When Ouyang Yun finished his song, the cadets were stunned for a moment, and then burst into applause. Many people, especially those from the original third company, jumped up and down on the truck, shouting: "You guys sang well!"
"Tuanzu, here comes one more!" "Tuanzu, teach us!"...
Ouyang Yun hurriedly waved his hand to stop, and deliberately frowned and said: "I can't praise you any more. If you praise me any more, my self-confidence may overflow, and I might become a singer when I get excited."
"Haha!" Everyone was happy, and one of the more naughty ones said: "Captain, if that's the case, we will definitely go and cheer you up." Many others wanted to make comments. Ouyang Yun saw that everyone was almost rested, so he waved his hand.
Said: "Okay, now that you've relaxed, let's move on - I announce that in half an hour, the fifty people running at the front will switch to trucks!"
Five minutes of rest time is actually not enough for the students who have not slept all night and are in high and low moods. Because of this, the temptation of "changing to a truck" is not small, and the students immediately screamed.
, scrambling to run forward.
Ouyang Yun smiled slightly, touched his dry throat, stepped back to the side of the road, looked behind him, waited for Li Tieshu to arrive in front of him, then went up to him and said, "Captain Li, are you interested in running with me for a while?"
Li Tieshu was stunned and immediately realized that he had something to do with him. He jumped off the horse, handed the reins to Guo Xiaojiang, ordered him to ride ahead, and said, "Okay."
The two people fell behind the team and ran at a leisurely pace. Ouyang Yun said: "Captain Li, do you think there will be tails behind us?"
Li Tieshu was careful and he immediately heard the hidden meaning. He took another high look at this little boss. Unexpectedly, he was still thinking about the matter of the two Japanese plainclothes soldiers and said, "It's hard to say whether the regiment is investigating."
one time?"
"Let's talk about it when we get to Wancun. Captain Li, you are older than me. In private, please call me Ouyang."
"Okay, then please invite everyone in the group to call me by my name. Tieshu is a rough man and has no words."
Ouyang Yun smiled: "I don't have the characters either. This is both a name and a character. It's troublesome."
"Haha, Tuan, Ouyang, I looked carefully at the wounds on the two plainclothes bodies. They were done by professionals."
Ouyang Yun nodded and said: "The techniques are very sophisticated. If nothing else happens, those two people should be spies ambushed by the Japanese."
"Well, the shirt is Japanese army style."
"Tieshu, you are very observant."
"Both each other." After Li Tieshu finished speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled.
Ouyang Yun said: "It seems that we are friends rather than enemies."
"I wonder if the 29th Army was sent to secretly 'protect' us." Li Tieshu specially emphasized the word "protect".
"Most likely, I am very important to them now."
These words were quite brazen. Li Tieshu looked at the other person's young face. In the morning light, there was a layer of oil on that face, which looked particularly confident. This made him not feel that the other person was not joking or exaggerating, and he couldn't help but feel more and more confident.
I don’t understand this little boss anymore—Ouyang Yun is a mysterious figure to him!
Is this also the characteristic of a time traveler?!
The "transfer" competition initiated by Ouyang Yun greatly aroused the enthusiasm of the trainees and increased the marching speed of the large army. At about nine o'clock in the morning, they arrived at the foot of the hill on the left side of Wan Village.
Along the way, in order to avoid revealing the purpose of the trip and encountering people working in the fields, Ouyang Yun specially arranged for the cadets to explain to the fellow villagers: We are from the 25th Division and were ordered by Shangfeng to evacuate Hebei.
Due to years of war, ordinary people have suffered deeply from the war, and most of them stay away from military affairs. However, the "Ho-Mei Agreement" has just been signed, and not many people know about it. In addition, due to the lack of information in rural areas, even fewer people know the truth, so there is no need for such a
There was not much reaction to the evacuation of a small force. Most people just watched indifferently, and at most they made a few remarks after dinner, as if this matter had nothing to do with them. And some well-informed people had
Those with knowledge beat their chests and sighed with tears in their eyes: Woohoo! Is Hebei going to become the next Chadong?
Entering Wan Village, Ouyang Yun learned from the villagers that the destination was called Tutu Mountain, and the name of the mountain came from the Tutu Temple.
The land is only over 500 meters high, with a radius of about ten kilometers. The mountains are covered with lush trees, and it is not a problem to hide a few thousand troops inside.
Under the command of Ouyang Yun, Li Tieshu, and Chen Shichang, the convoy turned along the road at the foot of the mountain and entered the mountain forest. The trainees scrambled to cover them up with branches and leaves, and then left a platoon of troops on guard.
Li Tieshu selected a dozen veterans of the former Third Company, and stretched out for more than five miles along the road toward Wanping, setting up many hidden sentries. Ouyang Yun asked Chu Tiange to bring a few cadets from the reconnaissance platoon, and ride on horseback.
They went to Wanping to meet Chao Hongle and Pang Wenju. Others gathered at Tutu Temple under the leadership of their respective officers.
In the square at the entrance of Tutu Temple, the bodies of eight martyrs were neatly placed. The cadets stood neatly and solemnly. Many of them held dry food in their hands but found it difficult to swallow.
Ouyang Yun originally wanted everyone to hold a farewell ceremony after breakfast, but when the moment of separation and death comes, who can eat the food?
After several hours of hard marching, many people were so tired that they almost forgot about the battle last night. However, facing the frozen faces of their former classmates and comrades, the tragic battle scene last night came to mind.
When he woke up, it turned out that he had just emerged from a test of life and death.
I don’t know who was the first to sob. Then, as if the team was infected, most people shed tears. Some friends and classmates of the dead soldiers cried and gritted their teeth and swore: "..., all the way
Go well, your Qiu Xue Corps has already avenged you, and your unfinished wishes will be completed by us for you!"
Ouyang Yun was in a very uncomfortable mood when facing the crowd. He knew that sacrifice was the price of victory, and he knew that as long as there was a war, people would definitely die, but for some reason, he always had this extravagant hope in his heart: If no one on his side died, he would die.
How great would it be to be able to defeat the opponent?! He shook his head with a wry smile, knowing that he was just talking nonsense. He puffed up his chest and said loudly: "Comrades, remember these comrades who sacrificed their lives! In order to free the country from Japanese pirates,
Rescued from the iron heel, they sacrificed their young and precious lives for the sake of a bright future for the motherland!" After a pause, he shouted loudly: "The entire student corps is here, stand at attention, take off your hats, and salute the martyrs!"
Then he stood upright, took off his hat, turned around, and raised his hands to the eight sleeping comrades.
With a "swish" sound, all the personnel in the square gave a sonorous and powerful military salute to their fallen comrades in unison.
Ouyang Yun and his comrades buried the bodies of their comrades in a sunny place near the Tutu Temple. A stone tablet was erected in front of the tomb that read: The Tomb of the Eight Martyrs of the 5.6 Defense War of the 29th Army Corps was established by all the comrades of the 29th Army Corps in 1935.
May 7th.
Facing the stone monument, Ouyang Yun said softly: "One day, I will erect a huge monument in Tiananmen Square so that all future generations will come to pay homage to you and remember your deeds forever - believe me."
Chen Shichang stood next to him and asked softly: "Captain, will there be a summary meeting next?"
Ouyang Yun looked at the students around him and saw that most of them looked haggard, so he said: "Let everyone have breakfast, rest, and the summary meeting. By the way, leave a few soldiers who can speak well.
It's best to be from Peiping. I have important tasks for them to do. Tieshu, you can also keep them for a while."
A few minutes later, Chen Shichang led six trainees into the left wing of the Tutu Temple, which is now the regimental headquarters and command center of the trainees.
Ouyang Yun asked everyone to sit down first and asked with a smile: "Are you tired after running around all night?"
"Captain, we can hold on."
"Master, if you have any tasks, just give them to me."
Ouyang Yun nodded with satisfaction, then told his plan, and finally asked: "Are you confident?"
Chen Shichang stood up with six trainees, stood at attention and saluted, saying: "Promise to complete the mission."
Ouyang Yun returned them a military salute and said: "Okay, then I will wait for your good news at the Tutu Temple. Remember, we must make full use of the media's momentum-building effect. The bigger the momentum, the better." After a pause, he turned to Chen Shichang again.
Said: "Shichang, I will leave all six of them to you. After completing the task, you must bring them back to me safely."
Chen Shichang saluted and said firmly: "Members of the group, please relax. It's just a matter of words and writing. It's not a war. I guarantee that no one will lose a hair!"
Ouyang Yun smiled and said, "I hope so, then I wish you immediate success!" Then he shook hands with them one by one, and after they changed into casual clothes, he sent the seven people down the mountain.
Historically, Shi Yousan and others took advantage of the moment when all the national troops were withdrawing from Hebei, and with the secret support of the Japanese, they gathered a large number of traitors and hooligans to start a uprising in Wanping in an attempt to control Peiping and establish the so-called "Beiping autonomy".
The incident caused an uproar across the country. Ouyang Yun's arrangement only added fuel to the historical trend, accelerating the 29th Army's move to Peiping and then controlling Hebei.
The reason why he acted so solemnly was, from a certain perspective, to sell Song Zheyuan a convenient favor.