The high-power radio station of the newly formed 6th Army began to officially announce to the outside world through clear codes that from now on, the newly formed 6th Army will be officially expanded into the 43rd Army.

The next day, major newspapers and radio stations across the country reported on this matter in large quantities. At the same time, the newly established 43rd Army officially announced that it would recruit a large number of outstanding young people to join the army, and called on young people with aspirations across the country to go to Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places to join the 43rd Army to fight the Japanese and defend the country.

At the gate of the Shanghai 43rd Army General Command, a formal plaque has been hung, with more than a dozen regular characters on it: "The General Command of the National Revolutionary Army General Command".

In the command center conference room, Ye Fengzu was in the center of the rostrum and said with great enthusiasm: "Brothers, the 43rd Army has been officially established!"

There was warm applause from the rostrum, and the thunderous applause lasted for a long time!

The people attending the meeting were personnel at the regiment level and above. Everyone was very excited. After they were expanded into the Forty-third Army, the strength of the troops will definitely reach a big step again, and the size of the troops will also be greatly expanded.

After announcing the formal establishment of the 43rd Army, Ye Feng announced the expansion plan. The newly established 43rd Army will reach more than 500,000 people, and will be under the jurisdiction of the three navy, army and air force.

In the army, the size of the infantry division will reach twenty, five mechanized infantry divisions, four tank armored divisions, three artillery divisions, plus auxiliary troops and guard troops, the number of the army will exceed 300,000.

In the air force, four air divisions were formed with Hangzhou Airport, Ningbo Airport, Shanghai Airport and Xuzhou Airport as bases, equipped with more than 2,000 various aircraft, of which the number of fighter jets and bombers accounted for the vast majority. In addition, there are transport aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft and other aircraft.

In terms of the navy, the scale will double based on the current navy, and the navy will exceed 100,000 people. Not only will there be naval aviation troops, but also the Marine Corps and various auxiliary troops, the scale of the fleet will be expanded.

At present, the Navy already has the Nuwa aircraft carrier, various destroyers, frigates, etc. In addition, there are dozens of submarines.

With the huge increase in the merit value in the "Nuwa" system, Ye Feng has already figured it out and will exchange it for two American "Essex-class" aircraft carriers again, and several destroyers and frigates to expand the scale of the fleet.

In addition to further improving and expanding the Zhoushan Naval Base, construction of the Shanghai Military Port will soon start. In this way, there will be two naval bases.

Ye Feng read out the military expansion plan, and everyone heard thunderous applause again. Once this military expansion plan was officially announced, it means that Ye Feng's troops will enter a period of rapid development again, and large-scale recruitment work will begin immediately.

The number of troops expanded to 500,000, requiring a large amount of weapons and equipment. Fortunately, light weapons and equipment, including Garland rifles, Thomson submachine guns, various light and heavy machine guns and other weapons, as well as matching ammunition, the Shannan County Arsenal has basically met the needs of the troops, and basically no longer needs to spend meritorious values ​​to exchange from the "Nuwa" system.

In terms of heavy weapons and equipment, such as tanks, armored vehicles, 105mm howitzers, 155mm howitzers, etc., each factory can produce a large part of it by itself. Basically, only a small part is needed. If you are not in a hurry to equip the troops, the newly established troops will slowly wait for the heavy weapons and equipment produced by the factory to leave the factory. If you slowly equip them one by one, you may even need to spend meritorious values ​​to redeemed.

A large amount of merit value of the "Nuwa" system can be spent on the construction of the Air Force and Navy. At present, Ye Feng has no way to produce aircraft, and the construction of the Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory has just been put on the agenda. The aircraft gap required by the five major air force divisions will be exchanged from the "Nuwa" system.

On the Navy, with the efforts of Ningbo Shipyard to produce, some destroyers and frigates will be launched to equip the troops, and Ye Feng is only preparing to exchange some destroyers, frigates, and some auxiliary ships from the "Nuwa" system.

The exchange of two new aircraft carriers will cost a lot of merit. In addition, with the development of large-scale construction, a large number of industrial equipment needs to be redeemed, which requires a lot of merit.

Ye Feng was secretly glad in his heart. Fortunately, he had the foresight and started the construction of various factories early. These factories were able to produce various weapons and equipment in large quantities, which would save a lot of merit. Otherwise, Ye Feng's troops would not have expanded to a huge amount of 500,000 at once, nor would they want to exchange for two aircraft carriers again.

The founding meeting of the 43rd Army was held for a whole morning. After the meeting, everyone was full of enthusiasm and devoted themselves to their work.

In major cities such as Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Ningbo, etc., overwhelming publicity work has begun, and a large number of recruitment advertisements are everywhere. This time, so many new recruits need to be recruited, and the newly established Forty-Three Army has created a lot of momentum.

After sufficient publicity, in late August 1940, half a month after Shanghai was liberation, major cities such as Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Jiaxing, Ningbo, and Shaoxing began to recruit soldiers.

On the first day of recruitment, each recruiting site was extremely popular, especially dozens of recruiting sites in Shanghai, which were crowded since the morning. Everyone knows that the recruitment site officially started at 9:00 this morning, and everyone came to each recruiting site early and lined up in a long queue.

A recruiting point near Baoshan.

This recruitment site is located next to the street. The recruitment site is relatively simple. There are several tables and banners. There are several off-road vehicles parked not far away. About an infantry platoon soldiers are maintaining order, and more than a dozen staff members in charge of recruitment have also started working.

The long queue began to move slowly. The staff carefully and carefully registered the conditions and issued a pre-recorded voucher covered with a printed copy. The pre-recorded voucher was carefully explained. With the pre-recorded voucher, you can go to the relevant location to re-recorate.

There are dozens of recruiting sites in Shanghai, which is now equivalent to auditions. The pre-recorded vouchers only meet the preliminary conditions. There are still several re-elected locations in Shanghai. The re-electing is much stricter and there are various inspections. Only after passing the re-electing voucher is a real recruit.

Even the relatively easy auditions were happy and sad. Those who failed to pass the auditions sighed and looked depressed. When they got the pre-recorded voucher with a bright red seal, they were happy as if they had passed the No. 1 pick.

Those who were still queuing and waiting for the young people were a little nervous. Everyone found that even if it was pre-recorded, the elimination rate was almost half. They were naturally queuing here early in the morning, so they naturally joined Ye Feng's troops with hope.

In the middle of the team, several people were talking, and while chatting, they moved slowly with the team.

A burly man said to another young man next to him: "Brother, you are a student!"

The gentle young man said, "I am a college student and I graduated one year later. I heard that Commander-in-Chief Ye's troops recruited soldiers, so I and a few classmates rushed over from Wuhan."

"You are college students, no wonder you look very enthusiastic." The burly young man said suddenly.

This gentle and gentle young college student looked at the burly man's strong muscles and asked curiously: "Brother, what are you doing? You seem to be from Shanghai when you say the accent."

"Brother, I have a good vision. I am from Shanghai. I am just from the suburbs and rural areas. I used to make a living at the Shanghai Wharf, which means I am carrying a bag and working as a hard worker. I have been bullied by little Japanese in the past. This time I want to join the 43rd Army to kill the Japanese and relieve the anger in my heart."

There were many chats in the entire team, everyone came from all over the country, some were young people from Shanghai, and a large part were passionate young people from all over the country. Everyone worked hard and came here thousands of miles away, with only one purpose, that is, join the army and go to the front line to kill the Japanese.

After the recruitment began, the recruitment sites in major cities have been extremely popular. Fortunately, the number of new recruits recruited this time is relatively large, and a large number of young people have realized their wishes and will join the Iron Army unit of the 43rd Army as they wish.

The recruitment work continued until early September before basically ending. After careful selection, a total of more than 200,000 new recruits were recruited. These recruits, together with the veterans of the newly-organized 6th Army, had exceeded 500,000 in number, and basically met the number requirements.

After the recruitment work is over, it is naturally a busy training for recruits.

In major cities, newly recruited recruits are trained on-site. In Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Ningbo and other places, a large number of recruit soldiers will begin to transform. From students, farmers, coolies, vendors and other roles, after three months of recruit training, they gradually become qualified soldiers.

The training of the recruits will last for three months. A large number of experienced veterans will serve as instructors for these recruits and lead everyone to conduct three months of training. After the three basic military training, these recruits will be assigned to various units.

After arriving at each unit, these recruits will also undergo professional military training. If they are assigned to tank units, they will learn to drive tanks, learn to fight tanks, and after being assigned to artillery units, they will learn to fire artillery and gradually grow into a qualified artillery soldier.

Some soldiers who perform well during recruit training and have good physical fitness will be selected and will have the honor of becoming an enviable pilot.

Of course, these 200,000 new soldiers will be assigned to the naval forces after three months of basic military training and become a glorious navy.
Chapter completed!