Chapter 958 Cemetery (Part 2) (Please vote for me!)
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Tang Dao stood next to the only tomb without a tombstone and continued: "Maybe everyone will have doubts about who has this honor to be buried alone in this big tomb and supported by me, the leader of the regiment."
Ling, what kind of achievements did he achieve?
Now, I can tell you who the person in the tomb is.
They were originally a group of deserters! A group of cowards who left their positions under the leadership of their commanders just to survive!"
The crowd became slightly restless.
But many people in the queue quietly shed tears.
Because they finally knew who those people who were supported by Tang Tuanzuo personally were, young Tudou was already in tears!
A small box, even if it is just ashes, can hold a group of people. Who else can it hold besides his comrades?
"Yes, the person in this tomb is not just one person, but nearly an infantry squad, an infantry squad from the former Sichuan Army.
When I met them, they were like lost dogs, abandoning their comrades and fleeing in panic under the leadership of their bastard regiment leader. Our Fourth Army Regiment, as the Guangde battlefield law enforcement team, blocked their retreat with machine guns and military orders.
The military orders are strict, if you retreat you will die!
It was more about continuing to survive! After I killed their bastard leader with one shot, they followed me back onto the battlefield to atone for their cowardice!
But please let me apologize to them here. I admit that I underestimated them.
As a Sichuanese, I don't want to admit that my hometown party will be a group of cowards, but as a regiment leader, I must be responsible for my comrades who fight side by side. I dare not hand my back to such a group of former soldiers.
People who have abandoned their comrades.
But they have proved with their blood and lives what it means that "Sichuan people never disappoint the country". They deserve to be trusted by everyone, even if they were once weak and cowardly under the leadership of a sheep!
Battle on Mouse Mountain!
The 7th and 9th infantry companies of this Sichuan Army unit, with a total of 283 people, defended our main position on Highland 3. What they had to face was a series of attacks by an integrated infantry brigade of the Japanese army under the cover of dozens of artillery pieces.
, and finally joined half a squadron of cavalry.
In order to capture our No. 3 position, the Japanese army even did not hesitate to use 105 howitzers to bombard the empty area behind our position. Their purpose was just to prevent me from sending reinforcements.
For a whole day, the two Sichuan infantry companies under my command, Tang Dao, had no soldiers to support them."
At this point, a man with such a hard Tang Dao couldn't help but get a lump in his throat.
He recalled the cruel decision that Cai Yongguan had given him. It was at Cai Yongguan's request and with the young soldiers roaring crazily on the phone that he ordered his artillery to blow up the entire peak of No. 3 Highland into powder.
Just as Guo Shouzhi predicted at the time, although Tang Dao never mentioned that scene again, it almost became his inner demon. When he dreamed at night, he would dream several times of the Sichuan Army soldiers whom he was not actually familiar with.
They were thin and short, their black military uniforms were very shabby, they carried a bamboo hat that could not protect them much from the wind and rain, and their faces were unhealthy and dirty. They looked less like soldiers and more like a group of migrant workers who came to work in the city to make a living.
But they all have the optimistic character that Sichuan people generally have. Even if they know that a war is coming, they will always dig tunnels while complaining: "What should I do! Escape will be a disaster, and you can only follow the stupid little devils."
Pinsa! It’s good if you can survive, but if you can’t survive, there’s nothing you can do about it!”
That's more than 280 people! Except for the seriously wounded who were desperate to survive in the early stage and a few lucky ones like Cai Yongguan, all died in the battle.
Tang Dao always knew that when he ordered the artillery battery to fire, at least a dozen soldiers were still alive. It was he who personally sent his countrymen and comrades to hell.
Seeing Tang Dao's uncontrollable emotions at this moment, Tantai Mingyue finally knew why Tang Dao rarely mentioned the battle on Highland 3 in front of him after that battle, even if he wanted to record their bravery, Tang Dao
I always look for diversions from the topic.
To be a commander, one's heart must be hard enough, but no matter how hard one is, there is always a fragility that can cause pain.
That should be one of the battlefields that Tang Dao Company is unwilling to return to the capital.
The whole place was silent!
The new recruits who joined later had heard about this battle from the veterans, but they had no idea that the battle was so brutal. With less than 300 men resisting more than a thousand Japanese invaders taking turns to attack, the Japanese army actually had a terrifying 105mm howitzer.
They have never seen the 105 howitzer, but they have seen the 75 mountain gun. If one shot is fired, there will be no living person within a hundred meters. How terrible is the 105 howitzer?
I couldn't help but look at the Sichuan Army veterans around me in awe. How did these people survive?
The veterans are sad, the recruits are shocked, and the common people are silent.
Because the Chinese army retreated to the mountainous area and the Japanese army's tentacles had not yet reached into the mountains, the vast majority of the people had not seen the cruelty of war with their own eyes. It was difficult for them to imagine the power of the 105 howitzer's 18-kilogram warhead, and how more than 280 people were killed in the mountainous area.
A day of hard work without support.
Then, Tang Dao, who tried his best to suppress his emotions and open his heart, told them.
"Yes, in the battle on Highland 3, the 7th and 9th companies not only withstood attacks by more than a thousand Japanese invaders, but also killed more than 400 Japanese invaders on the spot and injured hundreds more.
Under the bombardment of heavy artillery, he also ran out of ammunition and food, and all his fortifications were destroyed!
Except for the seriously wounded soldiers who were forced to retreat into the tunnels at the foot of the mountain, everyone else, led by Cai Yongguan, the then commander of the 9th company, stayed on the top of the mountain to continue blocking the enemy.
To say that it is blocking the enemy is also to lure the enemy.
I still remember the little soldier Tudou desperately shouting to me on the phone: Shoot me! Please, sir, shoot me!
Tudou is the smallest soldier left by the two infantry companies through cheating, and he is also the last communications soldier who can send signals to the headquarters.
Yes, that afternoon, the artillery company of our Fourth Line Regiment opened fire with all its strength for the first time, but the artillery shells of our regiment did not explode towards the enemy's positions, but towards my soldiers.
There, in addition to a dozen of our troops, there were more than 200 Japanese invaders who had already rushed into our army's position.
They exchanged one for ten! For twenty.”
At this point, Tang Dao burst into tears.
But this time, he didn't stop, just like he did on the battlefield, even if the open wound was dripping with blood, he still moved forward bravely.
"More than 200 Japanese invaders, together with our soldiers, were reduced to powder under the cannon fire from the sky!
Originally, this kind of casualty ratio would be enviable on any battlefield.
But as a commander, I am not happy at all, because from the moment they step onto the battlefield under my military orders, they are my comrades-in-arms and my brothers.
But at that time, all my brothers were killed by the artillery shells of my Fourth Army Regiment under my orders."
"Sir, we don't blame you, we really don't blame you!" Tudou shouted in the queue. "Maziguo and the others said they would rather be blown up by their own cannons than stabbed to death by the Japanese bayonets!"
All the soldiers had solemn expressions. If they had been on the spot, they would probably have made the same choice.
Including those recruits who have seen the cruelty of war!
It turns out that this is war!
The people who listened closely to Tang Dao, the commander of the regiment, described the battlefield were all feeling numb at that moment.
Then what kind of people are standing in front of them! Why are they not afraid of such a battlefield?
Afraid, of course!
But everyone will be afraid in the face of hail of bullets and flying artillery fire.
Not only was he afraid of death, but he was also afraid that his mother would be sad and sad.
The white-haired old woman who lost her eldest son last night pressed her head firmly against her son's cold forehead, her white hair trembling but silently grieving. She didn't know that the two female nurses who were accompanying her were bleeding.
How many tears.
But the officers and soldiers on the battlefield who dared to charge forward with bayonets turned their heads sideways at that moment, and no one dared to look at the old woman's face.
Because they are afraid of thinking of their mother.
So what if it's terrible?
Because you are afraid, will the Japanese not raise their swords and guns against you? They will not stab your children on the bayonet cruelly, just like prey caught in the wild? They will not loot and burn the villages to the ground.
A white field?
No, the more afraid you are, the more ferocious the devil will be.
And when you are brave, strange creatures like the Japanese will shrink back. Tang Dao led them to defeat the Japanese army again and again, which has been proven all this.
Tang Dao's voice continued: "After the war, our Four Lines Regiment organized manpower to collect the remains of the soldiers, but more than a dozen of them were never found again. Their flesh and blood has long been integrated with the positions where they fought, and our land of China.
It's hard to tell each other apart.
We can only use the soil stained with their flesh and blood to build a hero's grave on the No. 3 position of Mouse Mountain in Guangde, and take away a small part of it!
They are all here!"
"I said before that they were deserters! They were cowards! But no one can make mistakes except a saint. They used their sacrifices to wash away the shame of the past!
They are good men of Sichuan Province, role models for Chinese soldiers, and heroes of the Chinese nation!
Such heroes, are they worthy of me, Tang Dao, personally seeing them off?"
"Long live the hero!" Lei Xiong waved his arms and roared loudly!
"Long live the hero!"
"Long live the hero!"
Regardless of whether they were soldiers or civilians, they all raised their arms at this moment, as if they were raising their own guns, roaring to the sky.
At this moment, the families of the soldiers who died in the battle were not as sad as before.
If it weren't for the Four Elements Group, maybe they would have died in the end, and their bodies would have been thrown into mass graves like wild dogs! Although there are no people left now, there are still tens of thousands of people standing in front of their tombstones.
Say 'long live'!
Being able to enjoy this ultimate glory after death must be the blessing of our ancestors!
"Heroes must be treated like heroes! Listen to my order, Wei Donglai, the former commander of the seventh company of the Sichuan Army, and Cai Yongguan, the former commander of the ninth company of the Sichuan Army, come out!" Tang Dao stared at the army in front of him with bright eyes.
"Wei Donglai reported to the regimental commander!" Wei Donglai strode out of the queue.
"Cai Yongguan reported to the regimental commander!" Cai Yongguan strode out of the queue.
"After that battle, I promised Tudou that I would rebuild your two infantry companies in the future. Even if you don't have a single soldier left, have I fulfilled my promise?" Tang Dao suddenly asked.
"Sir, your promise has been fulfilled. In this battle in Eastern Jin Dynasty, my battalion and two companies lived up to the high expectations of the officers and wiped out more than 200 enemies!" Wei Donglai straightened his chest and proudly reported the achievements of the infantry company he commanded.
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Obviously, that was not only a report to Tang Dao, but also a report to the fallen comrades who died in the battle on No. 3 Hill of Mouse Mountain.
"We, the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion, have wiped out more than 140 enemies in this battle!" Cai Yongguan wanted to be more concise and to the point.
In fact, the eight Faxiao Jin who went down the mountain with him were all killed in that battle. He has not completely recovered yet. He who once held the title of bandit company commander has become much silent.
"No, my promise has not been completed yet!" Tang Dao shook his head. "The hero is dead, but the hero's soul is immortal. I believe that with them here, you two infantry companies will definitely become the best in our regiment.
One of the infantry companies."
"From now on, you can no longer call us 2nd or 5th company!" Tang Dao suddenly yelled. "Chief of Staff Zhuang, where are the flags of the 7th Guangde Steel Company and the Mouse Mountain Hard Bone Company?"
Master Zhuang came out of the procession solemnly, holding two bright red banners embroidered with gold and walking over in goose-step.
They took the flags from Zhuang Shisan's hand and put them on the flagpole one by one. Then Tang Dao and Zhuang Shisan solemnly held the flags with both hands and handed them to the two people who were obviously still a little confused.
"Captain Guard, take the flag!"
"Captain Cai, please take the flag!"
The two captains and company commanders took over the military flags belonging to their teams with almost trembling hands. Facing the surprised and surprised officers and soldiers of their infantry companies, they waved into the wind. On the bright red military flags, there were "Steel Seventh Company" and "Hard Bones Company".
The large yellow characters shine brightly in the morning sun.
Although the more than two thousand officers and soldiers in the queue still stood upright with solemn expressions on their faces, the envious glint in their eyes still revealed that their hearts were not as calm as they appeared.
This is the first time that the Si Xing Regiment has been awarded the military flag, and it is also the first time that two company-level units have been awarded the military flag!
Before that, whether it was a battalion or a company, the military flag displayed the battalion and company of the Si Xing Regiment.
Unexpectedly, the two infantry companies actually have their own unique military flags and titles. This is definitely a huge honor.
It's just that, it's all envy, but no one is dissatisfied.
These honors are all obtained with sacrifice.
Of the 283 people, no more than 40 will survive in the end, and many are missing arms and legs and are forced to withdraw from the front line. The casualty rate is as high as 95%, and the death rate is as high as 80%. Not everyone can do this.
It can be done easily.
Apart from money, Tang Dao has never found a suitable opportunity for commendations and rewards for these two Sichuan Army infantry companies.
Even the military flag was entrusted to Boss Qian and the others when they were in Zhengzhou.
Finally, in front of more than 800 martyrs, Tang Dao completely fulfilled his promise, and he was relieved of his worries.
After conferring the military flag, Tang Dao stood back on the high platform at the bottom of the Martyrs Cemetery. Looking at the two military flags fluttering fiercely in the wind and thousands of officers and soldiers standing solemnly, he took a deep breath:
"The reason why I want to award these two military flags representing glory to these two infantry companies who have made great sacrifices before giving them to the martyrs.
It's because I hope that all the officers and soldiers of the Si Xing Regiment will remember why the battle flag is so beautiful because it is the blood of heroes that dyed it red.
The battle flag represents glory and the sacrificial spirit of the martyrs!
Everyone will die, but not everyone may live!
And a hero, even if he dies, will live forever!"
At that moment, Tang Dao pointed at his heart and his voice was deafening.
Many years later, when veterans who had survived hundreds of battles recalled that moment, they couldn't help but murmur the words spoken by their regiment members that would become famous in China in the future: Heroes, even if they die, will live forever!
Their regimental commander did not lie to them!
The monuments to heroes towering over various battlefields, every year during the Qingming Festival, people gather from all over to lay wreaths!
The forever young soldier will be remembered by the entire nation!
