After the annihilation of the 44th Wing, the rapid retreat of the Japanese troops in the north and south made Yang Zhen lose the fighter plane to continue the battle. Now that the Japanese army has retreated, Yang Zhen, who is actually exhausted from fighting and is no longer able to fight, is naturally impossible to pursue.

After all the Japanese troops withdrew, Yang Zhen, who knew that after many days of continuous fighting, the troops were extremely tired, ordered the whole army to enter a three-day state of rest. However, although the troops entered a state of rest, Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun were busier than when they were fighting.

The casualty statistics of the troops, the wear and tear of equipment, and the replenishment of soldiers all made the two almost busy. And the large number of wounded during the war also made Zhang Ting, who had been the director of health, busy with the same kick in the back of the head. After the whole army entered a relaxed state of rest, the three people were the busiest people.

After three days of busyness, on the fourth day after all the front-line battles in Qunce Mountain ended, Yang Zhen held a summary meeting of cadres above the company level. Originally, this meeting should have been held the day after the fighting subsided, but considering the fatigue of the troops, Yang Zhen postponed it until the end of the rest after discussing with Guo Bingxun, giving everyone a chance to fully relax.

After all, since the transfer to Qunce Mountain, the continuous intense training and combat have always tightened the string in everyone's head. It's easy to make mistakes when you're nervous for too long. Only by having tension and relaxation can everyone maintain a strong fighting spirit. Yang Zhen is still clear about this.

Looking at the almost roomful of cadres at the level of company commanders and instructors of each regiment, and remembering the appearance of the whole army when there were only two or three hundred people together after breaking out of the demon cave in the bungalow, Yang Zhen's face showed a rare smile slightly.

It's just that what Yang Zhen didn't expect was that there was a rare smile on his face, but it made the cadres who were used to seeing him most of the time look a little uncomfortable.

For the strange expressions on the faces of these cadres, Yang Zhen, who knew what they were thinking, shook his head and didn't care.

Looking at the time displayed on the watch, it was already time for the meeting, Yang Zhen cleared his throat and said: "In the previous stage, after seven days of bloody hard fighting, our army broke the heavy army clearance of the Japanese army on the front line of Qunce Mountain, and achieved a fairly good result in the battle. ”

"Although some shortcomings and deficiencies of our army were revealed during the battle, this did not affect our affirmation of this battle. If you win, you win, there is nothing to be obscure about this. We should not negate our achievements just because some problems have arisen in the course of operations. Now tell us, Chief of Staff, what have we gained in this battle? ”

Yang Zhen's style of leading the troops, in the words of the commander-in-chief, is a typical carrot and stick, slapping people, and casually stuffing people with a date. Those who should be criticized have always been pointed out directly to their faces, without mercy. But those who should be praised are never stingy with praise.

It's just that his sweet words first made the faces of the cadres below look even more confused. Commanders have always criticized people first bitter and then sweet, especially when it comes to summarizing operations. Why did you announce the results first, instead of training people first?

Yang Zhen's abnormal hand today made the cadres below somewhat confused. After looking at each other, they all secretly guessed how much thunder and rain were waiting behind them. The commander is too abnormal today.

I was secretly wondering if I would be the guy who was going to be unlucky today. Especially Liu Changshun, who was criticized several times during the battle, and Du Kaishan, who suffered the largest casualty among the three regiments, looked at Yang Zhen with some anxiety in his heart.

Seeing the puzzled expressions on the faces of the cadres below, Yang Zhen shook his head, but he smiled slightly and did not squeak. Just gestured to Guo Bingxun to announce the results of the battle, as well as the casualty figures and the follow-up troop replenishment method. Of course, there is also a reward for the outstanding troops of the table xiàn.

Receiving the glance handed over by Yang Zhen and looking at the expressions on the faces of the cadres below, Guo Bingxun smiled bitterly. As for the reason for the appearance of such an expression on the cadre's face, Guo Bingxun naturally knows it. The commander-in-chief has repeatedly criticized Yang Zhen for being too strict and ruthless. Even a lot of the time, it can be said to be simple and crude. More than once, Yang Zhen was asked to improve his working methods.

In fact, among all the cadres and soldiers in the entire Qunce Mountain base at this time, it can be said that they know Yang Zhen the best, and Guo Bingxun knows that Yang Zhen is not the kind of person who has a rough work style. His thinking is very delicate, and he is also a very emotional person. Although it is not the same kind of old fritters, it still has a deep view of various issues. It's just that I've been leading the troops for a long time, and my personality seems to be a little too tough, and I prefer to go straight.

After all, he is the supreme military commander, and he has a heavy burden on his shoulders. Many times, there is no time to think deeply about the things that are thought to be simple in his mind.

Moreover, in his opinion, as a person who leads troops, your character is not tough, and you can't bring out a tough army. No one would think that a sheep would bring out a pack of lions. But it's also strange to say, the army also eats his character. There are even a few cadres who don't get scolded by him for a day, just like they are uncomfortable.

However, as far as Guo Bingxun knows, this is purely a summary of the battle, and Yang Zhen has no idea of criticizing anyone. The reason why this situation still occurs is that everyone is a little uncomfortable with the changes in Yang Zhen's work style.

After glancing at the commander-in-chief, who was also smiling bitterly after seeing the changeable expressions of the cadres below, Guo Bingxun spoke: "With the joint efforts of all officers and men in this operation, although we have paid a certain price, we have also achieved brilliant results. Just as the commander said, I cannot deny our achievements because of the slightest mistake in the battle. ”

"After seven days of hard fighting, our army annihilated a reinforced wing of the Japanese army and severely damaged one of the first and fourth divisions of the Japanese army. Defeated a Japanese brigade, two mixed brigades of the Seventh Military District of the puppet Manchurian Army, a cavalry regiment and a teaching team. ”

"In this operation, in the three stages of the battle of the Qunce Mountain Blockade, the surprise attack on Jiamusi, and the total annihilation of the 44th Wing, our army killed nearly 4,000 Japanese soldiers and more than 1,000 puppet Manchurian troops."

"A total of 160 officers and men below the rank of lieutenant of the 11th and 4th Divisions of the Japanese Army were captured, and more than 4,700 officers and men below the rank of colonel of the Seventh Military Region of the puppet Manchurian Army were captured. A total of more than 3,000 Type 38 rifles, 220 light and heavy machine guns, and 68 grenadiers were seized. In addition, there are large quantities of ammunition, food and other military supplies. ”

"Not counting the weapons and ammunition seized during the siege and annihilation of the 44th Wing. The commander alone rushed to Jiamusi, and the ammunition captured was enough to make up for the light weapons and ammunition consumed by our army in this operation. Even 75 mm mountain shells can be partially replenished. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Bingxun looked at the cadres below who had a more or less smug look on their faces after hearing the results, and smiled: "Here I will explain that when the commander-in-chief ambushed the 57th Wing of the Japanese First Division in Qunce Mountain, he could not calculate the results for some reason, and did not count the number of Japanese soldiers killed in the Qingshan ambush. ”

However, judging from the fact that the 57th Wing did not continue to advance eastward, but quickly withdrew to its original place of departure after being attacked, the 57th Wing definitely suffered a heavy blow. Not every unit in the Japanese army was like the Fourth Division. If the 57th Wing had not broken its muscles and bones, it would definitely not have retreated without a fight. ”

"Although our army has achieved brilliant results, our army has also paid a considerable price in the course of operations due to the disparity in individual soldiers and the overall combat capability of the troops."

"Our army sacrificed more than 1,100 cadres and soldiers in the battle, including two cadres at the battalion level and 13 cadres at the company level. More than 1,700 cadres and soldiers were wounded, including one cadre at the regimental level and three cadres at the battalion level. ”

"Fortunately, because our army has strong fortifications to cover the blockade war. In the battle of the surprise attack on Jiamusi and the encirclement and annihilation of the 44th Wing, they occupied an absolute advantage in firepower, so that most of the wounded were lightly wounded. In addition, our army has initially established a relatively complete medical system and relatively sufficient drug reserves. After a period of treatment, the wounded will return to their respective units. ”

"In order to effectively make up for the gap between our army and the Japanese army as a whole, and reduce the casualties of our army. In this operation, our army gave full play to our army's superiority in firepower as much as possible, and tried to kill and injure Japanese troops with firepower. ”

"Due to the adoption of the firepower priority combat mode, our army's ammunition consumption in this operation is extremely large. The operation consumed more than 6 million rounds of Type 38 and 65 bullets and more than 800,000 rounds of bullets for Type 77 and Type 92 heavy machine guns. More than 200,000 rounds of ammunition for 8mm and 7.63mm submachine guns. ”

"There were 12,000 mortar shells and more than 3,700 mountain shells of various kinds. One hundred and fifty mm heavy artillery shells for a thousand rounds. More than 30,000 grenades. There were also more than 200 kilograms of yellow explosives. ”

"In addition to the consumption of ammunition, our army also lost more than 400 rifles, more than 60 submachine guns, and more than 30 shell guns of various kinds in the battle. Thirty-six light machine guns, twelve heavy machine guns, one infantry gun, and two mortars were damaged. "In addition, because of the mistake of the artillery operation, because of the explosion of the artillery, the loss of one seventy-five-millimeter mountain gun. Let me explain here that these weapons are permanently lost, and there is basically no possibility of repair. ”

Listening to the casualty figures read in Guo Bingxun's mouth, among the people who came to the meeting, Liu Changshun was the most awkward. There is no other reason, the only regiment-level cadre who was injured in Guo Bingxun's mouth is unfortunately himself. Speaking of Liu Changshun's bad luck, the battle was already over, but when he was cleaning the battlefield, he was shot by a wounded Japanese soldier hiding in the grass.

Although it was just a wipe on his arm, it was fine, but Liu Changshun felt very embarrassed. The head of his own dignified regiment was injured by a wounded soldier who hid in the shadows and secretly released a secret gun, which made him very awkward.

If Liu Changshun, who was the only wounded among the cadres of the 12th Regiment of the three infantry regiments, just felt awkward, then for Du Kaishan, who was a little injured in the battle, when he heard Guo Bingxun read out the casualty figures, his heart trembled with distress.

Among the three regiments, his three regiments had the most hard bones and the greatest results in this battle, but they also suffered the heaviest casualties. Among the casualties, two battalion-level cadres were killed, and half of the company and platoon cadres were from his third regiment. Of all the casualties, a third came from his third regiment. Two of the three infantry battalions of the 3rd Regiment were crippled after the battle.

Hearing the casualty figures in Guo Bingxun's mouth made Du Kaishan's heart tingle for a while. He didn't even listen to the words about the consumption of weapons and ammunition. For him, although the loss of weapons and ammunition is also important, it is far from being as sad as the casualties of his own men.

Perhaps seeing the sadness on Du Kaishan's face, after Guo Bingxun introduced the captures and losses in the battle, Yang Zhen took over the topic and said: "Although all regiments fought well in the battle, they all showed the heroic and tenacious fighting spirit of our army. However, at today's operational summary meeting, I would like to focus on commending the three regiments. ”

"In the case of a main battalion detouring to Jiamusi with the second regiment and returning at the last time, the third regiment, which participated in the defensive battle of Qunce Mountain with only two battalions, was the most prominent of the three regiments. Not only in the defensive battle, he successfully completed the task of holding and tactical counterattack assigned by the chief of staff, but also acted as the vanguard of our army in the battle of counterattack on all fronts. ”

"Not only did it take the lead in tearing apart the defense line of the 44th Wing with a fierce offensive, attracting the main attention of the Japanese army to the front, but it also played a key role in our army's breakthrough of the Japanese defense line in other directions. He also took the initiative to attack and sent troops deep into the Japanese position, destroying the headquarters of the 44th Wing, so that our army could take advantage of the interruption of the Japanese command to completely divide the Japanese army in the follow-up operations. ”

"In order to commend the three regiments for their outstanding performance in this operation, I consulted with the commander-in-chief, political commissar and chief of staff, and decided to award the regiment commander Du Kaishan a second-class liberation medal. Sima Feng, commander of the second company of the first battalion of the regiment, was awarded a third-class independent freedom medal. ”

"Tao Jingfei, political commissar of the regiment, was awarded a second-class independent freedom medal, and all company and platoon commanders of the first and second battalions of the regiment were awarded a third-class independent freedom medal. A Red Flag Medal was awarded to all the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the regiment. A second-class meritorious service medal was awarded to all cadres and soldiers of the mortar company and infantry artillery company of the regiment. The 1st Battalion and 2nd Company of the regiment were awarded the title of Qunce Mountain Sharp Knife Hero Company. All the commanders and fighters of the company were awarded the People's Meritorious Service Medal of the First Class. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen paused, looked at the cadres below who were a little puzzled by his sudden appearance of this medal, and smiled: "In the past few days, I have discussed with the commander-in-chief, political commissar, and chief of staff, and in order to commend the individuals and collectives who have shown bravery in the future in battles, and encourage everyone to learn from the heroes, it has been decided to set up a medal and medal system. And this system is combined with our original meritorious service system. ”

"The first is the Order of Liberation, which is divided into three levels. Military and political cadres at all levels who commanded the most important battles against Japan, successfully completed various tasks assigned by their superiors, and made outstanding contributions were awarded to military and political cadres at all levels. As well as the excellent warriors of the table xiàn. ”

"In battles on the scale of a campaign, cadres at all levels who can flexibly command battles and have outstanding performances, as well as soldiers who have won two independent medals of freedom of the third class, are recommended by the regiment level and verified and approved by the headquarters will be awarded the Liberation Medal of the third class."

"In the battle-scale battle, battalion and regiment-level cadres who can flexibly command the battle, show selfless fighting spirit, and take the initiative to attack, and successfully complete various combat tasks assigned by their superiors, as well as company and platoon-level cadres and soldiers who have won two third-class liberation medals, will be awarded the second-class liberation medal after approval by the headquarters."

"As for the Order of Liberation of the First Degree, it is specially set up as the highest medal of our army. It is specially awarded to commanders who have made outstanding contributions to the development and construction of our army, or who have played a decisive role in the victory of the campaign, as well as to all cadres and soldiers who have been awarded the Order of Liberation of the Second Class for more than two consecutive times. ”

"The second type is the Medal of Independence and Freedom, which is also divided into three levels, and is awarded to a cadre and soldier who has made outstanding contributions to the independence and liberation of the motherland."

"In more than two consecutive battles, he has shown a heroic, tenacious, and fearless fighting style, and can play an exemplary role. or cadres and soldiers who have twice won the People's Meritorious Service Medal of the First Class may be awarded the Order of Independence and Freedom of the Third Class with the approval of the regimental level. ”

"In battles on the scale of a campaign, the table is excellent, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy, and its performance can be used as a model to promote it. or cadres and soldiers who have been awarded the Special People's Meritorious Service Medal twice, and are awarded the Order of Independence and Freedom of the Second Class with the approval of the General Headquarters. ”

"As for the Order of Independence and Freedom of the First Degree, like the Order of Liberation of the First Class, it is specially awarded as an important award to all those who have shed blood for the independence and freedom of the motherland, and who are worthy of being remembered in history for the meritorious service of the war against Japan."

"In order to ensure the strictness of the awarding of medals, the General Headquarters stipulates that all those who award medals shall have the right to approve and approve all medals, except for the Order of Independence and Freedom, which is approved by the highest military and political chiefs of their respective units, and the rest shall be awarded by the General Headquarters after being reported by their respective units."

"The Order of Liberation of the First Class and the Order of Independence and Freedom of the First Degree, except for some personnel who perform intensive tasks, must be voted on by the Military Congress before they can be awarded."

"If someone falsifies the report, once it is verified, in addition to depriving him of the medal he has received, he will be subject to severe disciplinary punishment. In addition to the severe punishment himself, the top political work chief of the unit to which he belongs, as well as the political work cadres in charge of examination, will also be severely punished, including internal party demerits, warnings, administrative demotion, and even removal from their posts. ”

"In addition to the Order of Liberation and the Order of Independence and Freedom, the Headquarters decided to implement a medal system. These include the Medal for Meritorious Service of the People, the Medal for Meritorious Service of the First Class, the Medal for Meritorious Service of the Second Class, and the Medal for Meritorious Service of the Second Class, as well as the Medal of the Red Flag. These medals were awarded to the outstanding cadres and fighters in previous battles and in the daily training of the troops. ”

"The General Headquarters has decided to change the original meritorious service system, and change the original special meritorious service, first-class meritorious service, and second-class meritorious service to the special meritorious service medal and the first- and second-class people's meritorious service medals respectively. The original third-class merit was changed to the Red Banner Medal. In addition to the Special Meritorious Service Medal and the First Class People's Meritorious Service Medal must be approved by the headquarters. The second-class People's Meritorious Service Medal and the Red Flag Medal shall be jointly signed and awarded by the highest military leaders and political and work chiefs of each unit. ”

"In addition to awarding the medals and medals of the relevant personnel of the three regiments, the headquarters also decided to award a third-class independent freedom medal to Ma Qichang, deputy commander of the artillery regiment who made outstanding contributions in this operation, and to award Hu Zhaoshan, deputy commander of the first battalion of the artillery regiment, a special people's meritorious service medal. The Order of the Red Banner was awarded to the cadres and soldiers of the 1st battalion and 1st company of the artillery regiment. Awarded the Reconnaissance Battalion Commander Lee Myung-rui ......"

In the past, Yang Zhen, who had always asked his subordinates to do things competently and quickly, and was not allowed to drag mud and water, is now unusually tireless and tireless to bring together the troops that the headquarters decided to award medals and medals. The three regiment commanders below and the battalion commanders listened to the list of awards in Yang Zhen's mouth, and their faces changed differently, which could be called colorful.

Among the three regiment commanders, the happiest was naturally Du Kaishan, although his troops suffered heavy losses in the battle, but he was awarded the second-class liberation medal, not to mention, among his subordinates, the first was awarded the third-class liberation medal. In addition, the only company that was awarded the title of Hero Company in this operation also appeared in its own regiment. Such a big honor, how can he not be proud.

And the saddest thing is probably Liu Changshun, in addition to the two medals of special meritorious service, which are barely taken, in terms of medals, only Wang Xiaoming, the political commissar of the regiment, won a third-class independent freedom medal. Compared with Du Kaishan, who won a second-class Liberation Medal, and Wang Guangyu, who won a second-class Independent Freedom Medal, he was even more embarrassed to be shaved down, and he didn't even get a red flag medal.

Watching the regiment commanders, political commissars, and even battalion and company cadres of other regiments who have won medals come to the stage to receive medals or special meritorious service medals from the hands of the commander-in-chief, commander, and political commissar, and wear them on their chests. Especially after hearing that several military doctors in the hospital directly under him were awarded the second-class People's Meritorious Service Medal because of their outstanding appearance when rescuing the wounded, Liu Changshun had the heart to cry.

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