In the headquarters of the Kwantung Army, Shunroku Hata and others sat upright.

There was a sound of footsteps outside, followed by a shout: "Commander Muto has arrived!" ”

Shunroku Hata and the others suddenly stood up one after another.

I saw Muto Nobuyoshi striding in in a military uniform, carrying an official sword at his waist, and long black leather boots with a black face.

"General!" Shunroku Hata and others stepped forward to salute.

Muto Nobuyoshi did not return the salute, but untied his sword, put it on the conference table, glanced around at Shunroku Hata and the others with gloomy eyes, and suddenly stretched out his right hand and patted his right cheek and said in a fierce voice: "Shame, it's a great shame!" In just one week, the Imperial Army lost the entire North Manchuria, and our impregnable railway defense line became the laughing stock of the whole world.

The people of China celebrated the whole country, and Westerners wrote on the front pages of their newspapers that the Chinese were not the sick men of East Asia because they were able to defeat the Yuben army, which claimed to be the first in the world.

This is an absolute shame for my empire, and the battle of North Manchuria is a shame for the entire Yamato nation!

All of you and I here should apologize to His Majesty the Emperor and the entire Yamato nation! ”

Muto Nobuyoshi was almost roaring at the end.

His words were heart-wrenching, as if they were like a loud slap in the face of Shunroku Hata, and it hurt hotly.

Shunroku Hata and the others lowered their heads in shame and shouted in unison.

After Muto Nobuyoshi finished speaking, he said with grief and indignation: "Ladies and gentlemen, His Majesty the Emperor is solemn, and I hereby give all the generals of the Kwantung Army, including me, a chance to atone for their sins, reinforcements will arrive in the near future, and the forces used by the Imperial Army this time will be more than ever before, so this battle will be a battle that will determine the fate of the empire. ”

"Hai, long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live the Empire! We are all willing to fight to the death for His Majesty the Emperor! Shunroku Hata and others bowed their heads and expressed their positions in unison.

………………………… In Changchun City, Zhang Xinghan's desk was full of letters of condolence sent by the communications corps, from celebrities, gentlemen, and even students and other patriotic compatriots from all over the country.

There are even some ambiguous letters similar to confessions sent by all the famous ladies in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou.

In just one week, Zhang Xinghan not only led the new army to take Jilin with the tactics of black tigers, but also occupied Changchun, and finally defeated Yue himself and recovered the entire North Manchurian region.

And also executed the evil traitor Pu Yi, the traitorous emperor of Manchukuo.

The morale of the whole [***] people was greatly boosted, and the number of new cases skyrocketed.

As soon as he heard a lot, Hu Shi and other celebrities of the Crescent faction even expressed their opinions, calling Zhang Xinghan the savior of the Chinese nation.

Cai Yuanpei, the former president of Peking University, and many celebrities in North China even said that Zhang Xinghan was there, and the whole of Liao could be restored to the state.

Zhang Xinghan's personal popularity has once again reached an unprecedented height.

The whole country in China was excited, the people cheered and cheered, and the Western world was even more shocked, and the major famous newspapers and news agencies exclaimed that there was a Napoleon in the East.

After briefly reading a few letters of condolence, there was a sound of footsteps outside.

When I looked up, I saw Shen Xingye walking in quickly.

"Commander, the commanders of each division, Chief of Staff Jiang, and Deputy Division Commander Huang have all arrived and are waiting for you in the conference room." Shen Xingye saluted.

"yes, I see." Zhang Xinghan closed a letter of condolence, picked up a document that had already been drafted, got up and said, "Let's go." ”

Shen Xingye immediately turned sideways and waited for Zhang Xinghan to walk over first, and then walked out after Zhang Xinghan.

The conference room is located on the second floor of the original Changchun Municipal Axe, and when Zhang Xinghan just walked to the door of the conference room, Shen Xingye, who was following him, suddenly said in a loud voice: "Commander Zhang has arrived!" ”

The people in the conference room, who were still talking just now, immediately fell silent.

Zhang Xinghan pushed the door and walked in, and everyone, including Jiang Baili, stood up to show respect.

Zhang Xinghan smiled and waved his hand: "I'm sorry, I've kept you waiting." ”

Saying that, Zhang Xinghan walked to the first place, sat down and beckoned to everyone: "Sit down." ”

Then the crowd sat down.

After everyone sat down, Zhang Xinghan spoke: "Colleagues, in the past week or so, we have achieved brilliant victories, and now the large-scale expansion of the army is ripe. ”

Zhang Xinghan said this, took out the document he brought, handed it to Jiang Baili, who was sitting at the bottom, and said to everyone: "This is the army expansion plan I have drafted in the past two days, you can circulate it first, and you can put forward any suggestions." ”

Jiang Baili took the lead in reading it carefully, and then passed it to Huang Xiansheng and others.

After everyone finished reading it, Zhang Xinghan asked, "How is it, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Jiang Baili was the first to speak: "Commander, your army expansion plan says that the strength of our Northeast New Army in the first phase should be maintained at about 100,000 people, and I think it is still a little small. ”

"Oh? The Chief of Staff does not have to worry about any good suggestions and ideas to speak out. Zhang Xinghan looked at him curiously.

"First of all, the existing strength of our Northeast New Army has reached about 50,000 people, plus more than 43,000 puppet soldiers captured in this war, it is already worth 100,000, plus the puppet army that surrendered in various counties and towns in North Manchuria, the number has exceeded 100,000.

For the more than 40,000 puppet soldiers in the city, I have probably investigated, except for a few old, weak, sick and disabled people, most of these puppet soldiers are young and strong soldiers of appropriate age.

Therefore, we only need to screen out some bad morals, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and we may eventually get about 40,000 usable soldiers.

Based on the above analysis, I believe that with the population base of the areas under our control, we can at least recruit about 50,000 to 70,000 available soldiers in a short period of time. Jiang Baili paused, looked at Zhang Xinghan and asked: "Commander, before continuing to analyze, I would like to ask, what is the commander's next goal, if it is only based on North Manchuria, then 100,000 troops are enough in a short time, but if you want to develop further, such as going south to recover 100,000 troops in South Manchuria, it is not enough." ”

Zhang Xinghan listened patiently, and immediately replied: "The next step is, of course, to send troops south, recapture Shenyang, and even recover Dalian and the whole of South Manchuria. ”

"Hmm." Jiang Baili nodded and continued: "Since the next commander's strategic goal is to recover the whole of Liao, then I will continue to analyze it for everyone, at present, except for some remote areas in North Manchuria, such as Manchuria, which we cannot take into account, most of the areas have been included in the jurisdiction of our Northeast New Army.

With about 100,000 troops, we must not only hold on to the long border with the Russians, but also be stationed in vast areas of Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, and eventually there will be very few troops left that can be used to attack South Manchuria.

Therefore, I suggest that it be best to further expand the army, increase the strength of the army to 170,000 to 200,000, and use about 70,000 second-line reserve troops to guard the border and be responsible for the defense and security of the major and medium-sized cities in Jihei and Hei provinces.

Concentrate 100,000 mobile troops, but the troops can be divided into two routes to the south, all the way from Tongliao, attack Xinmin, all the way along the South Manchurian Railway, directly attack Tieling, the two armies will eventually attack Shenyang.

In the end, a strategic battle was launched with the Yue army in Shenyang, and Cheng Ze attacked and recovered the entire South Manchuria, and if he lost, he could return to North Manchuria and make plans again. ”

Zhang Xinghan nodded approvingly when he heard this, and admired Jiang Baili's analysis and suggestion in his heart, this person's strategic vision and analysis of the overall strategic situation can be called first-class.

At least he saw it more thoroughly than he did, and his insights were unique.

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Xinghan nodded happily and said: "The chief of staff has analyzed very reasonably, you agree with this suggestion, and this matter will be handed over to you with full authority, and you can quickly order all counties and cities to post recruitment notices, at least 70,000 to 100,000 new recruits will be recruited, and anyone between the ages of 18 and 30 who is healthy and has no bad habits can be conscripted into the army." ”

"Yes!" Jiang Baili got up with some excitement and responded.

"If you don't have anything else to do, let's do this for now, let's dismiss the meeting." Zhang Xinghan got up and said.

Everyone got up one after another and saluted and said goodbye.

Zhang Xinghan didn't leave, but stopped Huang Xian and said, "Brother Alarm Zhong, don't leave yet." ”

"Huh? Commander, you told me something? Huang Xiansheng stopped, turned around and asked.

"That's right, now that we have controlled most of the cities in the North Manchurian region, the garrison of these counties and towns is to be the responsibility of the army, but the police and gendarmes are still needed to maintain law and order." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Does the commander mean that I should form a police security force?" Huang Xiansheng said suddenly.

"Yes, Brother Alarm Zhong, you used to be the chief of the Liaoning Provincial Police, and you are the only one to form a police force." Zhang Xinghan said with a smile: "The scale of the police force in large, medium and small cities, you can do it, and I will fully support you with the money and weapons you need." ”

"Yes, the alarm bell will live up to the commander's trust, and he will do his best to handle this matter." Huang Xiansheng immediately stepped forward to promise.

Zhang Xinghan smiled and waved his hand, and the two walked out of the conference room one after another.

The following day, Zhang Xinghan officially moved his Northeast New Army Headquarters to Jilin City.

When attacking Jilin, he took a fancy to Jilin's superior geographical location.

Regarding the recruitment of new recruits, the integration of prisoners and other matters, Jiang Baili, Wang Yizhe and others were responsible for handling them, and Huang Xiansheng was also responsible for the formation of the police and gendarmerie units.

Regarding the appointment and dispatch of government officials in large, medium, and small cities, Zhang Xinghan handed over the former governor of Fengtian Province and mayor of Shenyang City, Zang Shiyi, of course, Shen Xingye's agents to "protect" him every step of the way.

In addition to the headquarters, the arsenal and other industrial factories that had been delayed in Tongliao and had not been able to resume production were also relocated to Jilin by Zhang Xinghan's order and began formal reconstruction.

In addition, Zhang Xinghan also instructed Zang Shiyi to mobilize technicians and migrant workers to start building and expanding military planes in Harbin, Jilin, Changchun, Qiqihar and other places, and to prepare for the repair of the Dongliao River Railway Bridge, which was blown up by himself.

Basically, after everything was arranged, Zhang Xinghan was also rare to have a leisure, taking Wang Ruoying to sail on the Songhua River, enjoying the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Songhua River, fishing the bow of the boat, accompanied by beautiful women, very comfortable.

(To be continued)