On 3 June, Xiao Zhenlei convened a meeting of senior generals of the whole army, mainly to respond to the request of many generals in the army to fight, and the main participants in the meeting this time were generals at the rank of lieutenant general and above, and those who could be promoted to lieutenant generals were all outstanding figures in the army, and they were all people with certain military talents, and now most of the generals at the level of army commander are only major generals.

Xiao Zhenlei wore a straight military uniform to bring the venue, all the senior generals who participated in the meeting collectively stood up and saluted, Xiao Zhenlei, Jiang Baili, Xu Shaozhen, Cai Guodong, Ma Hanlong, Fan Zhiyong and others walked into the venue one by one, Cai Ye is currently undergoing treatment and cannot participate.

After returning the salute, the general on duty shouted: "Sit down!" ”

All the generals sat down neatly, Xiao Zhenlei and the others also sat down on the table with their hats, and the generals on duty came over and whispered: "President, except for General Cai Yi, everyone else has arrived!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded, and said to all the generals in the audience: "This meeting is the most complete meeting we have had in the past few years, and it is not easy to gather here together.

The purpose of convening this meeting is mainly because the second batch of expeditionary forces will be sent to the European battlefield soon, and many generals have come to ask me for war, which makes me very relieved and very happy, Yue Wumu has a good saying, called 'civil officials do not love money, military generals are not afraid of death, this country has hope', civilian officials do not love money, but they are afraid that it is not easy to do, at least so far, there has not been any country in ancient and modern times, in any dynasty, all civil officials do not love money, and these days. Let me confirm one thing, our generals here are not afraid of death. Otherwise, there would not be so many generals who came to me to ask for battle, and you must know that the second batch of expeditionary forces is numerous. But they are basically a rabble without strict training, it seems that the army of one million people, in fact, whether it can withstand the attack of 100,000 people of our national defense army is a question, so the probability of winning this time to lead the troops is extremely low, even so, there are still many generals who come to me to ask for war, what is the reason? I think you all know that you are willing to give a little for the great revival and rise of this country, even your own lives and glory. Of course. There is more than one reason, the generals want to go to the battlefield to command the battle, and want to realize their dream of commanding a large corps, a large army, and a large-scale group operation, which is something that any general dreams of, and any of us can understand and support it.

Generals who have come to ask me for battle. I don't think they are trying to get promoted and make a fortune, because we all know very well that the combat effectiveness of this second expeditionary force is very poor, and the only way to make up for the lack of combat effectiveness is to rely on numbers. Commanding such an army to fight, not to mention whether it can win the battle and get promoted and make a fortune, even if it is a life, it may not be able to be saved. These generals. I am here to pay tribute and admiration to them, regardless of personal honor or disgrace. This is not something that anyone can do, and it is simply impossible to do this without noble sentiments and virtues! I'm here to say 'thank you'! ”

After taking a sip of tea. Xiao Zhenlei continued: "Okay, now let's talk about the specific arrangements and deployment of the second batch of expeditionary forces, because this batch of troops is recruited from the countries of the Southeast Peninsula and North Korea, and some Japanese troops have surrendered, so the combat effectiveness is not strong, in order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of this army and control this army, our army must send officers to the company and battalion level of this army, and also arrange political training personnel to do the ideological work of soldiers and grassroots officers at the company level, where do the officers sent come from?" Most of them are drawn from various armies, and a small number are recruited from graduates of military academies in the past two years, and we can let capable officers in the armies of the southeastern peninsula and those areas of Korea be allowed to stay in their posts, so that they can help us manage the army, which will be beneficial for us to control this army, and for those Southeast Asian soldiers and Korean soldiers who have made meritorious service in war, we can give them promotions and military ranks, and let them help us manage grassroots combat units. If the original army is formed, do not disrupt the establishment for the time being, if there are officers leading the team, we will only send the chief of staff and political training personnel, if the other party's army is a formation, but there is no commander, we will send a commander to take over the command, and the strong men recruited from the people will be established by our police officers, and then sent to the battlefield after a certain amount of training, for this army, the weapons may not be as good as our national defense forces, but in terms of ammunition and supplies must be fully guaranteed, so as not to shake the morale of the army! ”

"Regarding the name of the establishment, here I would like to make a small revision, whether it is the second batch of expeditionary forces or the first batch, all of them will be revised, the title of the army and combat units below the army level will remain unchanged, and the title to be changed is the combat unit above the army level, the main purpose is to distinguish it from other countries, now in the Western European and American countries, the combat units above the army level are all group armies, composed of several armies, including infantry, artillery and cavalry and other arms of the armed forces to fight together, the air force and navy are not among them, and the establishment above the group army is Britain, France, Germany, and other countries call it 'a certain army group', such as Army Group North, Army Group South, and so on, and the German army also has a central army group, which is an army-level organization composed of several army groups. Subordinate to the High Command or Theater of Operations. There is a leadership and command organ. It is a strategic campaign corps composed of various branches of the armed forces and arms. It is usually formed in wartime, and its composition mainly depends on the strategic position of the operational direction, the capacity of the battlefield, the number of troops that the enemy may invest, the situation of its own troops, and the combat intention. And the combat units of Tsarist Russia above the army group are called the 'front army', and its level is the same as that of the British, French and German army groups! ”

"And our establishment name should be different from them, in the combat establishment above the corps, they are called group armies, we will change the name to 'corps', the combat units under the corps establishment include a number of corps (each corps includes infantry divisions, cavalry divisions, heavy artillery brigades, baggage troops, communications troops, engineers, etc.), a number of armored divisions, a number of air force divisions, and directly under the logistics quartermaster's office!"

For example, we call the supreme command unit of the entire region that is fighting in the Middle East region the Middle East theater, the battlefield on the western front of Tsarist Russia the Eastern European theater, and the Balkan Peninsula and the Asia Minor Peninsula as the Southeast European theater, and the supreme commander in charge of operations in these areas as the 'theater of operations' The supreme commander of a certain theater of operations', the corps is under the theater of operations, obeys the command of the theater of operations, and the theater of operations is directly under the command of the supreme command! Now, after my discussion with the Supreme Military Council, it has been decided to change the first batch of expeditionary forces into the first army corps, and the second batch of expeditionary forces into the second army corps, and in the future, as the war drags on, it may be necessary to form the third, fourth, and even fifth, sixth, and seventh legions, so the generals do not need to worry about not fighting! In addition, given that "

"Good!" The generals applauded excitedly and vigorously, and the whole hall reverberated loudly.

"The selection of the commander of the Second Army Corps and the commanders of the armies and divisions has already been decided!"

As soon as Xiao Zhenlei's words came out, the whole venue was silent, and the generals all looked at Xiao Zhenlei on the stage nervously, how much they hoped that there would be their own names among the names that came out of his mouth, some people did not think that they were qualified to be the commander of the Second Army, but they were still qualified to be a commander or division commander, but there were still people who did not want to be a division commander, at least to be a commander, after all, the Second Army Corps were all garbage soldiers, and being a division commander in such an army could not be compared with being a division commander in the Wehrmacht.

Xiao Zhenlei opened the text and said: "The Second Legion, the list of generals and officers at all levels is as follows: Commander of the Corps - Zhang Xiaozhun, Deputy Commander of the Corps - Wu Peifu, Chief of Staff of the Corps - Yang Jie, due to the large number of people in the Second Legion, it is for 'So-and-so Legion' to add a first-level combat unit between the corps and the army. For example, a corps made up of Koreans, called the Korean Legion, a corps made up of Burmese people called the Burmese Legion, and so on, and the commander is called the commander. Commander of the Korean Army Corps - Xu Shuzheng, Commander of the Japanese, Bhutanese and Nepalese Corps - Wang Zhanyuan, Commander of the Vietnamese Corps - Chen Shufan, Commander of the Lao Officers - Li Zhengjie, Commander of the Cambodian Corps - Liu Changrong, Commander of the Burmese Corps - Chen Yugang, Commander of the East Bengal Corps Wen Caihua, Commander of the West Bengal Corps Bai Wenwei, Commander of the East Malayan Corps Lan Tianwei, and Commander of the West Malayan Corps - Li Liejun ??????".

Xiao Zhenlei has always read the list to the division-level officers, and the regimental-level and regimental-level officers are reported by each division to their superiors, and finally to the Supreme Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense for the record.

The face of the person who was read the name was happy, and the person who didn't read the name had a bitter face, making it seem as if everyone owed him a few hundred yuan.

After reading the list, Xiao Zhenlei said again: "If you don't read your name, it's not that you can't do it with your talents, but there are only so many positions, and it is impossible to stuff everyone into it, and we will form more officers to participate in the war in the future, and at that time you will have a chance, and at that time, it will not be recruited from the countries of the Southeast Peninsula, but the national defense force, so those who are not read by name will not be discouraged, let alone lose their fighting spirit!"

The people whose names are read will stay, and we will give you the letter of appointment, and we will explain some things to you, and I will listen carefully, and I will only say ?????? once." (To be continued......)