After Li Sichi sat down, Song Zhewu said: "In addition, I have received an order from Chairman Jiang that I personally lead the First Division, the Cavalry Brigade, and the Guard Brigade to temporarily station in the Zhengzhou area. Chief of Staff Xiao led the Second Division and the Baggage Brigade to escort personnel and supplies back to Laiyuan. In order to speed up the integration of troops into the Fourth Route Army, I am ready to reorganize the First Division first. The specific reorganization plan is as follows: The first division will add an artillery regiment, a baggage regiment, a guard battalion under the division, a reconnaissance battalion under the division, and a communications battalion under the division. Twenty-four 75mm mountain guns were drawn from the artillery pieces we captured this time and handed them over to the 1st Division to form an artillery regiment. The personnel of the artillery regiment were composed of personnel from the units directly under the former 19th Army brought by Chief of Staff Tao, as well as the artillery battalions of Division Commander Li and Li Yixuan's division. The 1st Division will transfer personnel from the artillery battalions of each regiment and mix them with these three battalions to form an artillery regiment, so that the artillery regiment can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. The shortage of artillery personnel will be filled after returning to Laiyuan. The 1st Division and 3rd Regiment fought well in Zhujiahe, and the commander of the artillery regiment was the commander of the artillery battalion of the 1st Division and 3rd Regiment, and the post of battalion commander was taken over by the deputy battalion commander; A battalion was selected from the baggage brigade as the backbone, and personnel were transferred from the recruited personnel and some personnel from the baggage battalions of the three regiments of the first division to be mixed to form a baggage regiment, and the regiment commander was the commander of the baggage battalion; The guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, and communications battalion are to be formed by the 1st Division with personnel drawn from the units to which they belong, and the vacancies in the units to be transferred are to be filled by the recruited personnel; After the chief of staff led the rest of the troops back to Laiyuan, he mixed all the recruited personnel with the personnel of the second and third divisions in accordance with the establishment pattern of the first division, and reorganized the second, third, and fourth divisions. The original divisional and regimental-level officers of the Second and Third Divisions remain unchanged, Division Commander Li Sichi serves as the commander of the Fourth Division, and the remaining newly added officers at and above the regimental level, as well as the officers above the regimental level of the Fourth Division, will be appointed after Laiyuan, and the officers below the regimental level of the Fourth Division shall be appointed by Chief of Staff Xiao, Chief of Staff Wang Xu, Chief of Staff Tao, and Division Commander Li through consultation; The instructors will organize the artillery brigade and the Fourth Route Army Teaching Brigade as the backbone and recruit new recruits. In addition to the same establishment as these divisions, an officer training regiment has been added, with one battalion each for infantry, artillery, communications, and logistics, to train officers for the whole army. The personnel of the artillery regiments of each division were drawn from the artillery brigade, and the baggage regiment of each division was formed with a battalion drawn from the baggage brigade as the backbone. The remaining personnel of the Baggage Brigade were combined with the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment and the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Guard Brigade to form the 2nd Guard Brigade as the backbone, and in the future, they will be specially responsible for the protection of the materials, warehouses, logistics bases, and various military industrial enterprises of our Fourth Route Army. Xu Zheng was appointed deputy chief of general staff of the Fourth Route Army and commander of the Second Guards Brigade, and Xu Zheng's appointment was announced by Chief of Staff Xiao after he returned to Laiyuan. ”

Xu Zheng was the original deputy commander of the first division, and when he was acting as Zhang Yafei's division commander last year, he did not report to Song Zhewu in time, so he moved to Handan according to Shang Zhen's order, and was dismissed from the post of deputy division commander by Song Zhewu. Xu Zheng knew that he had indeed done something wrong, and he had worked diligently and diligently in the headquarters in the past six months, and Xiao Guodong often praised Xu Zheng with Song Zhewu. Song Zhewu knew that Xiao Guodong valued Xu Zheng very much, and he couldn't bear to bury Xu Zheng like this, and this time he also gave Xiao Guodong a face.

Before Xiao Guodong could say anything, Zhang Yafei stood up excitedly and said eagerly: "Wen Ge." ”

Thinking of Xiao Guodong's advice to him, he hurriedly changed his words and said, "No, commander, I thank you for Xu Zheng!" After speaking, he gave Song Zhewu a military salute.

The senior officers in the Fourth Route Army are Song Zhewu, Xiao Guodong, Wang Xu, Zhang Yafei, Gao Zongbao, Liang Fang, Wu Jin, Zhang Tao, Wei Guanghui They taught them hand in hand, Xu Zheng gave Zhang Yafei a few years as a deputy, the two not only have the friendship of teachers and students, but also brotherhood, today I saw that Song Zhewu finally forgave Xu Zheng and arranged a position for him, Zhang Yafei is really happy for Xu Zheng. Compared with the matter of adding an artillery regiment to him, Xu Zheng was reactivated by Song Zhewu, which made Zhang Yafei even more happy.

Song Zhewu said with a cold face: "Yafei, don't thank me, you have the opportunity to tell Xu Zheng that this time he was unintentional, I can forgive him, if something similar happens again, it won't be as simple as just being dismissed." Not only him, Xu Zheng, but all the people in the Fourth Route Army should understand that all the people are my Song Zhewu's subordinates, and they can only obey the orders of my Song Zhewu, and no one can do anything that I don't nod. ”

Song Zhewu's words were not only for Zhang Yafei to remind Xu Zheng, but also for Li Sichi and Tao Rong, and even implied a warning to others. How could these people in this room not hear it. Zhang Yafei said: "Commander, I, Zhang Yafei, only know the commander in my heart, and everything is based on the commander." ”

Song Zhewu smiled and said, "Yafei, I want you to tell Xu Zheng, not you, you sit down." ”

As soon as Zhang Yafei sat down, Wu Jin stood up again, blushed and said, "Commander, did I do something wrong?" Please also ask the commander to make it clear. ”

Song Zhewu was stunned for a moment, but he understood in an instant, and couldn't help laughing. Seeing that Wu Jin was still a little unclear, Song Zhewu hurriedly stopped and said with a smile: "Wu Jin, do you think that I took your baggage brigade, and you think you have made a big mistake?" ”

Wu Jin nodded, and said suspiciously: "The baggage brigade is gone, so what am I doing?" Isn't that just my dismissal? ”

Song Zhewu couldn't help but smile and said: "Wu Jin, I withdrew your baggage brigade, not because you made mistakes, you have done very well in the baggage brigade in the past few years." ”

Gao Zongbao, who was sitting next to Wu Jin, said with a smile: "Old Wu, the commander is going to promote and reuse you." ”

Song Zhewu nodded and said, "Zong Bao is right, because you have done a good job, I am going to give you a new task." ”

Wu Jin also came back to his senses at this time, his face full of excitement. Not only are several of their classmates now division commanders, Wei Guanghui even became the commander of the cavalry army, and he alone is still a brigade commander in the baggage brigade. But the two new divisions are already manned. As soon as he thought of this, Wu Jin's excited expression quickly disappeared.

Song Zhewu said to Xiao Guodong: "Chief of Staff, you can first introduce the situation to everyone. ”

It turned out that as soon as Xiao Guodong returned to Xiaogan from Hankou, the excited two people started to form an air force. According to the prevailing foreign establishments, a fighter squadron generally has more than 20 aircraft. For example, the U.S. Air Force has 26 aircraft in a flight squadron and the U.S. Navy has 24 aircraft in a flight squadron. One flight squadron of the Russian Air Force is 24 aircraft. Whereas, bombers generally consist of four to six aircraft in a squadron. In later generations, the number of Chinese aviation divisions and fighters was 60-70, which was equivalent to that of a wing of the United States. Song Zhewu will soon have a full 210 DH-10 bombers, enough to organize four bomber aviation divisions, because the spare parts of these aircraft are limited, of course Song Zhewu will not make four aviation divisions, but it is still possible to make one, even if the remaining planes are left in order to replace spare parts. It's also enough for him to use for a few years. Not to mention that two years later he was ready to build his own aircraft factory. Moreover, now it is mainly for the purpose of training pilots.

But if you want to set up an air force, someone needs to take care of it? In particular, flying an airplane is definitely a technical job, and this candidate must not only be educated, but also steady and resolute. The two of them picked and selected their subordinates, and finally unanimously decided that Wu Jin was the most suitable.

Xiao Guodong also smiled and said, "Brigade Commander Wu, you sit down first." He paused and said, "This time we came to Hankow, and Wenge bought us 210 DH-10 bombers. ”

As soon as Xiao Guodong's voice fell, several people in the room let out a burst of exclamations. "Two hundred and ten...... Plane! ”

"That's right, two hundred and ten planes, but now there are only twelve, and one hundred and ninety-eight more will be transported to Laiyuan one after another. The 12 planes that arrived first were in the barracks of the guard brigade, and there were more than 20 foreigners, who were engineers and skilled workers sent by the Curtis Company of the United States, who were waiting for us to install and debug the planes as soon as we transported them back to Laiyuan. ”

Xiao Guodong snuffed out the cigarette in the ashtray on the table and continued: "However, if you have a plane, someone has to drive it!" And someone has to take care of it! Therefore, Wen Ge decided to form the First Aviation Division of the Fourth Route Army, known as the Aviation Department of the Fourth Route Army, and the first division commander was the commander of the Wu Jin Brigade. ”

Wu Jin was a little excited and a little worried. Excitedly, Song Zhewu handed over such an important unit of the Air Force to him, which shows that he is very satisfied with him and trusts him; What worries me is that I have only commanded infantry units, and I have only seen planes flying in the sky, not on the ground, let alone flying planes, if I don't manage it well, I will be sorry for Song Zhewu's trust in me.

Wu Jin said hesitantly: "Commander, I don't want to talk about flying a plane, even I haven't seen a plane a few times, I'm afraid that I won't be able to manage it well and delay a big event." ”

Song Zhewu said with a smile: "When we were in school in Baoding, your test scores were the best we had here, I remember that most of Yafei was passing, and yours was excellent." You must be able to manage it well, you can't let Yafei, who is just passing, be the commander of the air force division, right? After returning to Laiyuan, Curtis will soon send instructors over, as long as you learn seriously, there is nothing that you can't learn. You can do it boldly with confidence, and if you have a problem that needs to be solved, go directly to the chief of staff and me. ”

Referring to Zhang Yafei's glorious history in Baoding, Zhang Yafei was a little embarrassed, lowered his head and muttered in a low voice: "You haven't passed yet, but you're embarrassed to talk about me." Gao Zongbao, who was sitting next to him, secretly kicked Zhang Yafei under the table, and Zhang Yafei immediately came to his senses, but he just laughed a few times.

When Wu Jin saw Song Zhewu say this, it was not good to refuse, so he had to say: "Since the commander trusts me, I Wu Jin said that I must do my best to do a good job." But someone has to fly the plane! Since there are instructors coming, there must be students, this personnel ......"

(To be continued)