Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

When the Jinshanwei battlefield was first opened, it was still in the early stage of the Battle of Shanghai. Later, due to the rise of the Luodian battlefield, many people had forgotten about this place.

But the Japanese army could not break through in Luodian, so they pulled the battlefield back here. The 35th Army held out with them here for many days, and now several armies have been replaced. They did not expect that there would be such a great victory.

Zhao Songbai's name appeared on the headlines of many newspapers, but whenever reporters came, General Zhao always told all the reporters that this was not the credit of other troops. If credit was to be counted, the 72nd Army should account for at least 90%.

Unfortunately, most of the reporters who came to interview were called by the Ministry of Military Affairs. Their main purpose was to publicize the combat forces of the National Army, and they basically glossed over the contributions of the 72nd Army on the battlefield.

"I've told you many times that my infantry division did make an effort, but you can't write that way. You're burying the real heroes. It was only with the cover of the 72nd Army's artillery and armored units that we were able to charge into the Japanese positions. Without them, how could we have gotten through? Don't you know how powerful the Japanese firepower was?"

Today's interviews were already the third wave. Zhao Songbai couldn't help but slam his head on the table when he saw these people's manuscripts.

The reporters, who had smiles on their faces, were stunned for a moment after hearing what Zhao Songbai said. Isn't this a victory?

It is obvious that General Zhao will be established as a typical hero by the National Army. For anyone, this is like a pie in the sky falling on their head. How can you not be happy seeing this?

"Dear reporters, we've prepared lunch. Let's go have some. Mayor Zhao has been extremely exhausted these past two days, battling the Japanese. Now that he's finally able to rest, you should also give our General Zhao some time to rest. You are already the third wave of reporters here today."

Seeing these reporters standing there in a daze, Lu Xiaoguang quickly came over to provide cover, asking these people to hurry up and eat nearby. The security personnel at the division headquarters also noticed that if the division commander was allowed to continue making trouble, he would offend some people above him.

Although Zhao Songbai has been promoted to major general and division commander, and after the victory in Jinshanwei, he will definitely be promoted to lieutenant general.

This is almost a done deal, but then again, if he finds a big shot in the Ministry of Military Affairs, or a member of the Military Commission, this road may come to an end. After all, this is something he has to do.

"Look at me, look at me! Isn't this just a lie? When did I ever say that our entire division completed the combat mission independently? Are these people here to interview me? They're just trying to make me feel bad. I've already said that without your 72nd Army's artillery and tanks, we wouldn't be able to move a single step on the battlefield. It's like these people didn't hear me at all. I suspect they wrote this draft last night."

Zhao Songbai said very angrily that Lu Xiaoguang also took a look at these manuscripts. Many of them had been written long ago. As for the interview here today, it was nothing more than taking a few photos and then going outside to talk to the brothers to see if there were any battlefield stories that could be reported.

As for the big framework, it has already been prepared and will not give Zhao Songbai too much room to move around.

Since Li Shaoyi came to Pujiang, he and the people of the 72nd Army have been active in the headlines, which has brought shame to the major units of the Central Army.

Therefore, everyone from top to bottom must take advantage of this incident to fight a comeback.

According to Zhao Songbai, I have no objection to your turning point, and I will even cooperate, but there are some things we must seek truth from facts. Without the 72nd Army, we couldn't even hold our own positions. Don't you know what a mess we were in after being beaten?

After the 72nd Army arrived, we were able to hold our positions and launch a regional counterattack. How much did they pay in the process? Are you just going to turn a blind eye to it?

How many times have our positions been on the verge of being breached, and we even had to rely on planes flying from the island city to hold our positions. Have we forgotten all these things?

"Captain Zhao, don't bother with them. They're just paid to do their jobs. They do whatever they're told to do. There's no point in falling out with them. Besides, my brothers and I don't care about a little praise in the newspaper. No one will remember it tomorrow, and it's useless to us. We care more about the actual reward."

Lu Xiaoguang said with a smile that the brothers of the 72nd Army used to be quite interested in this, but now they don’t feel much about it anymore. Apart from an empty reward, what else is there?

"That's not right, but this is indeed your victory. Moreover, you also sacrificed hundreds of brothers in this battle. They deserve this honor."

Thinking of the brave battles fought by his brothers in the 72nd Army that day, Zhao Songbai was even more hesitant to accept the honor.

"Honor is important, but life is everything to my family. We have already rewarded us internally. All personnel will receive 20 yuan, and those who sacrificed their lives will receive 40 yuan in addition to the established pension policy."

Lu Xiaoguang took out the telegram from Li Shaoyi. Seeing the contents listed on it, Zhao Songbai nodded heavily. For the families of the martyrs, these tangible things are the most important.

Since the outbreak of the Pujiang War, the National Army has lost tens of thousands of troops, but many of these lost soldiers cannot even be named, let alone have their pensions sent home.

Some high-ranking officials took advantage of such loopholes to destroy various internal information of the National Army, making it impossible to find the names of the fallen soldiers, and even directly embezzled the pensions. Such things were not uncommon.

Look at the 72nd Army. They don't do those fancy things. Apart from a one-time pension, as long as there are underage children and parents over 60 in the family, the 72nd Army will be responsible for everything.

If the wife is willing to stay and take care of the family, the 72nd Army will permanently pay half of the soldier's salary until the hero's widow dies.

If a soldier is willing to remarry, he or she will be paid three months' salary, and the other half of the pension salary will be given to the eldest child in the family or the soldier's parents.

This alone must have placed a heavy burden on the 72nd Army...