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In the second half of last year, the Eighth Army was transferred back from Korea as a whole, and the military headquarters transferred an old division from the Third Army to lead the 27th Army to replace them and become the new Korean Army.

After returning home, the Eighth Army ushered in a wave of holidays, all the soldiers were given no less than two months of vacation, and then regrouped again at the end of November, followed by four months of recovery training, and after a round of replenishment, in March of this year, as the first batch of combat units were divided into the Western Front Headquarters, but the 60th Division was not the first to enter the battlefield, and it was not until a month after the start of the war that the 60th Division began to be sent to the front line to fight.

The results achieved by the 60th Division in this nearly year are also amazing, because of its rich combat experience in the Korean War, the 60th Division quickly stood out, and in the decisive battles of Borja and Novosibirsk, it was the 60th Division that appeared in the sharp knife position.

The officers and men of the 60 th Division have also become the most active part of the entire front-line troops, especially in the headquarters, almost every month you can see a large number of reports on the promotion of officers and men of the 60 th Division, as well as reports on the transfer of other units, and countless people have paid attention to the 60 th Division, and even some units formed later have no choice but to adopt a series of unconventional measures because they lack combat experience and are unable to achieve the desired results on the battlefield in a short period of time.

Privately liaising with the officers and men of the 60th Division, and even the entire Eighth Army, did not let go. As long as you are willing to come, regardless of your qualifications, you will be directly promoted to the next level, and you will be guaranteed priority promotion in the future. And some officers with old qualifications, after coming, can be directly promoted to two levels, from a battalion commander to a brigade commander, under normal circumstances, it takes at least three years of accumulation and a large number of combat exploits as the basis.

But now, there is no need for that at all, as long as you are willing to come, you will be the deputy brigade commander directly, and if you can achieve combat merits, you can even be directly appointed as the brigade commander. Although this practice is very disgusting to the troops, the people of the Eighth Army are coming, squeezing their promotion space, and it is strange if they are happy.

But when it was discovered that this was happening too often, they immediately stopped this kind of private poaching, even though they had reasons that they couldn't refuse.

For example, if the unit lacks combat experience and has no officers with rich combat experience, they request that a certain person be transferred from the Eighth Army to support the unit and help the unit improve its battlefield experience as soon as possible, so as to reduce the unit's losses and obtain the greatest combat merits, and so on.

You say, which superior would not hesitate to refuse such a reason? In the end, in desperation, the headquarters had no choice but to make a fair transfer, that is, on the premise of ensuring that the Eighth Army would not be affected, some officers of the Eighth Army were designated to serve in the specified units, but the phenomenon of officers being promoted to two levels was directly eliminated, and instead officers were promoted to half a rank, and the battalion commander used to directly serve as the deputy regiment commander, and the deputy regiment commander used to directly serve as the regiment commander.

Because of the intervention of the headquarters, this farce was stopped in time.

But the effect is extremely obvious, these assigned officers in the past, quickly brought their battlefield experience to the new unit, and helped them achieve a series of results, if it were not for this split, even Cao Kun would not dare to guarantee that this battle could be fought so smoothly.

But there was also a problem, and the fact that the officers of the Eighth Army were all over the place, and each of them was in an important position, made it easy for them to form an alliance group, and at some point, make some moves. Although this is still speculation, everything needs to be prevented.

And Cao Kun happened to be the commander of the Eighth Army that year, seeing the old army developing so well, Cao Kun was still very happy in his heart, but he was not too happy.

Instead, the current commander of the Eighth Army was transferred to the Western Front Command as deputy commander-in-chief, and the position of commander of the Eighth Army was replaced by the commander of another army.

Four years ago, Qian Xiaofeng was just a recruit who had just enlisted in the army for two years, although he had been on the battlefield and experienced life and death, making him an excellent soldier and an elite soldier, but Qian Xiaofeng also lost a lot.

For example, his closest comrade-in-arms, his best brother Shanzi, as well as his old squad leader, and the old platoon commander Xu Fu, who once helped him get back on his feet. If it weren't for the help of these people, Qian Xiaofeng didn't even know if he would be able to survive, let alone his current position, after the end of the Korean War, the old platoon commander appointed him as the acting platoon commander in order to allow Qian Xiaofeng to recover quickly.

What does it mean to be a platoon leader? It means that as long as there is a vacancy in the unit, the acting platoon commander will be immediately corrected and become a second lieutenant platoon commander. This position is not based on qualifications, only based on ability, and Qian Xiaofeng's ability was not the strongest at that time, but no one was born to oppose it.

The huge pressure made Qian Xiaofeng grow up rapidly, forgot about Shanzi's death in a short period of time, and gradually had the level of becoming a platoon commander.

In another battle against the opposition left by the Japanese army, the old squad leader was unfortunately killed, and the platoon commander Xu Fu was seriously injured, although he finally saved his life, but Xu Fu had to face the current situation that he had to rely on crutches to live in the future, since then, Xu Fu left the army, Qian Xiaofeng only knew that the old platoon commander had returned to his hometown in Shaanxi, but he was not very clear about the specific location, and the old platoon commander had also deliberately explained when he left, and no one was allowed to disclose his news.

Therefore, there was not even a farewell ceremony, and Xu Fu returned to his hometown alone with scars.

After that, Qian Xiaofeng became the platoon commander, two years later, that is, the year before he was transferred back to China, Qian Xiaofeng was promoted to captain and company commander, and after being transferred back, the army began to take a vacation, Qian Xiaofeng first went to Shaanxi, looked for the local armed forces, and found a record about Xu Fu, but did not find Xu Fu himself, there was only Xu Fu's address on the record, and there was no record of receiving the subsidy, that is, since returning to his hometown, the state's subsidy Xu Fu did not receive a penny.

After arriving at Xu Fu's hometown, Qian Xiaofeng didn't see Xu Fu, but he heard from the people in the village that Xu Fu went outside to do business, and no one knew what it was.

After searching for no results, Qian Xiaofeng turned back to his hometown, he saw the decadence of Shanzi Niang, sitting in a trance all day long, every time someone came over, he had to look up, and kept chanting Shanzi's name in his mouth.

Sun Yue'e did not marry, she became a widow before she passed the door, even if Sun Yue'e has a beauty that people can't refuse, but except for some older bachelors, no one is willing to marry her when she is younger, in the words of the old man, it is called unlucky. In addition, Sun Yue'e has always declared that she will mourn for Shanzi for three years, and she will not propose to marry within three years.

This is a big deal for the Sun family, and the Qian family also feels very sorry for Sun Yue, after all, she is still a yellow flower girl, and she has become a widow like this, which makes people feel very guilty.

It happened that Qian Xiaofeng visited his home, and the Qian family found Qian Xiaofeng and discussed the matter with him, but Qian Xiaofeng's parents originally wanted to refuse, after all, it was unlucky, and Qian Xiaofeng was still in the army, but before Qian Xiaofeng's parents could reply, Qian Xiaofeng agreed.

has been in the army for a long time, and has experienced a lot of life and death on the battlefield, Qian Xiaofeng still sees it very lightly in this regard, what is not Kefu, if you are unlucky, the bullets are staring at you, and there is no place to hide, so Qian Xiaofeng doesn't care about these words from the outside world at all, and he doesn't want to see the guilt of the Qian family, Sun Yue's fate has been bumpy for a lifetime.

But he just agreed, because the mourning period had not yet arrived, and Sun Yue'e didn't listen to anyone's words, so after the time to visit relatives, Qian Xiaofeng returned directly to the army.

After returning to the army, Qian Xiaofeng ushered in another turning point in his life, it turned out that their battalion commander was promoted to deputy regiment commander, and Qian Xiaofeng was appointed as the major battalion commander, but only six months later, that is, just two months after entering the battlefield, the Eighth Army encountered a serious wave of poaching, and Qian Xiaofeng was naturally among the diggers, but Qian Xiaofeng did not choose to leave.

Later, the regiment commander was assigned to other units as deputy brigade commanders, and the deputy regiment commander became the regiment commander, and Qian Xiaofeng was quickly promoted to deputy regiment commander again, and concurrently served as the commander of the first battalion. This promotion speed is fast, but it is normal in wartime, there is a lack of veterans and officers with rich combat experience everywhere, so Qian Xiaofeng's promotion speed is not particularly outrageous.

And in December, that is, a month and a half ago, the commander of the 606th Regiment was transferred to the deputy brigade commander of the 602nd Brigade, and Qian Xiaofeng was once again promoted to the first level and became the lieutenant colonel of the 606th Regiment. After six years in the army, Qian Xiaofeng transformed from an ordinary soldier to a lieutenant colonel commander, and he couldn't believe it at the speed of promotion, but Qian Xiaofeng also knew very well why he was promoted so quickly, so Qian Xiaofeng canceled all his vacations and spent all his time studying business, studying tactics and command.

And after six years in the army, Qian Xiaofeng has only returned home once.

The letter she just received from her family, Sun Yue'e had decided to marry him, but there were two conditions, she hoped that Qian Xiaofeng would not interfere in her affairs with Shanzi. Although the two are not husband and wife, and they have no feelings, as a woman, Sun Yue'e is still strict with herself.

The other is that she hopes that Qian Xiaofeng can go home as soon as possible to hold a marriage, she doesn't want Shanzi's matter to happen again.

And now Qian Xiaofeng has changed from a twenty-year-old guy to a twenty-six-year-old unmarried young man, although there are many people in the army who are similar to him, but outside the army, this situation is rare, and Sun Yue'e has also waited from twenty-one to twenty-four years old, and now even if she wants to marry, she can't find any good family.

At this time, Qian Xiaofeng was embarrassed, if it was two months ago, then he would still be able to go home, but now, the New Year is coming soon, after the New Year, the troops will definitely carry out a large-scale military operation, at this time, as the commander of the regiment, how can he go away?

After thinking about it, Qian Xiaofeng could only write a letter back, hoping that Sun Yue'e and her family could understand. (To be continued.) )