Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 131 Chu Yunfei, who is strong in both military and military power, will first knock out the Japanese reconnaissance troops! (Subscribe)

Old Liu from the Quartermaster Department died.

When Chu Yunfei received the news, he couldn't help but be shocked.

suddenly.

Liu Xianming from the Quartermaster Department, and Director Li from the Military Supplies Department.

Both of them are from Shanxi and have always been known for their diligence and thrift.

What is going on inside the Second War Zone Commander's headquarters?

Chu Yunfei wasn't very clear either.

What he reads is the history of war, not the history of internal strife and anti-corruption.

Xie Ming took over the investigation into anti-corruption within the Second War Zone.

Chu Yunfei is not optimistic about this.

He knows it all himself.

Xie Ming had received a lot of benefits from him before.

He himself is not an honest person.

That’s why Chu Yunfei is so worried.

He was not worried that Xie Ming wouldn't be able to find out anything.

Instead, he was worried about Xie Ming, the major general and senior advisor.

It's easy to become the next Liu Xianming.

Even if you really check it out.
Among the vast majority of people in the Second War Zone Commander's headquarters, who could really stay out of it?
The turmoil caused by this incident is not over yet.

The latest news came from the cavalry camp.

The 197th Regiment led by Li Kuishan has already made contact based on the current marching speed.

You can return to the base within two days.

For this purpose, Chu Yunfei specially called Ma Keying to the command center to inquire about the situation.

"After Captain Li and his men retreated, they fought several more battles with the Japanese soldiers, killing nearly 300 of them and seizing more than 100 Type 38 rifles and two Type 99 light machine guns."

"What is the current situation of their military strength?"

"There are less than 2,200 people left in the entire regiment, including more than 100 wounded soldiers."

Mark Ying paused, then continued, "Their ammunition consumption is also huge. It is said that on average each person has less than 20 rounds of bullets, and they are probably all used up in one skirmish."

Although the personnel of the 38th Army Training Corps are of good quality.

But the weapons and equipment are much worse.

The caliber of weapons is difficult to unify and is relatively messy.

Only after Li Kuishan and others arrived did we have time to learn the details.

After Mark Ying left.

Chu Yunfei began to arrange the recruitment of new soldiers.

Since the Qing Dynasty.

The domestic military conscription work is mainly based on voluntary military service.

The National Government's Nationality Law was promulgated in February 1929.

After the September 18th Incident, the National Government felt deeply the importance of conscription.

In December 31, the Household Registration Law was promulgated and a national census began in preparation for conscription.

The Military Service Law was drafted in February 33 and promulgated on June 2.

In January 36, an order was issued to implement the Military Service Law and a conscription order was issued at the same time.

On September 9.8 of the same year, the National Government issued a national decree to promote the military service system.

Prepare for total war.

In 34, Chiang Kai-shek asked all localities to rectify the local armed organization, the Baoan Corps.

In 35, the Military System Research Institute was established. In July 36, Zhu Weizhen and his team from the Military Service Section went to Japan to study the military service system.

It is difficult to discuss the issue of conscription and military service, but the Nationalist government has made some efforts in this regard.

Before this
During the entire Republic of China period, there was no compulsory military service system.

Before Chu Yunfei traveled through time.

Back then, it was to confront the Shabi netizens.

I read a lot of relevant historical materials.

The following points are summarized, which are also recognized by the academic community as the reasons why conscription is difficult to carry out.

First, there was the negative cultural influence of “good men don’t join the army”, the lack of national consciousness, and the lack of political mobilization work by the Nationalist government.

Second, before the outbreak of the full-scale war, the Nationalist government had not actually established a comprehensive military service system. Various evil forces manipulated the conscription lottery, and pension work became increasingly unimplemented as the war progressed.

Third, the quality of grassroots conscription personnel is extremely poor, and military and political corruption is extremely serious. As the war situation continues to deteriorate, the lives of grassroots people become increasingly difficult, and conscription work is unsustainable.

The economic difficulties during the war meant that even the food and wages of active-duty soldiers could not be guaranteed.

It is difficult for soldiers to get enough food, so naturally no young people would choose to join the army just to get enough food.

Chu Yunfei had the impression that the conscription work was a mess until the end of the war.

If calculated based on the actual number of able-bodied men conscripted by the National Government.

The mobilization rate of the Republic of China was far lower than that of other countries during World War II.

The mobilization rate was only 0.4%, Japan 1.3%, the Soviet Union 3%, and Hans 3.8%
Due to the low mobilization rate, the conscription work was extremely unsuccessful.

It didn't even just happen during the difficult middle and late stages of the War of Resistance.

It appeared in the early stage.

There are often serious incidents of evasion, escape, and even armed riots among recruits in an attempt to resist.

But there are two special places.

One is Guangxi and the other is northern Shaanxi.

The conscription campaign in these two places went very smoothly.

There is no need to say more about the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers' reputation of being the best in the world.

Relatively speaking.

The "Lengwa" from Shaanxi is not well-known.

During the Anti-Japanese War.

The total population of Shaanxi is only 940 million.

However, its military deployment reached 115 million, the highest proportion.

In other words, almost all young and middle-aged people in Shaanxi have participated in corresponding training.

One in eight people participated in the war of resistance.

In the northern Shaanxi region, except for the Eighth Route Army's base.

current stage
The Kuomintang-controlled area in northern Shaanxi was the headquarters of the Kuomintang's 21st Army Corps.

Its leader Deng Baoshan had a long-term cooperative relationship with the Red Party.

The reason why Chu Yunfei prefers to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army.

This is because they have done a very good job in political propaganda.

Chu Yunfei is good at training soldiers, fighting and killing the devils.

They are not good at building bases or mobilizing for war.

In this regard.

Professionals do professional things.

With the cooperation of the Eighth Route Army, we carried out recruitment of new soldiers, political propaganda and war mobilization.

Naturally, there is no need to worry too much about reserve troops.

Chu Yunfei was not worried about being accused of a red flag.

During this period.

Yan Laoxi and the Eighth Route Army cooperated at the official level.

The Sacrifice Alliance was the product of cooperation between the two parties.

then.

Chu Yunfei found Zhong Zhicheng, the political commissar of the new regiment that day.

"Brother Zhicheng, I invited you here this time because I want you to assist in the recruitment of new soldiers for the entire Shangdang area..." Zhong Zhicheng looked confused.

What, I'll do it?

"What does Commander Chu mean?"

Chu Yunfei laughed and said bluntly: "I know that Brother Zhicheng is the political commissar, and I won't beat around the bush with you.

Your army has always been good at political mobilization and propaganda.

However, many local officials and clerks in Shanxi region are just there to do nothing.

These township and town heads are mostly local gentry, and the office allowance of the village chief and the head of the village is only one dollar, but they have too much to do and their salary is completely not commensurate with their efforts. "

Chu Yunfei's eyes were burning: "Brother Zhicheng, you also know that many people use their power to make profits."

The aggressive gaze made Political Commissar Zhong Zhicheng very uncomfortable.

Zhong Zhicheng felt that Chu Yunfei knew everything.

But I want them to do it
The change of local power and authority, and the assumption of responsibilities are both rapid and gradual processes.

And Chu Yunfei.

It seems like he can't wait and wants to finish it in one go.

How is this possible?
"Commander Chu, I heard that recently quite a few young men have volunteered to join the army. They all came here for your reputation."

Chu Yunfei nodded: "That's right."

"Recruiting soldiers may be a problem for other friendly forces, but for Commander Chu, it must be a piece of cake, right?"

Chu Yunfei shook his head and waved to Sun Ming, indicating that he should serve tea.

"Brother Zhicheng must have heard of the Three Obediences and One Major training method adopted by our army."

Seeing Zhong Zhicheng slightly confused
Chu Yunfei took the initiative to introduce it to him: "The three obediences and one major training method, as the name suggests, is that physical training is strict, shooting training is difficult, and tactical training starts from actual combat."

"One of the major ones is a lot of patriotic ideological education. In practice, we found that ideological education takes up a lot of time. If we complete the established training plan, it is naturally impossible to quickly form an army in a short period of time."

"And judging from the current war situation, I think the fighting will continue."

"Our combat units are unable to train new soldiers while conducting combat operations..."

Chu Yunfei's meaning was very clear.

They wanted to let the Eighth Route Army carry out the initial patriotic education and be responsible for conscription.

As for how to train, Chu Yunfei is responsible.

The officers under Chu Yunfei will teach him how to fight.

Zhong Zhicheng neither agreed nor refused.

He said he needed to go back and ask for instructions before making a decision.

Chu Yunfei smiled and nodded in response: "Okay, Brother Zhicheng, go back and think about it, but you'd better give me an answer as soon as possible."

"I've received news that the vanguard of the Japanese 108th Division is conducting frequent reconnaissance activities. A major war is coming!"

"Okay, please rest assured, Commander Chu."

The two chatted for a while about their experiences in military construction.

Then Zhong Zhicheng was sent away.

Chu Yunfei turned to look at Sun Ming: "I happen to be free now. Aren't the people sent from Nanjing here to interview us? Where are they?"

"The guy named Chen Zejun who is currently visiting the new group seems to have a good relationship with Zhuo Tianyu... He follows him around like a follower all day long..."

"Ok?"

Chu Yunfei raised his eyebrows and asked, "How old is this kid this year?"

“It seems like she’s only 19.”

"19-year-old second lieutenant?"

Chu Yunfei chuckled: "Zhuo Tianyu is only 24 years old this year, no wonder they can get along well."

"That's great. Come with me to see the new infantry regiment."

"What about Captain Qian?"

The vanguard of the 108th Division of the Japanese Army was like a wild boar. It sent out several reconnaissance troops and rushed into the southeastern part of Shanxi.

After Chu Yunfei reported the situation.

For a time, the headquarters of the Second War Zone Commander was extremely nervous.

Worried that the Japanese army had formulated a plan to besiege southeastern Shanxi.

In order to ensure the stability of the southeastern Shanxi region.

The senior leaders of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, led by Yan Laoxi and Chu Xichun, accelerated the unified command work in the southeastern Shanxi region.

Negotiations with the Eighth Route Army troops were also being accelerated.

However, in reality, it seems that only the 108th Division of the Japanese Army was involved in this operation.

There aren't many of them...it seems to be just a routine reconnaissance operation.

But Chu Yunfei doesn't care about that.

Now is the time to test the combat effectiveness of the newly reorganized troops.

He gave the order immediately and Qian Bojun led his troops to attack.

Knock out the Japanese reconnaissance troops.

Let the 108th Division learn a lesson.

At this time, on the training ground of the newly formed infantry regiment.

Chen Zejun held the Jin-made Type 65 rifle in his hand with excitement and followed them in practicing bayonet fighting techniques.

At the beginning.

The recruits were also very curious about a second lieutenant training with them.

After two or three days.

The novelty wore off.

Chen Zejun just became an ordinary member among them, not much different from others.

When Zhuo Tianyu scolds someone, he doesn't care whether he is a second lieutenant or from Jinling.

Chen Zejun enjoys it.

Training shots of new recruits of the new infantry regiment.

Chu Yunfei also nodded in agreement.

The newly formed infantry regiment also provided a lot of news material for the Central Daily News.

Chu Yunfei naturally welcomed the opportunity to promote his own troops.

The enthusiasm of the people across the country for the war of resistance was immeasurable, and in many cases those who had money donated money, and those who had things donated things.

Chu Yunfei didn't care who started the promotion.

Even if the Chen family really intends to use him 358 to build momentum for their nephew.

Chu Yunfei didn't care either.

As long as the troops under his command can be reported in the newspapers, they can attract the attention of the people across the country.

It can boost the confidence of the military and civilians across the country in the war of resistance.

that's enough.

In the biting cold wind.

There were bursts of cheers and shouts from the recruits on the training ground.

Chu Yunfei stepped aside.

He looked at the new recruits who were in training.

He was naturally very satisfied.

"This batch of new recruits is good, and they are all strong and healthy."

Sun Ming said with a smile: "Many people gain several kilograms in a month under such high-intensity training!"

Chu Yunfei was also very happy when he heard this: "Very good... Wu Ziqiang did a great job."

"Go call Zhuo Tianyu over, I'll ask him about the situation in detail~!"

"Yes!"

Regarding the Nationalist government's conscription work, the earliest research in China was in the 1980s, which mainly criticized the "conscription of able-bodied men".

The current research is relatively objective
The reference information for this chapter is taken from the Special History of the Republic of China - Volume 330, The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the Wartime System. P347-P
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