The temporary residence of China's Second Theater Command.
Luo Wanjian, as a sergeant squad leader of the 210th Brigade of the 68th Division of the 19th Army of the Jinsui Army, is on duty at the city gate today.
To put it bluntly, during this war, the city gate guard was responsible for checking the carriage of people entering and exiting the city gate and looking for suspicious persons.
The Japanese army is massively increasing its troops to the last big city in Shanxi Province. Spies are flying all over the sky. Linfen, where the Second Theater Command is located, is now under martial law. Two of the four city gates are closed, leaving only one facing Shaanxi.
The two city gates of the province are still open for people to enter and exit normally.
Luo Wanjian was not a new recruit. He had been in the army for four or five years and was still just a superior soldier. However, after a battle to defend the original city, three squad leaders and two squad deputies from his original infantry squad died. He had been in the army for four years.
Half of the soldiers turned out to be the most senior in the infantry squad. Not only was the firing line promoted to squad leader, but his military rank was also promoted to sergeant.
But at that time, Luo Wanjian was not happy at all. Instead, he was more afraid. There were only four people left in the infantry squad. This squad leader was basically equated with death! At that time, he hated his father very much.
Judging from the outcome of this bad name given to him, it is like a thousand arrows shooting out here and there, a thousand arrows piercing the heart!
The Japanese dropped bombs from the sky and bombarded them with artillery underground, leaving no way for people to survive!
A miracle happened like this. On the second day after being promoted to squad leader, the army began to retreat. Then the original city was lost, northern Shanxi was lost, western Shanxi was lost, and eastern Shanxi and southern Shanxi were almost lost. Everyone
They were trapped in this small area of southeast Shanxi and struggled to survive.
Jin Province is about to disappear. The powerful Jinsui Army, which originally had 300,000 troops, has less than 100,000 troops left. But for Luo Wanjian personally, he has been promoted and his life has been saved.
The army sergeant who was lucky enough to survive had basically despaired of the battlefield. His biggest wish at the moment was no longer whether he could hold on to the last piece of territory in his hometown, but when he could continue to retreat to Shaanxi Province.
Go, at least there is a natural cut of the Yellow River there.
Perhaps, this is also the truest thought in the hearts of the vast majority of the tens of thousands of Jin-Sui soldiers who have low morale. They have completely lost confidence in their 'King of Jin Province'.
Therefore, Luo Wanjian was not very concerned about the people rushing in and out of the city gate. If the Japanese spies were to come, let them come! Anyway, Linfen City would be lost sooner or later.
The squad leader was all like this, and the infantry squad soldiers under his command naturally followed suit. They lined up lazily at the gate of the city with their guns in hand. It was already three o'clock in the morning, and many of them were still yawning and feeling listless.
Luo Wanjian knew that this was because these guys gambled all night in the barracks yesterday. Anyway, the guy who won the money gave him a piece of silver as a tribute in the morning. As a squad leader, he naturally turned a blind eye.
Close one eye.
The people passing by the city gate are naturally accustomed to this phenomenon. They don't care about the mental state of the soldiers guarding the city gate, as long as they don't cause trouble to them. However, although the Japanese invaders are pressing heavily on the border dozens of kilometers away,
It's worrying, but what can you do if you worry? You can't solve the problem, you can only live one day at a time.
This should be the current state of life of the Chinese military and civilians in Linfen City, which is almost numb.
The battlefield was defeated, the city was lost, morale was low, and the people were numb.
At the entrance of the city gate, a big man wearing a long mandarin jacket and a top hat frowned as he watched this scene.
Luo Wanjian, who squinted his eyes as if he was out of his mind, saw the big man's frowning frown out of the corner of his eye. There was no way, this big man dressed as an ordinary businessman was at least 1.8 meters tall, which made him
As the captain of the city gate guard team, it was hard not to notice him.
However, based on life experience, this big man should have nothing to do with the Japanese, especially when he frowned when he saw the numbness of the military and civilians, Luo Wanjian's man's intuition told him that this was definitely a man with enough
Chinese people with a sense of justice.
Because, looking at the state of the soldiers under his command, even he himself despised them, let alone others.
However, he is just a small squad leader, what can he change? He can win this losing battle by whipping his soldiers who have just laid down their hoes for a few days? Don't be funny, he doesn't want to imagine
Like his previous squad leaders, he didn't even have a straw mat when he died, so he just dug a shallow hole and buried him.
Moreover, seeing that the big man was accompanied by two followers and a big dog, Luo Wanjian could basically tell his net worth. Not to mention rich and powerful, he was middle-class at least, at least not a sergeant squad leader like him.
Can be provoked.
If you dislike him, let him dislike it! In any case, it won't cost him anything if he dislikes it. Luo Wanjian quickly glanced elsewhere from the corner of his eye. As long as he successfully completed his duty during the day and nothing happened, he and his infantry squad would
There will be a night and a day's rest, and the silver dollar he collected in the morning is enough for him to sleep all night in Xiaofang's small house with a red lantern.
Thinking of Xiaofang's waist that was not slender but full enough and could twist like crazy, Luo Wanjian felt that that was the greatest pleasure in the world.
However, when Luo Wanjian's peripheral vision glanced towards the city gate, and a guy with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, who looked like a tuberculosis ghost but was wearing a military uniform with a shell gun hanging on his waist, appeared in his peripheral vision, Luo Wanjian, the sergeant squad leader, suddenly
The earth stirred.
It's not because this guy is the lieutenant of his infantry company, the officer with the largest guard duty at the city gate today, or the boss of his immediate boss, but because it seems like something is going to happen.
How could a large city, where the theater headquarters is located, have only one infantry squad on duty at an important thoroughfare like the city gate that has nearly ten thousand people passing through it every day?
There is a light machine gun on both sides of the entire city gate, and there are also machine gun fortifications above the city gate. In addition to Luo Wanjian's infantry squad standing on both sides of the city gate with live ammunition, there is also a fully armed infantry squad in the fortifications inside and outside the city gate.
, there is even an infantry company on standby in the military camp not far from the city gate. No matter how bad a fully armed infantry platoon is, it can still fire a warning shot!
And once there is gunfire, they can all rush to the city gate within 3 minutes, not to mention that there are 68th Division and an infantry division with tens of thousands of people in Linfen City.
Of course, this is nothing. The three lines of defense deployed in the mountains outside Linfen City have a total of 150,000 troops. They are the main force to defend Linfen City.
If you want to cause trouble in Lafen City, even if you are as powerful as the Japanese and don't have an infantry regiment, don't have this dream, otherwise Luo Wanjian and his gang guarding the city gate will not be so lax.
But this lieutenant and company deputy whose surname was Tao Shiren and whose nickname was "fishing for death" was a careless master. He took the initiative to apply for the position of captain of the city gate guard squadron by relying on his sister being the brigade commander's mate.
errand.
This janitor's job may seem ordinary, but only those who are well versed in it know that it is very lucrative. Because it is wartime, many scarce materials are under wartime control and are not allowed to be sold privately, such as cigarettes, salt, and sugar.
Medicines, etc., are also urgently needed by many people. The price on the underground black market is said to have increased tenfold. If there are huge profits, some people will take risks.
It has become their standard practice to raise money and bribe the city gate watchman. They can earn money to death. Didn't they spend that night in a hotel or a brothel these days?
That's all, this guy is not satisfied yet. From time to time, he will walk around the city gate, not for anything else, just to touch the faces of the older girls and younger wives and take advantage of them, and shake up the city for everyone.
The majesty of the gate guard squadron leader.
It's not a big evil, but it's disgusting. Even the soldiers of the Jinsui Army who were on duty at the city gate and were lazily attending to their errands looked down upon their own leader.
But he was protected by a major general and brigade commander. Not to mention that there was nothing they could do against him. Even the battalion commander and regimental commander above him turned a blind eye.
"Don't cause trouble for me!" Luo Wanjian muttered silently in his heart, while bending his waist and planning to give this man a military salute.
Why don't you come here just to enjoy this feeling?
But what are you afraid of?
"Come here!" The man with the sharp face and monkey cheeks looked at the tall man with a frown standing at the entrance of the city gate, and waved with an unhappy look on his face.
Of course Lao Daoshi was unhappy. He had seen a lot of talented people, but he was handsome but dressed in ordinary clothes, but he still expressed his dissatisfaction to people he couldn't mess with. This was a problem.
Of course Lao Deshi knew what kind of guys he was leading, but the number of veterans in the brigade that defended the original city was reduced from 10% to 70%. Then there were successive defeats. This group of soldiers joined the army.
However, the recruits who are only two months old are already good at standing at the door with guns in hand. Why, they are still expected to go to the front line!
If that happened, Lao Deshi, who had jumped two levels from a squad leader to a lieutenant, would be the first to turn around and run away.
But these cowards are his, and looking down on them means looking down on him, especially if he is looked down upon by an ordinary guy. The most unpleasant thing is that this ordinary guy has a good life, and is as skinny as a monkey compared to his 1.65-inch stature.
His face is much stronger.
To put it bluntly, in the face of mediocre people, excellence itself is the original sin.
"Sir, what should I do?" Peng Chong, the commander of the guard company who was following Tang Dao, looked tense and asked in a low voice.
Tang Dao's visit to Fen this time, of course, will not come quietly. It has been reported through the 22nd Army Headquarters and the Second Theater Command, so Tang Dao will personally report to the theater commander about the Shanxi and Eastern War.
as an excuse.
Although the Battle of Licheng and the Battle of Xiangtangpu were both led by the 921st Division, the 80th Group Army is currently under the jurisdiction of the Second Theater Command. The general commander will also have face if he wins the battle. Although Tang Dao is only
He is an army colonel, and he is a subordinate of the Sichuan Army Group. He is still far away from a general at the level of a theater commander, but the Si Xing Regiment is well-known, and it is obvious that he came with the intention of currying favor with the commander. With the Shanxi old man's
So smart, how could you not have thought of it?
Within two days, the theater headquarters responded and agreed.
Tang Dao is now considered an important general, and he also has the task of purchasing supplies and exchanging money. Naturally, he will not just run to Linfen with two or three soldiers like before, but Tang Dao doesn't want to make too much fanfare and let him go.
The Japanese spies in the city knew about it, so they left all the accompanying troops in a small town ten miles away. He only took Xia Dayu and Peng Chong with him, plus a hammer, military uniforms and some identification documents, and planned to
After entering the city and finding a place to stay, we went to the theater headquarters and agreed on a time to visit that person's house.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked to the city gate, I just frowned at the lax mental outlook of the city gate defender, and something went wrong. The wretched-looking army lieutenant looked like he was looking for trouble.
"Just wait and see what happens!" Tang Dao patted Xia Dayu's shoulder, who couldn't help but want to reach out to touch his waist, his expression unchanged. "I'm just a clown, why are you nervous!"
"Just you guys! Come here quickly!" Lao Deshi put his hands behind his back and shouted coldly.
The crowd around them quickly dispersed to the side, leaving Tang Dao, three people and one dog at the city gate.
Tang Dao took the lead, followed closely by Peng Chong and Xia Dayu. Hammer was still curious about the group of people around him who were looking at him with pity.
Hammer is now a real military dog.
Its life is not to bask in the sun. During the whole regiment's military training, it also ran on the obstacle course with more than 20 kilograms of rocks on its back. When it went to the battlefield, it would also put a Tang knife around its neck.
Teacher Xiao He was specially asked to customize a collar with strong steel spikes for it, and a vest with thin steel plates on its chest and abdomen. It is an absolute warrior.
As soon as it senses murderous intent, it will immediately issue a low whining warning. Once Tang Dao issues a combat command, it will immediately enter combat status.
Of course, it is obviously not the battlefield it is already familiar with.
There was no murderous intent, but there was a look in his eyes that made Hammer feel strange.
It has become accustomed to being in the company of those powerful humans, and it doesn't understand why the weak humans around it look at it with such pity.
In the world of Hammer, including the group of humans with weapons that can kill dogs, if a war breaks out, it can kill at least several of them.
Rabbits can also show mercy to wolves, which is difficult to understand given Hammer's current IQ.
"What are you doing here?" Lao Deshi raised his head and looked at Tang Dao, whose head was half as big as his own, and asked with a cold face.
"Boss, do some small business!" Tang Dao lowered his head and answered sincerely.
"You're doing business, and you still have time to bring a dog? It's definitely not a serious business." Lao Deshi looked at Hammer, who was shaking his head and following him, and gave Tang Dao a cold snort.
Hammer: Why am I not serious?
"Open the suitcase and let me take a look?" Lao Deshi ordered coldly.
The people on the side lowered their heads and sighed, this young man with a seemingly good family background was going to be unlucky.
It's been a month since 'Fishing to Death' came to this city gate. Who doesn't know that he has evil intentions? People with no background fell into his hands, and at least half of his belongings were lost. He wanted to file a lawsuit, but the brigade commander
My brother-in-law is the highest defense officer in Dongcheng. If you are more sensible, you can still keep yourself safe if you think you are unlucky. But if you are not sensible, you will be put into a sack and beaten to death and thrown out of the city in the middle of the night. In this era of war and chaos, not to mention a broken leg, you are likely to die.
Personally, I don't think anyone has the heart to take care of it.
"What? Is this a guilty conscience?" Lao Deshi obviously enjoyed the feeling of being able to silence the whole place with this command. He patted the shell gun box on his waist and protested.
By the way, his eyes glanced at Luo Wanjian, signaling him to bring his soldiers, put on the gun, pull the bolt, etc., to help him boost his momentum.
This is an old routine. In the past, Luo Wanjian, the sergeant and squad leader, would probably have cooperated, and would have basically given a few silver dollars to the brothers to drink afterward.
But this time, looking at the young man's upright back, and thinking about the tough face he saw earlier, the Army sergeant felt a sense of fear for some reason.
Somehow, the Army sergeant waved his hand behind his back slightly, signaling to the soldiers behind him not to act rashly.
Luo Wanjian is a veteran himself, and he usually takes good care of the soldiers in his class. Even if he does things that violate military discipline, such as gambling and drinking, he turns a blind eye. The soldiers in his class are quite convinced by him and see him quietly giving orders.
, just do what he wants.
As for "fishing until you die", if he didn't have a sister who was a brigade commander's wife, who would pay attention to him!
This is probably the most correct thing Luo Wanjian has done since he grew up.
Seeing that the soldiers in front of the city gate didn't do what he wanted, he was filled with anger. However, before he could get angry, his eyes suddenly straightened.
Peng Chong, the commander of the guard company, would not listen to a lieutenant. In his suitcase, there was a gift from Commander Tang that he wanted to give to the commander of the theater. How could he show it to others like this?
But Tang Dao smiled faintly and motioned for him to open it for the master to take a look at.
The half-opened suitcase was brought to Lao Deshi by Peng Chong, and there were ten golden yellow croakers inside.
A large yellow croaker is not a small yellow croaker. One croaker costs ten taels, ten croakers equals one hundred taels, and if exchanged for the ocean, it would be nearly 20,000 taels.
Don't talk about little people like "fishing to death", even his "brother-in-law" who is a brigade commander probably doesn't have many opportunities to walk around with 20,000 oceans in cash! Fishing to death is not straight.
That's the ghost.
After staring at the suitcase for a long time, he swallowed hard and tried to move his eyes away. His eyes flickered and he gritted his teeth and looked at the big backpack Xia Dayu was carrying behind him, "Take that too."
Open it and let me take a look."
"Boss, I can't show you that." Tang Dao shook his head. "To put it bluntly, your level is not high enough!"
"Bold, I am the captain of the city gate guard squadron. I am responsible for guarding the safety of the city gate. Even if the commander of the theater passes by me, he has to show his ID. Who are you to dare to say that I am not high enough?" Lao De.
Shi Bei's words from Tang Dao were a bit overwhelming, and he suddenly became angry. He stretched out his hand and pulled out the shell gun from the gun case, aiming it at Tang Dao.
"I have decided today, do you believe it or not?"
Seeing that this man actually drew his gun and pointed it at Tang Dao, Hammer, who was harmless to humans and animals and looked like a country dog, suddenly became unhappy. He turned his lips, revealing a mouth full of white teeth. As long as Tang Dao gave a command, he would bite.
Bite that guy's wrist off.
The atmosphere at the city gate suddenly became quiet and almost solid.
Luo Wanjian was also a little at a loss. He probably didn't expect that young man to be so tyrannical and even said loudly that he was not of a high level.
The squadron leader pulled out his gun. Should his subordinate go up or not? The Army sergeant's head was buzzing.
Then, he seemed to see the young man turning back and smiling at him, and then said lightly: "Since your child is so curious, let your child take a look. I hope you won't regret it."
The Army sergeant was not relieved by this. On the contrary, his hair stood on end. He noticed the young man's wording. It was no longer a boss, but "your son", which was the name used by the superiors in the north to the inferiors.
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PS: Chapter 980 was deleted by a river crab. I haven’t found the reason yet. I will make changes in the past two days and then ask the editor to unblock it.
By the way, I'm asking for leave tomorrow. I will organize online exams for students tomorrow, and Fengyue will also have to grade and revise papers. It is estimated that I will need a whole day to be busy. After tomorrow, Fengyue will be on vacation. With enough time to write, it will basically not be necessary.
I will ask for leave again, even if it is New Year's Eve or the first day of the Lunar New Year, I will make sure to update.
