War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 536: Death of Sima Yi

Then Xu Chaoyang had to speak frankly.

He wiped the water marks again, drew the map of Xinkou and said, "In my opinion, we should completely abandon Eastern Shanxi in this battle. The 71st Army will only be used to delay time and hold up the Fifth Division. Whether it is Pingxingguan or the entire Eastern Shanxi, we should abandon it until Niangziguan and focus all our attention on Xinkou."

"The Japanese mixed brigades are mostly local garrison troops. Although their equipment is much better than ours, they are far inferior to the Japanese elite Fifth Division. "

"A mixed brigade has about 6000 people, including artillery, engineering, communications and infantry battalions, all of which are under the command of the brigade headquarters;"

"As for the 1st, 2nd, 15th, and 16th Mixed Brigades, we can tell from their order that they are deployed in a coordinated manner. It is like a unit with relatively strong combat power leading a unit with weak combat power. This means that they are easier to defeat than the 5th Division."

"I have fought against the Fifth Division and the 16th Mixed Brigade. In terms of combat effectiveness, the 16th Mixed Brigade is obviously much worse than the Fifth Division."

"Also, our leader once said that it is better to cut off one enemy finger than to injure ten of them. Instead of fighting the enemy on the entire front, it is better to achieve an unprecedented victory on one front!"

Xu Chaoyang pointed to Xinkou and said: "My 217th Brigade is willing to serve as the vanguard to lure the enemy deep into our territory and fight a bloody battle with the invading enemy at Xinkou!"

"Then I will lose the battle, and lose on purpose!"

"For any Japanese army right now," Xu Chaoyang laughed proudly, "it's an honor to defeat 217. Let's give them this honor and let them exchange it for the entire Tojo Corps!"

Xu Chaoyang said viciously: "By then, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army will use Lingshan and Xinxian as fulcrums. Once we retreat, these two places will surely be attacked fiercely. At that time, Xinkou will be empty. Commander Yan needs to quickly recapture it and make the 1st, 2nd, 15th, and 16th Mixed Brigades fall into a quagmire."

"Commander Yan can send a trusted unit to defend the frontier from Xinzhou to Taiyuan. We must not let the devils escape. Our 115th and 120th Divisions can station troops in the entire mountain range on the right side of Xinzhou, and the commander-in-chief of the National Guard will station troops in the mountain range on the left side. As long as this situation of closing the door and beating the dog is formed, the entire Tojo Corps will fall here."

"But this battle is not over yet. I have already defeated the entire 21st Brigade of the Fifth Division. Commander Yan should know how many troops are left. Now that the Tojo Corps has been eaten up, Commander Yan can take all the Japanese invaders on the ground in Shanxi."

"China has 400 million people, and we are not afraid of casualties. How many people are there in that Japanese den? How many such battles can they withstand? Can the new recruits still have such combat effectiveness?"

"So I say, Commander Yan, do you want a temporary victory or a lifetime achievement?"

Xu Chaoyang felt that what he said was very good, but Old Xizi Yan didn't even move his face, but stared at the table and fell into deep thought.

Deputy Director Li smiled slightly at this moment, stretched out his hand, dipped his finger in some water on the table, wrote the word "Jiang", and said: "Commander Yan, in the current situation, he can mobilize troops from all over the world, but Commander Yan can't." Deputy Director Li pointed to that word. Although he couldn't draw, the words he wrote with his fingers were still so handsome, as if they had pen strokes, but the whole word was thin and gloomy, lacking the masculinity that a man should have.

"The reason is simple. The location is different."

"Then, if the ideals and slogans are the same, the only difference left is between 'central' and 'local'."

"At this time, if we continue to achieve results, it will prove that the trunk is weak and the branches are strong."

Deputy Director Li pointed to the picture drawn by Xu Chaoyang and said a name easily: "Zhao Kuangyin."

"If at this moment, you still want to counterattack from the entire front line, and you want to achieve results at every point, but you can't come up with a record that can convince the world, once Niangzi Pass is breached, Commander Yan, do you want to consider the pressure of fighting on multiple fronts?"

"Can you really withstand it?"

Deputy Director Li seemed to be questioning Yan Laoxizi's inner thoughts: "What if SH loses the battle at this time? Everyone knows that SH's defeat on the battlefield is only a matter of time. When this news spreads to Shanxi, how much of a blow will it cause to morale? At that time, can we still show a good record?"

"How will Commander Yan deal with it then?" Old Lady Yan looked at Deputy Director Li expressionlessly, "Deputy Director Li of the Beiping Military Branch, tell me how I should deal with it?"

Deputy Director Li didn't say anything. He used his finger to dip into the water mark again and wrote four words on the desktop: "Fuck everyone!"

Xu Chaoyang’s eyes suddenly widened!
He is trying to improve the image of our party, so he dare not say a single dirty word. You just wrote dirty words? And you wrote them so bluntly! What does "fuck everyone" mean?
But what Yan Laoxizi read out was: "People have their own concerns."

"Deputy Director Li meant for me to remember my responsibilities and not be the sinner who created the 'Southern Ming'."

Xu Chaoyang's face turned red, like a traffic light, and it turned red on the spot!
I wish my brain could shrink into the cavity.

Once Shanxi is lost, the Japanese invaders will go south and connect with SH. There may not even be any Southern Ming left in the world. Then, wouldn't Old Xizi Yan be a sinner?
The next second, Deputy Director Li wiped off all the extra words on the table. He didn't know how to draw a map, but he remembered the approximate location. He continued to write "Beihua, Here, Erhacha, Beidong" next to Xu Chaoyang's map.

After writing it, he opened his mouth and said, "If you win, Commander Yan, this is your prospect!"

Only then did Xu Chaoyang follow the characters and see the entire landscape. What Deputy Director Li meant was that only by defending Shanxi could they look back at the entire landscape. At that time, what he, Yan Laoxizi, could see would no longer be the Southern Ming Dynasty, but the Road to Jiuwu!
However, there was one thing Xu Chaoyang did not understand.
How is this different from what you said?
But Xu Chaoyang and Deputy Director Li, one starts from the real-time strategy, and the other starts from the human heart; one tells you what to do specifically, and the other tells you what you can see at this level.

That’s right, what Xu Chaoyang said was still not his own tactics. What he said was ‘burning Shangfang Valley’ and the ‘Tianlu Tactics’. It was a battle that countless sages in history had fought. The only difference was that this time it was Xu Chaoyang who was going to fight.

What Yan Laoxizi saw was an enemy so powerful that had never been seen in history. No matter how strong the opponents were back then, they were nothing more than Qin with sharp crossbows and Wei with strong soldiers. They had never seen such strong ships and powerful cannons.

"Chaoyang."

"You just arrived in Taiyuan, and I should have welcomed you, but you and your family have just reunited, so I really can't bother you too much. So, you two can chat about family matters first. Tomorrow, I will hold a banquet at my mansion, and then we can continue our conversation. Today, I won't bother you for now."

After saying that, Old Xizi Yan got up and left, as if she had no regrets at all.

"uncle?"

Deputy Director Li smiled casually: "It's almost there."

"How did you see that?"

"If it doesn't work, would he be so anxious to go back and call all the generals to a meeting to discuss it? As long as he has this idea, the reputation of 'bloody battle in Shanxi and great victory' against the Japanese will tempt him to make a decision. A man, especially a man who can be in the limelight, can't bear the word 'reputation'."

"Chaoyang, you did a good job this time."

Deputy Director Li turned around and looked at Xu Chaoyang.

"Ah?" Xu Chaoyang really didn't understand.

"Let Old Lady Yan, the Nationalist Army, Mr. Ba and the devils fight to the death. We will dominate Taiyuan and develop Xinzhou. This geographical location is unique!"

Xu Chaoyang blinked more than ten times. He had just talked about how to be devoured by the Tojo Army in the boss's tent. Where did these words come from?
"Ah" Xu Chaoyang's brain was almost confused, but he just agreed reluctantly. This damn Sima Yi was too imaginative.

(End of this chapter)