Three days later, seven division commanders, two brigade commanders (armored brigade and temporary eighth brigade) of the Tiger Army, plus Li Pinxian and other senior officers of the former 11th Group Army gathered in Qingdao and rushed to Qiao Anbang's temporary residence.

Naturally, the guard regiment directly under the Tiger Army, outside the mansion, Qiao Anbang, accompanied by Wang Gensheng, the head of the guard regiment, was personally greeting the generals who arrived one after another at the door.

After everyone shuddered, they all entered the mansion under the leadership of Qiao Anbang.

Entering the mansion, after everyone sat down, Qiao Anbang said directly to the point: "Colleagues, the situation of the national resistance is very good, but I think this is also the most critical moment, at this time, it is the weakest and most exhausting time for the army, if we can't seize the opportunity and completely defeat and eliminate it in one go, then once the company relieves itself, and then wants to recover the lost territory and return my mountains and rivers, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky!" ”

After saying this, Qiao Anbang said awe-inspiringly: "In order to meet the needs of the next anti-Japanese war, I have decided to immediately reorganize all units under our 11th Group Army, and the specific reorganization is as follows:

On the basis of the original strength, the 1st to 7th Divisions of the former Huben Army will all add a tank armored regiment and a self-propelled artillery anti-aircraft artillery anti-aircraft regiment, which will be renamed as an integrated division, and at the same time ......"

Qiao Anbang said this, his eyes turned to Liu Guodong, the commander of the Eighth Provisional Brigade who was sitting at the end of the right, and said with a flat expression: "From now on, the Eighth Brigade of the Provisional Brigade will be expanded into the Eighth Division, which is the same as the previous seven divisions, and belongs to the main integrated division, with three infantry regiments, one artillery regiment, one tank armored regiment, one self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery air defense regiment and one baggage regiment, and one guard battalion, one communications battalion, and one reconnaissance battalion directly under the division headquarters, with a total of eight regiments and a total strength of about 24,000 people. ”

"Yes, thank you!" Liu Guodong was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly got up and saluted Qiao Anbang excitedly.

"You don't have to thank me yet! I'll say ugly things first, if you kid can't bring me the reorganization of the Eighth Division, I will still push you to the end, I will give you half a year, and the reorganization of the Eighth Division must form combat effectiveness! Hear no! Qiao Anbang did not forget to put serious pressure on him.

"Yes! Please rest assured that the task will be completed! Half a year later, our reorganization of the Eighth Division will never disgrace the name of our Tiger Army! Liu Guodong forced the excitement in his heart and patted his chest and reassured.

Qiao Anbang nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Li Pinxian, Zhang Yichun, Wei Yunsong and others: "Brother Heling, regarding the reorganization of the 31st Army and the 48th Army, I intend to reorganize them into the 9th and 10th Divisions in turn, and the staffing is the same as the first eight divisions, what do you think?" ”

"Everything is up to the seating arrangement!"; Li Pinxian and others said in unison.

"Okay, that is, from now on, the above two armies will start to reorganize, I will have all the weapons and equipment needed, the division commander is still Zhang Yichun and General Wei Yunsong respectively, as for the officers below the division, Brother Heling, you will discuss and decide, and then report to me!" Qiao Anbang said immediately.

"Well, I understand!" Li Pinxian is also determined in his heart, Qiao Anbang has never wanted to strip off the control of his original troops, nor has he wanted to empty them, which makes Li Pinxian's former Gui generals including Wei Yunsong and Zhang Yichun very moved.

In fact, Qiao Anbang had other plans in his heart, after fully enjoying the superior treatment and excellent weapons and equipment of the various divisions of the Tiger Army, and the benefits and convenience brought by the improvement of powerful logistics, the ordinary officers and men of the former 11th Group Army probably already regarded themselves as a part of the Tiger Army.

Even if their superiors wanted to drag them into rebellion, it depended on whether the majority of ordinary officers and soldiers agreed or not, and whether they were willing to follow them and risk being killed, giving up their generous military salaries, perfect logistics and medical support, and powerful ground-to-air firepower to leave the Tiger Army and betray Qiao Anbang.

Moreover, Li Pinxian's department controls only two divisions, while the troops directly under Qiao Anbang's line have a full eight integrated divisions, and they have an absolute advantage in terms of strength, not to mention that Li Pinxian and Zhang Yichun have no different intentions, even if they really have different intentions, Qiao Anbang does not have to worry at all.

Announcing the reorganization of all infantry units of the 11th Group Army, Qiao Anbang said to Zhang Xudong, the commander of the armored brigade who had been waiting for a while: "Xudong, your armored brigade will soon be expanded into an armored division, and it will be a reading combat unit directly under the command of the group army. ”

"You will continue to be the commander of the armored division!"

After Qiao Anbang finished speaking, he said to everyone: "In addition, the army must continue to expand by more than ten integrated divisions, and in addition, it is also necessary to recruit knowledgeable young and middle-aged people to join the army on a large scale!" ”

"Ten more divisions?" After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but gasp, if the current 11th Group Army recruits all soldiers according to the establishment announced by Qiao Anbang just now, the strength of the ten integrated divisions alone will reach an astonishing 2440,000, plus the air force, tank and armored divisions, and huge logistics personnel, the total number of the 11th Group Army will directly exceed 400,000.

Now Qiao Anbang is still expanding ten integrated divisions, so that the 11th Group Army may no longer be called a group army, it should be a front army.

"General, with most of the four provinces of Anhui, Sulu, and Henan that we now control, I'm afraid it's difficult to recruit more than 200,000 qualified soldiers, right?" Li Pinxian questioned.

"Not enough soldiers?" Qiao Anbang smiled slightly, shook his head, and said, "Brother Heling, you are too underestimated to underestimate the potential of the four provinces of the Central Plains!" ”

In the original War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, only Sichuan Province, the output of millions of strong men, now the Tiger Army sits on all of Anhui and most of Shandong and Jiangsu and Henan, the population base has already exceeded tens of millions of people, and it is not a problem to expand the army by one million, especially Henan, which is the hinterland of the Central Plains in China, the densely populated top of the country, is the most populous province, although Qiao Anbang has not yet been able to fully control the entire Henan Province, but Henan's population base is also amazing.

Therefore, Qiao Anbang expanded the army by ten more integrated divisions, and there was no need to worry about the problem of troop resources.

"If the supply of soldiers is insufficient, I will drive Tang Enbo out of Shandong, Lao Tzu has worked hard to beat me away, and he Tang Enbo ran over to grab the fruits of our victory, and he really made himself the protégé of the Son of Heaven Royal Forest Army?" Jo Anbang blurted out.

Li Pinxian changed color slightly when he heard this, and pulled Qiao Anbang's right hand to signal him to be cautious, but Qiao Anbang said louder: "Brother Heling, you don't have to persuade me, today's national political axe [***] is unbearable, Tang Enbo is a thing who doesn't when he stands in a pit, he doesn't fight devils much, but he is very active in grabbing land, and if he stays in Shandong, it will be bitter for the local people!" So, after two months, I must squeeze him out of Shandong! ”

………………………………………… Yucheng, the official residence of Huangshan.

Chairman Jiang, who was actively preparing to move the capital, learned that Qiao Anbang led the army to return to China in triumph, and while secretly scolding himself for his incompetence, why he failed to eliminate Qiao Anbang on the four islands of Dongying, he said to Wang Shihe and Chen Cheng: "Tell Tang Enbo to keep an eye on Qiao Anbang's department, and at the same time, tell Gu Zhutong that he must also strengthen the defense north of the Yangtze River, and also tell Hu Zongnan that Henan and Shaanxi must not let Qiao Anbang get involved, and if there is any change in the Tiger Ben army, immediately surround it on three sides, and wait until Jiangnan is solved. I will immediately transfer Xue Yue to the north for reinforcements! ”

"Please rest assured, the deployment of the third, first, and fifth theaters is all deployed in accordance with your orders, and there will be absolutely no mistakes, but I have received news that Qiao Anbang's department is carrying out large-scale recruitment in Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong, and eastern Henan!" Dai Lian bowed his head and said.

"What? Still recruiting? Niang Xipi, the total strength of the 11th Army of Qiao Anbang has exceeded 100,000, what else does he want to do? Still want to expand the army? Absolutely not! "Chairman Jiang was furious when he heard this, the 100,000 tiger army had already made him very jealous, and now Qiao Anbang would continue to expand the army, so what was it?

"The commissioner, humbly suggests, we should immediately stop the attack on Shanghai, hit the absolute superiority of the fifth, first, third, ninth, and theater of operations, and carry out a comprehensive blockade of Qiao Anbang's base area to curb its rapid development! Otherwise, in time, it will become a big problem, and it will be even more difficult to solve it! Dai Li's gloomy suggestion, last time Qiao Anbang let his son Chairman Jiang suffer a big loss here, and almost lost his official position, Dai Li's hatred for Qiao Anbang is now itching, and he can't get rid of it quickly.

"Stop the assault on Shanghai?" Chairman Jiang pondered for a while, and immediately waved his hand and vetoed: "No, if you don't take advantage of the current good opportunity to recover Shanghai in one go, then once the army has eased up, it will be difficult to recover it!" Moreover, if Shanghai is gone, Nanjing will always be under the front of the army, so Shanghai must be recaptured and recovered, no matter how much it costs! ”

Dai Li nodded and said no more, Chairman Jiang's decision, he still didn't dare to go against it, for fear of annoying President Jiang, and settling his new and old accounts together, then his good words would come to an end.

"Commission, if there is nothing else, the student will retire first!" Dai Lian trembled and said respectfully.

"Hmm!" Chairman Jiang nodded, and then suddenly said: "Wait a minute, I asked you to spy on Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, since Qiao Anbang came back, have the two of them behaved abnormally?" ”

Now what Chairman Jiang is most afraid of is that Li Baiqiao and the two sides will join forces to form a national political axe, which will definitely be very disadvantageous to himself, and Chairman Jiang will never sit idly by and watch such a thing happen, so he ordered Dai Li to install Jianxi next to Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi at all costs.

(To be continued)