War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 725 Watershed!
"Okay, we've almost finished talking about the next phase of the 129th Division's work. Do you have any ideas of your own?"

Several people sat in the courtyard, fiddling with the "handsome sword" in their hands, and at this time someone laughed out loud.

"What's so funny?"

Everyone thought there was something wrong with the knife, and the man holding the handsome knife asked, "What do you think?"

The political commissar of the 129th Division quickly pushed the knife back and said without even starting to pick it up, "I'm laughing. If Xu Chaoyang saw how much you liked this knife, he wouldn't have to use his connections to get it. He would have come to my door late at night with two bags of tea wrapped in paper and asked me to ask for favors, huh? Hahahaha..."

The people around burst into laughter.

The man holding the sword asked with a smile on his face: "How did Jing'an know you would come?"

"I went to report to the Military Commission and happened to see him grinding his teeth there."

After hearing this, the man laughed again and asked, "So what did you say?"

"I'm telling you, even without you, Xu Chaoyang, we still have Li Chaoyang and Zhao Chaoyang. No matter who is missing from our team, we can still take over the entire Shanxi province!"

The man immediately became unhappy: "Why are you scaring Jing'an?"

Others laughed out loud at the same time: “Hahahahahahaha…”

The commissar of 129 looked at the others and said, "Did you see that? Did you see how partial he is to his favorite generals? He gets upset if anyone says anything about it."

The man turned his head back embarrassedly at this time, and asked with his face covered: "Okay, stop joking, tell me, which unit of your 129th Division plans to send into Shanxi?"

"386st Brigade."

The political commissar of the 129th Division said: "They have cooperated with Xu Chaoyang before and are more familiar with each other. If these two people cooperate well in Shanxi, the whole of Shanxi will be impenetrable."

"Should I tell Chaoyang to give some space to Ekou and Fanzhi?" Then he asked, "The 386th Brigade will need a habitat after they go there."

"The people of the 129th Division don't have this habit. What we lack the least is patience." Someone just replied.

The man looked at the political commissar of the 129th Division again and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Wait!"

"Anyway, the people in the 217th Military Division can't move now, so we can just wait until the Japanese return. When the 217th Military Division is in a state of confrontation with the Japanese, we can coordinate operations and take down the 386th Brigade's own base."

After hearing this, the people in the courtyard nodded and said, "I believe this. You came back from Europe and you have the style of Europe. You are straightforward and very patient. I am confident in you."

"report!"

As they were talking, a man walked in from the doorway, and someone said with a smile, "Here I am."

"Report, regarding the commendation of the 217th Military Division and Xu Chaoyang's personal commendation, we have already processed it. Please review it."

After receiving the document, someone asked, "I heard that Xu Chaoyang has been grinding his teeth at your place?"

"He doesn't dare to come here." The visitor said with a smile, "He said he disrupted your entire plan and made you angry~" When the visitor said this with a trailing tone, the courtyard laughed again. "Yes."

The man took out a piece of paper from his jacket pocket and said, "I've read Xu Chaoyang's self-criticism. It's very profound. He called himself 'individual heroism' and said he had made serious ideological mistakes. This time he really knows he was wrong."

"This guy is a sly guy. Don't be fooled by him. If he can't figure it out, he will get into big trouble when he returns to Shanxi. We can't ruin such a good situation just because of a momentary anger, right?"

"No," said the man, "I'm sure he won't."

"When the National Government's 'commendation order' came down, Xu Chaoyang told me personally that this was a slap in the face by the man in Chongqing. He also said that he would never accept the rank of major general awarded by the National Government."

"Why doesn't he admit it? He has to admit it. After all, this is the first real military rank among us."

"Don't scare him. Our top priority right now is to discuss how to conduct a defensive war in Shanxi and northern Shaanxi. Everyone knows that the Japanese will definitely return from Wuhan. At the latest, they will attack Shanxi in the spring of next year..."

"sit"

"Come, come, come, sit down."

After everyone was seated in the courtyard, they began to discuss: "I have considered the issue you raised. Some of our people have already gone to the Kremlin, but we don't know what the outcome of the talks will be."

"This time, the communication between us was much smoother than before. In this regard, Xu Chaoyang's contribution to the capture of Tuanchengkou is still indispensable!"

"So, I have decided to let the 129th Division enter Shanxi. Whether it is to advance or to assist in the defense, it will be more reassuring to have our own people to help us, right?"

"Otherwise, why wouldn't Xu Chaoyang dare to let the Sichuan Army attack as the main force?"

In the courtyard, a man took a puff of cigarette and continued, "Since Jing'an has chosen this path, we must do our best to help him follow this path. At the same time, we must not give up the route of development behind enemy lines. We must give Yan'an's financial resources to our comrades behind enemy lines as much as possible, and the mineral resources should still focus on 217."

"But if this is the case, after the 129th Division enters Shaanxi, the pressure on the Xin County Arsenal will increase. Do you think Xu Chaoyang can handle it?"

The visitor thought for a long time and responded, "The 29th Army Repair Shop that Comrade Chaoyang brought here earlier still needs to be put into operation. Let's help as much as we can."

"Our 129th Division will also be as self-sufficient as possible. Even if we don't have guns and artillery, we still have enemies. They can't just come to fight with slippers in their hands, right? If resources are insufficient, we will take them from the enemy!"

The man nodded and said, "I hope Mr. Wu and his team will have smoother progress with the Bolsheviks."

After saying this, he suddenly felt something and shook his hand: "This is what I said, never put any hope in the hands of others, because it will definitely involve your energy and prevent you from giving your all on your own battlefield."

At the same second, almost everyone understood...

"report!"

"According to reports from the front, after the Japanese captured Wuhan, they began to rest and reorganize their entire army. They did not pursue the retreating Kuomintang army. It seems that they are going to slow down their attack."

For Xu Chaoyang, from this moment on, he no longer has any "history" to copy.

(End of this chapter)