War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 411 Why did the 39th Division join the war?
"Old top!"

In front of Song Zheyuan stood a group of indignant generals, including Zhao Dengyu, Tong Linge, and Wang Changhai. Their eyes were still clear, their ambitions were still high, and their faces were filled with expressions of "even if we beg, we must go to war."

“Fourth time!”

Zhao Dengyu said one sentence at a time: "Mutaguchi Lianya is too much. He conducted four exercises outside Wanping City. How can we endure it?"

Tong Linge didn't want to be ambiguous: "Lao Ding, our 29th Army was not afraid of them when we were at Xifengkou, and we can't let them get ahead of themselves this time!"

"If you are not easy to talk to, I will lead my brothers to fight them in Wanping first. After this battle, if we win, we can stand up straight. If we lose, you can still stand up and smooth things over. In short, we can't bear this kind of humiliation anymore!"

Zhang Zhizhong stood by and waited, his hands clenched into fists. These generals stood in the sunlight outside the window of the Hebei-Chahar Political Committee, looking at Song Zheyuan and Qin Dechun behind him.

This was not a combat meeting. It was because Song Zheyuan's brothers could no longer bear it and finally rushed to his office together. This time, the pressure that He Yingqin had once endured fell on his shoulders.

Qin Dechun finally spoke up when Song Zheyuan was in the most difficult time: "Everyone, be quiet!"

He took the initiative to stand up and said, "It's only been a few days since we've been stable? Are you already unable to sit still?"

"Do you know what the consequences will be for our 29th Army if the war breaks out?"

"This is called actively provoking a dispute. Believe it or not, as soon as we start fighting here, He Yingqin will immediately accuse us of not cherishing the current peaceful situation!"

Is that what happened?

Could this be the case?
The Japanese have been conducting drills one after another outside the city of Wanping. Even a clay figure would get angry, right?

What’s more, these people in front of us are all people who have fought against the Japanese!
A living person!

"Lao Ding, please say something. The brothers are waiting for you now."

Tong Linge ignored Qin Dechun and stared at Song Zheyuan.

Song Zheyuan, wearing a military uniform and riding boots, stood in the office with his hands behind his back and groaned, "Uh..."

Everyone around was quiet!

"It was not until today that Dagu Factory had its own bullet production line and successfully copied the Oerlikon. We haven't even put a single one into production yet. Now, the Oerlikon sample is placed in the backyard..."

"As long as you decide to start the battle, the Japanese naval guns will immediately destroy the entire Dagu Shipyard from the sea. The equipment inside and the logistics of our 29th Army will be completely destroyed."

Song Zheyuan looked at everyone very seriously and analyzed the situation.

"Beijing has only been stable for two years since it fell into our hands. The government finally stopped using the 'legal currency' to cheat people, and the Japanese no longer had to resort to trickery to take advantage of the little money in the hands of the people. Even rickshaw pullers could earn enough to support their families. Once the war started, everything went back to the way it was before."

"In the past two years, we have received a total of 13 silver dollars in military funds from the government..." As he spoke, he walked in front of his brothers: "We have just changed the military uniforms for those guys under us. The Liao-34 type rifles sent by Xu Chaoyang have just been equipped to a division. He is about to produce HY semi-automatic rifles, which can already be equipped to the troops in small quantities. They were used to good effect when we were conquering the county..."

"MG30 machine guns... Zhizhong, they are the ones you used to fight the Japanese in Longmen. They are about to be mass-produced;"

"We watched Xu Chaoyang use the IG18 cannon at Xifengkou. We had already finished researching it. Xu Chaoyang spent four years revitalizing the Dagu Shipyard. We spent two years trying to make Peking see the light, but once the battle started, it was all gone."

Song Zheyuan walked back to the crowd and asked, "Are you still fighting?"

Everyone was silent.

Everyone is impulsive, but when you are impulsive, you have to remember that you still have a wife, children, the elderly at home, and the house and car that have not yet paid off the mortgage... Will you still be impulsive?
You're going to go to jail, and you expect the woman at home to carry the family? She can only quarrel with you and glare at you when she knows you won't hurt her!
If you don't believe me, throw that guy who paid a 1000 yuan fine to America and experience what it means to empty the magazine. See if she dares to do it again! Tong Linge lowered his head, Zhao Dengyu stopped talking, and there was a faint light flashing in Zhang Zhizhong's eyes, as if he was brewing something, but no one knew how long he would brew it.

How to fight? The situation has just stabilized, but you want to give it up?

"The King of Northeast was able to pretend to obey the Japanese in Fengtian for so long before he transformed Northeast China into what it was back then. Why can't we just be patient?" Song Zheyuan finally softened his expression and advised earnestly.

At this moment, he finally understood how easy it was to say "fight" when he was determined to do it. But it would be difficult to suppress the impulse in his heart and say "endure" and be criticized by thousands of people!
Zhang Zhizhong suddenly asked: "What if the devils take action first?"

Song Zheyuan sighed: "Then there is no other way. We can't just take the beating without fighting back, right?"

……

Dagu.

shipyard.

Xu Chaoyang held a combat meeting in the office.

Yes, when there was no news at all in the whole of Peking, the 217th Regiment's combat meetings were in full swing, almost once every half a month.

The brothers in the regiment are fed up with it, but you don't even fight, why do you keep holding combat meetings?
"Come on, tell me everything." Xu Chaoyang stood in front of the map and spoke as usual.

This time, Chang Zhan lost his impatience as he had in the previous meeting. He said calmly, "My first battalion will be responsible for the frontal attack. Once the war begins, we will sneak into Tianjin from Dagu. We will use all the trucks we can find in Dagu to cover them with tarpaulins and hide the soldiers in the back trucks. Then, we will sneak into Tianjin with the 38th Division under the pretext of 'the situation in Peking is tense and we need to borrow equipment.' After nightfall, we will directly eliminate all the strongholds from Haiguang Temple to the garrison headquarters."

Xu Chaoyang looked to the side with satisfaction.

"My Second Battalion is responsible for blocking all the Japanese soldiers patrolling the edge of the Haihe River. We will not allow any of them to return to defend the area."

Xu Chaoyang is turning his head...

"The Third Battalion will be responsible for the middle section between the First Battalion and the Second Battalion. They will provide reinforcements at any time. Once the First Battalion has taken down all the roadblocks along the way, they will head straight for the Garrison Army Headquarters."

"Our artillery platoon directly blew up the runway of Dongjuzi Airport outside the city, preventing them from taking off. We then quickly evacuated by car without any lingering fight. Afterwards, we took advantage of the city gate opened by the 38th Division to return to Tianjin City, set up artillery, and bombarded Haiguang Temple."

"My cavalry battalion will cooperate with the second battalion along the river, ready to launch a surprise attack from behind and form flanking fire while moving."

After saying these words, Xu Chaoyang looked at Chang Zhan.

"Oh..." Chang Zhan then remembered: "If the attack doesn't go well, use the secret tactics you have been practicing."

This is the current configuration of the entire 217th Regiment!

The current 217th Regiment consists of nearly veterans and new recruits. None of these recruits have ever been on the battlefield, but since Xu Chaoyang took over the Yuan family's property, they have been training with the troops and have completely put on military uniforms in the past two years. According to intelligence, there are a total of eight squadrons stationed in the Haiguang Temple Garrison Command, and there are also many troops stationed on the Haihe River. Together, there are about troops.

Wang Tianhao raised his hand at this moment: "I have a question."

Xu Chaoyang said: "Speak."

"If a fight really breaks out, Commander, how could the 38th Division listen to us? Why would they participate in this battle? Have you ever considered this?"

(End of this chapter)