Chapter 82: The Establishment of the Red Eighteenth Army (2)

As for the combat units of the 18th Red Army Corps, they were reorganized from the original 23 main battalions and 34 local independent battalions of Li Jiansheng's department.

Originally, there were 25 main battalions, but the 1st Special Agent Battalion and the Training Battalion were upgraded respectively, and only 23 main battalions remained, including 22 combat battalions and 1 2nd special agent battalion. What Li Jiansheng meant was that the 57 battalions, in addition to those that had been upgraded before, would have three of them cancelled, and the number of troops would be enriched to the units directly under the regiment, or they would be added to the engineering regiment, the baggage regiment, the heavy machine gun regiment and other departments, or some smaller specialized agencies or teams, such as guard companies, communications companies, engineer companies, and so on, would be assigned to the divisions under the jurisdiction established after the reorganization of the regiment. As for the fighters of various ethnic minorities in the original army, they were all disorganized and integrated into various units in this round of reorganization. Therefore, after this time, Li Jiansheng's division, except for some units directly under the corps, only a full 54 standard battalions remained in the combat unit. Of course, there is a basic principle for this "disruption and incorporation" at Li Jiansheng's insistence, that is, the main force of the original main battalion or the main force of some local independent battalions with relatively strong combat strength should not be disrupted, so as to ensure the overall combat effectiveness of the troops.

As a result, the 54 battalions were reorganized into 18 regiments in the form of one main battalion plus two local independent battalions, and the old main battalion plus the new local independent battalion. Among them, the 1st to 4th regiments are different, ensuring that each regiment has two main battalions; One main battalion for each of the remaining regiments. The strength of the two main battalions is actually average, such as the 9th and 12th battalions of the main force, and they are not even comparable to some special local independent battalions, such as the Guiyang Independent Battalion and the Yizhang Independent Battalion, which were respectively classified as the 3rd and 4th regiments.

The 18 regiments were organized into 6 divisions. They were the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Divisions of the Red Army, each with three regiments under its jurisdiction, and some specialized companies formed by Li Jiansheng breaking up the three battalions in advance, such as the communications company, engineer company, baggage company, reconnaissance company, guard company, and so on. Among them, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Red Regiments under the jurisdiction of the 1st Red Division; The 2nd Red Division had jurisdiction over the 4th to 6th Red Regiments; The 3rd Red Division was under the jurisdiction of the 7th to 9th Red Regiments; The 4th Red Division was under the jurisdiction of the 10th to 12th Red Regiments; The 5th Red Division was under the jurisdiction of the 13th to 15th Red Regiments; The 6th Red Division had jurisdiction over the 16th to 18th Red Regiments. 6 divisions together form the 18th Army Corps of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army!

In fact, in terms of the number of division-level units, Li Jiansheng's troops, let alone being organized into one corps, are enough to be organized into two corps, but for now, Li Jiansheng is really unwilling to be too ostentatious and insists on setting up a corps.

The arrangements for the clans and each sequence are as follows:

The commander of the corps and the secretary of the party committee, Li Jiansheng personally appointed.

The political commissar of the corps was Huang Su, a veteran of the Red Army and a veteran political worker sent by the Central Soviet District. Li Jiansheng didn't actually know Huang Su, and he didn't quite remember what was going on with this person, but he always felt a little impressed. Very accidentally, he remembered that this Huang Su's real name was Huang Su, and he was introduced to him in the later "Eternal Monument". It turned out that this Huang Su was a senior commander of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. Born in 1908, he was born in Foshan, Guangdong. In 1925, he participated in the general strike of the province and Hong Kong, and joined China in October of the same year. In December 1930, he was ordered to go to the Western Fujian Soviet District, and successively served as the political commissar of the New 12th Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the political commissar of the 34th Division, and the political commissar of the 1st Division of the 1st Army Corps. In January 1935, he was reinstated as the political commissar of the 1st Division of the 1st Red Army, and led his troops with division commander Li Jukui to participate in the battles of forcibly crossing the Wujiang River, capturing Zunyi, crossing Chishui four times, forcibly crossing the Dadu River, and seizing the Luding Bridge by the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Division. In November of the same year, on the eve of the Battle of Zhiluozhen, the Central Military Commission decided that Huang Su would be appointed as political commissar of the 73rd Division of the Red Army in southern Shaanxi. After receiving the transfer order, he took the initiative to ask to go to work after this battle. During the battle, he personally led a regiment as the main attacker, and died heroically on the 21st when launching a general attack on the Kuomintang army, at the age of 27.

Li Jiansheng couldn't imagine that this historical martyr would come to him now, and his heart was full of emotion. When discussing the plan, he thought that he was less than 20 years old this year, and this Huang Su was only a little more than 24 years old, so he called "big brother" and asked him to be the political commissar. Huang Su was not hypocritical and agreed to take up this position.

The two deputy commanders are Yuntian and Peng Zhi. Yuntian was Li Jiansheng's old subordinate, but Peng Zhi was sent by the Central Soviet Region, and was originally the deputy commander of the 10th Army of the Red Army in western Fujian. Li Jiansheng couldn't remember that there was such a person in later generations, and when he thought about it later, it was estimated that this person either died in the later "rebellion" or died during the Long March, so he didn't remember it. After Peng Zhi came for so long, Li Jiansheng dealt with him a few times, and felt that he was a good general, so he asked him to take this position.

Deputy Political Commissar Zhou Pei is also an old Red Army from Jinggangshan. This person, Li Jiansheng, was recognized by Li Jiansheng, a descendant of Mao Weiren, and one of the participants in the Autumn Harvest Uprising. When Li Jiansheng left Jinggangshan, he was the deputy battalion commander of the 32nd Regiment's Wuzhonghao Battalion. Before coming to Shonan, he was a deputy division commander of the Red First Army. After Li Jiansheng communicated with him, he found that he was not only good at military technology, but also good at political and ideological work, so he asked him to take up this post.

Chief of Staff Wang Hanying. This is Li Jiansheng's old subordinate and old comrade-in-arms. Li Jiansheng can be trusted. Moreover, this person does have his own set of staff officers. Li Jiansheng asked him to continue in this position.

Deputy Chief of Staff Liu Qiao. It was also from the Central Soviet District. Former deputy commander of the 13th Division of the Red Army in southern Gansu. He has clear thinking, keen vision, many ideas, and rigorous work, which is a rare staff officer-type talent. Li Jiansheng didn't say a word, and directly ordered him to take this position.

Zhao Boping is the director of the Political Department. Zeng Xiangyang served as the director of the equipment department. Xu Zhengfang served as the director of the logistics department. The training department was headed by Liao Chenxing, a veteran of the Red Army from the Central Soviet District. Fan Chao served as the director of the Intelligence and Information Department. The director of the security department is Wu Kelie, the former commander of the reconnaissance company.

Yang Zhishen, commander of the first division, Su Zhengfei, political commissar, and Gao Yuan, chief of staff. Su Zhengfei also came from the Central Soviet District. Li Jiansheng was not familiar with this person, but seeing that his ability to do things was extremely strong, he felt a little strange in his heart. Later, I thought about it, I was afraid that this person would be the same as Peng Zhi, Zhou Pei and Liu Qiao, why was he unknown in later generations, but because of the "rebellion" or the sacrifice of the Long March! The plateau also came from the Central Soviet Region, and Li Jiansheng knew a little about him. He was the head of the main regiment, and he was mistakenly killed during the later "Suppression of Rebellion", and he didn't expect to be here with Li Jiansheng now. Li Jiansheng secretly made up his mind that his troops would never allow the "suppression of rebellion" and would never let such a good comrade die not in the hands of the enemy, but in the hands of his own people!

The commander of the second division, Guo Hu, the political commissar, Li Qin, and the chief of staff, Li Qing. Li Qin is an old political worker. It is also from the original Jinggangshan 32nd Regiment. It turned out to be a deputy company commander. Before coming to Shonan, he was a deputy commander of the Red First Army. Li Qing also held the post of chief of staff in the Central Soviet Region, and this time he was also in the right position.