War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 478: When we return victorious, I will take off my battle robes with the general

"Are you guys in a meeting?"

This was the first time Xu Chaoyang met the commander. Such a big commander did not just push the door open carelessly. Instead, he opened the door slightly ajar, stood at the door and asked tentatively: "Then you guys start the meeting first, I'll wait at the door." Xu Chaoyang clearly felt the respect from this behavior!
If it were him, he would have been lucky if he didn't kick the door open to see what those guys under him were talking about.

Wang Hongkun hurried to the door and pulled it open: "Commander, we're done." As he spoke, he wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

"What are you discussing? Can you bear to close the door in such hot weather?"

Wang Hongkun, who was 28 years old at the time, not only respected the scholar-general in front of him, Xu Chaoyang could clearly feel that he was really afraid of him. When asked by the other party, he actually looked back into the house, as if asking for help... And in the face of Wang Hongkun's fear, the teacher still showed due respect.

It is said that in the later period of the 129th Division, the division commander was in high spirits and the political commissar was very strict. Many newcomers were afraid of the political commissar but not the division commander. But if you think that the division commander is nothing because of this, you are totally wrong!

The commander in front of him actually not only has an elegant appearance, but also impresses everyone with his bravery!
When President Yuan Shikai restored the throne, all the heroes in the world rebelled. The division commander also returned to his hometown and recruited soldiers locally. Just based on his reputation, he recruited 2000 soldiers and prepared to attack Fengdu County and intercept all the Beiyang troops there. By then, eastern Sichuan could be pacified.

It was also in that battle that the division commander was shot in the head and his eye was blown out.

Afterwards, the doctor who performed the surgery said that the eye could no longer be saved and that immediate surgery was necessary to save his life. Such a major surgery required general anesthesia, and if anything went wrong... it would most likely affect his brain.

"Then don't use anesthesia." This is the commander's answer!
After just this sentence, Ru Shuai lay on the operating table, and the doctor couldn't even stand there!
Who could believe that someone could endure such pain without anesthesia? But during the whole operation, the teacher did not move or utter a word, only big beads of sweat soaked the bed sheets!

Xu Chaoyang had never seen Guan Yu scraping his bones to treat poison, but in modern history, he could be provoked during the Long March and shoot down a thrown egg with just one eye; he could also lie on the operating table and undergo brain surgery without anesthesia. Now it is happening right in front of us!
"Hello, Chief!"

Snapped!
Xu Chaoyang stood up and saluted properly. Not only him, but anyone who traveled through time would have to stand properly when they saw Ru Shuai!

But when this scholar-general saw Xu Chaoyang, he was... slightly stunned, and his eyes remained on Xu Chaoyang's military uniform.

"Is it Chaoyang?"

"Report to the commander, the commander of the 217th Regiment, Xu Chaoyang, reports to the commander!"

No matter how loud Xu Chaoyang shouted, he was no longer in control. As a soldier, no matter if it was a soldier of this era or a soldier of his era, who wouldn't be excited to be able to come into contact with the Confucian commander at such a close distance?
"Okay, sit down, sit down quickly."

This time, Xu Chaoyang's entire posture changed. He sat on the long bench with his back straight, his hands on his legs, and his eyes fixed straight ahead, like a carved military statue, motionless.

The commander stood in front of Xu Chaoyang and rolled up his sleeves. He turned back and said to Wang Hongkun, "Water."

Before Wang Hongkun understood, he picked up the bowl of water and poured a bowl for the commander.

The teacher was amused when he saw the bowl of water: "Pour it into the basin?"

Wang Hongkun glanced at Wang Weizhou, and Wang Weizhou quickly picked up the washbasin in the room, filled it with hot water using a kettle, thought for a while, and then placed the towel on the washbasin rack on the edge of the basin and handed it over.

"Chaoyang, don't move~"

Xu Chaoyang was stunned for a moment.

The commander reached out and unbuttoned Xu Chaoyang's clothes...

"Commander." Xu Chaoyang immediately held the commander's hand and stood up. He didn't understand what this meant.

"We are all men, what are you afraid of? Sit down!" The commander seemed very tough, but he was always smiling. His 1.80-meter height was almost the same as Xu Chaoyang's. He stretched out his hand and pressed directly on Xu Chaoyang's shoulder, forcing him to sit on the bench: "If you feel sorry for me, just talk~"

His Sichuan accent was full of care, but the speed of unbuttoning Xu Chaoyang's shirt did not slow down at all. However, he did not take the clothes off in one go. Instead, he tore off the National Army uniform that was stuck to Xu Chaoyang inch by inch. He did not force it until it became difficult. He reached out his hand, dipped it in water from the basin, and carefully peeled it off.

It was not until he personally took off Xu Chaoyang's military uniform and saw that the gunshot wound on his shoulder had not healed after being sutured, and his entire body was covered in dirt left by the smoke of the battlefield through his clothes that the division commander sighed, "Alas..."

"Chaoyang." The commander threw a towel and wiped the wound without any hesitation, saying, "I have read a book written by the novelist Lu Shi'e. He has written many novels, most of which I don't like very much, such as "Seven Swords and Eight Heroes" and "The Guillotines". However, he has a book called "New China", which I like very much."

"He said he had a dream. In the dream, he saw what the country would look like in the future. He said, 'At that time, our students would study in industrial universities in various countries and graduate. A few of them would be smart and be able to come up with their own ideas. There would be more than enough technicians. Even for machines, we would only buy a few that were urgently needed from abroad, and we would make the rest ourselves.' You see, I can recite it."

Wang Hongkun smiled: "Master, this is a wonderful fantasy, right?"

The commander turned around and said, as if blaming Wang Hongkun for his impatience, "Don't finish your words yet."

"He said that at that time, woolen cloth, down and satin, needle nails, candles, soap, lanterns, umbrellas and matches, many things were better than foreign goods!"

Hahahahaha...

Everyone in the room laughed, but this kind of laughter made the teacher serious. He stood up and asked, "What are you laughing at? What are you laughing at?"

Wang Hongkun and Wang Weizhou quickly suppressed their smiles. Xu Chaoyang then realized that the corners of his mouth had also cracked, and then he gradually calmed down.

The commander held a hand towel in one hand and threw it into the basin. He pointed at Wang Hongkun with the other hand and continued, "People also said that when they met foreigners on the street, they were afraid of collision and moved to the side of the street. Unexpectedly, the foreigners also moved to the side of the street. After asking, I found out that there were no concessions in the country and the extraterritoriality had been withdrawn many years ago."

This time no one laughed, the three brothers all lowered their heads...

Xu Chaoyang felt something was wrong, so he looked up at his commander.

The commander sat back down and continued to wipe Xu Chaoyang's chest, saying, "He also said that there would be a 'nine-year preparation', and that the ground would be hollowed out to lay underground for trains and tracks..."

This isn't...a subway???
"I know, but you don't believe it."

"I know, too, that this is just a fantasy of the literati..."

“But are we going to be questioned even for our fantasies?”

The room suddenly became quiet...

Inexplicably, Xu Chaoyang opened his mouth and said two words: "I believe it."

"Brigade Commander, Chaoyang is okay. He knows how to flatter the division commander." Wang Weizhou muttered beside Wang Hongkun.

"What kind of good habit is this? After the division commander leaves, the ideological education work of the 217th Regiment must be done quickly. Forget it, we'll talk about it after we finish fighting and come back."

This would be flattery to anyone who heard it, at least, in that era, but Xu Chaoyang really believed it!
"Chaoyang?"

"Even if this is just a fantasy, before we can realize it, we still have to rely on you generals to drive out the Japanese invaders. How can you not care about your wounds?"

"Don't wear dirty clothes. Our experience is that dirty clothes can cause wound infection."

"By the way, the organization has been searching for your father in northern Shaanxi. Once they find him, they will notify you immediately. Then, you can decide whether you want to go see him or bring him to northern Shaanxi."

"And your battalion commander Yu..."

The division commander raised his head and glanced at the shirtless Xu Chaoyang. Seeing his skin covered with scars that looked like a piece of rag sewn together, he turned around with some heartache and said, "When the day of victory comes, I promise you that the organization will definitely remember your scars..."

As he spoke, he took off his clothes.

Such a big scholar took off his clothes in front of Xu Chaoyang, leaving only a sweatshirt underneath, and draped his clothes over Xu Chaoyang's shoulders, personally rolled up his sleeves for him, and waited for Xu Chaoyang to put his hand in before saying, "This is my military uniform, and I put it on for you."

After saying this, Xu Chaoyang quickly reached his hand in... Then he stood up and faced the teacher. Just as he was about to reach out to button his clothes, he was patted on the back of his hand by the teacher.

The division commander buttoned his shirt one by one, and after he put it on, he helped him stretch it, and said with a smile on his face: "The situation in Shanxi is serious now, and the Japanese invaders are heading straight for Taiyuan..."

"When we arrived in northern Shaanxi, there were less than 10,000 of us left, and most of the soldiers now are new recruits."

"Many of them had never been to the battlefield, but in the context of the united anti-Japanese war that was finally achieved, this battle had to be fought."

"A total of 115 people from our 13th Division will enter Shanxi as the first batch. Thanks to the Liao- rifles you sent us, we have the confidence to send so many people into Shanxi... Chaoyang, but we lack experience in fighting against Japan..."

"According to the original idea of ​​the organization, the entire 217th Regiment should form a teaching regiment after receiving education from the Party, specializing in training new recruits and training arsenal technicians. After all, the soldiers under your command were all trained in the Dagu Factory and participated in the Battle of Tianjin."

"But there is no time now."

"The troops need a leader, the 115th Division needs experience in fighting against Japan, and our army needs a first victory against Japan to boost morale!"

"Can you..." When saying this, the division commander's tone was very serious: "Pull the 217th Regiment up?" He buttoned Xu Chaoyang's shirt, put his hands behind his back and looked at him tenderly.

Snapped!
Xu Chaoyang stood at attention and saluted in his division commander's uniform, saying, "Even if I die, I have no choice but to do my duty!"

There is nothing wrong with this sentence, but, it is too late, Xu Chaoyang quickly changed his words and said: "I guarantee to complete the task!"

“Hahahahahaha…” The commander laughed and patted him on the arm: “Good!”

Then, the division commander returned the salute wearing a hat with only a red star on it. Like Xu Chaoyang, he straightened his body and said, "When the general returns, I will... take off my uniforms with him!"

(End of this chapter)