Batu saw that Du Yuming was relieved, and he was not hypocritical, so he simply gave up his thoughts.

"At the moment, we don't have enough troops at hand, I went through the rosters of various departments yesterday, and the total number of people on the list is only more than 49,000 people. That's all about logistics supplies and non-combatants at the headquarters. Speaking of which, we can only go to the front line to fight with only 40,000 soldiers. ”

Du Yuming was naturally aware of this situation, and he had calculated it with the people in the General Staff yesterday. Zhang Xueliang's old department originally had 100,000 people, but the death of the battle, the running and the surrender, when Lin Zuoda lifted them from the siege, there was only this bit of men and horses left, to be honest, this bit of men and horses was okay to deal with the remnants of those Mongolian nobles, if they really fought with the Soviets in the trading city, it was really a bit hanging.

At this point, Batu said this, and it was clear that he had some idea. Du Yuming simply didn't go around the bush, and asked directly: "Tell me your plan." ”

Seeing Du Yuming asking, Batu also said frankly: "You also saw in the morning, there are more than 7,000 prisoners in those military repair stations, and all of them are strong middle-aged men, isn't this the best source of soldiers?" ”

"You mean......" Du Yuming's brows furrowed, this is not a trivial matter.

"Yes, just use these 7,000 people to sift through, and I can make up about an infantry division. It is said that 'the court is not short of hungry soldiers', but at the moment we are 'food but no soldiers'. I asked the logistics to calculate for me, and the guns and ammunition allocated by Nanjing this time were all surplus, and it was more than enough to arm an infantry division. ”

Batu said: "I will handle this matter in detail, but you, the chief of staff, must also help me hide it, otherwise the matter will not be done." ”

He laughed for a while, Du Yuming was silent, where did he have to help hide it, and discussed it with himself separately in advance, obviously to pull himself into the water.

He knew that Batu was emotionally right to do so, but it didn't make sense in principle.

There is national law and military discipline, and neither of them allows him to do this. However, if the current problem is not solved, if this expedition fails to meet expectations, I am afraid it will not be a matter of personal honor and disgrace for him.

After thinking about it for a while, Du Yuming said seriously: "Needless to say, you and my brothers are both soldiers, so naturally they are here to win the war, forget it, this matter is also my share." ”

Hearing Du Yuming so refreshing, Batu clapped his hands and cheered, "I really didn't see the wrong person, you Du Yuming is a man!" ”

"I'm just afraid of ......" Batu didn't praise a few words, Du Yuming put forward a new idea.

"Afraid of what?" Batu then asked.

"I'm afraid that the first is that the Ministry of Justice is not easy to explain, and second, after all, these people are guilty of crimes, will they defect at that time? Or is it a violation of military discipline and damage to the reputation of the Wehrmacht? ”

Batu waved his hand, "Don't worry about the second point. I plan to organize them according to the scale of the battalion structure, first strengthen ideological education, declare military discipline and military law, assign grass-roots officers from various units to command them, mix and disrupt them, strictly distinguish rewards and punishments, and give them meritorious service and commutation of sentences after the war. Besides, I just fancy the recklessness of this group of people, you haven't been to Mongolia, go there to fight and fight against Lao Maozi, you can't be reckless without a little recklessness! ”

"Well, that's just the first point." Du Yuming leaned forward and said, "After all, these seven thousand laborers belong to their jurisdiction, and we have no right to transfer them. Besides, the judiciary has always been independent, and it may not be easy to find anyone. ”

In this way, Batu was a little worried. The central government is independent of the judiciary, the judiciary is independent of the government and the military, the Supreme Court and the Public Prosecutor's Office are not under the jurisdiction of the Central Executive Committee, and judges are permanent and have independent remuneration.

Let's talk about Zhao Tinghui's original case, Huang Ke found someone to accommodate him several times, and even found the presiding judge in person, but the court resolutely refused to accept it, and still sentenced Zhao Tinghui to several years in prison, and finally Huang Ke had to find a way in the prison where Zhao Tinghui was imprisoned.

At present, these prisoners undergoing labor reform are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice, and they cannot ask their superiors for instructions and give them orders in accordance with wartime management, nor can they directly and arbitrarily rob people. Moreover, the old scholars in the Ministry of Justice have always advocated valuing the rights of prisoners, and if they knew that Batu was dragging these people to fight as cannon fodder, they would report and protest at the least, and even prosecute Batu and drag him to prison.

"That's a real problem." Batu paced, walking back and forth with his stomach shy, his fat palms constantly pinching his chin in thought.

"I have an idea." As soon as he finished speaking, Du Yuming replied seemingly to himself: "This is inappropriate after all, inappropriate!" ”

"Whoa! You and I are both brothers, so if you have anything, just say it. Batu stopped and sat down in front of Du Yuming.

Du Yuming smiled, "I mean, can you use some means?" Add some sophistication, anyway, it is also an order from the Ministry of Justice that we use these people for one more year and one year less, and when it comes to us, who knows if they are going to fight or build roads or something. ”

Batu scratched his scalp, "I thought about it, but I know Wang Yuanzheng, the director of the Prison Department, this person is quite dignified, besides, the army and the judiciary are two systems, and they don't have much contact with each other, and people don't necessarily buy gifts and money in the past." When the time comes, if you go directly to report me, it won't be a waste of rice for stealing chickens. ”

In this way, Du Yuming didn't raise it, and he didn't know what to do.

"Alas, I really don't want to let go of these seven thousand men, if they are all armed, they will be a fierce army!" Batu rubbed his hands together, and his mouth was full of pity.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door. The two became alert, and Batu casually asked, "Who?" ”

Outside the door replied, "Chief of Staff Du, I brought you some food, you must have not eaten after being busy for so long, right?" ”

This voice is Shen Yan, the chief of the Intelligence Section of the Staff Department of the Second Army of the Expeditionary Force, who used to be a member of the Reserve Cadre Department, but now he has been transferred here as the head of the Intelligence Section, and is more responsible for spying on Soviet intelligence and plotting rebellion in Mongolia.

Although this man is only in his thirties, he is very exquisite, as can be seen by the title of the person he sees. This person sees that his colleagues and brothers are commensurate, he salutes when he meets the chief, he clashes his fists and salutes when he meets people in the rivers and lakes, and he can talk together when he meets a pawn and a peddler. However, Batu was wary of this person from the bottom of his heart, after all, he was a reserve cadre, and he was a good hand at intelligence and something, and monitoring and reporting was also one of their businesses.

Listening to Shen Yan's voice, Du Yuming and Batu glanced at each other, Du Yuming got up and walked over to open the door and said, "It's Section Chief Shen, please come in, please come in." ”

Shen Kai walked in with a few magnetic lunch boxes, and after seeing Batu sitting there, he leaned on his heels and said, "Commander!" ”

Batu smiled, Shen Yan looked at the beef soup on the table and said with a smile: "It turns out that the commander is also here to care about the food of the chief of staff, just right, we can have more dishes." ”

As he spoke, he placed the lunch box he brought on the table, and when he opened it, it was also beef stew. However, unlike Batu, he also brought an extra bowl of hand-rolled noodles and a plate of freshly made oily spicy seeds.

"Chief of Staff Du is from Shaanxi, so he asked the canteen to get some noodles." Shen Yan said with a smile as he took out these meals and laid them out.

"It's really hard work, Section Chief Shen also sit down and eat some together." Du Yuming felt that this person was really detailed, not only came to deliver food late at night, but even made calculations about what he liked to eat. Du Yuming really hasn't eaten any noodles these days, but now looking at this bowl of red oily spicy seeds and hand-rolled noodles, his index finger suddenly moved and he had an appetite.

"No, I've eaten it before. The two chiefs will discuss the matter, and I will go out first. With that, Shen Yan wanted to get up and leave.

Du Yuming and Batu exchanged glances, and Batu beckoned, "Shen Yan, come and sit." The matter we are talking about also has something to do with your Intelligence Section. ”

"Oh?" As soon as Shen Yan heard this, he knew that he was discussing some military information that was inconvenient to get on the table. Since the commander asked him to participate, he couldn't shirk it, so he simply pulled a stool and sat down.

Du Yuming held the noodles and talked about the ideas of preparing to adapt these prisoners, and also talked about some of the difficulties. "I think you've been in Nanjing longer than us, and you're more familiar with people from all walks of life, what can you do if you see Youmu? If something goes wrong, General Batu and I will take full responsibility. ”

Du Yuming said quite boldly, but Batu stopped: "Don't panic, I'll bear the mess alone!" ”

Shen Yan saw that the two chiefs were so emotional, otherwise he couldn't stop saying something, "Thanks to the two chiefs, this matter is not compliant for the benefit of the country and the people." I'll count it too,"

Seeing him say this, Batu and Du Yuming smiled.

Shen Yan continued: "It's not that there is no way, just find someone to help." But after all, it's someone else who helps us take responsibility. To put it bluntly, it is a military merit that we won this battle, and it has nothing to do with them if we defeat it, they can't afford to take this risk with them. ”

As soon as he said this, Batu and Du Yuming's faces became grim, although what Shen Yan said was not pleasant, but it was the truth.

However, Shen Yan changed his words and said, "So, let's make some money." Although there is a group of officials in the Ministry of Justice who are upright, they are not monolithic after all, and there are corrupt people everywhere. I heard that the person in charge of the management of our prisoners is the director of the prison department named Zhou Yanming, and this person has a habit, but he can give some benefits to buy it. ”

"What fetishes?" Du Yuming and Batu asked almost at the same time.