Chapter 688 Two Bodhisattvas descend to the mortal world!
There are not many Japanese troops in Fanzhi, only one small team at most.

Because the purpose of this team’s existence in Fanzhisi is not to occupy, but to observe.

In other words, for the Japanese invaders at the moment, Fanzhisi was not their defense line. The real defense line was in places such as Tuanchengkou and Ruyuekou, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack. The supporting county towns behind the defense line should be Lingqiu and Yingxian.

However, this is also very incredible to people who have not experienced war. Generally speaking, they can’t understand why the Japanese only use such a small number of troops to garrison the county town…

……

Attack the county town?
Or Fanzhisi County?

Wang Tianhao was leading his troops in training when an order came from the 217th Military Sub-district Command. The order did not say anything but issued a combat order, asking Wang Tianhao to report military supplies as soon as possible. Seven days later, the entire New Second Regiment set out to attack Fanzhisi County.

This made Wang Tianhao ponder. He knew about Fanzhi. At that time, he followed Director Yang to attack Ruyuekou. It was the commander who personally led troops to stop the Fanzhi reinforcements. The 688th attacked Tiejialing…

Going further ahead, the Japanese 15th Mixed Brigade invaded from Ruyuekou, and took down Tiejialing and Fanzhi along the way. After a few days of stalemate with the Kuomintang army at Ekou, they even took Ekou, which led to the subsequent Battle of Xinkou.

No matter what, it’s still called a county town. Letting your own regiment attack the county town, isn’t that crazy?

“Scout Company!”

This is where Wang Tianhao was smart. He didn’t go to the headquarters to ask, “What’s going on?” Instead, he thought about it and said, “All members of the reconnaissance company should change their uniforms, take a detour to Tiejialing, and enter Fanzhi from the direction of Tiejialing. Take a few Chahar refugees and disguise them as refugees to enter Fanzhi to find out the situation in Fanzhi!”

“Yes!”

The troops were training, and the communications soldier trotted all the way to the reconnaissance company that was conducting field training. He had to figure out what was going on before he could make any deployment, right?
This is also the reason why Xu Chaoyang dared to send Wang Tianhao to be the leader of the New Second Regiment. No matter what this kid encounters, his first reaction is never: “That’s definitely not possible, no one can do it!” Instead, he will think about it first, and only after understanding it will he put forward his own opinions, regardless of whether it is feasible or not.

When he saw difficulties, he neither retreated nor charged forward. He thought first. This already surpassed many military commanders at that time. Many military commanders in those days were still weak and ferocious. When they heard the gunshots, they would rush forward like crazy, fearing that their subordinates would not fight for their lives.

One day later, just one day, the reconnaissance company returned.

“Captain, our reconnaissance company should be wiped out by Fanshi!”

This one sentence made Wang Tianhao dumbfounded!

“Hu Daben’er, you’d better not talk nonsense to Hu Qin. With only a hundred people in your reconnaissance company, can you fight Fanzhi?” Wang Tianhao was already annoyed when he heard this. Hu Daben’er is not from Shanxi. He is a Northeastern person who was transferred to the New Second Regiment when the 67th Army disrupted its organization. When a Northeastern person speaks, sometimes… sometimes you have to listen to the effect after the water is reduced.

“It’s just a small team, and they finished it in a matter of seconds… Captain, if you don’t believe me, I’ll sign a military order with you.”

Wang Tianhao was not present at the combat meeting of the 217th Command. It was a small meeting convened by Xu Chaoyang, Yang Jingyu, Chang Zhan, and Deng Xihou. Chang Zhan was able to participate because of his identity as the “Chief Instructor of 217th”. It was not until this time that Wang Tianhao understood the intention of the command.

This is a simple exercise to train the troops. The purpose is to allow 217 to go all out in a battle that is easier to win without knowing the enemy’s situation, so as to increase their confidence on the battlefield.

Is it so easy to be a leader? Today, Xu Chaoyang has evolved to a point where he can take care of the entire army and treat new soldiers and veterans differently.

This ‘half-ear’ is growing fast enough…

The 217th Army has strict military discipline. If you are not careful, you will be whipped. Soldiers who make mistakes and get beaten will curse behind Xu Chaoyang’s back. They all call him “Half Ear”. This nickname was first used when there were people from the Northeast everywhere, but now everyone knows it.

Of course Xu Chaoyang knew about this, but he was a modern man after all, and he knew that a soldier who had been beaten also needed a channel to vent his anger, so he just let them curse him behind his back and pretended that he knew nothing. Anyway, no one would be so blind as to yell at him in person.

“report!”

Wang Tianhao was just thinking about it when a messenger arrived outside: “Captain Wang, the headquarters has ordered the military chiefs of the New 67st Regiment, the New nd Regiment, and the th Regiment and above to go to the headquarters for a meeting.”

“What will happen?”

“If I don’t know, I will just pass on an order. I have never been a good pryer since I was a child. Really, I want to know that day when there will be five thunders and the thunder will strike me ‘crackling’…”

“All right, all right, all right…”

Wang Tianhao really couldn’t bear to waste time with him, so he waved his hand and chased him out: “Guard!”

“Notify the commander of the 123rd Battalion to assemble at the regiment headquarters!”

As Wang Tianhao was talking, he fastened his belt, put the holster on it and secured it, straightened his military cap and walked out of the regiment headquarters. As soon as he walked out of the house, he met a group of soldiers with incomplete uniforms walking towards him along the street…

Snapped!
Wang Tianhao stood there at attention and shouted loudly: “Wang Tianhao, commander of the 217th New Second Regiment, salute the deputy commander-in-chief and the division commander!”

This is definitely not a fight against Fanshi…

Wang Tianhao had made up his mind at that time. Otherwise, how could the commander of the 115th Division, who was the deputy commander-in-chief, come to Xin County with the commander of the 129th Division?
How big a battle is this going to be?
The two of them didn’t take Wang Tianhao seriously at all. They raised their hands as they passed each other, as a gesture of return. They walked towards the headquarters with a smile on their faces, chatting as they walked: “Do you think Xu Chaoyang is as worried as an ant on a hot summer day?”

“Him? He should be as busy as an ant moving house. After all, this is the first time in his life that he has taken the lead in a battle, and it’s such a big one.”

“Hahahahaha…”

Wang Tianhao looked at these people walking past his regiment headquarters and blinked in disbelief: “Oh my god!”

“Why did we invite two Bodhisattvas down?” They have made it very clear that 217 has never fought such a large-scale battle, so they came down specially to assist. How could they be attracted by just fighting Fanzhi?

(End of this chapter)