Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 223 Looking Southwest to Taihang (4)

The reunion of long-lost comrades, the mellow spirits, and Huangya Cave were full of joyful laughter. The soldiers had no reason to be unhappy. After several years of bloody battles with the ferocious Japanese, the troops were growing rapidly, especially this time, after traveling thousands of miles to fight, they finally arrived in victory.

At the destination, you can temporarily wash away the dust of war, temporarily forget about the bombarded battlefield, and indulge in joy.

Among the happy crowd, there was one person who was not happy. This was Liu Chun, the captain of the first cavalry detachment. When he saw Tong Batu’s second cavalry detachment, with more than 4,000 horses, driving into Huangya Cave in a mighty manner,

This guy's eyes were straight at that time.

I am so greedy. My own cavalry detachment has been struggling for several years. It is only a thousand men and horses after all. Looking at this newly formed second cavalry detachment, I don’t feel confident. They are all cavalry. Look at the second cavalry detachment.

A detachment is called a strong army and a strong horse. Coincidentally, Tong Batu heard that Liu Chun was an old cavalry member of the Blood Hand Regiment. They were all people who took horseback as their own, and they had a natural affinity with him.

Mongolian men are all bold. Tong Batu came over and talked to Liu Chun without any nonsense. He drank a big bowl first, which shocked Liu Chun. Good guy, this bowl of wine is more than half a catty. He had to bite the bullet and take a sip.

After doing it, Tong Batu had a great impression of Liu Chun. He was very happy. In fact, he is a man. This brother is determined!

He pulled Liu Chun and chatted with him about cavalry tactics. The two of them were experts and had a common language. The more they chatted, the closer they got. As the relationship grew, so did Liu Chun's drinking capacity. Where could Liu Chun be Tong Batu?

After drinking several bowls of wine, my opponent was almost drunk.

Although this guy was drunk, he didn't forget to think about his good things. He said inarticulately: "Captain Tong, are we brothers?"

Brain.

"Brother, I feel aggrieved. We are both captains of the cavalry detachment. Look at you, you have more than 4,000 men and horses, but what about me, brother? I have less than 1,000 men and horses, so I have no shame to hang around in front of you!" Tong Batu was also very drunk, brother.

I'm not happy, just for this matter, it will be easy to handle. I will transfer two thousand troops from here for you. If you have brothers, you will have brothers.

The two drunkards, both impatient and impatient, hugged each other's necks and shouted affectionately to each other. They stumbled to the camp of the Second Cavalry Detachment, called the four captains back from the wine table, and made a decision on the spot, the Second Cavalry Detachment.

The 1st and 2nd Brigade, starting from tomorrow, will be under the leadership of the 1st Cavalry Team. This is your Captain Liu, who is also my brother, Tong Batu. From now on, I will obey his command.

Among the second cavalry detachment, the first and second detachments are the most powerful detachments. It is the Mongolian habit to give the best to brothers. After the two of them made their decision, they drank heavily and fell on Tong Batu's camp bed.

, fell asleep soundly.

The two of them did not expect that this decision would have a great impact on the second detachment of the cavalry. The soldiers of the second detachment were all Mongolians. They naturally had a kind of cohesion and centripetal force. Out of the natural fear of Han officials, and the fact that they had been treated since childhood,

The hatred of fraud and insult among the Han army and the landowners among the Han people.

There is a natural wariness and precaution against the Han people, fearing that they will be scattered to various units and bullied by Han superiors. Moreover, the time they joined the army is also short. This is why Tang Qiuli has never sent a commander to the second detachment.

The main reason for the official.

Together, several team captains concluded that Brother Tong must have been drunk, or was being threatened, or else he could not agree to break up the brothers.

The news spread quickly, and an uneasy feeling spread among the Mongolian soldiers of the Second Cavalry Detachment. They were no longer in the mood to drink. Several captains even agreed to confirm it when Brother Tong sobered up.

In this matter, if we forcefully separate the Mongolian brothers and pull them out of the team to do it alone, we will not be fighting against the Japanese!

This uneasy commotion was noticed by the mature and steady Liu Tiehan. He walked around a few times among the soldiers of the second detachment without disturbing anyone. The soldiers all recognized him as the deputy commander and kept all his thoughts in mind.

I told Liu Tiehan.

Liu Tiehan broke out in a cold sweat. These two guys almost caused a mutiny in the army. He summoned the four captains together and first expressed his attitude. This was by no means an order from the headquarters, and he would not forcefully split the second detachment.

After everyone sobered up, Liu Tiehan had already handled the matter satisfactorily.

Afterwards, Liu Chun was severely criticized and asked to go to the second detachment to review all the Mongolian soldiers. Then, he sent a dozen party members to go deep among the soldiers to do their ideological work. Only then did the soldiers understand.

The wishes of the troop leaders.

Within the party members, several meetings were held to criticize Liu Chun even to the point of tears, and it was reviewed several times within the party before it was passed.

The soldiers of the Second Cavalry Detachment, after understanding the truth of the matter, also lifted their guard. Coupled with the egalitarian atmosphere of the army, they realized that no matter what ethnic group they were, they were all part of this army. There was no need to adapt to other armies.

, and there was no fear in my heart. During the period, the Communist Party members who went deep into the soldiers played a great role. The storm was calmed down, and the soldiers got along more harmoniously.

Subsequently, the army was reorganized and officially designated as the North China Division of the National Revolutionary Army. Now, the strength of the army has reached 75,000.

The force is organized as follows:

Division Commander: Tang Qiuli (Lieutenant General)

Deputy Commander: Liu Tiehan (Lieutenant General) Tang Qiusheng (Lieutenant General)

Chief of Staff: Feng Jiwu (Major General)

Division headquarters organization:

Chief of Staff: Zhao Yuhe (Colonel)

Director of Communications Department: Chen Feng (Colonel)

Director of the baggage department: Zhou Yushan (colonel, part-time)

Director of the Intelligence Department: Yu Deshui (Colonel)

Director of the Investigation Division: Shen Jun (Colonel)

Captain of the Guard Brigade directly under the division headquarters: Huangshan Hu (Colonel)

**Commander of the 1st Brigade: Li Honggang (Major General)

**Commander of the Second Brigade: Su Jingfeng (Major General)

**Commander of the Third Brigade: Han Tie (Major General)

**Commander of the 4th Brigade: Yuan Jinghao (Major General)

**Commander of the 5th Brigade: Sun Zhenbang (Major General)

Commander of the 1st Artillery Brigade: Zheng Yong (Major General)

Commander of the Second Artillery Brigade: Shen Jingshan (Major General)

Commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade: Liu Chun (Major General)

Commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade: Tong Batu (Major General)

Special Operations Detachment Leader: Tang Qiuquan (Major General)

Special Operations Brigade: Captain Tang Qiuquan (concurrently)

Sniper Battalion: Captain Fu Gang (Colonel) Deputy Captain Fu Qiang (Lieutenant Colonel)

Recruit Supplementary Brigade Commander: Wu Hongtao (Colonel)

Commander of the Huangyadong Security Brigade: Jiang Yanming (Colonel)

Director of Logistics Department: Zhang Quan (Major General)

Deputy Minister of Logistics Department: Zhou Yushan (Colonel)

Director of the Arsenal and Director of the Equipment Research Institute: Wang Xu (Major General)

**Sun Zhenbang, commander of the 5th Brigade, was originally the deputy detachment leader of a brigade. He was born in the Northeast Army system and was Li Honggang's deputy. In previous battles, he showed high military literacy. Now that the army is expanding, he is the most suitable candidate.

Shen Jingshan, commander of the 2nd Artillery Brigade, was formerly the deputy commander of the artillery detachment. He came from the Communist Party membership system and was Zheng Yong's deputy. His commanding ability and professional skills are not inferior to Zheng Yong. Now, the artillery force has been expanded and appointed His appointment as commander of the Second Artillery Brigade was approved after everyone discussed it, especially Zheng Yong, who strongly recommended his former deputy.

In addition, the original air defense brigade will be expanded into the ** Division Air Defense Regiment, and depending on future combat conditions, it can be expanded into an air defense brigade.

Shen Jun, director of the Investigation Division, was originally Qiu Sheng's deputy. Now, the division has added a department specifically responsible for anti-espionage work inside and outside the army. During his work in the base's intelligence and security department, he showed good professional qualities and detection skills.

The base intelligence and security department was changed to the Huangyadong base intelligence and security department. The position of director is still held by deputy division commander Lieutenant General Tang Qiusheng, and his departmental functions remain unchanged.

After reorganization, the strength of each infantry brigade reached 13,000 men, with four reinforcement regiments. The first and second cavalry brigade had a strength of 2,600 men respectively.

After the reorganization of the troops and the change of uniforms, general stars flashed inside and outside Huangyadong. Officers at all levels wore their military ranks. As soon as the brand-new general uniforms were put on, people immediately became energetic. In the ** division, three lieutenant generals were born. , thirteen major generals, and as for school-level officers, there were hundreds of them, which was unique among the ** troops at that time.

After the reorganization meeting, Tang Qiuli left Logistics Minister Zhang Quan alone. He made a list of various supplies and medicines that needed to be purchased, as well as military raw materials. Looking at these dizzying long lists, He was a bit worried about the money. How much would it cost?

Tang Qiuli knew that the old minister was worried about money again, so he told him not to worry about money, especially food and daily necessities. The more, the better. Liu Heiqi's treasure could not be used to buy these things. Jinzhou was still with the little devil. I made a huge fortune, and now our nurse is not short of money.

Did he know that during the war in North China, even those with money could not buy these things? Historically, in 1940, there was a severe drought in the Taihang Mountains of North China for two years. After that, there was a locust plague, coupled with the Japanese raids, the base area The economic foundation was almost completely destroyed, and almost no crops were harvested. Marshal Peng Dehuai, the dignified deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, ate roasted locusts to fill his stomach. Those days were so bitter that I even break into a cold sweat just thinking about it.

Since Crop knew about this period of history, he had to take precautions and establish a grain reserve system to ensure the amount of grain stored for 100,000 people in three years. When he said this, Zhang Quan was shocked again. The grain that 100,000 people could eat in three years was , how much does it cost?

Not only that, he also sent a telegram to Zhu Zixuan, asking him to purchase large quantities of military explosives, yellow gunpowder and fulminant, as well as seamless steel pipes and special metals in Europe and the United States. These things are all arms control commodities in China. , you can’t see it in the market at all. If you do it with those arms dealers, the price will be several times more expensive than the imported one, which will also arouse Chairman Chiang’s suspicion.

After finishing these things, he turned his attention to the current situation. He should go to Peiping to meet Song Zheyuan. After all, he was his superior. What's more, he also served as the vice chairman of the Hebei-Cha Government Affairs Committee and did not show his face.

It's not easy to explain to all parties. You can still meet Japanese people there and test their attitudes.

None of these are difficult. What makes him scratch his head the most is