RPAGF Chapter 163: New Recruits
Chapter 163: New Recruits
163 Reinforcements
Ye Qingshan's series of combined punches forced most of the adult men in the city to join the militia to fight the Japanese.
Not just for themselves, but for his family as well.
So, half a day later, Ye Qingshan received a new statistics on the number of militiamen from his subordinates.
“Haha, the number of militiamen who have signed up in the city has exceeded 50,000.
Moreover, this number will increase in the next few days.
Now, I have no shortage of soldiers.
Little devils, let me see how you fight this battle next."
Ye Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the dramatically increased number of militiamen.
The hundreds of thousands of young and strong men in the city are Ye Qingshan’s trump card in this battle plan to finally defeat the Japanese.
However, how to play this trump card will also be a test for Ye Qingshan.
Fortunately, this first step has finally allowed Ye Qingshan to come out.
That is to mobilize most of the young and strong people in the city.
Make them willing to take up arms and fight against the Japanese invaders who enter the city.
But this is just the first step.
These young and strong people were just ordinary people after all.
Even if they were given weapons and allowed to fight the Japanese, they would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
How to train them as quickly as possible, those veterans who survived the battle against the Japanese on the battlefield.
Only then can it become Ye Qingshan’s trump card for counterattack against the Japanese.
“Notify the logistics department to distribute the 8,000 rifles and bullets we received last night to the militiamen we first recruited.
They have all received simple training.
It can be sent to the battlefield.
Let these newly registered militiamen continue to train in batches in the city."
Ye Qingshan gave orders to a combat staff officer.
In the past two days, Ye Qingshan has sent 5,000 new recruits to the various national army units on the front line.
Ye Qingshan is also planning to send all of the remaining 8,000 men to reinforce the front-line troops tomorrow.
In this way, there should be no problem in stabilizing the front line.
Otherwise, if the Japanese soldiers who entered the city continued to attack the city like this.
The area of urban area they lost will become larger and larger.
From the 10th, when the first Japanese troops entered the city, to now, on the 16th,
The outer urban areas of Jinling City, close to the urban area, have almost completely fallen.
Even the Japanese troops from the east and southeast were almost reaching the city center.
This seriously exceeded the bottom line set by Ye Qingshan.
All this is because the national army on the front line suffered heavy losses.
Now, Ye Qingshan has solved the problem of mobilizing the young and middle-aged adults in the city.
Next, Ye Qingshan will have no shortage of new recruits.
Then, he should boldly send reinforcements to the national army troops on the front line to help them stabilize the front.
“When I was looking up information earlier, I remembered that the Japanese invasion of Nanjing was also carried out in a hurry.
In fact, the Japanese commander was anxious to end the battle at this time.
Therefore, the Japanese offensive after entering the city was so urgent and fierce.
And my plan now can be summed up in one word: delay!
Problems arose when it came to the Japanese's ammunition supply.
Our troops in the city should be able to breathe a sigh of relief.
By that time, it will be the perfect time for us to train our troops.”
"Hold on, the most difficult times will soon pass."
Ye Qingshan was in the headquarters, looking at the city map. The red and green areas represented the urban areas occupied by them and the Japanese respectively.
He murmured softly.
"What? You said the headquarters would dispatch 2,500 new soldiers to our division?
Where did the headquarters get so many new recruits?"
When the commander of the 88th Division, Sun Yuanliang, received the news, he was also very surprised.
"Master, you are absolutely right.
Now, the new recruits have arrived, all with weapons and ammunition."
the chief of staff said with a smile.
“Damn it, this kid Ye Qingshan is quite capable.
I used to think he was good at fighting.
I didn't expect that his ability to mobilize is also first-rate."
"Haha, with these 2,500 new recruits, my two regiments will be fully staffed again."
"Damn it, pass the order down, don't shrink the defense line,
I have soldiers now, hold the existing defense line for me."
Sun Yuanliang laughed twice and said excitedly.
"Commander, Ye Qingshan said in the telegram that we should focus on defense for the time being and not launch a counterattack easily.
These recruits did not receive training for long.
They need to be tempered on the battlefield in order to grow up."
The Chief of Staff continued.
“Don’t worry, I understand that too.
And, Chief of Staff, did you notice?
In fact, the Japanese offensive has been getting weaker and weaker in the past two days.
From the very beginning, they would send bombers and mountain artillery to clear the way and bombard us.
Up to now, you can see that there are hardly any bombers arriving in a day.
There was no movement from the Japanese mountain artillery.
I think, as Qingshan told us before, the Japanese have problems with their logistical supplies.
This is real.
As long as we grit our teeth and hold on for a few more days, the most difficult days will be over.
At that time, we and the Japanese will be in a stalemate in the urban area.
Isn't that a good time to train the troops? "
"Come on, let's discuss how to allocate these 2,500 new recruits."
Sun Yuanliang was happy and pulled the chief of staff aside to start a discussion.
At the same time, other national army units in the city also received a new batch of reinforcements almost at the same time.
To stabilize the shaky defense lines of the various national armies.
On the afternoon of the 16th, at the headquarters of Prince Asaka Naruhiko of the Japanese outside the Japanese city, the Japanese prince recalled the commanders of all the Japanese front-line divisions and brigades.
An emergency meeting was called.
The Japanese prince looked at the city and read the offensive progress reports of their various divisions, his face still looking grim.
"Damn it, the resistance of those Chinese troops in the city is surprisingly strong.
So far, we have not been able to surrender a single Chinese army."
The Japanese chief of staff next to him spoke to the Japanese generals sitting on both sides of the conference table.
The Japanese prince sitting in the first seat had a gloomy face and looked very unhappy.
This also put a lot of pressure on these Japanese generals.
“Moreover, over the past two days, our various attacking forces have encountered stubborn resistance in the city.
The Chinese's combat flexibility in urban areas is beyond our imagination.
Our army's casualty rate was even higher than before we entered the city.
The rate at which ammunition is consumed is also astonishing.
Now, our mountain artillery shells are almost used up.
It’s just incredible.”
"Can anyone tell me why this happened?"
After the Japanese chief of staff finished speaking, the Japanese Prince Asaka Naruhiko could no longer bear it and shouted loudly at the Japanese division commanders and brigade commanders.
None of these Japanese generals spoke.
"Why are you all silent? Are you all mute?"
This made the Japanese prince even angrier, and he slammed the table.