"Didn't Lao Jiang give the numbers of the two divisions?" Jin Zhao still said with an indifferent expression.

"One is not paid, the other is not food, what is the use of only giving two divisions? And even if these two divisions are still expanded from the Reading Brigade and the National Defense Regiment, at most they will be given the number of a division! This old Jiang is inevitably too stingy! Speaking of this, a trace of anger flashed on Wen Yingxing's face.

"But no one else knows what you're talking about! Ordinary people will only think that I, Jin Zhao, have been promoted, and the troops under my command have been expanded from one group army to two group armies. Jin Zhao said with a smile.

"This old Jiang is really powerful!" Wen Yingxing couldn't help but sigh.

"I guess there's something even better!" Jin Zhao said with a sigh.

"What could be more powerful?" Wen Yingxing couldn't help but ask.

Jin Zhao smiled dumbly, "I'm not the roundworm in Lao Jiang's stomach, how can I know?" Wen Yingxing was speechless.

Jin Zhao waved his hand and said, "The army has been expanded, so let's discuss the personnel arrangements next!" "Lao Jiang's appointment did not have the appointment of the commanders of each division and army, so it was naturally arranged by Jin Zhao himself, which can be regarded as giving Jin Zhao a great face.

"The commander-in-chief of the 25th Group Army will be taken over by Lu Xingbang!" Jin Zhao said casually, "On the side of the 39th Army, Yun Yinglin will take over as the commander. ”

After some discussion between Jin Zhao and Wen Yingxing, the list of commanders of the various armies of the Fujian Army was finalized.

Lu Xingbang, commander-in-chief of the 25th Group Army, Yun Yinglin, deputy commander-in-chief, and Li Qiuyuan, chief of staff.

Yun Yinglin, commander of the 39th Army, concurrently serves as chief of staff, Lin Shaotang. Yang Fuqiang, commander of the 202nd Division, Lu Xingrong, commander of the 203rd Division, and Zhang Jinshan, commander of the 211th Division.

Fang Xianjue, commander of the 67th Army, and Liu Yingshi, chief of staff. Tan Shaoping, commander of the 210th Division, and Zeng Xianbang, commander of the 212th Division. It was originally the number of the Northeast Army, but it was canceled after the Battle of Songjiang, and this time it was given to the 25th Army.

Zhang Junsong, commander-in-chief of the 37th Group Army, Situ Fei, deputy commander-in-chief, and Qiu Guozhen, chief of staff.

The commander of the new 7th Army, Situ Fei, concurrently served as the commander of the 205th Division, Peng Hanmin, the commander of the 206th Division, Perxing, the commander of the 206th Division, and Liang Dai, the commander of the 207th Division.

Ding Rongguang, commander of the 37th Army, Sun Liren, commander of the 213th Division, and Zhang Lingfu, commander of the 214th Division.

When the original 37th Army was in the Battle of Songhu, it was unable to replenish because of heavy losses, and its two divisions were transferred to other units, and the number of the 37th Army was temporarily retained, and now it was directly given to the Fujian Army by Lao Chiang.

However, Jin Zhao did not expand according to Lao Chiang's wishes, and the First National Defense Regiment was expanded into the First National Defense Division, which was still nominally directly under the Fuzhou National Defense University and did not belong to the regular army. The Reading Brigade was expanded into the 214th Division, and the 213th Division was newly formed by Sun Liren from Fuzhou, and its backbone was the wounded soldiers of some units collected by Jin Zhao from Nanjing, Shanghai, and other places since the beginning of the day.

After Jin Zhao and Wen Yingxing discussed it properly, they immediately reported it to the Central Military Commission, but they didn't expect Lao Jiang to agree very happily this time.

The wheel of time finally rolled slowly into 1938, on New Year's Day, Jin Zhao announced his appointment as the commander of the Nanjing Garrison Command in Nanjing. However, soon after, Lao Chiang transferred about 100,000 Central Army near Nanjing to the north of the Yangtze River for rest, and the reason was quite sufficient. Although these troops still nominally belonged to Jin Zhao's Nanjing Garrison Headquarters, Jin Zhao knew in his heart that he would not be able to mobilize these troops of Lao Chiang's descendants at all, not to mention that they had now withdrawn to the north of the Yangtze River. At this time, Jin Zhao finally realized what kind of calculation Lao Jiang was fighting, can't you fight the Min army? Now I will hand over the whole of Nanjing to you, and let you go with the little devils desperately! It's better to fight for both.

At this time, Shunroku Hata had already taken over the post of commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, and Matsui Ishine had already gone home for the New Year. The complete defeat of the Battle of Nanjing disgraced the political axe. In order to be able to regain the lost face as soon as possible. He once again issued an order to expand the army, urgently conscripting 400,000 young people into the army, and all the units of the army that had suffered heavy losses and were even completely annihilated were rebuilt one after another, and a whole ten new divisions were formed. In less than a month, more than 200,000 Chinese troops landed in Shanghai in a steady stream, enabling the strength of the Chinese Central Dispatch Army to quickly recover.

At this time, although the main force of Jin Zhao's Fujian army has undergone some reorganization, the total strength has been close to 200,000, but the strength of two of the divisions is still being reorganized in Fujian, and now the strength that Jin Zhao can put into battle is only about 150,000, and it is obviously not so simple to rely on the strength of 150,000 people to block the attack of more than 200,000 Yue troops.

"The battle line is too long! With our current troops, it is difficult to take care of both! Wen Yingxing looked at the huge area from Nanjing to Shanghai and said with a frown. 150,000 people sounds like a lot, but if you want to sprinkle it in such a huge area, you can't see many people.

"Yes! That's why this battle is not easy to fight! Jin Zhao also frowned and said, "But the little devil's army of more than 200,000 people, if you want to complete the pre-war preparations, it is absolutely impossible without a month or two!" So we still have plenty of time to adjust the deployment. After Jin Zhao finished speaking, he stopped talking, but stared at the map in front of him with his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

At this moment, a staff officer suddenly came over and said loudly, "Report to the general seat!" The 26th Group Army in North China sent a telegram saying that the 10th Division, the 109th Division and other units of the Chinese Army suddenly launched an attack on our army! ”

Jin Zhao's face changed slightly when he heard this, "How could the North China Army suddenly attack, could it be that the little devil changed the direction of the attack?" After Jin Zhao finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the huge map hanging on the wall.

"The North China Army has been honest for so long, and now there is a sudden movement, there is some conspiracy!" Wen Yingxing followed behind Jin Zhao and said with a frown.

"Yes! Call back Commander-in-Chief Weng and ask them to be on guard! Jin Zhao thought about it and said with a serious face. However, now that Jin Zhao's whole mind is on the next battle of Nanjing, he is naturally not in the mood to take into account the battle situation in North China, and Jin Zhao has not paid any attention to this move of the Yue army. just asked the 26th Group Army in North China to strengthen its vigilance to prevent the little devils from playing any tricks, and then put this matter down for the time being, and then devoted himself to the preparation for the second defense of Nanjing. (To be continued.) )