War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 475 Warm Red (Thanks to 'Mi Man Chen Xi' for the 1500 reward!)
129th Division Headquarters, Fuping County, Shaanxi Province.

"report!"

A soldier came in with a piece of paper covered with calligraphy and said, "Secret message from Taiyuan!"

The elegant general who was lying on the map and looking at it with a magnifying glass raised his head, and the short man next to him said directly: "Give it to me."

This is the division headquarters. It goes without saying how important the secret message that could be sent is. Therefore, it is impossible to directly shout out the word "read".

When a piece of rough paper (not toilet paper!) with wet ink and full of secret codes but not translated was slowly spread in front of the two leaders, the deputy division commander turned around and got the translated copy himself. Then he came back and looked over with the division commander and the political commissar in the sunlight on the table.

"it is good!"

"Okay!"

"This Xu Chaoyang is really amazing. He actually intercepted the Sichuan Army's return train to Songhu and ran back from SH."

After the translation was completed, the division commander laughed happily, because the content described in this secret telegram, although brief, was very telling. It said how they put guns on the heads of train conductors and forced them to drive back in the name of the Songhu Combat Command. Of course, this was just a brief mention in the Spring and Autumn style, but the general meaning was still written out.

However, these three leaders do not know that history has changed!

According to official history, the Sichuan Army that supported the Battle of Songhu should have left Sichuan in September and arrived in October. It traveled through many railways including the Pinghan and Jinpu railways and took a full 9 days to reach the Songhu battlefield. The first unit to arrive was the 10th Army of the Sichuan Army.

But as history changed, the Sichuan Army was the first to leave Sichuan in response to the call of the National Government. At that time, the Japanese invaders had not occupied the Pinghan, Jinpu and other railway lines, so they arrived very smoothly. The army that Deputy Director Li wanted to give Xu Chaoyang was this Sichuan Army.

However, Xu Chaoyang didn't know that history had changed. When he arrived at the station, he was still four hours late and the train had already left.

So the 20th Army was sent to the Battle of Songhu. According to official historical records, when they withdrew, only a few hundred people were left!
It is no exaggeration to describe the bravery of this unit in history as "unrivaled". After all, this was the unit that withstood the Japanese naval guns for a full 7 days, 7 days!
It was also from this unit that Ai Dajin said, "An army sent up there will be basically scrapped in seven days." But what Ai Dajin meant by "scrapped" were human lives!
Those are real people!

Xu Chaoyang waited until the train returned to the station before he took action. He knew that the train would definitely return based on the capacity at that time, otherwise how would the hundreds of thousands of troops transported to Shanghai get there? They hijacked the train under such circumstances, and under the guise of the Songhu Combat Command, they put a gun to the driver's head and asked the driver to report everything that had happened to the higher-ups.

Yes, they allowed the drivers to report to their superiors, otherwise it would cause a route conflict. What would they do if two trains hit cows on the railway track?
Xu Chaoyang had his own considerations for doing this.

At that time, the news of the Songhu battlefield had already spread, but the Kuomintang government’s propaganda was that the 88th Division captured the Japanese invaders’ headquarters in Shanghai after a hard battle, and did not mention the 67th Army and Xu Chaoyang at all.

This train was like an exchange. Under the dispatch of the railway department, it transported nearly 3000 Northeast Army soldiers and the property of Deputy Director Li and Yuan Fuzhen out of the south. What they bought was for you, Xu Chaoyang, to shut up.

As for why the government didn't take action against these 3,000 people...

Xu Chaoyang estimated that he really didn't have the time.

Just as they withdrew, the Battle of Shanghai fell into the most brutal battle. The Japanese completely defeated their 67th Army, and the naval fleet's naval guns were bombarding continuously. It is said that the situation at that time was that not a single shell fell in the concession, but the areas where our people lived were all reduced to ruins.

Not to mention the warriors fighting on the battlefield.

At this time, Xu Chaoyang was riding a train and rushed back in time when the Japanese invaders occupied several railways. The situation at that time was extremely critical, and Xu Chaoyang was also ready for battle, intending to force his way through once he found the Japanese invaders. Fortunately, none of this happened.

However, Xu Chaoyang's troops still did not dare to get off the train in Taiyuan city. About an hour before the train was about to arrive in Taiyuan, they asked the driver to stop the train, and the soldiers of the 67th Army moved the weapons and equipment and the property of the Li and Yuan families into the mountains by manpower.

In order to hide their tracks, they even occupied the farm of a wealthy landlord. The mansion was even equipped with a watchtower. But when Xu Chaoyang fired the Type 92 infantry gun, the family surrendered on the spot. Including the guards and servants, a total of 41 people were tied up by Xu Chaoyang.

The most infuriating thing is that this rich landlord has stored enough food in his farm to feed three thousand people for a week!

The size of the warehouse is jaw-dropping!
Xu Chaoyang couldn't quite believe what he saw when he opened the granary... He even suspected that this old landlord might have been a squirrel in his previous life!
Isn't this the same as the warlords during the Three Kingdoms period who always wanted to build a solid fortress, store enough food to last a lifetime, and then when someone came to attack them, they would just go inside and never come out again? "Chaoyang?"

In Shanxi, outside Taiyuan City, in the farm of a local rich man, Xu Chaoyang was sitting on the roof and looking into the distance. He could already feel the red in the sky getting closer under the setting sun, especially at this dusk, when the red that filled the sky was almost shining on his head.

Deputy Director Li climbed up the ladder and asked, "Who is that Li?"

He sat next to Xu Chaoyang.

Xu Chaoyang turned his head and looked at Deputy Director Li: "What's wrong?"

"This kid is quite talkative. He can chat with anyone. After a few words, no matter how many people are around him, he immediately becomes the protagonist. No matter what he says, everyone around him is stunned."

Xu Chaoyang didn't take it seriously at all: "What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing new. Things like catching loaches and frogs in the river, but he can tell you about those things vividly... Chaoyang, popularity is a scary thing. A person who is born with good popularity can quickly gather a group of people around him. What if they raise a small group to compete with you?"

Xu Chaoyang waved his hand: "That can't be possible."

"No!" Deputy Director Li stood up: "See what you say!"

"Who wouldn't bite the braised pork that's been fed to their mouth?"

Xu Chaoyang then revealed: "I will take people to send him back at dawn tomorrow."

"By the way, I'll go see my dad. I haven't seen him for several years."

"Where is Master Eight?"

Upon hearing this, Deputy Director Li squatted down again and made the number eight with his hand.

Xu Chaoyang nodded: "Yeah."

"So when are we going?"

Xu Chaoyang said as if he was coaxing a child: "You don't want to go."

"Uncle, I've thought about what you said. You're right, Fuzhen. She may not be able to stand the life over there. So, I'll take people to send Lao Li and the others back first, and take a look at how life is over there, and also take a look at my father. If we can come to an agreement, we'll talk. If not, I'll come back. After that, I'll do as you say, okay?"

Snapped!
Deputy Director Li slapped his thigh vigorously: "Oh! You finally figured it out!"

"Chaoyang, I tell you, I have never been so kind to anyone in my life, and you are the first one! Wait for you to come back. We have money and people. If it doesn't work, your uncle can sell one of Bada Shanren's paintings, which will be enough for you to set up a division!"

"I think Shanxi is a nice place, really, really nice, hahahaha..."

Seeing Deputy Director Li smiling, Xu Chaoyang also smiled and turned his head, facing the setting sun in the distance. His face was reflected with the warm red of midsummer.

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(End of this chapter)