Volume Four, Chapter 22, Expedition(1/2)
Chen Yang completely surrendered. If Chen Yang was a little resistant to Xu Ruyun's arranged marriage, and even privately planned to find an excuse to lie, then Shenyang has completely lost the opportunity to resist./qΒ5,/Xu Ruyun is cruel enough. A yellow-flowered daughter is so cruel that she can't even think of Chen Yang's head breaking. Previously, Ruyan was much more important in Shenyang's mind, but now Shenyang can't tell which is more important. Xu Ruyun is already a woman in Shenyang's mind.
After this incident, although Chen Yang was a little embarrassed when he saw Xu Ruyun again, Xu Ruyun became more intimate with Chen Yang in terms of words and behaviors, and Chen Yang gradually accepted this fact.
After staying in the hospital for half a month, Xu Ruyun agreed to Chen Yang be discharged from the hospital after thinking that Chen Yang was completely sensible. With the careful care of the two women, Chen Yang recovered well. On the night when Chen Yang was discharged, Ruyan and Xu Ruyun specially prepared a dinner. Perhaps the two women had already agreed that Chen Yang was very happy this night, and Xu Ruyun also got his wish and became another woman in Chen Yang.
The second morning, Chen Yang, who opened his eyes early, looked at the two women lying on him, feeling guilty. Yesterday, Chen Yang received a telegram from Chen Yucheng, asking him to return to the army today and take a big move. At that time, both women were busy with the discharge of Chen Yang. Last night, Chen Yang didn't want to save everyone's fun, and didn't say it out. Today, he had to decide to sneak away quietly and leave a note to get the matter done.
He gently moved the hands of the two women away. Chen Yang carefully got out of bed. However, when he was looking for clothes, Chen Yang found a problem. He had been wearing casual clothes for a while, but now he can't find the military uniform, so he doesn't know where to put it for the women.
While Chen Yang was still looking for it, a piece of clothing gently draped on Chen Yang's body. Chen Yang looked back and saw that it was Ruyan, who was holding Chen Yang's military uniform. Chen Yang clearly saw tears on Ruyan's face, but he didn't know how to explain it.
"I'll help you." Ruyan said as she served Chen Yang put on military uniform. At this time, Chen Yang noticed that both women had risen up, and Xu Ruyun was helping him get hot water to wash his face.
The wake-up call was already heard outside the window, and the sound of soldiers gathering in the soldiers station gathering in the morning exercise kept coming, but the room was very quiet, and only two women were heard making sounds.
With the help of two women, Chen Yang packed up all the luggage for departure. At this time, both women stood in front of Shenyang.
"We knew it a long time ago, we knew it when your staff came yesterday." Xu Ruyun smiled, with tears in his eyes. Ruyan also looked at Chenyang intently, and the atmosphere in the room was a little depressing.
"Dudu!" The knock on the door broke the atmosphere in the room. Ruyan walked over to open the door. Chen Yang's adjutant of staff came in and saluted Chen Yang and said, "The military throne, you're ready. Look?"
"I understand! I'll come, you guys wait." Chen Yang did not forget to return the gift at this time. After the staff member withdrew, Chen Yang held the two women in his arms and said, "Don't worry, I'll be fine. I've been doing well for more than a year, and I haven't even lost a minor injury."
Chen Yang said this, the two women burst into tears even more. Perhaps they were afraid of affecting Chen Yang's mood when he went to war. Ruyan and Xu Ruyun quickly turned around, wiped the tears and said to Chen Yang together: "You go, remember! Come back well."
The car on the playground outside had already started to start, and the battle was right in front of him. Chen Yang was cruel and finally hugged the women who were hugging him tightly and said, "Don't send it away, brothers, it's not good to see it." Then he gently pushed them away, saluted them, turned around and walked out of the room.
Before getting on the car, Chen Yang looked back at the window on the second floor. The two women were standing there waving to themselves. Chen Yang also waved at them, gritted his teeth, and Chen Yang lowered his head and got into the car.
The convoy was driving in the desert like a long dragon. The convoy rolled up rolling yellow sand, and looked like a giant dragon flying against the ground from a distance. After receiving the order, the 60th Army immediately set off in the direction of Jerusalem. Chenyang immediately took the 121st Division as the vanguard and ordered the entire army to set off. After more than three months of renovation and preparation, the Chinese West Asian Front finally made great moves again.
Just three days ago, under the cover of the Chinese Navy Combined Fleet, the First Marine Division successfully landed in Somalia and then marched towards Djibouti from land. The day before the 60th Army in Shenyang set off, Djibouti had fallen under the control of the First Marine Division. The navy's minesweeper boats followed up and began to sweep mines in the Gulf of Aden. The Chinese Navy wanted to open the Red Sea waterway, launch a strike on the British team from the sea, and cooperate with the army's operations.
The war did not change much this winter. Under the oppression of the 57th and 58th China, the British were forced to retreat significantly and retreated to the current border between Egypt and Israel. The Suez Canal, a strategic point that China and Britain must fight for. In order to strengthen their defense in Egypt, the British gathered 100,000 troops on this line, and the other two French were also transported from their local sea to Egypt. In short, the Suez Canal cannot be lost. Once the Suez Canal is occupied, the Chinese submarines can roam in the Mediterranean unscrupulously, which is absolutely unacceptable for Britain and France.
After a week of march, Chen Yang led his 60th army to Gaza, the destination of the march. The Sinai Peninsula was right in front of him. Standing at a high place and looking at it with a telescope, you can clearly see the permanent fortifications built by the British on the Sinai Peninsula, as well as the dense barbed wire and endless trenches. The British seemed to be determined to defend the enemy.
This area is the founding place scheduled by the Jews. More than 50,000 Jewish soldiers have long been stationed in Tel Aviv and have built many buildings and barracks. As the hope of the Jews to restore the country is increasing day by day, more and more Jews have traveled thousands of miles to this desolate desert and used their hands and sweat to create their own homes. During the marching of the 60th Army in Chenyang, they saw many Jews moving towards Tel Aviv.
In order to successfully drive the British out of Egypt, the Chinese Army Command has made sufficient capital. The newly formed four armies of 57, 58, 59, and 60 have been pulled up. In addition, there are the First Land War Division and the Second Division are also ordered to participate in the war. The tank brigades that were urgently transported from the country to West Asia are also moving in this direction. In addition, there are the third and fifth reorganized divisions and the fifth reorganized divisions also began to land in Basra. The war is imminent, and the British opposite are also building fortifications all day long, trying to make their final struggle.
Another year of Spring Festival is coming. The war has not diluted people's joy of the arrival of the New Year. Victory on the battlefield has added a little bit to the joy of the country. In this year of war, people send more thoughts to their relatives far away while celebrating the New Year.
Chenyang attached great importance to this Spring Festival. After all, this was the first Spring Festival to lead his team to fight abroad. Chenyang arranged manpower early. He bought a large number of cattle and sheep from the local Arabs. On the 30th day of the 12th lunar month, the camp of the 60th Army was filled with the fragrance of stewed beefs and stewed sheep.
Of course, Chenyang had to spend such a Spring Festival with the soldiers. From the morning, Chenyang began patrolling the various divisions, starting from the 124th Division, and then the 122nd and 123rd Divisions. It was time for the New Year’s Eve dinner, Chenyang appeared in the camp of the 121st Division of his own unit.
When he arrived at the division headquarters of the 121st Division, Chenyang saw Liu Chengming and the officers of the brigade waiting there. Seeing that Chenyang's car stopped, Liu Chengming rushed forward and opened the car door for Chenyang himself. Unexpectedly, Chen Yang did not get out of the car, and said to Liu Chengming in the car: "I won't go to your division headquarters, follow me. Let's find a company to have the New Year's Eve dinner, and I want to see if you fool me. I'll agree first. If the soldiers are not satisfied with the Chinese New Year, I will only ask."
Chen Yang temporarily decided to go to the company to have the New Year’s Eve dinner with the soldiers. Liu Chengming never expected that, and looked at Chen Yang in embarrassment and said, "Standar, you see, I'm ready, everyone is waiting for you, it's not too late to go down after eating."
Chen Yang sank his face and said, "Are you guilty?"
"No..." Liu Chengming was about to explain, but Chen Yang had already spoken.
"Don't just talk too much. All the officers will go down with me. On New Year's Eve, if you don't stay with the troops, why are you joining in here?" Chen Yang asked sternly.
Seeing that Chen Yang had made up his mind, Liu Chengming dared not insist anymore. Chen Yang always led his troops to strictness. Usually, the orders from subordinates to superiors must be implemented without any discount. Liu Chengming also relied on Chen Yang's respect for him to dare to say a few words.
"Yes! Military seat, I'll make arrangements now." Liu Chengming immediately saluted Chen Yang. After Chen Yang returned the salutation, Liu Chengming turned around and ran back inside. After a while, all kinds of off-road vehicles drove out of the barracks, and more than a dozen cars followed Chen Yang.
Liu Chengming didn't drive himself, but just got into the car in Chenyang, saying that he was leading the way for Chenyang.
"Military throne, go to the first battalion and company of the 484th Regiment? That's closer." Liu Chengming said to Chen Yang after getting on the bus. Chen Yang said unhappily: "Don't play this for me. You just made arrangements, right? Let's go to the 485th Regiment and find a company at will. Notify you and let the 485th Regiment lead the way."
In the Third Company of the 1st Battalion of the 485th Regiment, soldier Wang Dechun received a package mailed from his hometown on New Year's Eve. The package was made by a girl he liked, and several pairs of socks.
Seeing the things sent by his beloved woman from thousands of miles away, Wang Dechun felt the scene of a girl sending her to the army.
"Sister sending my brother to join the army..." Standing on Gaogang at the entrance of the village, the girl sang a mountain song from her hometown to see Wang Dechun off. When the recruits had already walked out of the mountain pass of her hometown, Wang Dechun looked back and looked at her beloved girl standing alone, watching his back disappearing from the distance.
Wang Dechun, who saw things and thought of his lover in the distance, couldn't help but sing the mountain song of farewell.
"Sister sending my brother to join the army, brother, you want to come back! Don't ask my sister to wait for the heartbroken..." Wang Dechun was a little involved in singing, his voice became louder and louder, and tears seemed to burst out uncontrollably at this time.
Half of the soldiers in this company were brought by Wang Dechun's hometown. Wang Dechun's singing obviously aroused their homesickness. First, the people in the class sang along, and then the soldiers from other classes sang in a low voice.
The singing alarmed the company commander Lin Ling, who was inspecting, was about to start the war. The soldiers actually sang such a song. Isn’t this shaking the morale of the army? Lin Ling was anxious at the time and quickly walked into the barracks where Wang Dechun was, yelling at the singing soldiers: "What are you singing? Stop it for me." The soldiers' singing stopped abruptly and looked at the furious Lin Ling in surprise.
"Who took the lead in singing?" Lin Ling asked.
"Report to the company commander, I missed home, and I sang it first." Wang Dechun stood up and replied.
Lin Ling said angrily: "You Wang Dechun, now I will take my brothers to the front line and fight with the British. You are so good, singing half-dead songs and bringing everyone together. What do you know that this is to shake the morale of the army?"
Wang Dechun didn't expect that singing would be raised to such a height, so he quickly stood at attention and replied: "Report to the company commander, I don't know the matter is so serious."
"Okay, I won't tell you much. I'll pass my orders. All the people who sang just now gave me a full arm to go to the playground for 10 laps. No meals are allowed until they finish running.
The army is like a mountain now, and the soldiers in the squad quickly began to wear it. Lin Ling added another sentence: "When you run, you sing the "Song of the Republic" loudly to me."
When the Shenyang convoy passed by the Third Company of the First Battalion, he was immediately attracted by the singing from inside, "Fighting to the death under the city of Tianjin, blood sprinkled on the battlefield on the black soil, we are the invincible Republican army..."
"Stop!" Shenyang called out, and the convoy stopped immediately. Shenyang pushed open the door and walked down, saying to Liu Chengming who was following him: "This company is interesting, go in and take a look."
The sentry at the door of the company was frightened by the convoy that suddenly stopped at the door. The people who were waiting for the car to get off were even more frightened. The car was full of officers, with either fancy or two bars on their shoulders. That's not bad. The commander of the 485th Regiment led the way first and shouted at the sentry: "Where is your company commander? Call me quickly." The sentry of course knew his regiment commander, so he quickly saluted, turned around and ran in.
"No need to greet you, let's go in by ourselves." Shenyang was deliberately trying to see what was being done inside. After saying that, he took the lead in walking without waiting for others to reply. Other officers also followed him in.
When he walked into the military camp, he saw the soldiers running on the playground. Shenyang's face immediately turned dark and shouted loudly: "Liu Chengming! Do you fucking me say you are in your ears, right? Didn't you order the troops not to train today? Why are you still letting the soldiers run and not letting everyone celebrate the New Year?"
This was the first time that Shenyang had made such a big furious appearance in front of many subordinates, which immediately scared Liu Chengming.
Due to his background, Shenyang received a very humble and tolerant education since childhood. He should be implicit in everything. Those who are the best should be arrogant without anger. Shenyang rarely gets angry in the army, and it is rare to suddenly get angry so much now.
Liu Chengming also knew that Chen Yang was really angry, so he immediately panicked and shouted: "Chen Guodong, how do you think of your command? You fart me? What's going on?" Liu Chengming pointed to the soldiers running around the playground and cursed at the commander of the 485th Regiment. He was very particular about how he scolded him. He first brought out the matter that he had issued the order. He was responsible for not implementing the following, but the responsibility was not that great.
Chen Guodong, the commander of the 485th Regiment, was also anxious. He was usually embarrassed. The guys below threw everyone in front of the old brigade commander. This had a great impact on his future. Chen Guodong, who was scolded, was not in a hurry to defend himself. He hurried over and saluted Chen Yang and Liu Chengming and said, "I will go and see, who is disobeying the order?" After that, Chen Guodong turned around and ran towards the company headquarters.
Chen Yang looked in the playground and turned to Liu Chengming and said, "Let the brothers stop and rest first. Run away sweat. How can you have the New Year's Eve dinner later?"
After hearing this, Liu Chengming immediately ran into the playground and asked the soldiers who were running to stop first. The soldiers in the playground were also frightened by the sudden arrival of the big men. Usually, there was a regiment commander in the company at most, and the division commander came first, and only once or twice a year. Now that all the big men in the division arrived, how could they not be surprised?
After the soldiers stopped, they immediately stood in line and waited for the lectures of the officials. Chen Yang walked forward, walked to the front of the queue, and shouted at the soldiers: "Stop! Brothers! I, Chen Yang, are here to accompany you to celebrate the New Year. Don't be restrained! Many of you even stayed in the same trench with me. Your division commander helped me block bullets back then. So we are all our own family. Let's relax." It is said that the 121st Division is an old army, and many veterans in it know Chen Yang, but most of the soldiers who were punished to run are new recruits, and they don't know Chen Yang.
Although Chenyang asked everyone to relax, the soldiers were so careful when they saw the regiment commander and division commander in front of Shenyang. This means that Chenyang is a bigger official. It is impossible to see the high-ranking officials let these soldiers walk out of the countryside without being nervous, so they stood up straighter one by one.
Chen Yang was about to say something else to tell the soldiers not to be nervous, but Chen Guodong came over with the third company commander.
"Report to the commander of the army! Li Haofeng, the company commander of the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion of the 485th Regiment, reported to you." Li Haofeng ran to Chenyang, stood attentively and then saluted.
Chen Yang replied with a greeting. Then he pointed to the soldiers lined up and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"
Li Haofeng said this. Shenyang lifted his feet and wanted to kick Li Haofeng, but he still took them back when he was about to stop, and then pointed at Li Haofeng and said, "You are making a fool of yourself. What's wrong with missing home during the Chinese New Year? Don't you miss home? Do you have no parents? Do you have no relatives? If you sing a few folk songs, you will punish you to run. This is the habit of a warlord."
Li Haofeng was scolded and stood straight and said nothing. Chen Yang continued: "The first rule of our military discipline is equality between officers and soldiers. If you want to punish me, Is this called equality? You are violating military discipline."
Li Haofeng is usually very good to soldiers. Now seeing Chen Yang's appearance, he wants to punish him. Wang Dechun quickly stood up from the queue and said, "Report to the commander! The company commander is usually very good to us. If we weren't going to fight now, he wouldn't punish us even if we danced."
When the other soldiers saw Wang Dechun's Xiang, they also said, "Yes, the company commander is very nice to us. Commander, please spare him, should you?"
Seeing that Li Haofeng and the soldiers had a good relationship, Chen Yang knew that this was a soldier who could lead the troops, and said to Li Haofeng: "Did you see it? What a good soldier. I will be better for my brothers in the future. Forget it this time, I will write a copy of the inspection and hand it over to your regiment commander. I will check it back."
After saying that, Chen Yang turned around and said to the soldiers: "Disaster, brothers, hurry up and take a shower, so as not to delay the New Year's Eve dinner." The soldiers dispersed and went back to their barracks.
An unexpected storm passed like this. Today is New Year's Eve, and Chenyang doesn't want to make a big deal.
Chen Yang had the New Year's Eve dinner with the soldiers in the Third Company, and then the party organized by the company. At the party, Wang Dechun sang the folk songs of his hometown again. This time, all the soldiers who could sing followed him. What else is more concerned about than the longing for his relatives in his hometown?
In the blazing bonfire, Chen Yang looked at the young faces of the soldiers. Among these people, some of them will never be able to return to their hometowns. Their blood will be scattered in this vast desert. They will never see their relatives again. This is the cruelty of war!
On February 15, 1897, the early morning of the Sinai Peninsula was so quiet. Occasionally a cool breeze blew from the desert. One cannon was untied and one cannon was loaded into the cannon. At 5 a.m., three red signal flares awakened the silent land and opened the prelude to the attack of the Chinese team.
3,100 cannons roared at the same time, and the darkness before dawn was dyed into daylight, and the earth was trembling with the rumbling cannon sound. The barbed wire mesh was blown to pieces, the trenches were flattened by the artillery fire, and the bunkers were ruthlessly shattered by the cannons. 120 tanks, 400,000 people were ready to go.
At about 6 o'clock, the sky had just opened the dawn, and the soldiers who had been waiting for a long time rushed towards the Sinai Peninsula like a tide. From Beersheba in the north and Eilat in the south, the Chinese Expeditionary Force launched a scattered attack on the British and French troops on this 100-kilometer front.
Under the cover of tanks, our middle army was like a sharp knife, piercing straight into the heart of the British land. The 60th Army's mission was to break through the British defense line from the northern route. Chen Yang placed his most reassured unit, the 121st Division, at the front, in the center of the breakthrough area of his own troops. What he wanted was the central government to break through the British position.
Wang Dechun lay quietly in the trenches, watching the artillery fire flying over his head. In the deafening artillery fire, Wang Dechun clearly saw that some British soldiers on the opposite position were full of fire and struggling in pain. It was dawn, and the one-hour preparation for the artillery fire was over. The artillery fire began to extend, and the charge order was issued.
"Roar! Long live China!" The regiment commander Chen Guodong held up his pistol, shouted, and was the first to rush out of the trench. The soldiers jumped up, followed the company commander and the military flag.
The British people on the opposite position began to counterattack. The machine gun bullets ruthlessly made a row of holes on the soldiers holding the military flag. The flag bearer rushed forward, and the battle flag in his hand fell silently. At this time, another soldier picked up the battle flag before the battle flag landed, and continued to move forward.
He rushed to the enemy's position. At this time, Wang Dechun discovered a problem. It was broken. There were still hundreds of meters of barbed wire in front of the enemy's position and had not been blown up yet. At this time, it was too late to use vise to cut it. Behind him were countless comrades who were bravely moving forward.
The soldiers stopped in front of the barbed wire. Someone had already taken out his visors to cut the barbed wire. At this time, the machine guns on the British position fired, and one comrade after another fell down and could not wait any longer. Wang Dechun rushed forward and lay on the barbed wire. At the comrades beside him, Wang Dechun shouted: "Run over me and knock down the enemy's machine gun."
The sharp barbs on the barbed wire mesh pierced into Wang Dechun's skin, and blood gushed out. Wang Dechun gritted his teeth and persisted silently. Another soldier lay on the barbed wire mesh like Wang Dechun, and then the third, fourth, fifth, and... hundreds of soldiers lay on the barbed wire mesh, allowing the comrades behind to cross over him and rushed to the British position.
The battle flag did not stop advancing due to the obstruction of the barbed wire. Other soldiers from the third company rushed to the frontier positions of the British army. They used their weapons in their hands to chase the British soldiers on the positions like ducks.
A bullet ruthlessly passed through Chen Guodong's shoulder. Chen Guodong felt a huge force pulling him back, but his tenacious will to move forward still made Chen Guodong fall forward.
The resistance on the British position was getting weaker and weaker. The British position was about to be broken through. At this time, a bullet ruthlessly penetrated Wang Dechun's chest, and the blood was as bright as spring flowers. Wang Dechun's eyelids slowly closed, and a dreamy feeling invaded Wang Dechun's brain. Wang Dechun seemed to have returned to his hometown and saw his beloved girl standing on Gaogang, singing the folk song "Sister to join the army,..." The girl's smile was still so shy, and her eyes were still so bright.
The front of the 121st Division was two divisions of the British team defending. The British army was blocking frantically with permanent fortifications and dense trenches. The attack of the 121st Division was constantly blocked, and the front-line troops suffered serious casualties. The 121st Division fought for an hour and a half before it advanced 500 meters. The first line of defense of the British people had not been broken yet. After learning on the phone that the attack was blocked, Shenyang shouted at Liu Chengming: "Liu Chengming, I will give you another half an hour. We must break through the first line of defense of the British army. Let me tell you that the 122nd Division has advanced two kilometers forward. If you can't take the enemy's position and miss the opportunity for the fight, I will withdraw you."
Liu Chengming was also anxious when he heard this. He picked up the telegram and shouted at the two regiment commanders in front, "You can listen to me. If you don't take down the British position within fifteen minutes, come to see me."
On the way forward of the third company of the first battalion, machine guns were still firing wildly in a bunker of British troops, and the attacking troops were pressed to the point where they could not raise their heads. The bunker was located at a dead corner of artillery shooting. If the mortar wanted to hit it, it could only shoot close.
Li Haofeng was almost mad at the rage. He went up to two mortars. Before he could aim, the gunner was knocked down by the machine gun.
To be continued...