After sending off Deputy Regiment Commander Zhao and his entourage, the independent division carried out the reorganization of the troops while strictly guarding against the attack of devils, and this time the seventh detachment was changed to an independent division, and both the unit structure and the allocation of cadres had to be greatly adjusted. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After several leaders of the division headquarters submitted the reorganization plan to the military headquarters, under the propaganda of the local anti-Japanese government and the fighters of the propaganda team under the political department, an upsurge of active participation in the New Fourth Army began to be set off in the base areas, and young men and women came everywhere to ask to join the army.

In less than 10 days, the unit recruited more than 2,000 new soldiers, and the total number of troops in the independent division reached 10,000.

At this time, the order of the military headquarters also came down, and the whole division was under the jurisdiction of three brigades and nine regiments. However, the appointment of the cadres of the brigades and regiments has changed somewhat from what they reported. The leadership of the division headquarters has not changed, division commander Liu Tianshu, political commissar Jiang Jinyong, chief of staff Xiang Luoquan, deputy division commander Zhang Zhouhong, deputy chief of staff Sun Xuexuan, and director of the division's political department Su Lan.

Tong Guijie, commander of the 21st Brigade, Hua Chunyang, political commissar, and Kang Shuidong, chief of staff and deputy brigade commander, have jurisdiction over the 64th, 65th, and 66th regiments.

The commander of the 22nd Brigade, Xie Pingdong, political commissar Jiang Xianhua, chief of staff Qin Yonghe, and deputy brigade commander Shi Qiang, have jurisdiction over the 67th, 68th, and 69th regiments.

Hao Mengxuan, commander of the new Seventh Brigade, Ou Biaofei, political commissar, and Chen Jian, deputy brigade commander, have jurisdiction over the 70th Regiment, 71st Regiment and 72nd Regiment.

Hao Mengxuan, Chen Jian and Shi Qiang were all reinforced from the Shandong base area, Liu Tianshu didn't expect the organization to send the three of them over, and he couldn't help but be surprised, you know, Hao Mengxuan, Chen Jian and Shi Qiang, but followed him from Taihang Mountain to Shandong's old subordinates.

When the people of the Independent Division heard from the political commissar that most of the cadres sent by the military headquarters to the Independent Division this time were the old subordinates of the division commander, and they were from the old base area in Shandong, they were naturally very enthusiastic about them.

This time, in order to strengthen the cadre strength of the independent division, the military headquarters specially transferred a group of cadres after discussing with the Shandong Eighth Route Army, and in addition to the three of them, even Shi Hu also came.

Of course, these cadres sent over are still on the road for the time being, so the reorganization of the new Seventh Brigade is still temporarily pressed on political commissar Ou Biaofei.

You must know that according to Liu Tianshu's idea, each regiment has three infantry battalions and one artillery company, and each infantry battalion has three infantry companies and one machine gun company. One company of one hundred and twenty people. In this way, the total number of a regiment is about 1,800, a brigade is close to 6,000, and the division is about 20,000.

At present, the original troops of the 7th Detachment, including the newly recruited fighters, and the troops drawn from the local units, add up to only about 12,000 people

The current guns and ammunition of the troops can only meet the needs of the current personnel.

It seems that the establishment of a solid base in Tianmu Mountain has become a top priority.

After studying the matter, Liu Tianshu's division leaders decided to reorganize the 21 st Brigade according to the predetermined standards, with the 22 nd Brigade temporarily organized into two regiments, the 69th Regiment temporarily absent, the New Seventh Brigade first organized two regiments, the 72nd Regiment temporarily absent, and the 71 st Regiment first organized into one battalion. The vacancies of the two brigades will be replenished after the development of the troops.

Subsequently, the 1st and 4th regiments of the original detachment were incorporated into the 21st Brigade, and personnel from the county brigade and other local guerrillas were transferred to the 21st Brigade. Wu Zhongping's mortar battalion of the artillery regiment was dismantled and incorporated into regiments under each brigade, and the infantry artillery battalion was temporarily directly subordinate to the division headquarters.

The 2nd Regiment of the original detachment was incorporated into the 22nd Brigade, and the newly recruited fighters were also incorporated into the 22nd Brigade, which was organized into the 67th Regiment and the 68th Regiment on the basis of the 2nd Regiment of the original detachment.

The three regiments of the original detachment were incorporated into the new Seventh Brigade, and at the same time, some new fighters were incorporated into the new Seventh Brigade.

When the reorganization of the troops was about to be completed, the cadres sent by the military headquarters to strengthen the independent division also came to the division headquarters, and Liu Tianshu learned that Shi Qiang and several people had arrived, and immediately ran out of the headquarters.

Shi Qiang, Hao Mengxuan, Chen Jian, and Shi Hu saw Liu Tianshu standing at the entrance of the village, and their faces were immediately full of excitement and they ran over quickly.

"Old Master, we finally meet again." Several people saw Liu Tianshu and shouted in trembling voices.

"Hehe, Qiangzi, you are stronger than before, Meng Xuan, Chen Jian, Shi Hu, I miss you too, I didn't expect us to get together again." Liu Tianshu said with slightly wet eyes.

These people, who can be said to be brothers who share life and death with him, can reunite in Jiangnan after two years of separation, which is really a great gift from God.

After a few people talked for a while, Shi Qiang and the others went over to salute Jiang Jinyong and several leaders, and Deputy Division Commander Zhang and Chief of Staff Xiang Luoquan were also full of joy when they saw them.

Before they arrived at the division headquarters, they heard that most of the cadres who came from Shandong this time were the old subordinates of the division commander when he was in Shandong.

After Liu Tianshu introduced a few people, everyone walked towards the division headquarters all the way.

Su Lan saw that these people were full of great respect for Liu Tianshu, and couldn't help but take a look at her old classmate.

After going to the division headquarters to report the situation and going through the relevant formalities at the Political Department, he naturally briefed the chief of staff on the situation of the independent division to the three of them.

Song Yujie was naturally picked up by Liu Tianshu, and when Shi Qiang saw Song Yujie, he immediately shouted affectionately to his sister-in-law, which made Song Yujie's face full of red.

The matter of Song Yujie and Liu Tianshu was known to the whole division, and Shi Qiang knew it when they were in Fuya Mountain, but they didn't expect that the two of them had not yet married.

Although Liu Tianshu is the detachment leader of the New Fourth Army, according to the conditions of the 285th Regiment, he has only turned 28 years old this year, and five years of party experience is not enough, only the regimental level and above are enough.

Because he knew that he was not qualified enough, Liu Tianshu did not report his marriage to the organization.

Liu Tianshu is not in a hurry about this matter, Jiang Jinyong is worried. It's just that there have been a lot of things to do during this time, and he doesn't have the time to report to his superiors.

Jiang Jinyong's wife, Tang Wanxia, was escorted to Si'an by an underground organization as early as last year and now works in the Political Department.

With Shi Qiang and others in place, the division began to adjust the areas of activity of each brigade, the 21st Brigade temporarily stayed in Si'an because it was the main force of the division, responsible for consolidating the original base area, the 22nd Brigade went to Tianmu Mountain to develop, and the new 7th Brigade went to the Wukang area to carry out the anti-Japanese struggle.

The brigade commander of the New Seventh Brigade was Hao Mengxuan, who was originally a fierce general under Liu Tianshu, and naturally it would not be a problem to deal with the enemy, but political commissar Ou Biaofei was very familiar with the situation in the area and was familiar with how to mobilize the masses to establish base areas behind enemy lines.

Although the strength of a wing of the Japanese army in Wukang was defended, the Japanese 22nd Division placed this wing there mainly to ensure the safety of Hangzhou, and the deployment of troops had to be dispersed, and the threat to the new 7th Brigade was not great.

Besides, in the event of an incident, the 21st Brigade can be reinforced at any time.

Seriously speaking, the burden on the shoulders of the 21st Brigade is heavier, and Tong Guijie not only has to deal with the Akita Wing in the north, but also against the enemy in Huzhou.

After sending out the 21st Brigade and the New 7th Brigade, Si'an Town suddenly became quiet.

After the New Seventh Brigade arrived near Wukang, Hao Mengxuan discussed with Ou Biaofei and decided to defeat the enemy in Xiaqiaoji, north of Wukang. However, when the two were discussing, they felt that it was just to eliminate more than 100 devils and more than 100 puppet troops in Xia Qiaoji, and there was a bit of a taste of killing chickens with knives, besides, according to intelligence, Wukang's Japanese army was not aware of the sudden southward movement of the New Seventh Brigade.

So the two decided to let the 71st Regiment and 1st Battalion besiege Xiaqiaoji, and the 70th Regiment was ambushed on both sides of the road from Wukang to Xiaqiaoji, and once the enemy's reinforcements came to reinforce them, they immediately ambushed the reinforced enemy.

After encircling and annihilating the enemy who came out of Wukang's reinforcements, he will eat the enemy of Xia Qiaoji.

When the local underground organization learned that the New Seventh Brigade was preparing to attack Xiaqiaoji, they immediately told Ou Biaofei that a puppet platoon commander in Xiaqiaoji, named Jiang Zhihe, had long wanted to work for the Japanese, and had been developed into an internal line under the hard work of the underground party.

When Ou Biaofei heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and immediately asked the underground party to contact Jiang Zhihe and get the enemy's defense map of Xia Qiaoji.

Subsequently, the first battalion of the seventy-first regiment surrounded Xia Qiaoji, and as the gunfire rang out, the first battalion launched a seemingly lively attack on Xia Qiaoji.

When the Japanese commander of Xia Qiaoji saw that countless New Fourth Army troops had appeared around the town, he was so shocked that he ordered his men to fight back desperately, and at the same time complained to the Japanese headquarters in Wukang.

The commander of the Japanese army stationed in Wukang could not help but be furious when he learned that the New Fourth Army had suddenly attacked Xiaqiaoji.

Since the commander of the wing, Kawasaki, led his troops into Mukang, he immediately established strongholds in the surrounding important market towns in accordance with the orders of the division commander.

However, he was a little dismissive of the division commander's orders, and according to his thoughts, commanding the troops all the way north and eliminating the main force of the New Fourth Army entrenched in the Changxing area was his duty as an imperial soldier.

It's a pity that the division commander ordered him to only strictly guard and prevent the New Fourth Army from moving south.

Since he was stationed in Wukang, the New Fourth Army has not attacked his defense area, which has further inflated his self-confidence.

Now that the New Fourth Army suddenly moved south to attack Xiaqiaoji, he naturally felt that he had been offended by his majesty, and ordered the three squadrons of the Second Brigade to rush out of the city to reinforce them, and they must destroy the New Fourth Army that dared to attack the imperial army.

Perhaps it was because he thought that the New Fourth Army was only a small force moving south, and as long as the imperial army was dispatched, it would definitely drive these rabble away, and he forgot to report this matter to the division commander in Hangzhou.

Hao Mengxuan and Ou Biaofei couldn't help but be overjoyed when they learned that Wukang's enemy had really come forward to reinforce them.

The two stood guard on a small hill north of Wukang, looking at the road to the south, quietly waiting for the reinforcements sent by Kawasaki to burrow into their pockets.

Although, according to intelligence, Kawasaki sent reinforcements for three squadrons. However, the troops they arranged on the slopes on both sides of the hill were three times the strength of the enemy, except that they were a whole regiment of the 70th Regiment and the special service battalion directly under the brigade headquarters was responsible for guarding, and they also occupied favorable terrain, so they were naturally confident that they would eat the enemy's reinforcements. (To be continued.) )