Chapter 1285: Give merit (2)
The army queue is mainly divided into three parts.
The Independent Regiment has the smallest number, centered; the 17th Division has a slightly larger number, left; the 12th Division has the largest number, right.
New recruits, veterans, and more than 40,000 troops stood solemnly on this rare wilderness in the mountains, feeling the warm sunshine and the gentle mountain wind, looking straight ahead.
Not far from them, a wooden terrace built with dozens of logs was built along the mountain. Even though there was no one on it, there was only a microphone standing, their eyes were still solemn and fierce when they looked at it.
It is fiery because they all hope to climb to the wooden platform where they won military merits, which is the supreme glory of soldiers.
It is solemn because three miles behind the wooden platform is the towering main peak of Xuehua Mountain. The battles on the front line have been reported. The entire army was destroyed, but no one retreated. The only surviving soldier crawled out of the pile of corpses and spent a day and night to retrieve the troops and demand to continue participating in the war.
This kind of fighting spirit that is terrible is also a glory. Even if they just look at their positions from afar, they do not have a solemn look, which is not enough to express their tribute to their fellow soldiers.
"The whole army stood at attention..." A loud voice that was almost roaring came from the front row of the queue.
After several sounds of "swish!swish!swish", more than 40,000 people stood intently.
Because there are more than 4,000 new recruits who have just joined the army and various units have different training, and because the voices of etiquette officials are not enough to reach that far, although the sounds of trousers rubbing legs are far less than those of later generations, the momentum of more than 40,000 soldiers standing at attention almost at the same time is still very powerful.
The recruits felt this atmosphere. Although they had only joined the army for one day and had not even had the chance to train their military posture for a day, they were still holding their breath and imitating the appearance of the veterans around them, and with their legs raised their heads and chests, they tried hard to stand up straighter.
These little novices don't know that if they stand in their way, they will be weak and weak in less than ten minutes and it will be difficult for them to maintain this solemn position.
Military posture is a subject that must be practiced in military training. What tests is the determination to obey orders and the perseverance of will. It is not like the new recruits think now, but just to look good.
However, the veterans would not remind these new recruits that they all came from the new recruit period and understood one thing very well. It would be better to let him experience it yourself if he had to do something to teach. Just like the battlefield, only new recruits who survived from the battlefield are qualified to become veterans. Otherwise, no matter how long they were taught, they would still be new recruits.
The Infantry Tradition can tell you how to dig trenches and identify what postures are used to avoid shells, but it will never teach you how to survive in the rain of bullets and artillery fire.
From right to left, three officers came over.
Three officers walked side by side, two lieutenant generals and one army colonel.
Although a colonel seemed a bit abrupt among the two lieutenant generals, it was natural for the 40,000 army of new and old.
As the chief officer of the independent regiment, one of the three troops involved in this battle, Colonel Liu himself has this qualification. If he is coupled with the title of deputy commander-in-chief of the Joint Command, he will be even more qualified to appear here. Moreover, the chief officers of the two divisions have never concealed that the battle in Ling Pizhou East was completed with the advice of Colonel Liu, who had the lowest military rank.
Following closely behind, Liu Dazhu, the battalion commander of the bayonet battalion of the Independent Regiment, who was the etiquette officer, was wearing a formal dark blue major uniform of the kingdom army and looked forward side by side with the two continental lieutenant generals. While the affection of Hu Hao flashed in his eyes, he was filled with a pride of storm and shouted loudly with a loud voice that penetrated the sky: "Salute the whole army."
I heard the few sounds of "swish!swish!swish!" directly.
Starting from the front rows to the back row, row after row of soldiers raised their right arms.
The three of them also raised their arms and changed their behavior, headed by the Iron Commander and Liu Lang's lined up and looked back at the same time, and returned the salute to their troops under their command.
Except for the almost consistent sound of the three people walking and the breathing of tens of thousands of people, there was no other sound in the entire venue.
There was no other language. The soldiers held high his arms and looked at their generals and colonels with all their attention. The generals and colonels also held high his arms and looked at their soldiers. It was just a special language in the army, and both the generals and soldiers understood it.
This is a tribute to victory and a tribute to comrades, whether alive or dead.
Until he reached the far left wing of the 17th Division, Liu Dazhu shouted loudly: "The ceremony was over!"
All the soldiers put down their arms and looked excitedly as the three people who also put down their arms walked towards the empty rostrum with only one vertical microphone.
Although the above is empty now, everyone knows that it is about to be covered with glory.
The three of them stood on the stage and faced the 40,000 army.
The Iron Commander first stood in front of the microphone, and his eyes were patrolling from the far right to the far left side for a week, with a smile on his face: "The whole army is all, rest!"
"The victory in Lingpizhou East has spread all over the country. Forty million of my compatriots are congratulating the hundreds of thousands of troops on the eastern front of Lingpizhou. You are worthy of being the army of my kingdom and the backbone of my nation. Commander Liu and I are both proud of you."
"Boom!" The applause from the audience was thunderous.
"So today we are here to award military medals to the soldiers who have won military merits in the Battle of Lingpizhou East. I hope that the rest of the soldiers should take them as role models and fight bravely to the enemy. After the next battle, I can also put military medals on you." After the applause gradually subsided, Commander Iron continued to say. "But before issuing military medals, we cannot forget those soldiers who died in the battle, who have paid the price of their lives for victory, and can no longer lead the military medals in person."
After saying that, he stood on the side of the microphone.
"Take off your hat and pay tribute to your sacrificial comrades." Liu Dazhu's loud voice sounded again.
The whole audience took off their hats and lowered their heads.
"I fire my gun, and I hope that my comrades will not be far away, and I will celebrate the victory with us."
On the surrounding mountains, a whole infantry regiment of guards raised their guns and pointed them into the sky.
The constant "bang bang" gunshots almost returned to the battlefield where bullets were raining in the air a few days ago.
At this moment, many people's lowered eyes were filled with thick water.
Yes! They stand here to earn meritorious service and receive awards, and can enjoy the glory brought by victory and military achievements, but what about those dead comrades? They can't see it.
"Silence is over!"
"Please ask the teacher to give me a lecture!"
"I won't say much else, I just want to take this opportunity to tell the entire army that the mountains and rivers are broken and the shame of the people's suffering will be washed away by blood. If we can protect our kingdom, what if we all died here?" I was only 45 years old, but I still couldn't hide the yellow and blue wind blowing on my temples.
There were also tears in my eyes.
Obviously, Liu Lang chose the entire 102nd Regiment of the 17th Division in Xuehua Mountain as a place to teach me the blood, and the previous gunfire tribute still aroused the sadness of the lieutenant general.
After all, here, his 17th Division almost lost an infantry regiment. In Jiangrui Mountain, which is only a dozen miles apart, he almost lost an infantry brigade. More than 5,000 Leng Wa from Fuhongzhou died in the land where he stood.
Looking from his command center, the dark blue figure almost covered the entire mountainous mountains of Xianlu Mountain. How could he not turn his hair into a hair overnight?
Many of the soldiers belonging to the 17th Division below were also in tears. Obviously, their mood at this moment was the same as their general.
"We are not afraid of sacrifice, and we can welcome victory. Now, we can destroy the enemy's 20th Division, in the future, we can destroy more Black Hawk Empire people. I, Huang Lanfeng, swear here that I will not return home if I don't drive away the Black Hawk Empire army. If one day I die in battle, I will bury my body at the foot of this mountain." Huang Lanfeng continued. "I would also ask all the officers and soldiers of the army to fight bravely, make new contributions, and defend my country. Now I would like to ask the Commander Liu to give a lecture. He will announce the list of soldiers who have won various military merits in this battle on behalf of the Joint Command."
Liu Lang first saluted the military salute to Huang Lanfeng and Tie Commander who were standing aside, and then stood in front of the microphone. He did not pick up the list of meritorious decrees that had been held in his hand and started reciting. Instead, he rolled it up first, looked at the entire army in awe, and said, "I chose the address of the venue for meritorious decrees today. Do you know why?"
"Yes, it's the same as you think." Liu Lang turned sideways slightly and stared at the main peak of Xuehua Mountain behind him. "Because this is the most casualties in the entire army on the eastern front of Pizhou in my Ling, but even if the entire army was killed, it had never taken a step back. The 144th brothers from the 5th Company of the 102nd Regiment of the 17th Division were there. Their tomb was made of anti-cannon holes. But there were only 113 people there. Because 31 of the other 32 people who buried them were buried were buried by artillery fire.
That was actually not the first time I heard that someone reported to my commander with flags. The position was about to fall. Please fire at me. My Independent Regiment's death death was so heroic on the ancient mountain where the battle of the ancient city was. That night, I sat on the hill and looked at their positions all night, my heart was like a knife.
But I dared to die, at least one month ago, and I could hide in the underground tunnel that I had dug a month ago. Although the casualties in the end were as high as 80%, I still survived more than 30. However, the 5th Company had nothing but the trenches. The only anti-cannon hole was regarded as the tomb of the sacrificed comrades. It was blown up before that moment and could not be violated by the Black Hawk Empire Army.
Then, they purely welcomed hundreds of bomb rains from enemies with their flesh and blood. At the last moment of their lives, they chose to integrate with the beautiful mountains and rivers of the motherland.
They are heroes who are not afraid of death, and are real soldiers of the kingdom. So, I chose here to grant military merits to the entire army and pay tribute to them. Otherwise, I don’t know how to express my respect to my sacrificed comrades.”
After saying that, Liu Lang put his legs together and saluted in a very solemn and solemn manner towards the main peak of Xuehua Mountain.
"salute!"
The whole army saluted again.
Last time, it was against their chief officer.
This time, it was against their comrades.
Even if the comrades-in-arms have been asleep! Even if the comrades-in-arms have been asleep! But they hope that they can still hear and see.
"Company Commander, platoon leader, brother-in-law, brother-in-law! Have you seen it? The commander is saluting you, and tens of thousands of brothers are saluting you. You are not worth it, it's worth it?" The watermelon tears were pouring.
But, the body is straight.
He is the brothers who can no longer give him a gift.
Chapter completed!