On 9 December, the Yamashiro government officially declared war on the Axis powers led by Japan, Germany, and Italy, but Han Lin had a headache, because He Yingqin, the chief of the General Staff, had called him and this time he was going to send a part of the anti-smuggling troops of the Anti-Smuggling Department of the Ministry of Finance to join the expeditionary force.

The Ministry of Finance began to form its own army during the Song Ziwen period, relying on money, well-armed and well-trained, it is a rare elite in the army of the Shancheng government, and this time the expeditionary force was formed, He Yingqin looked at the anti-smuggling force.

If it were someone else, He Yingqin would not say more nonsense, an order must be executed, and he would say hello in advance, what good things would he think? But Han Lin is different, it can be said that he saved his life twice, and he has a very good personal relationship, so he was mentally prepared.

Resident Office of the Anti-Smuggling Division of the Ministry of Finance of Yamashiro.

"I invited you this time because I just received a call from General He, and the Ministry of Military Affairs has decided to transfer the First General Regiment of the Anti-Smuggling Force of the Ministry of Finance to form a new 38th Division, and appoint you as the commander of the Major General Division, subordinate to the command of the 66th Army. Han Lin said.

Sun Fumin saw that Han Lin's face had changed, and he slowly calmed down.

The staff officers in the war room all laughed, and Xue Boling couldn't hold back his laughter, Han Lin's meaning was obvious, he highly recognized the tactics this time.

"Please forgive the director, it's me who doesn't choose what to say, it's just that the Military Commission's approach is a little difficult to accept for a while." Sun Fumin hurriedly apologized.

He knew that Xue Boling's Heavenly Furnace tactics would bring a painful blow to the enemy this time, so he also had to shine some light, show his trump card to participate in the battle, mobilize two assault groups and a transport battalion to fight in a mobile manner, and let the Americans see that the support he gave him was not in vain and played a huge role.

"Han Lin, you have worked hard to go back and forth between Tanzhou and Shancheng, and you are the deputy director of the second division of the attendant room, and you also have to be the intelligence director of the Ninth War Zone, isn't this a knife for killing chickens? Come and take a look at my new tactics, and give me some advice from your intelligence perspective to improve my tactics this time. Xue Boling said with a smile and handed him a combat manual.

"Director Han, after the reorganization of our First General Regiment, there are still four regiments and directly subordinate troops left, why do we still want to leave the First Regiment behind?" Sun Fumin was anxious.

"The four regiments and the troops directly under the First General Regiment, should they all be withdrawn this time?" When Sun Fumin heard the news, he hurriedly asked.

"I am ready to quickly mobilize the commandos of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Anhui Border Guerrilla Command, order them to attack the enemy's baggage troops, and carry out a special operation to make matters worse, so as to assist the Ninth Theater in completing the operation against the Japanese army." Han Lin thought for a while and said.

"The new tactics of impeccable warfare, exploiting the strengths and avoiding the weaknesses, making full use of the geographical terrain of Tanzhou, delaying the march of the Japanese army's mechanized troops, delaying the enemy's offensive speed, is tantamount to hindering the combat support of the Japanese army, we have enough time to grasp the enemy's whereabouts, calmly layout to deal with it, how can I have a feeling, do you want me to give advice, or do you want me to praise you?" After reading it carefully, Han Lin said with a smile to Xue Boling.

The strength of these six regiments is the elite that he has cultivated with great effort and effort, and half of his strength has been drained out after two adjustments, how can he accept it in his heart?

"The orders of the Military Commission must be obeyed, pay attention to your attitude, you are all people who want to be major generals and division commanders, why are you still so impatient when you encounter things? Brother Fumin, you don't have to bargain with me, this is not what I meant, but what I mean, but what I mean by the commission and Chief He, you have to take into account the current actual situation, with your character, I am really worried that you will encounter big trouble in the future. ”

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Relying on the relationship with the Ministry of Finance, the anti-smuggling unit is treated even higher than that of the Central Army, and has become the envy of other troops, and many officers want to be transferred to work in the anti-smuggling force. Moreover, Han Lin and Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin have a very good personal relationship, and their weapons and equipment are also taken care of.

Although eating empty salaries is a very common phenomenon in the army of the Shancheng government, it does not include Han Lin, every army must be fully staffed, the implementation of military discipline is quite strict, and the requirements for officers and soldiers are also very high, and it is a great blessing in life to be able to meet such a boss.

His main job was to collate the intelligence of the Hankou Intelligence Station of the Special Service and various field units, and to provide a basis for Xue Boling and the headquarters to formulate combat plans.

The theater command ordered the people to plow the fields nervously and then store water in the fields to prevent the advance of the Japanese mechanized troops, and at the same time cut the roads, delaying the transportation and attack speed of the Japanese army, and used the reserve 10th Division stationed in Tanzhou as a bait to resist the onslaught of the Japanese army, encircle the armies of all directions, and then launch an encirclement and annihilation operation.

"I know your temper, and I don't need to apologize, you empathize, once the elite troops who were siphoned out of 10,000 by the Military Commission, do you think I, the director of the anti-smuggling department, will be happy in my heart? Your No. 1 Regiment, but the backbone of the anti-smuggling force, is counting on you to fight for me! ”

"To say that this is the need of the country's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, we can't just care about our own one-third of an acre of land, behind closed doors, it is the arms that can't be twisted into the thighs, and the order of the Military Commission comes down, and it can be done, and it must be done if it is not worked." Han Lin said.

When Han Lin first began to organize the anti-smuggling unit, he withdrew the cadet corps and the special service regiment, and now there are only four regiments, and the directly subordinate units include an artillery battalion, a baggage battalion, an engineer battalion, and a transport battalion, as well as a cavalry company, a special service company, and a communications company.

"The first regiment will continue to stay in the anti-smuggling force, and I will use this as a basis to reorganize into the first general regiment, and you can take the rest of the troops with you." Han Lin said.

"Each regiment of our anti-smuggling unit is fully organized, and it is of a strengthened nature, each regiment has a scale of 3,000 people, the strength of the three regiments and a huge number of directly subordinate troops, adding up to more than 10,000 people in the new 38th Division, and we do not eat empty salaries, and we catch up with the two infantry divisions of other units. Han Lin said in a stern tone.

In the middle of December, the Japanese 11th Army, in accordance with the instructions of the base camp, began to assemble troops and prepare for a fierce attack on Tanzhou. Han Lin, who was also the director of the intelligence department of the Ninth Theater Command, naturally wanted to participate in this significant operation, and flew from the mountain city to Tanzhou on the 17th.

"You don't have to be too modest, intelligence work is the most critical part of the war, I really hope you can surprise me!" Xue Boling said.

The Ninth Theater Command is stationed.

"Director Han, you must also know that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army's baggage troops is also very strong, and the guerrillas want to complete such a task, it is a bit difficult, how many troops do you plan to mobilize to participate in the battle in Tanzhou this time?" The chief of staff asked curiously.

"I dispatched two thousand-strong brigades and a transport battalion to secretly rush to Tanzhou, and according to the information I received, carried out a sneak attack on the baggage troops and sabotaged the Japanese army's logistics supply line." Han Lin said.

(End of chapter)