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

It turns out that what Hargreaves said was absolutely correct.

The reconnaissance planes in the sky were not idle. They had already reported all the situations on the ground to the pursuing troops. At the beginning, they divided themselves into three groups. Two of them surrounded these messy troops, and the other one went around from the left and specifically chased Boris and his men.

According to information from Air Force scouts, the majority of the fleeing army consists of officers, so a special pursuit force must be dispatched. Who made you so valuable?

For example, in the newspaper, you say that a Russian infantry regiment was captured, but the regiment commander ran away. However, if you say that all the people including the regiment commander were captured, this becomes two different news stories. Especially the capture of such officers is a huge blow to the Russians, and it is also obviously encouraging to us.

Boris didn't believe it at first. He took more than 20 personal guards with him and hoped to rely on the speed of his horses to shake off the pursuers behind him.

The motorcycle convoy chasing them did stop for a moment after catching Hargreaves and his men, but within a few minutes, more than a dozen two-wheeled motorcycles, along with seven or eight three-wheeled motorcycles, rushed out, followed by several jeeps, and chased in the direction of Boris's escape.

Boris also ordered his men to disperse in an attempt to escape pursuit. Looking from the air, there were more than 20 men on horseback in front and dozens of men on motorcycles behind, forming a chase on the grassland.

As the gunshots rang out, the number of people on the war horses became fewer and fewer. If Boris had held on to the end, he might have been able to escape, but he was a coward. Seeing people falling behind him, he actually stopped and knelt down obediently. Although being a prisoner was not a bright life, at least he could survive.

More than an hour later, almost all of these people were captured, and Boris, Hargreaves and several other regimental commanders were all brought to Liu Xiaoshan.

"Who is Hargreaves?"

I have just interrogated a lot of prisoners and have a basic understanding of what happened yesterday.

"I am."

Hargreaves was on a stretcher.

"Take him out and shoot him."

No one present had expected that Liu Xiaoshan would actually issue such an order.

"Who is Boris?"

"I……"

Boris is now freaking out.

"From now on, you will be the manager of these people. I know you are the commander-in-chief on the front line. I hope these people can stay well in the prisoner-of-war camp and do whatever they are told to do. Then you don't need to work and can be treated the same as our soldiers. If you can't do that, I will shoot you."

Liu Xiaoshan said without raising his head.

"Why are you going to kill me?"

When Hargreaves was being carried away, he kept shaking his head and talking about international law.

"Our people have records about you. A group of Shanxi merchants went to your country to smuggle goods about two years ago. Perhaps you don't remember it anymore. Do you need me to help you recall it? If you remember it now, do you think your death was unjust?"

Liu Xiaoshan talked as he walked, and when he finished speaking, he had already left the tent. Hargreaves then remembered that two years ago, some Chinese businessmen passed by his housing area. At that time, he had not received military pay for several months, and his men were almost disobedient. He had no choice but to lead his men to kill dozens of Chinese businessmen, and then distribute the goods and money as military pay.

He had always thought that no one knew about this matter, but he didn't expect that it would be exposed now. It seems that his death was not unjust.

As for Boris, Liu Xiaoshan has examined these two people. Hargreaves will not be useful to me. If I rely on him to manage the prisoner-of-war camp, he might cause one prison break after another, or even a collective riot.

But Boris is different. He got promoted through nepotism and is in charge of more than 10,000 Russian prisoners, plus more than 8,000 Xiongnu prisoners. There should be no problem with this guy's talent. Moreover, under the pressure of our people, he will not stand up for these prisoners. He will only be more brutal than us. He is a very good manager.

Seeing Hargreaves being shot in the head, Boris was trembling with fear. He almost suffered the same fate. After seeing this scene, the other officers no longer had the bravery they usually showed. They only wanted to survive.

"You've seen it all, right? I don't want to say anything more. We're living one day at a time now. Go back and take good care of your men. Don't treat them as your own soldiers, but only as tools for our survival."

When they walked out of the tent, Boris had already begun brainwashing his officers. If we want to live a good life here, we must use our men like beasts of burden and complete all the tasks assigned by these Chinese soldiers.

Although some officers felt uncomfortable, they had to admit that what Boris said was true. In a place like this, you must show your usefulness so that you can become the manager of the prisoner-of-war camp. If you fail to show your usefulness, then you will be like those soldiers and start working like cattle and horses every day.

Some of these people were sent to Erdaohekou to build a bridge there, another part was sent to the simple airport on the other side of the river, and another part was sent to repair a road back to the inland. Our transport team cannot just mess around on the grassland. After repairing a road, the transportation efficiency will be greatly increased.

"Reporting to the commander, the First Brigade has arrived in Mandala, defeating over 3,000 Xiongnu troops along the way."

After hearing the report from the telecommunications personnel, Liu Xiaoshan took a breath. He thought his advance speed was fast enough, but compared with Tang Guoping's First Brigade, it seemed a little slow.

The battle of Erdaohekou had little to do with his Second Brigade. It was nothing more than running a little faster and taking credit for the achievement.

The real competition has just begun. It is said that your First Infantry Brigade is the elite of the entire army. This time, let us compete on the same stage.

"Notify all troops to rest for two hours and then march north immediately, heading towards Prince Bashan's camp."

Although Liu Xiaoshan was reluctant to make the Xiongnu army the main target of attack, the camp of Prince Bashan was just seven hundred miles to our north. If we didn't eliminate them, there would be no point in continuing to move north. It would be like picking grass and hunting rabbits, so who would it matter who we attacked?