War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 508: Can't find it? (Thanks to 'Peng Da Mo Wang' for the reward)
"Except for the 120,000 yuan he received from the government, almost all of this money was paid by Xu Chaoyang himself."

The commander even suspected that he had heard wrongly, and turned to look at Director Luo in disbelief. Director Luo responded to his gaze with a smile and said, "Xu Chaoyang's wife is President Yuan's daughter, Yuan Fuzhen."

"This Yuan Fuzhen, through the relationship between Xu Chaoyang's 217th Regiment and the Beiping Military Branch, got all of the Yuan family's assets from the Yuan Clan Association. If we calculate it in silver dollars, and if we include the value of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, the total value is likely to reach nearly million silver dollars."

"Then isn't he richer than the King of the Northeast?"

"Probably not, but it's about the same. The tabloids in Peking wrote about these things. There were specific records at the time, but it's been so long that I can't remember them clearly. Anyway, Xu Chaoyang is very rich, otherwise he would never have been able to support the Dagu Factory."

"If a general who dared to invest in the development of military industry had not been born a few days later, the era of warlords' fighting might have turned out differently..."

As they were talking, a group of soldiers carrying stretchers headed straight for Tuanchengkou, and then the division commander turned around and looked at the battlefield.

But what Director Luo said was still not detailed enough. They didn't know that since this unit entered Inner Mongolia, Xu Chaoyang's men had never stopped receiving their salaries. At that time, they had the highest salary in the entire Northeast Army. Ordinary soldiers received ten to fifteen yuan per person per month!
If killed in battle, the martyr's family can still receive a continuous pension similar to an annual salary. Although it is not as much as that of a living soldier, it is enough to ensure that they have enough food and clothing.

In this day and age, if someone supports you like this and only lets you participate in training, defend the country and fight the Japanese, so that you don't have to struggle for a living, would you sell your life?

Yes, Xu Chaoyang is not raising soldiers, he is raising death squads!

Because when he talked about his thoughts and ideas with this group of people, they couldn't understand. Up to now, more than 217% of the 90th Regiment are still illiterate. How long will it take to train them from this stage to understand what "homeland, country and the world" means?

But if they use this time to develop military capabilities, Xu Chaoyang is confident that they can take shape in one month, become a typical soldier in three months, learn simple tactical coordination in half a year, and after a battle, those who survive will become elite soldiers under this mold.

Which one is easier?

The work of enlightening the people has been going on since 37, and there are many people who can do it. Why bother?

"report!"

"Commander! Commander!"

A soldier rushed to the division headquarters with a look of joy on his face, shouting loudly: "The 21st Regiment is out of bullets!"

"All machine guns and rifles have been shut down. Currently, only the 11th Regiment is still resisting on the battlefield!"

The division commander walked towards the soldier and wiped the sweat off the soldier's face with his clean hands: "Please work harder, okay?"

The soldier's eyes widened instantly, the smile on his face became even sweeter, and he nodded heavily and said, "Yes!"

At this moment, the division commander put his hands back again and said, "Pass my order, the entire 217th Regiment will withdraw from the battle!!!"

"In this battle, the 217th Regiment has the greatest merit. Any troops of our 115th Division under Tuanchengkou must take a back seat and must not compete with the 217th Regiment for merit!"

"Director Luo, report the collective honor for the 217th Regiment, report the special honor for the Chengkou Changzhan Department of the Regiment, and report the personal honor for Changzhan himself;"

"217th Regiment Man Quang Tri, personal honor;"

"Xu Chaoyang..."

Before he could finish his words, another soldier ran over: "Report!"

"Our independent regiment, led by Yang Chengwu, has finished blocking the enemy's reinforcements. Relying on the geographical advantage and the enemy's weapons and ammunition that we seized, we successfully blocked a regiment of reinforcements from the Hunyuan direction. During the retreat, we defeated the artillery positions of the 21st Brigade hidden in the mountains and seized eight Type infantry guns and countless shells!"

Director Luo started laughing as he listened, but the division commander said, "According to my previous instructions, use the captured shells and bullets to fill the deficit of the 217th Regiment first..." The signalman still didn't understand, and lowered his head in grievance and muttered, "Why? We captured them... Why give them to outsiders..."

The commander glanced sideways: "Obey orders!"

These four words suppressed all emotions, forcing the soldier to straighten his body and shout loudly: "Yes!" Then, he turned around unwillingly and ran away.

"I order the entire division to concentrate its forces to attack the 11th Regiment and annihilate the 21st Brigade of the th Division at the entrance of Tuancheng!"

Tick-tick, tack-tack!
Tick-tick, tack-tack!
Tick-tick, tack-tack!
Charges sounded all over the mountains, and soon the entire 115th Division launched a siege on the Japanese 11th Regiment. In this battle, the entire 115th Division lost less than a thousand people, but the 217th Regiment alone lost more than people from Chang Zhan's unit and nearly people from Yu Minghao's unit.

As for ammunition, all the ammunition the 217th Regiment had brought from Tianjin was emptied out. In addition to the daily equipment of the guard platoon, they only had ten rounds of ammunition per person. They fought so hard that shells could be found everywhere at the entrance of the regiment. There were even piles of shells at the location where the artillery was located...

But even though the battle was fought like this, the 21st Brigade captured only prisoners, among whom the highest-ranking one was Miura Toshiji.

Seized materials:

Over 40 enemy vehicles were destroyed, and over 80 troop transport trucks and material vehicles were seized;
More than 200 horse-drawn carriages;

More than 10,000 Type 38 rifles were seized, of which 2,400 were damaged;
Of the 240 machine guns, nearly 80 were destroyed;
Eight Type 92 infantry guns;

There were countless bayonets, helmets, backpacks, water bottles, and bedding.

Radio stations, four that were not damaged.

The main casualties of the 217th Regiment were as follows: the fifth platoon leader was killed in battle, Wang Yu was temporarily killed in battle, Chang Zhan was wounded in seven places, and the total number of casualties in the entire regiment was as high as . The total combat losses reached at least people, not counting minor injuries.

……

When this information was sent to Yan'an via the radio, and then translated and sent to the "Military Commission", the boss handed the battle report to the man in the cave. His hands were shaking slightly as he checked the report with the help of an oil lamp.

He did not ask why the casualties were all in the 217th Regiment, but instead looked up at the boss and asked, "Do the soldiers have enough medicine?"

"Is there enough food?"

"We must urge our comrades in Shanxi to ensure the soldiers' living needs at all costs. We owe them too much land."

The boss nodded and sighed. Anyone would be touched by the fact that this troop, which had just returned home, suffered such heavy casualties for the first time in the battle wearing their own military uniforms.

"And one more thing."

The boss said, "Comrade Xia Gong said that we searched all over northern Shaanxi, but still couldn't find Comrade Xu Chaoyang's father. How can we explain this?"

"Explain what?"

"If we haven't found him yet, we have to keep looking. If we can't find him in northern Shaanxi, we have to look all over Shaanxi and Shanxi. No matter what, we have to find him!"

He had never even looked for a child lost during the Long March, but he asked the most special department in Yan'an to search for Xu Chaoyang's father regardless of the cost...

　Thank you for the reward from the great devil Peng. I am very grateful and thank you a thousand times!
　　I was a little tired yesterday, so I just got up. There is one chapter left for evening, evening.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)