At 6:30 pm, ten square formations were neatly arranged on the small plain in the east of Houbai Town. Yan Wenbin brought Wang Mingzhi and the others to the high ground. Countless torches had been planted around them, illuminating the surroundings.
"Not bad! It seems that you all put in a lot of effort to finish everything in just a few hours. I told you this afternoon that we'll be distributing weapons and ammunition at 6:30 PM!”
After Yan Wenbin said this, he waved his hand and the soldiers of the Guard Battalion carried weapons and ammunition over. These weapons and ammunition were placed in front of Yan Wenbin.
As the number of boxes increased, the weapons and ammunition piled up into a small mountain. The soldiers below looked at everything with shining eyes, as if they had already seen the good things in these boxes. Yan Wenbin lit a cigarette for himself and stood there without saying anything.
The weapons and ammunition were still being moved. This time, Yan Wenbin had bought more than 8,000 AK47 rifles, 1,200 pistols, 500 light machine guns, 200 mortars, and more than 100 boxes of grenades, smoke grenades, flash bangs, and other equipment.
As for bullets, there were two to three million rounds of bullets in total for light machine guns, rifles, pistols, and other ammunition. With so many weapons and ammunition piled up together, how could they not pile up into a small mountain?
The Guard Battalion had dispatched over 500 people to move the weapons and ammunition. It took them nearly an hour to move the weapons and ammunition over.
The mountain-like weapons and ammunition made all the soldiers 'breathing quicken. Even Wang Mingzhi, who was beside him, swallowed hard. Even if he was a major general of the Central Army, he had never seen so many weapons and ammunition placed in front of him.
Yan Wenbin jumped onto a small mountain of weapons and ammunition, his gaze sweeping across the soldiers below.
"I don't know if it's right to hand over these weapons and ammunition to you. I also don't know if these bullets and cannonballs will hit our own people. But at this moment, I choose to believe you. I believe that you won't disappoint me, but I'll say it again at this moment. If you want to leave, if you don't want to follow me to fight the Japanese, you can leave now. I'll give you five minutes. Five minutes later, I will tacitly agree that you will stay and fight the Japanese with me.”
After Yan Wenbin finished speaking, he took out another cigarette and slowly lit it. He wasn't afraid of exploding the weapons and ammunition under him.
Time slowly passed, and five minutes passed very quickly. Yan Wenbin also threw away the cigarette butt in his mouth.
"Very good! It seems that everyone has chosen to fight the Japanese with me. Today, I swear an oath: I will use all the loyalty and bravery of my soul and all the energy in the rest of my life to resist the Japanese and kill the enemy. I will never suffer the shame of being captured and bring shame to China. I will never abandon any of my brothers. Even if I die on the battlefield, I will die with my brothers! Sworn by: Yan Wenbin!"
After Yan Wenbin finished speaking, he put down his left hand and swept his gaze across the soldiers.
Suddenly, a continuous voice came from below.
"I, Chen Chengye, swear here today that I will use all the loyalty and bravery of my soul. I will use all my energy to resist the Japanese and kill the enemy. I will never suffer the shame of being captured and bring shame to China. I will never abandon any of my brothers. Even if I die on the battlefield, I will die with my brothers!”
"I, Yu Fei, swear here today that I will use all the loyalty and bravery of my soul."
"I, Song Wenxuan, swear here today,"
"I, Zhao Deli…"
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First, the battalion commanders, then the platoon leaders, squad leaders, and soldiers all raised their left hands and placed their fists on their temples.
A series of voices rang out continuously. Wang Mingzhi, who was standing at the side, looked at Yan Wenbin, who was standing there, and suddenly walked over.
He walked to Yan Wenbin's side and placed his left fist in front of his temple. He looked at the soldiers below and shouted,"I, Wang Mingzhi, swear here today that I will use the rest of my life to resist the Japanese and kill the enemy. As long as Yan Wenbin doesn't change his mind, I will be his Chief of Staff and help him resist the Japanese and kill the enemy to recover China. If he went against this oath, he would be struck by lightning and never be able to reincarnate!”
Yan Wenbin turned around and looked at Wang Mingzhi in disbelief. He didn't expect Wang Mingzhi to make such an oath. One had to know that in this era, people valued oaths very much. As long as anyone made an oath, they would not go against it. This was also the reason why after Yan Wenbin made the oath, many soldiers would make the same oath one after another.
Because they could feel Yan Wenbin's determination to fight against the Japanese and kill the enemy. They could feel their blood burning and their blood boiling.
Wang Mingzhi slowly put down his left hand and turned to look at Yan Wenbin. Then, he took off the major general's rank on his shoulder.
"Even though I lost the bet, I never thought that you were my superior. I was just repaying you for saving my life and fulfilling my promise. I had thought that after the Nanjing defense battle, I would go and find my own troops. He never thought that they would continue to walk the same path.
But today, I've decided that from now on, you'll be the regiment commander, and I'll be your lieutenant colonel and chief of staff. You'll be the battalion commander, and I'll be your captain and chief of staff. If you become a company commander, then I will be your deputy company commander. I feel a determination from you that I have never felt before. Perhaps our generation has already declined.
Back then, he had only joined Huangpu Military Academy to survive. Joining the combat troops and going east and west was just for promotion and wealth. But now, I realize that compared to you, I'm far too inferior. Although I'm a few years older than you, I can't catch up to you!”
Wang Mingzhi's words were very serious, indicating that everything he said was true. Even if the Nanjing defense battle ended, he would still follow Yan Wenbin.
"Pa ~ Welcome to the team!”
Yan Wenbin turned around and gave him a military salute.
A smile appeared on Wang Mingzhi's face. Yan Wenbin also smiled. Then, he turned around and waved his hand.
An officer walked to the front and took out a piece of paper and began to read it out loud.
The content was very simple. It was a question of how many weapons and equipment each infantry battalion had to receive.
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