Zhang Shao was almost crazy with handsomeness, and Zhang Xinghan and others in Tongliao couldn't stop laughing after receiving a reply from Principal Jiang.

In the headquarters, Huang Xiansheng's hearty laughter sounded: "Haha, Principal Jiang is finally wise this time, Xinghan, I want to congratulate you, you have been promoted to lieutenant general and division commander in a blink of an eye." ”

Zhang Xinghan was also in a good mood, and said with a smile: "I hope that in the future, we can work together to go to the national disaster." ”

"This is natural." Huang Xiansheng nodded with Zhao Zhenfan and others.

"Chief of Staff, please count the specific number of personnel in each regiment, and then report to Nanjing, and we will officially start the reorganization." Zhang Xinghan said to Zhao Zhenfan.

"Yes."

…………………… At 10 o'clock in the morning of the next day, Zhang Xinghan sent five infantry regiments and two cavalry regiments in the Tongliao area, as well as artillery, baggage, guard, and other units directly under the garrison brigade.

A total of more than 15,000 people all gathered in the open space on the bank of the Xiliao River, and began the official expansion meeting of the Tongliao Reading Division.

At the meeting, Zhang Xinghan officially promulgated an order on the reorganization of the armed forces after giving a routine lecture on some inspiring national righteousness.

After the reorganization, the five infantry regiments were reduced to four, each regiment had three infantry battalions, and one company each of the regiment's direct troops, baggage, artillery, cavalry, guard, and communications.

Each infantry battalion has three infantry companies and one artillery platoon, and the infantry company is in normal formation, with three platoons and nine squads.

The artillery platoon directly under the battalion was temporarily equipped with a number of 70 and 75 caliber guns captured from Shenyang, with three or four guns per platoon.

The infantry squad has an MG34 general-purpose machine gun and a 60 mortar for fire support in each squad, and the rest of the soldiers are all equipped with Garand semi-automatic rifles.

In addition, the cavalry company directly under the regiment carried out the combat duty of the reconnaissance company, and the artillery company was armed with four to six 105mm German howitzers.

The four infantry regiments were numbered 701st, 702nd, 703rd, and 704th regiments.

The regiment commanders are: Liu Jianguo of the 701st Regiment, Liu Guodong, deputy head of the regiment, Wang Yicai of the 702nd regiment, and Gao Chu, deputy head of the regiment.

Wang Tiehan of the 703rd Regiment and Du Ting, deputy head of the regiment.

Zhang Shixian, head of the 704th Regiment, and Li Dajun, deputy head of the regiment.

In terms of cavalry, except for some units directly under the four regiments, the rest were unified into a regiment, which was directly under the command of the division headquarters, and the regiment commander was Sabuli.

The original armored cavalry company and cavalry were all assigned to the cavalry regiment of Sabuli, and the armored tank company remained unchanged for the time being, and the company commander was still Li Zhenyuan.

The artillery battalion transferred part of the backbone and some of the original artillery of the 620th Regiment and the 619th Regiment to form artillery companies directly under each regiment.

The rest was retained by Zhang Xinghan to prepare for the expansion into an artillery regiment.

The personnel of the original communication company remained unchanged, but Su Hanyun was exceptionally promoted to deputy company commander of the communication company because of her outstanding work ability.

The establishment of the original guard battalion remains unchanged, and the battalion commander is still served by Guo Zhong.

The air force was also reorganized, officially known as the Anti-Japanese Flying Group, with five squadrons, including three fighter squadrons, one dive Stuka bomber squadron and one HE111 medium bomber squadron.

The number of fighters remained unchanged, Gao Zhihang remained the captain, and Liu Cuigang was promoted to deputy captain and captain of the first fighter squadron.

After the reorganization of the five infantry regiments, there was an increase in the strength of nearly one regiment, and Zhang Xinghan selected the elite from them, and some of them were transferred to Shen Xingye, ordering him to form a special force similar to the military commander.

Help himself to monitor the regiments and battalions, as well as spy on the enemy, etc., so that Zhang Xinghan can control the whole division, of course, this unit was secretly formed, nominally the number of a reconnaissance company directly under the division headquarters.

In addition, Zhang Xinghan set up a reading battalion of 800 people, with Chen Feng, commander of the first battalion and one company of the second regiment of the former garrison brigade, as the commander of the reading power battalion, which was specially responsible for guarding the Tongliao airport.

After the others were transferred to the artillery battalion according to their own potential, and the aviation team was completed after the reorganization, Zhang Xinghan and Huang Xiansheng immediately transferred Wang Yicai's 702nd Regiment and Wang Tiehan's 703rd Regiment to Qinglong Mountain to build a defensive line.

The artillery regiment remained in the base area for the time being, as it was still expanding.

The Reading Force had just completed its reorganization, and Xie Wu and other miners had also returned from the Huolin River.

In the division headquarters, Xie Wu and his cousin Xie Yong walked in under the leadership of Guo Zhong.

"Sir." When Xie Wu and the others saw Zhang Xinghan, they felt very cordial, and immediately stood up and saluted a military salute that was not standard.

"Oh, Brother Xie, you're back, how are you? Is there any coal in the Horin River? Zhang Xinghan got up and said.

Speaking of coal, Xie Wu and Xie Yong were both excited, and said: "Back to the sir, Huolin River is simply an excellent natural coal mine, according to the local people, the wells they dig can produce a lot of coal slime, which shows how rich the coal resources here are."

And unlike Benxi, the coal seam here is shallow and easy to mine, so the chief should send someone to mine it quickly. ”

"Really?" Zhang Xinghan pretended to be excited and looked back at Zhao Zhenfan and Huang Xiansheng.

The Xie brothers nodded vigorously.

"Master, in that case, let's set up a mine as soon as possible." Huang Xiansheng was also quite excited, and got up and said to Zhang Xinghan.

"Hmm." Zhang Xinghan nodded and said to Xie Wu: "Xie Wu, I have decided to open a mine in Huolin River immediately, and you will be the director of the mine to help me mine coal with all my might." ”

"Huh? I? Xie Wu was obviously surprised and overwhelmed, and pointed to himself with a look of difficulty in self-confidence.

He said hesitantly: "Sir, I can't do it, I'm just a miner, how can I be a mine manager?" ”

"I said you can do it, you can do it, no one is born to mine, nor will they be mine owners, the open pit mining of the Huolin River coal mine is very small, you have plenty of time and opportunities to learn and progress, and adapt to the new job." Zhang Xinghan patted him on the shoulder very firmly and continued: "Work hard, mine more coal, and also contribute to the resistance, I am optimistic about you." ”

"Yes, thank you for your kindness, Xie Wu has nothing to repay, and he will work hard." Xie Wu was moved and stood up and saluted.

"Okay, you go back and prepare first, inform the miners, prepare to set off for the Huolin River, and tell everyone that anyone who is willing to work in the new mine will be paid a high salary, five oceans per person per month, and the family will come to live together in the future, and the coal they need will be free." Zhang Xinghan instructed.

"Yes." Xie Wu and Xie Yong saluted at the same time, and turned to leave gratefully.

"Chief of Staff, you go and inform the cavalry regiment and ask Sabuli to send a battalion to escort the miners to the Holin River, and then station in the Holin River on the spot to protect the miners.

In addition, young and middle-aged people were recruited from the people of each town, but those who were willing to go to the Huolin River mine to help mine were provided with free coal for their families, and each person had three oceans per month. After seeing the Xie brothers leave, Zhang Xinghan turned his head to Zhao Zhenfan.

"Well, I'll arrange it." Zhao Zhenfan nodded in response.

In order to facilitate mining, Zhang Xinghan transferred more than 100 military trucks to the mine.

The next time, Zhao Zhenfan was busy recruiting laborers to work in the mines.

Zhang Xinghan, accompanied by Huang Xiansheng, came to the position of the armored company and artillery battalion on the east bank of the Xiliao River.

Last night, Zhang Xinghan quietly added a batch of new equipment to the armored company and artillery battalion.

The main thing is to replace the Renault tanks of the armored company and the backward armored vehicles produced by the Shenyang Arsenal.

The artillery regiment was used as a suppressive force for artillery fire after the reading division, and Zhang Xinghan had the intention to strengthen it.

So on the basis of the original artillery battalion, the entire artillery regiment was equipped with forty 105mm howitzers.

Surrounded by Guo Zhong and other guards, the two first came to the station of the armored company along the riverbank.

Suddenly, Huang Xiansheng was shocked by the scene in front of him.

Nearly 100 officers and soldiers of the armored company were gathering around several huge iron bumps, excitedly discussing something.

"Xinghan, what's that?" Huang Xiansheng pointed ahead and turned his head in some surprise and asked.

"It's a new tank, called Tank Three." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Tank Three?" Huang Xiansheng was surprised and walked quickly to a tank.

Li Zhenyuan, the commander of the armored company, and several armored soldiers hurriedly saluted: "Deputy division." ”

Huang Xiansheng waved his hand at them casually, circled around the tank, and said in shock: "Division, why is this tank so big, much bigger than the Renault tank we are equipped." ”

"Of course, the No. 3 tank weighs 22.7 tons, is equipped with a 50mm caliber tank gun and two MG34 general-purpose machine guns, and is more than twice as advanced as the Renault tank in terms of armor protection and firepower." Zhang Xinghan said proudly.

Suddenly, Huang Xiansheng seemed to think of something, pulled Zhang Xinghan to the side, and asked in a low voice: "Xinghan, tell me the truth, where did you get these tanks?" Why didn't I know beforehand? ”

Zhang Xinghan pondered for a while and explained seriously: "Brother Alarm Bell, I can't hide it, these are all new tanks that my father secretly purchased from Russia through his connections, in addition, there are also a batch of large-caliber artillery.

In order to ensure the smooth flow of this road, and for our future anti-Japanese plans, I also hope that Brother Alarm Zhong will help keep it secret and must not leak it out. ”

Huang Xiansheng nodded suspiciously and said, "Don't worry, I know the relationship." ”

After the completion of the reorganization of the artillery regiment and the armored company.

The armored company remained in Tongliao, and the artillery regiment immediately left for Qinglong Mountain to strengthen the combat strength of the 703rd and 702nd regiments.

In the afternoon, Zhang Xinghan, accompanied by Guo Zhong, left the division headquarters and took a car to the foot of the mountain in the northern section of Tongliao Town.

This is the Yumai mountain area at the southern foot of the Great Xing'an Mountains, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and now it is a snow-covered mountain, and there is a white expanse everywhere.

As soon as Zhang Xinghan got out of the car, two elite soldiers of the Reading Force Division, dressed in white cloaks, jumped out of their bunkers at the foot of the mountain.

Because of their extremely fast speed, Guo Zhong and the others thought they were enemies and hurriedly drew their guns.

Zhang Xinghan stretched out his hand to block them: "Don't be nervous, they are our own people." ”

Only then did Guo Zhong and the others put down their weapons, and the two soldiers walked side by side towards Zhang Xinghan, and when they came to him, they stood up and saluted: "Master's seat." ”

"Well, what about your company commander?" Zhang Xinghan nodded and asked.

"Camp in the mountains." One of the soldiers replied.

"Lead the way." Zhang Xinghan waved his hand.

The two soldiers agreed with a bang, and immediately took Zhang Xinghan and Guo Zhong into the mountain.

(To be continued)