Beiping, North China Dispatching Army Headquarters
"Humph! This was outrageous. He had been defeated by a group of bandits and humiliated the Empire's soldiers, yet he still had the nerve to explain.”
Shanshan Yuan, the commander of the North China Dispatching Force, sat in his seat and threw the telegram in his hand on the table.
The chief of staff walked over with a telegram in his hand and chuckled."Sugiyama Kun, what exactly made you angry again?”
Akira Muto, the current Chief of Staff of the North China Dispatching Army Headquarters, and Sugiyama Yuan were in charge of the hundreds of thousands of troops in the North China Dispatching Army.
"Take a look! Wei Jinwen, the regiment commander of the local garrison regiment in the Jiaodong Peninsula area, led a regiment to attack a bandit stronghold yesterday. Not only did they fail to destroy the bandit stronghold, but there were even casualties in the regiment. He had completely disgraced the Empire's soldiers!”
Sugiyama Yuan was furious. He didn't care about the casualties. What he cared about was that he had lost an entire regiment of soldiers, yet he still couldn't achieve his goal. This made him very angry.
Akira Muto frowned and picked up the telegram. He read it for a while and put it down.
"Sugiyama, calm down. I know Keibun, he's not a useless person. When the Battle of Songhu broke out, his division had participated. He had already proven his ability in the Battle of Songhu. Moreover, no matter how incompetent he was, it was impossible for him to lose an entire regiment.
I think this group of bandits should have some background. Didn't it say that these bandits are backed by the Central Army?”
Akira Muto looked at Sugiyama and defended Keibun.
Sugiyama Yuan indeed felt much better after hearing that. He heaved a sigh of relief and said,"No matter what, he failed. This is an indisputable fact. However, what kind of bandits were they that could actually take down an entire regiment of the Empire?”
"Sugiyama Kun, now is not the time to discuss this. The problem now is whether or not we should send more soldiers to the Imperial Guards. Laiyang County had an important geographical location. At the same time, Laiyang County also controlled a port. Moreover, it was located in the hinterland of Jiaodong Peninsula. There could not be any trouble there.”
Sugiyama Yuan shook his head and said,"Right now, I don't have any extra troops for the Imperial Guard. Right now, all of our divisions are at the front line. Even the newly established independent mixed exploration teams have their own missions. And you saw the telegram from the base camp a few days ago. A few of the elite divisions of our North China army have all been transferred away.
The 9th, 10th, 14th, and 20th divisions were transferred back to China, while the 11th division was transferred to the Kwantung Army. As for those special divisions, other than the 110th division, the rest would be transferred away. The new divisions that were transferred from the country are still on the way, so for now, I can't transfer soldiers from the front line to the Imperial Guard.”
It had to be said that Zhou Weiguo's luck was actually quite good. At this time, the North China army was undergoing a change. Only the 110th division of the elite divisions would remain, and the other A divisions and special divisions would all be transferred away. The divisions that were transferred over were all new divisions.
The strength of the North China army would decrease, and the various divisions had yet to get used to each other. In addition, the new divisions that were transferred over had fewer troops than the special divisions and the A division. Therefore, at this time, Shanshan Yuan would not transfer divisions or exploration teams to the rear just for a bandit.
Sugiyama Yuan paused for a moment and said,""However, I can transfer two battalions of soldiers from other places to the Imperial Guards. This is the maximum that I can transfer!”
There had always been a very serious problem with the Japanese soldiers in North China, and that was the lack of troops. The Central China and North China armies controlled more than 200 million Chinese people, but the total number of Japanese soldiers under their control did not exceed 600,000. Most of the time, they had to rely on the puppet army to rule these areas.
Now that this situation had occurred, Sugiyama Yuan had no way of transferring troops from other places to the Imperial Guard.
Muto Akira nodded. He felt that the two battalions, together with the remaining infantry regiment in Laiyang County, should be enough.
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Sugiyama planned to send more troops to the Imperial Guard, while Zhou Weiguo began to recruit troops.
This time, it wasn't Li Wu and the others who went down personally to recruit soldiers. Instead, the others went down the mountain to recruit soldiers from the villages.
The recruitment this time was much smoother than the previous one. The battle on the 16th had spread throughout the entire Laiyang County. The surrounding counties were also talking about this battle. Therefore, this time, Zhou Weiguo had sent people to recruit soldiers. It could be said that there were many people who enthusiastically participated.
At the same time, the cloned soldiers in the base were constantly being created to supplement the army.
December 24, 1938
It had been snowing continuously for the past few days, causing the ground to be piled up with thick snow.
Zhou Weiguo stood at a high place and looked at the heavy snow that was still falling. He could not help but let out a sigh of relief.
"Regimental commander, our regiment has been reorganized to the maximum. However, most of them are new recruits, so they are still in training.”
Xu Hu walked behind Zhou Weiguo and said.
"The three infantry battalions are already full?”
"En! We're already full. Are we still recruiting?”
Xu Hu asked.
"The recruitment points in other places will temporarily stop recruiting, but the recruitment points in Clear Wind Camp will not stop.”
Of course, the recruitment point of Clear Wind Camp could not be stopped because the recruitment point of Clear Wind Camp was to recruit those clones.
"Good!"
Xu Hu left silently again. He did not know what was going on. In the past few days, Zhou Weiguo had been standing here and looking into the distance as if he had something on his mind.
"Regiment Leader, the Tiger Head Mountain Independent Regiment has sent someone to visit you!”
At this moment, a soldier jogged to Zhou Weiguo's back and shouted.
Due to the lack of funds, the soldiers under Zhou Weiguo had not yet been uniformed. They were still wearing the clothes of the common people, so they looked more like a bandit army.
"Tiger Head Mountain Independent Regiment? What were they doing here? Did you say who it was?"
Zhou Weiguo frowned.
"The person didn't say anything. He just said that he wanted to see you! He said he's an old friend of yours!"
"If they don't want to see me, just say that I'm busy every day and don't have time to see them!”
Zhou Weiguo waved his hand. He couldn't be bothered to see her. If he were to think about the situation from last time, he would want to scold her.
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