Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 199

This time, without Tang Dao's elaboration, the two lieutenant generals looked at each other and nodded.

They all knew that the more complete the fortifications were built before the Japanese army arrived, the fewer casualties would be.

"Okay! I will personally call back and tell them that the entire army of the 43th Division of the 26rd Army has decided to live and die with Songjiang. The entire army has abandoned all supplies and is marching towards Songjiang." Lieutenant General Guo promised with a serious face.

No need to persuade, this is a unique expression among soldiers. I have already gone to the battlefield, and those who dare not come are cowards.

At this time, the army of a province often represents the face of a province. If you want to live, you should throw the face of the whole province's elders on the ground. For the Chinese who value their reputation the most, this is the most effective way to urge them to march Way.

Tang Dao saluted and left.

Until Tang Dao's back disappeared outside the door, General Guo looked at his old partner: "Brother Yu Qing, how do you feel about this?"

"The pillar of the country!" Liu Yuqing, who was a few years older than Lieutenant General Guo, was full of praise.

"Perhaps Rudong, you still think that he is just a young boy because he has the heart to forge ahead, and his intention to go to Songjiang should not be fully believed. For example, the reason he said just now is not for the country but for himself. In fact, I have not been able to." Quanxin, wanting to be just for himself, his small army, where should he run instead of run?

But it's strange, but I can feel his sincerity, which is really an extremely contradictory thing. "

"Haha, it seems that Brother Yu Qing still likes this brat! This is going around the corner to smooth things over for this little guy who must have other plans!" Guo Zhong said with a smile.

"Don't worry, no matter what the purpose of this melon boy is, I won't blame him for daring to accompany you and me to Songjiang, even if he brings up a new reason that is difficult to refute. General Guo turned his eyes to the direction of Songjiang, his face gradually became calm, and he sighed softly: "How many people in this world dare to live to death!"

"Rudong, aren't you one of the few?" Liu Yuqing smiled. "Now we can add a Tang knife."

The two have been partners for more than ten years, and their deep feelings no longer need to be flattering, otherwise Lieutenant General Guo would not have handed over the only infantry division in the entire army to Liu Yuqing, this is obviously what this one said from the bottom of his heart.

"Hey! Who doesn't want to live, it's just that the country is facing a crisis. It's always the same sentence. I Sichuan people will never betray the country." General Guo sighed again.

He turned to look at his old partner. "This time, I'm afraid you and my brother are really going to fulfill the oath of dying in the same year and the same month."

"Hehe! I don't dare to say whether I can defeat the Japanese invaders, but Rudong must not disappoint you in the sense of brotherhood." The honest-looking Liu Yuqing smiled faintly.

It's just that the intention to die is ready to come out.

The army of 700 has to face tens of thousands of enemies. If the generals have no intention of dying, how can they survive the three-day period?
The two lieutenant generals looked at each other and smiled.

No one knew that what these two smiling calmly were talking about was life and death.

"Rudong, let me ask you, what would you have done if Tang Dao had listened to your words and left?" When the two of them left the meeting room, Liu Yuqing was suddenly curious about the other outcome and asked.

"Leave? Then the 43rd Army will have nothing to do with his Four Elements Battalion from now on. I am such a short-sighted friend, so I will entrust the wounded to them with confidence? Our army will treat all the wounded soldiers as our own." Zhongjiang Guo stepped slightly After a pause, a smile appeared on his face again. "Fortunately, the guy who can make Xie Zhongmin, who is famous all over the world in World War I, take his fancy, didn't disappoint me."

Liu Yuqing also laughed.

Of course he knows what the commander of his army means. It is really overthinking to let the 26th Division, which is short of major generals, pull out half of its troops and take huge risks to meet the Four Elements Battalion just for the reward of two mountain cannons. .

It was Colonel Xie Jinyuan, who was in the concession, who made this decision for Commander Guo. The reason was not because he was an army of the same country, but because Tang Dao was born in his 26th division. The Xiegu Group has deep roots and is endowed with great ability and wisdom. It will definitely help the Sichuan Army greatly after being tempered in the war in the future.

Before switching to the Battle of the Four Elements, Xie Jinyuan said that his telegrams would have a high probability of being thrown into the trash by the commander of the army, but in the Battle of the Four Elements, he directly destroyed a main infantry regiment of the Japanese army with [-] troops. It has become a legend in the Chinese military circles, and what he said naturally attracted Lieutenant General Guo's attention.

Naturally, from the very beginning when the two met, Tang Dao was given various tests, both psychologically and tactically.

But now it seems that Tang Dao has finally passed the test of the deep-minded Commander Guo Dajun.This made Liu Yuqing, who was entrusted by Lao Wang, relieved.

Tang Dao, who returned to the Four Elements Battalion where the whole army was preparing to set off, was also wiping away his sweat. These big guys who could make a difference in the turbulent war years are really old foxes. There are many thieves digging holes. It’s not that he has a future. 90 years of historical experience is the foundation, and it was buried in it by accident.

It's just that he thought a little differently from the fox-like lieutenant general.

Tang Dao has thoughts that he can't figure out, but whether he can gain the trust of the friendly army of the 43rd Army is actually not as important to Tang Dao as he imagined.

On the contrary, it is very important for Tang Dao to convince him that the 43rd Army and the Northeast Army will defend Songjiang.

Tang Dao said that the reason for the congestion during the great retreat, in fact, he also knew that Guo Zhong would think of it, but only he, a little butterfly from the future, would know that the sudden landing of the Tenth Army of the Japanese Army on Jinshanwei caused huge damage. What kind of disaster will the Huxi retreat caused by panic cause?

The Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas were originally a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, with waterways criss-crossing the fields, but there is only one road from Kunshan to the outside.

More than 50 troops and all the heavy equipment are crowded onto the pedestrian road, which is already a big headache.

But what about the refugees who fled to Jinling like the tide?
Moreover, it is not just the congestion caused by personnel, vehicles and equipment, the Japanese army that has gained air supremacy will also send Japanese planes to bomb.

You don't need to witness it with your own eyes, just imagine that scene in your mind, maybe it will be creepy!

In the Battle of Songhu, there were more than [-] casualties, which is an extremely rare battle-level casualty in the entire history of Chinese warfare.

But in fact, 700,000 Chinese troops fought against 200,000 Japanese troops in the bloody battle in Songhu City in March, and the Chinese suffered only over 300,000 casualties. However, it was because of this major retreat that the casualty statistics for the entire battle increased to 200,000, and nearly [-] battle losses were actually Consumed on this tragic route of retreat, most of them were wounded soldiers who were abandoned by an army that had completely lost their fighting spirit.

Along the way, there are white bones, and soldiers who have shed blood but not tears for the country are silently wailing.

It is really a disgrace to the soldiers.

In the end, the Japanese army did not do their best to achieve all the strategies they had formulated because they held on to Matsue City for three days and nights. However, they won a big victory at the tactical level. However, many Chinese troops were forced to abandon the wounded soldiers because they were scrambling for their lives, which led to a complete collapse of morale. , Even retreating to the well-equipped defense line in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is unbearable to fight again.

The abandoned person is dead, but the living person is not much different from being dead.

The 700,000 elites lost their reputation as elites from the moment they abandoned the wounded soldiers, and it was inevitable that they would be completely annihilated in the subsequent Jinling battle.

It can be said that how the battle of Songjiang is fought is completely related to the future of hundreds of thousands of troops.

Moreover, in addition to the hastily retreating army, there are even more refugees, all of whom are Chinese compatriots.

In the recorded battle reports, there is very little mention of the existence of refugees.

But Tang Dao knew that they also paid unimaginable casualties on that retreat.

When Tang Dao was still a small soldier, the captain once took Tang Dao on behalf of his troops to visit a retired veteran cadre. He was a 96-year-old veteran who had participated in the Battle of Songhu and later joined the Red Army. And during that thrilling battle, his eyes still glowed.

There was excitement and glory, but more tears.

The old man has spent a long time that 90.00% of the [-] humans on this planet could not. He has experienced the most tragic battle and the greatest Patriotic War in the history of the Chinese nation. He could have been indifferent. But when he mentioned the great retreat that should have been buried deep in his memory and had been forgotten, he burst into tears.

The old man said that when his comrades died under the artillery fire of the Japanese army, he was no longer as sad as he imagined. Too many deaths made him completely numb.Even if he was the only one left in the entire infantry squad, he gritted his teeth and held back his tears and walked forward. If he didn't leave, he would die.

But he, in that period of time, finally collapsed, collapsed to the point of crying.

(End of this chapter)