Anti-Japanese War: I have a million soldiers and you call me a division commander?

"That's natural!"

Chu Feng looked at the serious-looking Captain Yang Wu. He smiled and waved his hand nonchalantly, saying, "Others worry about the Eighth Route Army because they're afraid you'll replace them. I don't have so many concerns. On the one hand, I believe in the credibility of the Eighth Route Army and know that you're a very good partner."

"On the other hand, I also need your Eighth Route Army's strong ideological mobilization capabilities to strengthen the troops' patriotic education and make the troops and the people understand what the War of Resistance Against Japan is all about."

At this point, Chu Feng seemed to have thought of something and said, "However, both the National Government and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army hope that I can join them. We can only do this in secret and not let outsiders know for the time being."

After hearing Chu Feng's words, Captain Yang Wu was silent for a few seconds, then raised his head and said, "Captain Chu, I will report this news. No matter what, please be sure to leave a batch of weapons and equipment for our Eighth Route Army."

"no problem!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng waved his hand without hesitation and agreed to this matter.

Commander Yang Wu left in a hurry, and soon a telegram arrived at the 115th Division Headquarters. After the leaders of the division headquarters checked it, they immediately forwarded it to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

The General Command then forwarded the telegram to the leaders of the border regions.

Looking at the telegram, the leaders fell into deep thought. After a while, one of them said with a smile, "This Chu Feng is quite interesting. He actually saw our most precious treasure directly."

"From my interactions with Chu Feng and his attitude towards our party and the brothers of the Sichuan Army, it can be seen that he has little ill will towards us and is someone we can strive to unite with."

"Since he wants to, then we don't need to hide it. In my opinion, we should just transfer a regiment of veteran Red Army soldiers. We must select those with strong abilities and strong ideas."

"It is best if the comrade in charge of leading the team also has experience as a division or brigade leader."

"Once you go to Chu Feng's place, you must obey Chu Feng's instructions and orders. You cannot take the initiative to develop the party organization without orders."

The decision was made in the rear border area and soon it came into the hands of Captain Yang Wu: "Huh!" Looking at the content of the telegram, Captain Yang Wu let out a breath and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"If a new regiment of our Sichuan Army brothers can get a thousand rifles, then I am looking forward to how many rifles an elite Red Army regiment of our Eighth Route Army can get?"

At the same time, the commander-in-chief of the 22nd Sichuan Army also received the telegram.

"What? Chu Feng agreed?"

"And not only can we sell weapons and equipment, but we can also exchange troops for them? This is a first!" The commander-in-chief was very excited. After all, the Sichuan Army's weapons were too poor. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "Send a telegram back and tell them that our 22nd Group Army is willing to transfer 3000 veterans to join the Shanxi North Anti-Japanese Independent Regiment."

Since Chu Feng gave him so much face, the commander-in-chief was not the kind of person to hesitate. Moreover, when everyone despised the Sichuan Army, Chu Feng extended an olive branch to them and was willing to give them weapons and equipment at a discount, which touched the commander-in-chief very much.

Chu Feng wanted three thousand new recruits, but the commander-in-chief had none, so he simply selected three thousand veterans from the army and sent them over.

At noon, Uncle Zhao Wu and Captain Yang Wu came over together.

Chu Feng was very happy when he heard what Uncle Zhao Wu and Captain Yang Wu said. He first looked at Uncle Zhao Wu and said, "Send a telegram back to the commander-in-chief of the 22nd Army Group, saying thank you for the support of the Sichuan Army brothers."

"1500 rifles, 30 light machine guns, 10 heavy machine guns, plus 25 rounds of ammunition, 5 grenades, and 5 radios."

"To thank my brothers from the Sichuan Army for traveling thousands of miles to Shanxi Province to fight in the war, I will personally donate 20,000 sets of winter cotton-padded clothes, 100,000 kilograms of food, and three sets of Shanxi military maps to the 22nd Group Army."

At this point, Chu Feng looked at Uncle Zhao Wu who was standing beside him and said, "Uncle Wu, I'll leave this matter to you. The weapons and equipment will be shipped from here, and you need to prepare the food and cotton clothes in southern Shanxi."

Chu Feng had great respect for the Sichuan Army. The supplies he paid were worth far more than 3,000 Sichuan Army veterans, but Chu Feng still did it.

"Yes, leader!"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Zhao nodded solemnly, turned around and went down to get busy.

"Captain Chu, you are this!" Uncle Zhao Wu immediately, Captain Yang Wu couldn't help but stand in awe and gave Chu Feng a thumbs up.

"hehe!"

Chu Feng shook his head slightly upon hearing this and said, "I've heard about what happened to your Eighth Route Army. Whether it's the National Government or Yan Laokou, although they really hope that your Eighth Route Army or Sichuan Army will fight for them, they don't want to give anything in return."

"As a native of Shanxi Province, my brothers from the Sichuan Army have come from afar. The government and Mr. Yan can be unkind for the sake of profit, but I cannot just stand by and watch."

Having said this, Chu Feng also lost interest in continuing and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about them anymore."

"hehe!"

Regimental Commander Yang Wu smiled and nodded, then handed over the telegram, saying, "The General Headquarters has replied, expressing their gratitude for Regimental Commander Chu's trust and deciding to dispatch a 3,000-man Red Army regiment to support him."

"Really?"

Chu Feng's eyes lit up when he heard this. A Red Army Corps, this was much better than he had imagined.

In his opinion, even if the Eighth Route Army agreed, at most they would support a battalion. Unexpectedly, they actually supported a regiment.

A 3,000-man regiment of the Sichuan Army will have to wait for a while, but the Eighth Route Army doesn’t need it!

The huge reward for destroying the Japanese 11th Regiment meant that technical troops accounted for 60 to 70 percent of the entire regiment. Too many technical troops are not a good thing.

So now Chu Feng is in urgent need of combat power. He has no time to train new recruits, or, he can recruit new recruits but does not give them time to grow.

But if these 3,000 veteran Red Army soldiers join in, they will be ready for combat. Together with the 2,000 new recruits recruited by the system, the addition of 5,000 ready-for-combat forces will solve the original problem of too many technical arms.

At that time, while training new recruits, the troops will be waiting for 3,000 veteran Sichuan Army soldiers, so the army will not have too many new recruits and cause its combat effectiveness to decrease.

"Of course it's true!" Looking at the somewhat surprised Chu Feng, Captain Yang Wu smiled and said, "If you need them, have them report in within three days!"

"no problem!"

Chu Feng naturally hoped that the faster the better. He nodded quickly and said, "To thank the Eighth Route Army for their support, I will provide them with 2500 rifles, 100 light and heavy machine guns, 50 grenade launchers, 20 Type 92 infantry guns, 500,000 rounds of ammunition, 100,000 hand grenades, 1000 infantry artillery shells, 3000 grenades, 10 radios, and 5 sets of military maps."

Hearing Chu Feng's words, Captain Yang Wu's face showed excitement. Chu Feng's generosity was a little beyond his expectations. He could form two regiments with light weapons alone.

Not to mention, they were also given an artillery battalion. For the Eighth Route Army, which lacked heavy firepower, nothing could make them happier than this.

Captain Yang Wu immediately patted his chest and said, "Captain Chu, the personnel will arrive within three days!"

After seeing off the excited Captain Yang Wu, just as Chu Feng was preparing to eat, he saw Major General Zhang and Major Qin coming over from Lianyang. Seeing the confident expressions on their faces, Chu Feng couldn't help but say, "Wow, this is a triple blessing today!"

"First, we got a veteran Sichuan Army regiment, and then we got an ace Red Army regiment."

"I'm going to be promoted and get rich soon. These three great things happening all at once make me so happy that it feels unreal."