Rebirth of the National Marshal

"Commander-in-chief, if you dare to say that you have high moral character, then I have perfect moral character. People like me have always taken you as my role model. I will never say that I am a good person. I am definitely a good person in China. When I go abroad, these things are all shot down by me. Of course, we have to pull them back. We enjoy them, so how can we leave them to the Russians? We can't give up this territory." After knowing Mao Yuanshan's true intention, Qiu Qingquan was immediately happy.

They sat down quickly. The three of them had been eating hotpot at the headquarters, and now they were drinking even more enthusiastically, much happier than before. They had just been drinking to keep themselves company, for they were afraid that Mao Yuanshan would withdraw directly for some reason.

"Actually, I also wanted to stay here, but we have to think carefully about how to use this place. Now we have occupied about 20 square kilometers of Soviet land. I think Mr. Stalin will definitely not be happy. We have to find a way to defend this place. I have also seen the city of Ulan-Ude. It is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Does the commander-in-chief want to turn this place into a front-line fortress?" Hu Lian said after taking a bite of mutton hotpot.

The lamb meat shipped from Mongolia is delicious, much better than those shipped from Nanjing. He has fallen in love with it recently and eats hotpot here every now and then. It is warm and healing.

"This place is indeed good. I have been looking at it for a long time. We must drive a nail into the territory of the Soviet Union. Ulan-Ude is this place. This will be the headquarters of our Northern Front in the future." It turned out that Mao Yuanshan had already made a plan. Qiu Qingquan and Hu Lian looked at each other at their commander-in-chief. He usually smiled as if he had no schemes at all, but in fact he had a lot of ideas in his mind. It seems that they only have a blueprint in their minds. Others have already come up with a plan, even the Northern Front has come out. It seems that the North really needs a strong man to guard it in the future.

"This is really the case of the emperor not being anxious, the eunuch is dying. I originally thought that the commander-in-chief had no such idea, but I didn't expect such a series of plans to come out. It seems that I don't have to worry about it anymore in the future."

Mao Yuanshan looked at Qiu Qingquan meaningfully. Just now he was still racking his brains over who to appoint as the commander of the Northern Front Army. Now there is one ready. There will be absolutely no problem in letting him be the commander. To fight against the Soviets, high mobility must be maintained, which means armored forces. His armored regiment must be improved and expanded.

Moreover, during the attack, Mao Yuanshan discovered that Qiu Qingquan was usually careless, but he was meticulous and knew all the arrangements very well.

There are certainly no mediocre people who come out of the Whampoa Military Academy, especially this guy who is very useful in history. He can definitely stand on his own in the north. It is hard to say whether he can attack, but defense is no problem.

After all, Hu Lian was a little smarter than Qiu Qingquan. He realized that Mao Yuanshan really wanted to place this brave general here. Frankly speaking, guarding the north was indeed a very good job. There were no major battles to fight here. Even if the Soviets came to attack, they would definitely not give up the European region.

"I have decided to establish the Northern Front Army, which includes the elite of our Chahar Army, the Second Air Force Division, and all the troops here plus the support troops. I will bring back two security regiments to be stationed in Mongolia, and all the remaining troops will be incorporated into the Northern Front Army. Does Captain Qiu have any intention of becoming the commander of the Northern Front Army?" Mao Yuanshan's words made Qiu Qingquan spit out the food in his mouth. This guy had never thought that he could command an army of nearly 20 and become the commander of a front army.

"Commander-in-chief, you are kidding, right? You see, my current ability is not enough. I can lead an armored division for you, even if it is a larger scale. But I really don't have the ability to be the commander of a front." I originally thought that this guy would agree, but I didn't expect that he was very clear about his own abilities. Well, it is indeed a bit of a joke to let him serve as the commander of an army of hundreds of thousands.

"Commander-in-chief, I do have a suggestion. If you let me serve as the commander of this front, there will be no problem. I can help you. At least I am very familiar with the armored and artillery units." Yes, why didn't he think of it? Mao Yuanshan took a look. Hu Lian was a guy who was known as "cunning as a fox and fierce as a tiger" in later generations. It would be weird if such a person could not serve as the commander of a front.

"I..." Hu Lian didn't expect that he would get himself into trouble in the end. He didn't think of becoming a front commander outside because he felt that he was a little young. Although he always thought he was very talented, he was not talented enough to command hundreds of thousands of troops and become a front commander.

"Okay, I think this matter can be settled like this. You will be the commander of the front, Commander Qiu will be the deputy commander of the front and serve as chief of staff, and Colonel Zhao Shan of the Air Force will be the deputy commander and mainly manage the Air Force." Mao Yuanshan made the decision. He wanted to show the list to Mr. Chiang Bai-ri, but he believed that there would be no objection from his side.

Such a big thing was decided in just one meal. If it were someone else, it would definitely feel incredible, but for Mao Yuanshan, this was very normal. These two people had proven their abilities in history. There would be absolutely no problem letting them manage hundreds of thousands of troops.

Some people may say that they both graduated from Huangpu Military Academy, so they might just defect to the Central Government with their troops. Mao Yuanshan would not worry about this. First of all, even if you two wanted to defect to the Central Government, whether the Central Government could afford to support you was another question. If you were asked to throw away your equipment and replace it with the old equipment of the Central Army, would you be willing?

Even if the two of them are willing to do this, I guess the soldiers won't be willing. We have been using automatic weapons for so long, and now you want us to replace them with those outdated things from the Central Army. Is this a joke? We will never use those things.