At the headquarters of the Japanese division in Linfen City, Lieutenant General Fujino had been standing in front of the huge combat sand table with his brows furrowed for an hour, motionless.

I still underestimated the strength of the opponent's new group.

A conspiracy carefully laid out by the intelligence department was unexpectedly cracked by the new group so easily, and it also lost a lot of intelligence personnel.

Of course, this also made Major General Fujino see the strong strength of the new regiment. The main force of more than 10,000 people, local troops, can be drawn out at will. What he didn't expect the most was that when the other Eighth Route Army troops couldn't even eat, the new regiment could easily take out millions of catties of food to appease the people!

"Grain~" Lieutenant General Ito finally spoke, and these two words came out of his mouth!

"What grain...... Division Commander! The chief of staff, who remained in office, asked rhetorically with a frown.

Lieutenant General Fujino frowned and analyzed: "The key point why the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army was able to solve this problem was the food ...... Because of the drought, there is a huge shortage of food rations for the common people. As long as they are given even a little bit of food, they can easily buy the hearts of the people! ”

"Chief of Staff, is the food that the Front promised to replenish us almost there?"

"Even if the new group has a strong family background, it can take out millions of catties of grain casually. But compared to the imperial army, their little family background is still far behind! ”

"As long as the food is available, we can also use the grain to buy the hearts of the people!"

"The reason why the Eighth Route Army can develop more and more powerful in North China is that one of the most fundamental problems is the people's will, the people stand on their side, are willing to support them, and even do not hesitate to send their own rations and sons to the Eighth Route Army!"

"It is these people's hearts that support the Eighth Route Army to fight against the Imperial Army!"

The chief of staff hesitated for a moment and replied: "The first batch of five million catties of grain and five thousand garrison troops have come together, and they are already in place!" ”

Lieutenant General Fujino's face suddenly became serious, and he stared at the chief of staff and ordered, "Then start recruiting?" ”

"Recruit troops to form the Imperial Allied Army in the areas controlled by the Imperial Army, and all Chinese who are willing to join the Imperial Allied Army will be compensated fifty pounds of grain at a time, and the military salary will be calculated separately!"

"There is a great drought in North China, and the grain in the hands of the Chinese is not even enough rations, and the temptation of fifty pounds of grain for these people must be very great. In addition, after someone joins the Imperial Army, there will be one less mouth at home, not only can they have fifty catties of more food, but they will also consume less in peacetime, and the limited rations may be able to support them until next year's autumn harvest! Therefore, after this order is issued, there will definitely be many Chinese rushing to join the Imperial Allied Army! ”

"I'm not worried about the troops, but the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Allied Army has always been a big problem!"

"So I decided that in the newly formed Imperial Army, each regiment will arrange a squad of Imperial Army to train and supervise them!"

"Ensure that each infantry company of the Imperial Allied Army has three Imperial Soldiers serving as deputy company commanders and instructors respectively!"

"At a critical moment, these deputy company commanders and instructors served by the imperial army can replace the company commander at any time and directly command the troops to fight!"

The chief of staff immediately reacted: "The division commander is wise, in this way, the command of the Imperial Allied Army is firmly in the hands of the Imperial Army, and there is no need to worry about those officers of the Imperial Allied Army having a heart for the Imperial Army!" ”

"In the past, the reason why the Imperial Association Army had no combat effectiveness was probably that their officers were too incompetent, cowardly and afraid of death!"

Lieutenant General Fujino affirmed: "That's for sure, there is an old saying in China, one soldier will be a nest of bears." Since we want to reorganize the Imperial Army, then I will definitely avoid this situation! ”

"Now, the formation of the nine infantry brigades under the division is still there, although it is not yet formed, but one infantry squad of each infantry brigade can still be drawn!"

"Each infantry brigade recruits troops in its own defense area and forms a regiment of the Imperial Allied Army, with a total strength of 1,000 people......"

"The commanders of the nine regiments of the Imperial Allied Army are appointed by the division and regimental headquarters, and the officers below the regimental level are appointed by the captains of each brigade!"

"From now on, these regiments will fight with them. Equipment, food supplies, division and regimental headquarters provided, and training was the responsibility of the brigades themselves. Therefore, in order to ensure combat effectiveness, all major teams must be conscientious and responsible! ”

"As long as the combat effectiveness of these Imperial Cooperative Army can reach 30% of the Imperial Army, it will be of great help to the Imperial Army!"

"Linfen City has formed three regiments, that is, a brigade of the Imperial Cooperative Army, and you are responsible for this chief of staff. The three squads of the Imperial Army were directly drawn from the Guard Brigade, and the absolute control of the Imperial Army over the command of the Imperial Allied Army must be guaranteed! ”

"Humble duty guarantees to live up to the high expectations of the division commander!" The chief of staff replied with a serious face.

This is an excellent opportunity for him to show himself in front of Lieutenant General Fujino, and as the chief of staff of the division and regiment, whether he can continue to stay in office is definitely a matter of Lieutenant General Fujino's words in front of him. Therefore, I must seize this opportunity and perform well.

Seeing that Fujino nodded with satisfaction, the chief of staff hesitated and reminded: "Division commander, I think there is one more thing we should pay attention to!" ”

"What's the matter?" Lieutenant General Fujino looked at the chief of staff in surprise and asked.

Since he took office, the chief of staff has always been walking on thin ice, trembling, and deeply afraid of arousing his own dissatisfaction. Almost always he listens to what he says, and he doesn't dare to have any opinions.

The chief of staff gritted his teeth and replied: "Before, because the imperial army had some extremes in its attitude and behavior towards the imperial army and the Chinese people, it caused a situation where the Chinese hid when they saw the imperial army!" ”

"Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, we want the Chinese in the occupied areas to thoroughly support the imperial army, and implement the front army's soft policy to the end, we should do one more thing!"

Speaking of this, the chief of staff closed his mouth very sensitively, and stood by with his head down and did not speak.

He believed that Lieutenant General Fujino could hear the implicit meaning of his words, and as for how to do it, it was a matter for the division commander in front of him, and he couldn't decide for himself.

Fujino, who was still in high spirits just now, suddenly became ugly.

Walking around the war room with a calm face, he hesitated for a long time before making a decision.

"Order, the imperial army under our command will no longer appear in the occupied areas to grab food and massacre the common people from now on. However, don't be polite to the common people in the base areas of the Eighth Route Army. I want the Chinese to know that by obeying the imperial army, they will have a good life and no longer need to worry about when they will be killed. However, if they do not submit to the Imperial Army, then they are our enemies......"

"After the formation of the Imperial Cooperative Army, except for the enforcement of military discipline, the Imperial Army must not have any insults and murderous behaviors against the Imperial Cooperative Army!"

The chief of staff wanted this result, and quickly replied: "The division commander is wise, with these two orders, I believe that the Chinese in the areas occupied by the imperial army will definitely support and support us!" ”

Seeing the chief of staff leave with a smile, Lieutenant General Fujino's face was not as good as he imagined.

As a high-ranking Imperial officer, he had access to many things that the Chief of Staff couldn't.

Although the Huairou policy was a new policy formulated by the commander of the front army, Fujino knew that this policy could not be maintained for too long!

The wars waged by the empire are becoming larger and larger, and the logistical pressure is increasing.

The food, weapons and ammunition produced by the empire itself were basically sent to other battlefields, and the supplies of the Japanese army in North China, except for coming from Manchuria, could only rely on themselves to collect them in the occupied areas~

Now because of the drought in North China, Manchuria provided most of the food supplies to the front.

However, after the drought passed, or Manchuria could not provide so much food and ammunition supplies to the front army, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the imperial army and the hundreds of thousands of troops of the imperial army, all the imperial army could do was to continue to loot the Chinese people in the occupied areas as before!

Of course, these are all later words, and what you need to do now is to seize this opportunity in front of you to suppress your opponent, or even eliminate your opponent.

When the time comes, without the Eighth Route Army, even if the people resist, they won't be able to make any big waves!

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