Chapter 39: First-class soldier, second-rate officer
"Be kind to your comrades-in-arms, loyal to the country, you are a good company commander, bloodshed and sacrifice on the battlefield are inevitable, and the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army at night has been greatly weakened a lot, if it is attacked during the day, the firepower of the Japanese army will be more ferocious, and when the time comes, the casualties will be greater."
There is no specific standard for measuring right and wrong, and every good thing and bad thing cannot be measured by a single value.
A person has a person's perception.
Shakespeare's famous quote, in the eyes of a thousand readers, there will be a thousand Hamlets, not only in reading books, but also in everything in life, the view of things, the distinction between good and evil, the attitude towards problems, and so on.
Company Commander Xu raised his head and asked, "What's your name?" ”
"Xia Yuan."
"Xia Yuan, good name." Lian Commander Xu chewed on the word 'far' and appreciated it, "There is a shortage of people in the eighth company, are you coming?" Cao Jiayao, that bastard, will not let you go, if you leave now, he will definitely do something to you. ”
"Company Commander Xu, what are your plans next?" Xia Yuan didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically.
He felt that Company Commander Xu was a talent, if his mind was on the battlefield, he could be pulled into their squad, and at present, their squad was basically determined, they would not leave the Songhu battlefield, and they would come back again in Luodian, and by that time, I don't know how many people would survive.
Company Commander Xu looked at the brothers in his hands and said: "We have died such a brother, and now we are leaving so gloomy, I am not reconciled, after the brothers in my hands are settled, I will come back with the living brothers, those dead brothers, can't just die like this." ”
Company Commander Xu's words made Xia Yuan's eyes light up, he needed a commander of the Central Army to join their squad, if they could pull Company Commander Xu into the meeting, then their squad would have a company-level scale, and when the time came to recruit the defeated soldiers from the battlefield, Company Commander Xu would be able to play a role.
However, it is a bit unrealistic to want to pull such a commander who came to the Central Army into their squad.
The treatment of the Central Army is very good, and the speed of earning the ocean is definitely one top one, and his squad does not have any establishment, if you insist on an establishment, it is estimated that only Platoon Commander Zhao can lead it.
Everything is not necessarily absolute, there will always be opportunities.
If you don't try, you never get a chance.
Company Commander Xu was also playing his little Jiujiu, what he just said seemed to be a heart-wrenching remark, but it was actually to pull these five soldiers into their company, not that he took a fancy to the weapons and equipment of these five soldiers, cough cough, in fact, he was also a little excited, two crooked handles, plus a number of machine gun bullets, it was already a good set of firepower.
And whether these five people have the ability or not, he is looking forward to the performance of these five people. However, Company Commander Xu didn't speak directly, his previous words were just foreshadowing, and then he wanted to take them for the time being, and by the way, he would express his sincerity, and secondly, to see how effective these five people were, and whether it was worth him to pull down his identity to win over.
Xia Yuan and Lian Commander Xu each had ghosts, and neither directly expressed their thoughts.
In fact, if Company Commander Xu spoke, Xia Yuan would also agree that his value would not be buried anywhere, and when he arrived on the battlefield, he would still be able to grasp the initiative, so whether he was leading his own team or joining Company Commander Xu's team.
The other party didn't speak, and Xia Yuan didn't mention it, there will always be a chance.
The situation of the Eighth Company was worse than Xia Yuan imagined, the grassroots cadres in the company were basically sacrificed, only one platoon commander and two squad leaders were left, and they were all injured.
Company Commander Xu's situation can be seen at a glance, he has fought on the battlefield, which is completely different from the Cao Company Commander he has seen, even if Company Commander Cao has a feeling of being dusty, but without the breath of the battlefield, his company is relatively intact, and there is a high probability that he has paddled on the battlefield.
The battle of Songhu was fought very tragically, bravely and tenaciously, and there were many soldiers of the national army who were not afraid of sacrifice, but there were always some people who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and did not want to contribute on the battlefield, but thought about how to survive.
"Even volunteers with strong beliefs can't avoid it."
Many people may not know that in the early days of the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, many commanders and fighters maintained a very optimistic spirit, and the process of the Liberation War was quite smooth, so that they were blinded by the incomparably smooth victory, so that many commanders and fighters at that time had no concept of the situation in Korea at all, and all their cognition remained in the domestic war.
Under such circumstances, in the early days of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, there was a spirit of blind optimism in the army, so much so that when they arrived at the Korean battlefield and saw the real situation on the Korean battlefield, many people chose to retreat.
The first time was to follow the Seventh Company, at that time the Ninth Corps did a very good job of secrecy, plus the troops were separated into Korea, and after the Seventh Piercing Company crossed the Yalu River, it was bombed by US planes, and took the map to complete the task of transporting the radio station, and derailed from the Ninth Corps.
Returning to the real world, he began to have a deep understanding of the Ninth Corps, and learned that after the Ninth Corps entered the Korean War, many blindly optimistic soldiers saw the bad weather conditions in North Korea, and after learning about the terrifying and powerful US army, many cadres became deserters.
But at that time, confidentiality agreements were made, and these things did not spread in the army, but also to stabilize the morale of the army.
Not only the Ninth Corps, but also all corps and armies will choose to become deserters when they enter the DPRK to fight, and there will always be some people who are not determined to be determined in the millions of volunteers.
What's more, it is the current national army, and there are generals called 'flying generals' in the senior ranks of the national army, not to mention ordinary soldiers at the bottom.
"The casualties of the Eighth Company are too great, and this Company Commander Xu is really a character."
After a while, the wounded of the Eighth Company needed to stop and rest, Xia Yuan and they sat not far away and watched, and Platoon Commander Zhao looked at Company Commander Xu in the distance and admired it very much.
"That's right, the two company commanders we met, you look at those bears, you want to kill us." Niu Hai hugged his arms and complained very much in his heart.
"The Central Army, hey, that's someone's own son, he has money, people, and guns, but it's not a good thing, let's come this way, and I haven't met a few people like Company Commander Xu who talk to us and help us." Zheng Dayong agreed with what Niu Hai said, he was indifferent to the Central Army, he didn't have any skills, and he wanted their group of recruits to go to the battlefield to block bullets.
Bah.
"The Central Army is the elite, and the elite has to be left to fight in the back, so that it can play the greatest role, you know what."
The scholar threw the bullet clip behind him, and somewhat disagreed with what Zheng Dayong said: "Not all the central army are cowards, we are just unlucky, we met a few company commanders who are not good things, Company Commander Xu is a good person, we can't beat people to death with a stick." ”
"What's the elite? It's a coward. "Zheng Dayong's resentment is not small." Otherwise, why don't they go up, let us go to the recruit camp, if we want guns or guns, if we don't have guns, we have to wait for us to go to the battlefield to grab it from the little Japanese devils, if it was Brother Mu Yuan, we would have been killed by the little Japanese devils a long time ago. ”
"Okay, if you show your ability, you will show you, isn't it, what the scholar said makes sense, we can't kill with a stick, there are good ones, there are bad ones, Company Commander Xu really wants to fight with the little Japanese devils, what kind of Company Commander Cao, he is a soldier, and when he gets to the battlefield, he thinks about how to survive and live until he retreats."
Platoon Commander Zhao still has a certain ability to distinguish right from wrong: "Look, this is not a retreat from the battlefield alive, the clothes are not dirty, and those who don't know think they are going to play." ”
Xia Yuanhe laughed, hugged the gun, and said: "Okay, okay, don't make any noise, there are some people in the Central Army who really want to save the country, but there is no way, it is not ordinary soldiers who are incompetent, it is incompetent above, if it is really powerful, it will not be beaten so badly by the little Japanese devils." ”
Xia Yuan put his hands on his knees, bent his waist down, and said, "Do you know how many of us are in the fight with the little Japanese devils this time, and how many Japanese devils are there?" ”
"How much?"
The four of them stared at each other and said a little blankly.
"There are more than 700,000 national troops and more than 300,000 Japanese devils."
Zheng Dayong: "I'm a good girl, there are too many people." ”
Niu Hai disdainfully: "There are many people who have a fart, there are not many people in the new barracks, there are hundreds of people, there are guns, grenades, and machine guns, and when they get to the battlefield, they are chased and beaten by dozens of little Japanese devils." ”
"No, no, no, the new barracks are new barracks, we have not been on the battlefield, these more than 700,000, the central army has to have a lot, even if there are many cowards in the central army, when it comes to the battlefield, life and death are at stake, they don't want to resist, they have to resist, and the central army is all elite, much more powerful than our new barracks, you can't use the eyes of the new barracks to see all the national army troops."
The scholar refuted Niu Hai and asked, "Brother Xia, can we win?" ”
"Yes, whether you can win or not is the key." Platoon Commander Zhao didn't speak, and when he heard the scholar say the last sentence, he immediately mixed in.
"I think I can win." Listening to what the scholar said, Zheng Dayong had some confidence in the victory of the national army in this war, "I heard that now is not a full-scale war of resistance, and we will definitely win this battle." ”
Xia Yuan listened to the conversation of everyone, they thought about things too simply, the victory of the war can not only depend on the number of people, there is a good saying, war is the continuation of politics, the Battle of Songhu, Lao Jiang's initial idea was not at all, from this battle to drive away the Japanese devils, he wanted to rely on the help of international forces to mediate this war of aggression against China, the so-called all-out war of resistance, but also completely forced all-out war of resistance.
"Brother Xia, do you think we can win this war?"
Several people argued, but the scholar was smart and went directly to ask Xia Yuan.
"We can win."
Xia Yuan said firmly.
"Look, we're going to win this war."
Small people also have big feelings.
Xia Yuan said that he could win, naturally he did not mean the Battle of Songhu, the bald head launched several battles, all of which ended in failure, consuming national strength, consuming soldiers, and consuming financial resources, but he did not solve the problem from the root, he never trusted the bald head, and even mocked the bald head.
General Stilwell of the United States commented on the Battle of Songhu commanded by the "Iron Fist Plan" initiated by the bald head, saying that the national army was "a first-class soldier, a second-rate officer, a third-rate general, and an unpopular commander".
And what he said about being able to win the war was from the 1931 918 Incident to 1945, when the little Japanese devils surrendered, which lasted for 14 years.
Victory is theirs in the end.
The battle of Luodian was carried out quite fiercely, the attack lasted all night, and it was not able to break through the Japanese defensive line, and the next day, the 67th Division threw four regiments into Luodian, and in less than a week, they all suffered heavy casualties and could not continue the fighting, and the whole division of the 67th Division withdrew south to the Jiading line to rest and recuperate, and temporarily withdrew from the battle on the first line.
The 6th Division, which had just arrived, the 18th Brigade took over the defensive line of the 67th Division and entered the south of Luodian.
Since most of the Eighth Company were wounded, the marching speed was too slow, and they fell behind, more than 30 people crowded into a house, listening to the rumbling artillery fire around them, tearing the foggy air apart, shattering the earth, tearing flesh and blood, the sky kept buzzing, and the sound of guns and cannons formed a tragic accompaniment, echoing in Luodian.
It's like a meat grinder that grinds minced meat, constantly throwing in new flesh and blood, and constantly being crushed.
In Luodian, the strength of the Nationalist army fighting against the Japanese army changed, and the 67th Division withdrew from the battle, taking over the 18th Brigade of the 67th Division, and the 33rd and 31st Brigades of the 11th Division were responsible for the south of Luodian, forming a solid defensive line to withstand wave after wave of Japanese attacks.
The 584th Regiment and the 587th Regiment of the 98th Division of the National Army marched north from Xinzhen and were responsible for the southeast direction of Luodian.
It was not so easy for the Japanese army to occupy Luodian, and the troops of the Nationalist army were still resisting stubbornly.
Platoon Commander Zhao stood at the window, listening to the rumbling movement outside, and was uneasy: "Grandma, we were really lucky last night, you see this early in the morning, the sound of artillery basically didn't stop, and there were some big iron birds flying in the sky." ”
The artillery fire cast a gray color over the blue sky, and the smoke filled the air, and the smell was not good.
Niu Hai and Zheng Dayong also lay aside and looked at the gray sky outside, and vaguely saw the 'big iron bird' that could make a loud sound in the sky, they were the first time to see a big iron bird that could fly in the sky, it was very novel, but when that thing dropped a cannonball that crushed the earth, they didn't think that thing was so novel, it was simply a very terrifying harvesting machine.
"It's scary that this big iron bird can drop cannonballs."
"Is this something that the Japanese devils have? Don't we have one? What is this, it can fly in the sky. ”
The scholar explained to them: "Bombers, the product of scientific and technological development. ”