nucmednet Chapter 274 The funeral of the Tiger Guard soldiers!
Chapter 274 The funeral of the Tiger Guard soldiers!
"My dear nephew, this is all Uncle Sun's fault. Uncle Sun is too late!" Sun Chu said with a serious expression as he walked in front of Zhou Weimin.
"Uncle Sun, if you have anything to say, we can talk later. Let me see my brothers off first." After hearing what Sun Chu said, Zhou Weimin said directly to Sun Chu.
"Of course, this is what I should do." Sun Chu said quickly. Sun Chu still knew the priorities.
"boom!"
A burst of orderly gunfire rang out in the cemetery.
"Put away your gun..."
"Ready...fire!"
"boom......"
"Ready...fire!"
One hundred and twenty soldiers divided into two rows at the command of their officers and fired guns into the sky. In this way, they were bidding farewell to their former comrades.
“Beep…beep…beep, beep…beep, beep…”
When the gunfire stopped, the bugler picked up the bugle and blew the lights-out horn. The low sound of the lights-out horn seemed particularly solemn.
At this time, the soldiers standing on both sides of the tomb slowly loosened the ropes and placed the coffin into the cemetery.
As the coffin was covered with yellow earth, heart-wrenching cries rang out again among the crowd.
As the lights-out signal sounded in a low and solemn manner, six soldiers standing beside the coffin simultaneously raised the flag covering the coffin with their white-gloved hands.
This flag is still the flag of the Central Army, because the Huben Army does not have its own flag.
The soldiers gently folded the flag along the center line and, following the standard flag-folding steps, stood on both sides of the coffin with six hands crossed, gently folding the flag into a triangle.
The leading soldier folded the flag into a triangle with his arms folded and held it against his chest, then slowly walked towards an old woman with tears on her face and a young woman holding a child who were standing next to him.
The young woman holding the child was crying softly.
Seeing the soldier walking towards them, his lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.
The soldier stopped in front of them and said slowly in a low voice: "This flag is dedicated to you in the name of a grateful country and the Tiger Guards!"
"This flag expresses the gratitude of the entire nation and the Tiger Guards for the honorable, loyal, and honorable service your son has rendered to his country."
The soldier in a neat dress uniform held the flag and bent down towards the old mother.
The soldier's voice trembled a little, as if he was thinking of his comrades who had fought bloody battles with him at Langkou Pass a few days ago and shared life and death with him.
The hands holding the flag were shaking a little. If you look closely, you will find that the soldier is actually injured.
The old man stretched out his trembling hands and stroked the silk flag, as if he saw his son's honest smile.
Behind her, the baby in swaddling clothes suddenly burst into tears, as if he also knew that he had lost his father.
Zhou Weimin used this farewell method based on the later generations' Eagle Sauce method. Although the Eagle Sauce method has many faults, it still does a pretty good job in this aspect.
Because this method is very effective in consolidating the will and sense of honor of the army.
In this ambush by the Japanese, almost all the soldiers guarding Zhou Weimin were wiped out, most of whom were veterans.
Of course there are some outstanding recruits.
The families of the veterans are basically not in Jin, but the families of the new recruits are mostly in Jin, and even in northwest Shanxi.
Therefore, Xu Hu sent people to ask the families of the new recruits for their opinions in advance, and the vast majority of them agreed to bury their loved ones in this cemetery.
Only a few people insist on burying their relatives in the ancestral tomb.
For those who insist on burying their relatives in the ancestral tomb, the Tiger Guards are also willing, but the names of these soldiers will still be engraved in the Martyrs' Shrine.
Sun Chu, Brigade Commander Chen, Kong Jie and others, who saw this kind of funeral for the first time, felt sad, shocked and a little envious.
What makes me sad is the situation of the soldiers in my unit after they sacrificed their lives.
What was shocking was that I didn't expect Zhou Weimin would spend so much effort for ordinary soldiers.
What these soldiers envied was that they met Zhou Weimin and had the opportunity to enter the cemetery.
At this moment, both the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Eighth Route Army were thinking in their hearts, isn’t such a funeral exactly what an idealistic and ambitious soldier dreams of?
But looking at China today, it is not easy for ordinary soldiers to have such a funeral.
Only the soldiers of the Huben Army would receive such treatment.
The funeral lasted for half a day and it was already noon when it ended.
Zhou Weimin invited Sun Chu, Brigade Commander Chen, Kong Jie and others to go to the canteen together and asked the canteen to prepare several tables of banquets.
Zhou Weimin, Chief of Staff Shen Fei, Sun Chu, Sun Chu's adjutant, Brigade Commander Chen, and Kong Jie sat at a table.
As for Wang Dali, Liu Feng, Wu Qianli, Sun Hu and others, they returned to the hospital after attending the funeral.
Before the food and wine were served, Sun Chu couldn't wait to speak. He raised his wine glass to Zhou Weimin and said, "Weimin, I want to say a few words before the meal begins."
"I came here at the request of Commander Yan to apologize to you on his behalf."
"You were attacked this time because there was a traitor within our Jinsui Army. The defenders at Langkou Pass rebelled."
"Commander Yan was furious when he learned of this and has ordered our Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to wipe out this rebel army with all its might."
"At present, our Shanxi-Suiyuan Army has tracked down the news of this rebel group. I believe that it will be eliminated in a few days."
"Of course, destroying this rebel army won't make up for your losses, so Commander Yan said."
"Wei Min, if you have any requests, you can ask for them. As long as Commander Yan can do it, Commander Yan will agree to it."
After Sun Chu finished speaking, Brigade Commander Chen and Kong Jie looked at each other, and both saw a little worry in their eyes.
Because neither Brigade Commander Chen nor Kong Jie had expected that Commander Yan would be so generous and care so much about the relationship between the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Huben Army.
You should know that the more prestigious a person is, the less likely he is to make promises easily, but once he makes a promise, he will definitely keep it.
In fact, not only Brigade Commander Chen and Kong Jie did not expect it, even Zhou Weimin and Chief of Staff Shen Fei did not expect that Commander Yan would be so generous.
What Zhou Weimin needs most at the moment is the staffing issue.
You have to know that Zhou Weimin is just a division commander now, and the strength of a division is at most 30,000 to 40,000 people.
Originally, Zhou Weimin thought that after the battle of Chidong County, the Central Army would give the Huben Division an army organization.
But I don’t know if it was because Zhou Weimin didn’t listen to the old man, the old man didn’t give Zhou Weimin any reward at all.
No, if I gave it to you, it would just be a few verbal rewards.
Now that the Tiger Guard Division is going to expand, it needs a new organization. Originally, Zhou Weimin was planning to let Chief of Staff Shen Fei go to the mountain city.
But now it seems that it is not necessary, because Commander Yan also has a staffing position.