mtlumby2d Chapter 389 Recruitment
Chapter 389 Recruitment
389 Recruiting New Soldiers
That night, Ye Qingshan led an army of 10,000 people and left Tianmu Mountain.
He successfully shook off the Japanese pursuers who were following him.
Of course, this was also related to the fact that the Japanese colonel Yamagao Jianren did not dare to continue the pursuit.
The Japanese colonel also received news from the Japanese scouts.
Knowing that Ye Qingshan had already led his troops and completed the reunion with the main force.
Before, this Japanese colonel had to be very careful when following the Second Regiment led by Ye Qingshan and did not dare to follow too closely.
Now, Ye Qingshan has joined the main force and has over ten thousand troops at his disposal.
If Ye Qingshan set an ambush in front, he could easily wipe out the mere 2,000 men under the Japanese Colonel Yamagao Jianren.
In the end, the Japanese colonel gave up the pursuit.
It was half a day after Ye Qingshan led his troops to leave Tianmu Mountain.
The vanguard of the Japanese 40th Division, the 236th Regiment, rushed back.
Unfortunately, they came back half a day late after all.
The trace of Ye Qingshan's troops has been lost.
Ye Qingshan led his troops westward into Anhui Province, then turned south and headed straight for the Huangshan area.
This area is currently still under the control of the national army.
Once they got here, Ye Qingshan and the others were safe.
Three days later, Ye Qingshan led his troops into Quzhou. They made a big circle and finally returned to their own territory in southern Zhejiang.
"Old Zhou, your 208th Division will temporarily rest in the Quzhou area.
At the same time, we will recruit 5,000 new soldiers here to make up for our losses."
After the entire division set up camp, Ye Qingshan found Zhou Pingkou and said.
“Okay, that’s what I was planning to do.
However, I plan to withdraw Lao Zheng's regiment.
Some time ago, the First Regiment suffered heavy casualties while blocking the Japanese landing troops in Wenzhou.
They are in desperate need of reinforcements.”
"Can!
After Zheng Quezi's regiment evacuated Wenzhou, he asked Zhang Fa to send a regiment over.
To replace the First Regiment and continue to garrison Wenzhou."
Ye Qingshan nodded and agreed to Zhou Pingkou's proposal.
Immediately, the 208th Division under Ye Qingshan began to recruit new soldiers in Quzhou and its surrounding areas.
The quota is 5,000 people.
The news spread quickly.
When the local people learned that Ye Qingshan's 86th Army was recruiting soldiers, many young people flocked to the area.
Actively sign up to join the army.
This is completely different from the scenes of the National Army conscripting young men in the past.
Ye Qingshan's fame accumulated through his victories.
At this time, it also played a big role.
Many of those who came to sign up for the army were college students.
They all came to sign up for the army because they admired Ye Qingshan.
In addition, there are many young and middle-aged people in rural areas who dare to sign up to join the army.
It was just because the treatment for new recruits written in the conscription notice that Ye Qingshan sent out was really generous.
Let these rural young people, who already come from poor families, be willing to join the army.
In exchange for a generous resettlement allowance, which can be left to the family so that they can live a better life.
At this time, there was no unified standard for the military pay of the National Army.
Among them, the central army has the highest military pay standard, while other local troops, miscellaneous troops, etc. have much less military pay.
The standard salary for the Central Army was ten yuan per month for privates, twelve yuan for corporals, and fourteen to twenty yuan for non-commissioned officers.
But unfortunately, even the salaries of the central army soldiers were difficult to pay in full.
A second-class private only gets seven yuan a month.
Whether it is soldiers or officers, all will be cut.
As for those local miscellaneous troops, their pay was even pitifully low, with some receiving only half a silver dollar a month.
Sometimes, the payment is even delayed for half a year.
As for Ye Qingshan's 86th Army, since he did not need funding from the headquarters, he had to support his own soldiers.
So, how to set the military pay would naturally be decided by Ye Qingshan.
The military pay standard set by Ye Qingshan is 30 percent higher than that of the Central Army.
Moreover, there is no reduction and it is paid in full and on time every month.
This alone made all the soldiers under Ye Qingshan grateful to him.
After all, in this era, most of the soldiers who joined the army came from poor families.
Their families also need money to live.
This time, recruiting new soldiers,
In addition to generous military pay, Ye Qingshan also stipulated that every new recruit must...
They will be directly given one year's military salary, which is also the resettlement fee.
That's more than a hundred dollars, enough to attract countless poor young people.
Then, an unexpected scene occurred.
It only took them half a day to recruit the 5,000 new soldiers that Ye Qingshan had set.
However, more young people came from all over the country and signed up to join the army.
In the end, the number of people reached tens of thousands.
"General, there are too many people signing up to join the army, far exceeding the 5,000 you set.
What to do? "
Zhou Pingkou found Ye Qingshan and asked.
“The quota of 5,000 people cannot be changed.
Now, many people's eyes are on us.
I am recruiting 5,000 new soldiers to make up for the losses we suffered in previous battles.
If others find out, they won’t be able to say anything.
However, if we secretly recruit more soldiers and the Military Intelligence Bureau finds out, they will report it to the Supreme Command.
I'm going to be in trouble again."
Ye Qingshan said slowly.
Ye Qingshan knew very well what the headquarters feared most about him.
Now, Ye Qingshan’s 86th Army is semi-independent from the National Army system.
Due to various previous reasons, the headquarters had no choice but to acquiesce to this.
The two sides reached a delicate balance.
Under such circumstances, if Ye Qingshan still dared to expand his army privately.
Even if it's just a hundred more people.
They are all trying to provoke the sensitive nerves of the top brass in the command.
Therefore, Ye Qingshan only recruited 5,000 regular army soldiers this time, and did not want any more.
"In that case, I'll let someone know.
Let the people who are coming from behind go back."
Zhou Pingkou understood what Ye Qingshan meant and then spoke.
But Ye Qingshan had a better idea.
"Old Zhou, there is another way.
Since there are so many people signing up to join the army, let's just select the best ones.
You ask someone to set an assessment standard.
For example, a five-kilometer cross-country run or a certain number of push-ups are tests of their physical strength.
Only those who pass the assessment can stay.
For literate people, the standards can be relaxed.
This way, we won't disappoint the people who have come from a long distance.
It also allows us to recruit high-quality soldiers.”
"Wonderful!
This is a good idea, I think it’s feasible.”
As soon as Ye Qingshan finished speaking, Zhou Pingkou became happy.
I think Ye Qingshan’s idea is good.
“As for the new recruits who were rejected, there is no need to let them go back.
If they cannot join the regular army, there are local militias that they can choose from.
Although the treatment is worse, it is not as hard and dangerous as the regular army."
"During this period, the Japanese kept sending out bombers to bomb factories in Wenzhou.
One of our cement factories has been discovered and blown up.
The spies planted by the Japanese are still searching for the exact location of our arsenal.
The vigilance force in Qingtian needs to be strengthened.
We regular troops don’t have the time or energy to do these things.
All of this needs to be handed over to local militia groups.”
Ye Qingshan continued.
Just two days after returning, he received a series of telegrams from Ning Yongchen, who was assigned to the arsenal.
The defense capabilities at the arsenal need to be strengthened.
"Understood, Commander.
I'll arrange it right away."
Zhou Pingkou left to preside over the assessment of new recruits.
Half a day later, Ye Qingshan saw a large number of registered recruits running in circles on the parade ground.
In the end, more than half of the applicants were eliminated.
Those who stayed were those who were physically stronger.
In this way, Zhou Pingkou took three days to select the candidates from the more than 20,000 young people who had registered.
Five thousand people were selected.
The recruitment of new soldiers was completed successfully.
Two-thirds of the remaining soldiers chose to stay and join the local militia.
There is no limit on the number of such local militia groups, and Ye Qingshan can recruit as many as he wants.
It just so happened that Ye Qingshan had some weapons that had been eliminated before, and he gave them the equipment.
On weekdays, they also train and are responsible for local security.
During wartime, if the main force suffers heavy losses and does not have time to recruit new soldiers.
They can also be added to the main force.
In early October, Ye Qingshan left Quzhou.
They arrived in Qingtian County with two temporarily formed militia groups.
Inspecting the arsenal under the charge of Ning Yongchen.
"Commander, you are here."
Ning Yongchen brought people to welcome Ye Qingshan.
Along the way, Ye Qingshan observed the security situation around the arsenal and nodded involuntarily.
Ning Yongchen did a pretty good job.
"How is the Arsenal running now?"
"Don't worry, Commander, everything is fine.
The Japanese could not determine the exact location of our arsenal by relying solely on aerial reconnaissance planes.
The occasional bombings by the Japanese will not affect our production."
"Ok.
This time I brought two militia groups with me and will place another one on your side.
Strengthen the security around your arsenal.
Never let the devil spies infiltrate."
"That's great."
Ning Yongchen was very happy after hearing this, and continued: "However, General, there is still a problem.
Some of the raw materials in our arsenal are running out."
“Yeah, I guessed that too.
It doesn't matter.
Calculating the time, there is still about half a month left.
Our new batch of transport fleets from the United States is about to arrive.
By then, the supplies will be available.
If you are short of supplies, you can ask my uncle for help.
Let his Chamber of Commerce help buy some from outside to deal with the emergency."
After inspecting the arsenal, Ye Qingshan went to Yandang Mountain to inspect Zhang Fa's 209th Division.
At this time, Yandang Mountain had been managed into an iron barrel by Zhang Fa.
The Japanese in Taizhou in the north had no way of going south by land.
Finally, Ye Qingshan went to Wenzhou City.
I found that many people in the city had already returned from the mountains.
Although, there would be bombings from the Japanese from time to time.
But at least the Japanese did not land and break into Wenzhou city.
This was enough for the people who had previously hidden in the surrounding mountains.
You can go back to the city now.
After all, hiding in the mountains all the time makes food and drink a problem.
At this time, a regiment under Zhang Fa's command was stationed in the east of Wenzhou City.
Their mission was still to guard against the Japanese landing near Wenzhou.
Ye Qingshan was worried that the Japanese would not give up and would still try to capture Wenzhou.
"What? Fuzhou fell?"
As a result, within two days, Ye Qingshan received bad news.