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

What Li Shaoyi said was true. At this stage, his army had expanded rapidly, but it had also occupied too much territory, and there were also many sensitive areas, which gave him a headache just thinking about it.

Take the island city for example. It is a base point in the northern ocean. The Japanese will definitely not let it go, so the number of troops stationed in the island city cannot be small, and the most important ones are the navy and air force.

After hearing what Li Shaoyi said, Fan Xiliang didn't say much. Li Shaoyi was a smart man. Since he had already seen this, we don't care about the rest. After all, in some ways, we are an outsider.

"You've been in Aurous Hill for quite some time. According to your understanding, the island city is now mine. What kind of army should I request?"

Fan Xiliang was a little confused. They were just talking about some big things, but suddenly they were talking about such specific things. Wasn't this making him a traitor?

Regarding the troops under Li Shaoyi, Fan Xiliang knew the strategy of the Military and Political Department, which was to give them a company if possible, never a battalion, and to give them a battalion if possible, never a regiment.

When Li Shaoyi was becoming powerful in the north, the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs did not pay much attention to it, so they allowed Li Shaoyi to organize the troops at will. Moreover, as a dignified Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, they always felt that one or two regiments did not matter. However, when you add up all the approvals over a long period of time, it becomes a significant number. Now Li Shaoyi's regular troops are all terribly bloated.

"The island city is a key naval base, and there's an air force airfield here. Just the air force airfield alone wouldn't require more than two regiments of garrison troops. The naval base would also need one or two regiments stationed, and another regiment stationed in the suburbs of the island city. In total, there are five regiments of troops, but because of the conflict with the Japanese, I think we can add two more."

Fan Xiliang thought for a moment and said that this should be a standard statement for a soldier.

There are seven infantry regiments. According to the organization of the Nanjing National Government, an ordinary infantry regiment has between 1,500 and 2,000 people. It is reasonable to station 10,000 to 14,000 people in the entire island city.

"Of course, isn't the security corps your foremost expertise? The island city has seven districts and counties, and seven security corps in total. Customs inspections also require a separate force. It all depends on how you declare it."

After all, Fan Xiliang had stayed in the north for a while. As the saying goes, one should be grateful to the person who helped him, and he had taken a lot of advantage of Li Shaoyi. Now that Li Shaoyi asked him for help, he would do what he should do, and even what he shouldn't do.

While Fan Xiliang was speaking, Wang Zihan started taking notes and had recorded everything in a short while.

There are eight regular army infantry regiments, seven security regiments, and two coastal defense regiments.

"I heard Commander Chen also approved two Marine Corps combat regiments for you?"

When Fan Xiliang read the report, he took a deep breath. Li Shaoyi's ability to manage the army was so strong that no one in the party and the country could surpass him.

"When did Commander Chen approve it? Don't talk nonsense."

Li Shaoyi was surprised, and Fan Xiliang also understood what was going on. He must have asked the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs for this part of the organization first, and then get the approval document from the Ministry of the Navy after the medicine was completed. According to certain provisions, Commander Chen had this right.

"Yes, yes, I didn't see anything."

Fan Xiliang said with a smile that the stronger the power of the island city, the more stable Li Shaoyi would be in eastern Shandong. The Japanese must have ideas about this place. If the Japanese really attack according to this troop deployment in the future, they will be able to hit his head.

"Don't be blind to what you've seen. The Military and Political Department has its own work, and you have yours. I've heard that the ordinary soldiers in your three German-equipped divisions are all capable of becoming platoon leaders. Find a way to get me some. I don't want your regular troops, I only want your supplementary regiments."

Fan Xiliang thought that he was called here just to give some advice or something, but he didn't expect that he would really dare to take action.

"My dear Commander Li, you think my power is too great. I can only give you a few hundred or so at most. If you give me more, I'm afraid the higher-ups will bring me to justice."

Even soldiers from the supplementary regiment were extremely rare in the entire National Government's army.

"Look at you, I'm not asking for it for nothing. See those armored vehicles and jeeps outside? As long as I have it in my army, just ask and we'll trade."

Exchanging weapons for talents is not the first thing Li Shaoyi did. Nanjing also often did this business with Li Shaoyi. Anyway, both sides felt that they had made a profit.

"Twelve jeeps for fifty men."

Fan Xiliang opened his mouth immediately. Li Shaoyi gave him an artillery company, but the 36th Division did not have enough cars, so they could only rely on war horses. It took six horses to pull a piece of artillery, and special people had to be found on the battlefield to serve the six horses. Too many people were used. If a jeep was used to tow it, five people could be saved for each piece of artillery.

"Why don't you just rob them? You have infantry under your command, not pilots or marines. How much is a jeep? Three or four thousand dollars. Twelve jeeps and a hundred men, you can't afford to lose even one."

Although Li Shaoyi was prepared to be ripped off, he couldn't afford such a huge loss. Fan Xiliang also asked for a sky-high price, waiting for Li Shaoyi to bargain on the spot.

"One hundred is one hundred, but you have to give me six hundred shells."

Fan Xiliang said with a smile that the artillerymen had been trained during the training in the north, and he knew that these 600 artillery shells were nothing, just enough to fill up these jeeps.

"I get angry whenever I see people. Go contact the railway department yourself. I don't want to deal with the people in the Jinling Railway Department anymore. They all act like they're worth a fortune. When I ask them to do something for me, it's like they're doing it for me. Isn't this a national business?"

Speaking of the people in the Jinling Railway Department, Li Shaoyi was furious. When these guys were transporting supplies to Li Shaoyi in the north, they were still waiting for Li Shaoyi to give them gifts. If it weren't for the urgency of the matter in the island city, Li Shaoyi would have led his troops to raid the Ministry of Railways.

"Okay, okay, I'll go and smooth things over. The various government offices in Jinling each have their own jurisdiction, and no one is willing to submit to anyone else."

Fan Xiliang said somewhat depressedly, even though he is the emperor's personal soldier, if he really does something, all the major government offices in Nanjing will make things difficult for him. Fortunately, this guy has deep connections in Nanjing, so he should give the old man the benefit of the doubt. What Fan Xiliang said might be what the old man meant!