Chapter 1033 Consolidation

After the 15th day of the first lunar month, the Shandong Bureau and the Shandong Military Region sent a telegram requesting instructions to the central authorities, requesting approval for the expansion and reorganization of our army in Shandong.

The order for the expansion and reorganization of the Central Committee and the General Headquarters was soon issued. However, the number changed, and the main division became a certain column of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, with brigades under the column.

In his secret telegram to Liu and Luo, the chairman made it clear that the change of the main division into a column was to reduce unnecessary trouble. Due to the Kuomintang's attack on Shaanxi, the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has now dropped to the lowest point since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the Kuomintang has even suspended the salaries of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and three divisions. Enlai was rejected several times when he asked to see Chiang Kai-shek, so he could only go to a lawsuit with He Yingqin every day. There are only three regular division-level troops of the Eighth Route Army and four division-level units in Shaanxi. If our army in Shandong came up with 12 division-level numbers at once, Chiang Kai-shek would probably not fight the Japanese devils, and on the contrary, he was afraid that he would join forces with the Japanese devils to fight the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, it is not possible to expand the main force into divisions, it is too jealous, and it is more appropriate to call it a column.

The chairman reminded Liu and Luo that they should be bold and fast in expanding the army and reorganizing it, and as long as there is food and money, they must boldly implement it. We should not be afraid of the shortage of troops and weapons and equipment for the time being, and we should win more battles and restore and expand our base areas as soon as possible. Attention should be paid to using the main force column to promote the development of the local armed forces, and using the local armed forces to support the expansion of the main forces. Determined to use half a year to a year to complete the main construction; It will take one to two years for the local armed forces of each military region to be tempered into a strong and powerful main force.

The chairman demanded that the Shandong Bureau and the Shandong Military Region must establish the guiding ideology of fighting a protracted war against the Japanese army, and pointed out that as the German fascists win more and more victories in Europe, the Japanese army will become more and more frenzied, and it is very likely that it will further readjust its policy of aggression against China, once again concentrate its forces on dealing with our base areas, and seek out and annihilate the main force of our army.

As for Liu Yimin's request to go to Chongqing to rescue Ni Hua's mother and daughter, the chairman's telegram only wrote two words: "Ridiculous! ”

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin did not give up, and sent three telegrams to the chairman in a row, repeatedly stating his reasons. As a result, the chairman simply ignored him. In the end, Mr. Zhu sent a telegram, saying that no matter how important the US aid is, it is not as important as Liu Yimin. There is no need to discuss this matter again. Ni Hua's mother and daughter are safe, waiting for the news of Vice Chairman Zhou's work. If Vice Chairman Zhou fails to do his job, rescue measures will be taken. Even if it is to rescue Ni Hua, there is no need for Liu Yimin to go, Vice Chairman Zhou has rich experience in fighting the enemy, and there are many methods. Even if Liu Yimin needs to go, it must be done on the premise of ensuring safety. There is no guarantee of security for the time being, and the Central Committee and the Headquarters categorically will not approve it.

Liu Yimin lost his temper completely, and after reading the telegram, he closed the "door" and slept alone for a day and a night, and he didn't even open Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Tang Xingying, and Zhao Xiaoman to knock on the "door".

On 29 February, the Shandong Bureau and the Shandong Military Region held an enlarged meeting to announce the plan for the reorganization and expansion of the army.

The first column of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, which was expanded on the basis of the First Brigade and the New First Brigade, was commanded by Gao Yuan, and political commissar Cheng Cuilin (concurrently). The column is directly subordinate to the armored regiment, artillery regiment, baggage regiment, engineer regiment, heavy machine gun battalion, communications battalion, guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, and the first field hospital, and has jurisdiction over the first, second, and third brigades.

The Second Column of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army was expanded on the basis of the Second Brigade and the New Second Brigade, with commander Liu Jianli and political commissar Zeng Chunjian. The column is directly subordinate to the artillery regiment, baggage regiment, engineer regiment, heavy machine gun battalion, communications battalion, guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, and the second field hospital, and is under the jurisdiction of the fourth, fifth, and sixth brigades.

The Third Column of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army was expanded on the basis of the Third Brigade and the Qinghe Garrison Brigade, with commander Li Qing and political commissar Liao Rongbiao. The column is directly subordinate to the artillery regiment, baggage regiment, engineer regiment, heavy machine gun battalion, communications battalion, guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, and the third field hospital, and has the seventh, eighth, and ninth brigades under its jurisdiction.

The Fourth Column of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army was expanded on the basis of the Fourth Brigade and the New Fourth Brigade, with Commander Lei Ming and Political Commissar Yuan Guoping. The column is directly subordinate to the artillery regiment, baggage regiment, engineer regiment, heavy machine gun battalion, communications battalion, guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, and the Fourth Field Hospital, and is under the jurisdiction of the 10th, 11th, and 12th brigades.

The Fifth Column of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army was expanded on the basis of the Fifth Brigade and the New Fifth Brigade, with Hong Chaoyuan as commander and Hu Xuerong as political commissar. The column is directly subordinate to the artillery regiment, baggage regiment, engineer regiment, heavy machine gun battalion, communications battalion, guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, and the fifth field hospital, and has the 13th, 14th, and 15th brigades under its jurisdiction.

The Sixth Column of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army was expanded on the basis of the Sixth Brigade and the New Sixth Brigade, with commander Zhang Hongtao and political commissar Fu Zhuting. The column is directly subordinate to the artillery regiment, baggage regiment, engineer regiment, heavy machine gun battalion, communications battalion, guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, and the sixth field hospital, and has the 16th, 17th, and 18th brigades under its jurisdiction.

The Seventh Column of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army was expanded on the basis of the Seventh Brigade and the Jinan Garrison Brigade, with commander Chen Dayong and political commissar Zhu Liangcai. The column is directly subordinate to the artillery regiment, baggage regiment, engineer regiment, heavy machine gun battalion, communications battalion, guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, and the seventh field hospital, and is under the jurisdiction of the 19th Brigade, 20th Brigade, and 21st Brigade.

The Eighth Column of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army was expanded on the basis of the Eighth Brigade and the New Eighth Brigade, with Zhao Shan as commander and Zhao Jie as political commissar. The column is directly subordinate to the artillery regiment, baggage regiment, engineer regiment, heavy machine gun battalion, communications battalion, guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, and the eighth field hospital, and has the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th brigades under its jurisdiction.

The Ninth Column of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army was expanded on the basis of the Tai'an Detachment and the Taixi Garrison Brigade, with Commander Wang Jian'an and Political Commissar Zhang Haitao. The column is directly subordinate to the artillery regiment, baggage regiment, engineer regiment, heavy machine gun battalion, communications battalion, guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, and the Ninth Field Hospital, and is under the jurisdiction of the 25th, 26th, and 27th Brigades.

The 10th Column of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army was expanded on the basis of the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade and the 2nd Luxi Garrison Brigade, with commander Chen Shiqu (concurrently) and political commissar Wang Bingsan. The column is directly subordinate to the artillery regiment, baggage regiment, engineer regiment, heavy machine gun battalion, communications battalion, guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, and 10th field hospital, and has the 28th, 29th, and 30th brigades under its jurisdiction.

The 11th Column of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army was expanded on the basis of the Luxi Garrison Brigade and the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade, with commander Xu Shiyou and political commissar Gao Jinchun. The column is directly subordinate to the artillery regiment, baggage regiment, engineer regiment, heavy machine gun battalion, communications battalion, guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, 11th field hospital, and other units, and has jurisdiction over the 31st, 32nd, and 33rd brigades.

The 12th Column of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army was expanded on the basis of the Southeast Lu Detachment and the Luzhong Garrison Brigade, with Commander Wang Nanhu and Political Commissar Tang Liang. The column is directly subordinate to the artillery regiment, baggage regiment, engineer regiment, heavy machine gun battalion, communications battalion, guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, 12th field hospital, and other units, and has the 34th, 35th, and 36th brigades under its jurisdiction.

The above-mentioned 12 columns form the field army of the Shandong Military Region, each column is a three-brigade and nine-regiment system, with a strength of about 35,000 troops, and a total of 36 infantry brigades and 108 infantry regiments.

The original artillery headquarters, special operations headquarters, air defense headquarters, cavalry headquarters, engineer headquarters, logistics headquarters, heavy machine gun headquarters, and training headquarters of the Shandong Military Region, as well as the attached artillery brigade, air defense brigade, cavalry brigade, engineer brigade, and baggage brigade, will not be changed for the time being.

On the basis of the newly established Jilu Border Garrison Brigade, the Jilu Border Military Region was formed;

Based on the new corps pulled up by Zhang Linzhi, political commissar of the Second Brigade of the Luxi Garrison, and some local armed forces in Luxi, the Northwest Lu Military Region was formed;

Based on the new regiment pulled up by Zhang Weihan, chief of staff of the Second Brigade of the Luxi Garrison, and some local armed forces in Luxi, the Luxi Military Region was formed;

Based on the new regiment pulled up by Song Cheng, the political commissar of the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade, and some local armed forces in Jiaodong, the Jiaodong Military Region was formed;

Based on the new regiment pulled up by Song Zhuting, director of the Political Department of the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade, and some local armed forces in Jiaolai and Jiaodong, the Jiaolai Military Region was formed;

The Qinghe Military Region was formed on the basis of the new regiment pulled up by Yao Zhongming, the political commissar of the Qinghe Garrison Brigade and the Qinghe local armed forces;

On the basis of the new regiment and local armed forces pulled up by Huo Shilian, director of the Political Department of the Qinghe Garrison Brigade, the Jinan Guerrilla Zone was formed;

Based on the new regiment pulled up by Zhang Guangzhong, the commander of the Fourth Regiment of the Lunan Detachment, and the local armed forces in the Lunan Plain, the Huxi Military Region was formed;

Based on the new corps raised from Jingxiao Village and the local armed forces in Taixi and Jining, the Taixi Military Region was formed.

Based on the Lunan Garrison Brigade, the Lunan Military Region was formed;

On the basis of the local armed forces in southeastern Shandong, the southeastern Shandong Military Region was formed;

On the basis of the logistics detachment, the Jining Military Region was formed;

On the basis of the local armed forces in southwestern Shandong, the military region of southwestern Shandong was formed.

After Cai Zhong conveyed the plan for the expansion and reorganization of the armed forces approved by the Central Committee and the General Headquarters, the meeting hall was boiling and discussions immediately began.

Artillery commander Li Changhan was bold and stood up on the spot and reported that the artillery brigade should also be expanded into an artillery column, and that there would be no way to "confess" to the cadres and soldiers if it was not upgraded to a column! Also, the cavalry brigade should also be expanded into a cavalry column, and those cavalry regiment commanders should have been brigade commanders a long time ago.

Yes, Li Chang still has to fight for Hu Laohu!

In addition to Liu Yimin, the secretary of the Shandong Bureau, and Luo Ronghuan, the second secretary, the original five members of the Shandong Bureau, Zeng Zhongsheng, Guo Hongtao, Zhu Rui, Li Yu, and Cai Zhong, and later Tan Zheng and Yang Zhicheng were added, and the number of members became seven. Now, Zeng Zhongsheng has died, Guo Hongtao, Zhu Rui, and Tan Zheng have been transferred, and only Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, Li Yu, Cai Zhong, and Yang Zhicheng are sitting on the rostrum. Li Chang's report, the cadres in the audience were silent, and the leaders on the rostrum were also silent, and the scene suddenly fell silent.

Cai Zhongxin said, or the commander can see far, and the cadre problem is really a big problem when the organization is expanded.

Liu Yimin smiled and said: "Li Chang is right in this question, our artillery brigade has already been several artillery brigades in terms of strength, but the artillery regiments are scattered among the main brigades. In fact, in every major battle, our artillery firepower is used intensively, and several brigade-level artillery groups have already been formed. Our cavalry brigade has undertaken the tasks of "luring" the enemy, assaulting the enemy, and rearing the rear of the palace in every battle, and the cadres are old, the troops have made great sacrifices, and the combat exploits are also great. If such a force is not expanded, God will not be able to look past it. However, because of the difficulty in replenishing horses and the large consumption of baggage, the cavalry brigade has not been able to expand on a large scale. By now, the cavalry brigade was the smallest of the brigades. To tell the truth, the first thing I want to expand is artillery, armor, and cavalry, one is powerful, the other is fierce, and the other is mobile. However, this time it will not be expanded, because the cavalry brigade does not have so many war horses, the armored regiment does not have so many tanks, and the artillery brigade will have too much impact if it is expanded into an artillery column. As a matter of fact, our artillery headquarters, cavalry headquarters, and other headquarters are at the same level as the main forces, and are responsible for providing support for the whole army by commanding the artillery, cavalry, anti-aircraft firepower, engineers, and baggage units of the whole army in a unified manner. Comrades rest assured, it is only a matter of time before an artillery brigade is transformed into an artillery column and a cavalry brigade is transformed into a cavalry column. It's just that when the cavalry brigade was renamed the cavalry column, the cavalry only accounted for a part of it, and we had to change our cavalry column into a fast column, and arm our cavalry with tanks, armored vehicles, cars, and motorcycles. The American cavalry divisions have long since changed their equipment, and we will have to change their equipment in the future. Another point is that we should not worry about the use of cadres, because we are expanding the army on a large scale this time, and there is a very large shortage of cadres, such as several regiment commanders and political commissars of artillery brigades and cavalry brigades, and it is very likely that they all have other appointments. The party committee of the military region will know that every cadre will be treated fairly and fairly when the order of the general department is announced. ”

Saying this, Li Chang finally sat down, and the cadres of the cavalry brigade and the heavy machine gun brigade also had a look of anticipation on their faces.

Liu Yimin knows the thoughts of the cadres, and when our army awarded the title in history, the chairman once said: "Men don't flick when they have tears, but it's just that it's not time to confer the title." "This is human nature, and it is the embodiment of every soldier's desire for justice, fairness and recognition.

Liu Yimin began to speak: "The current expansion and reorganization of the army was decided in accordance with the changes in the situation on the battlefield of resistance against Japan. The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has been fought for two years, and the "yin" plot of the Japanese devils to quickly destroy China has completely failed, and the cabinet has collapsed one after another. In my opinion, the current Mitsumasa Mine cabinet will not be able to work for a few days, and it may collapse again in a few months. ”

The cadres burst into laughter.

After the laughter subsided, Liu Yimin continued: "And our army is getting stronger and stronger. Let's think about it, when we went north to resist Japan, the whole division was about 70,000 people. What now? As long as this expansion task is completed, our main force will reach 400,000 people. However, this is not enough, and it is still far, far from the goal I have in mind. For example, the navy of the little devils is on a rampage, we don't even have a coastal defense brigade, at most, we have built a coastal defense regiment in southeastern Shandong and Hebei and Shandong, which can only play the role of sentinels, how can this work? Also, we guard three railway lines, but there are no railway columns. The little devil will soon repair the Deshi Railway, and will also repair Zaotai Road and Taizhao Road, and we will defeat the devil in the future, how can we do it without the railway troops? Therefore, we must continue to expand the armed forces, but we must adopt a snowballing method to promote the development of local armed forces with the main force, and when the local armed forces are mature, they will be transformed into the main force. In the future, we will concentrate a million troops to find a decisive battle with the Japanese army, and he can't fight a decisive battle with us if he doesn't want to! It's just that the conditions are not ripe now, and we do not lack fighters who are actively resisting Japan, but we have weapons and equipment, food, and time to train fighters. There is no way, the little devil has been staring at us, and our training headquarters has no time to calm down and seriously train the recruits. In addition, there was a severe drought last autumn, and there was only one snow in one winter, and this year's "spring" may be another major drought, which will inevitably affect grain production. In the past, our troops were small and relied on capture. But now it doesn't work, such a huge army, plus the teachers and students of the school, and the employees of the arsenal have to eat food, and it is not enough to rely on capture alone, and the little devil doesn't have so much food! These factors are the reasons for our great military expansion. For the time being, we can only reorganize and expand the army in this way. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yimin felt that the cadres should be given a little more confidence, so he said: "On the surface, this army expansion is organized into a column by two brigades, and there is a lack of one brigade. In fact, each of our brigades has its own recruit regiment and supplementary regiment, and there is no problem with the strength of the troops. The key to the expansion of the army lies in conducting large-scale military training, and it is necessary to raise the combat effectiveness of the supplementary regiments and new regiments. In other words, there is not much shortage of troops in the expansion of our main force, as long as we do a good job in training. The purpose of the military expansion is to facilitate unified command and reduce the level of command. Comrades must be clear about this. ”

What Liu Yimin said is the truth, not to mention the eight main brigades and six newly formed brigades, even the southeastern Lunan detachment, which suffered heavy losses in the last anti-sweeping and "sweeping" operation, also has a new regiment and a supplementary regiment, but their supplementary regiment and new regiment have already replenished the main regiment. The losses of the other main forces, the 1st Brigade and the 1st Brigade of the New Brigade, are negligible, and they only need to allocate all the command cadres at the brigade level and transfer the new regiments and supplementary regiments of the two brigades over there.

Of course, the reorganization and expansion of the armed forces is not such a simple matter, and it involves the issue of the allocation of technical support and the allocation of arms such as firepower, and the problem of running in the troops, and so on, and it is a systematic project.

Liu Yimin went on to say: "The real difficulty in the expansion and reorganization of the army is that the military regions are reorganized, and the reorganization of the main forces is equivalent to 'withdrawing' away the pillars of the military regions. The method is still our old method, and it is also an effective method, that is, the main columns should be willing to provide weapons and equipment, and be willing to send cadres to support the local construction of the newly established military region. We have 12 columns and 12 military regions, and if the troops of the military region cannot be pulled up or put on the battlefield for a day, or if they will be scattered as soon as they enter the battlefield, I will revoke the number of the main column and turn them into local armed forces. The reason is very simple, if the armed forces of the military region cannot be pulled up, they will disperse because the main force is not effective! This is accountability, comrades must remember clearly! ”

The cadres applauded.

Dear book friends: This chapter involves the reorganization of the troops, which is very laborious, and it took a long time to write.

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