Jing Yuexiu's troops did not carry out a unified large-scale reorganization, first, because Song Zhewu had already promised Jing Yuexiu; Second, Song Zhewu believes that this unit will not participate in large-scale battles for the time being. If you don't reorganize it immediately, you can make Jing Yuexiu and his troops feel more at ease, and Jing Yuexiu is still needed to stabilize Inner Mongolia.

Moreover, Jing Yuexiu's Tenth Army was not completely unreorganized, and Song Zhewu sent officers from the old units of the former Fourth Route Army to all units of the Tenth Army as deputies on the grounds of enriching the Tenth Army, and at the same time, not only assigned Li Jinming's cavalry division directly under the headquarters to Jing Yuexiu's Tenth Army, but also added a large number of new recruits to Jing Yuexiu's Tenth Army.

Jing Yuexiu didn't think there was anything wrong with Song Zhewu doing this, these officers of the Fourth Route Army came to his Tenth Army, which was justified, after all, Song Zhewu not only replenished him with new soldiers, but also provided him with all the weapons and ammunition. The current Tenth Army has two infantry divisions and one cavalry division, with more than 35,000 people in the whole army, so many troops, but Jing Yuexiu has never had it again. Now, he has the strength to start expanding his power to Western Inner Mongolia according to Song Zhewu's orders.

As for the indecently setting up a brigade-level structure below the division level, this is completely Song Zhewu's trick with the Nanjing political axe.

Song Zhewu already felt from Chiang Kai-shek's reluctance to increase his number this time that it was absolutely impossible for him to increase his number again. However, the troops of these thirteen corps and a few divisions alone could never meet his needs, and the Fourth Route Army had to be expanded.

But it is absolutely impossible to increase the number without permission, and doing so is almost a rebellion, at least Chiang Kai-shek would think so.

Since it is no longer possible to increase the number, it is necessary to adopt alternative means, and this is the purpose for him to set up a brigade-level system.

With the addition of a first-level structure, it will be more convenient for the expansion of troops, and Song Zhewu will gradually enrich the personnel of these brigade-level units and turn them into actual division-level units.

Song Zhewu's reorganization not only satisfied Jing Yuexiu, but also Pang Bingxun and his subordinates.

Song Zhewu was very trustworthy in this reorganization, not only did his main officers, including Wang Shouwu, not move, but also really gave the commander of the Ninth Army to Ma Fawu, which was equivalent to his troops being expanded into two armies. Looking at the brand-new guns and artillery in the hands of his subordinates, Pang Bingxun and his old subordinates were happy to close their mouths, in the Northwest Army, Feng Yuxiang had never treated them and the descendants of the Northwest Army equally.

As for the treatment of military salaries, it is even more so. The officers and men were eager to exchange the military salaries from the Northern Investment and Development Bank for the clanging ocean, and for the first time they received so much military salaries at one time, the officers and men were so happy. The current military salary is several times that of the Northwest Army, and it is great to stay in such a unit.

Some "old men" of the Fourth Route Army jokingly asked them, "Are you still going to the Northeast Army?" ”

The answer was, without exception, an attitude. "Huh, Northeast Army? Lao Tzu didn't even go to the Central Army, so what else did he mention about the Northeast Army? Lao Tzu followed Commander-in-Chief Song to the end in the Fourth Route Army, and now he is beating me with a stick, and Lao Tzu will never leave the Fourth Route Army. ”

When Pang Bingxun and Wang Shouwu heard such an answer, they could only look at each other and shake their heads with a slightly wry smile. Pang Bingxun knew that he could only work hard in the Fourth Route Army wholeheartedly from now on, and never think about any crooked thoughts again, otherwise, there would not be many people who were willing to follow him out of the Fourth Route Army.

For understandable reasons, the three units of the Mountain Division, the Guard Division, and the Air Force Garrison Division did not participate in the mixing, but they were all supplemented with a lot of personnel. According to Song Zhewu's vision, these three divisions will gradually expand to the scale of the army in the future.

After the reorganization is completed, the troops need to go to Outer Mongolia immediately, and if these troops do not go to Outer Mongolia for a day, Song Zhewu will not let go of his mind for a day.

According to Song Zhewu's plan, Gao Zongbao's Second Army, Liang Fang's Fifth Army, Liang Zhongjia's Sixth Army, Xu Fang's Seventh Army, Zhao Fengwu's Eighth Army, Ma Fa's Fifth and Ninth Army, Li Yaoming's Eleventh Army, Wang Bi's Twelfth Army, and Li Ruifang's Mountain Division, a total of eight armies and one division, were to be sent to Outer Mongolia.

Because of the addition of a large number of officers and men of the Northwest Army and Jinsui, as well as the new recruits recruited during this period, except for the First Army, the Third Army, the Fourth Army, the Tenth Army, and the Thirteenth Army, which still maintain the scale of about 4,000 people, the number of soldiers in all divisions of other units has been restored to 18,000, and the number of troops in each army has reached more than 60,000. These eight corps, together with the mountain divisions, have a total strength of more than 510,000 troops.

Such a large unit, placed in Outer Mongolia, thousands of miles away, must not only guard against a possible attack by the Soviet army, but also actively prepare to deal with the "18 September" incident.

During the war, the military situation was changing rapidly, and if everything had to wait for Song Zhewu's telegram instructions, it would be a major mistake, and Outer Mongolia must set up a front-line command to command all units in Outer Mongolia in a unified manner and coordinate and direct the war on both sides.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Song Zhewu decided to appoint Li Wentian as the commander of the Northern Frontier Chief's Office in Outer Mongolia, Wei Guanghui and Gao Zongbao as the first and second deputy commanders, and Chu Xichun as the chief of staff.

Li Wentian was appointed as this front-line commander because Li Wentian acted resolutely and had a strong ability to grasp the overall situation. Outer Mongolia is far away from the interior of the Central Plains, and it is bound to make mistakes if you ask for instructions on everything. In addition, there is another very important point, that is, Li Wentian is bold, generous, and very affinable, not only getting along well with Wang Xu, Zhang Yafei, Gao Zongbao, Zhang Tao, Liang Fang, Wu Jin, these "old men" of the Fourth Route Army, but also getting along well with Li Sichi, Zhao Fengwu, and even Liang Zhongjia, Han Guangdi, and others. With Li Wentian as the commander of the front, he can not only convince the people, but also form a cohesive force among the various units stationed in Outer Mongolia.

And let Wei Guanghui serve as the deputy commander because Outer Mongolia was not only recaptured by Wei Guanghui's army, but he is also now the commander of the Outer Mongolian garrison.

As for letting Gao Zongbao serve as deputy commander, it was completely Song Zhewu to appease Zhang Yafei, Gao Zongbao, Zhang Tao, Liang Fang, Wu Jin, and even "old men" such as Xiao Guodong and Wang Xu.

Song Zhewu has been the only one in the Fourth Route Army over the years, and he has promoted and appointed many talented people who joined the Fourth Route Army, and some of these people have a higher status in the Fourth Route Army than those "old men", such as Tao Rong and Li Wentian. Although there are some people who are latecomers, their status is already the same as them, such as Li Sichi, Liang Zhongjia, Han Guangdi, Zhao Fengwu, Jing Yuexiu, Li Yaoming, Wang Bi, Ma Fawu, Pang Bingxun, and Li Ruifang and others.

Although no one has complained to Song Zhewu yet, as a superior, Song Zhewu can't help but think about it. If Song Zhewu does not properly appease these "old people", it will inevitably chill these people, and these people are precisely the middle and backbone of Song Zhewu's support for the Fourth Route Army, if they have complaints, this is not what Song Zhewu is willing to see.

There is another point that Song Zhewu will never mention to others, that is, his current army is expanding too fast, and many people have not been inspected and tested, although Song Zhewu has always been unsuspicious of employing people, but this does not mean that he will be unguarded, for Gao Zongbao These old people, he is still very relieved. Be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, Song Zhewu still understands its meaning very well.

Although it was already winter and there had been several heavy snowfalls in Inner and Outer Mongolia, it was not suitable for long-distance marching at this time, but Song Zhewu could not wait until the beginning of spring, and after handing over all the trucks that could be mobilized to Li Wentian, hundreds of thousands of troops drove to Outer Mongolia in a mighty manner.

accompanied Li Wentian to Outer Mongolia, as well as the 24 heavy cannons that Zhang Yafei regarded as his treasure. Once the war breaks out in Outer Mongolia, the battle without heavy artillery support will be very difficult, although there are only 24 150mm howitzers, it is better than nothing. This heavy artillery regiment will become a heavy artillery unit directly under the command of Li Wentian.

Another point that needs to be explained is that Song Zhewu has always felt very uncomfortable with the name of Outer Mongolia, which easily reminds him of the land that was forcibly cut out by the Soviet Union in his previous life. Now that Inner and Outer Mongolia are under his jurisdiction, the name needs to be changed, and you can't always make yourself uncomfortable.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Northern Construction and Development Committee, Song Zhewu had already reported to Nanjing, requesting that Outer Mongolia be changed to Northern Mongolia Autonomous Province and Inner Mongolia should be changed to Southern Mongolia Autonomous Province. Therefore, now Li Wentian is leading his troops not to Outer Mongolia, but to Northern Mongolia.

There were hundreds of thousands of troops going to Northern Mongolia, and the amount of ammunition and military supplies was even more huge, because the rush to transport grain and materials for national defense construction to Northern Mongolia could not be stopped, and the number of trucks that Song Zhewu could transfer to Li Wentian was only a few hundred, which was far from meeting the needs of the troops.

When Song Zhewu was discussing with Jia Jingde and others to prepare to hire all the vehicles in the Taihang Administration area, Jing Yuexiu, who rushed to Taiyuan, took the initiative to find Song Zhewu and volunteered to undertake this task. Song Zhewu only paid one-third of the money for the vehicles hired in the Taihang Administration, and Jing Yuexiu organized a large number of camel teams and Lele car transport teams in Nanmeng through those princes, and went to Suiyuan to wait for Li Wentian and help the army transport ammunition and supplies.

Moreover, this Mongolian transport team, in addition to the camel team to follow the whole process, the ordinary herdsmen's Lele convoy is not from Suiyuan to Northern Mongolia, but to take the method of relay on the way, every time it arrives at a flag league, there will be local princes to organize local herdsmen to be responsible for transporting it......

(To be continued)