We're comrades now!

Lin Fan understood the weight of those words!

It also meant that his desire to find an organization, which he had harbored for the past few days, had finally been fulfilled.

Coming from later generations, Lin Fan knew all too well the power of organization.

No matter how strong an individual is, their power is limited.

Only by integrating individual strength into a collective, an organization, could that individual power be multiplied hundreds or even thousands of times.

For the past two days, he had been thinking about finding an organization. What his training company needed now was a capable assistant to do ideological work.

Strengthen the body, civilize the mind.

Lin Fan was very good at strengthening the body, but civilizing the mind…

Lin Fan felt he didn't have enough energy to do it all!

It was impossible for one person to both strictly train soldiers and gently coax them into sharing their true thoughts.

Now, he hoped everything would be alright!

After Lin Fan left, Li Xian continued writing for a good while.

He wanted to write down everything Lin Fan had just said.

Then, for the first time, Li Xian left Sihang Warehouse and entered the foreign concession.

He had to pass back the news of today's significant discovery.

As today's sunset slowly descended from the sky, Colonel Nakajo Ayumu, the commander of the 68th Regiment, felt a little uneasy.

From the start of the offensive, everything had gone very smoothly for the Yokouchi Ryunosuke Battalion.

Of course, the Yokouchi Ryunosuke Battalion's success had come at the cost of heavy casualties.

Colonel Nakajo, who was observing from a distance, could see it clearly.

The sight of the Yokouchi Ryunosuke Battalion advancing bravely under the defending troops' artillery fire made his heart ache.

These were all elite troops under his command who had experienced real combat.

Now, they were being killed by the idiotic promises of those politicians.

If there hadn't been that order prohibiting the use of heavy artillery, he could have brought up his regiment's heavy guns and bombarded the defending troops.

While the artillery was bombarding, the infantry could have advanced to the defending troops' positions.

Once the heavy artillery stopped, they could have immediately launched an attack.

The entire battle would have been completely turned around.

Or even if they didn't use heavy artillery to clear the way, they could have used artillery to suppress the enemy's artillery while his attacking troops were being bombarded. That would have reduced the Yokouchi Ryunosuke Battalion's casualties by ninety percent!

In any case, the Yokouchi Ryunosuke Battalion had finally broken through to Sihang Warehouse. Next, they would enter Sihang Warehouse.

Colonel Nakajo saw a huge cloud of smoke suddenly rise from the position of Sihang Warehouse.

Good job, Battalion Commander Yokouchi Ryunosuke. No matter what, blow up Sihang Warehouse before attacking.

Such a fierce explosion should dispel any illusions those defending troops had!

It was already dark, and Colonel Nakajo, who was too far away, couldn't see the battle unfolding in front.

But the overall situation was set!

Back in his camp, Colonel Nakajo had a hint of joy on his face after completing his mission.

He knew about the mission to attack Sihang Warehouse!

He knew that before him, Brigade Commander Katayama Riichirō had assigned this mission to the 6th Regiment.

Colonel Misaka Gō, the commander of the 6th Regiment, had suffered heavy losses and casualties. That was why Brigade Commander Katayama Riichirō had reassigned the mission to his regiment.

Now was the time to prove himself!

The 68th Regiment was stronger than the 6th Regiment!

Colonel Nakajo ordered, "Bring out the sake! Bring out the dancers!"

Colonel Nakajo only had this one small hobby.

He liked to have some domestic sake and watch some domestic dances after a major victory.

Not many high-ranking officers who came to this place still adhered to their domestic habits.

Just as the geisha had begun to dance gracefully in front of Colonel Nakajo, an officer brought in the latest intelligence. This intelligence had been forwarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Colonel Nakajo didn't like those diplomats who only knew how to talk.

The attack on Sihang Warehouse could not use heavy artillery!

That was the result of those diplomats spending money to negotiate with those Westerners.

What was that supposed to mean?

Spending money to buy shackles! Were they sick?

No matter how unwilling he was, Colonel Nakajo still took the intelligence that was handed to him.

He stood up as soon as he opened it and took a look.

Barefoot, his eyes full of anger, he said, "They're slandering us!"

The officer who brought the intelligence did not speak, his expression somewhat grief-stricken!

"Yamasato-san! What's wrong?" Colonel Nakajo was very concerned about this officer who shared the same surname as Brigade Commander Yamasato.

Yamasato Rintaro said with extreme grief, "My younger brother was in the battalion that attacked just now. The news in the intelligence has been confirmed.

Our reconnaissance team personally witnessed the defending soldiers cleaning up the battlefield!"

"Baga!" Colonel Nakajo was unable to vent his anger.

He could only pace back and forth in the room, like an old donkey pulling a millstone, forced to turn around the stone mill no matter how much it was beaten.

Colonel Nakajo understood now: that huge cloud of smoke just now must have been caused by the defending troops.

They had deceitfully lured the Yokouchi Ryunosuke Battalion into a trap.

Since the defending troops were now cleaning up the battlefield, it meant that the entire Yokouchi Ryunosuke Battalion had been annihilated.

Standing barefoot in the room that was temporarily being used as the regimental headquarters, he paced back and forth.

He could bear the loss of an entire battalion of soldiers.

What Colonel Nakajo couldn't bear was the military pledge he had made in front of Commander-in-Chief Matsui Iwane today.

Although he wouldn't be punished, his dream of impressing the commander-in-chief today, getting promoted, and becoming rich was temporarily just a dream.

Occupy Sihang Warehouse before sunset?

That was also a dream!

Send troops to attack under the cover of night?

The enemy soldiers were so cunning. What if they set another trap?

He shuddered. An idea was brutally forced into his mind: if the defending troops were prepared, the soldiers he sent out might not return at all.

Colonel Nakajo slowly calmed down.

He sat down again and said to the geisha, who had stopped dancing when he got angry, "Continue!"

As an excellent commander, he couldn't let anger cloud his vision.

Do not wage war in anger!

Although Colonel Nakajo couldn't completely calm down, he had already sat down.

He said to Yamasato Rintaro, "Yamasato-san! Sit down and have a drink! What happened today has already happened. We just need to remember it well.

We will continue tomorrow!"

"What about the brigade commander?" Major Yamasato Rintaro asked hesitantly.

"Tell him the truth. Report to the brigade commander! Just say that our army fought with its back to the river, and all the soldiers of the battalion bravely advanced, charged into Sihang Warehouse, and engaged in a fierce and arduous battle with the defending troops.

A narrow defeat!

Our army will continue to organize an attack tomorrow!"

Lieutenant General Katayama Riichirō received such a battle report, and his heart ached so much that he couldn't breathe:

Sihang Warehouse! It had already cost him nearly two thousand of the Empire's best soldiers.

This was the biggest casualty his brigade had suffered since landing.

This was the darkest moment for the entire brigade!

Even with such a battle report, Lieutenant General Katayama Riichirō still had to report to General Matsui Iwane.

Matsui Iwane! The commander-in-chief of the Japanese army stationed in Shanghai would know the results of today's final battle before his subordinates.

He also knew that Minister Koinu Junichiro had stood in the public concession and assassinated Xie Jinyuan, the commander of the defending troops on the north bank of the Suzhou River.

The Empire produced talented people!

The Empire could have such decisive diplomats. The diplomats didn't even open their mouths, they just opened fire!

What else couldn't soldiers of our Empire do?

Matsui Iwane cut off the divisional commander Fujita Susumu and directly ordered the brigade commander Nakajo Ayumu: "From tomorrow onwards, you can use infantry guns!

But you must be careful, no matter what, the shells must not cross the Suzhou River!"

"Hai! The shells will not cross the Suzhou River!

We will definitely adjust our aim and resolutely not fire a single shell towards the south bank of the Suzhou River!"

Of course, the events that happened today were seen by the leaders of various major powers around the world through their ambassadors.

President Telleschi of Germany, who had the idea of unifying Europe, had been paying attention to everything that was happening in the East.

Especially matters concerning diplomacy.

When he saw the intelligence sent back by his ambassador to China, Dr. Trautmann: Koinu Junichiro disregarded diplomatic etiquette, the laws of the concession, and international law.

He brazenly opened fire and wounded the supreme commander of the Sihang Warehouse defending troops, but he was not punished or held accountable in any way.

The foreign diplomatic envoys present seemed to regard this as a very ordinary matter, and no one proposed any punishment at all.

President Telleschi was so happy that he almost jumped up.

In his heart, he already knew the bottom line of these countries: as long as their own territory was not infringed upon, these countries would not stand up and speak out.

Japan, this island nation! He didn't expect it to have such courage.

Although I don't like it, it can still be a friend.

President Telleschi had always had a very good relationship with President Chiang Kai-shek.

Whether in official or private matters, the two had a good relationship.

This was because the two countries were facing similar situations, both full of difficulties.

The difficulties Germany faced were more external.

The problems Chiang Kai-shek faced were more internal.

But from the looks of it, President Telleschi was temporarily ahead.

He had dragged Germany out of the mire after World War I. The country's economy, military, and technology were developing rapidly every day. It had now entered the ranks of the world's great powers!

President Chiang Kai-shek had been implementing the national policy of "internal pacification before external resistance" at home! In the past ten years, all his energy and all the country's wealth had been spent on the civil war.

Now, compared to when he took over, the country had not made much progress in technology and was still a purely agricultural country.

Today, Telleschi had the idea of abandoning this old friend for the first time. He wanted to be friends with the Japanese, so he could only be sorry to his old friend.

There had never been friendship between countries, only interests!

He hoped his old friends could understand this.

At the same time, he wanted them to understand this!

After all, national interests came first. Did politicians have personal friendships?

Thinking of this, Telleschi issued the first order regarding the East Asian battlefield to his ambassador:

All German trading houses and factories must no longer provide any weapons or ammunition to the National Revolutionary Army.

Nor should they provide any loans to the National Revolutionary Army!

Chiang Kai-shek, who was celebrating the victory of the Sihang Warehouse defending troops in the presidential palace in Nanjing, never imagined that the shot Koinu Junichiro fired on the bank of the Suzhou River, because no one protested or condemned it, would cause him to lose the support of another great power.

The ambassadors and military attachés of various countries who were standing on the bank of the Suzhou River at the time also did not expect that because of their indifference, World War II would come so quickly and so suddenly!

Because they had repeatedly and intentionally looked down on this great power in the East.

Finally, they had unleashed a ferocious tiger in Europe.

Now, the shackles on this tiger's heart had been completely opened, and the whole world had slid into the fast lane of war.

The soldiers of the 542nd Regiment stationed in Sihang Warehouse had already eaten dinner at this time.

Under the cover of night, they were nervously repairing fortifications and trenches.

Using the faint light emanating from the south bank of the Suzhou River, they began to repair the severely damaged fortifications completely according to Lin Fan's instructions.

After two days of fighting, everyone clearly knew the benefits of these fortifications.

From yesterday to today, the entire army had annihilated nearly two thousand Japanese devils, and their own casualties were less than fifty.

This was no longer a miracle; it could be considered a legend.

Therefore, whatever Lin Fan said now was law.

They repaired it however he told them to.

Even Regiment Commander Xie Jinyuan and Battalion Commander Yang Ruifu all participated in the task of repairing the fortifications.

In response to the Japanese devils' attack in the afternoon, Lin Fan slightly adjusted the layout of the fortifications.

This time, he left a passage, which was a preparation for the tanks to attack.

More than five hundred people worked hard for three hours, and finally restored the entire fortifications to the way Lin Fan had imagined.

Tonight, it was Deng Ying's Second Company's turn to replace the defense.

The First Company had fought in the outer fortifications for twenty-four hours, and now it was the Second Company's turn to go up.

The special company's gun disassembly and assembly competition tonight could not continue either.

It was a little late, and everyone was tired from the day, so Lin Fan didn't want these soldiers to be too exhausted.

The special company soldiers still had to fight tomorrow. No matter how anxious Lin Fan was to improve the overall quality of this team, he didn't dare to overtrain these soldiers. The soldiers had to save some energy and stamina to deal with the battles that might happen at any time.

Lin Fan really didn't know which would come first, tomorrow or an accident!

What Lin Fan didn't know was that on this land, several people who would change the fate of the entire country were looking at a long telegram in the dim light.

His name, the two characters "Lin Fan," was in this telegram!

After reading the long telegram, Li Desheng handed the telegram to a soldier next to him and said in a heavy Hunan accent, "Chief Zhu, take a look!"

Chief Zhu carefully read the telegram, read it a second time, and then passed it down.

After everyone had read the telegram, Li Desheng said, "Let's all talk about this telegram, this person, these words!"

Seeing everyone thinking and no one speaking first, Li Desheng said with a smile, "Enlai! You talk first!"

Enlai thought for a moment: "The telegram says that this Lin Fan is very capable!

One person temporarily organized a team of deserters and stragglers, and was able to annihilate a Japanese devil company.

Later, he was able to lead this team of deserters to become more and more courageous in battle.

Together with the 542nd Regiment, with a mere five hundred soldiers, they annihilated a Japanese devil battalion.

Such combat effectiveness is completely equivalent to one of our main divisions."

When he spoke, everyone nodded with a smile.

"This person's background is a bit unclear. He said that he was trained in the German Krandent Special Forces.

We still have friends over there. We can ask someone to inquire about whether there is such a team, and also inquire about whether there are such training personnel."

Zhang Wentian said, "From the situation described in the telegram, this person is simply a martial god alive, one person is equivalent to a company!

Look at his marksmanship; he can hit whatever he aims at.

His marksmanship is also unerring.

He knows how to build fortifications.

He can drive a tank. He's simply omnipotent."

Bogu said with a smile: "This is a overseas Chinese who received training in the German special forces and returned to the army. The German army is the world's number one army, and it is also a rising power.

Perhaps their training methods are very different."

Chief Zhu said with a smile: "Regardless of whether he sneaked back or not, since he is unwilling to say it, we don't need to delve too deeply.

From the telegram sent back by comrades in Shanghai, there are several points that can be confirmed:

He is a comrade who has a very good impression of our party.

He is a command talent with very rich combat experience.

His views on the current situation are forward-looking, especially on the point that our party should be wary of Chiang Kai-shek, which coincides with our views.

Therefore, even if this person has other intentions, I think we can unite with him.

Regarding his personal combat skills and his behavior in Sihang Warehouse these past few days, can we think of it this way: he wants to use his own methods,

Or in other words, use the training methods he received in Germany to train a special forces team?"

After hearing Chief Zhu's speech,

Li Desheng nodded with a smile: "This comrade calls his team the special company.

It is to distinguish it from ordinary teams.

It seems that his team is somewhat different from Lao Chang's team.

For us, only true friends will point out the difficulties we encounter.

I agree with Chief Zhu's opinion.

As long as they are true friends, we welcome them.

As long as they are friends in the War of Resistance, we support them!

Now let's vote!"

The several people present raised their hands.

Li Desheng said with a smile: "Passed unanimously, Enlai! You have done underground work behind enemy lines. This person has repeatedly requested confidentiality.

Notify the Shanghai Eighth Route Army Liaison Office to agree to contact him!

If he has any requirements, we can agree to them.

We welcome our friends, and we also support them!

His files must be kept confidential."

After speaking, he thought for a moment and said, "Bring a file bag."

He personally put the telegram in just now, and then, under the oil lamp, he wrote four big characters: Never Declassify.

Lin Fan had no way of knowing how long the topic about him lasted that night.

He was just carefully arranging the special company's alert.

[Author's Extra]: Recommending a military book: 《835714+大时代的中华梦》

This nation has suffered many unnecessary hardships. If there is such an opportunity, everything will change.

Traverse back to before the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, train elite soldiers, fight against powerful enemies, and awaken the giant dragon!

No system, no bloody plots! Take you back to the era of national decline and work together to ensure that our nation no longer suffers humiliation!