Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 24: The Frustrated Armistice Agreement (Seeking Follow-up Reading)
Zhang Shixi finally woke up after being treated by a military doctor. The enemy's attack was repelled again. Yu Bo reported to Zhang Shixi:
"Captain, we have lost all the outer positions except for the last one. The brothers have run out of bullets and finally had to rely on bayonets to drive the Japanese back!
We just received a call from the brigade headquarters, and Regiment Commander Zhang Yuannan is leading his troops to meet us from the direction of Getang Town;

The military headquarters has been successfully transferred, and the brigade has instructed us that we can break out on our own after dark."

Hearing that the military had been relocated, Zhang Shixi heaved a sigh of relief and said to Bo:

"How many casualties did the brothers suffer?"

Yu Bo said with a sad face:
"Including the wounded, there are less than a thousand people!"

Zhang Shixi was also feeling bad. A full-strength regiment of more than 2 people was reduced to only a few hundred people in just one day and one night. But now was not the time to be sad. He immediately said to Bo:
"Gather the troops immediately and break out in the direction of Jiangjia Village. Take all the injured brothers with you."

In the evening, the wounded regiment commander Zhang Shixi led his troops to break out. The soldiers of the 517th Regiment risked their lives to charge forward and finally fought their way out. They met up with the regiment of Zhang Yuannan who came to support them. After they broke out of the encirclement, the whole regiment had less than 500 people.
Although the 517th Regiment suffered heavy casualties, they successfully blocked the 11th Division for a day and a night, killing more than a thousand enemies, and bought precious time for the main force of the Fifth Army to successfully break out. After the war, the 517th Regiment was commended in a telegram.

The 527th Regiment where Yue Qianli was also broke through with the 88th Division, and Shanghai fell...

In order to prevent the Japanese army from taking advantage of the victory to further attack Nanjing, the National Government built a temporary defense system. Chen Mingshu and Jiang Dingwen served as the commander-in-chief of the left and right wings respectively, and built a line of defense between Shanghai and Nanjing.

The battle was over, and what remained was negotiation. The Japanese army was at the gates of the city, and the outcome of the peace treaty would certainly not be good.

The Japanese had achieved a major military victory, so naturally they would ask for an exorbitant price. This war frightened the Nationalist government, and the top leaders did not want to continue fighting. They repeatedly requested the League of Nations to mediate, and the two sides began a lengthy peace negotiation.

These are national strategies, and it is not Yue Qianli's turn to worry about them. There is no point in worrying about them, as he has no say in them now.

Although he already knew the result, he couldn't stop it, so after the troops withdrew, Yue Qianli was not in a very good mood.

What he is worried about now is his own future. Knowing this history, he knows that once the peace agreement is signed, the 88th Division will depart from Hangzhou to Wuhan and be transferred to the 13th Army.

In June, part of the division was deployed in Guangshui and Huayuan areas as a reserve force to encircle and suppress the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Area.
After the encirclement and suppression operation ended, the 88th Division once again separated from the 13th Army and was transferred to Fujian to participate in the fifth encirclement and suppression of the Central Soviet Area.

Yue Qianli did not want to start a civil war. Before he traveled through time, he was a member of the People's Army. His faith was deeply rooted in his bones. He would not point his gun at the people.
Moreover, he discovered that he had a secret experience of entering the Red Sect in his memory. It was when he was in school. Since Wuhan was the revolutionary base at that time, more than half of the people in the Wuhan branch were comrades. His host was a dark Red, and the online level was still very high, so he would not be awakened easily.
At the same time, his host is now a member of the National Government Army, fighting bloody battles with his brothers in the National Army to fight the Japanese invaders. They are all brothers and comrades, and he cannot shoot at them.

He only wanted to fight the Japanese. If he was forced to shoot at his own people, he would have no choice but to run away and go to the Northeast to form a team to fight the Japanese.

The days passed in such misery. After more than a month of rest, the wounded of the Third Company gradually returned to the team and all supplies arrived.
Since the armistice agreement had not yet been signed, the 88th Division was still in a state of combat readiness. During this period, he only did one thing, which was to sell all the intercepted Japanese equipment to the black market. Duan Yulin was responsible for the specific operation because he needed money now.

The salary and benefits of the National Army are actually quite good, but the practice of taking empty salaries is also common, and Yue Qianli does not want to suck the blood of the soldiers;

So he could only rely on intercepting some of the spoils to exchange for money, which was also allowed in the National Army. The normal rate was 30%, and 70% had to be handed over. Don't be too greedy, and the superiors won't pursue the matter.

"Old Yue, I'm back!"

Duan Yulin's sly expression made Yue Qianli happy, and he immediately signaled the orderly to leave. Duan Yulin looked around and whispered:
"They've all been sold. Type 60 rifles are very popular on the black market. One costs 1000 yuan, a Taisho 600-year model costs 2500 yuan, a grenade launcher costs yuan, and a heavy machine gun costs yuan. All in cash. Payment and goods cleared. Here's the list."

Yue Qianli took it and looked at it, and a smile immediately appeared on his face. He sold more than 12000 silver dollars in total. He calculated in his mind that this 12000 yuan was actually a lot of money, and he couldn't keep all of it, otherwise he would be shot in the back. Normally, % would be fine.

Thinking of this, he said to Duan Yulin:

"Take out 5 yuan to reward the brothers, 15 yuan for soldiers, 20 yuan for officers, 30 yuan for the wounded, and send the rest to the brothers who died in the battle."

Duan Yulin didn't care much about money. His family was an evil capitalist and they didn't lack this little money. But it was different for the soldiers under him. This little money was equivalent to nearly two months' military pay for them.

Seeing that Duan Yulin had not left yet, Yue Qianli asked doubtfully:
"Anything else?"

Duan Yulin confirmed that there were no spies around and said:
“Reliable information, the armistice agreement has been signed, using the League of Nations’ compromise plan;
Our government troops retreated to Kunshan and Suzhou, the Japanese retreated to the International Settlement, and a demilitarized zone was established in the Chinese area of ​​Shanghai.

"Shit! What kind of bullshit treaty is this!
Foreign bandits can station troops on Chinese soil, but we ourselves cannot. Is this considered a compromise? These Western powers have no idea how crooked they are—"

Duan Yulin grabbed Yue Qianli's mouth, and then he said as if begging for mercy:
"Brother, why don't you keep your mouth shut! If you want to die, don't make my sister a widow."

Yue Qianli naturally knew that he was too impulsive. Trouble comes from the mouth. Even if the treaty signed by the National Government is shit, it has to be praised as fragrant!

"Okay, there's no one else here, I just feel aggrieved. Tens of thousands of soldiers fought hard for more than three months, and finally got this result.
The devils achieved their goal of shifting the conflict from the north to the east. While negotiations were going on here, they were busy concocting the puppet state of Manchukuo over there. Millions of square kilometers of land were taken away, and 30 million compatriots became slaves of a conquered nation! "

Duan Yulin also said indignantly:
"That's right. A bunch of old men and young men are pretending to be masters, and they want to hold a coronation ceremony. They are openly acting like dogs of the Japanese!"

The two men soon fell silent. Like everyone else, their hearts were filled with a deep sense of powerlessness. Tens of thousands of soldiers of the 19th Route Army and the Fifth Army fought bloody battles for three months, suffering more than 15,000 casualties, but ended up with such a result.

Only Yue Qianli knew that the suffering of the Chinese nation had just begun. It was very frustrating. After the Japanese swallowed the Northeast, they wanted to attack Chahar and Rehe. The elite 88th Division was about to be transferred to the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Encirclement and Suppression Fourth Front Army. It was really painful for the relatives and joy for the enemies...

"Oh, there is one more piece of news I forgot to tell you. Our 88th Division will be heading to Central China soon, but you are not on the list."

Duan Yulin's news made Yue Qianli's eyes light up, and he said to him excitedly:
"Don't keep me in suspense. Why am I not on the list?"

Duan Yulin saw that someone was getting anxious, so he stopped teasing him and continued:
"This should be considered a good thing. The government wants to select a group of young officers to study in Germany or the United States. The list has already been sent to the regiment headquarters—"

Before Duan Yulin could finish his words, Yue Qianli rushed out like a gust of wind, leaving only an afterimage behind him.

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