Charge ahead, retreat behind.

As the most flexible and effective combat unit on the battlefield, it is necessary for the commander in chief to take the lead in taking action, pursuing combat speed and local combat intensity.

If even platoon-level cadres have to judge the hour and size up the situation before making a decision, as middle and high-ranking officers do, it will obviously not be able to meet the operational speed of rapid response.

The platoon-level officers led by the lowest level of soldiers, the soldiers are very simple, that is, follow the leader, when charging, the leader is in front, they will rush forward, and the leader will hide behind and do not rush, and the soldiers are naturally also grinders.

When retreating, the soldiers who take the lead will flee first, and the soldiers will definitely flee in a swarm, and the leader will stay and postpone, and the soldiers will retreat in an orderly manner, or they will also be willing to stay and block the attack.

This was the spirit of Whampoa that year, and the main point was to solve the Achilles heel of the Chinese warlord forces of that year.

During the Northern Expedition and the War of Unification, some warlords in China, especially in the north, were stronger than the Whampoa Student Army, which hastily advanced the army, in terms of equipment, training, and even the combat quality of officers and soldiers.

Then why did these veteran powerhouses lose to the student army child soldiers? In fact, it was defeated by the spirit of Whampoa, and the Whampoa student army armed their minds with revolutionary ideals, and carried out the battle with the fighting spirit of charging ahead and retreating behind.

However, most of the warlords in the north, whether they are officers or soldiers, regard being a soldier as a profession and a job, and they will not desperately lose their heads for a job, and they will fight if they win, and run away if they can't win, and all officers and soldiers will mainly save their lives.

Therefore, the Northern Expeditionary Army swept through the old strong teams in the north with a devastating momentum, and of course, the sacrifice rate of the low-level officers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, especially the company platoon commanders, was very high.

It is precisely because a large number of company and platoon commanders have gone forward and charged one after another that they will drive thousands of soldiers to march forward bravely without fear of life and death and unify the whole country.

Now, in the face of a more powerful enemy and a brutal alien Japanese invader, the low-level officers must carry forward the Whampoa spirit of charging ahead and retreating behind.

Niu Gu was not a graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy, but his exposure to the army and the requirements of his work in peacetime made him accept the spirit of the National Revolutionary Army.

As for the later period of the Liberation War, there are many reasons why the performance of the national army is so different from that of the War of Resistance Against Japan.

For example, veterans who have been fighting for many years yearn for peace and hate war, are unwilling to fight their own compatriots, and many practices of the government have led to the people's backlash, and so on.

Although Niu Gu is not a company and platoon-level cadre now, he is already a battalion-level officer, so he doesn't need to lead the soldiers to charge the trap like the company and platoon level.

Middle- and high-ranking officers, especially officers at and above the regimental level, can no longer work as hard as they do at the company and platoon levels, and as they get older, their health is not as good as that of young cadres at the company and platoon levels.

The commander of this level has to use more experience and brains to eat and win, and the role of killing the enemy by one person is far lower than the role of strategizing to win the battlefield.

There is a more important reason, the higher the officers, the more expensive they are, and their experience and resourcefulness are almost the soul of a unit.

The more expensive it is, the better it must be protected, and there can be no mistakes, and once a senior commander is killed or wounded, the blow to an army will be fatal.

In particular, during the battle, if a military commander is killed or injured, the command system of the unit will be dealt a major blow, and if the troop resources and combat effectiveness cannot be maximized, the troop will be very likely to be defeated.

This loss is not comparable to the casualties of one or two soldiers.

Many units with tenacious work style, flexible operations, and high quality of soldiers have not made any progress in rebuilding because of the casualties of a military commander, as if they had lost their souls.

Although Niu Gu is now a battalion-level officer, he is considered a middle-level officer, but he now has only two platoons under his command, which is equivalent to being demoted to the company level, and he cannot always claim to be a battalion-level.

Besides, the Anti-Japanese War is different from the previous civil war, the intensity of the war is several grades higher, and the battalion commander is almost used as a company commander.

But the hot-blooded old Dan, but forgot this change of identity, just now he led four platoons, close to a battalion of combat units, or used himself as a company commander, rushed forward with his life, and directly plunged into the devil's army.

The number of devils in front of him suddenly increased, the firepower suddenly increased, and the enthusiastic old man calmed down and judged that this was not the devil's return gun, but a large number of reinforcements coming.

As a veteran, Lao Shan still has the basic combat quality of not being afraid to adapt to emergencies, and immediately ordered the troops to stop pursuing, occupy the high ground separately, cover each other, block the strong enemy, and then began to arrange the deployment of retreating step by step.

But the Japanese army is too fierce, two squadrons of devils, about 400 people, according to normal times, there is no problem in fighting a regiment of the national army, and now against four platoons, at most two companies, it is naturally ferocious and abnormal.

The combat movement speed of the devils is too fast, it is estimated that they are very familiar with the terrain here, and before Lao Dan's troops can deploy and retreat step by step, they will surround Lao Dan and his four platoons.

Fortunately, Lao Shan began to react quickly, and the command team immediately seized the only two or three small mountain bags in this area, condescendingly, taking advantage of a little terrain.

In addition, at night, it has a little advantage in the sky, and for the defenders, it is a bit of cover, and the enemy can't immediately identify how many people are surrounded inside, and the firepower alone can only be estimated.

The devil is also fierce and bold, but how many Chinese troops have come, and the people of the two squadrons dare to spread out in the dark night, attack on both wings, and divide into the encirclement.

Sometimes, especially in the chaotic battle environment, mobilizing manpower to deploy firepower is the same as gambling, but this time, it is the devil who made the right bet.

Seeing that his retreat was cut off, and he was surrounded by devils, Lao Shan realized the seriousness of the matter, he was so uncalm just now that he forgot the agreement he had discussed with Niu Gu during the day.

After agreeing to chase and kill the devil for a while, he will accept it when he sees it, and hurry back to the division to transport the ammunition and materials away with Niu Gu, which is the king and the main task tonight.

Now it's not good, my mind is overheated for a while, and I ran after the devil for several miles, and as a result, they who were chasing the devil became people surrounded by the devil.

This mood is really heaven and earth, and now it is not just surrounded, but because of the dark night, the devils dare not attack too fiercely, obviously suppressed by firepower, and they have to wait until the day to clean them up.

Once it was daylight, how could Lao Dan and his four platoons of people be able to withstand the attack of the two squadrons of devils? Lao Shan estimated from the devil's firepower and daring to surround them that the devil must be more than a squadron, otherwise he would not be able to contain this big dumpling.

What to do? Time is passing minute by minute, like the lives of warriors, and if it comes to daylight, these lives will all pass like time.