Rebirth from the Ashes: Rebuilding the Red Soviet Area

Li Yan continued, "Zhao Wu, Song Tao, we have set up four lines of defense."

"Every time you retreat, the enemy follows closely behind you."

"So that the people behind the defense line can't open fire to cover"

“Only hand-to-hand combat is possible.”

“This resulted in serious casualties.”

"Why didn't you set booby traps when you were sniping?"

"I've set up booby traps. When you retreat, you can hinder the enemy's attack rhythm."

"Also, when retreating, was there cross-covering?"

"When the time for sniping comes, everyone retreats in a swarm."

"Can the enemy not catch up?"

"And the stonemasons, always too cautious"

"I asked you to keep firing. You've been firing for over ten minutes, but you're still not done."

"This is because you are cautious and worried that you will run out of ammunition at the critical moment later."

“So I play slowly.”

"It doesn't matter if you're slow here, it gives the enemy a chance to breathe."

"Especially when Zhao Wu and Song Tao retreated, they didn't coordinate well."

"You have missed opportunities again and again."

"This is all your fault."

Li Yan paused here.

Then he continued, "Your command ability is weak because you were promoted too quickly."

"Let you go to military school to study"

“You guys say you’re busy every day.”

"You actually think that fighting is all about being brave and fearless."

“Learning culture is useless”

“This is ignorance.”

"An army without culture is just a bunch of reckless men"

"You always talk about fighting the Japanese"

"Do you really think the Japanese are easy to fight?"

"Let's not even mention the Japanese have heavy weapons like artillery, aircraft, and warships."

"For example, the Japanese Army's equipment is several levels higher than ours."

"Our weapons are nothing but fire sticks compared to theirs."

“That’s the kind of army we are.”

"Soldiers receive military education and training starting in elementary school, using real weapons and swords."

"In addition, the Japanese have been opening military academies of different levels since 1868."

"If you don't graduate from a military academy, you can't even be a squad leader in the Japanese army."

"One incompetent general can lead to the death of thousands of soldiers"

"The Japanese are still occupying our Northeast"

"Japan will soon launch a full-scale invasion of China"

"With our current strength, how can we fight Japan?"

"After this battle, everyone go back to the military academy and study for three months."

"I will personally assess whoever fails the assessment..."

“You shouldn’t be in your current position.”

The six people, Leopard, Taoist priest Zhao Wu, Gao Xuan, Song Tao, and stonemason, were now surprised and ashamed.

Leopard, Zhao Wu and others are not only lacking in command ability and culture.

It is also a limited vision.

The reason why Li Yan said so much this time

It's a knock on the crowd

Let everyone know that war is not as simple as they think

I also want everyone to follow my footsteps.

Future wars cannot be fought only with human lives.

Chief of Staff Lu Zhiguo also fell into deep thought

After Li Yan arranged for everyone to leave

Lu Zhiguo asked: "Captain, what you just said is true"

"The Japanese will soon invade China in full force"

Li Yan said quietly: "The Japanese invaders have evil ambitions, and this day will come soon."

“We don’t know if it’s too late.”

I don't know if this sentence is said to Lu Zhiguo or to myself.

After many days of fighting, the soldiers were very tired.

Li Yan specifically asked the kitchen staff to prepare a large amount of meat, because the real battle was about to begin.

While eating, Li Yan and Lu Zhiguo specially inspected the military camp

When we reached the camp, we heard a voice coming from a courtyard.

A strong Shandong accent was heard

Seems to be arguing about something

Li Yan and Lu Zhiguo walked in directly

There were more than 20 people standing in the yard, wearing light-colored military uniforms. They were the soldiers of the 45th Division who had just been recruited.

Everyone was holding a bowl of rice, and they were gathered around the kitchen staff in a mess.

The soldiers in the kitchen seemed to be explaining something

When they saw Li Yan and Lu Zhiguo enter the yard, they instantly became quiet.

Li Yan frowned and shouted, "Cook, what's going on?"

The cook quickly put down the spoon in his hand

Ran from behind the dining table

He said aggrievedly: "Captain, I don't know what's going on."

"The Chief of Staff instructed us to make pancakes this afternoon."

“It took us a long time to get it done.”

"They refused to eat this and insisted on eating rice."

Li Yan walked towards the dining table in confusion

Looking at the golden and crispy pancakes, I picked up the spoon and looked at the big piece of meat in the bucket.

I couldn't help but ask a soldier from the 45th Division next to me: "Why aren't you eating?"

Without waiting for the soldiers around him to speak, a 1.8-meter-tall young man walked out from the crowd.

He saluted Li Yan with a Shandong accent.

"Report to the Commander"

"Oh, no, report to the captain"

"This has nothing to do with the squad leader of the kitchen, nor is it because the pancakes are not baked well."

“We just want to eat rice.”

Li Yan asked even more puzzledly: "Don't you Shandong people like to eat noodles?"

"Is it because the cooking team's pancakes are not baked well and not to your taste?"

The strong man shook his head, and then said seriously: "We want to make pancakes with green onions. We are drooling just thinking about it."

“But we can’t eat it.”

"Captain, do I have any problem with you? You look down on us Shandong people."

There was an older soldier nearby who grabbed the strong man

Then he said to Li Yan with an apologetic look: "Captain, Hu Tou is still young, I was just joking."

"Don't mess with him"

The strong man named Hutou shouted unconvincedly: "Uncle, the Red Army emphasizes equality for all..."

The older soldier saw that the strong man was about to speak and suddenly became anxious: "Shut up, Tiger!"

Li Yan saw the concerns of the older soldiers

He immediately grabbed the older soldier and said, "Brother!"

"We in the Red Army believe in equality for all"

“You can say anything you want.”

“Even if I’m wrong, I can still say it.”

The older soldiers stopped talking.

Li Yan gently asked Hu Tou: "Your name is Hu Tou, right?"

"Just now you said I looked down on you Shandong people"

"I don't quite understand this. Can you explain it to me?"

Hu Tou glanced at the older soldier, then at Li Yan.

Still couldn't help but said: "Captain"

"Why do other people eat rice, but we Shandong people have to eat pancakes?"

"You don't treat us Shandong people as your own people"

“You just look down on us.”

Li Yan opened his mouth

I am very confused

The older soldiers looked at Hu Tou and said everything, but they didn't say it clearly.

He no longer cared about it and explained to Li Yan: "Captain, Hu Zi didn't mean that."

"When our commander left"

"Tell us, we have followed the national army to bully the people over the years and have done many immoral things."

"The common people are pointing fingers at us and cursing us. We won't even be able to enter our ancestral graves."

"Let us follow the Red Army and fight the Nationalist Army with all our might"

"This way, when we die, our ancestors will forgive us."

"But today on the battlefield, the Red Army is fighting in the front, and you won't let us go forward."

"Everyone says that you Red Army members look down on us Shandong people"

“After we came back this time, you also prepared pancakes for us.”

"We all know that flour is much more expensive than rice in the south."

“We are embarrassed to eat”