Rebirth of the National Marshal

At this time, Mao Yuanshan is eager for you to come out and cause trouble. If you dare to show up, I will beat you mercilessly. I am also addicted to ransacking your property. I can easily get hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now the whole Chahar is in ruins and there are many places that need money.

It can be said that this is a bitter and cold place, and it is good enough to be a local tyrant. Some people even wanted to complain to the central government, but when they sent a telegram to the central government, it was like a stone sinking into the sea. They all understood that this governor who looked like a fool was not someone they could afford to offend.

It seems that he has connections in the central government, so he is extremely powerful.

After Mr. Chen returned to the central government, he told Principal Jiang about his Action Yifan. Principal Jiang was somewhat amused. This kid was no longer the same as he was in the past. He could actually kill people decisively and he could also bargain. He already had the prerequisites to become a local tyrant. In time, he would definitely become a talented person. Principal Jiang had to train him well.

Principal Jiang has many talented people under him, but he still has a great interest in this kid. However, at his current level, it is not yet up to Principal Jiang to personally train him.

Fortunately, this kid’s current level is not high enough. If his level was high enough, with the principal’s wisdom, he would probably be able to see something.

Apart from his own security corps soldiers, the rest who retreated to Chahar with Mao Yuanshan were the Nationalist troops, who were either injured or unwilling to continue moving south because they were all locals.

Of course, there is another type of person, that is, someone who has his own skills or is a senior general in the army. These are the talents that Mao Yuanshan lacks the most at present, such as Gao Rongfa, the former commander of the 33rd Division of the Northwest Army.

Mao Yuanshan selected the remaining members of the 33rd Division and gave some of them five yuan each as travel allowance. They could go home directly. These people either developed bad habits in the army or became addicted to opium. No matter which type of people they were, the new security corps would not need them. The remaining ones were the ones the security corps needed.

Gao Rongfa has been recuperating in the hospital for more than two months since his injury. From the capital to Chahar, no matter how difficult the conditions in the army were, his living conditions did not decrease. At noon, he had these two cans of food and drank a little wine.

Gao Rongfa was rescued by Zhuzi, so Mao Yuanshan assigned this task to Zhuzi. He made sure that Gao Rongfa stayed and served as the leader of one of the security teams. This time there were 30 security teams, and where could he find these 30 leaders?

Moreover, Mao Yuanshan also decided that the organization of this security corps should still be based on the large four-four system, adding up all kinds of people in each corps to maintain the size of the group.

In this way, Mao Yuanshan would have an army of 60 under his command in an instant.

Let’s not talk about the combat effectiveness of these armies for now, because now is not the time to talk about combat effectiveness. It’s a question of whether you have the ability to resist. As long as people are gathered together, isn’t combat effectiveness achieved through training?

Look at the first batch of soldiers who joined the security corps, they knew nothing at all. Now look at them, they have all become squad leaders and deputy squad leaders, each of them carrying a somi, and they are so brave and confident that they can’t find their way back to the enemy.

Of course, there is a long road of bullet shells behind almost every one of them. It should be said that in the whole world, only Mao Yuanshan has the ability to train them in this way, to train an ordinary citizen into a qualified soldier in the shortest time.

There used to be a defensive force in Chahar, but their total number was less than 1, all of them were militia from various places, and there was not a single central army. Originally, the 29th Army had a division stationed here, which was Zhang Zizhong's 38th Division. Later, when the situation in Beijing and Tianjin became critical, they were all transferred there, and Chahar was left undefended.

No wonder a Japanese infantry regiment occupied this place in later generations. It was not because their army was so powerful in combat, but because there was no one defending here.

Now that we have come to this place, we must change the history of no defense. Mao Yuanshan first convened a military meeting. From the remaining 1 militiamen in Chahar, more than 3000 people were selected to form a battalion. The rest of the people could go home. The remaining thing was to organize half of the army to start conscription throughout the province, a large-scale conscription.

Secondly, the position of the commander of the security brigade was given to Zhang Zizhong.

Because the central government could not promote Mao Yuanshan any further. At his age, he had already reached the top of his career. If he were to be promoted any further, others would feel it was a joke. However, Chahar had to form 30 security regiments and the current army had more than hundreds of thousands of people. He could not command them with the title of a security brigade commander. He could only use the title of Chairman of the Chahar Provincial Government and Commander-in-Chief of Chahar Security.

At the same time, the Chahar government spent a lot of money to place long advertisements on major radio stations and newspapers across the country.

Are you a passionate young man? Are you thinking about how to defend your country? Are the Japanese devils infuriating? Do you want to defeat them? If you have no way to serve your country before, now please pack your luggage and take the train to Chahar, where you can realize all your dreams.

Are you still worried about your family's livelihood? Are you still thinking that you don't have enough money to marry a wife? Check if you meet the requirements. If you do, please board the train to Chahar. Fighting against the Japanese and defending the country is also a way to earn a fortune for yourself. New recruits will get eight yuan a month, ten yuan after one year, and one yuan for every Japanese soldier killed.

Do you want to fly a plane to realize your ambition? Do you want to fly a plane to shoot down the Japanese devils' planes? Looking at your own skills, you have no way to serve the country and no plane to fly? Then please board the special train to Chahar, where there are the latest German BF109 fighters.

Do you have not enough land at home? Or do you have too much land for your sons? Do you want to get enough land? If one person joins the army, the whole family will get a discount. Go to Chahar to join the army. If one person joins the army, each person can get 50 mu of land. As long as one person in the family joins the army, the 50 mu of land will not be taxed for 30 years.

Various attractive advertisements were launched all over the country, but almost no one believed them at the beginning.

After all, the Chahar government is now a local government.

But the story of Old Man Zhang and his family that was later published in the newspaper really touched many people.

Old man Zhang has three sons and two daughters. The eldest and second oldest are already adults, but the rest are not yet adults.

Their family originally lived in Jiangnan on ten acres of thin land.

When it was time for the eldest son to get married, he had heard that his family had ten acres of land which was quite good, so he asked someone to find him a wife. However, the daughter-in-law's family said that they could not let their daughter live a hard life and that the ten acres of land must be divided equally among the three sons. Old Man Zhang had three sons, and according to the rules, the land had to be divided equally among the three sons. The future of the second and third sons could not be blocked just because the eldest son wanted to get married.

Just when Old Man Zhang was worried and didn't know what to do, a propaganda team from Chahar came to the city. He had never seen such people before. When he went to the market, he heard that they could be divided into 50 acres of land, and he didn't have to pay taxes for 30 years, as long as one person in the family served in the army. Moreover, soldiers could even get eight yuan a month. What does eight yuan mean? He couldn't save that much money in a year.

Old man Zhang went home and told his family what he had heard. Old man Zhang's eldest brother was obviously a bit conservative and didn't really believe it. He also didn't want to join the army. But it was not his fault. After all, people of that era still believed that good men didn't join the army and good iron wasn't used to make nails.

"Dad, I think it's better for me to go. You guys stay at home now. You can give these ten acres of land to your eldest brother first. I'm going to Chahar to serve as a soldier. If they really give the land to me, I will write to you and you can take your younger brothers and sisters with you. 50 acres of land is enough to feed the rest of my brothers and sisters. I can earn eight dollars a month when I serve in the army." The second son was more cheerful. He never wanted to serve in the fields all his life. Now he had an opportunity. As long as he served as a soldier, the livelihood of the whole family would not be a problem and he could also help his elder brother get married.

"What are you saying, second son? We can't join the army. The Japanese devils are here now. We will have to fight them if we join the army. What if we lose our lives? Let's think about it at home." When the mother heard that the second son was going to join the army, she was extremely unwilling. The eldest and second sons were her dearest children. If anything happened to them, how would she live in the future?

"What are you thinking about, mother? So many people are joining the army to fight the Japanese, why can't we? Haven't you seen how brutal those Japanese are? Although they haven't come to our place yet, if we don't join the army to fight the Japanese, sooner or later they will come here. Do you think we can still live a good life? Besides, if eldest brother doesn't find a wife at his age, he will be like Ergou in the village, who will never find a wife in his life." The Ergou that the second brother is talking about is an old bachelor in their village. He was delayed because his family didn't marry him off according to his age. Later, as he got older, it became even harder for him to find a wife.

Everyone thought of Ergouzi in the village and immediately stopped saying anything. They didn't want the eldest son in the family to become like that. It was too miserable. He would be so old and when he got old, he wouldn't even have someone to take care of him and see him to the end of his life. What's the point of living a lonely life?

The whole family discussed it for a whole night and decided to let Old Man Zhang and Old Second Zhang take the train to Chahar to take a look over there, while the rest of the people stayed at home. Originally, according to Old Second Zhang's idea, Dad didn't have to go and could go by himself, but Dad insisted on going. After all, it was such a long way to go, and they didn't know what the situation was over there, so it was better to have one more person, as one more person would mean one more person to take care of him.

The father and son also brought all their family savings with them. They originally thought they would have to buy train tickets, but they didn't expect that after a physical examination of the second son, they saw that he met the requirements for military service, so he could ride for free immediately. They even gave him two cans of beef on the way. Every meal was given by others. It was really unexpected.

At home, we can only eat white flour during the Chinese New Year, but on this train, every meal is white flour buns, and the white milk tastes so delicious. I can eat things I have never seen before, it feels like heaven. If nothing else, the people in Chahar will definitely not treat us badly.