Chapter 6: Dongfeng Praise (3)

Seeing that everyone was quiet for a while, but there was not much reaction yet, Li Jiansheng then announced a new order.

The seventh order was to form the Air Force Command of the Front. Chu Gaoping served as the commander of the Air Force, and Zhang Xiangtao served as the political commissar of the Air Force. Chu Gaoping and Zhang Xiangtao are both regiment-level cadres of the former Red Third Army Corps, and they are all young tiger generals. However, he was investigated and dismissed from office in the "suppression of rebellion", and was later rescued by Li Jiansheng by the Xiangjiang River. In Li Jiansheng's department, the two started as platoon commanders and accumulated military merits and rose to deputy division commanders. Chu Gaoping is currently the deputy commander of the Red 16th Division, and Zhang Xiangtao is the deputy commander of the Red 17th Division. Li Jiansheng felt that both of them were talents that could be created, and they were both good at military and political work, so the burden of forming the air force was handed over to them. As for the planes, let them figure it out themselves.

The eighth order was to form the command of the Air Defense Forces of the Front. Huang Chunde served as the commander and Zhou Billy served as the political commissar. Huang Chunde was a deputy commander of the former Red Fifth Army Corps, a young veteran of the Red Army, who was investigated and dismissed from his post during the "rebellion", and was later rescued by Li Jiansheng by the Xiangjiang River. started as a deputy platoon commander in Li Jiansheng's department, and accumulated military merits and was promoted to the deputy political commissar of the Red 16th Division; Zhou Billy is a native of Anhui, and Li Jiansheng transferred him from the Red Fourth Front Army together with Zeng Zhongsheng and others in the name of Zhou Weiren and Zhu Weiren, and he is now the deputy political commissar of the Red 20th Division. Li Jiansheng asked the two of them to quickly form an air defense force based on the only four anti-aircraft machine guns they had at hand. Because both of them are good at both military and political work, Li Jiansheng also dares to use it boldly.

The ninth order, the formation of the front airborne forces command. Li Zhi served as commander and Lou Chunjian served as political commissar. Li Zhi was originally Li Jiansheng's personal guard, and now he is the head of the First Guard Regiment of the Guard Brigade, with excellent martial arts, and he has made rapid progress with Li Jiansheng. Lou Chunjian is an old cadre and an old political worker that Li Jiansheng asked for from the boss of the Red Second Front Army in the name of "exchange", and his martial arts are very good. Li Jiansheng knew that the airborne troops would fight alone behind enemy lines in the future, so he partnered these two men and asked them to first form at least two airborne brigades, with the long-term goal of forming an airborne force with more than three whole divisions. As for the post of head of the First Guard Regiment of the Guard Brigade, Xu Jinsong, deputy head of the regiment and Li Jiansheng's former guard, took over.

The tenth order was to form the Armored Corps Command of the Front. Li Qing, chief of staff of the Red 19th Division, served as commander, and Qian Zhuangming, chief of staff of the Red 17th Division, served as political commissar. Li Qing was rescued by Li Jiansheng on the edge of the Xiangjiang River, and Qian Zhuangming was rescued by Li Jiansheng from the guns of the "anti-rebellion" personnel. Li Qing was also one of the few college students in the Red Army. At present, they have all been arranged by Li Jiansheng to form a new army. As for the armored car, there is no one for the time being, but Li Jiansheng said that there will definitely be one in the future, and he will build it in the future, but not at the moment, he can use the car to install it on the deck and conduct relevant military training first. He asked the two to ensure that 10,000 fighters who could drive cars were trained within three months. At the same time, he demanded that the two men immediately conduct a drill in which infantry, artillery, armored troops, and even the air force cooperate with each other in attack and defense. As for the vehicles, except for the vehicles necessary for logistics, hospitals, and confidential offices, as well as the cars used by Political Commissar Luo and Chief of Staff Zeng, all other vehicles were used, including his own cars. Because Li Jiansheng's unit won many battles, many vehicles were seized, including jeeps and trucks. As the head of the front army, he, Luo Ronghuan, and Zeng Zhongsheng each arranged one. But Li Jiansheng rarely uses it, he prefers to ride horses. Luo Ronghuan also likes to ride horses, but he is older and his health is not very good, so Li Jiansheng asked him to take a car. Zeng Zhongsheng was so busy and miscellaneous that he was obviously faster than riding a horse, so he ensured that he used the car.

The eleventh order was to form the Radar Information Corps Command of the Front Army. Hu Yong served as commander, and Yang Huwei, chief of staff of the 16th Red Division, served as political commissar. Hu Yong is also a veteran of the Red Army, who came from the Red Army, and now serves as the regimental political commissar of the 18th Red Division, majoring in radio, and is a full-fledged college student. At the beginning, Yang Huwei was always the chief of staff of the Red 15th Division, and later Wu Kelie was transferred from the post of commander of the special service brigade to the chief of staff of the Red 15th Division, and he was transferred to the chief of staff of the Red 16th Division. He had only been in this position for a few months, and he was transferred to form a radar information unit, although he did not know much about what radar was. But he is not to blame, because although he was not born professionally, he has always liked to do this, so it does not affect his status as a radio enthusiast in the slightest. Knowing that everyone, including the two of them, didn't know much about this radar, and that there was no such thing in the world at present, Li Jiansheng gave a little introduction. Hearing that this radar can predict and warn in advance, Hu Yong and Yang Huwei all had bright eyes and happily accepted the order together.

The twelfth order was to form a headquarters for the defense of the chemical warfare. Peng Zhi, deputy commander-in-chief of the front army, concurrently served as commander and political commissar of the anti-chemical warfare troops. Peng Zhi was an old Red Army, he was the commander of the main force of the Red First Army, he was later wounded, and then he was purged and rebelled, and then he was welcomed to the Red Seventh Army at that time by Li Jiansheng in the name of exchange, and then slowly rose to the position of deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Third Front Army. Li Jiansheng knew that the Japanese would fight chemical warfare in the future, so the anti-chemical warfare troops must be formed immediately and all soldiers should be trained in anti-chemical warfare, otherwise they will suffer a big loss in the future. But he didn't have enough people at hand, and accidentally learned that Peng Zhi, who was 36 years old this year, was actually a graduate of Yenching University majoring in chemistry.

The thirteenth order was to form an engineering headquarters and expand and organize on the basis of the original army engineer brigade. Peng Xu, the former commander of the engineer brigade, and Wen Chunlin, the political commissar, served as the commander and political commissar of the engineering troops respectively.

The 14th order was to form the Red Star Newspaper of the Front Army, the Red Star Art Troupe, and the Red Star Radio, which were subordinate to the Political Department of the Front Army. Shang Zhiyuan served as the president and editor-in-chief of the Red Star Newspaper, Lao Yan served as the head of the Red Star Art Troupe, Bai Xin served as the deputy head of the Red Star Art Troupe and the head of the Red Star Repertory Troupe, Shen Ying served as the deputy head of the Red Star Art Troupe and the head of the Red Star Opera Troupe, and Luo Xiaoman served as the director of the Red Star Radio. Shang Zhiyuan is a full-fledged university graduate, writes a good article, and deserves to be the president and editor-in-chief of Red Star Newspaper. Lao Yan and Bai Xin are both sisters of the Yao family, although they didn't read much before, but in the past few years, they have learned a lot with Li Jiansheng's department, and they have been insisting on learning cultural knowledge and making rapid progress. Both of them are first-class beauties, with sweet voices, and they worked as nurses in the General Hospital of the Front Army some time ago, and they were extremely thoughtful, which made Luo Ronghuan full of praise. The formation of the art troupe this time was Li Jiansheng's proposal, but these two candidates were decided by Luo Ronghuan. As for Shen Ying, she has a certain level of education, she is also beautiful, and she loves to sing, of course, she sings well. Later, I happened to hear Li Jiansheng introduce the opera, and since then I have been fascinated by this. Li Jiansheng named her as the head of the Red Star Opera Troupe, which meant to encourage her to develop in this area. As for Luo Xiaoman, his ancestral home is Zhejiang, and his family was born as a wealthy businessman. She also graduated from college, but her family forced her marriage to come to the Soviet District in a fit of anger. However, at that time, he encountered the fifth counter-revolutionary "encirclement and suppression", and he had no choice but to change his route to the Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Guizhou border base areas established by Li Jiansheng. As soon as they communicated on the road, they immediately became Shang Zhiyuan's friends. Later, both of them took the lead in standing out from a large group of college students and were reused by Li Jiansheng. Li Jiansheng felt that by using these five beautiful girls well, he would definitely be able to do a good job in the propaganda work of the troops and make the spiritual outlook of the troops glow with new brilliance.

The fifteenth order, the whole army was reorganized. The original 6 main divisions were all refined, and all returned to the structure of the 4 main regiments. But each division ensured that the combat effectiveness of the two main regiments did not decrease. The Recruit Training Headquarters has also made preparations for the transfer of troops, and the newly formed units will select the troops. The order of selection of troops is the Radar Information Corps, the Academy of Military Sciences, the Airborne Forces, the Anti-Chemical Warfare Corps, the Air Force, the Armored Corps, the Artillery, the Engineering Corps, the Air Defense Corps, the General Staff Department, the Equipment Department, and the Logistics Department. As for several other brigade-level institutions, it remains the same. However, Li Jiansheng made it clear that the guard brigade and the special service brigade all need to learn how to parachute and defend against chemical warfare, and have the ability to fly airplanes, armored vehicles, and automobiles, and also know how to use all kinds of artillery. It is required to learn within a time limit, and if you do not learn within half a year, you will withdraw from the above two units.

After announcing all the orders in one go, Li Jiansheng took a big sip of water this time, glanced at the audience, and paused for a while to let everyone digest it. Sure enough, although all the senior leaders of the divisions and brigades of the Front Army were present here, this time they were faced with too many new things and too many changes, and everyone exploded with a bang, and there were many discussions at once. Li Jiansheng also knew that this was the case, and glanced at Luo Ronghuan, and continued to serve tea and drink water with a tacit understanding, watching quietly and listening quietly.