"Loyal martyrs, heroic souls live forever"

This is the inscription of Li Bufan of Nanjing Martyrs' Shrine.

In May, the Purple Mountain is full of flowers and trees. Most of the Defence officers and soldiers who died valiantly in a series of battles are laid to rest here, and many of their bodies are transported back to their hometowns for burial at the request of their families, as they can only be placed in columbariums.

The soldiers who died in the South Asian War have already entered the cabinet, and because the time has entered May and the weather in the south is hot, the fallen soldiers will be cremated as soon as possible after they have been collected, and their ashes will be sent back by plane. The Nanjing government and military launched a grand sacrifice for the fallen soldiers to enter the Martyrs' Shrine.

Li Bufan stood quietly on the top of the mountain, but his heart was calm.

He found that he was becoming more and more cold-blooded, more and more cold, standing here, so that he could feel that he was a human being, and he could clearly feel the meaning of the phrase "once you will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither", he saw the nearly 100,000 new martyr spirit tablets in the Martyrs' Shrine, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

When he reached his position, he could feel the huge pressure brought by the war more deeply, and it was far from the life and death of ordinary people.

In order to win, he must do whatever it takes, and it has been half a month since he returned to Beijing, and he can still receive information from agents from India and Nanyang, where hundreds of millions of victims are wailing, millions of people are starving to death every day, and in order to survive, it has become commonplace for people to eat people.

This can be said to be caused by him, in order to ensure victory and completely "clear the wall". His hand was indeed very successful, and the Burmese Front had to retreat because of the food crisis, and finally had to surrender. Otherwise, if the Chinese National Defense Forces want to annihilate this million-strong army head-on, they will have to pay at least hundreds of thousands of casualties.

But his success is built on the bones of hundreds of millions of people in other countries, and it makes people shudder to think about it.

However, standing at the Martyrs' Shrine, Li Bufan's heart calmed down, and he seemed to feel that the heroic spirit here was with him, and his heart could be open and have no regrets, because the Chinese nation was rising.

Wu Di and Yang Yongtai walked up the mountain quickly, and the sound of shouting broke the silence here.

When Li Bufan saw them, he smiled and said, "Why are you here?" ”

Yang Yongtai smiled bitterly: "My commander-in-chief." It's all upside down. Soviet Ambassador Molov shouted bitterly every day for a meeting. It's almost kneeling in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense. Some people hate that Soviet Russia is holding our army so badly that we can't quickly sweep away India, and some people think that we shouldn't clash with Soviet Russia at this time. After all, we have enemies all over the world. But you're here. ”

Li Bufan smiled bitterly: "So many people died in the war. Come here to see the fallen soldiers. It will feel a little better. ”

Wu Di said: "In comparison, our casualties can be said to be very small. It is said that Luxembourg, a small European country, does not know what nerves to have. Unexpectedly, two armies of nearly 100,000 people were sent at one time, but the whole army was wiped out in the South Asian War, almost every household died, and the young and strong men were dying. ”

Li Bufan smiled dumbly.

Yang Yongtai said hurriedly: "Commander-in-chief, what do you want to do on the Soviet side?" ”

Li Bufan thought for a while and said, "Let's continue to hang their appetite first, and our troops will continue to move north." By the way, we have annihilated a large number of enemies this time, captured a large number of weapons, and can continue to expand by a hundred divisions, just in the north. ”

Yang Yongtai's eyes widened and said, "Still in the north?" Isn't that going to drive Lao Maozi crazy? Commander-in-chief, if you force Lao Maozi to fall to the Western coalition forces, it will be troublesome. ”

Li Bufan smiled and said, "As long as we don't really fight with them, it shouldn't be enough." Soviet Russia and the Western capitalist world are natural enemies, and they have not united so quickly for the time being. As for the connection between them, it is certain, the coalition forces want to let Soviet Russia share some of the pressure, and Soviet Russia does not want to see us too strong, so it is considered to take what they need. We don't want to take South Asia and the southern islands of the South Ocean at this time, so we have to have an excuse. ”

Yang Yongtai smiled bitterly: "I really don't understand why our army should give up such a great opportunity." ”

Li Bufan smiled and said: "There are too many reasons, in short, war is not about capturing more places, the better." Only when we stop attacking, will Soviet Russia be really afraid, and they will be worried that we really want to concentrate manpower and material resources to beat them, so that they can deeply understand the consequences of setting themselves on fire, so as not to make trouble from time to time. ”

Yang Yongtai smiled bitterly: "You are too real in this play, right?" Now many of the newly produced strategic materials have been shipped to the north. Now don't talk about Lao Maozi, even our own people think that the commander-in-chief wants to use troops against the north. ”

Li Bufan said lightly: "Even if you can deceive your own people, then you can better deceive others." Don't be in a hurry, cool Lao Maozi first, and then let Lao Maozi have some blood. ”

Yang Yongtai smiled bitterly: "But now Tang Shaoyi's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still waiting for a reply?" ”

Li Bufan smiled and said: "Then tell Soviet Russia that we are not prepared to do anything to them, after all, there is a non-aggression agreement." I felt that their military exercise was very constructive, and for this reason they were planning to conduct a military exercise with the size of 2 million troops in Northeast Asia, which was also 'non-targeted.'" ”

Yang Yongtai looked at Li Bufan dumbfounded, what kind of nonsense is this, have you ever heard of a million-scale military exercise? The "military exercises" of hundreds of thousands of troops of Lao Maozi's group army are outrageous enough, but Li Bufan is actually outrageous to this extent, does anyone believe this?

Wu Di smiled predictively: "I think this is a good idea. I just don't know if Molov will be so scared that he pees his pants. ”

In the middle of the sound, Yang Yongtai said euphemistically: "Commander-in-chief, you are not ready to tear your face, then the scale of our exercise is a little too big." There are so many unread transfers, and the military spending alone is an astronomical amount, do you think the scale is reduced a little? Although we have money now, it's not like that. ”

Li Bufan said with a smile: "I have my own opinions on this matter, and you will know when the time comes." Let's go, go back first. ”

Although Yang Yongtai had a lot of questions, he still couldn't help but didn't ask more. He believed that Li Bufan was definitely not such a person who was so happy with his achievements, and he must have his intentions in doing so.

When a group of people walked down the mountain, they suddenly saw some officers stopped outside the Martyrs' Shrine, and they dared to show affection because Li Bufan was in the Martyrs' Shrine, and in order to ensure Li Bufan's safety, the Martyrs' Shrine was temporarily under martial law. When these officers saw Li Bufan waiting out, they saluted in unison.

Li Bufan returned a military salute, and suddenly he saw a young officer, who was Zhu Guangming, whom he had seen in Di Brueger at the beginning, and immediately stepped forward and said, "Zhu Guangming? When did you go back to Nanjing? Why are you not in the army? ”

Zhu Guangming didn't expect Li Bufan to remember him, and immediately replied loudly: "Report to the commander-in-chief, I was ordered to return to the Nanjing Military Academy for intermediate officer training. ”

Li Bufan smiled: "Yo, I've been promoted, and I've done a good job." What is the position now? ”

Zhu Guangming said: "Report to the commander-in-chief, I am now appointed as the acting head of the second regiment of the second division of the first army, with the rank of major. After the training, he officially became the commander of the lieutenant colonel. ”

Li Bufan frowned and said, "Regiment leader? I remember when I met you in Debrueger, you were a lieutenant, you should have been a company commander, right? ”

Zhu Guangming said: "Yes." After returning to the army, we soon started a battle with the enemy, our defense line was the enemy's main direction of attack, and the officers and men suffered heavy casualties, and on the same day our battalion commander and the first company commander were killed, and I was promoted to battalion commander. The next day, our regimental commander was killed, and on the eve of a full-scale counteroffensive of our troops, I was temporarily promoted to my acting regimental commander. ”

Yang Yongtai and Wu Di were dumbfounded when they heard this, the speed of this promotion is too fast, right?

Li Bufan frowned and said, "Your troops are deployed on the coastal defense line of East Bengal?" ”

"Yes!" Zhu Guangming responded, but quickly hesitated, as if he had something to say, but he still endured it.

When Li Bufan saw his appearance, he couldn't help but smile and said, "If you have anything to say, don't hesitate to say it." ”

Zhu Guangming seemed to have mustered up enough courage, gritted his teeth and said, "Commander-in-chief, I don't understand my humble position. There are obviously a large number of elite troops behind us, with tank groups and heavy artillery groups, as long as the troops behind us support a little, our regiment will not fight so hard, and the brothers will not lose so much. ”

Li Bufan frowned, and suddenly he felt that many young officers who came to the Martyrs' Shrine with Zhu Guangming looked at him, and after thinking about it, he explained: "I believe you have also seen the results of this battle." The Battle of East Bengal was to lure and annihilate the main force of the British army in India, but the British were shameless and kept sending colonial legions as cannon fodder to lure them into the bait, so they had to see the hope of victory, and make them feel that with a little more effort, they could successfully break through the defense line and solve the Burmese front of Xia Fei. For this reason, for the sake of the overall strategic needs, the First Army must be plunged into a bitter battle. From the perspective of common sense, it may be unfair to the officers and men of the First Army, but some sacrifices in the war are necessary. These sacrifices were not in vain, we finally attracted the main force of the British army, and we burned the Zangnan River with more than 100,000 tons of gasoline to cut off their retreat, and annihilated them and the colonial legions. As a result of this war, our army completely annihilated all the vital forces of the Western coalition forces in South Asia and established the overall strategic initiative. Originally, these were not the considerations of officers at the rank of lieutenant and colonel, but I am sure that you will also know and understand when you become generals. ”

Zhu Guangming said uneasily: "I'm sorry, commander-in-chief. ”

Li Bufan smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay." If you don't understand, you have to ask, and if you put it in your heart, it becomes a pimple and a burden, which is not good. After a pause, he said, "Come here to pay tribute to your comrades-in-arms?" ”

Zhu Guangming said gloomily: "Yes." More than half of our regiment suffered casualties, and more than 1,000 brothers were killed in the battle. Tomorrow we will have to go to the military academy for closed training to say goodbye to them. ”

Li Bufan only felt as if something was blocking in his heart, looking at these young and energetic officers, he didn't know how many people would survive after this war. Because he knows that there is almost no possibility that he wants to fight such a war of annihilation in the future, and the war will become even more tragic and cruel (to be continued......