Target Beiping, Troops Expansion
"Beiping?"
Chen Zhi looked at Ye Yun in shock. If he wasn't afraid of Ye Yun, he would have touched her to see if she was sick.
There were less than 1,000 soldiers in the National Salvation Army who were still capable of fighting. They did not even have the strength of a regiment, but this guy wanted to take Beiping City from the Japanese and General Zhang's 38th Division.
One had to know that both the Japanese and General Zhang were not to be trifled with.
Chen Zhi was worried, but Ye Yun said confidently,""Although our National Salvation Army only has less than a thousand people, we have a deep foundation. We can expand several times at any time, and our combat strength will not decline.
"Also, the Japanese are considered useless now. We just destroyed their arsenal. If the Japanese want to replenish their supplies, they will need at least three days.
As for the 38th Division, Commander Song has already left them in Beiping to fend for themselves. How many soldiers do you think are still willing to follow him?”
"This…"
Chen Zhi didn't know what to say for a moment. Ye Yun was right. Now was the time when the Japanese were at their weakest. If they wanted to take Beiping, now was the best opportunity.
The National Salvation Army was just as Ye Yun had said. They had more than 3,000 assault rifles, not to mention heavy artillery and infantry cannons.
In short, the inventory of the National Salvation Army and the weapons they were equipped with could completely match the firepower of two divisions of the government army.
If Zhengyang's firepower was really expanded, it would not be a problem for the National Salvation Army to expand by several times.
However, Chen Zhi still felt that the National Salvation Army's predecessor was the 29th Division, and Beiping City was the territory of the 29th Division. It was a little unreasonable to return to the 29th Division now.
Ye Yun seemed to be able to see what he was thinking and asked,""Do you think the 39th Division will be able to hold Beiping City?
To tell you the truth, if we hadn't destroyed the Japanese's arsenal yesterday, the 38th Division wouldn't have lasted more than a few days.
Even so, when the Japanese recover in a few days, the 38th Division will not be able to hold on. Only by handing Beiping City over to us will we have a chance. Do you understand?”
Chen Zhi was speechless. He sighed and said," I understand. When are we leaving?"”
"There's no hurry. It's only about three to four hours from here to Beiping City.”
"You have to use these two days to at least double the size of the army." Ye Yun smiled.”
"Yes, I promise to complete the mission."
After Chen Zhi accepted the mission, he immediately left and arranged for the recruitment.
However, he did not expect the recruitment to be so simple. In the past, when they recruited soldiers, they needed to recruit strong men to complete the mission. Now, when the National Salvation Army recruited soldiers, they were all fighting to enter.
That's right, they were fighting to enter.
The moment the soldiers of the National Salvation Army saw the scattered soldiers of the 29th Division or the suitable soldiers, they immediately took out a bunch of Japanese clothes and hats, showed them their weapons, and told them about the military achievements of the National Salvation Army.
Just like that, the scattered soldiers of the 29th division and the civilians who had never been soldiers fought to enter.
This gave Chen Zhi a headache. There were too many people who wanted to join the National Salvation Army. It was far more than what he had previously estimated. For a moment, he was a little confused and did not know if he should deal with them.
In the end, he had to find Ye Yun to solve this problem.
Ye Yun thought for a moment and said," How about this? You find 5,000 people. 3,000 veterans who have been to the battlefield will be the main force and will use assault rifles. The remaining 2,000 will be the reserve team and will be trained with the Japanese's 38th big cover.”
"Five thousand?"
Chen Zhi thought about it and agreed. Although 5,000 people could not include everyone who wanted to join the National Salvation Army, it was enough to reduce a lot of pressure on him.
When they found out that the National Salvation Army was looking for 5,000 people and that even the reserve team was using the 38th Cover to train, those people wanted to get in even more desperately.
300 rifles! That was the standard weapon of the Japanese. It was much better than the rifles of the government army. However, the National Salvation Army only used rifles for reserve training. It could be seen how advanced their weapons were.
With such advanced weapons and equipment, as long as the commander did not seek death and the soldiers did not cower in fear, they would not have to worry about winning.
Two days later, August 6th, 1937.
After the National Salvation Army completed its first real expansion, Chen Zhi immediately took the report to Ye Yun.
"Commander, the expansion of the National Salvation Army has been completed. The total number of soldiers in the army has reached 6124, of which 132 are lightly injured and 36 are seriously injured.
The entire army was split into three regiments. The first regiment had 1780 soldiers, the second regiment had 1647 soldiers, and the third regiment had 1735 soldiers. Each of these three regiments had 500 reserve soldiers.
There were also 501 heavy artillery soldiers, 150 reserve soldiers, and 428 infantry soldiers.”
According to Ye Yun's original plan, the reserve team should have 2,000 people, but in the end, there were actually more than 1,000 people, and the main force was recruited too many.
However, this way, the scattered soldiers of the 29th division were all recruited by the National Salvation Army.
Ye Yun nodded." Thank you for your hard work these two days. You'll have to work hard for a while more to keep an eye on the troops below." Although we are the main force of the three regiments, the troops that were formed in two days are still very loose. You have to watch out.”
"Don't worry, Commander. I'll keep an eye on them.”
"Then I can rest assured. Go down and prepare. The troops will set off tomorrow morning. We'll take down Beiping first. Otherwise, the Japanese's supplies will arrive.”
"Yes, sir!"
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