Although he had long been mentally prepared to die when fighting, Deng Chenggong felt very uncomfortable every time he saw these young lives disappear from his eyes, as the founder of this militia corps. Every time he visited the martyrs' cemetery built on the Evil Dragon Base, he looked at the names on the tombstones, and he didn't recognize many of them. But because of his time travel, they would always lie there and never wake up again. Deng Chenggong felt guilty towards these martyrs more than anyone else.

Although I had known in my heart that these martyrs used their lives to defend the honor of the country and the safety of the people in this area. But until now, they have always emphasized that every battle must ensure the lives of militias as the first task. The militias that have died so far, not including those grassroots and reserve militias built and killed in various places, the militias with well-documented evidence at the headquarters alone have exceeded 100,000.

What a terrible number of 100,000, but thinking about the nearly 100 million ordinary people living in the area controlled by the militia corps, Deng Chenggong knew that it was the sacrifice of more than 100,000 martyrs that brought the peace and prosperity of these hundreds of millions of people. Logically speaking, he should be content. Without his time travel, the anti-Japanese situation in North China might be much more serious than it is now.

Many people who should have died now live a good life because of his time travel. He changed the fate of these people and also changed the fate of these dead militias who had died like the tomb of an unknown martyr in their previous lives.

Among these sacrificed militias, perhaps some people could have lived to be liberated because they formed a militia unit and finally ended up in the death. This made it difficult for Deng Chenggong to tell whether his appearance was right or wrong every time he faced the tombstones of martyrs.

After learning that the education base was fully air defense measures, except for some classrooms being damaged, the number of casualties in the security brigade was much lower than expected. The battle situation report sent by the Xingtai intelligence department made Deng Chenggong unable to sit still behind him, and drove to the Xingtai city where he had been to countless times again.

The militia officer who was originally in charge of the city guard wanted to inform him of his arrival in Xingtai for inspection and condolences. However, when he learned that the people in the city were all in Xingtai Square, Deng Chenggong stopped the militia officers from reporting to his superiors. Under the protection of several flying eagles, he came to this square where public trials were held.

When Deng Chenggong saw that the entire square was full of ordinary people and could see the bodies filled with almost the entire square outside, he was undoubtedly in a heavy mood. When he saw the commander who was wiping the stains on the body was the commander who was performing this air defense mission, Deng Chenggong knew that today's air defense battle was probably also condemned by conscience for the commander who was extremely prestigious in the militia of the air defense regiment.

Because this is a situation that they will encounter sooner or later after becoming officers. But what is their mentality when they encounter this situation? As an air defense force that has been formed to prevent this situation today, the first tragic air battle led to the death of almost all the regiments. The leader of the regiment would feel unacceptable to this blow, and it was also indescribable.

Deng Chenggong, who has experienced countless such spiritual torture, can feel the sadness of the regiment commander now. But as a mature military commander, he must take this step today. Only in the future can he face more severe challenges in the situation.

A general succeeded and tiring, saying that the blood of war was the blood of war, and at the same time it was said that the road to becoming a general would never be smooth. Especially, this general was even more appropriate in the years of war.

Deng Chenggong, who knew the current mental state of the regiment commander, directly squeezed out the crowd and walked towards the regiment commander. The officers and soldiers of the air defense regiment who were originally protecting the air defense regiment beside him. When he saw a militia wearing ordinary military uniform walking towards their regiment commander, he was about to drink, but he was recognized by the militia officer and exclaimed: "Ah! He is the commander-in-chief, and the commander-in-chief is here to visit us!"

When he heard that this militia, whose age was about the same as that of many of the militia battalions among them, was the commander-in-chief of the militia corps, Deng Chenggong, and the people who had never seen Deng Chenggong, rushed forward to see the commander-in-chief with the highest prestige in North China.

As the voices of "Commander-in-Chief" and "Commander-in-Chief are here" came from the crowd watching the square, the former air defense regiment commander would have stood up long ago. But the air defense regiment commander, who was already completely immersed in sadness and could not drive himself, did not realize that the person standing beside him was the commander-in-chief Deng Chenggong, who was also respected by him.

Seeing that the air defense commander was completely immersed in his redemption, Deng Chenggong bent down and snatched a white cloth stained with blood and stains from the air defense commander. When he saw the white cloth in his hand being snatched, the air defense commander who was really ready to get angry, he saw that Deng Chenggong was holding the white cloth, and he seemed a little stunned as if he was stolen.

Especially, when he saw Deng Chenggong squatting down and carefully wiped the blood stains on his face for the corpse he was wiping just now, he felt like he had been touched by a mute hole, and he didn't know what to say.

‘Duan Cheng, do you know this brother’s name? Can you tell me about the impression he left on you?’

Deng Cheng, who didn't even raise his head, carefully wiped off the blood stains on the face of the soldier beside him, while gently asking Duan Cheng, the air defense regiment commander, about the origin of the soldier.

Duan Cheng seemed very sad when he heard this question: "His name is Xu Sanduo. He is just over 18 years old this year. He is a soldier of the 2nd Company of the Third Battalion of the Regiment. His home is in the countryside of Xingtai. He also has two elder brothers and a younger sister. His father is the militia captain in their village. He joined the army and sent him to the air defense regiment himself.

When he first joined the army, because his cultural level was not as high as others, he always ranked behind others when he learned cultural courses. But his shooting skills were among the top in their company. When I inspected their company, I told him that he was not a good soldier just by shooting guns, and he would also need to strengthen his cultural learning in the future.

When performing this mission, the company commander said that his cultural scores had improved a lot before. The company originally planned to recommend him to the regiment to train at the headquarters' non-commissioned officer school, but he was lying here forever. I don't know how to explain to his parents in the future, alas!"

Xu Sanduo!

The name is really familiar. Deng Chenggong was stunned for a moment and asked again: "I remember you are the third batch of graduates of the headquarters officers' school. I taught you a lesson. When faced with major casualties and even annihilated by his own troops, what should an officer, especially a senior officer, do? Do you still remember what I said to you at that time?"

After Deng Cheng asked this, Duan Cheng realized that his emotions were out of control just now, which completely violated the qualities that a regiment-level officer should possess.

But I still gritted my teeth and said, "I remember, but I still feel that I can't accept it. A few hours ago, they stood in front of me and saluted me, but now they are lying here and closed their eyes forever. If I hadn't commanded it well, they wouldn't have sacrificed. I am a sinner and I am not worthy of being the commander. Commander, do you punish me?"

Regarding Duan Cheng's self-punishment, Deng Chenggong, who wiped his face clean for Xu Sanduo, stood up and said in a cold voice: "If you are really a sinner, you should not just ask me to punish you, but let me shoot you. Do you think I punish you, or even shoot you, you will feel better? Do you know what you look like now? A defeated general!

As the highest commander of this air defense war, you have made contributions or made mistakes. It’s not that I can personally evaluate them, but that they need to evaluate these people and the surviving brothers. Moreover, you, a commander who commands the operations, asks for punishment. What would these soldiers lie here think?

If a Supreme Commander has ever had it, then they might have been successful heroes, but they may have completely changed the nature of the entire air defense campaign because of your fault, thus losing the honor they should have enjoyed. So now tell me, do you want to be a meritorious commander or a wrong commander?"

Ah! After Deng Cheng said this, Duan Cheng was obviously shocked: "Commander-in-Chief, these brothers have persisted until death and never took a step back. They are all heroes and should not be dragged down by me!"

If these brothers who should have enjoyed martyrs or even higher treatment lose this kind of honor after death because of their own self-punishment, Duan Cheng would not be willing to die.

Seeing that Duan Cheng still didn't understand what he meant, Deng Cheng directly scolded him angrily: "Answer my question, as the supreme commander of this air defense battle, tell me, is this battle successful or has it?"

Duan Cheng, who was afraid that Deng would successfully cancel these brothers' honors, said directly: "Give merits and merits! Although our regiment suffered heavy losses, we still shot down hundreds of enemy aircraft, and also protected the main buildings and the people in the city. Our air defense regiment was successful."

Seeing that Duan Cheng finally understood the nature of this war, Deng Cheng said: "Since you think this battle is a merit, why do you still have to ask for punishment? I can forgive you as the leader of the regiment, and in this case, you will inevitably lose control of your emotions. But if you want to continue to carry forward the honors of these brothers, you must understand that today's battle will be like this, not because of your fault, and it will be useless if you continue to blame yourself.

What you should do now is to send the soldiers who survived the wounded and bleeding to the hospital for treatment and start to consider re-establishing the air defense regiment. With his anger, the casualties of these brothers caused by the command ability, it is better to think more about how to fight a few more Japanese aircraft in the future and avenge these brothers. This is what you, Duan Cheng, and the air defense regiment commander, should do. Do you understand?"

Hearing the reorganization of the air defense regiment, Duan Cheng felt a little better: "Yes, Commander-in-Chief, I will execute your order now!"

Seeing Duan Cheng seem to understand that being addicted to pain will never be able to return the lives of these soldiers. If you waste your time here, it is better to improve the strength of the air defense regiment as soon as possible. Only when they are strong and encounter such a situation in the future can they avoid such major casualties from happening again. With a goal in mind, they will naturally not continue to be addicted to this kind of sadness and self-blame! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please read it.)
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