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

Somewhere northwest of Peking

Li Shaoyi re-established the North China War Zone Command here. No matter what the top leaders of the Nationalist government thought, I have set it up here anyway. What can I do if they are unwilling?

If you don't appoint me as the commander-in-chief, the commander you appoint will not be able to cause much trouble in the entire North China region. Anyway, except for our 72nd Army, other armies do not have the ability to support it.

"Marshal, do we consider ourselves kings now?"

Zhao Tiezhu was a little surprised and said that they had had an idea for a long time, that is, all official positions were appointed by the Nanjing National Government. Now that we have set up our own sign, we wonder if this counts.

"If you don't have the strength, you're rebelling. If you have the strength, you're establishing yourself as king. We now occupy North China, and we have the final say here. If anyone is dissatisfied, you can come and talk to me."

Li Shaoyi snorted coldly and said, "I won't give too much explanation to those who are dissatisfied."

You can think whatever you want, but you are just thinking about it. There is no way you can take any substantial action. At present in North China, the 72nd Army has lost more than 30,000 people. This is the actual situation today. What can you get by just talking?

"So what do we do next?"

Zhao Tiezhu led his troops to retreat from Tianjin. Today, all the troops had crossed Beiping and arrived at its periphery. What should they do next? They still had to obey Li Shaoyi's orders.

"From now on, we must strictly guard against it. We must start fighting for every city and every piece of land, and try our best to trap the Japanese army to the east and south of Peking. As for the land we have now, it's up to you."

According to Li Shaoyi's original idea, if our strength is strong enough, we will directly occupy the entire North China.

But unfortunately, our strength is limited and we cannot occupy such a large land for the time being. We can only occupy part of it. With the Chahar base behind us, we don’t want to lose the remaining land at all.

"We've finally received the order to hold out. You don't know, but there are still a bunch of stubborn people in our army who want to defend Tianjin to the death. They always feel that with our current strength, giving up the land of Tianjin would be like betraying our ancestors."

Zhao Tiezhu not only did not feel that the task was difficult, but he immediately became happy. Li Shaoyi knew that he had a group of stubborn people under his command, and the leader of this group of stubborn people must be Zhao Tiezhu in front of him.

These guys never cared about their own life or death. They would rather die on the battlefield than fight the devils. In their eyes, why should we give our land to the devils? When retreating from Tianjin, although the various armies suffered heavy losses, our main force was still there.

If we had fought the Japanese, it is hard to say what the situation in Tianjin would be like now.

"I've said this countless times. This battle requires us to be strategic. If we follow your style of fighting and wipe out our entire army, we'll lose even more territory. Our strength is limited, so we can only hold onto a portion of it. Tianjin is too far from our rear."

Zhao Tiezhu and his men had almost memorized Li Shaoyi's explanations, but they couldn't say much. After all, this was the commander-in-chief's conclusion. Now the time had finally come, and he ordered us to defend our local area strictly, as the battles ahead would be tough.

"Are we guarding the perimeter of Peking?"

Zhao Tiezhu was too lazy to care about other things and quickly turned the topic to the Third Infantry Division.

The 3rd Infantry Division made a name for itself in the First Battle of North China, inflicting heavy damage to the Japanese with a casualty ratio of one to ten.

Of course, this number is nothing to be proud of. On the one hand, Li Shaoyi also mobilized elite troops from other armies, such as the guard battalion of the First Division and some outstanding troops of the Second Division. Secondly, the casualty ratio of one to ten on the northern grasslands is really not enough for our army.

If you can score 1 to 20, maybe someone will look at you with respect.

"You're the only ones here right now, but I have to be frank. I'm going to mobilize a large number of troops from the Chahar base to the south. There could be a war in Pujiang that's even bigger than the one in Tianjin, so we need to be prepared."

Li Shaoyi had said this before, but Zhao Tiezhu was a little skeptical. It was not that he did not believe in our transportation capabilities, but that he did not believe in Japan's capabilities.

In Zhao Tiezhu's opinion, the Northeast needs a large number of Japanese troops. The Japanese have lost so many people in Tianjin, and they are going to fight in Pujiang. Can a small country like Japan have so many troops?

"I know I shouldn't say this, but we have to do the math. We already have quite a few people in Pujiang, and there are other armies around us. We lost over 30,000 men in Jincheng, and all the troops have suffered heavy losses. We need to rest for a while. Besides, fighting the Japanese is not our business. Those Central Army troops are so arrogant every day, so let them try."

When Zhao Tiezhu talked about the Central Army, there was disdain in his eyes.

You usually guide this army and that army, and regard all the armies as makeshift teams. Only they are from proper professional backgrounds. But when the Japanese attacked, you guys ran faster than anyone else. Even though the situation was already bad, you still had to open your mouths and close your mouths to avoid friction.

On the battlefield of Tianjin, thousands of our brothers died in battle every day, and more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers were killed. Do you still call this friction?

"Didn't I tell you earlier not to get angry with the warlords back home? Now is the time for us to unite and fight the Japanese together. If we start fighting among ourselves, the Japanese will be most happy for us to get along with other domestic armies. As long as they are fighting the Japanese, they are our brothers. If they are not fighting the Japanese and instead come to cause trouble for us, then we will fight back fiercely."

Li Shaoyi's remarks had already been notified to officers of all levels in the 72nd Army. As long as the other side was an anti-Japanese army, we could talk about anything, whether it was territory or arms. Even if we suffered some losses, it would not be a problem. After all, we were all on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War.

But if someone doesn't fight the Japanese and still wants to meddle in our affairs, like Commander Han from Ludong Province, didn't we teach him a lesson? An infantry division was directly incorporated.

This is because his remaining troops ran faster. If they ran slower, according to Ma Leizi's personality, the rest would have been eaten by you...