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

Chapter 428: The host and the guests are all happy! Chu Feng: "Give everyone a treat!"

"Commander-in-Chief!"

Everyone was chatting and laughing. After they finished talking about this arms purchase, Ge Dayong looked at Chu Feng expectantly and asked, "Now that this arms purchase is over and our Saibei Border Region has been established, isn't it time to finalize the troop expansion and numbers?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Tiezhu and Li Mingqiang also looked at Chu Feng.

"Ok!"

Feeling the expressions of his three partners, Chu Feng smiled slightly and said, "After these gods of wealth leave, I will discuss the relevant matters of cooperation with other foreigners, and then it will be confirmed."

At this point, Chu Feng looked at Ge Dayong and Wang Tiezhu and said, "You two can start preparing in advance. Whether it's the assessment of officers at all levels of the army or the recruitment of new soldiers, you can start now. There's no need to wait for the final results."

Hearing Chu Feng's words, Wang Tiezhu and Ge Dayong chuckled. After looking at each other, Ge Dayong said with a smile: "Commander-in-Chief, we have already started recruiting new soldiers."

"We have already recruited nearly 100,000 new soldiers, including those captured from the puppet army and those who revolted on the battlefield."

"And the troops we developed behind enemy lines have now returned."

"All together, there are already 25 new recruits."

As soon as Ge Dayong said this, Chu Feng showed a hint of surprise: "You guys are really fast. You already have 25 soldiers?"

"Has the training for the new recruits started yet?"

Hearing Chu Feng's question, Wang Tiezhu smiled and said, "It has already begun. We have reorganized the new recruits and the puppet troops together."

"Some veterans who defected to us have also established 20 new recruit training centers in the northern border area. The instructors did not use our troops, but instead used the veterans who defected."

As soon as Wang Tiezhu mentioned veterans, Chu Feng knew that they must be the soldiers recruited from the system.

"Yes, train well. Once the organization is determined, we can quickly expand and start regular training."

Next, everyone talked about some other things and then went about their own business.

Li Mingqiang also quickly arranged people to go to the residences of the major forces to inform them of tomorrow's banquet, and also said that there was a surprise prepared for everyone tomorrow.

"surprise?"

Seeing the lieutenant colonel who immediately informed him of the news, Commander Li looked at Chief of Staff Zhuge with some curiosity and said with a smile, "I wonder what Chu Feng is up to."

"Can you guess?"

Hearing his partner's question, Chief of Staff Zhuge smiled and said, "Don't ask me. I'm not the one who knows Chu Feng, so how can I guess?"

Upon hearing this, Commander Li smiled instantly and said, "Guess, I'm free anyway."

Unable to persuade his partner, Chief of Staff Zhuge thought for a moment and said, "To be honest, if Chu Feng could consider it a surprise, it must be either an increase in production or a collaboration on minerals."

"I absolutely cannot increase production, because the arms purchased this time are enough for us to use for more than a year."

"Without a large-scale expansion, we will not continue to purchase arms. At most, we will expand the purchase of production lines."

At this point, Chief of Staff Zhuge pondered for a moment and said, "Then the remaining issue is cooperation on mineral resources."

"However, we haven't conducted any exploration yet, which means that mining cooperation is not feasible at this time."

"So Chu Feng can only give us some specific details of the cooperation so that we can have a clear idea."

When Chief of Staff Zhuge said this, a hint of doubt appeared on his face, and he said: "But this explanation is somewhat far-fetched, so I don't quite understand what Chu Feng is going to do."

"Clap clap clap!"

Listening to his partner's analysis, Commander Li couldn't help but applaud and said, "You are indeed worthy of it!"

"To be honest, I'm in the same boat as you. I don't know where this surprise comes from."

"But I thought of one thing, which made me suddenly realize and guess what Chu Feng was thinking."

At this point, Commander Li showed a mysterious smile on his face. He pulled out a newspaper from the table next to him, handed it to Chief of Staff Zhuge, and said with a smile, "Take a look at this newspaper first, the article on the front page."

Looking at Commander Li, who was keeping things a secret, Chief of Staff Zhuge reached out to take the newspaper. "Regarding the policy of increasing immigration and absorbing homeless refugees."

When Chief of Staff Zhuge saw the title, he was stunned at first, and then quickly browsed through it.

The content is not long and can be read in a few minutes.

"Good boy, it seems that Chu Feng's surprise for us lies in the population!"

Chief of Staff Zhuge looked at the newly released population immigration and population absorption policies in the northern border area, and combined with his previous doubts, he instantly understood that the surprise Chu Feng mentioned was most likely related to population.

"Hahahaha!"

Looking at his partner who suddenly realized the truth, Commander Li smiled and said, "When I first saw this news, I just thought Chu Feng wanted to increase the population base, and I didn't think much about it. I just felt that Chu Feng's approach would be good news for those of us who are worried about how to deal with the refugees pouring into the country, because it can be considered a way to reduce our burden."

"But when I heard Chu Feng was looking for us and had a surprise for us, I thought about it and couldn't figure it out, so I thought of this newspaper and this report."

"It suddenly dawned on me. Chu Feng needs people. We have a headache with the constant influx of refugees."

"If Chu Feng contributes some money and we contribute manpower to attract these refugees to the northern border area, this will not only solve Chu Feng's population shortage problem, but also solve our worries. It's a win-win situation."

After hearing Commander Li's analysis, Chief of Staff Zhuge smiled and said, "Almost. The only uncertainty now is how much money Chu Feng will contribute."

"How small is this little surprise?"

Commander Li and Chief of Staff Zhuge are not the only smart people. Moreover, it is not just them who received the newspaper, everyone else received it.

This is a rumor that Chu Feng has released in advance. It depends on whether someone with the right intention can grasp it.

For a moment, everyone who guessed Chu Feng's thoughts began to look forward to the banquet the next day.

A speechless night!

The next day, at noon, the temporary headquarters of the 1st Independent Army.

Chu Feng held a banquet here to entertain a group of bigwigs.

After an hour, both the host and the guests were very happy and praised Chu Feng's generous hospitality.

They are all big shots, what good things have they not eaten?

But after all, it was the Anti-Japanese War, and supplies were in short supply. Being able to eat food from all over the country was a rare enjoyment.

After eating and drinking, Chu Feng did not keep anyone in suspense. He stood up with a smile and walked to the front desk.

The originally lively banquet stopped talking as Chu Feng came on stage, and everyone looked at Chu Feng with anticipation.

They knew that the highlight was coming.

They had been looking forward to this moment all night.

"Hahaha!"

Chu Feng looked at the people looking at him, smiled, cupped his hands, and said, "Thank you all for coming this time. Both the Saibei Border Region Establishment Ceremony and the Arms Procurement Conference were a complete success."

"All good things must come to an end. We all have important military duties to attend to, so we can't stay here for too long."

"So before leaving, I thought about how to give them a little surprise."

“How can I give everyone a benefit?”

Listening to Chu Feng's words, everyone became more and more expectant. After all, Chu Feng was a generous man, so he would definitely not be stingy when giving out benefits.