Chapter 6: The Great Wall Ballad (Part 2)
From that moment on, for several days in a row, the debate about "how many holes are there in a woman's private parts" became the hottest topic in the second company of the first battalion of the special forces. The old soldiers were keen to ask questions, showing off their maturity. The new recruits were happy to participate, wanting to understand the most mysterious place in their hearts. Later on, this topic actually became one of the important ways to distinguish between new and old soldiers, "Do you know how many holes are there in a woman's private parts? Don't know, huh, little guy! Help me wipe it clean, and I'll tell you!"
"Do you know how many holes a woman has down there? You do, huh? Then do you know what each hole looks like? Don't know, right? Little brat! Help me wipe it clean and I'll tell you!"
Every time he saw his comrades gathering together, discussing with gusto, Zhang Songling's scalp would feel numb. However, he was powerless to stop it. In the barracks where only female mosquitoes wanted to catch and study whether they had double eyelids, women were originally the most popular topic of discussion among the troops. It was like those monks in the temple who had eaten meat before, couldn't help but want to eat again. And those who had never known what meat looked like, were full of curiosity, wanting to understand through their seniors' mouths, what the legendary flavor of meat was.
Finally, Liao Wenhua has returned to his usual self and become even more outrageous. As long as he gets the chance, he'll steer the conversation towards women. You, Zhang Shouzhen, aren't exactly overflowing with culture yourself, are you? Alright, I won't compete with you over who's more cultured; let's see who can be more obscene instead! If you're so capable, why don't you turn those soldiers under your command, who can't even write their own names, into cultured individuals? Have them discuss ideals and the nation with you every day, recite poetry and songs! Let's see whose ideals, nation, and poetry are more captivating - yours or my dirty jokes!
Obviously, the winner is Liao Wen Hua. The brothers respect Zhang but know they are not on the same path as him. On the other hand, Liao, who is full of dirty jokes, says things that are more to everyone's taste and makes them feel closer.
Zhang Songling was forced to have no way, almost ready to take the purse into Handan City, to find a Qinglou woman to guide and supplement some knowledge about "how many holes are there in that place of women". As a result, before he was fully prepared, an order suddenly came from above. The Special Operations Brigade ended its rest and set out with the main force to reinforce the Sixth Army Group and the 17th Division, which were preparing to fight a bloody battle against the Japanese enemy at Niangzi Pass.
"This time, we must give those little Japanese a good beating!" Although he had already become the commander of the division, Old Guo still spoke as simply and directly as before. "The Eighth Route Army was so poor that they couldn't even wear pants, but they managed to wipe out several thousand devils at Pingxingguan Pass. Our special operations brigade is a regular army after all; we can't let the Eighth Route Army surpass us!"
He casually mentioned the Eighth Route Army, which was originally the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army of the Communist Party, his arch-nemesis that would make his eyes blaze with anger whenever he brought it up. On August 22 this year, it officially accepted the central government's reorganization and was renamed the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army. On September 11, it was again renamed the 18th Group Army under the orders of the central government.
However, Lao Gou was unwilling to give the 18th Army and his own 2nd Army equal status. Whenever he mentioned his own troops, it was "our army", "our 26th Route Army". When referring to the other side, he would add a prefix of "tu" (meaning "native" or "local"), calling them "Tu 8th Route", "Tu 18th Army", and "Tu Communist Party". Even after being reprimanded by his superiors several times, he refused to change.
In his opinion, not calling the other party a bandit was already being polite enough. Adding a "土" character to their head didn't count as impolite. It's just that those country bumpkins were quite capable of giving themselves a boost in prestige, and in one battle at Pingxingguan, they took out several thousand little devils. They captured dozens of big foreign horses, dragged back over ten cars, and even brought back twenty-odd heavy machine guns, which they displayed outside all day.
The 26th Army Special Operations Brigade last time raided the enemy artillery position, and it is estimated that several hundred little devils were killed. However, the special operations brigade itself also suffered heavy casualties, and afterwards the army lost nearly half of Hebei Province. That local victory, in the context of a general defeat along the entire front line, no matter how much fanfare was made about it, could not lift spirits.
The Eighth Route Army's 115th Division never engaged in a pitched battle with the little devils, but instead snatched their supplies and immediately turned around to leave. The little devils couldn't catch up on foot, nor could they be bombed by planes, leaving them furious and shouting. Meanwhile, the Eighth Route Army not only gained an advantage but also earned a good reputation, making a huge profit!
It's not just Lao Gou, the entire 26th Route Army is holding its breath now. They must surpass their old enemies on the battlefield and humiliate them with even better achievements, not just annihilating them.
Under this momentum, Sun Lianzhong almost took out the entire family. The 30th and 31st Divisions are now severely short of troops and cannot be put into battle, they can only temporarily stay in the rear as a reserve team. The 27th Division and the Special Service Brigade have gradually recovered some strength, and all were sent out. I don't believe it, relying on Yan Xishan's operation in Shanxi for so many years and this time participating in the war with so many troops, can't even eliminate half of a division of little devils!
On the evening of the day when the combat order was issued, the special operations team rushed to board the first wave of trains and headed north in a stuffy train car with a "clang" "clang" sound for half a night. Then they got off the train again and ran on foot for another half night. The next morning, at an unknown small station, they boarded another stuffy train car, turned westward, and continued to toss about for a day and a night, almost making people vomit out their gallbladders before finally arriving at their destination. When they pushed open the door and jumped out, all they saw was rolling hills in the distance, with a majestic city wall on top of a high mountain not far away, stretching from east to west, without seeing its head or tail anywhere.
"The Great Wall! I see the Great Wall! I see the Great Wall!" Some of the brothers who had never seen the world before were so excited that they vomited, wiped their mouths and shouted wildly.
There's an old saying, "If you haven't been to the Great Wall, you're not a good man!" For them, who rarely went to the county town 100 miles away before joining the army, being able to see the Great Wall once in their lifetime means they haven't lived in vain. In the future, after retiring and returning home, after finishing the farm work every day, they can also hold their son and point north, saying "Your dad was on the Great Wall that year, holding a big knife, beheading those little devils..."
"This is the Niangzi Pass!" Lao Gou then gathered all the officers under his command, pointing to the Great Wall not far away, doing a briefing on the battlefield terrain. "It's divided into two parts: the new pass and the old pass. That mountain is called Snowflake Mountain, from which you can see the entire pass. That explosion is the Dragon Spring Temple, Ma Ridge Pass, Stone Gate Pass. This line is the only way to enter the west of Guizi Mountain. Our regiment and the 27th Division's mission is to defend the Dragon Spring Temple to the death, not letting the devils set foot in the Great Wall!"
Note 1: The Pingxingguan Great Victory, after the July 7th Incident, was the first time the army actively sought out a battle opportunity and fought a local annihilation war. A total of 600 to 1000 enemy troops, including logistics units and reinforcements, were eliminated, with over 80 vehicles destroyed, more than 70 horse-drawn carriages destroyed, and some materials captured. After the battle, both the Nationalist and Communist parties exaggerated the results to boost morale. Recently, some "experts" have replaced the overall losses of the Japanese army with those of a part of their troops, claiming that the enemy lost less than 100 people, and even joked about horse-drawn carriages driving automatically and 75 cars being driven by 30 people. Relevant evidence can be found in the works of Sasu, who is revered by wine enthusiasts because he is fluent in Japanese and has no political agenda.
Note 2: The Niangzi Pass is located in Jixian County, Shanxi Province and is known as the Ninth Pass under Heaven. In fact, it is an inner Great Wall, which is different from the outer Great Wall.
