Rebirth of the National Marshal

"Bastard, how did Wang Laoliu promise me that not an inch of the position would be lost? Now he has given the position to others. Where is this bastard? Let the military court catch him. I want to shoot him." Zhang Zizhong, commander of the 38th Division, was furious at the division headquarters.

"Division Commander, Company Commander Wang died for his country half an hour ago." The communications staff officer said in a low voice. No one from the two companies of the 38th Division survived.

"Have the reinforcements arrived? They must be made to retake Laobei Street at all costs." General Zhang Zizhong was extremely angry. The Japanese actually dared to attack him first. Did they think he was a soft persimmon?

"Report to the division commander, the military told us to stay calm and not to clash with the Japs for the time being. They have already contacted the central government and the League of Nations." The top brass of the 29th Army feared the most that if they threw their troops into the fight against the Japanese, the central government would not care about them. This is what the central government has been doing to reduce the number of miscellaneous troops in recent years.

"This damn international alliance is of no use at all. Let's let our own reserve troops charge forward and order the guard company to assemble and go to the front line." General Zhang Zizhong took off his military coat and took out a pistol, ready to lead the guard company to charge forward.

"Division Commander, you can't go up. Our 20,000 brothers in the entire division are depending on you. I will take the reserve troops up now. If you can't take back the position, you can shoot me." After saying this, the company commander of the division headquarters guard company turned around and went out.

Although the 38th Division has more than people, the area they are distributed over is too wide. If troops are randomly transferred from other positions, it may cause greater chaos and give the Japanese more opportunities.

Zhang Zizhong also understood the commander's concerns. The commander had invested all his life's efforts in the 29th Army. If the 29th Army really suffered heavy losses, don't expect the central government to replenish it. By then, you will have no bargaining chips to stand on. But now is not the time for warlords to fight. Now is the national justice. We must stop the Japanese and don't let them invade. The whole of North China is in danger. The Japanese are now attacking with real weapons and don't even want to hide.

"Commander, today's newspaper has been published." The attendant brought a newspaper.

The Japanese army brazenly launched an attack on our troops stationed in North China. Our 29th Army in North China fought bravely. The central government decided to resist to the end and advised the Japanese invaders to wake up as soon as possible. President Chiang Kai-shek ordered the troops stationed in North China to fight to the last soldier and not to retreat even a single step.

It seemed that the full-scale war of resistance was really about to break out. The Japanese did not expect that their provocation would lead to the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance, nor did they expect that such a voice would be heard within the central government.

Mao Yuanshan was also dumbfounded when he saw all this. This was obviously wrong, as there were still several months before the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance.

The reason why the central government made such a decision is that the Northeast is different from North China. The central government’s interests in the Northeast are very small, and losing the Northeast will not be a big loss for the central government. However, it is different in North China. Except for the Jianghuai region, North China can be said to be the most important region for the central government.

The Japanese encroachment strategy had been seen through by the central government, and President Chiang was also a decisive person. Another major problem was that there was no other army in this era as there would be in later generations, and the GNG Party did not appear in this era. This also made President Chiang firm in his determination to fight against Japan.

At this time, the Japanese were hit much harder by the financial crisis than in later generations, so they had no choice but to launch a war in advance, hoping that the resources of North China would help them speed up their economic recovery.

On February 2, the North China Garrison Army launched an attack on the 19th Army of the Chinese Army on three fronts. Commander Song of the 29th Army issued a declaration of resistance, vowing to fight to the death and never become a slave of a conquered nation.

On the same day, Mao Yuanshan, deputy commander of the Beijing Security Force, led the Security Corps to attack the Japanese Concession. More than 1500 Japanese militants clashed with the Security Corps. After evacuating all the Chinese in the Japanese Concession, the Security Corps soldiers set up more than 50 Type 3000 infantry guns and bombarded the Japanese Concession, killing and injuring more than people.

2月20日，京城周围两个步兵联队向京城外围防线发动进攻，29军的37师率军迎战，双方激战一天29军死亡1500余人后阵地丢失。

On the same day, the 38th Division near Tianjin launched an attack on Tianjin City. The 29th Division was forced to resist in self-defense. The 129th Brigade of the 600th Army took a train to support Tianjin. After the reinforcements arrived, the front line was relatively stable. The Japanese army suffered more than casualties and did not achieve any results.

On February 2, Mao Yuanshan, deputy commander of the Beijing Security Force, announced the recovery of the Japanese Concession in Beijing, and the independent battalion of the security corps headed for Tianjin.

"We will have a great victory on our way to Tianjin!" Mao Yuanshan only said four words to Xie Tianhua on the way.

People from all walks of life in the capital spontaneously took to the streets to see off the security corps soldiers who were heading to the Tianjin front. At the same time, major newspapers also spread the news from the North China front to all parts of the country, and people from all over the country spontaneously organized donation parades to support the North China front.

The central government ordered the three divisions stationed in the Central Plains to move north with all their strength and prepare to encircle the 29st and nd Infantry Regiments together with the th Army.

Looking at the central government's move, Mao Yuanshan really couldn't agree with it.

Are you kidding me? Three divisions with more than 3 people plus one division of the 29th Army have a total of more than 5 people. It takes a long time to plan to wipe out their two infantry regiments.

Now a Japanese infantry regiment has about 3000 people, and two infantry regiments together have only 7000 people. I really don't know what to say when 5 people are used to fight against 7000 people and they still need to be so cautious.

"Commander, you can't say that. They don't have weapons and equipment like we do. The equipment of the Central Army is very good, and they also use Mauser rifles, but they are all imitated by us, not purely made in Germany, and bullet jams often happen when using them. In fact, the most important thing is that they lack a large number of artillery. They don't even have many of the smallest caliber 29 mortars. Even if they have artillery, they don't have shells." Wang Bing knew the situation of the Central Army. Although the Central Army was much better than the th Army, there was still a big gap compared to the Security Corps.

"We have received orders from above. We cannot move easily now." Mao Yuanshan said helplessly as he looked at the order. Now the 29th Army has begun to attack. The entire capital city has been emptied. The order given to the security corps by the central government is also very tough, which is to keep you in the capital city.

"The capital cannot be lost. Once it falls, people in the whole of North China will be in unrest." Wang Bing said earnestly.

"I understand this logic, but if the Central Army and the 29th Army both fail, relying on our security corps to guard the capital is nothing but dreaming." This path was completely different from what Mao Yuanshan had thought. He originally wanted to lead a team to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese devils everywhere, but now he had been assigned a defensive job. However, he could not just abandon this place. In later generations, because Pingjin was lost, the entire North China was also lost.

However, one thing that is better now than before is that the Japanese concession has been captured and all the Japanese in the city are concentrated together for residence. Mao and Yuanshan also sent a telegram to the North China Garrison Army, saying that if you massacre Chinese soldiers and civilians at will, then the 5000 Japanese in the capital will be sorry.

Regarding this practice, most people say that we are the Celestial Empire and cannot use such dangerous methods. Our Director Mao also said that we are a country of etiquette and rituals, so we have to use different methods depending on who we are dealing with. They didn't think about this when they massacred our people.

The central government even sent a sternly worded telegram, but our Young Master Mao simply ignored it. Anyway, your central government is thousands of kilometers away from here, and I am still the one in charge of all matters here. In addition, the 29th Army is rushing to the Tianjin area, so we have the final say around the capital.

It was at this time that Mao Yuanshan felt that he was worthy of the title of city defense commander. Although the 29th Army was considered a friendly force before, many of their concepts were different. The relationship between the two sides could only be described as cooperation, not even that of an allied force. They were all wary of each other. If he had not been able to provide the 29th Army with a large number of cheap weapons, the 29th Army would have wiped him out long ago. It would never allow such an army to emerge next to it.

"Commander, the last troops of the 29th Army are about to retreat. They are 30 kilometers away from us. They will face more than % of the Japanese troops, and we have to face the remaining %. Moreover, the central government has given us a task to dispatch a regiment of troops to garrison in Chenjia Town." Xie Tianhua pointed to a small town on the map.

"Why do we have to be stationed in this place?" Mao Yuanshan was clear about places with larger historical backgrounds, but he was not clear about such small places. In addition, the situation in North China had changed and was somewhat different from the original historical situation.

"The encirclement of the Northwest Army and the Central Army has basically been completed, and the only place left is Chenjia Town, but this place will basically not be chosen. Because the terrain around it is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, a regiment of soldiers is enough to defend this place, unless the Japanese army has a problem with their brains, they will not rush here." Xie Tianhua said helplessly, and Mao Yuanshan also rolled his eyes. This showed that the central government did not trust his combat effectiveness and directly asked him to go to such a place to remedy the situation.

"Commander, the central government is very good. If it were any other ragtag army, it would be impossible to grab such a credit. That's you, the direct subordinate of President Jiang." After Xie Tianhua said this, Mao Yuanshan finally understood. It turned out that they didn't ask him to fight a tough battle, but to pick up credit. Seeing that tens of thousands of troops were encircling and suppressing thousands of troops, the victory must be in their grasp, and it would also be a credit for him to be included in the victory.

But we brothers came to this era to fight against the Japanese, not to gain credit.

"Damn it, this is too much of a disdain for us. Look at our weapons configuration. We can easily defeat not only two companies of Japanese devils, but even two divisions." Mao Yuanshan said arrogantly. Ever since they solved the task with Director Ma, American General Motors trucks have become available for exchange.

The outside price is 3 yuan per car, but the actual exchange price is only 2500 yuan, which is equivalent to 250 merit points per car.

Our Young Master Mao exchanged for 400 vehicles without saying a word. Although he could have exchanged for more trucks, these were enough to avoid arousing suspicion. This also happened to explain what he did with the money he had embezzled from the Japanese devils some time ago.

After all, we are also propelled by motorcycles, and our combat effectiveness is no stronger than that of your Central Army and Northwestern Army.