Rebirth of the National Marshal

"I think the Central Military and Political Department should bear a certain responsibility for the deterioration of the battlefield in North China into its current situation. When assigning tasks, the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs gave heavier tasks to local troops and lighter tasks to the central army. Moreover, the places defended by local troops are all relatively dangerous places, while the places defended by the central army are all important transportation routes, and they retreat faster, so the losses of local troops are also relatively large." General Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army suffered the greatest losses on the battlefield, so his words were the most incisive at the military meeting.

Although General Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army had been split into several factions, and those people no longer listened to her, it was still the old army that she had led. Seeing her old army suffer such heavy losses, she certainly felt uncomfortable. But no one expected that he would bring it up at this meeting.

When the leaders of several other local warlords heard what Feng Yuxiang said, they also wanted to stand up and say that they had been irritated for long enough and were also uncomfortable. To them, your Central Army is powerful, but there is no need to be so obvious. We won’t say anything about the usual weapons and supplies, after all, you are the ones who pay for it. But on the battlefield, you are using the devils to kill us and consume our strength.

Things like reducing the number of vassal states have happened in every era, but isn't this a critical time for the survival of the country? Can we still engage in such internal friction? If we continue like this, let alone resisting the Japanese devils, we need to solve these internal problems. If we can't solve these problems, we may even fall apart if the Japanese devils don't come.

"Everyone, please pay attention to the order in the meeting hall. Now is not the time to discuss the North China Campaign. Let's not pursue what we did in the past, and there is no point in pursuing these issues. What we need to do now is to work out a practical solution to save our country." Hearing the commotion below, if the principal did not say a word at this time, today would probably go off topic again. Just like in previous meetings, there would be no conclusion to be reached. In the past, there was still time to waste, but now there is no time to waste. Every day is very important.

"I agree to the proposal to open a second battlefield in the Yangtze River Delta region. To this end, we will allocate the strength of three armies to support the battle in the Yangtze River Delta." General Li Zongren was the first local leader to stand up and support the central government's decision.

"We Sichuan troops don't have much in terms of numbers. We will send 10 troops to support the Yangtze River Delta." General Liu Xiang of Bashu also immediately expressed his position.

The chairman's expression was pretty good. In his opinion, although these local warlords usually played tricks on him, they were still able to see clearly what they should do when facing the gains and losses of the country. When the nest is overturned, no egg can remain intact.

"We, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, can only send one division of troops, mainly because we suffered heavy losses in the North China Campaign and our own defense zone is already very tense at the moment." Everyone here is very clear about the situation of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. As long as they can keep the local situation unchanged, it is already very good. As for whether they can support the Songhu battlefield, it doesn't matter.

"You'd better not withdraw this division of troops. I've looked at your defense situation. It's good enough if you can maintain the current status quo. The resources the central government can provide you are very limited." The principal thought about it and decided to reject this division of troops.

The expressions on everyone's faces at this time can be said to be very interesting. In the past, as long as he could seize an opportunity, the principal would definitely do everything he could to weaken the local warlords and would never give them the opportunity to develop. What happened today? The Shanxi Suiyuan Army has already sent a division of troops. Even if they are cannon fodder, there are nearly 1 people. Unexpectedly, the principal actually refused.

It can be seen from here that the situation in the whole of China has really reached the most dangerous time. Even the principal can put aside past grudges and devote all his strength to dealing with foreign enemies. What else can you local warlords say? Mao Yuanshan opened his mouth several times and really wanted to contribute his own strength. Unfortunately, he knew the situation clearly. They are all new troops. Don't expect them to attack. If they can defend the current territory, they will be very lucky.

In the end, all the local warlords present agreed to send about 30 troops to support the central government in the decisive battle in the Songhu area. This is very similar to the historical trend. However, Mao Yuanshan can be sure that when the Songhu Battle just started in history, no one expected that so many troops would be concentrated.

There are about 20 central troops concentrated here, plus 30 local troops, the total number exceeds 50.

Although in history the Battle of Shanghai finally mobilized nearly 70 troops, that number was reached on the basis of continuously increasing reinforcements. Now so many are being deployed from the very beginning, which is much larger than the scale in history. Mao Yuanshan has already felt that the military war in the Yangtze River Delta region has definitely gone beyond the historical trend. As for how far it will go, that is not something he can know.

"Chairman, since we have already made the decision, we have to raise some difficulties. The biggest difficulty now is our air force. If we can have an air force to support us on the battlefield, the losses can be reduced a lot. We have also seen the feedback from the North China Campaign. The air force almost killed nearly a quarter of our troops. Many soldiers died under the air force's machine gun fire before they even reached the front line." Bai Chongxi, as the deputy chief of staff of the Military Revolutionary Committee, has now begun to raise some specific issues. As long as the general direction is determined, these military strategy issues will come later.

"Regarding the air force, I can report a good news to everyone. Governor Mao of Chahar has provided us with a batch of aircraft, including about 100 fighters and 50 bombers. These aircraft will arrive at the Songhu front line soon." The prince was a junior in this meeting. Although he was the future crown prince, he usually did not speak. Now he finally got an opportunity and hoped to show his face in front of these bigwigs.

"It seems that our young man is really a capable person." With Mr. Li Zongren's compliment, the atmosphere in the conference room began to liven up.