Zhang Xinghan, Liu Jianguo and others entered the headquarters' meeting and war room one after another, and everyone sat around the table.

An orderly had already poured tea for everyone. Zhang Xinghan lit a cigarette, took two deep breaths, and blew out the smoke: "Tell me, what good suggestions do you have for the arrangement of these six thousand recruits?"

"Brigade, currently among the 5,000 troops of our garrison, at least one-third are new recruits. Although they have all gone through the Shenyang defense battle a few days ago and seen blood, they are still a long way from becoming a qualified veteran. Some days.

For now, the combat effectiveness of our troops remains at a relatively reasonable level. In addition, we have relatively advanced weapons and equipment, so the new recruits will have little impact on the overall combat effectiveness of the troops.

However, if another 6,000 new troops are suddenly added, the combat effectiveness of the army will drop sharply, and we will not even be able to maintain half of our current combat effectiveness." Liu Jianguo was the first to express his opinion.

"Yeah." Zhang Xinghan nodded. Liu Jianguo's analysis did make sense.

"Brigade, what Lao Liu said is right. If it were in peacetime, we would have no problem. We could disperse the veterans into various units and train them slowly. But now we are at a critical juncture in wartime, and the Japanese army may come back at any time. At this time Replenishing 6,000 new soldiers will do more harm than good to the combat effectiveness of the army." Wang Yicai followed up with analysis.

"Then what good ideas do you have? The troops still need to be expanded, because if we want to defend Shenyang, our current military strength alone cannot last for a while, but not for a lifetime, so we must expand our troops." Zhang Xinghan said with a frown.

Everyone fell into deep thought and whispered discussions.

At this time, Gao Zhihang, who had never spoken before, suddenly spoke: "Traveler, I have a suggestion, do you think it will work?"

"Brother Zi Heng, please speak." Zhang Xinghan still respected Gao Zhihang very much, and he quickly said with a solemn hand.

"Both Commander Liu and Commander Wang made the right analysis just now. Since it is not convenient to expand these six thousand recruits into each regiment and camp at the moment, can we form these six thousand recruits into a separate unit for formalized training? , of course the number is temporary.”

Seeing that there was no objection, Gao Zhihang continued: "These six thousand recruits can be temporarily organized into a second-line reserve force. They can be trained in peacetime and can be used for transportation, rescuing the wounded, building fortifications and other logistical tasks in wartime. In this way, we don't have to take risks. So many civilians have been mobilized to help us with logistics work.

As for the training of new recruits, I think it can be left to the wounded and disabled soldiers, or the wounded soldiers who have not yet recovered and returned to the army. They have rich battlefield experience and have gone through the test of life and death, so it is perfect for them to train the new recruits.

Of course, in order to improve the training efficiency of new recruits and enable them to become an army as soon as possible, some grassroots officers should be transferred from various front-line units to serve as military chiefs to train and train new recruits together with the wounded soldiers.

As for the weapons and equipment needed for the training of new recruits, isn’t there a lot of weapons and equipment stored in the Shenyang Arsenal’s warehouse? There are also weapons and equipment that we have changed into. I think that the new recruits can be used to shoot as much as they want, without skimping on bullets, and to give the new recruits more guns. Only by providing opportunities can we improve the shooting level of the recruits as quickly as possible."

After Zhang Xinghan listened, he immediately thought of the hundreds of wounded soldiers in the hospital. Although they were all injured and could not go to the battlefield for the time being.

However, there is no problem in helping train new recruits, and Gao Zhihang is right, these wounded soldiers have experienced the baptism of war and the test of life and death, and their fighting will and experience are much stronger than those so-called instructors.

Because they are the real military instructors.

Moreover, the Shenyang Arsenal has stockpiled so many guns, ammunition and weapons, and they keep them lying around. It is really a good use of them to train new recruits.

"Okay, Brother Ziheng, this suggestion is very good." With the decision made in his heart, Zhang Xinghan couldn't help but praise him with joy.

"You've won the prize for Traveler. In fact, I just thought of it accidentally." Gao Zhihang smiled modestly, and then suddenly said seriously: "But Traveler, Zi Heng has a request, and I hope Traveler can agree to it."

"You can just say, let alone one request, even if it is ten or a hundred, I will try my best to satisfy you." Zhang Xinghan said confidently, thinking that Gao Zhihang would make a request for fighter jets.

"Please allow me to select a group of knowledgeable patriotic young people from this group of recruits. I want to train as many pilots as possible for our garrison brigade." Gao Zhihang said bitterly.

Zhang Xinghan was startled, but then he was moved and said: "No problem, before the troops are reorganized, you can pick them first. If you think they are useful, you can take them away."

As a modern soldier, no one knows better than Zhang Xinghan how important the role of the Air Force is in modern warfare.

It is no exaggeration to say that in a battle, air superiority largely represents victory or defeat.

Seizing air supremacy equals victory, and vice versa.

Compared with the entire Japan, the air force in his hands is still too weak. After all, the Northeast Martial Arts Lecture Hall has been closed down.

If a large number of active pilots are killed in action, there will be a gap in aviation talent, and the consequences will be disastrous.

The reason why Gao Zhihang looked bitter and helpless was probably because of this aspect.

Moved by Gao Zhihang's devotion to serving the country, Zhang Xinghan immediately agreed without hesitation.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Xinghan suddenly said: "By the way, brother Zi Heng, my brother Zhang Xinghua and more than a hundred of his alumni have just arrived in Shenyang from Peking. They are all college students of Yenching University and are considered to be highly qualified. You I’ll go back and see if there are any qualified candidates.”

"Okay, all the officers and men of the Air Force, thank you very much." Gao Zhihang stood up and saluted.

"Brother Zi Heng is also thinking about the long-term plan for the country and the nation for the sake of the anti-Japanese war. There is no need to thank me." Zhang Xinghan stood up and said.

"Okay, if there is nothing else, let's all adjourn the meeting. Jianguo, I will leave it to you to organize the new recruits. As for the numbers of the new recruits, they are called Shenyang Reserve Regiment, which is divided into three regiments. The temporary commander Battalion commanders, you guys can discuss this and send people from each battalion." Zhang Xinghan ordered.

"Yes!" Liu Jianguo and others all stood up and responded in unison.

At this moment, Xiao Lizi, the commander of the communications company, suddenly ran in with a hurried look. Before he could salute, he said to Zhang Xinghan: "Brigade, I'm sorry, I just got the news that the Japanese have once again assembled the strength of three divisions. , have already arrived in Lushun one after another, and may launch another attack on Shenyang soon."

"What?" Everyone, including Zhang Xinghua, changed their expressions upon hearing this. Zhang Xinghan was surprised. He didn't expect the Japanese to be ready for revenge so quickly, and they actually mobilized three divisions at once, such a big move.

Could it be that Japan has been completely controlled by militarism?

Not wanting to think about this, Zhang Xinghan asked: "Where did you get this news? Is it accurate?"

"It was sent by a strange radio station, and it even indicated the strength and time of the Japanese army's gathering," Xiao Lizi said.

"Unfamiliar radio station?" Zhang Xinghan wondered, who would send him a message to remind him? Military Tong? No, the military Tong had not been established at this time.

Zhang Xueliang's Northeastern Army spy? This is even more impossible.

"Your Majesty, I think that regardless of whether the content of this message is true or false, we'd better be prepared for the battle in advance and be prepared for a rainy day." Liu Jianguo suggested when he saw Zhang Xinghan was thoughtful and silent.

"Well, with the Japanese people's vengeful character, after suffering such a big loss, they cannot just swallow their anger and be willing to suffer losses, so I would rather believe that they have it than that they have it."

Zhang Xinghan nodded and said: "Pass my order, the Second Regiment will immediately station in Sujiatun, build field defenses along the railway station, and dig more bomb-proof holes and air-raid shelters. At the same time, mobilize the people to help demolish Sujiatun as much as possible."

Blow up all bridges and other major transportation routes along the South-South Manchuria Railway."

"In addition, the third regiment immediately reinforced the fortifications in the South Canal and the south of the city to build a second line of defense.

The cavalry company and the first regiment immediately left the city and dispersed to the countryside, especially the area east of Shenyang, mobilizing the people in the rural villages, carrying all the food and moving to Shenyang, clearing the fields and fighting the war in the scorched earth."

The guard battalion strengthens security patrols in the city to prevent lurking Japanese agents from taking the opportunity to cause chaos."

"Yes!" Liu Jianguo, Wang Yicai, Liu Guodong and others responded at the same time, and immediately followed the order and left.

"Tourist seat, I'm going back first." Gao Zhihang said.

"Well, Brother Zi Heng can send out more reconnaissance planes in the past few days to detect the movements of the Kwantung Army eastward. If there is any abnormality, please report it to Xinghan immediately." Zhang Xinghan nodded.

"Yes." Gao Zhihang stood up and saluted, and was ordered to leave.

After everyone was ordered to leave one after another, Zhang Xinghan paced and pondered for a while, and said: "Xiao Lizi, please immediately send a message to General Ma Zhanshan, commander of the Heihe garrison and commander of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, in my name. Shenyang is in a critical situation. Please ask General Ma to act in the name of national justice."

As a matter of priority, the Heilongjiang Province cavalry troops are dispatched as reinforcements as quickly as possible, and our garrison brigade is responsible for providing weapons and ammunition to all the troops."

"At the same time, send a message to General Li Du, deputy commander of the Jilin Border Defense, and ask him to put the country first and dispatch troops to assist as soon as possible. All ammunition and weapons for the reinforcements will be provided by our garrison brigade."

"Yes!" Xiao Lizi happily accepted the order. After saluting, he turned around and left.
Chapter completed!