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

"What are you trying to do? Do you know what you're doing? Doing this kind of thing in the Ministry of Military Affairs, do you know how big the impact will be? Are you still an officer in the Nationalist government?"

Minister He was furious, his face turning ashen. The people around him, however, did not empathize with him. They even thought Li Shaoyi was right. If they were in Li Shaoyi's position, they probably would have done the same thing long ago.

Since being dismissed from his post in Pujiang, Li Shaoyi has offered no clear explanation. He didn't say anything, obediently followed orders and arrived in Hankou, even doing quite a few good deeds. Otherwise, those spies would still be roaming around the area. Now, instead of rewarding him, you're trying to sow discord among his troops. If we don't teach you a lesson, you guys will really get out of control.

"It's nothing. I've already said I'm planning to resign and go back to my hometown to live a simple life. But some people might not let me go back, so I'll have to do some work to make sure I get back. I know there are nearly 200,000 troops around Hankou, but at least 80,000 of them have received great favors from me, Li. I don't think they'll actually point guns at me, right? If we don't want internal strife, I hope Minister He can pass on a message to some people. Before we completely fall out, we're still under the same military flag. If they really want to fall out, I don't mind letting them taste my power."

After Li Shaoyi finished speaking, he walked straight out. No one present dared to stop him. The Ministry of Military Affairs building was already under the control of Li Shaoyi's men. Along the way, the military police were still confused about what was happening; they could only obey Li Shaoyi's orders to block the roads and ensure his convoy reached the airport quickly.

The military police had received communication equipment from Li Shaoyi a few days ago. This time, they only received orders from Li Shaoyi that there was an emergency in Hankou; a Japanese special forces team was planning to attack high-ranking officials in the Ministry of Military Affairs, and all roads were to be blocked.

For the past few days, both military police regiments had been under Li Shaoyi's command, and orders had been issued that if the issue stemmed from Japanese spies, they must cooperate 100% with Li Shaoyi's orders. Therefore, these men said nothing, simply carrying their guns and beginning to block traffic on the streets. Upon seeing Li Shaoyi's convoy, they quickly ordered it to pass.

Even though they had already determined that Li Shaoyi's convoy was heading to an airport in the south, these people had no doubts whatsoever. In their minds, Commander Li had been busy catching spies these past few days, and they had also made a lot of contributions. It was possible that a spy was preparing to leave by plane.

By the time the military police commander received the call, Li Shaoyi's car had already been there for five minutes. They were all astonished; they hadn't expected Li Shaoyi to have fallen out with his superiors. They were ordered to prevent Li Shaoyi's plane from taking off and to bring him to a military court.

"Commander, is everyone here senile? Commander Li, who fought against the Japanese, is being sent to a military court, while those who didn't fight and returned early are sitting in meetings at the Ministry of Military Affairs. Are we living in darkness or light?"

A battalion commander of a military police regiment spat out a mouthful of saliva. He had overheard the conversation at headquarters because he was standing nearby during the phone call.

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? If I were in charge, Commander Li would naturally be the commander of the Hankou City Defense Command. Now that they want to go back, we have to stop them. Hurry up and get the brothers over there to stand guard. Remember this: no one is allowed to fire without my order. Even if the other side fires, everyone hide. If anyone tries to show off and charge forward, I'll kill them first."

The First Military Police Regiment had been with Li Shaoyi for quite some time, and he was practically their old commander. Even if they were heartless, they wouldn't keep Li Shaoyi around. As for what the other units were doing, we couldn't care less; we certainly wouldn't do anything so unethical.

Several battalion commanders originally came to try and persuade the regimental commander to do so, but they didn't expect that the regimental commander himself was so enlightened.

Besides the care and consideration given to us by Commander Li, the main reason was that the airport garrison had a lot of weapons. If we were to fight them, even though we had switched to submachine guns, they had armored vehicles and tanks coming in droves. Could we possibly be a match for them? If a real battle were to break out, it would be like an egg hitting a rock.

The situation was essentially the same on the 2nd Military Police Regiment side; their commander even made a phone call to confirm. Once they received confirmation that the orders were correct, the two military police regiments, along with two garrison regiments, began advancing towards the airport. However, the airport's garrison immediately began constructing defensive positions and firing artillery shells at the military police regiments' advance.

The 105mm shells coming down immediately brought all of them to a halt. Go ahead and charge if you want; there's no way to survive within a few hundred square meters of where these shells land. Are we crazy enough to charge in like that?

Besides, do you think we don't know what kind of person Commander Li is? You haven't worked with Commander Li, so naturally you don't know what kind of person he is. We've seen it clearly all this time; he's been working incredibly hard to catch Japanese spies and to protect the aviation industry in Hankou. Now, we don't know what's gotten into those guys up there, insisting on sending Commander Li to a military court.

At the same time, planes dropped three bombs in the sky. One bomb landed in the compound of the Ministry of Military Affairs, another in the compound of the Ministry of Finance, and the third in a training ground north of Hankou.

None of the three bombs caused any damage. The pilots were skilled, deliberately choosing uninhabited areas to drop the bombs. This was also a message to the higher-ups in Hankou: if they continued to obstruct them, the bombs they dropped would be much more serious. The Japanese might not know which building was a key point, but we knew very well. If a battle broke out, we would fight to the death.

Minister He hadn't expected things to develop this way. On one hand, he sent Vice Minister Wu to appease Li Shaoyi on his behalf; on the other hand, he also reported the situation to his superiors. The highest-ranking official had already retreated to Chongqing, so this long-distance call had to be made, otherwise Hankou would be in trouble.