Chapter 961: Show off your bravery
Xiang Chu waved his hand and shouted loudly with a full voice:
"Brothers! Use the original 10 divisions and the newly added personnel to form 11 square formations. Commander Liu! Chief of Staff Gan! Send 11 backbones to lead the square formations."
"Yes!"
Liu Zhengxiong and Gan Rong hurriedly accepted the order.
Hu Lian laughed and said, "Lord Chu! Do you want to build an army?"
Xiang Chu nodded and said, "Yes! These veterans are very good. If they are in a densely populated area, it is possible to build a group army."
Hu Lian smiled bitterly and said, "After four years of fighting, we are now short of both equipment and manpower. All units have lost personnel in combat and are seriously short of manpower."
At this time, the originally chaotic playground became orderly.
11 square formations were neatly displayed on the playground.
Hu Lian said with emotion: "Mr. Chu! I didn't expect that your prestige in the 34th Army is so high. I am in charge of the 34th Army, but these guys pretend to obey and don't listen at all."
Xiang Chu shook his head and said, "No! Your energy should still be on your own troops. Besides, some people below are dissatisfied with me and are about to cause trouble."
As soon as he finished speaking, the formation of new recruits began to become chaotic.
The battalion commander Wang Hu, who had previously committed the crime with a gun, jumped out first and shouted:
"Chu Xi! What right do you have to single out those who joined after us? Do you want to dislike us? Brothers! People like this are not worth serving. Let's go to the 77th Army."
This person has a certain appeal. More than 20 people will follow him and leave.
Hu Lian reminded, "Mr. Chu! According to my investigation, this man is called Wang Hu, a battalion commander. He was the one who planned the mutiny and hid it very well."
Xiang Chu nodded and said, "Yes! He was instructed by someone."
Gan Rong said anxiously: "Lord Chu! I will bring people to capture him."
Xiang Chu shook his head and said, "Arresting them on the spot will definitely cause a mutiny. Try to keep them appropriately. If that doesn't work, let them go."
After he finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Captain Wang! I did this to find out how many veterans there are. You don't have to leave in a hurry. If you have any other requests, you can come up and tell me. If your request is reasonable, I will definitely satisfy you."
Wang Hu did not expect Xiang Chu to be so weak, and said shamelessly: "Chu Xi! I, Wang Hu, want to be the division commander. Can you satisfy me? If not, there is no need to discuss anything. I will take my brothers to the elite 78th Division."
Xiang Chu waved his hand and said, "I can't satisfy you! Go quickly, don't delay me from building the elite 34th Division."
Wang Hu was so angry that he roared: "Brothers! Follow this battalion commander to the 77th Division under the elite 78th Army. The new division commander, Wang Sheng, is my cousin. Let's go!"
"go!"
About 20 people roared together and followed him to leave.
Liu Zhengxiong shouted, "Your files are all in the 34th Army Group. If you leave, you'll be a deserter."
Wang Hu laughed and said, "Files? The files of the 34th Army were all burned. Where can you find our files?"
Xiang Chu finally understood that the reason these people dared to mutiny was because they thought that once their personnel files were burned, no one would be in charge of them.
On the playground, there were still people who were ready to follow Wang Sheng and others and leave.
Xiang Chu picked up the loudspeaker and shouted, "Brothers! There are two copies of the personnel files of the 34th Army Group, and another copy is kept in the Political Department."
This statement greatly stabilized the morale of the army.
Wang Hu sneered, "Chu Xi! You are talking nonsense. My cousin said that each unit only has one set of personnel files."
Xiang Chu said coldly: "Wang Hu! How dare you disrespect this commander? Chief of Staff Gan! Arrest him."
After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and several shadow spies who had approached Wang Hu suddenly attacked and tied up Wang Hu.
Those who were about to follow him lost their resolve and hurried back to the team.
Wang Hu roared loudly: "Chu Xi! You arrested me just because I didn't respect you, you are a villain!"
Xiang Chu pointed at him and said loudly: "Brothers! Apart from his disrespect for the commander, this man has three major crimes. First, he followed his cousin's instructions to create a mutiny in the 3th Army. Second, he just wanted to shoot Sergeant Lan Longzhai. Third, he incited others to leave the army and join other troops."
Hu Lian added: "These three charges are all capital crimes and can be executed in public."
Wang Hu argued speciously, "You are using public power to take revenge on your own. I did not instigate a mutiny, I did not shoot anyone, and I did not incite anyone to leave the army."
Xiang Chu waved his hand and said, "It's no use trying to argue, Chief of Staff Gan! Lock him up first and send him to the military court later."
"Yes!"
Gan Rong hurriedly accepted the order.
This was tantamount to killing one person to warn the rest, and all those who followed Wang Hu in the audience were trembling with fear.
Xiang Chu ordered: "Liu Junzhang! All personnel should be re-registered, and the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the only sons in the family should be given travel expenses and sent home. The rest should be given military pay and promoted one level."
"Yes!"
Liu Zhengxiong hurriedly accepted the order.
Xiang Chu used both kindness and force to stabilize the morale of the army as soon as he came on the scene.
A force that was almost disbanded was revitalized.
Two o'clock in the morning, Zaoyang City.
Doihara Kan'ei led two regiments to the city.
He raised his sword and roared, "Warriors of the Empire! Now is the time when you are most energetic. Fire your guns and cannons and climb up the walls of Zaoyang. Give me the peaches!"
Lieutenant Kita said anxiously: "Your Excellency the Division Commander! The city gate is open, there is no need to climb up the city wall."
The commander of the Daejeon regiment also hurriedly said: "Your Excellency the division commander! There are no Chinese defenders, so there is no need to fire guns or artillery."
Doihara Ken'er's heroic spirit was interrupted, and he roared in anger: "Baka! Even without defenders, we must fight with the momentum of the Imperial Army. Move! Otherwise, your entire family will be executed."
"Hello!"
Captains Kita and Oota accepted the order reluctantly.
The two commanded the Japanese soldiers to fire guns and artillery to attack Zaoyang City.
Doihara Kenji, with a white cloth strip with a sun on it wrapped around his head, was the first to rush up the ladder and climb onto the city wall.
He cheered loudly: "Yoshi! I am the first one to climb up the city wall. Military reporters! Take a close-up of me and have me appear in the Imperial Times."
After all this time, he wanted to publish an advertisement in the newspaper to show off his bravery.
The Japanese soldiers entered the city and committed all kinds of atrocities, including burning, killing, looting and so on.
Doihara Ken'er was holding a big knife, hesitating whether to follow Cao Cao's example and massacre the city.
At this time, the Japanese radio operator rushed forward and reported loudly:
"Your Excellency, Division Commander! Deputy Sect Master Aoki called and asked you to send troops to pursue the Chinese 77th Division she led to the west, and to block the Chinese 78th Division coming to Zaoyang to the southwest."
Doihara Kenji got excited when he heard this and ordered loudly: "Captain Kita! You lead a battalion to the southwest and make sure to wipe out the 78th Division coming to Zaoyang. Captain Ota! You lead a battalion to defend Zaoyang City.
This general will lead two battalions to pursue the Chinese 77th Division and must capture Qing Mu Lian Hua alive. "
After saying this, he immediately led two Japanese battalions and chased westward.
Lieutenant Commander Kita shook his head and said, "How adorably silly! How can a liar like me lead a battalion to completely wipe out the 78th Division of China?"
The commander of the Datian regiment said with a wry smile: "The commander of the division is really ridiculous. How can a regiment commander like me defend Zaoyang with a battalion?"
Lieutenant Kita smiled mysteriously and said, "Ota-kun! Why don't you report to the 11th Army Commander Sonobe Kawaichiro in the name of the division commander and tell him that our army has captured the important Zaoyang and ask him to send reinforcements as soon as possible?"
The commander of the Daejeon regiment nodded and said, "Yoshi! Send reinforcements to cut off the Chinese army's retreat."