sjar Chapter 1061 Recruiting Soldiers in Pujiang
Chapter 1061 Recruiting Soldiers in Pujiang
Regarding the prohibition against using civilians in the war, no Japanese emperor ever signed the document, but the matter did cause a great stir. Li Shaoyi spent money to publish articles in various European and American newspapers, and these people were willing to talk about it.
Li Shaoyi had anticipated that the Emperor would not come out to sign for his people, so all the reporters under Li Shaoyi's command attacked the Emperor on this matter.
They claim to love their people like their own children and to be gods to the Japanese, but when it comes to the crucial moment when their people are almost all dead, they refuse to come out and sign anything.
Are you truly loving your people like your own children, or are you just pretending? Don't you Japanese have any brains?
At first, major newspapers were reserved about addressing such a sensitive topic as defaming a head of state.
However, as people's interest in this grew, including some within their own country, these newspapers stopped caring. After all, he wasn't our country's head of state, just Japan's. They didn't care about making money; what could he do to them?
The situation escalated, and although Western countries were not initially implicated, their heads of state stated that if their own citizens encountered such a situation, they would spare no effort to find a solution, including but not limited to signing such an agreement.
Originally, if the Japanese emperor had remained silent and the newspapers had made a fuss about it for a while, the matter would have been forgotten. However, Western heads of state were afraid of losing their votes, so if one person made a statement, the rest had to follow suit. Otherwise, their voters would think they were inferior to the other person and might not vote for them next time.
After the heads of state made their statements, the Japanese Emperor was singled out. It wouldn't have been wrong for him not to speak; at most, he would have been called a coward.
But the situation is different now. It's not just a matter of cowardice. The current situation is that you don't want to take responsibility and you don't care about your people. Although Japanese people everywhere are still speaking up for their emperor, it's clear to anyone with eyes that these bastards lack confidence.
Japanese officials also hoped that the Emperor would step forward and say something to salvage their losing position in public opinion, but the Japanese Emperor is an extremely stubborn person, so how could he possibly compromise on this matter?
Of course, the most important point is that, in the eyes of the Japanese Emperor, those who died were all insignificant people. Even if some of them were relatively important, they were not worth sacrificing for compared to his own habits.
Ultimately, the Japanese Foreign Minister, representing the Japanese government and the Emperor, signed the agreement, which was then sent to Huangpu River.
Li Shaoyi also did not sign the agreement. According to Li Shaoyi, he and the Japanese Emperor were equals. Since you sent a foreign minister to sign it, then send this document to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government, where there will be special personnel to handle the matter on an equal footing.
This incident certainly brought joy to our people. Some even thought to themselves, "Our Commander Li saved the people from dire straits. He's a hero who's emerged after so many years. If he really drives the Japanese away, becoming emperor wouldn't be a bad idea. We've had emperors for five thousand years. Perhaps it's because we don't have emperors that the world has become so chaotic."
Of course, these people's opinions could only circulate in private. Li Shaoyi would not allow them to put these opinions in the newspapers. If they were to appear in the newspapers, he would offend too many people. Whether they were radicals or conservatives, no one would allow the emperor to appear on this land again.
Li Shaoyi was very clear about this.
The Nationalist government strictly prohibited the conscription in the Pujiang war zone. However, before the telegram from the Nationalist government arrived, Li Shaoyi had already set up conscription banners in eleven locations in the Pujiang war zone, with dedicated armed personnel to protect them.
Several orders were issued by the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Nationalist Government, instructing the Central Army, which was fighting in the Pujiang war zone, to obstruct the operation.
After discussing it, the division commanders and some junior officers decided to remain neutral and observe from the sidelines.
Although we were from the Central Army, during our time in Pujiang, Commander Li took great care of us. Not to mention the food and drink, he also provided us with a lot of weapons. He even helped us win several battles. It would be terrible if we turned around and used those guns to point at other people.
what is this?
We're all men who can pee standing up. The gratitude we felt for Commander Li back then hasn't faded yet. If he were to actually interfere with this matter with his submachine gun, how would we ever be able to face anyone again?
Therefore, each unit of the Central Army dispatched a reinforced company of intervention teams. After arriving near the conscription area, these people would simply stop at any place, knowing they could return and report back after dark.
In return, Li Shaoyi also gave orders to his subordinates that no one in the Central Army, except for those not on the official payroll, was allowed to poach any officers or soldiers currently in the army.
In fact, given the generous treatment of the 72nd Army and its reputation in the War of Resistance, some people in various units of the Central Army had long been thinking of defecting there. But since Commander Li is not taking them in, we will continue to stay in various units of the Central Army for a while.
As for the other troops, there was no need to worry about that. Li Shaoyi had agreed on six regiments totaling 15,000 men, with 2,500 men in each regiment.
In just four hours, 15,000 men were recruited, all of whom had undergone preliminary physical fitness tests and possessed some basic combat skills. After a simple training session on the battlefield, they would immediately become a battle-hardened force.
Some officers of ragtag armies had a clever plan: they would send their men out in organized units to collect pay and weapons from Li Shaoyi, so that things would become extremely chaotic when the war started, and then our men could simply run back.
Even if Li Shaoyi comes to demand people, we can arrange for them to go to the rear first.
However, after the soldiers were conscripted, their first stop was the battlefield of Pujiang.
Li Shaoyi had anticipated this, so he would never leave you any loopholes. All six newly recruited regiments of troops were to be transported to the provincial capital of Shandong.
Everyone was dumbfounded by Li Shaoyi's move. The battle at Pujiang was clearly more urgent, yet he was withdrawing six regiments of the Victory Army here. Did he really not intend to defend Pujiang?
In an instant, telegrams from all directions from Nanjing flew to Pujiang, eager for Li Shaoyi to return to Nanjing to explain the matter. After all, Pujiang was calm now, and he had to explain the matter clearly.
From the moment Li Shaoyi appointed himself commander of the Pujiang War Zone, the people in Nanjing sensed that things were about to change, and it seems that the times have finally changed...