Chapter 225: Sneak Attack (1)

This is a very long telegram, in which Chairman Chiang encouraged him and called him the cadre of the country, and it seems that Tang Qiuli's loyal words are very useful, and the investment in the deputy secretary general of the Executive Yuan in Shanhaiguan has obviously achieved results.

This old man must have said a lot of good things, Chairman Chiang allowed him to import weapons and equipment on his own, but where should he file it with the relevant departments of the state government, saying that this case is the first in the history of the Republic of China, and he cherishes it for good.

As for asking for a piece of territory in North China, go and discuss it with Song Zheyuan, this is not a problem, that military powerful faction does not have its own territory, this is also a common practice, as long as it is reported to the Executive Yuan for the record.

Chairman Jiang also particularly emphasized that the intention of not restricting the establishment of independent divisions is to let Tang Qiuli build up a force capable of guarding the northwest, especially Shaanxi, and that the Central Army cannot always stay in northern Shaanxi to exterminate the communist bandits, and that in the future, the heavy task of suppressing bandits in northern Shaanxi will fall on the shoulders of the independent division.

This gave Tang Qiuli a reassurance, the scale of development of the army is not limited, and he is not afraid to say that it is self-respecting.

In the telegram, Chairman Chiang only gave the Independent Division half a year to recuperate, and in January and February of the 37th year, it had to go to the front line of suppressing the Communists in northern Shaanxi, which was probably the current situation of the Northeast Army, so that he could understand Tang Qiuli's distress, after all, the officers and men of the Independent Division were also from the Northeast.

Tang Qiuli smiled secretly, half a year is enough, and in a few months, the Xi'an Incident will break out, and when the time comes, your old man will not urge me to go to northern Shaanxi.

What surprised him the most was that Chairman Chiang proposed in a telegram a few sentences that in accordance with the practice of the Central Army, there should be a political training department in the headquarters of independent divisions, and that the military and political affairs department of the state government had already selected and transferred appropriate personnel for the post of director of the political training division, and would soon rush to the North China Independent Division to take up his post.

It seems to be an understatement, but in fact, this is Chairman Chiang's most powerful move, inserting his eyes into an independent division, and having a function similar to that of supervising the army.

All the previous benefits were put forward for this purpose, and the quid pro quo gave you so many benefits, you won't refuse this request, right? What's more, this is still the practice of the Central Army, can your North China Independent Division make an exception?

Tang Qiuli secretly called the old man powerful, this is very likely to be He Yingqin's idea, a stumbling block behind his back, and soon came, all the political training directors in various units at that time had a background of military command or central command, and most of them were military commanders, they could reach the sky with their hands and eyes, and the intelligence went directly to the highest level of the national government.

Therefore, regardless of their military rank and background, the military commander of the unit is afraid of them.

Tang Qiuli's head swelled up, and he had no reason to refuse the Ministry of Military Affairs sent him, this director of political training, if he refused, it would mean that he had two hearts, and the previous benefits would not only be lost, but would also cause trouble.

However, now there are not a few ** party members in the independent division, and they are all serving as officers at all levels, if this director of political training comes and finds that he is a den of the Communist Party, then the chaos can be pierced into the sky, besides, the two parties of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are now incompatible, fighting to the death, getting along together, joking

Tang Qiuli's head is a few sizes bigger, the old man's hand is too powerful, he almost wants his own life, from the bottom of his heart, he really doesn't like the Kuomintang's set, to talk about personal and firm beliefs, compared with the two parties, it is a world of difference, Tang Qiuli even thought that the special detachment of Qiuquan sent to kill the director of political training on the way, and push the responsibility to the Japanese.

Before going to Beiping, he held a meeting and assigned four tasks: first, Liu Tiehan, deputy division commander, was responsible for recruiting a large number of troops, and Shen Jun, director of the investigation department, was responsible for political examination, which must be strict, and second, deputy division commander Tang Qiusheng was responsible for establishing an intelligence network covering North China to the Shandong Peninsula and the Central Plains.

Third, Zhang Quan, the minister of logistics, is responsible for purchasing materials according to the plan, and in the Huangyadong area, a large-scale material reserve center will be established, the more the better, and the fourth is that Wang Xu's arsenal will start construction immediately, mainly producing barge gun bullets, ammunition reserves, various types of bullets, grenades and artillery shells, at the end of this year, to complete the reserve of 10 million rounds, at the beginning of March and July, the production capacity of the arsenal will reach an average daily output of 100,000 rounds, and the required raw materials will be supplied by the logistics department.

The day after the meeting, he led the soldiers of a squadron of Shanhu's guard brigade, more than 500 people, all on horseback, to leave Huangya Cave and rush to the direction of Beiping, accompanied by Zhao Yuhe, chief of staff, and all 18 staff officers of the staff office.

When leaving Huangya Cave for half a day, the troops were marching in a ravine, behind the team, suddenly there was the sound of a large number of cavalry chasing horses' hooves, vaguely saw the dust, the sound of hooves shook the sky, look at the momentum, there should be a cavalry battalion of troops.

After the reorganization of the independent division was completed, the commander directly under the commander of the guard brigade was directly under the guards, and it was expanded into a guard brigade at the division headquarters, and in order to strengthen the regimental establishment, the strength of the troops also reached more than 2,300 people, divided into four squadrons, each squadron had more than 500 people.

Among them, there is also a very mysterious division commander's special guard, with a total of more than 200 people, and Shanhu is also the captain of the special guard, this special guard unit was formed on the basis of the guard unit directly under the original commander, and was selected from more than 70,000 people in the whole army, and all of them represent the highest level of independent divisions.

The team members are all composed of officers, the youngest is also a second lieutenant, and it is the dream of every soldier in the independent division to enter the special guards, even if you are a big soldier, as long as you enter the special guards, you will be awarded the rank of second lieutenant immediately.

Therefore, the divisional guard brigade with the Special Guards as the core has an amazing military element, and if it is calculated in terms of combat power, it has the ability to eat the devils against the two wings of the devils. Now, in a hurry, temporary fire points, individual bunkers, etc., have begun to take shape.

Tang Qiuli and the staff officers of the staff office were tightly covered by the soldiers of the special guard team to a safe place.

In the smoke and dust, a group of cavalry rushed into the valley, and the mountain tiger carefully observed it with a telescope, and he suddenly laughed, and the cavalry behind him was his comrade-in-arms.

These cavalrymen are the soldiers of the first battalion of the second brigade of the Tong Batu cavalry, they are all the strongest Mongolian men, in the entire second cavalry brigade, the first battalion is also a fist unit, the lieutenant colonel cavalry battalion commander, after seeing Tang Qiu leave, a clean and neat military salute: "Report to the division commander, the first battalion of the second cavalry brigade came to escort the division commander by the order of deputy division commander Liu and deputy division commander Tang, please instruct the battalion commander Si Rigulen." "His Chinese is a bit hard, and it sounds like it has a different charm.

It turned out that after Tang Qiu left, the more Liu Tiehan and Qiu Sheng thought about it, the more uneasy they became, the troops entered the customs with such a big movement, it was impossible for the little devil not to know, but it was quietly a little abnormal, with the little devil's hatred for the division commander Cheng dù, there was no action, so it was strange?

Thinking of this, these two people didn't know the bottom of their hearts, the little devil could use any insidious tricks, and they immediately sent a cavalry battalion to urgently chase Tang Qiuli.

After the two armies met, the strength was nearly a thousand people, because they were all cavalry, the speed of the march was greatly accelerated, two days later, they had reached the edge of the Taihang Mountains, entered the territory of Hebei, in the evening, near the Bauhinia Pass, a small mountain village called Zhanggezhuang camped.

This is a village in a mountain col, surrounded by mountains, a small river flows slowly next to the village, the mountains are not high, overgrown with weeds and low bushes, the evening breeze blows, sending the fragrance of wild flowers, the village has seventy or eighty households, the topography and landform here are very different from the mountains in the northeast, at least there is a lack of tall and straight pine trees, and slim birches, and there is no fragrance of pine resin, but it has a unique charm.

The people in the village, seeing so many soldiers, still dressed in ** costumes, were all panicked, the doors and windows of the houses were closed, and there were even more people close to the hillside, hurriedly ran up the mountain, looking at the figure and clothes, they were all young women.

Tang Qiuli understood at once, this is a village that has been harassed by the undisciplined ** troops, and the people here still remember the bad deeds of ** yes, but they are not armed, otherwise, what greets them may be a burst of earth guns and earth cannons, no way, ** military discipline is corrupt, that is a stubborn disease.

He ordered the troops not to enter the village, so they camped outside the village, and the people in the village waited for a long time, and they didn't see these Qiu Ba entering the village to catch chickens and geese, smashing the door to find women, they are all strange, could it be that these ** modified people?

There were a few bold old men, who slowly came over, and after talking with Tang Qiuli, they saw the mental outlook of the soldiers, and would rather bury the pot outside the village to cook than harass the people, knowing that this is different**, the people in the village shouted over, and had to invite Chief Tang to the village to eat and drink, but Tang Qiuli politely declined.

Seeing that the chief was so amiable and polite, a few old people were moved to tears, saying that they had lived for such a long time, and they had never seen such a good army, Tang Qiuli secretly thought, in the future, this is all his own territory, can he still mix in this area without leaving a good reputation? Offend the common people, no matter how good you are, you won't be able to do anything

Some of the young people in the village, seeing these soldiers, were indeed different from what they had seen before, and they were a little more courageous, so they came over to talk to the soldiers, and they became familiar with them after chatting, and simply helped the soldiers feed the horses.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the officers began to publicize the glorious achievements of the independent division and the policy of the troops towards the common people.

Late at night, the mountain village is quiet, the soldiers who have marched for a day are all sweet to sleep, only the war horses, eating the fresh grass, from time to time comfortably snorting, but it seems that the mountain village is more peaceful.

There was no wind blowing, and in the bushes on the hillside, there was a sudden sound of grass and trees shaking, and dark shadows quietly touched the soldiers' camp.

(To be continued)