Devil's Army

"Commander, deputy commander..." The commander of the Fifth Brigade, Honglang, rushed in from outside.

"Hello, Commander of the Fifth Brigade!" Xie Dongjin saluted Honglang and said.

"I heard from the guards that a troop had arrived. I didn't expect it was the Second Regiment that had marched eastward. "Honglang had fought the Japanese with the Second Regiment on the outskirts of Baoding. He held Xie Dongjin's hand tightly and said.

"The day before yesterday, it was Captain Xie's troops who delayed the reinforcement of the Japanese Infantry Brigade stationed in China in Peiping to Tangshan. Fifth Brigade Commander, you mobilized Captain Xie's troops before you even met."

Everyone laughed after hearing this.

At this time, the kitchen had already prepared the food, and the Fifth Brigade Commander asked everyone to sit down and talk while eating.

Before everyone started eating, Brigade Commander Wang of the 364th Brigade of the Sichuan Army and Brigade Commander Gao of the Jidong Independent Brigade also walked in.

"Come over now. Let me introduce you to Commander Xie. This is Commander Wang from the 364th Brigade of the Sichuan Army, and this is Commander Gao from the Jidong Independent Brigade."

"Hello, Brigade Commander Wang! Hello, Brigade Commander Gao!" Xie Dongjin saluted Brigade Commanders Wang and Gao and said.

"This is Xie Dongjin, the commander of the Second Regiment of the Third Brigade who stayed in Meihua Town to fight guerrilla warfare when we retreated from the outer battle of Baoding in 37."

"Hello, Commander Xie!" Brigade Commanders Wang and Gao shook hands with Xie Dongjin one after another.

"Come, now that you are here, sit down and eat together." Huihen greeted.

Brigade Commanders Wang and Gao sat down obediently and had lunch together.

"Captain Gao,"

"Here!" Brigade Commander Gao stood up and responded.

"Sit down and talk. Don't be so reserved." Gray Wolf waved his hand at Brigade Commander Gao.

After Brigade Commander Gao sat down, Gray Wolf continued:

"Did your brigade gain anything from this visit to the front line?"

"have!"

"Whether you have gained something real or fake, you will return to the troops this afternoon with the commanders who participated in the observation and continue training with the troops. After one month of training, when you have passed the test, I will let you fight the Japanese. If you are not convinced, you can report to your General Peng and withdraw from the organization of our Second Front Army."

"Commander Tan, I have really gained something. In the past two days, I have been following Commander Wang's 364th Brigade to fight the Japanese. I feel that our military foundation is really too poor. You are right. If we just rush to fight the Japanese in a chaotic manner, we will undoubtedly be giving them heads."

Looking at Brigade Commander Gao, who was determined to fight the Japanese at the beginning but now is willing to undergo training, Gray Wolf and the others all laughed.

"Commander, Deputy Commander, I will take them back to Jixian with the 364th Brigade for training this afternoon."

Xie Dongjin looked at Wu Lang with a puzzled look on his face. This was the second time today that he heard someone call their brigade commander the deputy army commander.

"Captain Xie, you may not know this yet, but the existing troops in our Tangshan base have now been reorganized into the Second Front Army of the First Anti-Japanese Army. Your Third Brigade Commander is now the deputy commander of the Second Front Army. In addition, our two bases have been connected, with more than 21 troops. The Japanese army will have to think twice before encircling and suppressing us."

"The Japanese army will then launch the Changsha Campaign against the Nanjing government forces in the south. Our Commander Leng will gradually drive the Japanese army out of the Northeast while consolidating the existing base areas."

Captain Xie's blood boiled after hearing this. The Northeast had been lost for so many years, and he dreamed of regaining it.

"When will we drive the Japanese out of the Northeast and recover our Northeast?" Xie Dongjin asked anxiously.

"This is a gradual process. Currently, the Japanese army is supporting Puyi to establish a puppet government in Northeast China. A number of heavy industrial bases have been built in Northeast China, which bring huge benefits. They will never allow us to recover Northeast China. So the first step we need to take now is to strengthen our air force."

"Can't we retake the Northeast with our current 21 troops?" In the opinion of Captain Xie, he felt that 21 people in the First Anti-Japanese Army were already a lot.

"Do you know how many troops the Japanese army has deployed in our country now?"

Captain Xie shook his head.

"Currently, the Japanese army has deployed nine divisions in our Northeast, with a total force of more than 9.

The Japanese Army's North China Front had 9 divisions. According to the Japanese Army's division organization, a division generally had about 2 to 3 people. It is estimated that the Japanese Army's strength in North China was around 20.

In central China, the Japanese army had 11 divisions with a total strength of approximately 25 to 30 troops.

In this way, the Japanese army deployed nearly 110 million troops in our country. And the Japanese army can continue to send reinforcements to us from their own country.

Do you still think our 21 troops are too many?"

When Captain Xie heard what Gray Wolf said, he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.

He didn't know where Commander Tan got the secret information about the Japanese military strength, but he never imagined that the Japanese army now had more than one million troops deployed in our country.

It seems that the anti-Japanese war is a long process.

Then the topic turned to Captain Xie’s Second Regiment.

Wu Lang had been unable to contact the Second Regiment and thought it was gone. Now the Second Brigade has restored the Second Regiment. It is impossible for Captain Xie's Second Regiment to belong to the Second Brigade.

In response, Huilang made a decision: to establish an independent brigade of the Second Front Army of the First Anti-Japanese Army. Xie Dongjin was appointed as the first brigade commander of the independent brigade. New soldiers recruited from the base area were given priority to be added to the independent brigade and the 364th Brigade of the Sichuan Army.