[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 327: Expansion of the County Brigade (Ask for Subscription!) Ask for a commuter pass! ）

The matter of forming a county brigade is not as complicated as Yun Jian and others imagined, because Ma Zheng has a very unique strategic vision and has a long-term plan for the defense of the base area a long time ago, so each county under the jurisdiction of the Suicha Military Region already has its own county brigade and district squadron, but now these county brigades are only battalion-level units, and most of them are not yet staffed, but after all, they have a foundation.

In fact, what Ma Zheng wants to do now is not simply to form a county brigade, but to expand the establishment of the county brigade, yes, the army is more like a regular army, and can reach the combat effectiveness of a regular army.

The county brigades of other units of the Eighth Route Army can only be a supplement to the regular troops, and at most they can pack up the puppet army traitors and plainclothes teams and fight against the regular field units of the Japanese army, which is simply a joke.

But the local troops that Ma Zheng wants to form now are not just used to clean up the traitors of the guards, what he wants to form is an elite army that can compete with the devil's field troops. And this elite army must be dominated by locals, and only those who are full of affection for this land can defend their hometown wholeheartedly when the main force of Ma Zheng's department goes out to fight.

Although this is not an easy task, the quality of personnel and the degree of training of local troops cannot be compared with regular field troops, and besides, there is a serious shortage of labor force in the Suicha Military Region at present, and if the military region organizes 13 infantry regiments from the already insufficient manpower, it is very likely that some of the fertile land under the jurisdiction of the Suicha Military Region will be turned into wasteland in the coming year.

However, Ma Zheng had already taken these difficulties into account, and during this period of time, anti-Japanese upsurges occurred one after another throughout the country, and the Kuomintang and the Communist Party also worked together to achieve good results in many battlefields, giving the Japanese army a heavy blow. The situation of the development of the Suicha Military Region has attracted the attention of the people of the whole country, and the strong combat effectiveness displayed by Ma Zheng's unit has made many homeless refugees see the hope of stability. Almost every day, many refugees come to the area under the jurisdiction of the Suicha Military Region from all over the world.

Therefore, Ma Zheng believes that the shortage of labor is only temporary, and as long as the military region has enough food and labor positions, it will not be a problem to have as many people as it wants.

As for the grain, it is even less of a problem, although this year's crops were frantically attacked by the Japanese army when the crops appeared, and a small half of the crops were destroyed, resulting in a favorable situation in the area under the jurisdiction of the Suicha Military Region this year. However, the farmers' harvest is very limited, not even half of what it used to be. However, Ma Zheng's troops attacked the city this year, captured the big cities heavily garrisoned by the Japanese army many times, and captured a large amount of money and grain, so the food was quite sufficient.

Because of this, during the autumn harvest, Ma Zheng directly ordered that all the taxes of the peasants on the front line of Xinghe and Shangyi, which had been destroyed by the Japanese army, be exempted, but a small part of the grain was levied with the peasants in those areas that were not affected by the disaster, so there was no food crisis in the Suicha Military Region.

The most important thing is that during this period, enterprises under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Military Industry of the Military Region Headquarters were put into operation one after another. Wuchuan County, north of Guisui, has gathered more than 20 large enterprises. In addition, Ma Zheng also plans to build a heavy industry base of the Suicha Military Region in this famous heavy industry city after he lays down Baotou, which will inevitably provide a large number of jobs and attract a large number of refugees to join, and there will be no shortage of people at that time.

The question now is that the Suicha Military Region must show enough strength to give hope to those refugees. Although at present, the Japanese army has been frightened by Ma Zheng's headquarters and does not dare to launch a new offensive against Ma Zheng's headquarters for the time being, it does not mean that the Japanese army will never dare to attack. As soon as the Japanese felt that their strength was almost exhausted, they would attack again. Therefore. The Suicha Military Region must take advantage of this time to develop and strengthen its armed forces, and at the same time, it must also make preparations for a major war.

Another very important reason why Ma Zheng has to expand the army in a hurry now is that it is about to come to 1939, unlike ordinary people who have passed today and do not know tomorrow, as a soldier who has traveled through later generations, Ma Zheng is familiar with history, and it can be said that 1939 is a very important year. It is of great significance to China and the world. This year the world and China were in turmoil, and this year Austria's Meitner and Frisch proposed the explanation of uranium fission and predicted that each nuclear fission would release a large amount of energy, which provided the initial theoretical basis for the atomic bomb.

This was the year when Germany attacked Poland and World War II broke out. China is no longer fighting the fascist forces alone. China's War of Resistance has entered a new stage. At the same time, in 1939, many things also happened in China, first of all, the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang held an extraordinary meeting and decided that Wang Ching-wei had violated the party-state, was permanently expelled from the party, and all his posts were removed.

Subsequently, the US Government sent a note to the Japanese Government announcing that it would not recognize the "New East Asian Order." On the same day, the British Government sent a note to the Japanese Government, stating that Britain adheres to the principle of the 'Nine-Power Pact' and will never accept or recognize any situation caused by force. Since then, the US government has increased sanctions against Japan and announced a ban on the export of Japanese aircraft and some materials.

In addition, in 1939, the Fifth Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee of the Kuomintang opened in Chongqing, and the meeting decided to set up a Supreme Council for National Defense, with ****** as chairman and Zhang Qun as secretary general. The "Measures for Restricting Abnormal Activities" was adopted, and it was decided to establish a "Committee for the Prevention of Communism." Since then, the Kuomintang has shifted the focus of its policy from external to internal, and has formulated a set of specific policies for "suppressing the Communist Party," "preventing the Communist Party," "restricting the Communist Party," and "integrating the Communist Party."

At the meeting, Yan Xishan and others proposed to abolish the political commissars of the New Army, reduce the powers of the commissioners, replace the League of Sacrifices with a comrade association, and restrict mass movements.

The Japanese army was also not calm, and more than 3,000 Japanese troops in Dagu in Tianjin launched an anti-war mutiny and were suppressed. Subsequently, more than 10,000 Japanese troops invaded the anti-Japanese base in the northwest of Shanxi Province in six routes, and the front went straight to the military crossing and moraine on the east bank of the Yellow River. Except for Xingxian, all county seats were occupied by the Japanese army. The main force of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army fought hard with the decisive column for more than a month, repelled the Japanese army, and recovered all the lost counties except Ningwu, Hequ and Jingle.

Ma Zheng carefully recalled what happened in 1939, although there were many things he didn't remember or changed due to his arrival, but Ma Zheng still knew that the general context of historical development had not changed much, just like Wang Jingwei still wanted to rebel, and ****** it was not all about single-mindedly resisting Japan, but there was a little error in time, so he had to remember these things clearly and prepare as soon as possible.

With Ma Zheng's order, almost all the people in the entire Suicha Military Region moved, and the war machine was running at high speed. The principal responsible persons of the 13 counties, namely, Xinghe, Zhangbei, Shangdu, Huade, Zhuozishan, Chahar Right Wing Front Banner, Chahar Right Wing Middle Banner, Chahar Right Wing Rear Banner, Fengzhen, Liangcheng, Tuzuo Banner, Qingshuihe County, and Tuoketuo County, with the cooperation of the military division headquarters, have reorganized all county brigades and district squads in their respective areas, and each county must form at least one county brigade with a four-battalion system.

According to the order of the headquarters of the Suicha Military Region, the enlarged county brigade was determined to be a regiment-level establishment and was subordinate to the command of the county leaders, but it was subject to the transfer of various military subdivisions. Each county brigade has four infantry battalions, a machine gun company, a guard company, and a communications platoon, with a total strength of 1,880 troops.

Due to the lack of military cadres, Ma Zheng ordered all counties to temporarily recruit the soldiers of the county brigade first, and as for the lack of military cadres, weapons and ammunition, the military region allocated them.

After more than 10 days of hard work, the 13 county brigades have finally completed their expansion, and although there are still many problems in the training and combat effectiveness of the troops due to the lack of military cadres, and their combat effectiveness is not even comparable to that of a battalion of the field troops, at least the shelves have been erected, and as for the final overwhelming the heavy use, it will depend on the training that will follow. (To be continued.) )