The high-power radio station of the new Sixth Army began to be officially announced to the outside world through clear code, and from now on, the new Sixth Army will be officially expanded into the 43 rd Group Army.

At the same time, the newly established 43 rd Group Army officially announced that it would recruit a large number of outstanding young people to enlist in the army, and called on aspiring young people from all over the country to go to Shanghai, Hangzhou, and other places to join the 43 rd Group Army and fight devils to defend their homes and defend the country.

At the gate of the General Headquarters of the 43rd Group Army in Shanghai, an official plaque has been hung up, on which more than a dozen large block letters read: "General Headquarters of the 43rd Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army."

In the large conference room of the headquarters, Ye Feng sat in the center of the rostrum, and said with a full spirit: "Brothers, the 43rd Group Army has been officially established!" ”

Under the rostrum, there was warm applause, and the thunderous applause lasted for a long time!

After the expansion into the 43 rd Group Army, the strength of the unit will certainly rise to a new height, and the size of the unit will also be greatly expanded.

After announcing the formal establishment of the 43 rd Group Army, Ye Feng announced a plan for the expansion of the 43 rd Group Army, which will have more than 500,000 troops under its jurisdiction and will have three armed forces, the navy, the army, and the air force.

On the land side, the size of the infantry division will reach twenty, five mechanized infantry divisions, four tank armored divisions, three artillery divisions, plus auxiliary units and guard units, the number of the army will exceed 300,000.

In terms of air force, it is based at Hangzhou Airport, Ningbo Airport, Shanghai Airport and Xuzhou Airport. Four air divisions were formed, equipped with more than 2,000 aircraft of various types, of which fighters and bombers accounted for the vast majority. In addition, there are transport aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, etc.

In terms of the navy, the size of the navy will be doubled on the basis of the current navy, and the size of the navy will exceed 100,000 people, and there will be not only naval aviation units, but also marines and various auxiliary units. At the same time, the size of the fleet will be expanded.

At present, the Navy already has the aircraft carrier "Nuwa" and various types of destroyers. corvettes, etc., in addition to several dozen submarines.

With the sharp increase in a large number of merit points in the "Nuwa" system, Ye Feng has already figured out that he will exchange two American "Essex-class" aircraft carriers again. Exchange a few more destroyers and frigates. Expand the size of the fleet.

In addition to further improving and expanding the Zhoushan naval base, construction of the naval port will begin immediately, so that the number of naval bases will be two.

Ye Feng read out the plan for the expansion of the troops, and everyone once again burst into thunderous applause. Once this plan for the expansion of the army is officially announced, it means that Ye Feng's troops will once again enter a period of rapid development, and large-scale recruitment will begin immediately.

The expansion of the number of troops to 500,000 required a large amount of weapons and equipment. Fortunately, small arms are equipped, including Garand rifles and Thomson submachine guns. All kinds of light and heavy machine guns and other weapons, as well as matching ammunition, etc., the Shannan County Arsenal has basically been able to meet the needs of the troops, and there is basically no need to spend merit points from the "Nuwa" system to exchange.

In terms of heavy weapons and equipment, such as tanks, armored vehicles, 105 mm howitzers, 155 mm howitzers, etc., each factory can produce a large part of it by itself, and basically only need to exchange a small part.

A large number of merit points of the "Nuwa" system can be spent on the construction of the air force and navy, at present, Ye Feng has not been able to produce aircraft, and the construction of the Shanghai aircraft factory has just been put on the agenda.

In terms of the navy, with the efforts of the Ningbo Shipyard to produce, some destroyers and frigates will be launched to equip the troops, and Ye Feng is only ready to exchange some destroyers, frigates, and some auxiliary ships from the "Nuwa" system.

The exchange of the two new aircraft carriers will cost a lot of merit points, in addition, as the big construction unfolds, a large amount of industrial equipment needs to be exchanged, which requires a lot of merit points.

Ye Feng was secretly glad in his heart, fortunately he had the foresight to start the construction of various factories early, these factories have been able to produce all kinds of weapons and equipment in large quantities, which will save a lot of merit points, otherwise, Ye Feng's troops don't want to expand to 500,000 at once, and don't want to exchange two aircraft carriers again.

The inaugural meeting of the 43 rd Group Army was held all morning, and after the meeting, everyone was full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm for their work.

In Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Ningbo, and other major cities, the overwhelming propaganda work has already begun, and a large number of recruitment advertisements have been everywhere.

After sufficient publicity, in late August 1940, that is, half a month after the liberation of Shanghai, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Jiaxing, Ningbo, Shaoxing and other major cities began to recruit soldiers.

On the first day of recruitment, the recruitment points were extremely hot, especially the dozens of recruitment points in Shanghai, which were crowded with people from the morning, and everyone knew that the official recruitment began at nine o'clock this morning, and everyone came to the recruitment points early, and there was a long queue.

A recruiting point near Baoshan.

This recruiting point is located next to the street, the recruitment point is relatively simple, with a few tables and banners, a few off-road vehicles parked not far away, about a platoon of soldiers are maintaining order, and more than a dozen staff members in charge of recruitment work have also begun to work.

The long queue began to move slowly, and the staff carefully and carefully made a register of the conditions and issued a pre-recorded voucher covered with a print, with a careful explanation on the pre-recorded voucher, with which you can go to the relevant location to re-record.

There are dozens of recruitment points in Shanghai, which is now equivalent to an audition, and those who get the pre-recorded voucher only meet the preliminary conditions, and there are several re-selection sites in Shanghai, and the re-selection is much stricter, and there are various inspections, and only after passing the re-selection is a real recruit.

Even if it is a relatively easy audition, it is a few happy and a few sad, sighing and sighing if they fail to pass, looking depressed, and getting the pre-recorded voucher stamped with a bright red seal, they are happy, as if they have won the top prize.

Those who were still waiting in line, waiting for the young people were a little nervous, and everyone found that even if it was pre-recorded, the elimination rate was almost half. Queuing up here early in the morning, naturally full of hope to join Ye Feng's troops.

In the middle of the line, several people were talking, chatting as they slowly moved with the team.

A burly man said to another young man next to him, "Brother, you are a student!" ”

The well-mannered young man said: "I am a college student, and I will graduate in a year, and I heard that Commander-in-Chief Ye's troops were recruiting, and I and a few classmates hurried over from Wuhan. ”

"You're college students, so it's no wonder you look like you're in a bookish mood." The burly young man said suddenly.

This well-mannered young college student looked at the burly man's strong muscles and asked curiously, "Brother, what are you doing?" Listening to the accent, you seem to be from Shanghai. ”

"Brother has a good vision, I am a native of Shanghai, but my family is a suburban village, I have been begging for a living at the Shanghai dock before, that is, I have been carrying bags and doing coolies, and I have been bullied by little Japan before, I want to join the 43rd Group Army this time, kill the little devils well, and relieve the evil anger in my heart."

In the whole team, there were a lot of chats, everyone was from all over the world, some of them were young people from Shanghai, and a large part of them were enthusiastic young people from all over the country. Everyone has worked hard and come all the way here for only one purpose, that is, to join the army and go to the front line to kill little devils.

After the recruitment began, the recruitment points in the major cities have been extremely hot, but fortunately, the number of recruits recruited this time is relatively large, and a large number of young people have realized their wishes and will join the 43rd Group Army, an iron army as they wish.

The recruitment work continued until early September, when it was basically completed, and after careful selection, a total of more than 200,000 new recruits were recruited, and these recruits, together with the veterans of the newly formed Sixth Army, had already exceeded 500,000 in number, basically meeting the number requirement.

After the recruitment work is over, it is natural that the training of recruits is in full swing.

In major cities, newly recruited recruits are trained on the spot, and in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Ningbo and other places, a large number of recruit soldiers will begin to complete the transformation, from students, farmers, coolies, traders, etc., after three months of recruit training, gradually become a qualified soldier.

The training of the recruits will last for three months, and a large number of experienced veterans will act as instructors for these recruits, leading everyone through three months of training, and after the three basic military training, these recruits will be assigned to various units.

For example, after being assigned to a tank unit, they will learn to drive a tank and learn how to fight in a tank, and after being assigned to an artillery unit, they will learn how to fire artillery and gradually grow into a qualified artillery soldier.

Some fighters who have performed well during the training of recruits and have relatively good physical fitness will be selected and will have the honor of becoming an enviable pilot.

Of course, after three months of basic military training, tens of thousands of these 200,000 recruits and soldiers will be assigned to the navy to become a glorious navy.

After a large number of recruits and soldiers began to enter the training in full swing, the construction of infrastructure within the jurisdiction of the 43rd Group Army and the construction of major factories also began, and gradually in full swing. (To be continued......)