Rebirth of the National Marshal

"Brother, don't worry about this. Although I can't organize the regular army, I can still organize the militia. Don't forget what we relied on to get started. Chahar is a complete province with nearly 60 counties. Each county can organize a security group. If we organize them all, the number of troops will definitely not be small. Moreover, the militia does not need the approval of the central government. Our provincial government can do it ourselves. Now I am the chairman of the Chahar Provincial Government." Mao Yuanshan took out the letter of appointment in his arms. When he watched TV series before, he knew that this thing had a derogatory meaning. He didn't expect that it could help him so much now.

General Zhang Zizhong patted his forehead, wondering why he hadn't thought that this guy would do this. He started out with the security team. Since he couldn't get the regular army organized, he could just set up a few more security regiments like this. Thinking that there would be 60 security regiments in Chahar in the future, Zhang Zizhong felt dizzy. According to Mao Yuanshan's organization, one regiment would have tens of thousands of people. Was he going to create an army of more than one million?

"Brother, your idea is good, but as far as I know, Chahar is a sparsely populated place with a total population of only more than 800 million. If you want to raise an army of more than 100 million, it will have a huge impact on local life and production. I'm afraid it's not a good idea." Although the more troops the better, it is very helpful in resisting the Japanese devils, but you can't make it too serious for the local area. With a population of more than 800 million, it is impossible to raise an army of more than 100 million, let alone support them.

"Brother, of course I'm not crazy. If we were just investigating a place like Chahar, there wouldn't be so many troops. But look at the three northeastern provinces around us, they have been occupied for a long time. Originally, the main place they fled to was North China, but now North China has also been occupied by the Japanese devils. The Japanese devils will definitely not treat our people well. By then, they will all flee to another place in large numbers. The rich and powerful will all run to the south, but ordinary people, how can they afford to go to the south? Chahar is their last stop, and they will all come here. By then, there will not be 20 million people on more than 800 square kilometers of land, but maybe 1800 million or even 2800 million. By that time, no one will say anything if we put together an army of one million people." Mao Yuanshan pointed to the area around the map and said, and Zhang Zizhong and the others believed it.

No wonder this little brother of mine would think of Chahar. He still has his own ideas. From the map, Chahar is really the best place to receive these refugees.

There is another issue that Mao Yuanshan did not mention, which is that the land of Chahar is extremely rich in various resources.

Basically, it has all the foundations to become a primary industrial base, but the system can only exchange finished products, not production lines and other things, so it needs to buy them from capitalist countries. Mao Yuanshan has a dream of a strong country in his heart, and he can't rely on the system to exchange everything. What if the system is gone one day? He also has to build his own industrial system. Only when a country's industry is strong, can this country be called a world power.

The land of Chahar is very rich in coal and iron resources. There is also a medium-sized oil field near Duolun. In the eyes of the big oil-consuming countries in later generations, such an oil field is not of much use, with an annual output of only a few million tons. But in this era, this is already a super large oil field.

On March 3, the Japanese Army's North China Garrison Headquarters moved to the capital.

On March 3, the League of Nations announced that its mediation had failed.

On March 3, after delivering the State of the Union Address at the National Auditorium, President Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the Central Government, announced the start of the war against Japan. This was also the first time that China declared war on Japan.

At the same time, the Japanese army gathered three divisions and marched south along the Keiura Line.

The National Government mobilized 26 divisions of combat forces to prepare for another sniper war. However, Mao Yuanshan had already anticipated the result of this sniper war, which was similar to that in the Beijing-Tianjin area. Last time, because of the existence of the security brigade, there was still some hope of winning. Now, it would be strange if they did not fail with a ragtag army of more than 20 divisions.

This battle had never happened in the original history. It seemed that my arrival changed everything. The Japanese attacked first without waiting for President Chiang to take action in the south.

Now Mao Yuanshan doesn't dare to take too many actions. It is better not to change history when his strength is not strong enough. This will be beyond his imagination and easily bring himself into a vortex. It is better to concentrate on developing his own power. If his strength is strong enough, what's the use of changing history? He can only let history go according to his own ideas.

The car soon drove into the headquarters of the Chahar Weiguo Brigade.

Mr. Chen Bulei, the representative of the central government who had already arrived here, also came out.

This Mr. Chen is a remarkable person, known as the top writer of the central government. Some of the principal's articles are all written by him. Although he is a literati, he is the one who decides some things. He is an absolute powerful person in the central government, and some local bigwigs cannot be offended easily. This time the central government sent him to appoint himself as the chairman of the Chahar Provincial Government, which can be regarded as a great honor given to him by the higher-ups. Moreover, it is rumored that this person is the teacher of Crown Prince Jiang Jingguo. He has not met that crown prince cousin yet, but the entire government regards him as the crown prince's man. After all, he is his cousin.

Now that there are complicated factions within the government, it is not a bad thing to have a backer. At least, I can receive any movement from the central government, and it can give me some time to act, so that the matter will not be settled, and I will be the one who suffers the loss.

"I'm really sorry to have kept Mr. Chen waiting for so long. The road was really difficult to walk on, otherwise I would have arrived a long time ago and should have gone to the airport to welcome Mr. Chen." Without waiting for Mr. Chen to extend his hand, Mao Yuanshan quickly stretched out his hands.

"Commander Mao, you are too polite. Everyone in the country knows that you are a famous anti-Japanese hero. I am just a writer. People like me can make a living in peaceful times, but in such turbulent times, we still have to rely on people like you who are armed with guns to defend our country and win us a peaceful sky." Mr. Chen's few words made Mao Yuanshan a little proud.

"Mr. Chen, you are too polite. I often see some of Mr. Chen's articles in the newspapers. They are really passionate and can boost people's morale. Some things that you want to say but cannot say directly can also be expressed through other meanings. Mr. Chen is meticulous and can be regarded as a top figure in our party and country." Everyone carries your sedan chair. You tell me what I am good at, and I have to say a few words about what you are good at. Mao Yuanshan understands the principles of officialdom. Hasn't he seen pigs run before he has eaten pork?

"Okay, I say you two should stop standing under the sun and flattering each other. It's almost noon, let's talk while we eat." Zhang Zizhong and Mr. Chen had met several times before, so they spoke casually. Besides, no one had eaten since morning.

"Look at my brain. How could I pull Mr. Chen to start chatting under the sun? It's really a pity that we met too late. Let's go eat first. The supplies in this small place are relatively scarce. Mr. Chen, please do me a favor." After saying that, he took Mr. Chen to the canteen not far away. At this time when the country is in crisis, it is indeed not possible to eat and drink in a big restaurant outside. Besides, even if you have money, you can't find a hotel like the Six Nations Hotel in Beijing in such a place.

Mr. Chen thought the food was not very good, but it was substantial enough and basically consisted of various canned meals.

"Many people in the central government said that all the food you security brigade eats is American. I didn't quite believe it at first, but today I saw that it was indeed the case. These canned foods are not cheap. I heard that this kind of canned salmon costs several dollars each in the United States. It is even more expensive here. Last year, an American trading company brought hundreds of such cans, and they were almost all sold out." Mr. Chen said, pointing to a can on the table.

Everyone could only laugh at this and couldn't say anything else. After all, if you cried poor, all the soldiers in your cafeteria would eat canned vegetables. Could it be that you made all these things out of thin air? Mao Yuanshan really wanted to explain to this guy that these things really came out of thin air, but the problem was that even if I explained it to you, you wouldn't believe it, right?

It can be said that both the host and the guests enjoyed the meal very much. Because of the Japanese attack, the central government had banned alcohol, so we were not allowed to drink at the dinner table. We ate relatively quickly. Mr. Chen felt that the canned dishes were okay, mainly because he had never eaten these things in the central government. He only ate big fish, meat and fresh dishes. It was also good to have a fast meal occasionally.

After dinner, Mr. Chen followed Mao Yuanshan to her temporary office. Mr. Chen observed the office and found that the things inside were not very luxurious, but they were all very useful. The surrounding defenses were relatively strong. It can be seen from here that Mao Yuanshan is a pragmatic person and basically does not want those luxurious and useless things.

It's like many high-ranking officials now have a phonograph in their offices, and they put on records to listen to them when they have nothing to do to cultivate their sentiments. But there was no such thing in Brigade Commander Mao's office. In fact, it was not that Mao Yuanshan was unwilling to listen to music. The main reason was that Mao Yuanshan was unwilling to listen to the music played by this kind of phonograph. The sound quality was really poor compared to those in later generations. After listening to it for a long time, let alone cultivating his sentiments, it was simply a harm to his hearing.

"In order for you to become the provincial governor this time, the principal has offended many people, and Mr. Xiao Jiang has also said a lot for you." The conversation between the two people as soon as they entered the door talked about the main aspects, and also first let Mao Yuanshan know how much help the people above have given you in becoming the provincial governor.

"Thank you, Principal and Mr. Xiao Jiang, for your cultivation. I have tried my best to repay the principal for his kindness." These formulaic words came out of Mao Yuanshan's mouth.

"The principal knows this, otherwise he wouldn't have promoted you. But the principal is in a big trouble now. I wonder if you can help the government buy some arms through the Germans behind you." Arms again...