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Chapter 247: Half of the Standing Divisions Assemble

"Shiyu, you're the only one who talks too much. If you're bored, go check on your brother. Your brother has been asking Ping'er for money lately. Go check and see if he's embezzled any money!"

Xu Le turned his head and rolled his eyes at Lu Shiyu.

This girl has been in contact with him the most recently, so she naturally knows more than just the surface.

In the eyes of others, he seems to be doing nothing, but in fact he is often busy with the affairs of the Air Force and the Navy. Bai Shiyi and Xu Tian have no idea how many times they have come to see him.

After much difficulty, I exchanged the iron ore from April and May for military merit points, and the balance reached 4 million. However, it won’t be long before I have to spend them again.

The efficiency of the mining equipment is limited. In the past, the output was high because the mining was done on the periphery of the iron ore. Now that the easy mining areas have been mined almost all, subsequent mining work has become more difficult.

So now we are facing a problem. The output of iron ore is getting lower and lower, and the number of workers injured in work-related accidents is increasing.

The iron ore output in March was more than 3 tons, while the total output in April and May was only more than 6000 tons. It will gradually decrease afterwards. If we rely solely on the existing iron ore, it will definitely not be able to support the development of the troops in the future.

Lu Shiyu stuck out her tongue as a response to Xu Le.

She knew Xu Le was joking. Her useless brother would not dare to embezzle even if he had the courage to do so.

However, as the young marshal's secretary, she wanted to take some time to go and see with Sister Cui. The funds applied for by the Armed Forces were indeed too much.

During working hours, I am the secretary and you are the minister.

You are my brother after get off work!

Yes, you must distinguish between public and private affairs.

At this time, Wei Junjun and Jiang Feng seemed to understand what Lu Shiyu had just said. They looked at each other, as if they had reached some kind of communication.

Then, Jiang Feng shook his head with a smile, turned around and left.

"I'm old and can't understand our little Le'er anymore..."

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Wei Junjun, who understood something, no longer had a stern face. He ran with his two big pineapples and chased and played with Lu Shiyu. The speed they ran was like an earthquake, causing Xu Le to look over again and again.

"Young Master, what are you waiting for?" Zhang Shuping asked softly, holding Xu Le's hand tightly.

Xu Le scratched the other person's nose and said, "What am I waiting for? Of course I'm waiting for you! You've been so busy lately that you've lost weight!"

Zhang Shuping shook her head slightly: "That's not what I'm talking about. When I was in Fenyang before, I studied some of the Japanese troops, especially their permanent divisions. No matter which one, they are the elite among the elite!"

Xu Le touched the other's nose again dotingly and said, "So what if they are elite? Didn't we drive away the 6th Division? What about the 15th Division? Most of the officers above the rank of major were blown up by one of our bombs. And the 114th Division, although not a permanent division, is composed of the reserve troops of the 14th Division. It is not much weaker in comparison, but we also defeated it!"

"But it's different now. The Japanese know that we are not easy to fight, so they have assembled all these permanent divisions on the front line. The combat effect of their formation is not just one plus one equals two. Especially the 1st Division, which is the first elite division of the Japanese to strengthen heavy weapons."

Seeing that Zhang Shuping had already said this, Xu Le also became a little interested: "You know a lot, tell me, what do you know?"

Zhang Shuping paused, as if she was organizing her thoughts, and after a moment she said, "Before the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance, the Japanese had 17 permanent divisions, including the Imperial Guards Division. Later, they restored the 13th, 15th, 17th and 18th divisions that had been disbanded. Although these four divisions are not permanent divisions strictly speaking, their weapons and combat effectiveness are not inferior to those of permanent divisions.

Actually, the 6th Division was not defeated by us, but was transferred away!

As far as I know, the two tank divisions in Shijiazhuang have 900 tanks, in addition to hundreds of cannons, rapid-fire guns, etc. Although they are not as good as our tanks, they are also powerful opponents that cannot be ignored.

1、3、7、8、9、11、14、17、110、116等，咱们面对的鬼子第一道防线全部是精锐中的精锐。

They had at least 2500 light machine guns, more than 600 heavy machine guns, and a total of more than 600 artillery pieces and rapid-fire guns of various types.

I believe we can handle it, but it will definitely cost a lot! ”

After hearing this, Xu Le nodded continuously. There was almost nothing wrong with what he said, but he believed that the Japanese's firepower must be more than that.

And this is only the first line of defense. There are several more divisions in northern Shanxi and northern Henan, including the 10th and 13th permanent divisions.

To sum up, Zhang Shuping felt sorry for the soldiers in the army, which was probably caused by the sacrifices of Xiaosi and Jiuba.

But isn't Xu Le the same?

It is said that a merciful army cannot be commanded. Suppose one kills 10,000 enemies and loses 3,000 of one's own men, this is already considered a great victory.

He knew that there would be casualties in war, and even though the casualties of the 88th Army would be much smaller, he wanted to minimize the losses of his troops as much as possible.

So he tried his best to get the best equipment within his means.

For example, the Type 69 tank has 100 mm of 60-degree normal angle inclined armor on the front, which is equivalent to 200 mm of vertical armor. Unless it is bombarded with super-large-caliber grenades, almost no weapon can penetrate its defense.

Even for Nazi Germany's King Tiger tank, the probability of breaking through its defense using armor-piercing shells is very low.

However, the King Tiger would not appear until 44, and it was almost impossible for it to threaten the Type 69 tank.

With the Type 69 tank, the safety of tank soldiers is guaranteed to the greatest extent.

This is what Xu Leneng can do for the soldiers!

During this period of time, he was not only dealing with issues related to the Air Force and the Army, but was also thinking about the future development of the troops. Until now, he had not made up his mind.

"Okay, I'll find a way to deal with these things. Don't worry about it. From another perspective, the Japanese attach so much importance to us. Isn't it because they are afraid of us? If my prediction is correct, the Japanese will not take the initiative to attack us in the next year or even two years!"

Zhang Shuping nodded gently and said, "Is it because of the Pacific battlefield? The devils may just want to use their powerful force to contain us so that they can fight the war in the Pacific without any scruples!"

Xu Le was stunned, and immediately gave a thumbs up and said, "My Ping'er is awesome, you hit the nail on the head!"

As he said this, he kissed Zhang Shuping on the cheek, causing her pretty face to blush.

What they didn't know was that the expressions of two people not far away changed for a moment and then quickly disappeared.

"Okay, your young master has a plan. You just need to manage our backyard. But to be honest, the main task of the armed forces department now is to train talents and establish an industrial system. There are no production and research and development tasks. You can take some time to go and have a look, discuss with Lu Yanhao, and control military expenditures."

Zhang Shuping nodded: "Okay, our finances are relatively sufficient now, and Director Lu will send funds from time to time, so we won't be short of money for some time to come."

Xu Le looked up at the sky: "That's when I'm not moving..."

If the system's fuel was not free and the ammunition was not given away almost for free, the little money the Finance Department had would not be enough to support these 10 troops to fight a war.

[Some people may wonder why Xu Le didn't take money from the finance department when he got so many equipment and ammunition. Wouldn't that arouse suspicion? This is also a reason why the protagonist put the gold and silver he seized and earned into the system. Others will only think that the gold and silver were used to buy equipment. ]