nucmednet Chapter 118 Returning Home in Glory 4
Chapter 118 Returning Home in Glory 4
When he woke up, the sky was just getting light. Tie Niu felt that this was the most peaceful sleep he had had since his parents passed away, even though he only slept for less than 6 hours.
After getting up, Tie Niu opened his bag and took out the toiletries distributed on the construction site.
There was an enamel teacup with a toothbrush, a tube of toothpaste, and a bar of soap in it!
When we arrived at the familiar old well in the village, the farmers had already gotten up and many of them had gone to work in the fields.
"Uncle!" A group of children were washing their faces around the well, but they were obviously very impatient. They just hastily scooped a handful of water from the wooden bucket and smeared it on their little faces.
Tieniu smiled at the children and greeted some villagers around him. When everyone saw Tieniu using a toothbrush with toothpaste to brush his mouth, his mouth was full of foam.
The children gathered in a circle on the sidelines as if watching a foreign spectacle. Some of the elders knew what the iron ox was using.
This is something that only rich people can afford. It seems that Zhao Tieniu is really rich. And the soap used for washing face smells so fragrant.
In the morning, after Tie Niu finished drinking millet porridge at Dagang's house, he and a few others helped to pick up tools and paper money and walked towards the grave of his parents.
Time passed unknowingly and it was already the third day. On this day, his aunt brought a matchmaker to Tie Niu's house.
Although Tie Niu's house is already dilapidated, after the contact over the past few days, the whole village is saying that Tie Niu has made a fortune this time.
He is now following Commander Wang for meals and will settle down in Shaanxi Province in the future. He said he plans to buy a house there.
It’s just that the new house is still under construction and cannot be purchased for the time being. It is also impossible to have pre-sale houses in this era.
The girl's aunt married into their Zhaojia Village. Seeing that Tie Niu was no longer the idler he used to be, she brought him back this time to distribute to the villagers. Together with Dagang's family, they had more than ten dollars.
Dagang's family is so lucky. Didn't you see that Xiaoqin has been smiling like a flower these days? His little monkey kid is actually wearing clothes and shoes.
If you have money, everyone will respect you! Society is very realistic and has been like this since ancient times.
In the afternoon, Tie Niu, led by his aunt, took some gifts and went to Lijiazhuang, five miles away from here.
When he saw the little girl who would blush after looking at her for a while, it turned out that the girl was only 17 years old. Tie Niu felt that he was not worthy of her at first.
After all, he was ten years older than her and was afraid that she would not be willing. However, he had no idea that the marriage had been settled the moment Old Man Li took the gift from Tie Niu.
Tie Niu actually wants to marry a good wife and live a good life. Now he is no longer the lazy man he used to be.
He spent two dollars on this gift for his first visit. You would never see such a gift in an ordinary family.
In the end, both parties were naturally happy. Although Tie Niu became a little darker, he became much stronger after working for several months, and his clothes were obviously different from those of the mountain people.
He looks like a city person. Farmers of this era are all tanned darkly. The girl is very satisfied with this dark-faced man. It would be even better if he was a few years younger.
After the marriage was finalized, they decided to get married during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Before Tie Niu left, he left five dollars as a betrothal gift!
Old Li refused for a long time, but finally accepted it with no choice. After Tie Niu left, the neighbors all sighed that Li Erya was a lucky person.
When Tie Niu returned, he was no longer alone, but with a group of more than a dozen people, including his future brother-in-law.
After hearing about Tie Niu's experience, Li's family insisted that Tie Niu take his future brother-in-law with him. They didn't ask for 20 yuan a month, but if they could get or yuan, their family's life would see a qualitative leap.
From then on, Zhao Tieniu became the foreman of their group and later formed his own engineering team.
Time has unknowingly come to June, and the hot summer is about to arrive again. The depressing atmosphere on the North China Plain makes both China and Japan feel a little breathless.
The Chinese army, especially the expanded 78th Army, needed time to digest and complete the replacement of equipment, while the Japanese army needed to wait for reinforcements from the country and the Kwantung Army.
The Chinese battlefield fell into an eerie calm, but everyone knew that this was the last moment before the war.
The Japanese army assembled nearly 11 divisions, a tank division, and a heavy artillery brigade in North China.
The tank division was equipped with Type 3 tanks and a small number of Panther tanks provided by its German allies.
However, after arriving in Japan, it was domestically produced and turned into Type 3 and Type 4 tanks.
这个战车师团被寄予厚望，拥有包括120辆三式、40辆四式，外加100余辆95、97坦克。
The Japanese military hoped that this armored force, which carried the empire's strongest legion, could defeat the arrogant armored forces of the Chinese 78th Army on the North China Plain.
For this purpose, they specially transferred one of the few heavy artillery brigades from outside the Great Wall to North China.
这个重炮旅团甚至装备了203毫米的重炮12门，150口径的重型榴弹炮也有32门，外加几十门105、75毫米火炮。
At the same time, it was equipped with 200mm vehicle-mounted heavy mortars, and cooperated with nearly 20 Japanese ground forces, 30 Imperial Army, and nearly 400 fighter planes of various types. This time, the Japanese army hoped to wipe out the Chinese 78th Army in one fell swoop.
Only in this way can they regain the initiative on the Chinese battlefield. The empire is now unable to support fighting on two fronts and at the same time avenge the death of the First Blood Crown Prince.
If we can destroy China's strongest 78th Army this time, the blow to the Chinese government forces will be unprecedentedly huge.
At that time, a part of the occupation can be appropriately given up. As long as North China and Manchukuo are preserved, the empire can reach a reconciliation with the Chinese government.
A lot of things happened in these few months. First of all, the main force of the Japanese First Army was severely damaged.
After holding out for a month and a half, the Japanese troops in TaiY chose to break out with no reinforcements outside and no food inside.
The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's strength had declined so significantly that the Japanese army was unable to capture them when they forced a breakout.
Of course, the Japanese army did not leave intact. The first counterattack, which lasted for three months, ended with the Chinese army liberating the entire Shanxi Province.
The Chinese people were naturally delighted, and more and more people took to the streets, hoping that the National Government would continue to launch a strategic counterattack and drive the Japanese army out of China as soon as possible.
The National Government was very satisfied with the results of this first counterattack, although most of the territory of Shanxi Province fell into the hands of Yan Xishan and the 78th Army.
But the National Government did not suffer any loss. The Central Army commanded by Wei Lihuang took control of almost the entire southern region.
The current situation is that the 78th Army occupies the north, Yan Xishan's Shanxi-Suiyuan Army occupies the central part, and the National Government controls the south.
Of course, this refers to large towns. Most of the rural areas are in the hands of the Red Party, and the main areas are in the central and southern parts.
In order to respond to the people's growing calls for a counterattack, the Nationalist government announced loudly that the next phase of the counterattack would still be led by the Second War Zone and the First War Zone.
At the same time, the Fifth War Zone will also get involved. In this strategic counterattack, the National Army will dispatch more than 120 million troops to launch a decisive battle with the Japanese North China Expeditionary Force!
Once the news was announced, the whole country once again fell into unprecedented excitement, with three war zones participating in the strategic counter-offensive with more than 120 million troops.
These figures have attracted everyone's attention, but anyone with common sense knows that this is just a propaganda tool of the Kuomintang government.