Chapter 10: The Gathering of Bandits and Bandits
Time has entered the wax moon, the first snow has fallen, and the land in northern Jin is covered in silver. The fighters of the Separate Regiment, in addition to training, are already busy with the New Year. Killing pigs and chickens to make tofu, busy all day long, joyful, peaceful, the New Year of 38 is coming.
On the 16th day of the lunar month, the military headquarters sent a jeep to pick up Gao Quan to attend the New Year's reception held by the military headquarters for all officers above the regiment level. After the lively drinking party, Army Commander Guo Jiqiao personally handed over Gao Quan a piece of order, which was a transfer order directly issued by the war zone. The newly formed independent regiment of the Ninth Army of the Second Theater will be incorporated into the Fifth Theater, and the specific operational sequence and subordinate relationship will be arranged by the Commander's Department of the Fifth Theater after the report is made to the Fifth Theater.
Gao Quan calculates the time, now the battle south of Xuzhou in the battle of Xuzhou should have started, the battle of Linyi north of Xuzhou has not yet begun, and the victory of Taierzhuang should be in late March and early April. It's really lucky, the last battle has just ended, and the most famous battle of the War of Resistance has caught up with me again.
The Battle of Xuzhou was fought by the troops under the command of General Li Zongren, a famous patriotic general in modern times. In this theater commanded by Commander Li, most of the troops are composed of local troops that are not part of the central military system, that is, the miscellaneous troops as the saying goes. In order to show that the central authorities attach importance to the Fifth Theater and to make the boundaries between factions not so obvious, the Central Military Commission has successively transferred some units from the Central Army of various theaters to the Fifth Theater. For example, the 20th Army Corps commanded by Tang Enbo, for example, a regiment was transferred from the Ninth Army of the Central Army. Unfortunately, Gao Quan's newly formed independent regiment is precisely a miscellaneous card in the Ninth Army.
It can be said that the intention of this team at the beginning of its formation was to cope with this transfer. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the military headquarters of the Ninth Army not to stop Gao Quan's unauthorized collection of bandit armies. By the time Gao Quan figured all of this through, the fate of him and his independent regiment was irreversible.
Gao Quan is not trying to avoid war, let alone fear war. For every battle with the little devil, he is full of expectations and high spirits, but he is a little uncomfortable with this long-planned conspiracy. The military department knew early on that there would be this transfer, and for this reason it also specially organized a new independent regiment, and himself, an outsider, was appointed as the head of the independent regiment and specially waited for this transfer. Gao Quan was very unsuitable for this approach of the army's top brass, so in addition to the techniques and tactics of battlefield battles, the requirements for military appearance and military discipline were deliberately relaxed by Gao Quan. Since you all think that we are a miscellaneous army, then of course the miscellaneous cards must have a miscellaneous appearance, making the military look too neat, and it doesn't look like a miscellaneous army, right?
In addition to training, Gao Quan and Huang Sanpao and the big bosses, village owners, and commanders of the various bandit armies who joined later were also busy at the same time, and Gao Quan's order to them was to pull all their peers and friends who could be contacted into the independent regiment as much as possible.
After all, Gao Quan had made meritorious contributions in the battles in Xinkou and the northern suburbs of Taiyuan, and Commander Guo was also a little embarrassed to treat the meritorious officers like this, and basically took care of all other requirements for the independent regiment. The staffing of Gao Quan's declaration is all approved without discount, and the military uniforms, weapons, and salaries applied for are also paid in full.
When the former leaders of these bandits, dressed in the uniform of a bright and decent government officer, appeared in front of their former colleagues, these current bandit leaders clearly showed envy. The identity of the bandits and the officers of the government army were sent from heaven to earth. These ** officers, who have only been in office for a few days, proudly show off to their former companions: now they are holding the country's military salary, wearing decent officer uniforms, and walking on the street, and the big girls and little daughters-in-law who can be attracted can take a second look. The independent regiment is stationed in a large suburb, and it is usually difficult to see even a single hair, and I don't know where these guys are the big girls and little daughters-in-law.
These obviously made up words, which made those bandits and thieves marvel after listening to them, and used up all the beautiful words that their heads that really didn't know a few words, and slapped the sycophants of these ** officers. Later, when these officers said that the independent regiment would open the door of convenience and warmly welcome people from all walks of life to join them, the welcome they received can be imagined.
Including Matou Mountain Mawangzhai, this radius of dozens of miles or even hundreds of miles of bandit bandit armed gangs, all are restricted, if you want to join the independent regiment to participate in the **, at the latest before the third day of the first month, you must lead your men and horses to report, expired, even if you voluntarily give up this opportunity.
Wash the white, all the gangsters are willing, but not much more than the government of Zhao'an, these people have always been deeply jealous. However, when there are successful examples in front of them, the throbbing in the hearts of these people is aroused. Thus, from the third day after the end of the New Year's reception at the headquarters of the Ninth Army, the station of the newly formed independent regiment was lively. A steady stream of all kinds of armed forces drove into the garrison of the Independent Regiment, changed into military uniforms and became soldiers of the Independent Regiment. Fortunately, when Gao Quan was training recruits, in order to have enough training grounds, he expanded the garrison area several times early, otherwise, he would really not be able to accommodate these heroes in the mountains and forests.
After Chang Zhankui led more than 300 people from Mawangzhai to come, Gao Quan handed over the task of entertaining these big brothers in the rivers and lakes to Huang Sanpao and Chang Zhankui. His task was simply to quickly dismantle the bandits and mix them into various troops. For the reorganization of the troops, when talking about the conditions with those ** officers, it is one of the conditions, if you want to pay nothing, you will wear the uniform of a government officer, how can it be so simple? Therefore, for the troops to be completely disrupted, and even to lose the military power in their hands, these former mountain kings are completely prepared for this.
The deadline for the transfer required by the theater is that the troops must be removed from the garrison before the fifth day of the first lunar month, which means that the independent regiment can spend the last New Year here.
Finally, this New Year is lively, the compound of the independent regiment is full of wine tables, and strong men with meaty faces are holding wine bowls and looking for people to clink glasses everywhere. Guessing orders, scolding and fighting, can be seen everywhere. Gao Quan specially opened the quagmire of the training ground for these bandits with too much energy to compete. The scores are different, who knows if these people have any old grudges before? As long as there are no serious injuries, proper combat exercise is also an excellent way to vent negative emotions. Anyway, with Huang Sanpao and Chang Zhankui sitting next to them, these little bandits can't afford to make a big mess, so let them toss.
During the Chinese New Year, the independent regiment was drinking, boxing and fighting to celebrate, and before midnight, there was a team of seventy or eighty people who came to join the group. If outsiders come to see it, they will mistakenly think that this is a nearby bandit and bandit who is having a New Year's party.