Shisanlipu is a very small town, only one-tenth the size of Changshu.
There are less than 1,000 permanent residents in the town.
But when they heard that the Japs were coming, almost everyone in the town ran away. But the only ones who haven't run away yet are a shelter and a few nearby shops.
If the soldiers don't run away, neither will the owners of these shops. They are still waiting to make the last pot of gold.
The camp contained a company of defenders, plus nearly a thousand broken troops.
The composition of the defeated troops was very mixed. Most of them were the Sichuan Army Corps that had been dispersed. There were also some veteran soldiers and deserters.
If you catch them, you'll be defeated. If you can't catch them, you'll run away. That's it.
Company Commander Wang at the shelter had no choice but to bother to interrogate them. In the past, various divisions, brigades, and even regiments came to the shelter to select people. After they were picked, they were sent to the front to continue fighting.
But some people were unwilling to leave at all and made various demands, otherwise they would rather die in the shelter.
In the face of these evil forces, many officers have no choice. Even if such people are forced to the front battlefield, they will not be able to fight, and they have to be always on guard against them escaping at some point. So it is better not to let them go.
However, due to the intense fighting ahead, even if they were a group of traitors and deserters, they could only invite these men to the battlefield.
Because each regiment suffered heavy losses and was short of men, and very short of men.
So it is precisely because of this that from four o'clock in the afternoon to now, two brigade commanders, three regiment commanders, and eight battalion commanders have arrived, all planning to ask for people from the shelter.
It's just a pity that none of them have to leave today. Because Captain Wang just received an order not to leave a single soldier from the shelter, and everyone has been requisitioned.
"What the hell, who is so capable? Are they all being recruited?"
"Yeah, isn't this a relative of the committee member? Is it a call from the chairman's office?"
"I want to see who he is who has such great ability."
"Grandma, my troops are almost all gone. I just heard that there are soldiers here, but they didn't give them to me."
"That is, my 31st Brigade has less than half its strength. I have asked for additional troops several times, but there are none."
"Isn't that true? The same goes for my 162nd Brigade..."
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A group of officers complained to each other in the living room because they could not get soldiers.
However, at this moment, a military Dodge Jeep parked outside the shelter.
This is definitely a new thing for the defenders. Because the other officers came on horseback to ask for people, this one actually came in a car. I guess he was at least a division commander?
Because it was too dark, the guard couldn't see clearly, so he stood up straight and said, "Hello, sir."
"good!"
Duanwu didn't refute, no matter what your name is! You call me Commander, I dare to agree.
Duanwu said in a commanding tone: "Let your leaders here come to see me."
"Sir, please go to the living room first. I'll go find our company commander right away."
The guards all thought that Duanwu was the division commander, that's why they were so attentive.
Dragon Boat Festival didn't care about this and walked into the living room. As soon as he entered the room, it was steaming and there were at least twenty people inside.
Some of them were sitting on chairs, some were leaning against the wall, some were squatting in the corners, some were sitting on the windowsill, and so on.
But when Duanwu came in, an old regiment leader in his fifties with a pipe in his mouth smiled and said, "Look, another one is here."
The brigade commander of the 162nd Brigade squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Little brother, how did you get your clothes? Hahaha, did you get into the cannon fodder?"
"Hahaha!"
"Hahaha!......"
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Everyone laughed together, because the military uniform on Duanwu was so dirty, with the blood of the Japanese and the black smoke, it was almost impossible to see the original appearance of his military uniform. Even the collar badge was covered with blood.
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Dragon Boat Festival Hehe Shale saw that there was a chair next to the 162 brigade commander, so he walked over and sat down on it.
The commanders of the 162nd Brigade and the 31st Brigade were a little dissatisfied and looked at the Dragon Boat Festival with squinted eyes.
The same goes for the other regiment leaders, because in their eyes, Dragon Boat Festival is probably just a big-headed soldier. At most, he can be a small platoon leader.
What's more, the empty chair was not empty. There were people in the room, including three regiment commanders. One of them was still standing. He didn't dare to sit down when the commander of the 162 Brigade asked him to sit. But
I didn't want the Dragon Boat Festival to come, so I just sat there.
The standing commander sneered and said, "Brother, are you so polite? What is your military rank? How dare you sit there?"
Duanwu didn't say anything, he just wiped his collar badge with his hand.
Two bars and three stars.
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The regiment leader who had just sneered with disdain felt speechless for a moment. He was in his forties this year, and he had just held the post of deputy commander of a lieutenant colonel. But at such a young age, he already had two bars and three stars.
Already.
Brigadier Zhang of the 162nd Brigade couldn't help but take another look at Dragon Boat Festival and asked: "Little brother, where are you from? You are less than twenty years old, right? With the rank of colonel? Could it be that you picked it up from the battlefield?
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Brigadier Zhang is weird, because as a brigade commander, he only has the rank of colonel, and he is almost fifty this year. But the young officer in front of him is not even twenty years old. Why is this?
"Eighty-eighth Division, Independent Regiment, Colonel Commander-Duan Wu, please give me your advice."
Duan Wu deliberately spoke loudly, but almost made Brigadier Zhang's nose crooked with anger.
Because the Eighty-eighth Division is a direct descendant, who the hell doesn’t know this. And everyone knows that you have the rank of colonel. Do you still need to be so loud?
However, Brigadier Zhang was not a vegetarian. He said with a mocking tone: "What can we do with the Eighty-eighth Division? We can't find anyone. We have orders from above not to let anyone go. We are all waiting to see which bastard it is."
, with such a great reputation, he wanted to leave nearly a thousand people."
Others echoed angrily, saying that if they saw that bastard, they would have to tear him alive. Some even gritted their teeth in hatred.
Duanwu looked very embarrassed, because the person in this room might be talking about him.
But at this moment, Company Commander Wang came and apologized as soon as he entered the door: "Sir, I've been waiting for a long time. The special commissioner who came to contact me hasn't come yet. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
By the way, there was a division commander just now, who is he?"
"Teacher? Where is the teacher?"
Everyone present was surprised because no teacher came in at all. Otherwise, how could they not know?
Captain Wang frowned and looked at his guards with a cold face. The boy looked around the room and finally saw the Dragon Boat Festival next to Brigadier Zhang.
"It's him, it's him!"
The guard pointed at the Dragon Boat Festival, and Captain Wang almost turned around and gave him a kick. Because a regiment commander, you tell me what the division commander is doing? I can't hide. This is because I heard that the division commander is coming, so I have to appear here.
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And sure enough, when Company Commander Wang came in, everyone had only one thing to say, and that was to ask for someone.
"You kid, are you treating those deserters as your treasure?"
"That's right, you're trying to push back and forth? Are you entertaining us?"
"I traveled twenty miles of mountain roads just for your few soldiers."
"You kid, do you want to give it to others? Grandma, I think you are too tight-lipped!"
"It's just a small shelter. Are you going to drive your kid crazy? Are we, the superiors, waiting for you all the time?"
"I have been waiting for more than six hours. Take us to pick someone right away!"
"Yes, yes, let us choose someone!"
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In an instant, everyone gathered around him. If Captain Wang wanted to leave, it would be a daydream.
Company Commander Wang was miserable and could only explain: "Everyone, sir, it's not that I, Xiao Zhang, don't want to give you face. In fact, this matter has been approved by the commission. This is the commission's order. Tonight, the special commissioner
Just came to pick someone up."
"Special correspondent? Where is there a special correspondent? We waited from four o'clock in the afternoon until almost ten o'clock in the middle of the night. Where is the person? Can you call the special correspondent out and let me take a look?"
"Yes, yes, you call the commissioner and let us take a look! Grandma, the commissioner's office called you? Why don't I believe it?"
"What the hell, if you don't give me anything, I'll beat him up!"
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"What are you doing? Do you still look like a soldier?"
Just when everyone was surrounding Captain Wang, as if they were going to eat him alive, suddenly a voice came from behind them.
Everyone looked back and saw that it was the young colonel officer who had just come in.
Brigadier Zhang said disdainfully: "From the 88th Division? I'm afraid you don't have the right to speak here, right?"
"I'm the special commissioner, what's wrong? Do you want to rebel? You don't know how to salute when you see the superior?"
Duanwu scolded him with a straight face, completely different from when he first came in. Some people even thought that this guy was born in the year of the dog, and he would fall out whenever he wanted to?
However, they all heard the word 'special correspondent' clearly. Even Brigadier Zhang was speechless at this time.
The special commissioner, which represents the chairman of the committee, is one level higher than the official. Even if his military rank is brigade commander and Duanwu is the regimental commander, he must salute when he sees Duanwu.
"Soldiers must maintain their military qualities at all times. This is not a vegetable market? Are you picking cabbage? What are you yelling about?"
Dragon Boat Festival yelled loudly again, and the whole place was silent, and no one even dared to fart.
But at this time, Brigadier Sun from the 31st Brigade was still cunning and cunning. He quickly stepped forward and said: "Commissioner, what you are trying to teach us is that we have lost our composure!"
"Yes, yes, yes, Commissioner, we have lost our composure, we have lost our control!"
Brigadier Zhang also apologized, and Captain Sun, who was in his forties, even brought a chair for Dragon Boat Festival and asked him to take a seat.
But just now, he was dissatisfied with sitting next to Brigadier Zhang during the Dragon Boat Festival. But at this time, he seemed to be a completely different person.
Brigadier Sun from the 31st Brigade quickly handed over another cigarette.
Brigadier Zhang of the 162nd Brigade quickly ordered the Dragon Boat Festival.
Dragon Boat Festival happily accepted it, crossed his legs, not to mention it was very useful! . . .