Warlords: I just made a little fortune, but I didn’t build a country.

"They're retreating!" Chen Zhonghai said, "I've assembled 300 heavy machine guns and haven't used them yet! And the Japs are already running away. They're really weak!"

"Don't be so cocky," the chief of staff said. "The Japanese must have some other plan for retreating. We can't be careless. We must ensure that our position is safe."

"Don't worry about this. The position is here. Our 371st Infantry Army is here!"

"Young Marshal, Commander!"

At this time, Qin Lin and Tang Yuanjun arrived at the front line. Chen Zhonghai and the chief of staff walked over and shouted, "Young Marshal, Commander, why are you here at the front line?"

"Come and see the warriors."

Qin Lin looked around the position and said, "Very good, the soldiers' morale is very high, and the position is well built. No wonder the Japanese can't do anything to us."

"Haha."

After being praised by Qin Lin, Chen Zhonghai couldn't help laughing and said, "This is all thanks to the young marshal coming to the front line. When the soldiers knew that the young marshal was coming, they wished they could grow a pair of wings and fly across the river to fight the Japanese!"

"You boy!"

Tang Yuanjun pointed at Chen Zhonghai and said, "Fight well. The area your army is responsible for defending is a battleground. The Japanese will most likely cross the river from your defense zone. If you dare to let a Japanese come over, I will kill you!"

"Don't worry, Commander."

Chen Zhonghai saluted and said, "The people are here, and the position is here!"

"very good."

Qin Lin raised his foot and inspected the position. He found that the firepower deployment of the 371st Infantry Army had a lot in common with that of his 7th Army. They both applied what they had learned from the red book of tactics and strategy. This red book contained some classic tactical and strategic cases written by Qin Lin and was placed in the Northern Sichuan Military Academy as a compulsory professional textbook.

"Tonight," Qin Lin pointed to the river bank and said, "drive a wooden stake every meter. The average height of the stake is 7 meters. The entire defense zone is 7000 kilometers, which means 7000 meters. We need to drive stakes. It must be completed by tomorrow morning."

"Wooden stake!"

Chen Zhonghai was somewhat confused, thinking that using wooden stakes to build a wall to block the Japanese would be useless. As long as the Japanese artillery opened fire, not to mention wooden stakes, even iron stakes would be useless!

Although he was confused, Chen Zhonghai still saluted and said, "I promise to complete the task."

After the inspection, Qin Lin left the front-line position. He got familiar with the front line. There were three large defensive positions built in the 7-kilometer defense zone. Each position was defended by an infantry division. The remaining gaps were artillery positions. It can be said that the entire 7-kilometer defense deployment was very dense. It was unlikely that the Japanese would successfully cross the river. With his secret weapon, it would be much easier to contain the 20 Japanese troops.

Now the 7-strong army of the 12th Army has been divided into small groups and all crossed the river to head to the headquarters of the Japanese Third Front Army in Taiyuan Province. It is believed that they will be able to reach the target location in about half a month. By then, the real war will officially begin. I'm afraid that Taiyuan Province will be in chaos!

Back at the 37th Army Headquarters, Tang Yuanjun asked curiously, "Young Marshal, what is the use of driving wooden stakes into this front-line position? Please forgive my stupidity, I really can't think of it!"

"Haha."

Qin Lin smiled and said, "Deng Tianlu, guess what?"

"this!"

Deng Tianlu, the chief of staff of the 37th Army, thought for a while and said, "This is actually building a wooden wall to stop the Japanese from crossing the river. However, each wooden stake is one meter apart. Even if barbed wire is installed, the Japanese can destroy it with just one shot. It is not very useful! Unless the Japanese can't use artillery, but this is unlikely!"

“Kind of close.”

Qin Lin smiled mysteriously and said, "Some time ago, our 7th Army soldiers captured more than Japanese prisoners in Yonghe County. They are now being well fed in the prisoner camp!"

"captive!"

"Haha, I understand."

Tang Yuanjun laughed and said, "Young Marshal is planning to build a human-shaped wall to make it impossible for the Japanese to do anything. Unless they give up these prisoners, they will not be able to cross the river!"

"A brilliant idea, a brilliant idea!"

Deng Tianlu praised, "I think this plan must have been thought up by the chief of staff called the Poison Officer beside the young marshal, right?"

"As expected, we have the same surname," Qin Lin nodded. "It was Wen Zhong who came up with this idea. We should give him a taste of his own medicine. The Japanese devils are using us civilians as a shield, so we can naturally use the Japanese devils as a shield, too!"

"High, really high."

Deng Tianlu said, "With this shield, the Japanese will be worried again."

"Not only that," Qin Lin continued, "I also brought a large number of war correspondents. As long as the Japanese dare to shoot or fire at their comrades, this photo will appear in the Japanese region the next day, so that their compatriots can see how the Japanese shot their comrades and compatriots! And let the families of the killed Japanese see that their loved ones died at the hands of their own people."

"It has to be the young commander!"

Tang Yuanjun exclaimed, "I have followed the Marshal in battles for more than ten years. The Marshal is the one I admire most. Now the Marshal has to give up his position. Each generation is stronger than the previous one. The Marshal should..."

“Ahem…Ahem!!!”

Deng Tianlu was coughing frantically beside him, and kept giving Tang Yuanjun glances, asking him to shut up!

"Old Deng, are you feeling uncomfortable in your throat? Why are you coughing all the time?" Tang Yuanjun glanced at Deng Tianlu and said, "You can't fall ill at this critical moment, can you?"

“I guess a little.”

Deng Tianlu quickly interrupted, "Young Marshal, it's already noon, how about going to try the food of my 37th Army?"

"No."

Qin Lin patted Deng Tianlu on the shoulder and said, "My father is indeed old, it's time...!"

"hey-hey."

Deng Tianlu smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to respond. Could he still say yes, it is time to abdicate! Or could he say that the Marshal is strong and healthy and can still stay in office for another hundred years!

Although they knew that the Marshal and the Young Marshal had a deep father-son relationship, as subordinates they could not mention a word of this taboo. It was not their turn to interrupt as to who would sit on the position of King of the Northwest. This was an overstepping of authority and they would lose their heads!

"Haha."

Seeing Deng Tianlu's look of eating fly shit, Qin Lin laughed and said, "Don't worry too much. My Qin family will not treat you veterans unfairly. If you die on the battlefield, my Qin family will support your family, cultivate your descendants, and send you to the Hall of Meritorious Officials. If you witness the completion of my Qin family's great cause, I will ensure that you will be successful and live out your life in peace!"

"Thank you, Marshal."

Deng Tianlu saluted with tears in his eyes. Tang Yuanjun beside him also reacted, saluted and shouted, "We swear to follow the Qin family until death!"