Chapter IV: Military Law
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The cannon roared, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
In order to contain the expeditionary force and prevent it from posing a threat to the Japanese army that had just occupied the Kayonggang airfield, the Japanese army in front of Tonggu launched a fierce attack on Tonggu again.
At one moment, the sound of gunfire, artillery, the whistling of planes, and the screams of the planes...... All kinds of voices are intertwined to form a bloody war scene.
Outside, the Chinese and Japanese armies were fighting each other, but in a spacious hall in the same ancient city, the soldiers of the engineer regiment were all dejected and silent. The surrounding air, mixed with the smell of gunpowder, seemed to freeze, and it was overwhelming.
Needless to say, what the fighters were thinking.
Just fought a defeat, and it was a one-touch defeat.
This is nothing if it were in other troops, after all, many of the ** units have had similar defeats in the face of the Japanese army, but this is the 200th Division, which has repeatedly defeated the Japanese army and created a great victory at Kunlun Pass, killing the commander of the Japanese Major General Brigade Nakamura Masao, who is still defending twice the Japanese 200 Division in the front at this time...... This comparison highlights even more the fact that the engineering regiment has a lot of pockets.
What especially made Chen Qiming unbearable was that several wounded people with broken hands and feet spit on them with disdain when they passed by them...... Although the wounded did not say anything, the look and action pierced the hearts of every soldier in the engineering regiment.
Chen Qiming has a hot temper, how could he stand this humiliation, but at this time he had to swallow this breath...... The reason is very simple, those wounded even spit out bloodshot sputum, why should they reason with them when they fled from the battlefield?!
"His grandmother's!" After a while, Chen Qiming finally couldn't help it, he stood up and said: "We can't just sit like this, this piece was stabbed by our engineer regiment, and if you want to shoot it, you can't shoot the regiment commander!" ”
"Yes!" Xiao Zhejiang then stood up: "Our head is also a tough guy, and we can't sacrifice in vain because of our mistakes!" ”
The words of the two quickly aroused a reaction from the warriors, who stood up one by one and echoed:
"That's right! Punish us with it! ”
"It's a big deal, let's go to the battlefield to fight the Japanese devils and make up for it!"
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After a while, this voice soon spread to the entire engineer regiment, and for a while, the crowd was angry and wanted to go to the division commander one by one.
But only Zhang Chiwu sat silently.
He didn't care about the fate of the regimental commander, nor did he care if the engineer regiment would be looked down upon.
He felt that none of these things had anything to do with him, and what was related to him was how to escape from this battlefield of bullets and bullets to find a safe place to save his life.
Zhang Chi's first thought was to be a deserter.
But this plan was quickly rejected by itself.
Not to mention that the 200th Division is strict in governing the army, and when a deserter is caught, there is only one possibility of being shot.
Even if you are lucky enough to successfully escape from the army...... But this is Burma, at this time the Burmese did not know that the Chinese expeditionary force was to help them resist the Japanese invasion, the Burmese people, including the Burmese people, thought that the Chinese were here to help the British enslave the Burmese, and soon the whole of Burma would be occupied by the Japanese army.
Therefore, if he escaped like this, he would be killed whether he was touched by the Chinese, the Burmese or the Japanese...... Damn it, isn't that like a rat crossing the street?!
If you can't be a deserter, you have to stay in the army.
However, Zhang Chi also knew that the expeditionary force was defeated miserably in the first expedition due to the British unwillingness to fight and confusion in command, and in the end, less than 40,000 of the 100,000 people survived.
That's almost three out of five, which means that most of my life is gone.
This is not an escape, nor is it not an escape, so Zhang Chi seems to realize one point: his fate seems to be tied to the expeditionary force, and only by doing his best to reduce the casualties of the expeditionary force, and even let the expeditionary force change the battle situation of the defeated Savage Mountain, can he have a greater chance of survival.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chiteng stood up and stopped the soldiers who were about to go to the division commander and said, "Platoon commander, brothers...... At this time, the division commander is directing the troops to fight against the Japanese devils, and if you go to the division commander at this time, isn't that adding fuel to the fire and making the division commander even more angry?! ”
As soon as the warriors heard this, they felt that it made sense, and their voices immediately became much quieter.
"Then what do you say!" A voice asked, "Are you just sitting like that?" ”
Zhang Chi was speechless for a while, first of all, he didn't know how to answer this question, and secondly, he was just a squad leader, and there were platoon commanders and company commanders everywhere in this unit, and it was not his turn to answer this question.
"What's the noise?" At this time, a person's hoarse voice sounded on the other side: "Isn't it enough trouble?" Sit back to me and wait for orders! ”
An officer who appeared in front of Zhang Chi was covered with pockmarks and a scar on the corner of his mouth.
"Deputy Regiment ......" A few officers wanted to say something, but they were glared at by the numb face and swallowed back what they wanted to say.
This pockmarked face is the deputy commander of the engineering regiment, he was originally a battalion commander of the combat unit, according to his words, the people he killed were as many as the pockmarks on his face, and he was surnamed Wang, so he was called a murderer like Mawang Mazi.
The reason why Wang Mazi was transferred to the engineer regiment was because he was injured in the abdomen during a battle, and it was difficult for him to conduct high-intensity operations on the front line.
"Which part are you?" Wang Mazi stepped forward and asked Zhang Chi.
"Report sir! I ......" At this time, Zhang Chi realized that he didn't even know his number.
"Report to the deputy group!" Seeing that Zhang Chi was stunned, Chen Qiming on the side glared at Zhang Chi with some concealment, and said: "He is my soldier, Zhang Chi, the leader of the seventh squad of the first battalion, one company, three platoons, and seven squads!" ”
"Hmm!" Wang Mazi nodded, and then sighed: "What did you say...... It was he who reported in advance that little Japan was coming? ”
"Yes!" Chen Qiming nodded.
"You come with me!" Wang Mazi ordered Zhang Chi, and at the same time, the corners of his mouth were unconsciously crooked.
Zhang Chi didn't feel anything, but the comrades-in-arms around him showed a little surprise and horror in their eyes, because they all knew that when Wang Mazi crooked the corners of his mouth, it was when he wanted to kill someone.
Later, when I thought about it, Zhang Chi felt afraid, because at this time, Wang Mazi had mistakenly thought that Zhang Chi might be a spy and moved to kill, but Zhang Chi was still confused.
If Wang Mazi couldn't help but say that he would give Zhang Chi to the "Fa-rectification", then he was afraid that Zhang Chi would even die to be a fool.