The expeditionary force began to dominate Southeast Asia by recruiting defeated soldiers

As the saying goes, "Without a chief of staff, even a fart wouldn't make a sound."

Not to mention that we are all a group of defeated soldiers on the run and our lives are in danger. If we hand our lives over to an unreliable guy, our lives will be over.

So the soldier took the risk and expressed his contempt for Zhang Chi, a young staff officer with a bad reputation, without caring about the hierarchy.

"Yes, I don't agree either. He said he was a major staff officer, and we respectfully called him Major Staff Officer. But since entering Pegu, has he done anything serious? Chief? He's a shitty chief, bah!"

A soldier carried Zhongzheng on his back and spat on the ground with disdain. He then spoke:

"I just saw it. When the Japanese caught up with us, Zhang was so scared that he was shaking like a sieve and almost wet his pants. Then he ran into the jungle alone and escaped."

"Asheng is right. Xiao Dongbei, why should you make us listen to this coward?"

The soldiers around him also looked like ruffians and shook their heads.

The army has always worshipped the strong, and Zhang Chi's original performance in this expedition was so poor that many soldiers had a bad impression of him and did not trust him.

They were afraid that this cowardly rich young man would waste their lives meaninglessly.

The veteran Xiao Dongbei originally wanted to establish his leadership position among the remaining soldiers by nominating Zhang Chi, who currently had the highest military rank, to be the leader and gain the credit of being a follower of the dragon. However, he did not expect to incur public anger.

Zhang Chi felt angry when he heard this, extremely angry.

"Damn it, if I hadn't rushed over with the tanks, you would have been torn to pieces by the damn Japs. Just now, you were all curious about my tanks, but now you're all disgusted with me?"

"You, the original self, said you volunteered to join the army, but when you got to the battlefield, you were still so scared and timid? You're not a real man. Now that I've taken over your job, I have to be looked down upon by a bunch of soldiers."

Zhang Chi's blood boiled with anger, his heart beat faster, and he was ready to pull out his submachine gun to kill the leading soldier named Asheng.

But Zhang Chi thought again, if he did this, wouldn't he be no different from those White Party officers who beat, scolded and abused soldiers at every turn?

As for killing people to establish authority? That has to happen when order still exists.

Now is a period of great rout with a total collapse of order. If I shoot this soldier in anger, my authority will certainly be established, but the morale of the people will inevitably be dispersed, and the team will be difficult to lead.

There was a time when Zhang Fei was beheaded for taking a nap. You have to be gentle when you need to be gentle, otherwise what if you get shot from behind?

Thinking of this, Zhang Chi suppressed his anger, clapped his hands, and attracted everyone's attention.

He planned to use both kindness and force to win over these old soldiers.

"First of all, I wasn't running away. I was going into the jungle to look for the tank I was riding on. Brother Zhang, although I'm not very talented, I do have some relatives in Pegu. When they learned that our regiment was retreating, they passed by here and specially prepared this tank here in advance."

"Secondly, you ask me why I'm your leader? It's because I'm a major, and because I'm riding in a tank that just saved your lives. That's all!"

After saying that, Zhang Chi pulled out an M3 submachine gun used by the crew for self-defense from the turret under him, pulled the bolt, and pulled the trigger at the ground under everyone's feet.

"Tatatata, tatatat." A series of bullets swept past, splashing mud, and countless bullets penetrated deeply into the mud in front of everyone.

"Xiao Dongbei! According to military discipline, what is the penalty for contradicting and insulting your superiors on the battlefield?"

Everyone was startled by Zhang Chi's sudden outburst and was stunned for a moment. Is this still the timid major staff officer Zhang Chi they know who trembles at the sound of gunfire?

"Report, report to the commander. According to the law, he should be shot directly to serve as a warning to others." Xiao Dongbei stammered, "But now we only have a few soldiers left. I think we should just enlist him in the death squad to earn merit."

"Alright, Xiao Dongbei, you'll be their leader from now on. Ah Sheng, I'll be your life for now. Follow Xiao Dongbei and behave well, or I'll unleash my power. Do you understand?"

"Listen carefully!" A Shengzang's face flushed and he stood at attention and shouted loudly. He also realized at this time how inappropriate his behavior was. Major Zhang Chi could have shot him directly. Most of the other people didn't dare to say anything more.

In the White Party army, there is a huge difference in status between officers and soldiers. Ah Sheng thought that Zhang Chi was the cowardly rich kid he originally was, so he subconsciously refuted him, but he didn't expect that he would almost be killed as a warning to others.

(The male protagonist is not a bloodthirsty person. Readers who want to see the kind of person who kills others as soon as they refute him can cross out.)

Zhang Chi snorted coldly, let Ah Sheng go, and then shouted to everyone:

"I won't say much, Zhang. I know you guys have opinions about me, but just now my tank and I came back and drove off the Japanese, saving your lives. I can't lie, right?"

Zhang Chi slapped the metal monster beneath him vigorously. A cigarette dangled from his lips, and he angrily said, "Am I truly a coward? We'll see later. But right now, you all have to listen to me, your superior."

Zhang Chi pointed northwest and continued shouting, "The Japs are chasing the commander and his main force. We have so few people and we have to carry nearly 50 seriously wounded soldiers. If we go after the main force directly, even with this tank, tens of thousands of Japs will rush over and tear us apart."

"Therefore, I decided not to go find the commander and the others. Brothers, bring the wounded with me. Let's find a safe place to settle the wounded first. I have connections in my family, so I can get food, drinks, medicines and supplies here."

Zhang Chi was not prepared to reveal the existence of the system, which was his biggest trump card, so he used the Zhang family, which had a huge influence in Southeast Asia in his previous incarnation's memory, to explain the items provided by the system.

When the soldiers of the 66th Regiment heard that they would not be returning to the superior unit, there was another commotion. However, when they saw the submachine gun in Zhang Chi's hand that was still steaming and the black muzzle of the tank under him, they fell silent again.

The mentality that it is better to live a miserable life than to die prevailed again.

"I can't guarantee more, but I will do my best to help my brothers survive!"

Zhang Chi stretched out his hand and held up a map exchanged from the system and said loudly.

"Brothers, follow me, Zhang. There is a small village of local people in the northwest. Let's go to the village to rest first."

"Don't worry, I'll take out some food and make sure everyone has a good meal when we get there. I mean what I say!"

Zhang Chi was not just talking big to fool these remaining soldiers.

His War Thunder system can not only purchase various vehicles in the game.

He can use Silver Lion coins or various gold and silver standard banknotes to purchase various self-defense weapons, radios, military rations, medical kits and other items equipped in the vehicle.

If he has enough gold, he can even exchange for synthetic vehicle crews or aircraft crew members directly from the system.

In other words, as long as Zhang Chi has money and gold, he can recruit unlimited troops in one place and equip them with weapons such as tanks, planes, warships, and military rations and logistical supplies.

Of course, now Zhang Chi has nothing except the thousands of silver lion coins he got from killing the devils just now and a small amount of weapons and ammunition looted from the devils' corpses.

Therefore, he could only try to win over these stragglers first.

When everyone heard what Zhang Chi said, they no longer cared whether it was true or not. They had been trekking in the jungle for several days without eating a drop of water or a grain of rice, not to mention that their ammunition was almost gone. Now when they heard Zhang Chi say that they would have a good meal when they arrived at the destination, they no longer cared about Zhang Chi's previous cowardly behavior.

They were now staring at Zhang Chi, as if they were seeing the Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South China Sea who had saved them from the sea of ​​suffering.

Zhang Chi struck while the iron was hot and spent 3 Silver Lions to buy 30 Logan bars from the Eagle Sauce D rations from the system (Eagle Sauce's battlefield emergency food, which can be considered as unpalatable compressed biscuits + energy bars).

Then Zhang Chi gave the good job of distributing food to Xiao Dongbei, and asked him to distribute it to everyone in turn.

Zhang Chi remembered Xiao Dongbei, the veteran who first suggested that he be the leader, so naturally he wanted to repay Li by giving him some sweet benefits.

Each person got less than half a Logan stick, but since they hadn't had a proper meal for several days, they still nibbled on it with relish.