Chapter 44: The Reorganization of Stone City

After nearly 2,000 Red Army soldiers were rescued, the number of soldiers of the International Division of the Young Communist Party reached an unprecedented 26,880. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Since the Long March was imminent, Zhang Cheng proposed that a division party committee be set up, and five people would study the latest establishment of the Young Communist Division. In the end, it was decided that the whole division would be reorganized again:

First, the basic establishment of the first, second, and third brigades remains unchanged; The establishment of the Teaching Brigade remained unchanged, and the name was changed to the Fourth Brigade.

Second, after the 1st and 2nd Brigades replenished 1,000 recruits, they each transferred 1,000 veterans to supplement 1,800 Red Army soldiers who had returned from Chen Cheng's battalion, as well as 200 new Red Army soldiers who had been captured and converted into prisoners, to form a new Fifth Brigade, with Chen Zhengxiang, the former commander of the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment, as the brigade commander, and Zhao Yuan, the former political commissar of a certain regiment of the Red Army who had been rescued, as the political commissar of the 5th Brigade.

Third, after the 3rd and 4th Brigades replenished 1,000 recruits, they each transferred 1,000 veterans and supplemented 2,000 recruits to form a new Sixth Brigade, with the brigade commander temporarily concurrently serving as division chief of staff Zhang Fengming, and Tan Yunkai, the former political commissar of the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment, serving as the political commissar of the 6th Brigade.

Wu Dai, the former commander of the 1st Brigade, 1st Regiment, and 2nd Battalion, was promoted to regimental commander, and Song Jinghua, the instructor of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Brigade, 1st Regiment, was appointed political commissar of the regiment.

Fifth, in terms of the troops directly under the division, a new division security department was added, and the director of the division was Feng Wenbin, director of the Political Department; The reconnaissance battalion selected 600 veterans from other units, and the reconnaissance battalion was upgraded to a reconnaissance regiment, with regiment commander Li Dapeng and political commissar Jiang Yonghui; The engineer battalion was supplemented with 500 recruits, and the engineer battalion was upgraded to an engineer regiment, with regiment commander Lin Jianshe and political commissar Gu Yonghong; The artillery battalion was supplemented with 300 captured artillery officers who were converted into the Red Army, and the artillery battalion was upgraded to an artillery regiment, with regiment commander Sun Youdao and political commissar Zhang Linsheng; The field ambulance brigade was upgraded to a division field hospital, and the director was Tian Fangfang.

After studying the newly formed units and the adjustment of cadres, the latest organizational structure of the International Division of the Young Communist Party is as follows:

Members of the Party Committee of the Division: Zhang Cheng, Commander of the International Division of the Young Communist Party and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Division; Xiao Hua, Political Commissar of the International Division of the Young Communist Party and Deputy Secretary of the Division Party Committee; Zhang Fengming, member of the division's party committee, chief of staff, and commander of the Sixth Brigade; Feng Wenbin, member of the Party Committee, director of the Political Department, and director of the Security Department of the division; Feng Shaojie, member of the Party Committee and director of the logistics department of the division.

Li Yunlong, commander of the 1st Brigade of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, Liu Yutang, political commissar, and Lin Yongjie, chief of staff, have jurisdiction over the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments.

Ding Wei, commander of the Second Brigade of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, Chen Zhongcun, political commissar, and Li Moran, chief of staff, have jurisdiction over the fourth, fifth, and sixth regiments.

Zhou Weiguo, commander of the Third Brigade of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, Luo Huaming, political commissar, and Li Dachao, chief of staff, have jurisdiction over the seventh, eighth, and ninth regiments.

Chen Shiqu, commander of the 4th Brigade of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, Cai Shubin, political commissar, and Zhang Wenlong, chief of staff, have jurisdiction over the 10th, 11th, and 12th regiments.

Chen Zhengxiang, commander of the 5th Brigade of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, Zhao Yuan, political commissar, and Xie Ming, chief of staff, have jurisdiction over the 13th, 14th, and 15th regiments.

Zhang Fengming, commander of the 6th Brigade of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, Tan Yunkai, political commissar, and He Tingyi, chief of staff, have jurisdiction over the 16th, 17th, and 18th regiments.

Units directly under the division: Li Dapeng, commander of the reconnaissance regiment, Jiang Yonghui, political commissar; Lin Jianjian, head of the engineering regiment, and Gu Yonghong, political commissar; Sun Youdao, head of the artillery regiment, and Zhang Linsheng, political commissar; Wu Dai, head of the new regiment, and Song Jinghua, political commissar; "Sharp Blade" Special Operations Brigade, Captain Zhang Wenzhen; cavalry battalion, battalion commander Wang Hu; Guard Battalion, Battalion Commander Li Dahai; Baggage battalion, battalion commander Wang Xiaofang; Heavy Firepower Battalion, Battalion Commander Zhang Cong; sniper company, company commander Zhang Feng; Air defense company, the company commander is at ease; Communication Section, Section Chief Lin Li; Division Field Hospital, President Tian Fangfang; Art Troupe, head Sun Lili.

After the meeting, Zhang Cheng, Xiao Hua, and other members of the division's party committee personally organized a meeting of the whole division, formally announced the reorganization order, and demanded that the new cadres and new units be quickly readjusted and put in place.

The next day, Zhang Cheng led all members of the division's party committee to go down to the newly formed units to supervise the rectification and run-in, and demanded that all units treat the old with the new, set strict demands on the tactical training of the new soldiers, and be concerned about them in their daily lives.

With regard to the large amount of materials obtained by extortion from Chen Cheng, Zhang Cheng asked the logistics department to act quickly, reorganize the mule and horse convoy in an orderly manner, and ensure that the grain baggage, heavy artillery, mountain artillery, heavy machinery, and other heavy weapons are all in place, and no chaos is allowed.

Li Dapeng, head of the reconnaissance regiment, personally led the team to reconnoiter the road topography of Lichuan, Guangchang, Shicheng, Ningdu, and Ruijin, and draw a map.

After Zhang Cheng calmed down, Xiao Hua asked: "Division commander, you have always been in charge, but you have been busy non-stop these days, are you preparing for the strategic transfer of our army?" ”

"That's right! Political commissar, I have a hunch that the hardships of the Long March will far exceed everyone's imagination, so I have to prepare for a rainy day. ”

"Oh, really?" Xiao Hua looked at Zhang Cheng in disbelief.

Zhang Cheng patted Xiao Hua on the shoulder and said solemnly: "Political commissar, don't underestimate the difficulty of the Long March, once you embark on the Long March, there will be warlords from all over the country to intercept it in front of you, and the Central Army of the Kuomintang will pursue you later, and our army is marching in winter, the weather and geographical environment will be even worse, and the difficulties you face will be unprecedentedly huge." But these are all external troubles, and what I am most afraid of is that there will be internal contradictions! ”

Xiao Hua exclaimed: "The internal contradictions, are they so serious, I don't believe it, our Red Army is notoriously united." ”

Zhang Cheng didn't explain Xiao Hua's questioning, did Zhang Cheng want to tell him the thrilling history after the Central Red Army and the Fourth Front Army met!

On 8 October, all the soldiers of the reconnaissance regiment were withdrawn, and the maps of the various places were completed. Zhang Cheng was a little relieved, and went to visit the soldiers of the reconnaissance regiment and highly praised their hard work.

In the next two days, Zhang Cheng ordered his troops to blbut in Guangchang from time to time to intimidate Chen Cheng's troops and make them dare not pursue our army.

At 3 p.m. on 11 October, Zhang Cheng suddenly received an order from the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, ordering the troops to withdraw from Shicheng as soon as possible.

In the past two days, Xiao Hua and Feng Wenbin led their political comrades to disperse the seriously wounded who could not be taken away and hide them in the homes of ordinary people in the Soviet area to recuperate from their wounds, told them the decision to transfer the main force of the Red Army, and told them to take good care of their wounds, and that in the future, when the Red Army reopened its base areas, they would definitely come back to look for them.

Zhang Cheng also ordered the troops to distribute 20 yuan to each family that was actively caring for the seriously wounded soldiers of the Red Army. At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Young Communist Division officially handed over Shicheng to the local left-behind troops and began to prepare for the Long March.

Zhang Cheng first took the stage to make a speech and conveyed to the cadres attending the meeting the tasks assigned by the Central Revolutionary Military Commission to the Young Communist Division: "The Central Red Army has begun to carry out a strategic transfer, and the Central Revolutionary Military Commission has handed over to the International Division of the Young Communist Party is a glorious task for serving as the general guard of the whole army. It is hoped that all the officers and men of the Young Communist Division will be mentally prepared to fight hard and be ready to make sacrifices to protect the safety of the central leadership under all circumstances. ”

Then Xiao Hua made a mobilization report: "Every worker and peasant party member is required to be an exemplary example, endure hardships first, enjoy last, do a good job in the ideological work of each soldier, stabilize the mood of the troops, care for each other, overcome all difficulties together, and ensure that every soldier does not fall behind on the Long March, and resolutely complete the glorious task assigned to us by the Central Revolutionary Military Commission of the International Division of the Young Communist Party." ”