Sword of Light: I Can Summon the Fourth Disaster

"Where is this?" Li Hao opened his eyes with difficulty, and what came into view was a white ceiling.

"Don't look, this is a field hospital." Luo Weimin's voice came from the side, making Li Hao very confused.

"Isn't I on the battlefield? Where is Yaozhuang?"

Luo Weimin looked at Li Hao who was still confused and couldn't help but said, "The fighting is still going on in Yaozhuang. The guys under your command snatched you back from the battlefield last night. You are such a lucky bastard."

"Hahaha." Li Hao laughed a few times after reacting, and then asked: "It's wartime now, why don't you let me revive? What are you wasting these medical resources for?"

Luo Weimin glanced at Li Hao, who was taking advantage of the situation, and said unhappily, "Your men almost pointed guns at the doctor to treat you, and you still accused me of wasting resources."

Hearing this, Li Hao scratched his head awkwardly and whispered, "I didn't expect this to happen."

Seeing Li Hao's shameless look, Luo Weimin was afraid that he would have to hold back from hitting him.

"Okay, now that you're awake, I'll go do something else. You should get some rest."

After saying that, Luo Weimin ignored Li Hao and left the ward, leaving Li Hao alone, lying on the hospital bed, looking at the ceiling and smiling foolishly.

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彭城

Lu Xuan was having a brief meeting in Bo Guangbai's office.

Seeing Bo Guangbai with a worried look on his face, Lu Xuan asked curiously, "Old Bai, what's wrong with you? When your Fourth Division went south, there were not many casualties. Why are you so sad? This is not like you."

"Besides, your Fourth Division's base has oil fields and gold mines, it's very rich, what are you putting here?"

"Ah!" Bo Guangbai put down his cup and sighed. "You see that our Fourth Division is doing well, but this is just a simmering fire!"

After hearing what Bo Guangbai said, Lu Xuan immediately became interested and quickly said, "Oh? Tell me in detail."

"You know that our Fourth Division has a large number of people, right?" Bo Guangbai asked after looking at Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan nodded and said with a smile, "Of course. The Luyu Corps was created by the two of us together. There are more than 200,000 soldiers from your Fourth Division alone."

"I didn't count the number of people around Pengcheng when I came here, but after careful calculation, there are more than 200,000 people here. The total number of people on both sides is close to 500,000."

"Counting the 10th Brigade of your 4th Division heading north, the 11th and 12th Brigades staying in eastern Shandong, the Guard Brigade, and the Training Brigade, your 4th Division has a total of 600,000 people."

Bo Guangbai shook his head and said, "Six hundred thousand? It's almost nine hundred thousand! We also have the Security Police Corps, the Gold Corps, the Oilfield Protection Brigade, the Air Defense Brigade, and the Independent Brigade under our division. You didn't count them!"

Hearing this astonishing number, Lu Xuan asked in amazement: "Oh my goodness, more than 900,000 people, how did you expand it?"

Bo Guangbai smiled bitterly: "Let's not talk about the ten regiments and fifteen independent regiments of our Fourth Division during the Shandong East Campaign. After the Shandong East Campaign ended, our Fourth Division had more than thirty regiments, which means more than three hundred thousand people."

"After that, our division went to the central and western regions of Shandong to wipe out the remnants of the Japanese invaders. We captured puppet troops, stubborn troops, bandits who blocked the road, and local landlord armed forces, capturing nearly a million people."

"After sentencing those who committed the most serious crimes and eliminating the old, weak, and those who were unwilling to join the army, there were still more than 700,000 people left. The resettlement of these more than 700,000 people became a problem."

"Oh my God, there are so many people?" Lu Xuan looked amazed.

"The puppet army's security brigade alone captured dozens of prisoners. Together with the security groups and detective teams from various places, as well as the puppet troops transported by train from Hebei and Henan provinces, the total number of prisoners captured was more than 500,000."

"There were also organized divisions, brigades, regiments, and guerrilla columns of the stubborn army. During that period, the issue of feeding the prisoners alone troubled us."

Upon hearing this, Bo Guangbai recounted the origins of the captives with a bitter face, which made Lu Xuan's eyes light up.

"With so many people, it would be great if we could give some of them to our Third Division!"

When Bo Guangbai heard this, he immediately became unhappy.

"Boy, these are prisoners captured by our Fourth Division. They must be digested on our Fourth Division's territory. So I suggest that the Ludong Military Region take over some of them and our Fourth Division take over some of them."

Lu Xuan laughed awkwardly and said, "I'm kidding, didn't you hear that? But it's a good thing to divert some of the troops to the Ludong Military Region! What's their response?"

Bo Guangbai smiled bitterly and replied, "Of course we refused. The Ludong Military Region couldn't afford to support so many people, nor could it provide so much equipment. We just selected hundreds of thousands of qualified soldiers from them."

"Oh my god, what a happy trouble. No matter how I expand the Third Division, the number of troops has never increased. It turns out that the right source of troops has fallen into your hands!" Lu Xuan said with envy.

"Come on, you are guarding the precious land of Zhongtiao Mountain, why don't you show your voice?"

Hearing Bo Guangbai mention Zhongtiao Mountain, Lu Xuan said with a wry smile: "Zhongtiao Mountain has long been hollowed out by the various tribes of the Three Jins. Now the national army over there can't even defend its own territory. It's considered good if a division can have 2000 people."

"Good fellow!" Bo Guangbai exclaimed, and then changed the subject and said with a hint of temptation: "I have a great piece of land here, I wonder if you are interested?"

"Tell me quickly!" Lu Xuan looked inquiring.

Bo Guangbai pulled Lu Xuan to the map, pointed at the Huai River on the map and said, "Look, my Fourth Division went south and captured Pengcheng, and the vanguard of your Third Division also captured several important towns in northern Anhui."

"In this case, why don't we combine our two divisions and fight together to connect Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui. There are quite a few puppet bandits in this area, which will be enough for both of us to eat well."

After just a quick listen, Lu Xuan understood Bo Guangbai's plan, which was to speed up the process.

"I say, Lao Bai, the headquarters has repeatedly told us to be cautious and not to disrupt the Anti-Japanese National United Front. You are really stabbing Mr. Chang in the face."

"Mr. Chang was already uncomfortable with Li Qingping's occupation of Lin'an. If his base in Jiangsu Province is taken, then he..."

"What can he do? Is he going to have another mountain climbing competition in the mountain city?" Before Lu Xuan could finish his words, he was interrupted by Bo Guangbai.

"We have a legitimate reason to attack the stubborn troops in the four regions of Shandong, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu. When we take them down, Mr. Chang will have nothing to say."

"To tell you the truth, we have a spearhead regiment in the Fourth Division that is already close to the heart of the Kuomintang-controlled area. Now we are just waiting for something fishy to happen over there so that I can have a reason to continue to send reinforcements southward!"

"You only want to seize territory. What if you let the devils escape?"

"To tell you the truth, I brought a full 40 regiments with me when I went south this time, and there are still eight regiments in Ludong ready to go."

"As soon as the war in the south starts, I can move my camp south at any time. By then, no Japs or puppet troops will be able to escape! If anyone dares to show his teeth, I will beat him to a pulp!"