Maybe that's the case in the army. As long as you can lead them to victory on the battlefield, they will be willing to follow you and obey your orders.

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Chapter 14 Squad Leader

"I understand!" I stood up at Zhang Zizhong, and then I finally felt relieved and knew that Zhang Zizhong would not hand me over to please the Japanese.

"Well, just understand!" Zhang Zizhong didn't seem to want to speak much, sighed and turned his attention to the rice paper on the desk again, and said casually: "You can go down!"

"Yes!" I responded and turned around and left, but after thinking about it, I felt that it would not work if I left like this... I know what will happen in the future, right? At least I have to remind Zhang Zizhong not to let the Japanese trick Peking like Song Zheyuan.

So I stopped again and turned around and asked, "He is the military seat... he is planning to agree to the Japanese's conditions, right?"

Zhang Zizhong did not answer. He raised his head and looked at me in surprise, frowned and asked, "How did you know?"

"Well, this..." I quickly defended: "I guessed that if the military captain is not ready to agree to the Japanese's conditions negotiations, then the military captain doesn't have to tell me to push the Japanese to the deputy military captain, right?"

"Well!" Zhang Zizhong looked at me, nodded with a far-fetched smile on his face and said, "You are still a little smart, good! The military throne is preparing to negotiate with the Japanese!"

"Mr. Don't be fooled by the Japanese!" I couldn't help but say anxiously: "The negotiations between the little Japanese are fake, and it's true to lie to me to give up Peking. They will never stop easily!"

"Huh!" Zhang Zizhong couldn't help but look at me in surprise, as if it was hard to imagine that a soldier could have such a long-term political vision.

Actually, I don’t have any political vision, which I already know. And I also know that Japan wants more than just one Peking, they even want to destroy the entire China in three months...

Zhang Zizhong put down the brush in his hand and raised his hand to the chair next to me, signaling me to sit down.

I hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "Master, I dare not..."

"If you ask you to sit, just sit!"

I heard Zhang Zizhong's tone feel a little impatient, so I had to sit on the chair as he wanted, but sitting was even more uncomfortable than standing... I, a small platoon leader, actually sitting on an equal footing with a division commander, and the other party was Zhang Zizhong, a famous anti-Japanese general...

While handing me a cup of tea, Zhang Zizhong sighed: "I don't know that this time, Japan will never be so easy to pass, but what can I do if I know?"

He didn't say anything further when he said this, but just shook his head helplessly.

But even if he doesn't say it, I can guess what he wants to say below. Zhang Zizhong is just a teacher, and his ideas cannot represent Song Zheyuan's ideas. Song Zheyuan was blindfolded by the four words "preserving strength" at this time. He wished that Japan would stop when it gets some benefits, so he couldn't listen to anyone's words...

"This time..." Zhang Zizhong looked at the teacup in his hand and said to himself: "I'm afraid I'm going to be a traitor again!"

Although Zhang Zizhong's words were completely unfinished, I could understand them. When Song Zheyuan withdrew from Peking, he was left to negotiate with the Japanese in Peking, so everyone's public opinion media would soon push him to the forefront, and the people would naturally regard him as a traitor and a traitor...

I really wanted to comfort him a few words, but after thinking about it, I swallowed the words to my mouth. The reason is very simple. The things I know may not be secret, but at least they are not what I, a soldier, should know, so it is better for me to say less at this time!

After a while of amazement, Zhang Zizhong told me, "You should return to the team. Don't say anything you shouldn't say after you go back, so as not to cause unnecessary riots, do you understand?"

"Yes!" I stood up and saluted, turned around and walked out of the study.

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"The platoon leader is back!" As soon as I returned to the barracks, I was surrounded by the soldiers. Before I could speak, they asked in a verbal way:

"How is it? It's okay!"

"What are you looking for by the teacher?"

...

"What's wrong!" I said, "Just ask me about the situation when the deputy military captain died!"

This is an excuse I thought of on the way.

"I'll just say it!" Chen Dali smiled and said, "Our platoon leader is a hero. How could he hand over the platoon leader to the little Japanese when he went up to the top!"

"That's it!" the monkey continued, "Even if Shangfeng is willing to do this, we won't agree! If you kill the little Japanese, you will be handed over to the little Japanese. Who dares to go into battle to kill the enemy in the future!"

...

My excuse is reasonable, so the soldiers did not have any doubts at all, but they were wrong. If I were in Song Zheyuan's hands now, I might have really let him hand it over!

"It's fine!" Company Commander Xu nodded at me. He seemed to be staying here for my rest. At this time, he knew that this was the case, so he ordered the soldiers: "Everyone eat something and have a good rest. Maybe the Japanese will come to us to trouble us. If you have the spirit to fight the Japanese!"

"Yes!" The soldiers responded with great enthusiasm.

Seeing the soldiers grinding their fists and palms, I couldn't help but sigh: This is how the Kuomintang troops are. In fact, many times, it is not that the soldiers do not want to fight against Japan or fight against the Japanese, but that the internal factions are numerous and complex. Many officials missed the opportunity to fight against Japan due to political factors or other reasons...

For example, the military training group in front of me is mostly students who voluntarily join the army. The high level of culture determines that their ideological awareness and enthusiasm for war of resistance will be slightly higher than other troops. However, in history, they were wiped out at the Dahongmen because of Song Zheyuan's chaotic command. Now they want to fight with little Japan? It seems that it is not that easy. What they don't know is that Song Zheyuan has decided to withdraw from Peking tonight!

But these seem to be not something I need to worry about. I still wish I could withdraw from Peking and not fight against Japan! History is like this already, right? I never thought about changing it, so I should think more about how to save my life in this troubled times!

Thinking of this, I leaned my rifle to the side, grabbed a few tortillas on the table and stuffed them into my mouth with boiling water... By the way, the tortillas tasted pretty good, they were definitely made by hand, and I don’t have to worry about whether black-hearted flour or gutter oil was used here... This seems to be the first good thing I have encountered since I came to this era!

I ate two big cakes in a voracious way, touched my 80% full belly and burped. Just as I was about to find a place to lie down... the soldiers gave up their seats and shouted at me: "Plane leader, here!"

“There is a space here!”

"Let's lie here!" Chen Dali stood up without saying a word and pulled me to a bed: "I'll squeeze with the monkey. Anyway, the monkey is so thin that it doesn't occupy much place like a bamboo pole!"

With a "coaxing", the soldiers were all amused by Chen Dali's words.

At this time, I knew one thing. Although I was still a recruit, and although I still couldn't even shoot well, the soldiers had already recognized me as the platoon leader. Of course, I knew that this was not because I was handsome (although I always thought so, my roommates tactfully advised me to be "objective"), but because of my performance on the battlefield today!

Maybe that's the case in the army. As long as you can lead them to victory on the battlefield, they will be willing to follow you and obey your orders. From this point of view, soldiers are actually very realistic, but this reality seems to be nothing wrong with this kind of reality, because no one is willing to follow a bastard, which will only make the entire army die!

After thanking Chen Dali, I slowly lay down on the bed, and then I realized that my whole body was sore! Although I like playing ball, running, and so on in modern times, I would not be as busy as I am today... Not to mention the physical exhaustion, the tension in the few seconds of my life and death was enough for me to choke, so when I relaxed, I realized that I was almost exhausted!

"Platform leader..." Just as I closed my eyes and wanted to sleep for a while, the old squad leader came to me and said, "There is something..."

"What's the matter!" I asked in a daze.

"That... the squad leader of our platoon..."

"Um!" I forced myself to open my eyes again.

It's funny to say that as a leader in a row, I still don't know how many people I have under my command and who is the squad leader! No, I seem to know one, that is the old squad leader.

"Who are the squad leader?" I said while yawning: "Stand out and get to know each other, if there is a war, it's better to command!"

"I'm the only one!" The old squad leader's answer made me stunned: "I was about to tell you about this. Except for me, the other two squad leader were all in Nanyuan to fight bayonets with the Japanese. Do you choose two people..."

There was a silence in the barracks, and the soldiers seemed to think of those comrades who died on the battlefield, but I had nothing to think about because I didn't even know what they looked like!

"Old squad leader!" After a while, I replied, "You are more familiar with the people in our ranks. Look at the choice! Tell me when you finish!"

"Central!" the old squad leader nodded.

I lay back on the bed and sighed: When will this damn war end... No! I seem to know when this war will end? I have no idea when the eight-year war of resistance? This war will take eight years, and now it has just begun. I don’t know if I can persevere until the moment when the war of resistance is won!

But why do you care about so much? There will be no danger in front of you for the time being. I will just wait to retreat with Song Zheyuan! From this point of view, it is still beneficial to follow a military commander like Song Zheyuan!
Chapter completed!