After Yali finished reading, the headquarters suddenly became silent, but in an instant, everyone recovered from the shock, and immediately began to cheer, and everyone was extremely excited.

The second-class general of the army, Qiao Anbang is not yet thirty years old, this should be the youngest general in modern history, and he is not inferior to Huo Qubing back then.

The expansion of the Tiger Army into a group army means that everyone present will be promoted, and the most eye-catching thing is that the Eighth Brigade and the brigade commander Liu Guodong, who have just been established less than a day ago, are at least going to be expanded to division-level troops, and Liu Guodong, who has just been promoted to major general and brigade commander, will be promoted to lieutenant general and division commander of the National Revolutionary Army in a blink of an eye.

In one day, he was promoted from lieutenant colonel battalion commander to lieutenant general and division commander, and the speed of this promotion was beyond even Qiao Anbang's reach.

In addition to the envy of everyone, it is not without sighs that sometimes life really depends on luck, and when it comes to running, no one can stop it.

Qiao Anbang was also a surprise in his heart, he also thought that Chairman Jiang might give him some verbal commendations or some inconsequential rewards, but he did not expect that he would actually promote himself to the commander-in-chief of the general group army.

The rank of general is indeed very glorious, but the establishment of this group army is more affordable, with the number of the group army, the tiger army can justifiably expand its troops and become a veritable king of East China.

After thinking about it, Qiao Anbang thought of a problem that might be a little thorny, and this problem must be solved as soon as possible, and if it is too late, it will change, that is, the problem of the reorganization of the remnants of the original 11th Army.

As everyone knows, Li Pinxian, commander-in-chief of the 11th Group Army, is Tang Shengzhi's old subordinate, born in the Hunan Army, and several important division commanders and army commander positions in the 11th Group Army are basically held by his former Hunan subordinates, which can be said to be self-contained.

Now that Li Pinxian has been removed from the post of commander-in-chief of the group army, his subordinates will inevitably be dissatisfied, and if they are not reorganized as soon as possible, there is a very high probability that something will happen.

Although the 11th Group Army suffered large losses in the Battle of Xuzhou, its foundation is still there, especially the remnants of more than 30,000 people in the current 11th Group Army, and these 30,000 people may only be regarded as an ordinary miscellaneous army in the hands of Li Pinxian.

But if it comes to Qiao Anbang's hands, Qiao Anbang is confident that he will be reorganized into an elite division, after all, these 30,000 people have been trained and survived the rest of the battle, and as long as they are slightly reorganized, they can immediately become a well-equipped new force.

After making up his mind, Qiao Anbang immediately turned to everyone and ordered: "Brothers, time is pressing, let me distribute the tasks." ”

Everyone stopped talking, looked at Qiao Anbang in unison, and waited for Qiao Anbang's orders.

Qiao Anbang paused and said: "The battle of Yingzhou, the second division and the fourth division suffered heavy casualties, so there is no need to go north to Xuzhou with me. ”

"Yes!" Wang Baoshan and Cao Er stepped forward at the same time.

"Oh, Throne! No, Commander, what is the mission of our Eighth Brigade? Liu Guodong asked first.

"The Eighth Brigade will be disbanded on the spot!" Jo Anbang said amazingly.

"Huh!?" Liu Guodong and Ji Changfeng looked surprised and looked at each other.

Without waiting for them to ask, Qiao Anbang changed his words and said: "Since most of the soldiers of the Eighth Brigade are technicians of our arsenal, these technicians are responsible for the production and operation of the arsenal, so disband them all, let them return to their posts as soon as possible and resume production, and then the demand for guns and ammunition in the army will be greater, let them go all out to produce to support the front-line troops in battle!" ”

"For the time being, the number of the Eighth Brigade will be revoked, Liu Guodong and Ji Changfeng will lead your troops to follow me to take over the old headquarters of the original 11th Group Army, make specific adjustments, and make a decision after this battle!" Qiao Anbang said earnestly.

"Yes!" Although Liu Guodong and Ji Changfeng were puzzled, they still stood up and responded, the soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, and Qiao Anbang's order is a military order, so the two naturally dare not have any objections, and the temporary Eighth Brigade was originally a temporary emergency force, and now that the crisis has been resolved, it is normal to disband.

After the order, Qiao Anbang said to Yali again: "Immediately send a telegram to Li Jupeng, hand over the defense of Fengyang County to Chu Jingming's department, and ask him to immediately lead his troops to advance eastward along the Huai River, advance to Sixian County and Huaiyin (now Huai'an City), and order the old headquarters of the former 11th Group Army to stand by and wait for reorganization in the name of the General Headquarters of the Group Army!" ”

"Yes!" Yali immediately responded, and immediately turned around and went out as ordered.

……………………………… Huaiyin County, the former headquarters of the 11th Group Army, a blue sky and white flag fluttered weakly in the wind on the roof of the headquarters compound.

At the entrance of the headquarters, a military jeep was parked, and at the entrance of the headquarters compound, four armed [***] soldiers stood straight on both sides.

Inside the division, Li Pinxian's attendant adjutant was helping Li Pinxian clean up in the side bedroom, as the general and commander-in-chief of the 11th Group Army, Li Pinxian still made a lot of oil and water, and there were more than a dozen pieces of gold alone.

In the main room, several of his subordinates were gathering together to fight for Li Pinxian.

"General seat, Lao Jiang is unfair in rewards and punishments, how can the battle of Xuzhou be all blamed on the general seat? If he had to be held responsible, Li Zongren, who was the commander of the Fifth Theater, would be the first to be held responsible. A major general and division commander said indignantly.

"That is, in the battle of Xuzhou, the officers and men of our group army fought bloodily, lost most of them, and did not give supplements and any awards, even if they were not to be supplemented or rewarded, they were all blamed on you, Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps retreated without authorization in order to preserve its strength, resulting in the collapse of the frontal defense line, and the commission not only did not punish, but instead rewarded it lavishly, even though Tang Enbo took the opportunity to incorporate the scattered formations and heavy losses of the Yunnan Army and the Sichuan Army and other local miscellaneous troops that were beaten by devils." The other person also chimed in.

"Okay, don't talk about it, military orders are like mountains, as soldiers, we can only obey orders as our duty, and the generals of the defeated army are already sincerely afraid, how dare we say that we are dissatisfied?" Li Pinxian waved his hand in some frustration to stop the complaints of his subordinates.

Turning around and seeing everyone's anger, Li Pinxian sighed again: "Your brothers have been with me for many years, and there is a word of advice before leaving for my brother, this time the Tiger Army will be expanded into the 11th Group Army, nominally, although it is the Tiger Army that robbed us of our number, but in fact it is not, as we all know, the Tiger Army is well-trained, well-equipped, and has strong combat power!" And the scale of its own troops has already reached more than 100,000 people, even if the Military Commission does not award it the number of the 11th Group Army, it will also award other titles.

The most important thing is that the Tiger Ben Army is a heroic army, since the formation of the army, its military achievements are shining, and its leader Qiao Anbang is a rising star in the military circles, this person is now extremely influential in the people and even the world, and the future will be limitless. If you join the Tiger Army, you will be able to better show your strengths in the field of resistance, kill the enemy, and defend the country! ”

"However, the general seat, the Tiger Ben Army has its own line, and it has already formed a group, and after we non-descendants join, I'm afraid we won't be taken seriously!" The previous major general said with a worried face.

"No, you should know that Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming, as far as I know, they have secretly joined the Tiger Ben Army earlier, and they have also been reused by Qiao Anbang!" Li Pinxian said.

Li Pinxian's voice fell, and there was a rush of footsteps outside, everyone looked back, and a guard hurriedly walked in, came to Li Pinxian and the others, and stood up and reported: "General seat, Qiao Anbang, the commander of the Tiger Army, asks to see!" ”

"What? Joan Bang? Li Pinxian and the others were taken aback.

The previous major general and division commander said with some disbelief: "Didn't Qiao Anbang command the operation in Yingzhou?" Why did you suddenly get to Huaiyin? Did he grow wings and fly over? ”

Li Pinxian calmed down his shocked mood and said calmly: "Where are the others now, how many are there?" ”

"It's just outside the city, with only a dozen guards!" The guard hurriedly replied.

"A dozen people?" Li Pinxian looked back at a few subordinates in confusion and said, "Everyone, go out with me to greet you, after all, Qiao Anbang is now the commander-in-chief of the 11th Group Army." ”

Although several subordinates were unwilling, they did not dare to disobey Li Pinxian's orders, and followed Li Pinxian and strode out.

Outside the city, Qiao Anbang with Yali and Liang Jiahan and more than a dozen guards were blocked outside the city gate by the guards of Huaiyin County.

Boredom, Qiao Anbang took out a cigarette from his pocket and tasted it alone, while Liang Jiahan and Yali stood on his sides vigilantly.

Due to the different situation of the 11th Group Army, and considering the relationship between Li Pinxian and Bai Chongxi and other Gui families, in order to take precaution, Qiao Anbang decided to take Liang Jiahan and Yali to Huaiyin City in a flying machine first, and he wanted to personally incorporate the remnants of the original 11th Group Army.

When Qiao Anbang was waiting impatiently, Liang Jiahan suddenly pointed ahead and said, "They are here." ”

Qiao Anbang looked up and saw that a military jeep had slowly driven out of the city.

The jeep drove to the gate of the city and stopped advancing, and several [***] generals walked down from the car one after another, and the leader was tall and long-armed, burly, wearing a general's uniform, strode to Qiao Anbang, and solemnly stood up to Qiao Anbang and saluted: "General Qiao, I have admired my name for a long time!" ”

Qiao Anbang also quickly returned the salute and smiled: "General Li's name, Qiao is also like thunder!" ”

"Haha! General Joe came so fast! Heling is saying to make room for you. Li Pinxian said with a cheerful face.

"Hey, General Li misunderstood, Anbang came at night, just to keep General Li so that he could stay and join hands with his younger brother to fight against foreign humiliation!" Qiao Anbang saw that Li Pinxian had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained.

(To be continued)