After the order was stabilized, the speed at which hundreds of thousands of people crossed the river was also much faster. Seeing that the situation had stabilized, Zhou Weiguo instructed a company of guards to stay behind to guide the work and prevent the devils from attacking.
Looking at the fleeing soldiers that were gathering behind him, Zhou Weiguo was a little dumbfounded. At a glance, there were about ten thousand soldiers. However, at this moment, all of them were disheveled, let alone weapons.
Zhou Weiguo's eyes were cold as he led the remaining soldiers of the Guard Battalion to the front of the 10,000 soldiers. Seeing the unwillingness and fear in the eyes of these soldiers, he said loudly.
"My fellow soldiers, I know that you are all brave and good soldiers. The responsibility for the loss of this battle is not on you. You are all sincere in protecting Nanjing.”
" I'm very sad about the current situation. You're sad too. I can only say that the responsibility lies with your commanding officer. I want to say here that other than the regiment commander, brigade commander, and division commander who died in battle, the other generals are all stupid pigs. They abandoned you, abandoned you, and escaped alone. I know that you took off your military uniforms and weapons to protect yourself, but have you forgotten your oath?”
"The gun is with the person, and the gun dies with the person. Now that you've lost your weapon, but you're still alive, how can you face your hometown elders?”Zhou Weiguo's words made the soldiers lower their heads in shame.
Fortunately, he didn't use a commanding tone. Instead, he spoke with emotion and reason to prevent these soldiers from causing a riot.
Zhou Weiguo took a deep breath and said loudly,""Now that the enemy is in front of you, there are only two paths in front of you: You can either wait for the civilians to retreat before you leave, or I'll give you military uniforms and weapons to kill the devils with me and defend Nanjing.”
After looking around, many soldiers lowered their heads involuntarily when they saw Zhou Weiguo's gaze.
"I, Zhou Weiguo, swore that I would defend Nanjing City for no other reason than to fight the devils and to prevent the hundreds of thousands of civilians from being slaughtered by the devils. Please believe me, I can defend Nanjing City.”
"I also beg all of you to be like men and stop running away. From Shanghai to Nanjing, where else can we run to? Are we going to be chased out of the country by the devils?”
"Perhaps you have escaped and saved your lives, but you have lost your home. A country, a country. They were all men, how could they accept such humiliation?”
Zhou Weiguo's words immediately raised the morale of many soldiers. Perhaps these people did not understand any great principles, but the concept of the country was definitely engraved in their hearts.
"There's a country before there's a home!"
Zhou Weiguo shouted loudly when he saw that the morale of the soldiers had been raised.
"Are you guys men?"
"Yes, sir!" A small group of people shouted.
"Do you want to kill the Japanese?"
"Yes!"
There were more shouts this time.
"Do you want to be cowards and deserters?”
"I don't want to!"
This time, it was even louder. Almost half of the soldiers roared.
"Are you willing to see your parents, wives, and children say that you are deserters and bring shame to your ancestors?”
"I'm not willing."
More and more soldiers joined in the shouting.
"Then pick up your weapons and kill the Japanese with me.”
"Kill…kill…kill!"
Everyone was mobilized. Many of them remembered the day they enlisted, the ardent gazes of their parents, wives, and children, hoping that he could go to the battlefield to kill enemies and make contributions.
The angry roar was like thunder in the cold winter of Nanjing. This was the angry roar of a hot-blooded man. It was also the love of everyone for the country and the incomparable hatred for the devils.
At this moment, Zhou Weiguo had ignited their anger. It was like a fire in the winter, burning everyone's hearts. Those strong men who stayed behind were also filled with tears.
"I want to join the Independent Division to fight the Japanese.”
"Hahaha, my home is gone. What's the use of keeping this body? It's better to kill the Japanese to avenge my family.”A man whose family had been destroyed by the Japanese plane bomb wailed and ran to Zhou Weiguo.
"Sir, I want to join your team to kill the enemy and take revenge.”
Looking at the man in front of him, Zhou Weiguo could not help but be moved. He nodded heavily and said,"Alright, I promise you."
"Xu Hu, have Brigade Commander Fang come here. Leave these soldiers to him for training. After that, he will be reorganized to supplement the infantry brigades.”Zhou Weiguo turned around and said to Xu Hu.
After receiving Zhou Weiguo's order, Xu Hu immediately jogged. Soon, Fang Shengli brought a battalion of soldiers to Zhou Weiguo's side.
"Everyone is willing to follow me, Zhou Weiguo. Later, listen to the arrangements of Brigade Commander Fang Shengli beside me. Don't worry, with me, Zhou Weiguo, Nanjing will definitely not fall.”
"Everyone, remember what my independent teacher said. Don't abandon, don't give up.”
These simple words warmed the hearts of all the soldiers. Some of them even started crying. They all shouted that they wanted to shed their blood for the independent division and risk their lives for Zhou Weiguo.
Only the foolish Fang Shengli was left behind. He had painstakingly gathered 2,000 soldiers, but Zhou Weiguo's words had gathered tens of thousands of soldiers, and they were all veterans who had participated in battle.
"When did he become so eloquent?”
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