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Chapter 109: Oath-taking Conference (Part 1)

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    Chapter 109: Swearing-in Conference (Part 1)

    Hearing that Li Guoyao was going to lead troops into the city to participate in the battle to defend Nanjing, Xu Hu, Wang Zhanhai and others fell silent. Now they have found out what is going on in Nanjing. It is a mess. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this  The so-called battle to defend Nanjing is 80% for corruption. Now that the relevant troops are eager to escape Nanjing, there are still people who will take the initiative to enter the city!

    "Prince, have you really decided to lead your brothers into the city to fight?" Xu Hu asked in a deep voice.

    "Um!"

    "But our brigade is seriously lacking in weapons and equipment. There are only 1,800 long guns in the whole brigade, and nearly half of the soldiers have no weapons. There is also a shortage of heavy weapons. The whole brigade only has 38 light and heavy machine guns and 8 mortars, and the ammunition is not  It¡¯s plenty.¡±

    Li Guoyao nodded and said: "You don't need to worry about the weapons and equipment. Leave it to me. I promise that we won't let our brothers go to the battlefield empty-handed and die!"

    "The weapons and equipment are just make-do, and as long as we enter the city, the Military Commission and the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters will not ignore it and will get some for us. What I am most worried about is the morale of the troops." Xu Hu said.

    "Morale?"

    "Yes, four-fifths of our soldiers are broken troops gathered along the road. These people themselves have been frightened by the little Japs. Now when they enter the city, some of the timid ones may become deserters!"

    Li Guoyao said immediately: "Morale is indeed a problem, but I will make some things clear to my brothers. After all, the nature of this battle is different. There is no difference between going and dying. I can't guarantee that I can bring everyone back alive, so I entered the city.  I will hold a swearing-in meeting beforehand."

    Seeing that Li Guoyao was determined to enter the city to join the war, Xu Hu and others did not say much. Although they had not worked together for a long time, everyone still had some understanding of Li Guoyao's character and knew that he was a stubborn person.  Donkey, even eight horses can't pull you back from something you're sure of.

    "Lao Xu, Lao Wang, go out and assemble the troops, I want to leave overnight!" Li Guoyao said.

    "yes!"

    Half an hour later, more than 5,000 ragged soldiers of the national army gathered in the open space at the foot of Meishan Mountain.

    When Li Guoyao and all the officers appeared on the hill at the front of the team, the slightly numb eyes of the soldiers changed slightly. The soldiers had heard the name Li Guoyao no less than ten times in the past few days, and they knew it.  Their leader is a true anti-Japanese hero.

    Striding forward, Li Guoyao scanned the crowd. There were many old faces, but more of them were unfamiliar newcomers.

    "Brothers, many of you know me, but more of you don't know me. It doesn't matter. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Li Guoyao. I am the former major staff officer of the 67th Army. I am now an independent officer of the 67th Army of the National Revolutionary Army.  Brigade commander, and you are my soldiers!¡±

    As soon as he finished speaking, there was not very warm applause in the team. Most of the applauders were the soldiers of the original rear detachment. The new soldiers had no sense of belonging to the new unit, so everyone was very indifferent. Even the brigade commander Zhou Weiguo could not  Make them feel at ease.

    Li Guoyao didn¡¯t take it seriously, but pointed to a short soldier standing in front of the team without applauding and asked: ¡°Soldier, tell me, which army are you originally from?¡±

    "Sir, Li Weiguo, former second lieutenant platoon leader of the 134th Division of the 20th Army!"

    Li Guoyao nodded and said: "People from the Sichuan Army?"

    "It's the Sichuan Army!" Li Weiguo said loudly.

    "Well done, you are a man! Although your Sichuan army belongs to the warlords and fights endlessly with each other, you still have the bloody spirit of Chinese men. In September, you swore to go out to Sichuan to fight against the Japanese. In early October, you arrived at the Songhu battlefield and were later incorporated into the army.  The 19th Group Army's combat sequence is responsible for defending the coast of Rozaobang north of Dachang, and this area is precisely the main attack direction of the Japanese troops who landed in Baoshan."

    Then Li Guoyao continued: "When the Sichuan Army took over the defense of the friendly forces, Chenjiaxing, the barrier to the north of Rozaobang, had been captured by the Japanese army, resulting in the main position of Rozaobang being directly exposed to the Japanese army. Therefore, Yang Sen, commander of the 20th Army, immediately ordered a counterattack to recapture Chenjiaxing.  . After that, the Sichuan Army Corps launched a fierce battle with the Japanese army around Chenjiaxing. In Chenjiaxing, they entered and exited five times, lost and regained, gained and lost again, and fought repeatedly. Even Yang Hanzhong, the commander of the 134th Division, was seriously injured, which shows how fierce the battle was."

    "On the 15th, the Dunwu Temple position defended by friendly forces fell. The 20th Army was ordered to organize a counterattack overnight to recapture the Dunwu Temple. The commander of the 20th Army, Yang Sen, handed over this task to the 408th Regiment of the 402nd Brigade of the 134th Division. The regiment actually only had 2 battalions and its strength was not high.  Although the army is relatively strong, the regiment leader Xiang Wenbin knows very well that the Sichuan military uniform?Inferior, unable to compete with the Japanese army in terms of firepower. They can only engage in close combat with the Japanese army and use flesh and blood to offset the disadvantages in equipment.  "

    "After night fell, Commander Xiang Wenbin led his troops to launch a brave charge in the rain. The sharp knife platoon at the front rushed to the Japanese position and only one person was left! But the following officers and soldiers rushed into the position, and  The Japanese army launched a hand-to-hand battle and regained the position in one fell swoop. After the Japanese army was driven out of the position, they bombarded the Sichuan army with fierce artillery fire and then launched an attack."

    "The Sichuan Army waited for the Japanese infantry to approach the position before repelling the Japanese with grenades and bayonets. They fought hard until the early morning of the 17th, and the 408th Regiment finally took control of the Dunwu Temple. When the 408th Regiment withdrew from the position, only 120 soldiers were left in the regiment.  All the company commanders were killed, and there were only 4 platoon leaders left. The heroic souls of the Sichuan Army changed the color of the world. As long as the Sichuan people are here, China will not be destroyed!"

    While Li Guoyao was speaking, Li Weiguo's eyes were already filled with tears, and the other Sichuan soldiers in the team were also wailing.

    When they left Sichuan, no one thought highly of them because their weapons and equipment were backward and their soldiers were poorly trained. They were still wearing rags in the winter, and many of them were barefoot and wearing straw sandals. They looked more like beggars than the legendary Red Bandits.  .

    On the battlefield, they were also responsible for the most difficult combat tasks, but they all remembered what Chairman Liu Xiang said when he left Sichuan: If the resistance against Japan fails, they will never return to Sichuan.

    Li Guoyao patted Li Weiguo on the shoulder and said: "Wipe away your tears. Tears will only let the enemy see our weakness, but we want the enemy to see our tenacity!"

    "Sir, I am from the 408th Regiment. There are only 24 people left in our regiment Wuwuwu"

    Li Guoyao was silent, and the five thousand troops in front of the hill were silent!

    A group is generally rated to be full of more than 1,600 people. It has only been three months since it left Sichuan in September, and now there are only 24 people left. What has changed is not only the number 1,600 to 24, but also the freshness of each group.  The loss of life!

    Li Guoyao immediately said loudly: "The soldiers of the Sichuan Army left Kuimen in the east, went down the Three Gorges, entered Dongting, and went to Jingkou, crossing the north and south of the Yangtze River. They crossed Jianmen in the north, crossed the Bashan Mountain, climbed over the Qinling Mountains, crossed the Pass, crossed the ancient Fengling Ferry, and arrived in Hengyue Mountain in the north.  Heading east to Taidai, back to Anhui and Zhejiang, galloping for thousands of miles, galloping on the battlefields of the north and south, with blood spilled all over the Yangtze, Huaihe and Han Dynasties. Fighting for the survival of the nation and glory for Sichuan, the Sichuan Army is rising!"

    "The Sichuan Army is rising it is rising it is rising!!!" everyone roared in unison.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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