War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 135: Not Qualified to Participate in the Big Situation
"Is the second sister here?"

In the wilderness outside Kailu County, Xu Chaoyang took a special look, fearing that this tiger woman would do something stupid for a little profit...

"Here it is!"

A stout woman in the crowd stretched out her arms.

Xu Chaoyang was just about to speak when a Mongolian man riding a horse appeared in front of him in the distance, raising a trail of dust.

"Captain Xu, our commander wants you to come over. He said he has something to discuss."

Li Haidan?
Xu Chaoyang didn't understand Li Haidan's intention of calling him over at this time. He turned his head and said to Chang Zhan behind him: "Keep a close eye on the second sister. It doesn't matter whether she trains or not, but from now until the sun sets, this woman is not allowed to leave your sight!"

Chang Zhan looked back in confusion. Xu Chaoyang walked towards the Mongolian without any explanation. The Mongolian boy stretched out his hand and pulled, and Xu Chaoyang climbed onto the horse's butt with his leg tilted, and then flew away with the horse!

……

Call!
In Kailu, in front of a tall courtyard, Xu Chaoyang dismounted from his horse. When the Mongolian young man tied the reins of the warhorse to the hitching post and led him into the courtyard...

In the courtyard, Li Haidan, with his bulging belly, was looking at the map on the stone table. When Xu Chaoyang came over, he just took a glance and almost reached out to tear up the map for him!

This is a map from the Qing Dynasty. It is not marked in the same way as modern maps. It still has various hills and rivers drawn on it like ancient maps. The more detailed parts are where small houses are drawn where cities and county towns are located, instead of writing names in long squares.

"Chaoyang is coming."

"Commander Li."

Xu Chaoyang simply greeted Li Haidan without even looking at the map. He never expected that he, a veteran from the modern times, would one day not be able to understand a map!
"Come on, give me an idea..."

Li Haidan called him with gestures without looking up, then pointed to the location on the title map and said: "We are here now, Kailu, this is Shebutu, this is Moli Temple."

“This is Tongliao.”

Xu Chaoyang took a special look at it. He had some impression of Tongliao's geographical location map. After all, it was the root of the world.

"We have conquered from here to here, but Qianjiadian and the surrounding areas behind Tongliao have not yet been controlled by us..."

"Help me figure out how to get back the land that was taken away by the Japanese."

After hearing this, Xu Chaoyang stopped looking and asked, "How many devils are there in Tongliao?"

"Well, as far as I know, the entire 'Haneda Unit' of the Japanese Army is in Tongliao."

"Where are the puppet troops?"

"About three thousand people."

Xu Chaoyang concluded: "That is to say, the Haneda Regiment in Tongliao alone has nearly 5,000 troops, and they are still defending the city. You just borrowed a few hundred people from the Mongolian border and want to recover the lost territory?"

Li Haidan looked at him and said, "What do you mean? Isn't there still the 9th Brigade?"

"Can you transfer the 9th Brigade?" Xu Chaoyang said confidently: "Let alone you, even if it is Zhang Xiaozi who sends a transfer order, can you transfer the 9th Brigade from here?"

"You mean, the 9th Brigade surrendered to Japan?"

"I didn't say that!" Xu Chaoyang quickly denied it, and then said with certainty: "But, I dare say that the 9th Brigade has already regarded the territory they control as a vassal state."

"So what? We still have to fight against the Japanese, right?"

"How is it?" Xu Chaoyang looked at Li Haidan and explained, "When you, Commander Li, had 9 men under your command, the th Brigade was still valuable to you. At least you had someone to support you from afar. Besides, those victories did bring you honor. But what about now?"

"You have so few people and you want to attack Tongliao. Isn't it the 9th Brigade that is attacking from the front, and you are on the flank? Why should they do that? What if it's like this time again? After the battle, you get a promotion and a raise, and all the credit goes to you, but what about them?"

Li Haidan smiled. He seemed to understand his own situation. "Is this how you Han people think?"

"Don't bring this up with ethnicity, is that what you mean?"

Li Haidan nodded and said, "You are so petty!"

Li Haidan stretched out his finger and poked Xu Chaoyang on the forehead as if he was instructing a younger generation. Xu Chaoyang was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked curiously: "Any explanation?"

"We have been divided into the 'Fifth Military Region of the Northeastern Army's Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army'. Dao Wenbin is the commander of the Fifth Military Region. He will arrive in person with five regiments soon. Liu Zhenyu and I, including the 9th Brigade, will all be under the leadership of the Fifth Military Region. We have only one goal: to recover lost territory!"

This time Xu Chaoyang was completely dumbfounded!
He knew about the history of Tongliao, and also knew about the three giants in the Tongliao Defense War, but he did not pay much attention to the whole story during this period of history, and he never thought that Dao Wenbin was actually sent by Xiao Liuzi...

Or come to recover lost ground!

For a moment, Xu Chaoyang was in a trance and connected all his past and present lives together. An uncontrollable emotion surged out of his body!

He wanted to shout at the top of his lungs: "What the hell were you doing this morning!!!"

This sounded a bit like Xu Chaoyang was unreasonable, as if Xu Chaoyang was blaming the little guy Zhang for not being able to resist the Japanese, and not being able to resist the Japanese either. But this is the true feeling of a man from the Northeast!
You can either fight from the beginning and lose spectacularly, like the Anhui Army's stunning victory in the Songhu battlefield, from which the world was wiped out of the Anhui, which was also considered heroic;

Or, you could just be a coward and leave this land with your wife and children completely, find a place where no one knows you and live in hiding and continue your family line. From then on, the Northeast will have nothing to do with you anymore. That would be considered giving up your foundation and protecting your family.

What does it mean to create a fifth military region?
All the people in the entire Northeast have been scolded by the whole world for several years. You, old man, finally got angry and felt like rebelling, right?

If you want to resist, go back to the Northeast and fight!

You run to Korchin and beat your grandmother's grandson!

Five groups?
When Xu Chaoyang heard this number, he seemed to understand a little. Wasn't it because there was only one Haneda Regiment in Tongliao and the Japanese had not yet sent troops to capture Rehe, so they were looking for an easy target to squeeze?

But according to this historical development, it is impossible that Dao Wenbin, Li Haidan, Liu Zhenyu and the 9th Brigade, with this kind of military force, cannot even take over Tongliao, right?

Why in history did Dao Wenbin fail, Li Haidan was forced to leave and join Feng Yuxiang, and was eventually thrown into prison by Lao Song of Chahar Province, and his military power was completely taken away?
Xu Chaoyang couldn't understand it, and he couldn't understand how a brigade plus five regiments could lose the Tongliao defense battle despite their united efforts...

"Chaoyang, I heard that you have a good relationship with Wang Feng?"

"We are on the verge of recovering lost territory, and a war is imminent...hahahaha...the brothers in the 9th Brigade seem to be...you know...see if you can help me go to the 9th Brigade to test the waters and see if we can turn hostility into friendship. No matter what, let's finish this battle first."

Xu Chaoyang finally understood why Li Haidan called him here.

"It can be regarded as repaying my kindness in saving you in Taylor, right?"

(End of this chapter)