On the second day after returning to Shannan County, Ye Feng convened a meeting of officers above the company level.

At less than nine o'clock in the morning, the conference room of the headquarters of the independent brigade of Shannan County was very lively, and this large conference room that could accommodate 200 people was almost full, and everyone was wearing brand new and straight military uniforms, like the New Year, everyone's faces were beaming with joy.

The officers attending the meeting had already received the news that their independent brigade had been expanded into an independent division, and they themselves must have risen to the top of the boat, and it was certain that they would be promoted by one level.

Some company commanders thought that they would be the battalion commander of the major in a short time, and their hearts were full of excitement, and some veterans of the national army who came with Ye Feng last year were even more excited.

At the beginning, at the beginning of the establishment of the Independent Brigade, Ye Feng brought back 500 veterans of the national army from the third war zone, and these veterans had the highest military rank at that time, that is, company and platoon commanders, and even some were big soldiers.

However, in just over half a year, the former company commander is now the battalion commander, and it seems that it will not be long before he becomes the regiment commander.

These veterans, when did they experience such a thing, in the past, they were born and died on the battlefield, and after several years of time, they were company commanders or platoon commanders, but in the independent brigade, it was only a long time, and they were immediately regimental commanders or battalion commanders.

Everyone was full of anticipation and excitement, looking at the entrance of the conference room from time to time, waiting for Ye Feng and other high-level executives to appear.

Nine o'clock in the morning.

Ye Feng's figure finally appeared at the entrance of the conference room, Ye Feng was dressed in a straight lieutenant general uniform, and behind Ye Feng were Guo Weiquan, Chu Tianyuan, Zhao Long, Qian Hu, Liu Yongyan, etc. Everyone is also a straight major general's uniform.

The appointment of the high-ranking members of the independent division was entirely based on Ye Feng's opinions, which may have been acquiesced by Lao Jiang. This may be one of the contents of Ye Feng and Lao Jiang's secret conversation.

How to appoint the high-level leaders of the independent division, Ye Feng of course has a bottom in his heart, Guo Weiquan, chief of staff of the independent brigade, and Chu Tianyuan, Zhao Long, Qian Hu, and Liu Yongyan as deputy division commanders, among them, Zhao Long is also the captain of the sword special combat team, and Qian Hu is also the commander of the recruit brigade. Liu Yongyan is mainly responsible for logistics.

The list was reported and sent to the Third War Zone for filing at 8 o'clock this morning, and at this time, Guo Weiquan, Chu Tianyuan, Zhao Long, Qian Hu, and Liu Yongyan were all wearing major generals' uniforms. Promoted from former colonel to major general.

The officers sitting in the conference room couldn't help but feel a little dazzled when they saw everyone shining brightly. The passion in my heart was also ignited instantly. I thought in my heart, as long as I work hard, I will definitely be able to wear the major general's uniform in the near future.

And several former regiment commanders are even more fiery in their hearts, if nothing else, they will immediately become brigade commanders, that is, major generals.

Everyone saw Ye Feng coming in. At the same time, he stood up with a bang, and his movements were uniform. Everyone saluted and shouted, "Good teacher!" ”

Ye Feng returned a military salute, waved his hand, and motioned for everyone to sit down, and then Ye Feng slowly walked up to the rostrum in the middle, sitting in the middle position, and followed by Guo Weiquan, Chu Tianyuan, Zhao Long, Qian Hu, and Liu Yongyan, who were behind Ye Feng, sat on both sides of Ye Feng accordingly.

Ye Feng looked around, and saw that the conference room was very quiet, and everyone was looking at him seriously, Ye Feng couldn't help but nodded, and then said with a straight face: "Brothers, hello everyone, with the joint efforts of everyone, our independent brigade has achieved great achievements, and our independent brigade has also been expanded into an independent division accordingly. ”

As soon as Ye Feng's words fell, the entire conference room suddenly burst into thunderous applause.

Ye Feng raised his hand and pressed it down, the thunderous applause stopped abruptly, and everyone sat up straight again, looking at Ye Feng eagerly, waiting for Ye Feng to continue.

Ye Feng was full of anger and continued: "The expansion of our independent brigade will start immediately, and the three major infantry regiments will be expanded into infantry brigades, each brigade will have three infantry regiments and one artillery regiment, and each artillery regiment will be equipped with 24 105mm American howitzers. ”

"The tank regiment was expanded into a tank brigade, with three tank regiments under its jurisdiction, each tank regiment under the jurisdiction of two tank battalions, one mechanized infantry battalion, and one air defense battalion, each tank battalion is equipped with M4 medium tanks, and the armored vehicles are American-style armored vehicles."

"In addition, we will also set up a mechanized infantry brigade with three mechanized infantry regiments under its jurisdiction, and the officers of this mechanized infantry brigade at all levels will be openly selected for the whole division in three days, and everyone can sign up."

"Our original independent brigade artillery regiment will be expanded into a heavy artillery brigade, under the jurisdiction of two artillery regiments, all equipped with 155 mm American howitzers, each regiment is 24 155 mm heavy guns, in addition to an air defense regiment, equipped with German 88 mm anti-aircraft guns and 25 mm machine guns, as well as a certain number of anti-aircraft machine guns."

"Our guard battalion in Shannan County has also been expanded into a guard regiment, each regiment has three battalions, responsible for the defense of Shannan County, and is mainly equipped with light weapons."

"Our recruit regiment in Milin County will be expanded in scale and temporarily expanded into a recruit brigade, and the temporary plan is to recruit five more recruit regiments, and the recruit brigade will be temporarily in charge of Deputy Division Commander Qian, in addition, the cavalry battalion in Milin County will not be expanded for the time being, and it is still necessary to maintain the establishment of one battalion."

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Ye Feng spoke eloquently on the rostrum, drawing a grand blueprint for the independent division, which is expected to exceed 30,000 men in a fully staffed independent division, more than 200 heavy artillery pieces of more than 100 mm, hundreds of combat vehicles, thousands of large trucks, and hundreds of off-road vehicles and jeeps.

All units have been expanded, from the previous regiment to brigades, only the cavalry battalion has not been expanded, Ye Feng Zhilu said, with the emergence of armored units, a large number of automatic weapons equipment, the cavalry branch has been going downhill.

In order to maintain the establishment of a cavalry battalion, the main reason is to take into account the characteristics of its own territory and terrain, whether it is Shannan County or Milin County, it is a mountainous terrain, and the cavalry has a certain use.

The meeting was held all morning, and not only did it plan for the newly formed independent division to reach the size of three infantry brigades, one artillery brigade, one tank brigade, one mechanized infantry brigade, and one guard regiment, but also some auxiliary arms, such as communications, transportation and supply units, and even hospitals.

Before going to Chongqing, the meritorious service value of the "Nuwa" system had reached more than 300,000 points, and in Nanjing, a Japanese fleet was blown up, and the meritorious service value in the system had already exceeded 400,000 points.

Equipment is not a problem, what is lacking is personnel, at present Ye Feng has only more than 7,000 people, and the independent division will reach 30,000 after it is fully staffed, Ye Feng also said at the inaugural meeting just now, the next stage, the key work of the independent division is to recruit soldiers.

Recruitment is divided into several stages, starting with five regiments of recruits, about 10,000 people, who undergo two months of basic military training in the recruit brigades, and then replenish them to various units and then undergo a series of specialized training.

For example, after two months of training in the recruit brigade, if you are assigned to a tank regiment, you will naturally carry out a series of tank training in the future, including driving, maintenance, and even actual combat, etc., if you are assigned to supplement the artillery brigade, you will become an artillery in the real sense and carry out artillery-related training.

In addition, at the conference, Ye Feng also put forward a plan to build a simple road, between the three counties, to build a road, to build a two-lane gravel road, for trucks, off-road vehicles and other vehicles to drive.

It takes a lot of cement to build a road, and the current cement plant is still under construction, and it will take at least two or three months to put into operation, first build a good sand and gravel road between the counties, and wait for the cement plant to be put into operation, and then carry out the hardening of the road surface, and then pave the cement and transform it into a cement road.

In addition to the construction of roads, a large number of barracks will be built, and the number of independent divisions will reach 30,000, and the barracks, which at present seem to be relatively spacious, will soon become crowded, and a large number of new barracks will need to be built immediately.

In fact, Ye Feng has a lot of plans in his heart, and he has a big blueprint, but at present, Ye Feng controls only three counties, the territory is too small, and the population is not large, so many things cannot be realized for the time being.

After the meeting, the entire independent division was put into operation at high speed, and after the morning meeting, announcements were posted in various counties in the afternoon, informing the general public that the independent brigade had been officially expanded into an independent division, and at the same time, a large-scale conscription would be carried out again in the three counties.

This time, the plan for recruiting troops reached a full 10,000 people, and as soon as the notice came out, the vast number of ordinary people rushed to tell each other, and many young and middle-aged people who wanted to join the independent division suddenly became hot in their hearts.

Ye Feng's troops were not only well treated and equipped, but also suffered very few casualties, and the majority of the people knew this, and they all tried their best to enter the independent division.

A few days after the inaugural meeting of the independent division was held, the independent division began a large-scale recruitment work, and the population of Shannan County, Mirin County, and Pingyuan County together was about one million (including rural areas), and 10,000 new soldiers were recruited, and the supply of troops was completely sufficient.

Therefore, on the first day of recruitment, the various recruitment points were overcrowded, and some middle-aged people in their forties and fifties also came to join in the fun, wanting to join the independent division to fight devils, but there was a strict age limit for this recruitment, which must be between eighteen and thirty years old.

"Uncle, did you send your baby over to be a soldier?"

"No, I want to come over and try it myself, I heard that once I join the independent division, I can send ten oceans of settling-in allowance."

"Ha Lu Ha"

Many people around laughed kindly when they heard this.

"I said uncle, people have a rule, you must be between eighteen and thirty years old, and you are in your forties and come to join in the fun."

There are a lot of uncle-level characters like this, but they were all politely declined by the soldiers at the recruitment point, in order to build a high-level team, Ye Feng has strict rules on recruitment, and not everyone can be recruited.

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The first update. (To be continued......)