Chapter 14: Take advantage of the situation (2)

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Zhao Zhenzhong has approved the combat plan to seize Fei County jointly formulated by Gu Haichuan, Zhang Mingrui, Jiang Yishan and others. Except for requiring them to try to kill Ma Hongkui's troops as much as possible when fighting, they did not make too many other requirements.

This is no wonder that Zhao Zhenzhong wanted to take special care of Ma Hongkui's troops, but the unit is now full of troops and poor military discipline. After the Central Plains War, Ma Hongkui's original 64th Division was expanded into 15th Route Army, with two divisions under its jurisdiction, 64 and 72 divisions, each division is organized by the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade. In addition, there are also units such as the teaching regiment, the special service regiment, the artillery regiment, the cavalry brigade, the Independent 6th Brigade, and the total force is estimated to be around 50,000.

If such a force is known to have been taken over by someone in Ningxia and Gansu, and if Chiang Kai-shek lets him return to the mountain to deal with the north guard, it would be a big trouble. Instead of trouble in the future, it would be better to use solid fortifications to deal with the troops while Ma Hongkui helped Han Fuju to suppress the bandits.

There is a reason why Ma Hongkui would rather postpone the fulfillment of Chiang Kai-shek's order than help Han Fuju clear out the Shandong bandits. Not to mention Ma, the two of Han originally formed a relationship between Feng Yuxiang's troops in the Northwest Army. After the Central Plains War, Han Fuju gave his support to his troops in the war, in order to repay Ma Hongkui's support for his troops, he gave him full authority to handle the taxes and personnel of 18 counties including Tai'an, Luxi City, Jining, etc., so Ma Hongkui was embarrassed to refuse Han Fuju's request. Unexpectedly, this provided a good opportunity for the guards to attack the troops.

Moreover, the military discipline of Ma Hongkui's troops was extremely poor. The troops never brought supplies to fight and would grab wherever they went. This style was more likely to conflict with the guards defending the front line of Méng Mountain, providing the guards with excuses to occupy Fei County.

"I am not worried about the combat operations in Fei County." Zhao Zhenzhong looked at everyone present and said, "However, since we are going to mobilize troops north, the plan for Zhang Mingrui and Xu Chaoyuan Brigade to carry out combat missions must be made. In addition, the command system of the guards in the Yimian base area must also be improved."

"I'd better talk to you about the main commanders of the Northbound troops this time, and then talk about other aspects." Zhao Zhenzhong said, "The main commanders of this time are Chen Zhiyuan, Zhang Mingrui, Liu Jifeng, Xu Mingyi, Dong Bicheng, Yang Tianming, Xu Chaoyuan, Wang Fengshan and others. That is, from the current heads, deputy positions and chiefs of staff of each division, brigade, you will lead the personnel who will transfer north from their respective troops."

"In terms of troops, the original arrangement of 4,000 troops per division will remain unchanged; the teaching brigade will be changed to 2,000, and 7,000 new recruits will be transferred to all aspects; the heavy artillery brigade will be transferred to 1,000 troops; the special combat brigade will be transferred to 2,400 people on the basis of the original 2,400 people northward, and then the special combat brigade will be transferred to 1,800 people to form a three-tiered brigade; plus the other departments have already transferred 600 people northward, the combat personnel will reach 34,800 by then. In addition, five engineer battalions will be transferred to form an engineering regiment with a 2,000 person organization, and 6,000 political staff from 12 counties. That is to say, we will have a total of 42,800 people northward before the end of May."

"So many northbound personnel and their required materials must be hidden before the end of May, which is a test for us in all aspects. Li Yuntian, are you sure to transport these personnel and required materials into place?"

"As long as the departments constrain the northbound personnel without any problems, I think this task can be completed." Li Yuntian pondered for a while and said, "In terms of personnel, we can use the excuse of returning victims to transport them; in terms of combat materials, we can only transport them secretly in disaster relief materials and road construction materials. However, since November last year, after we reached a relevant agreement with Shanxi, we have already begun to transport combat materials there. In the past two months, we have accumulated a lot of equipment and materials there. By the end of May, it is not a big problem to transport 40,000 combat materials."

"In this way, we can complete the transportation task without having to end May." Zou Degui calculated, "We have a total of less than 35,000 troops going north, and there is no need to transport 40,000 equipment and materials. Besides, Tianming and their first northbound personnel have already harvested more than 3,500 guns of various lengths and short lengths, and there are also a lot of food and other supplies, which can be dealt with for a while."

"You 'Shopkeeper Zou' is clear." Zhao Zhenzhong laughed, "We northbound personnel have undergone strict military training. There is no harm in transporting more equipment. You may not be sure when it will be used. However, you said that the transportation is completed in advance reminds me of something. We are now using the floating bridge built near Baotou after the Yellow River was frozen and transporting various materials to Dongsheng. However, according to the general situation, the Yellow River in Baotou section will not be later than April. We must take this situation into consideration. Take advantage of the current time when the Yellow River is frozen and increase the transportation volume of materials. For heavy machine guns, mortars and a small number of modified rubber wheels, try to dismantle them and transport them to Dongsheng in the construction equipment transported from the United States. The specific matters will be subject to Li Yuntian and Zou Degui."

When Li Yuntian and Zou Degui heard that they wanted to increase the delivery of heavy weapons, they all grinned and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's do the northward personnel and materials. Let me talk about the arrangements for the left-behind personnel in Yimeng." Then Zhao Zhenzhong announced the establishment of the Guard Command, General Staff, Logistics Department, Autonomous Political Department, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Public Security and other matters. He decided that Gu Haichuan would be the commander of the Yimeng Guard, Jiang Yishan was the deputy commander, Du Yishan was the director of the General Staff, Zou Degui was the director of the Logistics Department, Zhang Gongyuan was the minister of civil affairs, and Ding Yi became the minister of public security. In the past, the autonomous government of Yimeng were all counties as units, and there were no other institutions except the headquarters of the Guard. In the future, the relevant institutions will be gradually improved.

"As a result of some key forces being transferred from various departments this time, some key positions of the remaining departments will have vacant positions. Among them, the vacancy after Zhang Mingrui, Liu Jifeng, Yang Tianming, Zou Degui, and Xu Chaoyuan are relocated to the original positions by deputy positions first, and they will be officially appointed after a period of familiarity with all aspects of affairs. Gu Haichuan, Jiang Yishan, and Du Yishan will temporarily hold their original positions after taking up their new positions, and will talk about it after the personnel and vacant positions of each department are repaid."

"In addition, due to the change of personnel from the escort army, the computer access was large. In the next battle to seize Fei County, Jiang Yishan and Du Yishan would assist the teaching brigade and the méngyin division respectively in the battle."

Jiang Yishan and Du Yishan nodded solemnly to agree. This time, the escort army suddenly transferred nearly half of the combat personnel to the north, and most of them were the backbone forces of the Yimian base area. Among the remaining 40,000 combat forces, half of the new recruits last year fought. In this way, they had to defend the base area well and seize Fei County, and face possible encirclement and suppression by the Shandong authorities and even Nanjing. Gu, Jiang, Du and other left-behind personnel felt heavy pressure.

"Sir, then we use the number of the guards on Yimeng. After we go north, we will definitely not be able to use the name of the guards anymore. Moreover, we have so many people, and we will have to establish a base later. We can't always use the number of "a gust of wind"? "Yang Tianming asked.

"This question is well raised." Zhao Zhenzhong praised it, thought for a moment, and then said, "I see, we can use the title of 'People' at that time. 'Guarding the people' and 'People' to protect the two are also in line with each other, reminding us not to forget our mission at all times and remember the fact that we are also members of the people."

"Sir, what is our specific task?" Zhang Mingrui asked.

"After going north, the specific combat missions will be formulated according to the actual situation." Zhao Zhenzhong said, "However, the most important thing is to seize the opportunity and take into account all parties. When launching the Ningxia and Longdong battles, in addition to solving the local armed forces, we must also beware of possible intervention from external forces. In addition, after entering the northwest, each department must pay attention to respecting local customs and habits, and cannot copy the practices in Yimeng. For example, local Hui people do not eat pigs. If we do not pay attention and treat the other party with pigs, although you are kind, Hui people will think that it is a great insult to him and will fight you desperately."

"Also, the departments going north, whether it is political work or recruiting troops, should pay special attention to identifying the relevant candidates. In that area, various forces are complicated, and if you are not careful, some people will take advantage of loopholes and enter our team to cause damage. I heard that the slogan proposed by ** in the so-called "military movement" in Shaanxi is: 'Step in, gain a foothold, climb up, pull out'. To put it bluntly, I want to divide other people's teams and use them for their use after they are disintegrated. We must pay attention to this aspect. Yang Tianming, you can arrange some capable personnel to assist the departments in carrying out screening activities at that time, and be sure to ensure the purity and unity of our team."

Zhao Zhenzhong lived in Xi'an in the past world, and had heard a lot about some of the deeds of ** in the military movement in Shaanxi. Now of course, we should remind all departments to take strict precautions.

"Sir, don't worry, I will definitely catch the 'bed bugs' that I want to hid among us." Yang Tianming said with a wicked smile.

"I will talk about these things first, and let's talk about the others when we go north." Zhao Zhenzhong looked at the people with their own thoughts and said with great help, "Chen Guizhang was able to seize the opportunity under the oppression of the Northwest Army and control the entire Longdong in about a year. Now we have more troops from north to north than him, and our equipment is much better than him, and his technical and tactical training level is even more difficult for him. In addition, the Northwest Army is now empty, so we will never do worse than Chen Guizhang!"

"I'll tell you finally that our northbound personnel were settled in the early stages, but these personnel will not remain fixed. Everyone here has the opportunity to go to the northwest to hone their skills so that they can grow and improve better and prepare for our future development."

In order to cultivate more outstanding command talents for future wars, Zhao Zhen already had a general idea of ​​training the heads of various departments in the northwest through practical training.

When he heard that he had the chance to go to the northwest in the future, Du Yishan, who was left behind this time, looked lit up and asked, "Sir, when can we go?"

"You have to wait for the base there to develop for a while before talking about it." Zhao Zhenzhong smiled, "Don't think about it. You and Jiang Yishan and others were not selected this time because you, a few of you, are in front of you, and you can't let you appear elsewhere for a while, otherwise you must."
Chapter completed!