War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 221 A battle to decide life or death! (Thanks to 'Lao Lu Xi Lai' for the 5000 reward!)
"report!"

"My reconnaissance company went to Lindong to find out the situation. Xu Chaoyang's troops fought a fierce battle with Zhang Haipeng's puppet troops at the northeast gate of Lindong and retreated ten miles away."

"Zhang Haipeng's troops sent a detachment to pursue them."

"Xu Chaoyang's troops, organize a counterattack on the spot, repel the Si Tuan, and continue to retreat northward. We are about to enter Chahar territory. If we continue to march, we will reach the end of the day tomorrow morning!"

Duolun, headquarters of the 217th Regiment.

Wang Changhai was listening to the reports from his men. After the last summary of the news, he began to feel uneasy for some reason, so he waved his hand and sent his reconnaissance company into Lindong. As a result, the news they brought back was exactly the same as what Xu Chaoyang had said.

"Has Zhang Haipeng been lured out?"

"Report to the regiment commander. The regiment is following closely behind the 217th Regiment. The regiment commander has died in battle. We don't know who is in command now. Zhang Haipeng has only left one regiment to guard Lindong. The rest of the puppet troops will all set out and follow closely behind."

Wang Changhai pondered and said, "This shouldn't be the case..."

A dim oil lamp flickered in the regiment headquarters. The expression on Wang Changhai's face flickered with the flickering of the oil lamp. He was making a deduction in his mind. The deduction was that given the nature of the puppet army, they would not have the courage to pursue after being repelled by Xu Chaoyang.

But his scouts solved his doubts.

"Commander, Xu Chaoyang has abandoned his weapon."

"what!"

Wang Changhai raised his head suddenly.

"Xu Chaoyang threw away the grenade launcher captured by the 41st Army at the northeast gate of Lin. After completing the blocking battle ten miles away from the northeast gate of Lin and repelling the Si Tuan, he threw away some of the Type rifles captured on the battlefield and all the heavy artillery that had used up all the ammunition!"

Wang Changhai smiled, but this time it was a bitter smile. He was laughing at himself for being inferior to others in skills!
What does it mean that Xu Chaoyang lost his equipment without any communication with Zhang Haipeng, and he lost it in every battle?
If Wang Changhai was Zhang Haipeng, he would have thought that either the morale of Xu Chaoyang's troops was unstable and some of them fled during the battle; or, Xu Chaoyang was short of ammunition and had to abandon the baggage after the war.

Wang Changhai asked almost feebly, "Have you checked the stoves along the route of Xu Chaoyang's troops?"

The scout shook his head: "Commander, we'll go check it out right away."

"no need!"

As soon as the scout turned around, he looked back at Wang Changhai, and he only said four words: "They are becoming fewer and fewer."

"Commander, how did you know that?"

Wang Changhai turned his head away coldly: "You haven't read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?"

"Isn't that all written in the book?"

As he spoke, Wang Changhai stood up from behind the table and paced in front of the hall: "If I were chasing after Xu Chaoyang, I would also be fooled. Who would have thought that in this era, there are still people using things from "Three Kingdoms"!"

"Won't this make people angry to death?"

"Xu Chaoyang took advantage of Zhang Haipeng's eagerness to make achievements. He took advantage of... Zhang Haipeng's fear of going deep into Rehe to gain military merit. This is called - showing weakness to the enemy."

Wang Changhai, the person who answered the open-book test, certainly knew what Xu Chaoyang was thinking, but the problem was that he also faced the test of being the battalion commander of the regiment's direct battalion.

The papers have been cleaned up for you now. Tomorrow you will enter Chahar, and there will be no trace of the papers left. If you go, it will be a great achievement, but you will definitely be in Xu Chaoyang's trap. If you don't go, Xu Chaoyang will not be able to control you, but this achievement will definitely have nothing to do with you... "Come on!"

"Give me the order!"

Wang Changhai made up his mind and shouted towards the door.

The messengers quickly gathered, lined up in a row, and stood in the courtyard ready to set off at any time.

"Order Lao Huang from the first battalion to go to the armoury to get equipment and ammunition, and immediately go to the middle section between Chahar and Lindong. Tell him that his old subordinates even threw away their guns in order to hook up with Zhang Haipeng. Tell him to bring enough equipment with him, otherwise he will be unable to deliver firepower when the time comes!"

"Yes!" A messenger turned around and ran towards the military camp along the regiment headquarters.

"Order the Second Battalion to seize all commanding heights around the First Battalion along the mountain. Tell the Second Battalion Commander that the Japanese taught us how to take our positions outside Chifeng. Don't take our positions before the enemy troops arrive. Retreat a hundred meters and let the enemy's reconnaissance troops go. Wait until Zhang Haipeng arrives before you are allowed to join the battle!"

"Yes!"

When the second messenger left, Wang Changhai looked at the other messengers in the yard and said, "Fuck them! I won't go!"

"Tell the Third Battalion, the Guard Company, and all the active brains in the regiment to march out collectively. Arrange the pincer firepower as Xu Chaoyang trained us on a daily basis, and take out all the cannons, shells, machine guns, and bullets that we got from the military depot to fight the Germans!"

"Order all the soldiers in the regiment to keep a close eye on the big guy. Even if we can't win an annihilation battle this time, we must keep a close eye on Zhang Haipeng. As long as we kill him, I will give them a celebration banquet even if I have to sell my underwear!"

The third messenger did not move. When Wang Changhai looked over, he found that his chief of staff was looking at him there.

"Commander..." the chief of staff said, "The guard company should not move. After all, your safety is in danger..."

"Are you worried that I'm afraid of death, or are you afraid of death yourself?"

Wang Changhai opened his mouth and cursed: "Zhang Haipeng is right at my fingertips, Zhang Haipeng!"

"Do you know that my 217th Regiment's defeat of Zhang Haipeng is like a slap in the face of Xiao Liuzi?"

"It was our Northwest Army that killed the number one traitor in the Northeast!"

"You go too!"

Wang Changhai looked at the chief of staff with hatred and cursed, "Tell Lao Huang to hold a gun and watch him. Whenever a death squad needs to charge, let this bastard go first. If he dares to turn around, I will shoot him directly!"

The chief of staff didn't dare to speak anymore, and when Wang Changhai turned around and went back to the house, he lay down on the table where the oil lamp was shining.

He used a ruler to measure the distance between Kailu, Chifeng, Tongliao and Lindong respectively. Then, he began to measure the distance from Chahar at the upper end of Chifeng to the ambush point. He first calculated the support distance of the Japanese army and then the support distance of the 41st Army. At the same time, he had a big question mark in his mind.

Once the battle started, it would depend on who was faster. It was a typical battle where whoever was faster won. Even if all the support on his side could arrive on time, Zhang Haipeng, who was surrounded, would not be too anxious. Even if the Japanese army could not get there in time, at least they could send planes. If the plane took off in Fengtian, it would arrive in the blink of an eye. After investing so many troops in this position, if the Japanese bombers were attracted...

Wang Changhai looked at the dark night sky and muttered in his heart: "Xu Chaoyang, you better plan it well. If you bring me to the military court, I will not let you go even if I become a ghost!"

This is a life-or-death battle. If he wins, Wang Changhai will be able to have the final say in the 29th Army. After all, no one in the entire 29th Army has such a record. If he loses... he won't even have time to commit suicide. This is like opening the door to Chahar for the Japanese with his own hands!

　Thanks to '老驴西来' for the generous reward of 5000. What's this for? It's too much. We are all familiar with each other. Just give a thumbs up. I'll do something else next time.

　　Thank you so much!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)