Chapter 159: The gecko's tail is broken

Chapter 159: The gecko's tail is broken

"Retreat!" When the Vietnamese army retreated helplessly again under our defense, I immediately issued the order to retreat.

"Retreat?" Ruan Wenqin couldn't help but ask when he heard this order: "Captain Cui...Captain Xu and his team were ambushed and were not able to establish a line of defense behind our army. At this time, I'm afraid of retreating..."

"We have no other way!" I replied: "The longer the time goes, the more troops the more troops the more, and there will be more and more enemies in the rear of our army. If we continue to fight like this, we will end up with the whole army being surrounded!"

"Then what do you want to do?" Ruan Wenqin asked immediately.

"Let's talk about it!" My face looked very ugly, and I knew that at this time there was only one way, that is, to use the method of gecko's tail to protect the large army with a small army.

However, which small force can withstand the attack of the Vietnamese army to ensure that other troops retreat? There is no doubt that the only force in my hands is the only one.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at the soldiers who were carrying out the retreat order without hesitation. They still believed me as before. However, what they didn't know was that just now... I had made up a determination, and this determination might make them never return to their motherland and their hometown.

I feel ashamed of them, I am a sinner, but I still have to do it! Because it is obvious that no unit of the 608th Regiment has the ability to perform this task, and if I don't do this, I'm afraid that all of us here will not be able to leave this country that we hate to return to our country.

This time, the Vietnamese army was very sensitive and immediately knew that we were retreating, so they slowly followed from behind. The reason why their speed was not fast was that we would set up ambush on the road, and the other was to avoid the mines buried along the way, which also allowed us to take the soldiers of the 608th Regiment to withdraw from the railway in an orderly manner.

What makes me feel quite pleased is that the soldiers of the 608th Regiment have experienced the previous retreats and are no longer in a mess like before. This also verifies what we said during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea: "The battlefield is a university, and every soldier who comes here will be tempered by war and blood!"

One kilometer distance is not far or near, but we retreated to the location where Xu Fan's troops were located in a few minutes.

As soon as he saw us coming up, Xu Fan came up and reported with sweat: "Captain Cui, I have not completed the mission and have not organized the troops well..."

"Now is not the time to talk about these things!" I interrupted Xu Fan and said, "Where is the Sixth Company Commander?"

"Sixth Company Commander?" Xu Fan was obviously confused because of the army's affairs. He was stunned at this time. It took him a long time to realize that I was talking about the troops of the hometown, so he hurriedly replied: "The Sixth Company Commander is leading the troops to attack the Vietnamese position! He has already captured two high ground..."

As soon as I heard that the people in my hometown had captured two high grounds in such a short time, I thought to myself that something was wrong. The Japanese devils were indeed retreating and blocking our army as I imagined. This is what I worry about the most.

So I immediately ordered Xu Fan: "Bath Commander Xu, time is tight now, and the situation of the war no longer allows us to fight and retreat as we alternately cover according to the original plan. You should immediately gather all the soldiers of the 608th Regiment to prepare for a full retreat. Please note that you should not stop and guard this retreat. You should retreat until you withdraw your motherland!"

"Retreat in full!" Xu Fan was stunned and asked in confusion: "Captain Cui, there are troops from the Vietnamese army blocking it in front! If we forcefully retreat through the railway, we will be killed and injured by the Vietnamese army..."

"My troops and I will attack the Vietnamese army with all our might!" I interrupted Xu Fan and said, "We will try our best to make the Vietnamese army have no time to deal with you, so you just need to retreat, no matter how much casualties there are, in short, just rush forward with your head buried!"

"What about you guys? What should you do?" Xu Fan seemed to understand something and looked at me with a complicated expression.

"We? We have our own way to retreat!" I replied, "Don't worry about that much!"

"No!" Xu Fan, who had always obeyed my orders, suddenly raised his chest and replied directly: "We can't leave you alone. You have already recreated your kindness to our army. If we ask you to give up, will I still be human? Deputy Commander Liang and Commander Wu will not spare me..."

"What are you going to give up?" I asked back angrily: "Which company in your army can withstand the attack of the Japanese Japanese? Which army has a way to accept this task? If so, I won't fight with you. Do you think I'm going to be a martyr if I have nothing to do and keep trying to be a martyr, right?"

Xu Fan was stunned when he heard this, and then his face turned red and said, "No matter how you say it, it's okay! Even if we don't have the ability to fight, we will fight against the Vietnamese devils!"

"What are you fighting for?" I replied: "Exchange more than 300 people under your command for more than 100 of us? You have to be clear that this is not your own business. You have to be responsible for more than 300 people under your command and for their families!"

After I said this, Xu Fan said nothing more. He sighed heavily and took off his hat and squatted on the ground.

Is it worth it to exchange more than 300 people for more than 100 of us? In fact, anyone who knows arithmetic knows the answer. I believe that if Xu Fan was alone, he would still insist on staying as the cover force. Then he is not alone. As I said, he must also consider the more than 300 soldiers under his command and their families. I can even say that even if I am willing to let Xu Fan's troops cover us, it is very likely that their troops will be defeated by the Vietnamese army soon, and our army will still not escape the clutches of the Vietnamese army.

So, this task naturally fell on us.

I patted Xu Fan on the shoulder and said, "There is not much time left, go and prepare quickly! There is more hope of withdrawing with a little more time. Don't worry... You have also seen our combat power. It is not that easy for the Vietnamese army to eat us!"

Xu Fan stood up and looked at me in a daze for a while. His eyes flashed with no way to say what he looked like. He seemed to want to cry, but he felt ashamed, and more grateful... He wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just stood up and gritted his teeth and replied, "Yes!" and turned around and gathered the troops.

The moment he turned around, I still noticed that he secretly wiped tears with his sleeve.

Actually, I understand Xu Fan's feelings at this time. He wanted to cry because he felt that he had no chance to repay our kindness again; he was ashamed because he hated himself and his troops for no use, and he retreated under our protection along the way, and he still wanted to sacrifice at this last moment; he was grateful but did not say it because he felt that the kindness they received could not be repaid with any words or a simple word "thank you". As the saying goes, no thanks for your kindness, I am afraid that he is talking about his current situation!

I understand that Xu Fan is also a man, so it is also a considerable pressure for him to bear such a great kindness and cannot repay it.

But...what should I pay for the pressure he has? It's just that he owes me, and I owed the soldiers!

I almost didn't dare to face the soldiers under my command, but I still had to turn around and say to them, "Have you heard what I said to Captain Xu just now?"

"I heard it!" The soldiers nodded and their reaction was very calm.

"What are some ideas to say!" I said only this.

At this time, I don’t want to say anything else if you don’t want to leave like this, not only because I have said this once, but also because I think it’s a kind of insult to them. And the reality now is that I have to keep them. The strength of more than one hundred people is already very small. If you leave a part of it... I doubt whether we can successfully complete this cover mission.

During the years I was a soldier, I developed a character, that is, I would say whatever I have in my heart and not play hypocritical with my own soldiers.

"I don't have any ideas!" Li Zhifu replied easily: "Isn't it just fighting the Japanese? Fighting one is just fighting, and fighting a group is fighting. Anyway, we have fought a lot of wars after we followed you, Battalion Commander Cui, but this time we fought a little more Japanese!"

"That's right! The Japanese came up more, so we'll be more satisfied with fighting!" Xu Yongjian even raised the submachine gun in his hand and put on a look of eagerness to try.

"Battery Commander, just give orders!"

"Give an order! We will fight whatever you say!"

...

The soldiers quickly expressed their attitude one after another, and they would make such a choice completely as I expected, because I knew them, because they were my soldiers, my comrades, and my brothers!

But I still feel guilty and grateful to them... At this time, I deeply realized the psychology of Xu Fan when he faced me just now. So I was like Xu Fan, and I didn't say anything, just nodded heavily to the soldiers.

In fact, there is no need to say so much between brothers and comrades. I believe they will understand me, understand me, and support me!

"Ltd Colonel Ruan!" I turned around and said to Ruan Wenqin, "I should thank you for your help, but now... don't worry, as long as we can still go back alive, I will do our best to help you..."

"If you say that, you won't treat us as brothers!" Ruan Wenqin interrupted me and said, "I discussed with my subordinates just now. They all hope to become your subordinates and fight with you, including me!"
Chapter completed!