si-mexico Chapter 1125 Ma Lei Zi Has Someone
Chapter 1125 Ma Lei Zi Has Someone
No wonder Li Shaoyi had such thoughts. After the Ministry of Military Affairs' order was passed, the four armies and one independent division of the 72nd Army Group were rapidly recruiting to meet their quotas. Only Ma Leizi's side was not in a hurry.
The headquarters urged them twice, and Ma Leizi immediately produced a staffing list. All 85,000 people under his command were fully staffed. We were busy for a while before, but now we don't lack manpower.
According to the current organizational requirements, each army has more than 85,000 people, a total of three infantry divisions and one armored brigade. Other armies will have to wait a while, after all, there are various procedures to be done for local armies to be transferred to regular armies.
However, there were no problems on Ma Leizi's side. When he was stationed in Jiaodong, he nominally had one security regiment in each county, but in reality, he also had a reserve security regiment. The original 1,500 to 2,500 armed personnel instantly became 5,000.
Li Shaoyi didn't concern himself with this at the time; he just filled up the warehouse and left the rest to the guy. The guy managed the Jiaodong region quite well, remitting huge amounts of taxes and using that money to quickly transform the area.
In addition to the 85,000 regular troops, there are nearly 35 security regiments in various places, each of which is organized with a large number of 2,500 people. It is said that there are also various militias, so there is no shortage of people in Ma Lei Zi.
"Notify Li Qiankun to find a way to send two more air regiments to the Fourth Army. If they have any weaknesses, it's probably in aviation. As for the other aspects, let Ma Leizi handle them himself. Anyway, the whole stage is in his hands. Let them fight however they want. I won't give him too much command. Just ask him to kill all the Japanese devils."
Li Shaoyi has been in a bad mood these past few days, and everyone can tell that.
Actually, if you go out and look at the surrounding situation, how could any Chinese person with a conscience possibly be in a good mood? Now Li Shaoyi is starting to regret it. Even though all the Nationalist troops had retreated, he should have pulled his men over and fought the Japanese to the death.
Even if we don't win in the end, even if I die on the battlefield, it will be much better than feeling this way now.
Unfortunately, there's no going back in this world. And under the current circumstances, if Li Shaoyi insists on doing that, he will only be sacrificing the entire 72nd Army. They will simply disappear during the future war of resistance, which will not benefit the war effort as a whole.
Shandong Provincial Capital
"Damn it, make 50 copies of the Commander-in-Chief's order and give one to each regimental commander so that his men can see clearly what the Commander-in-Chief's mission is. In the battles to come, no matter which Japanese army you encounter, whether they come from the north or the south, do your best to keep their lives here."
Ma Leizi also learned about the situation in the south through internal army reports. When he saw the photos, he was furious. If it weren't for ensuring the smooth flow of the railway, he would have wanted to massacre all 1-plus prisoners. However, if he killed them all, they would have to find specialized personnel to maintain the railway.
Those guys are having a tough time these days, working at least a dozen hours a day. In near-freezing weather, most of them are still wearing only a single layer of clothing. Every day, people leave the construction site, carried out of the building.
As Li Shaoyi said at the time, giving these people a single bullet would be too lenient. To make them atone properly on this land, we must provide them with ample work, with no less than 15 hours of work per day and a daily food ration of no more than two cornbread buns mixed with sand.
As for the cold water, it can be supplied without limit.
"Commander, leave these Japanese devils from the south to me."
Zhang Haiguang, commander of the 2nd Division of the 4th Army, stood before Ma Leizi. This man had originally risen through the ranks from a security regiment on the Xiongnu grasslands. After transferring to the regular army, he climbed the ranks step by step. Now, due to troop expansion, he had become a division commander in the regular army. Although he came from a security regiment, he was a skilled fighter. His records showed he had accumulated numerous military achievements. Otherwise, how could he have been promoted to division commander?
"Hey Lao Zhang, stop talking nonsense with me. Everyone knows you're just a temporary worker here. Don't be fooled by your position as commander of a main division; you won't be here for long. You're just a figurehead under my brother, and you could be transferred at any time. What if I send you south and you happen to be gone?"
Ma Lei shook his head. He had three infantry division commanders under his command, and the other two weren't useless. Zhang Haiguang had accumulated so much merit, yet he only received the title of infantry division commander in this reorganization. This was clearly not right; there should be other arrangements for him. The war in the south wouldn't end in a day or two, so such a person was somewhat unreliable. It was better to keep him at headquarters. When an order came down, they couldn't very well replace the commander at the front.
Of course, it's not that it's impossible, but Ma Leizi still remembered the chief of staff's words: when fighting on the front lines, as long as there aren't any major mistakes, try to keep this person in their original leadership position. After all, this person is quite familiar with things on the front lines. If we were to temporarily replace them, the newcomer would also need to familiarize themselves with the situation around the battlefield, and some unforeseen problems might arise, which wouldn't be good for us.
"Commander, aren't you overthinking this? I only happened to fight some battles in the security regiment a few years ago, but after joining the regular army, I spent most of my time living in different places. Now that I've been promoted from the commander of a security division to the commander of a regular army division, I'm already very satisfied with this reform. I have no other thoughts. After seeing those photos, all I wanted to do was go south to fight the Japanese and kill them as many as I could."
When Zhang Haiguang said this, his face turned completely red. Actually, what he said was quite normal. When the commanders in the north saw those photos, they all wanted nothing more than to go out and tear the Japanese soldiers apart.
This is a normal thought for a soldier.