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

Tang City, Hebei Province.

Compared with Li Shaoyi's anger, Zhao Tiezhu was not that angry. Instead, he greeted Wang Huaili, the commander of the 25th Division of the Central Army, who came to take over with a smile on his face.

According to the above regulations, the police stations in various places will still be managed by Li Shaoyi, but the troops of the 72nd Army will be ordered to be transferred to the north, so the 22 districts and counties here will be jointly defended by the 25th Division of the Central Army and the 17th Independent Brigade.

Originally, Zhao Tiezhu's Third Infantry Division was almost a monster with nearly 100,000 people, so it was able to suppress the Japanese locally. The Central Army had an infantry division of 11,000 people, plus an independent brigade of 6,000 people.

Moreover, there were basically not many heavy weapons. The total number of Japanese devils in Tianjin City reached 7,000. Because of the handover of the Beijing-Fengtian Railway, all the Japanese barracks along the way were withdrawn, so all these people retreated to the Japanese Concession in Zizhulin, Tianjin.

The army stationed in this area is mainly to guard against these 7,000 people. When Zhao Tiezhu was here before, the Japanese did not have the courage to do so, but if it were someone else, it would be hard to say.

According to what Zhao Tiezhu said during a meeting with his officers, they thought this was a piece of fat meat, but they didn't know that there were nails hidden inside the fat meat. When eating this piece of fat meat, it is easy to bite your mouth. Let's hurry up and leave. They can come when they want, but it is not so easy for them to leave.

"Commander Zhao, what do you mean?"

Wang Huaili had already signed all the documents with Zhao Tiezhu, but when he sent people to the military camps, all the gates were closed. Although there were not many soldiers inside, there were some people left to look after the houses. Wang Huaili did not want to have a conflict with the 72nd Army. After all, he was very clear about how big the gap in combat effectiveness was between the two sides.

"To be honest, although the handover documents state that you will be stationed in our barracks, we built them all with our own money. We used our own treasury. You can check the Ministry of Finance's accounts, but they didn't give us a dime. The 1.2 million yuan we were promised is all in the accounts, not in our hands. Moreover, our barracks have been mortgaged to Citibank. They used their money to build them. Now we want to withdraw, and you want to take over, but who should pay for it?"

Zhao Tiezhu said cheerfully that they had a total of fifteen military camps in North China.

At that time, the central government approved 1.2 million taels of silver, but up to now, not a penny of this money has been received. Zhao Tiezhu took nearly 2 million taels of silver from Li Shaoyi before he could complete the construction of these military camps.

To put it bluntly, this is our private property, not the government's. It's no problem to transfer it over. Just pay us back for all the money we spent, and this land will be yours.

"But without a military camp, I can't have my brothers sleeping on the street outside. That would be a disgrace to the Party and the country."

Wang Huaili said anxiously that he was a soldier and only knew that his superiors had asked him to live here. As for the rest of the matters, he thought it was not his business and he could not take care of them.

"Hasn't there been enough embarrassing things for the Party and the country? We recovered lost territory in the north. While it can't be said to be expanding territory, it is still a second-rate achievement. But in Nanjing, didn't they still send people to pick peaches? And they adjusted the timing like this. We are all insiders, you understand what I mean..."

Zhao Tiezhu snorted coldly. It was impossible for him to say that he had no complaints about this matter. The reason why he did not show it was that he did not want his subordinates to follow his temper. Once everyone started to act together, the Japanese might not attack us before we had to fight the Central Army.

"you……"

Wang Huaili was so stunned that he couldn't utter a word. At this moment, a messenger came over with a telegram from a distance.

Zhao Tiezhu knew what the telegram was talking about without even looking at it. It should be the troops of the 29th Army, who were divided into two groups, one starting from Peking and the other from Tianjin, preparing to open up a passage between the two places.

Originally, the 29th Army was stationed in two places, but the Japanese used the Jidong Autonomous Government to separate the 29th Army. After Li Shaoyi occupied this place, although it did not hinder the communication between the 29th Army, the 29th Army felt uncomfortable because of the presence of Zhao Tiezhu's Third Division in the middle.

But because the relationship between the two armies was good, and the 72nd Army was very powerful, the 29th Army did not dare to cause trouble. Now that the 25th Division of the National Army had just arrived, what was there to be afraid of? Except for their special forces battalion and a regiment, the rest of the troops had not arrived yet, so the 29th Army had to take over in advance.

The area where Zhao Tiezhu is stationed was taken from the Japanese. Now that the 72nd Army is leaving, it is not the turn of the Central Army. Our 29th Army is the king of this area. Moreover, when the 29th Army first arrived, the entire North China was their garrison.

"Commander Zhao, you can't leave now. Order your troops to hold their positions strictly. Don't let the 29th Army enter your positions. I will notify Jinling immediately."

Wang Huaili said anxiously. He certainly knew how difficult these local warlords were. When he was in Nanjing, he looked down on these local warlords. But he also had some people under his command who came from local warlords. These people played tricks on you in the local area, and really made you unable to find your way.

"Commander Wang, wait a minute..."

After Wang Huaili finished speaking, he was about to run back, but Zhao Tiezhu quickly grabbed him.

"Our handover agreement clearly states that the handover will be completed by 6:00 this afternoon. I will have nothing to do with the defense of North China. You've already signed it, and it's already 6:30. So, if you continue to hold back the 29th Army, it will be unjustifiable. What if the Ministry of Military Affairs accuses me of causing friction? Wouldn't that ruin the rest of my life?"

Zhao Tiezhu asked the clerk next to him to open the agreement, which clearly stated that the deadline was six o'clock this afternoon.

When the agreement was signed just now, Wang Huaili was very happy, but now seeing the smile on Zhao Tiezhu's face, he absolutely believed that there was a conspiracy in this matter, and Zhao Tiezhu was definitely involved.

But you can't say that on someone else's territory. If a fight really breaks out, look at the 72nd Army soldiers around you. They're all as strong as iron men. The people he brought with him might not be their match. He'd get beaten up for nothing, and there'd be no place to complain. Fights in the military are never investigated...