Regarding the matter of recruiting troops, Zhang Tianhai had no intention of taking the formal route at all. Just imagine, the defense battle of Nanjing was about to start, and if troops could not be recruited, all the people would have to account for it here.
As for whether he violated military discipline or not, that is a matter for the future. For such a small thing, he, a disciple of the emperor with a good reputation, should be shot? It doesn't exist. For example, Sun Yuanliang ran away during the Northern Expedition and was not shot. However, he was promoted after a period of time in Xue Zang. There is no reason why he, the regiment commander who had just made meritorious service and was promoted on the Songhu battlefield, would be shot...
In fact, for Chiang Kai-shek, the Huangpu Clique was the only faction in the army he commanded that had no problems with loyalty. He would not easily shoot any capable subordinate in the Huangpu Clique. .
Therefore, Zhang Tianhai had a very clear idea of whether he would be shot. Since he would not be shot, the most he could do was punish him, so that was all.
Ever since, after dividing the company directly under the temporary regiment headquarters into two platoons, the newly appointed commander Zhang Da waved his hand and led more than 300 veterans from the regiment directly under the headquarters to the shelter.
Of course, Zhang Tianhai would not be stupid enough to go to the shelter in Nanjing to rob people. If he robbed people in Nanjing, he would not be afraid that Tang Shengzhi, the new official, would not be able to burn him with the three fires when he took office? This kind of situation is purely something that a birthday man would do only if he hangs himself.
Therefore, Zhang Tianhai had an idea and led people directly to the train station outside Nanjing. After all, the train station is also one of the places where the shelter is located.
An hour later, the train station outside Nanjing was still full of people coming and going. Among these people were soldiers and civilians, but they were mainly military personnel. Most of the civilians were people who knew people in the army and wanted to borrow money. The people who left Nanjing on the train.
These were troubled times, and despite Chairman Chiang's repeated strict orders that "except for military trains, all civilian trains are suspended. Except for military supplies and soldiers, other materials and people are not allowed to occupy train resources." There will always be some people who dare to A person who collects money and then performs tasks to "eliminate disasters" for others.
At the train station, except for some troops who maintain military discipline and those responsible for transportation, the other soldiers are almost all people who have lost contact with the troops and are waiting here to be taken in. Even the uniforms of the troops are diverse, and There were blue-gray, grass-green, and other colors of local troops. They were bustling with people, and there were only 800 people there without Qian'er.
Seeing these people, Zhang Tianhai was overjoyed. He didn't expect that there were still some soldiers here that he could "recruit".
"Blow the whistle and ask all the people in front to stand up and gather! Don't let them miss anyone." Zhang Tianhai ordered the adjutant Liu Houming beside him.
Liu Houming also understood what the officer meant, so he took out his whistle and said to the troops behind him: "The entire direct regiment is here, and we have surrounded the skirmishers in front."
After saying this, Liu Houming blew the assembly whistle, and the officers and soldiers of the directly affiliated regiment divided into two groups to surround the people in the small square in front of the train station.
"Brothers in front, please stand up immediately and gather together!!!" During the interval between blowing the whistle, Liu Houming shouted at the top of his lungs.
Obviously, the actions of the direct regiment were very obvious. The officers and soldiers in the square all noticed this. They all came down from the battlefield and were all people who saved their lives from the line of fire. This alertness There were still some, so after letting the officers and soldiers of Zhang Tianhai's direct regiment surround the people in the small square, they all stood up and clenched the guns in their hands.
Seeing this, Zhang Tianhai quickly picked up a simple loudspeaker, stood on the front of the jeep, and said loudly: "Brothers, listen, I am Zhang Tianhai, the commander of the first regiment directly under the third theater, please calm down. !”
The small square was still noisy. Only the officers and soldiers close to Zhang Tianhai noticed the young officer's presence and were already waiting for him to speak.
Zhang Tianhai waited for about a minute. Seeing that the crowd was still like this, he took out his pistol from his waist and shot into the air.
"boom!!!"
After the gunfire rang out, everyone fell silent. This was undoubtedly an excellent method that could quickly act as a deterrent.
"Okay, everything is quiet now. Brothers, listen up. I am the commander of the first regiment directly under the third theater. My name is Zhang Tianhai. I came here today for a simple purpose, which is to recruit troops! Be present here Our brothers are all good, they were all removed from the Songhu battlefield, they are all heroes!" Zhang Tianhai was already tall, and standing on the front of the car, holding a Browning pistol in his hand, he suddenly became a became the focus of the crowd.
"I, Zhang Tianhai, like you, was also withdrawn from the Songhu battlefield. To be honest, our direct regiment was only established yesterday. Our previous designation was the 1st Battalion of the 216th Regiment of the 36th Army Division. , I am the battalion commander. Our troops have fought in the Songhu battlefield for three full months. We are worthy of the motherland and the people. Now our directly affiliated regiment has been established and we are recruiting troops. I dare to assure you that as long as we enter our third Regiments directly under the theater, as long as I, Zhang Tianhai, have a mouthful of food, I will not starve you. As long as the retreat order has not been issued, I will live and die with everyone. If we want to retreat, I will definitely not escape alone! I, Zhang Tianhai, , I will die on the battlefield. If bad luck comes, I will live and die with everyone and never take a step back!"
Zhang Tianhai's words are very straightforward and sincere. In the eyes of these veterans who have narrowly escaped death on the battlefield, it is now a time when the country is in danger. As long as the leaders are not afraid of death, they are also not afraid of death. They are not afraid. Death is just an unknown death!
I saw Zhang Tianhai take a breath, and then said: "Everyone came from the rear to support the front. I was part of the second batch of troops that came to Shanghai. The first batch was the 87th Division and the 88th Division. Master them, in the past three months, countless comrades and brothers have died beside me. Death is no longer a terrible thing for me. The meaning of my life now is to replace the brothers who died on the front line and the battlefield. Revenge, fight against the Japanese aggressors, drive out the Japanese aggressors. If we retreat today, it will be our parents, brothers and sisters who will die! We must take up guns and fight the Japanese aggressors to the end!!"
Zhang Tianhai's words came from the heart. After he came to this era, he spent almost every day between life and death. On this point, he had the right to speak.
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