The next day, all the officers above the battalion level of the Reading Army gathered on the banks of the Yellow River to pay tribute to the 9,630 brothers who died on the banks of the Yellow River. Thanks to the efforts of the local people and the soldiers of the Reading Army, more than 9,000 martyrs' graves have been dug up, and all the remains of the soldiers have been covered with white cloths and carried by the soldiers to each dug pit.

More than a dozen devil captives with missing arms and legs were lined up and kneeling in front of the graves of more than 9,000 soldiers at one time, and these dozen devil captives were almost all broken by the angry soldiers in one night, if they had not been left to mourn their dead comrades tomorrow, I am afraid that the angry soldiers would have beaten them to death ten times a long time ago.

Zhang Mingyu held a ghost-headed knife in one hand and a bowl of wine in the other, then stepped forward, poured all the bowl of wine in his hand in front of the graves of more than 9,000 soldiers, and shouted: "Brothers, this cup is for you!" Now I'm honoring you with these brutes! Brethren, go all the way! After speaking, he raised the big knife of the devil's head, and the head of a devil captive was immediately cut off and rolled away.

Every time the head of a devil was chopped, the warriors roared in unison: "Good kill!" ”

Soon more than a dozen devils were all cut off their heads, Zhang Mingyu and all the officers of the Reading Force raised a bowl of wine at the same time, Zhang Mingyu took the lead and knelt down on one knee, raised the wine in his hand and said, "Brothers! You are all the best soldiers I have ever seen in my life, you are real heroes, real masters! In order to defend the country and defend the dignity of the nation, today you have heroically sacrificed your lives, you are real national heroes! You are immortal! ”

All the officers left tears of excitement and shouted in unison: "Immortal!" Immortal~!

Zhang Mingyu said with tears in his eyes: "Shoot!" ”

The 3,000 soldiers pulled the bolt of their guns neatly, and then raised their guns, and a neat and solemn sound of gunfire resounded in the sky.

After the gunfire ended, Zhang Mingyu shouted: "Brothers! Go all the way! Your heroic souls will bless my China, and I, Zhang Mingyu, swear again: I will drive out all the Japanese and enter Tokyo in my lifetime! Sacrifice your heavenly souls with your own blood. ”

As soon as Zhang Mingyu finished speaking, hundreds of officers behind him shouted in unison: "Brothers, go all the way!" Seeing the brothers, subordinates, and comrades-in-arms who had fought side by side with themselves and practiced together have been buried here for a long time, many people couldn't help but cry.

On the battlefield, they didn't blink an eyelid when they killed, but today they are for their brothers, for the sake of the robe of the past, they release the grief in their hearts with tears.

Seeing his subordinates crying one after another, Zhang Mingyu comforted: "Brothers, although the dead brothers are dead, they will always live in our hearts. Our children and grandchildren will always remember them, and their names will be engraved on the monument of the heroes of the resistance in the future, and they will always accept the admiration and praise of future generations! ”

In about two hours, the bodies of more than 9,000 soldiers were buried in the ground, and Zhang Mingyu rushed back to Ordos with all the officers.

The next day, Zhang Mingyu immediately convened a military meeting of all military officers at and above the battalion level.

Zhang Mingyu first said: "Brothers, after this battle, all units of our army have suffered heavy casualties, and yesterday I discussed with the chief of staff and decided to implement the practice of streamlining the administration of the army so that the troops can achieve absolute orders and prohibitions. Therefore, I announced that the brigade level establishment would be temporarily abolished, and the original brigade commander would serve as the regiment commander, the regiment commander would be the battalion commander, and the battalion commander would be the company commander. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the officers present were in an uproar, Zhang Mingyu frowned and said: "What is the quarrel, although the establishment has changed, but the soldiers and equipment remain the same, you have the ability to give Lao Tzu 10,000 people in a regiment, and Lao Tzu will also issue you so many guns!" It's the period of resistance, why do you want so many false names? The most real thing is to kill a few more little devils and drive the devils out of China as soon as possible! ”

"Yes!" As soon as everyone heard that Zhang Mingyu was angry, they all immediately shut up, stood up and responded in unison.

But quietly, a regimental commander asked, "What you said is true?" ”

"What?" Zhang Mingyu asked.

"Even if I can get 10,000 people back, you will also give me equipment and ammunition?" The regimental commander asked.

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu nodded and said: "If you can really get 10,000 people, I will give you 10,000 guns for this group, but am I a gentleman!" Recruitment must be voluntary participation of ordinary people, and if I find anyone who dares to force ordinary people to join the army, it will not be spared. ”

"Yes!" The crowd replied again in unison.

A battalion-level officer with a scar on his face and muscles full of explosive surnames also asked: "Military seat, are there any girls in this room?" The brothers died last night! ”

"Nope! The girls are all in the book, and they have the ability to catch Lao Tzu himself, and if anyone dares to harm our own sisters, they will be shot immediately! Zhang Mingyu said loudly.

Two days later, the losses of Lai San's third division were also reported, and the casualties were not large, less than one regiment, but they disabled two puppet army divisions, and eliminated more than one wing of devils.

A few days later, the Reading Force began its formal reorganization, and all four infantry divisions were reorganized into three infantry regiments and one artillery regiment under its jurisdiction, and although the cavalry regiment suffered heavy losses, its establishment remained unchanged, and all of the more than 6,000 horses captured were supplemented to the cavalry regiment except for a few cavalry reconnaissance companies that were transferred to block the divisions.

Zhang Mingyu knew that before tanks and armored vehicles were not equipped with troops on a large scale, the role of cavalry was still immeasurable. So he is still using cavalry on a large scale, and when tanks are produced on a large scale, cavalry will be eliminated and used only for logistics and other work.

At this time, in addition to the third division, the first, second, and fourth divisions of the Reading Li Army all suffered heavy casualties, and they urgently needed to rest and replenish their troops, and they were unable to fight again, and the devils also took the initiative to withdraw from Xinzhou, Suiyuan and other places after suffering heavy losses, leaving only some puppet troops to defend the city, which was actually equivalent to giving up these places.

Zhang Mingyu's Reading Force was faced with a large number of guns at this time, which was in stark contrast to the Eighth Route Army, and he decided to draw out a batch of captured Yue-style weapons and send them to the Eighth Route Army in the Luliang Mountains in the arduous resistance.

At this time, Zhang Mingyu's arsenal has been able to fully meet the supply of equipment and ammunition for an army, and those German and Soviet-style equipment are obviously much better than the equipment of the little devils, so Zhang Mingyu decided to give it to the Eighth Route Army.

But Zhang Mingyu soon discovered a serious problem, the base area could hardly meet his conscription requirements, so he decided to first recover Suiyuan and Shuozhou Prefecture, which had been basically abandoned by the Yue army, and he ordered Lai San to lead two regiments (the regiment after the brigade was downsized. From Baotou to Suiyuan, attacked.

He himself took a tank regiment and an infantry regiment to recover Shuozhou, to put it bluntly, the territory is too small now, and it can no longer meet the requirements of the Reading Force for conscription.

When Zhang Mingyu set off from Ningwu with his troops, he found that the railway line had been completely destroyed by devils, and there were blown up tracks everywhere. For the time being, Zhang Mingyu did not have any trains, so they did not let the sappers repair these railways, and went all the way to the northeast, and from time to time they found children in their mid-twenties, coming from the north.

Zhang Mingyu suddenly remembered that in the original history, there are now a large number of homeless street children, their parents either died on the front line or were killed by themselves, these children were helpless, and some were captured by devils for slavery education, and then when they grew up, they would join the army and kill each other with their compatriots.

Some of them starved to death on the streets or froze to death in the wilderness, and although the nursery schools jointly established by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party had been searching for and rescuing homeless children across the country, the work of the nursery schools was not going smoothly due to the fall of most cities.

Zhang Mingyu knows history very well, and in the later Anti-Japanese War, these orphans who grew up in nursery schools have thrown pen to paper, and most of them are nursery students in India. On the battlefields of northern and western Myanmar, the heroic deeds of nursery students who bravely killed the enemy and regarded death as their home abounded.

These enthusiastic young people from the nursery school have grown up with love and gratitude, and they are often proud to die on the battlefield to serve the country, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mingyu immediately issued an order to Liu Cheng, asking them to organize people to take in the street children and arrange food and accommodation for them. Along the way, Zhang Mingyu and his troops took in many street children, and Zhang Mingyue ordered the troops to escort them all back to the base area.

When Zhang Mingyu arrived in Shuozhou after a delay of a few days, the tank guns of the tank regiment had not yet fired, and the puppet army in the city heard that Zhang Mingyu and the reading force were coming, and they were so frightened that they immediately opened the door and surrendered.

However, Zhang Mingyu had a way to deal with them, all these puppet army soldiers were disorganized and incorporated into various regiments, several heinous puppet army officers were shot, and some people who had not done anything bad were educated to join the Reading Army.

Zhang Mingyu's side was smooth sailing, and Lai San's side was met with stubborn resistance from the stubborn puppet Mongolian army, and they refused to surrender, because the troops were insufficient for a while, and Lai San couldn't help them. Three days later, Zhang Mingyu ordered Lai San to withdraw to Baotou and launch an attack on Suiyuan later.

After the recovery of Shuozhou, the Reading Force began to recruit soldiers on a large scale, and at the same time took in stray children, in just half a month, it took in nearly 5,000 street children ranging from five years old to more than ten years old, these children became a new generation of members of the Iron Army, and later when they became adults, they joined the army one after another, bravely killed the enemy on the battlefield, regarded death as home, and were absolutely loyal to Zhang Mingyu. It has become the hope for the future of the Invincible Iron Army.

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