Chapter 29: Not The Same Road

  Chen just heard that Dongbei Hanzi was from the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army or the Righteous and Brave Army, and he exclaimed:

  "He is one of them! Isn't he the same as us? Haha! I've always heard that they kill devils, but I've never seen these heroes fighting with devils before!"

  "They are the ones who kill devils, and can be considered heroes, but to say that they are on the same path as us is not something that can be said." Xu Fei walked to the edge of the door and listened for a moment, then walked over to the large sofa and sat down.

  Chen looked at Xue Fei with curiosity and asked: "Why are you killing devils but not on the same road?"

  Xu Fei decided to give this somewhat stubborn Chen Nai a brainwashing lesson. He poured himself a cup of boiling water and said directly:

  "Why do we say that we and they are not on the same road? Let me tell you, what kind of people are in their ranks. Both armed forces are composed of bandits, red parties, former national armies, Northeastern armies who refused to leave, local militias, and private armed groups. They now have a common goal, which is to drive out the devils from China. So they can gather together to fight against the devils in peace. Imagine what will happen when the devils are really driven out by these people with different interests. What kind of outcome will these armed forces ultimately have?"

  Xu Fei took a sip of warm boiled water and continued: "This is still better said, now I hear that the Righteous Brave Army has tens of thousands of people competing with the devils for territory. These people are mixed up, and it's inevitable that there will be traitors and Han traitors. If they don't get unified command, as a military officer and a top student at university, you analyze how long they can hold on?"

  "This... I hadn't considered this issue, because before we didn't have contact with them, let alone fight side by side. But according to the boss's words, a team with such a chaotic personnel composition will be defeated no matter how bravely they fight. However, with their containment, the devils cannot advance to Shanhai Pass in a short period of time."

  Chen Gang sat on the sofa, constantly stroking his chin which had just been shaved smooth, and after a moment of contemplation, he continued to speak:

  "But I still don't understand what you mean by saying we're not on the same road as them..."

  "When I said we're not on the same road as them, it's not just about fighting against the Japanese. What we need to do now is to continuously expand our troops, but we can't learn from their methods. For the sake of achieving the common goal of resisting Japan, they'll bring anyone into their ranks, regardless of who they are. The purity of a team is essential, and people with divided loyalties can only be like a mouse dropping in a pot of bad soup. So even if we want to kill the Japanese, we can't work together with them, or with some unstable individuals, because ultimately, that would just lead to being dragged down into the muddy waters by them." Xu Fei said calmly.

  He doesn't want to talk about the miserable ending of these two teams for now, what he wants to do is to unify China, and both the National Army and the Red Party will be eliminated by him, only then can we get the guarantee that the descendants of Yan and Huang will become stronger.

  So he decided to not accept anyone's command from the beginning, and did not want to have any intersection with these people. Letting his subordinates gradually accept his own ideas was not something that could be accomplished in a short period of time. Now, whenever he had the opportunity, he would slander his future opponents in front of his subordinates.

  "Oh... I see, it seems that following them will only lead to trouble. Our little team is better off on our own! If we get entangled with a unit like this, we'll be done for!" Chen Gang nodded in agreement after analyzing the military situation, still not understanding how dark politics could be.

  "Haha... we don't need to study their affairs, as long as you know that it's best to have less contact with them. This time we came out to buy arms, your family is from Yingkou, and in the past, you've killed many officials and thugs. If you go out to investigate, it's easy to expose your identity, so this time I'll take care of finding the seller. Tell me about the underground world of Yingkou and possible sellers." Xu Fei said with a smile.

  "Boss, the population of Yingkou city is only a few million people. The underground world here is mainly composed of gangs and small-time hooligans. There are three major gangs: Sanhe Gang, Heihu Gang, and Caidao Gang. Each gang has hundreds of members scattered throughout the city. They constantly fight each other for territory. Those guys we saw fighting today were probably from these gangs. However, I've never heard of any gang collaborating with the Japanese. It's going to be tough to find out who is selling military equipment, as these gangs themselves lack weapons and ammunition. Who knows if those foreign firms have anything?"

  "Oh... it's still quite troublesome to say, Jinzhou has a lot of people secretly selling military supplies, but unfortunately there are too many devils there and the security is very strict. Even if we manage to buy some, it won't be easy to bring them back." Xu Fei replied with a frown.

  He was a man who came back from the 21st century, and his understanding of the events of the 1930s was mainly based on various books. Those books were compiled by the victors, and he could hardly imagine how much of their content was true.

  Just like the Japanese army in Yingkou City, although there are only over a thousand people, plus the puppet army is no more than three thousand people. The combat effectiveness of that single company of devils can be several times stronger than the current National Army and Red Party armed forces. Even if tens of thousands of miscellaneous National Army troops fought against these devils, it would still be a sure loss!

  Later generations of movies often say that the National Army is incompetent. After careful consideration, in the era of warlords during the Republic of China, these national armies were able to resist the devils on the front lines for many years, which can be considered as doing their duty. As for Old Chiang, who only wanted to become a dictatorial leader, it's not surprising that he would play politics with the policy of "first stabilize internally and then expand externally".

  A country with countless warlords having armies opposing the central government, various parties expressing their own views, orders are not being carried out and commands are weak, if internal troublemakers are not eliminated, who has the ability to turn things around single-handedly.

  "Boss! Buying arms from Jinzhou is not realistic, this Yingkou is only tens of kilometers away from our mountain stronghold, if we hurry, we can return in a day. But from Jinzhou to here, it's over 200 kilometers, and there are countless devil's checkpoints along the way, we can't bring back weapons at all. As for Yingkou city, I estimate that those who have arms are almost all foreign firms, but it's not easy to get close to them, we can't just run up to their door and say we want arms..."

  Chen Gang lowered his head and thought for a moment before saying with delight: "Boss! There's a place where we can probably establish a connection with the foreigners."

  "Where is it?" Xu Fei's eyes lit up as he looked at Chen Qiang and asked.

  "Firefly Song and Dance Hall! Where is the place where the three teachings and nine streams come and go, and people with a bit of face in this city all love to come and go?" Chen Qiang said with a strange look in his eyes.

  "Flowing firefly song and dance hall? Isn't it a place for singing and dancing, are there dancing girls and something else?"

  Xu Fei had seen it in movies before, and dance halls of this era were almost the same as high-end J-houses, so he curiously asked.

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