Regarding Song Zhewu's decision, although Li Sichi is not good at fighting, he still has a glimmer of hope.

"Commander, even if Commander Zhang's 38th Army goes to Northern Mongolia, the strength of the Soviet Army on the Western Front is still a little thin, can you let me go to Northern Mongolia with Commander Zhang?"

Among these high-ranking generals of the Fourth Route Army, Song Zhewu actually values Li Sichi very much, and there is absolutely no problem in terms of ability to serve as the commander of the main army of the Gui system. Moreover, since Li Sichi joined the Fourth Route Army, he has been conscientious in training and leading soldiers, and Song Zhewu has seen these things.

Before joining the Fourth Route Army, Li Sichi's military position was also second only to Pang Bingxun among these generals, seeing that Liang Zhongjia, Han Guangdi, Zhou Yaoming, Wang Bi, Zhao Fengwu and others are now the same identity as him, that is, Li Ruifang, the former small battalion commander, has become a major general and division commander of the mountain division, how can this make Li Sichi's heart balanced.

In particular, the Fourth Route Army went out to fight several times, but did not let Li Sichi go, and Song Zhewu also felt a little uncomfortable, and felt deeply uneasy that it would be very inappropriate to soothe Li Sichi.

However, this time it was indeed the most suitable for Zhang Yafei's 38th Army to go to Northern Mongolia, and this time he also intended to vigorously expand Zhang Yafei's troops in order to establish the absolute main force of Zhang Yafei's 38th Army in the Fourth Route Army.

Tao Rong knew that Song Zhewu wanted to take this opportunity to expand the 38th Army, Zhang Yafei, an absolute confidant, and Song Zhewu would announce this decision in person after a while, Li Sichi didn't know that it would be difficult for Song Zhewu to plug in a lever at this time.

Tao Rong couldn't ignore Li Sichi, Tao Rong was anxious, but she still had a smile on her face, and while conveying the information with her eyes, she said: "Commander Li, Commander Zhang has fought with the Soviet Army, and this time it is indeed the most suitable for the 38th Army to go to Northern Mongolia, so don't fight anymore." ”

But Li Sichi was unmoved, looking at Song Zhewu and just not making a sound.

After thinking quickly in his heart, Song Zhewu said to Li Sichi: "Commander Li, I understand your intentions, Senior Commander Li does not avoid swords and takes the initiative to ask for battle, which makes me very happy." However, the situation in Shanxi is very complicated at present, and the Taiyuan Administration is the foundation of the hundreds of thousands of officers and men of our Fourth Route Army. Unless our army loses in Northern Mongolia, or there are troops that have suffered too many losses and need to change defenses. Otherwise, it is really not appropriate to transfer troops from the Taiyuan Administration to the north. ”

Song Zhewu could feel obvious disappointment in Li Sichi's eyes, turned his head to Tao Rong and Xiao Guodong and said: "I think so, if there are troops entering Mongolia, first arrange the 41st Army." ”

Xiao Guodong and Tao Rong nodded again and again. Song Zhewu said to Li Sichi again: "Commander Li, the difficulty of fighting the Soviet army is far greater than fighting at home, you must pay close attention to training the troops." ”

Although he did not win to go to Beimeng, Song Zhewu, the head of the Fourth Route Army, was able to give him such a promise, which made Li Sichi's psychology feel very warm, and he replied loudly: "Please rest assured, Commander, Sichi will train a strong army for the commander." ”

After appeasing Li Sichi, Song Zhewu didn't want to delay any longer.

Although the 38th Army went north to Mongolia, as Commander Li said, to encircle and annihilate the Soviet Army on the Western Front, the strength was still a little thin. Therefore, I decided to expand the 38th Army into six divisions. ”

As soon as Song Zhewu's voice fell, not only Zhang Yafei's eyes were full of excitement, but Zhang Tao, Li Sichi, and Pang Bingxun's eyes were also full of jealousy and envy. Six divisions, then Zhang Yafei's 38th Army will have more than 100,000 people, which in the past, Zhang Yafei could be called a prince.

It's just a quarter and envy, and Song Zhewu's following words made these people's hearts tighten.

"Because the 38th Army is about to go north to fight, if the expanded troops are new recruits, it will seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the troops, so the three newly expanded divisions must be transferred from the 40th, 41st, and 53rd armies."

Song Zhewu glanced at Zhang Tao, Li Sichi, and Pang Bingxun and said: "Each of your three armies has transferred a division, and you can retain the principal officers at all levels of this division, and all the deputy posts will be transferred to the main posts and handed over to the 38th Army. Chief of Staff Xiao will arrange for the mobilization committee and the teaching corps to replenish you with new recruits and officers, and restore the establishment of the division that has been transferred. ”

A well-trained division was transferred, although it made these people a little painful, but the recruits who were supplemented by the mobilization committee were all trained in reserve for one year, although there is still a big gap between the combat effectiveness and those veterans, but the combat effectiveness will be quickly improved after training, especially the retention of the main posts of a division for them, which made Zhang Tao, Li Sichi, and Pang Bingxun secretly relieved.

"Because the 41st Army wants to be used as a reserve force for entering Mongolia, the 41st Army has been expanded to four divisions."

Four divisions! That is the second largest force in the Fourth Route Army after the 38th Army, which means that Song Zhewu regards the 41st Army as the main force, which makes Li Sichi's face flush with excitement. At the same time, it also made Zhang Tao and Pang Bingxun secretly regret that if they had fought just now, maybe they would have one more division!

Song Zhewu continued to give orders: "The newly produced Type 26 semi-automatic rifles produced by our arsenal have an output of 20,000 units per month, and now there are nearly 120,000 units in stock, which can just be redressed for the 38th Army, and this time all of them will be handed over to the 38th Army. The order of refitting in the future was the 41st Army, the Guard Division, and the Northern Mongolian troops. Finally, the 50th Army, the 40th Army, and the 47th Army of Hejing Yuexiu. ”

Type 26 semi-automatic rifle is a good thing, Zhang Yafei in the name of trial, not only to take the door of Xiao Guodong but also Song Zhewu personally agreed, anyway, his guard regiment has already got a company of rifles, Zhang Yafei often takes his guard company to show off on the shooting range, Zhang Tao, Li Sichi, Pang Bingxun have all seen it. The magazine of twenty rounds can be fired out with a single bolt, and one gun is enough to withstand the fire of three rifles, which is eye-catching.

"The Type 26-1 and Type 26-twin anti-aircraft machine guns had to be fully equipped with the 38th Army, and in North Mongolia they had to withstand the bombing of the Soviet Air Force, and the air defense pressure was very heavy. The Tiger Cub was also to be given priority to the Thirty-Eighth Army. ”

The staffing, the rationing of weapons and equipment, and the supply of military supplies are all the responsibility of Xiao Guodong, and the staff officers behind Xiao Guodong quickly recorded Song Zhewu's instructions.

"The arsenal used the purchased barrel steel to produce a total of 168 105mm guns and 108 150mm guns, and handed over 144 105-caliber guns to the 38th Army, forming an artillery regiment in each division. 150 caliber artillery was allocated to 48 guns of the 38th Army and 41st Army, each of which formed an artillery division. The rest of the artillery was handed over to Canxuan, and it was up to him to decide where to assign it. ”

"Humvee trucks towing heavy artillery are allocated to the units according to the configuration of the artillery, but Puma off-road trucks are to be assigned to the 38th Army first."

Song Zhewu turned his head and asked Xiao Guodong: "How many Pumas do we have now?" ”

"As of last night, we now have a total of 466 vehicles, all stored in the warehouse."

"Give Fu Zuoyi and Sun Weiru ten cars each, and give the rest to the 38th Army. And ......"

(To be continued)