Chapter 750 Zaozhuang Fengyun (II) (Ask for subscription!) ）

Zaozhuang Fengyun

Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, and the four giants of the East China Field Army, commander-in-chief Liu Hua, political commissar Deng *ping, chief of staff Zuo Quan, and deputy commander-in-chief Wang Zhen finally gathered together. At the suggestion of Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua, several people held the first meeting of the East China Field Army since its establishment and an important meeting to decide the future fate of the East China Field Army within the Provisional General Headquarters.

"Political commissar, chief of staff, deputy commander Wang. At present, the reorganization of the entire East China Field Army is imminent. In our hands, except for the commanders at and above the military level appointed by the central authorities, the remaining cadres need to be decided by us through consultation, and more importantly, we need to make decisions on our own. All the troops in our hands are combined, and there are only 100,000 troops in the full battle, and there is still a very huge gap between the full establishment of the East China Field Army and the 550,000 people. Therefore, the first important topic on the agenda of the four of us at this meeting is to resolve the issue of the establishment of troops and the appointment of commanders at all levels. Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua spoke first.

Seeing the three partners, they all nodded in agreement. Liu Hua said to Zuo Quan, the chief of staff in front of him.

"Chief of Staff, you first give the political commissar and Deputy Commander Wang a briefing on the decision of the Central Committee on the appointment of commanders at or above the military level of the East China Field Army..."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief...."

"According to the discussion and decision of the Central Military Commission, Comrade Chen Geng was appointed commander and political commissar of the Sixth Corps. At the same time, Chen Geng himself was also included in the Standing Committee of the East China Field Army. Comrade Deng Hua was appointed commander of the Seventh Corps, Comrade Li Tianyou was appointed commander of the Eighth Corps, Comrade Wang Ping was appointed commander of the Ninth Corps, and Comrade Yang Zhicheng was appointed commander of the Tenth Corps. ”

At the same time, the Central Committee also appointed four comrades, Chen Kang, Ding Qiusheng, Guo Peng, and Luo Yuanfa, to serve as political commissars of the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and four main corps respectively. Han Liancheng, Kong Shiquan, Du Ping, Wang Shangrong, and Xie Youfa were appointed to the posts of chiefs of staff of the five corps. ”

"Appoint Wang Degui as the commander of the 16th Army, Tao Yong as the commander of the 17th Army, and Tang Zhiqiang as the commander of the 18th Army......"

After a full 10 minutes, a document on the appointment of personnel issued by the Central Military Commission was read out by Chief of Staff Zuo Quan.

Seeing the three partners around him who came into contact with this list for the first time, they were obviously taken aback by the names of the generals in the list, and Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction. Because, after seeing the list for the first time, I was also taken aback.

You know, in this small document, almost all of the founding generals, lieutenant generals, and almost every four minutes of the jīng generals. And these generals, lieutenant generals, both in terms of qualifications and combat experience, are the jīng Ying of our party. And now, these jīng heroes have been transferred to their own command by the central government. This had to make Liu Hua, as the commander-in-chief, rush to shock and move.

"Political commissar, chief of staff, deputy commander Wang. I don't know how you feel after listening to this appointment document of the Central Committee? Seeing the three partners who had not yet recovered from the shock, Liu Hua asked with a smile on his face.

"Commander-in-chief, after listening to this appointment document, I have to pay more attention to the Central Committee's attention to the East China Field Army. In the list just now, almost one-third of the outstanding generals of the three armies of the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the Northeast Field Army are included. In fact, to tell the truth, compared with these corps commanders, they are more suitable for the post of political commissar of my group army? Political Commissar Deng Ping reacted first and spoke.

"Commander-in-Chief, I believe that the Central Committee has equipped the East China Field Army with the best generals in the whole army, and there must be very important tasks for us to complete. Here, I, Zuo Quan, promise to the party flag that I will cooperate with you well, lead the troops well, and complete the strategic tasks given to the East China Field Army by the Central Military Commission..."Chief of Staff Zuo Quan, followed closely behind, assured with a confident face.

"Commander-in-chief, my king's beard has nothing to say. The new task of the Central Committee is to make me the deputy commander of the East China Field Army, and I will definitely cooperate well with you, with the political commissar, with the chief of staff, and with the troops. Therefore, I hope that the commander-in-chief, in the future, can give me more combat missions....I, Wang Huzi, promise here, that it will be successfully completed...."Deputy Commander Wang Zhen said with a swear.

"Lao Wang, today, our topic is about the reorganization of the troops. Other things will be discussed later. Judging from the statistics just obtained, the vast majority of the commanders and fighters of all the cadres at and above the army level appointed by the central authorities, except for a few who have not yet arrived in Zaozhuang because of the long distance, have already rushed to the headquarters to report. There are cadres, and the rest are ordinary soldiers. And in our hands, we have less than 100,000 troops. Let's talk about it, how should we distribute these 100,000 people? After interrupting Deputy Commander Wang Zhen, who still wanted to continue to guarantee, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua spoke first. "100,000 people, evenly distributed to five combat corps and one guard column, is indeed a bit unbearable. More importantly, in accordance with the latest instructions of the central authorities, from now on, the establishment of all combat units under the leadership of our party must be regularized to meet the new operational requirements, and this will be even more difficult. Chief of Staff Zuo Quan asked rhetorically with a frown.

"Difficulties must also be handled...."At this time, Deng *ping, as the political commissar, said in a decisive voice.

"As far as I know, when the commander-in-chief entered the three eastern provinces alone, he also had less than 100,000 troops around him. However, in less than a year, the total strength of the Northeast Field Army has increased from 100,000 to an astonishing 450,000, fully meeting the requirements of the central authorities for regularizing the troops. ”

"And we now have 100,000 people in our hands, as well as a base for moving forward and a certain source of logistics. More importantly, we have a large number of the best military commanders and political cadres. Under such favorable conditions, I believe that as long as we have a suitable development idea, we will certainly be able to complete the reorganization of the troops and form combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time. Political Commissar Deng Ping said with a resolute face.

"The political commissar is right, here, I will first express a position, as the commander-in-chief, I have the confidence to complete the combat mission given to us by the Party Central Committee..."

"Commander-in-chief, how exactly should the 100,000 troops be distributed?" Deputy Commander Wang Zhen asked.

"There are two options..."Liu Hua replied affirmatively.

"One plan, all 100,000 people into one corps. The advantage of this is that it can concentrate superior forces and form the best combat effectiveness of this corps in a short period of time. Of course, there is a very huge drawback to doing so. First, it is not conducive to the unity of the troops. Second, it is not conducive to the expansion of the army in the future, because after all, in the future, it is impossible for us to have a corps and hundreds of thousands of people all composed of new soldiers. ”

"Commander-in-Chief, what about the second battle plan?" Chief of Staff Zuo Quan nodded and asked.

"The second combat plan is to distribute hundreds of thousands of people evenly among five combat corps. Of course, the specific distribution plan still needs to be discussed in detail. However, this solution also has disadvantages and advantages. The advantage is that it is conducive to the unity of the armed forces and the future expansion of the troops, but as for the disadvantages, I will not mention them, and everyone is very clear about them. That is, the strength of the troops, can not be better concentrated. At the same time, the combat effectiveness of the troops cannot be better cohesive..."Liu Hua replied.

"Commissar, Chief of Staff, Deputy Commander. For both of these options, you all share your thoughts...."

The entire room, after a brief silence. Political Commissar Deng *ping first broke the silence of the conference room and said, "Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff, Deputy Commander Wang." For the two reorganization options, I prefer the second one..."

"Commissar, tell me what you think...."

"First of all, the advantages and disadvantages of the first adaptation scheme have just been clearly analyzed by the commander-in-chief, so I won't say more. However, I have an immature idea about the shortcomings of the second adaptation scheme. This time, the Party Central Committee established the East China Field Army, and almost all commanders at or above the army level were the best generals of the regiment. I believe that our troops, under the command of these outstanding generals, will be able to make the troops cohesive in a short period of time. More importantly, these generals have rich combat experience, and in terms of mutual cooperation, as long as they command properly, they will certainly be able to cooperate tacitly....Therefore, we can completely overcome the shortcomings of the second plan, and I prefer the second plan. Political Commissar Deng Ping replied affirmatively.

"I agree with the political commissar's idea, and I also prefer the second option..." As soon as Deng Ping's words fell, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan said very approvingly.

"I also agree with the second reorganization plan.," Deputy Commander Wang Zhen began.

"Political commissar, chief of staff, deputy commander Wang, I also prefer the second option. Since everyone has reached a consensus of opinion, then we will reorganize the entire field army according to the second plan. Now, let me read to you the reorganization plan that I have preliminarily formulated..."

"The entire field army, the five combat corps, and the shelves of the command organs at and above the regimental level must all be erected within two days. At the same time, each main division was reorganized into the strength of a main regiment. In this way, the total strength of each corps can reach 20,000 .........," and in less than half an hour, a complete reorganization plan appeared in front of the four people.

At this moment, Deputy Commander Wang Zhen, who was already impatient, said with an anxious face: "Commander-in-chief, the troop reorganization plan has been completed, next, do you want to give us a specific penetration, and the Central Jiāo will give us the specific combat mission of the East China Field Army..."

"It seems that our Deputy Commander Wang is impatient, okay, next, I will tell you about the specific tasks that the Central Committee has given us to the East China Field Army...."

"Political commissar, chief of staff, deputy commander Wang. I believe that the changes that took place on the battlefield in Central and South China more than a month ago should be very clear to you, as senior generals of our party. At this moment, the central government transferred strong generals from all over the country to form the East China Field Army, and its ultimate purpose was to deal with the changes that occurred on the battlefield in Central and Southern China. ”

"Everybody come and look at the map. A few days ago, in order to cope with this campaign, the entire Japanese Central China Front transferred almost all the garrisons in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. According to intelligence, there were only less than 100,000 Japanese local garrisons left in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, and hundreds of thousands of Imperial Allied troops under the command of the puppet national government in Nanjing. Saying this, the corners of Liu Hua's mouth immediately burst into a sneer.

And as soon as Liu Hua's words fell, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan's face immediately showed a hint of jī movement. With an excited face, he said: "Commander-in-chief, the central government means that let's take advantage of this favorable opportunity to attack Jiangsu and Zhejiang." In the big rear of the little devils, establish a base ...."

"yes, that's what it means... The financial revenues of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces maintained almost half of the material sources of Nanjing's puppet national government and the Central China Front. If we lose two victories and losers and lose the Japanese army and the puppet national government in Nanjing, we will definitely be busy with our logistics in future battles, and we will not have enough strength to launch a new offensive against the North China region controlled by our party..."Liu Hua explained very approvingly.

"This decision of the central government is really too wise, it can be described as killing two birds with one stone... Commander-in-Chief, has the Central Committee decided on our specific combat plan? Political Commissar Deng Ping replied excitedly.

"In addition, the central authorities have also given us a certain degree of autonomy, and in an emergency, we do not need to report to the situation, and we can decide on the direction of development and strategic plans of the troops," Liu Hua replied.

"Commander-in-chief, what should we do next..."Wang Zhen asked after him......

"Deputy Commander Wang, this is the topic we need to discuss next...."Liu Hua's face instantly appeared with a mysterious smile, and then he spoke.

Taierzhuang, as a mén household from Shandong Province into Jiangsu Province, since the end of the Taierzhuang victory that shocked China and foreign countries, with the continuous increase of Japanese troops, ** had to give up the Taierzhuang area where tens of thousands of corpses were abandoned. Since then, Taierzhuang has become an extremely important military town of the Japanese army.

As a mén household that Shandong entered Jiangsu Province, plus the Shandong area, an increasing number of troops of the Eighth Route Army were active. The Central China Front, a field unit where about one infantry wing was stationed. However, in order to concentrate superior forces, they should respond to this attack. The garrison troops of Taierzhuang, a field infantry wing had to be replaced by a local garrison brigade, plus a division of the Imperial Cooperative Army, for a total of 5,000 garrison troops....

In Taierzhuang City, in a time-honored hotel, several middle-aged people are gathering around a table with a relaxed face.

"Comrades, I have just received a task from my superiors, asking my Taierzhuang underground intelligence organization to obtain the Taierzhuang city defense map and the specific situation of the garrison in the city in the shortest possible time....In addition, the superior organization requires us to immediately activate the No. 5 intelligence officer and penetrate our comrades into the 16th Division of the Imperial Cooperative Army...."The middle-aged man sitting in the middle said with an excited face.

"Secretary Wang, is our troops preparing to counterattack...."As soon as the middle-aged man's voice fell, a young man's face was shrouded in a moving spirit.

"Well, I remember, this news is still confidential, and no one is allowed to leak it out in advance, otherwise, he will be punished in strict accordance with the party constitution and party discipline...."The middle-aged man's face was immediately shrouded in a serious look, and he spoke.

"Please rest assured, Secretary Wang, we are all old party members, and we will never leak out...."The deputy secretary next to him said confidently. Immediately after, another young man spoke: "Secretary Wang, can you give us all a glimpse in advance, is it that the Eighth Route Army troops active in Shandong Province are about to launch a counteroffensive to recover Taierzhuang, which has been occupied by the Japanese army for several years..."

"Well, after so many years, in terms of secrecy, I believe in everyone's party...."

Seeing a hint of anticipation on the faces of several people, Secretary Wang whispered: "Since everyone wants to know, I will give you a little bit of clarity in advance." The protagonist of this counteroffensive is not the Eighth Route Army units operating in the Shandong region, but a field army just formed by the Central Committee of our Party. However, I would like to emphasize that you should not underestimate this newly formed field army. I just want you to know the name of the commander-in-chief of the field army, and I believe that everyone will have a certain understanding of this unit...."

"Secretary Wang, who the hell is it...."For a while, the faces of several people were immediately shrouded in suspicion. stared at a pair of eyes, waiting for Secretary Wang's answer.

"Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua, former commander-in-chief of the Northeast Field Army...."Secretary Wang said....

"Ah....Commander-in-Chief Liu... Comrades, Commander-in-Chief Liu has come to Jiangsu... Now, Taierzhuang is saved, Jiangsu is saved..."As soon as Secretary Wang's words fell, the face of an intelligence officer was shrouded in a moving spirit, and he said in a low voice.

"Quietly... Comrades, what should be said, I have already said. Therefore, it is imperative for our army to recover Taierzhuang this time. Everyone, we must give our best jīng strength and complete the tasks given to us by our superiors, are you clear?"

"Clear...."

"Very well....as soon as the meeting was adjourned, the various departments went their separate ways. A day later, we still met at the old place...," Secretary Wang finally ordered.

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