My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

However, it was the time when the whole country was recruiting soldiers, and the news of the infectious disease they reported was not taken seriously by the higher-ups at all.

They were directly suppressed without any response, which led the local people to spontaneously organize a militia to maintain order.

However, these ordinary people with crude weapons, low quality and no experience in dealing with corpse poison are no match for the Dragon Slaying Taoist who has studied this art for many years and is a vicious and cruel cultivator.

Therefore, the corpse poison could not be controlled at all and soon spread throughout Kyushu Island. Only then did the Japanese upper class suddenly realize that this infectious disease was quite severe!

So they immediately allocated manpower and medicine to try to control the spread of the epidemic.

However, this was not a virus at all, so the efforts of the Japanese pirate leaders were destined to be fruitless.

However, the Dragon Slayer Taoist was very happy. He had taken advantage of the situation during this period to get a large amount of blood food, and at the same time infected thousands of purple zombies.

He also allowed his hundreds of white zombies to suck human blood continuously every day, and their strength soared like a rocket.

One of them has broken through the white zombie level and become a green zombie. Zombies that have reached this level are no longer afraid of humans and animals. They can hunt on their own and chase humans and animals to suck their blood.

However, the only drawback is that they are still afraid of the sun and cannot move under the scorching sun, which limits their range of activities.

But this is not important. Now they are basically in a state of no restrictions. Judging from the current situation, it will be no problem for the green zombie to be promoted to hairy zombie in less than a few months.

At that time, zombies were rampant on the land of this island during the day, and evil spirits were taking lives at night. It must have been an extremely shocking scene.

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As for Jiang Li, he had been fighting with the Japanese pirates for two months. During this period, he was repeatedly bombed by the Japanese pirates' planes, and the casualties of his soldiers were extremely heavy.

However, since the battles were mainly small- and medium-scale defensive battles, and the casualties of each unit were more than 80% to 90%, the remaining wounded were quietly transported to the rear by Jiang Li for concentrated recuperation.

Therefore, they did not spread much panic in the army, so that now the morale of the Anmin Army is still very good.

During this period, the Japanese pirates launched several large-scale group attacks, but they were blocked by the layers of fortifications built by the Anmin Army. Their large-scale attacks were weakened and they were unable to advance far.

Once it gets dark, the Anmin Army will use the cover of darkness, absolute numerical advantage and fierce artillery fire to recapture the lost positions.

Speaking of which, Jiang Li knew that he had no air superiority, so his heavy artillery was rarely used during the day, because once used, it would easily be targeted.

As time went on, the Japanese pirates no longer organized large-scale attacks. Instead, they used small and medium-scale battles, constantly using artillery fire and bombing to kill the Anmin Army's manpower and undermine their morale.

However, they had no idea that the enthusiasm for the war of resistance had been ignited all over the country, and that a large number of knowledgeable people joined the army to serve their country every day, so Jiang Li had no shortage of soldiers.

After two months of fighting, the number of troops under his command not only did not decrease, but increased to 3.2 million.

There is no need to worry about logistical supplies, because Jiang Li's reputation has spread, and his policies for governing the country have also been widely circulated.

As more details became known to the world, almost everyone, except some gentry, landlords and wealthy businessmen, thought that this policy was a good one.

So they spontaneously began to organize donations of money and materials, hoping that Jiang Li could win the battle, and then unify the whole of China and implement this policy throughout the world.

Even those gentry, landlords and wealthy businessmen who did not fully agree with Jiang Li's policies donated part of their property to support the fighting on the front lines.

Not for anything else, but just because of what Jiang Li said, "Fighting the war to save the country can atone for previous sins!"

Isn't it clearly stated that if you don't fight the war to save the country, you will be held accountable for your past crimes in the future?

These people were all educated and knowledgeable, so they naturally understood the principle of getting rid of wealth and avoiding disasters, so they gritted their teeth and bleed out some blood.

Of course, not everyone has such awareness. There are still many stingy people who not only do not donate money or materials, but also use their influence to make money from the national crisis.

But these are all later stories, so let’s not talk about them for now.

As for Jiang Li, after receiving a large amount of donations from the public, he once again used the money to trade with Western powers, and this time he only bought planes and ammunition.

He had had enough of the Japanese pirates' bombing, and he was ready to retaliate and let the Japanese pirates also taste the feeling of being bombed.

While Jiang Li was still waiting for weapons and equipment from Western powers, he received two pieces of bad news.

One is that the Japanese pirates mobilized 800,000 reserve soldiers from the country to come to China to help in the war, although the military literacy and weapons and equipment of these 800,000 people are slightly weaker than those of the current group.

But they are still many times stronger than most of the warlords' private armies in China, so Jiang Li felt a lot of pressure when he knew there were so many new enemies.

However, what was even worse was that the Japanese pirates' navy and army had reached some kind of agreement, and the navy had agreed to send troops to help.

Warships have also been dispatched to blockade several important ports in China, with Guangzhou being a special focus.

Not only that, the Japanese navy also attempted to take advantage of Jiang Li's main force in Shanghai and send troops to land from the rear to take advantage of the opportunity and attack Huanglong.

However, when the navy landed in Guangzhou with 20,000 land troops, they encountered a horrifying scene that they would never forget in their lives.

It turned out that it was the local garrison in Guangzhou. Upon learning that the Japanese had entered Guangdong along the Pearl River, the local garrison immediately mobilized an army of 100,000 and deployed a large number of various artillery pieces in the coastal forests.

However, they did not alert the enemy, but waited quietly for the Japanese pirates to relax their vigilance until they reached the landing site and began to land.

The Anmin Army then began to act, and the one who commanded the battle was none other than Wang Zhi, who was not good at speaking but only knew how to resolutely execute orders.

He is said to be upright and inflexible, but in fact this is just his attitude towards life. When it comes to war, he is an out-and-out pragmatist.

I am a firm supporter of the saying that the art of war is all about deception.

So when he learned that such a powerful enemy had penetrated deep into his territory, he had already made up his mind to keep them all.

However, the enemy's ships were so agile and flexible on the Pearl River that even if they were surrounded by an army several times larger than their own, they could calmly turn around and sail down the river to escape the battle.

At that time, if the enemy launches a massive bombardment with shipborne weapons, our side will inevitably suffer heavy losses.