Sword of Light: I Can Summon the Fourth Disaster

In the cave, the gentleman looked at the extra division in northern Hebei with some emotion.

"This division is of great help to our troops in northern Hebei. Comrade Wang Kai sent a telegram saying that this division is as powerful as an army."

On the side, Chen Jiangling, who had been silent for a long time tonight, sat at the table, frowning, and scribbling on the paper with a pen in his hand. He had been thinking for a long time, and his eyes revealed a deep worry.

Suddenly, Chen Jiangling stood up and walked towards the enemy and friendly situation map, his eyes fixed on the marks on the map. Then, he turned to face everyone and reported in a steady voice:

"Sir, Commander-in-Chief, I found something wrong in today's telegram. There are many more puppet troops appearing from several directions than we recorded." There was a hint of nervousness in his tone.

"This may mean that the enemy has a new strategic deployment, and we must take action immediately."

After that, Chen Jiangling handed the telegram to Xiao Zongmin, pointed to the key information, and explained his findings and inferences in detail.

The other people in the room gathered around and listened attentively to Chen Jiangling's report. As time passed, the atmosphere became more and more tense, and everyone realized the seriousness of the situation.

After the report, Chen Jiangling stood quietly aside, waiting for Xiao Zongmin and his husband's decision.

The gentleman frowned, staring at the enemy and our own situation map, as if he wanted to see every detail of the battlefield through the dense lines and marks. His fingers tapped the table lightly, as if he was thinking about something. As time passed, a trace of helplessness and sigh gradually appeared on the gentleman's face.

Finally, the gentleman slowly raised his head and murmured to himself: "Our old rival, Mr. Chang, has finally come to this point..."

There was a hint of regret and disappointment in his voice. Mr. Chang recalled the several battles he had with Mr. Chang. Mr. Chang was once a hero, but now he chose to cooperate with the devils secretly.

There was a trace of pain in the gentleman's eyes. He understood that this meant that the contest between them was no longer a political dispute, but a decision on the direction of the country.

Everyone looked at the gentleman, and Xiao Zongmin asked carefully: "Sir, do you mean that Mr. Chang has reached a short-term cooperation with the devils?"

The gentleman nodded and said, "On the one hand, Mr. Chang is afraid that we will become too big, and on the other hand, it may have something to do with the foreigners behind him."

Xiao Zongmin looked at the number marked by Chen Jiangling on the map and exclaimed: "Mr. Chang is really generous. If you count carefully, there are more than 100,000 puppet troops suddenly appearing in the entire North China in the past few days. If I were not afraid of destroying the national united front of the War of Resistance, I really want to fight a few battles with Mr. Chang's disciples."

The gentleman said with a smile: "Mr. Chang is handing us a knife. The puppet troops that attack us are the puppet troops under the Jinling government, and we attack them as the central army under the Shancheng government. This is to restrict you."

At this point, the gentleman looked at the man with his hand raised high and said, "Isn't this our Air Force Commander? What do you think?"

Haoqi quickly stood up and said, "Sir, Minister Wang of our Air Force Logistics Department is familiar with the chief officers of these troops. I would like to telegraph Minister Wang to return to Shanxi as soon as possible and persuade these troops to abandon the dark and join us."

The gentleman looked at Haoqi's confident expression and asked curiously, "Can you, young comrade, be sure that they will listen to you?"

Haoqi said a little embarrassedly: "Starting from our Air Force Logistics Department, we have established a good cooperative relationship with the chief officers of these troops. The regiment commander alone can receive tens of thousands of dollars in subsidies from our Air Force Logistics Department every month unconditionally, so they still listen to what our Logistics Department says."

After listening to this, Mr. Chang put out the cigarette that was about to burn his fingers, looked at the surrounded International Youth Column, and said cheerfully: "This time, Mr. Chang may lose both his wife and his troops."

As the current head of the training team, Xiao Ruwu stood up and said, "Based on the reports from the various departments under our training team, most of the soldiers recruited from the National Government will be stronger than the average devils as long as they keep their bodies healthy and undergo simple training."

Speaking of this, Xiao Ruwu said with some emotion: "In the breakout battle of the Second Regiment, we faced the Japanese who were five times our number in mobile warfare and achieved a good score of 1:3.5. Most of these soldiers were converted from the National Army."

Listening to Xiao Ruwu talking about the casualty ratio of the Second Regiment's breakout battle, the gentleman felt a little emotional. If the Second Regiment had been fighting a positional battle with the Japanese at that time, I'm afraid this test paper would have to be made more perfect.

"In the government, the old warlord habits are serious, and it is common for superiors to oppress lower-level soldiers. And those lower-level soldiers often have their lives ruined by their superiors, and some troops are even worse off than our Eighth Route Army."

Xiao Zongmin also said: "Because of this, our dollar offensive has always been successful for those grassroots officers of the National Government. Only a small number of sergeants rejected us, but later they turned a blind eye."

"There's an old saying in the government, 'If you don't take it and I don't take it, how can the higher-ups take it?'" This sentence was like a sharp sword, piercing the originally serious atmosphere, and complicated expressions appeared on everyone's faces.

Seeing that the topic was getting off track, the gentleman frowned and decisively interrupted them. He cleared his throat and said in a low and firm voice: "Commander Xiao, we were just discussing the enemy's situation, and I forgot the purpose of my visit."

Hearing this, Xiao Zongmin stood up straight, like a tall pine tree. He quickly put away his smile, looked at the gentleman solemnly, and said respectfully: "Sir, if you have any instructions, please tell me!"

The gentleman sighed slightly, a trace of worry in his eyes, and slowly said: "Now the situation in the Central Plains is no longer a threat to the Japanese army because of the heroic fighting of the International Youth Column. However, what we need to pay attention to now is the plight of the Anti-Japanese United Army."

Xiao Zongmin's heart moved, and he asked softly, "What you mean is..." There was a hint of tentativeness in his words.

Mr. Wang nodded and said in a heavy tone: "Although some of Wang Ming's past actions may have been problematic, the Anti-Japanese United Army is, after all, a member of our Eighth Route Army. Since the Spring Festival this year, the situation facing the Anti-Japanese United Army has become increasingly severe. For this reason, Comrade Bicheng and I have discussed for a long time and believe that some soldiers and commanders should be sent north to provide strong support to the Anti-Japanese United Army."

Xiao Zongmin asked: "Sir, do you want our column to open up a support channel?"

Hearing this, the gentleman shook his head and said, "I hope to withdraw a part of your column and expand the army on the spot after entering the Northeast."

At this point, the gentleman said with a complicated expression: "I'm afraid your column will be torn apart this time."

"Resolutely obey orders!"