Thirty-one: Platoon Commander Yang

The battalion chief of staff believed that the defense of Nanjing was an important part of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and that Nanjing should be defended if there was no danger to be defended, because Nanjing was the capital.

Politically, Nanjing has a great influence on the world, especially the Nanyang countries. Nanjing was the spiritual pillar of the anti-Japanese war of the whole Chinese at home. The loss of the capital is a great blow to the resistance of the whole country.

Militarily, Nanjing is a great thoroughfare from east to west, north to south. It is of great strategic significance to reach Wuhan in the west, Xuzhou in the north, and Nanjing.

If Shanghai was the bridgehead of the Chinese army's invasion of China, after the occupation of Nanjing by the Chinese army, it will become the base camp for them to expand their aggression.

Nanjing could not be lost to the army. Either before this, the whole city of Nanjing retreated and lost an empty city to the army. Either fight street battles with the Yue army like now, fight to the end, and throw a ruin to the Yue army.

The battalion chief of staff said: "Our participation in the defense of Nanjing is a great and sacred task, and we are shouldering a major historical mission. We must win the battle to defend Nanjing, and we will certainly win it.

"From yesterday afternoon to night, the main force of the army attacked the Purple Mountain Tianbao City and Yuhuatai, and at the same time frantically shelled the Zhonghua Gate. The army is desperately attacking the city.

"All the houses inside and outside the Zhonghua Gate were blown up. The people there were cried and screamed by the bombing. Families without a home have to go to a safe zone to take shelter.

"One of the walls was destroyed by enemy artillery, and the enemy, with the support of aircraft, broke into the city with a small number of soldiers, and [***] soldiers rushed to the gap and quickly annihilated the enemy army. Repair the city walls.

"On the Guanghua Gate, the planes of the Yue army bombed the Guanghua Gate indiscriminately, and the city wall was blown open, and the Yue army launched a fierce attack on the defenders under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles.

"At one point, the army entered the city. After the defenders resolutely counterattacked, the army had all been driven out of the city. Some of the soldiers hid in the cave of the city gate. Attempt to carry out a surprise attack with the inside and outside.

"In order to destroy these enemies, the 156th Division organized a death squad. They used ropes to descend from the top of the city walls to the ground without anyone noticing.

They joined forces with the death squad of the head of the teaching corps, Xie Chengrui, and annihilated all the soldiers lurking in the city gate.

"After the 156th Division completed its mission, they refused to return to the city, they were determined to destroy the devil in front of them, martyred their country, and launched an attack on the position of the army.

"The enemy was stunned by their surprise attack, and lost their armor and suffered heavy losses. After inflicting heavy losses on the enemy, the squad killed all the last bullets.

The defenders of Nanjing resolutely fought back against the Yue army, repelled many attacks by the Yue army, and the reconscriptive position was firmly controlled by the defenders. The army was not able to move forward.

"The 'Yangfang Mountain' position and the 'Yinkong Mountain' position on the periphery of Nanjing suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat under the frantic attack of the Yue army.

"There is an army that crosses the river from Dashengguan to Jiangxinzhou, and they try to attack the right side of our 74th Army.

"Tomorrow is the 12th, and in front of us is the advance team of the 3rd Division of the Chinese Army, and according to the reconnaissance report from the front, they are adjusting their deployment and regathering their forces, and they must take action.

"We are ready to resolutely crack down on the invading Japanese army, so that they will not return." The fighters applauded. The battalion chief of staff saluted the fighters.

The company commander said, "You must keep in mind the commander's precepts. Now dissolved. The officer said, "Yes." I paid attention to it, and I stood upright all of them. Disband. ”

Wang Mingming watched the soldiers disperse, and she said to the company commander: "Sir, it's getting late, I should go back." ”

The company commander said: "Don't worry, I know that your car was used by the commander of the platoon and the Long March." Third aunt, what you said is so good, your words are the best pre-war mobilization.

"The soldiers love to listen to you, and your speech has boosted morale and increased combat effectiveness. Thank you. Please come and sit at the company. ”

A reporter came over and asked, "May I ask the third aunt, is your honorable surname Wang Mingming?" ”

Hadron snatched it and said, "Yes." ”

The reporter said: "I will publish your deeds of condolences to the artillery company and your speech tomorrow, and everyone in Nanjing will be able to see it." will be inspired. Do you agree. ”

The company commander said to reporters with interest: "It's good that you can promote the third aunt on the outside of the number." I don't know if you wrote down her speech, and it should be published.

"Other troops also came to offer condolences to the citizens of Nanjing, and they also spoke to the soldiers, and I went to listen. What they said was not as good as the third aunt.

"They either led the fighters to shout a few slogans, or they said a few words of thanks [***] to thank the fighters. There is no appeal.

"The third aunt is too full of knowledge, and what she says is not ordinary. There is level and strength. The speech is clear-eyed, flesh-and-bones, emotional, and appealing to the brothers.

Her words went to the heart of the warrior. The warriors listened to God. Warriors will be inspired by her to fight their enemies. As for the name of the troops, it is said that it is [***] artillery brothers. ”

The reporter said: "What the chief said is good, I will do what the chief says." Just now, the battalion chief of staff talked about the deeds of the death squad, which was very touching. Can you give me an interview with the Chief of Staff?

"I mean to publish the heroic deeds of the death squad on the outside of tomorrow's number,."

The company commander said, "The commander is over there, you can ask him." He said to Wang Mingming: "Your car has not come back yet, please sit in the company headquarters." ”

The housekeeper and the platoon commander followed in, and the housekeeper stood behind her on crutches like Wang Mingming's guards.

The company commander sat down opposite Wang Mingming and said, "The third aunt's surname is Wang, and I am also surnamed Wang." The battalion chief of staff is also surnamed Wang. Five hundred years ago, we were a family. ”

Everyone laughed. The company commander shouted: "Correspondent, make tea for the third aunt." ”

The commander of the platoon said: "The correspondent took two soldiers to the battalion headquarters to deliver condolences, using the car of the third aunt, and they are about to come back."

"I called the battalion headquarters in advance to explain the situation and asked them to start their meal half an hour late, and the food would arrive immediately.

"I just made another phone call, and it said that the things had been delivered and the car had returned. I'll make tea for my third aunt. ”

Qiangzi said to Wang Mingming: "The commander of the platoon is surnamed Yang, who was originally a high school math teacher, and he taught us to learn culture and sing in his free time. The warriors loved him. ”

Wang Mingming looked at the company commander's collar badge and carried three flowers. She said, "Company commander." You're only twenty-two or three years old, and it's good to be a company commander at such a young age. Young. I admire you very much. ”

The company commander smiled modestly and said, "The officers of our artillery company are all very young. Lian Deputy is my classmate, younger than me. The older ones here are the commander platoon commanders.

"He's not like us singles, who have nothing to worry about. He is old and young, and he is a person who drags his children and daughters. However, he put the country first and resolutely resisted.

"After the 77 Incident, the army claimed to have destroyed China in three months, and the commander of the platoon was teaching the third year of high school at the time.

He said goodbye to his mother, wife and children and went to the battlefield. Resolutely fight the aggressor. He was a teacher who taught mathematics, and the calculations of artillery could not stop him.

"For example, if you hit a target, the distance is related to the height of the muzzle and the amount of charge of the shell, and it is related to the direction of the wind, which needs to be calculated in a few seconds.

"He's a talent, he's learned. He was brave in combat and had command ability, and he was promoted to platoon commander after three months as a soldier. Everyone laughed together.

The company commander said: "Yesterday I received a notice from the above asking him to go to Wuhan for further study, and tomorrow he will go to report." He's a good piece of steel. China's future artillery general. ”

The commander handed the tea to Wang Mingming and said, "Third aunt, you use tea." Don't listen to the company commander, I don't have any university questions, and my military skills are taught by the company commander.

"Our company commander is a top student of the artillery school and an excellent commander of the unit. He was my teacher. It is an example for me to learn from. ”

The company commander said to the commander of the platoon: "You kid is really good at tricks, you are a literati who came back from abroad." In terms of education, no one here can compare with you, except for the battalion chief of staff. ”

Everyone laughed again.