Snow Leopard: Building the Strongest Elite Group through Robbery

The words "Something's happened" sent a shiver down the spines of both men who were about to drink.

This is not a good thing, especially since I had already arranged for him to escort that group of people, so why is he here?

"What's wrong?" Shangjing turned his head and asked.

"Chief of Staff, the Matsui Brigade intercepted our transport vehicles and beat up our men. Now, the female soldiers and wounded soldiers have been brutally murdered by them."

"Baka!" Tani Hisao smashed his sake cup on the ground and roared, "This is heaven's will to kill me!"

They had already indicated their intention to release the people, but unexpectedly, the Matsui Brigade intercepted them.

The brutal murder of wounded soldiers was unthinkable, but even more terrifying was the unimaginable fate that befell the female soldiers before their deaths. He dared not even contemplate how he would bear the retaliation from the mountain city army or Zhou Weiguo.

Something terrible has happened. This time, something really terrible is about to happen.

Ueji was also quite frightened. He took a deep breath and asked, "What about the other group? Did they leave?"

As long as there is still a group leaving, he doesn't need to worry, because the 14th Division genuinely wants to send them out. They have even prepared food and some medical supplies for them. He believes that those people are not blind enough to know what kind of attitude this is.

Tani Hisao looked at Uei, who said, "Division Commander, as long as the others who have been evacuating are safe, I think Zhou Weiguo will not hold us responsible for this."

"Yes," Tani Hisao turned to look at his adjutant standing there; "How about the other one?"

Please, please don't let anything happen to them. If something happens to them, then all my good intentions will be seen as ill-intentioned or even deliberate.

"They have been safely evacuated."

God bless us.

The independent brigade has joined up with friendly forces and is reinforcing its troops while defending the second line.

The troop strength had already been prepared by the theater command; all they needed to do was enter and reorganize. The tanks and artillery that had been separated were being assembled and rejoined, and the theater command had even provided them with a special batch of weapons.

In particular, regarding artillery supplies, as for light weapons, the Independent Brigade has always used the Chiang Kai-shek Type 24 rifle, Czech machine guns, and Maxim machine guns. As for the "big plate chicken" (a type of chicken dish) and other weapons obtained from the North Soviet Union, the Independent Brigade does not equip itself with them.

This was Zhou Weiguo's idea. He couldn't turn the entire brigade into a ragtag bunch just because of its strong firepower. That would make it inconvenient for the troops to replenish ammunition, and even more inconvenient for the quartermaster department to manage.

"The manpower has been replenished, but the combat effectiveness has probably been greatly reduced. If it takes more than a month, we probably won't be able to form a fighting force." Fang Shengli returned to the command post after a round of business and reported the situation to Zhou Weiguo.

"We'll just have to strengthen training. Also, we'll have the newly recruited troops enter the front lines in batches."

"What are you trying to do?" Takeshita Shun couldn't figure out what Zhou Weiguo was thinking.

The veterans of the mountain city have almost all been used up. The current troops are all newly recruited. Some of them were even farmers who picked up hoes to till the land or students who picked up pens to read books just over a month ago. They joined the army because of family feuds, national hatred, and propaganda.

Most of these people had never even heard the sound of gunfire, yet Zhou Weiguo was sending them to the front lines. This…

"Listening to the sounds of gunfire is good for them. They've gotten used to it now, which is better than deserting when they're on the front lines."

The supervisory team members are the least willing to take action against their own people, but sometimes they don't. If they don't act, it will cause a chain reaction throughout the entire position, and may even lead to the surrender of the entire position.

“The best training is to send them into battle. Now that we have this opportunity, we certainly can’t waste it, right?” Zhou Weiguo reiterated his reasoning.

Speechless, the group understood his meaning: to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, they should indeed be sent to the front line.

"Let's get it arranged." Takeshita Shun didn't object to this, nor did he have any reason to.

Fang Shengli wrote down the details with a pen and handed it to an officer next to him.

Just as he finished doing this, Xu Hu walked in, followed by another person. After recognizing the person, Zhou Weiguo strode over and asked, "Are you alright?"

Fan Xiaoyu.

Zhou Weiguo only learned that Fan Xiaoyu was surrounded by the Japanese army the next day, but by then he was no longer able to go to her rescue. He could only pray that the Japanese army would not go too far this time.

“No brother-in-law,” Fan Xiaoyu said after straightening her clothes. “The 14th Division did nothing to us. They even arranged for vehicles to take us out and provided us with some food and medicine.”

"Okay, okay." Zhou Weiguo said "okay" several times and then said to Takeshita Shun, "Considering that he was sensible this time, I can let bygones be bygones regarding our use of poison gas."

Takeshita Shun lit a cigarette and laughed, "I told you long ago, this time, we don't need to worry about what they do. You didn't believe me, but now you believe me, right?"

They really don't dare to do anything.

"I believe you." Zhou Weiguo nodded and looked at Fan Xiaoyu; "Everyone's back."

"Brother-in-law, we came out in two groups." Fan Xiaoyu looked around and asked, "Brother-in-law, has the other group returned?"

Another batch?

Zhou Weiguo was taken aback, then walked over to the map and pointed at it; "Which route did you take?"

Although Fan Xiaoyu did not participate in military command, she could understand some topographical maps. After thinking for a moment, she reached out and said, "We'll go to the left." After all, that route would pass through two towns, where their convoy had stopped before.

"Okay, I understand. You can go and rest now." Zhou Weiguo looked at the map for a while and then gestured for Fan Xiaoyu to go and rest.

Fan Xiaoyu nodded and left. She didn't notice that after she revealed her evacuation route, no one spoke.

She couldn't see it, and with Xu Hu blocking her view, she was even less likely to notice it.

After confirming that Fan Xiaoyu had left, Zhou Weiguo took a deep breath and said to the group of people who had gathered around him, "If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid the other group of sisters who left probably won't be coming back."

"Second Master, I'll go check right away." Zhao Shoutian wasn't stupid; having followed Zhou Weiguo for so long, he could tell. The other group of people probably really wouldn't be coming back.