Chapter 72: Preparation (1)

At this time, it was already the second half of the night in the dead of night, the lights of the headquarters of the Seventh Army were still on, and the three core figures of the Legion: Liu Hua, Guan Xiangying, and Li Qing were smoking around the table. At this time, more than two hours had passed, and the three of them continued to discuss.

"Legion Commander, tell me about the development direction of our Legion during this time!" Li Qing spoke.

"Political Commissar, Director Li, I think there are three points in the direction of development during this period: First, it is to train the troops and train the combat effectiveness of our Seventh Army Corps. Second, it is one thing that we have not forgotten since the founding of the army, that is, hoarding materials and buying as much food, clothing, and ammunition as possible. Third, it is to recruit new recruits and enrich our new corps, so that we can have sufficient reserve forces in future battles and have no worries. In general, I agree on these three points.

After speaking, Liu Hua fell into deep thought, because he thought that in history, the current Central Red Army was about to arrive in northern Shaanxi, and after the central government established a base area in northern Shaanxi, Chiang Kai-shek hated the current Xiangxi base area to the core, and transferred all the main forces of the Central Red Army to encircle and suppress the Second Front Army, and in the face of the encirclement and suppression of a strong enemy, the Second Front Army had to lead the army north in accordance with the instructions of the Central Committee to start the Long March of the Second Front Army of the Red Army. At the beginning of the Long March, the Red Second Front Army lacked soldiers and materials the most, and after finally reaching northern Shaanxi, even the war horse of the supreme commander He Long was killed as military rations. Thinking of this, Liu Hua was even more sure of his opinions in these three aspects.

"I agree with the Legion's three recommendations." Due to the long-term battle with Liu Hua, Li Qing can be said to be very clear about Liu Hua's judgment, and every time he is taking precautions. So I agreed right away

Finally, after more than half an hour of discussion and refinement, the three finally reached a unified arrangement: Director Li Qing was responsible for the collection of materials, and strived to use the silver dollars and gold captured to reserve enough military rations for the troops, and the ammunition required the troops to be able to fight continuously for a month without replenishment, and purchased a large number of mules and horses in Xiangxi to speed up the marching speed of the troops, and at the same time, these mules and horses could also be used as military rations to save the troops at a critical juncture

Political Commissar Guan Xiangying's main task is to recruit a large number of qualified recruits in the defense areas of his troops and to conduct certain training for the recruits. The new corps will be able to reach its full strength of 2,000 people, and replenish qualified soldiers for future operations.

The task of the regiment commander Liu Hua was to train and inspect the troops. At the same time, in order to strengthen the quality of individual soldiers of the troops, it was agreed that each unit should let each unit give 20 rounds of ammunition for training.

Finally, in order to cope with the possibility of more severe battles in the future, each soldier was required to carry a standard ammunition of 50 rounds, and all the remaining ammunition was handed over to the baggage regiment of the regiment headquarters to agree to take care of, and the mortar ammunition was equipped with 40 rounds. The radio station is equipped to the regiment

Looking at the results of the night, the three of them couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and directly lay on the table and began to sleep.

The next day, the three of them began to rush to their work place according to the predetermined division of labor.

Liu Hua took the well-trained guard battalion to the 1st Division stationed in Cili. Before he arrived at the training ground outside the city, he heard bursts of shouts and killings. From a distance, I saw Sun Xingbang, the commander of the first division, coming out with the political commissar and others.

"Division Commander Sun, is the reorganization of the army now complete?" Looking at Sun Xingbang, who was sweating profusely, Liu Hua couldn't be polite, and immediately asked.

"Commander, you can relax in my first division, the reorganization has been completed, the shortage of troops has been filled from the logistics department, and now the unit has reached a full strength of 3,500 people and is undergoing training." The commander of the first division immediately replied.

"Well, yes, let's go to the training ground of a group." Liu Hua nodded.

Under the leadership of Master Sun and others, Liu Hua and others began to walk towards the training ground of the first regiment. You must know that due to the serious losses of the first regiment in the ambush of 100,000 Ping, at this time, many soldiers were replenished by logistics soldiers, so many companies were conducting the most basic queue training.

Looking at the columns of troops in front of him, Liu Hua shook his head and didn't speak, because Liu Hua, who had seen the military parade in later generations, how could he be happy to see such a queue?

"The guard battalion, a company and a platoon, a regiment commander, during this time, all the soldiers in a platoon are handed over to you for command, their main role is to cooperate with the commanders of each company to train the troops, you must know that the guard battalion is very proficient in the formation of the three-three system combined charge and other formations I talked about at the beginning, so you have to make good use of it, and strive for a regiment that is training into a unit that dares to fight tough battles in the whole army." Liu Hua looked at the head of the regiment and said.

At this moment, Division Commander Sun and the others understood why the corps commander had brought the entire guard battalion with him in the process of inspecting the troops. You must know that the guard battalion is the strongest unit in the whole legion.

Soon, Liu Hua took the guard battalion to the training ground of the second regiment again, and also handed over the second platoon to the commander of the second regiment. At the same time, in the first two divisions inspected, all the troops had reached full strength and were training in full spirit.