The camera still returns to Tongling, the special detachment responsible for blocking the eastward advance is being selected nervously, and Zhang Xuguang, chief of staff and head of the 101st Regiment, will be responsible for commanding this unit to conduct blocking operations.

In front of nearly 100,000 Beiyang elites, using such a small force to delay for three days can be said to be a lifeless and lifeless terrorist mission. In order to avoid a rout, Zhang Xuguang still decided to tell everyone the danger and survival probability of the entire mission, so that at least people have a certain psychological preparation.

Zhang Xuguang was mobilized group by regiment, and whenever he told everyone the truth, there would be a deathly silence in the whole scene. But then there was a more enthusiastic registration, which made Zhang Xuguang very surprised and moved, he was very excited to ask a young soldier who signed up, what is your name, are you not afraid of death?

The young soldier was stunned when he heard this, and immediately saluted: "Report to the chief, my name is Li Weidong, and I am afraid of death, because I still have parents and siblings at home, and I have not married a daughter-in-law yet, so I am not only afraid of death, but also do not want to die." ”

Zhang Xuguang was very surprised when he heard this, and he calmly glanced at the soldier who was still very immature when he saw it clearly: "Then you still have to sign up for such a dangerous mission." ”

The soldier replied without hesitation: "My mother and wife said that it was the marshal who gave us a new life, and without the marshal, my family would not have lived in the city, and my brothers would not have jobs and daughters-in-law." I've been a soldier for more than a year, and the commander has never treated us people badly, and now it's time to make a difference, if I don't work hard and don't sell my life, am I still human? If you don't say it, you will die, and if you do it, I will be worthy of our handsome. ”

Zhang Xuguang, who originally thought that it was the brainwashing of the Kuomintang and Socialist party cadres, was stunned when he heard this answer, what is this, this is the people's heart, this is the military heart, the marshal has such a heart, how can our army not win?

Soon this special detachment of nine companies was formed, totaling more than 1,500 people. Before the team set off, Tao Zhiyue accompanied Li Zongren, who had to come, to review the team together. Every soldier was extremely excited to shake hands with His Excellency the General, and Li Zongren was also very moved to meet their request, because he knew that there must be very few of these lovely young people who could come back alive. Maybe Brother Jiansheng is right, Ci is not in charge of the soldiers, he must treat these soldiers as numbers on the statistical table, otherwise how can he be ruthless to drive them to face a cruel death?

Among these 1,500 men stood a man bent on death, this person was Wang Zhenyu's original personal guard Zhao Chong, in order to remind himself from time to time not to forget the shame of meeting the tiger that day, he has changed his name to Zhao Yong, and is currently the platoon commander of the second platoon of a company of the 103rd Infantry Regiment. The most legendary junior officer of this war was this ......

The sortie began quickly from the end of the review, and the special detachment was asked to rush to the Fanchang area as soon as possible, and then divided into nine parts, each fighting separately, with the sole purpose of slowing down the advance of the Beiyang Army as much as possible. As for the method, there is no restriction at all, no matter what method works, as long as it works. So in the afternoon of the same day, the special detachment set off, but in order to ensure the completion of the task, Tao Zhiyue still insisted that each special team member be equipped with eight grenades, each company was also equipped with three mortars, and ten mortar men were temporarily transferred.

The following is the diary of Li Weidong, a company clerk of the 103rd Infantry Regiment who followed Zhao Yong to participate in this attack on his brothers, many years later, Li Weidong became the editor-in-chief of the Youth Army Military Newspaper, and then published this diary in a serialized form in the military newspaper, causing a sensation across the country.

On March 22, it was sunny, the sky was cloudless, and the temperature was cool.

We were ordered to attack on March 22, and after the troops set off, everyone gradually calmed down from the enthusiasm that preceded the departure. Because each of us knows how dangerous the task ahead is. Since we set out from An Giang at the end of December last year, although we have traveled through the three provinces of Hunan, Jiangxi, and Hubei, and participated in seven or eight battles, it is a pity that we have not been able to fight the real Beiyang Army. The deepest impression on us of the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Army was the brothers of the 4th Division stationed in our neighboring units. It is said that their 401st Infantry Regiment fought against two Beiyang armies, and more than 40 percent of their soldiers after they set out from An Jiang were later recruits. So to say that it was fake not to be afraid, I began to be afraid, and I even wanted to go home and see the mother who was sewing and mending my clothes under the lamp in the corridor of the factory dormitory. As an aside, my father is an old guy who picks the door, and he is not allowed to turn on the lights in the dormitory casually, because it is to pay the electricity bill, and this old guy Jihua saves every penny so that our brother can marry a good daughter-in-law in the future.

None of this matters, the important thing is that I may not be able to marry a daughter-in-law in my life. Company Commander Zhao Zhaozhao and Party Representative Wang Shuaiyu, who followed us, separated from the main army two hours after leaving the camp, and each company was given a blocking mission, and I don't know where our blocking mission was.

Company Commander Zhao Zhao is a company commander with a very cheerful personality, twenty-one years old, from Shaodong. I am two years older than me, and like me, my parents were recruited to Anjiang. I heard that his biggest regret was that he was not admitted to the Army University, so he waited for the end of this war to review and take the exam again. As a clerk, I heard from the party representative that Lian Commander Zhao hadn't married a daughter-in-law yet, and he hadn't even talked about a girlfriend, nor did he have a sweetheart. It's not like me, I already have Xiao Cui in my heart......

Deputy Wang Dang is half a year older than me, only 20 this year, although he is younger than Zhao Lianchang, but he is knowledgeable, and he tells us a lot of stories about the handsome. It was because of him that I learned that the good life of our family came because of the big handsome, and as long as we fought well, the big shuai could bring us more good days in the future (Wang Zhenyu later occasionally looked at this post-giant Khan, grandma's, this goes back to the question of later generations, whether the country feeds the workers or the workers feed the country, who brings a happy life to whom, don't mess down). Therefore, each of us is determined to use our own lives and blood to fight for the victory of the commander (Wang Zhenyu screamed sadly: Silly boy, you have been brainwashed, you all believe what the officials say), and use the blood of the enemy to cast the glory that belongs to our youth army.

It was getting dark, and Company Commander Zhao heard the news of a few sharp knives, and decided to rest on the spot and make a fire to cook.

Today's guard task is the second platoon, their platoon commander Zhao Yong is a very stout man, and at the same time a guy with a strange personality. He trains weekdays, leads the troops very seriously, and doesn't have a smile on anyone, as if we all owe him money. We all hated him and wanted to drive him away, but we didn't know where he came from, and the party representatives also checked with his classmates who stayed at the Xiangxi Army Military Academy to verify that this guy did not graduate from the military academy. This is a strange thing, because we all know that all officers have to go through a military school and be recognized before they can enter the army. But this is not the strangest thing, the strangest thing is that the last time I went to the regiment headquarters officer unit to do business, I specifically asked the head of the staff unit Sun to check the file of our platoon commander Zhao. As a result, there is no file of him at the regimental level, which is a bit terrifying. What's even more terrifying is that Unit Chief Sun told me very clearly at that time that Zhao Yong's personnel appointment did not go to the regiment and division level at all, but was directly descended from the army-level staff headquarters. After I came back and told the company commander and the party representative about this matter, they didn't say anything more, and although this platoon commander Zhao was unsociable, he didn't cause trouble, so over time everyone got used to his existence.

And this Zhao Yong and Zhao platoon commander are indeed a talent, and he is hardworking than ordinary people in terms of military quality, and he is very principled. Therefore, the soldiers he led were more powerful than other units in daily competitions. At this point, Company Commander Zhao saved a lot of heart, and the battalion commander also praised him a lot. The most admirable thing is his bravery, not to mention it usually, this time he signed up for the special detachment, he was the first, and the result was naturally that our company was selected......

After dinner, the vigilance in charge of vigilance, and the rest entered the field tent to rest, and I slipped into the tent of a platoon leader Cui Fei without anyone noticing, this guy is three years older than me, and his personality is different from that of Zhao Platoon Leader, and he is very cheerful. Don't look at him as a platoon commander, he is a veteran of the Xiangxi Garrison who will enlist in Jingzhou, and many of his comrades-in-arms are now officers at the battalion and company level. The head of the armament unit of our regiment is his fellow countryman and comrade-in-arms, so when distributing supplies, he made three times the standard canned food at once, and I will go in now to share his trophies.

To be honest, I don't really like canned bayberry, it's sweet but it's also very sour, on the contrary I prefer canned lychee, it feels sweet and it tastes meaty.

There is no moon tonight, but the sky full of stars makes us forget for a while that we are on the front line, and I wonder if my Xiaocui can also see such a starry sky in An Jiang, especially the brightest North Star.

When I was about to get up and go back to the tent to sleep, I suddenly found that Platoon Commander Zhao, who rarely intersected with us, was actually looking up at the starry sky outside the tent at the moment. Originally, I didn't think there was anything surprising, after all, the starry sky tonight is indeed beautiful, like a dream. But I was suddenly stunned, because I was surprised to find that this usually taciturn platoon commander Zhao actually had tears in his eyes......