You were tasked with guarding the Sihang Warehouse, and you ended up with a German-equipped division

Chapter 299 Chen Cheng and the Principal's Praise: Li Jianghe is Huo Qubing!

"In short, I now completely fail to understand how Li Jianghe fights."

"I don't understand how the Third Column fought against the Japanese army; it's completely beyond my comprehension."

At least in Chen Cheng's view, even if the most elite troops of the National Revolutionary Army were gathered together, it would not be possible to achieve this.

No matter how well-equipped those German-trained divisions, tax police regiments, and training corps were, they were still very rigid and methodical in battle.

It's impossible to fight like Li Jianghe, making battles seem like art, flowing smoothly and overwhelmingly.

Xue Yue sighed and looked down at the blood-soaked land on the map.

"Heroes have always emerged from among the young. Even the Marquis of Champion, who once sealed the Wolf-Dwelling Mountain and swept across the Qilian Mountains, could not have done anything more impressive."

"No," Chen Cheng shook his head, his tone serious, "Huo Qubing was much younger back then, a teenager."

"But Li Jianghe's achievements are so great that there aren't many who can compare to him even after searching through the entire history books."

As he said this, he looked at the map again, his eyes shining brighter.

"Suddenly, we have a battle to fight. Even though the Japanese army has the advantage in both manpower and firepower, as long as Li Jianghe's Third Column is still intact, there won't be any problems."

As dawn broke, the principal of the Wuhan headquarters rubbed his eyes as he looked at the telegram handed to him by Commander He.

He thought he was still half asleep and seeing things, but after rubbing his eyes and looking again, the words on the telegram were still the same.

After reading it several times, he suddenly looked up, his voice full of surprise.

"Did they really devour an entire brigade?" the principal asked, his tone tinged with disbelief.

Commander He said with great certainty, his expression quite remarkable.

"At first, I also thought there was a mistake in the intelligence transmission, and I checked it several times."

"But our intelligence department also intercepted a Japanese telegram that mentioned this point."

"The entire 29th Brigade has been completely wiped out; from the brigade commander down, there are basically no survivors."

As he spoke, he stared at the map, his eyes gleaming.

"Is Li Jianghe really going to wipe out the entire Third Division in three days? That's too much..."

The principal said incredulously, his voice tinged with disbelief.

"I used to think it was impossible, that was wishful thinking, a pipe dream."

"But now it seems that it might not be impossible. This Li Jianghe always manages to create miracles."

Commander He said, his tone filled with emotion and admiration.

"I remember that in the telegram Chen Cheng sent earlier, he mentioned the orders that Li Jianghe gave to the front-line troops when he first launched his counterattack."

"It means annihilating the Japanese Third Division within three days, not a single word more."

"I just took it as a morale-boosting remark at the time, and I didn't even report it to you because I thought it was too exaggerated."

"Now it seems that this is true. Li Jianghe never says anything he's not sure about."

A rare smile appeared on the principal's face, a smile that seemed to be squeezed out from the depths of his heart.

"Really? Could it be that Li Jianghe planned all along to wipe out the entire Japanese Third Division within three days?"

Commander He nodded, his tone full of certainty: "That's very likely the case. He planned every step in advance."

As he spoke, he tapped the map and pointed to the location of Ma Huiling Town.

"Chairman, you see, Ma Huiling Town is actually a dead end, especially under the circumstances of being heavily surrounded by the Japanese army."

"Surrounded on all sides, with nowhere to retreat, anyone who came would face certain death."

"But if we could wipe out the Japanese Third Division as quickly as possible, everything would be different."

"The dead end instantly turned into a safe haven, and the encirclement was broken."

At this point, he couldn't help but sigh, his voice full of admiration.

"This Li Jianghe, despite his seemingly amateurish approach to combat deployments, seems to be doing things haphazardly."

"But if a real war breaks out, the battlefield situation will develop entirely in his favor."

"Like playing chess, you calculate every move in advance of your opponent, leading them by the nose."

The principal then spoke, his tone tinged with a mixture of contemplation and curiosity.

"In that case, we really are the laymen; Li Jianghe is the real expert."

"Who do you think he learned his fighting skills from? Which military academy did he graduate from?"

After thinking for a while, Commander He frowned and shook his head.

"Baoding Military Academy? Chengdu Military Academy? Whampoa Military Academy? I've never heard of such a person."

"He's probably self-taught, never formally attended a military academy, and earned his skills purely through battlefield experience."

"To be able to fight like this, someone who came from humble beginnings," the principal pondered for a moment, lowering his voice slightly.

"He's quite similar to that person, both unorthodox and unpredictable."

The principal didn't say the person's name, but Officer He already understood, and his expression changed slightly.

He chuckled dryly and quickly tried to cover for the principal: "Well... there are some similarities."

He chuckled dryly and quickly tried to cover for the principal: "Well... there are some similarities."

"But no matter how capable I am, wasn't I still forced by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek to starve in northern Shaanxi?"

Commander He's words were somewhat forced, an attempt to save face for the principal.

The reason is simple: the remnant soldiers led by that man numbered only about ten thousand, and they were ragged and didn't even have enough guns.

The Nationalist army's forces, however, numbered several dozen times larger, were well-equipped, and had ample supplies of food and ammunition.

In the end, they still managed to escape, and not only did they escape, they also settled down in northern Shaanxi.

Even now, the principal is still so angry about this that he slaps his thigh in frustration. It's like a thorn stuck in his heart that he can't get out of.

So he just chuckled dryly and waved his hand in response to Commander He's flattery, without saying a word.

"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore." The principal steered the conversation back to the map.

"If Li Jianghe can really eliminate the Third Division, then we can concentrate our forces to eliminate the Japanese Seventh Division and the 106th Division in the Wanjialing area."

Commander He looked at the map, his eyes growing brighter and brighter, as if he had seen a glimmer of hope.

"What seemed impossible before now appears to be possible. It's like finding a way out of a seemingly hopeless situation."

While the two were sighing with emotion, Li Jianghe sneezed loudly inside the Third Column Command Post.

"Achoo!" He rubbed his nose and muttered, "Who's talking about me behind my back? Probably nothing good."

"Report!" A communications soldier ran in, stood at attention, saluted, and shouted.

"The main force of the Japanese 9th Division has reached the north of Huangkan Village and may launch a fierce attack on the guard detachment's positions at any time!"