Mr. Wang said, don't just sit here. If you have the time, you can think of something!
Shang Zhen looked up at him. The meaning in his eyes was clearly what can I do?
Mr. Wang said, how about you ask our people to dig a trench?
Shang Zhen didn't even look at him this time.
When Mr. Wang saw that Shang Zhen ignored him, he asked himself. We are the security company of the brigade headquarters. The brigade headquarters is not fixed. Is it useful to dig fortifications now? Besides, even if the brigade headquarters doesn’t move, do you need to dig fortifications now? Do you have a spade or a pickaxe?
This time, the meaning in Shang Zhen's eyes became, you know this, but you still ask? Don't worry about it, oh, this is what Mr. Wang asked and answered in his heart.
Mr. Wang said that if the fight continues like this, not many people will be left.
Shang Zhen remained silent. No need for Mr. Wang to say this, anyone with eyes would see it.
At this time, Old Man Wang seemed to be talking to himself, and he said, why don't we just drag us to the battlefield, and everyone can have a good time, and this slow knife stabbing people will be even more uncomfortable!
Why don't we, the security company, go out and plot against the little Japs at night? Let's also learn from those death squads, with grenades strapped to their bodies and big blades in their hands. Killing one Japs will make you no loss, killing two Japs will earn one, and killing three will earn you one. We are the heroes.
But that doesn't work either. We are a security company and we have to protect the brigade headquarters. Seeing that Shang Zhen remained silent, Mr. Wang asked himself again.
No wonder Wang Laomao and Shang Zhen were chatting here. They all saw the smoke and dust from the explosion in front and thought that the Japanese army would attack soon. But who would have thought that the brigades of the Northeast Army fought back with their lives, and the Japanese army After occupying the position, they launched a counterattack and then took it back. This fight lasted for three days.
And news kept coming from the front, and the news was really not good news. One moment, a certain regiment and a certain battalion were disabled, and a while later, a certain position was lost.
In other words, it was good news when it first came back, but it turned into bad news after a while.
For example, the good news is that the leader of a certain regiment personally led a counterattack and finally regained a certain position occupied by the Japanese army. However, after a while, the news came back that the regiment leader died for his country!
Now Shang Zhen has figured out that the area they are currently in is a place called Lanling in the northeast of Taierzhuang. Not only the 337th Brigade is defending the Japanese army here, but the entire 51st Army of the Northeastern Army is here.
There are several armies in the Northeastern Army, and it is generally easy for outsiders to confuse them.
But of course Shang Zhen and the others knew about the 51st Army, just because they thought that when they stayed in Tianjin Guards to maintain public order, they followed the orders of Yu Xiuzhong, the commander of the 51st Army.
Shang Zhen didn't know how many troops the 51st Army had now, but he thought there must be 18,000 people in one army.
But Shang Zhen also knew that after all, the Northeastern Army was no longer the skinny Northeastern Army that had just entered the customs eight years ago.
The bad news that kept coming back from the front made Shang Zhen feel that the current defense line of the 51st Army was like the game of blocking water with sand when he was a child. If there is a leak here, block it here, and if there is a leak there, block it there.
But after all, the blocked sand will not come as quickly as the water. When there are too many places that are washed away by the water, that will be the moment when the whole situation collapses.
They are all veterans, and everyone understands that this is not a natural danger. If the 51st Army's current firepower and weapon supplies are used to fight against the Japanese army who want to avenge Taierzhuang, it will be a matter of time before they lose this positional defense battle.
As for the other factions of the Chinese army, Shang Zhen had heard from brigade commander Liu Chengyi that there were quite a few, and they were not far away. The southern section of Jinpu Road was where Shang Zhen and the others participated in the Huaihe River Blockade. zone.
For example, the Guangxi troops under the commander of the theater, such as the 11th Group Army and the 21st Group Army, the combined strength of the three must be more than 200,000!
The 51st Army has asked the commander of the theater for reinforcements, but it is impossible for the commander of the Guangxi faction to let his troops from the Guangxi faction come over.
To use another analogy, if the Central Army is the legitimate son of someone, the Northeast Army is the concubine of a foreign family, and the commander-in-chief is from the Guangxi family, then the Guangxi army is his direct son, and the Northeast Army is still a foreign family. If the Northeast Army wants to make money, Well, unless the commander-in-chief is from their Northeastern Army.
But why would someone let you, the Northeastern Army commander, be the commander-in-chief? You all have lost your own territory, regardless of whether it is the third or fourth province in the Northeast. Anyway, it is all lost in your hands. You are not qualified to be the commander-in-chief!
And think about the "military admonition" made by the young marshal. If you want to say that someone does not hold grudges, it is impossible. Then wouldn't it be destroying someone's national policy of "resisting foreign countries before settling at home"? ? Now that peace is not in place, the entire nation is resisting Japan, which is exactly the opposite of someone's established policy!
Since the Guangxi generals who are the commanders of the theater are unwilling to let their own people come to help the Northeast Army, they will discuss with other troops and say that you should go and help the 51st Army, one of the Northeast Army!
But whether it’s the 11th Group Army or the 21st Group Army, I’m not stupid. Why do you have to send us if you don’t send troops from the Guangxi faction? So they found an excuse not to come for reinforcements. What they said was that we were preparing to monitor the Japanese reinforcements!
Speaking of this, we can't just blame other factions for not coming to help. When the Northwest Army was guarding Taierzhuang, your Northeast Army just sent one brigade for reinforcements, and that brigade only sent A battalion.
Although that battalion was eventually wiped out in Taierzhuang, when Taierzhuang was victorious, your battalion was not just a drop in the bucket among the defense forces of the Chinese army, but it was only a handful of hair in the bucket. , what does the great victory of Taierzhuang have to do with your Northeast Army?
The performance of the Chinese military is so strange nowadays!
It is not impossible to say that there are times when the armies cooperate sincerely. For example, during the Battle of Songhu, warlords from all factions sent troops out of simple patriotic enthusiasm, and the battle was quite brutal.
Another example is this time, how could Commander Zhang, who was born in the Northwest Army, and Commander Pang, who had an old grudge, put aside their old grudges and cooperate to fight against Japan and win the LY defense battle? The victory at Erzhuang in the background was a turnaround for the motley crew!
but!
But more often than not, the miscellaneous troops from all walks of life are still "Idle people sweep the snow in front of their homes and don't care about the frost on other people's tiles"!
For example, the Battle of Songhu was fought with great enthusiasm, but after losing the battle, various troops began to pay attention to preserving their strength. The Anti-Japanese War was not over, but I defeated my own troops. What kind of business is this?
The same was true after the Taierzhuang victory. The battle was won for the time being, but regardless of whether the army had meritorious service or not, except for the direct lineage who could provide ammunition and supplies to the soldiers, what else did they gain except for the battalions full of wounded soldiers? No good!
With such a mentality, it is not surprising that when it comes to cooperation in the fight against Japan, the entire battlefield situation is reduced to ashes.
Because of this, veterans like Shang Zhen would not expect reinforcements to arrive.
Shang Zhen was thinking about ways to save his life, but this time he really had no other options, so he could only remain silent, while Old Man Wang only talked to Shang Zhen when he was eating and sleeping.
And now, Shang Zhen finally figured out why Mr. Wang was acting out of character. What a stubborn thought! Especially when he said that his little wife had something in her belly!
But what can he say? They don't have the habit of talking about big principles. It turned out that Chu Tianjing talked about the principles of resisting Japan, but in the end he was reduced to a weakling by the veterans. Now let alone being assimilated by the veterans. Pretty much the same.
He can't talk about the principles of resisting Japan, but he can't say he doesn't obey military orders, right? They are now a security company!
In the end, Shang Zhen, who was about to collapse under Mr. Wang's nagging, stood up and shouted: "You four, Hou Kanshan, Qian Chuan'er, Bai Zhan, and Li Qingfeng, come here!"
Seeing that Shang Zhen had an order, the four people came running over, and Mr. Wang stopped nagging.
"The four of you work in pairs, one going east and one going west. Anyway, you run to the two ends of our brigade's defense line. See how the other brigades are fighting. If there are other brigades that can't stand it, run back quickly. Tell me." Shang Zhen ordered.
When Shang Zhen said this, the eyes of the four people and Mr. Wang all lit up.
It was impossible for Shang Zhen's arrangement not to make them think of something.
Shang Zhen then went to the brigade headquarters.
"Are you going to Gaha?" Wang Laomao asked.
"I'll go to the brigade headquarters to find a toothpick." Shang Zhen replied without even looking back.
"You want a toothpick?" Wang Lao Mao asked curiously.
What are toothpicks used for? Of course it's for picking between teeth, but to be honest, toothpicks are definitely a luxury for people like them who are always fighting outside.
In Mr. Wang's impression, he only had the time to look for toothpicks when he was in Tianjin Wei. As for other times, just pull it off. You have to use a small stick to remove a large size. Want to pick your teeth? Use the bayonet!
"I used it to see through my ears, but they were full of calluses!" Shang Zhen said angrily.
(End of chapter)
