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

Chu Feng's voice continued, "The Chemical Defense Battalion will remain in place and will be directly under the divisional headquarters. The Motor Vehicle Regiment will be disbanded and all of its personnel will be incorporated into the Supply Corps, the Infantry Regiment, the Artillery Regiment, and the Armored Infantry Brigade."

"The flight base is the second brigade-level unit, with the establishment of a ground crew regiment, a fighter regiment, a bomber regiment, and a new flight group."

"In terms of local garrison forces, in addition to the Yuan County Garrison Regiment, six new regiments have been added: the Guang County Garrison Regiment, the Wei County Garrison Regiment, and the Yangyuan County Garrison Regiment, as well as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Internal Security Regiments."

"To facilitate unified command, a garrison headquarters will be established to oversee four county garrison regiments and three internal security regiments. The garrison regiments will be responsible for maintaining stability in each county. The three internal security regiments will be responsible for protecting airports and factories."

"At the same time, the Air Defense Regiment was expanded into the 1st Air Defense Regiment and the 2nd Air Defense Regiment, and both regiments were placed under the jurisdiction of the Garrison Command."

"After this reorganization, our 1st Independent Division will form two major combat systems: the main combat force and the local garrison force."

"The main combat force consists of eight infantry regiments, two cavalry regiments, three artillery regiments, a brigade-level air base, an armored infantry brigade, a logistics brigade, a chemical defense battalion, and divisional headquarters, totaling 83,000 personnel."

"The local garrison consists of seven infantry regiments of 2000 men and two air defense regiments of 1500 men, totaling 17,000 men."

"That is to say, after our reorganization, the entire division will have a total of 10 people."

At this point, Chu Feng looked at his four partners who were stunned and opened their mouths wide, and said as a matter of course: "One division, 100,000 people, should be normal!"

Seeing Chu Feng's relaxed expression, the four partners finally couldn't hold it anymore.

"One hundred thousand people, commander, that's one hundred thousand people!"

Li Mingqiang couldn't help but say, "We only have 80,000 men now, including the newly recruited soldiers. We're still 20,000 short. Isn't that a bit too much?"

Li Mingqiang finished speaking, and before Chu Feng could speak, Uncle Zhao Wu said with a worried look on his face, "Commander, the daily expenses for 100,000 people are not small. As for food, we have enough oil and water, and the supply of meat, ammunition and vegetables is very sufficient, but each person also needs 1 kilogram of food a day. 100,000 people need 100,000 kilograms of food a day."

"This doesn't even include the people working in our factories, hospitals, and farms. The figure is astronomical."

Chu Feng smiled when he heard what Li Mingqiang and Uncle Zhao said. He didn't rush to answer, but looked at Ge Dayong and Wang Tiezhu and asked, "What about you two? What do you think?"

"No idea, that's good!"

Hearing Chu Feng's question, Wang Tiezhu and Ge Dayong shook their heads directly. They were just simple soldiers. For them, the more troops they had under their command, the happier they would be.

Their own division commander wants to expand the troops to 100,000, of which more than 80,000 are main forces. How can they not be happy?

"Hahaha!"

Chu Feng smiled when he heard this, waved his hands at Uncle Zhao Wu and Li Mingqiang who were looking worried, and said with a smile: "Old Li, Uncle Wu, don't worry. There are a few more people, but I have considered this expansion."

"This time, the Japanese sent out over 50,000 troops, and we successfully wiped them out. What did we rely on? Our troops and weapons and equipment."

"Therefore, troops and weapons and equipment are our bottom line and pillar."

"This time, 50,000 Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out. Will they still be 50,000 the next time they come? By then, they will be hundreds of thousands, with tanks and planes."

"We do have a number of aircraft with superior performance, but don't forget that we can only purchase them from abroad and cannot manufacture them. The Japanese are different; they are an industrial country."

"We suffered a loss this time. They didn't know we had so many troops and such good weapons and equipment. Every failure is a learning experience!"

"If we remain complacent and don't improve our own strength, how can we protect our foundation?"

At this point, Chu Feng thought of a very popular saying in later generations and said, "I would rather spend all my money on war and expand my own strength than keep it as compensation for defeat."

As soon as Chu Feng said this, Li Mingqiang and Uncle Zhao Wu's expressions became serious. They opened their mouths but said nothing more.

It’s not that they don’t understand this principle, but the food, drink, defecation and urination of 100,000 people is really not a small number, and their considerations are more mature and prudent.

But many things require not maturity and prudence, but moving forward.

Chu Feng, who owns the system, also knows that he cannot stop expanding, as strength and gains are positively correlated.

He would rather not be able to maintain all this one day, and the empire he built would collapse. At that time, even if he fell, the many things he created would still be real.

Even if they are scattered, they are still stars in the sky, they are still sparks of hope.

Seeing that Uncle Zhao Wu and Li Mingqiang had stopped talking, Chu Feng sighed and continued, "The above is about the organization of each unit."

"Next, let me talk about weapons and equipment."

"First of all, in terms of artillery, we now have two artillery regiments, one American-equipped howitzer regiment and one 107mm rocket artillery regiment. This is the mainstay of our 1st Independent Division's artillery."

"Yesterday, 100 120mm heavy mortars arrived. Today or tomorrow, another 150 American 75mm light howitzers will arrive. Add to that the 30 120mm heavy mortars and over 100 Type 41 mountain guns we already have, and our regiment now has over 400 pieces of first-level support artillery. This is definitely more than enough."

"So, I plan to reorganize the artillery battalions of the five main regiments and replace all the 75mm mountain guns. Each infantry regiment artillery battalion will be equipped with two 120mm heavy mortar companies, each with 8 guns, and one 75mm light howitzer company, each with 8 guns, for a total of 24 guns in the battalion."

"In this way, the infantry regiment's artillery battalion will not only have a suppression howitzer with a range of 8000 meters, but also a large-caliber artillery with a range of 5700 meters. In the future, when fighting alone, there will be no need to draw on specialized artillery."

"From the remaining 75mm light howitzers, 48 ​​will be drawn to form our Light Howitzer Regiment, also known as the Third Artillery Regiment."

"My original intention in establishing the Third Artillery Regiment was that we would inevitably have to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army in future battles. The First and Second Artillery Regiments were too heavy and unsuitable for movement. The Third Artillery Regiment's 75mm light howitzers were quite powerful and more suitable for mountain warfare."

"As for the Japanese Type 41 75mm mountain guns, they should be completely withdrawn from the main force and equipped to the local garrison. Each county garrison regiment should be equipped with a reinforced company of 12 Type 41 75mm mountain guns."