Sword of Light: I Can Summon the Fourth Disaster

Ling Bo Piaomiao put down the battle report in his hand, turned to Political Commissar Long and said, "I calculated that the number of enemies killed reported by several battalions in the past few days has exceeded 10,000. Now we should finish it off. Release the 12th Regiment. General Bai will transfer another regiment over, and let the three regiments hunt us."

Political Commissar Long nodded upon hearing this. It was true that the Japanese's attack today was not as strong as before. Now the only thing between the Eighth Regiment and the Japanese was a decisive battle.

"Okay, I'll report this to the division and headquarters right away."

Northern Shaanxi, General Staff Headquarters

When Xiao Zongmin received the telegram from the Fourth Division, he was overjoyed and said to Xiao Tiance: "Look, look, now our situation in eastern Shandong has been decided."

Xiao Tiance took the battle report and was overjoyed after reading it: "In this case, everything is ready, and we are just waiting for the navy. Although the method they chose outside Longkou is a stupid one, this will minimize our losses."

Xiao Zongmin felt somewhat helpless when reading the telegram. Now that the 4th Division was becoming stronger and stronger, the tank battalion had been moved down to the regiment. However, due to the blocked roads, the mobility of the mechanized infantry regiment could not be brought into full play.

It is now the beginning of spring, and the snow in eastern Shandong has begun to melt on a large scale. Many of the originally solid roads have turned into mud. Chen Hai and Qi Yu from the Sixth Independent Regiment discussed with each other and decided to advance slowly into Longkou City while fighting on the stone slabs under the cover of heavy artillery.

Roads are also a big problem nowadays. The International Youth Column has a large number of mechanized infantry, but they are too dependent on the environment now. Positional warfare still relies on team firepower and heavy artillery support, and has not yet reached the stage of infantry-tank coordination.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zongmin called Principal Hu over, asked him to sit down, and said with a smile: "I have an idea here, I wonder if you are willing to listen to it?"

Principal Hu sat upright, looking at Xiao Zongmin with a smile on his face, knowing that he was going to bleed heavily.

"I don't know what Mr. Xiao wants. I don't know if I can satisfy it."

After hearing this slick answer, Xiao Zongmin realized that he might be too abrupt and made Principal Hu think that he wanted him to do something.

"I had planned to draw 100,000 troops from your Fourth Division to the north and 100,000 troops to the south. Now I think about it, let's just use 80,000 troops on each side. Otherwise, there will be too few people left behind, and Ludong Province will easily be left open."

Upon hearing this, Principal Hu was overjoyed and almost jumped up and said, "Boss Xiao, is this true?"

Seeing Principal Hu who was overjoyed, Chu Tiankuo stood up and walked to the map, pointing at it and said, "However, the 4th Division that stayed in Ludong will draw people to form a construction corps. Widen the railway in Ludong, plan villages and roads. Our Xiyang Research Institute's experts have said that Ludong has gold and oil, and I will give you the task of protecting them."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Tiankuo heard a clang and Xiao Lin's voice came: "Commander-in-chief, Hu Tingshan has fainted."

Xiao Zongmin was stunned when he heard this, and turned around quickly, and saw that Principal Hu was already lying on the ground. There was still foam coming out of his mouth, and Xiao Zongmin instantly understood that this kid didn't know how to refuse him, so he pretended to be sick.

Shaking his head, Xiao Zongmin smiled helplessly and said to Xiao Lin, "Quick, carry him out. He's such a grown man, and he can just pretend to faint if he's told to."

Xiao Lin held back his laughter and called over two guards to carry Hu Tingshan away. Currently, 60% of the troops under the column were fighting the Japanese. Xiao Lin, the director of the confidential department, was very busy. After watching this farce, Xiao Lin hurried back to the telecommunications department.

Seeing that he was the only one left in the General Staff, Xiao Zongmin could not help but shook his head. Given the current situation, it was only a matter of time before red flags were planted all over the country or the world, but he was somewhat impatient now.

Just as Xiao Zongmin was reading a book on military strategy, in a cave nearby, Xiao Tiance was holding a telegram with a face so gloomy that it looked as if water was about to drip from it.

Xiao Tiance took the pen and wanted to approve the reply, but he didn't know where to start. After thinking it over, he decided to go to the General Staff Headquarters.

When he heard the door open, Xiao Zongmin thought it was Xiao Lin who came back. He was about to look up and tease him, but unexpectedly he saw Xiao Tiance who was going to get the documents.

"What's wrong? Why do you look so bad?" Xiao Zongmin asked Xiao Tiance.

Xiao Tiance said nothing, walked slowly to Xiao Zongmin's desk, and handed the telegram in his hand to Xiao Zongmin. When Xiao Zongmin picked it up and looked at it, he was stunned.

Xiao Tiance wanted to comfort Xiao Zongmin, but was stopped by Xiao Zongmin. After Xiao Zongmin slowly let out a breath, he made arrangements: "Notify Xiao Wen and ask him to return to Xiyang immediately to publicly try the offending soldier. After the public trial, let's bring him to justice."

Xiao Tiance looked at Xiao Zongmin, who seemed to have lost his spirit, and couldn't help but comfort him: "Commander, our troops have absorbed too many puppet troops and national troops. It is inevitable that some of them have bad habits. Although the training department's review is strict enough, it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net under the large base."

Xiao Zongmin slumped in his chair, closed his eyes and said to Xiao Tiance: "Am I too naive? I thought that after they understood the truth, they would understand why they were fighting, so I didn't arrange for the training department to train the military police. I feel sorry for this fellow villager."

Two lines of tears slowly flowed down, and his clenched fists showed Xiao Zongmin's inner restlessness. Just when Xiao Tiance was thinking about how to comfort him, Xiao Zongmin said, "Notify the teaching team and ask them to train a group of military police. Add a Fengxian Section to each company in each department, and carry out a rectification movement after the battle is over."

Upon hearing this order, Xiao Tiance was stunned. This would definitely affect the harmony in the team, but Xiao Zongmin was the commander-in-chief, and he couldn't refute it.

Just as Xiao Tiance was racking his brains to ask Xiao Zongmin to stop the rectification movement, a voice came from outside the door: "What happened that made our commander-in-chief Xiao so angry?"

Xiao Tiance was overjoyed when he heard this. He thought that he was probably the only one in northern Shaanxi who could persuade Xiao Zongmin to stay.

Xiao Tiance quickly handed the telegram he had recorded about Xiao Zongmin to the gentleman. The gentleman glanced at the telegram and frowned. He then looked at Xiao Zongmin who was sulking there, walked up to him, laughed and said, "Why, you want to investigate the entire army just because of a probability event? This will crush the morale you have worked so hard to gather."

Seeing Xiao Zongmin's expression gradually softening, Xiao Tiance quickly handed another telegram to Mr., who picked it up and continued:

"The army must have discipline. This matter must be punished severely, but you can't treat all subordinates the same. In my opinion, setting up the Fengxian Department is completely a remedy after the horse has bolted. You are still too lenient in governing your soldiers."

"Look at this incident. It was a new soldier named Wang Erdan who couldn't stand the loneliness and sneaked out of the barracks. He then persecuted the villagers. There are several mistakes here. First, how did Wang Erdan escape from the barracks? Second, why didn't he collect the bullets from the soldiers after the training was over?"

"Third, after Wang Erdan left the barracks, why didn't the soldiers who were staying with him report it? You have many more problems. It's not just lax management, it's also a system error."