War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 726 Whose relative? (Thanks to Tao Tao Cat 1666 for the reward!)
Xin County, 217th Headquarters.

Lao Chang kept pointing his finger in front of the map of Tuanchengkou and said, "We should disperse the Sichuan Army and let them withdraw their troops to share the pressure of Tuanchengkou!"

"With our three regiments of 4,500 troops stationed at Tuanchengkou, Laoye Temple, and Pingxingguan, and also strengthening the defense of Xihekou and Zhongzhuangpu against Hunyuan, isn't this the same situation as the Fifth Division faced before?"

Old Yang sneered at him and said, "Don't you know Chaoyang? Who dares to touch the defense line he has set up?"

"I dare!"

Chang Zhan responded: "An unreasonable defense line configuration is unreasonable. Deng Xihou has a large number of troops piled up above Fanshi. What's the point of this?"

You Kui'er was amused: "Old Chang, do you think the Sichuan Army is our own army? Do you think the Sichuan Army will listen to me or Old Yang? Don't we have to wait until Chaoyang comes back to decide?"

"He will be back soon, drink some water and don't worry."

"Are you all here?"

On a winter day, heavy snow was falling all over the sky. Xu Chaoyang walked into the house wrapped in a military coat. As soon as he entered the house, he rushed to the stove and stretched out his hand.

"What are you arguing about? I heard you guys arguing and shouting from a distance. What's going on?"

Lao Yang and You Kui'er were silent. Chang Zhan stood up at this time and said, "We are talking about the unreasonable deployment of troops on the defense line of Tuanchengkou."

"The Sichuan Army has nearly 40,000 soldiers. In the entire battle that took place before, the total loss was less than 2,000. Now the entire Sichuan Army is guarding the west of the main camp. The troops of our three regiments are deployed on the Tuanchengkou defense line. It's like a thin layer of paper. Won't it break with a poke?"

"Chaoyang, you have to consider this!"

puff.

Lao Yang and You Kuier were both amused. Chang Zhan didn't have this attitude just now. He would have demolished the house.

Level 89.

Xu Chaoyang had defined Chang Zhan in his mind. Old Chang during this period was like himself who had just moved away from the tactical level and started to focus on the strategic level. He already had his own views on the entire battle situation, but his vision was still very narrow.

"Go on."

Xu Chaoyang took off his military coat, reached out and used the stove hook to open the stove lid, stretched out his hand towards the red charcoal inside, and his mouth was full of breath as he spoke.

"Look, the Sichuan Army eats our food and drinks our water, and they have anti-Japanese sentiments. Their hatred for the Japs is the same as ours. They are a completely trustworthy team. If you don't trust them, you can't let them stay in Xinzhou, right?"

"Then why not use it!"

"I don't understand."

Chang Zhan took off the military cap on his head and squatted beside the stove looking at Xu Chaoyang.

Shen Guaizi and the big guy also came into the house. The two boys were so cold that one of them had a big snot frozen on his lips, and the other one wiped his snot with his sleeve as soon as it started to flow out. It was so dirty...

At this moment, Xu Chaoyang glanced at Chang Zhan and asked, "Hey, Lao Chang, if you were to fight the Japanese with those useless weapons in the hands of the Sichuan Army, would you go?"

"I'll go!" Chang Zhan stood up immediately.

"What?"

Chang Zhan blurted out: "We have to fight back to our hometown in Northeast China."

Xu Chaoyang nodded: "Deng Xihou, do we need to fight back to Sichuan?"

Chang Zhan was stunned. Xu Chaoyang then withdrew his hand and put it behind his back naturally: "This is why the Sichuan Army wanted to rob Yan Laoxizi!"

"They still have a psychological sense of superiority. People think they are here to help. There is no doubt that the Sichuan Army can fight and dare to fight. However, if there is a deviation in the treatment, they will feel unhappy and think, 'Who did I go out of Sichuan to fight against the Japanese? Why do you treat me like this?' Is this the truth?"

"If you want to use the Sichuan Army and make good use of it, either you let them know that you have given them the best, or you give them more than they expected. Otherwise, why would they fight to the death for you?"

At this stage, there is no question of planning for the "Sichuan Army", so Xu Chaoyang gave such an explanation.

This is how Li Zongren treated the Sichuan Army. He took Deng Xihou to open the armory and told them that they could take whatever they could. This led to the fatal battle in Teng County!
Chang Zhan stopped talking. He seemed to understand and was thinking about something.

Xu Chaoyang turned around at this time and looked at Yang Jingyu and asked, "What's the situation with the team during the days I was away?"

Yang Jingyu said with surprise: "It has changed a lot!"

This was quite beyond Xu Chaoyang's expectations: "Tell me, why did it change?"

"After the battle of Zhongzhuangpu, all the troops of 217 began to actively enter our 'small classroom' and learned to attend classes seriously. Qu Yong even took the initiative to attend classes."

Xu Chaoyang exclaimed in surprise: "You mean Qu Yong?!"

"No!"

You Kuier continued, “One time, a soldier from the 67th Regiment didn’t understand what he had learned in class, so he ran into Qu Yong on his way back. At that time, Qu Yong asked him questions that made him speechless. The next day, Qu Yong brought all the military chiefs of the regiment into the small classroom and said that he would test them one by one when he got back. Hahahahaha…”

“Not only that!”

Old Yang explained, "After the battle loss of Zhongzhuangpu was announced, the enthusiasm of the New 1st Regiment led by Old Chang and Wang Tianhao's New 2nd Regiment increased. They all understood that learning more could save their lives on the battlefield. They all took pens to take notes in class. I have never seen such seriousness in their classes."

Xu Chaoyang had just poured himself a bowl of water and was about to say something when he opened his mouth. Old Yang took over his unspoken words: "Take advantage of the enthusiasm of the soldiers and intersperse them with the popularization of ideological education and cultural knowledge, right?"

"I'm already doing it. Do you still need to worry about this?"

"One more thing..."

"That guy brought back from abroad by those comrades working underground, that long-haired guy, who is neither male nor female, and who tells everyone he's a mathematician. He's been getting along really well with a few experts in our laboratory recently, and he even handed in a procurement report with the words 'tube' and 'screen' written on it. I recognize all the individual words, but when they're put together, they look so strange to me."

"Chaoyang, could this guy be a spy? Is he using these words that we can't understand to send secret signals to the outside world?"

Xu Chaoyang was stunned: "Are you guys being controlled by someone?"

"Do we still need to control him? This kid has been in the arsenal and has not come out. He has also corrected some errors in weapon parameters through calculations in the laboratory. Now, whoever catches him will praise him. Bi Sheng even wants to beat him up and put him on a pedestal."

"He also understands weapons research and development?"

"That's not clear. Bi Sheng also said so. But this kid really understands those formulas. Tong Menglai said that he simply corrected the parameters from a mathematical perspective, not from the perspective of weapons research and development."

Is this really a treasure?
Old Yang looked at Xu Chaoyang: "Why do you act like you know nothing?"

"Then where do I go?"

"Aren't your two families relatives? He stayed here because he heard that you, Xu Chaoyang, are a big shot here. And he said that your two families are real relatives, right?"

"Is there still this?"

Xu Chaoyang was stunned. He was so focused on the battle that he had completely forgotten about this kid...

(End of this chapter)