The 150 members of the 644th Regiment's guard company stood neatly among the ruins ravaged by Japanese artillery fire.
As the last card in the hand of the highest commander of the regiment.
As the best of the best of an infantry regiment of more than 2,000 people.
The officers and soldiers of the guard company have their own pride.
Under the gaze of an unknown number of eyes, even though there were ruins beneath their feet, they were still in neat military uniforms, with their heads held high and standing upright. In terms of momentum alone, they were no ordinary soldiers.
Because they were still on the front line of the battlefield, when they saw their regiment leader and Lieutenant Colonel Tang Dao walking side by side, they just looked ahead and did not say hello.
"From tonight, you and the brothers from the First Battalion will be stationed in Cangcheng, under the command of Battalion Commander Tang." The Army Colonel did not waste any time and directly issued the military order.
"Yes!" A captain standing at the front of the queue stood at attention, saluted and shouted, even as he had received a military order.
Then, with the army colonel's solemn hand gesture of invitation, everyone's eyes turned to Tang Dao.
It is a common practice in the military for a new commander to give a speech. Firstly, he makes all his subordinates familiar with his appearance to facilitate future command. Secondly, through the speech, everyone can have some understanding of his personal style.
"I am Tang Dao. I am here to welcome you on behalf of all the defenders of Cangcheng." Tang Dao's opening remarks were very ordinary.
Just like a glass of boiled water, nothing special.
However, the next second, he saw Tang Dao grinning slightly, revealing a mouth of white teeth.
Like a wolf showing its sharp teeth in the moonlight.
The officers and soldiers of the guard company couldn't explain why there was such a strange feeling. It was purely an instinctive intuition.
Perhaps after an hour or two, they would understand that their instinct was wrong after all, because the person in front of them was much more terrifying than the tiger or wolf.
If I had to use one animal to describe the ferocity of this person, it would be the Tyrannosaurus Rex from ancient times.
"However, I don't welcome you to show off the strength of the elite in the army, but welcome to hell. Because this may be the graveyard of all of you here and me, Tang."
The guards and even the soldiers' pride in holding their heads high froze slightly.
Does this person always speak so directly? Is it okay to curse everyone to death before the battle even starts? Is it bad luck or not?
"Maybe you think it's unlucky, but this is the fact. The Cangcheng position only fought two battles with the Japs in total. You have also seen the brothers who died in the battle, nearly half of the Cangcheng defenders.
This is a place of death, so when Tang Dao and his brothers came here, they didn't think about how to get out of here alive. The only thing they had to do was to kill a few more Japs before they died." Tang Dao's metallic voice was low, but
It ripples in the wide space of Cangcheng, seeming to cause a shocking reverberation.
Life and death are simple to say, but when you have to face them, it always makes people feel fearful.
He casually pointed to the young deputy squad leader of the 3rd Company of the 43rd Army not far away from him: "Soldier, tell them how many brothers your infantry squad died in these two battles, and how many Japanese soldiers were killed."
"Sir, we have 14 people from the 3rd company, 2nd platoon, and 3rd squad of the 26th Division of the 43rd Army. A total of about 13 Japanese soldiers were killed. After two battles, there are still 8 people left." The young soldier trotted over and raised his chest to report.
The record of killing 6 of our own soldiers but killing 13 Japanese soldiers is something that any infantry squad should be extremely proud of with their chests held high and their heads held high.
Because, starting from the Great Wall War of Resistance in 1933, even in offensive and defensive battles, being able to maintain a battle loss ratio of 3 to 1 with the Japanese army is a figure worthy of celebration for the commander.
Including the Songhu Battle, China, which invested 700,000 elite troops, has suffered more than 100,000 casualties so far. The Japanese army, which invested 200,000 troops, not only wanted to attack, but also landed from the sea. Geographically, it was completely disadvantaged, but
The battle losses did not exceed 40,000, which was a sad 4 to 1 ratio.
If we include the wounded soldiers who were abandoned in the rout and the casualties on the retreat, the battle loss ratio between the two sides would be a horrific 7 to 1.
But this infantry squad is proud of 1:2.
But the young deputy squad leader did not have the arrogance to hold his head high. When he talked about the number of casualties on his side, his voice became hoarse involuntarily.
Even, he did not directly say the number of people killed in the battle, but replaced it with the number of people who were still alive.
Obviously, that's a sore spot for him.
Yes! That is also a battle fatality rate of close to 50%! It means that half of the comrades who depend on each other for life and death are gone, and the soldiers of the guard company who are somewhat arrogant are slightly absent-minded.
However, as the elite of a regiment, even if they knew what kind of battlefield they were about to face, the expressions on the soldiers' faces remained unchanged and their bodies remained tall and straight.
"Today may be just a test by the Japanese army. Tomorrow will be the real moment of decisive battle. I hope that each of you will be mentally prepared to fight to the death." Tang Dao looked at the soldiers of the guard company whose expressions remained unchanged and nodded with satisfaction.
"Sir Tang, please allocate positions to my guard company. Our 644 regiment guard company is definitely not a coward." The guard company commander strode out of the formation and shouted for orders.
The guard company commander was not tall, about 1.7 meters tall, but his eyes were bright and clear. Two shell guns were hung on one left and one on the right. Behind him was a thick-backed machete that should be the symbol of the Northwest Army. He looked at
Extremely powerful.
Without two brushes, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to serve as the guard company commander.
"Okay!" Tang Dao grinned.
"Then, all brothers armed with shell guns and submachine guns, please step forward!"
Although no one knew what Tang Dao wanted to do, the well-trained soldiers of the Northeast Army's guard company still stepped forward without any hesitation. 60 people, including the guard company commander, stepped forward.
Basically, they all have the rank of sergeant, and they are all veterans with more than three or four years of military service.
If the guard company is the essence of the 644th Regiment, then these people are undoubtedly the best of the best.
"You are Commander Wang's soldiers, so let me ask you, do you know why Commander Wang took the risk and came to Cangcheng?" Tang Dao suddenly asked.
This question left the officers and soldiers of the guard company somewhat confused as to how to answer it.
Not too difficult, but too easy.
Naturally, he came to Cangcheng because he missed his officers and soldiers. Why did he come here specifically to take a look?
"I guess none of you have ever seen your regimental commander cry, but I have." Tang Dao said, looking at the officers and soldiers of the guard company who didn't know how to answer.
"Logically speaking, if a regiment commander who commands more than 2,000 men loses 300 troops in battle, it would not be so distressing that a seven-foot-tall man would shed tears. But he still shed tears because he is too fragile.
?
No, it was because he regretted that he did not come to fight side by side with the brothers in Cangcheng. He gave me the title of Tang Dao, the commander of the Cangcheng field that may be famous throughout the ages. To use a common saying in my hometown, he cried regretfully.
All over!"
Wang Xirui on the side couldn't laugh or cry. He didn't expect that he would become Tang Dao's morale-boosting material. That was fine, but what the hell was he crying about?
"Dongguan, do we have this saying in our hometown?" Qian Dazhu asked his veteran squad leader in a low voice.
"I don't know. It's probably because we are from western Sichuan and Commander Tang is from eastern Sichuan!" The veteran squad leader could only give this explanation.
The surrounding Cangcheng defenders were all laughing. Only the guards and soldiers were not laughing. Of course they knew who their commander was crying for, and of course they knew why the commander kept their trump card here.
Because the commander really felt sorry for his soldiers.
"Since Tang Dao, the commander of your regiment, regretted it because I won this honor, it's not rude to go back and forth. If I don't let the Japanese cry, how can I be worthy of your commander Wang?" Tang Dao's eyes suddenly looked at him.
He became cold. "I want to do something outside the city. I wonder if you have the guts?"
Tang Dao's cold eyes passed by the 60 people in front of him, making people shiver involuntarily.
What does he want to do?
Many people vaguely guessed Tang Dao's plan, but they couldn't believe it.
What do you mean by giving a vote? Isn’t it just about robbing people?
However, there are thousands of Japanese troops outside Cangcheng. If you leave the position to conduct a sneak attack, don't steal the chicken but lose the rice, and take all the people in.
If that's the case, it's a really crazy idea.
Their original feeling turned out to be wrong. The Lieutenant Colonel Tang in front of them was a wolf. He was a completely crazy wolf.
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