Snow Leopard: Building the Strongest Elite Group through Robbery

Chapter 1045 You can go in private, right?

However, since Sun Xinpu had already stood up, and as Awen's former classmate and now one of the most capable regimental commanders in the Independent Brigade, Xiao Ya didn't directly refute him. Instead, she waited until he finished grumbling before taking out a cigarette and smiling, "Regimental Commander Sun, why don't you first tell us your objections?"

Sun Xinpu was, after all, a graduate of the Berlin Military Academy. Even if his main task was not studying, he still knew a little bit about it. Moreover, the Second Division was a place prepared for people who planned conspiracies.

How could he not know? Not only did he know, but his analysis was almost identical to that of Takeshita Shun and Xiao Ya's group.

After he finished speaking, the battalion commanders who had been furious and determined to teach the 14th Division a lesson were instantly speechless.

Revenge is a good thing, but if it costs the lives of your brothers, is such revenge even necessary?

None of them know.

“You are all mid- to high-ranking officers in the Independent Brigade. Let me ask you, how many of you survived the Nanjing battlefield? If so, raise your hands.” Xiao Ya finished speaking and raised her hand first.

Gao Yun, Xu Hu, Chen Jun, Tian Jing, and Shen Xin raised their hands, as did Fang Shengli.

There were no infantry battalion commanders among the dozen or so; they were all promoted later. As for those who came before, they had already lost their lives in battle after battle against the Japanese army.

“It’s just us,” Xiao Ya said, gesturing for everyone to put their hands down. “I haven’t been with the brigade commander for very long. The ones who have been with him the longest are your chief of staff, Xu Hu, Gao Yun, Chen Jun, and a few others. To put it more clearly, do you think I don’t hate those people? I don’t hate Tani Hisao. To be honest, I hate them more than anyone else. After all, I came from there. As you know, before I joined the army, I was just a teacher at a girls’ middle school. The students I spent every day with died under the bayonets and humiliation of the Japanese army. The hatred in my heart is stronger than any of yours.”

Fang Shengli nodded from the side; "I can testify to this."

“I can testify as well.” Xu Hu stretched out his hand: “The first time I took my wife away, we couldn’t even get out. It was the brigade commander who went in a second time and we finally came out. By then, the Japanese army had already entered the city. If we hadn’t disguised ourselves, we probably wouldn’t have made it out alive either. At best, we might have taken a few Japanese soldiers with us.”

“You didn’t experience it, so you don’t know exactly what that scene was like, but it’s right to hate them. However, for us soldiers, and even for us officers, what we need to do is not just seek revenge, but more importantly, how to take revenge at the lowest cost. After all, the soldiers trusted you and that’s why they followed you. We have to be responsible for them and for the entire war.”

“But Madam, are we just going to let them continue like this? The Japanese army is humiliating us like this, appointing Tani Hisao as the division commander. Are we really powerless to do anything about it?” The battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment stood up. He wasn't ignorant; he just felt frustrated at the thought of letting things continue unchecked.

“Shen Yao, you’re from Jinling, I know your hatred, and of course, I feel it too. Although I won’t agree to let the main force launch an attack on them, I’m not saying you can’t take revenge in private. As for who you can kill, who you can eliminate, and how much damage you can cause them, I won’t care. But I hope you can’t take your brothers with Zhuo. Do you understand what I mean?”

The people of Jiangnan harbor great hatred towards them. If they are not allowed to seek revenge, she cannot suppress this matter, as suppression will make these people emotional and cause more trouble.

But if you want revenge, you can go, no problem, but you can't go as an independent brigade member.

“We can provide weapons, equipment, and even explosives. If you want to go, you can do it anytime. If we can’t kill Tani Hisao, can’t we at least eliminate the soldiers of the 14th Division? Since they want to recognize Tani Hisao as their division commander, there’s nothing wrong with venting our anger on them, isn’t there?”

Her slight smile caused the people present to whisper among themselves.

Shen Yao asked, somewhat disbelievingly, "Madam, are you telling the truth?"

"When have I ever lied? I got things done, vented my anger, and that's all that matters."

Hehehe...

Still feeling uneasy, Takeshita Shun secretly followed Miyamoto Shigeru to the door. He laughed out loud and then tugged at Miyamoto Shigeru, secretly waving at the door next door.

Miyamoto Shigeru got up and poured Takeshita Shun a cup of tea, handing it to him: "Captain, now you don't have to worry about Miss anymore, right?"

Miyamoto Shigeru didn't address Xiao Ya as "Madam." He was a man of Takeshita Shun, who was Xiao Ya's brother, so he was addressing her by following Takeshita Shun's lead.

"Yes, there's really no need to worry. She handled this matter very well, and she's also quite shrewd."

Scheming?

Miyamoto Shigeru didn't understand. If it was because things were handled well, he could understand, since you can't just suppress the soldiers' thoughts all the time.

The military is different from other places. It suppresses a person too much. Who knows who will end up with the weapons in their hands?

But if you say he's cunning, he just doesn't understand.

"What, you don't understand?" Takeshita Shun asked, glancing at him.

Miyamoto Shigeru nodded; "If you say that Miss handled this matter well, I can understand, but Captain, how can you say that Miss was scheming in this matter?"

How could a young lady be a scheming person? No matter what you say, she's not scheming at all. This should be considered wisdom, not scheming tactics.

Do you know why she allowed these people to secretly seek revenge against the Japanese army?

"In order to appease the anger of the lower-ranking soldiers, since what those people did back then was really too much, and some of the veterans in our Independent Brigade were recruited from those places or came from other places, they have a lot of hatred for the Japanese army, and even more so for these murderers."

Hehehe...

Takeshita Shun laughed out loud, then pointed at Miyamoto Shigeru and asked, "You're right, that is indeed one way, but I think that's not her real reason."

"Captain, I'm even more confused. Could it be that the reason Miss handled this matter wasn't to ease tensions?"

Takeshita Shun shook his head; "I didn't say that. I just said that this is only part of the reason, and her real reason is something else."

One other thing?

"Captain, I'm increasingly confused by what you're saying." Could there be some other reason behind this?