The news of the victory in Wuhu finally came out, and now Wuhan and Chongqing ...... All parts of the country are boiling, and this news is simply a shot in the arm for the current situation of frustration in the War of Resistance Against Japan!

Yes, we have lost our land, our people, and our capital. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info but don't think about it, the flame of Chinese people's resistance against Japan will never be extinguished, and it will burn more and more.

The young students were furious, they were shocked by the brutality of the Japanese army in Nanjing, joined the army, and the mood for war was high.

The workers were also outraged, they worked day and night to produce all kinds of materials to support the war of resistance, and in order to fight the Japanese invaders, they vowed to produce more guns and bullets!

Farmers, small businessmen, business owners......

As long as it is a Chinese with the blood of the Chinese ancestors flowing in their bodies, after the Wuhu victory, they are all boiling.

"Down with Japanese imperialism!"

"Drive little Japan out of China!"

"Exorcise the Japanese ......"

Such a roar resounded throughout the land of China.

The recruitment office was almost crowded, and I had never seen people sign up for the army so enthusiastically.

At the same time, the name of the Independent Brigade also resounded throughout the land of China, and anti-Japanese armed forces sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

The Independent Brigade also became a banner of anti-Japanese resistance!

The Independent Brigade suddenly became the focus of public opinion in China and even the world, and everyone was speculating about what kind of force it was, and it had such great ability, a team of more than 10,000 people, and nearly 4,000 devils were annihilated; And its own casualties were less than 1,000.

Soon, the mother's family of the Independent Brigade was revealed to be the 88th Division of the Central Army with outstanding military achievements, and of course the national government would not let go of this good opportunity for propaganda and hype it up.

The news was confirmed, even a leader as strong as Lao Jiang was a little excited and couldn't hold himself, such a victory has not been heard for a long time.

With such a record, even if you lose the capital, you can still give an account to the people.

However, I am afraid that this will be a huge blow to the morale of the Japanese army, and it will also have a huge and far-reaching impact on international public opinion on Japan and Japan's domestic political structure.

"What do you think, Mr. Blei?" Although Lao Jiang was excited, he was still able to stabilize in front of his subordinates, not to mention, he also knew it before, but his fingers trembled slightly, and he handed the telegram to Chen Bulei, the director of the second division of the attendant room behind him.

"Sir, Ushijima's 18th Division has lost a wing of infantry and should not be able to advance westward. This is extremely beneficial to me in the current situation of the Anti-Japanese War, and at least we can buy a little time to make more active and prudent arrangements for the next battle of Wuhan. Chen Bulei said slowly.

"What Mr. Bu Lei said makes sense, the Japanese army suffered such a big blow, why should China be destroyed within three months, the Japanese are arrogant and ignorant, it is ridiculous!" Old Jiang said with a Chinese stick hitting the floor tiles heavily.

"That's what the gentleman said."

"This independent brigade is very good, I want to reward all the officers and soldiers in this operation!" Old Jiang Dao. "The officers and soldiers of the department, all the officers and soldiers will be promoted to the next level, and they will be rewarded with 100,000 yuan!"

"I now feel that it is possible to keep the independent brigade and assign it to the third theater of operations. Compiled according to the first division! Lao Jiang said slowly.

"Assigned to the third war zone, whose command and orders should it be accepted?" Qian Dajun asked with some surprise.

"Directly under the Military Commission!" Lao Jiang thought for a moment and said heavily.

"Sir, this ......"

"It was my decision. When they arrive in Wuhan, I will personally award them medals! "Old Jiang Dao.

Qian Dajun and Chen Bulei glanced at each other, Lao Jiang seemed to be too partial to this army, could it be because of the background of the guard regiment?

"Sir, the Independent Brigade is directly under the Military Commission, and it is based on their military exploits. No one dared to say anything, but now that they are in Hefei, if they are under the direct command of the Military Commission, I am afraid that they will be beyond the command of the whip. Qian Dajun proposed.

"Well, yes, but the command of the independent brigade, the third theater of operations should not interfere too much, they are on the front line, how to fight, they themselves know." Old Jiang Dao.

This is the power to act independently of the independent brigade, which is almost completely free from the restrictions of the top, and Qian Dajun did not say anything.

"Report" "Come in, who are you?" "Report to the brigade commander, Major Zhao Ziqing, staff officer of the Ministry of National Defense; He is currently a staff officer and confidential secretary of the 1st Independent Division. "Independent First Division, what are you doing here with me?" "I'll be your secretary!"

Subsequently, Zhao Ziqing took out a document, and the president personally signed the commendation order, promoted Zhang to major general, and other officers and officers were promoted to one level. The independent brigade of the 88th Division was promoted to a new division, organized as a division of the first type, and rewarded officers and soldiers with 100,000 silver dollars. The new 1st Division was temporarily incorporated into the 3rd Theater of Operations and placed directly under the Military Department.

Zhang Cheng was the ninth period, and he was promoted from lieutenant colonel to major general in half a year, which can be called a miracle in the army.

However, this miracle was earned by real military exploits, but it was not earned by the support of ancestors or parents, which is hard.

"It's been hard all the way, come, come into the house and talk!"

"Hello, senior!" Zhang Cheng was taken aback. Whampoa has accepted girls. After graduating from the sixth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, the military academy was moved to Nanjing and renamed the Army Central School.

Zhao Ziqing smiled and said: "No, I am a graduate of the sixth phase of Hangzhou Middle School, and I have heard of Senior Zhang at school. "I'm graduating from the fourth class, okay, welcome to the Independent Brigade."

"Before the meeting, announce a few things, Zhu Ping." Zhang Cheng beckoned everyone to sit down, smiled slightly, and ordered Guo Zhuping.

"After discussion and decision by the Military Committee, Gao Zhisong, chief of staff of the independent brigade, with the rank of major general, will be appointed chief of staff of the new 1st Division!"

Gao Zhisong stood up excitedly, he didn't expect that he would be promoted to major general at this time, as the chief of staff of the new 1st Division, if he was promoted to major general, it would be by virtue of his merits in the First Battle of Nanjing. It must be indispensable, but the position of chief of staff, if there is no recommendation from Zhang Cheng, it will definitely not work.

"Thank you, Master!"

"To Brother Song. You deserve it. ”

"Promoted to the rank of deputy brigade commander Liu Zhongming, deputy commander of the new 1st Division."

Everyone else has also been born at the first level, although it is only a small-scale meritorious reward, but this is still very strong in encouraging the morale of the upcoming big war, which is also what Zhang Cheng strongly demands.

The new 1st Division has four brigades, three main brigades, plus a supplementary brigade, plus an artillery regiment, and the machine gun battalion of Da Niu has now also been expanded into an armored regiment, if a brigade has 8,000 people, this is 30,000 people, in fact, in addition to the supplementary brigade, the main three brigades are more than 8,000 people. The commander of the new 1st Brigade was concurrently served by Liu Zhongming; Chen Qingshan, commander of the new 2nd Brigade; Hu Rongda, commander of the New Third Brigade.

The meeting was discussed until two o'clock in the evening, when the main topic of discussion was the reorganization of the troops, and the plan for the expansion of the new 1st Division was brought out.

The reorganization plan of the new 1st Division is led by itself, although this plan is very reasonable, but the upper peak may not agree, some units still have to defend Yinping Town, this part is allocated to supplement the brigade.

Of course, regardless of whether the summit will agree or not, Zhang CD will carry it out of his own will. Troops are fighting on the front line, and sometimes a unit is lost in a few minutes, and if it has to be organized, then the front commander will not be able to command the troops to fight.

Dispersal, centralized, integrated, and downsized, this kind of thing is a normal thing on the front line, and the front line commander has this authority.

The rapid expansion of the troops, and the lack of high-ranking officers, have become the main problems, and Zhang Cheng certainly has to take this issue into consideration; he did not make much use of the troops, but he optimized the number of troops and the ratio of weapons.

There have been some additions and subtractions, so that the overall reorganization plan will appear to be no problem, but in fact it will greatly improve the combat efficiency and capability of the troops.

Units directly under the headquarters of the new 1st Division.

Reconnaissance battalion directly under the division headquarters: battalion commander Niu Dazhuang, one infantry company, and one cavalry company. A platoon of heavy machine guns. One of the communication classes. A mortar platoon, a technical support team, and other auxiliary personnel, a total of 520 people, usually act as a guard unit at the division headquarters and act with the division headquarters.

Artillery Regiment: Regiment Commander Marin, equipped with 24 captured Japanese 150 mm howitzers, is the strongest attacking force of the new 1st Division, with a number of 1,000 people.

Armored Regiment: Regimental Commander Bull. It is equipped with 32 Japanese tanks, 24 armored vehicles, an infantry battalion, and a support squadron, with a total strength of about 800 people.

Water Transport Support Brigade: Captain Wu Fei, equipped with one torpedo boat, four gunboats, and about 500 people.

The special combat team was formed as a new special operations battalion, with the level of regiment and regiment, and the number of battalion commander Song Hu was expanded to 1,000 people.

Units directly under the brigade headquarters are all standard.

One reconnaissance battalion, one cavalry battalion, one artillery battalion (12 mountain artillery or infantry guns), one engineer battalion, one communications company, one transport battalion, and one health brigade directly under the brigade headquarters.

Each brigade is equipped with 40 cars, which means that the new 1st Division has a lot of money, and this is the elite division of the Central Army, which may not be able to have 40 cars.

His brigade alone is equipped with forty vehicles.

Each brigade has three infantry regiments, and the number of each infantry regiment is controlled at about 1,800 men, and a little fluctuation is allowed up and down.

In addition, each brigade also has a supplementary regiment, three infantry battalions, and about 1,000 people.

In this way, the strength of each brigade was controlled at about 8,000 people.

The strength of the three brigades, the strength directly under the division headquarters, the division headquarters organs, the field hospital, the logistics support department, and so on, finally controlled the number of about 30,000 people.

An ordinary division is about 11,000 people, and generally two or three divisions form an army, and the establishment structure of the new first division has actually reached the scale of the army level, but it is still a division.

The main reason is that the brigade level of the national army is a system of one brigade and two regiments, which is generally only about 4,000 or 5,000 people, while the three brigades of the new 1st Division are all one brigade and three regiments, and the strength of the troops reaches 8,000, which is almost twice that of ordinary brigades.

This reorganization also includes wounded soldiers, that is, the number of soldiers in the establishment also includes wounded soldiers, except for those who are disabled and can no longer continue to serve.

Some of them are disabled soldiers, and that one is naturally retired, whether to receive a pension and go home, or go to Yinping Town, this depends on everyone's wishes.

The pension will not be given at once, and the government does not have so much money, and if it is given so much money at once, it will not do them any good, and if it is not good, it will harm these people who shed blood and sacrificed for the country.

According to the strategy of elite soldiers, all those who do not meet the requirements to remain in the combat unit must be cleared out, and of course, it is not to drive these people away, they are not suitable for fighting, but they are not necessarily suitable for other work, and everyone has his value.

Isn't it overkill for you to ask a scientist to go to war with a gun?

Therefore, Zhang Cheng demanded that this time the reorganization should be done in detail, and there must be a proper arrangement for the personnel who have been cleaned up, so as not to chill the hearts of these people to resist serving the country.

The focus of this program was not on staffing, but on armament, and the new 1st Division was now fighting the Japanese and was constrained by the low logistical capacity of the rear.

Except for a small number of fully automatic equipment, such as the Czech ZB light machine gun and the Maxim heavy machine gun, which are all weapons with stronger performance than the Japanese army in actual combat, Zhang Cheng naturally will not choose Japanese-style weapons with frequent failures and difficult operation.

For Japanese machinery, Zhang Cheng chose its excellent stay, but because of the insufficient quantity, only a small amount of equipment.

Artillery and the like, all of which were Japanese weapons, and some of the miscellaneous cards that were originally mastered were donated to the defenders of Hefei.

In this way, when the final plan was decided, the new 1st Division was equipped with light weapons, except that the number of heavy artillery may be somewhat weak, and the armament of light weapons completely surpassed that of a standing division of the Japanese army.

In other words, once this weapon allocation plan is implemented, the new 1st Division can directly shock a division of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army has a main division of the first type, with a strength of about 28,000 people, and after the new first division is finally reorganized, the strength is about 30,000.

The strength of the troops is also roughly equal. Of course, this is only Zhang Cheng's initial requirement for the new 1st Division, and the new 1st Division will maintain this scale for a long time in the future, but it is impossible for the combat effectiveness to always maintain this level.

As far as the present situation is concerned, the weapons are not inferior to the Japanese field divisions and regiments, there is still a big gap between the combat effectiveness and the tactical level of the soldiers, and the quality of the officers is also uneven.

The reorganization plan was then signed by Zhang Cheng himself, and it was reported to the Wuhan Military Commission and the chamber of attendants in the form of secret telegrams.

This reorganization plan, Lao Jiang finally pinched his nose and admitted it, without any changes.

Zhang Cheng had already announced the plan, and then it began, and it was a rather arduous task to complete the redressing, reorganization, and training within a month to form combat effectiveness.

Lao Jiang's posthumous recognition is just a matter of formalities, so that he doesn't have to hide it and do it drastically.