Rebirth of the National Marshal

The Central Military and Political Department sent a liaison officer to be responsible for maintaining contact between the security corps and the surrounding friendly forces. The 16th Division of the Sichuan Army and the 2nd Army of the Guangdong Army are now attacking the Luodian area.

The two troops have been attacking for more than eight hours. During these eight hours, they have only advanced less than twenty meters as a whole. However, they have already sacrificed more than half of their men. If it weren't for the security team, they would have absolutely no ability to attack.

The commander of the Second Army of the Guangdong Army is Zhang Fabai, who is also a very powerful man. He did a lot of things during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Of course, he is also very powerful in this era. Now his army has suffered heavy casualties. When the security regiment came up, he just took a look at the equipment of the security regiment and knew that these guys would definitely cause some big trouble.

He quickly pulled Zhang Dashan to the operations room and handed over the military intelligence here to her. Although his military rank was much higher than Zhang Dashan's, his own army was not good at fighting, and the other person's army had that ability. Of course, he had to hand over the command here.

Zhao Yuan, the commander of the 16th Division of the Sichuan Army, is also here at this moment.

The Sichuan Army and the Guangdong Army were both not favored by the central government, so their armies were not well armed and all the weapons they used were Hanyang-made. In the central army, they had basically replaced their weapons with imitations of the German Mauser 98k rifles, but in their armies, all of them were Hanyang-made.

In addition to their inferior weapons, their ammunition supply is also the worst among all the armies. Take the Sichuan Army for example. The bullets in their army are the most scarce in the entire army. Soldiers of the Central Army can be issued 20 rounds of rifle bullets before going to the battlefield, but the Sichuan Army can only issue 10 rounds, and sometimes they may not even get ten rounds of bullets.

The brothers of the Sichuan Army came to the Jiangnan area from the mountains of Sichuan with a spirit of adventure. All they wanted was to kill the devils in this place, no matter how inadequate their weapons and equipment were. But they never said they were afraid, and they always fought with the devils. On various battlefields, the Sichuan Army was a very powerful army.

The original number of the 16th Division of the Sichuan Army was about 8,000 people. It was originally an infantry division that was not very fully staffed. Now there are only 2,000 people left who can still fight, and the rest have all fallen on the charge position.

With a casualty rate of over 75%, if it were any other army, there would have been not many people left and they would have probably all dispersed. However, the Sichuan Army brothers still maintained their original organization, accepted leadership from above, and were ready to launch a charge at any time. Such people are, of course, the most lovable army.

"My two sirs, this matter seems a little inappropriate. I am just the leader of an ordinary security regiment. I don't even have a military rank in our party-state. How can you two transfer the command to me? I am here to listen to you. No matter who of you commands this battle, I am just a small soldier. You must not let me come home. I can't be the head of this family." Hearing that the two men had already discussed to transfer the command to her, Zhang Dashan was dumbfounded. Although she didn't want to accept the leadership of others when she came, they were a major general and a lieutenant general. Why should they let me, who didn't even have a military rank, take command?

"Captain Zhang, I think you should not refuse. We have all seen what your army is like. Our army has been basically wiped out. In the next battle, your security regiment will definitely be the main force. In the Northeast and Mongolia regions, you have already demonstrated your prowess. The Japanese and the Soviets are no match for you. We also hope to defeat the Japanese here with some help from you. Perhaps Chairman Chiang can give us a position. You just give the orders now and don't worry about issues like these official positions." Zhang Fabai said.

In fact, this is basically an unspoken rule within the National Army. If two troops are combined into one to fight, whoever has the stronger fist will serve as the temporary commander. Just like now, both armies do not have much combat effectiveness, and the next battle will definitely rely on the security corps, so Zhang Dashan is asked to serve as the temporary commander.

On the way here, Zhang Dashan just thought that it would be fine if he didn't have a boss, nor did he think about commanding other people's troops. As long as they didn't come to command him, it would be fine. But he didn't expect that after arriving here, he would actually command a major general and a general. No one would believe such a thing if he told others about it. Just like what she said, although Zhang Dashan is a number one figure in the Chahar local government and has the most powerful security regiment, he is nothing in this place. He doesn't even have the rank of captain. The party-state does not recognize it very much. They actually let her command two generals. No one would believe it if they told others about it!

"Commander Zhang is right. I think you should not refuse, brother. We have all heard about the combat deeds of your security group. We were all defeated by the Japanese devils. Only you have annihilated large numbers of Japanese devils. If you can lead us to defeat them, you will definitely receive rewards from Chairman Chiang in the future. If we were to command you, we would not know how to use the people in your army, especially those big guys. I drool just looking at them. Although I also want to command them to fight the Japanese, I don't understand their performance. You are more familiar with these things. You can be the temporary commander." Commander Zhao of the Sichuan Army also thought so.

She also knew that if they gave blind orders, they would most likely be helping the Japanese devils. They were very clear about how important the Luodian area was. If the Central Army really couldn't withdraw troops, how could it be the turn of their two ragtag armies to fight the main force?

"We are all in the army, so don't be so unfamiliar. I am a few years older than you, Brother Zhang. I think we should just settle this matter. It is for the sake of national affairs and it is not something that we can decide. If we mess up national affairs, we will all be sinners of the party and the country!" said Zhang Fabai.