Are you a spy? Killing the enemy is too cruel.

Chapter 579 Reorganization

The crisis in Shanghai and the turmoil caused by various hostile forces in the city were quickly resolved with Ye Feng's return.

In less than a day, thousands of hidden spies and agents were killed, and the city finally returned to peace.

Even the Japanese planes that usually flew into the Shanghai sky from time to time to show off their power and threaten with force no longer dared to appear.

The waters outside Shanghai also became empty, and no Japanese warships were seen.

Ye Feng's return to Shanghai gave him a feeling of an eagle entering the forest and the white birds not singing.

After the situation in Shanghai stabilized, Ye Feng first began to reorganize the newly recruited troops, eliminating some of the old, weak and sick. Because of his title of "Shanghai Hero", many young and middle-aged people flocked to Shanghai one after another and joined the ranks of recruiting new soldiers. After the replenishment of troops, Ye Feng divided the team into two divisions. When each division reached its full strength, the extra soldiers were incorporated into the local sequence of Shanghai to guard the order and security of the city of Shanghai.

There are two divisions, with Zhou Qingshan and Song Yu as the commanders respectively.

When choosing the team leader, Ye Feng still used the same people as before, including Liang Long, Zheng Hua, Zhou Dashan, Niu Chujun and others.

at the same time.

The underground party in Yan'an also released a piece of intelligence that shocked the whole country to the outside world, which was to establish a Shanghai-Jiangsu-Anhui base, to establish anti-Japanese armed forces in the Shanghai-Jiangsu-Anhui area, and to increase the strength of the two fronts.

Except for the Fourth Front Army, which was originally in Anhui and had been fighting against the Japanese in southern Anhui, the troops were still commanded by Commander Ye.

On the Jiangsu side, Commander Su lived up to expectations and passed the meeting resolution to become the new 13th Army.

The troops in Shanghai were incorporated into the new 12th Army, and Political Commissar Chen was the commander who was responsible for overall command.

Why use the New 12th Army? What about the New 13th Army?

The reason is very simple. The gentlemen in Yan'an took into consideration that at this point in time, the southwestern mountain city had already reorganized its troops one step ahead, from the New First Army, the New Second Army, the New Third Army, to the New Eleventh Army. In order to distinguish between the two sides, they gave them these two numbers.

In addition, an even more shocking piece of news began to sweep across China, causing a huge shock across the country in a short period of time.

That is to set up a Shanghai-Jiangsu-Anhui Command above the Anhui Fourth Front Army, the Shanghai Twelfth Army, and the Jiangsu Thirteenth Army.

The first supreme commander was Ye Feng.

The title of Commander Ye also spread across the country and became the most eye-catching news during this period.

Ye Feng did not pay much attention to the uproar in the outside world. For several days in a row, he was running around the camp, having military exchanges with middle and high-level cadres and commanders such as division commanders, regiment commanders, battalion commanders, and company commanders, teaching them various methods of training new recruits so that the troops could quickly build up combat effectiveness.

Because of Ye Feng's presence, the soldiers of the two divisions also trained extremely hard.

No one complained of being tired, no one complained about the hardship, everyone persevered day and night.

Everyone wants to become Ye Feng’s most capable and outstanding soldier and the most outstanding warrior on the battlefield.

"Report."

On this day, Ye Feng was sorting out intelligence information about the Central Plains region when Song Yu and Zhou Qingshan walked in. Seeing their serious expressions, Ye Feng asked, "Did something happen to the troops? Or are the Japanese coming to attack us?"

Song Yu said, "Commander, the troops are short of guns and ammunition now. You have to solve this problem!"

Zhou Qingshan also said, "The soldiers study very hard and master various skills very quickly, but on the battlefield, we have to shoot and kill the enemy, and use various weapons and ammunition. Without these things and a lot of bullet training, I am afraid that even if we go to the battlefield in the future, we will not have much combat effectiveness."

In the words of later generations, every military king was fed by bullets.

But in today's poor and backward China, where are the extra bullets for you to waste on the target?

Many times, everyone wishes they could break a bullet into two halves to use.

Ye Feng was naturally aware of the situation. Because the troops were expanded rapidly in a short period of time, guns and ammunition were a big problem. There were only more than 20,000 guns for two divisions, with an average of two people per gun, and even fewer bullets. Even if the five military factories in Shanghai were producing day and night, the output was very low due to backward technology. Moreover, they had to supply the 12th Army in Jiangsu. After all, there had been a war there and they were launching an offensive against Nanjing, which required a large supply of weapons and ammunition.

As for grenade launchers, mortars, heavy machine guns, etc., the problem is even bigger.

Ye Feng seized countless supplies during the battle against the Japanese, but these supplies were basically divided into three equal parts.

Among them, the ones who received the most were General Ye and his troops in Anhui. There was no other way. The Fourth Front Army was already in a difficult situation, lacking food and clothing, weapons, ammunition, heavy weapons, etc. Otherwise, in Ye Feng's previous life, General Ye would not have gritted his teeth and run to the old man in the mountain city to beg for alms.

Ye Feng remembered this very clearly. It was said that Commander Ye had arrived at the southwestern mountain city and wanted the old man to provide a batch of supplies so that they could better fight the invaders.

But when the old man saw that you were the underground party’s armed forces, he realized that you must obey the orders from Yan’an!

Want supplies? No way.

Commander Ye was immediately frustrated and finally returned empty-handed. During that period, the Fourth Front Army was in great difficulty and many soldiers even suffered heavy losses due to hunger, cold and other problems.

The old man in Shancheng ignored it, and everyone knew the reason. He even wanted to send troops to encircle and suppress the Fourth Front Army!

So Ye Feng became the highest military commander in the Shanghai, Jiangsu and Anhui regions.

It immediately resolved the Fourth Front Army's worries and provided it with material support on many occasions. Batches of food, clothing, weapons, ammunition, etc. were continuously transported from Shanghai to Anhui.

Of the countless supplies seized in the Second Defense of Shanghai, more than 60% were transported to the Fourth Front Army.

This has also led to the 12th Army in Shanghai now having a shortage of weapons and ammunition.

And this is not happening on the battlefield, but during the training of new recruits, there is already a shortage of extra bullets.

Ye Feng rubbed his temple and asked, "Have you communicated with Comrade Liu Wei? What did he say?"

Zhou Qingshan said, "Comrade Liu Wei is also willing but unable to do so. The troops in the Shanghai-Jiangsu-Anhui region are expanding too fast, and the output of military factories cannot keep up with the speed of expansion. According to his estimate, it will take about half a year to solve the problem."

Half a year?

So that the troops can have enough weapons and ammunition?

Ye Feng frowned, thinking that by then it would be too late to make any use of the opportunity, and soon they would have to send troops from Shanghai to launch a campaign to retake Nanjing, and later they would have to participate in a larger-scale war in the Central Plains.

The war to reclaim large tracts of lost territory is about to begin, and troops on all fronts are mobilizing and preparing.

Where is the time to wait?