"Young Marshal, should the first division of my new army be sent to the battlefield?" Cai Ye asked with a smile.

"If you don't have weapons, what are you sending them for!" Feng Yong gave him an angry look and said.

"Anyway, now that the Southwest New Army has been surrendered to you, the weapons and ammunition naturally need you to solve it." Cai Ye said with a smile. Because of the war, the southwest was extremely difficult, and at the most difficult time in the southwest, the capital plundering in the northeast controlled the normal business and trade activities in the southwest in the hands of the consortium headed by the Maosfield Chamber of Commerce. Under such circumstances, it is difficult for the southwest to give birth to the idea of confronting the northeast. Although Cai Yi is not very good at politics, Vice Governor Tang Jiyao is not a fool, and as Cai Yi's deputy, Tang Jiyao's understanding of the southwest is definitely above Cai Yi, after all, Cai Yi has been trapped in the capital for several years, and Tang Jiyao, who has participated in the changes in the southwest after the Republic of China, has participated in the changes in the southwest pattern with one hand. It is precisely because he knows a lot that Tang Jiyao will have the possibility of considering Cai Yi after he proposed to take refuge in the Northeast. Tang Jiyao knew very well that once the northeast used troops against the southwest, the pervasive forces in the northeast in the southwest could instantly disintegrate the financial chain in the southwest. And in the shortest possible time, the southwest is in chaos, even if Cai Ye is a peerless famous general, but there is no logistics support, and there is no place for the awesome generals. It can be said that the current choice of the southwest is the backhand left behind when the northeast vigorously supported the southwest.

Feng Yong rolled his eyes and said, "Second brother, you really don't have a backache when you stand and talk." Do you know the level of combat readiness of our Northeast Army at the forefront of the confrontation with Japan? ”

"I heard that your Northeast Army has an extremely high level of firepower, equipped with a large number of light machine guns, as well as new weapons such as heavy artillery and tanks. However, the exact number is not clear. Cai Yi thought about it and said. After all, it is a rumor, and as a general, he is very cautious about rumors, because if the rumors are wrong, it is easy to cause heavy losses to the army.

"Our Northeast Army has a squad of ten people, equipped with eight Type 16 rifles, one light machine gun, and one ammunition man. Each platoon consisted of three combat squads, a heavy machine-gun squad, armed with one heavy machine gun. A company contained three platoons, and a fire platoon containing two heavy machine guns, two grenadiers. One battalion contains three combat companies, reinforced with a fire company, which includes two heavy machine guns, two mortars, two grenadiers, two bazookas. One regiment contains three combat battalions, plus a fire battalion with six mortars. Six heavy machine guns. It can already be used as an independent combat unit. A brigade contains three regiments, plus a fire regiment, containing a heavy machine-gun battalion, a mortar battalion and a mountain artillery battalion. One division contains two brigades. The divisional units were equipped with an artillery regiment with thirty-six guns. In our Northeast Army, a division alone has 1,500 light machine guns and more than 360 heavy machine guns. And that's not to mention grenadiers, mortars, mountain artillery, etc. Now equipping these forces is approaching the limit of the Northeast. Now the entire logistics is running at full capacity. ”

"Fifteen hundred light machine guns? More than 300 heavy machine guns? This...... Is this just a division? Cai Yi's breathing suddenly became rapid, as if he didn't believe it at all. Indeed, such a level of firepower can already sweep the world.

"Without such firepower, how can the Northeast Army fight the Japanese army!" Feng Yong said proudly. Such a dynamic configuration is one of the largest in the world.

"Oh my God! How many troops are so equipped in the Northeast now? "Cai Ye was really shocked! With such firepower, it is not surprising that such a result was achieved.

"So far, the Northeast has been equipped with a total of eight divisions, of which four are equipped with the Northeast Military Region and two from the Southern Military Region, and later the third division of the Northeast Military Region and the fifth division of the Northwest Military Region were also equipped and sent to the battlefield. After such a big battle, six divisions were invested in the southeast battlefield, and at present, there are only four divisions at full strength. The Southern Military District is currently barely two divisions. After all, after experiencing heavy losses to the 10th Division and the encirclement and annihilation of the 1st Division, the 80,000 people of the Southern Military Region suffered more than 30,000 battle losses. To equip these troops, the finances of the Northeast are close to drying up. Feng Yong said helplessly. Outsiders only see the infinite scenery of the Northeast, but no one sees the pressure on the Northeast. Even if all the weapons were produced by the Northeast Arsenal itself, in order to expand the scale of weapon production at the greatest speed, Feng Yong concentrated a large number of civilians and prisoners of war as coolies to build the arsenal, and a large amount of funds were mobilized, for which Feng Yong even did not hesitate to delay the development of the economy. In particular, the production of light machine guns has reached the point of madness, and even in order to increase production, some of them are produced artificially by soil methods. Otherwise, how could eight divisions and more than 10,000 light machine guns be produced in such a short time.

"Young Marshal, do you know the weapons and equipment of our new army in the southwest? The total strength of the entire Southwest New Army is nearly 200,000 people, but the weapons and equipment are very pitiful, the troops do not even use the second-hand rifles, and many soldiers use wooden guns in training, with only a few dozen light machine guns and less than 200 heavy machine guns, most of which were captured by the Beiyang Army. Compared with the Northeast Army, we in the Southwest are simply beggars. Cai Ye was completely convinced this time. With this level of weapons and equipment, as long as the commander in command of the army is not a pig, it is not a problem to sweep the world at all. Cai Ye admitted that he was really envious at this moment.

"Hey! Second brother. To tell you the truth, I've put all my heart into it for this. I'll take you to see our arsenal when I have time. For those machines and equipment, we lost a lot of manpower. Feng Yong sighed and said. In order to obtain the design drawings of those weapons production lines, the Northeast Army played all means. Spying, bribery, stealing, as long as you can get these drawings, the Northeast can be said to have done whatever it takes.

"That's not in a hurry, my first division is here, you can't do nothing and watch the excitement!" Cai Ye said a little depressed. He has decided to obey Feng Yong's leadership, naturally he can no longer rely on his own temperament, soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, and they are still clear about this Cai Yong, and they also know what to do. But not being able to go to war is really a bit depressing for him.

"The troops are not in a hurry, the situation on the battlefield is basically stable now, and our arsenal is already concentrating on the production of weapons and ammunition. The massive use of automatic weapons, while reducing casualties for my troops, has also put a huge strain on logistics. At this time, the gains in increasing the size of the troops are somewhat outweighed by the losses," Feng Yong shook his head and said. There are still some weapons in the arsenal, but it is not enough to equip a division, plus if a division is put into the battlefield, the logistics in the northeast may really collapse.

"Young Marshal, I think our first division will still be sent to the battlefield, this is not for the sake of fame, but because the first division of the Southwest New Army will definitely put more pressure on the Japanese army, after all, the first division now represents the southwest side of the force. I think that after the attack of the Northeast Army, it will definitely create a feeling that the other major forces in China are not weak for the Japanese army, and at this time, the southwest troops will be put into the battlefield, and the pressure on the Japanese side will definitely increase greatly, which will be extremely powerful for the development of the war situation. Cai Ye said in a deep voice. When it comes to military aspects, Cai Yong's sense of smell is so accurate that Feng Yong sighs to himself.

"Report to the young marshal, the chief of staff in Beijing urgently telegraphed." Although Li Jun is now the president of the Government Council, in the army, soldiers still call him chief of staff. Li Jun, the chief of staff, is in name. At present, the staff work in the northeast is under the command of Jiang Baili. Jiang Baili was exercising the post of chief of the general staff in the capacity of deputy commander-in-chief.

"Give it to me!" Feng Yong took the telegram and looked at it, with a slightly strange look on his face......

"Report the young marshal! Telegram from the Deputy Commander-in-Chief! ”

Jiang Baili's telegram also arrived? You must know that the news that Feng Yong will soon merge the southwest into the northeast has just been notified to the two of them. So soon the telegram returned. This is enough to show that the two attach great importance to this matter.

"Huh! Second brother, look, the eldest brother and the third brother have the same idea as you, they both want to let your first division go to the battlefield. Is this what the hero sees? Feng Yong smiled and handed the two telegrams to Jiang Baili.

"Heroes can't be called, we have the same opinion just because the first division is on the battlefield and is beneficial to the development of the battle situation!" Cai Ye said with a smile.

"Good! The first division was thrown into the southeast battlefield! Feng Yong made up his mind.

"What about the weaponry?" Cai asked. You know, the current 1st Division has few weapons and equipment.

"I am ready to equip the 1st Division with full-time equipment. In the southeastern battlefield, we defeated more than 100,000 Japanese troops, and the captured weapons and ammunition were piled up. It was more than enough to equip the 1st division. And it just so happened that a batch of captured weapons had been shipped back, basically all of them were Japanese-made Type 38 rifles. Heavy weapons can only be equipped on the battlefield. Feng Yong thought of the Type 38 rifle that had just been transported back from the southeast battlefield. Because of the caliber, the lethality of the Japanese 38 cover is not as good as the 16th type in the Northeast. But after all, the 38 big cover is a classic gun of the Japanese army, and its stability and durability are much stronger than those of the Northeast 16 type. What was captured on the battlefield was a new gun that the Japanese army had recently reloaded, and it was a pity that it was sold like this. It would be a good choice to equip it with the New Army of the Southwest. A large number of captured weapons were used to equip the Southwest New Army, so that it would not arouse the fear of Beiyang and Liangguang in China. After all, if the Northeast spares no effort to come up with the advanced weapons and equipment of the First Division in the Northeast arsenal, I am afraid that the fact that the Southwest has surrendered to the Northeast will be exposed, and none of those old guys in the Beiyang are simple goods. The slightest clue may allow them to grasp the truth of the facts, Feng Yong has to guard against it!

"Good!" Cai Ye did not hesitate at all.

Unlike other troops who were secretly transferred to the battlefield, the First Division of the Southwest New Army held a grand swearing-in meeting before it was launched outside Changchun City because of its heavy political significance. Feng Yong, under the strict protection of everyone, walked out of the Young Marshal's Mansion for the first time and personally attended the swearing-in meeting. The reporters of all forces in the Northeast are all together, and this pledge meeting was spread all over the world for the first time.

(To be continued)