Chapter 11: The Summit's Commendation

  Yang Junran's fight may be over, but its impact is huge.

  Both China and Japan attach great importance to this battle.

  The 11th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army.

  The brigade headquarters stationed in a larger county town is now in a state of great confusion.

  The commander of the united fleet, Lieutenant Commander Inoue Daichi, who was still being praised a few days ago, disappeared overnight, and it was only later learned that his unit had been annihilated by some other unit.

  This made Colonel Chirai Kiyohiko very unhappy, his troops had just been transferred here and suffered such a thing, but it made Chirai feel that he was losing face, although the current Mongolian Garrison Army was still in formation, but the actual defense had already been taken over by himself, once this matter got out, his responsibility would be hard to escape.

  In order not to make this matter public, Seno Chosa personally went to ask the commander of the 26th Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant General Kuroda Shigenori, about his intentions.

  "Hateful Chinese, how dare they be so arrogant on our own turf! I'll teach them a good lesson!" Black田重德's face was filled with killing intent as he heard the report, and he loudly shouted out in discontent.

  "It's better not to spread the word about this matter for now. If outsiders find out that our entire battalion was annihilated by those Chinese, I'm afraid we'll lose all face and higher-ups will investigate our responsibility." Qian Li Zhengxiong looked at his infantry commander and expressed his opinion.

  Kuroda Shigetoku hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "What you say makes sense. Your troops should not move out, stay in place and guard against the sneak attack of the Chinese people. I will dispatch a search party to scout ahead and we must find that despicable group of Chinese."

  "Thank you, I will definitely not let you down."

  The matter was easily settled, and Sen no Rikyū was overjoyed.

  Kuroda Jūtoku smiled and gazed out of the window with a drowsy look in his eyes.

  Chen Li Jing understood his meaning and whispered: "Please rest assured, I will definitely find some beautiful Chinese women to offer to you."

  Kuroda Jūsuke smiled in satisfaction and Chiri Katsuo bowed respectfully before heading outside.

  The ruined village finally has some semblance of order, thanks to the collective labor of the warriors.

  All the houses here have been renovated and merged with a nearby village to form a guerrilla base.

  The surrounding areas have already begun to deploy sentry posts, strictly guarding the security of the garrison.

  All kinds of positions, redoubts are being constantly dug out by soldiers, preparing to build a huge military fortress here.

  The troops have been formed, but due to the new recruits.

  Yang Junran did not intend to provoke the Japanese army, but instead ordered each battalion commander to train their troops.

  And he himself was guarding that old telegraph machine, waiting for a telegram on it.

  After winning the battle, Yang Junran was not polite at all and directly contacted the top.

  According to Yang Junran's idea, even if you don't give me a cash reward, at least give me some weapons and personnel, can't just abandon us here.

  But Yang Junran did not know that the officials of the Second War Zone had never paid attention to the fate of this army since they set foot on this land, and had never asked about their lives or deaths. In fact, the officials of the Second War Zone were eager for this army to be eliminated by the Japanese as soon as possible.

  Waiting for a star and waiting for the moon, I have waited for half a month. I sent more than ten telegrams in succession, but did not receive a single reply.

  Yang Junran's dream was shattered. Not to mention the second prize, but even a commendatory telegram was not sent to Yang Junran.

  However, the Japanese army did not forget about this unit. After more than a dozen days without any gains, the Japanese began to dispatch the main force of the search party to investigate the situation in all directions and look for the guerrilla column.

  Not far away in the county town, however, they were still relaxing their vigilance, not putting the guerrilla forces beside them in their eyes at all.

  Yang Junran was delighted to have a quiet moment and stopped sending electricity, actively training the troops.

  It was already 1938, and a month had passed in such a hurry.

  The Chahar Expeditionary Force of the Japanese Army was also formally reorganized into the Mongolia Garrison Army, with Lieutenant General Renya Mutaguchi as the commander and Major General Inosuke Nishi as the chief of staff. The army had jurisdiction over the 26th Division and five infantry reserve brigades.

  The main task of the Mongolian Garrison Army is to fill the gap between the Kwantung Army and the North China Area Army, while monitoring Outer Mongolia, Ningxia, and Suiyuan. The command center of the Mongolian Garrison Army directly receives orders from the Emperor. Its commander has the same authority as an army commander.

  At this time, Yang Junran's guerrilla column also made great progress in training.

  The restless Yang Junran once again wanted to make a plan to teach the Japanese troops a good lesson.

  At this moment, the radio, which was like a decoration, sent out an award.

  Just as the Second War Zone ignored Yang Junran's achievements, the Military Affairs Commission of Chahar directly reported the situation to the Military Commission.

  Just when morale was low, the Military Commission did not want to give up this opportunity.

  They loudly publicized it, but for some reason, the Military Commission attributed all the merits to Yang Junran alone and deliberately concealed the contribution of the Women's Army in this battle.

  The Military Commission has spoken out, and as the direct superiors of the guerrilla column, the officials of the Second War Zone Command naturally cannot ignore this unit either.

  A commendation telegram has been sent out. The officials of the Second War Zone have praised Yang Junran's performance without reservation.

  What contemporary Sun Wu, in the world Zhuge's words, can be found on the telegram, but except for the telegram, there is no reward at all except for promoting Yang Junran to Lieutenant General Commander.

  They are even unwilling to care about some guerrilla troops' salary and food problems.

  "Commander, these bastards don't take us seriously at all. The telegram even promoted our military ranks, but they didn't even bother to send over the uniforms, what's the use of being promoted to general?" The third battalion commander of the first branch, Liang Fei, looked at the telegram and cursed in discontent.

  Several officers looked silently at Yang Junran, waiting for his orders.

  This time, Yang Junran gathered them together, mainly to formulate a battle plan. As for this telegram, the main thing is to let them see how they are treated and how they treat themselves.

  "These issues are none of my concern, I only care about our brothers' problems. The current food supply is also limited, we must take action now. We didn't come here to enjoy a peaceful retirement. These little Japanese devils still need to be severely struck down, not for the sake of the higher-ups, but for the land beneath our feet and the fellow villagers around us." Yang Junran said, looking at the map on the table.

  Fang Hanqin stood up, pointing to the map and said: "According to reconnaissance, the position of the Japanese army has changed. Now this place is too remote and has been abandoned by the Japanese army. Some important materials in the county seat have also begun to be transported away. My and the commander's intention is to capture this small county town, make it our base, and expand our forces from here. Only by constantly expanding our strength can we guarantee the capital to compete with the Japanese army."

  Here, I have observed that although it is not far from Outer Mongolia, there is no defensive significance here. The Japanese army will not station too many troops here. As long as we don't make a big noise, the Japanese army won't easily engage in battle with us here. After all, this place is too close to Outer Mongolia, and they dare not fight against the Soviet Union. Although the county town is not large, the surrounding land can fully supply our food and drink. Just now, Chief of Staff Fang said that only by expanding our strength can we continue to compete with the Japanese army. Since those above us do not care about our lives or deaths, we must strive for our own survival space." Yang Junran said seriously to everyone after Fang Hanqin finished speaking.

  These people, the oldest of whom was Kang Lianqin, were all in their early twenties, and almost everyone had crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. They naturally understood what Yang Junran meant. Now that those above no longer cared about these people, they could only obey the current commander, Yang, who seemed to be not bad.

  "Commander, the Second War Zone Headquarters sent a telegram saying they will supplement us with some troops and several officers." The communications soldier walked over, saluted and said.

  Yang Junran took over the telegram and looked at it, then nodded to the signal soldier to withdraw.

  "Which unlucky unit is coming again?" Liang Fei looked at Yang Junran and asked.

  "It's just a few scattered Shaanxi army troops, with about 700 people, and there are also several officers from miscellaneous armies, who have no troops in their hands." Yang Junran said with a frown.

  The officials are not stupid, this way all the problems are solved, you want troops, right? Give you these miscellaneous brand troops, give you as many as you want. Moreover, the commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone is the local emperor of Shanxi, he doesn't want these miscellaneous troops to come to his own territory.

  "Alright, let's not worry about that for now. This afternoon I'll go visit Commander Zhou Yulan and see if she's interested. At the latest by the day after tomorrow, we must take down this county town." Yang Junran said seriously to everyone.

  Several officers stood up and saluted, saying: "Yes, Commander."

  Yang Junran nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand to signal everyone to go back and prepare.

  "Han Qin, wait a minute." Yang Junran said, sitting on the chair.

  Fang Hanchen looked at Yang Junran with a puzzled expression and nodded slightly.

  Two people talked for a long time in the room, and no one knew what they were talking about.

  However, since this conversation, Fang Hanqin has been very obedient to Yang Junran's orders.

  Yang Junran is no fool. Among the six regimental commanders, three are old subordinates of Fang Hanqin. If he doesn't win him over, his own position may not be secure either.

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