By the end of December, the formation of various local garrison brigades had been basically completed, and the recruitment of troops had also begun.

In many cities in the northwest, there are many soldiers wearing olive green military uniforms, and these soldiers are the soldiers of various local garrison brigades.

At present, the training of various garrison brigades is in full swing.

With the stationing of local garrison brigades, the local political axes of the major northwestern provinces have also been reorganized, and although the political axes at all levels are still hung with the brand of the national political axe, there is a fundamental difference compared with before.

In various cities and towns, the Kuomintang local political axes that used to exist are now being reorganized, and many civilian personnel or party members of the 36 th Group Army have been added, and these political axes are firmly under Zhang Yunfei's hands.

In various cities and towns, in the past, some warlords and political axes, or some puppet military regimes, have now set up new political regimes, and these new political regimes are basically held by the comrades of the 36th Group Army, but the political axes at all levels are also hung with the sign of the national political axe.

Party organizations have been set up one after another at all levels, such as county party committees for political axes at the county level and prefectural party committees for political axes at the regional level.

But all the party organizations are under the leadership of Zhang Yunfei, and all belong to the Northwest Bureau, and Zhang Yunfei is now concurrently serving as the secretary of the [***] Northwest Bureau.

Zhang Yunfei's series of actions in the northwest were known to Lao Jiang, but Lao Jiang did not stop and protest.

On the one hand, Lao Jiang just collected dozens of heavy artillery pieces from Zhang Yunfei, and on the other hand, Lao Jiang knew that even if he stopped himself, Zhang Yunfei would not necessarily listen to him, and he would only be bored with himself.

At present, there are not a few political regimes established in various enemy-occupied areas, and a large number of puppet military regimes have been established, and the banner of saving the country has been shamefully flaunted.

Zhang Yunfei is in the great northwest, and the regime he established is not very out of line, not to mention that all the political power organizations established by Zhang Yunfei at all levels are all hanging the sign of the national political axe.

Zhang Yunfei's series of actions, Lao Jiang turned a blind eye.

As for Yan'an, he was naturally very happy to see that Zhang Yunfei was going to set up so many political regimes at once, and the area of the base area had expanded several times.

The chairman also personally sent a congratulatory telegram to Zhang Yunfei, congratulating the 36 th Group Army on its great achievements on behalf of the party Central Committee.

Zhang Yunfei also immediately sent a telegram back to Yan'an, in which Zhang Yunfei once again stated that the entire 36th Group Army would resolutely obey the party's leadership and the instructions of the central authorities.

In addition, Zhang Yunfei sent another 1 million oceans to Yan'an, Zhang Yunfei's gesture, Yan'an was even happier, the chairman praised Zhang Yunfei in public more than once, saying that Comrade Yunfei should not be seen as young, but his political consciousness is very high, and he is a good comrade.

In late December, not only was a large number of political power established in the northwest region, 10 local garrison brigades were set up, and more than 100,000 recruits from the 36th Group Army were also recruited.

During this period of time, too many young people poured into Datong and Taiyuan from all over the country, and although the 36 th Group Army recruited more than 100,000 new soldiers with one surname this time, there were still quite a few people who did not join the 36 th Group Army as they wished.

These young people who did not join the 36th Group Army did not want to disperse in Datong and Taiyuan for a long time, and everyone came to Datong or Taiyuan with enthusiasm.

These people were deeply disappointed and refused to leave for a long time.

After Zhang Yunfei discovered this situation, he immediately set up a lot of propaganda teams to encourage these young people to join various factories and engage in production, produce weapons and equipment for the front-line troops, and produce clothing for the front-line troops.

In the past, the front of the various recruitment points that recruited workers was very deserted, but after the propaganda of these propaganda teams, now, the front of the various recruitment points is also extremely hot, which makes Comrade Fang Zheng so happy that he almost can't close his mouth.

In just a few days, tens of thousands of qualified young workers were recruited, and seeing that there were still many young people who did not become workers, Fang Zheng asked Zhang Yunfei whether to recruit tens of thousands more.

Not long ago, so much money was seized from Ma Bufang, and the major factories in the base area were about to develop by leaps and bounds, and the plans made before were about to change, so Zhang Yunfei decided to recruit another 30,000 people, and the total number of workers recruited reached a terrifying 80,000.

In this way, most of the young people who poured into the base areas from all over the country were recruited, and Zhang Yunfei was ready to encourage them to join the local garrison brigades, although the recruitment of troops in the local garrison brigades was now carried out seventy-seven, eighty-eight, or eight, but there was no problem at all in recruiting another 20,000 or 30,000 people.

In the process of recruiting and recruiting workers, a large number of talented people were also discovered, and this can be said to be an unexpected gain; these people, Zhang Yunfei has arranged suitable positions, and according to their specific conditions, they either go to the army to be grassroots commanders, or go to various factories to serve as engineering and technical personnel.

In addition, the reconstruction of the 36th Army is also nearing completion.

The entire 36th Group Army was basically reorganized into 10 columns, the previous seven infantry divisions, one armored division, one cavalry division, and one artillery division were all reorganized into columns, and the former division commander served as the commander of the newly established column.

The tanks and armored personnel carriers of the armored division, the cavalry of the cavalry division, and the 155-mm heavy guns of the artillery division were all evenly distributed among the newly formed columns.

The level of each column has also been raised, it used to be a division-level unit, the division commander was a major general, now it is a column, which is equivalent to a corps-level unit, and the commander of the column is a lieutenant general.

Correspondingly, most of the former brigade commanders have now become division commanders, and the military rank has also been promoted from the former colonel to major general.

The enthusiasm of the people was very high, there was basically no resistance, and the reorganization work went very smoothly; by now, the reorganization work has basically been completed, and all units will soon be able to conduct regular training again.

This time, the 36 th Group Army, with a force of nearly 400,000 troops, has 10 columns, a guard division, an antiaircraft artillery brigade, a wolf-tooth special combat unit, and a flying brigade, in addition to a newly formed 10 local garrison brigades with more than 100,000 people.

There are 10 columns, each with a total number of about 35,000 people, and each column will be a basic combat unit, and if there is a major battle, several columns can also fight together.

Each column has two divisions, one heavy artillery brigade and one cavalry regiment, and the heavy artillery brigade is equipped with 60 155-mm howitzers.

Each division has two infantry brigades, one division directly under the 105 mm howitzer artillery regiment, one division directly under the Type 39 tank regiment, one division directly under the mechanized infantry regiment, and each infantry brigade under the jurisdiction of three infantry regiments.

The high-ranking personnel of the 36th Group Army, such as Zhang Yunfei, Zuo Qingquan, Deng Wenping, and Liu Dazhu, have the rank of general, Comrade Fang Zheng has the rank of lieutenant general, and of course, Zhang Yunfei is a first-class general recognized by the national political axe.

Zhang Yunfei has already reported these military ranks and troop establishments to Yan'an, and Yan'an has also called back, completely agreeing with Zhang Yunfei's approach.

With regard to military ranks, this time they were mainly implemented in the 36 th Group Army, and not in the 18 th Group Army and the New Fourth Army for the time being.

This time, the central authorities were very happy to see that the 36 th Group Army had grown to 400,000 people and controlled such a large area, and even sent a congratulatory telegram to the 36 th Group Army.

After receiving the congratulatory telegram from Yan'an, Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly at the time, and thought to himself, fortunately, when he reported at that time, he only reported the establishment of the troops, not the situation of weapons and equipment.

If Yan'an knew that it had so many heavy artillery, tanks and planes, what would it be like, would it be even happier?

As for whether Yan'an will worry about losing control and shaking the master, Zhang Yunfei has already considered it, as long as his posture is low and Yan'an's instructions are resolutely implemented, there should be no such problem.

Although there was no war in late December, Zhang Yunfei felt that this period was the busiest.

First, he completed the construction of 10 local garrisons, then completed the reorganization of the troops, and set up 10 columns, and the construction of the base areas also took Zhang Yunfei a lot of painstaking efforts.

Due to the urgent need for a large number of tanks and planes in the troops, Zhang Yunfei instructed Founder to expand the two factories, becoming one of the first factories to expand.

For example, the current armored vehicle plant has been expanded into two factories, namely a tank factory specializing in the production of Type 39 tanks, and an armored vehicle plant specializing in the production of Type 39 armored personnel carriers.

Due to the maturity of the process, whether it is the production of tanks and armored vehicles, the monthly output has basically increased by more than 50% compared with the output at the beginning of the establishment of the factory, but Zhang Yunfei still believes that such an increase is far from enough.

In order to increase production on a large scale, steadily improve quality and develop new products, it is necessary to take the road of specialized production, and factories that produce tanks only produce tanks, and factories that produce armored vehicles only produce armored vehicles.

In addition to the armored vehicle factory, the Datong aircraft factory is also being expanded, and on the outskirts of Taiyuan, a huge factory is being built, which will be the second aircraft factory, specializing in the production of large transport aircraft and long-range strategic bombers.

The long-range strategic bomber is now also being designed, and the sketches have already come out, and after being reviewed and demonstrated, the first aircraft will be produced at the second aircraft factory in Taiyuan.

The aircraft factory in Datong will be the first aircraft factory in the future, specializing in the production of Mustang fighters, and it is estimated that there will be a significant increase in production at that time.

In addition to these factories, in the next stage, Zhang Yunfei is ready to start the expansion of the second batch of factories, such as the Huanglongxia Arsenal and the Heavy Artillery Factory, which will be divided into two......

(To be continued)