The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 87: Unwilling to Give Up (210 extra chapters for Uncle Bo)

Oh right! One thing that needs to be explained is that Sichuan Army Commander Yang Sen did not blame Hu Biao at all for lying here and refusing to leave.

Even yesterday, he brought people to visit Hu Biao.

Although Hu Biao also ignored them, Yang Sen didn't care; instead, he told Hei Xing and others to stay here and take good care of Hu Biao.

When they left, they left behind the 1000 silver dollars promised to the regiment commander, as well as new military uniforms for their men, some rice and flour, an old hen and two pounds of eggs.

Old hens and eggs are not very valuable, but in such a chaotic situation, it is difficult to buy them even if you have money.

Facing Uncle Bo's question, AT opened his mouth and wanted to answer, but as expected, another series of signature coughing sounds "Kang Kang Kang" rang out.

Damn it! The white-collar worker has finished two boxes of oral penicillin, but the cough problem is still not getting better.

It seems that the nickname "consumptive" will be welded to his forehead in the future.

Fortunately, their injuries, including Hu Biao's other injuries, have been significantly improved after more careful cleaning and bandaging, as well as injections of penicillin in the past two days.

It is definitely not enough to say that it has been fully recovered, but it has basically no impact on combat effectiveness.

For example: Black Star's grenade throwing has the original 90% distance and accuracy.

Seeing AT coughing violently, Huang Adi, who was sitting next to him, patted his back and complained:
"You consumptive bastard, you've been coughing like a tractor. Stop smoking! I'll get rid of the cigarettes for you."

As he spoke, he reached into AT's pocket and took out the half-pack of cigarettes.

Even though AT was coughing so hard that his whole body was shaking, he still did not forget to quickly hold his pocket with one hand and glared at Huang A-di fiercely.

Use your eyes to convey a message: This miserable life is unbearable, I will smoke even if I cough to death.

"How come this person can't tell the difference between good and bad?" Huang A'di cursed.

Then he turned around and began to answer Uncle Bo's question: "What else can I do if I'm dead? I'll just lie in bed and pretend to be asleep and ignore everyone.

Oh right! Old Cucumber and Big Silly, you two actually stayed at the military headquarters for such a long time. Does this mean there is good news and the higher-ups have finally adopted our suggestions?

After hearing the second half of Huang A-di's question, Chaozi and Dachui, who were originally dejected, immediately became energetic.

Even AT was so happy that he even stopped coughing...

Although they had retreated from the Dunwu Temple position, the Sichuan Army troops they were currently affiliated with had suffered heavy casualties and were no longer able to continue fighting.

This means that the Battle of Shanghai had basically nothing to do with them.

But that doesn't mean they don't care about this war to defend their country, and the shocking counterattack launched by the Gui army that will soon take place.

As gentlemen in the modern world, how many of you don’t know about the tragic history of 60,000 Gui troops launching a bayonet charge against the Japanese and suffering heavy casualties in three days?

Such a charge demonstrated the fearless courage of our Chinese soldiers in defending our country.

But if you think about it seriously, such a display would be better off not happening, because too many elite soldiers of the National Army have been lost in this damn war.

The Teaching Corps, the 36th, 87th and 88th Divisions of the Central Army, the Tax Police Corps, Luo Gaozhe's 18th Army, Hu Shoushan's 74st Army, and Yu Liangzhen's th Army.

These elite central troops suffered heavy losses one by one, and even entire divisions were wiped out.

There are also local troops such as the Hunan Army, Northeast Army, Guangdong Army, Anhui Army, Soviet Army, Henan Army, Hunan Army, Hebei Army, Zhejiang Army, Sichuan Army, and Northwest Army.

Even the police in the Magic City, including the most combat-experienced veterans, were killed in battle.

They fought for their country with fearless courage, but died in the powerful enemy firepower network composed of planes, tanks, artillery, and naval guns. It can be said that the country's most elite defense forces suffered heavy losses in this battle.

So much so that for a long time afterwards, even if more troops were formed, they were all new recruits who could not fight.

A Japanese infantry battalion was able to defeat a division of the National Army on the front battlefield. This incredible record was achieved in this way.

These new recruits had to pay an astonishing price to grow up little by little from the flames of war.

Even the massacre in Nanjing two months later, the unforgettable humiliation and hatred of this nation, had a lot to do with the above.

How can we fight with a group of defeated soldiers who are seriously short of weapons and equipment and have low morale?
So, if these 60,000 elite Gui army brothers survived and became the spark and backbone of some new troops, wouldn’t it be a good thing to fight the Japanese well?

Based on this point, Commander Yang convened all officers above the battalion level to hold a post-war meeting today.

Because Hu Biao could not attend, the order came that Hei Xing and Uncle Bo should attend in his place. The six of them decided to take a risk.

They risked changing the fate of the Gui army, but the mysterious being that allowed them to travel through time might not allow it, and they might even be killed.

I went to have a bitter discussion with Commander Yang: under the current war model.

The Gui army's old bayonet charge tactics were simply suicide; the Battle of Shanghai could not continue, and an orderly evacuation had to be considered.

The main goal was to first persuade Yang Sen, and then have Commander Yang pass the message to a higher-ranking officer, so that they would abandon the counterattack plan.

Even though they knew that such an attempt might be a risk in vain and would not produce any results; but there were tens of thousands of lives at stake, they couldn't just do nothing, right?
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Facing the other four people's fiery and expectant eyes, Black Star smiled bitterly.

He said something that made people speechless: "What's the use of adopting it? It's useless. We just opened our mouths and Commander Yang scolded us.

Let us not worry about these things, everything will be decided by the higher-ups.

After scolding us, he told us privately that there were many smart people in the national army; we were not the only ones who were not optimistic about this counterattack plan and raised objections.

For example, Peng Shan, the commander of the 11th Division, frankly told the officers of the Gui Army that facing the absolute firepower advantage of the Japanese army, such a counterattack would only lead to the deaths of the brothers.

It’s just that the little Zhuge Bai Jiansheng was full of confidence and was determined to make a name for himself in this national war.

In addition, high-ranking government officials such as the bald principal and Chen Xiuci also strongly agreed with this counterattack plan, so these objections were completely useless.

The 11th Division was part of the Civil Engineering Department of the Central Army, and its division commander, Peng Shan, was a graduate of the first class of the Whampoa Military Academy. He was almost punished for talking nonsense.

Therefore, Commander Yang Sen told us not to mention anything about the counterattack plan; not to cause trouble for him, the Sichuan Army, or ourselves.

After listening to this, Huang A-di and the others felt a huge sense of powerlessness in their hearts. Is it impossible to change history after all?
"Damn it! I really can't accept this." AT said this after a long sigh.

Chaozi echoed: "Yeah, I really don't want to accept it, but what can I do if I don't accept it?

People like us are of too low status. Apart from Yang Sen, we can't even see any higher-ranking officials. It would be great if Hu Biao was okay.

At least you can try to trick the parasites behind Director Sun and ask them to help find an opportunity to meet a big shot and give it another try.

If it really doesn't work, just publish it in the newspaper.

I heard that Hu Biao is quite popular outside. I think if he takes the initiative to find the reporters, he can still make some big noise.

After complaining, Chaozi did not get any response from others.

After looking up in surprise, they were surprised to find that Hu Biao had finally gotten up. He forced an ugly smile at them and said:
"Don't worry! I've figured it out and I've recovered..."

(End of this chapter)