"You are from the 182nd Division of the 60th Army? The 60th Army should be on the front line of Fengxin now, right?" Tangcheng now has no time to pay attention to the people snooping quietly outside the yard. After a whole night of busyness, this originally dirty
The chaos of the courtyard has been completely changed. Coupled with the two-pronged approach of Mu Lianshan and Ma Fatty, the eyes of the wounded Yunnan soldiers in the courtyard have changed from doubts and alertness to gratitude and curiosity. Tangcheng must take advantage of this opportunity.
Get to know the ins and outs of these guys.
What surprised Tangcheng was that these guys did not retreat from Wuhan, but came from the 182nd Division of the 60th Army that was defeated by the Japanese army at the Pai City line. The 60th Army consisted of three divisions: 182, 183, and 184. After the First World War in Taierzhuang, the 60th Army
The army suffered heavy casualties. In order to respond to the Yunnan Army's principle of continuing to resist the war, the 60th Army immediately transferred all the remaining veterans of the three divisions to the 184th Division, while the 182nd and 183rd Divisions could only return to Yueyang to receive new recruits from Yunnan.
It is precisely because of this willingness that only the 184th Division of the 60th Army still has the combat effectiveness to fight the Japanese army, and the 182nd and 183rd Divisions, which have added a large number of new recruits, can only be used as second-line troops to flank the 184th Division. During the Wuhan Battle, 60th Division
The army was deployed in Pai City to fight the Japanese army. Although the 184th Division fought tenaciously and bravely, the 182nd and 183rd Divisions deployed to the west of Pai City and near Xintanpu did not fare so well. These two units, which were almost entirely new recruits, were difficult to
Under the supply of the Japanese army, they suffered many collapses. If it were not for the veterans who returned from injury, the positions of these two divisions might have been captured by the Japanese army long ago.
The Yunnan troops who were waiting to die in this courtyard at this time were the recruits of the 182nd Division who had collapsed from the Paishi battlefield that day. What made Tangcheng even more unexpected was that these guys were actually from the same company, which meant that they should be the entire
The company abandoned its position and collapsed. "Don't you know that you will be beheaded if you do this? I have never seen an entire company abandon its position. Who is your company commander?" Tang Cheng's hand was already clasped in.
, and even the blood on the joints of the fingers could not be seen.
"Company commander? Our company commander has died on the battlefield a long time ago." The man who was questioned by Tang Cheng actually started crying in front of Tang Cheng, "The little Japanese's cannonballs hit us too hard. We can't even see the little Japanese."
Before we even met, more than a dozen brothers in the company died, and the company commander was the one who was going to die. It was he who asked us to go home before he died, saying that we were all new recruits and were no match for the little Japs.
, if you stay there, you will die in vain."
The other party's words instantly dissipated the anger that was about to erupt in Tangcheng. The dead company commander was right. A company made up of almost all recruits without the leadership of veterans would have to die in vain. "We originally didn't want to do this.
They were deserters, but there were people from other companies on the position running back, and the Japs’ artillery shells were really powerful. We originally thought of hiding first, and then rejoining the larger troops when the situation subsided, but we didn’t expect that there were Japs everywhere.
The army, when we all put it together, the only way to go home was to go home, but no one expected that it would end up like this."
The man who spoke wiped the tears from his face and secretly paid attention to Tang Cheng's expression as he spoke. Although the officer in front of him was not old, he could tell that this young officer was not easy to talk to. What the other party said was a bit confusing, but Tang Cheng
However, Cheng Cheng had already heard the main idea. It was simply that these recruits were afraid of the Japanese army. After being separated from the main army, they secretly planned to return to their hometown. Tang Cheng's frown never disappeared. It was not because of these deserters.
It's because of how such an entire company of broken troops came all the way from Pai City to Guiyang.
"The people of Yunnan are meant to endure hardships. We also know that if we leave our positions, we will become deserters who will be beheaded, so we don't dare to walk on the main roads. We can only ask people for directions while walking. Most of the roads we walk are mountain roads or remote roads.
Small road. Even if someone sees us on the road, they generally don’t dare to embarrass those of us in military uniforms. If it weren’t for the hard journey, we wouldn’t be trapped here. Most of the injuries on our brothers’ bodies are from the road.
It’s earned.”
After listening to the other party's words, Tang Cheng's doubts were finally answered. I bet these guys were using the same strategy he and others had just used after crossing the river. If they took more mountain roads and avoided the main roads, they would not attract attention. "You guys now
Are they all new recruits? Are there any officers?" Tang Cheng's words made the man stunned for a moment, and then he took Tang Cheng to the wounded soldiers. Two guys who were being treated by Mu Lianshan and Lin Ying were pointed out.
.
A platoon leader and a squad leader, these are the only two veterans among these wounded soldiers. Among the dozens of deserters who merged together, there were only two veterans. It is no wonder that the entire company appeared when the 182nd Division encountered the Japanese attack.
"My mission is to escort these disabled veterans back to Kunming. They are also soldiers of your Yunnan Army, including those from the 60th Army and the 58th Army. The wounded soldiers on your bodies are not fatal injuries and only need to rest for half a day."
It will be fine in a few months, I want to know what you are going to do next?"
Zhu Shunshui sat in front of Tang Cheng with his head lowered, while Lang Huan, nicknamed Man Niu, secretly looked at Tang Cheng's expression with some uneasiness. After all, he was just a small squad leader. "This is Guiyang, which is far away from Kunming."
There are more than a thousand miles, and you may not be able to just climb over the mountains like this. Before you reach Kunming, your injuries will relapse, and there may not be a few people left alive to return to your hometown. If you want to stay
Here, I am familiar with a big family in Longli, I can send you to Longli for resettlement, what do you say?"
"No," Zhu Shunshui, who had kept his head down, finally spoke, "We are from Yunnan, and we have to go back to our hometown even if we die. We can't let everyone become foreign ghosts. It's not even a thousand miles away from Pai Shi to here, so we still have to go back to our hometown."
We have come step by step. In order to return to our hometown, we are willing to endure any hardships. Even if only one of us can return to our hometown alive, it is still worthwhile. At least there is someone who can send messages home."
Man Niu is not a Han nationality, and likes to go straight when talking and doing things. Seeing that Zhu Shunshui meant that he was ready to walk back step by step, he became anxious and shouted directly to Tangcheng, "Sir, I, Man Niu, am not a good person."
You can talk, but I know you are a good person, just like our company commander. Anyway, the place we are going to is Kunming. I have no other abilities, but my strength is greater than others. As long as you bring it with you
When my brothers and I return to Kunming, my life is yours, and I can be a cow or a horse as you please."
"You fool, you have a good idea. You just want to use your strength to fool our commander and blind your eyes." Man Niu's voice was loud, and Hou San, who came over, heard what he said.
He stood upright, and then smiled and joked with the bull. "We have a lot of idiots like you. Have you seen those civilians? As long as our commander says a word, there are many people rushing to work for our commander.
I don’t need your head of garlic."
Tang Cheng did not stop Hou San from speaking like this. He also knew that Hou San was deliberately testing Man Niu. On the contrary, Tang Cheng was carefully watching Man Niu's reaction and expression. "Then what do you want to do? I don't have money.
I only have one life, and I’m giving it to you, but you don’t want it, what do you want?” Man Niu stared angrily at Hou San, but the latter didn’t care about Man Niu’s glare at all, but leaned down and whispered something to Tang Cheng.
Then he turned around and left.
"Platoon Leader Zhu, what do you say? It should be a good thing for Man Niu to follow me. It's not easy to support a man of his stature. Following me can at least keep him full and prevent him from starving." Tang Cheng looked towards him with a smile.
Zhu Shunshui, Zhu Shunshui is also an officer after all. Tangcheng would not dare to recruit such a person casually. But Manniu, a small sergeant squad leader, is different. Besides, Tangcheng does value Manniu's physique.
This guy is a perfect machine gunner.
Zhu Shunshui said nothing, but turned to look at Man Niu, obviously asking Man Niu to answer Tang Cheng's question. "As long as you agree to take us brothers back to Kunming, my life, Man Niu, will be yours. If I Man Niu
The cow disobeyed your order, sir, so call me Man Niu. Even if he dies, he will not be able to live in peace." Regardless of the gauze still wrapped around his arm, Man Niu slapped his chest with a palm the size of a cattail leaf fan, and even poisoned himself in front of Zhu Shunshui.
oath.
When Fatty Ma was waiting for the meal, there was already a burly man behind Tang Cheng. Hou San, who had done some damage to Tang Cheng, was secretly proud of himself, but Liu Shitou and the others were very fond of Man Niu's appetite.
He was surprised. "It's only been one night, and you have brought back three more people. If there are two more, we will be in the same class." The three people Mu Lianshan mentioned included Manniu, and
The two boys who were rescued at the Nanqiao Pier just gave them a few bowls of broth, but these two boys were unwilling to leave. They were already very familiar with Liu Shitou and Zhang Xiaobao.
"Old Mu, although you were originally just a doctor, you can still be regarded as a doctor. What a doctor should do is to save lives and heal the wounded. We can't just watch these two guys starve to death here. Why are you so cruel? You are still
He is no longer a doctor who saves lives and heals the wounded." Tang Cheng's words made Mu Lianshan so angry that he almost lost his breath. Although everyone inside and outside said that Tang Cheng was reasonable, he just said it casually, but he became a big evil person.
Seeing that Mu Lianshan was about to yell and curse, Tang Cheng hurriedly smiled and said, "Old Mu, you know I didn't mean that. You are the only doctor among us, and I'm pointing this wound at you. This brute is a bully at first sight.
He is quite powerful. We don’t know what we will encounter along the way. Having multiple helpers is not necessarily a bad thing. The worst we can do is to let him leave when we get to Kunming." Tang Cheng’s comfort made Mulianshan feel better, but he didn’t.
I know that Tangcheng will never let Barbarian Niu leave.