Before receiving the order for promotion, Li Han had already planned to build the fifth squadron. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Now that he is a brigade commander, of course this temporary number is not needed.

After everyone was seated, Li Han took out the telegram of the appointment of the Beiping Military Commission and read it to everyone in public.

With the exception of the 14 th Regiment, which was rushing in, the 15 th Regiment and the units directly under the brigade headquarters were all organized by the original team of the anti-Japanese brigade.

The brigade commander and deputy brigade commander don't have to think about it, but there are also a series of positions such as the chief of staff of the brigade headquarters, as well as the staff officers, the chief of the logistics department, the troops directly under the brigade headquarters, the commander of the 15th regiment, and the commanders of the three battalions below.

It is foreseeable that after the current expansion into the provisional 145th Brigade, a large number of officers at the rank of colonel will appear in the unit.

Seeing the unbearable joy on everyone's faces, Li Han was also happy for them, and of course happy for himself.

Gao Jian of the first squadron was the first to stand up and said: "Captain, no, brigade commander, this is a good thing, originally the name of our anti-Japanese brigade was not justified, but now there is a formal establishment given by the government, and we are a legitimate national army unit." ”

Gao Jian is a traditional officer, and the anti-Japanese brigade was established by Li Han himself, not to mention that it was recognized by the Ministry of Military Affairs, and there was no official document from the provincial government, which inevitably gave people the feeling of being a king of the mountain.

Gao Jian has had enough of the lack of formal establishment in the Northeast Volunteer Army, although it seems that the anti-Japanese brigade is developing well.

However, once the Japanese army attacked Chahar on a large scale, the anti-Japanese brigade had no formal formation, and the end might be worse than that of the volunteers.

And this is what Gao Jian is most worried about, he has already regarded himself as a member of the anti-Japanese brigade, and naturally hopes that the anti-Japanese brigade can flourish.

Not only Gao Jian, but it can be seen that everyone is still very concerned about being officially recognized by the national government. On the contrary, Li Han himself doesn't care too much, anyway, with or without these appointments, he can do what he wants to do with the little devils.

But Li Han also understands that since ancient times, what Chinese people care about most is to be justified.

No matter what the nature of the contingent is, as long as there is an appointment by the government, it is the official army, and it represents the righteous side. On the contrary, he privately made himself an official, which is no different from the king of the bandit mountain.

Although Li Han doesn't still care about this, he won't refuse it with the official establishment, don't be stupid if you give it for nothing. What's more, the army has an official name, and it can also change the fate of the old regiment commander, which is what Li Han hopes to see.

"Now I announce the appointment of the 145th Brigade on a provisional basis!"

"Whoa!"

As soon as they heard this, all the officers stood up and looked at Li Han with a serious face.

However, no matter how Li Han looked, he felt that the words "I'm nervous" were written on the faces of these people, and seeing everyone's expectant faces, Li Han no longer hung their appetite.

"According to the order of the Beiping Military Commission, our unit has been expanded into the 145th Brigade, which has two regiments under its jurisdiction: the 14th Regiment and the 15th Regiment. The people of the 14th Regiment are on their way, so let's not talk about it for the time being. The anti-Japanese brigade was directly reorganized into the 15th Regiment, with three infantry battalions and a mortar company under the regimental headquarters. ”

"Don't be nervous, it's a good thing that the army has been expanded!"

Li Han looked at the nervous and serious crowd and said with a smile.

However, the officers couldn't laugh at this time, and even Hu Zhi, who had always been more bold, looked at Li Han with a nervous face at the moment, waiting for him to announce the appointment results.

"Wang Dazhu, Lin Youzhi, Hu Zhi, Huang Shan, Zhao Gang!"

"Here!"

"Wang Dazhu was appointed as the commander of the 15th Regiment, and his military rank was directly promoted to lieutenant colonel, Lin Youzhi was appointed chief of staff of the regiment, Hu Zhi was appointed commander of the first battalion, Huang Shan was appointed commander of the second battalion, and Zhao Gang was appointed commander of the third battalion, and the military rank was promoted to major."

After the reorganization of the troops, it was originally planned that there would be three infantry companies per battalion, one machine gun platoon per company, and that the strength of each battalion would reach more than 700 men, with the addition of other miscellaneous units.

After the 15th Regiment is fully established, the total strength can reach 2,500 people, but due to insufficient preparations, it cannot be fully established for the time being, but these are Wang Dazhu's affairs. In addition to providing the necessary equipment, Li Han relied on Wang Dazhu to solve everything in the 15th Regiment by himself.

"Great, I didn't expect me to become a major too, if the Northeast hadn't been lost, I would have been a glorious ancestor now."

Colonel-level officers are no longer low-level members of the national army, but also officers with a certain status. It is also normal for Hu Zhi to have this reaction.

Moreover, Hu Zhi's words also resonated with everyone, more than a year ago, most of them were only lieutenant platoon commanders and sergeant squad leaders.

In just one year, they have stepped into the ranks of colonel-level officers, and they are also registered officers of the national army within the Ministry of Military Affairs, which makes them a little unbelievable.

"Gao Jian was appointed as the chief of staff of the lieutenant colonel of the provisional 145th Brigade, Li Yong was appointed as the major commander of the reconnaissance battalion, Xu Hu was appointed as the deputy commander of the artillery battalion, acting as the battalion commander, Captain Jin Long was appointed as the commander of the guard company, and Deng Zishan was appointed as the lieutenant colonel and battalion commander of the supplementary battalion."

The next appointments were all directly subordinate to the brigade headquarters, the artillery battalion and the reconnaissance battalion, two battalions newly formed by Li Han, of which the artillery battalion was equipped with six Type 92 infantry guns and four mountain guns.

The reconnaissance battalion was actually a fully mechanized infantry battalion, equipped with two armored vehicles, ten three-seater motorcycles, and twenty military vehicles.

Of course, the equipment of the artillery battalion and the reconnaissance battalion, except for the car, which Li Han bought by himself, all the other equipment was the trophies of the captured Japanese army.

Due to the expansion of the Anti-Japanese Brigade into the 145th Brigade, the officers of the original Anti-Japanese Brigade were all promoted and a star was added to their ranks, so naturally they were all happy.

Among them, the fastest promotions are Xu Hu and Jin Long, who just came to Li Han's team, Xu Hu is a platoon commander, and in half a year, he became the deputy commander of the artillery battalion. Jin Long, a kid who only joined the army in Rehe, is now a captain and company commander.

The speed of this promotion is even inferior to Li Han, he is also a graduate of the Northeast Lecture Martial Arts Hall, and it took him many years to become a company commander, which shows that although the war is cruel, it is the most capable of training.

The full strength of the 15 th Regiment and the units directly under the brigade headquarters can reach more than 4,000 people, and if the personnel of the 14 th Regiment are added, the number of troops in the 145 Brigade will reach more than 7,000 people, which is equivalent to the number of a Type B division of the National Army.

However, at present, in addition to the 14 th Regiment, there are still a small number of units under the direct jurisdiction of the 15 th Regiment and the brigade headquarters that are not fully staffed. In particular, the artillery battalion directly under the brigade headquarters, the 600-man artillery battalion, is now only in the mid-300s, with a shortage of nearly half.

There are cannons and shells, but there is a lack of artillery, which is a strange thing in the army during the Republic of China, and the troops of the national army will always only have a situation where there are soldiers but no artillery, and it is the first time that there is a situation of artillery without soldiers.

Even so, the number of the 145th Brigade has reached 6,000 people, and there are more soldiers, Li Han's waist is naturally up, and if the old devil Yamashita Seiichi dares to make any more moves, he doesn't mind going to Chengde to talk to him face to face.

It's a pity that Li Han's idea was destined to be unrealized, the Japanese spy network in China was too deep, and even before Li Han received the telegram on the expansion of the army, the content of the telegram had already appeared on Seiichi Yamashita's desk.

"Yaga! Damn the Chinese people! ”

Makoto Yamamoto tore up the documents in his hand one by one, it was this Li Han who couldn't hold his head up in front of his colleagues, and he also ruined his brother's future, he wanted to break Li Han's body into pieces.

Yamashita Seiichi looked at the map in the distance with a blue face, on the map, a large area of Duolun, Guyuan, Fengning, and the paddock was marked by him with a red pencil, and then red crosses were drawn all over it, which shows how much the Yamashita City hated Li Han.

What he couldn't bear was that it seemed that it was the defeat of the imperial army that had already created Li Han's success, and the sacrifice of more than a thousand imperial warriors in exchange for the opponent becoming stronger, which was the government of China slapping itself in the face.

"Your Excellency Wing Commander, do we want to continue to send troops to eliminate this branch army, there is still half of Li Han's army on the way, I believe that by concentrating the strength of our twenty-third wing, we can easily eliminate Li Han's army."

Wing Chief of Staff Shigezo Kuroda said to Seiichi Yamashita.

Yamashita Seiichi seemed to be a little moved, but he quickly frowned again, shook his head and said, "No, the duty of the 23rd Wing is to guard Rehe, and the 13th Infantry Brigade has been hit hard, which has made Rehe's resistance to the Imperial Army ready to move again.

Even if we defeat Li Han's provisional 145th Brigade, the 23rd Wing, which has suffered heavy losses, will probably not be able to bear the burden of guarding Rehe. ”

Obviously, Yamashita Yoshio's lesson made Yamashita Seiichi know that the army led by Li Han and Li Han is very strong in combat, and at least it can withstand the attack of its own reinforced brigade.

And the 23rd Wing now has a total of two brigades, and now the 11th Brigade only has one and a half squadrons left, and their captain Yoshio Yamashita has been sent back to China, and within a few months, the 11th Brigade will be useless.

If the opponent was only Li Han alone, of course Seiichi Yamashita would immediately take the 23rd Wing to Li Han for revenge.

However, the order given to him by the Kwantung Army Command was to put him in charge of the security guards of Rehe, and if he eliminated Li Han and lost Rehe, he would be ordered to be disemboweled.

Therefore, before the Battle of the Great Wall is over, Seiichi Yamashita will not take any more action against Li Han, although this will make him unable to raise his head in front of his colleagues, but it is better to lose face than to lose his life.

"Order the 12th Infantry Brigade and the 13th Infantry Brigade to strictly guard the garrison, and you must not attack without an order, you go to the Mongol princes of Rehe and Chahar and let them send troops to deal with Li Han.

Sooner or later, this is the territory of their Mongolian autonomous government, and they can't rely on the imperial army to help them do everything. When the imperial army pulled out his hand, it was Li Han's death. ”

Seiichi Yamashita said to Juzo Kuroda that although he couldn't deal with Li Han for the time being, he wouldn't let Li Han have a good time.

"Hey!"

Kuroda Shigezo hid and went to carry out Seiichi Yamashita's order.