Anti-Japanese War: I have a million soldiers and you call me a division commander?

(The update is a bit late. I didn’t finish my work until 9:30 pm and got home. Here’s the 4,000-word chapter!)

"To be honest, I don't quite understand what's going on in the minds of those people in the government."

"How dare they take advantage of our 1st Independent Division at this time?"

Upon hearing Li Mingqiang's words, Chu Feng, Wang Tiezhu and Ge Dayong guessed the content of the telegram even though they had not read it. All three of them showed a sneer and disdain.

"The government? Haha!!!"

After sneering, the three of them read through the telegram. As expected, it was not beyond their expectations. The National Government was still the same National Government, and its eating habits were still so ugly.

"Master, what should we do?"

Li Mingqiang looked at Chu Feng and asked.

"Whatever needs to be done, just do it!"

"The government? Who the heck are they?!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng waved his hand without hesitation and said, "Let's do our own thing and just notify them when the time comes."

"You really think you're a dish!"

At this point, Chu Feng looked at the content of the telegram: "Haha, we just took over the territory and allowed us to manage it. How generous!"

"But what do they mean by sending troops to us?"

"Adding sand?!!!"

"What is he thinking? What gives him the right? How shameless?"

"As for the war of resistance, I welcome all friendly forces to join us in the battle, but if you want to interfere? Don't blame me, Chu Feng!"

Hearing Chu Feng's words, Wang Tiezhu was also a little angry and said: "Commander, if these people dare to come, I will be the first to lead the team and disarm them all."

"Damn it! We couldn't see them when we were fighting the Japanese, and now that things have improved a little, they're jumping out one by one to pick peaches?"

"Look at the people they sent out? Are there the Kuomintang's direct troops? There are also the Northern Route Army, the Three Horsemen of the Northwest, and the Northeast Army."

"As for the Northern Army, they are our allies. They have actively cooperated with us in the several battles we have fought. If they really want to fight the Japanese, I, Old Wang, am willing to fight alongside them."

"But what the hell are the Northwest Three Horses?"

"What right do they have? Commander, when the time comes, if you let me pass, I won't be Wang Tiezhu if I don't beat them to a pulp."

Compared to the cursing Chief of Staff Wang Tiezhu, Deputy Division Commander Ge Dayong was more direct and said, "Division Commander, in my opinion, we should all take over Suiyuan Province, since the Nationalist government wants the three horses from the Northwest to interfere."

"If they dare to come here, they can get through anyway."

"The three northwestern provinces can also be brought under our management."

"It just so happens that our mechanized forces still need more intense and larger-scale actual combat opportunities."

As Ge Dayong finished speaking, Li Mingqiang also spoke up, saying, "Commander, if you want to include the three northwestern provinces, I will apply to lead the team myself."

"I have a grudge against the Three Horsemen of the Northwest!"

Listening to the murderous words of Wang Tiezhu and Ge Dayong, Li Mingqiang said little, but there was a strong murderous intent in his eyes.

"you!"

Chu Feng couldn't help but laugh and said, "The government wants to sabotage us, and we're the only ones who can tell?"

"Can't the Northern Army and the Three Horsemen of the Northwest see it?"

"Just wait and see. The Northern Army aside, the three Northwestern Ma forces are incredibly clever. Their telegram will arrive soon, and they absolutely won't wade into this mess."

"Because they know that once they wade into this muddy water, they will no longer be able to lord it over others in the northwest, but will instead go to accompany their children to study, or live abroad as a sojourner."

At this point, Chu Feng's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he said, "However, I agree with Tiezhu's proposal. The three northwestern provinces are a bit poor and not as prosperous as the Pingjin area, but the territory is large enough."

"The time is not right now. When the time is right, I will personally go to the Northwest Three Ma, the cancer that has been entrenched in the Northwest for decades, and will not give them the opportunity to live as a guest."

"As for the direct line of the Nationalist government, or the Northeast Army, if they dare to come, don't hesitate, just confiscate their weapons and equipment, select the best ones and incorporate them into our army, and the rest, go dig pits and build roads."

Chu Feng thought that he had a bad temper. Although he did not like his compatriots killing each other, this could not be considered as fratricide. After all, fighting the Japanese was not just about going to the front line, people in the rear could also make contributions!

Having said that, Chu Feng threw the telegram aside. Although there was still a lot of content in the telegram, he was too lazy to read it and didn't want to read it.

Knowing that it is a pile of shit, he still forces himself to smell and taste it. This is a masochistic tendency.

After throwing away the telegram, Chu Feng looked at his three partners and said, "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's discuss this. We've taken over such a large territory, so we can't care about the name of the Jinsui Chaji Special City anymore."

"Besides, this name is also a name of compromise."

"My idea is, how about we establish Saibei Province?"

After hearing Chu Feng's words, the three partners immediately became interested. It was not because they were fans of officials, but because this name was related to the next development.

"Saibei Province?"

When Li Mingqiang heard Chu Feng's suggestion, he thought for a moment and said, "No, no!"

"Originally, we occupied the entire Suiyuan Province, the entire Chahar Province, northern Shanxi, and the Pingjin area."

"A Saibei Province is a bit stingy!"

"Are Suiyuan and Chahar provinces going to be downgraded?"

As Li Mingqiang finished speaking, Chief of Staff Wang Tiezhu followed suit, saying, "I agree. Saibei Province is being too stingy. We're already giving the Nationalist government a lot of face by not forming a Saibei Provisional Government."

At this point, Wang Tiezhu's eyes lit up and he said, "How about we establish a Saibei United Government?"

"Anyway, after this incident, even if we have completely torn our relations with the government, we can't say we will never have any further contact. We can only say that while the government maintains peace on the surface, we are actually going our separate ways."

"How about we reorganize our Independent 1st Division into the Saibei Border Defense Force?"

"When the time comes, we will decide on the organization and official positions for our own people. We don't need to pay attention to the government, nor do we need to be disgusted by them."

Wang Tiezhu pointed at the telegram sent by the Nationalist government and said disdainfully, "Look at the disgusting shit the Nationalist government has done."

"In order to commend the victory of our 1st Independent Division, our 1st Independent Division will be upgraded to the 1st Independent Army, and the division commander will serve as the commander-in-chief of the 1st Independent Army."

"We've achieved such a great victory, and you're unwilling to give us the two army groups?"

"We don't need them to provide military pay or logistics, yet they're still so stingy. Isn't this just disgusting to us?"

"Do we need the organization of the 1st Independent Army?"

"Do we want his position as the commander-in-chief of the road army?"

"They didn't even give the division commander the rank of Army General. They only gave him the rank of Second Class General. His actual rank is still Lieutenant General. Damn it."

"Isn't this just pure disgusting?"

"In my opinion, it's no problem to give our division commander the title of Special General."

Looking at Chief of Staff Wang Tiezhu who was swearing continuously, Chu Feng and the other two all laughed.

"That's right, Lao Wang is right, the government is so disgusting!!"

Ge Dayong also smiled and said, "I think Lao Wang's suggestion is good. Let's directly form the Saibei United Government and stop playing with the National Government."

After Ge Dayong finished speaking, Li Mingqiang smiled and said, "That's a good idea, but doing so will put us in the spotlight."

"Now, we still have to maintain the Anti-Japanese United Front. After all, the Anti-Japanese United Front is the result of the joint efforts of people with lofty ideals across the country."

"If we destroy it like this, it will be bad for the national anti-Japanese war situation. If things go wrong, it will just fall into chaos again."

At this point, Li Mingqiang thought for a moment and said, "In my opinion, it would be better to directly establish the Saibei Border Region. How about that?"

"The Saibei Border Region governs Suiyuan Province and Chahar Province."

"Because we control the territory of northern Shanxi, we can temporarily establish a special city in northern Shanxi."

"As for the Pingjin area, it is divided into Jidong Special City, Jibei Special City, Jizhong Special City, Tianjin City, and Beiping City."

"Suiyuan and Chahar are two provinces, while Tianjin, Beiping, and four special municipalities are sub-provincial cities at a lower level. How do you think that is?"

As soon as Li Mingqiang said this, Chu Feng, Wang Tiezhu and Ge Dayong's eyes lit up.

"Hey? Don't say that, this is fine!"

Chief of Staff Wang Tiezhu immediately said, "The Saibei Border Region is quite good. It governs two provinces, six sub-provincial cities, and a large number of counties, making it exactly three levels."

"It won't put any pressure on our administration. After Hebei and Shanxi provinces are taken over, we will simply abolish the special city and return it to a normal city."

What Wang Tiezhu just said about the Saibei United Government was naturally a joke.

"I think it's good too!"

Ge Dayong also smiled and said, "However, my idea is to establish a new province in the Pingjin area."

"This way the army can be better commanded."

"The main force is easy to say, but it's mainly the local forces. With so many special cities, each one needs to establish a garrison headquarters."

"This will increase the cost of management. If an independent province is established, it will only be enough to set up a provincial-level garrison headquarters."

As soon as Ge Dayong said this, Chu Feng nodded slightly and said, "Indeed, if there are too many special cities, the management of the troops will be a little chaotic."

"But establishing a province is a bit inappropriate."

Having said that, Chu Feng looked at Li Mingqiang and asked with a smile: "Old Li, do you have any thoughts on this issue?"

"Good guy!"

Hearing Chu Feng's question, Li Mingqiang was a little amused and asked, "Why, you all have no solution, but I do?"

After complaining, Li Mingqiang thought for a moment and said, "Establishing a province is somewhat inappropriate, because we will eventually have to take back Hebei Province."

"Establishing too many special cities, plus Tianjin and Beiping, would make it too fragmented."

"In that case, how about we establish a municipality?"

"The special municipalities will not be abolished and will continue to be established."

"Beiping City was established, on the same level as the province, to manage a number of special cities such as Jin City. Beiping's status is obvious."

As soon as Li Mingqiang said this, Chu Feng and the other two laughed.

"Hahaha, it's you, Lao Li!"

Ge Dayong smiled and patted Li Mingqiang on the shoulder, saying, "Establishing a municipality directly under the central government will minimize the impact as long as it doesn't become a separate province."

"The people of the country and all the major forces will also understand that when the time comes, we only need to establish the Beiping City Garrison Command to be responsible for managing the local forces in the entire Beiping-Tianjin area."

"Not only has the military management become less bloated and more efficient, but the administration has also been improved. After all, chaos will arise when there is no leader!"

Chu Feng also made the decision at this time and said, "Let's do it!"

"We will establish the Saibei Border Region, which will govern Suiyuan Province, Chahar Province, the directly administered Beijing City, and a special city called Jinbei."

"Special cities don't need to be sub-provincial level cities. We should set up a prefecture-level city between the county and the province, and these special cities are all at the prefecture-level city level."

When Chu Feng said the word "city level", his three partners were stunned at first, and then they all applauded.

“Municipal level!”

“This is good!!”

“Before, I always felt that it was a bit direct for the province to directly govern the county.”

“Now that there are prefecture-level cities, there’s a difference all of a sudden.”

"After all, a place like Baofu is obviously better than an ordinary county town, but it can't reflect its unique status."

"Those feudal dynasties had a system of provinces, prefectures, and even directly governed prefectures and counties."

"We don't need that much, but adding a prefecture-level city will make a difference immediately." Li Mingqiang expressed his support for Chu Feng's proposal.

"That's right!"

After Li Mingqiang finished speaking, Wang Tiezhu and Ge Dayong also expressed their agreement.

"Row!"

Seeing that his partners all agreed, Chu Feng smiled and said, "Since no one has any objections, let's send a telegram to Uncle Zhao Wu and ask for his opinion."

"If Uncle Zhao Wu has no objection, let's proceed according to this."

Everyone had no objection to Chu Feng's decision and agreed unanimously.

Soon, this plan flew through radio waves to Uncle Zhao Wu who was outside.

"The northern border region? Two provinces? A municipality? A prefecture-level city? A county?"

Port city!

Uncle Zhao Wu was taken aback when he saw the translated telegram. But then he realized, "This is a good division!"

"This prefecture-level city in particular has suddenly elevated the status of other important cities besides the provincial capital!"

"Differentiating them from ordinary county towns will give them greater development opportunities and make their administration more rational."

"Instead of the province directly connecting with the counties."

After understanding the significance of this division, Uncle Zhao Wu called back without any further ado.

"Commander, Uncle Zhao Wu also agreed!"

Li Mingqiang walked in with the telegram in his hand and said to Chu Feng with a smile.

"Row!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng smiled and said, "Then proceed according to this division."

At this point, Chu Feng looked at Li Mingqiang, Ge Dayong, and Wang Tiezhu and said, "According to this division, Lao Li, you will be in charge of the evening administration, Dayong and Tiezhu, you will be in charge of the evening military affairs."

"Once the plan is complete, we will announce it directly to the public."