Rise From Eight Hundred

Tang Dao sat silently in the dark, thinking about his own things.

The whole tunnel was dark. In order to ensure safety, all lights, unnecessary movements and conversations were prohibited in the tunnel. Except for the sentries at both ends of the tunnel, most people were sleeping.

After five consecutive days and nights of fighting, even the strongest man could not stand it. Although the crisis had not completely passed and there was a risk of being discovered in the tunnel, he could not care about so much. He adjusted his military orders and lay down in a mess.

Tang Dao did not sleep. After inspecting the tunnel, he sat down silently.

He knew that there was not much time left.

If my memory was correct, the Japanese Tenth Army would land in Jinshanwei in four days. That was a killer move by the Japanese army to cut off the retreat of hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers in the west of Shanghai.

That was the tactic that the Japanese headquarters had decided to implement since October. They transferred troops from North China, which had already gained strategic dominance, to reinforce the southeast, and assembled transport ships to the southeast in late October. Once the 6th Division, the 18th Division and the 114th Division, with nearly 70,000 people, landed in Jinshanwei and captured Songjiang, the nearly 400,000 Chinese troops in the west of Shanghai who were still confronting the Japanese army would be in a catastrophe.

Of course, this scene did not happen tragically in the past, because the 67th Army of the Northeast Army defended Songjiang for three days and nights, leaving the retreating Chinese troops with precious 72 hours, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers were able to escape.

The 67th Army did what they should do, but for Tang Dao, a little butterfly from another time and space, the upcoming 10th Army, from the 10th Army Commander Yanagawa Heisuke, to the 6th Division Commander Tani Hisao, the 18th Division Commander Ushijima Mitsuru, and the 114th Division Commander Suematsu Shigeharu, were all people he must kill.

Because the Tenth Army not only participated in the massacre that took place in winter, but was also one of the driving forces behind this tragedy.

However, four days later in Songjiang, China and Japan invested nearly 100,000 troops in total. He and his men were less than an infantry company. What could he change if he went there?

More importantly, how could he go there?

The tunnel was only 300 meters long, and he had not even left the scope of the Sihang Warehouse. How could he reach the battlefield dozens of kilometers away?

Tang Dao's rare anxiety did not affect some things that had already changed because of his arrival.

The telegram jointly sent by the Army Major General and the Army Lieutenant Colonel to the division headquarters to Tang Dao Lei Xiong and others to request credit received a reply.

The first one was sent by the Songhu War Zone Command. The content of the telegram was not to restore the military status of Tang Dao, Lei Xiong and others, but: Tang Dao, Lei Xiong and others on the front line of the Songhu Zhabei position resigned from the military, which seriously violated military discipline. However, in view of their bravery in combat, they were fined for half a year as a warning to others. If similar incidents occur again, the war zone command should punish them severely.

"What does this mean?" Yang Ruifu didn't react for a while.

"It's done, the military status of those bastards is saved." The major general of the army clapped his hands and smiled.

In the simple military camp, several officers of the first battalion who had been waiting anxiously smiled.

Punishing them with military discipline is not a disguised recognition of the fact that they are still soldiers? These bigwigs speak so vaguely. The telegram that can be used with the word "appropriation" is said in a lot of words.

However, the officers laughed too early.

Because the greater joy is still to come.

But this time, they were not notified by any coded telegram.

Instead, the telegram was sent in clear code.

The Songhu War Zone Command sent a clear code telegram to the whole country: The Songhu battle was fierce. After the entire battalion of Yao Ziqing's battalion of the 583rd Regiment of the 98th Division died in Baoshan, the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division in the Sihang Warehouse in Zhabei, Songhu held the Sihang Warehouse position for five days and nights, killing more than a thousand Japanese soldiers including Colonel Jiro Wakiita of the 36th Infantry Regiment and all of them died in battle.

In order to boost the morale of the whole army and show the bravery of our Chinese soldiers, entrusted by the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Yao Ziqing Battalion was awarded the title of "Baoshan Battalion" and the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment was awarded the title of "Sihang Battalion". Yao Ziqing was the first battalion commander of the Baoshan Battalion, and Tang Dao was the first battalion commander of the Sihang Battalion. After the end of this battle, the two battalions will be rebuilt by the war zone command. This is hereby notified to the whole country and the whole army.

After receiving this news, not to mention several officers opened their mouths in disbelief, even the major general of the army who had been guarding the field radio station was stunned.

The troop sequence with a name is definitely the supreme honor in the army, and it can only be awarded if the unit has made great contributions.

I didn't expect that the big guys above were so generous and gave such a great honor, which is almost comparable to the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal.

"Tang Dao, that damned guy, is now the battalion commander? I want to exchange with him, but I don't know if it's too late." Yang Ruifu cursed and murmured to himself with tears.

Not only was he excited for his brothers who had won great honor with their lives, but more importantly, he knew that from now on, his first battalion would no longer be established. No matter whether they could leave the concession or return to the 88th Division, they would no longer have a battalion to cover up their tracks.

Because the first battalion had become a martyr and a four-line battalion along with hundreds of Japanese soldiers.

Then, the commendation order and promotion order from the theater command also arrived.

He was a lieutenant colonel in the army and was promoted to colonel in the army a few days ago. His rank would not be increased any more, but his position had finally become the head of a regiment. However, in view of his being in the concession, an independent regiment of the 88th Division was specially established, and it would be reorganized after he returned to the division headquarters.

Yang Ruifu, the former battalion commander of the first battalion, naturally served as the lieutenant colonel and deputy regiment commander, Shangguan Yun served as the major regiment commander, which was equivalent to the third person in the independent regiment to be established in the future. The other two infantry company commanders were directly promoted to infantry battalion commanders, and Qin Ruoyu naturally became the best candidate for the company commander of the first company.

Needless to say, the rest of the survivors were all promoted one level, the squad leader became the platoon leader, and the platoon leader became the company commander. Although it is just a mirage at present, it always gives people hope, right?

Although the Sihang Battalion has been directly under the command of the theater command and no longer belongs to the 88th Division, it is at least a division of the 524th Regiment, and the promotion order was also sent to the Army Lieutenant Colonel.

Tang Dao was directly promoted to Army Lieutenant Colonel and served as the battalion commander, Lei Xiong was promoted to Major and served as the deputy battalion commander, Leng Feng was promoted to Captain and served as the company commander of the first company, and the rest were promoted two levels above their military positions before entering the Sihang.

This is to treat Tang Dao and others as dead in battle. To put it bluntly, only dead people can get this treatment. It sounds good in reputation and can reflect the sympathy of the top leaders for the grassroots soldiers, and they don't have to pay too much military pay.

I don't know if these bigwigs will explode when they know that the Tang Dao, who they thought were doomed, are fighting the Japanese vigorously again.

However, military orders are like mountains, and in order to show the great grace of heaven, the commander of the theater also deliberately used the method of sending a clear code to the whole country. Even if he wanted to take it back, he couldn't take it back.

However, this clear code telegram was really like a raging fire, and it injected a shot of adrenaline to the soldiers and civilians who were constantly stimulated by the battlefield news in the past few days.

Not only did the infantry divisions on the Songhu front send telegrams to express that they would defend the newly arranged defense lines of the various armies, but the various group armies in northern China that were struggling to resist the attack of the Japanese Northern Corps also sent telegrams to support the military and political department to give special courtesy to the two ordinary infantry battalions.

The war situation, which was originally somewhat decadent, was slightly restored by such a telegram.

Perhaps the only one who was not happy was Tan Tai Ming Yue, who had left her pen and paper behind.

For several consecutive days, Tan Tai Ming Yue sat on the river bank closest to the ruins of the Sihang Warehouse, from early morning to nightfall, without missing a single day.

It seemed to be accompanying, and it seemed to be waiting.

But the ruins of the Sihang Warehouse were like a dead giant, without any response to this beautiful war correspondent.

On the night of November 4, looking at the still silent afterimage of the Sihang Warehouse, Tan Tai Ming Yue stood up and whispered softly: "I'm sorry, I can't accompany you anymore. The war is still going on, and there are still tasks waiting for me. If the war is won and I can still live, I will come to see you again."

After a final gaze, Tan Tai Ming Yue turned around, although her heart was broken, and she never looked back.

She had received a task from the newspaper, and the entire army in Songhu was about to retreat to the national defense line, and she had to rush to Nanjing.

Another war comparable to the Battle of Songhu is about to begin. After this separation, she may never see the young soldier again, whether he is alive or dead.

Even she doesn't know whether she can see the final victory of the war.

However, life is like a play. White skirts on campus will meet white shirts, and those who read novels will never miss the big fountain pen. The encounters in life are so legendary.

Just four hours after Tan Tai Mingyue left, 300 meters away from the place where she had been sitting for the past few days, an extremely hidden secret door was opened.

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