Chapter Ninety-Five: Anger in My Heart
Old Northeast, they didn't know what Song Xilian and Tang Cheng said in that room, they just knew that when Tang Cheng walked out of that room, the back of his military uniform was already soaked. "Company commander, what did the military seat say? Did you say anything about giving us a third-level promotion? Although Lao Northeast is synonymous with unreliability in the second company, he also knows what Lu Dao represents by the capture of the Japanese radio station, and they also killed a Japanese squad, so it is absolutely unreasonable not to give a reward for such a meritorious service.
Tang Cheng, who was questioned by the old northeast, glared at him angrily, and walked away with the people sent by the 30th army. Of course, they don't know the reason for the old Northeast, this is the location of the military headquarters of the 71st Army and the 30th Army, no matter how bold Tang Cheng is, he doesn't dare to reveal what Song Xilian said to him here with the old Northeast.
Although Song Xilian has some appreciation for Tang Cheng, Tang Cheng is just a small captain company commander after all, if strictly speaking, Song Xilian looks at Tang Cheng like a hairy child. Almost all of the senior generals of the national army were born in Huangpu, and they all had more or less experience in leading troops at the grassroots level, and they were too familiar with the situation of false reports of war exploits, reselling military supplies, and eating empty salaries for the officers under them.
Tang Cheng learned tactics from Xie Bo, learned battlefield adaptation from Liu Goat, and the rest was comprehended while fighting by himself, and he knew that there was such a thing as false reporting of war exploits in the Dao National Army. Since he followed Xie Bo in Shanghai, neither Xie Bo nor Liu Goat has ever done anything to falsely report his military exploits, and he has no master to lead him into the door, and he only relies on Tang Cheng to figure it out by himself, and he doesn't know that he can still falsely report his military exploits when he fights. "The Second Company has never falsely reported its military exploits, not before, not now, and not in the future." Faced with the forced questioning of the staff officers under Song Xilian, Tang Cheng gave the answer with a blushing face.
Erlian was taken over by Liu Goat from Xie Bo, and then handed it over to himself, Tang Cheng would never allow others to splash dirty water on Erlian. Tang Cheng had the heart to leave, but this was the military headquarters of the 71st Army, and if he pulled out of this room, he was much higher than his official position, and his little captain could only obey orders with peace of mind. Seeing that Tang Cheng was not interested, Song Xilian lost interest in chatting with Tang Cheng, and besides, as a lieutenant general, he didn't have anything to chat with Tang Cheng, a little captain.
"I don't know how to lift" Tang Cheng walked out of the room with a calm face, Song Xilian immediately commented on Tang Cheng, the staff officers in the room looked at each other, and some people secretly shook their heads and sighed that Tang Cheng would be able to bear it in the future. Tang Cheng knew that Song Xilian's impression of himself was not very good, but he didn't care, the second company was now under the command of the 30th Army, even if Song Xilian transferred the second company back to the 71st Army, it would have to return to the 88th Division.
Tian Zhennan obviously intended to leave Tang Cheng in the 30th Army, Tian Zhennan, who had served in the Beiyang Army, was not a Whampoa faction like Song Xilian, although he is now the commander of the 30th Army, but in the eyes of those bigwigs in the Ministry of Military Affairs, he is also a role to stand aside. Tian Zhennan has the slippery head of the old-school soldiers, as well as the stubbornness of the new-school soldiers, the first condition for him to appoint officers is to be able to fight, although Tang Cheng's age is still young, but Tian Zhennan doesn't care, as long as Tang Cheng can stay in the 30th Army with the second company, Tian Zhennan promised to immediately replenish the second company, so that the second company will become a real reinforced company.
Tang Cheng was very embarrassed about Tian Zhennan's thirst for talent, he offended Song Xilian over there just now, and it would obviously be a good thing to stay in the 30th Army, and it would be good for the second company and himself. But the 30th Army was not a descendant of the National Army, and when he thought of the Hanyang-made rifles carried by the soldiers under Su Datong, Tang Cheng also dispelled the idea of staying in the 30th Army. "Commander Tian, before his death, my uncle told me to rebuild the second company and return to the 88th Division, but I can't promise you." Tang Cheng's back was soaked with cold sweat again, and the pressure to refuse Tian Zhennan face-to-face was not ordinary.
Tian Zhennan had already prepared for Tang Cheng's refusal, if he only relied on his casual words, Tang Cheng would stay in the 30th Army with the second company, maybe Tian Zhennan would still regard Tang Cheng as a trustworthy and unrighteous person. Tang Cheng and the radio station they brought and the package of pieces of paper were successfully handed in, and the 30th Army would summon people who knew Japanese to translate those pieces of paper, and Tang Cheng did not show off that he knew Japanese, he now had more important things, Tian Zhennan approved some compensation ammunition for the second company.
"We only need grenades and explosives, can the bullets on the list also be folded into grenades?" In front of the quartermaster of the 30th Army, Tang Cheng pulled Niu Laogui and a few of them to discuss in a whisper, and finally gave an answer. The second company is equipped with either flower traps or Mauser rifles, and even the two MZ42 machine guns use Mauser rifle cartridges, Tang Cheng has just gotten an ammunition supplement list from Song Xilian, in the 30th Army, which is mostly made in Hanyang, Tang Cheng only wants some grenades and explosives.
Four boxes of grenades, two boxes of explosives, and three boxes of bullets received from the 71st Army made the Don City rejoice. "We don't have many people who can fight, what do we want so much ammunition for?" Several people's backpacks are stuffed full, and the belligerent old Northeast won't say anything, a guy like him will only dislike things, but Kuroko has something to say. Removing those who were wounded and killed in battle, there are less than 100 people in the second company who can still continue to fight, and Tang Cheng received so much ammunition that Heizi's heart is bottomless.
Tang Cheng is a person who has food in his hand and does not panic, which is completely influenced by Liu Goat, and like Lao Dongbei, he will not be afraid of receiving more ammunition. "The 30th Army wants us to fight in the field, you have also seen what kind of weapons the 30th Army is using, if this will we not replenish the ammunition, where will we go to the front to get ammunition? Do you still expect the people of the 30th Army to give us even ammunition when the time comes? Stop dreaming. Tang Cheng carried the backpack onto the horse, and sarcastically mocked the sunspot, but his answer was a bit forceful.
The strong words of Tang Cheng were reasonable, and Kuroko snorted and laughed, but it is always good to get more ammunition, and when the time comes, there will be a shortage of ammunition when the province fights with the Japanese army. offended Song Xilian and politely rejected Tian Zhennan's woo, Tang Cheng and his gang became the most unpopular people in the entire bay, no one was welcome, and naturally there was no place to find a meal, a few people poured cold water on their stomachs, and rode directly back to Su Datong's station.
"Company Commander Tang, this will be promoted, right? How much reward will be given to you from above, isn't it time to invite my brother and me to have a good drink. Before Tang Cheng, who was tired and half dead, got off the horse, Su Datong, who had been waiting for a long time, came up. The 30th Army could not promote Tang Cheng, but Su Datong knew that the military headquarters of the 71st Army was also in Wanzi, and the radio station that Tang Cheng led people to capture the Japanese army was enough for the 71st Army to promote Tang Cheng, and Su Datong only came to fight the autumn wind.
"What kind of official, those big men don't clean up after us, it's already good, those shriveled calves don't even care about food, and Lao Tzu's hungry stomach hurts." The old northeast who led the horse over helped Tang Cheng answer, but this answer was a little too unexpected. was so unexpected that Su Datong looked at Tang Cheng on horseback in disbelief, and it wasn't until Tang Cheng nodded that Su Datong believed Lao Dongbei's words.
"It shouldn't be, your Song army commander is not a person from Xiao Qi, I heard that when he was in Fujin Mountain, he sprinkled more than a dozen official hats in one go, several guys were company commanders or something before the war, and after fighting Fujin Mountain, those guys who rose the fastest were already regiment commanders." Su Datong didn't know whether it was unintentional or intentional, and he made a big deal in front of Tang Cheng, Tang Cheng's face was still as usual, but a few of their grumpy guys in the old northeast had already opened their mouths and scolded.
"Okay, shut up, whose official is promoted to the military seat is a matter of the military seat, we have also received ammunition, don't think about those who don't, it's the right thing to take care of our own lives." The old northeast gang was noisy, and it was Niu Laogui who came forward to suppress the formation. In fact, Niu Laogui's heart was somewhat puzzled, but in front of Su Datong, an outsider, it was the most important thing to let the old Northeast shut up first, if the matter of the old Northeast and they scolding Song Xilian reached the ears of the 71st Army, there would be no good fruit to eat in the second company.
"It's okay, Song Xilian wants to make Lao Tzu bow his head, but I don't want to, so I'll offend him." Sitting with Niu Laogui and smoking a cigarette, Tang Cheng told them in detail about their trip to Wanzi, Liu Goat was gone, and only Niu Laogui was the only one who could be Tang Cheng's confidant. "After listening to what they said, I learned that Song Xilian was the guy who ordered the city gate to be blocked at Rujiangmen in Nanjing at that time, if it wasn't for their 36th Division blocking Rujiangmen, Uncle Liu and I would not have lost contact with the 88th Division, if it weren't for this, Uncle Liu would not have died in Mengcheng."
When he was in Nanjing that day, Song Xilian was the commander of the 36th Division, and it was the 36th Division that blocked the Rujiang Gate, if it wasn't for the 36th Division blocking the Rujiang Gate and forcing Liu Goat to cross the wall and venture across the river with himself, they would not have lost contact with 88 o'clock. Just like Tang Cheng just said, if it weren't for the loss of contact with the 88th Division, Liu Goat would not have been exiled to Mengcheng until he died in Mengcheng, there is a causal relationship between all of this, Tang Cheng has already recorded Liu Goat's death on Song Xilian's head.
Niu Laogui knew that Tang Cheng blamed Song Xilian's death for Liu Goat's death, but he wouldn't say that Tang Cheng's was not, not only because Tang Cheng was the company commander of the second company, but also because Niu Laogui himself was angry. Since the second company was rebuilt in Macheng, the second company alone has killed more than 200 Japanese soldiers, for which the second company has paid hundreds of casualties, and the second company has always been self-sufficient, never received the salary and help of the 88th Division.