Chapter 475 Election
After a while of silence, Zhang Chi continued, "Brothers... I won't say anything for the party, the country and the people. ggaa, think about it, the little Japanese is now moving forward step by step in China, and now it's almost time to fight to Guangxi! If this continues and the little Japanese fights China, will we still have a foothold? Do your family still have a foothold?"
The atmosphere on the playground is becoming more and more depressing. Everyone knows that the current domestic situation is as unoptimistic as Zhang Chi said.
"And in such a critical moment, it can be said that it is related to the life and death of all of us, but we are still fighting in the nest!" Zhang Chi said angrily: "So... when you Commander Huo threatened to kill me, I was not afraid at all. Why? Because I know that if someone like Commander Huo succeeds and develops, then Commander Huo will sooner or later become a Japanese devil... Of course, there are you and your family!"
"Luckily..." Zhang Chi asked in a high voice: "Commander Huo did not succeed. So, do we still have to continue fighting in the nest?"
"No!" the soldiers replied.
"Will we still point our mouths at our brothers?"
"Won't!"
"Who do we want to point our mouth at?"
"devil!"
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"Down with the Japanese devils!"
"Punish the Japanese from China!"
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I don’t know who took the lead, but the soldiers shouted slogans one after another.
Zhang Chi turned his eyes to Wang Mazi, and Wang Mazi nodded with satisfaction. It was not until this time that he felt relieved of the army.
At this time, some harassment suddenly occurred in the Sixth Army. Just when Zhang Chi and Wang Mazi were confused, the soldiers of the Sixth Army took officers up in groups of three, five.
"Teacher!" said the soldiers: "They are all Huo Si... No, Huo Xianjie was inserted into the army. Let's take them out and let the division be settled!"
The officers were already scared and looked like earth. They knelt in front of Zhang Chi in rows, and some were still defending:
"The teacher's seat is not our business, and we don't know about it in advance!"
"Master! We are willing to follow Master to fight the Japanese, Master will spare our lives!"
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It was not suitable for this matter at this time, so Zhang Chi immediately ordered the soldiers to arrest these officers and lock them up with Huo Xianjie.
This caused another problem... So many officers were arrested, which made the command of the entire Sixth Army hollow.
At the same time, the appointment and removal of officers is another troublesome thing.
According to Wang Mazi, what else is there to consider? Just transfer the New Seventh Army members to the Sixth Army to be officers. They can not only achieve the purpose of controlling the Sixth Army, but also have good command. And this is also the practice of the generals after they come to power... No matter who they are, they will insert their confidants into the army to serve as officers.
But Zhang Chi was not prepared to do so.
Because Zhang Chi knew that routine was a routine, but the Sixth Army was in an extremely sensitive state at this time...
You should know that the Sixth Army is all veterans. Don’t think that standing on the stage and saying a few words and asking them to shout a few slogans will make them bow to you... If this is the case, the Sixth Army will have been subdued hundreds of times.
At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Army should be in a state of half-belief and half-doubt.
It should be said that it is already quite good to be in this state... This is mainly because they have been deceived too many times in the past, which makes them afraid to trust others easily.
As Stilwell said: "Chinese soldiers are the best soldiers in the world, but the top officials are the worst officers."
Although this is a bit extreme and many senior officials are excellent officers, it is undeniable that the ratio of such officers is very small.
In other words, in the ** troops, soldiers are often hard-working and not afraid of difficulties. What's more important is... Most of these soldiers have a deep feud with the Japanese army and have a strong desire to fight with the Japanese army.
This is actually very normal. At this time, most of China has fallen, and the first victims are soldiers and their families. Officials are often rich and powerful to organize and withdraw their families and property early in the morning. The soldiers either have family members, land, houses, etc., and they are destroyed by the Japanese army, so they all hate the Japanese army to the core.
Therefore, those who are in the army are often willing to fight against the Japanese.
But the problem is that they are just soldiers, and soldiers must obey the orders of their superiors, and their superiors are officials... The most common mentality of officials when fighting against enemies is to save their lives or retain their strength. So after a while, the morale of soldiers or the ** who kills the enemy will be wiped out.
What's worse is that when the officers need it, the most common thing they do is to make promises that are close to the soldiers, and deceive those who are in the army to be cannon fodder again and again, and take the blame.
So naturally, these veterans from the Sixth Army were thinking: "This time, is Zhang Chi also getting close to me and planning to let us be cannon fodder?"
So, if Zhang Chi really transfers the officers of the New Seventh Army to the Sixth Army to achieve the goal of controlling the Sixth Army, then these veterans will think: "Look, isn't Zhang Chi the same as others? She was pretending to believe us just now, and now she will send her confidants to control us and guard against us!"
But unexpectedly, Zhang Chi did not do so.
Zhang Chi chose another method... let them elect officers on their own.
The soldiers of the Sixth Army were stunned... Election? What the hell is this?!
You should know that in **, it is almost impossible for an ordinary soldier to become an officer. He has no background or any relationship. Even if his quality is good, his achievements are more important than his company commander.
This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Chi will envy so many soldiers... Zhang Chi did not graduate from a military academy, and the second was not a relative of someone else. He went from a squad leader to a division commander like a rocket. Now he is still relied on by the Americans and even sent a whole fleet to rescue him.
But now, Zhang Chi has to use "election" to elect officers.
Li Zhen asked Zhang Chi with some disbelief: "Master, what do you mean is... as long as the subordinates are satisfied with you, they can be the company commander, battalion commander... and, regiment commander?"
"Even the division commander or the army commander can do it!" Zhang Chi said: "Of course, you have to go through training and actual combat inspection. If you find that an officer fails during training, you will be led by others!"
With a "coaxing", the Sixth Army burst into cheers.
This may be a small matter for Zhang Chi, because the ** troops are so capable, but for the Kuomintang troops... as a grassroots, they have seen the hope of becoming a "high official" for the first time. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!