afterglow

Chapter 54
Not long after, a more detailed battle report was also sent over, which was a specific memorial compiled and submitted by the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

"Cheng Han, the general staff officer of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, telegraphed the complete victory of the Battle of Demaji.

"According to a telegram from Huang Taize, the chief officer of the Third Mixed Brigade, one of the battalions of the brigade traveled lightly and marched for two days and two nights across the mountains and mountains of [-] miles to seize Demaji and block the enemy's eastward advance...

Since the 29th, he fought fiercely with the enemy six times for three days and two nights, killed and wounded more than 21 enemy troops, destroyed [-] enemy tanks, shot down an enemy plane, captured a pilot, and killed more than half of himself. ...

Most of the Third Mixed Brigade detoured around Baimagang, and were frequently bombed by enemy planes along the way. They still arrived at [-] o'clock on the second day, and immediately all the troops were out, besieging and shrinking the trapped enemy at night, in order to frighten the enemy...

The enemy's [-] people gathered in a circular formation, desperately resisting, our officers and soldiers besieged bravely, advancing one after another, the guns fired, and the night sky was illuminated by the artillery fire, as if it were day.The enemy planes came to the rescue at night, and many were shot down by our anti-aircraft fire...

At the time of the battle, our artillery battalion was in place, and the artillery fire instantly covered the sun, and the enemy's formation turned into a sea of ​​​​flames, fragmented.The enemy general saw that the situation was over, so he led a small group of soldiers and horses to break through and escape, and the rest were all wiped out, and the details are still being counted..."

Equal cause.

In my opinion, in this hearty victory, the [-] enemy troops were wiped out overnight.And the tenacity of the mixed third brigade and first battalion is also rare and worthy of praise.

It was inscribed on July 36nd in the [-]th year of Zhichang. 』

The emperor's heartstrings were twitched by the battle situation described in the memorial. After reading the report in one breath, he only felt hearty.

"Okay, okay, that's the way to show your prestige!" However, while he was full of joy, he also felt a little bit of fear in his heart-what if the British plan really succeeded?
Then this border war is probably about to fail, and the two divisions can only break through in embarrassment, losing their teachers and humiliating the country.

"Live chess plays dead, and dead chess plays live. The facts of the battle are changing rapidly." Zhu Shiyan couldn't help feeling emotional.

From this point of view, the Forbidden Army is not just putting on airs. At that time, they couldn’t hold them back to ask for battle every day, but after agreeing, they felt uneasy. After all, throughout the dynasties, the Forbidden Army who have been stationed in Beijing as watchdogs all the year round are often ostentatious but not useful.

He was very satisfied with the Third Mixed Guards Brigade, which made a big splash and played a key role this time, and decided to use it to make a fuss. First, it boosted the confidence of the army and the people. Press it.

In fact, the so-called new party and old party are not often heard now, but the emperor as a witness has always been accustomed to using these two relatively general terms.

The so-called New Party refers to the revolutionaries of those days. At that time, the New Party was very famous and popular, and organized many branches to train armed forces.

However, because they are essentially a loose alliance, with mixed internal forces and their own plans, they could not work together at many critical moments, so they were gradually divided and disintegrated.

And because the strength of the old party, that is, the party that resolutely respected the emperor, was still there, the two parties finally reached a compromise without going any further.Nevertheless, it is undeniable that the New Party members have made contributions in promoting constitutionalism.

With the promulgation of the Constitution and the establishment of the Advisory Council, while members of the New Party entered the court to participate in politics, their armed forces in the north and south of the river were also reorganized.

From the designation, it is easy to identify which troops are formerly the New Party Armed Forces. At that time, the Ming Dynasty did not include the battalion and guards, and there were [-] infantry divisions and six cavalry divisions in total. infantry division.

That is to say, the predecessors of the No.30 First Division to the No.40 Second Division are all armed by the New Party, such as the No.30 Fourth Division that participated in the Uzbek War.

[By the way, the field forces in the later Ming Dynasty were only battalion soldiers, and the Guards Army was defined as the local garrison from the beginning, just like the green battalion.The Tianxia Weisuo was abolished by more than half, and then it was changed to recruit soldiers, with a period of three years. However, in order to reduce financial expenses, the Weisuo Army did not issue money, only the corvee money from the soldiers' homes, plus some rewards during festivals. 】

In the western frontier, an army of more than [-] people was trekking among the rolling mountains.

After the Battle of Demaji, Huang Taize ordered Zhou Changfeng to lead the first battalion to retreat first. Since the Baimagang area was still under the threat of the British and Indian Air Forces, the latter thought it would be better to return the same way.

Although the road is difficult, it avoids the risk of being attacked by air.

A few days ago, when the forced march came, the soldiers ate, drank and scattered the garbage along the way, and now they only need to go north.

The forced march day and night challenged the limits of the human body. Eleven people died suddenly on the road due to overwork. Naturally, there was no time to bury them because they were in a hurry.

Since the temperature in the eastern foothills of the Himalayas is not too high, these remains have not been corrupted even after a few days.

Zhou Changfeng squatted next to the body of a soldier, and ordered softly: "Put them on a stretcher and take them back to the country."

Soldiers are divided into three ranks, but the Ming army does not have the names of first-class soldiers and second-class soldiers, but ranks from low to high as private soldiers, regular soldiers, and pacesetters.

Xie Wancheng slowly walked to his side, and reminded: "Battle Commander, in terms of geographical location, we are now at the national border."

Hearing this, Zhou Changfeng took a look around, this beautiful and lofty mountain, he didn't have time to take care of it when he came here, and only noticed its magnificence when he returned leisurely at this moment.

After a brief hesitation, he changed his mind and said, "Bring them all here, dig a hole and bury them, and erect a monument."

Seeing that the people around were a little surprised, he pointed to the surroundings and sighed: "Loyal bones are buried everywhere in the green mountains. The mountains and rivers here are beautiful, and it is a good place to sleep forever. I have lived here for a long time and guarded the frontier."

Everyone took action silently, and Xie Wancheng asked people to ask around to see if anyone knew stonemasonry or carving skills.

The officers and soldiers found a relatively solid piece of granite, and at the same time picked out three soldiers and non-commissioned officers who knew related crafts.

Looking at a dozen soldiers who were digging a hole, Xue Can suddenly said, "Battle Commander, would you like an inscription?"

Zhou Changfeng coughed dryly twice, and replied, "No, I don't have much education in this area, let's find someone else."

So after you searched for each other, the second lieutenant of the military doctor was pushed out.

Liu Qidong pulled him out and shouted: "Jiang Ning, I heard that you wrote the couplets for the medical team every year, so you are the only one!"

Obviously there is no way to evade it now, so the second lieutenant of the military doctor named Jiang Ning nodded in agreement.

After a while, he said in a deep voice:

"The officers and soldiers of the First Battalion of the Third Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Guard hereby declare to the Sun, Moon, Mountains and Rivers that our brilliant troops will go to the military plane thousands of miles away to drive out the foreign enemies and defend the borders of our country.

As the ancient saying goes, the borders and scales of the Celestial Empire are strict, and even a tiny bit of territory cannot be lost.It has been practiced now, and I will only tell the gods of heaven and earth with success, and bless me for the prosperity of China.

Sincerely wish.

Zhichang 36 July [-]th. "

After the tomb was completed, the eleven bodies were buried one after another, and then the soil was piled up, and the three people took turns to carve letters on the stone.

Because there is no electric grinder, the speed of hand-carving with a chisel is very slow, and the skills of the three people are not very good, so the work is carried out very slowly, and it is not completed until the next morning.

More than [-] officers and soldiers lined up neatly on both sides of the stele. Jiang Ning crossed several rifles in front of the team, and then focused his camera on it.

After adjusting the ten-second countdown, he hurried back to the team.

"噢-噗-噗-咔操!"

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[Sorry, the third character of the names of the descendants of the old Zhu family is sorted according to the mutual generation and restraint of "wood, fire, earth, gold and water".The deputy chief of staff Zhu Lixuan → Zhu Lishuo; the emperor Zhu Shizhen → Zhu Shiyan. 】

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