Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 958 Cemetery (Ask for a monthly pass!)

Wait until the noise dies down!
Tang Dao stood next to the only tomb without a tombstone, and continued: "Maybe everyone will have doubts, who will have this honor, be buried alone in this big tomb and be personally supported by me, the head of the regiment?" Ling, what kind of achievements did he make?
Now, I can tell you who the person in the tomb is.

They were originally a group of deserters!A group of cowards who left the position under the leadership of their own officers just to survive! "

The crowd became agitated slightly.

But many people in the queue quietly shed tears.

Because they finally knew who Tang Tuanzuo was helping the spirits, and the young Tudou had already burst into tears!

A small box, even if it's just ashes, can hold a group of people, who else could it be except his comrades in arms?
"Yes, the person in the tomb is not just one person, but nearly an infantry squad, an infantry squad of the original Sichuan Army.

When I met them, they were like bereaved dogs. Under the leadership of their bastard leader, they abandoned their comrades and fled in embarrassment. As a law enforcement team on the Guangde battlefield, my four-element regiment blocked their retreat with machine guns and military orders.

The military order is strict, if you retreat, you will die!

It's more about continuing to live!After I killed their bastard leader with one shot, they followed me to the battlefield again to atone for their cowardice!

But please let me apologize to them here, I admit, I underestimated them.

As a Sichuan native, I don't want to admit that my township party is a group of cowards, but as the leader of the regiment, I must be responsible for my comrades who fought side by side. I dare not give my back to such a group of people who once People who have abandoned their comrades.

But they, with their blood and lives, have proved what is meant by "Sichuan people never betray the country". They are worthy of everyone's trust, even if they have been weak and cowardly under the leadership of a sheep!
Battle of Mouse Mountain!
A total of 283 infantry companies from the seventh company and the ninth company of the Sichuan army defended the No. 3 highland of our main position, and what they had to face was the successive attacks of a reorganized infantry brigade of the Japanese army under the cover of dozens of artillery pieces. , and finally joined half a cavalry squadron.

In order to capture my No. 3 position, the Japanese army even used 105 howitzers to bombard the blank area behind my position. The purpose was just to prevent me from sending reinforcements.

For a whole day, the two Sichuan infantry companies under Tang Dao's command did not have a single soldier to support them."

At this point, a man as tough as Tang Dao couldn't help sobbing.

He remembered the cruel decision that Cai Yongguan made to himself. It was at Cai Yongguan's request that the young soldier roared wildly on the phone, and he ordered his artillery to blow up the entire peak of No. 3 Heights into powder.

Just as Guo Shouzhi had predicted, although Tang Dao never mentioned that scene again, it almost became his inner demon. In his dreams at night, he dreamed several times of the soldiers of the Sichuan Army that he was not familiar with.

They are thin and short, with ragged black military uniforms, carrying a bamboo hat that can no longer cover much wind and rain, and their faces are unhealthy and dirty. They are not like soldiers, but more like a group of migrant workers who went to the city to work for a living.

But they all have the optimistic personality that Sichuan people generally have. Even if they knew that a war was coming, they would dig tunnels and complain at the same time: "What should I do! Escaping is also a curse, and I can only talk to the little devil Fight! It’s good to be able to live, but there is no other way if you can’t!”

More than 280 people!Except for the seriously wounded who were desperately killed in the early stage and a few lucky ones like Cai Yongguan, all of them died in battle.

Tang Dao has always known that when he ordered the artillery company to fire, at least a dozen soldiers were still alive, and it was he who sent his villagers and comrades into the gate of hell with his own hands.

Seeing that Tang Dao was in a difficult mood at the moment, Tantai Mingyue finally knew why Tang Dao seldom mentioned the battle at No. 3 Heights in front of her after that battle, even if she wanted to record their bravery, Tang Dao Always looking for a topic to diverge.

To be a commander, the heart must be hard enough, but no matter how hard it is, there will always be a weakness that can poke it painfully.

That should be one of the battlefields that Tang Daolian didn't want to return to the capital.

The audience was silent!

The recruits who joined later had heard about the battle from the veterans, but they didn't know that the battle was so tragic that less than 300 people resisted more than 1000 Japanese invaders in turn, not to mention the terrible 105 howitzers in the Japanese army.

They have never seen a 105 howitzer, but they have seen a 75 mountain cannon. When that cannon goes down, there will be no living people within a radius of 105 meters. How terrible is the [-] howitzer?
I couldn't help but look at the veterans of the Sichuan Army around me in awe. How did these people survive?
The veterans are sad, the recruits are shocked, and the common people are silent.

Because the Chinese army retreated to the mountainous area, the tentacles of the Japanese army had not yet penetrated into the mountain, and most of the people had never seen the cruelty of war with their own eyes. It was hard for them to imagine the power of the 105 howitzer with an 18 kg warhead, and it was hard for them to imagine how more than 280 people fought in the mountains. Fighting for a day without support.

Then, Tang Dao, who tried his best to suppress his emotions and opened his heart, told them.

"Yes, in the Battle of Highland No. 3, the 7th and 9th Company not only withstood the successive attacks of more than a thousand Japanese invaders, but also killed more than [-] Japanese invaders on the spot and injured hundreds. Under the bombardment of heavy artillery, they ran out of ammunition and food, and their fortifications were completely destroyed!
Except for the seriously wounded soldiers who were forced to withdraw into the tunnel below the mountain, all the others, led by Cai Yongguan, the commander of the 9th company at the time, guarded the top of the mountain and continued to block the enemy.

It is said to block the enemy, but also to lure the enemy.

I still remember Xiaobing Tudou desperately shouting at me on the phone: "Fire me!"Please, sir, shoot me!
Potato is the smallest soldier left behind by two infantry companies cheating, and the last signal soldier who can send a signal to the command.

Yes, that afternoon, the artillery company of my four-row regiment fired at full force for the first time, but the artillery shells of our regiment were not bombed at the enemy's positions, but at my soldiers.

There, apart from a dozen or so people from our side, there were more than 200 Japanese invaders who had already rushed into our positions.

They trade one for ten!For twenty. "

Speaking of this, Tang Dao burst into tears.

But this time, he didn't stop, just like he was on the battlefield, even though the opened wound was already dripping with blood, he still moved forward bravely.

"More than 200 Japanese invaders, together with our soldiers, were reduced to powder under the fire of the sky!

Originally, this kind of casualty ratio is more enviable than on any battlefield,

But as a commander, I was not happy at all, because from the moment they stepped onto the battlefield under my military order, they were my comrades-in-arms and my brothers.

But at that time, my brothers were all killed by the shells of my four-row regiment under my order. "

"Sir, we don't blame you, we really don't blame you!" Tudou shouted in the queue. "Pocket pot and the others said that they would rather be killed by their own cannon than be stabbed to death by the Japanese devil's bayonet!"

All the soldiers looked solemn. If they were on the spot, they would probably have chosen the same way.

Including those recruits who have seen the cruelty of war!

It turns out that this is war!

Listening to Tang Dao, the head of the regiment, describe the people on the battlefield in person, but the collective scalp tingled at the moment.

Then what kind of people are standing in front of them!Why are they not afraid of such a battlefield?
Afraid, of course afraid!
But all people will be afraid in the face of the hail of bullets and the flying artillery fire.

Not only fear of death, but also fear of mother's sadness.

The gray-haired old woman who lost her eldest son last night stuck her head firmly on his son's cold forehead, her white hair trembling but silently mourning, she didn't know that the two female nurses who accompanied her had a flow how many tears.

On the battlefield, the officers and soldiers who dared to rush up to face the bayonet turned their heads sideways at that moment, and no one dared to look at the old woman's face.

Because they are afraid to think of their mother.

So what?

Because you are afraid, the Japanese will not raise their swords and guns against you?Wouldn't it be cruel to poke your child on a bayonet like prey caught in the wild?Wouldn't the village be looted and burned to nothing?
No, the more you are afraid, the more vicious the devil will be.

And when you are brave, the wonderful creatures like the Japanese will shrink back.Tang Dao led them to defeat the Japanese army time and time again, which has proved all this.

Tang Dao's voice continued to sound: "After the war, our Four Elements Regiment organized people to collect the remains of the soldiers, but more than a dozen people were never found again. Their flesh and blood have long been integrated with the positions where they fought and our land of China. It's hard to tell each other apart.

We can only build a hero grave on the No. 3 position of Guangde Mouse Mountain with the soil stained with their flesh and blood, and take a small part of it away!
They are all here! "

"As I said before, they are deserters! They are cowards! But no one can do anything but a sage. They used their sacrifices to wash away the shame they once had!

They are good men in Sichuan Province, role models for Chinese soldiers, and heroes of the Chinese nation!

Such heroes, are they worthy of my Tang Dao personally seeing them off? "

"Long live the hero!" Lei Xiong waved his arms and roared fiercely!
"Long live the hero!"

"Long live the hero!"

Regardless of soldiers or civilians, they all raised their arms at this moment, as if they raised their own guns and roared to the sky.

At this moment, the families of the soldiers who died in battle were not as sad as before.

If it weren't for the Four Elements Group, perhaps their end would be death in the end, and the corpse would be thrown into the graveyard like a wild dog!Although there are no more people now, tens of thousands of people are shouting 'long live' in front of their tombstones!
After death, being able to enjoy this kind of ultimate glory is also the blessing of the ancestors!

"Heroes must be treated like heroes! Listen to my order. Wei Donglai, the commander of the Seventh Company of the Sichuan Army, and Cai Yongguan, the commander of the Ninth Company of the Sichuan Army, will come out!" Tang Dao stared at the army in front of him with piercing eyes.

"Wei Donglai reports to the group chief!" Wei Donglai strode out.

"Cai Yongguan report to the head of the group!" Cai Yongguan strode out.

"After that battle, I promised Tudou that I will rebuild your two infantry companies in the future, even if you don't have a single soldier left, have I fulfilled my promise?" Tang Dao asked suddenly.

"Sir, your promise has been fulfilled. In the battle of Jindong, I have a battalion and 2 companies, and I have lived up to the expectations of the officers. I wiped out more than 200 enemies!" Wei Donglai straightened his chest and proudly reported the record of the infantry company he commanded. .

Obviously, it was not only a report to Tang Dao, but also a report to the sacrificial comrades who died in the battle on the No. 3 highland of Mouse Mountain.

"My 5nd Battalion and 140th Company have wiped out more than [-] enemies in this battle!" Cai Yongguan was much more concise.

In fact, the eight Fa Xiao who went down the mountain with him in that battle all died in battle. He has not fully recovered yet, and he, who used to have the title of bandit company commander, has become much more silent.

"No, my promise has not been fulfilled!" Tang Dao shook his head. "The hero is dead, but the soul of the hero is immortal. I believe that with them, your two infantry companies will definitely become one of the best infantry companies in our regiment."

"From now on, you don't have to call 2 companies and 5 companies!" Tang Dao suddenly opened his tongue and yelled. "Chief of Staff Zhuang, where are the flags of the Seventh Company of Guangde Steel and the Hard Bones Company of Mouse Mountain?"

Zhuang Shisan came out solemnly, holding a bright red banner embroidered with gold on both sides and walked over with a straight step.

Taking the flags from Zhuang Shisan's hands, they put them on the flagpoles one by one, and then Tang Dao and Zhuang Shisan solemnly held the flags in both hands and handed them to the two people who were obviously still a little confused.

"Company Commander, take the flag!"

"Company Commander Cai, please accept the flag!"

The two captains and company commanders took over the military flags belonging to their own teams with trembling hands, facing the officers and soldiers of their own infantry companies who were extremely surprised, they stretched out against the wind, and on the bright red military flags, there were several golden flags from the "Seventh Steel Company" and "Tough Bones Company". The big yellow characters shine brightly in the rising sun.

Although the more than [-] officers and soldiers in the queue still stood straight and had solemn expressions on their faces, the envious gleam in their eyes still revealed that their hearts were not as calm as they appeared on the surface.

This is the first time that the Four Elements Regiment has been awarded the military flag, and it is the first time that two company-level troops have been awarded the military flag!
Before that, whether it was a battalion or a company, the military flags were all the battalion and company of the Four Elements Regiment.

Unexpectedly, the two infantry companies have their own unique military flags and titles, which is definitely a great honor.

It's just that envy is envy, but no one refuses to accept it.

All these honors were paid for by sacrifices.

Of the 283 people, no more than 40 survived in the end, and many were forced to withdraw from the front line due to lack of arms and legs. The casualty rate was as high as 90.00%, and the death rate was as high as 80.00%.

Except for money, Tang Dao has never found a suitable opportunity for the commendation and rewards of these two Sichuan infantry companies.

Even the military flag was entrusted to Boss Qian and the others to make it when they were in Zhengzhou.

Finally, in front of more than 800 martyrs, Tang Dao completely fulfilled his promise, which can be regarded as getting rid of a worry.

After conferring the military flag, Tang Dao stood back on the high platform at the bottom of the Martyrs Cemetery, looked at the two military flags fluttering violently in the wind and thousands of officers and soldiers standing solemnly in front of him, and took a deep breath:

"The reason why I want to award these two military flags representing glory to these two infantry companies who have made great sacrifices is before giving this to the martyrs.

It is because, I hope that the officers and soldiers of the Four Elements Regiment will remember why the battle flag is so beautiful, it is the blood of the heroes that stained her red.

The battle flag represents the glory and the sacrifice spirit of the martyrs!
Everyone dies, but not everyone lives!
And a hero, even if he dies, will live forever! "

Tang Dao pointed at his heart at that moment, and the sound was deafening.

Many years later, when the veterans who had survived many battles recalled that moment, they couldn't help but murmured the sentence that their group members said, which became a famous saying in China in the future: a hero, even if he dies, he will live forever!

Their regiment chief didn't lie to them!

The heroic monument towering over each battlefield, every year during the Ching Ming Festival, people gather from all directions to lay garlands!

Forever young soldiers, remembered by the whole nation!
(End of this chapter)