Chapter 164: Worthy of the word hero
All the facts point to a problem: the soldiers who died were not Chinese soldiers, but the result of Japanese military disguise. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Company commander, that's right, it's all little devils dressed in disguise." Gong Daniu said, obviously it was for the scrivener, but it was actually for Li Hong and Deputy Head Ma.
Deputy Head Ma's face was cloudy, "Don't be busy drawing conclusions first, there are still two large corpses waiting to be identified." "There were three groups of people who came last night, and they were all shot dead by order of the scrivener, and this is just one of them.
The other two bodies were scattered at the back and sides of the trenches, and everyone went to inspect them.
By this time, the sun had risen from the sky, casting a golden glow over the mountains and forests. The bird wakes up from its slumber and chirps in the forest. In such a quiet environment, several corpses suddenly appeared, which seemed so incongruous. Despite the cool air and the fact that the corpse had not been there for long, there were still signs of decay, and the blood on the ground began to stink black and smell, diffusing a foul smell.
This time, Li Hong and Deputy Regiment Commander Ma personally participated in the inspection, and the results were very gratifying, there were no real soldiers of their own. Li Hong let out a sigh of relief, fortunately it was not his own people who were hurt. The scrivener doesn't have a lot of emotional swings, as if it should have turned out this way.
"Acting Company Commander, it seems that you are confident." Li Hong said, with approval in his tone.
"Company Commander Xie compliments." The scrivener glanced at Deputy Head Ma as he spoke.
Deputy Regiment Commander Ma had a gloomy face, obviously it was not his own soldiers who were killed, but he was not very happy. He even hoped that one of the soldiers would be his own. The idea was so evil that he was taken aback, and he quickly took his thoughts back.
"Tell me how you know it's not your own. Then shoot with confidence. Li Hong is very interested in this issue.
The scrivener box asked Gong Daniu to clean the battlefield, and he accompanied Li Hong and the others to a relatively safe place, although it was daytime, but it was not ruled out that there was any danger.
"Commander, that's what happened. The devils have been engaged in sneak attacks recently, and even dressed up as our Chinese soldiers, and it is difficult to distinguish between the mixed eyes of the fish. Although the contact code was set up at night, I don't think it's safe. What if the code is leaked? Wouldn't it be easier for devils to sneak in? So I formulated a discipline, of course, this discipline was only for my own company, and the company commander Liu over there also adopted this discipline: all soldiers were not allowed to move around at night, and once the sentry found someone walking around at night, they did not need to verify the enemy or the enemy, and shot down first. In this way, it is useless for the devil to play any tricks. That's what makes me dare to fire. Company Commander Liu and I use the same discipline, so the person who came from the direction of his position is definitely not his own person, so let's kill it first. ”
Li Hong couldn't stop nodding, "I see." This discipline is very good, and no devil is afraid of any change. Good, good. He turned his head to Deputy Regiment Commander Ma and said, "This method is very good, and it is worth promoting by the whole regiment." ”
Deputy Head Ma had no choice but to nod in agreement.
At this time, a group of soldiers from the 114th Battalion of the 114th Regiment came from the north, and came to look for the regimental commander and other officers. Last night, the first battle was disrupted, the soldiers fought separately, and the regiment commander and the core members of the command could not be found. This was a great deal for the battalion commanders, and before dawn they sent their troops to search for it, and a company of the 1st Battalion found it.
Li Hong always had a gloomy face, it was too embarrassing to fight last night, and the whole regiment was turned upside down, shameful!
The scrivener saw Li Hong and the others leave. Jim and Gera dragged on at the end, holding the scrivener's hand with emotion, "Mr. Scrivener, you saved us again." We will always remember that you are a hero of the Allies, a great hero! Jim said in English.
The scrivener stretched out his arms and put his arms around Jim and Geira's shoulders, one on each side, "My two good American brothers, it is my greatest satisfaction that you can live well." Hopefully we can meet again and fight side by side for the counter-offensive against Burma. ”
The words of the scrivener were sensational, and Jim and Jera burst into tears and were reluctant to leave for a long time. It wasn't until the troops in front of them walked far away and couldn't see anything further forward that the two reluctantly left.
The scrivener looked at the back of the two leaving, and felt quite emotional. Both of them are powerful factions of the US military stationed in the Southeast Asian theater, and there is only benefit and no harm in making friends with them. However, due to the ivory incident in the sinkhole, the scrivener is not sure that Gera has really lost that memory, and if he doesn't, he really doesn't know how to deal with it. He didn't mention the ivory thing to anyone, was it right to do that......
At the construction site of the Indo-Burma Highway, the 114th Regiment began to clean the battlefield early in the morning and resumed repairing the road in the morning, which was not unfast. The defense lines near and far were rearranged to ensure that the road construction process was not harassed by the Japanese army to the greatest extent. By noon, everything was back to normal, and the project was on track.
The scrivener secretly admired Li Hong's ability to lead troops and command ability, and it was really remarkable that such a mess caused last night returned to normal in one morning. He himself was not idle, and ordered his three platoons to hurry up and build stronger fortifications, and the area where he was stationed must not leak or disgrace the 113th Regiment.
Just after noon, someone came to inform the scrivener to go to the headquarters for a meeting. With such a big incident happening last night, Li Hong must organize all the officers to sum up, and it is imperative to rectify it.
The scrivener hurried to the headquarters on foot, passing by the site of the road construction, the roar of the machines and the shouts of the crowd were mixed together, noisy and enthusiastic. Blood stains could be seen everywhere on the ground, indicating that last night was not peaceful. The scene was crowded with people, all concentrating on building roads, and no one paid attention to irrelevant things, as if the battle had happened a long time ago.
The scrivener secretly sighed that both the workers and the soldiers were good, and the fierce battle did not affect the confidence and determination to build the road.
At the command headquarters, Li Hong's face sank like water, last night's battle was too embarrassing and embarrassing, the whole regiment was in chaos, and he, the regiment commander, was embarrassed. The results of the statistics have come out, the 114th Regiment lost 126 people killed in the first battle last night, 102 were seriously wounded, more than 200 were slightly injured, and 64 road construction workers were reduced. The losses are not insignificant. A total of 68 Japanese corpses were cleaned up, nearly half of which died in front of the scrivener box and Company Commander Liu's position. That is to say, half of the devils were eliminated by them, and these two companies were precisely not directly subordinate units of the 114th Regiment.
After listening to the adjutant announce the casualties, Li Hong looked at the scrivener box approvingly, and said aloud to the officers of the whole regiment: "The only people worthy of the word hero last night were the troops of the acting company commander and company commander Liu. ”
This sentence pierced the hearts of every officer of the 114th Regiment like a nail, and the two outsiders saved the regiment commander, for them it was a shame, and there was nothing to justify. These people bowed their heads and were ashamed.