Sir, are you looking for me? ”

In Tongshan County, Leng Jie came to the division headquarters of the 40th Division.

Although the 40th Division was originally formed by the remnants of the Tax Police Corps, with the departure of a large number of middle and high-ranking officers, its combat effectiveness has actually decreased a lot.

When the 40th Division was transferred to the 54th Army, there were less than 4,000 people, and many positions were lacking.

So Huo Yuzhang incorporated the original 18th Brigade of the 54th Division into the 40th Division, and then went to ask for a group of recruits, which made up for the establishment of the 40th Division.

Previously, the 40th Division was a three-regiment system, but now it has become a two-brigade and four-regiment system.

Today's 40th Division is built according to the establishment of the adjustment division, in addition to the four infantry regiments under the jurisdiction of the two brigades, there are also a cavalry company, an artillery battalion, an engineer battalion, a communications battalion, and a baggage battalion, with a full strength of about 11,500 troops.

However, in terms of the current situation of the Chinese army, it is not very easy to get full strength, but fortunately, the 40th Division has now become a descendant division of the Central Army, and it can also enjoy some benefits of the descendant lineage.

"Brigadier Leng, it's just in time that you're here, and the recruits who have been replenished by our superiors have arrived. Isn't your 120 brigade just short of soldiers? You'll go and bring the recruits back later. As the division commander, Que Hanqian saw Leng Jie in front of him, put down the brush in his hand, and said lightly.

Que Hanjian likes calligraphy, so Leng Jie came to the division and met him writing several times.

"Master Xie, is there anything else?" Leng Jie asked.

"Not for the time being, the recruits' division, you discuss it with Deputy Division Commander Yang, anyway, it's the recruits of your two brigades."

I don't know if he was transferred out of the 14th Division, Que Hanqian was not very happy in his heart, and he was not very concerned about the 40th Division.

Now Chen Lie is also the deputy commander of the 54th Army, and there is even news that Huo Yuzhang, the commander of the army, may also be promoted.

Huo Yuzhang was promoted, Chen Lie was bound to take over the post of commander of the 54th Army, and Que Hanqian was aiming at the commander of the 14th Division.

As the first batch of adjustment divisions, the 14th Division has completed the adjustment and is much stronger than the 40th Division.

The 40th Division is now known as the Adjustment Division, but the artillery and rifles are insufficient to compare with the 14th Division.

Moreover, the seal of the 40th Division's Tax Police Corps is too deep, and Leng Jie is from the Tax Police Corps, and now he is the commander of the 120th Brigade, which makes Que Hanjian unable to fully grasp the 40th Division.

So Que Hanqian didn't really want the 40th Division to be the division commander.

Therefore, he was not very concerned about the affairs of the 40th Division, so he directly delegated power and let the deputy division commander Yang Wenying handle it.

Yang Wenjin is not an old man of the 40th Division, he was originally the deputy commander of the 50th Division, and he was also transferred to the 40th Division.

Don't look at Yang Wenying, who also serves as the commander of the 118 Brigade, but the deputy brigade commander and the commander of the 236 Regiment is Wang Yanqing, and the battalion company and platoon officers of the two regiments of the 118 Brigade are either Leng Jie's subordinates before Leng Jie, or Leng Jie's colleagues in the Tax Police Corps before.

In fact, some people can see that the above is very partial to Leng Jie, and the current situation of the 40th Division is inseparable from two people, one is Guo Chen, and the other is Huo Yuzhang.

It is very confusing to ask the 40th Division from the third war zone, no matter how you look at it, it seems to be prepared for Leng Jie.

For this statement, the 54th Army is also circulating, although they are not convinced, but these people can't refute it, because Leng Jie's combat exploits are more than all of them.

I didn't see the commander treating the lieutenant general's Japanese sword as a treasure.

In this way, Que Hanqian didn't have the heart to stay in the 40th Division, but Yang Wenqian didn't have anything, but took good care of this little fellow.

Yang Wenjin is a native of Jiang'an County, Sichuan, and people in this era value the friendship of fellow villagers, so Yang Wenjin naturally takes more care of Leng Jie.

"Brigade Commander Leng, there are a total of 4,000 new recruits, and they are also the last batch of recruits, including 3,000 in Sichuan and 1,000 in Jiangxi, how many do you plan to want?" Yang Wenjing and Leng Jie walked on the way to the new barracks, and said with a smile while talking.

"Just by the orders of Chief Yang." Leng Jie said.

Half a month ago, the 40th Division was replenished with the first batch of 1,500 recruits, from Hunan.

Because after the Battle of Wuhan, only more than 1,500 people survived in the 54th Brigade of the Leng Jie Division, including more than 200 seriously wounded, and in fact only 1,300 people remained.

In order to make up for Leng Jie's department as soon as possible, when the 18th Division had not yet transferred out of the 54th Army, Luo Guangwen allocated 1,000 recruits from Sichuan to Leng Jie.

After being transferred to the 40th Division, the Leng Jie Division, which was reorganized into the 120th Brigade, and the remnants of the 40th Division were combined into two brigades, which were appropriately averaged to avoid too much difference in strength between the two brigades.

Now the 120 Brigade temporarily has about 2,600 people, which is not enough according to the establishment, but the strength of an infantry regiment.

One thing I have to say, because the 40th Division is not a descendant of the civil engineering department, so it cannot be unified in equipment.

The 239th Regiment is a medium weapon (German weapon), while the 240th Regiment is a Japanese weapon. In addition to pistols, the latter is small from rifles to artillery, all of which are captured Japanese weapons.

There's no way around it.

Moreover, Leng Jie has a lot of surplus Japanese weapons in his hands, and he plans to use this to expand some troops.

is also Leng Jie, many generals are trying their best to eat empty salaries, but Leng Jie is expanding.

The matter of empty pay was very common in the national army at this time, and even the central army could not avoid it.

If it is according to the establishment of one division, it is generally around 10,000, but because the replenishment is not timely in wartime, many divisions are not yet established, and there may be only seven or eight thousand people in one division.

If there are still people who are paid empty salaries, then in reality there are only five or six thousand people in a division, or even less.

This is also one of the reasons why in the middle and late stages of the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese army seemed to have dozens of divisions participating in the war, but it could not defeat the Japanese army, which was already at the end of the crossbow.

"Then you will be given 2,500 people, Sichuan people will give you 2,000 people, and Jiangxi people will give you 500 people.

It's just that the addition of such new recruits may lower the combat effectiveness of the 120 Brigade, does it not affect? Yang Wenjing said worriedly.

"It doesn't matter, there will be no big war in a short time, just train the troops." Leng Jie said.

"That's right, Brigade Commander Leng's training method is a bit unique, and I can definitely go and ask for advice another day." Yang Wenjin said with a smile.

"Chief Yang is polite, we can communicate with each other at that time, and learn from each other's strengths." Leng Jie replied.

"That's right, learn from each other's strengths." Yang Wenyu smiled.

However, after seeing those recruits, Leng Jie was a little disappointed.

These recruits are basically yellow and skinny, and the ribs on their chests are clearly visible, as if they are just a layer of skin on their bones.

This is also normal, if it is not impossible to get by, who wants to die on the battlefield.

Perhaps seeing the look of surprise in Leng Jie's eyes, Yang Wenjing patted him on the shoulder, "Brigade Commander Leng, it's all like this." We are leaning on the big tree of Chief Chen, which is already considered a good point. ”

"It seems that they have to recover their bodies first, so how can they fight on the battlefield like this?" Leng Jie shook his head.

Saying that, Leng Jie asked people to take the 2,500 recruits back to the station, and they were not distributed, but gathered together and trained for a period of time, so that they could at least look like soldiers.