"Recruiting soldiers! Recruiting soldiers!"
"Anyone who is eighteen years old, healthy, and doesn't smoke can sign up. Once they were accepted, they would be given five taels of silver as a settlement allowance. Every month, they would receive four taels of silver as salary. Those who could read would be given priority. Once he was chosen, he would have three full meals a day, and every meal would be enough for him!”
The 101st Infantry Division started to set up dozens of recruitment points around Yanjing, Jinwei, and Baoding.
Due to floods, famines, and wars, the northern regions of Yan Huang were filled with refugees.
A large number of people left their homes with their families and headed to the big cities, hoping to get a bite to eat.
Even though most of these commoners were sallow and emaciated.
However, there were too many of them. Recruiting the soldiers needed by the 101st Infantry Division would not be a problem.
However, after these refugees became soldiers, their physical fitness was poor. They needed to be supplemented with nutrition and undergo training in order to grow into qualified soldiers.
"Really? To eat three full meals? And steamed buns?"
"You can get five taels of silver as a settling allowance? And four taels of silver a month?”
"That's great. If you become a soldier, you won't starve to death. His parents and siblings would not starve!”
The conditions offered by the 101st Infantry Division were very generous, which caused a huge shock among the refugees.
They were already at a dead end, but it was as if they had suddenly seen a glimmer of hope.
"Everyone, don't worry. The commander of our 101st Infantry Division is the Second Young Master of the Yuan Family. Once he was accepted, he would have a guarantee!”The officer introduced them to the refugees.
Yuan Kewen was Yuan Datou's second son, and who was Yuan Datou? These refugees naturally knew.
This made them trust the recruitment of the 101st Infantry Division even more.
In an extremely short period of time, there was a long queue at the recruitment point.
However, the recruitment of the 101st Infantry Division was extremely strict.
He didn't want anyone who smoked cigarettes.
Those who were physically disabled could not join the army.
Those who were too short and too young were all eliminated.
But even so, they quickly recruited a large number of soldiers.
In just the first day, the 101st Infantry Division had recruited more than 5,000 soldiers.
At this rate, the soldiers needed by the 101st Infantry Division would soon be recruited.
"Commander, there are many people who have signed up to join the army. We have already recruited more than five thousand people today. At this rate, we will be able to recruit all the soldiers we need in two days!”The Chief of Staff, Major General Zhang Xiaozhun, was all smiles.
"Haha! It seemed like everyone was very enthusiastic. However, they had to be strictly screened. They would rather have no quality than quality. They could not let unqualified people join the army!”Yuan Kewen said.
"Yes, teacher!" Major General Zhang Xiaozhun replied.
"By the way, how many people do we plan to recruit this time?”Yuan Kewen asked.
"Commander, according to the plan, we need to recruit 12,000 people.”Major General Zhang Xiaozhun replied.
According to the military system of the Beiyang Army, each infantry division was made up of two infantry brigades, an artillery regiment, a cavalry regiment, a supply battalion, and an engineering battalion.
Each infantry brigade was made up of two infantry regiments.
Each infantry regiment consisted of three battalions and a machine gun company.
Each battalion was made up of four infantry companies.
The Artillery Regiment had three battalions, each with three companies, each with six cannons. The entire artillery regiment had a total of 54 cannons.
The cavalry regiment was divided into two types. The first type was the A-type cavalry regiment, which was made up of three four-company cavalry battalions. The other type was the B-type cavalry regiment, which consisted of three cavalry battalions.
The supply battalion and the engineer battalion were made up of three companies.
Including the division headquarters, the entire division had a total of 12,500 people.
However, the various departments of the Beiyang Army were lacking in manpower.
To put it bluntly, he was just eating empty pay.
The Beiyang Direct Line troops had relatively fewer empty salaries. However, there were many local forces that were free. Some troops even had one-third of their pay empty.
How much combat power could such a force have?
Of course, Yuan Kewen's troops wouldn't be in such a situation.
In addition, he was not prepared to recruit soldiers according to the Northern Army's military system.
One had to know that Yuan Kewen regarded the Japanese infantry division as his main enemy. When it was fully filled, there were more than twenty-eight thousand people.
The two infantry divisions of the Beiyang Army combined were not even comparable to an infantry division of the Japanese.
In terms of weapons and combat power, they were even less of a match for the Japanese.
If they were to really fight, the Japanese would probably be able to wipe out the Beiyang Army, which was known as the most elite force of the Yan Huang Empire.
Even the Northern Army was like this, let alone the other troops facing the Japanese. What kind of result would they have?
Yuan Kewen hoped that his infantry division would be able to fight against an entire infantry division of the Japanese. In terms of weapons and equipment, they were even stronger than the Japanese infantry divisions, and they had the ability to defeat an entire Japanese infantry division.
In that case, once he had a few infantry divisions like this, he would be able to use them. His strength would be able to become the strongest in Yan Huang.
In the future, he would be even more confident when facing the Japanese.
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