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Chapter 750: The Storm in Zaozhuang (Part 2) (Please subscribe!)

Zaozhuang situation

Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, and the four giants of the East China Field Army, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua, Political Commissar ***, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wang Zhen finally gathered together. At the suggestion of Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua, several people

, in the Provisional General Headquarters, the first meeting since the establishment of the East China Field Army was held, and it was also an important meeting to determine the future destiny of the East China Field Army.

"Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, Deputy Commander Wang. At present, the entire East China Field Army is about to be reorganized. In our hands, except for the commanders above the military level appointed by the central government, the remaining cadres need to be discussed and decided by ourselves. The more important ones are

Yes. The total strength of all the troops we have in hand is only 100,000 at full strength. There is still a huge gap between the East China Field Army's full establishment of 550,000. Therefore, the first important topic for the four of us at this meeting is,

It is to solve the problem of troop establishment and appointment of commanders at all levels." Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua said first.

Seeing the three partners, they all nodded in agreement. Liu Hua said to Zuo Quan, the chief of staff in front of him.

"Chief of Staff, please introduce to the political commissar and Deputy Commander Wang respectively the central government's decision on the appointment of commanders above the military level of the East China Field Army..."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..."

"According to the discussion and decision of the Communist Party of China, Comrade Chen Geng was appointed as the commander and political commissar of the Sixth Corps. At the same time, Chen Geng himself was also included in the Standing Committee of our East China Field Army. Comrade Deng Hua was appointed as the commander of the Seventh Corps, and Comrade Li Tianyou was appointed as the commander of the Sixth Corps.

Comrade Wang Ping is the commander of the Eighth Corps, Comrade Wang Ping is the commander of the Ninth Corps, and Comrade Yang Zhicheng is the commander of the Tenth Corps."

"At the same time, the central government also appointed four comrades Chen Kang, Ding Qiusheng, Guo Peng, and Luo Yuanfa to serve as political commissars of the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and four main corps respectively. Han Liancheng, Kong Shiquan, and Du Ping were appointed

, Wang Shangrong and Xie Youfa respectively serve as chiefs of staff of the five corps."

"Appoint Wang Degui as the commander of the 16th Army, appoint Tao Yong as the commander of the 17th Army, and appoint Tang Zhiqiang as the commander of the 18th Army..."

It took a full ten minutes for a personnel appointment document issued by the *** to be read out by Chief of Staff Zuo Quan.

Seeing the three partners around him who were exposed to this list for the first time, they were obviously shocked by the names of the generals on the list. Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction. Because, when he first saw it, he

When I saw the list, I was shocked.

You know, this small document includes almost every elite general among the founding generals and lieutenant generals of the country. And these generals, lieutenant generals, both in terms of qualifications and combat experience, are all my

The elites of the party. But now, these elites were all transferred to his command by the central government. This had to make Liu Hua, the commander-in-chief, shocked and excited.

"Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, Deputy Commander Wang. I wonder how you feel after hearing this appointment document from the Central Committee?" Liu Hua smiled when he saw his three partners who had not recovered from the shock.

asked.

"Commander-in-Chief, after listening to this appointment document, I have to realize how much the central government attaches importance to the East China Field Army. The list just now includes almost one-third of the Eighth Route Army, New Fourth Army, and Northeast Field Army.

Excellent generals. In fact, to be honest, compared with these corps commanders, they are more suitable for my position as the political commissar of the group army?" Political Commissar *** reacted first and said.

"Commander-in-Chief, I believe that the Central Committee has equipped our East China Field Army with the best generals in the entire army. There must be very important tasks for us to complete. Here, I, Zuo Quan, promise in front of the party flag that I will cooperate with you and lead you well."

Troops to complete the strategic tasks assigned by the Military Commission to our East China Field Army..." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan followed closely behind and assured with a confident face.

"Commander-in-Chief, I, Wang Huzi, have nothing to say. The central government's new mission has asked me to serve as the deputy commander of the East China Field Army. I will definitely cooperate with you, cooperate with the political commissar, cooperate with the chief of staff, and lead the troops... I, Wang Huzi, can't do anything else, but,

Fighting is absolutely out of the question. Therefore, I hope that the Commander-in-Chief will allow me to issue more combat missions in the future... I, Wang Huzi, am here to guarantee that they will be completed smoothly..." Deputy Commander Wang Zhen said confidently.

"Old Wang, today, our topic is about the reorganization of the troops. We will discuss other matters later. According to the statistics just compiled, all cadres above the military level appointed by the central government, except for a few people, are missing due to the long journey.

Far away, most of the commanders and fighters have not yet arrived outside Zaozhuang and have rushed to the headquarters to report. With the cadres now available, the rest are ordinary soldiers. And we have only less than 100,000 troops in our hands. Let’s talk about this.

How should we distribute the 100,000 people?" After interrupting Deputy Commander Wang Zhen, who wanted to continue to guarantee, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua spoke first.

"One hundred thousand people, evenly distributed among five combat corps and one guard column, is indeed a bit overwhelming. More importantly, in accordance with the latest instructions from the central government, from now on, the establishment of all combat troops led by our party must be regularized

, it will be even more difficult to adapt to the new combat requirements." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan frowned and asked.

"We have to overcome difficulties..." At this time, as the political commissar, *** said decisively.

"As far as I know, when the commander-in-chief entered the three northeastern provinces alone, he also had less than 100,000 troops. However, in less than a year, the total strength of the Northeast Field Army increased from the original 100,000 troops.

Ten thousand people, reaching an astonishing 450,000 people, fully meeting the central government's requirements for regularization of the troops."

"And now we have 100,000 people in our hands, as well as an advance base and certain logistics sources. More importantly, we have a large number of the best military commanders and political cadres. Under such favorable conditions

, I believe that as long as we have a suitable development idea, we will be able to reorganize the troops and form combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time." Political Commissar *** said with determination.

"The political commissar is right. Here, let me first express my position. As the commander-in-chief, I am confident that we can complete the combat tasks assigned to us by the Party Central Committee..." Liu Hua said first.

"Commander-in-Chief, how should the 100,000 troops be allocated specifically?" Deputy Commander Wang Zhen asked.

"There are two options..." Liu Hua replied affirmatively.

"One plan is to gather all 100,000 people into one corps. The advantage of this is that it can concentrate superior forces and allow this corps to form the best combat effectiveness in a short period of time. Of course, doing this also has a very huge

The shortcomings. First, it is not conducive to the unity of the army. Second, it is not conducive to the expansion of the army in the future. After all, in the future, we will not be able to have a corps with hundreds of thousands of people composed entirely of new recruits."

"Commander-in-Chief, where is the second combat plan?" Chief of Staff Zuo Quan nodded and asked.

"The second combat plan is to evenly distribute hundreds of thousands of people into five combat corps. Of course, we still need to discuss the specific distribution plan in detail. However, this plan also has shortcomings and advantages. The advantage is

, which is conducive to the unity of the army and future expansion. As for the shortcomings, I won’t mention them, but everyone is very clear about them. That is, the strength of the army cannot be better concentrated. At the same time, the combat effectiveness of the army cannot be better.

They come together..." Liu Hua replied.

"Political commissar, chief of staff, deputy commander. Regarding these two options, please share your thoughts..."

After a brief silence in the entire conference room, the political commissar *** first broke the silence of the conference room and said: "Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff, Deputy Commander Wang. Of these two reorganization plans, I prefer the second one.

Two adaptation plans…”

"Political Commissar, tell me what you think..."

"First of all, the commander-in-chief has just clearly analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the first adaptation plan, so I won't go into details. However, I have an immature idea about the disadvantages of the second adaptation plan.

This time the Party Central Committee established the East China Field Army, all commanders above the military level are almost the best generals in the army. I believe that our troops, under the command of these outstanding generals, will be able to achieve cohesion in a short period of time

. More importantly, these generals have rich combat experience. In terms of cooperation, as long as they are commanded properly, they will definitely be able to cooperate tacitly... Therefore, we can completely overcome the shortcomings of the second plan. I prefer the second plan.

A plan." Political Commissar *** replied affirmatively.

"I agree with the political commissar's idea, and I also prefer the second option..." As soon as *** finished speaking, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan said with great agreement.

"I also agree with the second reorganization plan..." Deputy Commander Wang Zhen said.

"Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, and Deputy Commander Wang, I also prefer the second option. Now that everyone has reached a consensus, we will reorganize the entire field army according to the second option. Now, let me read it to you.

The preliminary reorganization plan..."

"The entire field army, the five combat corps, and the command structures above the regiment level must all be set up within two days. At the same time, each main division will organize the strength of a main regiment. In this case, each main division will have the strength of a main regiment.

The total strength of the corps can reach 20,000 people..."

In less than half an hour, a complete reorganization plan appeared in front of the four people.

At this moment, Deputy Commander Wang Zhen, who was already impatient, said with an anxious look: "Commander-in-Chief, the troop reorganization plan has been completed. Next, can you tell us in detail what the Central Committee has given us for the East China Field Army?

specific combat missions..."

"It seems that our Deputy Commander Wang is impatient to wait. Okay, next, I will tell you about the specific tasks given by the Central Committee to our East China Field Army..."

"Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, Deputy Commander Wang. I believe that as senior generals of our party, you should be very aware of the changes that occurred on the Central and Southern battlefields more than a month ago. At this moment, the central government has mobilized elite troops from all over the country to

General, the ultimate purpose of forming the East China Field Army is to deal with the changes that have occurred on the Central and Southern battlefields."

"Everyone, come and look at the map. Recently, in order to deal with this battle, the entire Central China Front Army has mobilized almost all the troops stationed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. According to intelligence, there are less than 100,000 troops left in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces.

The local garrison troops of the Japanese army and the hundreds of thousands of Imperial Army troops commanded by the puppet Nationalist Government in Nanjing." After saying this, Liu Hua's lips immediately showed a hint of a sneer.

Just as Liu Hua finished speaking, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan showed a look of excitement. He said excitedly: "Commander-in-Chief, what the Central Committee wants is for us to take advantage of this favorable opportunity.

, invade Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Establish base areas in the rear areas of the little devils..."

"Yes, that's what it means... The fiscal revenue of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces almost maintains half of the material sources of the Nanjing Puppet National Government and the Central China Front Army. If our occupiers win or lose, the Japanese army and Nanjing will lose sufficient logistical supplies.

The puppet Nationalist government will be busy with its own logistics in future operations, and will not have enough energy to launch a new round of offensive in the North China region controlled by our party..." Liu Hua explained with great agreement.

road.

"This decision made by the central government is really wise. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone... Commander-in-Chief, has the central government decided on our specific combat plan?" Political Commissar *** replied with excitement.

"We will decide the specific combat plan on our own. In addition, the central government has also given us a certain degree of autonomy. In an emergency, we do not need to report, and we can decide on our own the development direction and strategic plan of the troops..." Liu Hua replied.

"Commander-in-Chief, what should we do next..." Wang Zhen asked immediately...

"Deputy Commander Wang, this is the topic we need to discuss next..." Liu Hua's face instantly showed a mysterious smile, and then he said.

Taierzhuang is the gateway from Shandong to Jiangsu Province. After the Taierzhuang victory that shocked China and the world, as the Japanese army continued to increase its troops, the Japanese had to abandon the Taierzhuang area where they abandoned tens of thousands of corpses. From then on, Taierzhuang became

It became an extremely important military town for the Japanese army.

As Shandong's gateway to Jiangsu Province, and in addition to the Shandong area, an increasing number of Eighth Route Army troops are active. The Central China Front Army, a field force stationed here with about an infantry regiment. However, in order to concentrate its superior forces,

In response to this attack, the Taierzhuang garrison, a field infantry regiment, had to be replaced by a local garrison brigade, plus a division of the Imperial Army, totaling 5,000 garrison troops...

In Taierzhuang City, in a time-honored hotel, several middle-aged people were gathered around a table with relaxed expressions.

"Comrades, we have just received a task from our superiors, requiring our Taierzhuang underground intelligence organization to obtain the Taierzhuang city defense map and the specific situation of the garrison in the city in the shortest possible time... In addition, the superior organization requires us to immediately activate the No. 5 intelligence personnel

, infiltrate our comrades into the 16th Division of the Imperial Alliance Army..." The middle-aged man sitting in the middle said with excitement.

"Wang ***, are our troops preparing to counterattack..." As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, a young man's face was shrouded in excitement.

"Well, I remember it all. This information is still confidential. No one is allowed to leak it in advance. Otherwise, we will be punished strictly in accordance with the Party Constitution and Party disciplines..." The middle-aged man's face was immediately filled with a serious look.

Shrouded, he spoke.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Wang, we are all old party members and will never leak it out..." the deputy secretary next to him said with confidence.

Immediately afterwards, another young man said: "Wang ***, can you tell us all in advance whether the Eighth Route Army troops operating in Shandong Province are about to launch a counterattack to recapture Taierzhuang, which has been occupied by the Japanese army for several years...

..”

"Well, after all these years, I believe in everyone's party spirit when it comes to confidentiality..."

Seeing a look of expectation on the faces of several people, Wang *** said in a low voice: "Since everyone wants to know, I will tell you something in advance. The protagonist of this counterattack is not active in Shandong.

It is an Eighth Route Army unit, but a field army just formed by the Central Committee of our Party... Perhaps some people here think that the newly formed unit will not have too strong combat effectiveness. However, I want to emphasize that everyone should not underestimate it.

This is a newly formed field army. I just want everyone to reveal the name of the commander-in-chief of the field army. I believe that everyone will have a certain understanding of this army..."

"Wang ***, who is it..." For a moment, several people's faces were immediately shrouded in doubts. Their eyes were wide open, waiting for Wang ***'s answer.

"Commander Liu Hua, former commander-in-chief of the Northeast Field Army..." Wang *** said...

"Ah... Commander-in-Chief Liu... Comrades, Commander-in-Chief Liu has come to Jiangsu... Now, Taierzhuang can be saved, Jiangsu can be saved..." Wang ***'s words just fell, and the face of an intelligence officer

, shrouded in excitement, he whispered.

"Keep your voices down... Comrades, I have already said what needs to be said. Therefore, it is imperative for our army to regain Taierzhuang this time. Everyone, we must use our best energy to complete the tasks assigned to us by our superiors.

Are you clear about the mission..." Wang *** finally confirmed.

"Clear…."

"Very good... After the meeting, each department will immediately split up. One day later, we will meet at the same place..." Wang *** finally ordered.

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