jdhmnovel Chapter 124 Dragon Flame Legion
Chapter 124 Dragon Flame Legion
After the Nationalist government established its capital in Nanjing, it decided to widen and renovate the Xinjiekou area.
工程于1930年11月12日国父64周年诞辰日开工，至1931年1月20日完工，历时3个多月。
This is the first square on the streets of Jinling City. Besides being called Xinjiekou Square, it is also known as the First Square.
The area around this square quickly developed into the transportation, financial, and commercial center of the capital city.
In 1935, the Nationalist government also erected a huge bomb model, five or six meters high, in the center of the square.
The purpose was to remind the general public that if a war broke out with the Japanese, the capital would be under Japanese air raids at any time, so they should be aware of air defense.
When Xie Qiang and his four team members arrived at Xinjiekou Square, they actually saw the bomb model.
In addition, Xie Qiang also discovered that the Japanese had cleaned up the square, and now there was no trace of war left in the area.
Furthermore, a considerable number of troops were deployed to guard the area around the square.
Because Xie Qiang and his men were wearing military police uniforms, the Japanese guards did not check them.
Xie Qiang pretended to be a member of the military police inspecting the square and walked around it carefully.
After arriving at a secluded spot, Xie Qiang personally measured the coordinate parameters of the square.
Xie Qiang even specially surveyed and mapped out a set of coordinates for the already erected dais.
The mission was now successfully completed, and Xie Qiang checked the time; it was a little past four in the morning.
"It's still early, let's head back immediately."
After saying that, Xie Qiang led the four team members back to the small courtyard they had been in before. After they met up, they immediately went to the riverbank and returned to the north bank as quickly as possible.
After Xie Qiang and the others set off, Long Fei stayed on the north bank and did not leave.
During this time, the second company commander, Sun Haitao, tried to persuade Long Fei twice, but Long Fei remained seated and unmoved.
Sun Haitao had no choice but to sit silently with Long Fei, determined to persuade him to leave before dawn.
After all, this place is separated from the Japanese by the Yangtze River. Even if the Japanese can't hit us with their guns, they can still fire mortars and infantry guns at us in no time.
Fortunately, after Xie Qiang and the others crossed the river, nothing unusual happened, which put Long Fei at ease.
Time passed second by second, and Long Fei's feet were covered with cigarette butts.
With six o'clock fast approaching, Long Fei picked up the low-light binoculars, preparing to make one last observation before leaving.
Suddenly, they saw several dark figures quietly coming ashore.
"Come back so soon?"
Judging from the way these dark figures walked, Long Fei believed that Xie Qiang and his group had returned.
"Sun Haitao, hurry, go to the riverbank to meet him."
Upon hearing this, Sun Haitao didn't ask any further questions and immediately led more than a dozen team members straight to the riverbank.
Within minutes, Sun Haitao led Xie Qiang and the others back to Long Fei.
"Reporting to the commander, the mission has been successfully completed."
Seeing Xie Qiang and the others' wet hair and frostbitten faces, Long Fei hurriedly took out two bottles of Moutai and handed them over.
"Everyone has worked hard. Have a couple of drinks to warm yourself up."
Xie Qiang and his six teammates took the wine and each of them took turns gulping down several large mouthfuls.
After a few sips of wine, Xie Qiang immediately felt warm. He quickly dried his hair and then eagerly handed the notebook containing the coordinate parameters to Long Fei.
"Commander, it has been confirmed that the Japanese will hold a celebration rally at Xinjiekou Square tomorrow."
"Besides the coordinates of the square, I also noted the coordinates of the rostrum. I'll use that to send General Matsui and their damn prince to their doom."
"Okay, I'll do as you wish."
Xie Qiang chuckled and began to report the specific details of the operation to Long Fei.
"Commander, you don't know that as soon as we landed and entered the city, we were discovered by the Japanese military police."
"I originally wanted to get away with it, but the Japanese saw the radio, so I had no choice but to kill the Japanese military police without hesitation."
"I threw the Japanese soldiers' bodies into a well in a small courtyard to avoid them discovering them and alerting the Japanese."
"We would impersonate Japanese military police and swindle people all over the city."
"So, we quickly found out the exact location of the Japanese celebration, and we even went to the site to investigate."
After listening to Xie Qiang's report, Long Fei nodded in praise.
"You did a great job completing the mission. You were calm, collected, and resourceful. I'll make a note of your contribution and reward you later."
As dawn was approaching, Long Fei led everyone back to the artillery position.
There was still a whole day before the Japanese army's celebration meeting was held. With nothing else to do, Xie Qiang and Sun Haitao chatted idly with Long Fei.
"Commander, these 32 howitzers and the various types of ammunition you've replenished, must be system rewards, right?"
"Yes, that's right. Our War God System has now reached level eight. We only need two more levels to go from Bronze to Silver."
"In addition, a large number of weapons and equipment, as well as food, medicine and other supplies were also awarded as rewards. The system was very generous this time, it was a complete financial drain."
Xie Qiang and Sun Haitao were extremely excited when they heard this.
"Commander, what were the rewards this time? Tell us about them."
So Long Fei chuckled and recited it to them.
Upon hearing this, Xie Qiang jumped up and exclaimed in exaggerated surprise.
"Wow, Commander, the system is really generous this time. The weapons and equipment rewarded are enough to equip an entire army."
"Yes, that's why I agreed to let Brigade Commander Chen and the others join. Our Longyan unit urgently needs to grow stronger so that we can fight against the main Japanese force."
Sun Haitao then chimed in, "Commander, 10,000 men isn't a lot right now. We can easily expand to 20,000."
Long Fei nodded and said, "No rush. After we finish tomorrow, we'll head to Chuxian County and then we can continue to expand our team."
Xie Qiang suddenly fell silent, clearly deep in thought, and didn't speak for a long time.
Sun Haitao found it strange and nudged him with his elbow.
"What are you thinking about? You haven't said anything for a long time."
Xie Qiang then said, "I've been thinking about a question. Now that our team has grown and expanded, are we going to rely on system rewards forever?"
“If we have 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of troops, but there are no Japanese soldiers for us to kill, it means we won’t get any rewards, and we’ll all starve to death.”
Long Fei had already considered the problem that Xie Qiang was worried about and had a solution.
Since Xie Qiang had brought it up, Long Fei took the opportunity to reveal his plan.
"Xie Qiang makes a good point. We certainly can't rely solely on system rewards, so we must establish a vast base area. Only with a base area can we have strong logistical support and ensure that we have enough troops and food to fight the Japanese."
At this moment, Xie Qiang laughed awkwardly, "Commander, it turns out you had already thought of a solution. I was clearly just showing off my limited skills."
Long Fei put his hand on Xie Qiang's shoulder and praised him, "Xie Qiang, the fact that you were able to think of these problems in advance shows that you have great foresight. It seems that making you a company commander is a waste of your talent."
"Huh... Commander, what do you mean by that..."
"Can't you understand what I'm saying? After the expansion of the army, in addition to training the troops, you will also have to shoulder heavier responsibilities, so your positions should be promoted accordingly."
Xie Qiang and Sun Haitao were immediately excited. After all, being promoted was an affirmation of their abilities and achievements, and it was a good thing that they looked forward to and were happy about.
"Commander, does that mean we should call you Division Commander or Army Commander from now on?"
Long Fei waved his hand and said with a smile, "No, you should call me Legion Commander. Have you forgotten the military flag I ordered in Jinling City? It says: Dragon Flame Legion."