In Biguan County, Shanxi Province, the troops of the First Reserve Regiment were temporarily stationed here, and at this time the regiment headquarters had been established in the county, and the political commissar Shen Wei led the personnel to pacify the people in the county.

Regarding the news that Yan Xishan and the head of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters have decided to expand the First Reserve Regiment into the new Second Brigade, the leaders of the First Reserve Regiment have not yet received any notice.

In a few days of fighting, the Chinese and Japanese mobilized more than 20,000 troops, and the two sides suffered a total of more than 8,000 casualties, which means that on average there will be more than 1,000 casualties on both sides every day.

However, if you count the innocent people who were injured by the Japanese puppet army, the Chinese side is a fiasco, and the soldiers cannot even protect the people of their own country, so what kind of victory can we talk about.

The bodies of the fallen officers and soldiers have begun to be buried in a centralized manner, and Sun Weiguo is personally responsible for this matter, in the territory of Hequ County, Sun Weiguo established the cemetery of the fallen officers and soldiers in the Baoheshui Campaign, and he personally asked the chief of staff Zhao Lerong to inscribe a plaque for the fallen officers and soldiers.

Whether it is the troops of the Eighth Route Army or the troops of the Jin Sui Army, now they have only one identity, that is, the Chinese anti-Japanese fallen soldiers, and they are the pride of the Chinese nation.

Tombstones were erected one after another, and many of the tombstones were only marked with the numbers of each row, but they did not mention their lives, and many officers and soldiers who died in battle did not leave their names.

For many senior officers, the statistics of the number of dead are just a set of cold numbers, but for Sun Weiguo, these numbers represent a fresh life, representing that children will lose their fathers, parents will lose their sons, wives will lose their husbands, and families will be broken.

Accompanied by Chief of Staff Zhao Lerong, Chief of Staff Zhu Jianwei, and Guard Company Commander Yue Wu, Sun Weiguo walked in the cemetery, which had just been established and had not yet been completely completed.

Rows of new graves, tombstones, in a trance at this moment, Sun Weiguo's ears seemed to appear in the words that the fallen officers and soldiers had said.

"Chief Sun, I don't want to join your Eighth Route Army, your Eighth Route Army has backward weapons and equipment, and it is not an opponent of the little devil at all, I want to join the Jin Sui Army, and in the future I will command at least one brigade of artillery, and I will follow the troops to attack the Japanese mainland, so that the little devils know the strength of our Chinese troops."

"Commander, when can we go back to Pingding County, I haven't seen my father for several months, and I don't know how his old man's health is. If we don't go back to Pingding County, I guess my father will think I'm dead, Commander, if I die, my father will bother you to take care of me. ”

"Regiment commander, I used to be a puppet army completely forced to be helpless, since we voted for the eighth road, you can rest assured, we tie our heads to the belt to fight devils, if I take half a step back on the battlefield, you kill me directly, I have absolutely nothing to say."

The words that a famous officer and soldier once said appeared in Sun Weiguo's ears, and Sun Weiguo's footsteps couldn't help but stop.

There were tears in his eyes, and his red eyes were blown by the breeze, and the tears couldn't stop flowing.

For many people, these soldiers are nothing more than cannon fodder on the battlefield and rely on their promotion and wealth, but for the people, they are heroes who defend their homeland against foreign enemies, and for Sun Weiguo, they are not only Sun Weiguo's subordinates, but also Sun Weiguo's brothers.

"The only breath remains, and the defense of the country will fight to the end, expel the Japanese invaders, and comfort the souls of the martyrs in heaven. When the anti-Japanese victory is won, the defense of the country will definitely come to comfort the souls of the martyrs, and if the defense of the country dies in battle, ask the chief of staff to do it for him. Sun Weiguo looked at the graves, and he said in a firm tone.

The faces of Zhao Lerong and the others who followed behind Sun Weiguo changed, but they knew that Sun Weiguo had planned to die on the battlefield from the beginning of the war against Japan.

When he was in Pingding County, when Sun Weiguo was still the deputy head of the Independent Regiment of Pingding County, the Independent Regiment was besieged by the Japanese garrison Corps, and the Independent Regiment suffered heavy casualties.

On the battlefield of resistance against Japan, many officers and even generals lost their positions, and the troops chose to commit suicide and martyrdom after being defeated, which was the last means for soldiers to maintain their dignity.

There is no innocent soldier in this era, and they should all pay the responsibility for this national war.

"Regiment Commander, you are a rare handsome talent, only if you are alive can you be worthy of the spirit of these fallen officers and soldiers in the sky. You can command more troops in the future, only then will it bring a devastating blow to the Japanese army, regimental commander, this time we and the Japanese army losses are one-to-one, such battle losses are rare in the country, we will be proud of it. ”

Zhao Lerong looked behind Sun Weiguo, who was a few years younger than him, and he found that compared to Sun Weiguo, who he saw for the first time, Sun Weiguo now looked thinner.

He comforted Sun Weiguo softly, he felt that Sun Weiguo's pressure on himself was too great, and Zhao Lerong felt that if Sun Weiguo had such pressure for a long time, sooner or later Sun Weiguo would definitely be crushed.

"Regiment commander, the chief of staff is right, you have done a very good job, and it is worth it for us to follow you even if we die on the battlefield. It is glorious to die defending the family and the country. ”

Yue Wu, the commander of the guard company, looked at Sun Weiguo, and he comforted him softly.

Sun Weiguo wiped his tears, turned around and looked at Zhao Lerong and the others, seeing that their eyes were also red, Sun Weiguo nodded.

He just wanted to speak, but Luo Hongyi hurriedly ran in front of Sun Weiguo, he rushed from Biguan County on a war horse, and after coming to the cemetery, Luo Hongyi didn't dare to ride a war horse directly, he ran all the way after getting off the horse.

"The regiment commander, the chief of staff, Mr. Zhu and Vice President Peng from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army called, and the headquarters of the commander of the Second Theater conveyed the order of the Military Commission, and our reserve first regiment was expanded into a new second brigade, and the political commissar asked you to rush back immediately." Luo Hongyi said breathlessly, his eyes showing excitement.

After getting the news, Zhao Lerong and Zhu Jianwei and others couldn't help but clench their fists in their right hands, they were also very excited, they knew that the troops had expanded, and Sun Weiguo led more troops, and Sun Weiguo would bring a bigger blow to the little devils, so that they could avenge the fallen officers and soldiers.

After Sun Weiguo heard Luo Hongyi's report, he raised his right hand and solemnly saluted towards the cemetery.

Zhao Lerong and others also saluted, and then the group left the cemetery and returned to the regiment headquarters in Biguan County.