battalion commander was blown in two by the bomb dropped by the devil's plane in front of him, and the battalion commander dragged half of the stump to climb in front of him, staring at him directly, but he was speechless.
But Luo Feng guessed what the battalion commander wanted to say, and he said with tears: Don't worry, with me, the 3rd battalion is here!
After hearing Luo Feng's words, the battalion commander whimpered lightly in his throat, and then he didn't come up in one breath, and he was martyred!
In a trance, Luo Feng seemed to have returned to Yuhuatai, the regiment seat was like an ordinary infantryman, holding a bayonet and following the brothers to counterattack the devils, again and again, again and again, until the entire Yuhuatai slope was full of corpses, there were the corpses of the comrades of the 88th Division, and more were the corpses of the devils.
The blood that flowed from the corpse stained almost the entire hillside red!
Luo Feng clearly remembered that during the last counter-assault, an assassination master among the devils gave Tuanzuo a big disembowelment with just one knife, it was really disemboweled, the entire abdominal cavity was dissected, the large intestine and small intestine overflowed section by section, and finally even the stomach of Tuanzao came out of the abdominal cavity and hung out of the body.
But the devil's assassin also got a bargain.
Tuanza fought hard to get this knife and cut off the devil's head!
Luo Feng still can't forget it, the group seat dragged his stomach, opened his hands, and stood on the Yuhua platform looking up to the sky and smiling.
The hearty and loud laughter is full of heroism, nostalgia, and indescribable pleasure.
Really, Luo Feng swears, he really heard the joy from the laughter of the group, a great pleasure after completing his duties, great pleasure, the group, worthy of the country! As a soldier, he fulfilled his duty and fulfilled his promise - to fight for the country in life, and to return the body of a horse leather in death!
In a trance, Luo Feng seemed to have returned to the outside of Rujiang Gate.
The seriously wounded brigade seat was lying on a stretcher, everyone was already unconscious, and Wuzi was still there shouting, Nanjing can't be lost, give me a stand, brothers, Nanjing is our capital, can't be lost! Can't lose it! Shame, the greatest shame for our soldiers, it's a shame!
However, in the end, the city of Nanjing was lost, and the brigade was martyred!
In a trance, Luo Feng returned to Xiaguan Wharf, before boarding the ship, Luo Feng turned his head, like a wounded wolf, stared viciously at the city of Nanjing, which was already full of gunsmoke, and swore to the sky: Little devils, grandpa will one day bring the brothers of the 88th Division back, Nanjing, we will fight back, definitely!
From Luo Feng's red eyes, Xu Rui saw his heart.
Xu Rui asked, "Battalion Commander Luo, do you want to fight back to Nanjing City?" ”
"Yes, I've always dreamed of it!" Luo Feng replied without thinking.
However, after answering, Luo Feng immediately came to his senses, swallowed the second half of the words back into his stomach, and the living room began to fall silent.
Xu Rui asked: "Battalion Commander Luo, do you know why the Battle of Songhu was defeated and why Nanjing was lost?" ”
"Nonsense!" Luo Feng replied, "The little devils are well-equipped, and they have the navy and aviation to help them fight, so there is nothing to be ashamed of if we can't fight them." ”
Xu Rui said: "Battalion Commander Luo, you only see the most superficial!" ”
Luo Feng glared at Xu Rui and said in a deep voice, "What do you mean?" ”
Xu Rui said: "The little devil has a navy, don't we have it?" Little devils have large-caliber naval guns, don't we have long-range fortress guns? Little devils have aviation, don't we have an air force? The little devils are well-equipped, is the equipment of the national army worse than the devils? Is it really worse than a devil? ”
Luo Feng was speechless when he heard this, as the battalion commander, there were some things that the soldiers under him didn't know, but he knew.
Of course, China also has a navy, and there are quite a few, but in the entire Songhu Battle, there is not a single warship that sails to the Huangpu River to fight the devil's navy, yes, the Chinese Navy's warships have a small tonnage, and they can't beat the devil's navy, this is certain, but even if it is a mosquito, it can always bite the devil A bag of blood, right?
What is even more infuriating is that the warship of the Chinese Navy was not sunk by the devil's navy in the Battle of Songhu, but was ordered by the command to scuttle the Jiangyin fortress by itself, supposedly to block the Yangtze River waterway, but in the end? The Yangtze River channel was not blocked at all, and during the defense of Nanjing, the devil's inland river fleet went directly to Nanjing Xiaguan Wharf!
There are also fortress guns, speaking of which is even more infuriating, Fortress Mountain tightly chokes Wusongkou, only a few cannons can lock up the devil's navy, so that it is not allowed to enter the Huangpu River, however, the dozens of fortress guns imported from Italy by the Nationalist Government at a large price are scrap products that were eliminated half a century ago! In the end, none of the twelve fortress guns sounded, and the Japanese Navy was able to swagger into Wusongkou, and the situation in Songhu took a sharp turn!
There is also the Air Force, and the Chinese Air Force is not lacking in courage, let alone warriors.
However, after only one air battle, the Chinese Air Force basically lost air supremacy, and the reason for this was also because the fighter planes purchased by the Nationalist Government from Italy at a large cost were all defective products, and they disintegrated in the air when they were opened.
If the government is like this, no matter how much the army can fight, it is absolutely impossible to win this battle!
But Luo Feng couldn't say that, so he could only say that the national army was not well equipped.
Luo Feng was reluctant to say more about this, Xu Rui was not reluctant, and immediately changed the topic: "Okay, Battalion Commander Luo is reluctant to criticize the government and leaders behind his back, I deeply admire, as a soldier, your conduct is impeccable, but what I want to say is that if you count on the national government, you are afraid that you will not be able to return to Nanjing in this life!" ”
Xu Rui is telling the truth, in real history, until the end of the Nationalist Army failed to return to Nanjing, in fact, not to mention the return of Nanjing, the Nationalist Army did not even have a decent counterattack, or the U.S. Army dropped two atomic bombs in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, and Little Japan surrendered unconditionally, and the Nationalist Army finally "recovered" Nanjing.
On the contrary, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, which were slandered by the Nationalist Government as guerrilla but not attacking, had already captured most of the county towns in the occupied areas in the later stage of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the devils in North and Central China had been forced to retreat to large and medium-sized cities and a few large strongholds along the highways and railways, and basically did not dare to go out to sweep.
Luo Feng was stunned: "The national government can't count on it, can it count on you?" ”
"That's right." Xu Rui pulled the military uniform on his body and said in a matter-of-fact manner, "I can help you fight back to Nanjing and wash away your shame as a soldier!" Wash away the shame of your 88th Division! ”
Luo Feng sneered and said, "Head Xu, I don't have the heart to joke with you. ”
Xu Rui said: "Camp Commander Luo, do you think I came all the way to Feicheng to laugh with you?" ”
"So I'm very curious." Luo Feng said, "But I don't know that Head Xu is here in Feicheng, what are you doing?" ”
Xu Rui said: "I have just said that I am here to help Battalion Commander Luo, and I want to help the brothers of the 88th Division wash away their shame and return to Nanjing as soon as possible!" ”
Luo Feng's expression cooled down, and he was about to say sending off at that time.
Luo Feng felt that he had basically guessed Xu Rui's intention, and he was just coming as a lobbyist, wanting to persuade him to lead the remnants of the 88th Division out of Feicheng and join the Dameishan Independent Regiment led by him, but Luo Feng had no interest in this, even if they left Feicheng one day, they would inevitably find the 88th Division to return to the building, instead of defecting to the New Fourth Army.
However, before Luo Feng could say the words of sending off the guest, Xu Rui had already preemptively said: "If Camp Commander Luo doesn't believe it, then we might as well make a bet?" ”
"Bet?" Luo Feng said, "What kind of gambling method? ”
Xu Rui smiled and said, "If I can take Feicheng within three days, it will prove that I have the ability to lead the brothers of the 88th Division to fight back to Nanjing City, then Battalion Commander Luo will have to take the brothers of the 88th Division to join our department." ”
"Take Feicheng in three days?" Luo Feng didn't believe that the Dameishan Independent Regiment would be able to take Feicheng within three days, and said abruptly, "Commander Xu really dares to think about it, please forgive me, with the strength and strength of your troops, it may be possible to fight an ambush or something, but if it is a fortification, it is better to forget it." ”
"How?" Xu Rui commanded Luo Feng's army, "Battalion Commander Luo doesn't dare to bet?" ”
"Don't dare?" Luo Feng said abruptly, "Why don't you dare, but what if you lose?" What if your Dameishan Independent Regiment fails to take Feicheng within three days? ”
Xu Rui said: "Then we will use all our strength to help Battalion Commander Luo get out of trouble!" ”
"Is that true?" Luo Feng's heart moved when he heard this, he knew that the Communist Party still had some influence in the occupied areas, and if he could really get the help of the Communist Party, the possibility of getting out of Feicheng would undoubtedly increase greatly.
"A gentleman's word." Xu Rui smiled and stretched out his right hand.
"Whip the horse!" Luo Feng also stretched out his right hand and shook it tightly with Xu Rui.
"Then the bet is made." Xu Rui let go of his hand and said, "However, I still have a reluctant request, I hope to get Camp Commander Luo's help in attacking Feicheng this time, Camp Commander Luo shouldn't refuse, right?" ”
Luo Feng laughed and said, "As long as it's within my ability." ”
"Happy." Xu Rui smiled slightly when he heard this, and said in his heart that the matter was done.