Chapter 1509 New Recruit Class

Unlike other regiments, after two days of selection, the Four-Line Regiment only selected 198 recruits that met its requirements, and there were still 102 shortfalls from the required quota.

And the four regiments under the 10th Reserve Division, each of which recruited 400 people, not to mention that the main regiments such as the 28th and 30th Regiments secretly recruited 300 people each as stretcher bearers.

The so-called stretcher bearers, when the situation is critical, don’t they have to carry guns to the top?

"Each has different needs. We are taking the route of elite soldiers and would rather have fewer than too many, but Commander Ge is taking the route of strength in numbers and miracles. There is no absolute distinction between good and bad, only whether it is suitable or not." Tang Dao happened to see Fang Xianjue criticizing Ge Youcai for not following military orders and privately recruiting nearly a thousand more people, and not learning from the Four-Line Regiment to take the route of elite soldiers, and hurriedly helped Commander Ge to solve the problem.

"Yes, that's the truth. The biggest advantage of our 10th Reserve Division against the enemy in this battle is the fortifications. As long as the fortifications are not collapsed, the new recruits can shoot and stop the Japanese. Whether it's accurate or not, after a few more days, even a pig can become a sharpshooter." Ge Youcai grinned.

Tang Dao's words hit the nail on the head.

Who can sit in the position of Lieutenant General Division Commander is stupid? That commander does not need elite soldiers, but Master Ge understands that his 10th Reserve Division cannot be as elite as the Four-Line Regiment because of equipment and training.

Then, it depends on enough people! Each regiment is supplemented with 400 people, and one point is given to 3 battalions and 12 companies. In fact, each company has less than 40 people, and a squad has only 4 people. Let the veterans lead them. After a few battles, those who can survive will become veterans.

And in Hengyang, the battlefield is the least lacking.

Yes, although both sides in Hengyang were secretly training and accumulating strength, there were no major battles, but small battles were fought every day.

The recruits did not need to go to any training grounds at all, they went directly to the battlefield, were issued rifles, and followed the methods of the veterans, aiming at the opposite side, and shooting at anything that was alive.

There are plenty of bullets in Hengyang City now, and there will definitely be no shortage of live-fire shooting for the recruits.

Therefore, in the next few days, there were constant gunshots in various positions outside Hengyang City, which made the Japanese somewhat confused.

Although there were no major battles during this period, and small conflicts continued, what was the meaning of you fighting blindly like this?

Could it be that the bullets of the Chinese in the city were so abundant that they could be wasted at will?

"This is the empty city plan sung by the Chinese! They must have very few supplies left, at least not as much as they show." Lieutenant General Yan Yongwang, the commander of the 116th Division, gave such a conclusion after careful consideration for 10 minutes.

Shimanuki Takeshi

If the Chinese say that they waste the few remaining supplies just to confuse the opponent, then they are super stupid.

After all, even a fool knows that the Great Japanese Empire will never give up attacking Hengyang just because the opponent is rich or short of supplies.

And the Chinese side obviously will not give up their recruit training just because the Japanese army is a little confused. Whether they can hit or not is not the point. The point is that the recruits must be able to shoot and dare to shoot.

The war may break out at any time, and the recruits must become timely combat forces, even if it is a matter of pulling up seedlings for growth.

Because, this is war.

However, the training of recruits in various departments is somewhat different. For example, the main focus of the 3rd Battalion of the Four-line Regiment is a maverick. Li Jiujin's brain is somewhat different from others.

Luo Dahu was assigned to the 4th squad of the 7th company of the 3rd battalion and became a private second class. He is also the only soldier in the 4th squad with a rank below sergeant.

Luo Dahu was the sixth strongest man in the assessment. With his strong body and the will to earn a future for his wife and children, Luo Dahu ran out of blood foam and ran within 25 minutes.

However, he was a little too old. Qian Dazhu, who was responsible for selecting soldiers for the 1st Battalion who had been guarding Huangchaling for 20 days, thought about it again and again and gave up on him.

But Boss Cao, who came to select soldiers on behalf of the 3rd Battalion, fell in love with Luo Dahu, who was already over 30 years old, at first sight. Perhaps Luo Dahu's resume was somewhat similar to his original experience, which made Lieutenant Cao, who had become the deputy company commander of the 7th Company and the 3rd Platoon Leader of the 7th Company, empathize with him.

But as Boss Cao said later: "You all think he is old and have no potential to tap, but you don't think about it. A man in his 30s can run 6,000 meters in 25 minutes without any training just to ensure that his wife and children can have enough food in the future. What kind of tenacity is this? Just for this tenacity, he deserves to come to my 4th squad of the 7th company."

In most companies, the spearhead platoon and the spearhead squad are all in the 100s. The 7th company is an exception. The 4th squad is the well-deserved spearhead squad of the entire company, and no one can earn this.

Because that was fought by the 4th squad with the lives of 13 soldiers and the incompleteness of the heaven and earth, it is a real military exploit and achievement.

Which squad dares to say that it can fight against half of the Japanese infantry battalion with just one squad? And which squad dares to say that two people can stop hundreds of Japanese soldiers from attacking continuously for an hour, and one of them is a soldier with a broken leg and a blind eye?

But Class 4 did it, and the battle at Niangzi Pass was a miracle.

Moreover, Tu Yunsheng, who lost a leg, and Boss Cao, who lost an eye, did not retire because of the serious injury. They continued to participate in various battles afterwards and became captains and lieutenants.

What's even more amazing is that after that serious injury, as if God was taking care of them, in the next five years, these two never suffered a serious injury again.

Class 4 did not live up to the sacrifices of its predecessors. Although in the following years, some veterans died in battle or were seriously injured and retired or were promoted to other platoons and companies, the oldest recruit was Liu Adong, a former recruit. I also became the new monitor of Class 4 last year.

Of course, these stories were only heard by Luo Dahu after he entered Class 4. Every recruit who enters Class 4 will be shocked and infected by the stories of his seniors.

It is precisely because of this spiritual inheritance that the soldiers of Class 4 have never been cowards. Even the new recruits who have just left the training ground will not wet their pants like the soldiers in other companies when facing the fierce artillery fire.

Although that is actually very normal, as long as it is a living thing, there is no one who is not afraid of death. There has always been a joke in the Four Elements Group: "You don't have to worry about being scared to the point of peeing, as long as you are not scared to the point of poop!"

In fact, the Si Xing Regiment has always been very tolerant of new recruits. They have never been afraid of being shot on the battlefield to scare the monkeys. At worst, they will be considered unfit for combat and they will be withdrawn from active service.

That's because the members of the Four Elements Group are confident enough to believe that scrap metal will be smelted into fine steel when it reaches their big melting pot.

In fact, this is true. One person's bravery may lead a group of people, but what about a group of people who are brave and fearless? The will of the individual is a weak candle in the face of the power of the collective, and is coerced into a collective form almost instantly.

After seven years of war, the Four Elements Group has become what Tang Dao wanted it to be.

Even if the Four Elements Regiment was crippled in the Battle of Hengyang, as long as one-tenth of the people survive, the spirit and backbone of the Four Elements Regiment will still be there and can be rebuilt at any time. Even if the entire army is annihilated, what he left behind in the Taihang Mountains Those seeds can also reproduce this elite force.

The body can disappear, but the fearless spirit and will will last forever!

However, when the middle-aged Luo Dahu first arrived at his glorious infantry squad, he was not shocked by the stories of the veterans.

When Luo Dahu, led by squad leader A Dong, walked through the twists and turns of the trench to the artillery cave, he was dumbfounded when he looked at his comrades who stood up to welcome him.

During this period of time, he had worked on the 10th Preliminary Division for a week, and he knew to some extent the military ranks of the infantry squad and infantry platoon men.

In the 10th Preliminary Division, it would be good to have two or three sergeants in a squad. Most of them were just like him, either privates or first-class soldiers. There was no one like the squad he came from. Even a 20-year-old 'Dolls', all carrying the rank of Corporal.

What? Has the entire infantry squad achieved military exploits?

Seeing Luo Dahu staring blankly at the military rank on the collar badge, Adong, who has become the squad leader of the 4th squad, smiled slightly and introduced Luo Dahu one by one: "This is the deputy squad leader Sheng, from Licheng, Shanxi Province, with 4 years of military experience. , has achieved second-class military merit once, and has achieved third-level military merit once, with the rank of first-class sergeant major; this is a Muggle, from Sichuan Province, with 3 years of military service, and has achieved third-class military merit once, with the rank of sergeant."

Luo Dahu almost mechanically saluted these "veterans" who were either sergeants, sergeants or corporals at the lowest level, even the little guy named Xiao Shiba who had only green fur above his lips and a somewhat shy expression on his face.

The reason why he is called Xiao Shiba is because this young man whose family is in Henan Province had just turned 18 when he joined the army. If the regimental commander had not seen the skinny young man on the road and kindly gave him a bag of grain, The life of eighteen may not last until the age of eighteen.

But the seventeen-year-old boy waited until the person who rescued him was Tang Dao, the leader of the Four Elements Regiment. He actually relied on this bag of food to walk hundreds of kilometers into the fifth war zone, found the headquarters of the Four Elements Regiment and asked to join the army. Finally, he On my 18th birthday, I became a member of the Four Elements Group.

Shiba was originally a first-class soldier a week ago, but after rotating the 1st Battalion to the Huangchaling position, Shiba encountered his first actual combat in two years of joining the army. As a result, this soldier who was originally the only soldier in Class 4 who had never participated in actual combat became famous in one battle. , shot and killed 5 attacking Japanese soldiers, and killed 4 Japanese soldiers with cold shots in three days. The superior soldier with outstanding military achievements was promoted to corporal by the front line of fire, and he only wore the rank of corporal only two days before Luo Dahu arrived.

Luo Dahu's head was buzzing after listening to squad leader A Dong's introduction to the corporal who could almost be his son.

What kind of magical infantry squad does he have here? Just a few days to kill 9 people each. Based on this efficiency, how many Japanese must die before they are finished?

"Okay, now that we are all acquainted, Lao Luo will be handed over to Shiba. While the little devils have calmed down in the past two days, Shiba will take Lao Luo to familiarize himself with the environment of the position we are defending, and also conduct necessary operations on him. some training.

By the way, Lao Luo is a new recruit after all, so he should be careful about too dangerous training. "After Adong finished explaining, he turned around and went to the platoon headquarters.

In fact, Adong didn't pay much attention to the recruitment of new recruits. Two days ago, a brother who was a precision shooter was really unlucky. During a cold sniper attack with the Japanese army, he killed a Japanese soldier 400 meters away with one shot, but he was killed. The Japanese grenade launchers were ambushed, and six grenade launchers aimed at him and fired wildly in his direction. One shrapnel penetrated his thigh and almost severed an artery. He had to go to a field hospital for treatment, and then a new soldier came in.

However, although Class 4 now does not have the support soldiers specially equipped for Tu Yunsheng, the special establishment is still retained. At full capacity, it still reaches 20 people. The loss of one precision shooter does not have a great impact on the combat effectiveness of Class 4.

On the contrary, when new recruits arrive, they have to be trained and have to take care of their safety, which is really a drag.

Adong thought about looking for Platoon Leader Cao again, or arrange Luo Dahu, who has good physical fitness, to the firepower squad. Even if he can't go into battle and kill the enemy immediately, he can still move ammunition with his brute force, right?

Luo Dahu didn't know that he had become a burden in the mind of squad leader Adong. He was eager to try when he first joined the army! His comrades are so awesome, he must not hold them back, right?

The most important thing is that when he heard that Shi Ba became a corporal, his military salary plus allowance exceeded 20 silver dollars, and a few days ago he was awarded a bonus of 45 silver dollars for killing 9 Japanese soldiers. The eyes of the middle-aged man who dreamed every day about how to earn living expenses for his wife and children were all green.

It turns out that the head of the devil is not a head, but a silver dollar. Shouldn't this be called a big devil head?

"Brother Eighteen, you tell me how to train. Although I am older than you, I am your soldier now. You tell me how to train, as long as I can kill the devils and earn the most money." Luo Dahu was able to survive the war with his wife and children. He was smart. Although Eighteen was much younger than him, he also put his position very straight and said that he would absolutely obey the orders of the 20-year-old.

"Brother Hu, you are a new soldier, but you are not a newcomer on the battlefield. After all, you have been in Hengyang for a month and have felt what the devils' artillery bombardment is like. However, this battlefield is not just about artillery bombardment, there are more terrifying things than that. How about we practice courage first?" Eighteen replied with a chuckle.

"Does courage need to be trained?" Luo Dahu was stunned and somewhat disapproving.

He fled from his hometown to Hengyang to escape the war. He has been traveling for several years. What has he not seen on the road? Not to mention the various strange corpses left after the two armies fought, even the Japanese massacres of civilians were witnessed twice. The bloody scene was really horrible. Didn’t he survive in the woods?

Not to mention some incomplete corpses on the road. The flesh on the thighs and arms was obviously cut off by sharp weapons. Just thinking about the result can make normal people crazy.

"According to the practice of our 4th class, new guns will be issued, but if an enemy gun can be seized before that, it will be recorded in the class log." Eighteen continued.

"How to seize? The devils are not coming, and I don’t have a gun now?" Luo Dahu was a little confused.

"If you can’t get a living person, can’t you get a dead one? Do you see the deep trench in front?" Eighteen smiled and pointed forward. "There are so many dead Japanese in there. We don't have time to get back many rifles. You can go and look for them in the evening. It's easy to get a Japanese rifle."

"That's easy. Watch me in the evening." Luo Dahu patted his strong chest, his face full of confidence.

Confident Luo Dahu didn't know that there were more than 20 recruits who were tricked into searching for guns in the 2,000-meter-long trench that day.

And among these 20 recruits, no more than 5 people could bring back a complete gun like Luo Dahu.

Because almost no one could stay in this deep trench that could be called hell for more than 10 minutes.

Not only were there all kinds of rotten maggots or giant corpses in the deep trench, but it was also not that walking in such a pile of corpses with a lantern in the dark would be extremely terrifying.

But it was really smelly in there. Even if they wore long leather shoes as required and tied towels soaked in medicine on their faces, the strong stench of corpses could still make their heads dizzy.

The 1st Battalion fought fiercely here for 20 days, and at least 3,000 Japanese soldiers died in the deep trench. Although in the early stage, because the smell was too bad and they were worried about the epidemic, Leng Feng ordered gasoline to be thrown into the trench and burned, and a considerable part of it was burned.

But the Japanese continued to put a lot of "materials" in it, and later the 1st Battalion was lying flat and rotten. There was only so much fuel, not enough for themselves, so there was no extra to burn the bodies, so they just let it go.

When the 3rd Battalion took over the position, Li Jiujin was even more fierce, saying that there was no need to worry about it. The dirtier and more disgusting the deep trench was, the better. The Japanese might jump in and be disgusted to death, and it would save bullets.

You can imagine that when people walk in this deep trench, the light shines on the hideous corpses, the nose is filled with strong stench, and the feet feel slippery and soft from time to time.

Moreover, the old soldiers who led the recruits to the deep trench over the cliffs repeatedly warned that this is a battlefield, and they might run into the Japanese who come over.

The nerves were almost broken, and they had to use their hands to search the corpses for the complete rifle that was not collected in time. Those who could persist in completing this task were at least strong in terms of psychological quality.

Luo Dahu succeeded, but he almost vomited all the bile when he came back, and he didn't eat a piece of meat for three days even though he loved meat so much.

That night, he saw meat that he had never seen in his life, right at his feet, everywhere.

"Brother Hu, this is the essence of the battlefield, death is not everything. If we lose the battle and no one restrains, we will become like that." Eighteen said extremely cruel words, but his young face was calm.

Luo Dahu and the new recruits of the 3rd Battalion collectively shook their heads desperately in their hearts. No one would want this kind of ending that any creature would hate to fall on their heads.

If you don't want this kind of ending, you can only defeat the Japanese.

Perhaps, that is the last bit of dignity of being born as a human being!

The 3rd Battalion used the simplest and most direct but extremely vivid battlefield to teach its new recruits a lesson that they will remember for a lifetime!

That is, what is a battlefield!

Death is not the final end!

The final dignity is being eaten away bit by bit by the surge of maggots.