War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 348 Someone Has to Get Off First

Winter comes so quietly, without any greeting you. When you are not paying attention, a heavy snow falls.

At the same time as the heavy snow fell, Xu Chaoyang also received a cotton coat distributed by the Peking Military Branch in Dagu.

Xu Chaoyang’s new military uniform has a new cape.

He didn't know whether other regimental-level cadres who were also serving in the National Government had it, but he had it.

Moreover, he dared to wear it.

After putting it on, I looked in the mirror...

The Xu Chaoyang in the mirror is completely different from when he first came to this era. There is a fierce "wildness" in his body, and this wildness is constantly released outwards through the notch on the ear, just like a wild beast with hair on its face.

"Chaoyang..."

After someone downstairs shouted this, Xu Chaoyang responded from his home on Fifth Avenue: “Speak!”

"Someone from your unit is coming."

force?

Dagu? Beiping Military Branch? Why don't you make it clear?

Xu Chaoyang went downstairs wearing his cloak, with no intention of taking it off. He even had a pair of white gloves on his hands.

But when he went downstairs, he saw Jia Qin carrying four boxes of gifts...

"What are you talking about?"

The 217th Regiment paid salaries again. This time, in addition to the silver pay, military expenses were also sent to the families of the martyrs who died in battle. This money was distributed in the hope that the soldiers' families would have some extra money for the New Year, but Xu Chaoyang never expected that Jia Qin would come to his house with four boxes of gifts.

"Captain, I've been under your care for such a long time, so I just wanted to... come and see you."

Why did Xu Chaoyang always feel that Jia Qin was humming as if he had something to say that was not clear?
"If you have something to say, just tell me..."

Jia Qin still didn't dare to speak. He looked at Xu Chaoyang's military uniform and said, "Captain, your new winter uniform looks really good."

"Don't talk nonsense. Are you okay?"

"Yes!" Jia Qin immediately raised his head and suppressed the smile on his face.

"Really? We brothers have all been through life and death together. If you have something to say, just tell us!"

Although Xu Chaoyang's tone was heavy, he still pulled Jia Qin's arm and sat down on the sofa in the living room. He also picked up the cigarette box on the coffee table, and when he lit one for himself, he also handed one to him. Jia Qin was now the company commander, no longer the one who was transferred from outside and made a platoon deputy by Qu Yong. Xu Chaoyang naturally had to give him some face. It was just like a child growing up. When he reached a certain age, he couldn't be beaten anymore...

"Captain, I have saved some money during this time with you..." How much money did Xu Chaoyang have in mind? That was all given by the 217th Regiment!

"I took this little money and asked a local matchmaker to find me a wife."

Snapped!
Xu Chaoyang slapped his thigh and said, "This is great news. You are old enough to get married. Why are you still hesitating about this? Family? Hurry up and give me a big red envelope!"

Jia Qin immediately stood up to stop them: "Captain..." But he did not dare to put his hand on Xu Chaoyang, which was completely different from Qu Yong and his gang of scoundrels.

"The wedding hasn't taken place yet. Please listen to what I have to say."

Probably because of lack of money, Xu Chaoyang was ready to give money to his brother to get married, but he didn't expect that Jia Qin said something else.

"We all came from the battlefield, exposed to gunfire and hail of bullets, and have never been afraid..." After saying this, Jia Qin lowered his head: "When I asked a matchmaker to arrange a blind date for me, the girl's family was very satisfied with the gift, so they made a request and asked if I could take off my military uniform and get another job..." "What?" Xu Chaoyang had never heard of a request to take off a military uniform!

Jia Qin sighed, "In the past, if I were still single, I would never consider this matter. But Captain, if I really get married and my wife gets pregnant, and something happens to me...won't they become orphans and widows?"

Xu Chaoyang stood up directly, but he couldn't say what he had to say, so he sat down again slowly.

"Captain, we were fighting on the northeastern highlands outside Xifengkou. The brothers around us were killed in rows by bullets. Even you... were hit by the muzzle of the artillery and sat on the ground. You didn't get up for a long time."

"We were lucky enough to survive. A shrapnel cut the neck of our little boy, and the blood spurted out. I used both hands to cover his mouth, but I couldn't hold it back. I watched as his face turned blue little by little, and he died with thrashing around."

Jia Qin's eyes were filled with tears and his hands were shaking as he spoke!

"Captain, I was young once, and I also served in the battlefield. It's time to devote my whole heart to the country. I'm not vague. I just want to have a family now. I want to ask you if you can let me go."

"I can see that since you arrived at Dagu, you have been working in the shipyard, researching guns and tinkering with bombs. You are still planning to fight the Japanese to the death. I admire you, but I can't be like you. I don't have the ability to be promoted as an anti-Japanese hero by newspapers all over the world. I want to live an ordinary life with my wife and children after I get married..."

Poo tom!

Jia Qin knelt down, slid down the sofa, and knelt directly in front of Xu Chaoyang.

Yuan Fuzhen came over with a freshly wrapped red envelope, and when she saw this scene, she quickly said, "What is this for..."

Xu Chaoyang reached out to stop Yuan Fuzhen and helped Jia Qin up himself.

Jia Qin is right. He just doesn't want to be a hero anymore and wants to live the life of an ordinary person. Is that not okay?

"Lao Jia."

Xu Chaoyang held Jia Qin's arm and looked at him face to face: "We are brothers, I can't let you down. I understand that you want to live a peaceful life, and I understand the reason, but as the leader, I have something in my heart that I need to make clear to you."

"Do you think the war is over?"

"In Tianjin alone, there are so many concessions. How can the war be over?"

"You never know when the sound of gunfire will be heard right next to your ears. When that happens, where will your peaceful life be?"

"You said I was still thinking about fighting the Japs to my death. Yes and no!"

"As long as there is still one of those foreigners standing here, I will fight them to the death. This is our territory, there can't be any concessions!"

"but……"

Xu Chaoyang didn't know what was going on. As he was talking, his vision started to blur. "I can't use my own thoughts to force you to risk your lives."

He took the red envelope from Yuan Fuzhen and stuffed it into Jia Qin's hand: "If you really want to, go back to the shipyard and go through the formalities with Lao Yang. After the formalities, the relationship between us as superiors and subordinates will be gone, but I will keep this brotherhood."

Xu Chaoyang slowly stretched out his hand and patted Jia Qin's arm.

He seemed to understand why Zhuge Liang was in a hurry to attack Wei after Liu Bei entered Shu, and why Song Zheyuan of the 29th Army became the King of North China, and why this unit was no longer the one that dared to fight the Japanese at Xifengkou.

Hard times do torture people, but they can also train ordinary people into strong soldiers; good times do nourish people, but they can also make people useless.

What's more, if this war really breaks out, for these people who have no idea about the future, when will it end?
Ordinary people have their most ordinary choices. No matter which road you take in this world, someone has to get off first...

(End of this chapter)