The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 211: What's the point of talking about ideals without strength?

His face turned completely dark after hearing these words.

This statement was equivalent to turning the tables on Guo Maochen: the reason why he had scattered these 205 trainees across all the military columns was, of course, to test their on-the-spot performance;
But apart from this, each team secretly has a leader similar to Haitian, who is like a squad leader.

The purpose was to disrupt the enemy and form combat groups composed of "squads", which carried out real forced marches and actual combat along the way from Goubangzi to Jinzhou.

However, Guo Maochen did not assign a leader to Zhang Hanqing's group.

In fact, it is clear without explanation: Guo Guizi is so smart that he must have expected that the Marshal would be worried and secretly arranged for people to ensure safety;

But if he did something unnecessary, and the people he arranged happened to fight with those arranged by the old man, wouldn't he be asking for trouble?

Knowing what he was thinking, Jiang Cheng still asked despite knowing the answer.

It was all because of his self-righteousness and reckless command that many soldiers were injured and Yang Yucheng almost lost his life.

Even though he knew that he couldn't do anything to Guo Guizi so far, Jiang Cheng still had to give him some face.

"It's not your turn to question me yet."

Guo Maochen didn't even plan to answer him, but instead started the conversation with an arrogant look on his face, "Jiang Feilan, this is your second time in Jinzhou, right?"

"This is the first class of the study tour. I need you to cooperate with me."

silence.

Jiang Cheng quickly adjusted his thinking to keep up with his rapidly changing topic: "What does Instructor Guo want me to cooperate with?"

"I think you are the one who knows the situation in Jinzhou best, right?"

However, Guo Maochen once again circumvented his words, picked up the pencil placed horizontally on the map, and pointed at the points that had been marked in advance:
"Jinzhou Railway Station...Arsenal, Granary...And the retreat route, right?"

Jiang Cheng's heart suddenly jumped, and a sense of vigilance quickly rose in his eyes: "Instructor, what do you mean?"

Damn it, are you planning to expose my past?

Mr. Yang gave me a difficult question. I borrowed some food and supplies from Jinzhou for the brothers who entered the pass. Are you planning to teach tactics to these 200 or so cadets by digging them out?
"In the granary, besides imported weapons, there are also tin cans given by the Japanese, right?"

Guo Maochen straightened up and suddenly said seriously, "Feilan, actually from a certain level, I admire you quite a lot."

"From the several surprise attacks you launched along the way to the classic battles in the Pass, you have played Wu Peifu around, right?"

Jiang Cheng folded his elbows, glanced at the tall hat he put on, and listened to him continue speaking: "So I think that as the young talents of Northeast China, you are the real controllers of the land of China!"

"Your ideals should not be like those of the warlords who are rampant on the earth now, who regard it as their mission to seize territory and support the army - you should always fight for justice!"

Jiang Cheng began to understand what he meant.

In fact, how similar is the current situation in Jinzhou to the situation in China?
The warlords attempted to define their spheres of influence, allowing their soldiers to cause trouble and causing harm... The small city of Jinzhou is a microcosm of the entire Northeast and even China.

But what can we change?
You and I, even if we have a pair of strong hands, and even if you, Guo Maochen, had the ability to rebel against Feng in 1925, would it have had any significance in changing the course of history?

"Coach Guo, you are getting carried away."

Jiang Cheng raised his chin calmly, "I understand. You mean, whether it's Master Zhang Wu or his Damazi, they all regard Jinzhou as a piece of fat meat, especially Damazi, who is even willing to cooperate with the Japanese, right?" "But, what can we change? We talk a lot of nonsense, but even if we have soldiers, we are just a piece of fat meat without strength."

"Feilan knows the ideal in your heart - but this ideal, when your strength is not strong enough, is nothing but foolish empty talk."

"Big talk won't drive away foreigners... and of course, it won't change our fate of being divided up among the great powers."

At this point, Guo Maochen suddenly became excited and punched the map in front of him so hard that even the pencil jumped up:
"Since you can see this situation, why don't you think about making progress and changing it?!"

"I brought you to Jinzhou to show you how terrible it is for a country's army to be controlled by people with selfish desires!"

"They are even more ruthless than the foreigners. They rob money, food, and territory, and fight with their left hand against their right hand. In the end, they hurt the national defense force that is supposed to resist foreign enemies."

Hearing his voice getting louder and louder, Jiang Cheng lowered his eyebrows and sighed: "Mao Chen, you are really crazy."

"I have heard Han Qing say this many times. Since you have followed Mr. Sun, you must be well aware of the righteousness of the country and family. But I still say that if we are not strong enough, what are we?"

"Since we mentioned Wu Peifu, I would also like to say what I was thinking: Especially this time, I went to the pass to fight on behalf of my injured father... I saw the deep and muddy capital city that the commander-in-chief talked about."

"The Zhili clique, the Anhui clique... many parties are scheming against each other for power. Sooner or later, our Fengtian Army will be involved."

"Even if we don't get involved, will Old Duan let us go, or will Old Feng let us go?"

"Mao Chen, I respect your ideals, but I still say that... without strength, everything is just empty talk; among the group of students you teach, there will definitely be people who have the same ideals of family and country as you do in the future."

"Okay - I will definitely cooperate with the course. But, hehe..."

Seeing that he was getting more and more tense, Jiang Cheng pretended to be laughing and said, "What I'm saying is that you're making too much trouble right now. I'm worried that some idiots won't be able to come to Jinzhou."

Even if they could sneak to Goubangzi to hire a car, there would be bandits all along the way.

Jiang Cheng and his men were considered lucky, as they were carrying weapons and some were injured.

What about the rest?

If there are people causing trouble at the station because they don't have money, how many of them can bring weapons? Even if there is a "squad leader" leading the team, the possibility of something going wrong is still quite high.

"They will gather in Jinzhou one after another."

Guo Maochen's calm expression and tone made Jiang Cheng even more certain that the old bastard had discussed with all the "little team leaders" in advance that the gathering place was Jinzhou instead of Shanhaiguan.

"I say, what if nothing happened along the way? Han Qing's group doesn't have a leader. What if we really go to Shanhaiguan?"

Jiang Cheng gnashed his teeth, "Why, do you want us to stand in the snow and look at the Great Wall anxiously waiting for you, instructor?"

Guo Maochen said confidently: "Huang Yongan and the others are there, right? You are always together... With your eager personality, you will always meet one or two of them, right?"

Mr. Guo, I will never feel satisfied even if I beat you to death.

Jiang Cheng glared back at him and said nothing more: What can you say to this guy? He can always push you against the wall.

(End of this chapter)