Mrs. Zhang frowned and asked, "Is the troops really that difficult now?"

"Mom, it's a hundred times harder than you think." Zhang Yuannandao, "When I was in the General Staff, the troops were just numbers in my eyes. The combat power of the troops could be as strong as the troops. But when I got off the troops, I realized that things were not like this at all. I thought it was too simple before."

"That's true." Zhong Yi said, "It is not easy for a unit to maintain combat effectiveness, but it is even more difficult to improve combat effectiveness."

"Isn't that just?" Zhang Yuannan shook his head and sighed, "Zi Ren, you probably don't know that the combat effectiveness of the six divisions of our 10th Army is already terrible."

Zhang Yuanfan asked: "How miserable is it?"

Zhang Yuannan said: "First of all, there is a vacancies for the troops. Except for the tenth division, the other five divisions are all Class B divisions. According to regulations, there should be more than 9,000 soldiers. But in fact, the 16th Division with the best situation only has more than 6,000 people. When I took over the 194th Division, the actual soldiers were only 4,000."

"Ahem." Zhong Yi said a little embarrassedly when he heard this, "This is a special situation. Before you took over, the 194th Division had a conflict with our police corps. During the confrontation and friction between the two sides, soldiers must have taken the opportunity to escape, so there will definitely be fewer soldiers."

Zhang Yuannan said: "Even if this is the case, there shouldn't be only 4,000 people."

"That's right." Zhong Yi nodded, "There should be five or six thousand people."

Zhang Yuanfan asked, "Third brother, if it was just a soldier shortage, it seems that it was not as miserable as you said, right?"

"Isn't this awful thing?" Zhang Yuannan shook his head and said, "But, you are really right. There is something worse than the shortage of soldiers, that is, the lack of equipment."

"Equipment?" Zhang Yuanfan said a little disbelief, "The 10th Army is a regular army, why is it short of equipment?"

"Brother, you took it for granted." Zhang Yuannandao, "In our 10th Army, not only my 194th Division, but even Zhang Liangji's 16th Division is in short supply of equipment, and the gap is not ordinary."

After a pause, Zhang Yuannan said again: "It's my 194th Division, with more than 4,000 officers and soldiers. There are only less than 2,000 long and short spears, and the total number of bullets is less than 10,000. What's the matter?"

"How could this happen?" Zhang Yuanfan said in a daze, "How is that possible?"

"Nothing is impossible." Zhang Yuannan said coldly, "If there is a bull and a tiger in the 10th Army, a senior general like Tang Jianping, there will be some subordinates. These scums have no bottom line in their behavior. They not only eat the empty amount and deduct military pay, but also dare to resell arms in secret. The troops' weapons and ammunition have been sold by them."

"Can you still sell arms?" Zhang Yuanfan was stunned, "Who will buy their arms?"

"There are more people buying arms." Zhong Yi said, "Jiangxi and Zhejiang have always been rich, and the people have strong financial resources. In such a chaotic era, there will be a strong demand for weapons purchases."

"That's right." Zhang Yuannandao, "all weapons and ammunition were sold to militia."

After a pause, Zhang Yuannan said again: "Tell you something ridiculous. Once, the 16th Division was going to go to the Zhejiang-Anhui border to participate in a combat operation. As a result, because of insufficient guns and ammunition, they could only borrow from the local militia. The Central Army, which is a dignified party and state, actually fell into the situation of borrowing guns from the militia."

Zhang Manyi said with concern: "Can such a force still have combat effectiveness?"

Zhang Mannan sighed and said, "The situation is like this, I'm afraid there is not much combat power."

Zhong Yi was also silent. If it weren't for this, why would the people lead to a great defeat in Henan, Hunan and Guangxi in 1944?

You should know that by 1944, the Japanese army's combat effectiveness had declined significantly, but few people knew that the decline in combat effectiveness of the national army was even more serious!

Some people can't figure it out, but it's not surprising at all.

Because the national army has long been hollowed out by borers of all sizes in the army.

Zhang Yuannan is quite conscientious. After taking office, he did not receive a vacant salary or sell arms. He even thought about filling in the gaps and arms and restoring the combat effectiveness of the troops. This is already valuable.

"So, I admire you very much, Zi Ren." Zhang Yuannan turned his head to look at Zhong Yi and said, "For the vast majority of generals in the national army, it is not easy to maintain the combat effectiveness of the troops, but Zi Ren, maintaining the combat effectiveness of the troops is nothing at all. You can even make the combat effectiveness of the troops greatly improve in a short period of time!"

After a pause, Zhang Yuannan continued: "After you arrived in Yinjiang this time, you are even more amazing. You can even create a force out of nothing. This ability is simply!"

When Zhang Manyi heard this, she couldn't help but look back at Zhong Yi with affection.

Zhang Manyi was really happy to hear her third brother praise her husband like this.

After hearing this, Zhong Yi suddenly burst into tears, saying that if there is nothing to do, Yin Yin is either a traitor or a thief.

Zhang Yuannan praised him in different ways, and he must have no good intentions.

Sure enough, after Zhang Yuannan praised it, he immediately said, "Well, brother-in-law, you are a big family now, but I am having a hard time now. Do you think you can support Yi2?"

However, before Zhong Yi could speak, Zhang Yuanxi interrupted: "Last third brother, Yin Jiang now has some financial resources, but he is eager to use more places to spend money. How can he have any extra financial resources to support you? Besides, your 194th Division is an army of the 10th Army, and you should go to Liu Jianxu."

"I looked for it, do you think I didn't look for it?" Zhang Yuannan said with a bitter face. "But the headquarters of the group army has no money, and his life is also hard for Commander Liu."

After saying that, Zhang Yuannan turned his head and eyes to Zhong Yi.

Zhong Yi said: "Third brother, tell me, how much does it cost?"

Zhang Yuannan tried to see something from Zhong Yi's face, but after looking at it for a long time, he couldn't see any clues, so he had to honestly say, "Brother-in-law, why don't you give me 500,000 first?"

"What's the use of 500,000 oceans?" Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "I'll give you three million oceans!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yuannan couldn't believe his ears. He saw that he had just wanted 500,000 oceans, but Zhong Yi actually gave him three million directly!

After all, I am my brother-in-law, my real brother-in-law!

Zhang Yuannan really wanted to hold his brother-in-law and eat it for two.

"But..." Zhong Yi changed his mind and said, "I have a condition."

"Condition?" Zhang Yuannan paused and asked, "What are the conditions?"
Chapter completed!