"Who is responsible for leading the troops to open the second base, let's put it aside for the time being. Let's talk about the future development plan of the troops within half a year." Wang Yue waved his hand and asked everyone to calm down and said, to be honest, Wang Yue was still thinking about who to go to Suiyuan to open the second base.

"It's December now. Since last month, it has started to snow here. Although it has not reached the point where heavy snow has closed the mountain, there are not many people who have actually entered and exited the mountain. The Japanese have almost started to spend the winter. We have basically rested in the base or stronghold."

"So, from now on, to the beginning of spring, within about four or five months, our focus is still on rest and training. In fact, we have carried out a small-scale expansion more than a month ago. Now the 1,23rd Battalion, Cavalry Battalion, and Guard Battalion are all equipped with 1,000 people, the artillery battalion is also equipped with 600 people, and the special forces are also expanded to 200 people."

"About it, the soldiers we are working on are nearly 6,000. This is not the case with the military academy recruit training camp, the industrial park security team, and the recruit training office of Li Dawen in Yili City. It can be said that in more than half a year, our advance army can develop to this scale under the Japanese's eyelids, which is already very impressive."

Wang Yue said that he took a sip of water here, glanced at everyone, and then continued: "But this is not enough, it is far from enough. We have money, food, guns, and cannons. There is no shortage of people in our radiation area who are willing to join the army to fight the Japanese, so I plan to expand and expand again."

I won’t talk about the money. Those foreign banks are completely Wang Yue’s ATMs, and there are tens of thousands of tons of grain. In Shanghai and Yili are constantly purchasing. If they really cannot be purchased in China, they can still be imported from overseas. There is no need to worry about this at all.

There is no shortage of guns and cannons for the time being. Just two arms ordered from US and German arms dealers are enough to arm three main infantry regiments and an artillery regiment. It is definitely okay to equip two regiments with captured Japanese weapons. So in general, the current equipment of the advance army can form at least two American regiments, one German regiment, two Japanese regiments, and one artillery regiment.

Once all these equipment is used, at least more than 15,000 people can be armed. Moreover, Wang Yue is still booking the U.S. and Virgin equipment at a high price. In two or three months, a batch of equipment will arrive. In addition, he has contacted the Russian Russians again. Wang Yue believes that when Rodrey's inspection is over, Wang Yue can further strengthen cooperation with the Russians. At least one or two groups of equipment will be ordered. There is definitely no problem.

"Yes, we are not short of money. We don't lack food, and guns and cannons are enough. Why not recruit more soldiers? Chief, how do you plan to expand this time?" Wang Qi asked first. Several military chief officials also stretched their necks and looked forward to it. As military chief officials, of course, I hope that their soldiers will have more generals.

"My opinion is that each battalion is directly upgraded to a regiment. The organization has been temporarily expanded to 3,000 people. What do you think?" Wang Yue suggested.

"Rufeng, is this too anxious? After all, the army has only been developing for half a year. It has only been more than a month since the last expansion. I don't know whether it has truly formed combat power. Now it is going to be expanded again, and it is directly upgraded to a regiment."

"I have two concerns. One is that the soldiers' combat effectiveness will decline and become a group of mobs. The other is that we are worried that our movement will attract the attention of the Japanese in advance." Li Maogong said worriedly. After all, the troops are not bandits, and it takes time and combat accumulation to train soldiers.

"Uncle De, what do you think?" Wang Yue nodded after hearing this, and then solicited Mao Erde's opinion.

"The money, food, guns and cannons I just mentioned are not problems. But now when the mountains are closed with heavy snow, we are suddenly expanding. I am worried that the indoor training ground is not enough. After all, our soldiers can't train and teach in the snow every day, right?" Mao Erde said after thinking about it.

"Well, how are the indoor training grounds of our major bases built? How many people can be accommodated for training at the same time?" Wang Yue asked with his head raised.

"The Yalu Mountain Base is still relatively complete. It should be able to accommodate about 3,000 people at the same time for training. After a while, several other indoor training grounds should be able to accommodate about 5,000 people." Mao Erde calculated and replied.

"There is basically no indoor training ground at Pingfengshan Base." Wang Qi added that not to mention the indoor training ground, even the soldiers' camp dormitories were not completely built, mainly because the Japanese bombers last time all the dormitories on the mountain were blown up.

"The indoor training grounds in Wuyiling are also relatively simple and can be basically negligible." Zhou Xiong continued.

"It is indeed not enough to only train three or five thousand people at the same time." Wang Yue smiled and continued: "But don't worry, there should be a training base in the small town of Obluchiye opposite Wuyi Ridge, but how many people can be trained at the same time, you still need to check it out to determine."

"By the way, Rufeng, there is another question that has to be raised, and that is the issue of military source. If you expand it according to your idea, then our advance army will have to add at least 10,000 new recruits this time. This number is not small. You must know that the young and middle-aged people in several nearby towns have almost been recruited by us. It is also a problem for the new recruit to take the move, how to get it." Li Maogong reminded.

"Well, it's a question. Which department is responsible for the recruitment now?" Wang Yue asked.

"The Recruitment Office of the Logistics Department, the Publicity Department, and the Military Academy recruitment training camp, three parties jointly recruit soldiers." Mao Erde replied that the recruitment work was mainly the head of the Logistics Department, but after the establishment of the Military Academy recruitment training camp, he also joined in.

"I think so. The recruitment office of the Logistics Department was separated, and some backbones of the publicity department were drawn to the military academy recruit training camp to form recruitment and train one-stop training." Wang Yuesai said, after all, a recruitment work involves two major departments, and there will inevitably be times when the coordination is not good. This matter was not considered before, but now it is just proposed and solved.

"I agree." Mao Erde first expressed his opinion. Although there was less power, Mao Erde was responsible for too many things. Seeing that the arsenal was about to open, Mao Erde wanted to take charge of several departments.

"Principal Xu doesn't object, right?" Wang Yue asked with a smile.

"Rufeng, this burden is not light, and the training is easy to say, but the short-term recruitment of 10,000 troops is recruited. You must apply a few tricks, otherwise this task will be really difficult to complete." Xu Nai smiled bitterly.

"Actually, it's not difficult to solve the problem of 10,000 troops. Now there are wars and too many people are short of food and clothing. Now it's winter is coming again, and many ordinary people are starving and freezing. You just need to send some working groups to disperse them to several counties, more than a dozen towns, and hundreds of villages that we have radiated to. What's the difficulty of 10,000 troops?"

"In addition, you can also contact Hu Dazhu of the Industrial Park Security Team and Li Dawen of Yili City to let them work hard together. Not to mention ten thousand, even twenty thousand or three thousand, it is not a problem."

"There is another point. Our base cleared two or three thousand prisoners last time. You can also choose to absorb these people through labor reform." Wang Yue reminded.

"Haha, Rufeng is still very smart. I'll take on this errand. It just so happens that the special training officers and soldiers in the military academy are free all day long. It's still okay to let them train new recruits." Xu Nai said with a smile.

"Since the problem of military source has been solved, the expansion has been decided. This time the situation is special. The training time for recruits is shortened to two months, and then directly transferred to each regiment. I hope that each regiment can make the new recruits and veterans develop combat effectiveness before the spring begins. That is to say, you will have about two months to run in after receiving the recruits. Can you do it?" Wang Yue looked at several military officials and asked.

“Ensure the task is completed.”

The five military chiefs of Wang Qi, Qin Wu, Zhou Xiong, Su Renfei and Wang Chuan replied in unison.

"Very good. Although the mountains are blocked by heavy snow in winter, the Japanese also have many mines and wood mining farms. If you have nothing to do, you can take the recruits to find their troubles. It is okay to see blood." Wang Yue smiled and reminded.

The new recruits will never be seen, they will always be new recruits.

"I understand." The five people said in unison again.

"Since the expansion matter has been finalized, let's talk about the establishment of the expeditionary army and the development of a second base,..."

Wang Yue, Li Maogong, Mao Erde and others had already passed the sensation of the formation of the Expeditionary Force. Except for the candidate for the main official, other plans have been made long ago. Here we are mainly to inform us.

The main forces of the Expeditionary Force were all drawn from each battalion and department to form:

Among them, the first, second and third battalions, the cavalry battalion, and four battalions each drew a company, totaling 1,000 people.

There is a company of the artillery battalion, with a total of 150 people.

The special forces team drew a team of 50 people in total.

Military recruit training camp, Hu Dazhu Security Department, and Yili City Li Dawen recruit training department. Whether or not the training has been completed, a total of 1,500 recruits will be requisitioned.

In addition, the General Staff and Logistics Department each sent a working group to assist in the formation of the expeditionary force. Therefore, the total number of people who went to Suiyuan to open the second base was about 2,800.

"This is probably the case. As for which company to be transferred, it is up to you battalion commanders to decide for themselves, but one thing must be clear, that is, the company to be transferred must be a reorganized company. Don't send some new recruits and stuff some soldiers in just because they are soldiers who want to go out. If I let me know who did this, I can't spare him." Wang Yue concluded at last.

"No, surely not."

"Chief, these are soldiers who have gone out of our advance army. How could we do such a thing?"

"Haha, that's it."

Wang Qi and his men smiled embarrassedly, if Wang Yue didn't say it, they would have really had this idea. Of course, if anyone of them chose the military commander of the Expeditionary Force, they would definitely pull the elite of their current battalion over, which is certain.

"Okay, then we should discuss the issue of the military chief of the Expeditionary Force." Wang Yueyan said.

...
Chapter completed!