In order to win over Zhu Peide, the commander of the Yunnan army, and use the Dian army left in Jiangxi Province to eliminate the communist forces in southern Jiangxi, so as to achieve the goal of weakening the Yunnan army and the communist army at the same time, Commander-in-Chief Chiang not only generously gave Zhu Peide the number of the 39th Army, but also gave Zhu Peide three regiments of weapons and equipment and 1 million oceans. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But for Yang Chisheng, who was guarding Ganzhou, Commander-in-Chief Jiang only sent a telegram of condolences, giving Yang Chisheng a promise to send troops to help the war.

As for whether Yang Chisheng could withstand the attack of the communist army in the end, and whether he suffered heavy casualties and could not continue, it was not in the consideration of Commander-in-Chief Chiang.

If Yang Chisheng had been defeated and completely annihilated among the people, Commander-in-Chief Chiang might have been even happier, because when the Northern Expedition was victorious, the Commander-in-Chief thought that it would be much easier to seize territory from the Communist army than from the Dian army.

After receiving a reply from Commander-in-Chief Chiang and his old classmate Zhu Peide, Yang Chisheng, who had gained nothing, was disappointed, and more resolutely implemented the established strategy of shrinking his troops and strictly guarding against it, and at the same time ensuring that Ganzhou, his largest source of taxes, began to collect and extort money again, and quickly introduced five new taxes, including public security tax, maintenance fee, and city defense donation.

Zheng Yi and his instructors and soldiers did not have time to confront Yang Chisheng, nor did they have the ability to attack Ganzhou City, which was surrounded by water on three sides and armed like a hedgehog, so they could only take advantage of the sunny weather after the rain for many days to evacuate Ganxian County, and then send small units to reconnoiter around, while the main regiments used the rare time of several days to make corrections and supplements.

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1928, April 21, morning.

Just after 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Dong Zongzhuo, commander of the teaching regiment, led six new battalions to Ganxian County, and in addition to the platoon commander and above who had weapons, more than 2,500 recruits came with their bare hands, and the recruits of two battalions were still wearing shabby civilian clothes.

Division Commander Zheng Yi, Political Commissar Li Zhao, and Chief of Staff Wang Huchen originally wanted to have a reunion dinner with the officers and men of the Teaching Regiment who had arrived at the same time, but when they saw the tattered clothes on the more than 2,000 brothers and the straw sandals under their feet, they immediately led the officers and men of the Teaching Regiment to the large camp in the city for resettlement.

In less than half an hour, the quartermaster staff officers of the division headquarters and the brothers of the guard battalion took out 2,000 captured rifles, 300 shell guns, 27 light and heavy machine guns of various models, and 5,000 sets of captured military uniforms, shoes and hats, and distributed them to every brother in the teaching regiment one by one.

The fabric of the military uniform is very strong, but the color is the traditional blue-gray of the Yunnan army, because the time is too rushed, and even the blue sky and white sun emblem on the big cap have not had time to take off.

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At dinner, Dong Zongzhuo, the head of the teaching group, and Wu Yaojie, the deputy head of the group, were invited to Zheng Yi's table for dinner.

"Division commanders, political commissars, and chief of staff, can you turn our teaching regiment into the main force regiment?"

"Although the soldiers have just completed the first stage of training, they basically have the ability to go to the battlefield, even if they can't play the main attack like the first, second and third regiments, they can still be competent as a reserve or defensive task."

"Although our regiment is a new regiment, it can completely practice while fighting, and it will definitely not drag the whole division back!"

Zheng Yi looked at each other and smiled, Li Zhao, the political commissar of the division who valued Dong Zongzhuo the most, truthfully told Dong Zongzhuo and Wu Yaojie the decision made by the division headquarters:

"The division headquarters has made a decision, half of the six battalion recruits you brought this time will be assigned to the newly formed Fifth Regiment, and the remaining three battalions will continue to stay in the teaching regiment."

"The newly established Fifth Regiment was served by Comrade Huang Guoxing, the former commander of the Third Battalion of the Second Regiment, Comrade Du Yong, deputy commander of the First Regiment and the First Battalion, was promoted to deputy commander, and Comrade Zhang Shounian, political officer of the division headquarters, served as the political commissar of the regiment."

"As for your teaching regiment, military commanders and political cadres at all levels remain unchanged."

"Due to the needs of the current war, the five regiments and the teaching regiment will all participate in the upcoming battle to capture the capital, but after the war is over, your two regiments will need to continue training while undertaking the task of defending the area, until the six-month training task is completed, otherwise you will not be allowed to serve as the main force for attacking or defending, let alone giving you the opportunity to take charge of your own affairs."

"How to do it and when you will be able to get the status of the main regiment depends on your own efforts...... Do you understand? ”

Dong Zongzhuo and Wu Yaojie, who got their wish, were excited, and they both stood up, held their heads high and said loudly: "Resolutely complete the task!" ”

Li Zhao smiled happily, Chief of Staff Wang Huchen had always been cautious and skeptical about Dong Zongzhuo's military command ability, but he didn't show it at this time, so he smiled and continued to pour wine.

After Dong Zongzhuo, who was full of excitement, sat down, he couldn't wait to ask: "Political commissar, division commander, chief of staff, when will the new recruits be handed over?" ”

"Tomorrow morning, it's dark now, and it's hard for the brothers to walk for two days and one night in a row, so rest for one night and handle it tomorrow."

Li Zhao replied casually, picked up his wine glass and congratulated Dong Zongzhuo and Wu Yaojie.

Zheng Yi also picked up the cup and clinked glasses with everyone, and after drinking, he smiled and said that today was an exception, but no one could get drunk.

"Division commander, political commissar, chief of staff, it seems that our weapons and equipment are not enough, right?"

Wu Yaojie is an old brother who defected to Cheng with Zhao Jingting, and has successively served as an operational staff officer of the division headquarters, deputy battalion commander of the machine gun battalion of the Second Regiment, and deputy chief instructor of the teaching regiment.

Zheng Yi nodded: "It turned out to be enough, after the capture of Ganzhou, the quartermaster team of the division headquarters classified all the weapons and ammunition seized in the past two months, and selected more than 1,400 7.92 caliber Hanyang rifles and Mauser rifles, as well as more than 500 38 rifles. ”

"A total of more than 900 long and short guns, such as other Yuan-style rifles, Russian-made rifles, and Hanyang-made rifled rifles, were all given by the division to the Red Guards of Xingguo and Ningdu counties who participated in the war."

"Before you arrived, Duan Xuan's third regiment was equipped with 38 rifles because one battalion was equipped, so after our discussion and agreement, the 3rd regiment sent 450 Hanyang rifles over in exchange for 500 Japanese 38 rifles."

"The current conditions are limited, you can deal with it first, and then fight two battles, and it is estimated that there will be nothing missing."

Wu Yaojie knew the importance of logistics supply, and agreed with the practice of replacing the 38th rifle with the 38th regiment, and Dong Zongzhuo had no opinion, and wanted to lead his teaching regiment to participate in the battle, so he picked up his rice bowl and ate it.

The brothers talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was very harmonious and pleasant.

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