Chapter 55: Republic of China: Starting from the First Class of Whampoa Chapter 55 Stubborn Donkey Huang Wei

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Protagonist:

Lv Muzhi

"What face do you have left to come back and see me?" The Principal pointed at Wang Bolin.

Wang Bolin had studied in Japan with him back then; they were classmates, comrades-in-arms, and comrades. These three overlapping identities and emotions made the Principal furious at his failure right now.

Wang Bolin's orderly stepped forward to explain: "Regimental Commander Wang has a high fever that won't subside and did not command from the front, which led to the Second Regiment's rout. The routed troops had already routed, and Regimental Commander Wang had no choice but to retreat back to Danshui City."

"Didn't command from the front? What about my men? What about the men of the Second Regiment!"

"Principal, I... I know my crime..."

"You really are my Ma Su! Danshui is the foundation of our army. Now the enemy troops are advancing straight down, I can neither advance nor retreat. Three thousand Whampoa Cadet Army—must they be buried by your hands!" The Principal was so angry his fingers trembled.

Wang Bolin kept his head down in silence and no longer had the face to quibble.

Yue Army Second Division Chief of Staff Ye stepped forward and said: "The main force of my Second Division has already gone out to pursue the reinforcements that left Danshui City. We should first try to contact the First Regiment and save Danshui City!"

Instructor Wu taught at Whampoa Military Academy. He knew Wang Bolin had participated in the entire process of planning and establishing Whampoa Military Academy, and that the Whampoa Cadet Army could be established partly thanks to this man's contributions. Moreover, he had an extraordinary relationship with the Principal, and the Principal himself probably didn't want to punish him. This meeting might be waiting for everyone at headquarters to give him a way out.

"Principal, don't rush to assign blame yet. Regimental Commander Wang's responsibility can be pursued later. My classmates from the Second and Third Phases will defend Danshui City." Instructor Wu said.

The Russian military advisor General Galun was picking his fingernails. According to his temper and rules, no matter the reason, Wang Bolin must be legally punished. But after all, he was only a military advisor, a guest, so it wasn't appropriate to make a rash suggestion.

At this moment, the regimental commander of the First Regiment, He Yingqin, rushed back to Danshui City directly.

This frightened the Principal so much he almost fainted, thinking the First Regiment had also collapsed. "You... you..."

He Yingqin hurriedly said: "Principal, the routed troops of the Second Regiment have already been rounded up by me. Currently, they are combined with my First Regiment on the left bank of the Tamsui River. The Cadet Army has not suffered major losses."

Hearing these words, the Principal finally regained his confidence, and looked again at Wang Bolin, who had committed a great error.

He Yingqin continued: "Brother Mao Ru (Wang Bolin) fell ill before the battle. Although he was derelict in duty, fortunately he did not cause a great disaster."

"The site selection of Whampoa Military Academy, textbooks, instructor recruitment, and uniform design—Brother Mao Ru personally handled them all. Even I, your humble subordinate, was brought into the military academy by Wang Bolin. I really cannot bear to see Brother Mao Ru in such an embarrassing situation..."

With these words from He Yingqin, he could finally take the donkey down the slope and let Wang Bolin off the hook.

Others also pleaded for mercy one after another, hoping to put this matter behind them quickly and focus on dealing with Hong Zhaolin's rebel army.

"Everyone, stop pleading. The death penalty can be waived, but the living punishment cannot be escaped. Immediately remove Wang Bolin from the position of regimental commander of the Second Regiment, and order Qian Dajun to immediately serve as acting regimental commander of the Second Regiment!" The Principal made the disposition.

General Galun saw that the matter was settled and immediately stepped forward to suggest: "We have captured more than five hundred rifles and ten heavy machine guns within Danshui City."

"Now hurry up and mobilize all available forces within the city, and deploy the heavy machine guns on the city wall. He Yingqin should immediately return to the First Regiment's position. Once the rebel army dares to attack the city wall of Danshui City, they can immediately cross the river to harass the rebels' flank!"

North of Danshui City, Broken Temple Mountain, the original position of the Second Regiment.

Lv Muzhi led his platoon up the mountain to find Song Xilian and Huang Wei according to Sun Yuanlang's indicated direction.

Remembering that Huang Wei had once served as a human mount for his Maxim heavy machine gun, Lv Muzhi was reluctant to abandon him.

And Song Xilian, who usually addressed him as brother.

Although the two might not necessarily die on the mountain, since a comrade was in trouble, he still had to go take a look.

"Platoon Leader, it seems our people have all crossed the river?" Squad Leader Zhang Fei said on the mid-slope, pointing at the river beach below the mountain. Liu Zhi was leading the gathered soldiers of the Second Regiment back to the left bank of the Tamsui River.

Lv Muzhi was hesitating when the sound of heavy machine gun bursts came from the mountain top again, along with the noise of several rifles firing in salvo.

"Forget it, go up and take a look!"

On the mountain top, Huang Wei was operating a heavy machine gun, sweeping fire at Hong Zhaolin's rebel troops below the mountain. Song Xilian was also holding his flower mechanism and sweeping fire. After the flower mechanism bullets were finished, he took out his bolt-action rifle to shoot.

The soldiers in the two men's squads were also guarding their positions and still resisting.

"Huang Wei, had enough shooting? Let's go quickly!" Song Xilian came to the heavy machine gun and urged.

"Retreat? I haven't received any retreat order!" Huang Wei disregarded everything and continued sweeping fire at the rebels below the mountain.

"What a stubborn fool you are. I heard our regimental commander has already run away. If we don't run now, we might get surrounded!"

"Run? Look, the field of fire here is so good. I don't understand how the troops can just disperse like this. It's stifling. If you want to go, go. Anyway, I'm not leaving." Huang Wei was like a stubborn donkey. In the entire Whampoa Military Academy, no one was more stubborn than Huang Wei.

"Platoon Leader! Enemies are coming up from the right wing!" A soldier from Song Xilian's squad shouted.

Song Xilian went to look. Over a hundred people had come up.

"Don't panic. The routed troops left a box of hand grenades. Give one to each person and throw them all. Once they get close, blow them up!" By now the enemy troops were close and couldn't escape even if they wanted to. They could only fight.

Song Xilian was quite confident in repelling this wave of attack. After repelling this wave of enemy troops, even if he had to tie him up, he would drag Huang Wei away.

Song Xilian remained calm and composed. He tore off the moisture-proof cap of the hand grenade and hooked his finger on the pull ring: "I count to three... one... two..."

Pat-pat-pat~ pat-pat!

"Three!" Song Xilian pulled the fuse and threw out a hand grenade, then while firing he cursed: "***Who fired first?!"

Turning his head, he saw many heads popping out in the surrounding trenches. Lv Muzhi was holding a flower mechanism, sweeping fire at the rebels on the half-slope, followed by a platoon of soldiers.

"Brother Muzi! Why did you come?" Song Xilian's flower mechanism had run out of bullets. He lay half in the trench and asked.

Lv Muzhi threw a flower mechanism magazine full of bullets to Song Xilian: "No nonsense, shoot quickly!"

The rebels on the half-slope were suddenly swept by fierce firepower, plus hand grenade explosions. Over ten people fell immediately. The rest saw the fierce firepower and directly retreated.

Lv Muzhi then explained to Song Xilian: "What am I here for? I was ordered to come and round up the routed troops. Why aren't you leaving yet?"

Huang Wei was stunned and stopped firing: "What routed troops? We are not routed troops."

Lv Muzhi lowered his body, trotted to Huang Wei's side, grabbed the back of his collar and dragged him backward: "Less nonsense, hurry up and leave. Everyone has left!"