Volume 1: Battle of Songhu Chapter 59
As soon as the reorganization plan of the 74th Army was finalized, a large number of personnel changes followed.
Chairman Chiang's code of conduct throughout his life was to firmly grasp the military power, and it was precisely because he had military power in his hands that Chairman Chiang was able to recover quickly after he lost power several times or went into the wilderness, and in order to truly seize the military power, it was necessary to seize the right to appoint and dismiss the military commander-in-chief, and the 74th Army was about to become a unit directly under the Central Military Commission, and of course the appointment and dismissal of the military commander-in-chief would not be allowed to be touched by others, and even Yu Jishi, the first commander of the 74th Army, only had the right to make suggestions, but not the right to make decisions.
At this time, the Fuxing Society's Operations Office led by Dai Li had been reorganized into the Investigation and Statistics Bureau directly under the Military Commission, that is, the so-called Military Command, with the help of the Military Command, Chairman Chiang quickly checked all the officers above the battalion commander level of the 74th Army, and in addition to Chairman Chiang's Wang Yaowu and Zhang Lingfu, who were already quite familiar, a new list of commanders was immediately released.
In Chairman Chiang's list, Yu Jishi will no longer concurrently serve as the commander of the 74th Army, and the post of commander will be formally taken over by Deputy Army Commander Wang Yaowu, and the post of the 5th Pei Chang that will be vacated after Wang Yaowu is promoted to army commander will be taken over by Deputy Division Commander Li Tianxia, and after Li Tianxia is promoted to division commander, the vacant post of commander of the 153rd Brigade will be taken over by Zhang Lingfu, commander of the 305th Regiment.
It is precisely because of the consideration of Chairman Jiang's feelings that Dai Li, when investigating the details of Zhang Lingfu, appropriately beautified the murder of his wife, Zhang Lingfu's second wife, Wu Hailan, became a spy who stole confidential documents, and Zhang Lingfu's murder because he suspected his wife Hongxing of going out of the wall also became a murder because he was angry at the theft of confidential informationIn his opinion, as long as Zhang Lingfu can lead troops, be able to fight, and be good-looking, what is it to kill a woman?
As a result, Zhang Lingfu was registered with Chairman Jiang, and since then, he has been promoted to the commander of the 58th Division, and then to the deputy commander of the 74th Army.
The promotions of Wang Yaowu, Li Tianxia, and Zhang Lingfu are not a problem, the question is how to arrange Feng Shengfa?
Although the old Chiang was mediocre in military attainments, at best he was an infantry regiment commander or an artillery battalion commander, but he still had military common sense, and if the 58th Division had not been in the front, there would never have been the glory of the 5th Pei behind.
In terms of contribution alone, the 58th Division is even better than the 5th Pei, but the army has its own system, and the only benchmark for measuring combat achievements is the number of captured and killed enemies.
More importantly, the 58th Division fought to the point that there were only more than 400 people left in Wanjialing, and the original system had basically collapsed.
After thinking about it repeatedly, Chairman Jiang only gave Feng Shengfa a consolation prize, and was promoted from the commander of the 58th Division to the deputy commander of the 74th Army, and at the same time, the post of commander of the 58th Division was taken over by Chen Shizheng, a descendant of Fenghua, so Feng Shengfa was actually promoted and secretly demoted, and although the deputy commander was half a level higher than the division commander in his position, he lost his military power.
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After Yu Jishi received Chairman Chiang's telegram, he only let out a long sigh.
At this time, Yu Jishi couldn't help but regret a little, he knew that he shouldn't have asked Feng Shengfa from the RR Division today, if Feng Shengfa had stayed in the 1st Division dR, with his qualifications, he would have been the commander of the army by now, and he should have been promoted to the commander no matter how bad it was, but now, Feng Shengfa has been deprived of even the right to soldier.
What made Yu Jishi even more entangled was that he didn't know what to say to Feng Shengfa.
Yu Jishi was entangled, the adjutant came in to report, Feng Shengfa arrived, Yu Jishi quickly cleaned up his mood and greeted the gate of the headquarters, Feng Shengfa got off the jeep sent by Yu Jishi to pick up people, and there was no abnormality on his face, but he saluted Yu Jishi dignifiedly, and then shouted the military seat.
Yu Jishi returned the salute, looked at Feng Shengfa for a few seconds, and then stepped forward and patted Feng Shengfa on the shoulder.
Feng Shengfa seemed to have realized something, and after following Yu Jishi into the room, he comforted him in turn: "Military seat, is it a lowly position to move?" ”
Yu Jishi didn't say anything, just nodded silently.
Feng Shengfa asked again: "Promoted to deputy commander of the 74th Army?" ”
Yu Jishi raised his head and glanced at Feng Shengfa with some surprise, but Feng Shengfa smiled and said indifferently: "Actually, this is also expected. ”
On the one hand, the 58th Division played an important role in the battle of Wanjialing, and it was impossible for Shangfeng to say nothing, but on the other hand, it was impossible for him to compete with Wang Yaowu, who had already registered with Chairman Jiang, so it became inevitable to be promoted to deputy commander of the 74th Army.
Yu Jishi said again: "That Xu Shijiu, I'm afraid you have to make arrangements early before you leave office, Chen Shizheng's guy doesn't even buy my face, I'm afraid he won't give Xu Shijiu any good fruit to eat." With Yu Jishi's status, it was actually easy to arrange a small major battalion deputy like Xu Shijiu, but he really didn't want to bother with it.
Feng Shengfa was obviously stunned for a moment, and said in amazement: "Leaving office? Chen Shizheng? ”
Feng Shengfa thought that he would be promoted to deputy commander of the 74th Army, but he didn't expect that Chairman Jiang would no longer let him concurrently serve as the commander of the 58th Division, but also appointed Chen Shizheng to come over as the division commander.
Yu Jishi realized that Feng Shengfa would be wrong just now, and sighed at the moment: "Brother Senfa, don't care too much, although he is only a deputy commander at the moment, Wang Yaowu will be promoted to the commander of the army sooner or later, so the commander of the 74th Army will still be yours sooner or later, take 10,000 steps back, even if you can't be the commander of the 74th Army, you will definitely be transferred to other troops as the commander." ”
Yu Jishi almost made a promise to Feng Shengfa, which means that even if you can't be the commander of the 74th Army, I will definitely try my best to transfer you away and let you become the commander under my command.
Feng Shengfa quickly broke free from the feeling of loss, and said freely: "Thank you for the love of the military seat, if the military seat has no other instructions, I will go back to clean up and report to the military department." "The victory of Wanjialing is an unprecedented victory for the national army, but for the 58th Division, it is tantamount to an ordeal of prison training, through this ordeal, Feng Shengfa suddenly understood a lot, some things can not be changed by a small division commander.
Sending Feng Shengfa away, Yu Jishi also fell into a long silence, and at this moment, Yu Jishi's heart was full of loss
I think that when the 74th Army was just formed, the 58th Division was the absolute main force, and the 5th Pei was just a miscellaneous card.
But now, how many veterans of the 58th Division are left that he brought out when Yu Jishi? The 5th Pei has become the unyielding main force of the 74th Army
What makes Yu Jishi feel even more disappointed is that the Military Commission has officially ordered that the 57th Division is about to be added to the 74th Army, and the 74th Army is about to become the second elite army with three divisions under its jurisdiction.
However, all of this has nothing to do with him Yu Shi.
At present, although the 74th Army is still in the battle sequence of the 36th Army Corps, there are rumors from above that after Changsha is reequipped with Soviet-style equipment and undergoes a short period of training, the 74th Army will break away from the battle sequence of the 36th Army Corps and become a strategic reserve army directly under the jurisdiction of the Military Commission, and the 74th Army will become the first strategic reserve army of the Military Commission.
Seeing the 74th Army growing little by little in the midst of blood and fire, and at the same time getting out of his own control little by little, Yu Jishi felt as if he was a child raised by himself, but now he has become the son of someone else's family, and the kind of inner loss is really difficult to describe in words.