Chapter 228 The Red Army Reorganized
On August 22, the meeting on the reorganization of the Red Army was underway, and the commanders of the Red Army corps engaged in a fierce argument over the three divisions. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhang Cheng, who thought that he had no relationship with the three A divisions, did not speak, but just sat alone in a corner, and his thoughts flew out of the sky.
As a result of its own crossing, the strength of the Red Army has expanded seven or eight times compared with history in the case of a large fan of butterfly wings, especially the Red Front Army, from which it was born, and after a large-scale expansion of its popularity, its strength has now reached 150,000 troops.
As for the Red Second Front Army, the strength of the Red Fourth Front Army reached 30,000 after the expansion of the Red Army, and the strength of the Red Fourth Front Army recovered to 70,000 after some expansion.
Although there is a huge disparity in the strength of the three front armies, Zhang Cheng believes that in order to balance all sides, the commander and the central government are likely to be reorganized into the 115th Division with the Red First Army as the main body, the Red Second Front Army into the 120th Division, and the Red Fourth Front Army into the 129th Division. In the end, the remaining 3rd Legion, 5th Legion, 15th Legion and their own Shaozong could only be reorganized into miscellaneous divisions.
Zhang Cheng has no opinion on this, the Yulin Military Subdivision under his jurisdiction (the theater was changed to a military subdivision after the outbreak of the All-out Anti-Japanese War) has an arsenal, a steel base, a large farm, and a breeding farm, which is completely self-sufficient, and there is no need to look at Chang Kaishen's face to live.
Miscellaneous card divisions are miscellaneous card divisions, and it may be said who is strong and who is weak on the battlefield of resistance against Japan. For example, the 74th Army, which is famous all over the world in history, did not begin to build its army until September 1 this year, but after it went to the battlefield of resistance against Japan, it made a big show, and the Japanese devils cried wolf, and it became the first-class trump card of the Kuomintang Party.
On the other hand, in history, Chang Kaishen had high hopes for the world's first division, which was invincible and unstoppable before the Anti-Japanese War, but after really meeting a tough opponent on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, it soon revealed the true colors of a paper tiger, and was beaten by the Japanese army so that it could not find the north, and it did not have the demeanor of the first division in the world at all, and it was just a vain smile.
At this time, Zhang Cheng also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and secretly ruthless in his heart: I don't fight with you for the establishment of the A division, but when it comes to the battlefield of resistance against Japan, even if it is a miscellaneous division, I will play the prestige of the first-class main force of the Eighth Route Army.
After a heated discussion, the Red Army's reorganization plan was finally freshly released after two days of the meeting, and as Zhang Cheng expected, the Red First Army was reorganized into the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army as a whole, with Lin Shuai as the division commander, Nie Shuai as the deputy division commander, Zhou Kun as the chief of staff, and Luo Rongheng as the director of the Political Training Office;
The Red Second Front Army was reorganized into the 120th Division as a whole, with He Shuai as the division commander, Xiao Ke as the deputy division commander, Guan Xiangying as the director of the Political Training Office, Gan Siqi as the deputy director, and Zhou Shidi as the chief of staff;
Most of the Red Fourth Front Army was reorganized into the 129th Division, with Liu Shuai as the division commander, Xu Shuai as the deputy division commander, Zhang Hao as the director of the Political Training Office, Song Renqiong as the deputy director, and Ni Zhiliang as the chief of staff.
In other aspects, the Red Third Army was reorganized into an independent division of the Eighth Route Army, with Deng Ping as the division commander and Xiao Jinguang as the deputy division commander; The Red Fifth Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army Garrison Division, with Dong Zhentang as the division commander and Luo Binghui as the deputy division commander; The Red 15th Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army Garrison Division, with Xu Haidong as the division commander and Liu Zhishan as the deputy division commander; The International Column of the Young Communist Party was reorganized into the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, with Zhang Cheng as the division commander and Li Yunlong as the deputy division commander.
As soon as the reorganization plan was introduced, it immediately caused an uproar in the whole army, and a large number of cadres who had already become corps, corps, and division commanders in the Red Army were reduced to division commanders, brigade commanders, and even regiment commanders and battalion commanders.
Even Zhang Cheng, who had always been good with all units of the Red Army, innocently shot his guns, saying that a mere instructor would have a large army of nearly 80,000 people, which was stronger than all the divisions of the first division, causing confusion among the main forces and miscellaneous cards, and demanded that a part of the troops be broken up to supplement the division of the first division.
The commander-in-chief quickly stood up to quell the anger of the people, saying that the Workers' and Peasants' Party did not recognize this as the name of the Kuomintang, and whoever fought well on the battlefield of resistance against Japan in the future would be the main division of the Workers' and Peasants' Party, and whoever was strained on the battlefield of resistance against Japan would be a miscellaneous party.
The commander-in-chief's remarks won the approval of most of the cadres, and the noisy cadres gradually dispersed and returned to their units one after another to prepare for the next reorganization task of the troops.
Returning to the Yulin Military Division, Zhang Cheng immediately ordered the cadres at and above the battalion level stationed in various places to return to Yulin and publicly announced the reorganization plan of the Shao Zong. In the past, every reorganization of Shaozong was a feast for cadres to be promoted, but now they have all been demoted without making any mistakes, which is estimated to make many people uncomfortable.
When all the cadres above the battalion level gathered in the Young Column, Zhang Cheng did not make a long speech, and directly read out the reorganization order of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters:
1. The International Column of the Young Communist Party of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, with Zhang Cheng as the division commander, Xiao Hua as the director of the Political Training Office, Li Yunlong as the deputy division commander, Zhou Weiguo as the deputy director of the Political Training Office, Zhang Fengming as the chief of staff, Ding Wei as the chief of staff, Hu Wei as the head of the Security Department, Feng Shaojie as the logistics minister, and Feng Wenbin, the former director of the Political Department, was transferred to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and was appointed separately.
2. The instructor has six infantry brigades under his jurisdiction, Li Yunlong concurrently serves as the commander of the first brigade, Liu Yutang, political commissar, and Lin Yongjie, chief of staff, and the first brigade has six infantry regiments, each with about 1,500 troops and a total strength of 10,000 troops.
Ding Wei concurrently taught the commander of the Second Brigade, political commissar Chen Zhongchun, and chief of staff Li Moran, and the second brigade had jurisdiction over six infantry regiments, each with about 1,500 troops and a total strength of 10,000 troops.
Zhou Weiguo concurrently served as the commander of the Third Brigade, political commissar Li Wenjie, and chief of staff Li Dachao, and the third brigade had jurisdiction over six infantry regiments, each with about 1,500 troops and a total strength of 10,000 troops.
Chen Zhengxiang served as the commander of the Fourth Brigade, political commissar Tan Yunkai, and chief of staff Xie Ming, and the fourth brigade had jurisdiction over six infantry regiments, each with about 1,500 troops and a total strength of 10,000 troops.
Zhang Wenlong served as the commander of the Fifth Brigade, Cai Shubing, political commissar, and Huang Dingji, chief of staff, and the Fifth Brigade had six infantry regiments, each with about 1,500 troops and a total strength of 10,000 troops.
Huang Dingji served as the commander of the Sixth Brigade, political commissar Zhao Yuan, and chief of staff Yang Silu, and the sixth brigade had jurisdiction over six infantry regiments, each with about 1,500 troops and a total strength of 10,000.
3. The units directly under the division have cavalry brigades, artillery brigades, recruit brigades, reconnaissance regiments, engineer regiments, "sharp" special operations brigades, guard regiments, baggage regiments, sniper battalions, heavy firepower battalions, air defense battalions, security departments, division field hospitals, and art troupes. The list of cadre appointments is as follows:
Cavalry Brigade Commander Wang Hu, Deputy Brigade Commander Lu Zhongliang, Political Commissar Xiao Sheng; Artillery Brigade Commander Sun Youdao, Political Commissar Zhang Linsheng; He Tingyi, commander of the recruit brigade, and Song Jinghua, political commissar; Li Dapeng, head of the reconnaissance group, and Wen Yuanzheng, political commissar; Lin Jianjian, head of the engineering regiment, and Gu Yonghong, political commissar; "Captain Zhang Shanhe of the Blade Special Operations Brigade, instructor Chen Jinbiao; Li Dahai, head of the guard regiment, and Zhang Dabao, political commissar; sniper battalion commander Zhang Feng and instructor Li Rufeng; The commander of the air defense battalion, Fang Zizi, and the instructor He Cong; Division Field Hospital, President Tian Fangfang, Head of the Art Troupe Sun Lifang. ”
After the reorganization order was announced, all the cadres looked at each other, and the Great Hall was dead silent, and the pins could be heard.