War of Resistance: Wipe out a Japanese infantry battalion at the start.

(A four thousand word chapter)

“What the hell?!!!” Wang Tiezhu!

"Three million tons of surface ships? Five hundred thousand tons of submarines?" Ge Dayong!

"Commander, we are just dreaming, but at least there is a possibility of success. You are not dreaming, you are wishful thinking!" Li Mingqiang!

Looking at his three partners who looked at him like a fool, Chu Feng didn't say much. He just smiled and said, "Hey, no?"

"No, let's just walk and see!"

"Ten years is a bit long, let's wait and see for two years."

"How about two years from now, our surface ships reach a tonnage of 130,000 tons, plus a submarine force of 50,000 tons?"

After hearing Chu Feng's words, the three partners looked at each other and saw the seriousness in each other's eyes.

"Commander, do you want to make a bet?"

Wang Tiezhu asked.

"That's right!"

Chu Feng nodded vigorously and said, "It's just a bet!"

"I lost, so I promise you one condition. I'll do whatever you say!"

"What if you lose?"

Hearing Chu Feng's seriousness, the three partners became excited. They exchanged glances, and finally Wang Tiezhu, on behalf of the three, said, "Whatever you say, we three will do it!"

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Chu Feng laughed and stretched out his hand, and the four of them crossed their hands and stacked them together.

The bet takes effect!

Then, we talked about some other things.

Chu Feng doesn't have to worry about the government, because government officials at all levels have been prepared for this day.

After the county was taken, these people immediately took up their posts.

If you say that it is impossible to establish a complete government in the county, from low to high.

But every county town has a garrison regiment or an internal security regiment. At that time, only a few members of the government team will be needed to command the garrison regiment and the internal security regiment to get through the early stage, and then slowly develop and promote them in the future.

"Commander, now that we've taken Beiping, once the Saibei Border Region is established, will we still stay in Yuan County?"

Li Mingqiang looked at Chu Feng and asked.

"No!"

Chu Feng waved his hand slightly upon hearing this and said, "We won't stay in Yuan County anymore. This is where we made our fortune, but it's not suitable to be the capital of a border region."

Hearing Chu Feng's words, the three of them looked at Chu Feng.

"Then, shall we go to Peking?"

Ge Dayong asked curiously, "Last time when we were chatting, you said you didn't want to go to Peking."

"Ok!"

Chu Feng nodded, met his partners' gazes, and said with a smile, "Beiping is not bad. It is the ancient capital of several dynasties. Most people want to live in Beiping so that they can realize their ambition to dominate the world."

"However, I don't want to go to Peking. Not only is there no strategic location to defend, but it also has little potential for development."

"For us, once we choose the location of the capital, we will not move for three to five years."

“Secondly, we need a place with sufficient strategic depth.”

Chu Feng paused and said, "So, I plan to choose Guisui or Lucheng in Suiyuan Province as our capital."

"Suiyuan?"

After hearing Chu Feng's choice, the three partners pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Chief of Staff Wang Tiezhu followed up, "The location is good, and the strategic depth is long enough, especially for dealing with the Japanese."

"However, compared to the Japanese, their strategic depth is very strong, but for our neighbors to the north, it is too close!"

"Once you choose Guisui or Lucheng, the straight-line distance to the border is only about 170 to 200 kilometers."

"Once the Russian Bear Country moves south, it will be difficult to hold on at the speed of a steel torrent." As a soldier, Wang Tiezhu's first consideration is the issue of safety.

After Wang Tiezhu finished speaking, Ge Dayong nodded in agreement and said, "Indeed, the distance is too close."

“Between nations, there are only eternal interests, not eternal friends.”

Looking at his three partners with serious expressions, Chu Feng smiled and said, "Of course I know about this situation, so I also said, within two to three years!"

"When we drive the Japanese to the south bank of the Yellow River and the Huaihai Plain, we can move the capital."

"At that time, Peking was very suitable!"

"Right now, our best option is Suiyuan Province. At the same time, we can also use the time we have been stationed in Suiyuan Province to properly renovate the city of Beiping."

"The Imperial City is just an Imperial City now. The sanitary environment and urban layout are too backward."

"Within two to three years, we will complete the modernization of Beiping and expand the city outward."

"We must protect these old cities. If necessary, we can evacuate all the people from Beiping and station them in the new cities."

“Arrangements will be made after the renovation of the old town is completed.”

"While our ship is small and easy to turn around, we should carry out drastic reforms and construction. Otherwise, it will be difficult to go to Beiping City when we really choose to do so."

"If things go wrong, these ancient city walls and old houses may not be able to be preserved."

After hearing what Chu Feng said, the three partners fell into silence, because this was the first time they had heard of Chu Feng's plan.

Protect the city of Peking? Renovate the city of Peking? Build a new city of Peking?

None of these three things is a small matter.

“This is a huge project!~”

Li Mingqiang couldn't help but sigh: "Before the full-scale war of resistance broke out, there were 150 million people in Beiping, more than in Nanjing."

"If we start building a new city now, there will indeed be little resistance. But once we go to Peking in a few years, it will be too difficult to start construction."

"I can't start from scratch, I can only patch it up."

At this point, Li Mingqiang looked at Chu Feng and asked, "Commander, if that's the case, it would definitely be a huge expense."

"Hahahaha!"

Hearing Li Mingqiang's words, Chu Feng smiled and said, "It does require a lot of expenses, but in my opinion, it's all worth it."

"Besides, we are not short of money. As long as our industry continues to develop and our assets continue to increase, we can continue to issue Saibei currency."

"Not to mention, what is Uncle Zhao Wu doing?"

"By the time Uncle Zhao Wu is ready to harvest the Japanese, that will be a huge sum of money, at least 3 billion yen."

"Two hundred million yen is more than enough to rebuild a city with a population of one million."

"Not to mention, the Pingjin area is the great plain we've always dreamed of. When the time comes, if we make good plans, it will become a true economic, cultural, and industrial center."

"After reconstruction, the city of Beiping, including the new urban area, the old urban area, and the surrounding industrial areas, as well as places like Tianjin, Tangshan, and Baoding, has become an economic zone."

"In my imagination, this place can accommodate at least 60 million people."

"Cities like Beijing and Tianjin each have a population of around five to six million, nearly ten million."

Chu Feng never stops talking until he has shocked the world. As soon as he said these words, the CPUs of his three partners were directly burned.

"More than 60 million?"

"A city with a population of tens of millions?"

"How big is this? Oh my god!!!"

"The largest city in the country right now, the Magic City, has a population of only 3.5 million."

"..."

After being surprised, shocked, and doubtful, Li Mingqiang looked at Chu Feng and said, "Commander, is this too much?"

"Is it much?"

Chu Feng smiled and asked back, but he didn't wait for his three partners to answer. He shook his head and said, "Not much, not at all."

"We need to take a long-term view. We can't just look at the current situation, but we need to look at it decades or even decades from now."

"If you think a few decades is too far away, then we can look at it from the perspective of other imperialist and developed countries."

"For example, in the United States, their largest city, New York City, has a population of 700 million. How many people are there in the United States? How many people are there in China?"

"Our current population policy encourages people to have children, which will lead to a rapid population growth. Furthermore, a large number of factories have sprung up in the Tianjin-Beijing area."

"It will definitely attract more people. Maybe within three to five years or twelve to thirteen years, the population of this area will exceed 10 million."

"What about the future? Especially since our capital is located here, then this will be the core of our border region, and it will attract more people."

Having said that, Chu Feng looked at his three partners, especially Li Mingqiang, and said, "Old Li, you have a heavy burden on your shoulders!"

"Especially talent in government needs to be cultivated."

"Beiping City and Tianjin are for the future. We will first focus on Suiyuan Province, Lucheng, Guisui, the Houtao Plain, the Yimeng on the south bank of the Yellow River, Yungang, Yuanxian, and Zhangjiakou."

"Within two to three years, we will transform these six places into cities with a population of one million."

"Take this opportunity to train a group of talents."

"Pick out for me a mayor and city leadership team for the cities in the Pingjin area."

"I'll set a small goal for you. Within two years, develop these six places I've identified into populations of one million each."

"Within three to five years, several major cities in the Beijing-Tianjin area will also be developed into cities with a population of one million."

"Beijing and Tianjin, for example, have both surpassed one million in population, so they should all develop into metropolises with populations of three million."

"We want to become the third center of the War of Resistance in the country, in addition to the southwest and northwest regions, and the largest one."

At this point, Chu Feng thought of something and said, "Oh right, Lao Li, after the establishment of the Saibei Border Region, all walks of life, including industry, agriculture, and animal husbandry, will see great development. Our demand for population is quite high."

"Are you prepared?"

"Infrastructure, in particular, requires us to build roads, railways, and bridges. After all, roads and railways are the main arteries of economic development."

“If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. If the roads are not built, how can you develop?”

"For us, people are an inaccessible treasure. The war for talent is about to begin, not only for those with special skills, but also for ordinary people."

Hearing Chu Feng talking about the population problem, Li Mingqiang couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and said: "To be honest, Commander, I have never thought about the population problem."

"Because what we lack right now is job opportunities, and how to feed so many people. Including the newly acquired Suiyuan Province, Chahar Province, and the Beiping-Tianjin region, our total population is already around 20 to 30 million. Isn't that enough?"

Not only Li Mingqiang didn't understand, but Wang Tiezhu and Ge Dayong also didn't understand. They all looked at Chu Feng with confusion.

"not enough!"

Chu Feng shook his head upon hearing this and said, "Our Chinese population is 400 million, but they are distributed throughout the country."

"Twenty or thirty million sounds like a lot, but it's not much in Suiyuan or Chahar provinces!"

"The population of the Pingjin area cannot be moved. They will be the core of our future vigorous development."

"Then there won't be much left for these two provinces. How can they develop such a vast territory with such a small population?"

"If we remove children and the elderly, how many young and middle-aged people are left?"

"So your most important task right now isn't to develop the economy. The most important thing is to quickly find someone to make plans. The sooner the better. Start recruiting people!"

"We are poaching people from the southwest, the Central Plains, and our southern region."

"Contact our connections and snatch him away!!!"

"Don't wait until you really need someone before you start working. By then it will be too late."

"I can't catch up!"

Hearing Chu Feng's words, Li Mingqiang didn't quite understand, but after being together for so long, he also knew his teacher well. Something that Chu Feng said so seriously must be absolutely important.

It’s okay not to understand, it’s okay not to know, but you must do it first, and then you will slowly understand it later. Just follow orders and do your job!

"Okay, Commander!"

Li Mingqiang said directly without further ado, "I will immediately lead a team to formulate a plan to capture these people, and immediately communicate with the relevant local warlords to facilitate the migration of people northward."

At this point, Li Mingqiang looked at Chu Feng and asked, "How many people should we grab in the first round? What's the scale?"

Hearing Li Mingqiang's question, Chu Feng pondered for a moment and said, "First, we will seize the young and strong people and those with special skills. We will strive to bring back 300 million people within a year."

After getting a relatively fixed number, Li Mingqiang had a rough idea and said with a smile, "Okay, Commander!"

Just at this moment, footsteps were heard from outside.

Hearing the footsteps, everyone stopped talking in tacit agreement, and soon a voice was heard outside: "Commander, telegram!"

Li Mingqiang, who was closest to the door, stood up, opened the door, and took the telegram.

After handing over the telegram, the telegram deliveryman turned and left.

"what?"

Li Mingqiang closed the door and started reading the telegrams in his hand.

It didn't matter that he saw it. After seeing it, he first exclaimed in surprise, and then laughed. He said to Chu Feng, who was sitting in the first seat, "Hahaha!"

"Commander, guess what this is?"

Looking at Li Mingqiang who was keeping the secret, Chu Feng and the other two became curious.

"These are telegrams from the Northern Route Army, the Three Horses of the Northwest, and some government lists mentioning some non-regular troops."

"It's obvious that they also received the telegram from the Nationalist government and knew they were being used, so they came to interfere with our affairs."

"Faced with the unbearable behavior of the Nationalist government, and thinking of our threat, they all sent us telegrams to say that they would not come and expressed their full support for us."

Hearing Li Mingqiang's words, Chu Feng, Wang Tiezhu and Ge Dayong were stunned at first, and then they all laughed, their smiles full of sarcasm.

Li Mingqiang was so happy when he saw the expressions of the three people that he couldn't stop grinning. He said with a smile: "Now, there will be a good show to watch!"