allonlinenovel Chapter 289 Meeting of senior officers of the Tiger Guard Army!
Chapter 289 Meeting of senior officers of the Tiger Guard Army!
"Commander, I disagree with Division Commander Zhao's personal suggestion. He thinks we should be on guard against the Japanese."
"The Japanese have been making huge moves this past month, and there's no pattern to their movements, but they haven't panicked at all."
"This shows that the devils must have some purpose, but we just haven't seen it clearly yet."
"I suspect the Japs' target is our Tiger Guards. After all, our Tiger Guards' recruitment efforts have had a huge impact this time."
Li Xiaomao stood up, looked at Zhao Wei first, and then slowly spoke to Zhou Weimin.
Originally, Li Xiaomao, Zhao Wei and Sun Hu had the best relationship, but as their positions became higher and higher.
Li Xiaomao, Zhao Wei and Sun Hu had more and more things to consider, and they rarely got together.
Of course, this is mainly because of concerns about Zhou Weimin's thoughts and also concerns about Zhou Liang, the intelligence chief.
In fact, as the Huben Army becomes more and more powerful and has more and more soldiers, Zhou Weimin's prestige is increasingly valued by those who follow him.
There are many things that Zhou Weimin doesn't need to consider, and the people who follow Zhou Weimin will think of them.
Just like now, those old soldiers who have followed Zhou Weimin for a long time don’t often get together, because they are all officers now.
They were worried that Zhou Liang would misunderstand them, and they were also worried that Zhou Weimin would misunderstand them.
But they never thought about what Zhou Weimin was thinking or what Zhou Weimin said.
In fact, Zhou Weimin was not worried at all about his officers rebelling, because no soldiers would follow the officers in rebellion.
On the one hand, there are many soldiers in the Huben Army who are rewarded by the system, and these soldiers are 100% loyal to Zhou Weimin.
On the other hand, Zhou Weimin controlled all the weapons and supplies of the Huben Army. Without these weapons and supplies, the Huben Army soldiers would have no way to fight.
Another reason is that Zhou Weimin's prestige in the Huben Army is too high, and the soldiers of the Huben Army are very loyal to Zhou Weimin.
Chief of Staff Shen Fei’s power is second only to Zhou Weimin, but without Zhou Weimin’s military order, which officer would listen to Shen Fei?
"Commander, I share the same idea as Commander Zhao. I also believe that the Japs will not engage in a large-scale battle with our Tiger Guards at this time."
"Because the devils in Jin only have 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers and horses. If they want to station troops throughout Jin, there won't be too many soldiers they can mobilize."
"Besides, the Japanese are currently aggressively attacking the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Eighth Route Army. They don't have that many troops to fight our Tiger Guard Army at this time."
Zhang Yang stood up and looked at Zhao Wei and Li Xiaomao, then said to Zhou Weimin.
Zhang Yang is different from others. He is a relatively quiet person and has a good relationship with everyone.
He comes from the artillery department, has in-depth research on artillery, and likes to deal with artillery.
Therefore, he has always been in charge of artillery in the Tiger Guards, from the initial artillery company commander, battalion commander, regimental commander to the current artillery brigade commander.
In the past six months, Zhang Yang has trained a lot of artillerymen for the Huben Army, and each unit has artillerymen trained by Zhang Yang.
Zhou Weimin also thinks highly of Zhang Yang. He is not only a good artilleryman, but also a good teacher.
"Commander, I think it's better to be prepared. No matter what the devils think, we must be prepared."
"Although the Japanese don't have many soldiers now, who knows whether the Japanese headquarters will send more troops to Jindi."
"You should know that there are Japanese invaders in these states of the Northwest. It is not difficult for the Japanese headquarters to send more troops to Jindi."
After hearing what Zhao Wei, Li Xiaomao and Zhang Yang said, Wu Qianli also stood up and said to Zhou Weimin.
In fact, Wu Qianli couldn't guess or know what the Japanese had done recently or what their purpose was.
However, Wu Qianli believed that it was better to be prepared. No matter what the Japanese's purpose was, we should be on guard against it.
"Brigade Commander Wu, the most important thing for our Tiger Guards right now is to train new recruits. With hundreds of thousands of new recruits trained, what else do we have to fear?"
"What our Tiger Guards lack right now is time. If we have to prepare for this, how will we train new recruits?"
After hearing Wu Qianli's words, Chief of Staff Shen Fei quickly stood up and said to Wu Qianli.
In fact, among all the people present, only Chief of Staff Shen Fei knew how important it was to train new recruits.
Only Chief of Staff Shen Fei and Zhou Liang knew that the Huben Army would march south to Yunzhou, Guizhou at the end of this year.
These hundreds of thousands of new recruits are in preparation for the Huben Army's southward advance. If the training is delayed, the Huben Army's southward advance will be postponed.
Following the Chief of Staff's words, all the officers began to express their suggestions.
The suggestions of the officers were the two initial suggestions from Zhao Wei and Li Xiaomao.
Start guarding against the Japanese, or ignore them and engage in extensive training.
Both suggestions are supported by military officers, and both suggestions have their advantages and disadvantages.
For a moment, Zhou Weimin didn't know how to decide. The main Japanese headquarters and the Japanese informant were discovered.
Zhou Weimin no longer had any intelligence about the Japanese headquarters and had no way of understanding its movements.
"Okay, everyone, be quiet." Zhou Weimin knocked on the table and said to the officers.
After Zhou Weimin's words, all the officers quieted down and looked at Zhou Weimin.
After the officers quieted down, Zhou Weimin continued, "This time, our Tiger Guards have recruited over 100,000 new soldiers. It's impossible for the Japanese to not have any ideas."
"But these hundreds of thousands of new recruits need training. Sending untrained recruits to the battlefield is like sending soldiers to their deaths."
"Recruit training takes time. I just came back from the training ground, and the instructor who trained the recruits told me that."
"If we send new recruits to the battlefield now, at least half of them will be lost after a major battle."
"I'm unwilling to accept this, so I don't want to send new recruits to the battlefield anytime soon."
"But I can't just ignore it. What is the devil's purpose? What is the current situation of the devil's headquarters?"
"We don't know any of this. If the Japs are really planning to target our Tiger Guards, then it will be a major war."
"A war that affected the entire Jin area. After all, the last time Chidong County was attacked, the Japanese lost an entire division."
"Do you think the Japanese would send a division if they were targeting us? No, at least two divisions, or even more."
"That's tens of thousands of devils. Can our current veterans resist them?"
"So, at present, training new recruits is the most important and crucial thing. Only when our Tiger Guards have a large number of elite soldiers can we be fearless of any attacks from the Japanese."
"But we have to be on guard against the Japs. They've been making too much noise lately, so we have to take the initiative."
"Use a unit to attract the enemy's attention and buy us time to train new recruits."
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