Zhao Erniu immediately puffed up his chest and said solemnly: "Yes!" He immediately turned around and ran into the barracks with a few company and platoon commanders.

It didn't take long for him to take the remaining more than 500 dragon tooth officers and soldiers out of the barracks one after another, although under the urging of Zhao Erniu and other officers, the speed of the soldiers' assembly was not slow.

However, Qiao Youhua could see the frustration and coping in their somewhat depressed expressions.

This is not the mental outlook that a combat unit should have, and it is depressed, depressed, and has no will to fight, and such a unit is scattered and absolutely vulnerable.

After they finished lining up outside the barracks, Zhao Erniu stepped forward and saluted Qiao Youhua and said, "Report to the commander, the Ranzhuang garrison camp of the first step of the Longya Brigade has been assembled, please instruct!" ”

Qiao Youhua said in a deep voice: "Take a break." ”

Immediately, the eyes like knives swept over the officers and soldiers present, including Zhao Erniu, and some soldiers did not dare to look at Qiao Youhua, or they were ashamed or lowered their heads in frustration.

"Look up and look at me." Qiao Youhua suddenly spoke, his voice loud and deafening.

All the officers and soldiers raised their heads one after another, looking at Qiao Youhua blankly.

Qiao Youhua said in a deep voice: "Look at what you all look like, where is the spirit that a soldier should have?" ”

"If you lose the battle of Ranzhuang, will you lose all your souls? As the saying goes, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and there is no real undefeated army in this world!

However, those who lose their souls when they lose the battle are not worthy of being called soldiers, because any man with backbone should be ashamed and courageous, dare to launch a counterattack against the enemies and opponents who have defeated them in the past, win the victory, and win back their own dignity and honor! ”

After a pause, Qiao Youhua continued: "Among you, many of you have just joined the Dragon Tooth Column from the Imperial Cooperative Army, and you shouldn't know that our Dragon Tooth Column has a tradition.

That is, revenge will be avenged! And it's right away! We must find the Oriental miscellaneous people who attacked Ranzhuang as quickly as possible, and completely defeat and destroy them!

However, before that, I hope that you can be like a gentleman, cheer up, rekindle your fighting spirit, and then use your weapons, regain your lost dignity, and avenge the sacrificed comrades!

If those two eggs in your crotch are still there, then cheer me up like a man and go to fight! If you plan to be depressed and depressed, to be a bad seed, to be a coward, then I will not force it, take off your military uniforms and hats, put down your weapons and equipment, pay your travel expenses immediately, and go home. ”

Liu Yidao was deeply affected by Qiao Youhua's words, and continued: "Brothers, look at the cockade on your heads and our military flag, think about your sacrifice of your comrades who died tragically, if you don't avenge them and regain our own dignity and honor, can you sleep and eat?" ”

Zhao Erniu's suppressed feelings suddenly burst out, and he shouted with red eyes and a loud voice: "Commander, I will never be a mischief, I will take full responsibility for the battle of Ranzhuang, please give me a chance to take revenge, even if I am a soldier, as long as I can kill devils!" ”|

Qiao Youhua said: "I said it, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and Ranzhuang will not hold anyone accountable in the first battle, but I hope you can learn from it and don't let such incidents happen again!"

This time, I came to Dingzhou in person, just to solve the devil special operations force that attacked Ranzhuang, and I decided that if I find an opponent, you Ranzhuang garrison battalion will still serve as the main combat force, and do my best to eliminate them! Avenge Ranzhuang's revenge! ”

Zhao Erniu couldn't believe his ears, and looked back at his subordinates behind him, especially several company platoon commanders, who were as surprised as him.

They never imagined that after losing the battle, Qiao Youhua would trust them so much and entrust them with a heavy responsibility!

After a short period of distraction, Zhao Erniu was the first to react, and immediately took the lead in raising his arms and shouting: "If you don't break the Japanese invaders, you swear not to survive!" Avenge the fallen brethren! “

Several platoon commanders finally came back to their senses, their eyes were red, and they followed Zhao Erniu to raise their arms and shout.

Immediately followed by more than 500 ordinary soldiers who had already been inspired by Qiao Youhua and Liu Yidao's words, under Qiao Youhua's encouragement, they rekindled the blood and unyielding fighting spirit in their chests, and turned the humiliation and shadow left by the battle of Ranzhuang in their chests into that hoarse roar and vented out.

Listening to the soldiers roaring in unison, watching the scene of them raising their arms and shouting, Qiao Youhua and Liu Yidao beside him glanced at each other, revealing a knowing smile.

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Baoding City, Major General Nakakurume, chief of staff of the 1st Division, was hosting a banquet to entertain several special combat team officers such as Kawabe Ye and Hatoyama Akira who had returned from the victory of Ranzhuang in the First World War.

During the banquet, Nakakurume smiled and picked up the wine glass, and said to the riverside wild and others: "Riverside-kun, Hatoyama-kun, everyone, this glass of wine is your first victory, it has severely damaged the morale of the Chinese army, and it has shocked the morale of our army. ”

After saying that, Nakakurume tilted his neck sharply, drank the sake in the cup, and then poured a glass to the wild people by the river.

The riverside wild and Hatoyama Ming looked solemn, took the lead in holding the wine glass with both hands, and drank it all very happily.

"Yo Xi, hahaha, this is really happy!" Nakakurume threw his head back and laughed as he motioned for the attendant next to him to pour them a drink.

The battle of Riverside Wild was indeed very good, and Nakakurume was not very optimistic about him before, but this time he had to take it, and he was somewhat grateful to Riverside Wild and his special combat team from the bottom of my heart.

Because of the successive defeats in Ranzhuang and Dingzhou, the morale of the Japanese puppet army who retreated to Baoding was very low, fortunately, the Dragon Tooth Column did not take advantage of this to continue the attack, otherwise Baoding might also be lost.

Now, Hebian Ye and his special combat team successfully attacked a part of the Dragon's Tooth Column in Ranzhuang and achieved a long-lost victory, which was of great help in stabilizing the situation in the Baoding area.

Therefore, Nakakurume raised his glass again, took the initiative to toast, and after three rounds of wine, Nakakurume said: "Kawabe-kun, you have become famous with the special combat team this time, and have made great achievements, I think the future will be limitless, I am really happy for you!" ”

Although the wild riverside was proud, he didn't get drunk, and modestly put down the wine glass and said, "Chief Zhongjiu, you have won the award, and the humble duty is just doing what I should do." ”

Nakakurume knew that he was pretending to be modest, and immediately said: "Let's not discuss this for the time being, you have made war exploits for the empire, and rewards will definitely be indispensable."

Kawabe-kun, tell me what your next plan is? Nakakurume was very curious, and after the victory of the wild by the river, he did not return to Beiping, but took the initiative to stay.