After Zhang Tianhai's order was issued, except for the third company fighting in the front line, all the first and second companies had been assembled.
"Report to the battalion commander, the company has assembled!" Li Chunfei reported loudly.
"Report to the battalion commander, the second company has assembled!" The person speaking was Xu Sangou, the acting company commander of the second company at this time.
Zhang Tianhai glanced at the officers and soldiers below and said loudly: "I will now announce our combat mission. In this battle, in addition to holding on to our current positions, we must also buy time for the large forces to retreat!"
As soon as Zhang Tianhai said this, there was a lot of discussion below.
"What? Are you going to evacuate? Is Shanghai going to be lost?"
"No way? Our national army of hundreds of thousands fought for more than two months and then just withdrew?"
“Didn’t the Chairman say that we must live or die with Shanghai?”
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Hearing these chattering comments, Zhang Tianhai couldn't control his anger and shouted loudly: "What are you doing?! Do you still look like soldiers now?! It is the duty of soldiers to obey orders. Do you understand that? ?!”
Seeing that the commander was angry, the chatter became quiet. After all, military discipline at this time was very strict.
Military discipline during the Republic of China was not as loose as shown in later movies and TV dramas. On the contrary, it was very strict. Anyone who asked for things from ordinary people as a soldier would be punished by military law (note: the military law punishment mentioned here is to be shot). .
"Everyone of you, take a look at yourselves. What are you doing? This is a vegetable market. Are you bargaining here? I tell you, as a soldier, you should act like a soldier. ! Yes, we have temporarily retreated, but did we say we were giving up Shanghai?! I tell you, if anyone gets in the way of beating the little Japs later, I will chop off both his head and head!" Zhang Tianhai opened his eyes angrily and said.
Zhang Tianhai looked stern when he said this. Who dares to make fun of his own head? If you dare to retreat, then the battalion commander's words are definitely not a joke!
There was a sudden silence all around, as silent as a cicada.
Seeing that these big-headed soldiers were a little scared, Zhang Tianhai's anger calmed down a little. He took a deep breath and said: "Brothers, when you fight, I will not leave either. Please remember, You are now soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 216th Regiment of the 108th Brigade of the 36th Division of the National Revolutionary Army. I am your battalion commander. As long as the 1st Battalion is still here, I will fight life and death with you. Please, everyone."
After saying that, Zhang Tianhai solemnly performed a military salute.
After that, the arms on the field stood like a forest, which were solemn military salutes.
Going to death together is easy to say, but difficult to do. Throughout the ages, there have been many officers who abandoned their soldiers and ran away, but no one believed what Zhang Tianhai said - since the beginning of the fight against the Japanese, has anyone seen the battalion commander take a step back? Did the battalion commander ever get scared when he was fighting Japanese soldiers?
Everything means that Battalion Commander Zhang will not be a deserter. If possible, he can win the war of resistance on this battlefield!
Then Zhang Tianhai issued a combat order: Except for the third company, the entire battalion must fight until two hours later. When retreating, the third company will take the rear.
It was not just the 216th Regiment that received the order to retreat, but also the 212th Regiment next to it.
After receiving the order to retreat, Xiong Xinmin decisively ordered his subordinate Second Battalion to take charge of the rear, and then retreated with the First and Third Battalions.
The rapid retreat of the 212th Regiment was not good news for the 1st Battalion of the 216th Regiment: at least the flanks were in danger of being exposed to the enemy's guns at any time.
Just as the 212th Regiment was retreating, a thin and bulky soldier ran into Zhang Tianhai's battalion headquarters and gasped: "Batalion Commander, just now... the 212th Regiment sent someone to tell us just now. , now the main force of the 212th Regiment has begun to retreat, and their second battalion is responsible for the rear."
"I understand." Zhang Tianhai nodded slightly, seemingly relaxed and calm, but in fact he was not.
The defense area of the 212th Regiment is almost twice the area of the 1st Battalion of the 216th Regiment. In addition, its strategic location is a key part and it is the key target of the Japanese army. Normally, a main force regiment can only defend this area. Hold on, there is only one battalion of troops stationed now, facing the wolf-like Japanese army, Zhang Tianhai can't help but not worry.
"Let's go to the defense area of the 216th Regiment." Zhang Tianhai said to the guards beside him.
"Yes, sir," the guard responded.
The guard's name is Liu Houming. He is tall and thick-set. It is said that he is a descendant of the Hong Family Boxing of Nanquan. He is quite good at fighting. Anyway, Zhang Tianhai is no match for him in terms of boxing and kicking.
Liu Houming served as Zhang Tianhai's guard after Wei He's death. He came from Fujian and was a soldier transferred from the Fujian Security Regiment to support the front line.
The position of the 212th Regiment was even worse than that of the 216th Regiment. After all, this was one of the key targets of the Japanese army. After the enemy's 13th Division, a new force, took over the tasks of the enemy's 11th Division, it launched a large-scale, high-intensity attack, and the situation was once very critical.
The enemy's 13th Division Division Headquarters.
The tall figure of the division commander, Ogisu Tatehei, stood in front of the large military map. His expression was very solemn, and he was not at all relaxed: the Chinese army on the opposite side was so tenacious that it simply exceeded his imagination. , is this still the same Chinese army that suffered successive defeats in the North China battlefield?
Unlike Yamamuro Munetake, Ogisu Rihei did not underestimate the opponent this time - the 43rd Regiment and the 44th Regiment, the main force of the 22nd Brigade, took turns attacking the enemy's positions for more than a month, and they still couldn't get a good deal, let alone When he came here, he was in trouble.
Ogisu Rihei graduated from the 17th Japanese Army Corps. He was famous for his cautious temper when he was in the military academy.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, do you want to order the troops to attack again?" Chief of Staff Aichi Shinichi asked.
"Don't worry, the enemy we face this time is not the motley crew of Chinese troops in the North China Plain. The one we are fighting is the trump card of the Chinese army, the 36th Division who was born in the National Guard." Ogisu Tatsuo looked like a soldier. Jun Leng, it can be seen from his knife-like outline that he was a handsome boy when he was young.
"Hai, the division commander is wise." Aichi Shinichi stood at attention and lowered his head and said flatteringly.
The chief of staff of the Japanese army is different from the chief of staff of the national army. Why is it different? In addition to status, there are more differences in functions. The chief of staff of the Japanese army tends to be a symbolic existence. Most of the chiefs of staff of each division or brigade are served by relatives of the emperor, which is a bit It is equivalent to the meaning of supervising the army in the ancient Chinese army.
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PS: The first update is here, and there will be another update tonight.
