Rise From Eight Hundred

"Half an hour ago, when several of my fellow officers and I were raising glasses to celebrate the victory, Officer Liu said that this first glass of wine must be dedicated to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the victory. You said, our brothers are going to drink this glass. Should I serve them wine?”

"Should!" The officers and soldiers of the 769th regiment raised their wine bowls and roared like thunder.

The soldiers' eyes, originally full of joy, overflowed with deep sadness!

The 769th Regiment paid a heavy price in the battle of Beiganling, with more than 500 people sacrificed and more than 200 people suffering heavy losses. The casualty rate exceeded 50%.

Those 500 people who died in the battle can no longer sit here talking and laughing loudly, drinking wine and eating meat. Many of them never even ate a piece of meat from joining the army to dying in battle.

"We have to drink this glass of wine for them, because they are here and will never leave. They have never left." Tang Dao stood in the hunting wind, making a fist with one hand and beating his chest hard.

Tang Dao's blows were so powerful that even the noise at the scene could make people standing near him hear the banging sound!

His body is very strong, and he uses his body as a drum, a war drum!

But everyone knew that what Tang Dao, the leader of the group, really wanted to beat was not his chest muscles, but his own heart.

The best memorial is to keep them in your heart and never forget them.

"Respect the sacrificed comrades, do it!" Comrade Wang Xiaoqiang imitated Tang Dao, pounded his chest, and shouted with tears in his eyes.

As Brigadier Cheng who knows him well said, many veterans in the 769th Regiment are his old comrades. He jumped out to take the initiative, not because he wanted to show off himself, but because he wanted his familiar comrades to see him. , can greet each other with him, and see that they are doing well, his heart will be at peace.

But Wang Xiaoqiang is destined to be disappointed! Many of the people he wanted to see have yet to be seen, even though he has tried very hard to find them in the firelight.

The most tragic situation in this battle was the encounter with the Japanese army. The 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, equipment, and firepower. The 1st Battalion was also the most elite infantry battalion of the 769th Regiment. Veterans accounted for the majority, so the sacrifices were natural. Make up the majority.

It was one of the very few units where the casualty rate of veterans was higher than that of recruits. Even at such a moment, the veterans left their hope of survival to the recruits.

Because they believe that sooner or later, new soldiers will become veterans, and this will happen again and again!

"Here's to the fallen comrades! Do it!" The soldiers all knocked on their chests twice and drank up the strong wine in the bowl.

They didn't know if their fallen comrades could see this scene, but they believed what Tang Dao said, as long as they kept their names, voices and looks in their hearts, they would still be there until their own lives came to an end. !

Not only did Wang Xiaoqiang and the young regiment leader beside him burst into tears and drained the wine in the bowl in one gulp, Brigadier Cheng also gritted his teeth and drained the wine in the bowl in one gulp. Even he felt that if he did not drink this bowl of wine, Sorry people.

It was really touching that someone used his chest as a war drum and said "never leave, and never leave".

Tantai Mingyue quickly lowered her head, taking advantage of the fall of her hair to cover her eyes that were about to get wet.

She originally thought that she had seen too much blood and death, and her heart had become strong enough, but she did not expect that, far away from blood and death, these men standing upright in the firelight could still make her eyes wet.

Trying her best to suppress her turbulent mood, Tantai Mingyue quickly recorded the first chapter of her Jindong battlefield diary: While we were here, they never left!

It is said that after Tantai Mingyue's battlefield diary was written, it was sent to the desk review of the head of the 921 Division. It was originally going to be sent to the northwest for broadcast to the whole country through the Northwest Radio Station, but the division head with a rigorous personality was extremely rare. Staring at the article affectionately, he asked: "Tell the reporter from Tantai if you can not broadcast this diary to the whole country. I don't want the mothers who are still at home waiting for their sons to return to worry. This article will be published in the Military Daily of our 80th Group Army." But wait until after the war and send this article and the military medal to the martyrs’ homes!”

In the end, this battlefield diary, which did not add any extravagance, but recorded a completely realistic record of the more than a thousand remaining members of the 769th Regiment beating their chests to commemorate their comrades that day, was only published in the 80th Group Army Military Journal and the "Taihang Battle Report" newly established by the Fourth Army Regiment.

In the future, with only 10,000 copies of the first issue of "Taihang Battle Report" printed, except for three copies that were collected by the China Military Museum, the other five copies that were living outside turned out to be the favorites of military collectors. The only first issue that went to the auction house It was auctioned for a high price of five million.

It is said that the grandfather of the low-key and reserved middle-aged man who took this newspaper photo was killed in this battle!

His father was a posthumous son and he had never seen his father. The "Taihang Battle Report" published photos of a total of ten young soldiers from the 769th Regiment, 771st Regiment, 772nd Regiment, Supplementary Regiment, and Si Xing Regiment. They were all in When cleaning the battlefield, they found it from their blood-stained purses.

These soldiers took the opportunity to take photos between battles, just to leave a message to their families.

The old black-and-white photo was originally very blurry, and after decades of age, even if the person who collected the newspaper kept it very carefully, it was still mottled and even the faces of the people could not be seen clearly.

But the middle-aged man still gently pressed his face against the mottled photo, as if, spanning eighty years, he could feel the warmth of the young man who was thirty years younger than him.

No one can understand his heart except himself.

The war made his father lose his father! But middle-aged people don't really understand the pain of losing a father until his father passes away. After feeling the pain, he feels even more sorry for his old father.

Because, his old father never had the chance to call out the word "Dad" in his life.

This pain lasts for three generations!

The only thing that makes people happy is that even though time has passed by for nearly a hundred years, there are still people who remember the young man with a gun slung across his body, wearing leggings, and looking seriously at the camera in front of him, looking a little nervous.

He never left until someone remembered him.

After drinking the wine in the bowl, Tang Dao, who did not wipe the stains from the corners of his mouth, stared at the thousands of officers and soldiers in front of him with sharp eyes, and continued to shout loudly: "As for the second glass of wine, the division commander proposed to toast us, precisely because we dared Only by facing the bullets and artillery shells of the Japanese invaders can we have a chance to win. But I also feel that it is the duty of our soldiers to face the bullets and blades of the enemy. Since we put on this uniform, our lives have been saved. It doesn’t just belong to us, not just to our parents, but to the entire country and nation.

This land gave birth to our ancestors and gave birth to us. When they wailed under the iron heel of the Japanese army, what other choice could we make? I have no choice but to go, even if I die.

Therefore, with this glass of wine, we pay tribute to the military uniform we are wearing. It is the military uniform that gives us responsibility and gives us the courage to protect our Chinese nation.

Now here are thousands or even tens of thousands of dark blue and dark gray military uniforms, but in the Xuzhou battlefield that we cannot see, there are hundreds of thousands of Chinese passionate men like us who are marching forward one after another. We should also respect them. .

Do you think you should drink this wine? "

"Here's to the Chinese soldiers, do it!" The young regiment leader's eyes flashed, he roared with great pride, he raised his neck and drank up a tael of white wine without saying a word!

Even though his face was red at this time, he was obviously semi-drunk.

"Here's to the Chinese soldiers, do it!" The soldiers raised their glasses loudly and drank all the wine in the bowl.

After two bowls in a row, many people started to stagger. They didn't just drink. They drank a lot in the first half hour or so.

After all, drinking requires courage, but staying awake after drinking too much depends on your ability to drink.

‘This guy is simply a wine commander! Where did all this talk come from! ’ Brigadier Cheng Da had to drink another drink with him, baring his teeth. If he didn’t drink this drink, he wouldn’t even dare to wear his military uniform.

However, by this time, Brigadier Cheng Da couldn't help but be curious about what method Tang Dao would use to make the entire army drink the third glass of wine.

Of course, he had already asked the orderly to prepare the third cup. He had a hunch that this third cup might have more reasons to drink than the first two cups.

Tantai Mingyue, who put down her pen and paper, was stimulated by Tang Dao's passionate toast, and took a big sip. The alcohol was like a ball of fire burning from her throat to her stomach, but her eyes were curved into crescents.

As smart as she was, she had guessed Tang Dao's intention at this time: Don't talk to me about drinking, I am good at talking about drinking, and I am even better at persuading people to drink.

Previously, he was worried that Tang Dao would get drunk, but now he was mostly relieved.

After just two bowls of wine, it is estimated that half of the people were sluggish. One more bowl and the result would be needless to say.

Now that his worries are gone, he is just like Brigadier Cheng, who is extremely curious about Tang Dao's next toast. He has to drink two bowls of wine in a row. Isn't the reason for the third bowl so impressive that it makes people move?

“In this third cup, the division chief once suggested that he should respect me, saying that it was because of the long-distance raids that the Four Elements and I worked tirelessly to achieve the great victories over Shentou Ridge and Beigan Ridge, but I refused.

Because this great victory belongs to all the officers and soldiers on the eastern Shanxi front line. How can I alone take the lead?

But that was said to the chief, which was somewhat modest. But here, I want to say that you really have to respect me for this third cup. "

Needless to say, the officers and soldiers of the 769th Regiment were stunned. Even Brigadier Cheng shook his little hand and almost threw away the wine bowl he had habitually picked up.

What does it mean? You are so humble as a leader, but here you can pretend to be a big clove of garlic? I want to pretend! An infantry platoon would like to toast you, the man who made the most of it!

"Because, I'm not only here to drink with you, but also to give you money." Tang Dao smiled slightly, "Don't think you heard it wrong. That's right, win the battle and kill more than 4,000 little devils. Just drink and eat meat." How can I give out certificates? I am here to give bonuses to everyone. As long as those who participate in this battle, the sacrifices, injuries, and meritorious services and bonuses are not included, and everyone will have a bonus for participating in the battle. "

Everyone who participated in the war was paid? The whole place was so silent that you could hear a pin drop.

‘A rich man wants to be beaten? ’ This thought directly impacted Brigadier Cheng Da, and his head was buzzing at the time.

"Done!"

However, it must be said that Brigadier Cheng Da is very clever. He was knocked unconscious by the pie suddenly falling from the sky, and he was able to react immediately and roared so loud that his voice almost broke.

The wine doesn’t seem to be wine anymore, just simmer it in one sip!

Tang Dao said before that feelings are touching, but money is more practical! The whole army is being paid. There are only 8,000 people in the 921st Division participating in the war this time. How much money will they get?

If it were anyone else, he might still have doubts, but who is Tang Dao! Needless to say, the 100,000 silver dollars captured in Lucheng had to be divided into 50,000 by the Four Troops Regiment. I heard that the Four Troops Regiment in Licheng captured the Japanese army's baggage warehouse, which contained a lot of gold bars.

Originally, Comrade Da Cheng wanted to ask Tang Dao how much he had seized, but he didn't dare to ask. Now it seems that it is more than he imagined.

Could it be worth more than 100,000 silver dollars? That is really a huge fortune!

This is because Tang Dao didn't know the old man's "evil mind" at this time, otherwise he would have to tell him the famous story of "two peasant women guessing whether the empress in the palace would eat two cakes or one cake for breakfast".

The pattern! It has to be opened up a little. What's 100,000 silver dollars? Not to mention that the gold bars stored in the Japanese army's baggage warehouse are worth nearly one million, the cash in the vaults of the four major banks in Tianjin is worth tens of millions. Tang Dao is not able to take it out now, and it will probably become various equipment or supplies when he takes it out.

Money is yours only when you spend it. What's the point of putting it anywhere!

Comrade Wang Xiaoqiang and the young regiment leader also woke up from a dream at this moment, and followed Brigade Commander Cheng to drink up the wine in their glasses!

"Haha! We must toast to Captain Tang for this wine!"

"Captain Tang, we'll drink it, you can do whatever you want!"

The soldiers who reacted cheered and drank up the wine in the bowl happily! That posture was just like the bosses of some large Internet companies promising their employees to pay them 6 more months' salary during the Chinese New Year at the annual meeting in the future.

You can't blame these soldiers for their eyes lighting up when they heard the word 'money', which was more intense than the previous two reasons for drinking.

Whether it was sacrifice or victory, it was all in the past, and people always had to look forward.

And now the 80th Army is really too poor.

Many people may not understand. After all, the 80th Army is now a unified organization and receives military pay from the Ministry of Military Affairs. How can it be so poor?

It's good to have military pay. According to the level of the 80th Army and the number of 45,000 soldiers, 630,000 French currency can be issued every month, including 300,000 living expenses, 200,000 war expenses, 50,000 subsidies, 10,000 medical subsidies, and 70,000 rice allowances, which looks like a lot.

But this money is not only for the military pay of more than 40,000 people in the whole army. Not to mention the loss of weapons and ammunition and the fodder for mules and horses, which all require a lot of expenditure, the casualty allowances for soldiers and subsidies for their families are also included. In addition, there are also military pay subsidies for more than 10,000 people in the Northwest Headquarters.

Now, there is less money that can be allocated to each person.

If Tang Dao remembers correctly, in the early days of the war, soldiers received one yuan per month, company and platoon leaders received two yuan, battalion commanders received three yuan, regiment commanders received four yuan, and brigade commanders, division commanders, including group army commanders, all received five yuan.

In other words, Brigade Commander Cheng, a lieutenant general, did not get as much as a soldier in other troops, even though they still have the phenomenon of withholding military pay.

It is hard for Tang Dao to imagine that as a soldier who is ready to sacrifice his life at any time, he only gets a few or even one yuan of military pay a month, and he can't even support his wife and children, but they have no regrets!

However, they are not saints. They also have seven emotions and six desires. Ideals alone cannot be eaten. Everyone is an ordinary person, and they have a family to support behind them.

Without money, they can kill the enemy, but they are very happy to have money after killing the enemy.

Of course, for these soldiers, it is not because money can bring them a superior material life, but to help their families or the army is what they desire most.

And for Tang Dao, who publicly promised to give everyone pensions, bonuses, and war subsidies, it is naturally not a whim.

In fact, this idea was discussed by Tang Dao and Deputy Head Gong Shaoxun as early as when the Four-Line Regiment marched into Lucheng.

In the Battle of Licheng, the Four-Line Regiment seized a lot of Japanese baggage, which was originally more valuable than the Japanese equipment seized by the 683rd Brigade, not to mention the large amount of gold.

Although the two armies had agreed before that the spoils on the battlefield belonged to each other, which was convenient for both sides to calculate, this battle was fought under the command of the 921st Division Headquarters. Secondly, in order to prevent the Japanese army from expanding the scale of the battlefield, the 921st Division mobilized all divisions that were not on the battlefield and were ready to be deployed to the battlefield at any time. Although they did not participate in the battle, they also spent a lot of manpower and material resources.

From a human perspective, the four-line regiment may not think much about the monopoly of this batch of materials by several division leaders and Brigade Commander Cheng, but it is not possible to say that everyone will have such a broad mind.

The two armies still want to cooperate more deeply, and people have no excuses. Then they must give some supplements to the 921st Division. It is not easy to give it openly, so let's change the way.

For example, pensions and rewards for officers and soldiers at all levels.

In this way, at least the 50,000 yuan allocated to the 683rd Brigade will be saved, and the officers and soldiers of the whole army will be greatly encouraged.

Of course, the officers and soldiers of the four-line regiment are the same.

PS: I have to talk nonsense to everyone again! In the past four or five days, Fengyue has been alone at home and has not even left the house. Everyone knows the reason. Fengyue originally thought that she could write well, but the result was not what she imagined. Instead, Fengyue herself had online classes, her daughter's online classes at home, her parents' life problems, etc., which made people extremely anxious. The long-term writing card was even more painful.

I don't know if I can go out tomorrow. If I can, Fengyue will go out for a walk tomorrow to change my mood. If everything goes well, I will update around 10:30 in the evening. If not, I will take a day off and wait for Fengyue to free up, and then write stories for everyone!