Are you a spy? Killing the enemy is too cruel.

Chapter 600 Abnormality

At the meeting, Ye Feng, who was in charge of presiding over the meeting on expanding the army, said, "To recruit two divisions, a total of 10,000 people, we need at least 1,000 rifles. In addition to the captured ones, there is still a gap. I will ask Comrade Liu Wei, who is in charge of logistics, to deliver these guns as soon as possible."

"Captain Zhou, you will be responsible for the reorganization and training of the two new divisions."

As for the selection of all the commanders and cadres for the two newly established divisions, Ye Feng was too lazy to waste time selecting them one by one.

He planned to send a telegram to the headquarters, asking Yan'an to directly send enough division commanders, regiment commanders, battalion commanders and other personnel.

The last time he went to Yan'an, he knew that Yan'an was currently training military cadres.

If there is really no suitable person, we can also select and appoint from the troops in Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei.

Ye Feng had only one idea, which was to make the two newly expanded divisions have a certain combat effectiveness in the shortest time possible.

At least……

Staying in the Shanghai, Jiangsu and Anhui areas can carry out certain defensive tasks.

New recruits who have never seen blood or been on a battlefield cannot be used to charge into battle and can only be used as a defensive force.

After the meeting.

Led by Zhou Qingshan, an intensive military recruitment program was launched in Jiangsu.

To recruit soldiers.

The conditions offered by the 12th Army could only be described as "insane", including free military pay, resettlement allowances, and food.

If one person serves in the army, the whole family will not go hungry, and the soldier can continue to receive pay to support the entire family.

This kind of good thing is no different from pie falling from the sky.

Even if you are killed in battle, the army will provide your family with a pension five times higher than usual.

Even if you are seriously injured and unable to go to the battlefield, you will be arranged to join the company and get a job opportunity that is guaranteed to pay off.

And in the recruitment notice, the people were clearly told this.

As long as one joins their underground party's troops and becomes an armed anti-Japanese fighter, everyone will have the opportunity to learn to read and write.

For a time, the people in the entire Jiangsu Province went crazy.

"Is the content of this announcement true?" an old man in a small town asked doubtfully.

Someone nearby explained, "Of course it's real. Look at it. There's also the personal signature of Ye Feng, the commander of the Shanghai-Jiangsu-Anhui region and our great Shenzhou hero."

Someone else said, "It's definitely true. One of my cousins ​​said that his son had gone for the physical examination to join the army, and he passed the day before yesterday. Not only did he receive a considerable amount of resettlement allowance, but they also distributed food. That's a lot of food, exactly as it says in the notice, enough for a family of three to eat for two or three months."

Someone echoed:

"Who can have enough to eat every day? The food sent by the underground party, if eaten sparingly and mixed with some wild vegetables, is enough for the whole family to eat for half a year."

"Can such a good thing happen to ordinary people like us?"

"Yeah, I also find it hard to believe. After all, who really cares about us, the lower-class people these days?"

"Don't talk nonsense. The underground party troops are our Shenzhou soldiers. They have strict military discipline and never take anything from the people. They have been fighting the Japanese and resisting the invaders. They are the armed forces that protect our Chinese nation."

"That's right. Ever since the Japanese were driven away from our area, have you seen the underground party's troops bully us? Have they robbed us? None of that, right? On the contrary, they have been helping us, especially those families who can't survive. They would arrange relief food and distribute clothes and blankets."

"Then what are you waiting for? Let the young and strong men in your family join the army as soon as possible?"

"Yeah, there aren't many people recruited this time. If you go too late, you'll miss out."

"This is a great thing where one person joins the army and the whole family is honored. I have to go back quickly too. Hehe, I will have a good life in the future."

……

The various recruitment locations soon became crowded, and long queues of people wanting to join the army formed.

According to Ye Feng's request, this time's recruitment does not require blindly selecting young and middle-aged people with the best physical condition. The conditions can be appropriately relaxed, especially for families with large populations and difficult lives.

The entire territory of Jiangsu has been recovered and the Japanese invaders have been driven out. The next step is to distribute land to the people.

Farming requires strength, and people's families need a pillar of support.

After the lively recruitment work ended, Ye Feng did not rush to march to the Central Plains, but started large-scale military training for the four divisions of the 12th Army.

In response to the recruitment and expansion of the 12th Army, the Japanese had already begun to treat it as a formidable enemy, and continuously gathered troops from the northeast and moved south, focusing on deploying defenses in Central Plains, Shandong and other places to prevent the underground party's armed forces from moving north.

As time went on, the situation became increasingly tense, especially at the border between Jiangsu and Central Plains. The two sides were on the verge of a war and launched several small-scale infiltration operations.

"Commander, here's the information from Yan'an."

That day, Ling Wei, who was in charge of intelligence work in the Shanghai-Jiangsu-Anhui region and was located in the headquarters in the north of Jiangsu, hurried in and continued:

"The situation is not favorable for us. In order to defend the north and address the problem of insufficient troops, the Japanese directly transported 10 divisions, totaling 25 new troops, from their homeland within a month using various warships."

"These Japanese recruits have already gathered at a port on the Yellow Sea and will head south at any time."

"According to the analysis in Yan'an, these 25 Japanese recruits may all be deployed to the Central Plains battlefield."

Not long after, Chang Qingqing, deputy chief of intelligence, also entered the office in a hurry.

"Commander, this is a Japanese telegram we just intercepted. The content shows that while the Japanese are defending the Central Plains, they will also gather troops and secretly move south from Shandong with the intention of attacking Shanghai."

Ye Feng asked, "Are there any abnormalities among the Japanese troops in the south, especially in Guangdong and Guangxi?"

"No, after the failure of the last attack on southern Anhui, the Japanese have retreated and are heading towards Jiangxi and other places."

Chang Qingqing analyzed, "The battle in Wuhan is still going on. The Japanese may want to surround the city on three sides and turn defense into offense."

Ling Wei was confused and asked, "Does the Japanese want to quickly defeat the Shancheng army and completely occupy the entire South?"

Ye Feng said, "It's impossible. The southwestern mountain city is surrounded by mountains and hills. It is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Japanese can defeat the mountain city troops, but they can never completely destroy them."

He remembered very clearly that in his previous life, the Japanese deployed more than 200,000 to 300,000 elite Kwantung Army troops in the southwestern battlefield.

The results of it?

Until the Japanese were defeated, they were unable to completely eliminate Yamashiro's power.

Now that the national situation has reversed, the army in the mountain city dares to attack. A 40-strong force is launching a frantic attack on the Japanese devils entrenched in Wuhan.

Under such circumstances, the Japanese had even less ideas about Yamashiro.

"The Japanese Supreme Command is trying to hide their true intentions on us!"

Ye Feng continued:

"On the surface, most of their troops are deployed in the Central Plains and Shandong, allowing us to neglect the pressure in the rear."

"When the Central Plains War started and the two sides reached the most critical period, they made a feint to the east and attacked us from the west, stabbing us hard from behind, causing us to be defeated on both fronts and completely losing the Shanghai, Jiangsu and Anhui territories that we had worked so hard to recover."

Ye Feng was sure that the Japanese were definitely carrying out some major actions in secret south of the Yangtze River at this time.

The Japanese were lurking in the south, waiting for the right moment to strike a fatal blow.

"Order."

"We have intelligence personnel in the major enemy-occupied areas in the south, collecting information on the movements of the main forces of the various Japanese forces."

"Remember, no matter whether the information is critical or not, all information must be delivered to my desk."

What is the Japanese trump card in the South?

Ye Feng must find out the truth as soon as possible, otherwise, once the Central Plains War begins, he will most likely be attacked from both sides.