Gaotou Town, Hubei.

Luo Zhigao is a small businessman who runs a small machine factory that combines oil extraction, rice and wheat extraction. He also has an identity, deputy battalion commander of the militia battalion in Gaotou Town, commander of the 2nd company, and reserve lieutenant.

Gaotou Town is a Tujia town, the economy here is relatively backward, the town has only three streets, the goods in the store are dazzling, today is just the day of the scene, the villagers of Gaotou Town in the four miles and eight townships have come to the town to catch the market.

Although it is located in a mountainous area, Gaotou Town is able to achieve self-sufficiency, it is not poor, but the products are not rich, but the villagers still have money in hand over the years, especially many people go out to work, and the town organizes the villagers to plant medicinal herbs on a large scale, compared to before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the villagers have a certain amount of savings in hand, at least the thatched houses in the town are basically wiped out, even if the family is poor, there are also political axes to organize manpower and financial resources to help him knock down the thatched houses and repair tile houses. Wealthy people live on the second floor, and the climate in Hubei is relatively humid, and some rich people like to live on the second floor.

In a hurry today, Luo Zhigao's business is also very good, and several workers are too busy.

"Dad, Dad, Mom told you to hurry up and get out, there are too many people who are beating rice and wheat."

Today is Saturday, Luo Zhigao's daughter Luo Yulan is only five years old, and the little guy ran into the house quickly and asked her father to go out to see business.

Luo Zhigao was reading a newspaper, a Hubei newspaper, and his eyes were resting on the news report with a photo of the chairman of the committee, which excerpted in detail the speech made by the chairman of the committee at the Qingming Festival memorial.

As a company commander in the former regular army, because the two elderly people in the family were seriously ill at the same time during the service, after being ordered to retire by the organization, Luo Zhigao gave up the arrangement of transferring to the county seat and received a very considerable compensation for the transfer to his hometown.

Over the years, since the old people died one after another, according to the old man's arrangement to marry his wife, and gave birth to a child, Luo Zhigao's heart has never left the army, even if the current small machine factory business is also a strong woman in the family, his wife Li Junying is in Zhang Luo, he basically doesn't care. It's not that he's lazy, but he can do any hard work, and technical work can't make it difficult for him, as a former company commander in the army, educated and knowledgeable, and can still repair mortars and machine guns in the army, fiddling with these oil presses is not a trivial matter.

In Lee Junying's words, he is a person who has returned to the place, and his heart is still hanging on the army, which is called losing his soul and being depressed. Every time Luo Zhigao watched the news broadcast, read the newspaper, listened to the radio, and listened to the people set up the dragon gate array, he would always be distracted, and in a trance remembered the things of the army back then.

"I'm only 36 years old, and at this age, I can fight, kill, and charge into battle in the army. It's still a time of war, and I feel uncomfortable staying in my hometown every day. Lao Wang, Lao Liao, Lao Xi They retired about the same time as me, and Lao Wang still has injuries on his hands, but some of them are now in the Far East, some are in Central Asia, and the worst is the garrison, and what about me? A deputy battalion commander of the militia, what does he do every day? Serving these machines every day, for ten years, I can't even find a single bandit to shoot, and the criminals can't be caught by us......"

Once drunk, Luo Zhigao confessed his heart to his wife, reluctant to the army, it's that simple.

Although Li Junying only dropped out of junior high school on his own initiative, he is not less knowledgeable, and he is also a person who cares about current affairs, and because her husband used to be a glorious company commander of the Wehrmacht, she actually knows him very well.

Originally, there was a great opportunity for demobilization five years ago, but as a result, Li Junying sent Luo Zhigao to sign up for demobilization with a big belly, but he was harshly reprimanded by Yang Zhaoguo, the commander of the militia battalion in the town, and then sent home.

For five years, he never waited for the demobilization order that he had been waiting for all night!!

However, this report gave him some hope, if the war continues, then if it is really the same as the battalion commander said, some retired personnel should be demobilized.

The old battalion commander once said: "Zhigao, I know you are reluctant to leave, but this is an order." Besides, if you retire, you can go to the armed forces, you can go to the police force, you can go to the militia force, you can even farm and do business, and once the country needs it, you are the priority to be demobilized. There is still a war to be fought, and it is only a matter of time before we rush ahead and you follow later, for the great cause of our nation. You, go back to the place first to exert your residual heat, and when the time comes to mobilize the order, I will be the first to welcome you back to the army. ”

After all, most of the retired officers and men at that time were only older, and their families had various difficulties or other reasons to temporarily leave the army, and once the mobilization order was issued, they were the first batch to return to active duty. This can be regarded as a disguised reserve of a large number of usable soldiers for the country. And it is precisely because people like Luo Zhigao returned to the local area that the militia units that took the lead in forming had a high combat effectiveness.

But now, in the last correspondence, the old battalion commander is already the deputy division commander, but he is holding this oil mill at home, and the hero's lost psychology is too strong. If he hadn't left the army, he would have been at least a battalion commander or even a regiment commander now.

"It seems that I have to go to Camp Commander Yang to ask."

Luo Zhigao put the newspaper away, raised his head and saw his wife walking in the door.

"I, I'll go right away." Luo Zhigao replied with a smile, this wife is very good, he respects her very much, and loves her very much.

"I'll ask the second uncle to help them watch it." Li Junying shook his head, and then walked into the house, Luo Zhigao saw that the situation was not right, and followed into the house.

"Lao Luo, tell me the truth, do you really want to return to the army?" Li Junying sat on the edge of the bed and asked seriously as never before.

"No ......" As soon as he said a word, Luo Zhigao, who was a little afraid of his wife, saw Li Junying's somewhat cold gaze, lowered his head, and nodded.

"Is the army so important to you? Can't the army catch up with your wife and children and this family affair? Li Junying's voice didn't hear anything unusual, but the question was sharp.

"Junyoung, it's different." When Luo Zhigao heard this, he raised his head and said, "You also know that I didn't want to leave the army back then, and I couldn't help the old man when he was critically ill.

In the years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country has become rich and strong, and the people have become rich, why? That's because there are millions of Wehrmacht forces fighting and winning. Why did they contribute and sacrifice, but I became a deserter? ”

With a long sigh, Luo Zhigao said, "I have always felt like a deserter all these years, alas! Junying, I don't hide it from you, usually whoever puts a cannon at night, I think of the sound of the army's artillery, every time the militia battalion trains, I train those soldiers like pigs and dogs, I can't forget the troops, and train them like soldiers in the army......"

"The bullet has no eye, if you have a three-long and two-short, what will we do? Over the years, I have always advised you to forget about the troops, just because I am afraid that you will ......" Li Junying asked forcefully, she knew that Luo Zhigao missed the last demobilization order, in fact, he no longer had to be demobilized, unless the national mobilization order was issued, he did not have to go to the army again, and she personally asked Battalion Commander Yang.

"There's the chairman here, what are you afraid of?" Luo Zhigao muffled out a sentence, but Li Junying couldn't find a rebuttal, not to mention anything else, the lives of those military dependents were indeed very good. Moreover, the Wehrmacht is notoriously low in casualties, and the purpose of the army is to solve problems that can be solved with bullets and shells, so it is better to use less or even no soldiers' surnames to fill them.

"Junying, I was originally a soldier, not a ghost who was greedy for life and afraid of death, I didn't die on the battlefield, I came back to marry a wife and have children, after more than ten years, I have earned it in my life. The army has things that I haven't done, and you can't make me a psychological deserter for the rest of my life. I... I promise you that if one day I return to the army, I will come back alive to see you. Luo Zhigao was in a hurry, said everything, and then stayed there without speaking. He thought that his wife was angry again because he was slacking off work in reading the newspaper.

"You promise?"

"Hmm!" Luo Zhigao let out a sullen sound.

"If you can't do it, I'll guard your grave for the rest of my life." Lee Jun Young cried.

"You, what do you mean......"

Luo Zhigao raised his head, only to see his wife holding a piece of paper in her hand and handing it to him tremblingly.

He took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but read: "Comrade Luo Zhigao is hereby appointed as the commander of the second battalion of the third regiment of the newly formed XX Division of the National Defense Force...... This, this is ......"

Li Junying raised his head, wiped away his tears and said, "Last year, I helped you go to the Ministry of Armed Forces to register and wait in line for demobilization, this is the demobilization order and appointment letter that Battalion Commander Yang just gave me, you go, Battalion Commander Yang is waiting for you to reorganize the militia together, remember that we are waiting for you at home!" ”

"Yes, my wife!!" Luo Zhigao stood upright and saluted his wife with a dignified military salute.

As a result, Luo Zhigao finally got the opportunity to serve again with 200,000 retired officers and soldiers, and although they had very few opportunities to go to the front-line battlefield, they became middle- and low-level officers in the newly organized units, responsible for garrisoning tasks.

During the following years of war, although Luo Zhigao traveled to many countries with his troops and was stationed in many areas, he finally fulfilled his promise and retired with honor at the end of the war, and returned home to enjoy happiness with his wife and children.

…… A month and a half later, the Far Eastern theater of operations, the General Headquarters of the Far Eastern Front.

"Commander-in-chief, the third round of our army's expansion has basically been completed. It is expected that the transportation of troops will be basically completed in another month, and the General Staff is currently coordinating with other departments to complete the reorganization of these new units in accordance with the plan of the General Staff. ”

General Gao Feng, chief of staff of the theater, reported to Huo Weiguo.

Huo Weiguo briefly looked at the report and said, "What about logistics? In addition to the projection of troops in this battle, the most critical thing is logistics, and you must also coordinate the armored forces of the Siberian side with the General Staff. ”

"There are not big logistical problems, the domestic railways can go straight to the border, although the railways in the Far East have been badly blown up, we have already repaired some of them, and the rest will have to rely on our powerful automobile troops to transport them." Gao Feng said.

Although Huo Weiguo was the commander-in-chief of the campaign, the general headquarters was composed of the three armed forces, and the base camp, the general staff, the operations department, the special intelligence department, the air force, and the navy all had heavyweight officers serving as the general headquarters.

It can be said that this is a large-scale campaign headquarters, which is only directly placed in the Far East and formed on the spot, and Gao Feng plays the role of central coordination and liaison.

"Well, the plan is going to be launched, and the usual battle must not be relaxed, but it must be fought fiercely, and any abnormality can only make the enemy guard against us too early." Huo Weiguo emphasized.

"Yes, commander-in-chief, now the gunfire has not stopped on all battlefields, and the commanders of various army groups joke that the pressure on the Allies is too great, hehe." Gao Feng said with a smile.

"Let's hope that our camouflage and feints will allow the enemy to discover our true strategic purpose much later."

The next day, General Huo Weiguo, commander of the Far Eastern Theater, arrived in Shenyang by plane and, together with General Cai Tingguang, commander of the Northeast Theater, secretly inspected the area around Sinuiju. This famous anti-Japanese general who once fought with Yue himself, in his heart, is no less than General Huo Weiguo.

And after the two left Sinuiju, this news was intercepted by the intelligence agency of the Japanese army very 'coincidentally', and it was sent back to China as a major top-secret information.

"What!! Two high-ranking generals of China inspect the Sino-North Korean border? ”

In the suburbs of Tokyo, in the newly built underground command center, the emperor lying on the hospital bed endured the pain in his body, turned over and sat up, and asked sharply.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor, please pay attention to your body! Our intelligence services also found that the Chinese had large-scale military and logistical movements, all aimed at the northeast region, and that the redeployments in Shenyang were more frequent. ”

Hideki Tojo bowed his head and replied, in fact, at his level, the emperor is more dependent on each other, the emperor needs the military department, and the military department needs the support of the emperor.

Although Hirohito lost Empress Ryoko and lost his son and daughter in the bombing of Tokyo, he miraculously survived, and in just a few months, his injuries all over his body were healed. Amaterasu miraculously let him live alone in the world, while enjoying the misery of the destruction of his family, he was psychologically perverted, and always frantically shouted for a counterattack against China.

"The Chinese must want to take North Korea, it must be!!"

Hirohito didn't care about the residual pain on his body, struggled to walk down, stood in front of the map, staring at North Korea, not to mention anything else, half of the current Yuben food needs to be transported back from North Korea, and the symbolic significance of North Korea is even more so that any military and political dignitaries dare not throw it away.

If North Korea loses it, there will be only the mainland, the closest place in North Korea is less than 200 kilometers away from the city, and there is a Mizu Island in the middle, North Korea is less than 100 kilometers away from the island of Mizu, and the island of Mizu is less than 100 kilometers away from the mainland.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, I have ordered the Korean army to be on alert at the highest level." Hideki Tojo said.

"Reinforcements, reinforcements must be added. The three divisions that we were going to reinforce to the Far East were to be transported to Korea at once, and at the same time the Americans were asked for support. ”

Emperor Hirohito gritted his teeth and said.

"But ......," Hideki Tojo wanted to say, the Far Eastern Theater is also very tense at the moment, and these three divisions have been waiting for a long time.

"Tojo-kun, if North Korea is lost, the distance between the Chinese will no longer be 900 kilometers, or 500 kilometers, but 200 kilometers or even 100 kilometers, at that time, even if they do not have a plan to attack the empire itself, they can directly take off from the airfields of North Korea to bomb each of our cities, can you afford this responsibility?"

Hirohito asked sharply.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we will continue to increase the possibility of troops in Korea, once the intelligence is further clear, we will make reinforcements and battle plans at any time, and the empire will never sit idly by and watch the Chinese move."

Hideki Tojo said loudly.

(To be continued)