"You are all soldiers. From the moment you put on the military uniform and eat this bowl of rice, you are destined to be associated with the war. I want you to make a choice now. Listen carefully to what I say. I will rebuild the Second World War in Macheng.
Company, this is an order from the 88th Division, so I hope you can stay and help me. I will select a company deputy, three platoon commanders and nine squad leaders among you. The rest will also be promoted to sergeants.
I want you to make a choice now, stay or leave."
Among all the 24 people, only Jiu Jin and Liu Shitou were missing. Niu Laogui and the other 22 people were gathered by Tang Cheng in the hall of Cyclamen. Tang Cheng's multiple choice questions were obviously not so difficult to choose. Starting with Niu Laogui, the hall
All 22 people in the company chose to stay in Macheng. In Tangcheng's expectation, it would be good if half of the people he recruited could stay. Unexpectedly, all 22 people chose to stay and join the second company.
This made Tang Cheng a little overjoyed.
They changed their numbers and were reorganized by the army, and then were defeated by the Japanese army and became defeated soldiers. Then they continued to look for the next unit willing to accommodate them and waited to be reorganized. This was the life of the defeated soldiers. Being defeated was not their own subjective choice.
Not everyone feels at ease being chased around by little Japs. There are many people like Niu Laogui who are eager to fight the Japanese army. They just lack a commander who can lead them to fight a tough battle with the Japanese army.
"Since everyone is willing to stay and help me, I won't say anything more. Now let's talk about what we need to do next." Tang Cheng looked around at the 22 people in front of him, and then opened the diary in front of him.
, "The weapons and equipment previously detained by the garrison have been stored in Cyclamen. Now all Sun Liansheng's people have been driven out of Macheng. It said that these weapons and equipment do not need to be returned to Sun Liansheng. It is considered a release from the 88th Division to support the reconstruction of our second company.
Supplies, the military uniforms and helmets we lack, the 88th Division will send people to Macheng later."
When the garrison detained Sun Liansheng's weapons and equipment, Niu Laogui and the others also took action. They were overjoyed to be able to collect the weapons and equipment of a ** company. The 88th Division agreed to hand over these weapons and equipment.
Equipping the Second Company was a good thing, but problems arose. The Second Company now only has 23 of them, but those weapons are enough to equip 130 people. They actually have no way to use those weapons to their fullest power, because
They don't have enough people.
"Captain Huang of the garrison has been confirmed to be transferred to Wuhan. The leader of the Macheng garrison may be Sun Liansheng to take over. Therefore, we must try our best to recruit the existing soldiers of the garrison before the new commander of the garrison takes office.
Select the manpower we need from among them." Tang Cheng's words made Niu Laogui and the others show meaningful smiles on their faces, and they selected the manpower needed by the second company from the garrison. This means that Tang Cheng must completely turn the garrison into a
The local militia group, without those veterans who were favored by them, would end up as a third-rate militia group that could only guard the city gates.
"You all helped during the training of the garrison, and you should have some knowledge of the soldiers in the garrison. I want you to recruit one person for the second company within two days, and Huang San will cooperate with you.
"Tang Cheng has carefully discussed with Huang Hanju about recruiting people from the garrison. With the support of the 88th Division, Huang Hanju doesn't care about embarrassing Sun Liansheng. Anyway, that kid doesn't know what the 500 soldiers in the garrison look like.
"Old Dongbei, I will give you a task. I know that you know many people in the city. From now on, I want you to lead the Huang family's team to arrest those broken soldiers, beggars and single refugees staying in Macheng and surrounding areas.
, and then take them to the barracks of the garrison and hand them over to Butler Huang. I don’t care how old they are, as long as they can still hold the rifle. We must ensure that the number of the garrison will not increase while rebuilding the second company.
Less than 500 people." Tangcheng did not intend to go too far in rectifying Sun Liansheng. He and Sun Liansheng had plenty of time to resolve their personal grudges. Tangcheng did not want to cause too much trouble before the second company was truly rebuilt.
This was Mrs. Huang's idea to steal the beam and replace the pillars. Capture the broken soldiers, beggars and those idle people in the city and around Macheng to fill the number of the garrison, so that Tangcheng can collect the soldiers it is optimistic about.
Without Sun Liansheng's knowledge, Tangcheng was able to recruit enough troops to rebuild the second company. The establishment of 140 people was not too much. Compared with the original 88th Division infantry company with four platoons of 180 people, Tangcheng planned
The second company can only be regarded as an ordinary size.
Tang Cheng knows how to fight and has fought battles that others have not fought before, but he knows that his commanding ability is not good enough. Just like Liu Yangyang said, Tang Cheng can only be a platoon leader at most. Mengcheng Beishan Volley
When that group of Japanese troops were attacked, Tang Cheng had already understood the inadequacy of his abilities. If it hadn't been like that, Zhang Zhan and the others would not have chosen to stand idly by when they encountered Japanese trucks on the road.
Tangcheng wanted to change himself, for Liu Yangyang, and for the soldiers of the Second Company who died in Nanjing. In Tangcheng's understanding, the Second Company was different from other Japanese troops. Such a group dared to fight a tough battle with the Japanese army.
His troops should not disappear. He has the obligation to help the Second Company continue. In order to rebuild the Second Company, Tang Cheng had to choose to avoid Sun Liansheng when facing him. Otherwise, he could kill Sun Liansheng ten times with his American passport.
.Now the opportunity has come. The rebuilding of the Second Company in Tangcheng is about to become a reality. Maybe he can finally sleep well tonight.
Starting from the night when they returned to Cyclamen from Tangcheng, Lao Dongbei and Niu Laogui took over the defense of Macheng from Huang San with the soldiers they brought from the garrison. When many people were not aware of it, the garrison
The military camp was already crowded with defeated soldiers, refugees and beggars captured by Laodongbei and the others. When the people of Macheng went out to live their lives again the next day, they suddenly discovered that there were fewer refugees and defeated soldiers who had originally filled the county.
There are many, even the beggars on the street are much less. When the people lament that life has returned to the past, they do not know that those who disappeared are receiving training in the military camp of the garrison.
"There are already 70 people. Now we are still 50 short of enough to count. Let's work harder and try to catch the remaining 50 people today." Tang Cheng, who was standing in front of the window, looked out through the window at the military camp.
On the playground, those guys who were arrested in the military camp last night were clearing the weeds on the playground under the leadership of veterans. Brand new homemade military uniforms were worn on them, making some of them look very funny. Of course, Tangcheng would not
He really laughed, because he knew that those were beggars and refugees in the city, and he couldn't expect these people to put on military uniforms and become soldiers like Niu Laogui and others.
"I'll shoot these people in the afternoon. At least when Sun Liansheng sees them, these people should look like soldiers." After telling Niu Laogui, Tangcheng focused on Liu Shitou, not only Liu Shitou.
Shitou is in the command post of the garrison, and even Jiujin, who has just been able to walk on the ground, is here. "The doctor said you can't do strenuous activities yet. After you recover from your injuries, you can ride horses and fight as you wish, but now is not the time.
"Throwing a cigarette to Jiu Jin, Tang Cheng pulled up a chair and sat down opposite Jiu Jin. Of course Liu Shitou was not qualified to sit down. He had done something wrong and could only stand aside.
Jiu Jin took the cigarette and lit it with the match drawn by Tang Cheng, and then looked at Tang Cheng without saying a word. Liu Shitou was also winking and making small gestures beside him, which made Tang Cheng, who was smoking a cigarette, laugh secretly in his heart.
"I know why you came, but it's useless no matter how much you talk. You must go to Wuhan. Don't forget our medicines and gold bars. Do you want to stay in Macheng with me with those things?"
If we are taken away by the Japanese army, that is our last resort. If we don't hand it over to our own people, I won't worry."
The word "self" in Tangcheng's dialect made Jiu Jin's hand holding a cigarette tremble. Before meeting Tangcheng, he was just a countryman who only knew how to farm, herd cattle and drive carts. Even among the folks in the whole village, he was
After dying in the hands of the Japanese, he would only wander around the village looking for possible Japanese soldiers to avenge the villagers. After getting to know Tang Cheng, he went to Nanjing and saw the cruelty of the battlefield and the tragedy of the war. He also imagined Tang Cheng
That would kill more Japanese soldiers, but he knew the gap between himself and Tang Cheng.
Ban Dao's injury was the thing Jiu Jin regretted the most. He was not afraid that Tang Cheng would leave her halfway because he knew Tang Cheng would not do that. He was just worried that he could no longer follow Tang Cheng to kill those Japanese soldiers.
Seeing the good news every day, Jiujin was filled with excitement because he could follow Tangcheng to kill Japanese soldiers again. But what he didn't expect was that Tangcheng arranged for him and Liu Shitou to follow the Huang family to Wuhan. This made Jiujin
Jin felt like he was being treated like an object and abandoned.
But the word "self" in Tang Cheng's words made Jiu Jin no longer feel uncomfortable. He knew that Tang Cheng only cared about two things, guns and money. Without guns, he would be bullied and without money, he would not be able to live a good life. It was difficult for Jiu Jin to understand.
These, but he knew that Tang Cheng gave him those medicines and gold bars because he trusted him and truly regarded himself as one of his own who could entrust everything to him. "The Huang family will arrange everything. You just need to follow. Those
The medicines will also be handed over to the Huang family, and the money obtained will be subject to Mrs. Huang's arrangements, and you must supervise the whereabouts of the money."
"The Huang family will go to Chongqing to see Chief Xie. You are all people who have met Uncle Liu. When Chief Xie asks about the Second Company, you must tell him everything and tell him that I am rebuilding the Second Company." Tang Cheng said to the Second Company.
The original company roster was handed to Liu Shitou, "This thing is more important than my life. You must ensure that it is handed over to Commander Xie. No matter what Commander Xie says, you must obey it."