As far as Sun Liechen, chief of staff, is concerned, the most important thing is the troops and equipment. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Therefore, as soon as Yang Xingguo mentioned that the army was going to expand by one division, Sun Liechen became interested and subconsciously asked.

"Commander, how are you going to expand the army......

Yang Xingguo replied with a serious face: "This is exactly what I want to talk to you about next......"

"You should be familiar with Li Zhilong, the commander of the first division and one regiment, tell me about your evaluation of this person......

"Li Zhilong......" Sun Liechen immediately showed a thoughtful expression, and replied after thinking about it.

"He is one of the few military cadets in our Liaodong Army, and he has also studied abroad, and on the surface, he looks like a scholar. However, those who really know him know that there are many skills hidden behind this scholarly appearance......"

"I only found out a few days ago that this Li Zhilong turned out to be a sharpshooter. Ordinary rifles, 100 shots and 100 hits within 100 meters. Even if it is put into the special operations detachment, there are few opponents......"

"As for his operational command ability, it goes without saying."

"From platoon commander all the way to regiment commander, he has experienced many battles, which he has led."

"Especially this time when I stayed in Liaozhong, I relied on a regiment to eliminate more than 5,000 Japanese troops, and my own losses were less than 1,000 people......

"In a word, this person is good to use, he is definitely an all-rounder, and he is a warrior who can take charge on his own."

Seeing that Yang Xingguo's serious face actually showed a satisfied smile, Sun Liechen, who was even more sure of what he was thinking, asked directly: "Commander, do you want to expand Li Zhilong's regiment into a division?" ”

Yang Xingguo did not hide it: "The first regiment was expanded into the fourth division of the Liaodong Army, with Li Zhilong as the division commander and Xiao Bing, the original third battalion commander, as the chief of staff. In addition, two main battalions were transferred from the second and third divisions to join the fourth division, and some deputy regiment commanders and battalion and company commanders were transferred over. In this way, forty will have the capital to expand the army......"

After thinking about it, Sun Liechen affirmed: "Yes, yes, but if this fourth division wants to form combat effectiveness, it is impossible to ...... it in half a year."

"According to your request, Commander. After the main division reaches full strength, the total strength of the division will reach 10,000. Even if Li Zhilong was transferred to two main battalions, the number of veterans in his hands was only 3,000. ”

"The main division, which is composed of 3,000 veterans and 7,000 recruits, does not have half a year of integrated training. It is not possible to fight at all. ”

"No, it doesn't take that long to ......," Yang Xingguo retorted as soon as Sun Liechen's analysis came out.

"This time, Li Zhilong stayed in Liaozhong, and the Anshan garrison regiment also made a lot of efforts, and they fought well. I plan to merge the remaining six or seven hundred men of the Anshan garrison regiment into the Fourth Division as a whole. ”

"Since then, there are almost 4,000 veterans in Li Zhilong's hands."

"Although the main division I asked for was 10,000 people, the real front-line combat troops were less than 7,000 people."

"I don't care about any other artillery, baggage soldiers, the ratio of veterans to recruits in front-line combat units must reach one to one. With a veteran leading a new recruit, coupled with our correct training methods, in a maximum of three months, the recruits can be fully integrated into our Liaodong Army and form a combat effectiveness ......"

Sun Liechen's eyes lit up, and he agreed: "Such words." Three months is really enough......"

"However, in this way, the pace of training of artillerymen, baggage troops, and even engineers will not be able to keep up......"

Yang Xingguo shook his head and replied: "These can be done slowly, but the front-line troops can't...... On the surface, our Liaodong Army has reached an agreement with the Japanese and Russian armies, but no one dares to guarantee that there will be no accidents in the middle. “

"So, front-line combat troops. It is necessary to build combat effectiveness as soon as possible. “

"The other is that the cavalry regiment has been expanded into a cavalry division, and all the officers at all levels of the original cavalry regiment have been promoted to one level."

Sun Liechen replied with a serious face: "Commander, I understand...... After the completion of the expansion of the four main divisions. The number of veterans in front-line combat units must be more than half......"

Seeing Yang Xingguo nodded, Sun Liechen's tone changed, and he followed and said, "However, I have two problems here that I want you to solve......

"Talk about ......," Yang Xingguo replied very briskly.

"Equipment, the existing equipment of the army is only enough for more than 20,000 people, after the expansion of the army. That's 40,000 people, Commander, you have to give me 15,000 equipment, so that I can complete the reorganization of the troops in the shortest possible time. “

Yang Xingguo didn't answer, but looked at Zhou Zhongju with a smile.

In the middle of the week, he raised his heart and understood God and replied: "I still have 25,000 rifles here, all of them are new guns that the Russians have just sent, all the Mosin Nagant rifles, even if there are 10,000 rifles, there are still 15,000 people left, and 15,000 people are definitely more than enough to rub ......."

Yang Xingguo said at the right time: "Fifteen thousand people only need twelve thousand rifles at most...... Chief of Staff, after you go back, make a count of all the weapons you need and send them to the deputy commander, and the deputy commander will allocate all of them to you in five days at most. “

"Commander Xie, thank you also for the support of the deputy commander......" Sun Liechen replied with a smile on his face.

After finishing speaking, Sun Liechen's face changed, and he continued to say to Yang Xingguo: "The second problem that needs to be solved by the commander is the new soldiers. If there is no fourth division, the new recruits recruited by the headquarters during this time will be enough, and there will be many. ”

"Now that there is an extra fourth division and cavalry, there will be a gap of 10,000 recruits on my side all of a sudden......"

Yang Xingguo shifted his gaze to Zhou Zhongju again and asked.

"Deputy Commander, how many refugees have we received during this time...... Recruiting 10,000 recruits from these refugees will have no impact on production......"

Zhou Zhongju only thought for a few seconds and affirmed: "Even 20,000 recruits are no problem......

"During this period, a total of more than 200,000 refugees poured into our Liaozhong, among which there were more than 30,000 young and strong people who could serve as soldiers, and 4,000 or 5,000 people were drawn from the middle, and ......there was no problem at all."

"As for the remaining five or six thousand people, the more than one million refugees who poured into Liaozhong before can be recruited casually......"

"Commander, don't you know, after the headquarters gave out a lot of one or two pieces of silver for the fallen soldiers last time, it caused a great shock in the entire Liaoning. Now, all the young men in Liaozhong are proud to join the Liaodong Army. ”

"If I hadn't deliberately controlled it, the number of recruits in the headquarters would not be 10,000, but 20,000, or even 50,000......"

Zhou Zhongju's affirmative answer made the serious expression on Sun Liechen's face directly covered with excitement.

couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Such a high pension will definitely satisfy the families of the soldiers who died in battle, and let the people rest assured that their children will be sent to our Liaodong Army." ”

"You know, when I was in the imperial court before, the pension for ordinary soldiers after they died in battle was only more than thirty taels of silver. With this bit of silver, in the end, it can't all fall into the hands of the families of the soldiers who died in the war. Compared with the two, the people of Liaozhong will definitely trust our Liaodong Army more and support our Liaodong Army. (To be continued.) )