After returning from dinner with the students of Huangpu, Political Commissar Cheng was full of praise for Hu Yixuan, saying that he had high military qualities, very solid basic skills, and a flexible mind, and was a good seedling of a general.

Zheng Weiguo smiled: "It's the first time I've heard you praise people like this. It can't be because Hu Yixuan is your junior, right? ”

Political Commissar Cheng said very seriously: "Commander, I'm not joking with you. In terms of talent alone, he is not under Liao Yaoxiang. If such people can't be reused, then what's the point of us recruiting Liao Yaoxiang? ”

Zheng Weiguo was a little surprised, and then asked: "Hu Yixuan is the leader of the phalanx of student class A, so he should be the counselor of student class A, right?" ”

According to the system of the Jizhong Army Military Academy, each cadet class has a counselor, who is responsible for directly managing the cadets of each class. This position is very important, as it requires both mastery of management and familiarity with various professional knowledge, and is generally drawn from cadres at the battalion and regimental level.

Commissar Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, Commander." Originally, his qualifications were a little poor, but after Dean Xiong's investigation, he thought that he was the most outstanding one, so he was hired exceptionally. However, in my opinion, the position of counselor still seems a little lower to him. ”

Zheng Weiguo thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'll take the time to inspect it myself." However, the position of the counselor is also very important, and it is related to the quality of the cadets, so it will not be changed for the time being. ”

Political Commissar Cheng agreed: "Well, the commander is right! He smiled again and said, "Commander, I have one more good news for you." Just now, Commander Zhou and Commander Feng asked me to express their stance to you, and they will give full support to the construction of the Military Academy in the future. ”

At the beginning of the establishment of the college. Both Commander Zhou and Commander Feng were a little resistant, feeling that this would affect the "purity" of their troops, and some even thought that this was a manifestation of Zheng Huzi's policy of "strong cadres and weak branches". However, today's opening ceremony has touched the two military commanders a lot, and they have begun to realize the importance and urgent need to establish a military academy.

After the 918 Incident, the Northeast Lecture Hall has been suspended for seven years. This means that the Northeast Army has a seven-year-long talent gap. Later, the Northeast Army gradually collapsed until it was completely "digested" by the Central Army, in addition to the high-level suppression, the lack of fresh blood was also a very important reason.

Zheng Weiguo nodded and smiled: "Well, yes, this is indeed good news." I hope that more and more people will identify with military schools. In this way, our college can do better and better! ”

Shortly after the establishment of the non-commissioned officer department of the infantry section. The Artillery Section was also officially established. The reason why the military academy did not have an artillery section when it opened. The main reason is that Guo Huaruo, the artillery director, did not come back with a group of artillery backbones on the edge of the Yellow River. The artillery of the 53rd Army and the 63rd Army suffered heavy losses, and they were reluctant to take it out, so they could not be opened for a long time.

You may ask, what is Director Guo doing by the Yellow River? Very simple. Drag the cannon! At the time of the Battle of Lanfeng. Nearly 100,000 Japanese troops were swept away by the floods. A large number of artillery, armoured vehicles, tanks, and some other baggage were abandoned in the Yellow Plain. plus the equipment that was captured by the 97th Army before and didn't have time to be transported. The overall number is quite staggering. You must know that this is the heavy equipment of the five divisions, and it has been specially strengthened, and the number of heavy artillery is much more than all the heavy artillery of the national army combined.

These equipment are very heavy, often thousands of pounds away, and the requirements for road conditions are also very high. The soldiers only moved some relatively light equipment with great effort. Most of the rest of the materials could only be buried on the spot or temporarily handed over to the Eighth Route Army for safekeeping. After the 97th Army was transferred to Jizhong, Zheng Huzi felt that these equipment had a place to use, so he hurriedly assigned Guo Huaruo and his party to go south to "Taobao".

Director Guo led everyone to fight for more than half a month, and the Eighth Route Army also helped a lot, and finally transported most of the "iron guys" to Jizhong. The reason why I want to say most of them, but not all of them, is because a few mountain guns were "intercepted" by the Eighth Route in southern Hebei. Zheng Weiguo also specially presented them with two base artillery shells, on the condition that Zhao Zhangcheng, director of the artillery of the 129th Division, was seconded to the Jizhong Army Military Academy as a mortar instructor.

I believe that the name Zhao Zhangcheng will not be unfamiliar to everyone, and he was a famous "sharpshooter" during the Red Army and the Eighth Route Army. At that time, the Red Army had two major "weapons of mass destruction", and the soldiers were collectively called "Li Decai's machine gun and Zhao Zhangcheng's cannon". Marshal Lin commented that "the technique has reached the realm of art".

In addition to the return of Director Guo's troops, the Northeast Army also made great efforts to organize the artillery section. With the covert support of some veterans of the Northeast Army. Zheng Xinchao, captain of the Nanjing Senior Artillery School (which had been moved to Duyun, Guizhou at that time), rushed over with more than a dozen classmates. They are all disciples of Zou Zuohua, the founder of the artillery of the Northeast Army, and their military literacy is extremely outstanding. And Zheng Xinchao himself is also the chief artillery instructor of the Yan'an Artillery School in history.

Zheng Weiguo immediately appointed Director Guo Huaruo as the director of the Artillery Section, and appointed Zheng Xinchao as the chief instructor of the Artillery Section. Since the Artillery Training Command had already trained a lot of junior artillery personnel when it was established before, the Artillery Command Department (intermediate) and the Artillery Observation and Communication Department were also established. To put it simply, the Guantong system is observation and transportation, which can be roughly divided into battlefield observation and road condition observation, which is convenient for artillery to mobilize in a timely manner and strike accurately.

Generally speaking, the curriculum of artillery cadets is somewhat similar to that of the infantry section, but there are more contents such as artillery shooting skills, tactical application, battlefield observation, artillery operation, reconnaissance and command, and military horse equestrian training.

After the Artillery Section was first established, the Engineer Section, the Baggage Section, and the Medical Corps Section were also established one after another. These three sections were later combined to form the Engineering Academy, which consists of many specialties such as engineering, roads, transportation, construction, boats and bridges, camouflage, fortification, water supply, anti-chemical warfare, and ambulance. The 41st Group Army and the Jizhong Military Region have also developed a relatively complete engineering unit.

The cavalry section fell behind mainly because of the lack of urgency, because the 41st Army did not lack cavalry talent. There are eight cavalry regiments and above, as well as a large number of professional cavalry instructors. For example, the senior officers of the 3rd and 4th Cavalry Divisions of the newly formed cavalry were all educated in formal cavalry, and the grassroots officers and soldiers below were also the essence of a hundred battles.

It will be difficult to improve on this basis, unless there are more advanced techniques and tactics. Otherwise, there is no point in creating a military school. When I was in a difficult situation. The Eighth Route Army reported the good news that Zeng Yuliang and Zhou Chunlin, who had studied Cossack cavalry in Xinjiang, had been ordered to return. and said that in order to support Zheng Huzi's work, the two will all be transferred to Jizhong.

In order to get these two cavalry talents, Zheng Weiguo urged the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army for a long time. But when Zeng Yuliang and Zhou Chunlin heard that they were going to come back as instructors, they felt that there were many things that they had not yet learned, and they studied for a while in Xinjiang before leaving.

Knowing that they were finally coming, Zheng Weiguo said happily: "Finally, I have waited for the two of them, and if I don't come, I will ask Yan'an directly for instructions." ”

Political Commissar Cheng said curiously: "What kind of Cossack cavalry is so powerful?" What is stronger than our cavalry? ”

Zheng Weiguo thought for a moment and said, "You have to be stronger in terms of technique." But it's the tactics that are even more powerful. The cavalry tactics of our country are too backward. It is far from being on the same level as Western countries. ”

Stalin once commented: "Where in China are there any cavalry? It's just an infantry on horseback! Although this statement is suspected of discriminating against the Chinese military, it basically tells the truth.

It didn't take long for Zeng Yuliang and Zhou Chunlin to rush to Jizhong, but the establishment of the cavalry section did not go well. The reason is simple. Whether it is the Northeast Army or the Northwest Army. All expressed dissatisfaction.

Zhang Zhankui, commander of the Third Division of the newly formed cavalry, was on fire at that time. went straight to Zheng Weiguo and shouted: "Commander-in-chief, how many years have we been fighting on horseback, and the two of them have only been learning from Lao Maozi for a few months?" Let them teach me how to ride a horse? It's pretty much the other way around! ”

Zhang Dongkai, commander of the 4th Cavalry Division, is an honest man. didn't say anything in the open, but secretly lost his temper a few times, thinking that Zheng Huzi was looking down on them.

Even Zheng Huzi's descendant, the commander of the 63rd Army Cavalry Brigade, Night Owl, was muttering in private: "Do I still use him to teach this technique?" Pull it down! ”

Zheng Weiguo did not suppress all the criticisms under his face, but called Zeng Yuliang and Zhou Chunlin, and asked with a smile: "You have just arrived, have you heard the wind below?" ”

Zeng Yuliang and Zhou Chunlin nodded and said, "I've heard of it!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "Well, this is the case, everyone is not convinced!" What do you think can be done? ”

Zeng Yuliang smiled: "It's simple, let's compare if you don't accept it." As the old saying goes, it's a mule or a horse, let's pull it out and yo-yo! ”

Zheng Weiguo said happily: "Okay, that's what I'm waiting for." Tomorrow the two of you will go to the garrison of the 63rd Army Cavalry Brigade, and I will personally arrange a competition. If you win, you are the chief instructor of the cavalry section, and if you lose, ......"

Zeng Yuliang said: "Commander, if we lose, it means that we are not good at learning, and we will pack up and leave, and we will never embarrass you." ”

Zhou Chunlin smiled: "It's okay if you lose, I still want to continue to study in Xinjiang for a while!" Now the cavalry is somewhat outdated and has been replaced by mechanized cavalry. I'd love to learn this new thing. ”

Zheng Weiguo approving: "Well, this idea is very good, there is progress only by learning." But this time, I won't be defeated, and I invited you all. If I lose the game, where will I put my face? ”

When Zeng Yuliang and Zhou Chunlin heard this, they couldn't help but laugh, and then stood up and saluted and said, "Please rest assured, commander, I promise to complete the task!" ”

After they went back, Zheng Weiguo hurriedly called Political Commissar Cheng again and said, "Old Cheng, I just received an important piece of information through the internal line, saying that there was an internal problem with Sheng Shicai. Please contact Yan'an immediately and ask them to strengthen their vigilance so as not to be innocently involved. ”

In fact, he did not receive any information, but suddenly remembered that there would be a civil unrest in the local area in September this year, which originated from the factional terror within Sheng Shicai, the governor of Xinjiang. Historically, many GC party members have been implicated in this turmoil, such as Zeng Yuliang and the two were arrested and imprisoned for nine months.

In the past few months, Zheng Weiguo has leaked a lot of natural opportunities to the Central G side in the name of the so-called Kuomintang internal line, so as soon as Political Commissar Cheng heard the news, he became nervous and hurriedly went to the telecommunications department.

Zheng Weiguo hurriedly grabbed him and said: "Don't be too anxious, the intelligence says that there is still a buffer period of one or two months." You sit down first, I have one more thing to discuss with you. ”

Political Commissar Cheng hurriedly said: "What's the matter?" ”

Zheng Weiguo explained: "Tomorrow Zeng Yuliang and Zhou Chunlin will go to the cavalry brigade to demonstrate Cossack cavalry skills and tactics, and compete with night owls. You go and make arrangements, and tomorrow all the officers above the battalion level of the cavalry units will be called over to observe. ”

Political Commissar Cheng was stunned for a moment and said, "Still want to compete?" What if I lose? ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "If they really lose, it means that they haven't learned yet, then we won't set up the cavalry department for the time being, and let Liao Yaoxiang teach mechanized cavalry, so that the cavalry unit can gradually transform." ”

Mechanized cavalry was a way out for cavalry in a new type of battlefield that several countries, including the Soviet Union and France, were intended to preserve the mobility of cavalry and enhance the combat effectiveness of their troops by equipping them with light combat vehicles. It was a transitional product, not comparable to the mechanized swarm tactics used in the German Blitzkrieg. But it is undoubtedly a very good choice for the battlefield behind enemy lines where heavy weapons are lacking.

Political Commissar Cheng smiled: "Okay, just according to your meaning, see how they perform tomorrow." (To be continued......)

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