Rebirth of the National Marshal

More than 30 transport planes can only bring them about 200 tons of various goods every day. 200 tons sounds like a lot, but for a modern army, this amount is far from enough. It can only make them self-sufficient. They do not have the ability to help the surrounding troops unless they reduce their own supplies.

There is an old saying that goes, "It is easy to go from simplicity to luxury, but it is not easy to go from luxury to simplicity."

There were originally many soldiers from the Northwest Army and the Northeast Army in the Security Corps. They were not so wasteful in normal times, but after joining the Security Corps for such a long time, they have developed their own habits. They drink milk in the morning and have canned beef for meals. These seem to have become their standard food.

Without these things, I feel like I can’t eat and I don’t feel full.

The supply on the front line is now reduced, but these things still appear frequently, and no one is willing to use those manual items during the war. For example, the Hanyang-made rifle is no different from a fire stick in their eyes. They just want to use something more powerful, such as the Garand semi-automatic rifle.

Although the officers above had told them many times that transportation was difficult and asked them to save the weapons and equipment they had, and even to give some to the friendly forces around them, they saw that the situation of the friendly forces around them was really pitiful, but the problem was that they were already used to it. For example, the machine gunners used the latest German general-purpose machine guns, which gave out 700 to 800 rounds of bullets per minute. How could they save money? If they saved money, would they have to switch back to the original Czech light machine guns?

When the officers asked them to save weapons and ammunition, the soldiers all argued confidently, and the officers who taught them were a little confused. These officers even felt that the soldiers were right. Didn’t the instructors tell them during training? Don’t use bullets to solve problems that can be solved with shells, and don’t use bayonets to solve problems that can be solved with bullets. The most precious thing is human life. Apart from human life, everything else can be wasted.

In fact, the officers are all kind-hearted. They know that if the troops around are all from the security corps, you can do whatever you want, as long as you use them to fight the Japanese, the superiors will not say that you are wasting bullets. But now we are surrounded by the troops of the central army and local warlords. Our lives are like days in heaven, while their lives are like days in hell. When comparing the two, of course some people will make trouble. In order to maintain everyone's unity, you'd better be careful.

Anyway, the days here have been very helpless. The soldiers are showing off what they have to others, and the officers feel a little embarrassed. If you show off here, the officers will come to ask for some things. It's not right to give these things, and it's not right not to give them. If you give them, you won't have enough for yourselves. If you don't give them, what's the point of you soldiers showing off here every day? Don't mention how uncomfortable it is to be stationed here. Fortunately, the order from the Military and Political Department came down, asking us to join the war as soon as possible, otherwise, this spit would drown them.

Everyone knows that the people of the Security Corps have won many battles in the country. But today, when they saw that the people of the Security Corps did not go to the battlefield, they started talking nonsense, saying that the Security Corps won battles with the help of weapons, and if we were given those weapons, we would definitely fight better than them.

If his own large army had come up, Zhang Dashan would not have suffered this loss. He would have definitely brought his troops over to have a good understanding of the situation. However, we are now alone in the deep territory. Although we have more than 2 men, there are more than Central Army troops surrounding us. If a big fuss really breaks out, we will not benefit from it.

Luodian area?

Seeing the order from above, Zhang Dashan suddenly thought of the telegram Mao Yuanshan sent him when he set out. The most important place in the entire Battle of Shanghai was the Luodian area. If he was asked to enter the Luodian area, he must be prepared for a large number of sacrifices, and once he entered, he must never give up.

It seems that the commander-in-chief had anticipated this matter, otherwise he would not have asked us to pay close attention to this place. No matter what kind of Japanese devils they were, they could not take the position from us. There was a regiment of aircraft support in the sky, so many cannons on the ground, and an armored company to help us. With such weapons configuration, if we still lost our brother, it would be a disgrace to our security regiment. How could I, Zhang Dashan, survive in Chahar in the future?

"The armored company is the vanguard, the first battalion is in the front, the artillery battalion is in the middle, the second, third and fourth battalions are in the rear. All of you are ready to set off." Zhang Dashan and some senior officers were also very satisfied that they didn't have to do any embarrassing things in this place. If they continued to stay in this place, who knows how many jokes they would make!

We were originally here to fight the devils, but some people in the central government didn't want us to go to the front. In their opinion, the Battle of Songhu would definitely win in the end. After all, we were fighting on our homeland. Although the Japanese were very powerful at the beginning, after a period of time, the Japanese devils would definitely not be so powerful. So if we won, why should we let the security group share a piece of the pie? They have already been in the limelight in the north. If they continue to be in the limelight here, the people of the country will not recognize the central army, and will only see the security group.

In this era, small group thinking is still very popular, especially in this situation. The Central Army has not had a chance to show up recently, and the security corps must not be sent out unless it is absolutely necessary. But now it is a very dangerous time. If we don’t take back the Luodian area, our defense line will not be able to be connected, and we will not be able to effectively stop the Japanese attack.

Although many people still wanted to stop them from going to the front, this was done by Generalissimo Chiang himself. Who would have the guts to change Generalissimo Chiang's order? Did they think they were too stubborn? Or did they want to get their heads kicked?