Chapter 1440 Ugly Undercurrent
"We won a complete victory in the battle of defending the stone card!"
"One hundred and fifty thousand soldiers in my third and fifth war zone fought bravely to repel the enemy!"
"Our navy, army and air force work together to retreat to the Japanese invaders!"
Accompanied by the press conference of Chinese and foreign journalists held by the Ministry of Military Affairs on the evening of the 24th, newspapers from major Chinese cities promoted the victory of the Shipai defense battle on the front page in the early morning of the 25th.
The praise of that person with great praise made the reputation of that person reach another peak since the victory of the Taierzhuang Defense Battle, just as he expected.
The man was in a very good mood and specially called the minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs to his official residence and decided to award the Blue Sky Medal to the chief officials at the division level and above participating in the Shipai Defense Battle.
This is a big deal, even when Wanjialing wiped out the 106th Division during the Battle of Central China, it has never happened.
"The Tang Dao of the Four-Enterprise Regiment is just a colonel, but his military achievements..." Minister He's mind came to Tang Dao's Ying-facing face. Although he felt that it would make him feel excited, he still threw out this problem that would make him feel upset.
In terms of military achievements, the Sixing Regiment firmly defended the left wing of the Shipai Central Position with one regiment, allowing the 11th Division to invest all its troops on the front battlefield, which is also the main factor for victory. Moreover, the enemies blocked by the Sixing Regiment are two detachments and one division main force, which is even more pressure than the 18th Division.
More importantly, the Four Army Regiment successfully completed the counterattack, and when the main force of the Japanese army began to retreat, it bit the main force of the 39th Division, and now it is encircling and annihilation of this Japanese army.
The defense counterattack and the ability to kill thousands of Japanese troops is rarely achieved in countless battles. Once successful, it will definitely increase the morale of the military and civilians across the country. At this critical moment, Minister He also felt it was a bit unreasonable not to give the Commander Tang a Blue Sky Medal.
"Captain Tang of the Four Lines Regiment! He is still a little too young. He is very outstanding, but he is a young boy who is only 25 years old, so he can join the group of old men. What do you think of veterans who have fought for the country for more than 20 years?
Our ancestors said it well: The wood is beautiful in the forest and the wind will destroy it! Being famous at a young age is a good thing, but being successful at a young age may be the biggest obstacle to his future progress. It is better to let him polish it in his current position and wait for the right time to return to the mountain city to be the military secretary of the minister, or my attendant." The man rubbed his smooth scalp and replied in a slightly feminine Jiangsu and Zhejiang accent.
The person stared out the window. Minister He, who was sitting beside him, could not see the flashing of his eyes, but he sighed slightly in his heart. He knew his boss and opponent so well.
Tang Dao fought side by side with the Eighty Army in the north and cooperated closely, which really touched the bottom line of this person. He hurriedly transferred the Four Army Regiment from the North China battlefield. On the surface, it seemed that it was because of the request of the commander named Li of the Fifth War Zone, but in fact the main reason was related to the Eighty Army.
Even when the Four Army Regiment marched to Shancheng, the man had considered staying the Four Army Regiment outside the Shancheng to serve as a garrison. If the Japanese army had not been clear about the intention of attacking the Shipai Fortress, Li and Chen issued a telephone call to send additional elite troops to Shipai to join the war, Tang Dao and the Four Army Regiment were probably still waiting for military orders in Shancheng at this time.
He was so afraid of Tang Dao, so he asked him to award Tang Dao the Blue Sky Medal. How could he be willing?
Of course, the reason why he is so stingy and even a medal is actually very related to Tang Dao's own excellence.
As the war entered its fourth year, Tang Dao led the four regiments to fight south and north, and went through dozens of battlefields of all sizes. He had two Blue Sky Medals and countless treasure tripod medals on his body. If one more was given, it would be the first soldier in the entire Chinese military to have such honor. His position as an army colonel had been over for three years. Just his military achievements would be enough to pick him into the ranks of generals.
It would be fine if one person was promoted to Tang Dao. A major general is not an important figure in the entire Chinese military system. But the key is that the four-line regiment is now a special regiment organization, and the offensive organization is larger than the infantry brigades of ordinary 2nd regiments. In addition, those who are not on the roster will transform into brigades. What is the strength?
A disobedient tiger was accompanied by a group of wolves, and he also had some tough politically disagreeable characters such as Northeast Army, Northwest Army, Sichuan Army, Yunnan Army, and Eighty Army. If anyone was sitting in that position, he would probably not be able to raise a tiger for trouble!
However, if it was a peaceful time, Minister He would agree with this choice without hesitation, but when is this? It is the moment when the entire country and nation survived. As the first political leader in the Chinese army, uniting all forces that can be united to unite and unite against the enemy and drive away foreign enemies is what he should do the most!
"In this way, I also know that Tang Dao and the Sixing Regiment have made a lot of efforts in this battle. If you don't give a reward, you, the Minister of Military Affairs, are not good-looking.
I will tell me the Fifth War Zone that the officers and soldiers who died in this battle can be given 20% of the pensions; captains and officers with military achievements can enjoy the salary and benefits of the army majors, and the majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels will all handle this accordingly; in addition, majors and above officers with military achievements can return to the mountain city according to their personal wishes, according to their personal wishes, to participate in the higher education class held by the Central Military Academy!" The feminine Jiangsu and Zhejiang accent continued to ring.
"Okay! I will convey your meaning to Commander Li." Minister He nodded.
"Ha! That guy is good at making a plan! Now that the internal collapse of the Four Lines regiment is beginning to be broken down? I think it is not as easy as he thought." General Li, who received the telegram from the Ministry of Military Affairs, smiled and threw the message to his desk, his eyes full of disdain.
"Sir, do you mean that higher education class?" A lieutenant general sitting next to him was thinking.
"Isn't the so-called higher education class just under the banner of training middle and senior officers, but is actually used to buy people from all departments to enrich their factional army!" The commander surnamed Li said calmly.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "It is useless to be loyal to the country and the army, but you have to be loyal to him. Otherwise, this higher education class may not be able to be promoted and reused quickly. If Tang Dao is really willing to let his confidant backbones go, do you believe it or not, you will immediately airborne a few major battalion commanders to grab this position."
"Tang Dao is just younger, not stupid. How could he do such a stupid thing? That..." Lieutenant General of the Army flashed his eyes.
"That person who can defeat many veterans and take up this position is not so easy to deal with. He is just a kill of two birds with one stone. Tang Dao is unwilling to send people, which means that he just wants to gain troops and respect himself. There is no special reward or punishment for him. And if he sends people, it will be just as he wants to send his own generals into the Four-English Group. Even if he can't control the Four-English Group, he can at least grasp the movements of the Four-English Group and know what they are going to do, as well as the unknown secrets of Tang Dao." General Li's eyes were deep.
"Tang Dao is still too young after all. He doesn't know how to restrain his edge and get too close to the 80th Army in North China. This will eventually lead to disaster. Alas! I originally thought that with the elite troops of the Four Lines Regiment, I would have more help in the fifth war zone. Now..." The Army Lieutenant General sighed slightly.
As the backbone of the Guangxi clan, he knew that he was so powerful that even Li and Bai could not beat him. He was targeted by such a person. Tang Dao had three heads and six arms, and probably could only waste his life on the rank of Army Colonel. He didn't even know that he was caught by the omnipresent Military Commission that day and threw him into prison.
"Forget it, I'll help him once, seeing that the Four Army Regiment came from thousands of miles away and avenged a great revenge for my fifth war zone." The general surnamed Li shook his head gently. "In the name of the War Zone Staff, the Ministry of Military Affairs was planning a telegram to the Ministry of Military Affairs. It said that there were still more than 6,000 Japanese invaders in the Battle of Shipai. The Four Army Regiment, as the main force of the Japanese invaders, could not withdraw personnel for the time being. When the war slowed down in the future, the War Zone Staff Department notified him to select outstanding officers to return to the mountain city for training."
"This..." The Army Lieutenant General was hesitant after a slight battle.
This means that the theater command blocked Tang Dao's shot, especially the leader of the Guangxi clan he was following, and he had a slight rift with that one. In this way, that person would have to have more objections.
"Haishan, as I mean," the general surnamed Li had made up his mind. "The so-called "I don't have to be afraid of biting if there are too many lice. He has long disliked me. How could I be afraid of adding such one more item? Moreover, he suddenly fell in love with me that day. How could he transfer the 71st Army, the 74th Army, and the 18th Army into my war zone?
By the way, remember to transfer the original text of the General's Ministry of Political Science to Tang Dao. After an hour, he called him and said he would be safe to destroy these Japanese devils. The other matters will be coordinated with the Ministry of Military Affairs by the War Zone."
"Yes!" The Lieutenant General of the Army instantly understood what his boss meant.
Instead of pleasing to a boss who will never like you, it is better to take a close eye on the little brother who can beat and kill.
The Four Lines Group has used its strength to prove that the reputation they have made on the battlefield in North China is definitely well-known, and it is even better.
This Shipai defense battle was mainly based on the third war zone, and the fifth war zone was just a support. In addition, the four-line regiment that went directly to the battlefield from the mountain city, sent only 40,000 troops, which was just a drum beater.
There were two infantry divisions on the periphery that were broken by the Japanese army, which made the Fifth War Zone a little dirty, and could only pin their hopes on the Four Regiments directly under the war zone.
As a result, the war report came, even the lieutenant general, who had been in the army for 20 years, could not help but breathe several breaths.
The Four Army Regiment had no special forces organization of 5,000 people. As a result, the Japanese army came up and there was a detachment plus half of the 39th Division. The 39th Division was the victim of the Fifth War Zone, and the commander of the 33rd Army died under their siege.
That is an enemy that none of the five divisions could block. Can the Four Army Regiment escape unstoppable under their attack?
What's even more terrible is that the Four-End Regiment cannot retreat. Once it retreats, the 11th Division in the Shipai Central Position will be surrounded by several Japanese troops. Even if the strength is preserved, the crime of the loss of the Shipai Fortress and the destruction of the 11th Division is enough to take the heads of several chief officials of the Four-End Regiment.
In those days, the lights of the Fifth War Zone Command had almost never turned off, and they were waiting for the battle reports sent by the Sihang Regiment. As the Lieutenant General Chief of Staff, he just put on clothes and slept for two or three hours on the simple camp bed for several consecutive days. He was in a state of extreme anxiety most of the time. Even if the daily battle reports of the Sihang Regiment looked quite gratifying, he defeated the Japanese attack.
Not only were the four-way regiments the elite soldiers who used various relationships to transfer to the war zone, but they were also the face of the entire Fifth War Zone.
The face lost by Zaoyi last year was needed to be restored by their victory.
Unexpectedly, on the 21st, the battle situation suddenly changed. A 7,000-person Needle Valley Detachment actually bypassed the defense line and went directly to Sifangwan, the position where the Sihang Regiment headquarters was located, which had only one battalion. The battle report came. Not to mention the Lieutenant General Chief of Staff, even the always-deep General Li was full of anxiety.
If the War Zone Command had not been 400 kilometers away from Shipai, the Lieutenant General Chief of Staff had reason to believe that his general commander who had smoked five or six cigarettes could even send him the guard division of the War Zone Command to support him.
But the Four Lines Group gave everyone a huge surprise. In just one day, the crazy attacking Needle Valley Detachment defeated and completed the encirclement.
On the night of the 22nd, General Li, a surnamed Li, had always had a bad appetite, rarely showed off two big bowls of rice, which was indeed too much for an elderly man in his fifties and about to enter his twilight years.
However, this also shows his uncontrollable joy.
The surprise was not over. After the main Japanese army on the front battlefield began to withdraw on the 24th, the Four Army Regiment actually made another nearly epic cut-off of the rear route, and used an infantry company lurking in the mountains to resolutely block the only mountain pass where the main remnants of the 39th Division retreated.
When the Four Army Regiment sent the tactical plan to the General Staff of the War Zone, the Lieutenant General Chief of Staff felt that his hair was about to stand up.
There was both the horror of storms, the joy that surged like a tide, and the admiration of Tang Dao's determination and madness.
What was shocking was that a strengthened infantry company with only more than 200 troops would have to block the crazy attack of more than 4,000 Japanese troops for 6 hours, a decision that no commander could imagine would not make.
That would have almost 200 Chinese soldiers killed. Will anyone enforce this military order like a moth to a flame?
What was happy was that the number of the 39th Division, which made the 5th War Zone hate, was actually today. If they were really trapped in the mountains and completed by the Fifth War Zone, then the 200,000 troops in the entire Fifth War Zone would be depressed for more than half a year, especially the 33rd Army, which killed their commander, would be greatly boosted.
Tang Dao could not take such a risk, waiting for the Japanese army to withdraw and enjoy the fruits of the victory of this Shipai Defense Battle, but he still did this just to keep the main force of the 39th Division in the beautiful mountains of China.
"Our army has joined forces with the friendly forces of the 18th Army and has successfully completed the encirclement of the 231st Japanese infantry Regiment!" When a telegram from the Four Lines Regiment came a few hours later, the excited Lieutenant General Chief of Staff picked up the telegram and rushed towards the headquarters. He even forgot to wipe away the tears that were flashing due to extreme excitement, and was joked by General Li.
You said, is such an elite infantry regiment worthy of being worthy of the war zone to offend the one who protects him? It is definitely worth it.
Even when the Lieutenant General Chief of Staff walked out of the headquarters, he was already thinking about suggesting that the chief transfer Tang Dao to be the deputy director of the Operations Department of his General Staff. Of course, he was a part-time job. Since the official who was not promoted to Tang Dao, come to the war zone.
The deputy director of the Operations Department of the General Staff of the War Zone has the right to participate in tactical suggestions in the war zone. Seeing that the military rank is not high, but the actual power is not small, even the commanders of each division have to greet each other with a smile.
"Haha! That guy is really guarding us to the point of view. Now he is too lazy to even do superficial skills. He even takes out the superficial trick of removing firewood from the underworld." Tang Dao threw the telegram from the War Zone Command to Ye Chenghuan with contempt.
"Although Chief Li has his little one, our group still has to take this favor." Ye Chenghuan picked up the telegram and read it for a while, his eyes full of solemnity.
"The favor of Chief Li, the 4,000 heads of the 231 Regiment in the encirclement are almost enough." Tang Dao pointed at the depths of the mountains in front of him, but his eyes were full of resentment and regret.
"I thought that man was a leader of a country, and he was somewhat tolerant, but now I find that he still looked down on him too highly. Thousands of brothers from my four-way group were willing to sacrifice their lives for this country and nation, but he still focused on factional disputes without looking at the overall situation. How could such a person be undefeated?"
"Captain, you mean..." Ye Chenghuan's face suddenly changed.
Although Ye Chenghuan, who was born in the 80th Army, did not like that person, as a Chinese, the Japanese invaders were the most powerful enemy at present. He was naturally shocked when he heard Tang Dao say he was defeated.
"It's not defeating the Japanese devils, but the Chinese people." Tang Dao looked at his deputy and said meaningfully.
"Brother Ye, I can guarantee you that as long as we Chinese people do not give up on ourselves, we can definitely realize the country we ideally have. Although it still has many shortcomings and regrets, our sons and grandchildren do not have to worry about filling their stomachs in the war every day, and they do not have to worry about what will happen tomorrow. They will be happy."
"Of course I believe it! Isn't that what we are like to fight for them with our body lost!" Ye Chenghuan put aside his worries and grinned and showed his white teeth.
"But, leader, you..."
As a comrade-in-arms who have worked with Tang Dao for nearly three years, he clearly saw anger and unwillingness from Tang Dao's eyes. He understood anger, but why is this unwillingness?
"Sir Li is kind, but it has invisibly increased the fear of our group. Our group may have to act low-key in the past or two years, and it will be difficult for us to do more great things." Tang Dao sighed lightly and turned his head to the south.
He originally wanted to participate in the first Chinese soldiers' outbound battle in nearly a hundred years, but now it seems that the possibility is slim.
That person would never allow an elite infantry regiment that had an affair with the Eighty Army and was protected by his old opponent at the risk of offending him.
His telegram was not so much a test of Tang Dao, but rather a test of the position of the Four-Search Group in the heart of the General Li.
And that Chief Li may not have seen the intention of that person, but from his perspective, this way of handling is more in line with his interests.
Until now, the Four-Round Group is just a small boat in the undercurrent surging river. Whether it can successfully reach the other shore depends on God’s intention.
But, so what?
Since this era has come, he is as cruel as a Japanese invader, so he has killed tens of thousands of people! Tang Dao put away the regret and unwillingness in his eyes, and once again surging his fighting spirit.
Chapter completed!