"We really shouldn't have come here!" When Mr. Wang sighed, it was already mid-July of the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937).
They were invited by Lu Cao, commander of the 691st Regiment of the 116th Division of the 53rd Army, to help him train soldiers.
But who would have thought that they hadn't trained those soldiers for long before the July 7th Incident broke out, and the 116th Division was stationed in Hebei.
Now there is news from the front that Peking and Tianjin have been lost, and the Japanese army is moving south.
Lu Cao had just informed them that their 116th Division needed to go north to fight the Japanese army, and asked them whether they should leave or stay.
You know, due to the reorganization of the Northeastern Army, the 7th Brigade where Shang Zhen and the others were located has now become the 337th Brigade. The 337th Brigade belongs to the 51st Army, and the garrison area of the 51st Army is in Jiangsu.
Doesn't this mean that Shang Zhen and others who come to be instructors need to fight the Japanese army in advance?
Because of this, Mr. Wang complained to Shang Zhen.
At this time, Shang Zhen saw that people like him were looking at him and smiled: "Uncle Wang, your legs are on your own body, you can go back to our hotel now!"
Then he looked at his people and said, "I have no intention of leaving the instructors here. You can leave with Old Uncle Wang if you want."
"What about you?" Old Man Wang rolled his eyes and asked as soon as he heard what Shang Zhen said.
"It's good for me to stay here. I won't go back to our hotel!" Shang Zhen said with a smile.
"What you're talking about is nonsense. Can we leave if you stay?" Mr. Wang said angrily.
"I'll do the hard work by myself. How can I dare to drag all the brothers into the water with me?" Shang Zhen still said with a smile, "Look at how good our brigade is. We won't fight for the time being. Who knows what the little devil is doing?" We can reach Jiangsu by then."
"I don't believe it. You kid can do business at a loss? Just tell me, what are your plans to stay here?" Mr. Wang didn't believe what Shang Zhen said at all, and he complained, but he asked him to Shang Zhen himself refused to stay in the 691st Regiment.
"Actually, there is an advantage to staying here." Shang Zhen said in a low voice.
As soon as Shang Zhen lowered his voice, all the soldiers stretched their heads towards him.
Including Guan Tiedou and the others later, they followed Shang Zhen for more than a day or two. Everyone knew that even though Shang Zhen usually talked less, he was a blind man - he knew what he was doing when eating dumplings!
"Do you think we are in the 691st Regiment?"
"Of course it is!" Several people replied at the same time.
The pronunciation of "Qie" in Northeastern dialect comes from Manchu and means "guest". When a guest comes to your home, it means "Qie" comes to your home.
They were invited by Lu Cao, the leader of the 691 regiment, to train soldiers. Since they were invited, they were naturally guests, that is, Qiu.
"Since we are here, do you think Commander Lu can't arrange combat missions for us?" Shang Zhen said again.
"It seems to be the same." Wang Laomao agreed with this point.
"So, let's stay here. He hasn't assigned us tasks yet, and we don't have to defend our position. If we want to fight the Japanese, we can pick a small group of Japanese to fight. If we take advantage, we can run away!
It's over. The 691st Regiment is still responsible for the logistical supplies. We don't have to bring guns and ammunition. Do you think it's good?
If we return to our brigade, it will only be a matter of time before we see our brigade fight with the Japanese. What if we are asked to defend our position again? "
It turns out that this was Shang Zhen’s idea!
"I just said that you kid is hiding your secrets!" Wang Lao laughed, and the others also laughed.
This matter was settled, and it suddenly seemed like they had taken advantage of it!
But in reality? In fact, they were very quiet and thought about it. They also wanted to go to the battlefield to fight the Japanese.
These people had personally experienced the Xi'an Incident. Not to mention that the Chinese did not fight the Chinese, even the Northeast Army itself was in internal strife.
Thinking about it this way, how can I say that it is more comfortable to go to the battlefield to fight the Japanese without being bound by the position?
Now that the matter was settled, Shang Zhen and the others packed their bags and began to move with the 691st regiment, and they followed Lu Cao's regiment headquarters.
No matter how Lu Cao is the regiment commander, Shang Zhen is only the company commander. There is news from the front that Peking and Tianjin have been lost. They might collide head-on with the Japanese army at some point. Lu Cao always has to command the battle. Yes, Shang Zhen will not move forward.
There were nearly a thousand people in a regiment, and it was a long walk. However, Shang Zhen was sighing in his heart, but he didn't know how many people would be left after the battle with the Japanese army.
The loss of Peking and Tianjin so quickly was beyond Shang Zhen's expectation. You must know that the 29th Army was guarding Peiping and Tianjin.
He had fought side by side with members of the 29th Army, and was particularly impressed by Wen Bing's sword from the 29th Army.
However, I think back when we were at Xifengkou, the 29th Army had an advantageous geographical location. The Japanese heavy artillery in the mountainous and ravineous areas caused limited casualties to the 29th Army.
The 29th Army also gave full play to its advantages in close combat and night combat, which made the 29th Army's Broadsword Team famous in one fell swoop.
When it comes to the Pingjin area, its own weapons are at a disadvantage and there is no danger to defend. When fighting the Japanese army face to face with gongs and drums, they must be lacking in strength.
Just as Shang Zhen was thinking, he heard the sound of horse hooves behind him. When he turned around, he saw several cavalrymen running over on war horses.
In his impression, Shang Zhen didn't remember that the 691st Regiment had cavalry. He thought these cavalrymen must be messengers.
Soon the horses were approaching, and Shang Zhen discovered that one of the cavalrymen was actually a woman!
Don't ask how Shang Zhen figured it out. How could a woman riding a horse be the same as a man riding a horse on that bumpy horse?
At this time, when the cavalrymen saw that they had caught up with the large army, their speed had already slowed down. When the female soldier on the horse saw Shang Zhen and his group, she reined in the horse and slowed down. And he was also looking at Shang Zhen and the others curiously.
After a moment, the female soldier showed a look of realization and said, "Are you the instructors we invited?"
At the same time, Shang Zhen and the others also noticed that the female soldier was actually carrying a cannon.
And the magazine is very long, but it is the same as the 20-ring box gun that Shang Zhen is using now.
How could Shang Zhen and the others not be curious? For Chinese officers and soldiers who lack automatic firepower, the box gun can be regarded as an artifact of the generation to fight Japanese enemies.
But not everyone can shoot accurately with that gun. It is indeed strange for a woman to use a 20-ring box gun.
Moreover, he is not very old, in his mid-twenties.
Seeing that Shang Zhen and the others didn't reply, the female soldier laughed heartily: "Why are a bunch of rough old men from the Northeast still acting coy?"
But this time when the female soldier spoke, Shang Zhen and the others heard it.
"Fellow? I'm from Fengtian. Where did you get your job?" Wang Laomao opened his mouth and asked.
"You are really a fellow countryman. My family is from Tieling." The female soldier said.
But before Mr. Wang and the female soldier could continue to talk about their friendship with each other, Lu Cao in front of him had already turned around and shouted: "Huaide, come here quickly!"
"I'll talk to you later. I'll go over and take a look!" the female soldier said, and then urged her horse to run forward.
At this time, a cavalryman following the female soldier saw the doubts on Shang Zhen's and others' faces and explained loudly: "This is the wife of our Captain Lu!"
But this sentence happened to be said by the female soldier in front.
"The one who doesn't have a wife is Lu Cao's daughter-in-law, Ba'er!" the female soldier said loudly.
Alas, this female soldier won the favor of everyone including Shang Zhen at that time. It looks like she is the daughter-in-law of a Northeastern person, she is fierce, generous and down-to-earth!
"Your regimental commander's name is Huaide, what do you mean?" Seeing that the cavalryman behind was also urging his horse, Mr. Wang asked again.
"Our regimental leader's wife's name is Gao Huaide." The cavalry doctor explained, and then he also rode forward.
"Gao Huaide?" Mr. Wang was stunned for a moment, "Why does this name sound familiar? It sounds like a man!"
At this time, Chu Tian added: "It's the same name. The eighth prince in Yue Fei's biography is named Gao Huaide!"
