Chapter 163: Liaocheng Reorganization
After the unanimous study and approval of everyone, Deng Li, who was in charge of the process of the meeting, announced a reorganization that is known in history as a key turning point for the 54th Army.
The military headquarters has set up a guard regiment, which is composed of the first company of the former guards and the second company of the guards, and some of the backbone cadres of the former reconnaissance battalion are supplemented, while ordinary soldiers are selected from among the personnel who have completed the training of new recruits. The regiment commander is Yan Xiaoliu, the former commander of the First Guard Company, who temporarily serves as the political commissar and is responsible for the daily work of the military headquarters and the safety and defense of marching operations. The original special operations brigade has remained unchanged and remains a battalion-level unit. The captain of the brigade is Ren Biao, who also serves as an instructor. It is responsible for special operations tasks in combat missions, and the right to transfer belongs to the military department.
The military headquarters set up a reconnaissance battalion. In order to strengthen the establishment of the battalion, it has four full-fledged companies under its jurisdiction, which are under the leadership of the military department, and are mainly responsible for the tasks of reconnaissance and demarcation of battlefield roads after the combat mission is issued, observation of the enemy's situation, make-up reconnaissance, accompanying protection of the leaders of the main troops, and operations of the military headquarters. It is composed of soldiers from the former reconnaissance battalion and a number of recruits who have completed training and achieved excellent results. The battalion commander was Xie Ning, the former commander of the Second Guard Company, and the instructor was Wang Wenshun, the instructor of the former First Company of the Reconnaissance Battalion. As the company commander of the former Second Guard Company, Xie Ning was selected only after undergoing strict special training, and he led the Second Guard Company through so many combat missions, and Xie Ning had already grown into a commander and fighter with excellent ideological and political skills and excellent command quality. It is reassuring to hand over this sharp knife unit of the group army to his command.
The military headquarters also set up a heavy artillery regiment, which was formed on the basis of the original heavy artillery brigade. All armament is unified into 105-mm howitzers. The regimental headquarters had four heavy artillery battalions, each equipped with 12 105-mm howitzers. As for the rest of the 75-mm mountain guns. The 75-mm field artillery was all equipped with the first-line regimental combat units of the 162nd and 127th Divisions. The commander of the heavy artillery regiment was Xie Feng. This Xie Feng was in charge of the artillery unit when Tian Zheng first formed the troops. In previous wars, Tian Zheng gave enough artillery and ammunition. So when Xie Feng was fighting, he showed a fierce taste. Hit accurately, hit hard! And since Tian Zheng taught him how to quickly build an artillery position. After how to do a good job of concealment and camouflage, how to quickly transfer artillery positions and other combat skills, this Xie Feng made the artillery unit like a stroke of genius and made great contributions to the previous battles. It was also a very fitting choice for him to be in charge of the heavy artillery regiment. Temporarily concurrently serving as political commissar.
As for the anti-chemical warfare battalion, the battalion commander Liu Wenxing and the instructor Li Yuqing. Liu Wenxing was originally one of the first batch of special combat personnel brought out by Tian Zheng, and he had a certain understanding of all kinds of special operations, especially in the field of anti-chemical warfare. And he has a flexible brain, so Tian Zheng did not hesitate to let him take office when he formed the anti-chemical battalion. Instructor Li Yuqing was a captain and staff officer under Wang Zilu of the original General Staff. He is politically trustworthy, has undergone a certain amount of cultural education in new ideas, and is a politically advanced member, and now he has been transferred to the anti-chemical warfare battalion as an instructor, which can be regarded as a promotion.
The military headquarters also has an aviation flight group, which has three flight squadrons, two air defense squadrons, and two logistics support squadrons. In the absence of pilots and aircraft at the moment. It is only possible to carry out the whole training, ideological education, and study and training of theoretical subjects in the troops. The training syllabus was written by Tian Zheng himself. The captain of the flight brigade was Huo Peng, who was also one of the first batch of special combat personnel trained with Tian Zheng, and temporarily served as the political commissar.
Strengthen the personnel and equipment of the original engineering units. Retrained to become an engineer regiment, the regiment commander Lei Mingyi. Temporarily concurrently serving as political commissar. He is mainly responsible for the construction of pontoon bridges, the construction of various group fortifications and mine laying. Minesweeper and other projects.
There was also a baggage convoy, all of which were carried by cars and mules and horses. It is used to complete the rapid logistics supply of troops, material transfer and other tasks. Lin Dongshan, the captain of the baggage brigade. It was Tian Zheng's right-hand man under Liu Dajiang, the captain of the logistics brigade, when he formed the troops. After such a long time of honing various tasks, he has also grown into a talent who can stand alone. For the time being, Lin Dongshan, the captain of the brigade, is also the political commissar.
In addition, he ordered the 162nd Division and the 127th Division to get a good grasp of building up the troop framework, and Tian Zheng suggested that all the combat backbones and veterans with experience and ability of the original units could be promoted to become grassroots squad and platoon leaders of the newly formed units, and senior cadres could be transferred from the original units. It is necessary to quickly fully organize the three formed regiments to which the division belongs, and the shortage of soldiers should be supplemented from the 5,000 recruits who were originally being trained in Liaocheng. In addition, the conscription department in Liaocheng should not stop the conscription work, but should publicize the ideology and policies of our army to the broad masses of the people, so that the boss's surname can understand our army and support our army! We must express the courage and determination of our army to resolutely resist the war! At an appropriate time, we can make public a series of situations in our army's war against Japan, and we must be a force that will make the people support and trust!
Zhao Qilong, commander of the 162nd Division, and Lu Cheng, commander of the 127th Division, were all happy and couldn't wait to plan for the newly formed troops. It's no wonder they're in a hurry. Before withdrawing from the northeast, the troops cooperated with the two main infantry regiments and various brigades to have a tough encounter with the Japanese Kwantung Army, and although they caused great damage to the Japanese army, the Japanese army also caused a lot of losses to our troops. Later, when they withdrew to Liaocheng, the two main infantry regiments together only had about 5,000 people, which made Lu Cheng, then the commander of the First Infantry Regiment, and Zhao Qilong, the then commander of the Second Infantry Regiment, all distressed. Lu Cheng is a cadre who grew up with the initial formation and training of the unit, and watching those comrades-in-arms who used to gather together every day for training and having fun, there are less than two or three out of ten who can come back completely. Those comrades-in-arms either stayed in the northeast forever, leaving only a name symbol on the roster of the military department and a tablet on the ancestral hall of the military department specially set up for the dead martyrs in the honor room. Either that's more or less colorful. There are countless missing arms and legs. Every time I think of these situations, Lu Cheng, who is currently the commander of the 127th Division, is distressed and difficult to sleep peacefully.
As for Zhao Qilong, the current commander of the 162nd Division, he had mixed feelings in his heart. He was originally the chief of staff of the 7th Brigade of the Beida Battalion of the Northeast Army. Later, during the 918 incident, he had contact and understanding with the special combat team of Tian Zheng and others, and then after Zhang Xueliang ordered the Northeast Army not to fire a single shot and quickly evacuate the Northeast. Zhao Qilong persuaded Cui Zhengming, then the commander of the Seventh Brigade, to lead his troops to join Tian Zheng's troops. Originally, I thought that Tian Zheng and the others would definitely take precautions against these troops who had taken refuge in them, and reduce their powers. But later, Zhao Qilong experienced a series of military operations and grew into the current commander of the 162nd Division. This is something that Zhao Qilong never dared to believe. But the facts before us prove it. He couldn't help but believe these things. The old brigade commander Cui Zheng obviously took refuge, saying that he wanted to fight against Japan and fight devils. Regain lost territory in the Northeast. But he hides the idea of wanting to take the opportunity to develop his own power and become a small leader of the hegemonic side. The end of such a person is naturally tragic. And he was bent on resisting Japan, and because of his experience and ability, in a short period of time, he actually became the commander of the 162nd Division! Not only himself, but even the brothers of the original Seventh Brigade who were voted in at the beginning were all doing well, and they did not suffer discrimination and abuse from the officers and soldiers of the original unit, but they were all treated as Qin brothers. Zhao Qilong clearly remembered that in the battle fought in the Northeast, he turned out to have a recruit named Erdan in the Seventh Brigade. I was stupid by the devil's shells on the battlefield, and I didn't know how to lie down and hide. The squad leader next to him was a veteran of Tian Zheng's troops, and when he saw the frightened Erdan, he ignored the artillery fire in the sky, and drilled out of the individual anti-artillery hole and threw Erdan to the ground. Just one of the shells exploded right next to them! After the Japanese shelling stopped, Erdan was pulled out of the pile of dead by the medics, but the squad leader was blown up by the bomb and his limbs were incomplete! This scene was clearly seen by Zhao Qilong, who was observing the battle situation in the position headquarters at the time, and he left tears of emotion at that time. Wait until the second egg is rescued. Zhao Qilong immediately slapped the second egg twice! But since then, the second egg has become desperate and diligent. Now he has become a qualified veteran.
At this point in the meeting, the reorganization of the troops had been basically agreed. Tian Zheng said suddenly, "The army will set up another local garrison division, which will be mainly responsible for the daily security of our garrison and within the scope of the force, and assist the local government as a coercive force in public security management." In addition, if the main force of our army goes out to fight. In the event that the enemy attacks the garrison of our troops, then the local garrison division will be the first force to fight against the enemy. Even if you can't repel the enemy, you can still have the ability to lead the remaining troops of our army and important supplies to complete the task of transferring. ”
Tian Zheng's proposal has just been put forward. It immediately won the unanimous approval of everyone. Yan Thirteen said happily, "Military seat." In this way, I'm afraid that if Han Fuqu wants to take advantage of our outings to have a farce of doves occupying magpies' nests, I'm afraid it will be impossible! ”
Tian Zheng said with a smile. "Since everybody agrees on this. Then the 11th Division will be formed, with three infantry regiments under its jurisdiction, which will be mainly responsible for the security of Liaocheng and the security and defense of various military industrial targets of our army. Which of you wants to be this division commander? ”
Tian Zheng looked around, and no one was willing to stand up.
"Otherwise, I think Zhou Zhenglong, the captain of the original equipment brigade, has a very flexible head, and he also has a certain amount of management experience, and he is serious and responsible, so it is better to transfer Zhou Zhenglong to the 11th Division to be responsible!"
Everyone in the audience nodded in agreement.
Tian Zheng smiled and nodded. "That's basically how the troop reorganization. If you have any comments and suggestions, please put them forward in a timely manner. ”
After looking around, everyone said that they had already discussed it just now. No comments. Tian Zheng said, "Okay! Since everyone has no opinions, the cadres of various units should hurry back to form troops and get a good grasp of training! Strive to form the combat effectiveness of the troops as soon as possible! Make sure you can pull the troops out of the front line after they are pulled! Fight to win! I don't want to see troops go to the front, only to have soldiers pee their pants in fear on the battlefield! I don't want to see a soldier who can't even make basic tactical moves! Innocent casualties among the soldiers! I'll give you a month, and I'll have a check-up in a month. If you find that your troops are still a pile of loose sand, then if you are the division commander, I will revoke your division number! If you are the head of the group, I will revoke your group number! Do you all have faith!? ”
Everyone was mobilized by Tian Zheng's tone, and the division commanders all shouted loudly, "Please rest assured!" Mission completion guaranteed! ”
Tian Zheng nodded and let them leave. (To be continued......)