Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

"Didn't we say before that if he shows any fear, we'll pursue him. Now that our brothers have reorganized their troops, we have quite a few. Should we eat them all up?"

When Ma Leizi heard this, the brothers became excited. Although all our actions in Rehe were aimed at gaining the initiative, in fact, the greatest initiative was still in the hands of the Japanese, and we dared not wait for them to finish gathering.

"You should all save your breath. Look at the current situation. How can you be so bold? The Northeast is very important to the Japanese. You may be the brigade commander, but it's difficult to mobilize a regiment. If the Japanese don't actively attack during this period, we will have a rare opportunity to grow. First, complete your troops and then complete three months of recruit training. This is what you should do."

It's a good idea for brothers to want to fight, but Li Shaoyi doesn't want to be greedy for merit and advance rashly. We have grown from a small police chief to a division commander with a territory of nearly two provinces.

It has only been more than half a year, and the foundations of various places are not stable at all. Taking this opportunity to shake up the internal affairs and eliminate those unstable factors is also a very good thing. If we continue to attack, when will we clean up the internal affairs?

Just like the airport shooting incident a few days ago, if the internal situation had been cleaned up a few times, such incidents could have been prevented in the future.

"Luckily I arrived in time. I was afraid the division commander would continue the attack."

When a few people were discussing something, the door outside was suddenly pushed open. Chief of Staff Cui rushed in from inside the pass, also afraid that Li Shaoyi would issue a new combat order.

"The Chief of Staff is here, please sit down quickly."

The Chief of Staff decided to come here on the spur of the moment. Anyway, our civil aviation is very developed now. When the Chief of Staff wants to go somewhere, the local civil airliner will immediately prepare a plane to transport military personnel.

Ma Leizi and the others quickly served cigarettes and tea to the chief of staff.

Although we have both become brigade commanders, the problem is that our little knowledge is not enough in front of the chief of staff. We are growing, and he is also growing. What's more, the chief of staff has important advisory power on issues concerning the organization of the army, so it will definitely be right to curry favor with him.

"After I heard about the Japanese's movements, I didn't dare to delay for a minute and immediately flew here. I have something to report to the division commander."

The chief of staff took a puff of cigarette, calmed himself, and then took out the documents from his briefcase.

Li Shaoyi asked the other brothers to sit down as well. They were considered high-ranking officials of the 72nd Division. Listening to the chief of staff's words would be very beneficial for them in managing their subordinates in the future.

"Currently, our 72nd Division has four brigades and twelve regiments as its main force. Assuming each regiment has 2,500 men, the entire division should have 80,000 men. Add in the armored regiment, artillery regiment, transport regiment, and other various formations, and I estimate we have more than 110,000 or 120,000 men. However, our actual personnel are less than 50,000. Even with these 50,000, more than 20,000 are still in training camps, and most of them have only been training for less than two months."

After the chief of staff finished speaking, everyone present was a little scared. If we had continued with the attack plan just now, our subsequent combat capability would have been insufficient.

"Hasn't our conscription work been carried out in all places? When I passed by the conscription office, the line at the door was two miles long."

Ma Leizi said with some surprise that he had seen with his own eyes that all the men, young and old, around were willing to join the 72nd Division.

"Lei Zi, you're right. Recruiting offices across the country are overflowing with people, but the question is, do we accept everyone? According to our division commander's requirements, first, they must have a clean record, and second, they must be physically fit. With just these two criteria, more than half of the people will be rejected."

The chief of staff took out another piece of paper with the conscription requirements on it, such as height and weight, and various physical examinations. Each of these requirements could eliminate quite a few people.

If we lower the requirements, we can fill up the entire 72nd Division in an instant, but the problem is that we can't do that. If we really do that, will our combat effectiveness still be so strong?

"That doesn't make sense, Chief of Staff. As far as I know, the Security Corps and the regular army recruit at the same time. Why did the Security Corps fill up so quickly?"

Liu Xiaoshan thought of another thing. The security corps had about 1,500 to 2,500 people in each county, depending on the area and population. Now the security corps in each county were basically full and all of them were qualified.

Their recruitment requirements are approximately 75 to 80 percent of the regular army, with a fluctuation of 5 percent depending on local conditions.

Li Shaoyi also looked at the chief of staff with a puzzled look on his face. Why was the security corps recruiting soldiers so quickly while the regular army was so slow?

"Xiaoshan, that's a good question. I didn't understand it at first, but after taking a look around the security corps, I finally understood what was going on. The security corps has low requirements, but they also don't leave their homes. Each security corps spends most of their time stationed in their area. According to our requirements, they can go home one day a week, and even if they're not on duty, they can go home that night."

When Chief of Staff Cui said this, the people around him clapped their hands vigorously. Just for this reason, many capable people were willing to join the security corps rather than the regular army.

To put it bluntly, it is the hometown concept of the people of our Long Country.

Although the security corps' salary is one dollar less and they also undertake these combat missions, the danger is slightly less than that of the regular army, and the most important thing is that they can still take care of their families.

"This situation must be reversed. I suggest this: the Security Corps' wages after training will remain at four yuan, but the regular army's wages will be increased by one yuan, from five yuan to six yuan. At the same time, the monthly flour allowance will be increased from thirty kilograms to fifty kilograms."

There is always a brave man under a big reward. Two dollars a month and twenty kilograms of flour are enough for any child from a poor family.

"And the security corps has strict rules about their work and rest schedules. They can't go home except on weekends, unless there's an emergency at home. After a while, some people feel like they can't take care of their families much, so they might as well join the regular army and make a lot of money."

Ma Leizi said darkly beside him, "Although it's a bit of a loss, it's a solution for quickly filling up the regular army..."