Chapter XVII. Reorganization
In fact, Li Jiansheng didn't sleep all night, just sat quietly in the house, smoking cigarette after cigarette. Shang Zhiyuan found out for the first time that Li Jiansheng didn't ask for it, and besides, he had never smoked at home in the past, but he smoked very hard today. What's more, Li Jiansheng is a completely different person today, which makes people feel so scary. Based on her feelings, Shang Zhiyuan knew that Li Jiansheng had encountered something important. She was smart and silent, endured the discomfort of the smell of smoke, poured water for Li Jiansheng, and did not disturb him, read a book by herself, and then went to bed by herself.
The entire Red Front Army had already been ordered, the whole army had canceled its rest and recuperation, and all its troops had entered a state of combat readiness. Although they don't know what's going on, Luo Ronghuan and Zeng Zhongsheng still firmly support Li Jiansheng and jointly issued a first-level combat readiness order. Because, in the past, Li Jiansheng had never been so serious. Everyone found that the original bright sunshine on Commander Li's face was gone, and his whole face was black. Tian Shangwu, the guard who followed him, could even feel the murderous aura of the commander-in-chief.
Li Jiansheng can't say what he is suffering. He knew about this history, but the reality prevented him from helping, or even saying a single thing. I had to smoke by myself. He knew that the Chinese defenders and the Japanese army would fight fiercely at Lugou Bridge, and Japan would send a large number of reinforcements to attack Tianjin and Beiping. Tong Linge, deputy commander of the 29th Army, and Zhao Dengyu, commander of the 132nd Division, were killed in battle. In July, Tianjin fell. This opened the prelude to China's full-scale war of resistance against Japan.
When the sky was a little brighter, Li Jiansheng couldn't sit still. just kissed Shang Zhiyuan, who was still sleeping on the bed, and then straightened his military uniform and went out. called Ueda Shangwu, and a car rushed directly to Luo Ronghuan's residence. I exchanged a few words with Luo Ronghuan, who got up quickly, through the door, and came directly to the headquarters. While he was still on the way, he received a telegram from the headquarters, telling him to rush to the headquarters immediately. By the time Li Jiansheng arrived at the headquarters, it was already noon. When Li Jiansheng arrived and walked to the small courtyard of Mao Weiren, he met Zuo Quan who came out. The two greeted each other, Li Jiansheng went in, and Zuo Quan left in a hurry. Sure enough, there was a serious atmosphere at the headquarters. When Li Jiansheng walked into the courtyard, the courtyard was already full of leaders. Mao Weiren saw Li Jiansheng come in, beckoned his hand, and asked Li Jiansheng to sit next to him. Only a moment later, the left chief of staff came in again. Mao Weiren signaled that everyone had arrived and it was time for the meeting. Zuo Quan first introduced the situation, which is no different from the history that Li Jiansheng knows. Next, the leaders spoke one after another. As a result, everyone agreed that we should unite and resist foreign aggression first. Zhou Weiren, Zhu Weiren, and several others also spoke, holding that immediate action should be taken. In the end, Mao Weiren proposed that all sides should be mobilized immediately. He also proposed that the nine of them immediately send a telegram today in support of Chiang Kai-shek.
All parties are unanimous in their opinions, resolutely resist Japan!
In the afternoon of the same day, nine people, including Mao Weiren, Zhu Weiren, and Zhou Weiren, jointly sent a telegram to Chairman Chiang: "Chairman Chiang of Lushan, Jun Jian: The Japanese invaders will attack the Lugou Bridge and carry out the predetermined steps for their armed seizure of North China...... Under the leadership of the chairman, the officers and men of the Red Army are willing to serve the state and fight the enemy in order to achieve the goal of defending the land and the country. ”
Li Jiansheng did not go back that day, but had a brief exchange with the leaders, and then sent a telegram to Luo Ronghuan and Zeng Zhongsheng to report the situation to the troops, so that they could immediately report to the troops and do a good job in mobilization and ideological work. Luo and Zeng responded, and they didn't mention it when they went to arrange.
The next day, July 9, 1937, Peng Dehuai, Zuo Quan, Lin Biao, Liu Bocheng, Chen Changhao, Li Jiansheng, Luo Ronghuan, He Long, Xu Xiangqian, Nie Rongzhen and others sent a telegram to Chairman Chiang on behalf of the entire Red Army: "All our Red Army is willing to change its name to the National Revolutionary Army immediately, and please be named the Anti-Japanese Striker, and fight to the death against the Japanese invaders!" ”
On the morning of July 17, 1937, Chairman Chiang officially issued the Declaration of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, solemnly declaring: "...... We are about to reach the miserable situation of the human world where people are swords and I am fish and meat, and we cannot refrain from fighting! As for the start of the war, we can only sacrifice to the end, and if we are uncertain and delusional, we will fall into a land of no return; If you give up the size of land and sovereignty, you will be the sinner of the Chinese nation through the ages! …… If the war starts, it will be that there is no distinction between north and south, no distinction between young and old, no matter who they are, they all have the responsibility to defend the war of resistance, and they all have the determination to sacrifice everything! ”
On August 25, 1937, after negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, all the Red Army was reorganized into the National Revolutionary Army. Among them, the main force of the former Red Army, the Red 1st, Red 2nd, Red 3rd, Red 4th and the Northern Shaanxi Red Army, was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army; The Red Army, which was originally in the eight southern provinces and later renamed the Southern Column, was reorganized into the newly organized Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief, Ye Jianying, chief of staff, Ren Bi, director of the General Political Department, and Zuo Quan, deputy chief of staff. The Eighth Route Army had four divisions:
The 115th Division, division commander Lin Biao, director of the Political Training Office Nie Rongzhen. It was mainly adapted from the Red First and Third Army Corps of the original Red First Army.
The 120th Division, Division Commander He Long, Deputy Division Commander Xiao Ke, and Director of the Political Training Office Guan Xiangying. It was mainly adapted from the Red Second and Red Sixth Army Corps of the former Red Second Front Army.
The 125th Division, division commander Li Jiansheng, and director of the Political Training Office Luo Ronghuan. It was mainly adapted from the original Red Three Front Army.
The 129th Division, division commander Liu Bocheng, director of the Political Training Office Zhang Hao. It was mainly adapted from the original Red Fourth Front Army and the main force of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi.
However, Mao Weiren waved his hand, and the Eighth Route Army added four more divisions to the existing number, and these four divisions are the internal numbers of the Eighth Route Army:
Independent division, division commander Xu Xiangqian, director of the Political Training Office Chen Changhao. It was mainly adapted from the main force of the original Red Fourth Front Army.
Garrison Division, Division Commander Luo Binghui, Director of the Political Training Department He Changgong. It was mainly adapted from the Red Ninth Army of the former Red First Army.
Security Division, Division Commander Ji Zhentong, Director of the Political Training Office Dong Zhentang. It was mainly adapted from the Red Fifth Army of the former Red First Army.
Instructor, teacher Chen Yi, director of the Political Training Office***. It is mainly reorganized from the remnants of the Red Fourth Army Corps and the Red Eighth Army of the former Red First Front Army, as well as the main force of the Military Academy of Sciences (formerly the Teaching Brigade) of the Red Third Front Army.
New Fourth Army, Army Commander Ye Ting, Deputy Army Commander Xiang Ying, and Chief of Staff Zhang Yunyi.
All units are two brigades and four regiments.
After Li Jiansheng heard this announcement, he was stunned for a while. This is not at all the case in history. Later, the current Red Army is not comparable to the Red Army in official history, it is a powerful person, so it is normal for this situation to occur.
Li Jiansheng didn't care about all this, and after returning to the army, he immediately asked Li Guoping, deputy political commissar of the Academy of Military Sciences and former political commissar of the teaching brigade, to lead the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th regiments of the former teaching brigade to return to the founding instructors. As for the Fourth Regiment, it was led by Deng Chengming, and it was still engaged in the work of the Academy of Military Sciences, which could be regarded as a seed unit.
Bidding farewell to Li Guoping's headquarters, Li Jiansheng immediately convened a meeting of the party committee of the front army to unify his thinking. Subsequently, the reorganization of the Red Army of the Third Front was immediately started. Fortunately, Li Jiansheng's unit did its work early and well, and although the soldiers did not understand the sudden transformation from an opponent of the National Revolutionary Army to a member of the National Revolutionary Army, they still firmly believed that the reorganization of the front army headquarters and party committee headed by Li Jiansheng was going very smoothly.
The Red Third Front Army was renamed the 125th Division of the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, with division commander Li Jiansheng, political commissar and director of the Political Training Office Luo Ronghuan, chief of staff Zeng Zhongsheng, deputy division commander Yun Tian, deputy director of the Political Training Office Liu Qiao, and deputy chief of staff Hu Tingquan. It has a total of 2 main brigades of 385 and 386, as well as 5 directly subordinate brigades, including the division independent brigade, the division garrison brigade, the division teaching brigade, the division security brigade, and the division supplementary brigade. Each brigade has jurisdiction over two main regiments and a number of directly subordinate units. In addition, the division headquarters directly administers the special service regiment, artillery regiment, guard regiment, cavalry regiment, engineer regiment, armored detachment, air annihilation detachment, airborne detachment, air defense detachment, anti-chemical detachment, radar information detachment, military hospital, logistics department, equipment department, and a number of other units directly under the division.
The 385 Brigade was adapted from the original Red 18th Division. Brigade Commander Niu Dali, Director (Political Commissar) of the Brigade Political Training Office Bai Kaishan, and Gong Houming served as Chief of Staff.
The 386 Brigade was reorganized from the original Red 16th Division. Brigade Commander Yang Zhishen, Director (Political Commissar) of the Brigade Political Training Office Su Zhengfei, Chief of Staff Huang Kegong. Huang Kegong was specially transferred by Li Jiansheng to Mao Weiren. Li Jiansheng cherished his talent and pity, and transferred him before that incident happened. Of course, he had to make a special trip to do a job with him, almost forbidding him to fall in love, and clearly telling him that he had to go to the battlefield to kill the Japanese criminals! Huang Kegong didn't know that Li Jiansheng was changing the trajectory of his life, although he felt a little inexplicable, he still resolutely obeyed the order and came to report. In Li Jiansheng's mind, he would rather Huang Kegong die on the battlefield of resistance against Japan than die like the one in history. In order to be afraid that something would happen to him, Li Jiansheng even changed his name and surname, told Huang Kegong about Huang Kegong in the official history, and asked him how to deal with this situation. Huang Kegong was silent for a long time. Li Jiansheng told him that the only correct way was not to kill at that time, bury the pain, go to the battlefield, aim the killing intention at the Japanese criminals, and then review this relationship when everything is over! Huang Kegong nodded thoughtfully. I don't know if he listens to it, Li Jiansheng thinks that this is all he can help him.
The division is an independent brigade, internally called the 387 Brigade, which was adapted from the original Red 15th Division. Brigade Commander Yan Dong, Director (Political Commissar) of the Brigade Political Training Office Su Sai, Chief of Staff Wu Kelie.
The division belongs to the security brigade, internally known as the 388 brigade, which was adapted from the original Red 17th Division. Brigade Commander Lu Keshan, Directors (Political Commissars) of the Brigade Political Training Office Guo Zhengjun and Deng Chengming served as chiefs of staff. Deng Chengming was the former commander of the teaching brigade and the vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences.
The division belongs to the garrison brigade, internally called the 389 Brigade, which was adapted from the original Red 19th Division. Brigade Commander Guo Hu, Director (Political Commissar) of the Brigade Political Training Office Li Qin, and Lu Guohua served as chiefs of staff. Lu Guohua is a cadre who was exchanged from the former Red Fourth Front Army, and is the deputy commander of the main division of the former Red Fourth Front Army.
The division belongs to the teaching brigade, internally known as the 390 Brigade, which was adapted from the original Red 20th Division. Brigade Commander Gao Yuan, Director (Political Commissar) of the Brigade Political Training Office Liu Ye and Mu Kou served as chief of staff.
The division is a supplementary brigade and is reorganized from the former Recruit Training Command. Brigade Commander Yuan Guoping, Director (Political Commissar) of the Brigade Political Training Office Xiao Caizhong, and Liu Hu served as chiefs of staff. Liu Hu was transferred to the post of deputy commander of the 20th Red Division during the large-scale training of the Red Third Front Army half a year ago, and took over the post of Mu Kou, and this time he was again transferred and promoted to chief of staff of the supplementary brigade.
The special service regiment directly under the division headquarters was reorganized by the former special service brigade, with regiment commander Xu Kai and director (political commissar) Wang Zhengfei of the Political Training Office. Externally, it is known as the special service battalion.
The Special Operations Regiment has the 1st and 2nd Special Operations Battalions, the Sniper Special Battalion and the Women's Special Operations Team. Fan Feng, commander of the sniper special operations battalion, and Yu Xiangyang, director (political commissar) of the Political Training Office. Shen Ying, the captain of the women's special combat team.
The artillery regiment directly under the division headquarters was reorganized by the former artillery brigade, with regiment commander Liu Fugui and director (political commissar) Liu Limin of the Political Training Office. Externally, it is called the artillery battalion.
The division headquarters directly administers the guard regiment, which is reorganized by the former guard brigade, with Wu Zheng, the regiment commander, and Lu Shulin, the director (political commissar) of the political training office. Externally it is called the guard battalion.
The division headquarters directly administers the engineer regiment, which is reorganized by the former engineer brigade, with the regiment commander Peng Xu and the director (political commissar) of the political training office Wen Chunlin. Externally it is called the Engineer Battalion.
The cavalry regiment directly under the division headquarters was reorganized from the former cavalry brigade, with the regiment commander Shao Qianjin and the director (political commissar) of the Political Training Office Wang Huixiang. Externally it is called the cavalry battalion.
The reconnaissance regiment directly under the division headquarters was reorganized from the original reconnaissance brigade, with regiment commander Wu Kelie and director (political commissar) Mi Ying. Externally known as the reconnaissance battalion.
The armored detachment directly under the division headquarters was reorganized from the original armored corps headquarters, with detachment leader Li Qing and director (political commissar) Qian Zhuangming of the political training office. Externally, it is called the baggage battalion.
The division headquarters is directly under the air annihilation detachment, which was reorganized from the former air force command, with detachment leader Chu Gaoping and director (political commissar) Zhang Xiangtao of the political training office. There is no such preparation externally.
The division headquarters is directly under the airborne detachment, which was reorganized from the former airborne army headquarters, with detachment leader Li Zhi and director (political commissar) Lou Chunjian. There is no such preparation externally.
The air defense detachment directly under the division headquarters was reorganized from the former Air Defense Force Headquarters, with detachment leader Huang Chunde and director (political commissar) Zhou Billy. Externally it is called an air defense battalion.
The division headquarters is directly subordinate to the anti-chemical detachment, which was reorganized from the former anti-chemical warfare headquarters, and the detachment leader and director (political commissar) of the political training office Peng Zhi. There is no such preparation externally.
The radar information detachment directly under the division headquarters was reorganized from the former radar information corps headquarters, with detachment leader Hu Yong and director (political commissar) Yang Huwei of the political training office. There is no such preparation externally.
The military hospital directly under the division headquarters, that is, the former Red Third Front Army Military Hospital, Chu Ming, the director of the hospital, and Zhao Boshan, the director (political commissar) of the Political Training Department. It is called the hospital directly under the division to the outside world.
The logistics department directly under the division headquarters was renamed from the former front army logistics command, with Xu Zhengfang, director of the division, and Lin Dazhi, director (political commissar) of the political training department. Externally, it is called a logistics department.
The Equipment Department directly under the division headquarters was renamed from the former Front Army Equipment Command, with Chen Mingshan as the director and Chen Dayong, director (political commissar) of the Political Training Department. Externally, it is known as the Second Logistics Department.
Hu Di, director of the division's security department.
Wang Shouyi, director of the division's secrecy department. Wang Shouyi's original name was Wang Keyi, but later he felt that he should stick to righteousness, so he changed his name to Wang Keyi.
Shen Pheasant, director of the Division's Confidential Division. Shen Pheasant had already been transferred to the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, but she kept reporting that she wanted to return to the army, Li Jiansheng knew that she was not wrong, and he did have a good impression of her, so his heart softened, so he agreed. Still let her participate in the secret.
After Li Jiansheng finished his announcement, he continued to speak. He said that Chairman Chiang had only given himself the establishment of the 2nd Brigade and 4th Regiment of this unit, so he had to adopt this method as a last resort. Li Jiansheng said: In the future, when we establish new anti-Japanese base areas, we will expand the army. A living person will not be suffocated by urine.
Speaking of this, Li Jiansheng took a big sip of water, Luo Xiaoman sat close, was recording materials, and immediately helped him fill up the water when he saw the opportunity. Shen Pheasant glanced at Shang Zhiyuan, and saw that her face changed, and her heart was secretly happy. I am happy, this working state is much better.
Li Jiansheng also said, externally, we must call it that, and internally, we still do it as before. Moreover, I also told you that in the future, when you go to the battlefield of resistance against Japan, you can recruit troops by yourself. Hang independent or new prefixes or supplementary prefixes, such as independent first regiments, new second regiments, supplementary third regiments, and so on. Tell you the commanders below, in the future, if he has a battalion of troops, then he will be the battalion commander; If there is a regiment of troops, then he is the commander of the regiment; If there is a division of troops, then he is the division commander. Did you hear me clearly?
Li Jiansheng's last sentence suddenly roared, and all the leaders were stunned, and then they all replied in unison: I heard clearly. My day, this is to let us develop the army freely? It's so cool!
The conference room exploded all at once!