Rebirth of the National Marshal

Chapter 207: The Cowardly Japanese Air Force

Mao Yuanshan fully launched the militia policy in the dozen or so counties and Chahar territory that he had recently occupied. In the last era, the militia was a very good thing. It could bring the people together. There were many things that the regular troops could not do, but the militia could do very well. Especially in dealing with enemy spies, the militia certainly did the best.

A militia team should be established in every village with a population of more than 300. The number of people in this team should not be too large, about 100 to people will be enough. If the population of the village is relatively small, then two surrounding villages will form a team together, and then five or six surrounding villages will jointly form a squadron. The number of people in this squadron will be about .

During normal training, the militiamen from these villages are all gathered together to form a militia squadron, and the people from each village are organized into a militia squad.

A militia squad is similar to an infantry squad in the army.

Each squad, which consists of about 20 to 25 people, has a captain and a deputy captain. The captain and the deputy captain are equipped with Mauser pistols with 20 rounds of bullets, both of which are made in Germany.

The weapons of other people were varied. They used whatever they could get. Either the Mauser rifle made in Germany, which was the best, or the Type 38 rifle captured from the Japanese devils, which was also acceptable. There were also the Mosin-Nagant rifles captured from the Soviets, and even the Hanyang rifle which had been popular among the people for a long time.

This is the worst weapon, but the important function of the militia is to provide a warning, so it doesn’t matter what kind of weapons they use.

In a militia squadron, three people must go to the regular army to learn how to use Type 60 mortars and grenade launchers.

At the beginning, many people opposed this idea. In their opinion, the militia only needed to use some light weapons and there was no need to use these heavy weapons. Although the Type 60 mortars and grenade launchers were not considered heavy weapons in the security corps, in the Chinese army, as long as it was artillery, it was considered a heavy weapon.

But Mao Yuanshan also had his own ideas. These people did not know how big the scale of World War II was. Mao Yuanshan himself knew very well that if he wanted to gain a foothold in this world, he must have enough troops.

Although China has a large population, enough to support the fight through this world war, there are too few people in China who understand military skills.

The militia can be a cradle for training soldiers. As long as they are familiar with these things in the militia, they will master them faster after entering the army and form combat effectiveness faster.

According to the government's request, it can be formed in about an instant.

There are over one million militiamen, and they will become high-quality sources of soldiers in the future.

In addition to allowing them to learn some military skills in the army, they can also learn some disciplines so that they can quickly form combat effectiveness after joining the army.

In short, this militia team is absolutely beneficial with no harm.

When the militia was just being formed, many people felt that it would be better to support the central army than to give these weapons to the common people, which might achieve a greater effect. However, Mao Yuanshan used facts to tell them that these weapons were not wasted, and in the next war, the militia would be a good supplement to the regular troops.

According to some documents unlocked after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the militia provided 65% of the manpower supplement for the regular troops, which is already a very large number. Moreover, after the militia entered the army, they only needed one to two months of adaptive training before they could be directly engaged in combat, and there was no need for three months of recruit training at all.

Later, senior government and military officials were surprised by Mao Yuanshan's suggestion. They also wondered what kind of person Mao Yuanshan was. In addition to leading everyone to build this great country, every policy of his seemed to have a precedent. Many people could not have thought of it, but Mao Yuanshan implemented it. Later it turned out to be very beneficial to the entire country and the entire nation.

Looking back at the battlefield, the Kwantung Army in the Northeast finally welcomed this batch of air force reinforcements. Although there were only 80 aircraft, it was still good compared with the past. In the past, all the aircraft added up to only 35 fighters, and there were no bombers at all. Relying on such air force strength, it would be a dream to want to compete with the Security Corps.

Although these 80 planes are a drop in the bucket, they mean that the security corps' air force is no longer the only one in control, and they can now make their own voices heard.

When the security corps learned that the Japanese devils had air force support, they immediately dispatched a large formation to encircle and annihilate them. According to the Japanese devils' Bushido spirit, even if they were at a disadvantage, they should fly planes to fight you to the death. However, who knew that Umezu Mijiro immediately ordered the planes to retreat and could not compete with Mao Yuanshan and his men.

The Japanese pilots felt that this retreat order was somewhat humiliating, and at first they were thinking of causing trouble at the headquarters. However, when they saw the rows of memorial tablets outside the headquarters, they all fell silent. Although they were very excited, they also valued their lives more, didn't they?

Historically, it is said that the Japanese are not afraid of death, but when faced with real death, no one is not afraid.

Most of these Japanese pilots were veterans who had already married in Japan and had children and elderly people at home who needed their care. Dying in China was definitely not what they wanted.

Leng Feng and Zhao Shan came straight over with a squadron of fighter jets. They originally thought they could have a big battle with the Japanese devils in the sky. In the past few days, the two of them and their men had bombed almost every place that could be bombed in the Northeast. Except for the problem of aircraft range, there was not even a decent target anywhere else.

Of course, this also came at a huge price. Tens of thousands of tons of oil and thousands of tons of bombs directly emptied the security team's warehouse.

17 pilots sacrificed their lives, which is very few. As long as the pilot of the security group was not dead and as long as he parachuted, Mao Yuanshan would order Monkey to lead his men to immediately infiltrate the war zone to bring the person back to me.

No matter how far we are, we must try our best. Every pilot is the most valuable asset and we must bring them back. Losing the plane is not terrible, but losing the pilot is the most terrible thing.

If there hadn't been a search party, more pilots would have died.

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