The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2023: Refusal to be recruited (Part )

This is the side effect of Shang Zhen’s disappearance.

It’s no wonder that veterans like Hou Kanshan are angry. They just returned to the base, so what does it mean that Zhao Tieying is planning to incorporate their battalion?
Fortunately, He Liao, who was watching the yard at home, sent someone to deliver the news in advance. Hou Kanshan then took the wounded and used the most brutal method of the Northeastern people to force Zhao Tieying and his subordinates to withdraw from their base.

Otherwise, they would have to waste time arguing with Zhao Tieying again!
But even so, it’s not over yet!
Chu Tian and the other three company commanders arranged for the soldiers to settle down while posting sentries outside the base. They especially emphasized that no matter who it was, even friendly forces entering their base, they must report it, otherwise they would be killed without mercy!

This was war time, and it’s actually pretty scary to think about it.

If Hou Kanshan had not taken drastic measures and sent the wounded soldiers forward with grenades, it is possible that Zhao Tieying had ordered his men to confiscate the guns of their company commanders and platoon leaders and forcibly disbanded their direct battalion!
Smoke finally rose from the Shang Zhen camp. People were able to eat hot meals and drink boiled water after a long absence, but the grief of losing many brothers was once again vented.

Some soldiers used water instead of wine and sprinkled it in the direction of Wujiaopo, and began to kowtow and bow there.

Some soldiers also started to burn paper money, muttering to themselves, "Good brother, rest in peace in the underworld."

But Chu Tian was not in the mood to care about these things. What he had to face was the present and the future. If Shang Zhen really died, what would happen to their battalion?

When they arrived at the river under Pagoda Hill, the Japanese army had not yet withdrawn. The two sides fired at each other from a distance. Finally, the Japanese army withdrew, and they only found the bodies of the Japanese soldiers in front of the mountain of Pagoda Hill but did not find Shang Zhen.

Then they asked the villagers in the nearby village, but those villagers couldn't give a clear answer. Some villagers even asked, maybe the boy was shot into the river by the Japanese devils?
In this case, Shang Zhen’s life and death will be in trouble. He will be nowhere to be found whether he is alive or dead.

You know, if a person falls into a river, he will sink. That's because a human body is heavier than water. Of course, the scientific explanation is that it has high density.

After the bodies of people have been soaked in water for a few days, they will swell and become larger, and then they will float!

The common people said that Shang Zhen might have been shot and thrown into the river by the Japanese army. Is there anyone among them who could possibly fish him out of the water?

With no other choice, Chu Tian could only temporarily retreat with his soldiers, but he still left two people in the village, hoping to get accurate information about Shang Zhen.

Chu Tian was just worrying about it when Qian Chuan'er, Qin Chuan, Ma Tianfang and the two company commanders Liu Keqiang and Cheng Peng also came up to him. There was only one thing they wanted to discuss with Chu Tian, ​​and that was how to avoid being recruited by Zhao Tieying!

When He Liao first sent them the letter, he only said that Zhao Tieying had sent people to our base, but the specific intention was unclear.

But now Zhao Tieying's intention is very clear.

Shang Zhen was already missing or killed, and the division commander Liu Chengyi was out for medical treatment and not yet home. So it was normal for Zhao Tieying, the commander of the Northeast Army, to directly swallow up their battalion's organization.

But from the perspective of Chu Tian and the others, not to mention that Shang Zhen's life or death is unknown, even if Shang Zhen has really died, they would not allow their battalion to be incorporated by Zhao Tieying.

As people from Northeast China say, their current fighting style is “not even a match for Zhao Tieying’s regiment”!
What's more, now they have reason to guess that Zhao Tieying and his men accidentally killed Mo Jianchen, and in the end, the crime fell on Shang Zhen's head. You know, when Zhao Tieying made trouble for them, he sent Shi Yong's entire platoon over.

It turned out that everyone was from Northeast China. After Shi Yong came into contact with the people in Shang Zhenying, he found that he could get along better with the talents in Shang Zhenying, so he simply joined Shang Zhenying.

Chu Tian guaranteed that Shi Yong would join Shang Zhen's camp and would not be bullied by Zhao Tieying.

It was also through Shi Yong that Chu Tian learned that the people who shot Mo Jianchen outside the town at that time were Zhao Tieying's men!

It must be admitted that Shang Zhen's men have a very good relationship with Mo Jianchen, and they have always fought side by side.

But if Mo Jianchen was really killed by mistake, then it was just a mistake. What else can he do? It wasn't Jing Yi'er's, so why did he have to kill her back?

In fact, it was nothing if Mo Jianchen was accidentally killed by Zhao Tieying's men.

Manslaughter is manslaughter after all, but you, Zhao Tieying, absolutely should not have killed the Eighth Route Army members and denied it yourself, but let everyone assume that it was done by Shang Zhenying's people. That would not be fair, and it would be suspected of framing someone else!

Now that Zhao Tieying has made up his mind to incorporate their camp, Chu Tian and the others began to discuss how to avoid this outcome.

Of course, carrying wounded soldiers and carrying grenades like Hou Kanshan did today is also an option, but Chu Tian feels that Zhao Tieying is not an enemy after all, and even if the Northeast Army is divided and torn apart, it should not be their battalion that should be the first to take the blame!
After a few people discussed it for a while, they came up with this idea, and then naturally they worked as needed and rested as needed.

And Zhao Tieying never expected that his plan to incorporate Shang Zhenying would be discovered!

His original plan was to proceed step by step without making it clear at first. After he had sent people to control those company commanders and platoon leaders who were the backbone of Shang Zhen's battalion, he would announce their incorporation.

But who would have thought that the other side would use hand grenades to clear the way and drive their group back in disgrace!
After returning to the base, Zhao Tieying felt more and more unhappy. He was still reluctant to let go of the people in Shang Zhenying. Zhao Tieying himself admitted that the people in Shang Zhenying were good at fighting. Who doesn't like soldiers who can fight?

Seeing that he failed to recruit the troops, he thought of the Chief of Staff Li Xiang. Now that the division commander was not at home, he could ask the chief of staff for help!
Originally, their regiment's base was not far from the division headquarters, so he took his men to the division headquarters.

But who would have thought that when they arrived outside the division headquarters, the soldiers of the division guard company answered them that the chief of staff had gone out for a drink!
Zhao Tieying waited until late at night, but Li Xiang still didn't come back. He asked about Li Xiang's ideal destination, but the soldiers said they didn't know, so he could only return in disappointment.

Since he was not beaten, he naturally went back to have a good sleep.

The next morning, he was still asleep when he was woken up by a soldier. He got the news that the Shang Zhen Battalion had been merged with the Division Guard Company, and it was called the Division Guard Battalion! The person who presided over the merger ceremony was none other than the Division Commander, Li Xiang!
It turned out that I was too late to act. Li Xiang actually went to the upper camp to drink!

At this point, Zhao Tieying knew that he had no chance to annex Shang Zhenying. They were in partnership with the division guard company. Even if he had eight guts, he would not dare to annex the division guard company!