The whole process of exchanging hostages went smoothly, the Japanese did not make any mistakes in the process, and Chen Feng did not go back on his word, and the two sides successfully completed the exchange on April 6.

During this period, the Kwantung Army successively mobilized 6 divisions and 2 mixed brigades from the northeast region and a large number of technical units to reinforce in the direction of Hailar, after the two sides completed the exchange, Chen Feng also knew that Lu Dao had lost the best opportunity to capture Hulunbuir, and now if he continues to attack, he will not say whether he can defeat the Japanese army, even if he wins the battle, the casualties will definitely not be small, so Chen Feng decided to consolidate the occupied area for the time being, and stop launching a new offensive against the Japanese army.

The Eighth Theater of this battle dispatched a full 150,000 troops, including the armored units of one division and one brigade and two airborne brigades, and the whole offensive process was very smooth, not only severely damaged the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army, but also surrounded the Ninth Division, one of the most elite regiments of the Japanese army.

Although there was no good start and finish, but the eighth theater of this battle still achieved a lot of results, first of all, a large number of Japanese puppet troops were annihilated, in this duel the Japanese army dispatched a total of 2 integrated divisions and a large number of puppet troops, with a total strength of more than 70,000 people, but after the war, the wounded returned safely to the area controlled by the Japanese army less than 30,000, that is to say, the Japanese army lost about 40,000 troops in this war.

And this is not counting the large number of pilots and fighters lost by the 2nd and 5th Flight Groups of the Kwantung Army, and if these are added, the losses of the Japanese army will be even more.

In addition, in this battle, the Japanese army not only lost such important military towns as Hailar and Manchuria. It also lost several banner counties such as the Balhu Left Banner, the Right Banner, the Chen Balhu Banner, and the Genhe, which accounted for almost half of Hulunbuir's territory, and the loss was not small.

Of course, the losses of Chen Feng's headquarters in this war were not small, but they lost a fighter brigade, and also caused more than 10,000 casualties of the army, of which as many as 2,300 were killed in the battle, and more than 8,000 were wounded. And this is not counting the losses of the Heilongjiang fleet.

After the war, the little fox gave Chen Feng's command level only one qualified. The system score is also pitiful, only a little more than 5,000 points, and this is still under the premise that the Air Force has severely damaged the second and fifth flight groups of the Kwantung Army, in the words of the little fox. This is still a friendship price. If you really count it, there are so many points.

Chen Feng calculated. If calculated according to the exchange price given by the system, compared with the weapons and equipment lost in this campaign, 7 or 80 fighters and nearly 20 warships alone are tens of thousands of points. The points gained in this war are far from enough to make up for the losses in the war, which means that this battle is a loss, and it is a big loss.

At this point, Chen Feng had no other way. However, this aroused Chen Feng's strong desire to vigorously build the navy, so he handed over all the affairs of the north to Shi Jianfei and Zhang Jingjun and others, while he himself returned to Guisui alone.

After returning to Guisui, Chen Feng first went home to take a look, mainly to go home to see his two little babies, and when he saw that there was nothing at home, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to work.

The losses in this war fell short, but the Northern Mongolian Theater fought very well, which also made Chen Feng extremely happy, the previous development of the troops was very fast, so it directly led to the Eighth Theater of Operations' extremely chaotic number, plus now the Eighth Theater's territory is east and west, the group army is no longer enough to deal with the next war, so Chen Feng came up with the military region as the theater of strategic units.

In order to cope with the next more brutal war, Chen Feng decided to divide all the troops of the entire military region into military regions according to regions, and the entire theater was divided into eight military regions, namely the Guisui Special Military Region, the Suixi Military Region, the Suidong Military Region, the Mengbei Military Region, the Jinbei Military Region, the Northern Hebei Military Region, the Southern Hebei Military Region, and the Nanyang Military Region.

The defense areas of the Guisui Special Military Region include the Guisui, Baotou, and Ulanchabu Leagues, with Ma Cao as the commander and deputy commander Xu Fufu, under the jurisdiction of: reorganized 1st Division (division commander Xu Fufu, deputy division commander Hailiang); reorganized the 2nd Division (division commander Lin Yong, deputy division commander Chen Bing); reorganized the 3rd Division (division commander Xu Dazhuang and deputy division commander Sun Yifeng); The 1st Artillery Division (division commander Ma Xiong, deputy division commander Hairi Khan), with a total strength of 120,000 troops, the military region headquarters is located in Guisui.

The defense areas of the Suixi Military Region include the Yikezhao League, the Bayannur League, the Alxa League, and Wuhai, and Zhang Zhigang was appointed as the commander of the military region, and Li Haiping was appointed as the deputy commander of the military region, and the 4th division (division commander Zhang Fei and deputy division commander Huang Haibo) was reorganized; reorganized the 5th Division (division commander Cai Ming, deputy division commander Li Yang); reorganized the 6th Division (division commander Liu Zhiqiang, deputy division Jiang Yubing); With a total strength of 100,000 troops, the headquarters of the military region is located in Linhe, Bayannur League.

The defense areas of the Northern Shanxi Military Region include the northern and northwestern parts of Shanxi, as well as the Xinkou and Jizhong fronts, and the commander of the military region is Li Bin and the deputy commander-in-chief Li Fuhai. It has under the jurisdiction of: the 8th Division, the 9th Division, the 1st Mechanized Infantry Division, the 1st Artillery Brigade, the 1st Air Defense Brigade, the 1st Armored Brigade, the Guard Brigade, the Logistics Support Brigade, the 1st Army Aviation Brigade, and the Sword Special Operations Brigade. The total strength is 170,000 people, and the headquarters is located in Datong.

The defense areas of the Northern Hebei Military Region include southern Chanan, eastern Hebei, and western Rehe, and the military region commander Xu Hu, deputy commander-in-chief Li Haoqiang, and chief of staff Zhou Yonghua. It has under its jurisdiction: the 10th Division, the 11th Division, the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, the 5th Artillery Brigade, the 6th Brigade, the 3rd Air Defense Brigade, the 3rd Armored Brigade, the Guard Brigade, the Logistics Support Brigade, the 3rd Army Aviation Brigade, and the Sky Fox Special Operations Brigade. The total strength is 180,000, and the headquarters is located in Zhangjiakou.

The defense areas of the Suidong Military Region include the Xilin Gol League, Chifeng, Tongliao, and Xing'an League, with commander Andrei, deputy commander Hu Tiesheng, and chief of staff Li Jianhua, and its subordinate divisions are: the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division, the 12th and 13th Divisions, the Armored Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, the Engineer Brigade, the Military Region Guard Brigade, and the Sharp Blade Special Operations Brigade, with a total strength of 193,000 troops, and the headquarters is located in Chifeng.

The main defense areas of the Northern Mongolian Military Region include Ulaanbaatar, Zongmod, Dongfang City, Saiyin Shanda, and Siwurt, with Commander Zhang Jingjun, Deputy Commander Choibalshan, and Chief of Staff Li Yisheng, under the jurisdiction of the 6th Mechanized Infantry Division, the 7th and 14th Divisions, the Armored Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, the Engineer Brigade, the Military Region Guard Brigade, and the Iron Fist Special Operations Brigade. The total strength is 180,000 people, and the headquarters is located in Ulaanbaatar.

The defense areas of the Southern Hebei Military Region include central Hebei and southern Hebei, with Li Yifeng, former commander-in-chief of the 49th Group Army, as commander of the military region, and deputy commander-in-chief Bo/Bosa as deputy commander. It is under the jurisdiction of the 15th Division, the 16th Division, the 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division, the 3rd Artillery Brigade, the 4th Brigade, the 2nd Air Defense Brigade, the 2nd Armored Brigade, the Guard Brigade, the Logistics Support Brigade, the 2nd Army Aviation Brigade, and the Flying Tiger Special Operations Brigade. The total strength is 220,000, and the headquarters is located in Shijiazhuang.

Wang Hansheng, commander of the military region, and Hu Yi, deputy commander of the Nanyang Military Region, have under the jurisdiction of the 1st and 2nd Nanyang Divisions, and there are already one air force and one navy, with a total strength of more than 80,000 troops, as well as more than 80,000 policemen and militiamen.

At the last time, there was also a mobile corps in the theater, with Chen Tiebao, commander-in-chief of the corps, and Wang Jiming, deputy commander-in-chief. It has under the jurisdiction of the 17th Division, the 18th Division, the 19th Division, the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division, the 7th Artillery Brigade, the 8th Brigade, the 4th Air Defense Brigade, the 4th Armored Brigade, the Guard Brigade, the Logistics Support Brigade, the 4th Army Aviation Brigade, and the Steppewolf Special Operations Brigade. The total strength is 150,000 people, and it is stationed in Xilin Gol League.

In addition, the theater also has a theater guard division, an armored group army, an air defense group army, the 2nd artillery division, the 3rd artillery division, the 4th artillery division, and the Northern Air Force.

In view of the fact that the Japanese army could ambush the Heilongjiang fleet at sea without scruples this time, Chen Feng believed that the Japanese army was ready for a war with the United States and Britain, so Chen Feng decided to strengthen the armed forces of the Nanyang Territory.

Don't look at the current regular troops of Nanyang Territory plus the militia, there are 16 or 70,000 troops, but the militia is a militia after all, and its combat effectiveness is very limited, so Chen Feng believes that it is necessary to send 2-3 divisions of troops to Nanyang Territory to prevent the Japanese army from landing on the island to fight.

On 8 April, Chen Feng issued an order for reorganization in the name of the commander of the theater, and although many soldiers complained about the constant adjustment of troops in the theater, Chen Feng did not respond to this, and he was well aware of the importance of the large establishment of the military region to the entire Eighth Theater.

With the continuous expansion of the scale of warfare, the small establishment can no longer meet the operational needs of the troops, and the operation of a large corps of 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of people is the development trend of future wars.

In addition, the military region is in fact equivalent to the establishment of the Nationalist Government's theater level, which is larger than that of the group army, while the establishment of the integrated division, although smaller than the group army, is larger than the division, and can be used as a strategic unit.

After the order was issued, the entire Eighth Theater was mobilized, and although Chen Feng appointed the commanders and deputy commanders of the various military regions, he did not make specific appointments to the other units of the military regions, and all these need to be reported to the theater for examination and approval after being determined by each military region, and after the examination is passed, it will be put on the record at the theater command.

The big move in the Eighth War Zone not only shocked the Japanese, but also made the Nationalist Government uneasy, especially after Lao Chiang received the telegram sent back by Kang Ze and others, the whole person became a little anxious. On the surface, it seems that this is only a small adjustment of the troops under the command of the Eighth Theater.

However, in Lao Chiang's view, the problem is far from being so simple, because after this adjustment, the Eighth Theater has the establishment of a large corps with a strength of more than 100,000 troops, and the establishment of a large corps is different from a small one, and the establishment of a large corps is prepared for large-scale wars, and if it is only a group army, it is nothing, and a theater can completely have such a number as a group army, because it is entirely possible for the Japanese to dispatch tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people at one time when attacking the Chinese theater.

However, such a large establishment of a military region is different, several military regions are millions of troops, even one has more than 100,000 people, and there is no need for such a large establishment to fight against the troops at the level of the Japanese army. (To be continued......)