Chapter 28
February 19, 1933, Northeast Anti-Japanese Army General Command
Today, the GCH was gathered together. Not only did the battalion commanders of the eight infantry battalions return, but even the company commanders of the infantry companies, machine artillery companies, and artillery companies had also come to participate in this military meeting.
They also knew that this time, they would face a new round of expansion. At present, another batch of new recruits had come out of the recruit camp, a total of 14,000 people.
"The commander-in-chief has arrived!"
As the number of troops increased, Zhao Wenbin also called himself the commander-in-chief. He was no longer simply addressing him as a senior officer like before!
"Hua ~ La ~"
All the officers stood up when they heard this shout.
"Alright! Sit down!"
Zhao Wenbin walked forward and pressed his hands down as he looked at the officers.
After everyone sat down, Zhao Wenbin looked at them and teased,"Seeing that all of you are glowing, I know that you have been doing well during this period of time! He's almost as good as me, the commander-in-chief!”
"Hehe! Supreme Commander, I have no choice. I have some money now. I have nowhere to spend it. I can only find some food. In the past, I was afraid of being poor and hungry.”
Li Ergou grinned and said casually.
"Haha! If you want to eat, then eat more. But this time, the main reason why I called you to the headquarters for a meeting is to expand the army. I believe you all already know that we have another batch of new recruits coming out of the training camp. There are a total of 14,000 soldiers.
Therefore, after some consideration, I decided to upgrade the basic combat units of the army again. Now, we have eight infantry battalions under our jurisdiction. I plan to expand it to eight infantry regiments.
This is the establishment of the infantry regiment. Take a look!”
As Zhao Wenbin spoke, he handed out a document. Everyone took a look and saw that it was the establishment of the infantry regiment. The specific establishment was as follows:
The Infantry Regiment had three infantry battalions, a field artillery battalion, a logistics battalion, an engineering platoon, a guard platoon, and a regimental headquarters. The total number of soldiers in the regiment was 3,200. The specific number of people in an infantry battalion is 786
Everyone looked at Zhao Wenbin with some doubt after reading it. According to this establishment, eight infantry regiments needed about 25,600 people, but now they only had about 20,000 people.
This army was seriously insufficient! They were still short of 5,600 men, which meant that they were short of an infantry regiment.
"Haha! Are you guys wondering if there are still more than 5,600 people left to be reorganized according to this establishment?”
Zhao Wenbin looked at them and asked with a smile.
"Supreme commander, yes! There were still more than 5,000 people left. Are you planning to recruit another batch of new recruits?”
Li Ergou looked at Zhao Wenbin and asked tentatively.
"Now, let me tell you about the artillery I trained. This was the artillery needed by each infantry regiment. They needed about 3,000 artillery soldiers, which were not among the 14,000 recruits. They are the artillery soldiers that I have trained.
Each of your infantry regiments will be equipped with 24 75mm field cannons, which will require 380 people. The eight artillery battalions required more than three thousand people. I've already prepared these three thousand people for you.
Therefore, the actual number of people you lack now is more than 2,600. Some time ago, I used the veterans who had recovered to form the 1st and 2nd Guard Battalions. I'm prepared to assign the second guard battalion to you.
As a result, you are still lacking about 1,800 soldiers. Currently, these 1800 soldiers are vacant. I have decided to temporarily leave the 8th Infantry Regiment vacant for a period of time. Right now, Jixi and Jidong County were recruiting new soldiers, so the 8th Infantry Regiment had to wait in Jidong for a while.”
The officers below nodded. Actually, this was fine. The 8th Infantry Regiment could also take on the role of guard for the GCH for a period of time.
"The previous Battalion Commanders have now been promoted to Regiment Commander, so I won't read them out one by one. After you go down, make use of the time to reorganize the infantry regiment and carry out training at the same time. It was almost the end of February.
Spring was coming soon, and the snow on the ground would start to melt after a while. Therefore, you don't have much time left. You must complete the training as soon as possible!”
Zhao Wenbin's expression was very serious. From last year until now, they had been racing against time. It was still the same now.
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Fengtian, Kwantung Army Headquarters
Muto Shingi was kneeling in front of a low table with a pot of tea boiling on it. Although he didn't know how to taste tea, he liked this kind of mood. This kind of mood of tasting tea was what he liked.
The Chief of Staff, Zhao from Little Ji Kingdom, walked over.
"Commander, the 8th and 11th divisions are already in position. They are preparing to take the train to Mudanjiang at the end of the month and then launch an attack on Jixi County from Mudanjiang!
In addition, the 20th Regiment was also preparing to head south to cooperate with the 8th and 11th Regiment to attack Zhao Wenbin's troops!”
Muto Shingi nodded, picked up the teacup and sniffed it before slowly taking a sip.
"Tell them that they must completely destroy the Chinese Army before April!”
Muto Shingi spoke. He knew why Muto Shingi wanted to complete the mission by April.
On April 15th, Muto Shingi would step down and return to his homeland to accept his appointment.
Japan had decided to grant Muto Shingi the rank of Marshal because he had conquered and stabilized the northeast for Japan.
Although there was still an anti-Japanese armed force in Hei Long Jiang, in the eyes of the entire island nation, it was only a matter of time before this anti-Japanese armed force was destroyed. This was a small problem.
Muto Shingi hoped to eliminate Zhao Wenbin during his term of office so that he could step down without any regrets and return to his homeland to accept the title.
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Nanjing, Leader's Residence
"The appearance of this anti-Japanese armed force is very strange. According to the information we have so far, it suddenly rose from the southeast region after Ma Zhanshan was defeated. At the end of last year, they fought against a complete Japanese infantry regiment.
In the end, the Japanese infantry regiment was wiped out and won. Since the beginning of the year, they had been recruiting and expanding their troops on a large scale. Until now, they had already become a force with more than 20,000 soldiers.
According to our intelligence, the Japanese are already mobilizing their forces to destroy them, and they seem to be preparing to fight.”
Dai Yunong, who was currently in charge of the Blue Shirt Society, stood in front of Old Jiang and said with an incredulous expression.
The Blue Shirt Society was the predecessor of the military commander. If there were no problems with history, in a few years, the Blue Shirt Society would become the military commander.
Now, Old Jiang had just gone through the matter of being demoted. Last year, he was forced by various factions to resign from his position as the head of the Congress Party. However, he established the Military Council and became the chairman of the Military Council. He used his military power to suppress the government and successfully regained power.
"Oh? It seemed that the situation in the northeast was not calm yet! Rain Farmer, can you think of a way to contact them?”
Old Jiang's eyes flashed slightly as he looked at Dai Yunong and asked softly.
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