Chapter 342: Forming a New Force

Fengling Ferry is still the same, the ferry boat that has traveled for thousands of years, witnessed the bright moon of the Qin Dynasty, the border pass of the Han Dynasty, the grace and luxury of the Tang Dynasty, and the magnificent atmosphere of the Heavenly Empire, sent away one dynasty after another, after the vicissitudes of wind and rain, what remains unchanged is the galloping Yellow River, the sound of the oars of the captain.

The local officials of Shaanxi Province had already received a telegram from the provincial government that the military and political governor of Pingjin, Commander Tang, was about to return to Beiping, and the local government should properly receive them.

The yellow water is continuous, and the waves are still rolling, but the momentum of the last hundred boat races is missing, and more than a dozen ferries seem to be somewhat lonely on the wide river.

Tang Qiuli and the guard brigade and a group of more than 1,000 people, abandoned the boat and landed ashore, did not make too many stops in Shanxi, took the shortcut road at the junction of Shanxi and Henan provinces, followed the remaining veins of Taihang Mountain, all the way north, and arrived at Huangya Cave in the center of Taihang Mountain base in early September.

When he left Shaanxi, he gave Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng 300,000 yuan each, he knew very well that the life of these two brothers was not very easy, Zhang Xueliang left the family business in the northeast, almost out of the house, only in Tianjin and other places in foreign banks, a little deposit, but also to support a large group of people.

When Yang Hucheng started, the foundation was already thin, and Shaanxi was a relatively barren place, business travel was not prosperous, and there were few minerals, and he had to feed the army, and his hands were even more stretched.

Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng were stunned when they saw Tang Qiuli take out so much ocean, and when Tang Qiuli explained what he meant, the two of them were willing to accept it, and they seemed quite useless.

Tang Qiuli didn't explain too much, stuffed the bank cashier's check into the pockets of the two, and Shi Shiran left, leaving Zhang Yang and the two of them, with mixed feelings.

As the saying goes, "wealth gathers people scatter, wealth scatters people gather", Tang Qiuli is not a stingy person, more importantly, he is now wealthy, he is not short of money, seeing that Dingbian is a place to gather wealth and make money, he can use his own ability to help Zhang Yang solve some of the urgent needs, which is also called emotional investment

Just as when he left Dingbian, Tang Qiuli met with the commander of the Red 25th Army, General Xu Haidong, and got straight to the point, in addition to the weapons and equipment given last time, he separately presented the equipment of the two artillery battalions of the Red 25th Army, of course, all of them are mortars, mainly considering the difficulty of supplying shells to the Red Army, large-caliber artillery, which is useless at all, and each mortar comes with 1,000 shells.

Commander Xu Haidong didn't react at the time, this general, who is known for his combat bravery, was so excited that he turned around on the ground, rubbed his hands frequently, and asked several times, is this true?

It's no wonder that General Xu is so excited, at that time, the ** Red Army in northern Shaanxi, all the mortars were added together, but the size of an artillery regiment, and there was a shortage of shells, and the artillery was old.

Tang Qiuli just asked General Xu Haidong for one thing, the three horses in the northwest, if there is an attempt to invade Dingbian, please ask the Red Army to lend a hand, in a word, give you the Red Army guns and ammunition, and when the brothers have something, take a hand.

Therefore, when he was about to leave Dingbian, he specially instructed Qiusheng and Liu Hanzhang that they must have good relations with the Red Army, and that the three forces around Dingbian, the Dingbian Special Economic Zone Garrison Command, are the weakest one.

Only by arranging Dingbian's one qiē can he rest assured that he can devote all his energy to the North China battlefield and even the national battlefield in the future, so that the Japanese will suffer a lot.

Compared with the last time I came, the scale of Huangya Cave has been expanded, all kinds of fortifications have been completed, and the arsenal in the base area has been officially put into operation, and it is working overtime to produce all kinds of weapons and ammunition.

Zhang Quan put the logistics work in an orderly manner, and all the work in the field was on the right track and flourished.

The 48,000 recruits who were trained in Huangyadong have initially reached the standard of being incorporated into the unit after several months of systematic training in the recruit supplementary brigade, and what they lack is only actual battlefield experience.

Without the baptism of blood and fire on the battlefield, no matter how long the training is and how strict the training requirements are, they will always be recruits, and when they hear the explosion of shells, they are deafening, the bullets whizz past their ears, and they will still be frightened and panicked when they see the blood of their comrades splashed on themselves.

After a big war, their good brothers and comrades-in-arms will never get up again after they fall, so that they can completely complete the qualitative transformation from recruits to veterans, and only then can they have murderous energy in their eyes, and they can face blood calmly, whether it is the enemy's or their own, and they can become qualified veterans.

Tang Qiuli really wanted to find an opportunity to pull these recruits to the battlefield for practical training, but unfortunately, there was no ready-made opportunity, and the Japanese were now more honest than rabbits.

Wu Hongtao, commander of the Recruit Supplementary Brigade, used a few days to let each recruit regiment take turns to report and drill to the division commander; Tang Qiuli was very satisfied with the training results of the recruits, and at a meeting of all senior officers, he gave a strong commendation to Wu Hongtao, commander of the Recruit Supplementary Brigade.

Then, on the first page of the recruit roster, he solemnly signed and agreed to accept, this is the unique procedure for accepting recruits in the independent division, with the recruit corps as a unit, every leading officer responsible for accepting recruits must sign and agree, otherwise, this batch of recruits will receive another cycle of training, and the regiment commander who brings the recruits of this regiment will be punished, most of them will be demoted, and Wu Hongtao will bear direct leadership responsibility.

After such a procedure, every time a recruit is received, just like a demanding customer, each step is carefully checked, which also ensures that the recruits replenished by the units of the independent division are completely guaranteed quality.

After the new recruits were received, a total of six regiments were transferred from the 1st to 5th Independent Brigades to form the 6th to 8th Independent Brigades of the Independent Division with this as the backbone.

Zhang Hansheng, former deputy commander of the 1st Independent Brigade, was appointed commander of the newly formed 6th Independent Brigade, Wang Bingde, former deputy commander of the 2nd Independent Brigade, was appointed commander of the newly formed 7th Independent Brigade, and Tian Shuangxi, former chief of staff of the 3rd Independent Brigade, was appointed commander of the newly formed 8th Independent Brigade.

The strength of each infantry brigade was reduced from 13,000 to 11,000, and a large number of artillery pieces were raised from the weapons warehouse of the logistics department of the independent division, and two new artillery brigades, namely the third and fourth artillery brigades, were formed from the weapons warehouse of the logistics department of the independent division.

Yang Hu, commander of the Third Artillery Brigade, was formerly the deputy commander of the First Artillery Brigade, and Jiang Yaoshan, commander of the Fourth Artillery Brigade, was the deputy commander of the Second Artillery Brigade.

The remaining fighters will continue to stay in Huangyadong to receive training in the operation of air defense weapons, and will train personnel for the air defense brigade of the independent division, the air defense regiment of the Huangyadong Garrison Brigade, and the air defense corps of the Dingbian Special Economic Zone Garrison Command.

This part of the soldiers are all selected from the whole division, educated, flexible, good at studying, and soldiers with special skills, and most of them are veterans, have participated in large-scale battles, and have actual combat experience.

Tang Qiuli's use of such elite fighters to form an air defense unit shows that he fears and attaches great importance to the air power of the Japanese, and that the independent division is now slightly superior to the Japanese army in terms of its current soldiers, weaponry, and composition of all arms, or at least it can be on par with each other.

The only thing lacking is air power, the Japanese planes have always been a piece of his heart, in order not to make his own soldiers, on the battlefield, by the Japanese planes, unilaterally slaughtered, Tang Qiuli can only do his best to strengthen the air defense force.

With the superiority of firepower on the ground, against the threat from the air, his basic criterion is that in a battle, the ground air defense forces can cover the area where the attacking troops are deployed, and can cover the offensive of the troops from the air.

According to his idea, in the area of operation of the independent division, the airspace should become a restricted area for Japanese pilots, and the density of anti-aircraft artillery or anti-aircraft machine guns in the airspace of the dead sky and units should reach 10 to 18 guns or more.

There is another problem that makes him feel at ease, that is, the accuracy of anti-aircraft fire, the Japanese army's "Zero" fighter is known for its light body, fast speed, and flexibility, and in one-on-one air combat, this kind of aircraft that sacrifices its own protective ability in order to increase speed cannot take any advantage.

In dealing with fixed anti-aircraft firepower on the ground, this advantage in speed and flexibility was fully demonstrated, and it was difficult for a purely manually controlled antiaircraft gun or antiaircraft machine gun to keep up with the speed of the Japanese planes, and it would be impossible to capture the target, and as a result, the hit rate would decrease, and the rate of casualties and equipment damage would increase.

He plunged headlong into the Special Equipment Research Institute, and Wang Xu and his group devoted themselves to the development of the artillery aiming radar day and night.

At this time, he hated himself very much, he had already known that he had crossed over and wanted to develop this thing, so he would take a live one and put it on his body, and let Wang Xu and them imitate it, and now it is too late to say anything.

Despite this, the theories and basic ideas put forward by Tang Qiuli, as well as the really ugly drawings, had already stunned Wang Xu and his group of scientific maniacs, and shocked Tang Qiuli into heaven, almost having the urge to open the division commander's head to see how many things they didn't know contained inside.

The adoring gaze of these talented and self-esteeming engineers made someone very proud, and looking at them with admiration, Tang Qiuli felt that his image was very tall.

Mei Ting's arrival knocked Tang someone back to the ground from heaven, looking at the situation when Mei Da Mei covered her nose, frowned, and gave herself clean clothes, Tang Qiuli realized that there had been many days, and there was no bathing and housekeeping.

He smiled awkwardly, Wang Xu and they were all amused by this situation, and after coming to Huangya Cave, the relationship between Tang Qiuli and Mei Ting was officially made public, and Mei Ting took care of his life generously.

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