The good news of the National Rescue Army of Pingding County was sent here to win the battle.

Tang Yufeng and Chen Zhengyu were so busy that they almost had no time to have a meal.

I just finished counting a battle report and before I could come up with the decision to deal with it, the second battle report was sent in.

"Report to the deputy regiment commander, the Unique Battalion has just captured the Lizhuang Coal Mine, killed 462 Japanese devils, rescued 539 absenteeism, seized a large amount of equipment, ammunition and mules and horses. Battalion Commander He sent half an infantry company to protect absenteeism and spoils back to the defense zone, and asked the regiment headquarters to send someone to help!"

"Good fight!" Before Tang Yufeng could speak, Chen Zhengyu couldn't help but shout excitedly.

"Deputy Commander, these absenteeism are different from the new recruits we recruited in the enemy-occupied areas. These people are all prisoners, have rich combat experience, and have been on the battlefield. They can form combat effectiveness with a little training. Even if more than 500 absenteeism are recruited to join us, they will be half of the reinforcement battalion's troops."

"I didn't expect He Feng's movement was so fast that the troops had achieved such great results in just three times when they broke out of the defense zone. If they continued to fight at this speed, they would be able to complete the task in less than ten days."

Tang Yufeng also liked the absentee worker from these prisoners, and replenished their troops. The National Rescue Army could save a lot of training time. He immediately made a decision: "The spy company dispatched two platoons, the cavalry battalion dispatched two platoons, and a total of four platoons of troops were to pick them up, and the deputy company commander of the spy company led the team."

The combat staff guarding aside was about to give orders when the regiment commander Zhou Cheng happened to walk in.

He heard the conversation between Tang Yufeng and Chen Zhengyu, and decisively stopped the communication staff who wanted to leave, thought for a while and added: "Take the fire platoon of the spy company together!"

"Before the absenteeism rescued by the only battalion has truly become the National Savior Army, we must seize every opportunity to show them the strength of the National Savior Army. Let the absenteeism know that although the National Savior Army is a local army, our equipment level and combat effectiveness are no worse than their old troops. Join us and stay behind enemy lines with us to fight the Japanese, and we will not be wronged."

Tang Yufeng's eyes lit up: "You are still thoughtful, leader."

"The absenteeism we rescued from Jingxing Coal Mine was because we didn't understand us and believed that our national rescue army was a local armed force and a miscellaneous army. We couldn't get on the table, so we didn't want to join us, and even had some resistance to us."

"If they were told that the equipment level and combat effectiveness of the National Salvation Army were better than their old troops, the absentees would definitely not resist our National Salvation Army as before."

After the combat staff got the new order and left, Zhou Cheng immediately told his real purpose in the war room: "Old Tang, Chief of Staff, the fifteenth operation team and two independent battalions have been out of the defense zone for several days. I heard that each unit has achieved considerable results. I come and see. If the regiment headquarters recruits enough new recruits, we will build the main force first."

When it comes to expanding the troops, no one is more excited than Chen Zhengyu.

He stood up from the chair with an excited expression on his face: "Report to the regiment commander, the recruits needed to expand the main force have almost been recruited!"

"In addition to the more than 500 absenteeism that the Unique Battalion just sent back, we now have more than 1,200 absenteeism."

"The fifteen action teams have recruited 893 new recruits, and have seized more than 800,000 kilograms of grain, worth 16,000 yuan of gold and silver finance."

"The five hundred militia who signed up to join the main force have been screened. The regiment gave them two days to prepare. They all rushed to the regiment headquarters before dark today to report."

"The recruitment of the new defense zone has also been very smooth. The villagers are very enthusiastic about signing up to join our National Salvation Army. More than a thousand people have signed up in just a few days."

"The recruits are assessing all young people who have registered, and strive to control the number of recruits who have joined us to around 1,000."

"If we add them all together, the number of new recruits in our hands is over three thousand!"

"As long as the regiment commander gives orders, we will immediately formulate a plan and divide more than 3,000 new recruits with the fastest speed."

"No hurry!" After listening to Chen Zhengyu's report, Zhou Cheng was not as anxious as he first came in.

Staring at the two partners, he continued to ask: "At the current offensive rhythm, how many absenteeism can the two independent battalions rescue?"

Chen Zhengyu thought for a while and replied: "The number of absentees in the mining area is much more than we expected."

"According to the plan, the two independent battalions each took down three coal mines controlled by the Japanese army, and should be able to rescue at least two thousand absenteeism."

"Now, in order to increase coal grain production, the Japanese army has transferred a large number of prisoners from the front line to replenish the mines in recent months, resulting in the number of absenteeism in the mining areas being nearly twice as high as before. If the two independent battalions continue to fight according to the combat plan and each takes down three mines controlled by the Japanese army, they can rescue at least 3,500 absenteeism."

Hearing this, Zhou Cheng had already made a decision in his mind and looked at Chen Zhengyu's order: "The recruits recruited from the new defense zone and the recruits sent back from the fifteen operation teams are all replenished for the recruit battalion. They must undergo three months of recruit training before they can replenish the main force."

"The five hundred militias who join the main force are given priority to supplement the guard companies and spy companies. If you are willing to join our absenteeism, you will give priority to supplement the main forces. I want our main forces to have good combat effectiveness by 10% of the army, especially the newly established third battalions of the two garrison teams, which must be pulled out and able to go to the battlefield."

"The extra absenteeism will be added to the recruit battalion and one or two recruit companies will be established separately. If the main force suffers damage in future battles, they will give priority to replenishing the troops!"

Although the National Salvation Army used a small group of troops to enter the Japanese-occupied area, each battle was very small, but it accumulated a lot. The combined dozens of battles made it difficult to create the movements that were not noticeable.

One of the important reasons why the Commander-in-Chief gave the National Salvation Army the right to privately expand its troops is that the scope and population of Hexiyang were limited, and the National Salvation Army could not form many troops even if it recruited troops.

Unexpectedly, the National Salvation Army bypassed its defense zone and ran directly to the Japanese-occupied area to recruit soldiers.

As for the food needed to feed so many troops, the National Salvation Army can send small units into the Japanese-occupied areas to recruit soldiers, and it will definitely send small units into the Japanese-occupied areas to grab food.

Because the scale of the fight between the two sides is not large, one shot from the east and another shot from the west, the national rescue army recruited soldiers and robbed grain from the Japanese occupied areas.

The Japanese army was not angry, and the National Rescue Army could not fight with the Japanese army, and the war zone could not reap the benefits. In the end, they had to watch the National Rescue Army continue to grow and grow.

The Chief of Staff felt that the development of the National Salvation Army was gradually getting rid of the control of the war zone and finally developed into a giant that even the war zone was afraid of. If they did not curb their current actions as soon as possible, the war zone would definitely suffer in the end.

After receiving the National Salvation Army assembled two reinforcement battalions to raid the coal mines occupied by the Japanese army, rescued a large number of absenteeism and mobilized them to join the National Salvation Army, the Chief of Staff could no longer sit still.

Compared with the new recruits recruited from the Japanese war zone, they were all prisoners and had rich combat experience. After joining the National Salvation Army, they even saved training and could form combat effectiveness by replenishing the troops.

If the National Salvation Army was rescued from the Japanese and absent from work and all of them were replenished, the overall strength of the National Salvation Army would be increased by more than doubled, and it would completely become a major concern in the war zone.

The Chief of Staff felt that the war zone could not allow the national rescue army to continue to develop, and he had to find a way to solve this problem immediately.

After reporting all the bad news about the National Salvation Army, the commander-in-chief frowned.

He himself was a warlord and was more worried about the appearance of small warlords under his command than others.

In the eyes of the Commander-in-Chief, the Second World War Zone belongs to him, and he must be the main one. There must be no subordinates under his command who can threaten his position.

Now the National Salvation Army has shown a tendency to become a small warlord. Although they cannot threaten their status now, if they continue to develop like this, it will definitely seriously attack the war zone and its prestige, and give the Jinsui Army a difficult opponent...

In order to avoid such accidents, this dangerous trend must be nipped in the bud.

"Is there any way to stop the National Rescue Army from continuing to expand its troops unscrupulously!" The commander-in-chief did not speak nonsense and stared at the Chief of Staff and spoke bluntly.

The Chief of Staff shook his head helplessly: "There is no way, the expansion of the National Salvation Army is allowed in the war zone."

"As long as their main force remains in place, it is not a violation of discipline to form a brigade."

"The theater just allowed them to expand their local forces, and then sent telegrams to stop them from expanding their troops, not only slapping the face, but also slapping the prestige of the theater, so we can only watch them continue to recruit new recruits before there is a legitimate reason."

After hearing this, the commander-in-chief was very unwilling to accept it: "It is impossible to have no reason. As long as we look carefully, we can definitely find a reason to punish the National Savior Army!"

"They recruited new recruits in the enemy-occupied areas and rescued absenteeism in the mining areas. There must be thousands of people in total. Pacifying Ding and Xiyang is so big. I don't believe they have the ability to form thousands of local troops."

"There are rich combat experiences in absenteeism, and joining the army can form combat effectiveness. It is too wasteful to put them in local troops. I don't believe that the National Salvation Army is willing to throw so many elite veterans into local troops."

"Chief of Staff, you will immediately send someone to keep an eye on me. As long as there is more than one regiment, the war zone will send a telegram to remove their right to expand the troops privately."

The Chief of Staff had long thought of this method and replied with a wry smile: "Commander-in-Chief, we really guessed it wrong this time."

"In the past, the National Salvation Army ignored the orders of the war zone, and it would be great to be able to implement the five achievements."

"This time, the National Salvation Army was like taking the wrong medicine, and it actually carried out the war zone orders without fail."

"Originally, the National Rescue Army had six main battalions. In order to cause our misunderstanding, we directly threw the three main battalions to the local troops and established the so-called Punishment Guard and Xiyang Guard. There were only three main battalions left in the main troops, one special battalion, one cavalry battalion, one guard battalion, one artillery battalion, one reconnaissance company, one baggage company, one recruit battalion, one engineer company, and one strengthening regiment. We can't even pick the faults."

The commander-in-chief was stunned and never expected that Zhou Cheng would be so honest this time.

No, to be precise, it should be cunning. By forming local troops, it will make the war zone unable to find their troubles at all.
Chapter completed!