He Shuya was not the only one, in fact, all the battalion commanders and company commanders of the new regiment were faced with the same difficult choice. Should they insist on taking the wounded who had lost their ability to move, or choose to abandon the wounded? Although, from the day they formed an army, never abandoning and never giving up has been the admonition of the new regiment, but admonitions are admonitions after all.
For example, at the Whampoa Military Academy, there is a classic admonishment written on the gate: If you want to get promoted and make a fortune, please go elsewhere, and don’t come here because you are greedy for life and afraid of death! This admonition from the Whampoa Military Academy is very famous, but not all officers who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy have done it. In fact, among the cadets who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, there are also those who are greedy for life and afraid of death!
Therefore, when faced with a real severe test, it is not easy to obey the precepts!
In particular, complying with the training may lead to serious consequences of annihilation of the entire army, and it is even more difficult to comply. Therefore, not only He Shuya, but also almost all the battalion commanders and company commanders who led the new regiment alone hesitated and were suffering in pain. , for example, Jin Shengjie, the commander of the 10th company, after all, his time to join the new regiment was still short, and it was even more difficult to obey the instructions.
Jin Shengjie's Tenth Company was downsized from the Seventh Regiment of the original Puppet Manchukuo Army. The junior officers in the company were basically the officers of the original Seventh Regiment. However, not all puppet army officers understood the righteousness as well as Jin Shengjie. Among them, some officers joined the new regiment with the purpose of promotion and wealth, and they were very dissatisfied with their current situation.
Why are you dissatisfied? Because after joining the new group, instead of being promoted, he was demoted.
Since the downsizing, officers have been saying weird things behind their backs. After being reduced to parts, these officers became even more unscrupulous. They actually went directly to Jin Shengjie to fan the flames, causing Jin Shengjie to lead the 10th company to break away from the new regiment sequence and join the small army. Japan rejoined the puppet Manchukuo army's order of battle.
Jin Shengjie did not express his position immediately after hearing this.
The news reached the ears of Li Guoqiang, the instructor of the 10th Company, and he immediately became anxious.
Li Guoqiang is an old man in the New Regiment. He has joined the New Regiment since he was in Dameishan. He is educated and good at ideological work. Because of this, he was sent by Wang Husheng to serve as an instructor in the 10th Company.
Unfortunately, Li Guoqiang was injured during the defensive battle in Tonghua County. The injury was not serious at first, so he was able to walk on his own after the transfer began. However, after breaking into pieces and entering the jungle, he developed a high fever due to mosquito bites. He was still conscious, but he had lost the ability to move and could only be carried by the soldiers.
But now as more and more wounded people are suffering from high fevers, there is obviously a shortage of stretcher-carrying manpower, and the march of the entire team has become a problem. Li Guoqiang was already very anxious. He heard that several more squad platoon leaders came to the company commander Jin Shengjie fanned the flames in front of him, and immediately became anxious, and immediately asked someone to find Jin Shengjie.
"Lao Jin, I can't do it anymore, don't worry about me." Li Guoqiang said weakly, "And those brothers who have high fever, let them stay. As an instructor, I am actually very sad, but we must Accept this cruel reality, if we continue to march with so many wounded, it will only drag everyone to death."
"Instructor, what are you talking about?" Jin Shengjie frowned and said, "Ever since the day I officially joined the new regiment, I have been given a lesson: no matter how dangerous the situation is, never abandon even a single brother. No matter how difficult it is, never give up hope!"
After a pause, Jin Shengjie said again: "Don't think that because I have only been in the new group for a short time, I can't grow a new group of bones!"
"Lao Jin, admonishment is admonishment, but reality is reality after all! Instead of dying here together, it is better for you to break out with your healthy brothers, so that our tenth company can still leave a ray of fire!" Paused! Next, Li Guoqiang continued, "I have only one request, don't betray the party! Don't leave the New Regiment!"
A deep look of perseverance flashed across Jin Shengjie's eyes, and he said, "Instructor, please wait for me for a while."
After saying that, Jin Shengjie turned and left. After a while, Jin Shengjie came back again, holding two cadres who were tied up behind him. Then Jin Shengjie ordered again, calling all the officers and soldiers of the tenth company together, even lying on the ground All the wounded who could not move on stretchers were also carried over.
Jin Shengjie said: "Brothers, do you still remember the admonishment given by the leader on the first day of joining the new regiment?"
"Remember!" The officers and soldiers of the 10th Company who gathered around us, as well as the wounded on the stretchers, responded in unison, "Never give up, never give up!"
"Yes, never abandon, never give up! No matter how dangerous the situation is, never abandon a comrade, no matter how difficult the situation is, never give up a glimmer of hope!" Jin Shengjie nodded and said, "But Just now, two people persuaded me to abandon my comrades in arms, betray the country and the Party, and join the Japanese again as a traitor!"
Everyone's eyes fell on the two cadres.
The faces of the two cadres immediately turned red with shame, and their heads drooped.
Jin Shengjie's eyes fell on the two cadres, and his eyes instantly became cold, and he said in a deep voice: "But I want to tell them, although we have not been in the New Regiment for a long time, it does not mean that we will live forever. No new group of bones will come out! Brothers of the new group will never abandon or give up!"
After a pause, Jin Shengjie shouted loudly again: "Since you haven't done any evil deeds yet, I won't kill you if we are brothers again. But whether you can walk out of the old forest alive depends on your luck. Now, you can leave, but you must leave the guns, ammunition, and all supplies!"
With a wave of his hand, officers and soldiers came forward to loosen the bonds of the two cadres.
The two cadres dejectedly unloaded their guns and ammunition, took off their backpacks, and then fled into the old forest with empty hands, disappearing within a moment.
Jin Shengjie said to Li Guoqiang again: "Instructor, have you seen everything?"
Li Guoqiang waved his hand and said, "Lao Jin, that's not what I meant?"
"Instructor, if you don't mean that, it would be even more wrong." Jin Shengjie said, "As an instructor, how can you take the lead in violating the regiment leader's instructions? If you act like this, what will your brothers think?"
Li Guoqiang was immediately speechless, because he could not refute Jin Shengjie's words.
Jin Shengjie bent down again, directly carried Li Guoqiang on his back, and said: "Brothers, no matter how difficult it is, we must never abandon our comrades. Maybe one day, I can block the enemy's bullets for you on the battlefield. , the person you carried out from here today, to save your comrades is to save yourself!"
"Saving your comrades is saving yourself!" A soldier murmured, and then without hesitation he bent down and carried an unconscious wounded man on his back. Immediately afterwards, more soldiers who were still able to move bent down. He lowered his waist and picked up the seriously injured people who were unable to move or even unconscious from the stretcher.
"Brothers, let's go!" Jin Shengjie shouted as he stepped forward, "Two people are not enough to carry one person, so let's carry one person on one's back. If one person is not enough to count, then one person will drag one person." Let's walk with two people. In a word, as long as there is one person in our 10th company who can walk, even if we crawl, we have to drag the injured brother out of here! The devils can't defeat us, and the mere virgin forest is even less likely to defeat us! "
As the sun set, Jin Shengjie led the officers and soldiers of the 10th Company, carrying injured comrades on their backs, and moved forward step by step. After a while, hundreds of people disappeared into the vast virgin forest.
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However, the enemies of the new group are not only beasts, snakes, insects and inner demons, but also little devils!
For the officers and soldiers of the new regiment, the real test is the Japs of the 57th Division!
By the evening of the next day, the officers and soldiers of the new regiment turning toward the southeast would inevitably encounter the Japanese from the 57th Division diagonally coming from the direction of Antu.
The first to encounter the Japanese was Jin Shengjie's 10th Company.
At that time, both sides were marching hard in a valley. Because the vegetation in the valley was very dense, it completely blocked the sight of the scouts on both sides. Therefore, when the scouts on both sides discovered each other, they were even less than ten meters apart, and the large troops of both sides were It was already within range, so this was an unexpected encounter.
When the gunfire rang out from the front, Jin Shengjie was carrying Li Guoqiang forward with difficulty. As soon as the gun rang out, Jin Shengjie immediately fell forward and fell to the ground. Li Guoqiang on his back also rolled to the ground. Fortunately, there was a thick layer of gunfire accumulated on the ground. The thick Du branches are covered with dead leaves, so people will not feel any pain if they fall on them.
Although Li Guoqiang was already very weak, he still took out the pistol from the holster, and then repeated the old words again: "Old Jin, it's really not possible if this continues. If this continues, our entire company will have to answer here, so, you It’s better to take the comrades who can still walk and leave quickly. Those who can’t walk, stay behind and follow me to stop them!”
After gasping for breath, Li Guoqiang said again: "We are here to help you hold back the little devil!"
"What are you talking about?" Jin Shengjie said, "Speaking of this again, you forgot the regimental leader's admonishment again?!"
"This is different." Li Guoqiang said sternly, "If you make such a decision as the company commander, it will be abandoning your comrades, but now I am ordering you in the name of the company party committee, so you are acting under orders! I will leave a note Feng, explain the situation to the political commissar, the regiment leader and the political commissar will never blame you for this."
"You are messing with your life. I refuse to execute it!" Jin Shengjie didn't listen at all. He stuck out his butt and crawled forward while saying, "Instructor, stay here and don't move. I'll go to the front and take a look. Judging from the sound of gunfire, this There don’t seem to be many gangsters, if it’s only about a small team, then I’ll eat them!”
Li Guoqiang watched Jin Shengjie's figure disappear into the bushes, sighed softly, then raised the pistol and pointed it at his temple, and then pulled the trigger without hesitation.