Chapter 40: Head Qiu
"It can carry a lot of shells in its belly, and when it gets over our positions, they will drop the bombs in their stomachs and bombard our positions."
The scholar's explanation was easy to understand, and Niu Hai and Zheng Dayong listened very carefully.
Company Commander Xu walked to Platoon Commander Zhao and Xia Yuan, heard the scholar's words, and said: "A very appropriate explanation, the bombers of the Japanese devils have taken the lives of many of our brothers. ”
"Company Commander Xu!"
After greeting him, Company Commander Xu said, "Now there is good news and bad news. ”
"Bad news." Xia Yuan said.
"Our regiment suffered heavy casualties and could not continue the next battle, and will retreat to the direction of Jiading, and as I guessed, withdraw from the battle." Company Commander Xu didn't know whether he regretted it or was angry, but his expression finally seemed calm: "The good news is that Company Commander Cao was removed from his post by Shangfeng, and he fought passively on the battlefield, and was exposed by the brothers of the Sixth and Seventh Companies, he will not have a chance to trouble you again, and when he is messing with you, there are also scouts from Shangfeng Commander watching." ”
He looked at Xia Yuan: "Your kid is lucky, the head of the regiment has taken a fancy to you, and wants to see you, if what you say is true, your kid is going to change his life." ”
Everyone blinked, all a little stunned.
The head of the regiment wanted to see Xia Yuan.
"I'm obedient, this is amazing, the biggest officer I've ever seen is the battalion commander, or look at it from afar, you can talk to the regiment commander." Platoon Commander Zhao is very envious, but envy is envy, who makes the family have this ability, and he doesn't have this ability.
"The head of the regiment wants to see me?" Xia Yuan raised his eyebrows, thinking about the good or bad of this matter in his heart.
"Yes, this is a good thing, maybe you can be promoted, but you have to behave well, after all, you are blowing big words now, and now many people know about it, with a few people, you eliminated the three detachments of the Japanese devils, these three detachments pulled out, and you have to gnaw at any one for a long time, you are good, not to mention the time, you are defeating the majority of the Japanese army with a small number of troops, or fighting in the streets."
Lian Chang Xu was happy, he was really happy for Xia Yuan.
Platoon Commander Zhao thinks a lot, he is a veteran with rich battlefield experience, and Company Commander Xu has a relatively simple sense of him and has little contact, so he thinks that the other party is a soldier.
Scholars know a lot of knowledge, but when they go to the battlefield, they are of little use, and in the Central Army, most of them are civilian officials.
Niu Hai looks honest, but he has something in his heart, and he heard Platoon Commander Zhao say that this kid's family has been killed by the little Japanese devils, and this soldier is used well, and he is not afraid of death on the battlefield, and dares to stab the bayonet with the Japanese devil's bayonet.
Zheng Dayong, some kindness, this is a good thing, but it is not a good thing, a kind character will hesitate on the battlefield, and the most important thing on the battlefield is time, the fighter is fleeting, hesitation will not only lead to disgust with the fighter, the most important thing is to lose his life.
And Xia Yuan, Company Commander Xu's senses for the five people, only Xia Yuan is more special, this guy sometimes speaks out of tune, but when he doesn't speak, his eyes, look, and up and down his body are faintly revealing a sense of slaughter, not like a recruit, more like a veteran of a hundred battles.
Even different from the aura of ordinary veterans, most of their companies are veterans who have experienced a hundred battles, but they can obviously feel a disgust and hatred for war from these veterans, as well as deep fatigue. And on Xia Yuan, he couldn't feel this kind of breath, I don't know if it was because the time of contact with Xia Yuan was too short, and the time of contact with the soldiers of his company was too long, he knew more about his own soldiers and less about Xia Yuan.
In short, Company Commander Xu could feel the unusual aura on Xia Yuan's body, which alerted him to the fact that the person in front of him was by no means as simple as an ordinary soldier.
Xia Yuan didn't know what Lian Commander Xu judged about him, but from the way the other party looked at him, he could guess more or less.
This is a good thing, the identity of the new barracks is too limited after all, if you can get the identity of a central army, then it will be easier to participate in the next battle of Songhu, at least no longer like in front of you, the central army that meets at any time is treated as a deserter. ’
He was silent for a while, then raised his head and said, "Company Commander Xu, where is the regiment commander?" ”
"In the front, you have to chase after me, it was the signal soldier who came to inform me, the Eighth Company can't catch up for the time being, we have fallen behind and fallen so far, it is estimated that it will take a while to catch up." Company Commander Xu was very optimistic about Xia Yuan, "In this way, Lao Li, you come over and take Xia Yuan's brothers and them to find our regiment leader." ”
"Hey."
Company Commander Xu said that Lao Li was the only surviving platoon commander in their company, and his arm was injured, but it didn't affect the rush much.
Looking at Lian Chang Xu's happy expression, Xia Yuan pursed his lips and didn't speak, just nodded, which was regarded as acquiescing to Lian Chang Xu's behavior. Seeing that Xia Yuan agreed, Company Commander Xu smiled even more happily, and hurriedly said, "Without further ado, you guys set off early, don't let the regiment commander wait in a hurry." ”
In this way, the group of five people became six, and there was one more regular army platoon elder Li with a broken arm.
Lao Li's name is Li Wan, thirty-seven or eighteen, a little old, a small head, dark skin, with a shabby military hat, the brim of the hat has been wrinkled with a string of lines, wearing it on a small head, it looks a little funny, his face is full of wrinkles, and there is mud and dirt between his dark skin.
The military uniform on his body was dirty, very shabby, and he stood there tightly, looking like a slender bamboo pole from a distance.
Honestly, when you travel, you follow their butts, and when you can't find the way, you will show them the way.
Walking and stopping, walking for more than half an hour, I finally saw the ass of the team, a small group of people, had already dispersed and retreated, they did not dare to approach, hiding in a ruin, lying on the ground and pretending to be corpses, the Japanese devil's plane was not ambiguous, chasing all the way, like driving cattle and sheep, indiscriminately bombarding and machine gun fire on the retreating troops on the ground.
As soon as they caught up, they saw the big iron bird of the Japanese devils flying from a distance, dropping bombs on the retreating troops, machine gun fire, and even if they dispersed, many people died.
When the plane crashed into the heavy clouds and disappeared, a few of them got up from the ground, looked at the destroyed team in the distance, and lay on the ground wailing with their legs broken, and the living stood there blankly, until the voice of the herald floated out, and everyone ran out to clean up.
"Good girl, this damn is too ruthless, everyone has been blown up."
Platoon Commander Zhao looked at a pile of bloody things on the ground and couldn't bear to look at them directly. Niu Hai vomited on the spot, the white and red, stained the mud of the mud in the mud, it looked extremely dazzling, screams and wails resounded through the wilderness, the air was filled with the smell of blood and gunsmoke, mixed together, very unpleasant.
The wounded were lying on the ground moaning, and the dead were lying on the ground, in tatters, red, black, and white.
The scholar couldn't help it, and vomited to the side, this bloody picture was very dazzling, the battle they experienced last night was quite subtle, it was too dark, and the corpses were all shot and died, the wound area was not large, if you don't squat down and look carefully, you can't see it at all.
And now, this kind of picture is bloody, and these recruits who have not experienced the terrible battlefield of the position cannot bear the impact of such a picture on their hearts, and even vomit the meal they ate last night.
Platoon Commander Zhao has experienced this, even if he sees it again, he doesn't dare to look at it.
When the warlords were fighting, there were more people who died, but it was not so miserable, at that time, where there were large-caliber shells, they were all some homemade grenades, the power was not very great, and most of the dead bodies were intact, not as tragic as now, but fortunately, his psychological quality was also very strong, and his stomach turned over the river and the sea, and he endured it so that he did not vomit it.
Platoon Commander Zhao glanced at Xia Yuan, and saw that the other party's expression was calm, without the slightest fluctuation, and he sighed in his heart, such a picture did not have a trace of fluctuation, and his bearing capacity was really strong.
Many recruits are not psychologically tolerant, and most recruits will be frightened by the sound of gunfire when they go to war for the first time.
After all, when the warlords were fighting, there were very few cannons, and the power of the guns was very small, and now, the Japanese devils have airplanes, cannons, machine guns, weapons and equipment, and many recruits who went to the battlefield were bombarded by the Japanese devils, and the vast majority of them were so frightened that they peed their pants.
It's even more normal to vomit at the sight of bloody corpses.
Zheng Dayong saw that the lower half of a soldier's body was blown off, but he was not dead, and he struggled on the ground for a while, the red and white ones were stretched behind him, and he lay on the ground without moving.
This scene brought a huge impact on his soul, and his life was strong and extremely fragile.
"Let's keep walking."
Li Wan opened his mouth, and was not surprised by this scene, their 401st Regiment had been on the front line for a period of time, and they were subjected to the continuous bombing of Japanese bombers every day, and there were so many soldiers who were killed by the bombing that many of them could not even find their bodies, and some of their internal organs were hanging on trees, bloody and extremely dazzling.
Therefore, he has become accustomed to such a picture, and after physiological discomfort, there is no other feeling.
The retreating troops were bombed by Japanese bombers, and a large part of their baggage was lost, and along the way, there were corpses shattered by Japanese bombers everywhere, and the water in the ditch on the side of the road turned red.
The temporary regimental headquarters of the 401st Regiment was set up in a village, which had been covered by artillery fire and had been reduced to ruins under the bombing of Japanese devil planes.
When the adjutant of the regiment heard Xia Yuan's arrival, he came outside to greet him, and when he saw a group of five people, he said: "I only see Xia Yuan in the regiment, and the others are waiting outside." ”
Xia Yuan turned his head and signaled, and then followed the regiment adjutant into the temporary regiment headquarters, the temporary regiment headquarters was hidden in a relatively deep alley, and there was a well-preserved house in the depths of the alley, which was more than half shattered by the Japanese artillery fire, and simply cleaned it up, and it became a temporary regiment headquarters.
Qiu Xingxiang, the head of the 401st Regiment, a major general of the National Army, a backbone general of the Huangpu Department and the Civil Engineering Department, became a general at the age of 35, and in 1946 he showed his skills in the Battle of Siping in the North East, and was known as "Qiu Laohu" by the bald head.
At this time, Qiu Xingxiang had not yet become Qiu Laohu, a square-faced man, wearing a black coat, and having the title of 'little bald head'. Xia Yuan has heard a little about the experience of this regiment commander, in 1907, Qiu Xingxiang was born in Qiujiaqiao, Nandu Town, Liyang, Sujiang.
Qiu Xingxiang has been familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, and feudal ethics and morality have taken root in his mind. He greatly appreciated the creed of "loyal ministers and loyal masters, filial sons and parents".
At the age of 18, he was admitted to the Fifth Infantry Section of the Huangpu Military Academy, and when he was at the Huangpu Military Academy, he posted slogans and leaflets everywhere that read: "Be loyal to one party, one government, and one leader."
Every time the bald head called him by name, for some reason, he always took the trouble to ask him: "Where are you from?"
Whenever this happens, Qiu Xingxiang always puts his feet together and takes the trouble to answer loudly: "Back to the principal, the student is from Liyang, Sujiang." ”
The bald head will continue to ask: "What are you doing in Whampoa?"
He would reply loudly: "Revolution! Revolution! Or a revolution!"
The bald general waved his hand and said to the others: "Qiu Xingxiang is a model student of Huangpu, and he will definitely be a model general in the future, and he will be a model for all of you." ”
Qiu Xingxiang thinks that these few words of praise are the bald man's appreciation of himself, so he is more strict with himself, and what is even more exaggerated is that he will imitate the details of the bald head's life. He doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, has a shaved head, and often wears a big black coat on his body, which over time has earned him the nickname "little bald head".
At this time, Qiu Xingxiang admired the bald head extraordinarily, and he was also a fierce general. Qiu Xingxiang's troops fought bloody battles with the Japanese army in Luodian, Shanghai with the 67th Division for three months, especially in the battle of Shenshan in Yixing, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Japanese army.
After the Battle of Songhu, he also participated in the defense of Jinling in the future.
This is the second time Xia Yuan has seen a general of the national army, and he has entered so many copy worlds to do tasks, and he has only seen Yu Xiaoqing as a regiment commander, which is very similar to Qiu Xingxiang in front of him, both of them are ambitious generals of the national army, the difference is that Qiu Xingxiang's ambition can be played, but Yu Xiaoqing is limited by the environment at the time, even if his heart is full of ambitions, there is nowhere to realize it.
"Xia Yuan, recruit of the new barracks, do you know why I called you over?"
"I don't know."
It was Qiu Xingxiang who spoke, the first time he met Qiu Xingxiang, Xia Yuan stared at Qiu Xingxiang in a black coat, and his eyes did not reveal the slightest timidity.
Qiu Xingxiang looked at Xia Yuan, stretched out his hands, and the black coat on his body fell down, and was grabbed by the adjutant on the side and held in his arms.
"You are the most different soldier I have ever seen, I have asked people to investigate you, the second platoon of the ninth company of the new barracks, there are only five people left, including your platoon commander, called."
He turned his head to look at the adjutant on the side, and the adjutant hurriedly said, "Zhao Shiguo, Chen Jiansheng, Zheng Dayong, Niu Hai." ”
"Yes, yes, yes, the five of you wiped out three detachments of Japanese troops?"