"The Special Operations Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army is hereby ordered to be expanded into an independent division of the National Revolutionary Army, with Zhou Tao as the division commander, and the expansion will be completed before August 10. After the reorganization was completed, the whole division was moved to Henan and temporarily returned to the First Theater for dispatch. ”

The sudden order, the whole brigade was a little confused, I didn't expect the army to be expanded again in just over a year, you know, they are not the equipment of the miscellaneous army, they are the equipment of the Central Army, they are all white flowers, this expansion, and a lot of money, the old men of the Ministry of Finance have issued it.

But Zhou Min understands that this is the chairman's political trick to buy people's hearts. Speaking of which, Zhou Tao can rise so fast, it definitely has something to do with his rich father's non-stop donations.

Zhou Tao looked at the order to expand, his brows furrowed, in less than a month, a brigade was expanded into a division. It's too difficult. Even if new recruits can be recruited, the combat effectiveness of the whole division will not be much better.

Where did the soldiers come from, they had to figure out their own way. Zhou Tao convened a meeting of the officers of the whole brigade, including the baggage, health and other logistics departments.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the order for expansion has come down, and the next special operations brigade will be renamed the Independent Division, the A Division. I am the commander of an independent division, and the biggest problem now is the expansion of the troops, the expansion of the brigade into a division, and in less than a month, the whole division must be moved to Henan, Chongqing to Henan, and it will take a few days to march urgently.

"Report to the division commander, as of yesterday's latest statistics, there are currently 2,318 recruits in the teaching regiment. But after training, some people may be eliminated, and it is expected that about 2,000 people will be eliminated. ”

"About 2,000 people, not bad, plus the original two infantry regiments, baggage battalions, artillery battalions, communications companies, and health companies, the approximate shortfall is less than 5,000 people. Let's talk about how to recruit this soldier?"

"Division commander, I think we should try to recruit veterans as much as possible, the combat effectiveness of the recruits is too poor, and the training time is too late. Song Lei was the first to express his opinion, and after speaking, he glanced at Chen Yunzhang, obviously looking down on his current recruits in the teaching group.

"Veterans are good, but veterans are the treasures of the army, who can be willing to let them go?" Fang Tianzhi shook his head and said.

"Division commander, time is pressing now, our primary goal is to recruit full soldiers, veterans and new recruits must have soldiers..."

"Divisional commander, I think ....."

“.....”

The officers present expressed their opinions, from the staff officers to the regimental commanders, and even several battalion commanders put forward their own suggestions.

Zhou Tao frowned when he heard this, Zhou Tao knew what they said, the problem was how to quickly recruit the troops, and the troops would be easy to pull out.

"Brigade commander, although I am a logistics and health company, but I make a suggestion, veterans are not absent, many wounded soldiers are recuperating in the rear, and have lost contact with the main troops, and some have even lost their troops, these people are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time, can we extend an olive branch to this part of the people. ”

"Dean Li is so right, there are many of these wounded veterans, as far as I know, many of them are still stationed in the hospital, and there are no troops to take them in. I know a few, and there are even some who carry big bags at the docks. Wang Dazhu, the battalion commander of the artillery battalion, said.

Zhou Tao glanced at Li Ruyu. I didn't expect her to take the initiative to speak and give a good suggestion.

"Dean Li is right, this is a very good direction, Song Lei, these veterans are your responsibility, and use your network to recruit them. ”

"The division commander can rest assured, I promise to complete the task!" Song Lei stood up and saluted a military salute.

"Commander, do you want Min Min to come over for a meeting and listen to her opinion. Li Ruyu added.

"She's a little kid, what's the meeting? Besides, she's just a military doctor, and she's not good enough for this kind of meeting. ”

"But she has appeal, the chairman personally awarded the honor, and even awarded the rank of major, she is now a household name, if she comes forward to recruit soldiers, it will be more useful than everyone here. Li Ruyu's words also made some sense, and everyone present nodded.

Zhou Tao saw that everyone did not object, so he asked the guards to call Zhou Min.

Zhou Min wore a white coat, walked into the conference room, and looked at a room full of generals and officers looking at him, and was a little stunned for a while. It wasn't until Chen Yunzhang gave her a look that she reacted and hurriedly saluted.

"Minmin, sit, I guess you already know about the expansion, now the time is pressing, it is difficult to recruit people, what advice do you have. ”

"In less than a month, the brigade will be expanded into a division, and we will go to Henan, so let's recruit while walking to save time. You can also train while walking. As for the soldiers, I think the students are the best, they have knowledge, ideals, and enthusiasm, and if they can grow up, they can be trained as the backbone and serve as middle and lower-level officers. Zhou Min said with a deep sigh.

"Students, aren't they too weak, it's okay to engage in demonstrations, but it's not okay to fight these little dolls?" said Wang Dazhu, the commander of the artillery battalion.

"The combat effectiveness of students is indeed weak, but they have knowledge and will learn much faster than ordinary people. They also do not lack courage, they can be trained if their combat effectiveness is not good, and no one is a natural warrior. If we divide people into peasants, workers, students, merchants, landlords, and capitalists. The most ideal source of soldiers can be the first three on a regular basis, the peasants are simple, the workers have no assets and no worries, and the students have ideals and beliefs. As for businessmen, landlords, and capitalists, I don't say that everyone understands that it is okay for them to donate money, and their enthusiasm for going out to fight is weaker than that of the first three, after all, they are all people with assets, and their families are big and big, so they will inevitably have more worries. ”

"Major Zhou, you can't say that, didn't you and the division commander also stand up when the national crisis was at hand?" said Feng Feng, the battalion commander of the baggage battalion.

I'll go, this sycophant, really, this is a talent. Zhou Min glanced at the serious baggage battalion commander who was a serious sycophant, and thought to himself, the last time he received something, he thought he was sleek. No wonder nicknamed Feng Erjian'er.

Zhou Min seemed to have persuaded the generals present. No one objected.

"Okay, then let's recruit troops as we go, as soon as Song Lei's recruitment is over, let's set off. Minmin, I'll leave the matter of recruiting students to you and Weimo, and the others don't be idle, use your network resources to dig up people in the brother army. Especially professionals, artillerymen, communications, doctors, nurses, tell them that those who come will not refuse, and the treatment of my independent division will not be bad. ”

"Yes"

Zhou Tao waved his hand and announced the end of the meeting.