Chapter 689: Escort! (11 votes in November)
At the 217th Headquarters, Xu Chaoyang was looking at a map when a figure suddenly blocked his way. He didn’t even need to look up, and said, “Stop it, you’re blocking the light.”

The 129th Division looked at Xu Chaoyang’s serious expression, moved his feet to avoid the sunlight and said, “Does your kid know I’m coming?”

Xu Chaoyang raised his head this time and said, “This is Xinzhou. If you two were to go to Xinzhou, I wouldn’t know about it. I would not be working in the 217th Military Sub-district anymore.”

There is something to say about the military regions. Our military regions are divided into two levels. The first level is the military region built after the three divisions each established their headquarters, such as the “Jin Cha Lu Yu Military Region” which is concurrently the headquarters of the 129th Division. At this level, the military regions of the same level include the “Shandong Military Region” which is concurrently the headquarters of the 115th Division and led by Director Luo of the 115th Division, and the “Jin Cha Ji Military Region” led by the 115th Division where Xu Chaoyang is now. The 115th Division did not grow stronger after arriving in the Northeast, and it is already quite large at this stage.

This is a first-level military region in our army, and it is a top-level large military region.

The field troops established under these military regions are the predecessors of the major field armies.

The main force of the new guerrilla army is the “Central China Military Region”. Of course, this is also a first-level military region, but under this military region, the military region established by this unit belongs to the second-level military region. This is the so-called one team, two names.

The story of that famous TV series, “My Brother is Shunliu” takes place in the northern Jiangsu region, and should be about the “Sixth Military Sub-district” under the “Northern Jiangsu Military Region”. This “Northern Jiangsu Military Region” is a military region established by the Third Division. The head of the military region is the former Huang Kecheng. This military region is a second-level military region.

So what level does Xu Chaoyang’s military sub-district belong to?
To be honest, his military sub-district is at the level of a second-level military region.

At this moment, our army has not yet been divided into first-level and second-level military regions. The unit where Xu Chaoyang is located is the first base established in the country, and the 217th Military Sub-district is the first military sub-district under the base. In terms of scale alone, it is larger than the “Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region” above it, but in terms of organization, in this era when there are still first-level and second-level military regions, this is the organization of a second-level military region.

Upon hearing this, the 115th Division also walked into the room with a smile. He was still in the same temper and was not very polite. As soon as he came in, he asked as if he was inspecting the work: “How is the preparation going?”

Xu Chaoyang didn’t even answer, and immediately shouted: “Chief of Staff!”

Euquiere came over.

The former deputy commander of the 217th Brigade was appointed chief of staff of the headquarters when he left the New st Regiment, as the entire army did not have a deputy to provide Xu Chaoyang with a deputy.

“report!”

“The Arsenal has produced more than 217 rounds of bullets so far. Our opinion is that each Sichuan Army soldier should be issued rounds of bullets, and each th soldier should be issued rounds of bullets.”

The 115th Division continued to ask questions even though he knew why. However, when he asked You Kui’er, he was obviously not as polite as he was to Xu Chaoyang. He used a typical working tone: “Reason.”

“The Sichuan Army has little experience in fighting against the Japanese, most of their weapons and equipment are made in Chengdu, and they have a large number of people. The 670,000 rounds of ammunition produced by our Xinxian Arsenal are simply not enough for distribution, so we can only give them 10 rounds of spare ammunition per person.”

“Why not wait until the bullets are produced before attacking Tuanchengkou?”

You Kui’er glanced at Xu Chaoyang, straightened up again and said, “We are always unwilling to do it… He said that time is running out. Right now, everyone is paying attention to Wuhan. That old guy Itagaki would never have thought that we would dare to attack…”

The 129th Division looked at Xu Chaoyang in surprise: “You don’t plan to use the Sichuan Army as the main force?”

“There are 40,000 people right under your nose, and you don’t want to use them as the main force?” He didn’t dare to believe what he heard.

But the one who could answer these questions was still not Xu Chaoyang, but You Kuier.

“The Sichuan Army is indeed not suitable to be the main force at this stage.”

“Why?”

“During the time these people were stationed in Lingshan, we observed their training. Most of the Sichuan Army did not work hard during training. Cloudy days, rainy days, and sunny days would make them slack off. Yes, when the real war started, the Sichuan Army could fight and had the momentum to fight in one go, but we were facing the elite among the main forces of the Japanese invaders. As long as the enemy blocked this momentum, the Sichuan Army would likely suffer heavy casualties in the absence of firepower support from light and heavy machine guns.”

“This kind of casualties will make our attack on Tuanchengkou a miserable victory even if we win, and the gains will not outweigh the losses.”

This is a situation that must be taken seriously. If you let Deng Xihou feel that you are using their people as cannon fodder, will they still stay here? The Sichuan Army has not been through ideological education and still adheres to the warlord ideology. If this is a picture of tens of thousands of casualties, they might point their guns at you in anger!
How can we plan then? The 115th Division nodded: “What about the military rations?”

This time Yang Jingyu stood up: “The new second regiment under the 217th is mainly to let the soldiers feel the atmosphere of the battlefield. It shouldn’t take much time to capture Fanzhi, so we decided to let the new second regiment set off after lunch without bringing rations;”

“As for the other troops, each person is equipped with three days of individual rations. This is already the maximum productivity of the Xin County Military Food Production and Processing Plant at present.”

“What are the soldiers fed?”

“I make a big cornmeal pancake with pickled vegetables sandwiched inside when kneading the dough. It’s not too salty and filling.”

The 129th Division looked at Xu Chaoyang and asked, “Why are you so arrogant? You don’t even say a word.”

When Xu Chaoyang heard this question, he laughed. This was clearly a test for himself: “You two are almost a hundred years old together. Why are you coming here to bother me? I’m the head of the 217th Division. Of course, I’ll only be in charge of the war when the war is imminent. If I need to personally monitor everything, can I handle it?…”

“Yes! Everyone has his own duties. This is the old tradition of our 115th Division.” The old man of the 115th Division raised his chin and said to the 129th Division: “I am the one who brought them up.”

“The ones you brought here are also soldiers from my 129th Division!”

They even had an argument.

Xu Chaoyang pressed his hand on the table and said, “You two, you came here in person when I was about to fight. Do you have any instructions?”

“We are here to take charge. Do you welcome us?”

Xu Chaoyang didn’t understand, and looked at the two of them while blinking quickly.

If the higher-ups are worried, they would send any one of these two to take charge, which is indeed reasonable. After all, this is the first time that the 217th Military Sub-district has to deal with such a large-scale war, and it is an independent battle. But what does it mean if both of them come down together?
The 115th Division said at this moment: “You can be the commander, but we will not be involved in the fighting. From strategic planning to tactical execution, to logistical coordination, you, Xu Chaoyang, will be responsible for everything!”

At that moment, Xu Chaoyang immediately looked at the two old leaders, and this time he was really moved!

“You are wearing my military uniform and the gun of the 115th Division, and you have become the undefeated legend of our th Group Army. What should we do if we lose the battle?”

“But, Chaoyang, this time, you have to cheer up…”

“This time, we must win!”

Only then did the 115th Division reveal their ultimate purpose for coming to command: “If we lose, it’s my fault!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the man came into the room with a majestic figure and sat down on the long bench in the main seat. With his thin body, he looked at Xu Chaoyang facing the sunlight.

How can this be called commanding? How can this be called supervising the battle?
This is for protection!

This is to ensure that Xu Chaoyang, the undefeated general of the 18th Group Army, will not be defeated!

At that moment, Xu Chaoyang was a little speechless. How could he dare to lose? How could he lose!

For the first time, Xu Chaoyang straightened his clothes, took a step back, saluted and turned around, saluted the two leaders, and shouted with all his strength, “Guarantee to complete the mission!!!”

His face turned red from shouting.

(End of this chapter)