"Sir, we are not deserters! We were only scattered after the battle in Tian Zhen, and we couldn't go back, so we could only make a living nearby. Now that we saw the officers recruiting soldiers to fight the devils, we came!”
"Looking at you, you weren't a soldier in the past, were you?”
"Hehe, the officer saw through it. I used to be a platoon leader and managed dozens of people!”
Xia Zilong nodded and turned to Qi Weiyi.""Carefully screen them. If there are no problems, recruit them all! Some of them have been officers before, so they can make up for our vacancy.”
"But some of them have bad habits. I'm afraid they will lead the soldiers astray!" Qi Weiyi said.”
"Then why don't you let them train alone first? They would be trained first and then sent down. Couldn't they be corrected? You still don't believe me!"
Qi Weiyi could only agree!
Xia Zilong was also a little surprised by this. He did not expect that with his army's expedition, his deeds would slowly spread.
Chahar, Suiyuan, and even Jinbei had many defeated soldiers and rebels of the Jinsui Army coming here, and their numbers were increasing.
In the following period of time, the basic officers recruited alone could fill almost one-third of the vacancies.
In addition, there were many officers selected from the captured puppet soldiers. Xia Zilong finally filled nearly half of the officer positions.
As for the remaining soldiers, they were promoted by the original soldiers through their military achievements.
By the time of the Battle of Pingjin, his reserve troops had already completed their initial training.
During this period of time, Xia Zilong's series of victories finally made the baldy in the south lose his composure!
Hence, when Xia Zilong returned to the command center from the military camp, he saw Wu Jingzi again.
"Marshal, this lowly one is thick-skinned again!”
"Tell me, what's the matter this time?”
"Great Marshal is still so straightforward, then this one won't beat around the bush. The higher-ups wanted to give the marshal the rank of a first-class general and set up the tenth war zone with the marshal as the commander!”
"Just this?" Xia Zilong glanced at him.
"Of course," Wu Jingzi said. The higher-ups want to purchase a batch of military supplies. I wonder if Commander…"
"Sure, how much do you want?"
" Uh…" Xia Zilong's straightforwardness made Wu Jingzi unable to react in time.
Xia Zilong said," Firearms. I only have machine guns for you. You can have cannons, planes, and tanks. There's no limit to ammunition!"”
"What? Is what Marshal said true?" Wu Jingzi was shocked!
This was really a good thing!
No firearms? That was not a big deal. They themselves were not particularly lacking.
However, machine guns, cannons, planes, and tanks could not be bought with money. They had already been banned by foreign countries.
Or rather, it was not that they were forbidden from selling it, but that they no longer took the initiative to ship it over. If they wanted it, they could buy it themselves and be responsible for transporting it themselves!
However, this was a bit of a scam. The Republic of China did not have the right to control the sea, so how could they transport things back from abroad?
Therefore, this was only convenient for the Japanese because they had a navy and could go to various countries to buy things and transport them back.
This was also the beginning of the Old Rice Lending Act. That was how Fatty Qiu survived!
At the same time, it was also the reason why the national team lost faster and faster as the battle went on. By the end of the battle, they had basically run out of heavy weapons.
In a battle, they relied on rifles and bayonet to fight against other people's planes and cannons. How could they not lose?
" I don't want to lie to you," Xia Zilong said lightly." There's nothing to lie to you!"”
Wu Jingzi realized that he had said something wrong and quickly said,"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm not doubting the marshal, I just find it hard to believe.”
After a pause, he continued," Marshal, since that's the case, I'll be going back first. In a few days, there will be a letter of appointment and a person who will come to negotiate."”
"I only agreed to sell you weapons, I didn't say I'd accept your recruitment!" Xia Zilong laughed.”
"Ah?" Wu Jingzi was stunned!
"Alright, you can go back. Just reply truthfully.”
What a joke. Who had the strength to recruit him?
He now had six tank divisions, three pilot divisions, and thirty infantry regiments (without suitable officers and not organized into a division). In the future, there would be more and more.
What could Baldy have now?
The direct troops were almost exhausted, and there were various factions holding them back. After one or two battles, it was unknown how weak they would be.
The Red Sect was even worse off than Baldy. Other than being able to mobilize more people, they had nothing!
Although he lacked a lot of manpower now, as long as his territory expanded, would he still be afraid of not having anyone?
Therefore, the most important thing now was to quickly expand the territory. He could not be bothered with anything else.
Just as they were discussing the matter, the battle at Zhang Jiakou finally began!
Long Zhenxiong had the support of thousands of planes and nearly 200 large-caliber cannons. The moment he made his move, it was earth-shattering!
On April 3rd, the planes in the sky used most of the fighter planes to distract the enemy's planes. Then, the other bomber planes carried out large-scale precision bombing on the ground to eliminate part of the Japanese's firepower.
After the artillery on the ground blasted open the city wall, the tanks covered the infantrymen as they attacked the city.
"F * ck, f * ck, f * ck. Is the Japanese playing a trick on us?”
"You're ignorant. This is the Eight Trigrams Formation!"
"No, this is the Nine Palaces Interlocking Formation!"
"You're all wrong, this is…"
The originally wide and flat streets were now filled with obstacles. The soldiers who were attacking thought that it was a battle formation from a novel!
However, the Japanese were well prepared. There were obstacles everywhere on the road, and even tanks could not cross them.
Seeing such a scene, they had no choice but to ask for reinforcements from above!
Therefore, the military tanks that had been prepared long ago were finally used!
They cleared the obstacles on the road and then the tanks and infantry began to move forward.
However, this period of time was not smooth sailing. Every path had intense battles, and every region had to be repeatedly fought over. The more they fought, the more intense the battles became.
"Bang bang bang…"
"Boom!"
As the two sides fought fiercely, the tanks advanced step by step with the help of the bulldozers.
Because the Japanese did not have the advantage of air force and tanks, no matter how brave they were, they were forced to retreat!
"Report, we have lost contact with the 120th Regiment in Northern City!”
"Report, the 133rd regiment has reported that the 2nd regiment has been completely annihilated!”
"Report, our air defense positions have been destroyed by enemy bomber planes!”
Shimizu Yoshiro's expression in the command center in the city had been ugly all this while. From the start of the battle until now, in just half a day, they had lost one-third of their territory.
This was too different from their plans!
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