sjar Chapter 425: Banquet at the Municipal Government
Chapter 425: Banquet at the Municipal Government
In modern society, driving 800 kilometers is not a difficult thing, but not many people have experienced it. If you go on a self-driving tour, it is probably good enough to drive half of it.
In today's society, an entire battalion has to travel 800 kilometers by car and complete it within 30 hours. This has never happened before. In addition to cars, this infantry battalion also has armored vehicles and other vehicles.
So after receiving this task, Zhao Tiezhu turned around and returned to his own troops without any hesitation. He had to carry out a good transformation of the Independent 1st Battalion. He was given thirty hours. Within thirty hours, the Independent 1st Battalion had to reach Peiping and then set off with Li Shaoyi. It was a bit difficult but it could be overcome.
There is now a simple road from Beijing to Ulanqab. Fortunately, it is not the rainy season now, so the road is passable, but the speed is slightly slower. However, whether these vehicles can last for 800 kilometers is a very important matter, so there must be a large number of maintenance personnel accompanying them.
Fortunately, our vehicles are all new and don't have any major problems. As long as there are no accidents along the way, we can arrive at our destination. Their daily training distance is more than dozens of kilometers, and the total mileage is already several thousand kilometers. However, this is the first time they have driven 800 kilometers at a time.
After hearing the news, the reporters in Peiping were all excited. Li Shaoyi specially invited more than a dozen reporters to join him, including Chinese and foreign reporters, to prevent those foreigners from always saying that the Chinese reporters' reports were unrealistic. We will invite you to join us.
As for leaking military secrets, Li Shaoyi thought of the United States in the 21st century. As long as I am strong enough, I am not afraid of leaks. You can take pictures as you like. You can't do anything to me after you take the pictures, so I can suppress you.
The bigwigs from all over the country learned about Li Shaoyi's action in the newspapers, and they couldn't help but sigh that Li Shaoyi couldn't be idle for a moment.
Many warlords had carried out an 800-kilometer forced march, but the question was, who could reach the destination within 30 hours? Even if there were railways, it would probably be impossible to reach the destination. Now Li Shaoyi wanted to take the highway, and the highway in the economically underdeveloped northern region was simply unthinkable.
Li Shaoyi has always kept himself at the center of the news. There is a reason for this. He cannot let his popularity drop. Only by maintaining this popularity can more people join the army. Now there is an independent brigade. As our territory becomes larger and larger, the population needed will also increase.
If the occupied areas were like the Central Plains, with hundreds of thousands of people in each county, Li Shaoyi would not have posted this map. Unfortunately, there are a large number of uninhabited areas near the northern border, and it would be very difficult to find enough people.
Beiping Fuyuan Building
Mayor Yuan hosted a banquet to entertain Li Shaoyi. He used to be his younger brother, but now he is on equal footing with him. Saying this is a bit of an exaggeration of his own status. In fact, Li Shaoyi is now much higher than him.
Although both of them are local officials, Li Shaoyi is a military and political leader with a large number of troops, while Mayor Yuan can only control the government. The military's voice is in the hands of the 29th Army, so it is really not easy to do something in Peiping.
"In just a few days, you've already rocketed to prominence. You're now on par with the 29th Army in all of North China. Further north, you'll own the world. The Japanese have suffered so much at your hands, and now they're on the verge of taking back the Outer Xiongnu. I'm offering you a toast, if for no other reason than to help you realize the dream of my youth."
Mayor Yuan was telling the truth. They were all young once, and at that time they also had the dream of serving the country. Unfortunately, their abilities were limited. Apart from their dreams, they could only do their best to improve the current situation. As for the matter of regaining territory, they could only talk about it.
But unexpectedly, Li Shaoyi was not just throwing a smokescreen. Looking at the current situation, it is clear that Li Shaoyi's main forces are advancing northward, and he should really want to take back the outer Xiongnu.
"Before, we didn't have enough strength and let others occupy our territory. That was shameful enough. Now we have guns and cannons. If we still let them occupy our territory, how will we face our ancestors when we die?"
Li Shaoyi's words made some people at the table feel ashamed. These people were all from the Beiping Municipal Government. In the past, even if they were capable, they would bow their heads in front of foreigners. Li Shaoyi did not blame them. After all, this era had been poor and weak for a long time. He was a modern person, but they were born and raised here and had been oppressed since childhood. It was not easy for them to stand up.
Of course, there is another important reason, that is, during this period, many people wanted to stand up, but most of them suffered heavy losses, which stopped other people with ideals from moving forward.
Li Shaoyi should be considered the outlier they have ever seen. Although this guy did not change the status quo of the entire country, at least the situation north of Peking is different from before. Countless times, they thought that Li Shaoyi would be strangled in the cradle by the great powers, but unexpectedly, Li Shaoyi has now jumped out of the cradle and instead cut off the hands of the great powers in this area.
"I still say the same thing. I can't give you any other resources, but Peking is your rear base. The last time you fought, you acquired all kinds of supplies in Peking. This time, I will gather them for you as quickly as possible and find someone to deliver them to the front lines."
Mayor Yuan said emotionally that we cannot go to the battlefield in person, but there is no problem in providing logistics for Li Shaoyi.
"Then I would like to thank all of you brothers first. When we take back the Outer Xiongnu in the future, I will invite you all to gallop across the grasslands. After all, this is our own territory, and we must leave our footprints there."
Li Shaoyi's words immediately made everyone present happy. This was clearly giving them some credit. It was obviously the 72nd Division that fought the battle, but if we could take back the outer Xiongnu, we could also show our face there, which would be a matter that would go down in history.
The atmosphere instantly became lively, with people toasting each other at the dinner table. Some people were initially less enthusiastic about this, but were hooked by Li Shaoyi's words and began to offer suggestions, asking about which areas to purchase certain items for more convenient transportation and cheaper prices. These people were all veterans in Peking, and their willingness to help could save a lot of trouble...