Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 16 To show sincerity, personally dispatched

"Which camp are you going to join?"

Xu Hailang fell into deep thought. Although they had decided to revolt and abandon the dark for the bright, they had not yet decided which side to defect to.

The Central Army is definitely out of the question.

Before they surrendered, they were originally the Central Army. They were forced to surrender to the Japanese army under the order of the chief, and they had lost confidence in the Central Army long ago.

The deputy company commander Liu Qiang naturally knew this too.

Although he had already been in contact with the Eighth Route Army, he was still not sure what company commander Xu Hailang meant, so he tentatively asked: "Company commander, I don't know the Jinsui Army or the Eighth Route Army, which one do you prefer?"

Xu Hailang pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "The Eighth Route Army!"

"Some time ago, a regiment of the Eighth Route Army defeated a regiment of the Japanese army, killed the regiment leader of the Japanese army, and captured a regiment flag. This was the first time since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War."

"The Eighth Route Army is bloody and has faith. They are the troops that really want to fight devils."

It was not only the first time since the Anti-Japanese War that the flag of the Japanese army was seized, but it was also a great opportunity to boost the morale of the army and strengthen the confidence of the whole country's military and civilians in the anti-Japanese war.

After the boss of the Eighth Route Army got the banner of the Bantian United, he made a big publicity.Not only the Eighth Route Army, but even Yan Laoxi, the commander-in-chief of the World War II area, and the chairman of the committee as far away as Chongqing, did not hesitate to publicize this time, and even held several press conferences.

Of course, they will not mention the Eighth Route Army, but will take the military exploits on their own heads. After all, the Eighth Route Army's designation is the 18th Army of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army.

Therefore, in their view, the military achievements of the Eighth Route Army are the military achievements of the national army, and there is nothing wrong with it.

However, this is just their wishful thinking and self-deception. Anyone who understands knows what is going on.

Because of this, it is not surprising that Xu Hailang knew about Xinyituan's defeat of Bantian United.

After a pause, Xu Hailang continued: "As for Yan Laoxi's Jinsui Army, their weapons and equipment are good, and their military supplies are also sufficient, but it gives the impression that Yan Laoxi, who was born as a warlord, has been preserving his strength. I don’t want to confront the devil head-on, obviously I want to be his king of Shanxi.”

Liu Qiangben echoed: "Indeed, if it is to fight devils, following the Eighth Route Army is undoubtedly the best choice."

Xu Hailang was silent for a moment, and said with some concern: "I just don't know if the Eighth Route Army is willing to accept us."

Liu Qiang said: "I have a cousin who is in the Eighth Route Army Xinyi Regiment. If the company commander really decides to join the Eighth Route Army, I can contact you."

Xu Hailang: "Okay! Then I'll leave this matter to you, the sooner the better, lest the night be full of dreams."

"Yes!"

Liu Qiang nodded heavily.

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On the other side, after nearly an hour and a half on the road, Wang Chengzhu and his party, disguised as ordinary people, finally arrived at Shilipo Town.

Wang Chengzhu ordered all the soldiers to wait for the news in a grove outside the town, and only took Wang Shugen to rush towards the entrance of the town.

Not long after, the two came to the entrance of the town.

At the entrance of the town, there was a squad of puppet soldiers on duty, checking the people entering and leaving the town.

A simple barricade was piled up with sandbags on the side, and a light machine gun was mounted on the fortification.

Not many people entered the town today, and Wang Chengzhu and Wang Shugen soon arrived.

Two puppet soldiers stopped them and asked in a bad tone, "Where are you from, and what are you doing in Shilipo Town?"

Wang Shugen who was next to him immediately said: "Boss, my name is Genzi. We are from Wangjiacun. Your deputy company commander Liu Qiang is my cousin. This time I came to Shilipo Town, I made a special trip to join him."

When the puppet army who stopped the road for inspection heard Wang Shugen call out the name of their deputy company commander, they naturally did not doubt the identity of the other party, and their attitude changed 180 degrees. They greeted them with a smile: "Oh, so you are our deputy company commander. Chang’s cousin, please come inside, please come inside.”

The puppet army immediately gave way to Wang Chengzhu and Wang Shugen, and finally led the way for them.

This puppet soldier's plan is very simple, as long as he has a good relationship with Wang Shugen and let the other party speak a few words of kindness to the deputy company commander Liu Qiang, maybe he can become a regular as the deputy squad leader.

Naturally, the two of Wang Chengzhu would not refuse. With the deputy squad leader of the puppet army leading them, they could save a lot of trouble on the road.

This puppet soldier was also very good at coming, and he kept getting close to Wang Shugen along the way, and within a short distance of 500 meters, he and Wang Shugen became brothers.

"Brother Genzi, this is our company headquarters."

The deputy squad leader of the puppet army directly led Wang Chengzhu and Wang Shugen into the compound of the company headquarters. It just so happened that Liu Qiang and Xu Hailang were coming out of the company headquarters after finishing their conversation.

"Monkey, what are you doing at the company headquarters when you're not on duty at the entrance of the town?"

Deputy squad leader of the puppet army: "Deputy company commander, look who I brought to you."

As he spoke, he moved his body aside, and Liu Qiang noticed Wang Shugen and Wang Chengzhu following behind each other.

"Genzi, alas, why are you here, and you didn't tell your brother in advance, so that I can go to Zhenkou to pick you up in advance."

Wang Shugen smiled and said, "Cousin, I thought you were busy with military affairs, so I came here by myself."

Seeing that Wang Shugen had such a close relationship with his deputy platoon leader, the deputy squad leader of the puppet army felt more and more how wise his choice today was.

He saluted Liu Qiang and said: "Deputy company commander, if there is no other instruction, I will go back to Zhenkou for duty."

"Go, go, work hard." Liu Qiang waved his hand.

"Yes!"

The deputy squad leader of the puppet army suddenly agreed, and when he turned around, he did not forget to give Wang Shugen a wink. The meaning was obvious, that is, don't forget to say a few nice words in front of his cousin.

After the deputy platoon leader of the puppet army left, Liu Qiang looked at Wang Chengzhu at the side and said, "Gen Zi, who is this brother?"

Wang Shugen said in a voice that only three people could hear: "Cousin, this is our platoon leader Wang Chengzhu. He was the one who killed Sakata Nobuzhe in Cangyun Ridge. He was also the one who captured the Devils United flag."

Liu Qiang looked surprised: "Oh, it turns out that you are Wang Chengzhu, the combat hero of my second war zone. You have admired your name for a long time, and you have admired your name for a long time!"

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(End of this chapter)