[Anti-Japanese Iron and Blood King] Chapter 507: Shandong Independent Division (Ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly tickets, ask for everything!) ）

Ma Zheng's words surprised Xie Wensheng and the others, when they came to the meeting two days ago, there were only more than 6,000 people on Jingyang Gang, but they didn't expect that in just three or four days, the number of soldiers increased to 10,000.

It is no wonder that Xie Wensheng and the others were so surprised, it was really that the speed of the expansion of the troops on Jingyanggang was too fast, and it would not be long before Shandong would become the second Suicha Military Region.

In fact, all this is thanks to the little devils, usually many people think that the Japanese army will directly execute the prisoners after capturing the Chinese/army. In fact, except for the famous beast armies of the 6th Division and the 16th Division, the rest of the Japanese army rarely killed prisoners on a large scale, and the execution of three or two was inevitable, and it was rare to say that the execution of thousands of Chinese prisoners of war still rarely happened.

The little devils are not stupid, they know that prisoners of war are the cheapest labor in the world. As a country with an extremely developed commercial economy, many people in Japan have already seen the economic benefits of prisoners of war. The mining industry, which produced the most results and required the most manpower, became the most concentrated place for the Japanese army and large Japanese commercial companies, and of course these places became concentration camps for Chinese prisoners of war.

Just like the miners rescued by Ma Zheng this time, more than half of them were Chinese soldiers captured by the Japanese army during the war. And the vast majority of these people are from Shandong, and seeing their hometown ruined like this by little devils, these people are holding back a fire in their hearts.

When they learned that it was the Eighth Route Army that rescued them, these people enthusiastically signed up to join the army almost without mobilizing Ma Zheng and others. Perhaps these people were not good soldiers before, and after going through hellish trials and trials of life and death, Ma Zheng believes that they will definitely become real iron warriors.

Because of this, Ma Zheng didn't even think much about keeping all these people, and Ma Zheng believed that after a period of recovery, these people would definitely become the mainstay of the Shandong Independent Brigade.

Sure enough, these people have only been in the army for a few days, and they have shown extraordinary combat effectiveness. Although the rescued miners did not do a good job in terms of discipline and living norms, they were flexible and not afraid of sacrifice when fighting the war.

Man is a strange animal, timid as a mouse when he is afraid of death, but once he breaks through his spiritual realm, he will become fearless, and the fearless person is the most terrifying and the most combative.

These rescued miners showed an elite temperament in just a few days, Ma Zheng was overjoyed and speechless for the little devil, no matter who he was, no matter what his identity was, and no matter what occupation he had before, but as long as he was involved with the little devil, in the end he would embark on the road of resistance against Japan without hesitation.

As the meeting continued, Ma Zheng looked around at the officers present and continued: "Compared to when we were in the Suicha Military Region, our current situation is indeed very difficult. But don't be discouraged, there will be milk, there will be bread, just like when we were in the Suicha area, there were no guns and no artillery, and the enemy would make it for us. However, the most important thing for us now is to carry out a major reorganization of all our troops to deal with the possible large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army. ”

"Consolidation? Commander, what are you going to do? Xie Wensheng asked in surprise.

Ma Zheng immediately said: "Comrades, our task in the south is to form the Shandong Military Region, and after careful consideration, I have decided to set up a division-level establishment and reorganize the whole army into a complete infantry division, and only a division-level establishment can deal with a possible attack by the Japanese army. Now I order: The whole army will be organized into an independent division of the Shandong Military Region, with me as the commander and political commissar of the independent division, and the whole division will have three brigades and six regiments under its jurisdiction, plus a guard regiment and a special operations brigade. ”

"The Shandong Independent Brigade was reorganized into the First Brigade of the Independent Division on the spot, under my direct command, with Liang Shangren as the deputy brigade commander and temporarily exercising the command of the troops on behalf of the brigade commander, and Lei Zhenhua as the political commissar. Xie Wensheng's headquarters was reorganized into the Second Brigade of the Shandong Independent Division on the spot, and Xie Wensheng served as the brigade commander and political commissar. Xu Weiguo's headquarters was reorganized into the Third Brigade of the Shandong Independent Division on the spot, and Xu Weiguo served as the brigade commander and political commissar. Wang Dechuan served as the intelligence director of the independent division, Xu Haifeng served as the captain of the special operations brigade of the independent division, and Lu Guoqiang served as the head of the guard regiment. ”

Xie Wensheng immediately said: "Commander, there should be no problem with the reorganization work, after all, we only have more than 18,000 people, and if we get rid of those old, weak, sick and disabled, there will be about 16,700 people, and the reorganization will be completed in one or two days." However, the key is how to make the newly formed troops form combat effectiveness, and I believe that the plan of replacing training with combat must continue to be carried out, otherwise it will be difficult for our army to cope with the large-scale attack of the Japanese army with the combat strength of our army at this time. ”

Ma Zheng nodded and said: "Well, we have achieved very gratifying results in our work some time ago, but there are also many problems. The first is that our newly recruited troops are generally undertrained, and a large proportion of the soldiers are simply farmers before joining the army. Such a force is pulled out, let alone a tough battle, and sometimes the Japanese army can crush this unit with a ton of shells. ”

"Don't think I'm alarmist, this kind of thing happened in the first two years of the war, especially the troops of the local warlords, who were mostly famous for catching strong men. is like Liu Xiang's Sichuan army, although the Sichuan army is very brave in battle, its combat effectiveness is indeed very poor. The death of Wang Zhangming, the commander of the First World War in Tengxian County, and the fact that the soldiers under his command did not survive certainly reflected the courage of the countrymen, but the casualties caused by the Sichuan army to the enemy were extremely limited. Therefore, we must draw a lesson and improve the combat effectiveness of our troops. ”

After a pause, Ma Zheng continued: "Comrades, although the situation in Shandong is absolutely strong and weak, and the difference in strength between the two sides is not an ordinary disparity. However, you should also know that what our Suicha Military Region is best at is to win more with less and strengthen with the weak. Not to mention that there is only one Twelfth Army in Shandong, even if the little devil transfers the top six field divisions with the most combat effectiveness to Shandong, my Ma Zheng will definitely not frown. ”

"Shandong is the most sacred territory in China and the most precious wealth left to us by our ancestors. The little devils want to conquer us on our land, it is simply delusional. I don't care what others think, let alone care, but you are the backbone of my independent division, so you must always know in your hearts what kind of identity you are and what your every word and deed represents. The War of Resistance will be won, and China will win! ”

"The War of Resistance will be won!"

"China will win!"

The establishment of the independent division is definitely a big deal for the entire Eighth Route Army, especially for a unit led by an iron-blooded general like Ma Zheng, and the Party Central Committee will not do anything that has happened. After Ma Zheng reported the situation to Yan'an, he received a congratulatory telegram from the chairman from Yan'an on the same day, congratulating the establishment of the independent division of the Shandong Military Region.

At the same time, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was not far behind, sending a congratulatory telegram directly from the Shanxi front, and also promised to give the independent division the equipment of an integrated regiment, which can be regarded as the support of the superior leader for Ma Zheng. For such a good thing, of course, Ma Zheng did not refuse, and it just so happened that his side was indeed very short of weapons and equipment during this time. In addition, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army also telegraphed Ma Zheng that after they gained a firm foothold in Shandong, the original Shandong column would be placed under the command of the Shandong Military Region.

Ma Zheng has no opinion on this, anyway, the so-called Shandong Military Region is still an empty shell, and it has not even been established. First, Ma Zheng felt that the less than 20,000 troops in his hands alone could not support this banner, and secondly, he had too few backbones, and if the Shandong column could join them, it would be considered to have solved many of Ma Zheng's problems.

But Ma Zheng remembered Xu Yinghui's judgment before going south, if the Japanese army really had spies into the Shandong Provincial Party Committee and column, then the problem would be serious. At that time, once the two forces converge, it is likely that even Ma Zheng's identity will be exposed, so this matter makes Ma Zheng very entangled. (To be continued.) )