Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

After the American male reporter took the picture, other reporters then remembered to take pictures. However, Li Weiguo had already stopped saluting and could not come up with a better composition.

"Everyone, please take a seat."

Li Weiguo asked everyone to sit down. Several reporters sat down on the ammunition boxes. Knowing that the next session would be the question-and-answer session, they took out paper and pen to ask questions.

Li Weiguo said, "Everyone, my name is Li Weiguo, the supreme commander of the Punishment Army. You can ask any questions you have, and I will tell you if I can answer them. Then, from left to right, each of you can take turns asking questions."

The reporter on the far left is a native of Northeast China, and he asked the questions that concerned him most.

"Captain Li Weiguo, is it true that the City Guards wiped out a total of 11 people from Xu Jinglong's and Zhang Haipeng's troops?"

Li Weiguo nodded and said, "It's true. My subordinates have taken you to see the battlefield. This is not difficult to prove. However, it is not a complete annihilation. We could not catch everyone in the process of chasing Xu Jinglong's troops. Nearly 400 to 500 people escaped, and nearly 3500 people from Zhang Haipeng's troops successfully broke through. This is related to the great traitor Zhang Haipeng's surprise attack.

When we surrounded Tailai County, Zhang Haipeng led a cavalry regiment to break out, rushing out nearly 500 people. We thought he would run back to his hometown, but the old traitor came back and caused a small number of casualties to us, breaking our encirclement and rescuing more than 3000 traitors who were surrounded in the city. "

The reporters wrote for a while, and then it was the second reporter's turn to ask questions. The second reporter was from the South, and he was very curious about where the Punishment Army came from.

"Captain Li Weiguo, your soldiers are very professional, their weapons are very advanced, and they even have uniform military uniforms. Oh, I have never seen such uniforms before. May I ask how your punitive army is organized? Have you ever received funding from any force?"

Li Weiguo nodded and then shook his head.

"Our disciplinary army is a spontaneously organized civilian armed force that has absorbed a large number of retired soldiers and former militias, and has formed combat effectiveness after a long period of reorganization and training.

As for the funding of a certain organization, there is none. Our Punishment Army was originally established by a group of far-sighted patriotic businessmen and enlightened landlords. These wise men discovered the Japanese Empire's greed for China more than 10 years ago, so they spent a huge amount of money and built a Punishment Army, a force specifically targeting Japanese invaders, through more than 10 years of operation. "

"Oh my god! 10 years! Did the wise men in China foresee this war 10 years ago?"

The American male reporter looked as if he had seen a ghost.

"Colonel Lee, can you tell me about those wise men?"

Li Weiguo nodded and began to make up a story.

"Of course, these wise men can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty. Like Mr. Lin (Lin Zexu), they were the first to open their eyes to the world. While retaining the classical philosophical thoughts of the other side, they dialectically accepted the Western scientific view.

Based on the international situation and the national characteristics of Japan, the wise men judged that the Japanese Empire would invade China and there would be a war between China and Japan. Therefore, they mobilized all resources, purchased guns and artillery, secretly recruited and trained soldiers. Now that the Japanese Empire has invaded China, it is time for our Punishment Army to be born. We will punish all invading enemies! "

Li Weiguo fabricated a group of wise men to justify the birth of the Punishment Army, and the reporters present all looked surprised.

The American male reporter's face was filled with shock.

"Oh my god, a group of people who have combined Chinese classical philosophy and Western scientific views. I can't imagine what kind of wise men they are. I really want to meet them."

Li Weiguo smiled.

"Maybe there's a chance..."

Li Weiguo was stunned. Suddenly he had a good idea. He wanted to make this group of wise men real.

Thinking quickly, he came up with a plan and asked, "Mr. Reporter, what is your name?"

"Oh sorry Mr. Colonel, you can just call me Smith."

"Okay, Mr. Smith, I have another piece of news to tell you. It's the predictions of the wise men about the future.

Based on the current international situation and the national sentiments of various countries, they judge that in 1939, the European war will happen again. By then, the whole world will be engulfed in war. The European war will be named the First World War, and the war in 1 will be called the Second World War. It will be the largest, most intense and most deadly conflict in human history! "

Reporter Smith's eyes widened, he stood up on the spot, and shouted in disbelief: "Oh my God! Sir, are you kidding me? The European War has ended all wars, the Treaty of Versailles has restricted the crazy enemies, and the world has ushered in peace. Such a large-scale war will not happen!"

Reporter Smith was a little out of control. He had experienced the horrors of the European war. At that time, human firearms had made great strides. Human flesh was crushed into powder in front of automatic weapons and large-caliber artillery. The only fate of the soldiers thrown into the battlefield was to be beaten into pieces.

The war caused so much pain and death that no one wants to think about it again, and everyone hopes that it is a nightmare that will never happen again.

Li Weiguo looked at this naive American with a blank expression.

"Mr. Smith, wise men have said that the war that was hailed as the end of everything ended nothing. The exploitation of the defeated countries by the Treaty of Versailles will only arouse more hatred. When this hatred accumulates to a certain extent, the destructive power of the outbreak will be several times that of the European war! Then mankind will face suffering again."

"No, no, no, Colonel, this is impossible. The war is over and people have learned enough lessons."

Smith held his head and shook it, his face full of pain. The reporters around him looked at him in surprise. This was just an unfounded prophecy. Was it necessary to be so exaggerated?

Li Weiguo could understand Smith's loss of composure. He saw the shadow of a soldier in this man. He guessed that this reporter must have participated in the First World War and witnessed the cruelty of that war, which was why he acted so painfully.

Li Weiguo looked at him without any emotion, which calmed Smith down a little.

“Mr. Smith, don’t fool yourself, the lesson mankind has learned from war is that they never learn.

Mr. Smith, open your eyes and look around. Peace has never come. The war has already begun in my homeland. Next will be Southeast Asia, Europe, Africa, and even the whole world..."

While Li Weiguo was being interviewed by reporters, on the other side, Li Changyin, who was disguised as Zhang Haipeng, had led the traitor troops to Taonan.

Now that they had entered the city of Taonan, the people of Taonan looked down on them. Among these 3500 traitors, except for the 500 clones, the others were penniless and looked no different from beggars. It was obvious that they had lost the battle.

Li Changyin was a little at a loss at this time. He only had the shell of Zhang Haipeng and had no idea where Zhang Haipeng's power was distributed. Now that he had arrived in Taonan, he didn't even know where Zhang Haipeng's home or office in Taonan was.

After thinking for a while, he shouted to an officer behind him: "He Daniu, tell the brothers to be more alert. Come over here and hold the horse for me!"

He Daniu said yes, and shouted, telling the traitor to be more alert. Then he ran to the front and took the reins. He looked at Li Changyin with a flattering face and asked, "Commander, where are we going now?"

Li Changyin glared at him: "Where the hell do you need me to teach you?"

He Daniu was startled, thinking that the commander had become irritable after the defeat, he immediately lowered his head and led the horse forward.

This He Daniu was the deputy commander of the cavalry regiment. Li Changyin did not kill him just to let him lead the way. Li Changyin did not care where he took him, it would be nothing more than Zhang Haipeng's home or office hub. No matter where he took him, he could open up the situation.

Li Changyin looked at the streets around him, his gaze sweeping across the disgusted eyes of the people. Every commoner who looked at him avoided his gaze and quickly fled, as if they were afraid of being contaminated by bad luck.

Li Changyin was quite satisfied with this. The more the people hated him as a "traitor", the more he could be relied upon.

He was thinking and did not notice that a group of officers were eating beef noodles in a noodle shop on the street. One of the officers had the rank of colonel. He was stirring the beef noodles evenly with chopsticks. Just as he was about to eat the noodles, he suddenly saw Li Changyin riding on a tall horse. He was stunned for a moment, and then a look of excitement appeared on his face.

"My father is back."

This person is Zhang Zhi, the son of Zhang Haipeng. When Zhang Haipeng led a large army to war, he let his son Zhang Zhi take charge of logistics affairs at the base camp.

He originally thought that his father would take 10 days or half a month to come back, but he didn't expect that he would come back now. But why did he look like he had lost the battle?

Zhang Zhi no longer cared about the beef noodles and hurried towards Li Changyin who was riding on a tall horse.

"Father! Father!"

Zhang Zhi shouted loudly, but Li Changyin just rode on his horse, staring at the street ahead.

Zhang Zhixin asked, "Dad, why don't you pay attention to me?" He ran closer and continued to shout, "Dad! Dad!"

Li Changyin still ignored him. Zhang Zhi was puzzled. Why did his old man ignore him?

This time he ran directly to Li Changyin's horse, stopped him and shouted, "Dad, why are you back?"

Li Changyin saw a man suddenly running out in front of him, shouting "Dad" loudly. He thought the man was the son of He Daniu who was pulling his horse, so he ignored him.

Zhang Zhi was even more confused. Why did his father ignore him? Did his affair with his stepmother get exposed? He immediately broke out in a sweat.

"Dad! What did I do wrong? Tell me and I will correct it right away!"

Li Changyin frowned. Why didn't He Daniu, who was leading the horse, say a word? Behind him were all his clones. It was impossible for him to talk to other people.

Li Changyin shuddered. Could it be that this guy was calling him "me"?

When he took a closer look, he found that the man in front of him looked and had the same figure as Zhang Haipeng.