Chen Feng does need the temporary decision-making power on the battlefield, which is also the main purpose of his condition, after all, after becoming a lone army, it is up to him how to fight this battle, if the second war zone is still pointing at it, this is undoubtedly wearing a tight spell on the head of the 222nd Division, which is not what Chen Feng wants to see.

As for the back road that Fu Zuoyi said, it is nonsense, does Chen Feng need a back road, of course he doesn't, as long as the Daqingshan base is not destroyed, as long as the glorious mission system is still there, he Chen Feng can make a comeback at any time, and there is no need for the so-called back road at all. The reason why he demanded that all officers above the brigade level of the 61st Army be transferred away was entirely because Chen Feng did not want his efforts to make wedding dresses for others.

To be honest, Chen Feng, a third-rate army of the 61st Army, really didn't look at it, don't look at the big shelf, if you want to say that the combat effectiveness of the 222nd Division can be taken down by a brigade.

Chen Feng thought that once he was promoted to the commander of the 61st Army, he would inevitably have to change the outfit of the 61st Army, and the investment would not be small. It's okay when the war is fought, no one will say anything, but once the war is not fought, who doesn't like a fully equipped army, and if he can't get it right, he will be transferred from the 61st Army with a paper transfer order in the Second World War Zone, then Chen Feng really lost his wife and broke his soldiers, and he was completely making a wedding dress for others.

So Chen Feng's second condition is that it's okay to fight, and it's okay to be a lone soldier, a meat shield, and cannon fodder, but the 61st Army has nothing to do with the Second War Zone from now on, whether it is all annihilated by the little devils or developed and grown, it's my Chen's business, don't worry about it.

After the telegram from the headquarters of the Second War Zone was sent to Jining, Chen Feng immediately carried out pre-war reorganization of the troops under his command, mainly the 61st Army. Speaking of the history of the 61st Army, it is actually not very long, the predecessor of this army was part of the Jin Sui Army. In November 1930, after the defeat of Yan Xishan's Jin army in the Central Plains War, it was reorganized according to the unified number of the Kuomintang army. One of them was reorganized into the 67th Division. Later, because the number of the division overlapped with the number of the 67th Division to which Chen Cheng belonged, it was changed to the 101st Division at the end of 1935. In July 1937, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Kuomintang expanded the division into the 61st Army on the basis of the division, and Li Fuying served as the commander. Subordinate: 101st Division, 200th Brigade, and 7th Independent Brigade.

When Chen Feng led the main force of the 222nd Division to Datong, Li Jungong, commander of the 101st Division, Liu Xiangfu, commander of the 200th Brigade, and Ma Yanshou, commander of the 7th Independent Brigade, had already received an order from the Commander's Department of the Second War Zone to withdraw, and the highest rank in the unit was the commander of the 7 colonels.

The war was imminent, and Chen Feng did not have time to argue with the former commanders of the 61st Army, so he quickly completed the reorganization of the 61st Army, which was under the jurisdiction of the 101st Division, the 222nd Division, the Seventh Independent Brigade, the Cavalry Group, and the troops directly under the military headquarters.

All the troops of the original 61st Army were reduced to one brigade, that is, the 200th Brigade, and then Chen Feng transferred the 222nd Brigade to the 101st Division, and then formed the new 101st Division. The reorganized 101st Division was headed by Li Wensheng, and Hu Tiesheng was appointed deputy division commander and chief of staff. The commander of the 222nd Brigade was succeeded by Li Bin, and the deputy brigade commander was replaced by Li Jianhua. Wang Hansheng, the former commander of the 3rd Regiment of the 222nd Brigade, served as the commander of the 200th Brigade, the deputy brigade commander was Zhang Jingjun, the former commander of the 309th Regiment of the 61st Army, and the chief of staff was Zhang Xueying, the commander of the 404th Regiment of the 61st Army.

After the reorganization, the 101st Division has a total of two brigades and thirteen regiments, namely the 200th Brigade, 306th Regiment, 307th Regiment, 308th Regiment, Machine Gun Regiment, and Cavalry Regiment; 222 Regiment, 401 Regiment, 402 Regiment, Machine Gun Regiment, Cavalry Regiment of the 402nd Brigade; The division headquarters is directly subordinate to the guard regiment, air defense regiment, and artillery regiment. In addition, each brigade has an engineer battalion, a reconnaissance battalion, a baggage battalion, and an artillery battalion directly under it, and the total number of men in the division is 37,900.

The 222nd Division, which has also completed the reorganization, also has two brigades, the 223rd and 224th Brigades, under the command of Chen Feng, and the 222nd Division and the 101st Division have the same establishment, with a total strength of 38,800 troops in the two brigades plus the troops directly under it.

The garrison brigade was directly abolished, and the headquarters was renamed the Seventh Independent Brigade, with Xu Hu as the brigade commander, with a total of 17,400 people.

The cavalry group had five cavalry regiments under its command, totaling 12,120 men.

Chen Feng's speed was very fast, and it only took one day to complete the reorganization of these troops, and then he immediately transferred a large number of weapons and equipment from Daqingshan to reequip the 101st Division.

On November 7, the intelligence department sent an urgent telegram that more than 32,000 people of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army set out from Pingyuan Town, and the troops attacked north in two ways, one along Yingxian and Huairen to Datong, and the other to attack Shuozhou. At the same time, the main force of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army in Mongolia attacked from the Taifusi Banner to Kangbao Zhangbei, and the other way was to attack from Huade to Shangdu, and the target seemed to be Jining. In addition, the Chinese Garrison Brigade of the North China Front of the Japanese Army was stationed in Zhangjiakou yesterday, and the forward was stationed in Huai'an day and night, and was heading towards Tianzhen.

On the afternoon of 7 July, the 61st Army held a meeting of officers at and above the brigade level in Datong.

After the meeting began, Chen Feng gave a brief briefing to all the officers present about the enemy situation, and then Chen Feng said: "Everyone, this time the Japanese army is menacing, and the Fifth Route Army is besieging our army's garrison, and the comers are not good. And we received an order from the Commander's Department of the Second World War Zone to defend Datong, this battle is not easy to fight, now let Minister Hua Rong tell us the details of these Japanese armies, everyone should be prepared? ”

"According to the intelligence collected by our intelligence department, the Japanese army's operational plan was formulated by the Japanese army's base camp himself, codenamed 'Qing Humiliation', which means a shame before the snow, and its strategic goal should be to completely annihilate our army. The Fifth Route Army that attacked our army's garrison belonged to the two strategic groups of the Japanese army, namely the Fifth Division under the battle sequence of the North China Front Army and the Chinese Garrison Brigade, and the other was the Mongolian Army directly under the base camp. ”

"You should have all heard of the Fifth Division, which is one of the permanent divisions of the Japanese army, and the division commander, Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki, and the chief of staff, Nishimura Riwin Daisa. The division was formed in Hiroshima, Japan, and was ordered to be transferred to China on July 27, 1937, landed in Dagu in mid-August, assembled near Tianjin, and then attacked in the direction of Zhangjiakou along the Pingsui Line, and entered the hinterland of Shanxi at the end of September. It has the 9th Infantry Brigade and the 21st Infantry Brigade. The combat effectiveness of this division can rank among the top three among all the Japanese invasion troops in China, and its combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and the total strength of the division and regiment exceeds 30,000. This time the attack in the direction of Huairen was the 9th Brigade of the division, and the commander was Major General Noboru Kunisaki. Attacking in the direction of Shuozhou was the 21st Brigade of the division. ”

"The Chinese garrison in Tun is a mixed brigade, and the brigade commander is Major General Yamashita Fengfumi. The division was reorganized from the Chinese Garrison Infantry Brigade in August 1937, and was incorporated into the North China Front combat sequence on August 31. The 1st and 2nd Infantry Wings of the Chinese Garrison, the Chinese Garrison Armored Fleet, the Cavalry Team, the Artillery Wing, and the Engineer Corps. The brigade is a comprehensive infantry brigade with very strong combat capability, and the entire brigade has more than 8,600 soldiers. The vanguard of the brigade has arrived in Huai'an and may launch an attack on Tianzhen at any time. ”

"The garrison in Mongolia was officially established on December 27 and was under the command of the emperor. The Corps Commander Lieutenant General Hasunuma and Chief of Staff Major General Ishimoto Yinzo were under the command of the 26th Division, the 15th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 4th Cavalry Brigade and 5 Infantry Reserve Brigades. The commander of the 26th Division, Lieutenant General Houguan Chun, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Shiyin Shigeji. The division was formed with the 11th Brigade as the backbone, with a total strength of more than 13,600 troops. Independent mixed into the 15th brigade, brigade commander Major General Seiichiro Yuhara, the brigade was heavily damaged by our army in the battle of Tianzhen and the battle of Xinghe, although it has been replenished several times, but the combat effectiveness is not very strong, this attack on the capital is this army, the total strength of about 6,100 people. The Fourth Cavalry Brigade, the brigade commander Eagle Xiaosen, has two wings of cavalry 25 and 26, with a total strength of about 4,801 people. The cavalry brigade is a heavy cavalry regiment equipped with heavy weapons such as light and heavy machine guns and mortars, and the cavalry group of our army should pay special attention. This time, the 4th Cavalry Brigade moved with the 15th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade. ”

"In addition, this time the Japanese army attacked with 3 cavalry divisions and 1 infantry division of the puppet Mongolian army and an infantry division and a cavalry division of the puppet Manchukuo, the total strength of the Japanese puppet army is about 110,000 people, and there will definitely be a large number of aircraft participating in the battle."

Hua Rong's intelligence department was specially authorized by Chen Feng to establish, although the time is not long, but the intelligence collection ability is not weak, although it is not able to cover a wide area, but in terms of Chen Feng's station, it is very energetic in the territory of hundreds of miles and nearly thousands of miles, during this time, they have found out nearly 100 spies and traitors, and have made a lot of contributions to the development of the army.

Chen Feng got up and said: "We also understand the enemy's situation, two divisions, two independent mixed brigades, and one cavalry brigade, plus two infantry divisions and four cavalry divisions of the puppet army. Unlike the previous battles, the goal of the Japanese army this time is very clear, that is, we must be wiped out in Saibei, so almost all of the troops dispatched this time are field troops, and all of them are elite, and compared with the Japanese army, the strength of our army is far behind. Our army now has only two dissatisfied infantry divisions, an independent brigade and a cavalry group, although the total strength is more than 100,000 people, but more than half of them are newly recruited recruits, the training time is less than a month, and they have not been on the battlefield, so the Japanese puppet army is not a heavyweight opponent at all, so how to fight this battle well, it can be said that we have now entered a dead end, how to come out alive depends on how we fight. ”