Rise From Eight Hundred

Chapter 1447 Tears of happiness

 At 11:30 noon on the tenth day of the first lunar month, Leng Feng, chief of staff of the Fourth Army Regiment, announced that the battle was over!

This may be the easiest battle that the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the Four Lines Regiment have ever participated in. From the end of the shelling to the infantry going into the attack, in just half an hour, all three highlands were captured, and the entire position was searched. , and only after finding no one alive did he inform Leng Feng at the headquarters and report to Tang Dao that the battle was over.

 Actually, the actual battle process lasted less than 10 minutes.

 Because the resistance of the Japanese army was so weak that it was pitiful.

Not only would there be no more than a hundred Japanese soldiers alive under the crazy bombardment, but their ammunition had basically been exhausted. After inspection later, it was found that the bullet boxes hanging from the waists of the Japanese infantry were basically discarded in the trenches.

The bullet boxes that were supposed to contain 100 rounds of ammunition were all empty, and the number of bullet casings that could be found in the trenches only amounted to three digits.

How can such firepower withstand the attack of the infantrymen of the Fourth Line Regiment who are armed to the teeth?

You know, in order to break through these highlands garrisoned by the remaining Japanese soldiers, Leng Feng not only used 3 companies, but also used 9 "cockroach" tanks as temporary bunkers for the infantry. He also placed assault jeeps on the flanks of the attacking highlands. Each highland has at least 12 MG42 machine guns, 3 Browning 12.7 mm heavy machine guns, and 3 20 mm machine guns as fire cover.

How can a rifle with less than ten bullets per soldier compete with these metal bullets?

Before anyone even showed up, they were probably overwhelmed by all kinds of crazy bullets.

Of course, perhaps what is even worse is that after half a month of siege, the Japanese, who can only rely on grass roots and bark to survive, are already extremely weak.

The most obvious evidence is that when Boss Cao led his 4th squad as a sharp knife squad into the trenches, and the stubborn Japanese soldiers were holding rifles and preparing to fight hand-to-hand, the Chinese soldiers holding semi-automatic rifles could kill the Japanese soldiers with just one block. If the rifle in his hand is blocked, his strength will never exceed that of a 12-year-old child.

Even some Japanese soldiers rushed towards them with great strides. Unfortunately, they slipped and fell down and never got up again.

　　It’s not that the Chinese soldiers quickly replenished their guns, but that it should be their last strength. Once they are exhausted, they will never get up again.

More Japanese soldiers who were still alive were just lying in the trenches in despair, staring at the slowly approaching Chinese soldiers with extremely fierce eyes.

Tang Tuanzuo did not issue a kill order this time. As long as the remaining Japanese soldiers chose to kneel down and surrender, he could accept the surrender. At least he wanted to give Commander Chen some face. After all, the 3rd Theater had replenished nearly half of the Si Xing Regiment. Months of supplies and 500 rounds of 82-caliber mortar shells were delivered. These supplies could be exchanged for dozens of Japanese prisoners.

But unfortunately, the Japanese troops in the Needle Valley detachment were probably starved to death. When the Chinese soldiers shouted "kneel down and don't kill" in Japanese that they were already proficient in, very few chose to comply with the order to surrender. There were some who resisted. Some of them stared with big eyes to express their indignation, while others held grenades in their hands and waited for the Chinese soldiers to come forward and die together.

 For these, the officers and soldiers of the Four Lines Regiment, who have long been accustomed to it, are also very skilled in pulling the trigger.

"We have 18 casualties and no casualties. The Acupuncture Detachment has nearly 7,000 officers and soldiers starting from the major general detachment leader Aedani Yiyuan and below, and 8 people were reduced. The rest were killed on the spot!" Leng Feng reported at 4:00 pm on the battle report of the Acupuncture Detachment and After collecting statistics on the remains of Japanese troops left at the scene, a report was made to the regiment headquarters.

The Needle Valley detachment that once committed massacres in time and space has completely disappeared in this era.

Even though Isamu Yokoyama was mentally prepared when he received the farewell message from the Needle Valley Detachment, he still looked dejected the moment he saw the message.

 The Battle of Shipai was destined to be the failure of this famous Japanese general’s career.

But how did this Japanese Army Lieutenant General know that this failure was just one of the defeats in his military career, and more tragic failures were yet to come.

 Ever since he got the name Tang Dao, which is full of "unlucky" for the Japanese, Yokoyama Isamu has been destined to have the word "miserable" carved on his forehead.

"Our headquarters in the Third and Fifth Theaters completely annihilated the Japanese 11th Army's Atsuya Detachment. Its Major General Brigade Commander Atsuya Itsuhara was killed and a command knife was seized from him." A radio station located in the mountain city also reported to the radio station in the evening. The whole of China announced this exciting news.

 That night, every household in the mountain city hung red lanterns at the door to celebrate the first victory of the Chinese army on the occasion of the new year.

Located in a shanty town on the edge of a mountain city, a little girl of seven or eight years old in ragged clothes and a disheveled face was sitting blankly on a stone not far from the door of her home.

 The playmates running around were all shouting happily, "Our country has won the war and we are going to drive the Japanese back to the sea!" ’, but the little girl was not happy at all when she heard the news, and even wanted to cry.

 Because, she missed her brother.

 Her third brother went to fight the Japanese.

Although she is not very sensible yet, the little girl has heard from the adults that no matter whether she wins or loses, as long as there is a war, people will die.

Her mother cried her eyes out because of her two brothers who died in the war.

　　The little girl was still young when her eldest brother and second brother joined the army. Now she can’t even remember what her two brothers looked like. The two brothers didn’t leave a single photo until their death.

But the third brother was the brother who had grown up with her. When they fled that year, the third brother, who was only thirteen or fourteen years old, carried her sister, who was ten years younger, in a bamboo basket all the way from northern Jiangsu. Went to Jiangxia, a place I was unfamiliar with.

  She is a child, but in fact the third brother is just a young boy! There was nothing to eat on the road, so the thirteen- or fourteen-year-old boy poured well water into his mouth. Occasionally, his parents could buy some food, but the third brother was reluctant to eat it, so he drank some rice soup and left the thicker one for her, the youngest sister.

Although the little girl is very young, she always remembers what the third brother told her: "Don't be afraid, Yaomei, the third brother will never abandon you no matter what time."

But the third brother was not trustworthy and finally left her after autumn last year. He went to join the army because after losing his father, he could not support the remaining five old women and children in the family just by carrying bags at the pier. , only joining the army will get military pay.

 But the little girl has always been afraid. She was afraid that the third brother, like the elder brother and the second brother, would one day be told by someone that they were dead.

 With only one message, there is nothing.

 She didn't want to hear any news about the war, even if it was like today, everyone was beaming and talking about annihilating thousands of little devils.

 She is afraid of losing her last brother!

"Shi Erni, come on, someone is coming to your house, a guest. They are distinguished guests, and they have brought a lot of delicious food. Look, this is for you and me, one for each of us." A boyish-looking boy with a tough head Panting, he ran over and stretched out his hand to the little girl with excitement on his face.

In the palm of my hand, there are two sugar-coated milk candies soaked with sweat.

The little girl froze suddenly, turned around and ran home. The moment she turned around, tears burst out.

Apart from her third brother, the little girl couldn't think of any reason why there would be guests who could give gifts to her family. She had fled here from her hometown, and the only people her family knew were refugees who had fled from all over the world. If she could eat a sweet potato meal every day, she would be considered a wealthy family. .

Did something happen to the third brother? The little girl became more and more sad as she thought about it. When she was dozens of meters away from her home, she finally couldn't help but burst into tears.

 “Yomei, why are you crying?”

The girl who was talking to the guests at the door looked at her sister who was running and crying, and frowned slightly.

Although the girl who is over 13 years old is dressed in rags, her clothes are washed very clean. Since the third brother left, she has already shouldered the burden of taking care of the family.

 There is a distinguished guest coming to this house, so naturally she is responsible for receiving them.

“Sister, tell me, has something happened to the third brother? Woohoo~~~” The little girl cried bitterly and threw herself into her sister’s arms.

"You're celebrating the New Year, what are you talking about? Bah!" The girl spat on the ground angrily.

“Then why are there guests and give me candy! Woohoo~~~Don’t lie to me, I’m not a child anymore.” The little girl cried more and more sadly.

"Let me guess, are you Shi Erni, the younger sister that Shi Dakuan often misses? Your brother has talked about you to my regimental commander more than once!" A gentle voice sounded in the little girl's ear.

Yuan Xiao squatted down and looked at the tearful little girl with extremely gentle eyes. The ragged girl in front of him also reminded the young army sergeant of his sister. When he left home, his 8-year-old sister also cried hoarsely.

 When I arrived in the mountain city some time ago, I wrote a letter to my family, hoping that my sister would be happier after knowing that his irresponsible brother was still alive.

Because of his first-class military exploits in the Battle of Zishan, Yuanxiao was transferred from the mountain infantry company to the guard company as the guard squad leader by regimental commander Tang Dao. A few days ago, because he needed to transport a heavy battalion to the Rockefeller Far East Company to receive a batch of ammunition supplies, Yuanxiao was responsible for leading two guard squads to accompany a company commander of the supply camp and Western embassy personnel who had visited the battlefield by boat to the mountain city.

Yesterday, Yuanxiao received an urgent telegram from the regimental commander himself, asking him to buy enough supplies and gifts to visit the family of an army sergeant who had just been transferred from the 18th Division to the Sixings Regiment.

That army sergeant’s name is Shi Dakuan!

 Shi Dakuan was transferred to the Four Elements Group by chance.

This has to start with the two division commanders Hu and Luo jointly inspecting the Beidou Mountain encirclement battlefield a few days ago. The moment the two lieutenant generals got on the assault jeep sent by Commander Tang to greet them, they simply felt that they were two army lieutenant generals. Just a typical country bumpkin.

The Tang regiment has been fully mechanized, but two dignified army lieutenant generals and division commanders still ride horses. What kind of bumpkin are they?

The two lieutenant generals and commanders stared at each other speechlessly. The thought of getting an American jeep from Tang Dao, a rich man, kept tumbling in their hearts.

Tang Daoduo has a keen eye. Ever since he learned that the two senior commanders kept asking about the jeep's performance and battlefield assault capabilities along the way, and even stopped the car on the way to watch the jeep's 12.7mm heavy machine gun burst into fire, Without waiting for the two to speak, they decided to give away 5 jeeps to the 18th Army after the war.

The little foreign girl already called me two years ago. A new batch of modified armed jeeps will arrive in the mountain city in late February. The number can be as high as 30. The performance of these hastily modified jeeps has lagged behind, so they can be given out as gifts. Lala relationship.

Tang Dao has already planned to give the remaining 6 old-model jeeps to his immediate boss, General Li of the Fifth War Zone. After receiving this gift, can he be a little less calculating?

 But the two lieutenant generals did not know these things. They only knew that the generous Tang Tuanzuo was a wonderful person and worth making friends with.

 At least on the battlefield!

"Commander Luo and I are not taking advantage of you. If you need anything, tell me and Commander Luo. As long as our two divisions have people and things, you can choose whatever you want." Teacher surnamed Hu also waved his hand, showing his generosity.

Although it is said that people are asking for conditions, this is based on the teacher surnamed Hu's sufficient understanding of Tang Dao's personality. He knows that Tang Dao is definitely not the kind of person who speaks loudly. There may be some, but obviously the two of them have not reached Tang Dao yet. To the extent that the knife recognizes it.

Don't tell me, Commander Hu became the commander of the main division at the age of 30. In addition to his strong combat ability, he also has a clear understanding of human nature.

Looking at the whole of China, there are only three people who can make Tang Dao ask for it without any scruples like the younger generation.

 Brigadier Cheng counts as one, Guo and Wu each have one. In addition to the others, Tang Dao will eventually retain them.

Tang Dao was indeed not as big as the lion. After careful calculation for a few seconds, Tang Dao wanted someone.

Shi Dakuan, the night attack on New Year's Eve made Tang Dao appreciate this brave and resourceful soldier. If he is trained properly, he can become an excellent basic scout commander.

Tang Dao thought that he was not as open-mouthed as the lion, but he never expected that this little soldier actually put a bitter smile on the face of the commander surnamed Hu.

Only then did Tang Dao know the performance of this soldier on the Gaojialing battlefield. A soldier who was highly valued by both the division commander and the regiment commander would definitely have a good future in the 11th Division. This also indirectly proved that Tang Dao's vision.

Of course, Tang Dao, who knows the inside story, cannot win people's love. I wanted to change the conditions, but who is the teacher surnamed Hu? He had no regrets, and of course he would not take back what he had said. He issued a transfer order on the spot and asked Shi Dakuan to report to the Sixings Regiment Headquarters.

Five assault jeeps worth tens of thousands of dollars were exchanged for one small army sergeant. In terms of value, the division commander surnamed Hu and the commander of the 31st regiment who were reluctant to give up would certainly not lose money, but judging from the pain in their eyes, both Look, that would make your liver hurt.

 Both of them trained Shi Dakuan as a reserve company commander.

The dignified elders were so cut off from each other, so Tang Dao was naturally not stingy. He simply waved his hand and gave the 31st Regiment two heavy machine gun MG42s with tripods.

  Aiming directly at the Japanese high ground on the spot, an MG42 heavy machine gun with full firepower was fired. Its terrible rate of fire shocked the army colonel to the point of being stunned.

The fire suppression capability of this heavy machine gun is actually comparable to that of three Civilian Twenty-Four heavy machine guns, which is the heavy firepower output of half an infantry battalion.

Tang Dao's compensation can be regarded as balancing the inner hurt suffered by the 11th Division General. No matter how reluctant Shi Dakuan was, he could only pack a backpack and report to the Four Lines Group.

"Whatever you want, as long as it is within a reasonable range, I can satisfy you!" Tang Dao also offered generous conditions to the army sergeant who was transferred under the order.

This can also be regarded as Tang Dao's reward for this young soldier from the mountain city on the Gaojialing battlefield.

"I want my grandparents, mother and two younger sisters to have a meal of meat during the Chinese New Year. Although my younger sister is young, she is delicate and sensitive. The day I joined the army, she held back her tears, but I know that behind her She must have cried countless times. When my two brothers died in the battle, she was still young and didn’t understand life and death, but now she understands it very clearly. I don’t want to make Yaomei sad, but I have no choice, as the last pillar of the family. , I must let them have a stutter." Shi Dakuan thought for a long time and finally said his dream.

"I grant your wish. Before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, your family will not only have meat to eat, but also glutinous rice balls." Tang Dao stared at Shi Dakuan for a long time and smiled gently.

The soldier's wish is very simple. Although it is difficult to realize it on the battlefield, fortunately, he has his subordinates who are heading to the mountain city, so this is not a problem.

Yuanxiao and three soldiers started purchasing supplies since the morning. They bought five hundred kilograms of fish, meat, rice and flour, which were pulled by a donkey cart. After asking all the way, the announcer at the radio station finally passed by at dusk. When the radio waves spread the news of victory to the whole of China, they rushed to this shanty town built on the mountains outside the city.

Yuanxiao didn't expect that Shi Dakuan's youngest sister, whom the group had specifically talked about, would be so sensitive and delicate. When she heard that there were guests at home, she thought of her brother on the battlefield and ran home crying all the way.

At that moment, Yuanxiao, who had been trained to be cold on the battlefield, could not help but be hit hard by the little girl's tears into the softest corner of her heart.

The cold-blooded infantryman who had killed more than a dozen Japanese soldiers in the dense forest squatted in front of the little girl whose face was stained with tears and dust, and his eyes were extremely gentle.

“Uncle, tell me, what happened to my brother?” Shi Erni looked at Yuan Xiao, who was squatting in front of her with tender eyes, and asked with a strong cry.

Every time a guest came to the house, my mother would cry for many days. In the third month after her second brother died, her mother’s eyes finally became invisible after she had dried up her tears. These fears have long been embedded in the little girl’s memory. The roots are indelible.

"Your brother is very good. Not only is he alive, but he has also made military exploits on the battlefield. Otherwise, the commander would not have asked me to come and see you." Yuan Xiao reached out to wipe away the tears under the little girl's eyelids and said solemnly.

“Also, please call me brother Yuanxiao, don’t call me uncle, okay? I’m only 20, not a few years older than your brother.”

 “Really? My brother is still alive?” The little girl looked in disbelief.

"Er Ni, the boss didn't lie to us. Before you came back, the boss told my mother that the third brother is now the sergeant of the security company of the Fourth Army Regiment." The 13-year-old girl said with a smile. "What kind of official is that?"

 “Vice squad leader!” Yuanxiao replied solemnly.

 “The third brother is now an official!” The little girl finally burst into tears and laughed.

“That’s the deputy squad leader of our Fourth Army Regiment, and his military salary is comparable to that of a platoon leader in the ordinary army.” Seeing the little girl finally smiling, Yuanxiao also smiled.

 This may be the New Year's Eve where the Shi family laughed the most during the years of war.

 Four soldiers from my brother's army brought half a pig, ten large fish, and five large bags of rice and noodles. If you save money, it would be enough for a family of five to eat until summer.

There is also a bonus, which is 50 oceans, enough for the family to eat according to normal food standards for three years.

The four soldiers also specially found the local security chief and told them that this was a home of heroes. Who dared to bully them because there were no men in the family? The soldiers of the Four Lines Regiment who killed the enemy on the front line could not only kill Japanese, but also bullies. Scoundrel.

 The middle-aged woman, who was actually only 45 years old, had tears in her dry eye sockets in the second year after her tears had dried up.

But this time, it was tears of happiness!