[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 87: Ma Zheng's expectations

"And how many people are you going to change?" Mr. Zhu asked again.

"Two regiments of about 5,000 people!" Ma Zheng thought for a moment and replied.

"Why five thousand?" Mr. Zhu asked again.

"If 5,000 veterans are transferred from outside, we will have nearly 8,000 veterans in our base area who can stand the test, and this number accounts for about half of all soldiers, which is enough to ensure the loyalty of the troops." Ma Zheng said.

Mr. Zhu thought for a while and said, "Okay, just do as you say!" But I still want to ask you, are you really not going to exchange those officers with questionable backgrounds? ”

Ma Zheng looked at Mr. Zhu and said, "Is the chief afraid that I won't be able to suppress them?" ”

Mr. Zhu shook his head and said: "That's not it, I see that your methods and effects of governing the army are very good, and these people can't make any big waves under you, but half of these senior officers under your command are bandits and from the Kuomintang, especially that Xu Xiaolin, he is your intelligence officer, so it is always an unstable factor." ”

Ma Zheng replied: "Wu Xiuda and Xu Xiaolin were recruited back by me from Hades Mountain, they are both real men, I believe they will not have problems." As for the others, I don't dare to guarantee the ticket for the time being, but I think that if these people really have two hearts, I think it is better to stay in the Duqi Brigade, and I see that even if their bombs really explode one day, the scope of damage will not be too large. ”

"Well, just do as you say, but I'll only give you one year, and after a year I'll transfer 50 officers and 3,000 veterans from you!" Mr. Zhu said.

"Why? If you always like that, just say it, why wait until a year later? Ma Zheng said.

Mr. Zhu smiled and said: "You kid, don't think that we transferred people just because we didn't believe in those recruited troops, although there are reasons for this, but definitely not all." The most important thing is that the training methods of your 7th Independent Brigade are very advanced, so the headquarters wants to transfer some people to other units to be used as tinder. At that time, the combat effectiveness of all units of the Eighth Route Army will be as strong as your 7th Brigade, so why should the devil not be destroyed. ”

Ma Zheng smiled and said: "So that's the case, chief, you said earlier, I have a written training outline here, you can just send someone to copy it a few times, why bother so much!" ”

"You kid still has a training syllabus, why didn't you take it out earlier?"

"You didn't ask no"

The three of them talked until late at night, but in general, the two CEOs were very satisfied with the outcome of this conversation, and Ma Zheng was even more satisfied.

Although it is indeed distressing to send out the weapons and equipment of the two integrated regiments at once, the thought of joining the 5,000 old Red Army who have passed the test of the Long March at once, Ma Zheng's heart is like being scratched by a cat.

Ma Zheng knew that the current Eighth Route Army had not yet undergone a large-scale expansion, and most of its soldiers were veterans who had passed the life and death test of the Long March, and the combat quality of these people was extremely high, even not much worse than that of the Japanese army at the same time. What is lacking is nothing more than the problem of weapons and equipment, as long as these are solved, the combat effectiveness will be absolutely superior.

Since the establishment of the Seventh Independent Brigade, the biggest problem is that the quality of the soldiers is uneven, and the composition is complex; now that 5,000 capable old Red Army members have joined it, Ma Zheng believes that the combat effectiveness of the Independent Seventh Brigade will be greatly enhanced in a short period of time.

Ma Zheng is really looking forward to the arrival of these old Red Army, and he also wants to see what kind of terrifying combat power these veterans can burst out after being equipped with advanced weapons and equipment.

The leaders of the headquarters did not leave until April 27, and when they left, they took with them the two infantry regiments of the 7th Brigade and all the equipment, as well as the 100,000 oceans handed over to the headquarters by the 7th Brigade and some cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings.

Due to the long distance and the lot of things he carried, Ma Zheng asked a cavalry regiment to escort the two chiefs back to the headquarters along the road.

After sending off the head of the headquarters, Ma Zheng immediately convened a military and political meeting at and above the regimental level to readjust the personnel arrangements and future actions, after all, so many people were transferred at once this time, and they had to give Wu Xiuda, Lu Ming and others an explanation.

The atmosphere in the conference room was a little depressing, and after Ma Zheng came in, he first looked at all the people carefully, and then soothed his mood before saying: "Comrades, due to the needs of the war, those two regiments were transferred away by the headquarters. But it's not that they were transferred in vain, and soon two veteran corps will be transferred to our Duqi Brigade, which I finally fought for, and they are all veterans who have experienced a hundred battles. ”

"Since that's the case, then why do you have to take away all the weapons and equipment, isn't this a clear bully?" The grumpy Wu Xiuda said loudly.

"Sit down, I know that your kid is not happy, some of the people who were transferred away were brought down by you from Hades Mountain, and they are all your old subordinates, you can do it easily, right?" Ma Zheng said.

"Yes!" Wu Xiuda said very simply.

"That's right! Can you not always think about taking them to war, you think about their future. ”

"What do you think? Isn't it good to be by my side? ”

"Of course it's not good, let's open the window today and say something, if those people stay with you, it will not only affect their future, but also your future. This time, the head of the headquarters actually wants to transfer a few of you officers, but I think I still know you well, so I insist on keeping you and transferring those soldiers away. Two more regiments of equipment were pasted and veterans of the 120th and 129th divisions were replaced with regiments each. ”

Then Ma Zheng said: "Don't worry about the soldiers of those two regiments, they are treasures when they arrive in the new unit, because our training methods are things that they are eager to learn, and those soldiers are living benchmarks, can those two divisions treat them badly?" ”

"They are at most a group of big soldiers with you, but when they get there, they are role models in the army, and they can be promoted at any time. Maybe the next time you see them, many of them are already company platoon commanders. ”

Ma Zheng is not a mouthful, he is very aware of the speed of the expansion of the Eighth Route Army, when he first accepted the reorganization of the Nationalist Government, there were only three divisions and more than 40,000 people. But only a few years later, by the time of the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, more than 100 regiments were touched at once, and the total strength increased by more than ten times, which was very fast.

The rapid expansion of this unit will give those veterans a greater chance of being promoted, and perhaps in a few years those people will become officers.

Although he was still a little unhappy in his heart, Wu Xiuda still sat down.

Then Ma Zheng said loudly: "Now I will read out the adjustment of the troop establishment and personnel arrangements of the headquarters of the headquarters on our Suicha base area, and the head of the headquarters has decided that the Suicha anti-Japanese base area behind the enemy line will retain the establishment of the first brigade and four regiments plus a part of the directly subordinate troops, and the 200th and 201st regiments under the jurisdiction of the Duqi Brigade, as well as the first cavalry regiment, the artillery regiment, and the engineer regiment, and the supplementary first regiment and the second supplementary regiment have been renamed the new first and second regiments of the Suicha anti-Japanese base area behind the enemy line, together with the second and third cavalry regiments, guard regiments, special operations brigades, Field hospitals and other units are listed as units directly under the base area. ”

"Regarding the personnel appointment we reported to the headquarters, the head of the headquarters has also made instructions, I will be the commander of our base area and the commander of the 7th Independent Brigade, the political commissar Yun will be the political commissar of the base area and the political commissar of the 7th Independent Brigade, Huang Sicheng will be the chief of staff, and Wang Hansen will be the logistics minister. Huang Bingyan served as the head of the 200th Regiment, Chen Xudong served as the commander of the 201st Regiment, Wu Xiuda served as the commander of the New First Regiment, Lu Ming served as the head of the New Second Regiment, Xu Hu served as the head of the Guard Regiment, Li Mingda served as the head of the Artillery Regiment, Ma Desheng served as the commander of the First Cavalry Regiment, and Zhou Lieyang, the former deputy commander of the Cavalry Battalion, and instructor Wang Zhan was promoted to the commander of the Second and Third Cavalry Regiments respectively, Tie Niu served as the captain of the Special Operations Brigade, Li Haiyan served as the director of the Field Hospital, and Hu Zhiqiang served as the captain of the automobile transport team.

"Due to the lack of military and political commanders in the army now, the political commissars of each regiment are concurrently served by the regiment commanders, and in addition, all regiments are now lacking deputies, and those who do not have deputy positions will be promoted from the next level, so after you go back, you will set up military and political deputy posts at all levels for me."

"Yes!"