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Xu Le came back to his senses and broke the awkward situation in the room. The name was suggested by his aunt, so he could call her by it without worrying about any negligence in the future.

Zhang Shuping stamped her feet lightly, as if trying to calm her beating heart. After a moment, she spoke:

"It was sent to me secretly by Yamaguchi Keiko's subordinates. They had previously retreated to Datong with Iwamatsu Yoshio. Later, it seemed that something happened in Peking, so Yamaguchi Keiko was called over. My sister said that the situation in Shanxi Province had stabilized, and she didn't need to stay here, so she followed them!"

Xu Le nodded. Just now he felt that he owed Zhang Shuping, but now he felt that he owed Zhang Shulan even more.

Zhang Shuping moved alone among the high-ranking Japanese officials. If she was not careful, she would face many dangers. However, she never said she was afraid and handled everything in an orderly manner.

The previous Lishi County and Lin County in western Shanxi were the ones she had set up over the past year or so. She brought together the people she had developed with the cronies of Yamaguchi Keiko and coordinated with the troops at critical moments, which resulted in very few casualties among the troops and civilians in these counties.

After making so much effort, only Xu Le, Zhang Shuping and a few others knew about it because of their special identities...

Thinking about all these things, Xu Le especially regretted letting Zhang Shulan go to Taiyuan and letting Zhang Shuping go to Fenyang, letting two 20-year-old women bear such a heavy burden.

It was also because of this that Xiao Si died, Jiu Ba also died, and many intelligence officers in the county also died...

He wanted to protect the people of the Tang Dynasty, and even more so, he wanted to protect the people around him.

But who can make this choice? Either sacrifice one person from your side to protect 10 compatriots. Or protect one person from your side and sacrifice 10 compatriots.

Perhaps no one can give a correct answer to this multiple-choice question, and it shouldn’t even be a multiple-choice question.

There will always be sacrifices in war, and all he can do is try his best to reduce the number of casualties.

He had actually done it. He tried his best to provide the soldiers with better equipment to protect themselves. As a result, over such a long period of time, the number of casualties in the entire 88th Army was less than 2000, and the number of injured was only about 4000.

Take the Fifth Army's battle at Damenguan as an example. The casualties in that battle were equal to those of the 88th Army in a year and a half.

Therefore, Xu Le at least protected tens of thousands of soldiers and protected millions of people in Shanxi Province from continuing to be harmed by the Japanese invaders.

War. If there were no war, how could so many people die?

Somehow, Xu Le, who already had an immense hatred for Japan, once again reaffirmed a belief in his heart: blood debt must be repaid with blood.

"Le'er, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Xu Le's expression suddenly become strange, Xu Wenwan couldn't help but ask.

"fine!"

Afterwards, Xu Le came to his senses and told everything about Zhang Shulan and Yamaguchi Keiko.

Because he is going to make important contributions to this family, they should know these top secrets.

In addition to the three major departments whose secrets are already exposed, the entire 88th Army also has two most important secrets.

The first one was Yamaguchi Keiko and Zhang Shulan, who were prepared for landing in Japan and ruling Japan in the future. No more than 10 people in the entire army knew about it.

The second is Xu Le's plan to take his troops abroad to establish his own army. So far, only Xu Da and Jiang Feng know about this. Even Liu Quanhua and Wang Dafu only think that Xu Le wants to be a powerful warlord in the Tang Dynasty.

Although the 88th Army seems to be strong in manpower and horses, the people Xu Le trusts most are actually Xu Da and his 500 guards, who should now be 499 people.

If the loyalty of Xu Da and others is 100, then the Zhang Shulan sisters are 99, Jiang Feng is 97, a few senior officials such as Liu Quanhua are 96, and Xu Wenwan's family is 95.

Since there have been 100 political commissars in the system, Xu Le dares to be sure that the loyalty of his soldiers is at least 70%. Unless Xu Le does something that will arouse the envy of heaven and man, the possibility of rebellion is almost zero.

After thinking it over again and again, Xu Le continued to express his thoughts, just as he explained to Jiang Feng at the beginning.

Xu Le originally thought that Xu Wenwan and others would be very surprised, but the fact was beyond his expectation. The four people in front of him were not surprised at all.

Xu Le suspected that he had not expressed himself clearly, so he asked again: "Well, did I not express myself clearly? How about I explain it again?"

At this time, Zhu Xiaoping said, "Le'er, let me express my opinion on behalf of our family of three! You also know what kind of temper I had before. It's not that easy to make me bow my head!

But since we chose to join the 88th Army, we have decided that no matter what happens, we will stand together!

You have grown up, become successful, and can lead so many people to fight the Japanese. We believe in you. No matter what decision you make, we will absolutely support you! "

Zhu Zhaolan also replied indignantly: "Yes, cousin, you are now the hero I admire most. I will continue to follow you forever, otherwise where can I find a general like you!"

Xu Le was ashamed. This guy might be so enthusiastic just to marry Lin Miaoke!

Speaking of who this Lin Miaoke is, I secretly sent people to investigate a year ago, but until now I haven't found any information, as if this person doesn't exist in this world.

Forget it. With Lin Miaoke's identity, this cousin of mine can be more motivated.

Then he looked at Zhang Shuping, who just smiled but didn't say anything. Xu Le understood that this was his wife, with whom he was married, and she would definitely follow him.

Daughters-in-law these days are still very loyal. They truly follow their husband wherever he goes.

"Now that everyone is clear, I will assign tasks to you. Aunt, uncle, I'll have to trouble you two to keep working for a while!

Aunt, you should stop being the director of the clothing factory and find someone capable to take over. You will take over your uncle's position as the director of the quartermaster department and the deputy director of the finance department. Your military rank will be lieutenant colonel.

My uncle has accumulated a lot of military experience in the past year. I will transfer you to Minister Jiang's staff office as a combat staff officer. Minister Jiang will explain the specific matters to you. The span of your transfer is a bit large, so I can only give you the rank of lieutenant colonel for the time being.

Zhu Zhaolan, your qualifications and accumulated military merits are sufficient. I have two choices here. It depends on where you want to go!

The army will form several new divisions in a while, including a reinforced mechanized infantry regiment. You can choose to be the commander of the newly formed tank regiment or the reinforced mechanized infantry regiment. Both are colonels. It's up to you to choose!"

Zhu Zhaolan hesitated and said, "Can I bring some of my own people with me?"

"Of course you can, but only the people from your company. Forget about other companies! If they want, you can even take the whole company away!"

Zhu Zhaolan's eyes immediately lit up: "Well, I'll go to the new tank regiment! I said I would drive the tanks into the enemy, so I have to keep driving!"

Xu Le nodded and said meaningfully: "Do you know why I agreed to let you take a company? Because they are your comrades who have fought side by side and shared life and death with you. You understand each other and trust each other. I hope you can bring out a team of your own. My expectations of you are not just to be a general. Do you understand?"