"Living is definitely better than death. Only living has hope for everything. But we are not afraid of death because of this. If it is for our country, if it is for our relatives, or even for like-minded brothers, in the despicable life and glory Between dying, I am willing to choose the latter. Our brothers, the reason why they behaved so fearlessly and so bravely on the battlefield is precisely because of this idea. Today, when we are here to sacrifice them from a distance, we Although sad, we are even more proud, because we have lived and fought with heroes, and because of their role models, we will be more brave in our future war careers..."
The above text is a section of Ouyang Yun's speech at the public memorial meeting for the fallen soldiers after the war of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. On that day, Li Xiaoshan, Gao Yongxiang and Li Liang were all present. At that time, they were all moved to tears by this sentence. Full eyes,
"In war, people will definitely die. The God of Death will not favor us just because we are the righteous party. You must know that bullets are dead objects and have no concept of right and wrong. Today, we have lost a group of brothers around us. We are sad about this, but at the same time, we are proud of it. They took the first step for the great cause of resisting Japan. Here, I want to say to them, brothers, go all the way... One day, we will be in Tokyo. , I will sacrifice the head of the culprit who started this evil war to you. Brothers, please believe in us living beings. This will be a promise that all the officers and soldiers of our student army will keep with their lives."
This is also what Ouyang Yun said that day, because at the end of this paragraph, he faintly revealed some issues about the future direction of the Xuebing Army. Li Xiaoshan once excitedly and secretly wrote down this sentence in his notebook, In fact, it was not just Li Xiaoshan. In fact, anyone who was thoughtful wrote down this sentence at that time, because they were concerned about, will we attack Tokyo?
The reason why I think of these two sentences at this moment is because Li Xiaoshan feels that just as the commander-in-chief said, he has done it, and he has used his own life to keep this promise. He thought of the battle in Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. After Gao Yongxiang left, he said to himself silently: Wait, old squad leader, I will come down to accompany you soon. By then, we can fight the Japanese together again.
"Boom." A loud noise sounded about twenty meters away from him. It was the Japs' mortars that started to show their power again. Looking at the pitch black in the distance, Li Xiaoshan sighed regretfully: His regiment I'm afraid my long dream will never come true.
Li Xiaoshan's ideal is not great, but he just wants to be the leader.
The gap between cadet officers and soldiers is actually very large, but this gap is only reflected in income. Officers above the regiment level receive dividends from the companies under the cadet army, and this kind of dividend is not comparable to a mere salary. Yes, of course, ordinary soldiers receive military pay equivalent to five silver dollars a month. This kind of treatment is far more than other domestic troops. The burden of military pay for the student army has become a worry for Jiang Shuren. He is not only This issue was raised at high-level meetings time and time again, and received support from many people, but each time it failed to move Ouyang Yun's point of view.
Ouyang Yun insists on giving greater financial benefits to officers. The reason is very simple. Compared with the current Xuebing Army, he is actually an airborne troop. Among the current senior leaders of the Xuebing Army, any one of them has more seniority than him. , Under such circumstances, it is simply impossible to control the army as firmly as when we were in Renqiu without taking certain measures. Although paying close attention to the ideological construction of the army can temporarily unite the army, this is definitely not a long-term strategy. The horse runs away but the horse refuses to eat grass. This kind of thing cannot exist for a long time since ancient times. However, if there are common interests and they are real interests, it will be different. If we talk about before time travel, If Ouyang Yun still had all kinds of impure thoughts, now he only had the thought of resisting Japan to the end. And at his level, money had lost its positive meaning for him, so he didn't care at all. Transferring profits to manage the Xuebing Army into a monolithic unit. Facts have proved that he made the right move, whether it is the original Guangdong Clan or the newly joined Fujian Clan and Sichuan Clan, because senior officers and ordinary soldiers can Taking a piece of the pie from the big family of Xuebingjun, the cohesion of the army has never been higher. This is also the reason why Ouyang Yun dares to send troops to Fujian, Guangdong and Qiong at every turn.
Compared with the Central Army, the only three levels of the student army that are inferior to them are companies, platoons and battalions. However, this is not a big problem, because they have a glorious future waiting for them, so it is impossible for them to behave rebelliously. Becoming a regiment commander has become the consensus of almost all students with ideals and aspirations.
If, as Gao Yongxiang expected, the Japanese army had large-scale troops lurking around, soon, as flare after flare hit the river beach from the northwest, a new round of Japanese offensive began again.
In an instant, the sound of gunfire rang out again on this battlefield that was already dripping with blood.
Gao Yongxiang squatted in the knee-high water, holding a Weiqing assault rifle in his right hand and a grenade in his left hand. He was observing quietly. They were not the Japs who had just been repulsed. It seemed that the size of this Japanese army was as large as that of a Japanese army. Above the brigade, the reason why the Japanese army only dispatched one regiment at the beginning should be that it was enough. I hope so. If they had the intention of luring the enemy, he thought, turning back towards the dark Looking across the river, I suddenly realized that I had made a mistake. Since the telegraph machine was broken, I should have sent people back. If the division commander and others insisted on coming to the rescue, the 36th Brigade and the troops directly under the division headquarters might have to explain today. here it is,
The main communication tool of the Xue Bing Army is the walkie-talkie. Telegraph machines are only equipped for units above the brigade level. In order to allow Deng Changyou to more conveniently unify the troops and prevent the troops from getting lost, Ouyang Yun ordered all the walkie-talkies of the 36th Xue Bing Division to be used. As a result, although the width of the Yangtze River channel between Jiujiang and Huangmei is only about 1,500 meters, communication between them can only be carried out through telegraph machines.
The telegraph machine on the north bank was damaged by bullets, while the telegraph machine on the south bank could not be used because the machine body was flooded. As a result, not only were the two sides unable to communicate with each other, but Ye Zhao was also unable to report the frontline battle situation to the headquarters in a timely manner. It's no wonder that Ouyang Yunhui was so worried that he couldn't keep calm at Madang Fortress.