"Before my father chose to end his life, he left a suicide note for us children. He said that his proudest achievement in his life was to personally participate in the Great Patriotic War and contribute to it. And throughout his life,
What I admire most is not a certain person, but the soldiers and civilians who guard Hengyang.
They explain what it means to be fearless and loyal, fearless in sacrifice, and loyal to their country, nation and colleagues!"
This is a passage personally written on the title page of his father's memoirs released 60 years later on behalf of the eldest son of a think tank named Chen who went to Guilin Airport to see off the group of four groups.
No one knows why the old man specifically named a defender with whom he was not close at the moment before his life was about to end.
Because no one knows what kind of shock the old man experienced on that battlefield during that time period.
Hengyang City had long been reduced to ruins in the war, but the surviving soldiers and people did not rush to clean up the ruins. They were burying people.
They even rejected the kindness of an infantry division of the 27th Group Army stationed around Hengyang, and completed it all by themselves. This work alone lasted them half a month.
The mountains south of Hengyang City are full of tombs, and the mountains are full of plains!
White cloth turned out to be the first material requested by the Hengyang Command from the Military Commission after communications were restored.
The 11,000 officers and soldiers and 15,000 young men and women who died in the battle were all placed in coffins. This was an almost impossible task, and wrapping them in white cloth was the only feasible option.
Even so, cloth factories from Sichuan, Guangxi, and Yunnan provinces also worked together to collect the 300,000 feet of white cloth needed by the Hengyang defenders within three days.
Each remains was wrapped in white cloth and buried, and soul-calling flags and white flowers were placed on the tombs. Looking from a distance, it looked like a heavy snow had fallen on the large and small hills in the south of the city.
"Everyone in the world knows my glory in the Hengyang battle, but little does anyone know that behind the glory, there are sacrifices!" The Army Lieutenant General standing in front of this tomb had a low voice, but his chest was straight.
Standing behind him were all the soldiers and civilians participating in the battle in Hengyang, as well as the infantry division of the 27th Group Army who came to watch the ceremony.
"Salute!" Ge Youcai, who had recovered from his injury, roared loudly.
"Bang!" All the school officers and generals in the front row stood at attention, "Bang!" raised their right arms.
"Salute!" the officers in front of the square formations roared one after another.
"Bang!" The soldiers in the phalanx stood at attention one after another and raised their right arms.
Some soldiers had no legs, but they had arms. They tried to sit upright on the ground and raised their hands.
Some soldiers have no arms, but they stand straight...
At that moment, the think tank surnamed Chen felt that his pores were suddenly exploding. At that moment, he suddenly understood why Hengyang could stand alone for nearly four months without falling.
The impact of that scene on him, even in the last moments of his life years later, often appeared in his mind.
Next, of course, comes the regular honors and awards.
However, this is already the 40th day after the Battle of Hengyang, and it has entered the late autumn season.
The Battle of Hengyang was an outstanding achievement, both in terms of tactics and strategy, and it had an immeasurable impact on the Chinese battlefield.
Of course, the Ministry of Military Affairs did not hesitate to reward them. For the Blue Sky Medal alone, 28 medals were awarded, and all the generals who participated in the war and the school officers with outstanding military exploits were given one!
More than 800 medals of the Baoding Medal have been awarded, and almost every officer with the rank of second lieutenant or above has one. However, more than half of them cannot come to receive the medal in person and can only send it to their homes.
Medals of loyalty and bravery are more like Chinese cabbage, reaching an exaggerated 3,000 medals. Anyone who has reported military exploits will have them all.
Those who can go up to the stage to receive it are even rarer than the Baoding Medal. The various departments of the Hengyang garrison have almost reserved this precious quota for the sacrificed officers and soldiers.
In their words, being able to survive is the highest reward for them.
However, this time the Ministry of Military Affairs did not disappoint the Hengyang garrison. A month ago, at the suggestion of the shocked think tank named Chen, a batch of commemorative medals were specially made in Guizhou Province, all made of silver.
On the back, the four words "Fearless Hengyang" written by the man himself were engraved.
But everyone who participated in the war in Hengyang, whether soldiers or civilians, was there.
The promotion order was also announced by a think tank named Chen.
As the top commander of Hengyang, Fang Xianjue was promoted to the commander of the 10th Group Army with the rank of lieutenant general and general, under his jurisdiction the 10th Army and the 103rd Infantry Army. The 190th Division was changed to an independent division directly under the group army.
The 10th Army is an expansion of the original 10th Division, and the 103rd Army is an expansion of the original 3rd Division.
Sun Mingyu, the former chief of staff of the 10th Army, served as the commander of the independent division. Rong Youlue, the former commander of the 190th Division, was promoted to chief of staff of the 10th Army. Ge Youcai and Zhou Qingxiang were commanders of the 10th Army and 103rd Army respectively.
Zhao Zili, the former Chief of Staff of the 9th Theater, was transferred to the Army University as the deputy director of academic affairs. Although he did not serve as a military officer, he trained at the Army University for two years and became the commander of the infantry corps or even the commander of the group army. This is different from what he once did.
In time and space, he and Commander Xue had a dispute after the Battle of Tanzhou and were transferred to the Army University as the class teacher of a small B-level general officer class. They were completely different.
Zhao Junmai is still the mayor of HY, but he has the title of member of the Hunan Provincial Government and director of the Hongjiang Administrative Office. This puts him among the top civil affairs officials in Hunan Province.
All young reserve soldiers who participated in the war were awarded the title of "Honorary Citizen of Hengyang". From then on, they did not pay taxes and were rewarded with 10 yuan. If they join the army in the future, they will automatically obtain the rank of superior soldier. Those who have been added to the army will be based on their existing military ranks.
Promoted to one level.
The officers and soldiers who died in the Battle of Hengyang were promoted to two ranks and received pensions according to their promoted ranks.
Both the 10th Preliminary Division and the 3rd Division were expanded into infantry corps, and the establishment naturally increased. Moreover, after the Battle of Hengyang, Fang Xianjue's reputation in the country was at its peak, and he also had considerable weight in the heart. No matter how arrogant Commander Xue was, he would not
Will continue to intervene in the 10th Army's internal promotions as before, and Fang Xianjue and the two army commanders basically have the final say.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The title of 'Taishan Army' was inherited by the 10th Army, and the 10th Army had a new title of 'Zhangjiashan Army'. This is to commemorate the original 10th Division in the south of Hengyang City.
For the sacrifices on the main position of Zhangjiashan, the name of the 103rd Army was "Hengshan Army", which shows that the officers and soldiers of the former 3rd Division were as tenacious as Nanyue Hengshan in the Battle of Hengyang.
As for the 10th Group Army's soldier replenishment, after publicity, more than 20,000 of the approximately 30,000 Hengyang reserves who survived were willing to join the army. Most of them not only experienced war, but also participated in the war with guns. Regardless of their psychological quality or
Their physical fitness is much better than that of ordinary recruits. It only takes 2 months of training for the 10th Army to regain more than 60% of its pre-war combat strength.
But what really made Fang Xianjue overjoyed was not just that these war-tested reservists joined the army, but that Tang Dao, who had gradually "awakened", promised that all the heavy equipment of the Four Lines Regiment would be left to the 10th Army.
That is definitely a great gift!
Perhaps only Fang Xianjue, who saw the list of weapons and equipment, knew how powerful the Four Elements Group was.
The total number of tanks, combat vehicles, and heavy machine guns includes: 14 TKS tanks, 19 assault jeeps, and 32 quadruple 12.7 mm heavy machine guns.
And this is still the remnant after the 113-day Hengyang War. If it were at full strength before the war, Fang Xianjue would have doubted whether his 'Taishan Army' would be beaten into pieces in the face of such a four-line regiment.
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The heavy firepower equipment of both sides is not at the same level at all!
Of course, the rocket launchers from the Mao Xiong Kingdom that had decimated everyone in the Battle of Hengyang were not on the list, and Fang Xianjue wisely pretended that such equipment did not exist.
Although leaving all the heavy equipment in northern Hunan is one of the conditions for the Ministry of Military Affairs to agree to the Si Xing Regiment's return to North China, the Si Xing Regiment can make the decision to give these heavy weapons and equipment to other troops, such as Xie Jinyuan, the old commander of Tang Dao, who can now
He is also the commander of the garrison brigade directly under the jurisdiction of the war zone, such as the 43rd Army under the 27th Group Army. His old army commander is the elder who has been looking after Tang Dao's growth.
Tang Dao was able to leave all these heavy equipment to the 10th Army because of the friendship between the two sides who had fought side by side for more than 100 days. It was a favor!
The Si Xing Regiment, which returned to North China with only light weapons to rest and recuperate, was not threatened by the Ministry of Military Affairs. What they enjoyed this time was the treatment only available to the American army.
This time, they no longer have to measure mountains and rivers with their feet, but have to board a special plane.
Not just the senior officers, but the entire Si Xing Regiment.
The living must take the dead with them!
The 2,024 officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment who died in Hengyang did not hide in Hengyang, but returned to the Taihang Mountains.
There are their comrades waiting for them, come back!
