Zhongzheng was furious, and Zhang Hanqing cut off all relations with him. A large number of troops were moving towards Gubei Pass and Xifeng Pass.
His intention was obvious. He wanted to make a move on Zhang Sen of the Heat Province.
At this moment, Zhang Sen, who was in Chengde, was indifferent to all of this. He was expanding his troops. On the basis of the original new division, he had expanded his troops to the size of an expanded army.
The recruitment notice was very effective. In just three days, more than 20,000 soldiers from the Northeast Army had come to seek refuge.
In the beginning, the soldiers came one after another as individuals.
On the second day, they came to join the army.
The largest number of troops was even a reinforced battalion.
All the troops and soldiers who came to seek refuge were registered in the city.
Chu Yunfei set up ten registration points and hundreds of registration personnel.
The soldiers were divided according to their type, skills, and physical conditions. They were split up and reorganized.
No matter how many people came, Chu Yunfei carried out his work in an orderly manner. Three days later, he reorganized a division and a brigade for Zhang Sen, as well as an independent transport brigade.
Apart from the Northeast Army, there were also a large number of anti-Japanese volunteers who came to join them.
Apart from the civilians, there were also some soldiers and policemen from the Northeast Army.
After the entire Northeast Army fled, they were unwilling to leave their hometown, so they spontaneously formed a volunteer army to fight the Japanese until the end.
Now that Zhang Sen had raised the flag, it was as if they had found their home and came from all directions.
However, the fighting standards of these volunteers were not high, and their combat strength was not strong either.
Chu Yunfei considered the current needs of the army, so he selected the most elite personnel to form the second echelon for training.
As for the remaining people, they were reorganized into the police force to maintain local security. The others joined the transport brigade to provide transportation for the main force during wartime.
On the fourth day, under Zhang Sen's leadership, the First Army of the Northeast Protector Army, which would absolutely obey his orders, was officially established.
It would have a new division under its jurisdiction, strengthening the 2nd division, an infantry brigade, and an independent artillery brigade, making a total of 45,000 soldiers.
In addition, the reserve force also had two divisions, with more than 20,000 soldiers.
The police force was reinstated and Zhang Sen sent them to various places in Heat Province to maintain law and order.
After the establishment of the First Army, Zhang Sen immediately distributed weapons to the new troops.
All the troops of the First Army were equipped with Mauser 98K rifles, Thompson submachine guns, and 105mm field cannons.
The reserve team used weapons seized from the Japanese army.
Although the weapons of the Japanese army were not very good, they were still better than the old-fashioned rifles used by the reserve team. At least they now had heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and a lot of artillery.
Long Wenzhang would be the commander of the 1st Division, Chu Yunfei would be the commander of the 2nd Division, Han Ligong would be the brigade commander of the infantry brigade, Li Fangting would be Chu Yunfei's deputy commander, and Liu Hu would be the brigade commander of the artillery brigade.
After everything was arranged, Zhang Sen ordered the troops to be immediately pulled out of the city for training.
The first was to familiarize himself with the weapon, and the second was to improve his combat ability in a short period of time.
He still said,"Don't be stingy with bullets and cannonballs. Fire as much as you want until you run out of ammunition."
Outside Chengde City, the rumbling of cannons and dense gunshots soon sounded.
In the general's manor in the city, Zhang Sen and his trusted generals were gathered together to discuss the next step of the battle plan.
"We've already occupied the Heat Province, but the situation isn't good for us.”
Zhang Sen analyzed calmly," The Kwantung Army is eyeing us like a tiger. According to reliable sources, they are gathering an army and will soon launch a counterattack against us.”
"Behind us, in order to achieve his goal, Zhongzheng is preparing to use the mediation of the international community to stop the Japanese army from attacking. But the first prerequisite is to destroy us first.”
"We are now under attack from both sides, and we are very short of supplies. If war breaks out, we will soon be in trouble.”
The few trusted generals all looked at him with bright eyes. Chu Yunfei said in a deep voice,""General, if you have any orders, just give them directly. We will die for you!”
"That's right, General. Give the order.”Everyone expressed their opinions.
Zhang Sen nodded." We can't be passive and take a beating. That's why I decided to strike first and gain the upper hand.”
He pointed at the map. At the same time, send troops to Xifeng Pass and Gubei Pass to take down the Great Wall and ensure the safety of the entire Heat Province.”
"On the other side, march towards Liao City and take down Hulu Island first before sending troops to Shen City.”
"As long as we can take Liao Province, we'll have our supplies." Then, we will have the capital to take down the entire Northeast and look down on the Central Plains!”
The officers 'eyes were filled with cold killing intent. Long Wenzhang was the first to request for battle."General, leave the task of attacking the Japanese to me.”
"Let me do it!" Han Li Gong said.
"General, I will not fail my mission!”Chu Yunfei was upright.
"It's easy to fight the Japanese, but the threat behind us is more serious." Therefore, I need to stabilize the rear as soon as possible. Long Wenzhang, this mission belongs to you. When you take down the Great Wall area, the reserve team will take over. You will immediately lead the troops back to the front line.”
"The rest of you, follow me to Liao Province!”"Let's kill our way back to our hometown!"”
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