Groups of soldiers were constantly running in the direction of Nanjing, they were fully armed, carrying all kinds of marching supplies, stepping heavily on the ground step by step, and a heavy wheezing sound came from time to time, and this group of people also became frequent visitors on this line.

While everyone was trying their best to retreat, they looked particularly harsh, neatly dressed, well-equipped, out of place with everything in the outside world, and very different from most soldiers. In recent days, quite a few fighters of the Reading Brigade have been subjected to various forms of corporal punishment.

Although Su Dao did not advocate corporal punishment of soldiers, at this critical juncture on the eve of the war, he turned a blind eye to this phenomenon of the troops, which could be regarded as acquiescence.

Fang Zhonghe sat on the ground, panting and bowing his head, he was too tired. Because of his outstanding performance, he has been specially taken care of by his superiors every day for the past three days, and he has always been a dead hand and a heavy hand when training. After training, give him a 10-kilometer weight-bearing cross-country.

Fang Zhonghe didn't even know how he persevered, and there were many comrades-in-arms in the middle who couldn't stand this kind of high-intensity training, as well as the brilliance of those perverted commanders, and took advantage of the ten-kilometer cross-country time, and even the equipment and people disappeared directly. However, they will soon be caught, confiscated of their equipment, beaten badly, and then released.

At the same time, the commander also warned the remaining people who were still insisting that they could leave if they wanted, after all, they were not really soldiers of the Reading Brigade now, but before leaving, they should leave the equipment issued to them by the troops, and explain it to their commander before leaving. After catching a few deserters, after a stern warning, there were still people who wanted to escape with their equipment, but the fate was cruel, after those escaped soldiers were caught again, the commanders did not give them another chance, and shot them on the spot.

Shooting deserters is normal in war, but everyone will not have any other thoughts except for feeling a trace of regret and being impersonal with the troops, not to mention that people have already made it clear that it is okay to go, leave the equipment and leave. Moreover, some people did this, and instead of holding on to them, the troops gave them some dry food, which was enough for them to support them until Nanjing.

"Stand up first, sit down later, how about it, can you withstand this kind of intense training?" A veteran asked, standing in the middle of the room and in front of him with a homemade cigarette in his mouth.

"Report to the squad leader, and you can still hold on." Fang Zhonghe stood up at the sound of the squad leader and answered the squad leader.

"Well, your group of soldiers is lucky, like when I first came to our Reading Brigade, I didn't want anything, from the new recruits to the Reading Brigade, I trained empty-handed for more than 20 days, and then our brigade got a gun, and the troops were pulled to the front line in less than three days in their hands. At that time, it was bitter, the recruits had just gone to the front line, and in order to reduce the casualties of the troops, the brigade used white phosphorus bombs vigorously, and you didn't understand that kind of scene even if I said it. The old squad leader took a hard puff of homemade cigarettes, and a spicy smell came immediately.

He will never forget those words, although the scale of that war was not large, but it was definitely the most tragic battle, countless soldiers were slaughtered madly, and the flames were stained with death. It is true that the army has suffered a very serious blow, but for the soldiers of the Reading Brigade, it is a nightmare that can never be erased.

The old squad leader would see those soldiers in his dreams and then stretch out his hand to him, asking him why he was using white phosphorus bombs? Why kill them so brutally?

"Squad leader, the white phosphorus bomb doesn't seem to be that scary, right? Didn't we also talk about the military a few days ago? Fang Zhong asked puzzledly, he had seen the white phosphorus bomb, although it was very powerful, and it could directly kill the devil in the chariot, but it didn't seem to be so terrifying.

"The white phosphorus bomb you see is far from the feeling at that time, you can imagine that when the white phosphorus bomb is hundreds of meters in the air, it bursts out of white fire, and then covers a whole area, and then as long as the army inside is stained, it is equivalent to pronouncing his death sentence, and the flames will burn directly down the skin and flesh, and then pass through the bones, drilling holes in the bones one by one." The old squad leader took another deep puff of cigarette and spoke.

This time it was Fang Zhonghe's turn to be silent, he didn't expect the power of the white phosphorus bomb to be so great. Although he had always been curious about why the white phosphorus bomb would kill the Yue army inside without destroying the chariot of the Yue army. But now that I heard the squad leader say this, it seems to be understood that under the high temperature, the Yue Jun in the station car is like a steamed bun sitting in a steamer.

Fang Zhonghe really can't imagine what it will be like when a small fire burns through a person's body? He didn't know what it would be like for the person to be burned, but his subconscious told him that he had to live and not be touched by that thing.

'Toot! Honk! Honk! A whistle suddenly spread throughout the garrison of the Reading Brigade, and one officer walked quickly to the open space outside the house, waiting for his troops to assemble.

"Let's go, there's a mission." The old squad leader patted Fang Zhonghe's shoulder, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and stepped on it.

The entire Reading Brigade is rapidly assembling, and after leaving some of the people, the rest are soldiers who are willing to accept the current discipline of the Reading Brigade, and the training is relatively smooth, and the officers at all levels are also more attentive when teaching, after all, they are their own soldiers, and they don't want their soldiers to lose their lives because of lack of training.

"Soldiers, according to the report of the reconnaissance unit in front of us, a large force of the Japanese army is gathering towards us, and it seems that there are at least three divisions, and as for the tank troops, I don't need to say that everyone knows about it, because they are already in front of us. This time it is not only these, the enemy's heavy artillery brigade is already on its way here, at least hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers, that is, what we need to face next will be a test of life and death. Behind us are our robes, our parents and sisters, do you think we can let the army go? A captain company commander stood at the front of the line and shouted loudly.

"Can't!" The soldiers below responded with high morale, as if to tell the world that we are soldiers and that we will fight the invaders to the end.

"Okay, since you can't, then soldiers, pick up your steel guns, bring your bullets, and go to fight the invaders, the country will not forget us, the people will not forget us, and the brigade will live and die with us." The captain, the company commander, shouted with confidence at the end.

As an officer, he had to have the confidence to defeat his opponents, and only his strength could give the soldiers hope, and his company immediately went straight to the front line, that is, the fortifications two kilometers away.