Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

"Stand at attention... raise your gun... shoot..."

At the Luodian position, 128 infantrymen put on their military uniforms, obeyed their superiors' orders, and fired guns to bid farewell to their dead brothers.

In the battles of recent days, 572 people from the various units of the 72nd Army were killed or wounded.

The Zhejiang Provincial Gendarmerie suffered 690 casualties.

The Sichuan Army suffered 1,211 casualties.

The Su Provincial Guard Regiment suffered 790 casualties.

One hundred and seventy-five members of the student transport team were killed or injured.

Some brothers were lucky enough to pull the bodies back, but some brothers couldn't even find the people.

In contrast, the Japanese army suffered even greater casualties, at least around five to one.

"Brothers, raise your heads and wipe your tears. We have suffered some losses, but the Japanese have suffered even worse. In the past few days of fighting, the Japanese have suffered five times as many casualties as our army. This represents our victory in defending Luodian, and our initial success in crushing the Japanese Pujiang Expeditionary Force's battle plan."

Seeing that morale was a bit low, Guo Shaoqiu immediately began to announce the good news. After hearing Guo Shaoqiu's words, many brothers' faces also showed excitement. We are not afraid of sacrifice in defending our country. Even if some people die, we will hold on and push forward.

But we don’t want to see unnecessary sacrifices. We want to see our sacrifices be exchanged for victory. Now, Japan’s Pujiang Expeditionary Force of more than 100,000 troops is being pinned down in a small place like Luodian. Isn’t this the result of our victory?

The Japanese army had previously promised to capture Luodian within a week, but now, two weeks were almost up, and there was no sign of it being taken. Previously, when the Central Army was defending Luodian, there was some fighting between the two sides, but now Luodian was firmly in our hands. Aside from the one night when the Japanese took advantage of an opportunity and rushed in a squadron, no other Japanese troops had entered.

Guo Shaoqiu focused on the situation that night. Because it was dark, we took some precautions and let a Japanese squadron take advantage of the opportunity. However, Captain Fan of the Sichuan Army led his brothers and rushed forward with a variety of weapons. After all, they were responsible for the transportation mission, so they had shovels, bayonets and even stones.

But even so, the Sichuan Army brothers did not retreat and persisted until the combat troops arrived.

In just half an hour, Commander Fan and hundreds of his officers and soldiers died for their country.

However, if it weren't for the sacrifice of Captain Fan and his brothers, I'm afraid the Luodian position would have fallen into the hands of others by now. If we want to take it back, we will have to pay at least three times the price.

"Commander Guo, Li Rufeng, commander of the 34th Sichuan Army Regiment, reports to you."

Before Guo Shaoqiu finished his speech, another army came from the east.

They trekked for nearly two months before reaching Pujiang from the mountains of Sichuan. After arriving in Pujiang, it happened that Captain Fan's army was wiped out and Luodian was in urgent need of transportation personnel, so the headquarters sent the 34th Regiment of the Sichuan Army again.

"Captain Li, our 72nd Army feels ashamed of our Sichuan Army brothers. Are you still willing to help us?"

Regarding the death of Captain Fan, Guo Shaoqiu always felt that he had made a mistake in command. If he had given his Sichuan Army brothers a little training at the beginning, perhaps there would not have been so many casualties.

"Commander Guo, you can't go on like this. I know Old Fan. We came here from the mountains of Sichuan and Shu, not to see the prosperity of Dapu River or to practice leg strength along the way. We came here to kill the devils. But with other troops, it's hard to exchange six people for one devil, but with you, one person can exchange five devils. I'm not well-educated, but I know I can do the math."

Li Rufeng's eyes were also a little moist. After all, they were all from the Sichuan Army. Seeing so many brothers lying here, it would be a lie to say that he was not sad. But the battle in Pujiang was tense now. How could we have time to be sad?

What's more, in addition to the Sichuan Army, local warlords, including the central army, lose thousands of brothers every day.

If it weren't for these people's sacrifice, the Pujiang battlefield would have ended long ago, and we would have lost China's largest city.

"Welcome Commander Li to join the Pujiang First Brigade. Salute and pay tribute to our Sichuan Army brothers."

Seeing that everyone was so free and easy, Guo Shaoqiu realized that men on the battlefield really couldn't be so sentimental. He immediately stood up straight and ordered all the officers and soldiers of the Pujiang First Brigade to salute the newly arrived Sichuan Army Corps.

The Sichuan Army brothers didn’t even salute properly, but this was the first time they saw the brothers around them respecting them so much.

Many local armed forces regarded them as bandits, and one by one they followed their example and raised their hands.

Although the salute was not standard, he was determined not to embarrass the Sichuan Army at this time.

How did Captain Fan and his men do it? We are learning from them. We dare not say that we have surpassed Captain Fan and his men, but we must not fall too far behind them, so that in the future, people will not talk about the Sichuan Army on the Pujiang battlefield and say that they did not help much.

"The cook will immediately invite the Sichuan Army brothers to eat. See you at the small playground in the back in half an hour."

After Guo Shaoqiu gave the order, the people in the cafeteria immediately brought the rice.

"Captain Guo, please tell us the combat mission first. We are not here to eat."

Although he was a little hungry, Captain Li knew that the Luodian position was different from other places and that a fight with the Japanese might break out at any time, so there was no need to rush to eat.

"Captain Li, don't be so anxious. Look at this fellow Japs charging at us. He was using an engineer shovel, but he also had the pistol I just issued on his waist. There were only two Japs in front of him. If he had pulled out his pistol in advance, he would have shot these two Japs into pieces. But he killed one Japs with his engineer shovel, and the next moment he was stabbed in the waist by another Japs bayonet."

Guo Shaoqiu shook his head and pulled Captain Li to the front of a hero.

Following Guo Shaoqiu's explanation, Captain Li finally understood that many of the Sichuan Army brothers were armed with the old Hanyang-made rifles when they set out, and some even had the old bird guns. In short, they took out all the equipment they could.

Some people didn't know how to shoot at all after arriving at the battlefield. The 20-shot box cannon at the waist was only owned by officers above the rank of company commander in the Sichuan Army, but ordinary soldiers didn't know how to use it.

That day, he only knew that he had distributed guns, but he didn't think that the Sichuan Army brothers wouldn't know how to use them. This is also where Guo Shaoqiu felt guilty. If they knew how to use them, it would be more than just a squadron of Japanese soldiers...