Because of the huge scale of the People's Army Self-Defense Corps, in addition to the three stations of the former French army, the municipal guard and the international merchant group, four new military camps were built in the open space in the concession to ensure that each regiment had its own camp.

The recruitment of the People's Army was all over on the 10th, except for Regiment A (the International Regiment), which was originally scheduled to be 3,500 people, and the other five main regiments were all exceeded.

As a reserve regiment, the G regiment only has an establishment of 2,000 regular troops, but all of them are experienced veterans, and their combat effectiveness is not weak; In accordance with the organizational rules of the Self-Defense Corps, there are now more than 30 militia joint defense units with a total number of more than 5,700 people.

Originally, the five main regiments had been specially expanded to a large strength of 4,300 men, but after the E Regiment (Jewish Regiment) forced an increase in the number of female soldiers, an additional 1,000 female battalions were formed in each regiment for reasons of fairness.

Except for the White Russian Regiment, the weapons and equipment of each regiment were all made in the British system, and Li Junhao was ready for heavy bleeding, but after the Jewish Chamber of Commerce took the initiative to contract all the expenses of the E regiment, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and various foreign chambers of commerce were not to be outdone, and made corresponding donations to the other regiments, and the bonuses raised exceeded the budget.

In comparison, the White Russian groups are indeed relatively poor, but fortunately, all their weapons and equipment are borne by Li Junhao, and the bonuses raised are enough for their food and clothing. This situation made Petevich very emotional, and the group of subordinates who educated the new recruits must be grateful to Commander Pansen.

Although the salary of the civilian army is only 80 percent of the standard of the US military, there is no problem at all in supporting a family of three or four, and the other benefits are exactly the same, and there is one day off a week to go home, which has become a good occupation that everyone envies. However, there are many people in various countries who are alone, and they prefer to stay during the holidays, and completely make the barracks their home.

During the formation of the E Regiment, the Jewish community showed amazing enthusiasm, not only organizing groups of young men and women to sign up, but also taking the initiative to donate money and materials; In particular, with regard to the sending of the families of the enlisted personnel to the concession, the Jewish groups tried all kinds of methods, but without bothering the concession side, they got the matter done.

In this matter, the Japanese behaved very strangely, and they did not do too much to hinder them, and let these Jews go relatively smoothly, which puzzled many people, and they did not get an explanation from the Japanese side.

In short, the People's Army Self-Defense Corps has been successfully formed, and its number has exceeded expectations by a lot, saying that it is seven regiments, but the number of regular troops has reached 3.2 people, and it is completely possible to form three lightly armed divisions or six brigades; the most important thing is that Li Junhao did not spend too much money to do the work at all!

At present, all regiments are stepping up regular military training, and the three main regiments of the US military have sent teams of instructors to each regiment to guide the training. With the exception of the Jewish Regiment, there were some veterans in each of the other regiments, and under their leadership, the level of training increased rapidly; The young Jewish men and women, on the other hand, were the most enthusiastic and hard-trained, so they were not slow to improve.

In this process, Chief of Staff Yang Shixiong put in a lot of effort, but what made him feel comfortable was that he did not have to worry about arranging related households or worrying about weapons and equipment, and it was definitely the most worry-free troop organization work he knew.

In this process, the British Consulate General also gave support to the People's Army in purchasing British-made weapons, not only coordinating the sale of all the weapons and equipment in the inventory of British-funded foreign companies in the concession at low prices, but also deliberately transferring a large number of weapons and ammunition from the Kailuan Coal Mine Escort in Hebei Province for the insufficient part, which was basically half sold and half sent!

The most special thing is that when Yang Shixiong went to contact the British Consulate General, he was asked by the other party: Is the formation of the People's Army Self-Defense Corps an official order of the United States, or is it the personal opinion of Commander Pan Sen? After confirming that it was Pan Sen's personal opinion, his attitude immediately improved, and even many follow-up contact work was done by the British side on his own initiative.

After knowing the attitude of the British side, Li Junhao was a little surprised, and he didn't understand why the British were generous this time? And especially to give yourself face, what's going on? Before contacting again, the British side inexplicably arranged fifty excellent guards for him, so that he now has a special judgment: Could it be that he has any hidden identity related to the United Kingdom?

After thinking about it, he didn't know the essentials, so he continued to put it aside, but the system arranged a special identity for him, and he still kept it secret to himself! Okay, you just keep this secret slowly, and I'll leave it alone, right? ——

On Monday, March 18, Li Junhao received a notice from the consulate on Hong Kong Island that the main warship of the Asian Fleet led by Admiral Hart had departed for Hong Kong early in the morning, and its destination was the Shanghai Sea.

The sea route from Hong Kong Island to Shanghai Sea is nearly 1,000 nautical miles, and if the Asian Fleet does not stop halfway and moves forward at a cruising speed of 15 knots, it will not take three days to reach Shanghai.

It's still that way, since you can't figure it out, you can save your brains, and let's talk about it when the fleet comes!

On this day, Li led people to walk around the seven camps of the People's Army Self-Defense Corps, encouraged them separately, and set a rule for them, all officers at all levels within each regiment were produced among them, and those who were capable were promoted and those who were mediocre were demoted......

After speaking, he demanded that the instructors who were presiding over the training in each regiment have another month, and that in another month, each regiment must initially form combat effectiveness and begin to carry out combat readiness tasks in shifts.

A group of instructors have expressed their stance and promised to complete the task!

When the seventh camp was finished, it was already late, and Li Junhao and his party drove home. Speaking of which, his convoy is now a bit ostentatious, with two bulletproof sedans in the middle, and a six-wheeled police armored car in the front and rear!

Fortunately, during this time, the citizens in the concession have known and are familiar with his convoy, and many people know why he is so careful, so not only is he not disgusted, but when he sees the convoy, he will take the initiative to give way, and most of them show respectful eyes and watch the convoy pass.

Sitting in the car, whenever he sees this scene, Li Junhao will sigh with emotion, the common people are the most real, who does good things and who does bad things, they are very clear, not saying it, it doesn't mean that they don't understand, since he basically controlled the concession, everything he has done, people are looking at it!

(End of chapter)