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

"Clap clap clap!!!"

"Well said, General Chu!"

"We will win the war of resistance! We will definitely win!"

"..."

Chu Feng's words once again aroused everyone's recognition and applause. Applause and cheers rang out from the conference room again.

"Everyone, the war of resistance is not a matter for one person, but for all Chinese people."

"I am very grateful for everyone's love for the 1st Independent Brigade. At the same time, I also call on everyone to pay attention to and support other brother units."

"As far as I know, two Sichuan Army groups have already left Sichuan to fight the war. During this period, I was in contact with the commander-in-chief of the 22nd Army."

"Because our 1st Independent Brigade was a little short of personnel, the brothers from the 22nd Army heard about it and without hesitation mobilized 3000 veterans of the Sichuan Army to support our 1st Independent Brigade."

"I believe many people in the north, as well as in our Shanxi Province, know that it's already October, and the weather is getting colder day by day. If you have the ability, please prepare a set of cotton coats and trousers for each of our Sichuan Army brothers who are fighting in the Sichuan War, so that our soldiers don't have to fight in thin clothes."

After hearing Chu Feng's words, everyone present was stunned at first, and then they reacted.

One of the old men immediately said, "General Chu, I didn't know about this, but now that you mentioned it, I'll go back and have people prepare. After all, the Sichuan Army is coming to our Jin Province to help us, and we can't let them freeze and starve."

"I will go and immediately organize a fundraiser to prepare cotton-padded clothes, cotton pants, food, etc. for the Sichuan Army brothers."

"General Chu, if you hadn't said that, we would have only focused on the 1st Independent Brigade and forgotten about other troops, not just the Sichuan Army. I'll do more research when I get back to see what's happening with other troops."

"..."

Listening to everyone's words, Chu Feng was also very moved. He stood up and saluted everyone respectfully: "Thank you all for your concern. On behalf of all my friendly brothers, thank you all!"

Ge Dayong, Wang Tiezhu and Li Mingqiang standing by also stood up and saluted everyone to express their gratitude.

The conversation was very successful. Everyone asked a lot of questions that they were concerned about, and Chu Feng answered them one by one. Everyone got a very satisfactory result.

The next day, these people left, and the content of the conversation was soon known to people all over the country through newspapers and other channels.

For a time, a large number of fundraising points emerged across the country.

Although the attention of the people across the country is still mostly focused on the 1st Independent Brigade, other troops have also received a lot of attention.

Especially the 22nd Group Army named by Chu Feng. At this time, they were moving quickly from the Sanqin area to Shanxi Province. Because of the attention, a lot of civilian aid also continued to flow into the 22nd Group Army.

The 22nd Army, which was a little confused at first, couldn't help but sigh after learning the whole story: "Chu Feng, what a good brother!"

"Send a telegram to the 1st Independent Brigade to express my gratitude."

"By the way, send a telegram home and ask them to recruit 5000 new soldiers and transfer 1000 veterans. After training these new and veteran soldiers together for a month, they will be sent to Shanxi Province."

"We don't have many weapons and ammunition, but we have many Sichuan kids who are brave enough to fight and fight, and are willing to sacrifice their lives."

"Tell the chosen ones that once they join the 1st Independent Brigade, they must not bring shame to our Sichuan Army or the people of Sichuan. They must fight bravely and not be afraid of sacrifice."

Following the order from the commander-in-chief of the 22nd Army, the two telegrams were split into two, one to the north and the other to the southwest.

After receiving the telegram, the Sichuan Army started to act without hesitation. They did not even recruit new soldiers, but directly selected from the young men who were eager to join the army. The quota of 1000 veterans was snatched up by various troops.

"The brigade commander, commander-in-chief of the 22nd Army, sent us a telegram of thanks!"

Chief of Staff Wang Tiezhu handed the telegram from the 22nd Army to Chu Feng.

"hehe!"

After reading the telegram, Chu Feng chuckled and said, "Thank the Commander-in-Chief for me. I hope we can strengthen our cooperation in the future and join hands to fight against Japan!"

Of course, Chu Feng’s words not only benefited the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army, but also the Eighth Route Army and other anti-Japanese war troops.

However, Chu Feng had already focused his attention elsewhere at this time.

After seeing off the delegation and the press corps, he set up a group specifically to gather and recruit young people to join the army, and at the same time began to finalize the location of the machinery and factory buildings that were awarded this time.

A week passed by unknowingly. One day, Chu Feng had just returned from an inspection of the field hospital. When he was about to eat, he saw Li Mingqiang walking in excitedly.

"Commander, Commander, good news, good news!"

Chu Feng, who was eating his meal, looked up and asked curiously, "What's wrong, Lao Li? What happened?"

"oil!"

"We discovered oil in Huangjiagou, south of Yuan County."

Li Mingqiang sat down next to Chu Feng and said excitedly: "Our students and professors have confirmed that this is a rich oil field that is easy to mine and of high quality."

"The oil extraction and refining equipment in our warehouse can all be put to use. Our own oil extraction teams and oil workers are also gathering there quickly."

"The exact reserves haven't been determined yet, but it's definitely substantial. With this oil field, we can produce our own gasoline and diesel, so we don't have to worry about cars and planes running out of gasoline and diesel."

"Our arsenals and textile mills no longer have to worry about running out of diesel and electricity."

Listening to Li Mingqiang's words, Chu Feng's face showed an excited expression. He didn't even bother to eat. He immediately stood up and said, "This is good news. Let's go and take a look at the scene."

At this point, Chu Feng seemed to have thought of something and said, "Order the First Regiment to leave Huangjiagou and seal off the area within a radius of dozens of miles. Also, seal off the news and don't let it get out."

"Oil is too important. If the Japanese knew about it, they would definitely get restless."

"Secondly, order the air defense regiment to dispatch an air defense company to Huangjiagou to provide air defense protection to prevent the Japanese from coming to destroy our oil production and refining equipment after learning of this."

"Send another telegram to Major Qin and Major General Zhang, urging them to send the anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns as soon as possible. We are too short of anti-aircraft weapons."

"The arsenal also needs to be urged to speed up the modification of anti-aircraft machine guns."

"Finally, have Uncle Zhao recruit a group of relevant talents. Now that we've discovered oil, we need to establish an oil company for better management, extraction, and development."

Hearing Chu Feng's words, Chief of Staff Wang Tiezhu, who rushed over after hearing the news, also quickly took notes and said, "Yes, Brigade Commander, I'll arrange it right away!"

Chu Feng nodded, and he and Li Mingqiang quickly left Yuan County and got in a car to Huangjiagou.

Chief of Staff Wang Tiezhu also conveyed the order, and the first regiment and the first company of the first battalion of the air defense regiment also quickly headed towards Huangjiagou.