Ten minutes later, the meeting resumed.

The first thing was to announce the reorganization plan of the headquarters organs, the addition of two political and veterinary departments, and the adjustment and improvement of the responsibilities of the staff office.

First of all, the staff office was improved. As the core of the military command of the Mengshan Army, the staff office has the largest personnel and establishment. At present, there is a clear establishment of a section-level organization, and the position of the section chief has also been clearly stipulated, and it has been set at the regular battalion level. The General Staff Office temporarily consists of four sections: Operations, Intelligence, Communications, and Maps. Jiang Yiliu served as the chief of staff, directly under the leadership of the chief of staff Situ Jun, who finally ceased to be the chief of staff.

The Military Justice Department was upgraded to the Political Department, directly under the leadership of Long Qian. Since the Political Department was directly responsible to Long Qian, it became the de facto number one office of the Mengshan Army. The Political Department consists of three sections: Propaganda, Military Law, and Personnel, and Cao Minzhong is appointed as the director.

The Department of Veterinary Medicine was released from the medical department to solve the problem of management, purchase and treatment of more than 5,000 war horses and pack horses owned by the Mengshan Army. Although Long Qian was relatively indifferent to the development of cavalry, the transportation of troops at present mainly relied on animal power, and it was necessary to resolutely manage a large number of livestock.

As for the responsibilities of the Political Department, Long Qian gave a more detailed explanation. He claimed that in order to adapt to the rapidly developing situation, it was necessary to strengthen the work of political propaganda and education in the troops, personnel inspection, and so on. The Propaganda Section of the Political Department is responsible for publishing the Guangzhou edition of the "Fifth Town Newsletter" and increasing its pages, compiling and printing pamphlets on ideological education and strengthening the cultural education of officers and men. Other than that. The Propaganda Section also has jurisdiction over the only entertainment organization of the Mengshan Army, the Theater Troupe. Long Qian asked the troupe to arrange a play as soon as possible that would reflect the deeds of the Fifth Town since it went south, and to make a tour of all units of the army.

In addition to enforcing military law, the Military Judge Advocate Section is also responsible for setting up a gendarmerie subordinate to the Military Justice Section to be responsible for military discipline picketing.

The Personnel Section, on the other hand, was set up from the staff department, which had become more and more heavily responsible, and was responsible for the construction of personnel files, daily evaluations, and meritorious service evaluations and awards for officers at and above the platoon level throughout the army.

The already established and growing management body of the Youth League is located in the Personnel Section.

After the headquarters adjusted its institutions, each association and standard set up corresponding institutions at the same time, and the levels were lowered in turn.

The second thing was the establishment of the Guangdong Patrol Battalion Headquarters. With Wang Mingyuan as the commander of the patrol battalion, Hu Zongyu, chief of staff of the Ninth Association, was transferred to the patrol battalion as chief of staff. One company was drawn from each of the six infantry marks, and one company was transferred from each of the artillery, cavalry, engineers, and baggage to be incorporated into the patrol battalion as a frame unit. At the same time, a number of backbone cadres were dispatched from various departments of the headquarters to strengthen the patrol battalion headquarters.

Wang Mingyuan's upcoming reorganization of the patrol battalion must be relied upon by effective troops. So. Situ Jun pointed out that the personnel of the company and the headquarters were the best.

No bargaining, no bargaining.

The third thing is that the military has been launched, and it is not possible for the main force of the fifth town to gather in Guangzhou. The strategy must be implemented as soon as possible. After the 18th and 19th bids are reversed. It was decided that Zhou Yi would lead the 10th Association to operate western Guangdong. The headquarters of the 10th Association and its subordinate team are stationed in Maoming, the capital of Gaozhou. The 20th standard was stationed in Suixi, and the 18th standard entered Qinzhou from Lianzhou to the west, occupying the starting position stationed in Guangxi. The 10th Association took over Lianzhou by supplementary bidding.

The Ninth Association operated eastern Guangdong, and because Wang Mingyuan served as the commander of the patrol battalion, Long Qian appointed Feng Guozhu as the acting commander of the Ninth Association, and the headquarters and direct team of the Ninth Association were stationed in Shaoguan. The 17th bid is located in Zhaoqing, the 19th bid is located in Chaozhou, and the supplementary bid is located in Huizhou.

Most of the headquarters of the Fifth Town and its subordinate teams were stationed in Guangzhou, of which the cavalry was stationed in Deqing Mansion. However, the artillery standard, the baggage standard, the engineer standard, the guard battalion, and the teaching team that was being formed remained in Guangzhou to respond to the four directions.

The new chief of staff, Jiang Yiliu, announced the order for the troops to be stationed.

Subsequently, Situ Jun announced the formation of the teaching team and the preparation for the establishment of the military academy with the battalion. The General Staff Office has drawn up a circular and determined the number of people, and the first phase is to recruit 300 people, but the squads are fine, and Situ is ready to set up seven squads according to the units that have already been formed, three infantry, two artillery, one engineer and one baggage. Instructors are hard to find. Situ Jun suggested that the military academy should be set up and the training team should be placed under the management of the military academy, and his opinion was that it was necessary not only to use the training team to train non-commissioned officers, but also to get a good grasp of training several batches of junior officers in the form of short-term training classes, otherwise it would be difficult to complete Long Qian's idea of building three regular divisions. Situ Jun initially suggested that a group of instructors be transferred from the Shandong Martial Arts Academy, but was rejected by Long Qian, because Shandong also undertook the task of sending instructors and lower-level officers to the eighteen towns of Lushan in the northeast, and Long Qian had a plan for Shandong to prepare two divisions, and the main force of the Mengshan Army marched south, leaving few backbones, relying on a martial arts academy, and could no longer fight their ideas.

This incident made chickens and dogs jump again. All the departments complained bitterly, reluctant to let go of their backbone officers, and those who served as battalion commanders, company commanders and even deputy commanders of the officers were also reluctant to leave the army, but due to Long Qian's strict orders, the departments still accepted the list, Situ Jun concurrently served as the principal of the military academy, with the support of Zhou Fu, selected Huangpu Island as the school site, after the meeting will send engineers to be stationed for transformation, and the plan is to officially open in late October.

As always, at the end of the meeting was Long Qian's lecture.

"After the troops are deployed, the most important task is to suppress bandits and ban the party, and the specific measures are distributed to all ministries in written form. All departments should pay attention to accepting and cooperating with Wang Mingyuan's upcoming reorganization of the patrol battalion, and Mingyuan is planning the construction of the patrol battalion headquarters, and will soon start from Guangzhou Prefecture to carry out a reorganization and training of the patrol battalions throughout the province, which is the main member of our expanded troops. It will take about a year to train two security brigades with two regiments each, subordinate to the patrol battalion headquarters, with no less than 15,000 personnel. After the two main forces are launched, it is also necessary to vigorously expand the number of troops, and the first step is to expand one battalion for each standard and restore the four-battalion system. From Hunan and Jiangxi to western Guangdong, we seized a batch of weapons, but it was not enough. I have already telegraphed the Shandong side to quickly transport a batch of weapons...... This will be done in half a year. In a year's time, we will achieve a large establishment of three divisions, of which the Ninth Association, the Tenth Association, and the patrol battalion will each be counted as one, and we will have at least three main divisions in the future Northern Expedition. Of course, this matter is top secret and is not allowed to be disseminated. ”

The generals' favorite thing is to expand. Expansion means promotion. The history of the Mengshan Army has been expanded many times in more than eight years, and the company commanders who managed 100 people at that time have now become the commanders of large corps with thousands of people. When Long Qian said that at least three divisions would be expanded, there was immediately jubilation below.

"Brothers, I know what you are happy about, and you are about to be promoted. Indeed, with the expansion of the troops, it is normal and necessary for a company commander to be promoted to battalion commander and a battalion commander to regiment commander. But I think. First of all, we should be afraid. Not happy. Yes, it is fear. I will hand over to you a regiment, a brigade, several thousands. Eat and drink Lazar. Marching to fight. Things are complicated many times over. If you don't know how to be afraid, you won't be dedicated, and you won't be dedicated. I can't take care of my own mess. Our Mengshan Army has developed until now, in fact, there have not been many vicious battles and defeats, the most cruel is the Battle of Xigu, which is only more than 1,000 people, and I can completely command it. But now it is not possible, and we must rely on assistants, on the staff office, the logistics office, and other institutions to figure out how to give orders. Except for the battle in Xigu, the rest of the three anti-Li Chun's encirclement and suppression in Zhengjiazhuang are not a big battle. Another example is the two battles between Hunan and Jiangxi and Western Guangdong, what are they? We have absolutely superior equipment and troops, and it is impossible for us to lose. I criticized Feng Lun and removed him from the post of deputy co-ordinator, just to warn everyone that the battle that is absolutely won must also be carefully planned, and the maximum results must be obtained at the lowest cost. As a general, we must cherish the lives of soldiers, and understand that behind every soldier is a family, and there are no immortals in war, but the dead must be worth it and stand the test of history. This is the most basic virtue of a general. I would also like to tell you that in the future, the Mengshan Army will experience even more brutal battles and vicious battles than before, and will experience bloody battles in which the entire battalion and regiment will be wiped out. As a high-ranking military officer with important responsibilities, how can you do it without fear?

"Brethren, you are about to leave for your new station. The next time we get together, it may be six months later, or it may be a year or two later. In your territory, you are the boss, because you have soldiers in your hands. However, I want to warn you, don't have the idea of being the king of the mountain, don't feel that the soldiers in your hands are your private property, and don't think about being the Sun brothers of Mengshanzhai at the beginning! You can see the results of what they do. After the establishment of the Political Department, it will supervise you generals on my behalf. Know the rules and follow the rules. Including me. Is Mengshanjun mine? No, it is our country, and it is an army that has to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the national defense force. Figure this out, and you'll make fewer mistakes. Otherwise, you will have to fall on the eve of our Mengshan army's national victory, I really don't want to see that ending, I hope you respect yourself. ”

Long Qian would admonish his generals almost every meeting, which was nothing more than the two cores of discipline and future. However, the rapid development of the Mengshan Army is not destined to be smooth sailing. The two successive Guangzhou conferences held after the Shaoguan Conference have become the contents of the memoirs of the generals of the Mengshan Army, and the accounts are roughly the same, but the impressions are completely different. Because some of the high-ranking generals who participated in these two conferences withdrew from the team for various reasons, leaving endless topics for future generations of experts who studied military history.

Although Long Qian realized that as the situation changed, people's hearts would also change. And a lot of preventive work has been done for it, such as the establishment of a political department. But he underestimated the complexity of the problem. It is precisely for this reason that the Guangzhou Conference, like the Shaoguan Conference held not long ago, has a very important position in the history of the Mengshan Army.

With regard to the issue of the loyalty and stability of the troops, the Canton Conference was not really resolved. Long Qian seemed to have underestimated the seriousness of the problem. Therefore, in the study of military history, it is unanimously agreed that the responsibility for the various problems that arose later in the Mengshan Army must be borne by its commander-in-chief. The problem has been seen and talked about, but without effective and fundamental measures, it cannot be solved by admonition alone.

In fact, this is an inevitable problem for an army whose goal is to seize the world. The troops did not have a real sense of belonging, and it was even more difficult to truly eliminate feudal influences. Perhaps, as the commander-in-chief, Long Qian also needs feudal loyalty to maintain the morale of the army.

In fact, it was only much later that the stability of the army was completely resolved, for which the Mengshan army paid in blood more than once.

Feng Lun thought that Long Qian would resume his position as deputy co-president, but he didn't. I can't help but feel a little resentful in my heart.

After the meeting ended, Long Qian asked Ouyang Zhong, who was following him inexclusively, and learned that Xu Si had been arranged to live in Shamian, which was a "high-end" residential area in Guangzhou, with dense Chinese and foreign commercial banks, and the public security situation was good. Ouyang Zhong took it upon himself to rent a small bungalow at a high price, and arranged guards and servants. He thought that Long Qian was going to visit Xu Si, but Long Qian said, let's go see another person first, call Wang Zhifeng, and let's talk on the road. He asked Jiang Jiying, and Ouyang Zhong said that Jiang Jiying had already arrived in Guangzhou, and he was just waiting for the commander to summon him, so Long Qian was relieved.

But it was late, and Long Qian, who walked to the gate, thought about it, "Forget it, it's too late today, let's go to the hospital to see the injury number." Ask Zhou Yi and Mingyuan to go together, the chief of staff has too many things, don't call him. (To be continued......)