At the Japanese division headquarters in Linfen City, Lieutenant General Fujino stood in front of the huge combat sandbox with frowning eyebrows for an hour, motionless.
I still underestimated the strength of my opponent's new group.
A conspiracy carefully laid out by the intelligence department was unexpectedly cracked by the new group so easily, and many intelligence personnel were lost.
Of course, this also allowed Major General Fujino to see the powerful strength of the New Regiment. The main force of more than 10,000 people and local troops can be mobilized at will. What he did not expect the most was that in other Eighth Route Army units, even rice
When they were all starved for food, Xinyi Tuan was able to easily produce millions of kilograms of food to appease the people!
"Food~" Lieutenant General Ito finally spoke, and these two words came out of his mouth!
"What kind of food...division commander!" the chief of staff, who remained in office, asked with a frown.
Lieutenant General Fujino frowned and analyzed: "The key point why the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army can solve this problem is food... The people have a very large gap in food rations due to drought. As long as you give them even a little bit of food, you can easily win over the people.
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"Chief of Staff, is the food supply that the front army promised us will arrive soon?"
"Even if the New Regiment has a strong family, they can freely provide millions of catties of grain. But compared with the imperial army, their little wealth is still far behind!"
"As long as the food is in place, we can also use food to win over the people!"
"The reason why the Eighth Route Army has grown stronger and stronger in North China is that one of the most fundamental issues is the people's support. The people are on their side and are willing to support them, even giving their own rations and sons to the Eighth Route Army!"
"It is these people's hearts that support the Eighth Route Army in fighting against the Imperial Army!"
The chief of staff hesitated and replied: "The first batch of five million kilograms of grain and five thousand garrison troops have arrived!"
Lieutenant General Fujino's face suddenly became serious, he stared at the Chief of Staff and ordered: "Then start recruiting?"
"Recruit troops to form the Imperial Association Army in areas controlled by the Imperial Army. All Chinese who are willing to join the Imperial Association Army will be compensated with fifty kilograms of food at a time, and military pay will be calculated separately!"
"There is a severe drought in North China, and the grain in the hands of the Chinese people is not even enough for rations. The temptation of fifty kilograms of grain must be very huge for these people. In addition, after someone joins the Imperial Alliance Army, there will be one less mouth in the family, not only fifty kilograms more
Food is usually less consumed, and the limited rations may be able to sustain them until next autumn harvest! Therefore, after this order is issued, there will definitely be many Chinese rushing to join the Imperial Alliance Army!"
"I'm not worried about military strength, but the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Alliance Army has always been a big problem!"
"So I decided that each regiment of the newly formed Imperial Association Army will arrange a small team of Imperial Army soldiers to train and supervise them!"
"Guarantee that each infantry company of the Imperial Alliance Army has three imperial soldiers serving as deputy company commanders and instructors respectively!"
"At critical moments, these deputy company commanders and instructors from the imperial army can replace the company commander at any time and directly command the troops in combat!"
The chief of staff immediately reacted: "The division commander is wise. In this way, the command power of the Imperial Association Army will be firmly in the hands of the Imperial Army, and there is no need to worry about the officers of the Imperial Association Army having any ulterior motives towards the Imperial Army!"
"The reason why the Imperial Alliance Army had no combat effectiveness in the past was probably because their officers were too incompetent and cowardly and afraid of death!"
Lieutenant General Fujino affirmed: "That's for sure. There is an old saying in China, one soldier is a raging enemy, and a general is raging in a nest. Since I want to reorganize the Imperial Alliance Army, I must avoid this situation!"
"Currently, the nine infantry brigades under the division are still organized. Although they are not full, one infantry squad from each infantry brigade can still be mobilized!"
"Each infantry brigade recruits troops in its own defense area to form a regiment of the Imperial Association Army, with a total strength of 1,000 people..."
"The commanders of the nine regiments of the Imperial Association Army are appointed by the division headquarters, and the officers below the regiment are appointed by the captains of each brigade!"
"From now on, these regiments will cooperate with them in operations. Equipment and food supplies will be provided by the division headquarters, and training will be the responsibility of each brigade. Therefore, in order to ensure combat effectiveness, each brigade must take responsibility seriously!"
"As long as the combat effectiveness of these Imperial Alliance troops can reach 30% of the Imperial Army, it will be of great help to the Imperial Army!"
"Linfen City has formed three regiments, that is, a brigade of the Imperial Army. You will be responsible for the chief of staff. The three squads of Imperial Army are directly drawn from the guard brigade. We must ensure that the Imperial Army has absolute control over the command of the Imperial Army!
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"In this humble position, I promise to live up to the high expectations of the division commander!" the chief of staff replied with a serious look.
This is an excellent opportunity for me to express myself in front of Lieutenant General Fujino. As the chief of staff of the division, whether I can continue to serve is definitely a matter of one word from Lieutenant General Fujino. Therefore, I must seize this opportunity and do a good job.
Performance.
Seeing Fujino nodding with satisfaction, the chief of staff hesitated and reminded: "Division commander, I think there is one more thing we should pay attention to!"
"What's going on?" Lieutenant General Fujino glanced at the Chief of Staff in surprise and asked.
Since he took office, the chief of staff has always been walking on thin ice, fearful of causing his dissatisfaction. He almost always listens to what he says and does not dare to have any opinions.
The chief of staff gritted his teeth and replied: "It was because the imperial army had some extreme attitudes and behaviors towards the Imperial Army and the Chinese people, and then the Chinese people hid when they saw the imperial army!"
"Three feet of ice does not last in a day. We want the Chinese in the occupied areas to fully support the imperial army and implement the front army's tolerant policy to the end. There is one more thing we should do!"
Having said this, the chief of staff shut his mouth and lowered his head without speaking.
He believed that Lieutenant General Fujino could hear the hidden meaning in his words. As for what to do, that was a matter for the division commander in front of him and he could not decide.
Fujino, who had been looking high-spirited just now, suddenly turned ugly.
Walking around the war room with a sullen face, he hesitated for a long time before making a decision.
"Order, from now on, the imperial army under our command can no longer appear in the occupied areas to grab food and massacre the people. However, don't be polite to the people in the Eighth Route Army base area. I want the Chinese to know that if they obey the imperial army, they will
You will have a good life and no longer need to worry about when you will be killed. However, if you do not submit to the imperial army, then they will be our enemies..."
"After the formation of the Imperial Alliance Army, in addition to enforcing military discipline, the Imperial Army must not insult or kill the Imperial Army!"
The chief of staff wanted this result, so he quickly flattered and replied: "The division commander is wise. With these two orders, I believe that the Chinese in the area occupied by the imperial army will definitely support us!"
Seeing the chief of staff leaving with a smile, Lieutenant General Fujino's face was not as good-looking as he expected.
As a senior imperial officer, he has access to many things that the chief of staff cannot.
Although the policy of gentleness is a new policy formulated by the commander of the front army, Fujino knows that this policy cannot be maintained for too long!
The scale of the wars launched by the empire is getting larger and larger, and the pressure on logistics is also increasing.
The food, weapons and ammunition produced by the empire were basically sent to other battlefields. In addition to the supplies for the Japanese army in North China, they had to rely on their own collection in the occupied areas~
Now due to the drought in North China, Manchuria provides most of the food supplies to the front army.
However, after the drought passes, or Manchuria is unable to provide the front army with so much food and ammunition supplies, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Associated Army, all the Imperial Army can do is to continue to occupy the territory as before
District raids on Chinese people!
Of course, these are all things for later. What you need to do now is to seize this opportunity, suppress your opponent, or even eliminate your opponent.
By then, without the Eighth Route Army, even if the common people resist, they won’t be able to make any big waves!
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