Chapter 69: Righteousness Does Not Allow Refusal! Seeking Recommendation Tickets!

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  Shenjia Bridge, outside the headquarters of the 88th Division.

  A lieutenant-colonel rank officer hastily walked towards the division headquarters with a look of urgency.

  Inside the division headquarters, the commander of the 88th Division, Sun Yuanliang, was fully armed and wearing a steel helmet, holding a German-made MP18 submachine gun. He looked sternly at his deputy commander, Feng Shengfa, and said: "Deputy Commander Feng, I'm leaving you in charge of defending the division headquarters. Just now, we received news from the front line that the Japanese army has launched a fierce counterattack on the 11th Division and our combined forces. The situation is critical at the front line, and I will lead the guard company to the front line to direct the battle. If I'm unfortunately killed in action, you will take over command of the troops and fight the enemy to the end."

  "Master! I'll go instead, you stay and guard the sect." Feng Sheng Fa persuaded with a bitter tone.

  Just then, the lieutenant colonel deputy officer walked in quickly and stood at attention, reporting: "Commander, Deputy Commander!"

  "What's wrong?" Sun Yuanliang asked, raising his head.

  The First Battalion of the First Regiment, which was besieged by the Japanese army in Gongda Fabric Factory, has been successfully rescued by the Eleventh Division.

  "Really? Where are they now?" Sun Yuanliang and Feng Shengfa asked in unison with a tone of excitement.

  "Yes! They came with me, and I ran back ahead of time to report to the superior officer. I reckon they should have arrived by now." The lieutenant colonel nodded.

  "That's great!" Sun Yuanliang exclaimed with joy: "Vice-Commander Feng, let's go and personally welcome the hero back in triumph."

  "Hmm!" Feng Shengfa nodded and followed Sun Yuanliang out of the division headquarters with big strides.

  A line of people had just walked out and didn't go far before seeing a dozen or so teams that were slowly moving forward, supporting each other.

  As the crowd approached, the joyful expressions on Sun Yuanliang and others' faces had disappeared. The dozen or so National Army officers and soldiers in front of them were tattered and bruised, with wounds all over their bodies, looking extremely disheveled. However, from their faces, one could see the tenacity and determination of these defeated and battered troops.

  Looking at Zhang Xinghan and the surviving officers and soldiers, Sun Yuanliang found it hard to imagine that this was once a powerful and majestic army representing the National Government and the military.

  But the gap between now and then also indirectly confirms that as one of the most elite troops in the national army, they have experienced what kind of bloody battles and what kind of baptism.

  Gradually, the shock in Sun Yuanliang and others' eyes was replaced by reverence. Under Sun Yuanliang's lead, everyone stood up straight and gave a standard military salute with a crisp "crack".

  "Brothers! Well done! Welcome back on your triumphant return!"

  Zhang Xinghan and Zhou Wei also returned the salute. This was not Zhang Xinghan's first meeting with General Sun Yuanliang, and he was extremely exhausted at this time. The several soldiers behind him who were seriously injured continued to receive treatment. After the ceremony, he immediately requested: "General Sun, I have a few brothers who are seriously injured. Can you arrange for them to be sent to the hospital in the rear for treatment?"

  "No problem!" Sun Yuanliang replied with a smile, and immediately turned his head to order: "Deputy Officer Wang, take the men to send all the injured brothers to the division's field hospital immediately, hurry up!"

  "Yes!" The deputy officer with the surname Wang responded loudly, and led several soldiers to step forward, placing the wounded soldiers on a simple stretcher and lifting them up to leave.

  "Thank you, Director Sun!" Zhang Xing said loudly.

  Sun Yuanliang was about to speak when a communications soldier rushed over from afar, out of breath and hastily reported: "Commander! The front line is in urgent need of support! The 11th Division has also been subjected to a powerful counterattack by the Japanese army, requesting reinforcements!"

  Sun Yuanliang heard this, his face suddenly turned solemn, and he immediately ordered: "Pass on my order, all troops resist with all their might! Without orders, it is absolutely not allowed to retreat one step. Anyone who dares to withdraw without permission and loses ground will be dealt with by military law!"

  "Yes!" The communications soldier stood at attention and saluted with a crisp "click", then turned around and quickly walked away.

  Seeing the signal soldier leave, Sun Yuanliang turned to Deputy Commander Feng Shengfa and said: "Deputy Commander Feng, take a company of brothers to rest and send them back to the rear headquarters of the Group Army." After finishing speaking, he turned to Zhang Xinghan and others and said: "Xinghan, brothers, you have worked hard, hurry up and rest. The First Instructional Regiment has already expanded in the rear, and you can also return to your unit."

  As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Zhang Xinghan and others to respond, he shouted loudly: "Guard company, follow me! Anyone who is found to have withdrawn from their position without authorization will be shot on the spot. Without orders, absolutely do not take a step back!"

  "Yes!" More than 200 well-equipped guards responded in unison.

  "Hold on!" Zhang Xinghan stepped forward to stop him.

  "What's wrong, Xing Han?" Sun Yuanliang stopped and turned his head to ask.

  "Director Sun, I am willing to follow you to the front line and fight against the enemy for our country!" Zhang Xinghan said with a firm expression. Originally, Zhang Xinghan was extremely exhausted, but when he heard that tens of thousands of national soldiers had just regained their positions after bloody battles and were once again in danger, his sense of responsibility as a soldier told him that he could not retreat, he must fight on, no matter how tired he was. As long as the enemy did not withdraw, his life would not stop, he would continue to fight until his last breath.

  "We are willing too!" Zhou Wei and several others chimed in unison. Seeing that Lian Zhang was unwilling to retreat, how could this group of iron-clad men bear to leave alone?

  "But you have been fighting fiercely with the enemy for two days and two nights, shouldn't you go down to rest?" Sun Yuanliang advised kindly: "Brothers, your hearts are pure and dedicated to protecting the country, I can understand. You should still go down and take a good rest before fighting again!"

  "Director Sun, today the enemy is increasing its troops in Shanghai, and Songhu is in a precarious situation. If Songhu falls, Nanjing will be in danger! At this time, soldiers from all over the country are eager to go into battle and rush to the front line. As soldiers of the party and state, how can we retreat at this critical moment? Our determination has been made, we have decided to stay behind and fight to the death with the enemy for our nation, for our country, even if it means shedding every last drop of blood! Please, Director Sun, grant us this wish." Zhang Xinghan said resolutely.

  "Please, Director Sun, fulfill your promise!" The crowd echoed in unison.

  "Good!" Sun Yuanliang's eyes gleamed as he scanned each of them, his voice filled with excitement: "You are indeed the soldiers of the Party and the nation, you are indeed the elite from Huangpu! I approve! Today, we will fight to the end, no one can defeat us. From now on, we will fight side by side, without orders from above, no one is allowed to retreat!"

  "Yes!" Zhang Xinghan and the surrounding officials and soldiers responded in unison.

  "Guards, issue them guns and ammunition, everyone has one, follow me!" Sun Yuanliang pulled the bolt of his submachine gun with a loud clang, giving the order in an unexpectedly calm tone.

  Zhang Xinghan took over a standard-issue rifle, pulled the bolt back and chambered a round, then followed Sun Weizhong, Sun Siwei and others as they charged forward with Commander Sun Yuanliang.

  ………

  "Brothers! Recommendation ticket support! I'm about to be squeezed off the list! I'll go code again, striving for two updates tomorrow! Thank you!"