Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

Chapter 403: Disguised Military Expansion

403 Expansion in disguise

"Commander, our reconnaissance plane just went to the sea to take a look.

The Japanese showed up two days ago with a large fleet, but they are gone now."

After receiving the call from the aviation team, Xiao Wusheng happily ran over to report to Ye Qingshan.

The bombing during these three days was not just the bombers dispatched to the Japanese land-based airport in the north.

The Japanese aircraft carrier "Akagi" also arrived.

Two days ago, Ye Qingshan received a report from coastal fishermen.

They saw a large fleet of Japanese invaders at sea, with as many as eight or nine Japanese warships.

But it’s not a small fleet like the Longxiang aircraft carrier before.

But now this Japanese aircraft carrier fleet has also left.

It was obviously Ye Qingshan's air force that sank the Longxiang aircraft carrier, and it worked.

The Japanese don't dare to place another aircraft carrier fleet in the waters east of Wenzhou.

"Is this the end?"

Ye Qingshan was very surprised by the Japanese's ineffective bombing.

Originally, Ye Qingshan had already ordered the entire army to enter a level one alert state.

Once the Japanese 40th Corps in Hangzhou in the north moved south again.

This time, Ye Qingshan will lead his troops north to Jinhua to block the Japanese 40th Corps.

Gu Zhutong's order has been sent to him.

Gu Zhutong also knew that Ye Qingshan had destroyed a Japanese aircraft carrier fleet.

He was worried that the Japanese 40th Division would move south again to retaliate, and he was afraid that the three armies he had would not be able to stop them.

Ye Qingshan’s 208th Division was to be transferred north.

But unexpectedly, this time the Japanese 40th Division refused to leave Hangzhou.

Did not choose to go south.

"General, I guess the Japanese really can't spare any troops to attack us now.

Not to mention, more than 200,000 Japanese troops were tied up in North China.

At this time, there were about 400,000 Japanese invaders attacking Wuhan alone.

In addition, during this period, they attacked more than 100,000 people on the southeast coast.

The number of Japanese troops invading our country has exceeded 800,000.

If the Japanese casualties are counted, the number has exceeded one million.

No matter how strong the Japanese mobilization capabilities are.

In the short term, the Japanese should not be able to launch another major campaign.

What's more, the terrain in southern Zhejiang is so complex that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The Japanese high-ranking officials probably also know this.

So, this time it’s a wise choice to swallow my anger first.

But I guess, wait until the Japanese take over Wuhan.

After freeing up his troops, he will definitely come back to attack us."

The Chief of Staff Xiao Shanling next to him analyzed the situation to Ye Qingshan with a smile.

“Well, the Chief of Staff is right.

So, we have to be fully prepared and never relax."

Ye Qingshan also agreed with this.

The Japs just can't spare any effort now. If they did, they would never let him go.

But Ye Qingshan also knew it.

After the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese were confined to the country and were basically unable to launch any more large-scale battles like the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Wuhan.

The vast land occupied by the devils brought them benefits.

But it has also become a burden.

The Japanese troops were dispersed and were unable to launch a large-scale battle.

However, the Japanese did not need to send too many troops to attack southern Zhejiang where Ye Qingshan was at the time.

A few hundred thousand people would be enough.

After all, at this time, their entire Third War Zone only had about twenty thousand troops.

If the Japanese really want to gather several divisions to attack, southern Zhejiang will still be very dangerous.

Historically, the Japanese did not take over southern Zhejiang and most of Fujian Province, mainly because it was not worth it.

There is no important strategic target here, and it is not worth the Japanese sending heavy troops to attack.

However, things are different now.

Ye Qingshan is here.

Then, the Japanese would have the motive to attack here with heavy troops.

At this time, if the Japanese high-level officials were allowed to make a choice.

Between capturing an important Kuomintang town, annihilating Ye Qingshan's troops, and killing Ye Qingshan.

They will definitely choose the latter.

"In that case, then Commander, let's recruit more people..."

Zhou Pingkou, who was standing next to him, was also a little excited at this time and said to Ye Qingshan.

But before he could finish his words, Ye Qingshan glared at him.

I held back what I was about to say.

"In that case, let's make sure the Japs never have time to spare."

In order to prevent Chief of Staff Xiao Shanling from becoming suspicious, Ye Qingshan immediately continued what Zhou Pingkou said.

"Um?

What does the commander mean?

Xiao Shanling didn't understand what Ye Qingshan meant.

Ye Qingshan couldn't explain much, so he just said, "After a while, the Chief of Staff will understand."

After Chief of Staff Xiao Shanling left, Zhou Pingkou also laughed twice and looked at Ye Qingshan.

He knew that he almost let the cat out of the bag just now.

They almost let it be known that they were secretly expanding their military in an alternative way.

"Commander, I was careless.

However, it is not a good idea for us to keep it secret from the Chief of Staff.

The Chief of Staff will find out sooner or later."

“I know that at present, not only the Chief of Staff is unaware of this matter.

Except for you and Zhou Xinghai, no one else knows.

This matter cannot be known to too many people for the time being.

That’s why I let you be in charge of conscription.”

Ye Qingshan looked at Zhou Pingkou and said in a deep voice.

Ye Qingshan has always been cautious about expanding the military.

In previous recruitments, Ye Qingshan was very disciplined.

All are recruited according to the full quota.

Even if it is what Zhou Xinghai said, the so-called military expansion.

In fact, on the surface, Zhou Pingkou was still recruiting militia.

However, the militias in other places were formed by randomly picking some people and they didn’t even have guns.

Many of them were even bandits who were recruited by the local people.

However, the militia under Ye Qingshan’s command at this time was different.

Not only are all the recruits from good families, there are absolutely no people who smoke opium.

What’s important is that their training intensity is only slightly lower than that of the regular troops of the 86th Army.

It is more stringent than other regular troops of the National Army.

More importantly, the weapons and equipment he used were eliminated by the 86th Army.

However, it is enough to rival the regular troops of the US Army at that time.

That’s not all. Later, Ye Qingshan opened up the sea transportation line.

At this time, there were two transport fleets of the Pitt family docked on Luzon Island.

When they arrive, a large amount of arms will be delivered.

Ye Qingshan only has 30,000 people, what should he do with so many arms?

In addition to providing support to other national armies, the rest will naturally be equipped to other troops under his command.

That is, these militia groups.

Originally, Ye Qingshan didn’t know.

Zhou Pingkou and his team trained the militia soldiers they recruited so well.

As a result, Ye Qingshan went to inspect it a few days ago.

Only then did he realize that the militias under his command were no different from the regular army.

This made Ye Qingshan distressed.

However, he was reluctant to let Ye Qingshan disband these militias.

So, let it be.

Just as Zhou Pingkou and the others planned.

Use these militias as reserve forces.

On weekdays, we maintain the security of important places such as airports and arsenals.

During wartime, if the main force fights the Japanese again and suffers losses, there will be no need to temporarily recruit soldiers and then train them and incorporate them into the troops.

That's too slow.

We can simply draw soldiers from these militias and recruit them into the regular army.

This is much faster.

Even Zhou Pingkou and others suggested this.

Ye Qingshan even guessed that it was most likely that young and strong military officers such as Zhou Pingkou did this deliberately in private.

They are pretending to build a plank road but secretly attacking Chencang!

Ye Qingshan had a headache, but it was too late to stop it.

Moreover, he felt that the ideas of Zhou Pingkou and others seemed to be correct.

Let's do it quietly first.

Otherwise, if the Japanese army attacks from behind, the mere 30,000 men under his command will not be enough.

In fact, Ye Qingshan also knew that he was short of soldiers.

This is also related to the fact that Ye Qingshan now has additional important targets under his command, such as airports, arsenals, and cement plants.

The two divisions under Ye Qingshan are really not enough.

He needs to allocate a lot of manpower to protect the arsenal, airport, cement plant and other places.

If he used regular troops, he would not have enough manpower to fight the Japanese.

In fact, Ye Qingshan had long wanted to expand his military.

It was just because he was afraid of causing a reaction from the headquarters that Ye Qingshan didn't start.

But what I didn’t expect was that Ye Qingshan’s men would come up with another solution.

Indirectly solved this problem for Ye Qingshan.

Ye Qingshan just went with the flow.

"General, given the current situation, our Third War Zone is too weak.

In fact, with our merits and strength, there is no problem in expanding it into an army.

By then, let’s see if those Japanese devils still dare to attack southern Zhejiang.

I'm also afraid of revenge from the Japanese devils.

I think we have to take the initiative to ask the high command for expansion."

Zhou Pingkou still wanted to persuade Ye Qingshan again.

“It’s not that simple.

Okay, I won’t say any more.

Don’t go too far in private.”

Ye Qingshan waved his hand and said.

Ye Qingshan feels that the current model is good and cannot be done openly.

Of course Ye Qingshan also knew it.

Even if they received commendations from the headquarters later, it would be impossible for them to expand into an army group.

After Ye Qingshan left, Zhou Pingkou was still unwilling to give up and whispered: "General, you are still too cautious.

In this case, let me continue to do this job.

If something goes wrong, I will take responsibility."

Soon, Zhou Pingkou came out of the command center and ran into Zhou Xinghai and others.

"Old Zhou, how about it, what does the commander say?

Do you agree?"

Zhou Xinghai asked anxiously.

There were several other officers nearby, such as Lu Dahai, Zheng Quezi and others.

Zhou Xinghai shook his head: "The commander just told us not to go too far.

I did not agree to it.”

“But I decided to keep going!

If something goes wrong, it has nothing to do with the military commander.

what about you? "

"Nonsense, we were the ones who did it together in the first place.

Of course we share the responsibility if something goes wrong.

Besides, this kind of thing is really not suitable for the military commander to agree to openly.

But the commander's tacit approval, in my opinion, is his agreement."

"Makes sense."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

"Makes sense."

"Then... shall we continue with our recruitment plan?"

Zhou Pingkou suddenly discovered that people like Zhou Xinghai had the same idea as he did.

You are truly a close friend who can accomplish great things together with me!