The transfer of the 40th Division to the 78th Army in the Sichuan Army system caused quite a shock, and this was undoubtedly a signal.

But the key is that Wang Lingji didn't object, and I don't know what he thinks.

However, Luo Zhuoying was still very happy to be able to bring the 40th Division over.

The armies in western Jiangxi were all under his command, including the 72nd and 78th armies of Wang Lingji's 30th Army, as well as the 49th, 70th, and 74th armies of the 19th Group Army, of which he was also commander-in-chief, and the new 3rd Army of the Dian Army.

The New 3rd Army was originally subordinate to the 1st Army, but Lu Han and the 60th Army were transferred back to Yunnan, the 58th Army was placed under the control of the 27th Army, and the New 3rd Army was placed under the control of the 19th Army.

In addition, both the 32nd and 79th armies were transferred out of Jiangxi.

In this way, the strength of the army in Jiangxi has weakened a lot, and now the 40th Division is transferred to the 78th Army, which is undoubtedly a good thing for Luo Zhuoying.

Therefore, when the 40th Division passed through Shanggao, Luo Zhuoying also set up a banquet to entertain Leng Jie, which can be regarded as a woo.

However, Wang Lingji was unhappy with Leng Jie's arrival with the 40th Division, but his arms couldn't reach his thighs, and he also offended many people in the Sichuan Army, so there were not many people who helped him this time.

Of course, Lao Jiang didn't treat him badly, and directly added the rank of lieutenant general to him, which was considered compensation in disguise.

Leng Jie did not go to Wuning, and finally stayed in Fengxin Ganfang Town.

When the 40th Division arrived, new appointments came out, and these appointments could be regarded as opening the curtain of the Central Army's encroachment on the 78th Army.

The commander has not changed, he is still Xia Shouxun.

But the deputy commander has become Shen Jiucheng, who is Xue Laohu's cronies.

The chief of staff is Wang Yanqing, a standard civil engineering general, belonging to Luo Zhuoying's cronies, after the Nanchang Defense War, he was transferred to the 11th Division of the 18th Army as chief of staff, and now he has become the chief of staff of the 78th Army.

Although they are both major generals' chiefs of staff, one is the chief of staff of the division and the other is the chief of staff of the army, which is still different.

The former cannot directly serve as a division commander, at least as a deputy division commander; The latter can directly serve as a division commander or even a deputy army commander.

The 78th Army now has the 13th Division, the 16th Division, and the 40th Division.

The new 13th Division, the division commander is Liu Ruobi, and the entire division has not changed much.

There have been a lot of changes in the 40th Division, Leng Jie is still acting as the deputy division commander, and the chief of staff is still Li Shuzheng, but the deputy chief of staff is Xie Shiyan, who graduated from Lu University.

The commanders of the 118th, 119th, 120th and supplementary regiments were Wang Sen, Li Yu, Daniel Zhang and Yang Yi.

The biggest change was the new 16th Division.

The division commander has not changed, it is Wu Shouquan; The deputy division commander was also promoted from the original new 16th Division, named Tang Xunbo, a native of Sichuan, but he graduated from the Sixth Artillery Section of Huangpu.

The chief of staff was transferred from the 40th Division, and that was Liu Xin.

Moreover, it has three regiments, of which the commander of the 46th Regiment is Chen Wei, the commander of the 47th Regiment is Xu Dong, and Li Jichang is the deputy commander and battalion commander of the 48th Regiment.

This is why it was said that it was the prelude to the annexation of the 78th Army, although the new 13th Division was not moved, but it began to encroach on the new 16th Division.

"Sir, this appointment is to annex our new 16th Division, the following three regiment commanders, two of them are transferred from the 40th Division, and they are not from Sichuan.

What can I do if I command a war in the future? ”

After the new appointment was issued, Wu Shouquan went to Wang Lingji to make trouble.

Regarding the appointment of the 78th Army and the new 16th Division, Xia Shouxun, as the commander, did not have much opinion, because his relationship with Wang Lingji was not very close.

Wang Lingji's cronies in the 30th Group Army are Han Quanpu and Fu Yi, including the appointment of various division commanders and regiment commanders, Wang Lingji has the final say, and Xia Shouxun can't be the master at all. Sands Chinese

"Afraid of what? Could it be that they still dare to disobey? And this is not without benefits, at least Lao Jiang has replenished the weapons of the new 16th Division. Wang Lingji looked indifferent.

The weapons replenished to the new 16th Division will pass through the hands of him, the commander-in-chief of the group army, and won't he be able to detain a batch at that time?

Although it is only according to the standard of the Central Army's miscellaneous brands, at least two-thirds of the Hanyang-made and one-third of the Chinese formal rifles are made.

Light and heavy machine guns can be equipped, but the artillery will have to be greatly discounted, after all, at this time China cannot produce its own artillery, and it is possible that most division-level troops may not have a single artillery.

Of course, this is a supplement, not all of them are reloaded, after all, at this time, China's annual production of rifles is not high, less than 100,000.

Even if there are 5,000 rifles in one division, only 20 divisions can be equipped.

You must know that the total strength of the Chinese army at this time is about 300 divisions (most of them are less than 10,000 people), and the annual consumption is an astronomical amount, and it may consume more than 100,000 rifles a year.

Because of the poor strength of the military industry, the Kuomintang army has been very aggrieved in the war.

Don't look at the number of troops every year, but the guns are getting fewer and fewer.

Although some rifles were purchased from the Soviet Union through aid, they were useless when the bullets ran out.

As for US aid?

Before 1945, there were only 120,000 rifles donated to China, and most of them were still on the battlefield in Burma.

That's to blame for Stilwell's.

Because Stilwell had control of the material and wanted to control the expeditionary force, it was very unpleasant. And in order to curry favor with the British, the Chinese expeditionary force was pitted by the British on the battlefield in Burma, and finally defeated Savage Mountain, Stilwell also had a reason.

This is also the reason why Leng Jie suggested buying weapons and ammunition from Germany after the surrender of France.

Not to mention the MAS36 rifle, even the old Bettier rifle or Lebel rifle is a good thing for the Chinese army.

"But the two regiment commanders below were both sent by the 40th Division... Wu Shouquan was a little worried.

He was not worried that the troops would not obey the command, but that he was worried that he would not be able to eat empty salaries.

According to the establishment, the new 16th Division adopts the 1939 infantry division, with three infantry regiments under its jurisdiction and a total strength of about 9,000 people.

However, in fact, the new 16th Division currently has less than 6,000 men, which is equivalent to a shortage of almost 3,000 men.

It's not that the soldiers can't replenish it, but because they are paid nothing.

Empty pay was very common in the Kuomintang army, the Central Army was slightly better, and the miscellaneous troops were very serious.

The Sichuan Army is one of them.

The Central Army can only be said to be slightly better, but the general army has a shortage of one or two thousand, which can be guaranteed to be less than one thousand, and there are very few.

The 40th Division is estimated to be one, because the 40th Division not only did not eat empty salaries, but also exceeded the number, but that was before.

At this time, the 40th Division had only five or six thousand people, because the recruits had not yet arrived.

It can be said that empty pay was commonplace in the Kuomintang army, and it was not unusual, and these officers also knew about it.

And the empty salary is layered.

For example, the division commander eats 1,000, and the regiment commander below eats 300, which is equivalent to nearly 2,000 people.

The battalion commanders and company commanders below have some more to eat, and it is normal for a division to eat two or three thousand empty salaries.

Wu Shouquan was not worried that the empty salary would be discovered, but because his two regiment commanders were transferred, he might not be able to eat so much empty salary.