On 7 December 1941, the Japanese Combined Fleet attacked the Pearl Harbor Naval Base and Oahu airfield of the US Pacific Fleet in Hawaii, severely damaging the US Pacific Fleet.
On December 8, 1941, the U.S.
Senate voted 82 to 0 and the House of Representatives voted 388 to 1 to declare war on Japan, and the United States entered the war.
On December 10, 1941, the British government made a request to the Chinese government, hoping that the Chinese army would enter Burma to fight, and at the same time increase troops in the direction of Burma, the British and Indian 17th Division entered Burma from India, the 63rd Brigade of the British and Australian Army departed from Australia, and the British 7th Armored Brigade departed from North Africa, all of which were shipped to Burma.
On December 11, 1941, the supreme leader of the state government issued an order to the Chinese army in the Yunnan border, ordering the Fifth Army to concentrate on Baoshan, the Sixth Army to complete preparations for entering Burma, and the 66th Army to prepare for Burma as the second echelon.
On the same day, the Supreme Leader ordered the Second Regiment of the Fifth Army to be the advance detachment of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which would enter Burma immediately two days later Supplementing the barracks of the 2nd Regiment, nearly 3,000 officers and men of the whole regiment gathered on the playground, all battalions and companies stood in line according to the formation, the soldiers were fully armed, all weapons and equipment were also placed on the playground with the soldiers, and the 60 guns of each infantry company were placed in front of the company team.
The squad leader and deputy squad leader carried a shiny Thomson submachine gun, a battalion-affiliated machine gun company and a battalion-affiliated mortar platoon, a heavy machine gun of the regimental artillery company, a 82-type mortar, and a Liao-made Type 14 37 flat-firing gun.
Thirty Type 60 mortars, twelve Type 20 Type 82 mortars, eight Liao-made Type 14 Type 37 flat-firing guns, eighteen Min-24 heavy machine guns, nine Czech-made ZB37 heavy machine guns, 220 Thomson submachine guns in the hands of infantrymen, as well as medium-formal, Czech, grenadiers, and gun grenades All the family background and strength of the Second Supplementary Regiment have been laid out, which is the combat capital of the whole regiment and a sharp weapon to resist the enemy, and the current supplementary second regiment has the first overall firepower in the whole army, and compared with the Japanese army, it is not too much.
Pure land battles, against enemy forces of the same formation level, to supplement the existing firepower of the 2nd Regiment, on the battlefield, without intimidating anyone.
Even the mules and horses of the baggage company stood quietly with the soldiers in the playground, and they were also the "combatants" of the second regiment, "the soldiers stood with guns, and their rifles were all bayonet, and nearly 3,000 brothers were on the playground, not moving at all, and bayonets were like a forest.
The commanders, majors, and captains of each battalion and company also stood in the forefront of their respective subordinates in a uniform manner, and the strict training and good discipline made the team silent, even if someone coughed lightly, they could hear it.
The whole regiment, one gun and one bullet, one soldier and one horse, there is no shortage of one.
The soldiers of the special service platoon are guarding the regimental flag of the second regiment in the center of the playground, and the whole platoon of the special service platoon, which is now also the guard platoon of the regimental flag, is responsible for guarding the regimental flag.
A sergeant of the special service platoon with a big shoulder and a round waist held high the regimental flag, standing still, and a veteran of the special service platoon on the left and right sides held a Thomson 1928A1 submachine gun, standing in a standard military posture, and the blue sky and white Japanese military flag embroidered with the regimental number fluttered in the wind, and the military flag was fierce.
This is not only a flag, but also the spiritual benchmark and pillar of honor of the whole regiment, after Zhang Wei took charge of the supplementary second regiment, in order to increase the sense of honor of the troops, once there is a large-scale activity or assembly in the regiment, this regimental flag will be taken out, and this is the case when the recruits enter the camp and the general meeting when the recruits start training.
Zhang Wei knew very well that in addition to tactical training and combat training, spiritual cohesion was also particularly important, Zhang Wei intended to emulate the Japanese army's wing flag system, and regarded the regimental flag as an honor, and if the flag was there, the regiment was there, and the people were there, and if the flag was destroyed, people died.
The Japanese military flag system is like this, the wing flag is personally awarded by the emperor, a wing flag has been used since the beginning of the wing, the age of the flag is as long as the history of the wing, the flag is in the team, the flag is destroyed, and many of the Japanese army's wing flags are used for decades, dilapidated, but still in use.
In peacetime and the emergency moment of the battle is used to boost morale, when the general trend has gone, the military flag burning ceremony will be organized to prevent the military flag from falling into the hands of the enemy, in each infantry wing, there will be a flag protection squadron, in World War II, the Japanese army's wing flag, are burned by the Japanese army itself, only one flag is preserved in the museum.
It can be said that the sense of honor system brought by the wing flag and the bushido spirit of the Japanese army and the madness and ferocity in the bones interact with each other, and finally constitute the strong combat effectiveness of the Japanese army.
In the same way, Zhang Wei wanted to use the same method to stimulate the fighting passion of the officers and men of the whole regiment, and deep in Zhang Wei's heart, he also had a goal, that is, to capture a Japanese army flag At this time, the Second Supplementary Regiment was about to enter Burma, and the officers and men of the whole regiment were gathered on the playground, and Zhang Wei wanted to give the brothers of the regiment a mobilization instruction before entering Burma.
This is to go to a foreign country, it is to leave the homeland to fight, if you don't know that you will die in Burma, your own soldiers are all flesh and blood, and most of them are farmers, it is good to say that fighting in the country can be mobilized.
But if you go abroad to fight and go to other people's territory to fight, for those who are born as peasants, there will definitely be people who can't turn this ideological bend.
Therefore, it is very necessary to hold a pledge meeting and mobilization and education meeting before entering Burma, and Zhang Wei must mobilize the morale and combat enthusiasm of the officers and men to the highest extent so that the combat effectiveness of the troops can be brought into full play in Burma At the front of the team, on the makeshift command platform, Zhang Wei was dressed in the same regular uniform as an ordinary soldier, raising his arms and shouting.
"Brothers, today, our regiment received a mobilization order, what is the mobilization that everyone must know in their hearts, I will not hide it from you, in two days, from me below, all the brothers in the regiment will go to Burma, as the advance detachment of our Chinese expeditionary force, entering Burma to fight, many people may ask, why enter Burma, do not fight on their own territory Burma, and our country is adjacent to each other, a large number of materials and firearms and ammunition are transported from Burma to our country every day, that is to say, if you want to fight with the little devils, you have to rely on these materials, but ah, In order to destroy the country and exterminate the species, they want to take down Burma, block us in China, press us in a dead end, trap us, crush us, can we agree?"
"Can't" In the audience, nearly 3,000 brothers came with a thunderous roar, Zhang Wei's call, in fact, many soldiers did not understand very well, after all, they are basically soldiers who do not know a few big characters, can not thoroughly understand what Zhang Wei said, Zhang Wei also understood very well in his heart, it is impossible for his own words, let the soldiers know the interests of Myanmar and China.
Zhang Wei: "Yes, it can't be, but there must be some brothers who still don't understand why they went to Burma to fight, our relationship with Myanmar is like a neighbor's relationship, this neighbor of ours is not an ordinary neighbor, he is by the river, the brothers are all farmers, you understand better than me how important water is." ” "Now a bully from another village has come, and he wants to beat our neighbors, grab water with us, and cut off our food, drink, chew and wrap, a bit like the meaning of two villages grabbing water, probably this is the situation, you say, the devil is a bully, Myanmar is a neighbor, let this bully go to beat our neighbor, can we agree" "Can't" This time, the answer was louder, and the soldiers were more determined, Zhang Wei's analogy helped some soldiers who were not very smart, sorted out the interests of China and Burma, and grabbed water, which can cause a fight between the two villages in the countryside, and many soldiers from the fields have also experienced similar things, which can be said to be empathetic.
Zhang Wei continued to shout: "That's the truth, neighbors, neighbors, people have fires, and we can't get better, so we have to go to Burma to fight, and we have to show more vigor than fighting in the country. ” "What should we do when we enter Myanmar" "Kill" nearly 3,000 brothers responded to Zhang Wei with a loud shout of killing.
After shouting and killing, many people felt that their bodies were filled with a hot current, and Zhang Wei had initially stimulated the emotions and enthusiasm of the officers and soldiers.
Zhang Wei continued: "Today's swearing-in meeting is the last mobilization of our regiment before entering Burma, look at our regimental flag, starting from me, every one of you will fight under this noodle flag, you, some from me as a platoon commander, fought with me during the battle of Nanjing, some, from Xuzhou to follow me, and some have fought Lanfeng, Kunlun Pass, and there are also many recruit brothers who enlisted late in the army, only fought bandits with me. ” "However, in a few days, you will all go to Burma, and in a few possible months, you will have to fight the Japanese army, and I will live under the same banner and die under the same flag, and the whole regiment will be brothers and die with one heart."
"Kill" This killing was shouted by Zhang Wei hoarsely.
In the team below, the silence just now is long gone.
"Kill" Qiu Wei, the commander of the first battalion, shouted.
"Kill," Mu Chao, the commander of the second battalion, shouted.
"Kill," Ye Zhenhua, the commander of the third battalion, shouted.
"Kill, kill, kill" Every soldier who supplemented the second regiment roared this magnificent and deafening sound of killing Genius to remember the address of this site in a second:.
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