On December 26, the 28th year of the Republic of China, in Guinan, the sky was gray and cloudy, and there was some meaning that it was going to rain, and the sound of small pieces was endless.
More than 3,000 armed soldiers carrying rifles and light machine guns, barefoot in straw sandals and heavy German-style 35 helmets, marched on the wet road, and there were dozens of tanks, artillery, a large number of trucks and baggage, mules and horses, and these marching soldiers were the military headquarters of the Fifth Army and the troops directly under the army that had just ended the Battle of Kunlun Pass.
No one could have imagined that this army, which was struggling to advance on the road, had just achieved a great victory a few days ago, and the ordinary infantry who walked a little bit on foot, the T26 tank that followed the crowd and climbed the same as the turtle, the T26 tank and the CV35 tank mounted on the special trailer and truck, the Sanqi anti-aircraft gun towed by the truck, the vehicles and mules and horses of various organs of the military department, all kinds of equipment, and the men and horses of each department, converged into a flow of people and iron, and slowly moved forward.
On the highway, in addition to the Qiu Ba people who carried guns and food, there was no shortage of ordinary people and refugees, groups of refugees who fled, after seeing the army coming on the road, they immediately walked off the main road in fright, and occasionally a few hungry people were really not good, so they dared to fight the courage to beg for food on the side of the road, and the military headquarters of the Fifth Army would also send them some food to save the people, although it was only enough to fill their stomachs.
The war-torn Chinese people can't say that they don't have a sense of family and country in their hearts, but they know more deeply the truth of staying away from Qiu Ba, the Japanese devils are hateful, but the soldiers who carry guns in their own country, and the refugees also avoid them as much as possible.
Wherever they still had any strength, they stayed away from the marching ranks of the Fifth Army, and walked timidly on both sides of the road, but this also saved the Fifth Army from the march and made way for it, and on the side of the road, there were everywhere the hungry people who had gone out of business, and the refugees who were begging and begging, and who could not walk After winning the war, there is not much substantive change for these people at the very bottom, and the only possible change is probably that they may have avoided being killed by the Japanese army.
In the years of war, human life is like a mustard.
After the end of the campaign, although the great battle in southern Guinan continued, the Fifth Army, which had completed its combat mission, had no longer had the need to continue fighting in southern Guinan, first, because the Japanese army's front had retreated, and there was no need for the elite units directly under the Fifth Army to be thrown into a war of attrition, and second, the Fifth Army itself had suffered a lot of losses in the battle and needed to be replenished and recuperated.
In short, the Fifth Army has satisfactorily fulfilled its combat mission and played the role that elite units should play.
The great victory at Kunlun Pass also spread throughout the country at this time, boosting the morale of the military and civilians across the country, and the Fifth Army, which was already well-known, became more and more famous.
The Fifth Army, which had successfully retired, was now ordered to withdraw from the battlefield and move its defenses to the whole army.
The military headquarters of the Fifth Army is preparing to drive to Quanzhou, from Kunlun Pass, to Nanning, it will take at least four days, the military headquarters, the troops directly under the army, including the chariot regiment, the battalions and companies directly under the army, and two field supplementary regiments, are marching forward in a mighty way, in addition to the large troops on the main road, there are five or six small infantry units, quickly maneuvering beside the ranks of the Fifth Army, reconnoitring, sometimes opening the way in front of the team, advancing, sometimes searching on both sides of the road, and even turning their backs to the team, acting quickly and decisively.
Compared with the direct troops of the Fifth Army, which marched on the road, it was more capable.
The officers and men of the teaching brigade put on brand new uniforms, replaced broken weapons, and ate and drank to their heart's content, and Zhang Wei, the day after the celebration banquet, also received the official promotion documents, and Chief Du had already reported the battle process and the meritorious ones.
Zhang Wei's achievements with the teaching brigade have been turned into words and bottom-out numbers on the battle report, and they have been submitted from the military department step by step, and the battle achievements are impressively in the first echelon, and Zhang Wei, who is at the top of the battle achievements, has received excellent treatment, and the formal promotion documents have come down very quickly, which means that Zhang Wei is not a black official appointed orally by Chief Du, but an officer of the Fifth Army with the official rank of lieutenant colonel of the infantry of the serious army.
The formal appointment was made in such a short period of time, which is a god-fast speed compared to the usual situation.
Of course, this is just the promotion of Zhang Wei's military rank, or the "official position" in the national army's rank system, the real highlight lies in the position, and Zhang Wei's next position is still unwritten.
On the day of his promotion, Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Wei and Zhang, two hours after getting the promotion papers, received a new task from Commander Du, the military headquarters and the army were to march to Quanzhou, and the march along the way would take at least four and a half days, and on the way, the army was directly and the military department was almost nearly 10,000 people, and all kinds of weapons and equipment, tanks, and trucks were mixed together.
At the same time, because there would be many people on the march, in order to prevent someone from corrupting military discipline, Zhang Wei's teaching brigade was also responsible for maintaining the discipline of the troops, in short, all kinds of miscellaneous work, including searching, military discipline, catching deserters on the march, searching for fallen soldiers, and so on The teaching brigade is now equivalent to the gendarmerie unit of the Fifth Army, and all aspects must be maintained and taken care of.
There is no technical difficulty in the task, but this is a troop of nearly 10,000 people, and the wounded soldiers of the teaching brigade have not yet returned, Zhang Wei has more than 400 people on hand, and it is not easy to see that tens of thousands of troops do not commit crimes, Zhang Wei also tried his best to complete the task, Tu Zongxi reminded himself at the banquet, and it still lingered in Zhang Wei's ears, this is the first task that Chief Du gave to him after being promoted, Zhang Wei made up his mind that he must try his best to complete it to the best.
The whole brigade was divided by Zhang Wei into platoons, and each platoon was scattered next to the entire marching team, with all-round monitoring and a clear division of labor, some platoons were responsible for exploring the road, some platoons were responsible for catching deserters, and some platoons were responsible for maintaining military discipline and performing their duties, with a clear division of labor.
As a result, in just one day, Zhang Wei arrested more than 30 soldiers who deserted in various parts, and more than 50 soldiers who were physically exhausted, or who fell behind due to various factors On the side of the road, Zhang Wei looked at the groups of soldiers of the Fifth Army who drove over, and sighed.
"The rank of lieutenant colonel is really not easy to hang, and if you hang up, you have to do practical things.
"Captain, two deserters have been caught, and four have been left behind."
Qiu Wei, who was dozens of meters away, ran over and said, behind him, about a squad of soldiers from the teaching brigade, supporting four fallen soldiers and detaining two deserters.
"Which unit is the deserter from" Zhang Wei was accustomed to it and immediately asked Qiu Wei.
"One is to supplement the first regiment, and the other is a soldier from the military department, and the one that supplements the first regiment is the goods that entered the palace in the second place, and we have been arrested once."
Zhang Wei shook his head: "Kill it." ” Zhang Wei strictly followed the orders of Chief Du, and the deserters were arrested once, and they were not strictly dealt with for the time being, if they were caught for the second time, they would be shot directly and arrested when they entered the palace, and no one could save them.
Qiu Wei: "Yes" Half a minute later, there was a bang, a gun rang out, and the body of a deserter fell on the side of the road, watching the officers and men of the Fifth Army march on the road ：。
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