readx;? The next morning, when Wang Haitao, Wu Jianzhou, and Li Yuanhong came to the barracks where the Sichuan army was stationed, the Sichuan officers and soldiers were exercising in the morning, and the officers and soldiers who were supposed to rest had already trained normally. Wang Haitao, www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, and the three of them stood aside and quietly observed the ongoing training of the Sichuan army.

The soldiers trained here are probably about a regiment, the number is about 1,000 people, and the one standing on the stage to supervise is a colonel and regiment commander, who also drank wine together yesterday, Wang Haitao remembers that this person is the 15th Brigade of the Sichuan Army, and the commander of the 332nd Regiment is named Liu Yuzhu. Looking at the soldiers of the Sichuan army, only eighty percent of the soldiers are young and strong, and twenty percent of the soldiers are either too small or too big, but the morale of these soldiers is still good, and they are meticulous and serious in training.

Judging from the dress and weapons, this Sichuan army is indeed a miscellaneous army, the military uniforms cannot be consistent, and the weapons are even more varied, including old-fashioned Hanyang-made rifles, old sleeve rifles, water bead rifles, and a few people holding Japanese-made 38-style rifles. After looking at it for a while, Wang Haitao found that only one-third of the 1,000 people were veterans, and two-thirds should be recruits, and they were not even proficient in the most basic tactical movements.

After watching for half an hour, Wang Haitao already knew the strength of these Sichuan troops, and at this time, Liu Yuzhu also discovered Wang Haitao and them, hurriedly ran to Wang Haitao and others, stood up and saluted, and said: "Report to the military seat, chief of staff, deputy division commander, the 332nd Regiment of the 15th Independent Brigade of the former Sichuan Army is training, please instruct." After Wang Haitao and the others returned to the military salute, Wang Haitao said: "If I remember correctly, your name is Liu Yuzhu, right? How many soldiers are in your 332nd Regiment? How many veterans are among them?"

Liu Yuzhu replied: "Back to the military seat, there are 1,126 officers and men in my original 332nd Regiment, of which about 300 are veterans with combat experience, and the rest of the soldiers were newly recruited a month before I left Sichuan, and I am stepping up training for them. Wang Haitao asked again: "Then what about the weapons and equipment of your regiment?"

Liu Yuzhu replied: Our brigade was replenished with a batch of weapons and ammunition before leaving Sichuan, and now the whole regiment has five Mack heavy machine guns, three seven-section heavy machine guns, and 10 Czech-type light machine guns, and basically every soldier has one rifle in his hands. It's just a little older. Wang Haitao nodded, and was about to say something when Mu Suzhong, the commander of the 15th Independent Brigade, came over.

Mu Suzhong came to Wang Haitao and the others, and after meeting Wang Haitao and the others, Wang Haitao said: "Brigade Commander Mu, tomorrow I will reorganize your two brigades, and after the reorganization, I plan to replace all your two brigades with Japanese-style equipment. However, your two brigades should select all the soldiers under the age of 18 and over the age of 30, and let them go to the baggage troops, and select another battalion of capable officers and men, and I will train them into guard battalions and become the leading troops of your brigade. ”

Wang Haitao's words made Mu Suzhong's face difficult, and Wang Haitao asked: "Brigade Commander Mu, is there anything wrong with this matter?" Mu Suzhong replied: "Military seat, there is no problem in selecting a battalion of elite soldiers, but if you pick out all the old and young in the army, the army will lose a lot of people, and I estimate that my brigade will pick out hundreds of people." ”

Wang Haitao said: "I know that this decision will make your two brigades have a lot fewer soldiers to participate in the battle, but my principle is that I would rather be lacking than rotten, and I can use the methods of improving weapons and equipment and strengthening training to enhance combat effectiveness, and I will not let the elderly and children easily go to the battlefield to die." Besides, even if the two brigades have reduced some soldiers, after changing their outfits and training them, their combat effectiveness will definitely be further improved. ”

Mu Suzhong sighed and said: "Junzao, if I can, why would I want these old men and children to go to the battlefield? Sichuan is poor, our two brigades are quite neatly equipped in the Sichuan army, and only more than half of the soldiers in some units have guns, and the rest are given a few bullets, waiting to pick up the guns of the wounded and wounded soldiers, and usually only have a big knife. What's more, these old and young people, please ask the military seat to reward them with a mouthful of food!"

Wang Haitao said with some surprise: "Brigade Commander Mu, what do you mean by rewarding them with a mouthful of food? I just said that they should be soldiers of the logistics baggage troops, and I didn't say that I don't want them to be soldiers, they are still my soldiers, but until the last moment, they don't need to go to the front-line positions, they and the combat soldiers not only have the same food, but also have military salaries, and these are the same in my troops." ”

Mu Suzhong was stunned for a long time before asking: "Junzuo, what you said is true? Can you be the same as other soldiers if you don't go to the battlefield? You still pay military salaries? Junzuo didn't lie to me!" Wang Haitao replied: "There is no joke in the army, you prepare the roster of your whole brigade today, and someone will come to distribute military salaries tomorrow." All the salaries of my troops are paid by the Logistics Department on a per capita basis, and no one is allowed to deduct them. Ordinary soldiers have three silver dollars per month, four for squad leaders, six for platoon commanders, ten for company commanders, fifteen for battalion commanders, twenty-five dollars for regiment commanders, and forty dollars for brigade commanders. ”

Mu Suzhong believed it at this time, and said excitedly: "I have thanked the brothers of the Sichuan Army for the military seat. After saying that, he saluted Wang Haitao and the others, and hurriedly went to prepare. Early the next morning, the two brigades of the Sichuan Army lined up in a neat queue on the large playground of the barracks, and all of them had smiles on their faces. Yesterday, Wang Haitao's words had spread throughout the entire Sichuan army overnight.

At eight o'clock in the morning, several large trucks drove into the barracks, and after the trucks were parked, a battalion and a company of the guard regiment jumped down from the cars and lined up, and in the cab of the trucks, Wei Changhai, director of the logistics department, walked down with the personnel of the logistics department. Six tables and chairs were already lined up in front of the queue of Sichuan officers and soldiers, and the soldiers of the first company of the guards carried down six wooden boxes from the trucks in groups of four and placed them on the side of the tables, and another truck was parked next to each table.

Wei Changhai stood on a wooden box and said loudly to the soldiers of the Sichuan Army: "Brothers of the Sichuan Army, there is an order for the military seat, from today onwards, you are also a member of our Ninety Army, the Ninety Army treats all officers and soldiers equally, and military salaries are also paid in full according to regulations. I will post the standard of military pay in the barracks, and you can go to see if there is any mistake after receiving the military salary.

Today, in addition to the military salary, you will also be given personal items, but after the military salary is paid in full, everyone must strictly abide by military discipline, and are not allowed to buy and sell forcibly in the shops, and oppress the people, because the military discipline of the 90th Army is ironclad, and no one should easily violate it, otherwise the military law will be ruthless. Salaries will be paid according to the names on the roster. ”

After Wei Changhai finished speaking, he jumped off the wooden box, sat down behind a table, and then motioned to the soldiers around him to open the wooden box. As soon as the wooden box was opened, a box full of white flowers and silver yuan, the eyes of the Sichuan officers and soldiers who were shaking were dazzled. Then the logistics officer sitting at the table opened the roster and read: "Li Ergou" A young soldier in the queue quickly stepped forward and replied: "Here!" The logistics officer asked: "Are you a soldier of the first battalion, one company, one platoon, and one squad of the 332nd Regiment of the former 15th Brigade?" Li Ergou nodded and replied: "Report to the chief, it's me." The logistics staff said: "The soldier's salary is three oceans a month." Then let Li Ergou draw a postponement, took out the three oceans from the wooden box and handed them to Li Ergou.

Li Ergou held Dayang tightly, bowed to the people in the logistics department, and said, "Thank you, sir." After finishing speaking, he turned around and was about to leave, when an officer standing in front of the truck shouted: "Li Ergou, come and get your personal belongings." Li Ergou was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly ran over, and the officer took down a personal backpack from the car and said: "There are two sets of clothes from the inside to the outside, two pairs of socks, a pair of military shoes, as well as personal items such as towels, lunch boxes, tea jars, toothbrushes, and toothpaste. ”

Li Ergou didn't dare to take it, and asked in a low voice: "Sir, how much do these things cost?" The officer was stunned for a moment and then smiled, and said, "These are all issued to you by the army, and you don't need to pay for them." When Li Ergou heard that he didn't want money, he couldn't believe it and asked again: "Sir, do you really want money for these things?" The officer replied: "I really don't want money, why don't you take it back to the team quickly, there are still people behind you who want to get things." ”

Li Ergou hurriedly took the backpack, bowed to the officer and said, "Thank you, sir." Then with a smile on his face, he hugged his backpack tightly and staggered back into the queue. With the first person, the fighters behind all followed suit. Six tables began to distribute military salaries and personal items at the same time, and it took more than 9,000 people from the two brigades to complete the distribution in one morning.

For the first time, these Sichuan officers and soldiers received a full amount of silver yuan as a military salary, and their personal belongings were also free, which made these Sichuan officers and soldiers agree that they had joined the 90th Army, and none of the officers and soldiers was not grateful to the army commander Wang Haitao. Even the officers have a deeper understanding of Wang Haitao, a military seat, who is treated equally.

In the afternoon, the officers and men of the two brigades began to be reorganized, and each brigade first selected soldiers under the age of 18 and soldiers over the age of 30 to form a baggage battalion, which was also distributed with weapons, and was in charge of the transportation and storage of ammunition and military supplies like the baggage battalions of other units, and was also in charge of the food of the whole brigade.

The remaining young and strong soldiers were reorganized according to the standard of 14 men as a squad, three squads as a platoon, three platoons as a company, three companies plus a firepower company as a battalion, and three battalions as a regiment. The original 15th Independent Brigade was renamed the 278th Brigade of the 93rd Division, and the original three regiments were divided into two regiments and some battalions directly under the brigade, so that the 278th Brigade had under the jurisdiction of the 570th Regiment and the 571st Regiment, as well as the heavy firepower battalion, guard battalion, and baggage battalion directly under the brigade. The brigade has a total of 4,500 officers and men, of which two battalions are not fully manned.

The original 17th Independent Brigade was changed to the 279th Brigade of the 93rd Division, and the same three regiments were reorganized into two regiments. The 279th Brigade has the 572nd Regiment and the 573rd Regiment under its jurisdiction, as well as the heavy firepower battalion, guard battalion, and baggage battalion directly under the brigade. The brigade has a total of 4,700 officers and men, which is a full brigade. After the army is reorganized, officers at all levels of the company, platoon, and squad will be selected, and these two brigades will be considered to have been reorganized, and what will be followed is strict training, and the task of training these two brigades will naturally fall on the guard regiment.