Rise from eight hundred.

The bloody battle at Taierzhuang ended with an infantry division of the Northwest Army losing more than 60.00% of the battle, and two detachment-level units of the Japanese Army were wiped out.

If you count the battle losses of the Chinese army including the peripheral Tengxian County since the beginning of the battle, the Chinese soldiers suffered more than 1.5 battle losses in this battle alone.

However, the Japanese North China Front Army lost more than 2 in battle. It was the first time that the Sino-Japanese battlefield appeared on a battle-level battlefield with a battle loss ratio of nearly 1:1.

Not to mention that the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters was in mourning, even the Japanese army base camp was furious. Several consecutive accountability telegrams scolded the indoor shroud and senior army generals such as Shiro Itagaki and Ren Isotani.

The Asahi Shimbun, the newspaper with the largest circulation on the main island of Japan, lamented on the front page: "The imperial army suffered the biggest defeat since the Great War in the northern Jiangsu battlefield of China, casting a shadow over the desire for victory in occupying the entire territory of China!"

It's not that the battle damage of 2 people is so great. Now that there are nearly one million troops entering China, the Japanese army can afford the loss of 2 people.

But no one is an idiot. They know that the reason why the Imperial Army is advancing triumphantly is not only because of its strong national strength and well-equipped equipment, but also because of the morale improvement brought about by victory. There is no confidence at all. If the victory of this battle boosts China's confidence, it is a big country with a population of nearly [-] million. Just thinking about this number can make people shudder.

The Japanese are very smart, they thought of the consequences of this battle, but in fact, they did.

The 2 Japanese invaders were wiped out in the First World War. The Chinese side almost spared no effort to publicize the results of this battle. From Central China to South China, from Jin Province to Northwest China, Xiakou, Shancheng, Rongcheng, Yangcheng, Chang'an and other major core cities all broke out. Students parade.

But this time, instead of protesting to the government for ineffective combat, they expressed their support for the frontline soldiers.

A snowflake-like telegram flew to the Fifth Theater Command, congratulating them on such a great victory!
The Fifth War Zone held a special press conference for this purpose, and first praised a certain principal who flew to Xuzhou to supervise the battle. The focus was on displaying the two generals' sabers and a row of left-officer's sabers captured in this battle, to the soldiers and civilians across the country. It confirmed that there was absolutely no falsehood in this battle, and expressed the meaning of awarding honors to the frontline meritorious generals.

The reputation of a certain headmaster who has been highly praised has fallen to the bottom at this time, and his reputation is about to rise. How can he be stingy?
It is said that nearly ten medals were prepared for the rare Sunny Sky Medal alone, setting a record since the medal was born.

The Sunny Sky Medal ranks second among the medals issued by China at this time. It is awarded to military personnel with meritorious service who have defended their home and country and resisted foreign aggression. In the nine years before that, only dozens of medals were issued. As a result, In World War I, there were nearly ten of them.

There are so many such precious medals, let alone the second-level Baoding Medal, Yunhui Medal and Loyalty Medal, they are simply Chinese cabbage.

It is said that just to transport these medals to the Fifth Theater, a transport plane was used.

Of course, what arrived with the plane was also a box of cash. In order to cheer up the 600,000 troops who participated in the Xuzhou battle, that one also paid a lot of money under the stimulation of victory in the First World War.

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From the theater commander who led the battle to the commanders of the various armies who participated in the battle, basically everyone has a share of the Sunny Sky Medal.

"The victory in this battle is really due to my brother! We will fight for it with all our strength!" In the telegram sent by Commander Zhang to Tang Dao, besides being full of thanks, he also expressed his intention to earn merit for Tang Dao .

It's just that Tang Dao didn't take it too seriously, all he wanted was to do more devils, so that the common people would suffer less harm, and he really didn't lack in military exploits or anything!
What's more, from the bottom of his heart, he just begs the big guys to leave him alone, he is just a small infantry commander.

'Wretched development, don't waste it! 'This is a golden sentence in future games, and it is perfect for Tang Dao at this time.

But when luck comes, no one can stop it.In other words, it is impossible for this person and that to live according to their own ideas.

You don't want it, but someone wants to give it.

I don't know what that person was thinking, but Tang Dao, who was thousands of miles away, received a telegram forwarded from the 22nd Army Army Headquarters from the Second Theater Command, and Tang Dao was awarded a medal.

Although it is not a Medal of Sunny Sky, it is also a fourth-class Baoding Medal. This is the highest level of Baoding Medal that a school officer can obtain. Even the several regiment and battalion commanders who died in the bloody battle in Taierzhuang only received this level.

It can be said that this is already the limit of the medals that Tang Dao who did not participate in the war can win. Even several high-level officials in the fifth theater know that the success of this battle is due to Tang Dao who made a decisive suggestion afterwards.

Of course, the two army commanders and the commander were fighting for Tang Dao with all their strength, but the initiative was in the hands of the Military and Political Department or that commander.

It stands to reason that Tang Dao led the four-element group to arrive in Jindong and completed the transportation task, but pulled out various reasons to stay, and he was already suspected of disobeying orders. Even if he would not target him on the surface, he was almost annoyed. It is inevitable.

A person who is unhappy with you is uncharacteristically, and the deep meaning contained in it is thought-provoking.

Not only that, the Military and Political Department even sent a telegram to the Second Theater Command to inform Tang Dao of the award of the medal. Because Tang Dao was not in Xuzhou and could not participate in the award ceremony of the Fifth Theater Command, he asked the Second Theater Command to represent him. Release it, let Tang Dao pick it up during this time.

Otherwise, Tang Dao would not have received the news that he had received the medal from the Second War Zone.

Tang Dao held the telegram in his hand, squinted his eyes and looked at the distant mountains, the corners of his mouth slightly curved!

These big shots are deep in thinking, everything they do has a deep meaning, it is really a waste of brain cells, no wonder the hair is gone.

His unexpected move has three purposes. One is to appease the Sichuan Army Group. Tang Dao is still a rising star in the army that he relies on. You see, he just came up with some ideas. I can give him something. The Baoding Medal, which is second only to the Sunny Sky Medal;
The second is to tell Tang Dao that the higher-ups love you, as long as you are honest and obedient, everything is easy to talk about.

And the third, but also the most important thing, is to tell the [-]th Army that Commander Xiao Tang is a direct descendant of my direct descendants, and when you get along with him, you should take care of yourself.

A medal that is not worth mentioning to that person, but he has made a fool of it. No wonder that person can overwhelm all the veterans in his party to ascend to a high position in just ten years. This is playing political power The method is really brilliant!
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It's a pity that that guy had calculated his heart, but he didn't figure out that Tang Dao was not from this world at all. His purpose of joining the army was never to become a powerful man.

He didn't even think that Tang Dao had successfully become a comrade in arms with the [-]th Army by virtue of the Battle of Jindong.

Tang Dao laughed, not because he was laughing at the one who had done useless work and won him a medal for nothing.

That thing not only represents the glory of soldiers now, but also a kind of amulet to a certain extent. Unless Tang Dao surrenders to the enemy, almost no one can remove him from the position of chief officer of the Four Elements Regiment. Even that one would not slap himself in the face in front of the soldiers and civilians across the country.

Tang Dao laughed from the bottom of his heart, because his comrades also responded in their own way.

Half an hour before receiving the telegram from the military headquarters of the 22nd Army, Tang Dao also received a telegram from the brigade commander of the 683rd journey.

"Director Ye of the Political Training Department of the Four Elements Regiment has recovered and will report to the Regiment Headquarters of the Four Elements Regiment!"

That's not to mention, the Director Ye who is about to take office has also brought a big meeting gift to the Four Elements Group.

Originally recruiting 1200 recruits in Lucheng, Tang Dao originally thought that the 769 regiment suffered heavy losses in this battle, and he should give priority to replenishing them due to circumstances and reasons, so he didn't mention the recruits at all.

Unexpectedly, Director Ye brought 800 of them, and all of them were strictly selected 800 recruits to report to the Four Elements Group.

This must be a great gift!

According to Tang Dao's plan, in response to a possible large-scale attack by the Japanese army, the Four Elements Regiment will complete a new reorganization task within the next three months.

To put it bluntly, it is to expand the army. The current three infantry battalions alone cannot meet the needs of larger-scale operations.

The current Four Elements Regiment, if it is a defensive battle, it is no problem to resist an infantry brigade of the Japanese army, but what if the Japanese come with a division?

The current situation in East Jin has not changed, but the battle of Xuzhou, because the little butterfly secretly came up with an idea in the future, gave the Japanese North China Front Army a sap. In addition, there are more than 50 troops in Xuzhou, the Japanese army There is little hope of a quick win.

If the Japanese North China Front Army wants to save face, it is very likely that they will make a fuss in the east of Jin Province. They will either quickly occupy the entire big city of Jin Province and extend the front to the west; The Chinese army on the line of communication and the Japanese North China Front Army Command will definitely not feel at ease, especially after the inevitable attack next month.

Although there is still the 921st Division and an infantry division of the 22nd Army in the Taihang Mountains, and the total strength of the Chinese side is nearly 4. The knife cannot pin the safety of the entire Dakouzi Cave on the decisions of the friendly army and the Japanese army itself.

If you want to protect yourself, you must be strong enough.

The current 3000 people is too small, so expand it to 5000 people.

China has no industry and no financial and material resources, but the most important thing is the land area and population. Tang Dao originally thought that as long as he paid enough for the army, he won a big victory. ?
Facts have proved that he still lacks some understanding of this era after all.

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First of all, China has a large population, but it also counts places. Jin Province is not a populous province, and most of the population is concentrated in the south of Shanxi and northwest of Shanxi.

The population of Dakouzidong, where the Four Elements Regiment is located, is only [-], and they are scattered among the vast mountains.

Secondly, the Four Elements Regiment is not the [-]th Army, they are still wearing the skin of the headmaster, the people in this mountain have long been frightened by the guys in the same military uniform, saying that no matter how much they will pay the military , If you don’t honor it at that time, you won’t be paid in vain, right?How dare you join such an army so easily?
After the Four Elements Regiment arrived, it took nearly a week to recruit 400 recruits, all because of the young men who were paid to help the army transport supplies and stretchers. They had a certain understanding of the Four Elements Regiment, and the rest were still watching.

At least, in the short term, the wish of the Four Elements Group to recruit more than [-] new recruits from the local area will not be achieved.

This means that the people who have retreated from Licheng have to eat, and hundreds of young people have joined the army. Otherwise, the Four Elements Regiment's plan to recruit recruits would not be completed halfway.

It is said that Tang Dao really admires the 921 Division. How did they manage to expand the troops from less than 2.5 to [-] in less than half a year?

Tang Dao was not born in this dark age, even if he was a man in two generations, he was not born in the countryside. He could not deeply understand the peasants' desire for land.

Land represents food, and food means that the whole family can have enough food.

The Chinese peasants of that era had a deep fear of hunger.

It can be said that the 800 selected recruits brought by Director Ye who will be reporting in the future are too important for the Four Elements Regiment whose military expansion is already imperative.

Tang Dao understands what the 683 brigade means by selection, it is not about physical fitness, it means that the background of the recruits has been checked and released, that is their strength, it can almost eliminate the possibility of recruits being mixed with spies, but this is greatly reduced Reduced the workload of the four-element group.

As for Tang Dao, what made him even happier was the attitude of the [-]th Army Group towards his award of the Baoding Medal.

Director Ye and the 800 recruits who set off quickly to report without any telegrams from the chief were their attitude.

Continuing to trust is one aspect, and more importantly, they believe that Tang Dao also trusts them.

If Tang Dao doesn't trust them, he will reject 800 recruits.

The recruits who have been in the 683 brigade for ten days have obviously been washed out of their minds, and they will have concerns about switching to any other faction.

But Brigadier Cheng did not negotiate with Tang Dao in advance at all, but directly gave the result, that is, he believed that Tang Dao would never use such a vision to doubt the already extremely close friendly army.

Naturally, Tang Dao would not let them down, so he called back directly to express his welcome and thanks!
The spirit of the Four Elements Regiment has long been condensed and formed in various cruel battles. All the soldiers in the regiment are fighting for the country, which does not conflict or contradict those dreams.

Moreover, in order to welcome his upcoming partner, Tang Dao specially prepared a big gift for him.

"To be honest, I personally have some thoughts about my secondment to the Four Elements Regiment as the director of the Political Training Department, because I have served as a military chief for a long time and am good at commanding troops in combat. I am not strong in ideological and political work, but military orders Rushan, as a soldier, I can only execute it.

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As for Captain Tang, who had never met before but called me by name, I was even more dissatisfied and curious at the same time.

I imagined several meetings with my soon-to-be partner, but I never imagined that I would be treated so courteously that it even made me feel a little ashamed of my dissatisfaction. "

This is a passage written by General Ye Chenghuan himself in his war memoirs.

In order to welcome his partner, Tang Dao, in his busy schedule, personally took Lei Xiong, Gong Shaoxun, Zhuang Shisan, Guo Shouzhi, Leng Feng, two infantry battalion commanders, and the guard company to the mountain pass 20 miles away from the regiment headquarters to greet them.

That is the highest level of all the Four Elements Group at present, and none of them will fall.

You know, even if Tang Dao came back, these officers would only go a few miles to meet him.

But this is just etiquette. At the welcome meeting held by the regiment headquarters where all company commander-level officers will be present, Tang Dao announced for the first time the responsibilities of the newly established Political Training Department. The Political Training Department will be responsible for military personnel, training, security, etc. .

Director Ye, who is the director of the political training department, will also serve as the battalion commander and team leader of the soon-to-be-established secret service battalion and teaching brigade.

When the appointment was announced, there was an uproar.

Whether it is training or security, it is already the top priority of the Four Elements Regiment. To even add personnel, it means that anyone in the whole regiment who wants to be promoted, regardless of position, military rank, or military salary level, has to be this person. Director Ye, who had just arrived, signed the agreement.

It's okay to just hold a lot of power, but in the end they are still planning to build an upgraded secret service battalion and teaching brigade, so they just let this one be the chief officer.

The secret service battalion sounds like it was raised from the secret service company, but these days, through the meetings of the regiment headquarters, many company commanders know that the current special service battalion is terrible.

The special squadron will be changed into a reconnaissance company, which will be assigned to the secret service battalion; the original medical team will also be changed into a field hospital, with a company-level organization, and two reinforced guard platoons under its jurisdiction; the engineer platoon will be changed into an engineer company; the communication platoon will be changed a communications company; a resident security company will also be established.

There is no need to announce the establishment, and the number of people in the battalion will never be less than 800.

The teaching brigade is responsible for teaching grassroots officers. The regiment's military regulations have basically been released. In the future, those who want to be promoted from sergeant squad leader to lieutenant must train in the teaching brigade for a month. This basically shows that all grassroots backbones will Take the tutelage of this future captain.

Now he has power and soldiers, and his status in the regiment is catching up with Lei Xiong, who has been following Tang Dao, higher than Gong Shaoxun and Zhuang Shisan.

However, none of the two lieutenant colonels whose status was reduced by one showed displeasure. It can be seen that before that, Tang Dao had done all the work, paving the way for the colonel who became the third in command as soon as he came. the way.

That's not counting, Tang Dao announced at this welcome meeting that tomorrow he will award medals to all officers and soldiers who have made military exploits.

That's something the whole group has been waiting for for a long time.

As for the medals, they were all finished in a few days, and the meritorious personnel had already been reviewed, so they waited until this time to award them, obviously waiting for the arrival of the Director Ye.

This kind of courtesy is the ultimate!
Compared to the astonished eyes of the officers of the Four Elements Regiment, Ye Chenghuan, who was still a little dissatisfied or apprehensive about coming to the Four Elements Regiment, was equally stunned.

If it weren't for the fact that he and Tang Dao were so different in appearance, he even suspected for a moment that they were separated brothers.

Otherwise, why would Tang Dao treat him like this?Just to get closer to the [-]th Army?That's really unnecessary.

Perhaps only Tang Dao himself knows.

This general who has never risen, he deserves to be treated like this!