"If you want to be a general of an army, you must have a trade-off." I don't know when, Liu Lang, who quietly arrived at his side, suddenly said softly.

"If the whole of China wants to win, it is absolutely impossible to win without sacrifice. This sacrifice is necessary not only for our generation of soldiers, but also for all Chinese, so that our children and grandchildren can continue to live on this land. Liu Lang looked at the bungalows one after another, and the light and heavy machine guns on both sides fired at each other in the night sky, forming a series of extremely magnificent red ballistics, as if he was sighing and more like explaining. Shiyu, do you know that as a commander, every second of hesitation will lead to an increase in the number of casualties among your subordinates, and besides, the Japanese army may have approached Xicheng District, where the civilian population is most concentrated, and every minute of delay will lead to the worst outcome that we expected in advance, and at that time, when you see rows of gray-haired old ladies and crying babies, do you still have the courage to order your brothers to shoot? If you don't want or dare to make sacrifices, then you will face more sacrifices. ”

"What's more, do you think that the Japanese army's precautions against our people will allow them to continue to stay around their positions and spy on them? How could they have thought that one day, their firepower would not be comparable to that of the Chinese, whom they did not look up to? They built defensive positions out of houses and streets, probably thinking of a large number of anti-infantry and never thinking that the opponents they encountered would have artillery! Liu Lang's gaze at the Japanese position was a little calm, "Now, you should know what to do!" ”

The reason why the death battalion was transferred to attack the south gate was based on the personalities of the three infantry battalion commanders. Ling Hong of the Panshi Battalion and Liu Dazhu of the Bayonet Battalion, one has an outgoing and enthusiastic personality, the other is a generous and wooden person, and they will never disobey Liu Lang's military orders, but their personalities are not suitable for attacking the South Gate.

Whether extroverted or introverted, they all have one thing in common, too much affection. In other words, it's too emotional.

The main combat mission of Ling Hong's attack on the West Gate was not to break through the West Gate and enter, but to contain the Japanese invaders who lived there, so that they did not have a chance to harm the civilians who were not far away from them. The east gate and the railway station attacked by Liu Dazhu were even more heavily occupied by Japanese invaders, and there were almost no civilians.

At the south gate, Zhou Ming walked through the streets and alleys in the past ten days to help the Japanese army work hard to publicize the "Sino-Japanese friendship" policy, which was not done in vain. In addition to the east gate and the railway station, he has not been there, and he has a clear understanding of the situation of the Japanese garrisons and civilians in the southwest, north and south, and he passed this information to Liu Lang as early as two days ago when the Japanese army was still strong.

Needless to say, the West Gate and the North Gate were not the focus of the Independent Regiment's attack. In the area of the south gate, the people in the houses that were requisitioned by the Japanese army as positions were naturally driven away. In fact, before the Japanese army arrived, half of the people in Jingcheng County had already run away, and those who stayed behind either really had nowhere to go, or they thought that the Japanese army would not do anything to them with a fluke mentality, and the entire small county town of Jingcheng was only less than 3,000 people so far, which was not as good as a market town in the future republic.

However, there is a street leading to the south gate in the center of the city, and it is also the commercial center of the entire Jingcheng county, and businessmen such as rice shops and wine shops and restaurants are basically concentrated on this street, and businessmen are indeed different from ordinary people, and the attraction of money to them is even more important than life.

Although the Japanese army also had the phenomenon of eating for nothing, perhaps for the sake of stability, there had not been large-scale looting and plundering, and in the past ten days, many shops have even opened for business.

That is to say, in this part of the South Gate, there are naturally no Chinese on the Japanese position, but the surrounding houses have not been driven away, and there are still many businessmen, once the artillery is fired, there will definitely be accidental injuries.

If after the war, Liu Dazhu and Ling Hong saw their own people lying in a pool of blood under their own orders, it would definitely be a big blow to the two of them, and it might become a demon in their lives.

But Zhou Shiyu is different, don't look at him as a white-faced scholar, but he is actually more like a soldier than Liu Dazhu and Ling Hong, and he is more rational. At the beginning, on the ancient mountain of Luo Wenyu, in order to win and to be able to pull more devils to be buried, this person pulled seven or eight wounded people together as bait, and brazenly ordered Zhao Ergou's artillery battalion to fire at him.

Therefore, he can bear the cruelty that he may face in the future. It can be said that in Liu Lang's eyes, if the independent regiment expands, it is more suitable to serve as the commander at the upper level, but it is the lowest-key battalion commander.

Of course, Liu Lang didn't want to shake the pot, he could also give this kind of order. As he said, for the sake of national victory, no one can go unsacrificed, including himself. However, they are only the military commanders below him, now the battalion commander, and in the future, they may be the regimental commander or rise to a higher position, and at that time, they must learn to make trade-offs.

In every war, it is not only a victory, but also a sacrifice that is paid, but also learning and growth.

Soldiers, become elite soldiers in a hundred battles. Commanders, then learn to dare to take on more responsibility, even if it is a pain in the marrow.

Once the success is complete, Liu Lang is forced to learn to be ruthless and cruel, and so are his subordinates.

"Order, the officers and soldiers on the city wall withdrew from the city wall in batches, and the infantry platoon at the city gate retreated into the city gate after receiving the order. Requesting the artillery battalion, twelve 82 guns were forced to cover the Japanese front-line positions for five minutes after five minutes. Zhou Shiyu said by Liu Langyi, lowered his head and pondered for more than ten seconds, resolutely raised his head, and gave an order.

Three minutes later, Zhou Shiyu, who watched a group of soldiers retreat from the city wall to three hundred meters away, looking for cover to hide, and Zhou Shiyu, who retreated back from the city wall to the woods, looked at Liu Lang who looked like usual beside him, and finally couldn't help but say: "Tuanza, I'm sorry, there may still be a lot of people in this area, I still want to try。。。。。。 ”

"Hehe, very good, Shiyu, you did better than I imagined, if you order the four mountain cannons to fire at the first time, then you will be the head of the regiment in the future." Liu Lang smiled slightly, with relief on his face.

In the face of a brutal war, sacrifice is inevitable, if you feel guilty when you see a little blood on your side, then don't shout the slogan of defending the family and defend the country and go home to the milk doll. But if it is for the sake of tactical victory, it does not care about the life or death of its own civilians, then it is as cold-blooded as a butcher.

Just like the future Huayuankou, the terrible waters of the Yellow River hindered the movement of the Japanese mechanized troops, slowed them down, and even forced the Japanese to slow down the threat to the important city of Wuhan, which was a strategic victory. However, the price paid by the Chinese people is as high as 890,000 people who died in the belly of the fish, and millions of people who became victims.

Under the slogan of saving the country and saving the people, but pushing the people into the abyss with his own hands, is it ridiculous or selfish? No matter how history evaluates it, for Liu Lang, he will never agree with it.

On the battlefield, there is no warmth, but it does not mean that humanity is lost.

Obviously, Zhou Shiyu did a good job. There was nothing wrong with his choice.

Ordered the soldiers to leave the city wall, not for fear of accidental injury from the mortar, but because Zhou Shiyu wanted to do a big job.