Chapter 153: The Memorial Conference
Wei Chendong walked in the front, followed by Miao Xiangyu, Chen Bingnan, Zhang Qilong, etc., everyone had solemn faces, heavy steps, and slowly walked towards the steps of the monument, a full thirty-three steps, they spent more than ten minutes, every step, as if they had to use ten thousand strength.
"The memorial ceremony has officially begun", and when Wei Chendong and the others all stepped on the highest steps, the host's voice sounded solemnly through the loudspeaker.
"The first item, firing a cannon".
As soon as the voice fell.
"Boom......" 20 cannons opened fire at the same time, firing a full 100 shells, and the trembling sound brought people a heavy heart, which was originally intended to be left to the enemy's artillery fire, but it was to be given to their own martyrs.
"The second item, make up the military song of the Yan Yellow Army, and raise the military flag of the Yan Yellow Army......"
"Get up, people who don't want to be slaves......" As the mournful music sounded, the flag-raiser slowly raised the five-star red flag.
"The third item is to lower the flag at half-mast to mourn".
The military song sounded again, and the five-star red flag that had just been raised was lowered in half, whirring and blowing in the cold wind, as if calling a hero.
…… Then, the moderator began the process of one item at a time.
"Item 10, Dedication".
As soon as the words fell, Wei Chendong first stepped out from the side, dressed in white, how eye-catching he was, personally placed a big wreath, walked slowly to the monument, looked up and stared for a long time, before solemnly putting down the wreath and slowly taking a few steps back.
Miao Xiangyu, Chen Bingnan and the others were ready to present in order, but just as they took the first step. "Bang", under their incredulity, I saw Wei Chendong's legs bent, kneeling solemnly, and then under the stunned eyes of the people, he slammed his head on the ground, facing the monument, and banged his head a few times.
Seeing this situation, Miao Xiangyu, Chen Bingnan, Zhang Qilong, Tie Lihua and other generals and countless people who were watching silently lowered their heads and slowly wiped away the tears that accidentally dripped down.
"Brothers and sisters, I, Wei Chendong, am sorry for you, I brought you from my distant hometown, but I can't bring you back safely, I am Wei Chendong incompetent", looking up at the monument, Wei Chendong knelt on the ground and did not get up.
Miao Xiangyu and other generals immediately stepped forward to prepare to pull Wei Chendong. Wei Chendong stood up, turned violently, glanced down with a resolute face, and shouted: "Brothers and sisters, fellow villagers, compatriots, more than 30,000 heroes of the Yan and Huang Army, more than 30,000 heroes of the Northeast Army, and more than 60,000 loyal souls of China, in the face of the murderous enemy, they did not flinch, in the face of the enemy who oppressed us, they dared to resist, in the face of the threat of death, they smiled coldly, generously went to righteousness, in the face of such good sons and daughters of China, are they not worthy of our kneel?" ”
Wei Chendong roared, turned around angrily, and faced the monument again.
"Kneeling ......" dragged a long syllable, and Wei Chendong knelt down first.
"Kneel ......" Miao Xiangyu, Chen Bingnan and the others roared, and their knees slammed on the hard marble slab.
"Kneeling ......" Whether it was a soldier or a person who came to mourn, everyone yelled in unison.
Suddenly, one by one, as if a strong wind swept through the rice fields, people were short, kneeling on the cold ground.
After giving a big salute to the martyrs, the people stood up with Wei Chendong, looking at the young figure standing at the front with blazing eyes.
Wei Chendong's eyes swept down, and he roared: "The Northeast Army, the Yanhuang Army has suffered heavy losses this time, but it can't scare us, it is said that Kou will not be destroyed, and Yanhuang will not die." Compatriots, here, on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Yan and Huang Army, I, Wei Chendong, promise that in China, the existence of the Yan and Huang Army is only for the sake of resistance, not for the sake of power and profit, not for the sake of competitiveness, and that any anti-Japanese organization and army is a friend of the Yan and Huang Army, and those who vote are enemies. I swore an oath of blood here today, and if I violate this oath, I will destroy the heavens and the earth......"
After speaking, Wei Chendong took out a sharp dagger from his waist and slashed it fiercely at the palm of his hand, and suddenly, blood flowed down. Wei Chendong's move immediately caused an uproar, his actions today can be described as unexpected, including Miao Xiangyu, Chen Bingnan, these close people did not know in advance, and even a little caught off guard at this time, the people below were stunned, and some people suddenly shouted.
"General Wei, General Wei ......"
"Long live the Yanhuang Army, we will always support ......"
The shouts rose wave after wave, and the public opinion of the Yan and Huang Army soared.
"In addition, I declare that General Peng Hu has always been my brother Wei Chendong, never betrayed, we cherish each other, just to resist, today, the Yanhuang Army Headquarters officially appointed General Peng Hu as the commander of the Allied Forces of the War of Resistance behind the enemy (referred to as the Anti-Alliance), commanding all the rear wars, the victory of the Nenjiang Bridge, and the strong cooperation of the Anti-League is inseparable, and let us pay tribute to the Anti-Allied soldiers who have made contributions and sacrifices in this battle, they are a group of unknown heroes, but we must not forget that they are more worthy of our respect......" Wei Chendong's face was a little pale, but his voice was still loud and impassioned.
"Long live the Anti-Allied Army......"
"Long live the heroes......"
Finally solved the doubts in my heart, it turned out that this General Peng Hu was also on the side of the Yan and Huang Army, in this way, the Yan and Huang Army added another force of resistance, and the people immediately cheered loudly, the stronger the resistance force, of course the happier they were, and the more hope China would have.
Regarding Wei Chendong's actions today, the special high school personnel and the Kuomintang secret service team who were mixed in the crowd were secretly frightened, and secretly said that Wei Chendong's wrist was too strong, whether he was acting or revealing his true feelings.
Wei Chendong attaches great importance to the feelings of brothers, not to mention that these brothers all died to resist the words, so they are more worthy of his respect Wei Chendong, so all the current things are his surname, and his true feelings are revealed, without pretentiousness.
With the help of this public occasion, Wei Chendong expressed two meanings, one was for Yue himself, and the other was naturally for the Kuomintang, and the meaning of his words was that he would not die to himself, and he would not fight for power and profit with them for the national political axe, and could even be a gesture of mutual cooperation.
In fact, it stands to reason that with the current strength of the Yan and Huang Army, it is a great loss to directly fight with the Yan and Huang Army, because at present, the Yan and Huang Army are relatively dependent on external factors, and the weapons and equipment currently used in their hands are all made by foreign countries, and this is one of the relatively big constraints, and Yue Ben also discovered this, and after the end of the Nenjiang Bridge, the political axe of the Yan and Huang Army immediately sent a note to the United States and other political axes that had dealings with the Yan and Huang Army, asking them to stop the arms trade with the Yan and Huang Army and blockade the Taiwan Strait. It is said that the ships of the Navy are constantly cruising in the Pacific Ocean, in a vain attempt to cut off the external supply of the Yan and Huang Army, which is a relatively big weakness of the Yan and Huang Army.
Of course, Wei Chendong had already thought of this, and if it was him, he would do the same, so why did he still fight the battle of Nenjiang Bridge? In fact, he has considered it and thought twice, which is mainly due to four reasons: first, the northeast is one of the places where Wei Chendong must gain a foothold, and at the same time it is rich in resources, the strategic location is extremely important, and many important combat preparations of the Yan and Huang Army in the future will start from here, so it is inevitable to fight with the Yue army; Second, at present, the Cabinet and the Military Department are not in harmony, and there are contradictions between the two sides in many aspects, and the current Cabinet is a little more moderate in its attitude toward the outside world, while the Military Department of the Cabinet, because of its extremely inflated ambitions and extreme admiration of force, was dissatisfied with the Cabinet for a time, and even did things that disobeyed the orders of the political axe, such as the "September 18 Incident." Third, the current economic crisis is full of contradictions in China, and it is not ready for a big war, so the probability of an all-out confrontation with China is very small. Fourth, the current Yuben is not yet in power by militarists, and the military department basically has to obey the cabinet, and the cabinet does not approve of starting a war with China now, Wei Chendong grasped this point, spent several years, carefully planned this layout, swallowed the four divisions of the Yue army in one gulp, and ruthlessly gave the political axe a dismount, making them feel that the conditions for invading China are extremely immature.
Wei Chendong just wanted to hurt Yue himself all at once, and let the political axe of Yue put the war back for a few years, and the Yan and Huang Army urgently needed a few years of development, and when the time came, he would not be afraid.
Wei Chendong's speculations are basically correct, but he still underestimates the ambitions of the military department, and when he hears the results of the Nenjiang Bridge, the political axe of the whole country is shaken, and the people of the whole country are also in an uproar, and all kinds of calls arise one after another, the cabinet thinks for a while, and is ready to withdraw the troops, but the military department does not agree, and secretly plots some fanatics to launch a rebellion, put pressure on the cabinet, and blames the weakness of the cabinet that has led to the current outcome, saying that for China, it is necessary to use tough means to counter violence against the Yan and Huang army. The blood feud of the 100,000-strong army must be avenged, and the two provinces of Jilin and Liaoning, which were obtained from the "September 18 Incident," cannot be returned to the Chinese as compensation for the imperial army.
In the end, under heavy domestic pressure, the cabinet still made a compromise and ordered the troops to be stationed in Jilin and Liaoning provinces, but now do not start a large-scale war with the Yan and Huang Army, for this, the military department agreed, not that they careerists were afraid, but because one was not sure, the other, the troops were not enough, it still needed time to deploy, and the morale of the army still needed to be improved in some way.
Wei Chendong's various actions at the memorial meeting, even if every sentence and word he said, were accurately transmitted to the top level of the Yue Ben and the Kuomintang, for this, they each have their own different ideas, for the Yue Ben, this Wei Chendong has been a resolute anti-Yue element from beginning to end, and the so-called solicitation of him in the past is simply when he thinks about it now, so for Wei Chendong, he himself is completely dead, and he has become one of the characters who must be eliminated; For the Kuomintang, the achievements and strength of the Yan and Huang Army in this battle really made many veterans led by Chiang Kai-shek panic, after all, they are the legitimate political axe of China now, how can they allow such a powerful force to exist in the country, this Wei Chendong seems to have thought of this, so at the memorial meeting, he publicly stated in front of the people of the whole country that he would not fight for hegemony, this attitude can be described as a bit ambiguous.
(To be continued)