Seeing that the Japanese army in the distance had no signs of attacking, Commander Tong felt that it was necessary for him to let these literate soldiers and future pillars of the country know the current gap between China and Japan.

"What you know is only superficial, what you don't know is that the Japanese army only has 400,000 active troops on the surface, but there are as many as 1.5 million reservists with complete military training.

These so-called reservists, like regular soldiers, have undergone several years of rigorous military training, but they only do not occupy the quota of the Japanese army, and once war breaks out, these 1.5 million people can go to the battlefield at any time.

This is equivalent to the fact that Japan already has a regular army of 1.9 million, which has surpassed China in terms of total numbers.

What's more, Japan has as many as 2.5 million recruits of appropriate age who have received partial military training, and as many as 6 million adult males who have received paramilitary training who can be grouped.

And these six million adult males with paramilitary training are actually trained in a much more stringent military program than our so-called regular army in China.

It's like you've only been a soldier for a month, and you've only fired a few shots, but these paramilitaries have to shoot targets every day, and their marksmanship is much better than that of our Chinese regular army recruits.

In other words, not counting the 100,000 veterans who retired from Japan every year in the past, the number of reservists that the Japanese army could directly send to the battlefield was as high as 11 million.

On the other hand, in China, apart from the 1.7 million regular troops on the front line, there are only 400,000 to 500,000 reservists registered in the provinces.

If you think of increasing troops to fight, you must be called up temporarily, and in China's continuous civil war, the people are very war-weary, and young people will not think of joining the army at all, so it is difficult to say how much this can be called. This is also the reason why every time there is no recruitment, the strong men are simply arrested.

And even if enough soldiers are called up temporarily, they can't shoot, second, can't shoot, third, can't drive tanks, fourth, can't fly airplanes, and most of the soldiers can't even read a single big word, can such an army beat a well-trained Japanese army? ”

Hearing Commander Tong's explanation, the student soldiers present were greatly shocked: "Could it be that we Chinese really can't beat the Japanese, can we really only be slaves to the country?" ”

Seeing the excited and somewhat frustrated student soldiers, Commander Tong knew that it was time to encourage them: "No, we Chinese will not be slaves to the country, and we Chinese will win in the end."

Although there is a big difference in the military strength between China and Japan now, just like the previous classmates said, we have more people in China.

Although in the early stage, we could not defeat the Japanese with only a large number of people. However, we China have a vast land and a large population, and as long as we Chinese unite as one from now on to resist Japan, we Chinese will surely win the victory. Because we can afford it compared to Japan.

It's just that we now need more knowledgeable, cultured, and courageous soldiers, and more officers who can lead the Chinese to victory over the Japanese.

And you are the hope for our Chinese to defeat the Japanese in the future, you are all literate soldiers, after the baptism of this war, most of you may die, but more soldiers will survive.

As long as you, the surviving soldiers, learn from the experience of battle, give full play to our strengths, and restrain the enemy's weaknesses.

After a few more years of fighting, there will only be more and more generals and soldiers who can fight in Chinese, while these experienced veterans in Japan will fight fewer and fewer.

Soon in a few years, they will go downhill and be chased by us Chinese.

I can tell you now that Nanyuan cannot be defended, but we will fight the enemy even if we are desperate, if not for anything else, just to eliminate more Japanese veterans, just to consume more Japanese vitality. Just to keep some more seeds of student army like you.

Maybe five or ten years from now, it will be some of you who will lead the army of Chinese to kill the Japanese.

Even the Prancing Horse Tokyo, killing the Japanese in a river of blood. At that time, we, the veterans who are buried in the ground, will be proud of you, proud of you. ”

Commander Tong's heartfelt words inspired every student soldier present, and everyone's morale was high again:

"Don't worry! Commander Tong, one day, our student army will grow into a strong force, and when the time comes, we will go to Tokyo and arrest the emperor to pay my respects at your grave, and then you will be happy that there are spirits underground. ”

"Bastard boy, Lao Tzu is only thirty-nine years old this year, and Commander Tong is only forty-five years old, ten years later, when we are still old and strong, maybe you will still be a soldier under Lao Tzu by then.

is to enter Tokyo, and Lao Tzu personally led the team, the first to cut off the emperor's head with a knife and kick the ball. Division Commander Zhao Dengyu gently kicked the student army who had just spoken to the ground. It caused a burst of laughter from the student army present.

Unexpectedly, just as everyone was laughing, two Japanese reconnaissance planes suddenly appeared overhead, and then the student soldiers picked up the rifles in their hands and shot into the sky.

Commander Tong and Division Commander Zhao knew that this was the prelude to the enemy's large-scale bombing, and when they saw hundreds of student soldiers raising their guns and firing at the reconnaissance plane in the sky, the two generals looked at each other and shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

This reconnaissance plane did not fly high, and it was only a few hundred meters above the altitude at that time, and their rifles could only hit a few hundred meters away on flat ground, so how could they hit the plane at a high altitude.

This is also the reason why the officers and men of the Nationalist Army have long been advised that when they encounter enemy planes bombing, they can only disperse on the spot and take shelter, and they are not allowed to shoot at the planes.

First, it could not be hit at all, and second, it was afraid that the military target would be exposed, but it would attract bombing by Japanese planes.

The two of them were also a little helpless when they saw the student army in front of them raising their heads vigorously and putting their guns down, forget it, don't discourage the enthusiasm of the student army.

Anyway, there is nothing else, Li Tie's bullet is really sufficient.

Just when the two of them were still thinking about the time to save everyone's energy, they saw that many student soldiers were shooting with their heads up, and let the recoil of the guns knock them to the ground.

When they saw the student army who had just been kicked on the ground by Division Commander Zhao, snatched the machine gun of a student soldier next to him, and consciously lay on the ground to shoot.

The two smiled bitterly again, this student army is really smart, but even if it is, it is impossible to get off the plane.

Just as the two of them were about to speak out to stop the student, the student had already shot a bullet into the air, and then they heard the nearby student army cheering.

The two generals looked at the sky in astonishment, only to see that one of the two reconnaissance planes had black smoke coming out of its tail and exploded on the ground in the distance, and the pilot did not even jump out of the parachute.

Then a large number of student soldiers came to the machine gunner's side, lifted him up and threw him high into the air, shouting in celebration.

The two battle-hardened generals looked at each other in surprise and shouted in surprise: "Is this okay?" ”

The success of two Japanese reconnaissance planes, one escaped, and one was wounded and crashed, greatly encouraging the defenders of the 29th Army stationed at Nanyuan Airport.

And the captain of the Japanese Sakai wing was greatly stimulated, and he immediately organized a third offensive. After dozens of planes that came to help in the war had just finished bombing the defenders of Nanyuan.

It was also after the plane burned the sorghum of the north courtyard wall that this time he ordered dozens of tanks and armored vehicles to attack from all sides of the south garden.

At the same time, hundreds of artillery pieces began to shell the Nanyuan Airport indiscriminately, and after 10 minutes of shelling, several tanks and armored vehicles also attacked the Nanyuan Airport, and several hundred Japanese troops broke into the Nanyuan Airport.

Among them, there were more than 200 people who directly rushed into the position of the student army on the north courtyard wall.

The number of people entering Nanyuan Airport from other directions was not large, and all Japanese troops entering these places were soon wiped out, and several tanks that broke through were also blown up by the defenders with cluster grenades.

Tanks without infantry protection were also vulnerable, so the other tanks outside the wall immediately turned around and returned to the Japanese positions as soon as they saw that the situation was not good.

At the same time, the defenders of Nanyuan Airport also knew that Commander Tong and Division Commander Zhao were organizing the student army in the defensive position on the north courtyard wall to engage in a white-knuckle battle with the 200 Japanese troops who broke through, and suffered heavy casualties and needed immediate support.

Division Commander Zheng Dazhang, who was commanding the temporary headquarters, immediately sent part of the troops of the general reserve officer training regiment of the headquarters to the defensive positions of the student army in the north.

When the veterans of the 200 officer training regiment came to the position, the 200 Japanese soldiers who broke through left more than 100 corpses, and another 100 Japanese soldiers fled back to the Japanese position.

However, the tragic image in front of them made these veterans of a hundred battles can't help but shed heroic tears, because there are four or five hundred student soldiers lying on the ground in front of them, and four or five hundred people are also injured to varying degrees.

Deputy Army Commander Tong Linge and Division Commander Zhao Dengyu, who made these veterans feel even more heartache, were also seriously injured, and Tong Jun's thigh was injured by shrapnel, and his head was grazed by bullets, and he was bleeding incessantly.

Division Commander Zhao Dengyu suffered multiple shrapnel abrasions on his body, but the most fatal thing was that he was stabbed in the abdomen by a Japanese bayonet. Now he was holding the blade of a bayonet in one hand while comforting the student army beside him.

"Master Zhao, you are all here to save me, you shouldn't save me, I'm not worthy of your rescue." A student soldier with a machine gun at his feet knelt in front of Division Commander Zhao, tears pouring down tears.

Division Commander Zhao's pale face was covered with beads of sweat, all the veterans knew that Division Commander Zhao was not saved, and everyone carried Commander Tong to the front of Division Commander Zhao, hoping that they could say the last few words.

", you're still young, I'm getting old and I'm about to go to the ground, if I don't save you, who will I save? Besides, I just saw you take out a Japanese plane with a machine gun.

Lao Tzu has been a soldier for so many years and has never shot down a plane, Lao Tzu saved you is to let you shoot more planes in the future, did you hear? ”

"Master Zhao, don't worry, please hold on, I will definitely shoot down more planes in the future, and if I don't run out of Japanese planes, I will never die." The student soldier who was going to Prancing Horse Tokyo said.

"Lao Tzu doesn't like braggart soldiers, if you really have this guts, you tell me your name, and when Lao Tzu goes down to the underworld, he will talk to you every day, if you dare to fight one less plane, Lao Tzu will not let you go."

Put away your horse urine, we soldiers bleed without tears. Master Zhao's words moved the student army around him even more, and he cried even more.

"Master Zhao, my name is Qiao Zhengwei, a freshman in the first year of Peking University, I promise that I will shoot more planes in the future, don't say any more frustrating words, you will definitely survive." It turned out that the student army who shot down the plane was called Qiao Zhengwei.

Senior Commander Zhao nodded happily, no matter what, he finally knew the name of the student army in front of him, which he was very optimistic about. He hoped that the student army would become the national commander in chief.

Division Commander Zhao turned his head and saw that Commander Tong beside him had gauze wrapped around his head and thighs, and blood was still gushing out, so Master Zhao endured the pain and said:

"Lao Tong, my brother can't continue to accompany you, I'll go to the underworld to occupy a place for you first, you don't have to rush to come, wait until the Japanese devils are eliminated, can you come down to accompany me?"

Commander Tong was actually bleeding a little too much, and seeing that the 1,500 student troops in front of him were now less than 600 people with light and serious wounded, his heart was dripping blood.

However, seeing that Master Zhao, who was seriously injured, could still see so much at this time, he was also much more relaxed. He nodded to Division Commander Zhao first, and then admonished the soldiers of the teaching regiment beside him.

"Our defense deployment must have been leaked, tell Commander Song that we must find out this traitor and kill him to avenge our brothers. In addition, he told Zheng Dazhang that Nanyuan couldn't hold it, don't fall in love with the war, and let him lead the troops to break through tonight. ”

As soon as Commander Tong finished speaking, he fainted due to excessive bleeding, and the soldiers of the teaching regiment immediately carried Commander Tong away on a stretcher, hoping to send Commander Tong to the military doctor as quickly as possible.

Seeing that Commander Tong fainted after saying two words, Division Commander Zhao also laughed at Commander Tong: "In the end, it's too old, and this physical strength is just not good." ”

Hearing that Senior Commander Zhao could still tell jokes, the student army around him immediately flattered: "Yes, Senior Commander Zhao, you are old and strong, this little injury on your body is nothing, we will carry you to treatment immediately, and it is faster than Commander Tong to keep you well." ”

Qiao Zhengwei beside him immediately led several student soldiers to carry Division Commander Zhao to the stretcher, but seeing that Division Commander Zhao still had a bright bayonet stuck in his body, no one dared to act rashly.

Master Zhao seemed to have a sudden strength in his body, he raised his finger fiercely to the east, and then looked at the student army in front of him with his blazing eyes, and said solemnly word by word:

"Students, China's future depends on you, you don't have to be afraid of their aircraft and artillery to fight a war with the Japanese, as long as you have the determination to kill one and earn one by killing two, you will definitely be able to defeat them."

After Master Zhao said this, his fingers were still pointing straight ahead, and the student army waited for a long time and didn't see anything else to say from Master Zhao.

At this time, Qiao Zhengwei knelt down in front of Master Zhao and hugged Master Zhao: "Master Zhao, don't worry, when I kill Tokyo, I will definitely bring the emperor's head to you as a ball." ”

Then they found that the student soldiers who had died in Commander Zhao were crying again, and everyone looked at Commander Zhao's dying eyes, their eyes were round, and their fingers were pointing to the east, which was Commander Zhao pointing them in the direction of Japan.