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. Three days later, in Yangzhou city.

Zhang Tianhao was sitting in the Yangzhou City Government office, looking at the 10th Division Commander Liu Jiangjiang in front of him, his eyes full of smiles.

"Jianjiang, you did a good job this time. I am very satisfied. I hope you can defend Yangzhou. Can you do it?"

"Master, you are putting me in a difficult position. Yangzhou is so big. How can a division like mine be enough?"

"Haha, haven't you learned from our Subei experience yet?"

"That, that..."

"I will station three divisions here. After three months, these three divisions will withdraw. But during these three months, you will have to rebuild two divisions, the 23rd and 22nd Divisions, and merge them into the 8th Army. At the same time, you will have to organize the garrison regiments in each county. You can select some deputy battalion-level officers from various units. Do you understand?"

"Thank you, Master!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Jiangjiang also laughed.

After all, he had three months to prepare, which was enough time for him to form an army and defend Yangzhou more easily.

"Master, what about weapons and equipment? We don't have that much?"

"As for weapons and equipment, I have no other options. You can only apply to Deputy Commander Zuo for some and use the captured weapons for the rest. It's not that I don't want to help you, but I don't have any!"

Zhang Tianhao also smiled bitterly and kept shaking his head.

"By the way, Master, why is that Shimada Taro gone? Is there a new commander?"

"Haha, of course, they used a trick to send Shimada Taro to the military court. After all, he is a ruthless man, and his command ability is also quite good. His subordinates are also some veterans. Keeping him here will be a disaster!"

"I was wondering how they could easily take over most of Yangzhou. It turns out that you, young master, used a trick."

"Haha, that's all!"

Zhang Tianhao smiled, and then said calmly: "How is the Imperial Army in Yangzhou? Are there any talents that can be used? Also, how many Imperial Army soldiers have you captured?"

"About 5,000 Imperial Army soldiers, right?"

"Let's go and take a look. We will recruit all the available Imperial Army. They are much stronger than the current troops. At least, we can say that these people are still quite useful."

"understand!"

The two of them were soon led by the guards to the military camp where the Imperial Army was imprisoned. Looking at the densely packed people, Zhang Tianhao couldn't help but raise a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Assign ten clerks and ten interrogators. Then, you come with me. I will interrogate them and see if there is anyone useful among them."

"Yes!"

Over the next day, Zhang Tianhao began to interrogate these Imperial Army soldiers.

The result was just as he thought. There were indeed some Imperial Army soldiers who had committed numerous crimes among them. As for ordinary soldiers, there were none. After all, many ordinary soldiers were just trying to make a living.

That evening, some people began to organize the information, and a few days later, public executions of some Imperial Army officers who had committed serious crimes began.

At night, the two men came to the officers, looked at the guards in front of them, and said calmly: "Jianjiang, notify the staff of the government at all levels, including the county magistrate, deputy county magistrate and the like, as well as the personnel of the agencies at all levels, to gather in the military camp. We will start the interrogation tonight."

"understand!"

For a whole day, Liu Jiangjiang watched Zhang Tianhao interrogate these people as if it were a child's play. He just asked some simple questions and got these Imperial Army soldiers to confess everything.

He didn't understand either, but he knew that Zhang Tianhao must have his reasons for asking this.

He himself had been asked the same question by Zhang Tianhao, but he remembered it quite clearly. No matter what Zhang Tianhao asked, he seemed to have no brains and answered everything.

"Then I will go and notify the personnel now."

"it is good!"

Perhaps it was because Yangzhou was just taking over, and there were a lot of things to do. Liu Jiangjiang didn't have much time to deal with these things. As for the Imperial Army, they were all incorporated and trained by Liu Jiangjiang.

The garrison regiments in various places will also start recruiting people starting tomorrow.

Zhang Tianhao also planned to spend a few days questioning personnel at all levels of government, even the police, to find out whether there were traitors among them and whether there were any spies among them.

If there is, naturally a series of people will be pulled out.

For this task alone, Zhang Tianhao spent a whole week to survey the entire Yangzhou. After all, this would be his territory in the future.

On the other hand, the entire Yangzhou began to be sorted out, and the armies in various counties began to be formed one after another.

At the same time, the headquarters also began to send a lot of personnel to help Liu Jiangjiang set up the government. As for the original personnel, not many could be retained.

As for the police, there were quite a few of them, but they also began to receive the same military training as the garrison troops.

A week later, Zhang Tianhao sat in the car, looked at the guard in front of him, and sighed.

The garrison regiments of each group can be formed in a week at most, and the recruitment of soldiers is basically completed.

Zhang Tianhao believed that within three months at most, the entire Yangzhou army would complete its training and be able to officially take on the important task of defending Yangzhou.

"Master, are we going back to Huaiyin?"

"Ok!"

Zhang Tianhao rubbed his brows tiredly, looked at the jeep running on the road in front of him, and let out a breath.

During this week, the guards and the like only had a short break and did not get a good rest, while Zhang Tianhao had almost no rest time at all except for sitting in the car to rest.

Working like a pro is almost life-threatening.

"How are Huaibei and other places doing?"

"The confrontation is still going on there. Apart from taking over four counties, there hasn't been much movement. Apart from a small-scale guerrilla warfare, there haven't been any major actions."

"How is Xuzhou?"

"I don't know what happened in Xuzhou. The Japanese mobilized three divisions to guard it. The battlefield over there has become a tense situation. Our two divisions did not risk attacking."

"However, the Japanese troops are basically in the city and dare not go out. After all, our two armored battalions are also guarding the Japanese troops. As long as they come out, they can lead the troops to attack."

"Well, you did a good job. After Yangzhou stabilizes, we can slowly play with the Japanese troops in Xuzhou."

"Notify the headquarters that the attack from Anhui can be slowed down. It will be fine to keep it like this for the time being. At the same time, establish garrison regiments in the four new county towns."

"Yes!"

"Besides, the others can be withdrawn. There is no need to fight this battle. The gains will not outweigh the losses. We must not expose our strength too early."

"Yes!"

Although this was enough, he didn't want to expose it any more.

"What's the population situation in Anhui?"

"We are still counting, and the data has not been sent up yet. In addition, the preliminary count of Yangzhou has also been completed, and the population is about 1.5 million."

"so little?"

"Quite a lot. Many people from Yangzhou have come to Huaiyin."

"So that's how it is!" (End of this chapter)