War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 600: The Stunned Jiuwuqing (Thanks for the 5000 reward for 'buying you one')
"Isn't it said that 217 is extremely brave and invincible?"

"Then why don't you dare go to the battlefield right before your eyes?"

"My son died for such a unit?"

Outside Shiling Pass, in the direction of Taiyuan, an old man was looking into the distance with a cane.

Behind the old man, a servant in a coarse cotton coat with a blue cloth strip as a belt stood there, constantly persuading him: "Master, just take a look, can't we go back?"

"I do not go!"

The old man turned his head away and said angrily, "I just want to see if the world-renowned 217 is really as rumored, or if only my stupid son has been deceived and he is the only one who is brave!"

At this moment, a cold wind blew, blowing up the yellow corn leaves in the field, and the corn leaves floated towards the camp of 217.

At the entrance of the camp, a soldier was standing upright, but inside the camp, a soldier was holding corn ears picked up from the field, putting them on a wooden stick and roasting them over the fire.

"Brother, autumn is almost over. Why are you roasting this? It tastes best when it's tender."

The man roasting corn turned around and said, "You know shit. How can you understand the truth that old cucumbers can reduce internal heat and old corns are more fragrant at your age?"

"I'm telling you, this is just a war. If it happened back home, this thing would be put in a pot and boiled, and you would just gnaw on it. You would be gnawin on one side of the corn, and on the other side of the ear you would be pricked and you wouldn't even feel the pain."

"Just bragging." The young man smiled, while the slightly older officer smiled and said nothing more.

"When I was a kid, I loved to dig into the fields. There were all kinds of things in the fields, radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes. Oh, if I happened to meet someone in the village who was growing watermelons, that would be great. This year, the whole village would have to eat their watermelons, hahahaha… If you meet someone who will come, as soon as the watermelons are ripe, they will pick the big ones first and send one or two to every household in the village. No one will touch their watermelons all year round. But if you meet someone who doesn't know better, you'll just have to watch. The children from every household will be staring at the watermelon fields, and that will be both eating and causing trouble."

"They have to live in a melon shed that is eaten by insects and rats this summer, and you can't even keep an eye on them."

Another soldier beside him started talking, and the one roasting corn also spoke: "Isn't it the same for those who grow cabbage? When summer comes, whoever catches someone goes to the field to pick cabbage leaves. In this way, coriander, cucumbers, and peppers can basically be picked from every household. When you go home, wash them, pull them up, put some sauce in the cabbage leaves, dip the cabbage stalks in the sauce, and eat them with your lunch!"

The younger soldier next to him swallowed his saliva, but after thinking for a long time, he replied: "Aren't you evil?"

The old soldiers around him didn't even look at him: "Not that he's a bad guy, but when autumn comes, the cabbages in the vegetable garden are so dense that they're pulled out like chickens with bald tails, hahahahahaha."

"This is not allowed here!" The young soldier was still emphasizing discipline.

The old soldier immediately asked, "Why?"

"Is it because I didn't go to their weddings or funerals, or is it because you didn't hire anyone to help you build the kang or the house?"

"It's just a trivial matter in daily life. In the countryside, as long as you are a villager, you can pull out a few men from any house to show their strength and eat a few vegetable leaves from your house. Do you still have such a temper?"

The young soldier couldn't understand what the old soldier was saying. He really couldn't understand, so he could only open his mouth and say: "Our discipline is not to take a single needle or thread from the common people."

The two veterans looked at each other, and one of them raised his hand and shouted at him: "Go away, go play somewhere else, don't fucking interrupt when adults are talking."

The bullied young man raised his head and looked to the side. When his eyes caught sight of Xu Chaoyang not far away, even Yang Jingyu turned his head to the other side.

"report!"

The reconnaissance company returned from the direction of Shiling Pass, and the entire team stood neatly in front of Xu Chaoyang.

"Soldiers, take a rest. The company commander will stay."

After Xu Chaoyang casually said this, the reconnaissance company that had completed its mission disbanded. The company commander squatted next to the campfire, sat cross-legged on the ground and warmed himself by the fire, as if he was sitting on the kang at home.

"Nagging?"

Xu Chaoyang took a sip of the cigarette he had just lit and passed it to the captain of the reconnaissance company. He took the cigarette and put it in his mouth. "We figured it out. Outside Shiling Pass is the 16th Mixed Brigade. After the 2nd Mixed Brigade was defeated, these bastards got a lot of scattered reinforcements. They launched four attacks on Shiling Pass overnight, killing more than people in Hao Mengling before retreating."

"Brigade Commander, we also found some very strange guys."

Xu Chaoyang quickly asked: "What guy?"

"You said that thing is an iron-shell turtle, right? It looks different from other tanks. It looks stupid, just like the way Wu Laoer in our village always shrugs one shoulder after hanging a basket..." This kid is so damn mean!
But the adjective reminded Xu Chaoyang of the Japanese Type 95 tank.

That thing has a tall turret and the muzzle is tilted to the left. I don't know how the Japanese developed it. When I looked at it from a distance, it really looked like it was shaky. However, this is just an impression. This thing doesn't shake when it moves.

"Did they use this thing to attack Shiling Pass?" Xu Chaoyang asked in confusion and looked at Yang Jingyu. Yang Jingyu immediately replied: "I didn't hear any gunfire."

"No, they can't get up here."

"The slope in front of Shiling Pass is steep and narrow, and is not suitable for mechanized troops to attack at all."

The reconnaissance company commander looked at Xu Chaoyang and asked, "Brigade Commander, what is that?"

"Type 95 light tank."

After the full-scale war of resistance against Japan broke out, the Japanese successively deployed many types of tanks on the battlefield in our country. The Type 95 light, Type 97 medium, Type 92 heavy, etc. have almost all appeared. At this stage, the most commonly used tanks in the troops are the Type 92 heavy and Type 95 light. These mechanized troops in this era were all under the cavalry organization. This is why our cavalry always suffered heavy losses when they met the enemy cavalry.

The Type 92 was actually developed by the Ishikawajima Automobile Works for the cavalry, so the cavalry did not accept the name of this thing and proposed the name "bean tank". In addition, this thing was small in size, so over time it was called "little bean".

The reason why tanks were placed under the command of cavalry was that the Japanese needed troops that could perform rapid marching missions at that time. One month later, the 26th Division of the Japanese set up a "search team" composed of cavalry and " heavy tanks". This search team was fast, as fast as lightning, and had strong firepower, which made us suffer a lot...

"report!"

"General Hao Mengling has sent someone here!"

Before he could finish his words, Xu Chaoyang raised his chin towards the guard, who immediately turned around and ran to the gate of the military camp, and led him over to a man in the uniform of the Kuomintang army.

"report!"

"Zhao Erhu, commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the 9th Army Independent Brigade, greets Brigade Commander Xu!"

Snapped!
He saluted politely, and Xu Chaoyang simply waved his hand: "We are all brothers, if you have something to say, just talk about it, there is no need to do this."

Zhao Erhu immediately relaxed a little and said, "Brigade Commander Xu, our commander..."

"Let me make it clear first!" Xu Chaoyang interrupted him immediately: "I am not trying to steal the credit from you. We were ordered by our superiors to come here from outside Taiyuan City. Otherwise, how could we just sit here and dawdle?"

"no……"

"Go back and tell your commander that I, Xu Chaoyang, have absolutely no intention of hindering the Ninth Army from killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions. If you think we are an eyesore, we will move out tomorrow."

"Brigade Commander Xu!" Zhao Erhu really couldn't get a word in. He finally got a word in, but he had to explain: "I was ordered to invite you to the military camp. Our commander has also received an order to fight outside Shiling Pass. I don't want to learn from you about your experience in fighting against Japan."

"What experience? You have guns and cannons, and you also have Su Luotong. Go for it!"

Zhao Erhu looked embarrassed: "The Japanese have armored troops parked at the foot of the mountain. If they don't leave, how can we fight this battle?"

Xu Chaoyang was so angry that he asked, "They are leaving, who are you going to fight?"

Zhao Erhu blushed for a moment. Xu Chaoyang took advantage of his momentary embarrassment and said, "Why doesn't this brother know how to joke? Go back and tell the commander that I'm Xu Chaoyang and I'll be there right away."

"Hey! Hey!"

The next second, Xu Chaoyang watched his men send the boy away, and immediately turned around and said, "Old Yang!"

"What about those people we trained who can drive armored vehicles?"

217 has had armored vehicles!
Yang Jingyu turned around and shouted, "Automobile class, assemble!"

Why is 217 so awesome? Xu Chaoyang's early layout gave them many talents. Although they didn't have a single car, they had a car squad where everyone could drive a car, including an armored vehicle. Who else in the th Group Army had this configuration?
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