"Throne. Chen Bui said, if we are willing to release those Japanese prisoners of war, Nanjing will give us a group army formation-" On the phone, Ouyang Yun heard Zhang Zhen's slightly beating voice, and his dirty heart couldn't help but jump violently - group army, what kind of concept is that? This temptation is inevitably too great, so isn't he going to be promoted to commander?

Zhang Zhenchu was particularly surprised when he learned the news from Chen Bui. His performance was quite good, and the expressions of the staff officers under him who were present were much more colorful. It's no wonder that they, that is, the current promotion speed of the Cadet Army, which is unprecedented, besides, this is not an empty army with just a sign, it has a huge territory for raising troops. Now, it has only been more than two months since the army was formed, and the following establishment has not yet been filled, and it can even be promoted to the next level. If this is not from Chen Bui's mouth, and if the relationship between Chen Bui and Lao Jiang is not known to passers-by, it is estimated that the young staff officers of the Cadet Army will think that the person sitting opposite is a big liar.

After not hearing Ouyang Yun's answer for a long time, Zhang Zhen thought he was tempted, and said, "Chen Bui has the official document of the Military Commission with him, it shouldn't be fake." ”

"Lao Zhang, what do you think?" Ouyang Yun lit a cigarette, and after taking a puff, his mood slowly calmed down.

Zhang Zhen actually already had an idea, but after listening to Ouyang Yun's question, he still thought about it for a while before he said, "I think it's feasible." There are so many prisoners of war that we are dealing with them correctly, but there is no guarantee when something will go wrong. Junza, to tell you the truth, I always feel that letting these little devils in Renqiu, and being assigned to the factory, is like putting a bomb around you, and God knows when it will explode. Jicha's territory is not small, and it is possible to raise a group army, and I think we can add one by the way when accepting this condition, that is, the control of the entire territory of Hebei. On the Zhangjiakou side, it seems that it is necessary to hand over the Lu, which is conducive to stability and unity. It's just that since the 132nd Division has been assigned to the 59th Army, should their territory in Hebei be handed over to us? What do you think? ”

After a little silence, Ouyang Yun said, "Lao Zhang, it seems that you are very interested in agreeing to this condition?" ”

Zhang Zhen smiled and said, "That's it, who doesn't want to have more soldiers." I can see the way of this world, whoever has a gun in his hand is the boss, hehe, since he can justifiably expand the army, why not? ”

Ouyang Yun smiled bitterly, how could he not know the truth of Lu Dao, but was it really that simple? He said, "But have you thought about a question? Nanjing just agreed to our military expansion, but where did our military spending come from? Nanjing won't allocate money, right? ”

Zhang Zhen didn't think about this question at all, because in his opinion, Ren Qiu was too rich. He said, "Aren't we rich? ”

"Is it rich?" Ouyang Yun smiled dumbly, thinking that it seemed that it was time to formulate a financial disclosure policy, otherwise, the guys below might not think that we were rich, "Lao Zhang, don't you know how expensive oil and salt are in your family, Mr. Jiang is complaining to me now." If nothing else, these 10,000 little devil prisoners of war cost us two months' total income, and if it weren't for the fact that the pharmaceutical company developed new products during this time, and thus obtained a lot of deposits from foreign agents, we might have gone bankrupt. ”

Ouyang Yun's words were not alarmist. The construction of the student army is different from that of other armies in China, such as Yan Xishan, who completely relies on local finances, and that's it, and the army below them also does everything they can to live a good life. As far as the Liangguang army is concerned, because its local economy is not bad, and Chen Jitang, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi are very concerned about the development of the people's livelihood and economy, it is not a problem to raise the army in hand. The most notable point is that the Renqiu government's taxes are very low, and there are even subsidies for some key industries, such as agriculture. Of course, Renqiu's industrial level is not comparable to that of the two Guangzhou, among which penicillin and diesel engines can not only meet domestic demand, but even be exported. And the high-end industries such as television and broadcasting, as well as the output of high-end technology, have also brought a lot of money to Renqiu. But that's it, I can't see it in normal times, once there is a war, this Renqiu's finances will be unbearable. For this reason, Jiang Shuren complained to Ouyang Yun a lot.

Zhang Zhen was very surprised when he knew this for the first time. Since Chen Bui was still waiting for news, he made a long story short: "Since this is the case, then I can only refuse." ”

"Yes. Lao Zhang, as long as our economic strength goes up, it will naturally go up in our army building, and even if we don't have an establishment at that time, we will have a way to expand the army, so don't be disappointed. ”

"No, it won't! I have confidence in our Cadet Army. ”

"That's good, that's it, I still have to go to the Soldier Research Institute."

"Well, I know how to respond to Chen Bui."

Ren Qiu and his entourage, Chen Bui returned in vain. Soon after he returned to Nanjing, the reorganized Japanese garrison in North China first sent troops to Fengtai, and then the 7th and 11th Divisions of the Kwantung Army in the border areas of Chen Bingrehe and Chahar were constantly conducting so-called exercises and putting on a vigorous offensive posture. At this point, people with a little military vision can see that a major war between China and Japan is imminent.

In the face of the provocation of the Japanese, Zhang Zizhong, who had been promoted to the commander of the 59th Army, and Song Zheyuan, the commander of the 29th Army, chose to back down after receiving the admonition of the Nanjing Military Commission. As a result, in the midst of an uproar in the country, the Japanese soldiers occupied Fengtai bloodlessly. The Cadet Army began to prepare intensively for war in Wanping City. At the same time, there were two completely different voices in Japan regarding the release of Japanese prisoners of war. Among them, some politicians (mainly from Nanjing) called for the release of prisoners of war as soon as possible in order to appease the anger of the Japanese government and prevent the Japanese army from using this as an excuse to invade North China; And the voice of the people is that those prisoners of war should not only not be released, but should be sentenced for their crimes, killed if they should be killed, and locked up for their crimes...... Just when everyone's eyes in the country were attracted to the corner of Renqiu, in Dongshan County, Fujian, a small-scale military conflict was going on-