Yang Fan smiled and said, "The area of ​​our defense zone has now expanded to 72,000 square kilometers, and the population in the jurisdiction has reached nearly 7 million. There are also 50,000 or 60,000 new reserve recruits who have been trained. We can expand the army again.

I am planning to expand four infantry divisions within half a year and reorganize four army-level units based on this. It is time to make the banner of the Chinese Tiger Group Army worthy of its name!"

"This is really too easy!"

Li Shuchun smiled relaxedly and said, "Based on our current foundation, expanding the four infantry divisions is simply a matter of just one sentence from the general manager!"

"Actually, this is not the point I want to say!"

Yang Fan smiled and said, "But I want to say that the personnel appointments of officers at all levels of the expanded division, as well as which four divisions should be expanded into an army, are the key points of the problem! There are too many things involved in this, and plans need to be made in advance!"

"Oh, I get it!"

Li Shuchun pretended to be enlightened and nodded repeatedly, "That's true, the palms and backs of hands are all flesh! All brothers are very good, and their abilities and military achievements are equal. It is really difficult to achieve a balanced bowl of water!"

Yang Fan nodded and said, "So, we need to formulate a complete expansion plan, try to be fair and just, so that everyone has no gossip!"

It won’t take long to mark the full outbreak of World War II. The Polish Battle is about to break out. The climax of World War II is coming. Yang Fan should take the initiative to fight the Japanese head-on for about a year!

Therefore, we must also work hard to expand our military and prepare for war, and we must take steady steps and make steady progress.

"Okay! OK! I know what to do!"

Li Shuchun nodded repeatedly. This work task is not only a glory and trust, but also a hot potato that offends people. However, since Yang Fan has given it to him, he must follow it anyway and do it perfectly.

"That's it! I'll go back first, please give yourself your own care."

After explaining the matter, Yang Fan walked straight to the parking lot. After working hard for most of the day, he should go home to rest.

In the evening, Yang Fan took Wu Qian to attend the welcoming banquet organized by Xia Yu. He had a great chat with Xia Yu's parents and best friends, and he gave him a strong sense of presence and favorability.

A week later, on June 2, the Charlotte freighter set sail from Qingdao Pier.

In addition to a large number of exported goods such as stockings and clothing, there were more than 200 Chinese Tiger Army soldiers, most of whom were naval officers and soldiers who were adaptable to long-distance voyages. The others were mainly special forces teams that were going to Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and other places to carry out missions!

In March 1939, after Hitler annexed the Czech Republic, he determined that his next target of attack was Poland.

To this end, Hitler approved the "white plan" to invade Poland, and planned to attack Poland on September 1, with the target of Poland's allies Britain and France.

At this time, Europe was about to storm and wind filled the building. Britain, France, Germany and the Soviet Union stood together, objectively maintaining the balance of power and peace in Europe.

However, from the perspective of their own best interests, all countries have tried to break this balance of power and balance on a subjective basis and strive for the situation that is most beneficial to themselves.

Britain and France aim to unite the Soviet Union and restrain Germany so that it dare not let go of invasion, thus endangering its own interests. Germany aims to win over the Soviet Union and keep it neutral in future conflicts, so that Germany will have no worries when launching a war.

Therefore, whether peace in Europe can be maintained is crucial.

Therefore, from April to August 1939, Britain, France and the Soviet Union held months of tug-of-war negotiations in Moscow to conclude mutual assistance treaties and military agreements.

Although the Soviet Union was originally willing to cooperate with Britain and France to stop German aggression and thus ensure its own security.

However, for various reasons, Britain and France were reluctant to pay the due efforts and price to form an alliance with the Soviet Union, but Germany seized the opportunity to give everything the Soviet Union needed. In addition, the efforts of small Eastern European countries such as Poland were blocked, and the Soviet Union was unwilling to send troops to Poland to attack Germany, which eventually led to the breakdown of the negotiations between the three countries.

Finally, the Soviet Union and Germany held hands, and the Soviet and German sides signed the Soviet and German Treaty of Non-aggression and the Secret Protocol in Moscow on August 23, valid for 10 years.

At the same time, since the anti-fascist collective security system was never established before the war, this result undoubtedly further expanded the contradiction between Britain and France and the Soviet Union, prompting the Soviet Union to implement a policy of avoiding war and self-protection, thereby accelerating the outbreak of World War II.

At this time, the Nomenkan incident initiated by the Japanese Kwantung Army in mid-May 1939 had reached its final stage.

At the end of July 1938, the Japanese army attacked the Soviet Union and started repeated battles against highlands such as Shacaofeng and Zhanggufeng. In the end, Japan was defeated and took the initiative to make peace with the Soviet Union.

However, the "northern advance faction" in the Japanese cabinet and military was not willing to accept it.

In order to appease the warlike generals, Emperor Hirohito promised them to provoke the Soviet army again.

In the early stages of the battle, the Japanese army succeeded repeatedly and made smooth progress.

However, in late August, Zhukov commanded the Soviet mechanized troops to counterattack on the entire line, encircling and annihilation of 1.1 people from the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army. Two Japanese corps captains burned the military flag and committed suicide.

Because the Japanese army was much stronger than in the original history and equipped with a large number of new combat vehicles and anti-tank weapons, the Soviet army suffered even more serious casualties this time.

During the general attack on August 20, the Soviet army deployed 524 tanks, 385 armored vehicles, 542 guns, and 500 aircraft.

The Soviet army had more than 7 to 1 tank and armored vehicles, 6 to 1 guns, and 3 to 1 troop strength, but the casualties were greater than those of the Japanese army: 9,703 were killed and 15,251 were injured.

In addition, more than 280 Soviet tanks were destroyed, 90 armored vehicles were lost, and the Japanese army only lost more than 30 combat vehicles and armored vehicles. The Angang Tank Detachment was not annihilated, but retreated on its own after the ammunition was exhausted in July.

Although the Battle of Nomenkan ended in failure, Japan saw both its own shortcomings and hope.

After the Battle of Nomenkan, many middle and senior Japanese officers who disobeyed the orders of the military headquarters to launch a conflict were cleaned up and the army's discipline was purged.

The Japanese army strengthened the control of the superiors over the subordinate units, making the tradition of lower-level troops basically no longer exist on the surface.

Japan further stepped up the construction of the military-industrial system, as well as the research and production of new weapons, and desperately accumulating strength and brewing a larger-scale war.

At this time, Yang Fan had already expanded four reorganized army-level combat units according to the original plan, and for comprehensive considerations, the 1st Division, the 2nd Division, the 3rd Division and the 4th Division were directly expanded into army.

The newly reorganized 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th divisions were organized into these four armies, including Miao Dadong, Yang Chengliang, Ren Yixiong and Wu Kexiang, the first to advance to the commander.

In order to take care of Xie Jinyuan and others who were eager to see each other, Yang Fan opened a special back door and promoted Xie Jinyuan to the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division.

As the wheels of history rolled, the Battle of Poland, which marked the full outbreak of World War II, finally broke out as scheduled a few days later.
Chapter completed!