Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 168 Youth Camp

Zhabei, 527th Regiment Headquarters

"Thank you, Deputy Commander, this is the situation. I didn't expect that the few Japanese corpses left behind would have such a miraculous effect.
The British insisted that it was the Japanese who did it, which was in their best interest, but for the Japs, it was like yellow mud falling into their crotch, which was either shit or shit. They could only keep quiet and use benefits to shut up the Western powers.

They can't afford to offend the great powers yet, but you and your brothers in the Lone Army Camp must not show up again, otherwise the greedy foreigners will come to the government to make trouble;
I can only ask you to stay in the 527th Regiment under an assumed name to fight the Japanese. When the storm has passed, I will send someone to send my sister-in-law to Chongqing. You are now a hero of the National Government, and they should not treat my sister-in-law and your family unfairly. "

Yue Qianli's words brought tears to Xie Jinyuan's eyes. He excitedly held Yue Qianli's hand and said:
"Captain Yue, I thought I would never be able to fight the Japanese again, and I had even written my suicide note.

Although my brothers in the first battalion and I were not afraid of death, what we feared most was not dying on the battlefield.

As long as I can still fight the devils, I'm willing to join the death squad."

"Old Xie, you are exaggerating. How could I ask you to be a member of the death squad? Before you went to the Sihang Warehouse, you were a lieutenant colonel staff officer of the 262nd Brigade.

The 527th Regiment is in need of a chief of staff, so I can only ask you to take the position temporarily, but you will not be included in the organization, and you will have to change the name to avoid causing trouble to the government."

Xie Jinyuan immediately expressed no objection and changed his name to Chen Zhongyuan, Chen being his mother's surname and Zhongyuan being his courtesy name.

"Captain Yang's injury requires systematic treatment, otherwise his life will be in danger. I plan to arrange for him to be treated in a hospital in the concession, and he will also have to change his identity.

I have already arranged the follow-up matters. Once he recovers, he can continue to go to the battlefield, and the other brothers will all be added to the main camps.

Their goals are not clear, and they are all assigned equivalent positions, but they have to serve as deputies for a period of time to adapt to the tactical system of the 527th Regiment. "

Chen Zhongyuan naturally had no objection to these arrangements. This was already the best arrangement.

The 524th Regiment and the 527th Regiment are brother units and can be seamlessly connected. The 527th Regiment has more than 300 iron-blooded veterans and with a little adaptation, they will be able to integrate well into the group.

After several days of rest, the 527th Regiment gradually recovered its combat effectiveness. Upon learning that the 527th Regiment had recovered southern Shanghai, the people in the concession were ecstatic.
They spontaneously organized fundraising and sent a large amount of food and winter clothes to the 527th Regiment. A large number of enthusiastic young people also came to join the army, many of whom were students from major universities and overseas Chinese who returned to China to participate in the War of Resistance.

At first Yue Qianli refused all of them. These were China's precious intellectuals, the future of the nation, and it would be a pity to waste them on the battlefield.
But Yue Qianli had no choice but to accept their requests as some of them even threatened to commit suicide.

After the beginning, it is out of control. It is best to accept all who come. These cultural people are still very beneficial to the future development of the 527th Regiment.
So he formed a youth camp, with himself serving as the battalion commander and Duan Yulin serving as the deputy battalion commander, with an indefinite staff.

Yue Qianli later discovered that there were all kinds of talents among these people, especially returned overseas Chinese, and even military and industrial talents, almost all of whom had special skills;

This time Yue Qianli was no longer polite to them and crammed them all into the baggage train, about 300 people in total. They all followed Chen Shinan to develop technology and build rocket launchers (bullets). He was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling the whole day.

The others will stay in the youth camp, where they will be trained by Duan Yulin and a group of veterans from the supplementary camp. They will not be allowed to go to the battlefield for the time being.

"Captain, there's a call from the Military Affairs Office!" Yue Qianli took the telegram from Tian Yuanxi with a puzzled look on his face. Tian Yuanxi nodded at him. The Military Affairs Office skipped the Military Commission and the 72nd Army Headquarters and sent a telegram directly to him, a small commander. This was indeed very micro-management and in line with the style and temperament of the principal.

Yue Qianli took it and took a look. Sure enough, it was a few hundred words long, but it was all some nonsense reminiscing about the past. It first praised the great victory achieved by the Songhu Guerrilla Column in southern Shanghai, then highly praised Yue Qianli and awarded him another Blue Sky and White Sun Medal.

Yue Qianli thus became the first Whampoa student in the National Army to receive this honor twice, and his military rank was promoted to major general. This is just a random stamp, so it is placed at the end;
After being awarded medals and promoted, he naturally had to make demands. This time, he was not allowed to continue to defend Songhu. Instead, he was allowed to act according to the circumstances and launch guerrilla warfare in the vast area south of Suzhou River to delay the main force of the Japanese.

When the time was ripe, he would withdraw to Nanjing and participate in the Battle of Nanjing. He would be allowed to gather the lost soldiers behind enemy lines and control the officers and soldiers below the rank of lieutenant colonel. The guerrilla column would have no fixed organization and would solve the problem of supplies on the spot. The local governments and officials in the occupied areas must cooperate, otherwise they would be subject to military law.

This was a big pie in the sky for him. Now the main divisions of the Japanese were attacking Nanjing with all their might. The National Government could not protect itself and could not provide the 527th Regiment with supplies and food.

But you can't let the horse run without giving it grass to eat, so this happened.

If it were someone else, they would definitely curse, but Yue Qianli was so happy that his mouth was cracked. Now the vast areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang south of Suzhou River were all deserted soldiers.

The Japanese army was temporarily unable to free up its hands to carry out the clean-up operation, so he could just fill this vacuum. With this telegram, it was like holding an imperial sword, and he was ordered to gather the defeated soldiers. Who would dare to disobey?
"Old Tian, ​​notify all battalion commanders to come to the meeting!"

Yue Qianli shouted excitedly, time is running out, he can't wait to become a guerrilla commander!
No organization is the best organization!

After all the battalion commanders arrived, Yue Qianli started the meeting. The first thing he did was to convey the commendation order from the attendant room. For the Huangpu graduates, this was the best commendation.

They were not as complicated as Yue Qianli thought. The original intention of most of the grassroots officers was still there - "If you want to get promoted and make money, please go elsewhere. If you are afraid of death, don't enter here." The motto of Huangpu has been engraved in the bones of many people. Only some senior officials have fallen.

This is just an appetizer. Let's get to the point. Yue Qianli looked around and said:

"Brothers, the order given to our Songhu Guerrilla Column by the superiors is to persist in guerrilla warfare in the occupied areas and contain the main force of the Japanese army attacking Nanjing, and we are given the right to do it at our convenience;

If you want to contain the Japanese, the best way is to cut off their supply lines and attack where they must be rescued!
The Japanese army that attacked Nanjing had at least 6 divisions with 15 men and tens of thousands of horses. The cost of food, ammunition and manpower was an astronomical figure.
It is impossible to rob them, we can only transport them from the rear, which gives us an opportunity.

From today on, everyone should temporarily forget their status as regular soldiers and become the king of the mountain!

I planted this tree, I opened this road, if you want to pass through here, please leave some firewood for the journey.

The Japanese's baggage train is trying to pass by us, so we'll kill them if they don't die."

Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this. Yue Qianli's words were so vivid that everyone understood them at once. Everyone was eager to become the king of the mountain.

(End of this chapter)