Devil's Army

When Xue Yue and his men arrived at the First Army camp, the sentry knew Division Commander Tan and wanted to report, but was stopped by Xue Yue.

Xue Yue and his men arrived at the training ground in a low profile. The first and second regiment commanders were taking advantage of the time to train the new recruits at the training ground.

When the regiment commander saw Commander Qin and two generals coming over, he hurried over to salute.

Just as Commander Qin was about to introduce Xue Yue and the chief of staff to the regiment commander, he was stopped by Xue Yue.

"Hello, General! Hello, Commander Tan!"

"General, he is the supreme commander of the First Anti-Japanese Army, Commander He."

"Captain He, I want to see your troops' training. Do you mind?"

"General, please go ahead!" The regiment commander made a gesture of invitation to Xue Yue and the others.

The regiment commander led General Xue and his men to the training ground. He pointed to the soldiers on the left who were training and said to General Xue:

"General, these are new soldiers."

"The training intensity of your new recruits is quite high." General Xue said after watching for a while.

"The Japanese soldiers have been training since they were young. We are already a long way behind them in terms of training. If we don't strengthen our training, it will be difficult to catch up. General, the soldiers on the right are veterans."

General Xue and Chief of Staff Cao turned around and took a look. They saw the veterans were conducting combat training.

"Chief of Staff Zhao, who do you think will have the upper hand in a fight between our guards and them?"

"I don't think it's possible." As they were all soldiers, Chief of Staff Zhao could immediately see the gap between their guards and the veterans of the First Army. However, Xue Yue wanted to let his guards gain more experience and encouraged his guards to compete with the veterans of the First Army.

"General Xue really wants them to compete?" the captain asked again.

"It's not a bad idea to compete and learn some experience."

"General Xue, ask your guards to pick someone to compete with my veteran. You have two guards against one veteran of ours."

"Oh, you're quite crazy." General Xue smiled at the regiment commander.

"General Xue, I'm not arrogant, but our strength is there."

General Xue liked confident officers. He immediately turned to an officer and said:

"Captain Deng, please arrange for someone to compete with the veterans of the First Army."

Captain Deng immediately selected eight strong guards from the guards to compete with the veterans of the First Army. However, Captain Liu randomly assigned four veterans to participate in the competition, which made Captain Deng feel somewhat despised.

But General Xue didn't think so. He just liked crazy soldiers.

The result of the competition was not beyond the expectations of the regiment commander. General Xue's eight guards formed four groups and competed against the veterans of the First Army, and all of them were defeated.

Captain Deng was not convinced and personally challenged Captain Liu to compete.

Captain Liu glanced at the regiment commander, who nodded in agreement.

General Xue also agreed that it would not be a bad thing to let his guards suffer a little setback and know that there are always people better than you.

Captain Deng was a martial artist, and he and Captain Liu fought back and forth for a long time, but neither side was able to determine the winner.

People in Northeast China admire martial arts, and Captain Liu has practiced a few skills since he was a child, otherwise he would not have been able to easily become the captain of the special operations team.

"Alright, let's stop here for today. It will be hard to tell who will win if we continue fighting." General Xue stopped the two men from fighting.

"Captain He, your veterans are really good." Xue Yue exclaimed sincerely.

"General, these are not ordinary veterans. They are special forces from the Sixth Squadron of the Special Forces Brigade of our First Army."

"Oh, your army has also formed a special operations team like General Canaris of Germany?"

"It was formed by our Deputy Commander Tan. They mainly carry out special operations missions."

At this time, General Xue understood why the First Anti-Japanese Army was able to gain a foothold in the Northeast surrounded by powerful enemies.

"What is your commander's assessment of the situation that is about to occur?"

"Our army commander said that our Chinese defenders would be defeated in the Battle of Wuhan, and asked us to wait for an opportunity to retreat to Hunan and prepare to participate in the Battle of Changsha."

"Did your commander think of the Battle of Changsha during the Battle of Wuhan?"

"Yes."

"So what does your commander think of the Battle of Changsha?"

"Our army commander believes that after the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army's strategy of a quick victory was shattered, and China and Japan entered a stage of strategic stalemate."

"Then do you think we can hold Changsha in this Changsha battle?"

"Yes! The Japanese army has been fighting against our army for more than a year and their strength is not as strong as it was at the beginning. In addition, there are dense water systems outside Changsha, which greatly hinders the advancement of the Japanese mechanized forces. Our Chinese army will definitely be able to defend Changsha under your command, General."

General Xue felt that the ability of the commander of the First Anti-Japanese Army in the Northeast should not be ignored. He could actually see through the changes in the Sino-Japanese war at a glance.

He himself felt that the economic and military strength of China and Japan was very different. After the Battle of Wuhan, the battle between China and Japan would enter a strategic stalemate. They had to trade space for time, give up some territory, stretch the Japanese front, and find favorable opportunities to destroy the Japanese army's vitality as much as possible in order to achieve victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan.

These views coincide with those of the commander of the First Anti-Japanese Army.