The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1454 Zhao Gang's Results

Looking at Duan Peng who was full of disappointment, Huang Yu couldn't help but joked: "We wiped out more than a thousand Kwantung troops in one battle last night, and you are still not satisfied..."

"You can't become fat in one bite..."

"Don't have such a big appetite, or you might choke to death one day."

"Immediately dispatch three platoons of elite veterans to track the retreating Kwantung Army troops, find out their every move, and confirm that these little devils have really retreated to Jinzhou City."

"All other troops have returned to their bases for repairs."

"We have been fighting against the mopping-up operation for such a long time, it is time for everyone to take a good rest."

"I also heard that our Northbound Detachment's Political Commissar Zhao has arrived and is training troops and developing a base in Chaoyang City."

"As the deputy chief of staff of the Beishang Detachment and the head of the first regiment, I should also report to him the latest situation on the Jinzhou battlefield and discuss the next development direction of the next regiment..."

Compared with more than a month ago, Chaoyang City is now more depressed than when the Northbound Detachment first occupied it.

Apart from the Eighth Route Army, there was hardly a single ordinary citizen to be seen in the city.

Of course, this does not mean that Zhao Gang does not know how to develop the economy, but it is a suggestion from Huang Yu.

In the future, the Kwantung Army will definitely send heavy troops to sweep the base and take back Chaoyang City from the detachment.

Although the mopping-up troops sent by the Kwantung Army are now stuck in Jinzhou and Fuxin, they are temporarily unable to mop up the Chaoyang base.

But as the Kwantung Army Headquarters paid more and more attention to the Back Detachment.

Several main divisions supporting the North China Front Army gradually returned to the team. It wouldn't take long before the Kwantung Army could gather two or even four main divisions to besiege the Chaoyang base together.

Although the few troops operating in Jinzhou and Fuping could divert a lot of the Kwantung Army's mopping-up forces, the main force of the Kwantung Army continued to attack the Chaoyang base, and an unprecedented tough battle was inevitable.

By moving all the residents in Chaoyang City out of the county, the troops can rely on Chaoyang City to fight a large-scale street battle with the Kwantung Army, and try to offset their artillery and air superiority on the battlefield.

If all else fails, the troops can still find a way to blow up Chaoyang City, forcing the Kwantung Army stationed in Chaoyang City to make a homemade plane.

In order to relocate the people in the city, the Northward Detachment paid a huge price, spending 70,000 to 80,000 yuan in silver dollars alone.

If it weren't for Li Yunlong's courage and the support of Political Commissar Zhao Gang, the Northward Detachment would not have dared to take out a county town to fight a desperate battle with the Kwantung Army's mopping-up troops.

When entering the city, Huang Yu clearly saw many unfamiliar faces in the city's troops, who were seizing every opportunity to train under the command of their respective company and platoon leaders.

"Deputy Chief of Staff...you are finally back..." After entering the county town, Huang Yu finally met a combat staff officer from the Northbound Detachment Headquarters. The officer saluted him first, then asked excitedly.

"The political commissar assigned by my superiors has arrived. I must go back to the headquarters to meet him... but I don't think I can stay for too long."

"The combat pressure faced by the regiment on the Jinzhou battlefield is still very high."

"The Kwantung Army will definitely not give up without authorization after losing more than one regiment. They may launch a new round of attacks against us in a few days."

The operations staff was very envious of Huang Yu.

In the eyes of many staff officers in the headquarters, the thing they most want to do is to be transferred to the troops and lead them.

But at their current level, it would be good enough for them to become a deputy company commander in the lower-level troops.

Let’s look at Deputy Chief of Staff Huang Yu. He doesn’t even need to be under the command of the subordinates and directly serves as the commander of the first regiment of the Northbound Detachment.

More importantly: the commander has great trust in him.

Once an accident occurs in the base and the commander is no longer there, Huang Yu will directly serve as acting commander as deputy chief of staff and command all military operations in the base.

This was the order Li Yunlong once issued to the troops, which shows how high Huang Yu's position is in the Northbound Detachment.

Huang Yu chatted briefly for a few more words and then headed straight to the headquarters. What he didn't expect was...

Not long after entering the city, Li Yunlong, who had spent almost a month on the Fuping battlefield, returned to Chaoyang County.

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As soon as Huang Yu entered the room, he saw Zhao Gang sitting on a chair signing documents. His expression was very serious, with a hint of fatigue on his face, and he looked very busy.

I immediately walked up to him, saluted, and reported with excitement and anticipation.

"Report to the Political Commissar... Huang Yu, the commander of the First Regiment and the deputy chief of staff of the headquarters... I have been ordered to report here. Please give me your instructions..."

"Xiao Huang..." Zhao Gang looked at the face in front of him that was both familiar and unfamiliar, and was stunned for a long time before he reacted.

Then he stood up from the chair, walked around the table, strode to Huang Yu, and patted him on the shoulder.

"I didn't expect that we would meet again."

"If I remember correctly..."

"We haven't seen each other for almost three years, ever since you and Kong Jie went to the Yizhong base."

"But I know everything about what you did in the Yizhong base..."

"At the time I thought you were a good candidate for leading troops in battle, but I didn't expect you to be so capable."

"In just a few years, he became the head of a well-known main force regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and he also commanded large-scale battles involving 10,000 or 20,000 people as a regiment head..."

"This experience is unique in the entire Eighth Route Army."

"Old Li told me more than once in Northwest Shanxi that he wanted to take you away from Kong Jie, but Kong Jie just wouldn't let you go..."

"As a result, you have become Lao Li's subordinate."

"I heard that it was your idea to open up the Jinzhou battlefield..."

"This is a good idea..."

"It directly bought the base two or three months of development time."

"You were not at the base during this period, so you don't know how fast the base has developed."

"Because we didn't have to worry about the Kwantung Army sweeping the base, the local cadres we sent down completed the land reform in the entire base in just ten days. After having their own land, the enthusiasm of the people for us was unprecedented."

"After learning that we were recruiting soldiers to defend our base, the army recruited 4,000 new soldiers from various villages in just three days."

"Including the puppet Manchurian prisoners we mobilized, the base has now trained a total of 8,000 new soldiers."

"Among them, 4,000 new recruits have already fully formed combat effectiveness, 2,000 new recruits will be able to initially form combat effectiveness in half a month, and the remaining 2,000 new recruits will be able to initially form combat effectiveness in at most one month."

"During the military training, a large number of young people came to our garrison and asked to join the army."

"The total number of people exceeds 1,500, and new recruits are undergoing training."

"Once they gradually become combat-ready, our Northbound Detachment will be able to mobilize nearly 10,000 people to defend the base and participate in the anti-mopping-up operation."

Huang Yu didn't expect that the political commissar would achieve such good results right after taking office. No wonder he looked so tired.

In addition to admiration, he immediately replied: "Political Commissar..."

"More than 10,000 people."

"There are still several thousand people in the group operating in the mountains of Jinzhou?"