Rebirth of the National Marshal

"You are all fighting on the front lines to increase our territory and living space. An old man like me can't just sit at home and drink tea every day. I have to do some serious work. The Germans helped us build the cement plant, and now it has reached an annual output of 20 tons, which is second to none in the whole of China." In that era in later generations, every county had a cement plant with an annual output of 20 tons, which was nothing at all. But at this time, a cement plant with an annual output of 20 tons was the largest in the whole of China. The largest cement plant of the Japanese devils was only slightly larger than this scale.

Cement is used in both military and civilian applications. In the military, if cement is used to build civil engineering works, it will be much stronger than other things, not to mention in civilian applications.

So at the beginning, Mao Yuanshan decided to build 3 to 5 cement plants. Now only the first cement plant has been completed, which is already very good. Moreover, their cement has been used in the construction of the airport.

"We must not slacken our efforts in the construction of cement plants. Although we have cement to use now, the area under our control will become a huge construction site in the future. This output is still not enough, and the chief of staff needs to find someone to be responsible for this issue and get the remaining cement plants started as soon as possible. Irkutsk on the front line also needs a lot of cement to build defensive positions." Although the results achieved are quite gratifying, we must continue to develop and cannot just rest on our laurels.

"Don't worry about that. Our staff from the Ministry of Construction are working hard there!" Now all the departments under the provincial government have been almost established. The departments are completely different from before. In the past, they just hung a sign and basically had one or two office staff, and there was nothing to do on weekdays. Now every department is working at full capacity for construction, and the entire Chahar-controlled area is also developing with each passing day.

"How is our army doing? After I left, the army must have expanded a lot!" When riding a bicycle on the street, you can see that many people on the street are wearing military uniforms. When Mao Yuanshan left, there were not so many soldiers. This also shows that during this period of time, the Chahar local government must have recruited a large number of troops.

"The army is definitely the fastest expanding of all our departments. When you left, you asked me to recruit ten security regiments. Now I can give you a satisfactory answer. I have recruited a total of eighteen security regiments." If someone else had said this to him, Mao Yuanshan would definitely not believe it, but Mr. Jiang Baili was such a smart man that there was no need for him to lie at their level, and Mr. Jiang Baili's requirements were quite strict. The soldiers in these eighteen regiments must have been picked from hundreds of thousands, and they would definitely not be there to make up the numbers.

"When I left, I knew that our method of allocation was absolutely effective. Sir, you are capable in all aspects. If I had stayed here, there would definitely not be so many soldiers." Looking out from the window of the convoy, it was obvious that the soldiers outside had only undergone simple training. If I were here, I would not be able to recruit so many soldiers in three months and let them undergo simple training. I definitely wouldn't be able to do it. I don't know how the chief of staff recruited so many soldiers!

"Chief of Staff, when I left, our Chahar region had a population of about 1500 million. Now it has only increased by 200 million. How could you have added so many soldiers?" From the perspective of the increase in ordinary population, this ratio is a bit wrong. Is it forced collection? This is not acceptable.

"These people all fled here from Rehe and Northeast China. Many of them were former soldiers of the Northeast Army. Our Young Marshal Zhang forgot all of them in the Northeast when he retreated. They also wanted to fight back to their hometown. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many soldiers. When the first batch came in, I asked them to recruit some of their former comrades by writing letters or other means. It turned out that their comrades were not doing well in the Northeast, and they heard that the treatment we get here was good, so they came here." Mr. Jiang Baili said, so this was the problem.

Young Marshal Zhang could be written as a national hero in history textbooks, and Mao Yuanshan also admitted that he played a great historical role, but he must bear the main responsibility for the loss of the three northeastern provinces.

The three northeastern provinces were the best in the country in terms of both industry and agriculture at that time. The Zhang family had been operating in the Northeast for so many years, and the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army was also among the best in the country. It is very likely that the Central Army was not their opponent. It took only 2 Kwantung Army to drive away all 30 Northeast Army troops. I really don't know how they fought.

It was of course very easy for you to lose the three northeastern provinces. But it would be very difficult for me to take them back now. To take over Rehe alone, we had to confront hundreds of thousands of Japanese devils for such a long time, not to mention the entire three northeastern provinces. After so many years of development, the Japanese devils had already established a firm foothold there, and nearly one million people immigrated to the Northeast.

We learned from the Northeast Army soldiers that the situation in the Northeast was indeed not very good. People in the Northeast were starving to death in large numbers. Because of the arrival of a large number of Japanese devils, people in the Northeast lost their land and became tenants.

"I felt uncomfortable when I listened to them talking. If we had enough strength, I really wanted to take down Cheng De and then fight back to the Northeast in one fell swoop. However, from the overall perspective, we can't do that. If we do that, we will have to concentrate the entire Chahar military force. There are too few troops left on the Soviet front. Once the Soviets come, our achievements may be wiped out." Mr. Jiang Baili said emotionally. This is the voice of a patriot. Back then, he had warned the central government many times because of the Japanese, but unfortunately it didn't play any role. Now he feels a little guilty. In fact, this has nothing to do with him.