Rise From Eight Hundred

"Order of the Ministry of Military Affairs: The original 43rd Army was directly under the independent battalion. It made outstanding achievements in the Battle of Guangde. In order to continue to demonstrate the courage of our revolutionary army in fighting against Japanese pirates in future battles, this unit is specially expanded into a regiment. In commemoration of the previous The heroes who died in the battle were specially allowed to bear the name of Si Xing, and because the war has not stopped, they were temporarily assigned to the 43rd Army. "

The message from the 43rd Army Headquarters made everyone in the independent battalion happy. Even Tang Dao, who had never looked very good-looking, smiled for the first time.

He was already a colonel in the army, and the expansion from a battalion to a regiment had no impact on his military position. However, such an expansion of the army meant that he could command more powerful troops and contribute more to this war. Big power.

With Tang Dao's approval, this expanded military order quickly spread throughout the camp, and the whole camp burst into cheers.

Compared with several chief officers such as Tang Dao and Lei Xiong, the expansion of the regiment has a greater impact on the company and platoon leaders, which means that each of them can take an extremely determined step forward, with the company Even though you only have one level when you grow up to be a battalion commander, many people will be stuck at this level for several years.

Unexpectedly, under Tang Dao's command, they completed the journey that most officers took years to complete in just over a month.

Of course, in addition to Tang Dao's contribution, this is also the result of their own efforts.

From the time the Independent Battalion was formed until now, they have annihilated at least Japanese troops several times their own strength. This is the reward they deserve, and they deserve it.

This can be regarded as the second good news that the Independent Battalion has received in the past half month. Although the main force of the Independent Battalion left first, it still slowed down its marching speed. As a result, nearly 50 new soldiers recruited from local villagers in Pukou and a month Yiman mother and son, for this reason Tang Dao specially stayed in the mountains for a day for these exhausted people to recuperate, so it was not until now that the independent battalion arrived in Lingbi County outside Xuzhou.

The two troops of Gu Xishui and Lu Sanjiang also caught up with the main force the day before and merged with the main force. If nothing unexpected happens, the entire battalion will enter Xuzhou City in 3 days.

Not only did the independent battalion receive rewards, but perhaps the tragedy at Jinling deeply stimulated the upper echelons. In order to boost the morale of the army, all the miscellaneous armies that performed well in the Battle of Songhu were rewarded.

Tang Dao was exchanging telegrams with several familiar military divisions and learned that they also received military orders from the Ministry of Military Affairs on this day.

Although the 67th Army, the unpopular Northeastern Army, suffered heavy losses in a series of major battles, due to the preservation of the complete establishment of one army and two divisions, not only was it not reduced from an army to a division as it had been in time and space, but additional troops were added. An independent brigade was established, with a total of 5,000 more troops than the original strength.

But it seems quite generous. The 67th Army still has to find a way to make up for all the personnel and equipment. As for military expenses, I won't pay them if I don't say it, but it really can't be paid now. To put it bluntly, it still has the intention of painting a bigger picture.

However, for Commander Wu, who is dedicated to fighting the war, this is nothing more than a trivial matter. He has already negotiated the soldiers with Commander Guo and the Sichuan Army Group. One infantry regiment equipment is replaced by two Sichuan Army Security Corps soldiers, and an independent brigade with two infantry soldiers is added. The corps is nothing more than equipping one more infantry regiment.

As for military expenses, maybe this person never thought about how much he would get from that person!

The 128th Division of the Hunan Army has not been expanded, but all the officers at the division, brigade and regiment level have been awarded the Baoding Medal of different levels, and soldiers at the battalion, company, platoon level and for their bravery have been awarded the Yunhui Medal, which can be regarded as a benefit among the motley army. one.

Another person who was familiar with Tang Dao and reaped benefits was the 145th Division. In the Battle of Guangde, the "beggar army" that rushed into the battlefield could be regarded as a face for the Sichuan army in front of the national army.

Whether it was the Battle of Sihong, the Battle of Jiepai Village, or the Battle of Laojin Pit in cooperation with the Independent Battalion, we held off the aggressive Jinling Army and the tens of thousands of Guoqi detachment troops in the mountainous area of ​​southern Anhui for half a month, and over-fulfilled the Jinling mission. Not to mention the deployment of the city defense headquarters, thousands of Japanese troops were annihilated, which was better than the dozen elite infantry divisions deployed inside and outside Jinling.

They received a reward from all members of the Military and Political Department to replenish ordnance, which is an infantry division with pure German equipment. If the Sichuan Army Security Corps soldiers who have set off from the mountain city are replenished, this infantry division that was once completely crippled in time and space will be Have at least twice the previous strength.

In comparison, perhaps the 43rd Army, to which the Si Xing Tuan now belongs, only received some insignificant rewards in addition to honors and the addition of the Si Xing Tuan, a temporary regiment under his command.

At the highest-level military meeting, the 26th Division of the 43rd Army was recognized as one of the five best infantry divisions in the Battle of Songhu. This recognition should also be the reason for the Ministry of Military Affairs' determination to expand the independent battalion into a regiment-level unit. Determination.

However, after giving the 43rd Army a regiment to expand its strength and promising to replenish the 43rd Army with the equipment of an infantry regiment, the entire 43rd Army was rewarded with 100,000 yuan. Even if it was sent away, this was still somewhat beyond Tang Dao's expectations. Accident.

In the past, because of the heroic fighting of the 26th Division of the 43rd Army, that person ordered the 26th Division to be replenished with an entire division's equipment with a stroke of his pen, in order to create an elite infantry division and inspire the entire army.

As a result, now, it has become a regiment, and its equipment has been replaced by Ocean.

In the end, it was Zhuang Shisan, a former official gangster, who gave Tang Dao a wake-up call, and Tang Dao suddenly realized that all this was due to the fact that the 43rd Army and the 67th Army were too close.

The current 67th Army has increased in strength instead of decreasing. If the 43rd Army is equipped with a full set of German equipment, the two elite infantry armies that help each other will control a force of up to 40,000 to 50,000 people. The mutiny in Chang'an City has only been over a year. With that person's political mind, he will not put such a big potential threat under his nose and pretend not to know.

Even the so-called temporary organization in the military order for the Four-Line Regiment means that the Four-Line Regiment can be transferred at any time. This is a warning to General Guo. The two armies fought side by side on the battlefield because it was necessary for the battle. If you leave the battlefield and still maintain such a close relationship, it will not be welcomed by the superiors.

Tang Dao, who wanted to understand the key, could only sigh for that person's painstaking efforts.

The political tactics of carrot and stick are really first-class in the world. If it were in a peaceful and prosperous era, the superiors would consolidate their power and interests in this way, which is speechless. People are always selfish, and no one is a saint. But at this time when the country and the nation are in danger, since he has already sat in the highest position in the country, he still does so, which is too narrow-minded.

It is no wonder that he will have the military assistance of the world's first industrial power in the future, but in the end he can only retreat to an isolated island. That is determined by the general trend of history, and it is inseparable from his vision and pattern.

Of course, those are decisions made by big men. Tang Dao is now just a small wave in this wave of historical torrents. He is unable to change so much, and can only do the things in front of him first.

At present, he first ordered the entire battalion to rest in a small town outside Lingbi County, and then sent a telegram to the 43rd Army Headquarters to inquire about the expansion.

The telegram from Comrade Lao Guo was also very simple: "The Military and Political Department ordered that Colonel Tang Dao, the former commander of the 43rd Army Independent Battalion, be appointed as the commander of the 43rd Army Four-Line Regiment, and Lieutenant Colonel Lei Xiong, the former deputy commander of the 43rd Army Independent Battalion, be appointed as the deputy commander of the 43rd Army Four-Line Regiment; in addition, the regiment headquarters has one lieutenant colonel second regiment deputy, one lieutenant colonel chief of staff, and one lieutenant colonel director of the political training department, with 2,500 soldiers under its jurisdiction. All battalions, companies and platoons are configured according to the standard regiment. Except for the position of the director of the political training department, which will be appointed by the Military and Political Department, the promotion and position arrangement of the personnel will be reported to the military department by the Four-Line Regiment Headquarters for approval; in addition, the troops and weapons will be solved by the Four-Line Regiment Headquarters."

The military department's telegram made it clear that except for the two main officers Tang Dao and Lei Xiong who were directly appointed by the Military and Political Department, the remaining school-level officer positions should have been decided by the 43rd Army Headquarters, but the military department chose to trust Tang Dao and gave him all this authority.

However, this also came at a price. Tang Dao had to find a way to deal with the shortage of personnel and equipment.

However, for the bigwigs in the 43rd Army, how could they not know the current personnel and equipment of the Four-line Regiment?

Using the three battles of Jiepai, Laoshushan and Laojinkeng, Tang Dao swallowed up half of the 145th Division in one bite, but miraculously did not cause the 145th Division to be disgusted. The 145th Division Headquarters also specially sent a telegram to the 43rd Army Headquarters to express gratitude after leaving the battlefield.

A battalion of a thousand people fought hard for a month, and then it became more than 2,000 people. Tang Dao's coquettish operation simply blinded Comrade Lao Guo's eyes.

As for equipment, a bunch of bigwigs in the 43rd Army wanted to laugh.

The independent battalion originally robbed a lot of money in the battle of annihilating the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade and severely damaging the 36th Infantry Brigade, which caused the two army commanders to accompany him to drink and chat just to get some benefits from him; when Guangde divided the troops, the bitter look on his face made General Wu sad, and he generously left a large number of light and heavy weapons to him.

More importantly, in the battle of Laojinkeng, his independent battalion slaughtered most of the infantry regiment. I heard from Brigade Commander Tong of the 145th Division that the captured Type 38 rifles were tied up like firewood, and the light and heavy machine guns were randomly placed like garbage. In addition, there were infantry guns and mountain guns.

With the captured in this battle alone, his independent battalion can replace all its equipment with all Japanese style. Who else can be a unit that switches between German and Japanese equipment at will?

Lack of people? Lack of equipment? Who are you kidding!

Comrade Lao Guo said this just to let the chief officers of the brigades and regiments under his command balance a little.

It is said that the decision was made by the regiment headquarters of the Sihang Regiment, but the positions of Tang Dao and Lei Xiong have been clearly defined in the regiment headquarters. These two have fought side by side since the Sihang Warehouse and even disobeyed military orders with their heads held high. Their relationship is stronger than wearing a pair of pants. What is there to be unifying about?

To put it bluntly, the selection of a regiment, including the deputy regiment position, is entirely left to Tang Dao, and the military headquarters has no intention of intervening.

This level of trust is unprecedented!