War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 205: Let the child eat something!

On February 1933, 2, Muto Nobuyoshi officially issued the order to attack Rehe;

On February 1933, 2, over 21 Japanese and puppet troops of the puppet Manchukuo launched a full-scale attack on Rehe, attacking Rehe from three fronts in the north, middle and south of Tongliao, Zhangwu, Jinzhou, Yixian and Suizhou respectively, and the Battle of Rehe broke out.

The outpost battle started in Nanling, and the Eighth Division attacking Rehe ran into the 38th Brigade of the Northeastern Army head-on;
At the same time, the main force of the Japanese Army, the Sixth Division, and the puppet troops attacked Cui Xingwu's 17th Brigade. Cui Xingwu did not fire a single shot, allowing the Japanese and puppet troops to rush through the defense zone and attack Dashuyingzi directly, resulting in the collapse of Liu Zhen's Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in the east.

On the 23rd, Zhang Haipeng's troops of the puppet Manchukuo launched an attack on Cui Xingwu. They had been secretly communicating with each other for a long time and they understood each other's intentions. Cui Xingwu on the other side gave up pretending completely. He had already accepted the conditions and did not put up any resistance. He led his troops to retreat all the way to Lindong.

After that, the Japanese army divided into two routes, one along the Xilamulun River through Baiyintailai to attack Chifeng, and the other through Xiawa to capture Jianping Town, turning a blind eye to Cui Xingwu's 17th Brigade in Lindong above...

……

"quick!"

"quick!!"

"Everyone speed up and head to Lindong!"

More than ten cars were lined up on the road, raising clouds of dust and heading towards "Lindong". Behind the smoke and dust were soldiers from the 17th Brigade of the Northeast Army. Despite the tragic situation in Rehe, they were swaying behind the cars as if nothing had happened.

"What are we going to do?"

"Won't you be exhausted from running like this?"

"Let's run after him. Can Chief Cui fight Zhang Haipeng?"

Everyone smiled at each other knowingly, as if they had finally found a way to survive in these troubled times. With the mentality of "joining the army to survive in this world", they took weak steps and headed towards Lindong.

At that moment, the soldiers walking on this road had already lost their souls...

"Brother, what do you think we are?"

"What the hell is that?"

"What I mean is, if we are still soldiers, we should resist the Japanese in the vicinity of Tongliao, that's for sure, right?"

"If the commander needs us to retreat, then he should give the order. It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders. This is also correct, right?"

The soldier pulled out a handful of silver dollars from his pocket and said, "I just want to know what this means."

"If our retreat was an order, why should he give us money?"

"Woo!!"

His mouth was covered by another soldier, who looked around cautiously before whispering, "Keep your voice down!" and then let go.

"What do you mean?" The other soldier became unhappy on the spot!

"If you are so noble, when Commander Cui handed out the money, what were you thinking? Why didn't you just hold a gun and stand guard on the defense line by yourself, waiting for Zhang Haipeng's tanks to run over you?"

"Are you being aloof now? Are you asking questions?"

"What do you want to know?"

"Or are you planning to push these thousands of people into the category of 'traitors'? That order was given by Cui Xingwu. It has nothing to do with us!"

"I know that these silver dollars in my pocket are the money I need to rebuild my house. Without them, you can't hire a bricklayer or a laborer! With a new house, I can buy a wife for my stupid brother. Even if I buy a disabled one, I can still give him children to carry on his family line."

"You think you can gouge out my conscience so easily? Grandma!"

"When I put on my military uniform and devoted myself to serving the country, the officials above me deducted my salary and made things difficult for me. I finally got some money, but if you don't give them a hand, they will make things difficult for you. At least Cui Xingwu gave me real money, right?!"

The whole team was silent. After the "grunting" sounds disappeared, the soldiers who were marching turned back to look at the two of them, their faces wooden. They were dark and young faces, faces that once laughed in the sun with high spirits, but after following Cui Xingwu to avoid the hail of bullets, the smiles on these faces were gone.

Even if thousands of people gather together, a 17 or 18-year-old child would feel guilty asking questions!

"Then Liu Zhendong's Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army..."

"Don't fucking say that!"

After the child with his head down uttered the last few words, he was met with the fury of those around him and the glares of everyone around him.

The child knew that he was asking the right question. It was as if there was a little man hiding in his heart, asking the same question over and over again, but so what?

It is a mistake for you to stand among a group of 'summer insects' and 'talk about ice'.

……

"Report!"

"217th Regiment, order from the regiment commander!"

When a fast horse came galloping from Duolun, Xu Chaoyang was leading his men to rob houses. All the houses at the city gate facing Tongliao were robbed clean by Xu Chaoyang. Using the time of a few days, he managed to create an empty space that could accommodate a thousand people.

Until this moment, the brothers of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army still didn't know what the "commander" was going to lead them to do. They just stupidly moved the logs and stones from the demolished houses to the city wall as a shelter.

Chang Zhan saw a familiar face riding towards him. He was so angry that his nose almost got crooked. He shouted behind him: "Which company is this guy from?"

“It’s not over yet!”

He thought this was a false imperial decree!
As a result, a fast horse rushed into Lindong, stopped in front of Xu Chaoyang, dismounted and handed over the order: "Battalion Commander, the regiment headquarters ordered our company to be changed to a direct battalion of the 217th Regiment, and you have been promoted."

"Shh!"

Yang Jingyu quickly asked the soldier from the old company to lower his voice and gestured with his hands to lead him aside.

"Old Yang, this is a good thing, why can't we talk about it?"

Yang Jingyu smiled and said, "It was a good thing for our company before, but it may not be the case now."

"Nowadays, any leader in the platoons under each company is a former company commander. It's good that they don't know what position Lao Xu holds. If they knew, wouldn't they be furious?"

Each company?

And in each company?
The messenger then realized that the company in front of him had changed. Not only were there old soldiers from the first company wearing Northwest Army cotton-padded jackets, but there were also many new soldiers wearing Northeast Army cotton-padded jackets. "Where did all these people come from?"

Snapped.

Liu Gener slapped the soldier on the back of his head: "Why do you have so many questions? Get on your horse and go back to where you should go!"

The soldier who was about to get angry turned around and saw that it was Liu Gener, and immediately stood at attention: "Deputy platoon leader!" Liu Gener was his direct superior, who had followed him since Tai Lai until now. Not to mention giving him a hard time, he would have to endure it even if he was beaten up.

"go back."

"Yes!"

The soldier didn't even have time to drink water before Liu Gen'er was driven away. Yang Jingyu was so angry that he pointed at Liu Gen'er and said, "Why don't you let the child eat something?"

"What if I let it slip?" Liu Gener glanced around and added, "He can be so calm and not take anything seriously, how can I dare to do that? Once these guys find out that I'm fooling them, can the hundred or so people in the old company hold down these hundreds of soldiers face to face?"

"I don't dare anyway!"

(End of this chapter)