Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 730 Unexpected Gains

Although this area is still 36 kilometers away from the front line, there are still a lot of routs here. It is no wonder that the [-]th Infantry Brigade has sent many teams into the countryside to search.

Only two guard squads entered the village where the Japanese army had not yet arrived, and received more than a dozen wounded left by the hastily retreating army, and seven or eight soldiers who were forced to stay behind before they could leave.

But the guard platoon was looking for fighters to beat up the Japanese, and they couldn't take the seriously wounded who couldn't move, so they had to hand them over to the villagers. Still compensated.

The property looted from the villages carried by the ambushed Japanese soldiers really realized "taken from the people and used by the people". Retreat to Jiujiang, Jiangxia and other places and hand over the wounded to the local hospital.

As for the soldiers who were stranded, Lao Hei did not force them into the army, but asked them their own wishes. Those who were willing to join the independent battalion were shot and joined the army immediately. Go south to find his old army.

Tang Dao mainly emphasized the issue of recruiting recruits at the military meeting. What the independent battalion needs is real soldiers who are single-minded and Japanese, not the number of people.

Lao Hei and a group of lower-ranking officers faithfully carried out Tang Dao's wish.

Most of the defeated soldiers have experienced this cruel war, and even suffered the bitterness of being scattered and living alone in the countryside all day long. They have completely lost their fighting spirit, and they are not willing to face the Japanese invaders at all. Shang Yinyang and the villagers retreated southward with bedding and food on their backs.

But in the end there are still people who are willing to stay and fight with Lao Hei and the others, even though Lao Hei's two guard squads are less than 30 people.

The young man named Deng Guihai was just a sergeant, with an ordinary face and an ordinary rank, but what made Lao Hei very happy was that it was this soldier.

Deng Guihai is a tank gunner of the Central Army, and he is also an elite gunner. During the Battle of Songhu, his tank had a record of destroying two Japanese tanks.

This is a rare talent!
The Independence Battalion now has rifle-level sharpshooters like Niu Er, machine gun shooters like Heizi, machine gun shooters like Cheng Tieshou and Mo Songzi, and a group of veteran gunners represented by Pang Panghai, but tanks who can But there is no running iron turtle gunner.

Regardless of the fact that the officers and soldiers of the Independent Battalion often dealt with the Japanese Type 89 or Type 94 tanks, they were not in vain in the defensive battle. The 20mm cannon was specially prepared for them, but it was a defensive battle after all, big guy If you have time, build a strong fortification for the machine gun before you can shoot at it.

What if it is an encounter or a field battle?Iron-clad tanks that can move around are naturally unmatched by non-machine guns, especially the 89mm tank gun of the Type 57 tank. Once fired, the three-story sandbag fortifications cannot stop it, often the fortifications and the personnel behind them Let's blow up together.

But the officers and soldiers of the independent battalion with machine guns knew better that they were not bad at all. At any rate, they had machine guns that could compete with Japanese tanks, especially the veterans of the former 43rd Army. In the first battle of the Japanese army, not to mention machine guns, even mortars were pitifully scarce. Facing the tanks of the Japanese army rushing forward, they had nothing else to resist.

Only flesh and blood!
Holding explosive packs or cluster grenades, use the demolition team to blow up tanks.

But the machine guns equipped on the tanks and the Japanese infantry who followed them were not vegetarians. Would it be so easy for the infantry to approach the tank?
If you want to blow up a Japanese tank, you often have to lose several blasting teams or even more.

Perhaps the most painful thing is not how many people were sacrificed, but watching the Japanese tanks roll over the remains of the brothers who were once close to each other, and they couldn't stop them even if they risked their lives.

It can be said that tanks are the nightmare of light infantry, and the psychological damage caused to those who are still alive is not much less than that of heavy artillery.

What a wonderful thing it would be if your troops had tanks that could rival the Japanese army!
Of course, China is not without tanks. In the Battle of Songhu, China sent its only tank battalion. Although the final tank equipment was destroyed due to tactical and other reasons, it also gave the Japanese invaders The infantry hit hard.

In front of the steel giants, the flesh and blood of the Japanese army is also vulnerable.

However, with a night attack organized by the Japanese army, the last tank of China's only tank battalion disappeared in the flesh and blood mill, becoming the first Chinese army to withdraw from the battle.

But what is unexpected is that this elite tank gunner will end up living in the countryside.

After Lao Hei’s surprise, joy and careful questioning, he learned that this Fujianese high-achieving student who graduated from Xiamen University continued to fight with the 87th Division after the tank battalion equipment was destroyed, and guarded the ferry in the Jinling defense battle that broke out not long ago. In the end, the whole army was defeated before the fall of the city. The sergeant, who was born on the seashore since he was a child, drifted nearly ten kilometers in the surging river and escaped his life. He was already exhausted and had a high fever when he was here. After two days, it is estimated that he would have died of illness and starvation in the countryside.

"Sir, the day I graduated from university, I chose to go to the southeast to join the army. It was to defend my family and the country. As a Chinese soldier, I failed to defend the city and caused Jinling's elders to suffer. I am deeply ashamed. Please, sir, restore me to the army This is a chance for honor." This is how the young sergeant stated his determination to Old Hei.

Without further hesitation, Lao Hei immediately decided to absorb this 'big baby' into the independent battalion. He also believed that Tang Dao would like this armored sergeant.

It's not only his scarce arms, Lao Hei and the soldiers of the guard platoon have always had a very beautiful dream of tanks, but, Lao Hei vaguely sees the shadow of the chief in him.

Not only knowledgeable, but also strong-willed.

Failure is not terrible, what is terrible is that the failed person has been lying in the pit of falling down since then.

Tang Dao said that it is very difficult for the current China to defeat Japan, which has strong industrial strength. The biggest possibility is that it has been repeatedly defeated!
This is actually an extremely desperate argument. How many lives had to be paid in that battle?But they still have to lose, are those lives so worthless?

But Lao Hei still remembers the sentence that Tang Dao added: If we keep fighting and losing, then we will keep fighting and losing!The Japanese are strong in industry. We have a million-dollar man in China and 960 million square kilometers of land. One day, they will be so exhausted that even the steel used to make bullets must be smelted for their kitchen knives.

In this war, China will surely win!This was Tang Dao's final concluding statement, and it undoubtedly gave the officers and soldiers of the Independent Battalion enough confidence.

In other words, Tang Dao was the first commander to anchor a psychological goal for his soldiers. He was not at a loss, but moved forward firmly. The biggest difference, and not just being well equipped.

It's just that Lao Hei doesn't know at the moment that what Tang Dao said was not groundless. In Japan at the end of the war, even kitchen knives really turned into wood.

The armored sergeant performed very well. Even without a tank, he was given a rifle and killed two Japanese soldiers in the next two days of fighting, keeping up with the average level of the guard platoon soldiers.

In addition to this armored sergeant who can help the independent battalion in the future, in a large village with a population of more than 300 people, Lao Hei even met an "old acquaintance".

It was a child in an old padded robe. Just after Lao Hei had finished explaining his interests to the villagers and urged them to leave their hometown and go south as soon as possible, the child timidly pointed at Lao Hei and said to the woman beside him, "I have seen these uncles. !"

What he said made Lao Hei and the soldiers slightly startled, and then realized that this child might have seen soldiers wearing the same color.

However, the child's next sentence stunned Lao Hei: "Uncle is in that big house, a very big house, and because of that big house, Daddy went to heaven."

that big house?In Lao Hei's memory, except for the Sixing Warehouse building, there is no bigger house than that, and there is no more desperate battlefield than that, but there is also no battlefield more exciting than that.

They fought bloody battles on the battlefield surrounded on three sides, and tens of thousands of people cheered for them on the other side of the river.

That was Lao Hei's most desperate and glorious moment, how could he forget it.

But, how did this little kid know he was in that big house?Even in the independent battalion, only the old comrades of the Four Elements Battalion and his guard platoon soldiers knew, and why his father died because of the Sixing Warehouse, could it be that he was the orphan of that comrade?

Seeing Lao Hei's complexion changed drastically, the woman next to the child who was wearing coarse cotton clothes became very nervous, and hurriedly bowed to apologize: "Boss, I'm young, and I was frightened by the military disaster recently, and often talk nonsense, please don't blame the boss!"

"Ma'am, please don't worry, I don't mean to blame him, but, I also think he looks very familiar!" Seeing the woman knew the book well, Lao Hei's heart moved even more, and the blurry memory in his mind became more and more clear.

With his mind agitated, he strode up to the child, squatted down, and asked softly, "Since you have met Uncle, can you tell Uncle your name?"

"My name is Yue Yiman. When Daddy was still around, he always called me Nan'er!" The child stared at the somewhat tattered dark blue military uniform on Old Hei's body. "Uncle, I have really seen you. There are many uncles like you. You are fighting devils in that big house. I want to send you sugar cakes, but my family is gone, and my parents have no money."

"Haha, I think I know who you are." Old Hei suddenly let out a long laugh. "Your father's name is Yue Changqing, right?"

Lao Hei originally belonged to the third row of Tang Dao, and was basically stationed on the other side of the building. He rarely had the opportunity to go to the side facing the concession, and he had no chance to see the little boy who bowed to the army stationed in the Sixing Warehouse. I didn't see his brave father who was the first to jump into the river to salvage his comrade's body, but this did not prevent the defenders of the entire Sixing Warehouse from knowing the story of Yue Changqing.

The article published by Tantai Mingyue in the newspaper was transported by the Death Squad through the secret traffic line at night together with the supplies. The soldiers of the Sixing Warehouse were all emotional when they heard about it.

Since they dared to enter the Four Lines Warehouse, they had already disregarded life and death. To Old Hei, death was not the thing he feared the most, but he still had some fears. He was afraid that he would die here in obscurity without anyone knowing.

But ever since hearing the voices of the people in the concession on the other side of the river, those who were once feared have disappeared like that.

They know, they know they fought for China in that grave!

Of course, what moved Lao Hei and those soldiers even more was that they were fighting for the country, and the people headed by Yue Changqing dared to risk their lives to fight for them. Behind them, they have nothing to fear.

In this way, Yue Changqing's name entered the hearts of everyone in the Sixing Warehouse. Even after leaving the Sixing Warehouse, Tang Dao, who had become the commander of the Sixing Battalion, asked Tantai Mingyue about Yue Changqing, and learned that he The wife and children have been arranged properly, and they were adopted as adopted son by a very powerful lady. Tantai Mingyue even accepted him as a disciple on behalf of his father, so he was relieved.

When the veterans from the Four Elements Battalion heard the news, they were also relieved that Yue Changqing's widow and only son could receive such care.

But, at this time, shouldn't they be in the concession?Why did it appear on this chaotic battlefield?Could it be that those celebrities who were trying to catch their fame turned back on their promises and abandoned these two orphans and widowed mothers?

"No, our battalion commander has specifically inquired about your mother and son. Shouldn't you be in the concession at this time? Why are you here? Who did this kind of thing?" Thinking of this, how could Old Hei not be annoyed? He asked sharply.

With his current experience on the battlefield, even if he wasn't killing people like hemp!His subordinates had also suffered the lives of at least ten or twenty Japanese, so under this anger, he was naturally murderous.

The little child was so frightened that his face turned pale, and the woman involuntarily clenched her son's little hand tightly.

"Boss, Mrs. Yue and Young Master Yue have always hoped to bury Master Yue's coffin in their hometown, so the war slowed down a bit. My Patriarch went with the old man and I. Unexpectedly, after finishing the matter, they encountered the Japanese army. The old man was forced to He took his wife and master to the vicinity of Jinling.

As a result, a few days ago, the city of Jinling was destroyed, and they ended up living here. Fortunately, the villagers were honest, and the wife and young master had the opportunity to meet the bosses of the world-famous 88th Division. "An old man over sixty years old who had been standing behind the woman stood up, slightly cupped his hands at Old Hei, and explained the reason.

"You guys." Lao Hei glanced at the old servant who had half a hundred hair and beard, and his body looked rather stiff, and he could only get angry about it.

In this time of war and chaos, he even arranged for an old domestic servant who could only serve tea and water and make some rough words, and then brought the mother and son back to help the spirit. This master either thinks the mother and son are cumbersome, or he is an unreliable master .

However, the old servant was alert enough to protect the mother and son in such troubled times, and was quietly probing the identities of Lao Hei and the others.

Even if he directly said Yue Changqing's name.

"Our battalion is no longer part of the 88th Division. It was reorganized from the Four Elements Battalion to the 43rd Army Independent Battalion. It is now going to Xuzhou for rest under the order of the military department. I used to be a sergeant squad leader in the Four Elements Battalion, and now I am a guard of the Independent Battalion. Platoon leader, here are all the soldiers of my guard platoon." Old Hei introduced himself very formally.

It was also a reassurance for the old servant and woman.

However, no matter how good the mind is, in this battlefield, the mind is absolutely useless by force.

He is determined to take the mother and son away, but it's not that if he wants to take them, they will follow him. The famous Four Elements Camp should still be easy to use.

"Uncle, don't be angry, with Grandpa Han protecting me and mother, Nan'er will not be afraid no matter how many devils come!" The child also came to his senses at this time, knowing that the big black-faced uncle in front of him was only here for him. He got angry here, and said boldly, pulling out the wooden pistol hidden in his cotton robe while talking: "Besides, Nan'er still has this."

Seeing the child's innocence, Lao Hei's previous anger dissipated in an instant, "Okay, good boy! I know how to fight devils at a young age. If our battalion commander knows that I can meet your mother and son, he will be very happy. He has the most skills." , will definitely teach you how to fight devils. By the way, you will feel very happy when you come to our barracks. There is also a little brother and a little sister there."

"Okay! I'm going, I'm going to learn how to fight devils, I don't want to study." Hearing that someone was playing, the child was naturally very happy.

"But Boss, I still have to escort my wife and young master back to the Songhu Concession." The sixtieth old man showed distress.

"Uncle Han, it's not that I underestimate you. There are hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops around Jinling, and they have killed wantonly regardless of the military and civilians. It is impossible for you to go to the southeast. The only way is to follow my independent battalion to the north. In the future When the battle situation stabilizes, we can find a way to send you back to the concession, okay?" Old Hei didn't want to embarrass this loyal old servant, so he directly explained the current situation.

"Alright then!" The old man surnamed Han could only nod helplessly.

Except for her insistence on burying her husband in her hometown, the woman listened more to the old servant surnamed Han. She looked at the sixty-sixth old man, but she saw him nodding helplessly, so she stopped talking and just bowed slightly towards Old Hei The body is an expression of gratitude.

After all, without the arrival of Lao Hei and others, they, the old and the young, would not be able to go further, but there are Japanese troops everywhere here, and the ending can be imagined.

"Come and accompany the sister-in-law and the others to find the platoon leader Lu and the others, and let them send the three sister-in-law back to the first company station safely, and tell Lu Sanjiang that guy, if the sister-in-law and nephew are missing, he will wait to be whipped by the officer." !” Old Hei ordered immediately.

Because of the accidental encounter, Lao Hei, who was a little surprised, focused his attention on the mother and son, which caused him to make a small mistake.

The woman who took Yue Yiman as her adoptive son was a remarkable figure in Songhu, how could she make such a low-level mistake and rashly entrust a child who was so valued by celebrities in the concession to an ordinary old man?

And how can an ordinary old man protect weak women and small children in the chaos of war?
However, Lao Hei, who was watching the old man who put the child on a wheelbarrow piled with bedding and utensils and left with a few soldiers, could only be thankful that he had met the mother and child.

Little did he know, compared to the armored sergeant who would become the commander of the first tank in the Independent Battalion in the future and the future president of the China Charity Foundation, the old man who was still unknown at this time was the existence that made Lao Hei dumbfounded.

That is the biggest gain of his trip.

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PS: Today is Fengyue's birthday, so I went out with my parents for a walk, and I went home to start coding at night. It was a bit late, so I simply merged the two chapters into one, and it was another 5000-character chapter.

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