Seeing that Wang Yue was angry, Li Zixiong relieved the siege and said: "Regiment commander, they have to face nearly 10,000 enemy troops in a one-kilometer front, with only one heavy machine gun and a dozen automatic rifles per 100 meters, only one Gatling machine gun firing per kilometer, and six mortars per kilometer. ”

"Supposedly, this kind of firepower is indeed enough, but we are fighting Tartars, and they are not afraid of death. Our soldiers went to the battlefield for the first time, and seeing the huge number of enemies, it was inevitable that they would make mistakes in their panic. In addition, there are tens of thousands of people who interfere with their judgment, so it is inevitable that a few Tartar archers will touch the city! ”

Wang Yue looked at them drooping their heads and said to him: "Yuanshan, Yihou, I don't blame you, I just remind you to remember the lesson this time." The Tartars are indeed different from other enemies, if it is a Ming army, the casualties may collapse at 20%. In addition, our army's live-fire training time is relatively short, shooting skills and combat skills need to be improved, and casualties are unavoidable. ”

He then said to Li Zixiong: "Regarding the detailed analysis of the casualties of our army this time, Zixiong compiled a detailed report and reported it to the whole army for study. ”

"The funerals of the other two fallen soldiers must be solemn, they are martyrs who died defending the city of the starting point, and we must show them enough respect. The pensions of the families of the martyrs must be paid in place and without delay. ”

"Yes!"

This time, the funeral of the martyrs was solemn and solemn, and the preparations were done for more than a day, and a good platoon of pacesetters was specially selected to carry the coffin and protect the coffin.

The next day, the pacesetter platoon set off from the central square of the starting point city, stepping on the blood of yesterday's enemy, carrying the coffin and walking to the van parked next to the square.

As the pacesetter platoon was walking towards the van in front, followed by a group of officers led by Wang Yue, Wang Zhuo and Li Zixiong, the phalanxes of the battalions around the square stood solemnly.

The starting point city has a day off today, and tens of thousands of people who received the radio notice yesterday stand quietly on both sides of the north gate from the square to the starting point city.

The radio said that today is the day to escort the heroes who died in the defense of the starting point city to leave. The people of the starting point city did not expect that two people would die in the battle, and the funeral would be so grand. In such an atmosphere, no one dared to speak casually.

The coffin was lifted onto the van and the back door was closed.

"All of them, see off our comrades, salute!"

"Brush!" The soldiers around the square and Wang Yue and all the other officers immediately saluted and saw them off.

The truck began to slowly move towards the north gate.

"Rite over!"

"Brush!"

Dozens of buses carrying four battalions of soldiers followed the hearse and set off for Laoshan, about 15 kilometers northeast of the starting point, where Wang Yue planned to build a martyr's cemetery in the future.

Under the attention of the people of the city, the convoy drove out of the starting point city to Laoshan.

The coffin was secured, and in front of the grave was a marble tablet made overnight, with the name of the martyr, the year and age of the sacrifice.

Wang Yue roared: "All of them, salute!" ”

"Brush!" All the officers and soldiers present saluted.

"Raise your gun!" He continued to roar.

The soldiers of the four battalions raised their rifles in their hands and turned forty-five degrees into the sky.

"See off our comrades, release!"

"Smack!"

"Put!" Eighteen hundred rifles were fired in three consecutive rounds in a neat row.

"Rite over!"

After the funeral, Wang Yue said loudly to all the officers and soldiers present: "Those comrades-in-arms who sacrificed for the honor of our army and in order to protect the starting point city from violation, they are heroes!" They are fighting for their country, for their nation, for their loved ones not to be harmed by the Tartars. ”

"So our soldiers are heroes, the loveliest people. We are the protectors of the people, we are the teachers of justice, our exploits will never be forgotten, and history will always remember us! ”

Finally, he shouted, "Long live the starting point!" ”

"Long live the starting point!"

The shouts of nearly 2,000 people echoed through the valley.

Wang Yue walked to the families of the martyrs, "Smack!" Lizheng saluted: "On behalf of all the people of the starting point city and the regimental training troops, I would like to express my gratitude to you!" Thank you for having a heroic son! ”

"I can't help it, I can't help it! That's my son's life, you can treat him like this, it's worth his death! One mother said with tears in her eyes.

Wang Yue nodded solemnly and said, "Thank you!" ”

The full text of the starting point city news broadcast the recording of the funeral and the recording of Wang Yue's speech, and Wang Yue's prestige reached a new height.

The funeral was followed by a meritorious service ceremony, which was also broadcast throughout the broadcast. Wang Yue didn't care when the imperial court would issue the reward, let's do it internally first.

Cao Shuiming and Zhang Tiezhu were awarded the first-class military merit medal with a bonus of 500 taels. The regimental training unit attaches more importance to the courage and morale of the soldiers, so they set these two as role models.

The two sacrificed soldiers were also posthumously awarded first-class merits, and Wang Yue made up a heroic deeds for the two of them with 36 arrows in their bodies, still fighting to the death, and shouting for the whole army to learn.

Chen Zaiming was awarded a second-class military merit medal with a bonus of 300 taels for capturing the commander of the Qing army. Zhang Tiezhu grabbed the deputy marshal of the Qing army, Abatai, and won another 200 taels. The class of the two of them won the collective first-class merit.

A number of outstanding soldiers were also awarded the Order of Merit of the Third Class.

Feng Yuanshan's headquarters of the Fifth Battalion, the recruit company and the public security department left behind all received collective first-class merit in recognition of their heroic deeds of fighting alone. Fifty taels of bonuses per capita, three times for officers.

Regardless of whether he is the credit of the weapon or not, we just want to show an attitude.

Combat units with outstanding performance, such as platoons, companies, and battalions, were also awarded collective military merits, pennants, and bonuses of different ranks.

The group practitioners in the starting point city were beaming, and everyone who fought this battle made a small fortune. The people listening to the radio were also red-eyed, and many people were asking when the group would recruit people.

Today happens to be the first day of August, and Wang Yue decided to designate today as Army Day, indicating the rebirth of this army. Later, I was able to explain what the "Bayi" on the cockade was.

"Wang Sihua's move to buy people's hearts and the hearts of the army is simply incredible!" After listening to the radio for a day, Xu Ting really said.

She really didn't expect that this inconspicuous starting point city group training would actually rely on her own strength to quell the rebellion in Beijing. The previous worries were really unnecessary, this Wang Yue was always so unexpected, just like everything in this starting city.

Zhang Ziyun's eyes were full of little stars, and he retorted: "How can you use the word buy? Isn't what he did wrong, look at how the imperial court treats the fallen soldiers? In Sihua's words, this is called no comparison, no harm! ”

Xu Tingzhen sighed and said, "If the imperial court can do this, can those soldiers not be able to die?" Can Jiannu be so rampant? ”

Zhang Ziyun sneered: "They are all officials, how can they do such an unseemly thing!" ”

Xu Tingzhen smiled and said, "Didn't your father lead the soldiers?" You can call your dad to learn! ”

Zhang Ziyun thought for a while, shook his head like a rattle and said: "First of all, he won't listen to me, even if he learns, he can't learn." If my father were such a maverick, he would be beware of being impeached for a malicious crime. Besides, he and those people in the DPRK and China have been eating empty salaries and deducting military salaries for so many years, and their reputation is already like this, it's difficult! ”

Xu Tingzhen snorted: "Then Wang Yue acted like this, it is difficult to guarantee that it is not ill-intentioned!" ”

Zhang Ziyun laughed and said: "If he has bad intentions, he will definitely rob you to be the wife of the village first." ”

"You!" Xu Ting really blushed and pounced on Zhang Ziyun to fight together.