In the blink of an eye, it has been a full week since the city of Nanjing was recovered. With the passage of time, the entire city of Nanjing has long been restored to its pre-war prosperity. Of course, the battlefield located outside Zhenjiang City was also cleaned up with the surrender of 50,000 Japanese elites.

Nanjing City was the headquarters of the Central China Front of the Japanese Army, and it was in the temporary headquarters of the East China Field Army at this moment. Liu Hua, commander-in-chief of the East China Field Army, Wang Zhen, deputy commander-in-chief, and Zuo Quan, chief of staff. Ye Ting, commander of the New Fourth Army, and Zhang Yunyi, chief of staff. All the high-ranking officers, including the commanders of the various corps, gathered together and waited for the operational staff officers in front of them to count the final results of the decisive battle.

"It's over....report to the chiefs, all the results of the battle have been completely counted, this is the final statistical result..."A excited exclamation sounded in the conference room. Immediately afterwards, an operational staff officer handed over a thick set of statistical results to his direct superior, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan.

"Well, you guys go down..."Zuo Quan nodded and ordered. Immediately, a pair of eyes also put the statistical results in their hands for the first time.

With the departure of a group of operational staff officers, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua was the first to speak: "Chief of Staff, how is the situation..."

"Commander-in-Chief, Commander Ye. Seeing the handover in my hand, I just want to sum up this decisive battle in one sentence, that is, an unprecedented victory..."

"After the end of this war, there will be no more formed Japanese troops in the entire Central China region. Except for two divisions and regiments that were dragged in Hubei by Chen Yi, deputy commander of the New Fourth Army, all the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops of the Central China Front of the Japanese Army disappeared and became history..."Zuo Quan replied excitedly.

"Let's talk about the specific results..."Liu Hua nodded and reminded.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..."

"According to the final statistics, in this decisive battle, we completely annihilated five field divisions and regiments of the Japanese army, two independent brigades, one local garrison brigade, and three local garrison wings......plus some local troops, a total of 180,000 Japanese troops were annihilated. Of these 180,000 people, about 60 percent were directly wiped out, totaling more than 108,000 people. The remaining personnel, all of whom became prisoners of war of our army, totaled 75,648 people. Among them were three major general officers, 24 large officers......"

"Of course, this is only the number of Japanese troops that are eliminated. With the collapse of Wang's puppet regime, Wang Jingwei took the initiative to surrender. In the entire decisive battle, except for the 120,000 puppet army troops, they became prisoners of our army without any major battles. During this week, the white troops of the puppet army stationed in various places in the entire central China region surrendered to our army. According to the statistics of the Operations Department of the General Staff, up to now, the total strength of the puppet army captured by our army has reached an astonishing 180,000 people..."

180,000 puppet army prisoners. After hearing this exciting number, Liu Hua's face immediately showed a knowing smile. Because, in his eyes, with these 180,000 prisoners, his East China Field Army can be further expanded, and then, in the shortest possible time, the entire field army can reach the predetermined state of full strength.

However, if the army wants to be expanded, in addition to personnel, what remains is weapons. Thinking of this, Liu Hua continued to ask: "Chief of Staff, what about the results of the battle in terms of weapons and ammunition?" ”

Regarding the rhetorical question of the commander-in-chief Liu Hua, Zuo Quan seemed to have been prepared, and a thick smile immediately appeared on his face. Then, he spoke directly: "Commander-in-chief, you seem to have forgotten one thing. The entire city of Nanjing is not only the location of the headquarters of the Central China Front of the Japanese army, but also the administrative center of the Wang puppet regime. It can be said that all the logistical supplies of the hundreds of thousands of Japanese puppet troops in the entire Central China region came from Nanjing..."

"Because Nanjing City was taken with the cooperation of the puppet army, the entire city was not disturbed by the results of the battle. Therefore, a large amount of war materials stored by the Japanese army in Nanjing, including a large number of weapons and ammunition, all fell into our hands intact. Coupled with the equipment of hundreds of thousands of people captured on the battlefield, it can be said that with the capture of this campaign, we were able to pull up another 500,000 army in a short period of time ...

"500,000 troops, my God, how many weapons do you have to have..."As soon as Zuo Quan's words fell, Ye Ting, the commander of the New Fourth Army, couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

It turned out that although the total strength of the New Fourth Army at this moment had reached more than 100,000 people, in terms of weapons, in addition to its own capture, there were also reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army in North China. However, in any case, the equipment of the entire New Fourth Army is still the worst compared with the other armies of the Chinese Communist Party.

At this moment, hearing that the East China Field Army had captured a single battle, it could equip a full 500,000 army, which had to shock Commander Ye Ting. Then, staring at a pair of shining eyes, he waited for Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua's next words.

Seeing Ye Ting's gaze, Liu Hua certainly knew what the reason was. Then he continued to ask Zuo Quan: "Chief of Staff, has the Central Committee called to explain the disposal plan for these weapons......

"No, the central government has asked us to dispose of these weapons and ammunition ourselves. After all, the Eighth Route Army in North China and the Northeast Field Army in Northeast China, with the smooth commissioning of several major arsenals, can fully meet the needs of the two armies in terms of production capacity. In addition, the central authorities have demanded that all combat units of our East China Field Army reach full weaving as soon as possible and form combat effectiveness..."Zuo Quan replied.

"It seems that the central government has a new layout, and we must prepare in advance...."Liu Hua nodded. Immediately, he suggested to Commander Ye Ting in front of him.

"Commander Ye, this decisive battle can be won, and all the commanders and fighters of the New Fourth Army have also made great efforts. I also learned just now that the equipment of the entire New Fourth Army is very complete. However, the specifications are far from being formed, and even the issue of the standard of the troops has not been completely unified. Therefore, my opinion is that the entire New Fourth Army has undergone a major rearmament, and it has been completely reequipped in accordance with the current proportion of various weapons of the East China Field Army.

"I can't ask for it...."As soon as Liu Hua's words fell, Commander Ye Ting's face was shrouded in an excited smile.

"Commander-in-Chief Liu, if the level of weapons and equipment of the New Fourth Army can reach the standard of the East China Field Army. I can't guarantee anything else, but judging from the combat effectiveness of the troops, it will be at least 20% higher than the original..."

After the problems of the New Fourth Army were solved, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua immediately put his thoughts on the problems that the Huan Dong Field Army needed to face.

"Chief of Staff, in this battle, the casualties of the troops are not large..."

"All the participating troops, four field corps, two directly subordinate columns, the total strength before the war was 250,000 people. After continuous fighting, except for the guard column, the artillery column suffered slightly fewer casualties, and the four field corps, especially the Ninth Corps, which I personally commanded, all paid a lot of casualties..."

"The latest statistics show that in this decisive battle, the total number of commanders and fighters killed in the whole army was 35,679. Eighteen thousand four hundred and sixty-two were seriously injured and temporarily incapacitated. 6,499 were slightly injured and temporarily affected their combat effectiveness. More than 56,000 were slightly injured and did not affect their combat effectiveness......"

"In total, in this decisive battle, the attrition of various combat units reached a staggering 60,000. Thankfully, however, 15,000 of the 60,000 losses will be wounded, and in the next month, they will be recovering from the field hospital.

"In other words, in this decisive battle, our direct loss is 45,000 people....plus the 10th Corps left behind in the base area, at this moment, there are only more than 250,000 veterans left in the whole army who can continue to fight......"

"More than 250,000 people, plus the 180,000 prisoners captured in this decisive battle, plus a steady stream of puppet army units that will continue to surrender to our army in the future and some recruits who are being trained in the base area, within a month, it should not be a problem to raise 550,000 people..."

"Chief of Staff, immediately issue the latest order of the East China Field Army Headquarters to the remaining units to carry out a unified reorganization of all combat personnel in the whole army. Replenish prisoners as well as recruits in the shortest possible time. In a month's time, I want to see that our East China Field Army has completely reached a state of full strength. The General Staff Department should come up with a specific plan within one day, and then issue it,......" Liu Hua ordered with a resolute face.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..."

The latest establishment of the East China Field Army:

The whole army has five combat corps, one guard column, one artillery column, and one logistics column......

Each combat corps has three main armies, one directly under the guard division, one directly under the howitzer regiment (36 105-mm howitzers), one engineer regiment, one air defense regiment, one field hospital, and one logistics baggage regiment...... A total of 100,000 people.

The guard column has three guard divisions, one directly under the guard battalion, one field artillery battalion, one engineer battalion, and one logistics baggage battalion......... The total number of troops is 35,000.

The artillery column has five heavy artillery regiments, one rocket artillery regiment, one air defense regiment, one guard regiment directly under its command, and one logistics baggage regiment......... The total strength is 15,000 people.

Each main force has three main divisions, one directly under the guard regiment, one directly under the field artillery regiment (36 field artillery), one air defense battalion, one engineer battalion, one field January, and one logistics baggage battalion...... The total number of troops is 30,000......

Each main division has three main regiments, one directly under the guard battalion, one directly under the field artillery battalion (12 75-caliber field guns), one air defense company, one engineer company, and one baggage company...... The total strength of the army is 9,000 people.

Each main regiment has three main battalions, one directly under the guard company, one directly under the mountain artillery company (six mountain artillery), one engineer platoon, one baggage platoon, and one communications squad....The total strength is 2,500 men.

Each main battalion has three infantry companies, one mortar company (six mortars), one guard platoon, and one baggage platoon....the total strength is 700 people

Each company has three infantry platoons, a heavy machine gun platoon (three heavy machine guns), a guard squad directly under it, and a baggage squad... The total strength of the army is 180 people

Each infantry platoon has three infantry squads, one grenadier squad... The total strength is 45 people

Each infantry squad has 12 people under its jurisdiction, and is equipped with two 'Zhonghua 1-style' semi-automatic rifles from the Fengtian Arsenal, one improved light machine gun with crooked handles from the Fengtian Arsenal, and nine Type 38 rifles.

The grenadier squad is equipped with three grenadier barrels and three Type 38 semi-automatic rifles.