Rise From Eight Hundred

"Order, send a telegram to the headquarters. Our ground-air cooperation has shot down 15 enemy fighters, and only 3 are left to escape. The danger in the sky has been resolved. Please ask them to hide their tracks and evacuate here according to the original plan. Our advance regiment will continue to attract the enemy's 10th Army's firepower to the north."

"Order, the entire advance regiment will take the Sixing Battalion as the vanguard and immediately set off towards the Baihegang Bridge. The baggage battalion and the cavalry battalion will be left to clean up the battlefield!"

"Order, the wounded who are unable to move will be carried by the baggage battalion's horse carriages. At the same time, inform the cavalry and baggage troops of my military order. Our army will not receive any baggage replenishment in the next few days and nights, and the horses killed in the battle must also be used as military rations. This is an order! Violators will be subject to military law!"

Tang Dao, who had regained his mood, issued military orders one by one, and the entire advance regiment scattered in the wilderness quickly took action.

Only Tan Tai Mingyue looked at the Chinese cavalry who were still wandering in the wilderness looking for comrades with some concern.

Of course, she knew why Tang Dao had emphasized this in the last military order.

Because war horses are not just the legs of the cavalry, but also the most loyal and silent comrades. From the fact that the bay horse chose to stand in front of the broken-armed cavalry in the face of the fierce attack of the Japanese planes, we know that people and horses are the most important partners for both of them.

How cruel it is to let them use the dead horses as military rations!

Perhaps for them, they would rather starve to death than eat the corpses of their companions!

Tan Tai Mingyue's worries appeared.

The cavalry was responsible for searching the battlefield again to find the corpses of their dead comrades, and the baggage battalion was responsible for using carts to transport the wounded who could not be carried away by manpower and the ammunition that the combat troops could not carry, as well as the corpses of horses weighing hundreds of kilograms.

The meat of war horses and pack horses will become broth in the evening to replenish enough energy for the 3,000 troops who were already extremely exhausted.

A group of baggage battalion soldiers found a horse corpse. They surrounded it in the wilderness, but no one moved forward.

Tang Dao's military order required them to collect every horse corpse on the battlefield, including more than 20 war horses and pack horses that died or were injured and unable to move in the bombing and machine gun shooting of Japanese planes.

Those pack horses struggling in the blood were also the most important helpers of the baggage soldiers. When they held guns to help these good helpers solve their pain, they were also full of tears. Even the major battalion commander of the baggage battalion, a rough Northeast man, closed his eyes in pain when he heard the sparse gunshots on the battlefield after the war.

Not to mention, they had to drag the corpses of these companions onto the cart to provide enough military rations for the whole army in the next few days.

But as abandoned children, each of them tried to carry as much ammunition as possible, but the military rations were only enough for two days, and the rest were all left to the main force.

People are iron and food is steel. Without military rations, no matter how elite the advance regiment was, it would not be able to fight the Japanese invaders in the following days.

Although Jiangnan is rich, most of the families have left their houses to avoid the war. Even if they can meet refugees, how can they bear to collect the limited food from the people who have left their homes and need their protection?

3,000 elite soldiers can die in battle, but they must not starve to death in vain.

No matter how cruel the commander's military order is, they can only understand and accept it.

So, they followed the military order.

But on the cavalry side, they encountered obstacles. The cavalry chose to line up to form a horse wall to prevent them from putting the bodies of the war horses into the carts. Even a lieutenant cried with tears on his face and begged them to bury their comrades.

But the Tang Dao military order has been issued, and the commander's will cannot be disobeyed. As the supreme commander of the cavalry, Gong Shaoxun can only harden his heart and drive away all the cavalrymen who are stubborn and crying.

But next to the "big guy", the baggage soldiers encountered a tough guy.

Lv Sanjiang, who rushed over frantically, did not cry, but drew his sword and stood straight in front of the chestnut horse.

His black horse snorted anxiously and kept wandering around him.

The young cavalry squad leader did not point his sword at the baggage soldiers. The cavalrymen who had grown into sergeants in several consecutive fierce battles would never easily point their swords and guns at their comrades.

He drew out his sword and put it on his neck.

Who wants to eat his brother's companions, then eat him together!

The baggage soldiers saw this stubborn temper, how dare they take a step forward? If one of them is not well, this fierce cavalryman will really cut his neck, then they will be guilty.

Gong Shaoxun, who received the news, rushed over with a team of cavalry. Seeing this scene, the major cavalry battalion commander and the cavalry were stunned.

"Lv Sanjiang, what the hell do you want to do?" Gong Shaoxun certainly knew the cavalry squad leader who was originally from his cavalry battalion. He personally appointed this guy's military position.

"Battalion commander, they want to eat the big guy, don't even think about it, unless I die." Lv Sanjiang saw his direct superior coming, and he was also stubborn and did not move.

"You bastard, all the war horses and pack horses killed in the battle shall be used as military rations. That is Commander Tang's military order. Are you a good soldier or not? Get out of here and obey the military order!" Gong Shaoxun did not dismount, but roared loudly and looked at both sides: "Go, drag that bastard away. He has made some military achievements and is lawless."

The people present knew that this was the cavalry major who wanted to protect his soldiers. Holding a knife, even if it was on his own neck, it was an extremely serious violation of military orders.

Especially in this kind of war, if a military order came down, he might either really cut his own throat or be shot on the spot.

On the battlefield, many company commanders and platoon leaders who retreated because they could not withstand the enemy's fierce firepower were directly shot on the spot by the supervising team, let alone a mere sergeant. The decisive and decisive Commander Tang ordered such an illegal person to be shot. Ling Xiaobing might not even blink.

"Stop, whoever dares to come over, I will cut the neck first, and let you bastards carry my more than one hundred kilograms of meat and cook it into broth for you to drink!" Lu Sanjiang had simply performed Hun He He at this moment to the extreme.

Not to mention that even his battalion commander turned into a bastard and turned into a man-eating demon king.

Gong Shaoxun almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

If he could, he would chop off this guy's head first.

However, he couldn't bear it! It's this bastard's fault for disobeying military orders, but what's wrong with protecting his comrades? Even if his comrades are dead.

"Lu Sanjiang, right?" A voice came from the outside.

When everyone saw it, they dispersed and stood at attention. The cavalry, led by Gong Shaoxun, also dismounted and stood at attention.

Tang Dao walked over at the pace of a tiger.

Standing in front of the cavalry sergeant who was still standing stubbornly, he said coldly: "You coward!"

"I'm not a coward. I have killed Japanese soldiers." Lu Sanjiang retorted with a red face.

"If you are not a coward, then let me ask you, is the battle over? Is the war over?" Tang Dao pointed his finger into the distance and shouted: "The Japanese Tenth Army is chasing our advance group one after another. , the Japanese invaders' Songhu Expeditionary Army and the Japanese invaders' North China Expeditionary Army are burning, killing and looting on our Chinese soil, but as the Chinese army, you put the sword on your own neck, do you think you are a coward?"

"While the Japanese aggressors are still alive, no matter what the situation, we, the Chinese army, are all cowards who point their swords and guns at us, cowards who dare not take responsibility! Who will avenge the comrades who died at your feet? Use your soul. ?”

"I'm not, I just don't want the big man to become meat." Tears welled up in Lu Sanjiang's eyes. Under the roar of Tang Dao that echoed throughout the countryside, he dropped the knife and squatted on the ground crying: "Sir, I don't know if you can see it. Seeing that my squad leader and the big guy were drawing the firepower of the Japanese aircraft for my cavalry, the big guy was blocking my squad leader! Otherwise, my squad leader would have been beaten to death. The safety of some cavalry brothers, sir, it is a hero, a real hero! How can you still eat it!"

The wails of the young cavalry made all the soldiers present feel pity for them. Many of the cavalry led by Gong Shaoxun used the corners of their sleeves to wipe the tears from their eyes.

"I know it's a hero!" Tang Dao's eyes passed over the horse corpse on the ground, his eyes turned from cold to soft, but his voice was cold. "However, this does not become a reason for you to disobey military orders."

"Because you are a soldier!"