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

"Twenty-seven thousand people!"

Ge Dayong couldn't help but exclaim in admiration: "A Type A division of the Japanese devils only has about 25,000 people. We have 2,000 more people than their Type A division."

After Ge Dayong finished speaking, Li Mingqiang couldn't help but say, "Honestly, when our brigade is fully staffed, the scene is really exciting and exciting just thinking about it."

At this point, Li Mingqiang seemed to have thought of something, and a sly smile appeared on his lips. He said, "The government has given us a Type A brigade, and a Type A brigade has only 9,000 people."

"Our brigade commander has directly expanded the force to 27,000 men. If the government knew about this, they would probably have a heart attack."

Hearing Li Mingqiang's words, Chu Feng, Ge Dayong and Wang Tiezhu also laughed.

People don't have any feelings towards the National Government, so they don't really care when they make fun of it.

After laughing, Chu Feng continued, "In my plan, I will use the two companies of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, along with 3000 new recruits and 500 veteran Red Army soldiers, to form the 1st Infantry Regiment."

“全团辖三个1200人的步兵营，一个400人的炮兵营，1个400人的辎重营。团部直辖侦察连、警卫连、通讯排、维修保障连,共5000人。”

"The Second Regiment, the Third Regiment, and so on, relying on the remaining troops of our Second Battalion and the Third Battalion, as well as 1000 veteran Red Army soldiers."

"The regimental artillery battalion is primarily composed of 120mm heavy mortars. There are thirty-six 120mm heavy mortars, twelve per regiment."

“营属炮兵连，以九二式毫米步兵炮为主，每个营装备8门。连属火力排以82毫米迫击炮为主，装备3门82毫米迫击炮加3支11式狙击榴弹发射器。”

"Platoon-level firepower is primarily composed of light and heavy machine guns, rifles, submachine guns, and grenade launchers."

At this point, Chu Feng paused slightly and said, "Our arsenal's 60mm mortar production line is being built and debugged. Once the production line is debugged and the personnel and materials are in place, we can produce 60mm mortars on our own. The company's artillery firepower will all be replaced with 60mm mortars."

"The artillery regiment is primarily composed of American-made howitzers, with a total of 2160 personnel."

"The supply regiment has 6000 men and is composed of six battalions of 1,000 men. Currently, we only have a cadre structure, but there's no need to rush. The troops have a lot of vehicles and equipment. I've already asked Uncle Zhao Wu to recruit people who can drive."

After hearing Chu Feng's words, the other three nodded to show that they understood.

"We will split the special forces battalion again and expand the reconnaissance company into a reconnaissance battalion with a total of 550 people."

"The Guard Company was expanded into a Guard Battalion, with a total of 600 personnel. The Engineer Company was expanded into an Engineer Battalion, with a total of 550 personnel."

"The Communications Platoon has been expanded to become a Communications Company, with a total of 220 personnel."

"In addition to this, I also established an air defense battalion, a chemical defense battalion, and a vehicle maintenance battalion."

"The air defense battalion consists of 450 men and is equipped with 12 air defense vehicles. I am using Maxim heavy machine guns at the Arsenal to modify a batch of anti-aircraft machine guns."

"The chemical defense battalion has 560 personnel, including three combat companies equipped with a total of 81 flamethrowers. It also has a logistics support company equipped with 100 submachine guns and 25 military support vehicles."

"The vehicle maintenance battalion has three maintenance companies under its command, with a total of 500 people."

After explaining the specific organization, Chu Feng began to talk about the current situation of the troops, saying: "However, we are currently short of manpower, including the 2500 newly recruited soldiers and 3000 veteran Red Army officers and soldiers."

"As well as the 3000 veterans of the Sichuan Army who have yet to arrive, and our existing troops, the American-made artillery regiment, etc., a total of 16,700 people, the gap reaches 9,300 people."

At this point, Chu Feng looked at Li Mingqiang and said, "Old Li, I'll leave the job of recruiting new soldiers to you. We are short of at least 10,000 new soldiers."

"However, the army is constantly developing, and we need to select the best recruits while also being flexible in recruiting. As long as they pass the review and are suitable in terms of physical fitness and age, we will accept them."

"If you recruit 20,000 new soldiers for me, I can afford them."

Hearing Chu Feng's generous recruitment of new soldiers, Li Mingqiang, Ge Dayong and Wang Tiezhu all showed expressions of surprise, but did not object or say anything.

Li Mingqiang patted his chest and said, "Brigade Commander, leave it to me. Recruiting soldiers is my forte."

"Ok!"

Chu Feng is well aware of the capabilities of our party. There is no one more suitable than Li Mingqiang for this matter.

"This is our compilation plan. Do you have anything you want to say? Or do you have any questions?" Looking at his three partners, Chu Feng asked again.

As soon as Chu Feng asked, Ge Dayong spoke up and said, "Brigade Commander, I have a question. I'm curious, what is the purpose of this chemical defense battalion we formed?"

As soon as Ge Dayong said this, Li Mingqiang and Wang Tiezhu also showed curious expressions.

Chu Feng smiled and explained to the three people: "These are considered a group of special troops. The Chemical Defense Battalion is the external name. You can also call them flamethrowers. The flamethrowers they are equipped with can spray a fire dragon with a temperature of over a thousand degrees Celsius a hundred meters away."

"Think about it, when facing fixed fortifications, street fighting, positional warfare, or siege warfare, this can be said to be our powerful weapon."

At this point, Chu Feng looked at the slightly changed expressions of the three people and said, "You can go to the chemical defense camp and see for yourself the combat mode and lethality of the flamethrowers."

The three of them became interested after hearing this. Even after just listening to Chu Feng's brief introduction, they all thought of that scene.

"We'll go check it out in a bit!"

Ge Dayong couldn't wait any longer and said with a smile.

Chu Feng didn't answer. Instead, he looked at his three partners and said, "The troop organization is like this. Lao Li will be responsible for recruiting new soldiers. Dayong and Tiezhu, you two will be responsible for the reorganization of the troops. The main focus right now is on building three infantry regiments and an artillery regiment. As for the construction of other troops, we can proceed slowly after the structure is established."

"After all, we're taking a big step this time. We'll complete the reorganization of the troops and have all the personnel in place within three months, which is pretty fast."

Hearing Chu Feng's words, Li Mingqiang, Ge Dayong and Wang Tiezhu responded in unison, turned around and went to work with their new positions.

But before that, the three of them went to the chemical defense camp together.

After witnessing the power of the flamethrower and the damage it caused, the three of them left excitedly, discussing as they walked.

"This flamethrower is really great. Such a long fire dragon shoots out in a flash. The flame has a very high adhesion and can't be extinguished once it sticks to the body. This thing is a bit cruel but powerful!" Ge Dayong!

"That's right, when I saw it, I wanted to pick one up and shoot it at the Japs, burning these damn Japs to death!" Wang Tiezhu!

"In my opinion, we should take some time to go to the chemical defense camp for training. Next time we have a chance, we can spray the Japanese ourselves." Li Mingqiang suggested to his two partners with his eyes full of eagerness.

"I think it's okay!" Ge Dayong and Wang Tiezhu.

Li Mingqiang's proposal was unanimously agreed upon by Ge Dayong and Wang Tiezhu. The three of them smiled at each other and saw the anticipation and excitement in each other's eyes.

Time passed little by little, and five days went by unknowingly. The Japanese bypassed Chujiabao, and Chu Feng had been training his troops silently without attacking again.

At this time, it was September 23rd, and the Japanese attack was in full swing. The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the main force of the Second War Zone had begun to organize a defense line in Xinkou and began to prepare to encircle Xinkou, the northern gate of Dayuan City. The Battle of Xinkou was also under intensive preparation.

Chu Feng had just returned from inspecting the construction site of a newly established textile factory when he saw Chief of Staff Wang Tiezhu holding a telegram.

"Brigade Commander, Commander Yan called and said the pressure on the front battlefield is a bit too great. He hopes we can give the Japanese army some attacks from the rear to relieve the pressure on the front battlefield."

Seeing Chu Feng, Chief of Staff Wang Tiezhu handed over the telegram in his hand without any nonsense.