He didn’t ask if Tang Dao was made, but directly asked Tang Dao the reason.
As the most elite soldier on the battlefield, Tang Dao possesses battlefield intuition beyond ordinary people, and as the commander, the Army Lieutenant Colonel also has keen intuition.
His intuition told him that Tang Dao destroyed the radio station not out of malice, but because he wanted to prevent some news from reaching the warehouse. This news would be difficult for him to accept, but he still felt that he had the right to know.
Because, he is the supreme commander of Sihang Warehouse.
"Sir, because the radio will allow our 524th regiment to receive military orders that neither you nor I want to receive." Tang Dao looked directly at the army lieutenant colonel who looked directly at him and answered frankly.
"A military order you don't want to receive?" the Army Lieutenant Colonel was slightly shocked.
He stood up, walked back and forth a few steps, turned back suddenly, and his face became extremely ugly: "You mean, we will be asked to retreat?"
"However, we are fighting here not only to defend our last position in Zhabei, Songhu, but also to unite the people across the country and arouse the determination of the people across the country to resist Japan." Anger welled up on the face of the Army Lieutenant Colonel, pointing his finger at the Suzhou River
to the south.
"Look at those Chinese people. They had already accepted their fate. They dragged their families and their families to survive in the concession, but now? They are cheering, they are singing, and they are gradually awakening. As long as they dare to resist, what do the little Japanese invaders have?
Terrifying? They can also be killed by us and bleed into rivers.
Could it be that those people can’t see it?”
"Yes! Sir!" Tang Dao looked at the commander in front of him with a very poor expression with some pity.
"Whether you believe it or not, there is intelligence that the theater headquarters has been ordered to evacuate to the concession by the headquarters stationed at Sihang Warehouse no later than early this morning.
If I hadn’t short-circuited the battery of the radio to the point where it couldn’t be turned on, I believe this military order would have reached our regiment in the morning.”
“Although the Battle of Sihang Warehouse is not worth mentioning in scale compared with the Battle of Songhu, it is like an introduction, an introduction that can ignite the determination of the entire Chinese nation to resist the war.
Because, if we want to win this Patriotic War, it is not only possible for us soldiers who are committed to sacrifice and some people who can clearly understand the gap in military power between China and Japan. Only when the people across the country wake up and fight the war can we
There is a chance of winning this war.
I thank Jinyuan and the 524th Regiment. I would rather be such an introduction, even if the whole army is buried in this.
Tell me, what reason do they have for us to retreat?"
The Army Lieutenant Colonel, whose face instantly looked extremely defeated, seemed to be questioning Tang Dao, but in fact, it was more like talking to himself to comfort him.
But even if he was just trying to comfort himself, the Army Lieutenant Colonel actually understood that since Tang Dao did this, he must have really received the information he said.
Only by destroying the field radio can the Sihang Warehouse be unable to receive military orders from the theater headquarters.
He knew better that given his personality, no matter how reluctant he was to accept it, once a military order was issued, as a soldier he would still obey it.
Because he is the purest soldier.
Soldiers should take obedience to orders as their bounden duty. This has been his life motto since entering the military academy.
"Is it because the Japanese are causing trouble behind the scenes?" The Army Lieutenant Colonel quickly broke away from his sadness, his eyes flashed, and he pointed directly behind the conspiracy.
"Intelligence shows that precisely because they were unable to attack for a long time, the Japanese dispatched military headquarters put pressure on the concession area with warnings of imminent heavy artillery bombardment, and those Westerners who wanted to protect themselves turned to put pressure on our senior officials, and some people always
I imagined that the Western-dominated League of Nations could sanction Japan from our perspective, so the military order to retreat came into being." Tang Dao, who knew this history, could only sigh slightly.
Did that guy really have a good dream? Did he really think that this was a fight between two strong men and that the police would stand up and say something?
Thousands of years of Chinese and foreign history have proven that placing peace on mercy will only make things worse.
"Leave me alone for a while!" After Tang Dao frankly explained the reason, the Army Lieutenant Colonel sat down with great dejection, silently lit a cigarette, and waved his hand to signal Tang Dao to leave.
Tang Dao could only turn around and leave.
He understood the deep sadness in the eyes of the commander, an army lieutenant colonel.
This pure soldier was determined to serve his country. Before he participated in the Battle of Songhu, he had already left his wife a letter home that made future generations dazzle just by reading it:
"My Wife Aijian: I will lead my troops into Husong to participate in the war within a few days. I specially wrote this note to comfort my thoughts.
Half of the rivers and mountains of our country are being eroded day by day, and the disaster of ruining the country and annihilating the species will happen to others. It is up to me to control it. If I don't pay attention, my descendants will have nothing to lose.
Killing enemies for the country is the ambition of a revolutionary soldier; and it is not suitable for a soldier to have a family. Now that I have one, and I have few relatives, my relatives are few and far between. My heart is not made of stone, and I can call without care!
But the duty is to serve the country and not to take care of the family. I am fully responsible for caring for my relatives, educating my children, and taking care of all household chores, so that I can avoid being distracted by travelers!"
As a husband, father, son, and soldier of the country, the Army Lieutenant Colonel chose the latter without hesitation, and just wanted to earn a future for future generations.
Even before coming to Sihang Warehouse, he already knew that he and the 400 troops were abandoned by the whole army, and the purpose of burning more than 400 lives was just the final whitewashing of Songhu's defeat by some people at the top, and even
, it can’t even be regarded as whitewashing, it can only be regarded as an attitude.
But he still came, and he came without hesitation, because he is a soldier.
Being an abandoned son, I have no regrets; facing death, I have no regrets; it is just the responsibility of a warrior!
However, the reason for persisting in fighting was so easily denied by Shangfeng. The real internal reason actually came from the enemy.
The country is so weak that it cannot even decide the battle to defend the country. What a deep sadness this is!
But this is only one of his sorrows.
If a retreat is ordered, the only possibility is to retreat into the concession.
However, have those big shots who can change orders day and night ever thought about what will be the fate of this elite army after it withdraws from the concession?
The moment Tang Dao saw the lieutenant colonel looking at the concession with sadness in his eyes, he knew that the commander had almost understood the fate of himself and the lone army under his command.
How could the Japanese army, which had been so badly beaten, be willing to force this lone army, which had caused them heavy losses, into the concession?
Since they could use heavy artillery to coerce the once arrogant Westerners into submission, there must be other ways to make them give in again.
As a soldier, I could not die gloriously on the battlefield against Japan, but became a victim of political compromises and deals.
This is the deepest sorrow in the hearts of soldiers.
Of course, Tang Dao also knew that destroying the radio station would only delay the news for one day at most.
Whether he wants to face it or not, military orders will arrive at the warehouse sooner or later. After all, his little butterfly will not be able to reverse the inherent trajectory of this stubborn train of history.
The reason is very simple. The Japanese army has no intention of blocking the Suzhou River. The numerous spies in the concession can enter the warehouse at any time.
There are still two guys in the warehouse who were beaten until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen and tied up. Li Jiujin was so powerful that he didn't give them any chance to prove anything.
But, will history really simply repeat itself?
The moment the little butterfly turned away, her gaze was as cold as a sword!
