Zhang Xueliang fiddled with JH44, looked at Xie Tian and asked, "I heard that Beiping has been recovered?" ”

Xie Tian smiled: "Brother Han Qing is very well-informed." ”

Zhang Xueliang exhaled and looked at Xie Tian and said, "Commander-in-Chief Xie, your People's Liberation Army fighting a war is like drinking cold water, I think I won't even be able to drink cold water if I don't do something." Don't go around in circles, I want to join Commander-in-Chief Xie's team and fight devils with you, I don't know if Commander-in-Chief Xie can accept it? ”

Xie Tian was overjoyed, stretched out his hand to hold Zhang Xueliang's hand and laughed: "The People's Liberation Army must have Han Qing joining, it must be like a tiger with wings, it just so happens that we are discussing the adjustment of the establishment of the People's Liberation Army, Brother Han Qing will follow and see which position you are in, that position is yours." ”

As he spoke, Xie Tian picked up the document sent by Zhao Gang on the coffee table and handed it to Zhang Xueliang.

The People's Liberation Army wants to adjust its establishment?

Zhang Xueliang read the document from beginning to end, and a smile appeared on his face.

The PLA's current restructuring is tailor-made for me.

Broadly speaking, the PLA is divided into three fronts, and the navy and air force are independent armies.

The three fronts of the army are the Northeast Field Army, the North China Field Army, and the Central Plains Field Army, so isn't the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Field Army tailor-made for Zhang Xueliang?

Zhang Xueliang looked at Xie Tian with a smile, and he was not hypocritical, and said happily: "I choose the Northeast Field Army." ”

Xie Tian laughed: "Well, from now on, Brother Han Qing is the deputy commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army and the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Field Army." At the same time, I will appoint General Fu Zuoyi as deputy commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army and commander-in-chief of the North China Field Army. General Xu Shiyou is deputy commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army and commander-in-chief of the Central Plains Field Army. Comrade Zhao Gang is chief of the PLA General Third Staff, Comrade Qin Fen is director of the PLA General Logistics Department, Comrade Chu Yunfei is director of the PLA General Armament Department, and the commander of the Navy and Air Force will be appointed separately. Brother Hanqing, let us work together to wipe out Little Japan. ”

Xie Tian did not separate the armored troops and artillery units from the troops and form separate armies, mainly because the current situation of the troops is not suitable for too much detail.

Thank God didn't say who the commander-in-chief of the PLA was, so there is no need to say.

Zhang Xueliang shook hands with Xie Tian, but said with some concern: "Han Qing is ordered." Baoqing, are we a change of course, will we be criticized? ”

Xie Tian smiled and said: "No, we are only internally adjusted, and externally, we are still the 10th Theater, but we have added a 43rd Group Army on the basis of the 41st Group Army and the 42nd Group Army. We don't fight a civil war, we don't want to fight a civil war with anyone, and even if we defeat the Japanese in the future, we won't take the initiative to provoke a civil war. ”

Zhang Xueliang breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Xie Tian and said, "I understand." ”

In fact, Zhang Xueliang didn't understand at all, what he was thinking in his heart was not the same thing as what Xie Tian was thinking in his heart.

In Zhang Xue's conscience, he thought that Xie Tian was the same as his father Zhang Zuolin was also a warlord who cut land and became king, but his methods were more clever than his father's.

It takes a process to understand and identify with a person or a new thing, and Xie Tian does not force Zhang Xueliang to integrate into the PLA immediately.

Employing people is the same as fighting a war, and there are strategic and tactical personnel.

As for whether Zhang Xueliang can enter the strategic employment level, it depends on whether he agrees with the PLA policy, and at the same time he must also obtain the approval of Xie Tian and other senior PLA generals.

From Zhang Zuolin to Zhang Xueliang, their father and son have made certain contributions to the Northeast, otherwise the Northeast people will not forget Zhang Xueliang.

This time, Xie Tian's adjustment of the PLA's establishment is a major surgical adjustment, which has completely changed its appearance from top to bottom and has become more standardized.

Taking infantry as an example, each front army (group army) is composed of three corps, each corps has three divisions, each division has three regiments, each regiment has three battalions, and each battalion has three companies.

With the company-level unit as the smallest combat unit, in addition to the three standard infantry platoons, each company has 17 squads directly under the company headquarters, including artillery squads, machine gun squads, cavalry squads, engineer squads, communications squads, sanitation squads, cooking squads, and transport squads.

In addition to the three standard infantry companies, the battalion-level units are all platoon-level establishments except for the health class and the cooking class, with a total of 15 platoons and two squads, with a full strength of 548 people.

The regimental-level unit has jurisdiction over three standard infantry battalions, and the directly subordinate team is a company-level establishment, with a tank company, an armored infantry company, an antiaircraft artillery company, a rapid reaction brigade, and a sanitary brigade, a total of 19 companies, with a full strength of 3,344 people.

The division-level unit has jurisdiction over three standard infantry regiments, and the combat units directly under the unit are all regiment-level establishments, with a full establishment of 27,828 personnel.

The army-level units have jurisdiction over three standard infantry divisions, increase or decrease the units directly under them according to their respective conditions, and add military hospitals and military art troupes, with a full strength of 7~80,000 people.

In addition to the three standard infantry divisions, the front army (group army) has added tank divisions, armored infantry divisions, and air force divisions, with a full strength of 22~250,000 people.

Of course, the number of special divisions also varies, with the air force divisions having the smallest number, only about 5,000 people per division, and tank divisions with 10,000 people.

Zhang Xueliang listened to Xie Tian's explanation, and felt that his brain couldn't keep up with Xie Tian's rhythm.

Xie Tian's pie painting is a bit big, and he wants to ask Xie Tian where did you get so many troops and so many weapons and equipment?

If you have 6,700,000 troops of the three group armies, and they are all hardcover troops, tanks and airplanes, won't you be able to walk sideways in China?

Uh-huh, this is his plan for the future, it must be.

When Xie Tian's words came to an end, Zhang Xueliang looked at Xie Tian and asked, "Commander-in-Chief Xie, how long do you plan to form the Northeast People's Liberation Army?" ”

This is the question that Zhang Xueliang is most concerned about, as for the big cake painted by Xie Tian, let's put it aside first and walk and see.

From Zhang Xueliang's address to Xie Tian, you can feel that there is still some distance between the two people, but it doesn't matter, Xie Tian doesn't care.

Xie Tian pulled his fingers with words in his mouth: "There is no problem with the air force division, the tank division and the armored infantry division will take about two and a half months according to the current output, if the Tianjin base can expand some production capacity, it should be done in two months, the air defense force is not a big problem, and the artillery unit is ......."

Xie Tian looked at Zhao Gang and asked, "When will Factory 104 be put into operation?" ”

Zhao Gang replied: "The foundation of the factory left by the Japanese is good, mainly because the new equipment designed by us has not yet been completed, and according to the report of the Ministry of Weapons and Equipment, it should be able to be put into trial production next week." ”

Xie Tian nodded: "Then the artillery unit can almost change its outfit in two months, and for the time being, you can use the guns of the 14th Devil Division to take a look and transfer Zhang Xingsheng over for training first." ”

Zhao Gang hummed and wrote it down.

Xie Tian pulled his fingers again, looked up at Zhang Xueliang and said: "First take out one infantry division from Huaye and Zhongye to give you Dongye as the foundation, and I will recruit two to four divisions for you from the reserves, plus the air force division, tank division, armored infantry division, cavalry division and some non-combat troops, you can almost put up a shelf." You can train the troops first, and I will fill up the establishment and equipment for you in two months, you see how it goes. ”

Zhang Xueliang's heart was already beating faster, Xie Tian said that there are already six divisions if you don't count the non-combat troops and the reserve forces that have not yet started to be recruited, if they are all full divisions, there are almost 100,000 people? !

Zhang Xueliang looked at Xie Tian dumbfounded, and asked in disbelief, "How many soldiers do you have in your hands now?" ”

Xie Tian smiled: "Speaking of which, there are only two group armies, but these two group armies have been overstaffed, and the 41st Group Army is the most seriously overorganized, and the strength of each of their three armies has almost reached five infantry divisions, so I have to reorganize the troops." ”

Zhang Xueliang quickly calculated in his heart, and sighed in his heart.

Each corps of the 41st Group Army has almost five infantry divisions, so doesn't that mean that the PLA already has 400,000 troops in the 41st Group Army alone?!

Zhang Xueliang suddenly felt like he was here to pick peaches, he already knew that even if he didn't come, Xie Tian would still form the Northeast Field Army, and the position of commander-in-chief of the Northeast Field Army was naturally not tailored for him.

Xie Tian didn't know that Zhang Xueliang's conscience had begun to turn over the river and the sea, he smiled and continued: "Your Dongye base should naturally be located in the Northeast, but now the Northeast is still under the control of the Japanese, so I am going to take Tangshan first, and use Tangshan as your temporary base in Dongye, and at the same time, I can also control strategic resources such as Kailuan Coal Mine to prepare for the army to go out of Shanhaiguan." ”

Zhang Xueliang began to calm down, he looked at Xie Tian contemplatively and said, "Commander-in-chief, I suggest that you recover Mengzi before the troops go out of Shanhaiguan, otherwise it will be easy for the Japanese army to cut off the lifeline of Dongye." ”

Unconsciously, Zhang Xueliang's address to Xie Tian has changed.

Absolute strength can be quickly produced in a short period of time.

Xie Tian looked at Zhang Xueliang and smiled: "The matter of liberating Mengzi is left to Huaye to do, you can't let Yan Xishan take advantage of it, and if Yan Xishan wins Mengzi, it will also form strategic pressure on us." Let Huaye take a breath and recover Zhangjiakou first, so that Yan Xishan will not dare to act rashly. You can rest assured, before your Dongye soldiers go out of Shanhaiguan, Huaye will definitely be able to take down Mengzi, and you can also strategically contain part of the Kwantung Army and plan for your Dongye to fight in the northeast. You Dongye will recuperate and concentrate on the battle to liberate the Northeast. ”

Zhang Xueliang exhaled, looked at Xie Tian and said: "I still have some old units fighting guerrillas with the Japanese in the mountains and forests of the northeast, and I can send people to contact these old departments to fight together." ”

Xie Tian smiled: "That's better, the Northeast operation will be more difficult in winter, so I am ready to launch an offensive before autumn, and at least the first strategic goal must be completed before winter." ”

Zhang Xueliang raised his eyebrows and looked at Xie Tian and asked, "What is the commander-in-chief's first strategic goal?" ”

Xie Tian stretched out his hand and pointed to the small sand table in front of the window in the office and said, "Let's come and talk." ”

Walking to the sand table, Xie Tian picked up the baton and drew a line directly on the sand table.

Seeing the line drawn by Xie Tian, Zhang Xueliang frowned and fell into deep thought.