Rise From Eight Hundred

The 67th Army Liaison Office is located in the east of Xuzhou City, in a courtyard with three entrances.

The original owner should still have quite a lot of money, but to avoid the war, he moved his family south as early as January and left the yard to the old servants who stayed behind to take care of it. The 67th Army only spent two yuan to rent it for a month.

Perhaps because of the arrival of Comrade Lao Wu, the security was visibly tight. Not only were there machine gun fortifications at the door, but there were also patrolling soldiers walking back and forth around the yard.

However, for the soldiers of the 67th Army Guard Company, Tang Dao's face was the best pass. Apart from sending people in to report, there was basically no obstruction.

When Tang Dao arrived at the courtyard gate, he jumped off his horse and asked Lu Sanjiang and others to wait outside the gate temporarily, but he walked straight inside.

The person who greeted him was an old acquaintance, Adjutant Zhao. When he saw Tang Dao, he walked up to him with a few steps. After the two sides shook hands and saluted each other, Adjutant Zhao first arranged for someone to receive the few cavalry at the door, and then pulled Tang Dao reminded in a low voice with a wry smile: "Sir, the anger is still lingering at the moment. If you say anything extreme, Commander Tang, you should be more patient."

Tang Dao smiled slightly, "Haha, brother Zhao, don't worry. As long as Wu Junzuo doesn't keep his word, he can't get rid of me just by scolding me. But I'm determined to have this dinner! How much wine did I drink yesterday? , you have to give it back to me today.”

Adjutant Zhao...

It seems that this is very Tang Dao!

It was his army commander who knew Tang Dao well and asked him to arrange for the kitchen to buy enough meat ten minutes ago, saying that Tang Dao would definitely have dinner at his 67th Army Liaison Department.

Isn't this a true guess? The owner hasn’t even met yet! I took the initiative to stay here for dinner.

Accompanied by Adjutant Zhao, Tang Dao walked through the tic-tac-toe courtyard and entered the hall. There were several tables in the hall, with telephones and various documents placed on the tables.

Apparently, the originally most spacious hall had been used as an office space by the Liaison Office. Several civilian officers who were busy at the table all stood up and saluted Tang Dao when they saw Tang Dao.

Tang Dao was not only an old acquaintance of theirs, but now he was also the leader of the regiment. The officers who had followed Wu Jun for a long time knew that their immediate superiors favored the young colonel, and there was no one who dared to be careless.

"Brothers, thank you for your hard work!" Facing this group of lieutenant officers, Tang Dao naturally raised his hand to return the salute, shook hands with everyone with a warm face, and then walked around the screen and continued walking inside.

Inside is a quieter courtyard. In the middle of the courtyard, two middle-aged men wearing dark blue military uniforms stand side by side.

One is tall and tall, the other has thick eyebrows, big eyes and a square face. The same thing is that both of them have two gold stars on their collar badges.

Isn't he the commander of the 59th Army that Comrade Lao Wu and Tang Dao want to meet?

As soon as he saw Tang Dao come in, Comrade Lao Wu smiled and said to his colleagues: "Brother Xin Chen, look, this guy with excellent hobs and meat is just like coming to my home. Just saying hello takes so long. , I must report it next time, and if you see this hob with excellent meat, you must pretend that you didn't see it, maybe it will cause some big trouble next time and implicate my 67th Army!"

"Brother Jingshan, if you want to shirk the relationship now, I think it's too late! However, I can pretend that I didn't see anything." The general with thick eyebrows and big eyes smiled slightly.

"Hello, Commander Zhang! Hello, Commander Wu!" Seeing the two men standing hand in hand in the yard, Tang Dao stepped forward and stood at attention, saluting.

"Hey! I haven't seen Te Liang for a day, how come you, Tang Dao, have become so snobbish?" Comrade Lao Wu asked pretending to be surprised.

"Sir Wu, what do you say? Tang Dao is stupid." Tang Dao smiled.

Don't hit the smiling person with your hand. If you smile too much, the person might not catch him and scold him.

Tang Dao knew where this man's anger came from. Even though he was affiliated with the 43rd Army, and the 43rd Army was not in the fifth theater, as long as he set foot in the liaison office of the 67th Army today, the members of his Si Xing Regiment and the 67th Army would The implication will be cut off endlessly.

The Si Xing Regiment will run away in a few days. The regiment commander surnamed Tang may not be able to find trouble with the Si Xing Regiment, but it is very likely that he will target the 67th Army.

No one dares to underestimate the power of the regiment commander surnamed Tang, who also holds the rank of lieutenant general. There are quite a few generals in the Chinese army now, and they are basically all veteran bosses from various provinces before unification, like the No. 1 general who is currently in charge of Xuzhou. The commander of the fifth theater area holds the title of first-class general.

It's just that these first-level generals and second-level generals are basically just names. They are still in charge of the same soldiers. If you want to command other factions' troops with the rank of general, it is impossible to even think about it without that person's order.

Those who really hold the military power are the army lieutenant generals who serve as corps commanders and division commanders. The regiment commander surnamed Tang even controls two infantry corps with a total of nearly 60,000 troops in four infantry divisions with the rank of lieutenant general. Military strength, absolute boss's confidant.

Offending such a powerful lieutenant general, the pressure on the 67th Army, an infantry army that was not favored by him in the first place, can be imagined. Comrade Lao Wu just jumped up and scolded Tang Dao, but that was light.

"You say hello to brother Xin Chen first, and then greet me, isn't it because brother Xin Chen has the rank of lieutenant general and general? My emotional investment in sending troops and weapons is not worth a mere military rank!" Comrade Lao Wu rolled his eyes and became unusually angry.

"Sir, you are wronged! Commander Zhang relieved Tang Dao from his troubles at that time. Tang Dao is really grateful beyond words!" Tang Dao called out to Tianqu.

"You kid only saw Brother Xuchen personally come to rescue you, but you didn't think that if I didn't lose face to find Brother Xuchen, you really thought that you, a little regiment commander, were rich and popular wherever you went!" Comrade Old Wu snorted again.

"Haha! Brother Jingshan, you are too serious. Commander Tang is a young hero. He fought in Sihang, Songjiang and Guangde. I, Zhang, have long wanted to meet him. Not to mention that you, Brother Jingshan, have spoken, even if you don't, I will never sit idly by." Commander Zhang with thick eyebrows and big eyes smiled. "Besides, Brother Jingshan, didn't you see that although I was in front and you were behind, I was addressed as a military officer, while you were addressed as a superior. This is a clear distinction between closeness and distance!"

"Hehe, Brother Xuchen, when it comes to marching and fighting, you are one of the most famous generals in Pingjin. I am not as good as you, but when it comes to my understanding of this kid Tang Dao, you are far inferior to me!" Comrade Old Wu chuckled. "If he didn't respect you enough, you would never be ranked ahead of me even if you were a general."

"Besides! Don't look at the fact that he calls you by your military rank, that's the cleverness of this kid. If he calls you "sir" right away, for an old man like you, it must be that you are either a traitor or a thief. Once you are alert to him, it will be difficult for this kid to get anything from you." Comrade Lao Wu ruthlessly exposed Tang Dao's true colors.

Tang Dao.....

An old fox is an old fox. Just from the address and order, he analyzed Tang Dao in detail.

In other words, he really didn't know why Tang Dao respected the man in front of him so much. If he just said that he was going to solve the conflict between him and the 20th Corps, it would be at most icing on the cake, not a timely help.

Based on Comrade Lao Wu's understanding of Tang Dao, since he dared to lead 20 cavalrymen to fight against the two guard platoons of the 20th Corps, he must have made full preparations. Not to mention that the 20th Corps did not dare to really shoot at a colonel infantry commander, even if he was really blinded by greed, Tang Dao would definitely have a countermeasure.

If things go wrong, the elusive special forces team under his command is nearby, and the two machine gunners must be killed at the first time.

The cavalry will either rush into the queue to harvest with sabers, or hide behind the warhorses, using the horse corpses as shields and shooting at the soldiers of the 20th Corps' guard platoon.

The worst result is that Tang Dao will pay a certain price to wipe out the two guard platoons.

If the 20th Corps really wants to explode and come with a large number of people, the 67th Army will definitely choose to stand with the Four-Line Regiment. Let alone a conflict between the two armies, the Tang surnamed Corps Commander will definitely be in trouble if they just confront each other.

Even Comrade Lao Wu once suspected that Tang Dao wanted the worst result to happen, to drag his 67th Army into the water platform, and then pull him off the horse in one fell swoop, while he himself would pat his butt and run away.

Just as Comrade Lao Wu did not understand Tang Dao's unexpected respect for General Zhang who came from the north, he also did not understand why Tang Dao hated the Lieutenant General Tang so much and would rather put himself in danger to trick him.

"Haha, no wonder Brother Jingshan, you sent me a telegram as soon as you received the news. Apart from anything else, just the fact that you know Commander Tang so well shows that you admire Brother Tang to the core. With such a rising star, if it were me, I would be willing to fight with the whole infantry army against the Tang guy!" Commander Zhang looked at Tang Dao with helplessness and laughed.

"Sir, sir, can we talk in the house first, make a pot of tea, light a cigarette, and warm up? It's cold in the winter in Xuzhou!" Tang Dao began to play coy.

"You kid..." Comrade Lao Wu glared.

But obviously, Tang Dao had not vented his resentment for dragging him into the water, and he stood still and continued to rant.

At this moment, Adjutant Zhao hurriedly came from the front hall and saluted: "Sir, Commander Li of the theater headquarters heard that you have arrived and called to inform you to go to the headquarters."

"Okay! Call Commander Li back and I will be there soon." Comrade Lao Wu nodded and looked back at his colleagues, "Brother Xu Chen, I'm sorry, I can't accompany you for now, but you must wait for me to come back, and we will have a drink in the evening."

"Commander Li has invited you, which is of course an important matter for your 67th Army to be stationed. Go quickly!" Commander Zhang smiled and waved his hand.

"Tang Dao, you have to help me accompany Commander Zhang. You caused trouble for me today, and I will settle accounts with your son in the evening." Comrade Lao Wu glared at Tang Dao again and turned away.

"Commander, I will accompany you to drink a few more glasses of wine to apologize for your sins. Remember to buy two more jars of wine when you come back. Don't buy too expensive ones, Jiannanchun will do!" Tang Dao said to Comrade Lao Wu from a distance.

Comrade Lao Wu almost stumbled.

Commander Zhang wanted to laugh, but he finally held it back. He couldn't help but feel an indescribable envy in his heart.

There were two people, one old and one young. Although the old one was scolding and exposing the old secrets, anyone with a little bit of brains could hear that it was the endless protection of the elders for the younger generation; the younger one was never annoyed at all, just listening with a smile, and occasionally stabbing back, which almost broke people's defense. You can see it from the back of Old Wu who was unwilling to buy wine.

So-called comrades-in-arms should be like this! He was sure that these two people dared and could block bullets from behind for each other.

"Commander Zhang, please come in. It is Tang Dao's dream to listen to your teachings." Tang Dao turned around, but he was unusually serious.

Commander Zhang, who had seen many changes in the world, was also stunned. This evaluation was a bit high.

It is actually the lowest point in life for this man at this time. Although his military position is much higher than that of Tang Dao, since the 29th Army lost Pingjin, he, the former giant of the 29th Army, has suffered from the reputation of a 'traitor' , let alone military exploits.

To a certain extent, Tang Dao, who had won successive military exploits at this time, was far better in reputation than this famous anti-Japanese general who would shine his own light in the future.

However, this man who had seen a lot of things in the world during his life as a soldier, although he had doubts in his heart, there was a smile on his face, and he entered the reception room of the 67th Army Liaison Office with Tang Daosu's hand.

It is said to be a reception room, but in fact it is just Comrade Wu's war room.

The furnishings inside are very simple, a long conference table covered with military green cloth, and a large map of China hanging on the white wall directly opposite the conference table.

There were three teacups on the long conference table. Two teacups contained water, and one teacup was empty but filled with tea leaves. Obviously, it belonged to Tang Dao.

Without Commander Wu as the master, Tang Dao naturally became half the master's home. He carried the steaming kettle on the stove and refilled the water glass in front of Commander Zhang.

Before the two of them had time to speak, Commander Zhang's personal guard who was standing guard outside the door came in and said that the 59th Army headquarters was calling to see him. Commander Zhang frowned slightly, made an apologetic gesture to Tang Dao, and went to the front hall first. Got the call.

All calls from the military looking for their commander went to the Liaison Office of the 67th Army. It was obviously not an ordinary emergency.

Thinking on his heels, Tang Dao also knew that this phone call must be related to what happened at noon today.

The regiment commander surnamed Tang could not say that his hands and eyes could reach the sky, but he still had some confidence in directly approaching the lieutenant general who was highly relied upon by the commander of the theater. He just didn't know how much this man held a grudge against Tang Dao.

However, since Tang Dao dares to do this, he will not be afraid of him. Just like Comrade Wu's premonition, if he is brave enough, he will pull his 50,000 to 60,000 horses to fight with the army when the war is about to begin. At the first touch, Chief Li, who was entrusted to take charge of Xuzhou, might have applauded. He was worried that he could not find enough heads to kill chickens and monkeys to frighten the 600,000 troops gathered from various factions. This fat student of a certain boss The head is perfect.

As for Tang Dao, of course he will not be a companion. At worst, the regiment leader will quit. He will run away as soon as he takes off his military uniform and pats his butt. Lei Xiong will lead the four-line regiment to continue to the Taihang Mountains and meet again there. .

Maybe it would be a good thing to take off this skin.

It's a pity that the guys in the 20th Legion are too cowardly. As soon as Tang Dao gets hard here, they immediately soften. Tang Dao's plan to escape the golden cicada can only be aborted.

There was nothing in the reception room, only a huge map. Tang Dao stood in front of the map instinctively.

There were a lot of cigarette butts thrown in front of the map. Apparently, Comrade Lao Wu stopped in front of this map many times.

A large dark red circle was drawn on the location belonging to Jinling. Even without getting too close, Tang Dao could smell a faint smell of blood.

The shame that had been sealed deep in his mind was awakened by this circle made of blood. In front of Tang Dao's eyes, the forest of steles that had once been filled with names in time and space seemed to appear again.

Those rows of black stone monuments! It is like a sharp sword poking into the heart of the Chinese people. Each sword has thousands of names and wronged souls on it.

"We must never forget. Forgetting history means abandoning it!" Tang Dao clearly remembered that when he was training at the Jinling Army Academy, the short and thin old professor pointed to this place in the class about modern Chinese history and must be angry. Zhang was stunned.

At that time, it was hard for Tang Dao to imagine what kind of force drove the little old man, who was only 1.6 meters tall, to roar at a volume of more than 130 decibels.

That's holding a grudge, but it's also a responsibility, a responsibility to the entire nation.

However, what hurts Tang Dao is that even though he has not forgotten, even though he tried his best, he still could not prevent the tragedy that happened 20 days ago.

Tang Dao was strong enough and spent several days burying the bone-eroding pain deep in his memory, but this bloody circle awakened his memory again.

After all, he still can't forget it!

Perhaps, that is not the pain of Tang Dao alone. The soldier who drew that circle with the blood on his fingertips, regardless of the fact that the army was half disabled, still chose to fight the Japanese army here to the death, maybe because of this!

Tang Dao's figure standing in front of the map was as solid as a sculpture.

Even when Commander Zhang came back from the phone call and walked into the reception room, he failed to alert Tang Dao.

Commander Zhang followed Tang Dao's gaze and saw the place name circled in blood. His originally determined gaze became extremely sad for a moment.

That is a shame for all soldiers! Naturally, he is no exception.

He patted Tang Dao on the shoulder, silently handed Tang Dao a cigarette, and lit one himself. The two of them just stood in front of the map and started smoking silently.

It seems to be to get rid of anger, it seems to be a memorial, or it is both!

The middle-aged soldier and the young soldier, although no one spoke at this moment, they had a wonderful spiritual communication.

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ps: Today I still have two chapters in one. I have written almost 5,000 words. I always feel that there is no need to divide it into chapters. General Zhang is one of the anti-Japanese generals that I admire very much. The place where he died in the battle is also in our Xiangyang area, so I will spend some time on it. Please understand the description.

In addition, tomorrow is Labor Day, my daughter has a day off, I promised to take her and my parents to the suburbs, it's rare to spend time with my parents and children, Fengyue doesn't want to rush it, I can only say goodbye to my readers, I will stop updating for a day tomorrow, sorry! Tomorrow is also a new month, please vote for Fengyue if you have a guaranteed monthly ticket, thank you!