The recruitment and military training were carried out in an orderly manner. The Expeditionary Force, including the original 3rd Regiment, only had about 10,000 soldiers. This many people were enough to fill a division, but Zhou Heng was not satisfied. These 10,000 soldiers could not achieve his plan at all.
His plan was 30,000 people because only 30,000 people could complete the first step of his plan. If he wanted to complete the entire plan, he would need hundreds of thousands of troops.
However, if he gathered hundreds of thousands of soldiers now, he would not be able to control them. His subordinates might split up and become the commander. Then, he would become the next bald man. This was not what Zhou Heng wanted.
30,000 soldiers. Chan Da could not recruit so many soldiers. Zhou Heng could only recruit from Yu City and Rong City. The 3rd Division had offices in these two places. It was not difficult for them to recruit soldiers after they had just made a big splash. Soon, they had recruited 30,000 soldiers, and there were even more.
"Are you saying that sending the remains of the martyrs back to their hometown will make many of their villagers come to join our 3rd division?”Zhou Heng asked curiously.
Lin Yi was in charge of sending the remains of the fallen soldiers back to their hometown, so he naturally knew this very well. He nodded and replied," Yes, it has a huge impact. Many people know that even if they die in battle, they can go home and be buried in their ancestors 'graves. They can also get 10 yuan and 50 catties of rice and flour every year. They are even more willing to come. Many people even want to fight and die in battle so that they can exchange some money for their families.”
Hearing Lin Yi's words, Zhou Heng sighed and said," Human lives are the least valuable in this era. If they come, so be it. Take them all. Leave the rest in the reserve army. Even if their entire family comes, we have to arrange for them."”
The families of these soldiers were an important source of immigration in the future. Zhou Heng naturally had to make proper arrangements. Once they settled down, it would be much easier for them to migrate in the future. Zhou Heng would not want those Burmese people. The citizens could only be Chinese.
"I'll make the arrangements. By the way, Miss Xia from Yu City has already arrived. She's arranged to be in the reception room at the airport.”Lin Yi asked.
Zhou Heng was very interested in this mysterious Miss Xia, so he stood up and said," Let's go and meet this Miss Xia. If she can take up her post, I hope to broadcast it to the Japanese as soon as possible."”
The reason why they were in such a hurry was that it was already June, and a great war was about to break out in the Pacific Ocean. It would be a sea battle where the Japanese were defeated, and the Japanese were cheated by the US military. It would be the Sea Battle of Midway.
Originally, Zhou Heng had wanted to leak some information to the Japanese so that they would not believe in the US military's telephone fraud and delay the Pacific War for a longer time. However, he gave up after thinking about it.
He did not know how to contact the Japanese army, nor did he know what the consequences would be. Right now, it was more important to develop his own strength.
Zhou Heng brought the guards with him and got into a jeep. He arrived at the airport. He went to the reception room of the airport but did not see anyone. He asked the guards at the airport and found out that Miss Xia was watching the plane take off and land on the high platform.
When they arrived at the high platform, they saw a few female soldiers in military uniforms standing there with binoculars to observe the fighter jets and trainers taking off and landing.
"Is it Division Commander Zhou?" The woman in the military uniform put down the binoculars and turned around.
Only then did Zhou Heng see this woman. She had an oval face, fair skin, and sparkling eyes. Her long black hair was hidden under her military cap. Although she was wearing a military uniform, it could not hide her impressive figure.
Judging from her appearance, this woman seemed to be a pretty girl next door, but her eyes were very sharp as she sized up Zhou Heng.
"I'm Zhou Heng. Hello, you must be Miss Xia. Nice to meet you.”Zhou Heng stepped forward to shake hands. Miss Xia was not afraid and extended her hand.
"Xia Qingcheng, you can call me Miss Xia. Teacher Zhou is really young and has a lot of secrets. I'm really curious how a down-and-out young man managed to achieve such a great achievement.”Xia Qingcheng said meaningfully.
He grinned. He had a lot of secrets. As long as he investigated, he would be able to find out a lot of unreasonable things. Miss Xia had obviously checked his identity before she came. This was nothing. If she could find out, then Zhou Heng would admit it.
"This is nothing. By the way, what does Miss Xia think of my 3rd division? Do you have any thoughts of staying? Our broadcast to the Japanese army will begin in a few days.”Zhou Heng went straight to the point.
The plane in the distance landed again, making a loud roar. When the sound subsided, Xia Qingcheng said," I can stay. Then, can Division Commander Zhou tell me why you broadcast to the Japanese army? I don't think it's to sing for them, right?”
Zhou Heng had no choice but to repeat what he had told Meng Fan and the others. Xia Qing Cheng's eyes widened. She had never heard of psychological warfare. After all, she had only joined the army halfway, so it was normal that she had never seen many of the new tactics.
"Why are you so vicious? It was fine if the officers and soldiers didn't get along normally, but when it came to life and death, they would probably fight among themselves. Poison, indeed, one couldn't be a man without poison.”Xia Qingcheng looked at Zhou Heng with a burning gaze. At the same time, he took two steps back, as if he wanted to distance himself from this terrifying man.
His mind was filled with black lines. What nonsense was this woman talking about? In a war, it was a matter of life and death. He definitely had to use all kinds of methods. Now was only a small method. He would use even more vicious methods in the future. It was just that it was not suitable to use them now.
"I'm staying, but I think it's too easy to just release the real battle report. We also need to put in some fake news, such as the news that they're fighting on the front lines and the Wei Nation's nobles are taking good care of their wives and daughters. I don't think any man would be able to take it, so it's best to use a short story.”
Xia Qingcheng said with all his thoughts, but her words made all the men present feel a chill in their hearts. She was really too vicious. No matter which country he was from, he probably could not accept his wife cuckolding him, nor could he tolerate his daughter being bullied.
" She's indeed a powerful woman," Zhou Heng couldn't help but comment. He liked women like this. They were like white lotuses, which were much less interesting.
"That's easy, the 3rd Division has a lot of literature graduates, when the time comes, we'll get them all to come over. Oh right, the stories we make up have to be in line with the actual situation in the Wei Nation, if it's too fake, it might have the opposite effect.”
Fighting on the frontlines was already very stressful. If they were to listen to strange things all day long, they could easily explode and become mentally ill. When the time came, it was very likely that they would kill in the trenches with guns.
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