The defeated soldiers are the soldiers with the lowest status in the army. You can call them defeated soldiers, or you can say they are rebel soldiers. They hold weapons, so you can say they are soldiers. More defeated soldiers have no money, food, weapons, or even military uniforms.
They are too broken to cover their bodies. The original author of this article said that they should be a group of stragglers and vulnerable to attack, but Tang Cheng knows that when they are really desperate on the battlefield, they will be more ferocious than wolves.
Those who die without shame and who often fight to the death on the battlefield are the defeated soldiers. Compared with the new recruits, although the defeated soldiers only want to save their own lives, if they are really anxious, they will learn all kinds of skills from the battlefield.
The means will be revealed.
Different from the defeated soldiers, the recruits are trained by strong men. Most of them are ordinary people. Although most of them are illiterate, they are the most basic military force in the army. There are also some people who voluntarily join the army, and those who cannot achieve military merit.
Compared with other people, those who voluntarily join the army seem to have more lofty ambitions. However, there are also some people who are just hot-headed and want to rely on their blood and blood to carve out a path to wealth, and finally return home with wealth and glory.
The years of war since the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty have created a large number of poor people who only know how to hold a hoe. The output of the fields cannot support a large family. Some men who do not want to suffer poverty at home have to do it for the sake of their young siblings and elderly family members.
Parents may secretly go to the recruiting point, hand over themselves to the officers at the recruiting point for a few yuan or even an ocean, and then start their most cruel military journey. They are considered by the military generals.
The first cannon fodder candidate, life and death is an ordinary matter, this is their own view of life, indifferent and helpless.
Now there were two hundred and seventy-four defeated soldiers standing in front of him. They were all mixed, some were over forty with gray hair on their temples, and some were less than twenty years old with twinkling eyes. Tang Cheng suddenly thought of Niu Laogui, that
The first defeated soldier he saw when he first arrived in Macheng was honest and forthright, strong and kind. He still clearly remembers how he protected Tang Cheng and Liu Shitou behind him when the bandits and cavalry attacked.
It's a pity that the good old man is dead.
Tang Cheng just stood without saying a word. The two hundred and seventy-four defeated soldiers in the audience also stood upright. The cold wind penetrated through the holes in their clothes, but no one paid attention to it.
Because, standing in front of them was an officer who was younger than any of them, a young officer whom they had never seen before, but who had only heard that he had killed many little devils. The officer had not yet spoken, and the defeated soldiers in the audience were not satisfied.
If they dare to move, perhaps it is not Tang Cheng who puts more pressure on them, but Old Northeast and the others standing behind Tang Cheng and the light machine guns and rifles in their hands, as well as the short guns on their belts and the ring of grenades hanging on them.
, this is a group of tough guys armed to the teeth.
When did rotten troops like them that no one wanted to care about be led by a serious officer? Those with brains among the troops thought that a big deal was coming, but big deals often mean death and disability. There are also
Those defeated soldiers who were not yet dead were secretly gearing up. For them, life and death were nothing more than a matter of importance. As long as they had the opportunity to earn military merits and get rewards, their lives were worthless.
"From today on, I am your battalion commander, which means that from today on, you 274 people will be under my command. My name is Tang Cheng. I don't want you to know my name because I want you to be in awe.
But I want to tell you, come to me if you have trouble. This is fair. If you come to me if you have trouble, I will come to you if you have trouble, because just me and the brothers around me can’t kill all those who are against us.
Little devil, we have to rely on all of you working together on the battlefield, so I rely on you on the battlefield, and you can rely on me when off the battlefield."
After looking around at the 274 people standing in the audience, Tang Cheng nodded with some satisfaction. At least when he was talking, the soldiers below were listening attentively. "I found a deputy battalion for you.
Commander, he will manage you on weekdays. If any of you are not convinced, as long as you have the courage, you can ask him to try. I am not good at martial arts, so just ask him."
Tang Cheng said it very casually, as if he was having a casual conversation, and he told the truth. The defeated soldiers in the audience looked at each other, not knowing what to say. They just had doubts in their hearts, is this guy an officer? He was dressed in a straight suit.
Wearing a military uniform, he yawned continuously when he spoke, as if he hadn't woken up, not to mention that he was so young. There was a buzz in the audience. Old Dongbei, who had been standing next to Tang Cheng, stood up and shouted: "Quiet
!Which one of you is the leader?”
A voice sounded from the crowd in the audience, "We are not in the same unit, and we don't have a leader like you said." "Well, I am now the deputy battalion commander. The one who just answered me, you are also the deputy battalion commander. The rest of you are
People, you choose yourselves. Every 50 people will be organized into a team, and you will be given a stick of incense to choose your own team leader." Old Northeast's loud voice echoed in the military camp, and those who were unsuccessful gathered around the open space.
Looking around with envy.
If he were to manage these 274 people, Tang Cheng had already taught Lao Dongbei. Seeing that things were going well, Tang Cheng was about to get on his horse and leave. Last night, Lao Dongbei had been bothering him all night. He was so sleepy now that he only thought about
Go back to the inn and have a good sleep. Tang Cheng had just walked a few steps, but before he could approach his horse, he suddenly stopped. He stared at the defeated soldiers beside him for a while, and then Tang Cheng stepped in.
The crowd reached out from behind several defeated soldiers and pulled out a small soldier.
Several broken soldiers who intentionally stood in front of the soldier rushed over immediately upon seeing this. Before they could reach them, they were forced back by Hou San and Dice with their rifles. "Let me go, let me go."
The soldier whose arm was held by Tang Cheng struggled hard, and even opened his mouth like a small animal to bite Tang Cheng's arm, but Tan Fei, who came after him, reached out and grabbed his neck. Tang Cheng looked curious.
Cheng asked Tan Fei to let go of the soldier. He was wearing a fat military uniform, his hair was messy, and his face was covered with mud. The soldier who was let go by Tan Fei did not leave, but looked at Tang Cheng, his eyes full of caution.
With a fierce look.
Tang Cheng just smiled but still looked at the stubborn soldier in front of him. The soldier's uniform obviously didn't fit him well. It was already January, but he still had a pair of straw sandals on his feet. His black feet were cracked by the cold wind.
The bloody mouth was like a small mouth. In the meantime, Tang Cheng was staring at his feet. The stubborn soldier lowered his head helplessly with his face flushed. He wanted to retract his feet in embarrassment, but he didn't know what he was going to do.
"Shitou, your feet are as big as his, give him a pair of your shoes." Tangcheng knew that Liu Shitou had a surplus of shoes. Liu Shitou's shoes were made by women from Longgang Town using thick linen thread.
The base was very strong. Although Liu Shitou was a little reluctant, he still took out a pair of military shoes from his backpack and handed them over. Tang Cheng took the pair of cowhide-soled military shoes and slowly placed them in front of the soldier.
"Here are the shoes for you, but you have to heal your feet first. You can follow us later. There is a medical officer where I live and ask him to give you some medicinal materials. You can't wear shoes with your feet like this."
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People's kindness does not distinguish between classes. Even the kindness given to you by the humblest person should be carefully cherished, because this is the greatest gift God gives to everyone. There are not many opportunities to accept the kindness of others in one's life. Relatively speaking,
, the same goes for the opportunity to show kindness to others. Tang Cheng would never miss such an opportunity. The brand-new military shoes made the soldier who was still thinking about whether he should retract his feet dumbfounded and couldn't bear to glare at Tang Cheng again.
The soldier grinned. While smiling, he wiped his hands vigorously on his military uniform a few times, and then hugged the pair of military shoes tightly in his arms.
Carefully holding the shoes in his arms, Xiao Bing looked up at Tang Cheng and said very seriously, "I will help you kill the Japanese soldiers on the battlefield!" His words made Lao Dongbei and the others laugh. They didn't think Tang Cheng would need it.
The help of such a small soldier is a joke to those who know Tangcheng. Of course, it is not just Old Northeast who are laughing, most of the 274 defeated soldiers are laughing, and Tangcheng is not.
Laughing, he walked straight up to the soldier in the front row who was laughing most enthusiastically, raised his hand and slapped him loudly.
The defeated soldier was a little confused after being slapped. He didn't know why Tang Cheng slapped him. "Next time something like this happens to you, if you still laugh, I will let you choose to be buried alive or shot." Tang Cheng said.
The voice was as cold as ice, causing the defeated soldier to shiver, shrinking his head, covering his face and saying no more words.
Looking around at the defeated soldiers in front of him with cold eyes, Tang Cheng shouted angrily, "They are all raised by father and mother. You have all been on the battlefield. You should know the dangers on the battlefield. On the battlefield, everyone can only hold on to each other.
Only by joining the team can you survive. If you help him today, he might save your life tomorrow. I dare not settle this kind of debt, and I can't afford it. I just hope that everyone can go home with their lives intact and don't mess around with it.
Life is lost in an unknown place."
On the way back to the inn after leaving the military camp, Tang Cheng on horseback still looked cold. Liu Shitou got acquainted a lot with the soldier named Lin Ying. The two of them chatted happily on the cart.
"Damn the world, it doesn't give the poor a way to live." Among the people who followed Tang Cheng to the military camp, only Fatty Ma, who had always been marginalized, noticed the suspicion, but Tang Cheng didn't point it out, so Fatty Ma didn't dare.
Have more mouths.
"Mu Mu, asking him to follow you is like finding a helper for you. Show him his feet first. You can take care of other things yourself." After returning to the inn, Tang Cheng called Mu Lianshan into the room and muttered.
After waiting for a while, I didn't know what Tang Cheng said. When Mu Lianshan came out, his expression was extremely strange.