After graduating from Huangpu, he rose to prominence as a regiment leader.

First Army Headquarters.

"Commander! The latest battle report from the Second War Zone!"

The deputy walked quickly into the command center holding a paper document and stood in front of Xue Yue.

"Give it to me!" Xue Yue took the telegram and scanned it quickly.

"...In just seven hours, the entire Second World War zone suffered over ten thousand casualties?"

For a moment, the atmosphere in the entire command center became depressing.

Even though they were far away from Jin Province and across three lines of defense, as Xia people they were still extremely sad and angry at this moment.

Over ten thousand casualties!

These are all the elites of the Xia Kingdom!

Taiyuan City has now turned into a meat grinder. Although both sides have suffered casualties, the majority are on our side!

"Hey!" Xue Yue wanted to say something, but swallowed it back helplessly.

This is an unequal battle in itself.

"Commander! Tell me, are the decisions made by the superiors really correct?" the deputy couldn't help but ask.

As a close confidant of Xue Yue who had followed him for many years, he was the only one who dared to ask questions at this time.

"What do you mean?" Xue Yue said expressionlessly.

"Commander, the Second War Zone is completely forced into a fight this time. With hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers, they may not be able to hold even a mountain city."

"Also, if the New First Army had not marched north, with the combined strength of the New First Army and the Second War Zone, even if they could not defeat the Japanese, they would not have allowed the war to spread throughout the entire Shanxi Province!"

"And now, the New First Army is forced to go north, but there is no movement. This is the trick played by Shancheng. He uses the name of going north to kill people with a borrowed knife."

The deputy spoke out all his thoughts at once.

"Shut up!" Xue Yue's face was cold and ugly, "Listen carefully! Don't mention this kind of thing again!"

He knew well that his deputy was full of passion, but fighting was never that simple.

Even he didn't have the courage to influence anything.

However, the deputy was right about one thing. The New First Army's march northward did cause losses to the Second War Zone.

The speed at which Qin Feng rose to prominence was so fast that even his birthplace in Huangpu Military Academy could be considered a potential threat!

"Report to the commander!"

"Report from the forward observation post: a large number of armed forces have appeared outside position 117!"

At this moment, the communicator's voice suddenly sounded from outside the door.

"Armed forces? Could it be that the Kwantung Army is coming?" Xue Yue stood up suddenly with a serious look on his face.

If the Kwantung Army was discovered before arriving at the position, could the battle still be fought?

"No! Commander!"

"Judging from their uniforms, they are not the Kwantung Army!"

"They are all wearing standard military uniforms. We have never seen this kind of uniform style before, but they all wear dog-skin hats. They must be our Xia country troops!"

"And Commander! They have already set up their battle formation in front of Position 117, and it looks like they are...confronting us!" The communicator took a deep breath and spoke quickly.

"Xia Kingdom's troops?" Xue Yue frowned, obviously incredulous.

"How is this possible? Position 117 is the first line of defense against the Kwantung Army's entry into the country. Where did the organized Xia army come from?"

Xue Yue shook his head, finding this situation very difficult to understand.

But just as he said this, he seemed to suddenly remember something: "Are you sure it's near position 117?"

The deputy next to him swallowed subconsciously: "Commander! Do you think this could be the case?"

Position No. 117 was the first line of defense against the Kwantung Army’s entry into the country, but to be exact, it was not located inside the country.

If we are talking about the organized armed forces of the Xia Kingdom, there is only one explanation - the New First Army!

The New First Army disobeyed orders and entered the country without permission?

Thinking of this, Xue Yue's face suddenly changed: "Send someone to call Shancheng immediately!"

"Yes! Commander!" said the deputy with sweat on his forehead.

......

When Xue Yue and his deputy quickly left the command room and arrived in front of position 117.

The scene in front of them made them gasp!

All in standard military uniforms, armed with guns and live ammunition.

Line up in front were rows of artillery pieces. Although they had not opened fire, the muzzles were undoubtedly aimed at their own positions.

Those soldiers seemed to be cast from the same mold, with solemn military discipline and strict compliance with orders. More importantly, their expressions exuded murderous aura. Any commander facing such a force would feel a chill in his heart!

"Bastards! What on earth do these people want to do?" Xue Yue said with a grim face.

According to reports from the officers below, the strength of this unit is close to 30,000, which is already the size of an army-level organization.

"Commander! Could this really be the New 1st Army?" The deputy took a few deep breaths and spoke.

The only army that could have such a large scale was the New First Army that was heading north.

In the Battle of Taiyuan, the New First Army had a force of 60,000. The current number of troops is also consistent with the fact that the New First Army had participated in a large-scale war outside the Great Wall, with many casualties.

However, if it was the New First Army, their current position should be in Kanto to resist the Kwantung Army.

The New First Army led its troops into the pass without receiving orders. This was no longer just a matter of disobeying orders from superiors!

The order their First Army received was that no one was allowed to enter the country, including the New First Army heading north.

"Only the New 1st Army meets the requirements!" Xue Yue pondered for a moment, then gave an order, "Notify everyone to turn off the insurance!"

"Prevent accidental discharge!"

Xue Yue frowned slightly.

It would be fine if the two sides confronted each other, but what he was afraid of was who would fire the first shot.

He was not afraid that the New First Army would force its way through the country. After all, if the other side was really prepared to take action, they would not have deployed their troops in such a grand manner.

"Yes! Commander!" the deputy responded immediately.

"Report to the commander! Commander Li Yunlong of the Third Army wants to see you!" A messenger quickly ran up and reported loudly.

"Who?"

"Li Yunlong?" Xue Yue was confused for a moment.

In the entire Xia Kingdom, there are many people who can be called commanders, but definitely not many. Most of them are commanders-in-chief of major war zones.

And this Third Army?

"commander!"

"Where did this Third Army come from? And the commander of this Third Army is not Li Yunlong, right?"

The deputy also frowned, not knowing what to say.

Let’s not talk about how the Third Army ended up outside the Great Wall. Let’s just say that the commander-in-chief of the Third Army doesn’t match up with Li Yunlong, right?

Just when he was confused.

Then two figures arrived.

The one walking in the front was naturally Li Yunlong, and the one walking in the back was Zhang Dabiao.

"Commander Xue! I've heard a lot about you!" Li Yunlong walked forward happily.

In terms of position, Xue Yue in front of him is at the same level as his commander-in-chief.

As the commander-in-chief of the army group, he was just a unit of the New First Front Army's military division.

In terms of actual military rank, he was still behind.

But of course, military ranks and positions are all empty talk, the real hard power is the troops at hand!

So Li Yunlong was not intimidated and stood in front of Xue Yue with confidence.