(Dingtian Novel Ju.dtxsj.) So Hu Weidong finally decided to promote Qian Sanqiang, who was actually only an undergraduate degree at this time (and the original major was not the right one), to be the deputy director of the Atomic Energy Research Institute and actually presided over various research work, while the highly respected Wang Ganchang was invited to serve as the director of the Atomic Energy Institute, which was also a protection for Qian Sanqiang, after all, Hu Weidong knew very well that there were not many fewer people in the scientists who were not good at character and jealous of their abilities than other professions

However, because of the importance of the matter, even with Hu Weidong's current status, he could not be good at it, so he personally took a plane to Lanzhou to secretly report the matter to the great man in the name of reporting on the 37 years of work in the Central Plains Border Region. (Souduwo.) After hearing about the atomic energy, Taizu immediately attached great importance to it, not only approved all of Hu Weidong's arrangements, but also decided to let Geology (although the amount of uranium ore bought, but if there is not enough uranium ore reserves in his own country as a guarantee, the number of nuclear weapons is predictable by the enemy, and the deterrent effect will inevitably be greatly reduced. and all other relevant departments are leaning towards this project to speed up the research progress as much as possible.

For the sake of secrecy and security, both Taizu and Hu Weidong believed that the Atomic Energy Research Institute should be located somewhere in the northwest, relatively remote, and should not be located in big cities such as Luoyang, which are crowded with people. Although it is difficult for Hu Weidong to take care of both ends in this way (it is impossible for such a major project to have no leading cadres in charge, and there is no more suitable candidate for Hu Weidong at the top of the Red Party, Qian Sanqiang is only the person in charge of Jishu. But Hu Weidong thinks that he will not be of much use until the reactor is built and some necessary data is obtained, and after entering the weaponization stage. It is estimated that even if the little devil has not been driven out of China, the general trend should have gone, and Hu Weidong can completely leave the army to lead the strategic weapons department

As a result of the substantial improvement in weaponry and the fact that the Central Military Commission approved the expansion plans of the Eighth Route Army and the 15 th Army, the two most powerful units under the control of the Red Party at present have undergone major adjustments. Among them, the Eighth Route Army was changed from 4 integrated divisions under its jurisdiction to 3 armies under its jurisdiction (the commanders were Liu Bocheng and Xu Xiangqian. Each army has three divisions under its jurisdiction, and the total strength of the "legal" establishment has increased from about 150,000 to more than 180,000. The actual number of troops exceeded 400,000 (Note 1).

However, perhaps inspired by the 15th Army, the Eighth Route Army did not maintain an oversized field corps as before, but limited it to the scope approved by the Military Commission. And the large number of "local forces" reported as militias. In this way, it not only reduced the logistical pressure and enhanced the combat effectiveness of the field corps, but also somewhat reduced the vigilance of Lao Chiang, and even the army base camp. At one time, I thought that the Eighth Route Army was just annoying as an enemy, and it took a lot of effort to eliminate them, but as long as we paid attention to prevention, there would be no major harm, so it would still be regarded as the main target, followed by the 15th Army, and the Eighth Route Army was largely ignored

Compared with the Eighth Route Army, the adjustment of the establishment of the 15th Army seems to be much smaller, but it is a earth-shaking change inside. Unlike the clumsiness of the Eighth Route Army, the prestige of the 15th Army has already been revealed. Therefore, Hu Weidong simply took the opportunity of updating the equipment of the original three integrated divisions of the 15 th Army to adjust part of the establishment accordingly, so that the number of each division reached more than 32,000 people, plus Sun Liren's new 38th Division and special units such as the heavy artillery brigade, as well as the "column" that now has a total strength of more than 8,000 people. By April 1938, the total strength of the field troops of the 15th Army had exceeded 150,000, and the quality had also been greatly improved compared with the early days of the Anti-Japanese War

After Ma Zhongying put forward the concept of "armored cavalry", Hu Weidong even assigned the 24 Type 97 medium tanks that were a little slower but actually quite good (this tank was not backward in 38) and 28 Type 92 cavalry armored vehicles with powerful firepower to the new 38th Division. And this is just the beginning in Hu Weidong's eyes...,

The three old reorganized divisions were somewhat greedy for this treatment, but Hu Weidong did not pay attention to these old troops, he just thought that the old troops had the expertise of mountain warfare, so they should strive for perfection and develop in this direction, especially after Fang Yongle's mountain division marched westward, the 15th Army now has no special mountain troops, so Hu Weidong asked those three divisions to concentrate the elite soldiers and good generals who are good at mountain warfare in the army, and train a mountain brigade (or three brigades and nine regiments, It's just that the mountain brigade replaced one of the infantry brigades. He also promised that new light weapons such as the Bayi gun family, the Red Star series mortars, and the Changying bazookas, as well as the well-known 105 mountain artillery and 107 rocket launchers, and other special heavy equipment that is convenient for mountain warfare, will be given priority to them. After the formation is completed, although these three old units do not look as scary as the new 38th Division, considering China's mountainous terrain, they may not be worse than the new 38th Division, a motorized infantry division

Ma Zhongying's probability of proposing "armored cavalry" was naturally not just for the sake of "talking on paper." He quickly proposed the idea of forming an "armored cavalry division" to the commander of the 15 th Army, but at that time, the 15 th Army had less than 100 tanks that met the requirements, and there was not a single armored vehicle that could keep up with the speed of the Type 95 light tanks. But Ma Zhongying didn't think about it and said, "You can first put up the shelves of the armored cavalry division, train according to the tactical requirements first, and prepare enough personnel, so that in the future, there will not be enough tanks but you can't find the personnel to implement the new tactics." At present, our arsenal has begun to produce our own tanks and armored vehicles, and when the training is completed, it will take at least half a year, when the old tanks should be refitted, and dozens of new tanks and armored vehicles will be produced, which can barely be regarded as a division, and the chief can ask for the number first! ”

Note 1: Because of their location, the three newly built base areas of central Hebei, Pingxi and eastern Hebei were all included in the establishment of the Eighth Route Army by the central government at the end of 37, but the 15th Army did not suffer a loss, and all the occupied areas south of the Yellow River and north of the Yangtze River were handed over to the 15th Army to recover, in addition, the Zhongtiao Mountain, Wangwu Mountain and Jiaozuo around the north of the Yellow River are still the defense areas of the 15th Army (welcome to your support, which is my biggest motivation.) )