War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 314 Isn’t that right?

East Dagu and West Dagu of Tanggu are two of the seventy-two Dagu of TJ City. This place is a strategic location for nine rivers and connects seven provinces by land. It is the gateway to Ping and Tianjin.

Xigu is the main area of ​​Dagu. Cao Kun, the fifth president of the Republic of China, was born here. His ancestral tomb is at Xigu Wannian Bridge, which is the Cao family cemetery. When Xu Chaoyang led his troops to the area, he also saw the Cao family mansion and houses, all of which were made of blue bricks and tiles, just south of Cheshikou.

And when Xu Chaoyang led his troops to the shipyard, there was the word "Navy" written on the top of the archway at the entrance. In the middle of the navy, there was a navy anchor hook logo, in the middle was "Dagu Shipyard", and below it was first-class English, which said... Write whatever you want, Xu Chaoyang doesn't want to read it anyway.

"I heard……"

Xu Chaoyang was riding a tall horse, and behind him were the armored vehicles of the 217th Regiment, and then the trucks that were transferred from Beiping to Miyun to pull artillery, and then the soldiers of the 217th Regiment: "You Tianjin people are called 'hooligans', and they are very interesting. When the two sides challenge each other, one of them just lies on the ground and lets people beat them without fighting back. After being beaten, they still smile and say 'It doesn't hurt, haven't you eaten'? When the one who beats people gets scared, the matter will be over. Is that true?"

Next to him was Shi Changran, the mayor of Dagu Town, who was meeting the army ten miles outside Dagu. Although he was quite old, he was still dressed very stylishly, wearing a black suit and tie, a top hat on his head, and glasses on his nose. When he got on the horse, he was reluctant to let his subordinates hold the civilized stick in his hand, so they had to carry it. He looked quite stylish, but when he opened his mouth to speak, he was completely...

"Hey, Captain Xu, who among those guys dares to mess with you?"

"Look at the people under your command, carrying guns and cannons, they look like they want to kill Yin Sai without even staring at him. They don't even need to lie down on the ground when they are in front of you, the machine guns will just start firing. Even if they are playing around, they can't joke about their own lives, right?"

As he spoke, he turned around hoping someone would say something: "What do you think?"

"Yeah."

Those people who don't ride horses will never let the conversation fall to the ground. No wonder this place can produce good crosstalk performers.

But when the mayor spoke, his voice was totally inconsistent with his attire. It was like asking a man from the Northeast to slip into a Western restaurant in slippers. It's fine to just eat, but you must never give him wine. If you dare to give him wine, he will play finger-guessing games in any high-end Western restaurant, and even shout and quarrel.

"Captain Xu, there is one thing I just can't figure out..."

Xu Chaoyang glanced around and found that Mayor Shi was looking at him to ask for instructions, as if he dared to open his mouth only after getting permission: "Ask."

"You can be said to be the greatest hero of the Great Wall War. If you had stayed in Peking until the end of the Great Wall War, you would have been very successful. Why did you come to Dagu?" He still thought that this war could be fought to the end...

Xu Chaoyang glanced at him and expressed his most sincere thoughts in the most sarcastic manner: "For the country and the people, I will do anything."

What he was satirizing was the entire national government and He Yingqin's little thoughts, which was also what Xu Chaoyang figured out before the army set out!
It seemed that He Yingqin had given himself many rewards before the war was over, including a lucrative position in the Dagu Town Guard Regiment, but in fact, he had removed himself from the credit of the Great Wall War of Resistance through manipulation, making him a person who attracted much attention.

You say you want to defend yourself with him... just tell him whether you got any benefits, whether it was the money that Qu Yong cheated from the Japanese, or the lucrative job in Dagu Town, or the military rank awarded and the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal that has not yet been awarded to you, you got nothing; you say that if you don't compete with him, you will feel upset inside, because it was Xu Chaoyang who fought the Great Wall War of Resistance, but now all the newspapers in Peiping have He Yingqin's name on them.

The words "I will do anything for my country and my people" also mocked Mayor Shi. He absolutely did not believe that the mayor agreed with his words. It was just like if an ordinary citizen met Boss Ma one day and he said to you in front of you "I don't need money, money is useless to me", you would want to slap him in the face and curse him: "Why didn't you say this when you were a teacher in Hangzhou?"

This is life. If you expect the common people to understand the justice of the country, you are wrong, not others. Sure enough, Mayor Shi did not believe it. Not only did he not believe it, he turned around and smiled at his subordinates. The subordinate lowered his head as if he was afraid of being seen smiling.

Qu Yong was about to rush up and hit someone. Xu Chaoyang had already seen Qu Yong glaring at him, and only then did he shake his head at his brother.

"Mayor Shi, where did the Dagu Shipyard's finances go?"

Mayor Shi quickly turned around and said with a fist clenched, "It has always been independent. That place has never been under the jurisdiction of the local government since the Qing Dynasty. We have no right to interfere."

"Oh~" Xu Chaoyang responded thoughtfully, as if he had figured it out.

According to Mayor Shi, the Dagu Shipyard was originally under the control of the Beiyang government, then the Republic of China, and later it was occupied by Xiao Liuzi, and only now has it returned to the hands of He Yingqin.

After several such failures, and with the war going on, Xu Chaoyang knew without even glancing at Dagu's account book that it must be a mess. However, this time, the one who acted as the "Great Sage of Settling Accounts" was not Monkey King, but the Japanese devils.

Xu Chaoyang bowed slightly along the low archway before riding his horse and entering from under it. Under the guidance of Mayor Shi, he toured the entire shipyard. Here, he saw workers still working in the factory building whose walls had peeled off. However, the new guns that had been taken out were piled up and sparkled in the sun.

Here, he saw the workers operating the machines skillfully. Gun barrels were produced one by one and then entered the next process.

What Xu Chaoyang did not expect was that at that time, Dagu Shipyard already had an assembly line, and the workers were working in an orderly manner in the shipyard, and there was no chaos. The people who produced firearms parts only produced parts, and the workers who produced gun barrels only produced gun barrels. Even though Xu Chaoyang just passed by the open door of the factory, he still saw it all.

"Chief Shi, send someone to take our Captain Chang around to make it easier to deploy defenses. I'll stay here for a while."

Xu Chaoyang put his hand on the saddle ring and bent down to look inside the factory. He saw that the gun parts and barrels were produced in various places and sent to the "assembly department" for assembly. However, the guns assembled on such an awesome production line were still the Liao Thirteen-type guns ordered by the Fengtian Army at that time. The Liao Thirteen-type guns were piled up next to them. They seemed to be unaware of Xiao Liuzi's resignation and continued to produce non-stop, as if no one had ever cared about them...

"Mayor Shi, is the factory director here?"

When Mayor Shi heard Xu Chaoyang's question, he turned his head and looked. Not far away, a fat man wearing single-lens lenses and a worker's work clothes came out of the factory. After seeing Xu Chaoyang, he just nodded slightly without saying a word.

"Captain Xu, this is the director of our Dagu Shipyard, Bi Sheng."

"Well, this name sounds auspicious."

After arriving in Dagu, Xu Chaoyang seemed to feel that everything was right, but this was just the beginning.

(End of this chapter)