The third part of the bloody war, Chapter 10, the tide of the third part of the war drum (9)

"There are two main themes of this meeting. First, in the Shandong Battle and earlier Battle of Hubei, the combat effectiveness of each department showed unevenness. In order to complete the Chairman's strategy of establishing the country with the Anti-Japanese War, all the troops under the North China War Zone were adjusted and trained with the approval of the National Revolutionary Military Commission and the Chairman."

"Secondly, the commander announced the strategy of combat in North China and adjusted the deployment."

At the beginning of the meeting, Xu Zuyi announced the main topics of the meeting, and the generals sat upright in the venue. At this time, Zhuang Jihua said: "It's still the old rule. Any problem can be talked about at the meeting and must be strictly implemented after the meeting."

There was a silence in the venue, and Zhuang Jihua nodded and signaled Xu Zuyi to continue. Xu Zuyi picked up the prepared plan and read out loudly: "According to the express order of the war zone commander, make the following adjustments to the war zone troops.

1. With the approval of the National Revolutionary Military Commission, the 52th Army was formed. General Pan Wenhua, the commander of the army, has two armies under his command, the 47th Army, the newly formed 14th Army and the Third Army."

When he read the name, Pan Wenhua stood up. He was a Confucian general and the second group of Sichuan generals who left Sichuan Army. However, the Sichuan Army was appointed according to the faction. He first served as deputy to Deng Xihou, and later as deputy to Tang Shizun. In fact, from Liu Xiang to Zhuang Jihua, everyone admired him very much. Liu Xiang has always entrusted important tasks, and Zhuang Jihua has always wanted to promote him. This time he finally found an opportunity.

In addition to these three armies, the Fifty-Second Army was equipped with heavy artillery brigades, tank regiments, and the 47th Army replaced its equipment and became the US Armored Army. The New Fourteenth Army was redesigned in Chongqing, and the Third Army had been built in Chongqing. After this adjustment, the Fifty-Second Army immediately became the first-class main force in the theater in terms of equipment.

"Captain Li of the Forty-seventh Army, and Commander Chen of the New Fourteenth Army."

Li Zongfang and Chen Lie stood up, Zhuang Jihua looked at them and said, "The equipment has been replaced, and the corresponding tactics must also be kept up. Remember that the person who decides the victory or defeat of the battle is always the person, the will! The morale!"

"yes!"

"Captain Chen, the new 14th Army is a new unit. This time I will change your clothes to you first. I hope you can lead this unit to make achievements on the battlefield."

"Yes!" Li Zongfang and Chen Lie replied loudly at the same time, and then sat down in the envious eyes of the generals.

Bai Chongxi sighed in his heart. He knew the inside story. The 51st Army of Zhuang Jihua's direct confidant Wang Guobin needed weapons extremely. However, Zhuang Jihua first replaced the equipment for the 52nd Army. The 47th Army and the New Fourteenth Army were both considered miscellaneous troops. Only the Third Army in this army was considered a side-line unit of the Central Army. History can be traced back to Zhu Peide's Yunnan Army. He supported Chiang Kai-shek in all civil wars. If he wanted to change someone, he would definitely give this unit first.

Xu Zuyi then announced the adjustment of the troops. Chen Mingren, the commander of the newly formed Third Army, was transferred to the commander of the 101st Army, Zhang Xin was transferred to the commander of the 102nd Army, and Guo Xunqi, the commander of the 49th Army, no longer served on the same position.

The commander of the 40th Army, Chi Fengcheng, was transferred to the 78th Army, and Yu Chengwan, the commander of the 78th Army, was transferred to the 40th Army. The newly formed Third Army was replaced by Shi Guantao. The Forty Army, the newly formed Third Army, and the two armies were formed. The newly established Forty Army was under the 27th Division, the Third Army was under the 31st Division, and the newly formed Eighth Brigade.

The Forty Army is the A Army, and the newly formed Third Army is the B Army. During this reorganization, Zhuang Jihua immediately upgraded the New Third Army to the A Army.

Then Xu Zuyi continued to read out the order, and organized the 68th Army and the 73rd Army, but the commander did not change; he temporarily organized the 19th Army and the 7th Army. At the same time, he announced that the entire 77th Army would be reorganized into the Armies Army, the New Eighth Army and the 77th Army would be organized. The New Eighth Army was an expeditionary force transferred from Myanmar. All the equipment of the expeditionary force was US equipment, and the commander Shi Zhongcheng.

After Zhuang Jihua left the Expeditionary Army, Yu Jishi had not yet moved Zhuang Jihua's troops, especially the New Eighth Army and the 112th Army, extended his hands into the 54th Army and the 65th Army, and then used the Youth Army and the Reorganization to expand his strength. However, he soon encountered the problems encountered by Zhuang Jihua, which were short of cadres, and his situation was even more serious. Because no one trained cadres for him, he quickly formed a cooperation with Chiang Ching-kuo, and Chiang Ching-kuo recommended a group of officers to him.

Although Yu Chengwan and Huang Botao left the New Eighth Army and the 112th Army, there were still a large number of middle and lower-level officers still staying in the two armies, among which there were many of the New Eighth Army. These middle and lower-level officers played a very important role in maintaining the combat tradition of the troops. Zhuang Jihua still regarded these two armies as his own troops in his heart, as long as he replaced the chief officer.

Then Xu Zuyi replaced some division brigade commanders who performed poorly in the Battle of Shandong and Northern Hubei. He transferred some division brigade commanders from the 77th Army, the 68th Army, and the 73rd Army to Shandong and Henan as military sub-district commanders, and replaced them with his own people.

The number of the 103rd Army was restored, and the 101st Army was fissioned into two armies. The 105th Division was transferred out separately. The division commander Zhang Lingfu was appointed as the commander of the 103rd Army, with the 105th Division under the jurisdiction of the 105th Division, and the newly formed 21st Division (Teacher Commander Wu Mintao, a member of the Third Party); the newly formed honorary 9th Division, with the former Chief of Staff of the 105th Division as the division commander, and the 101st Army was supplemented.

Zhuang Jihua naturally would not treat his own direct troops unfairly. The Honorary Ninth Division was mainly composed of injured veterans who returned to the battle of northern Hubei and some former veterans of the Wuhuawen Department, but the equipment was all-American, so after the 105th Division was transferred, it would not affect the combat effectiveness of the 101st Army at all.

Bai Chongxi thought while listening that he was quite familiar with the troops of the North China War Zone. He found that after several adjustments, there were still many officers above the division level of the former 33rd Army and the Second Army, but these people were mainly concentrated in several units. The 33rd Army was mainly concentrated in the 58th Army, and the Second Army was mainly concentrated in the 40th Army. For example, Huang Qiaosong was promoted to deputy commander of the 40th Army. Dai Bingnan, who had just graduated from the General Class of the Fifth War Zone, was promoted from the position of regiment commander.

Of course, it is not only these people who have been promoted. Some of the newly emerging young generals that Zhuang Jihua admired were also promoted, such as Liu Yuzhang Yi'anhua, Tan Yizhi, Liu Yuzhang was promoted to the temporary 19th Army as the commander of the newly formed 137th Division, Yi'anhua was promoted to the commander of the Qing 3rd Army, and Qin Yizhi was appointed as the commander of the Qing 4th Army. The former commander of the Qing 3rd Army Li Wentian was appointed as the commander of the newly formed 16th Army, and Liu Zhensan, commander of the Qing 4th Army, served as the deputy commander of the Fiftyth Army.

"The order has been read out. If you have any comments, you can mention it now. After the meeting is over, it must be implemented."

Xu Zuyi added according to the convention that as long as the former North China War Zone or the generals who have commanded this sentence understand that this is Zhuang Jihua's rule, any issues can be discussed at the meeting, and they must be implemented after the meeting.

The venue fell silent but did not stand up to object; this adjustment did not involve Tang Enbo's troops, nor did the troops transferred from the Jiangnan War Zone, nor did the Youth Army. Although the Youth Army was chaired by Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Ching-kuo was subject to his own shortcomings, so many of his cadres came from the Southwest Development Team Officer's School, and these cadres were deeply influenced by Zhuang Jihua.

However, considering the cadre factor, Zhuang Jihua has no youth army for the time being. Of course, this is also a factor that does not assassinate Chiang Kai-shek. After Yi Anhua and Qin Yizhi were promoted, they were still promoted from the 205 and 206 divisions.

The biggest adjustment this time was the former Jiangbei War Zone troops, that is, the 33rd Army and the Third Army who were reorganized in the Fifth War Zone last time, that is, the former generals of the Northwest Army. These generals have undergone a reorganization and have had experience in this area, so their emotions are not that volatile.

Another one with a large adjustment was the original puppet army. These troops were disbanded again in a short period of time, and they could be said to have been divided up, and the influence of the original system was greatly weakened. However, this part of the troops was mainly reorganized by Zhuang Jihua's people.

"Commander, I have opinions on my post," Wang Guobin stood up first. He trained the 51st Army with all his strength. But now he just saw some results and the troops were disbanded again. He had to train again, but I don't know how long it would take. However, after two incidents between Liu Ruming and Hao Pengju, only these direct confidants of Zhuang Jihua dared to stand up and oppose it.

Zhuang Jihua signaled him to continue, and Wang Guobin shouted: "The training of the 51st Army has just ended, and the new 16th Army has been disbanded and reorganized again. Commander, is this speed too fast?"

After hearing this, Zhuang Jihua waved his hand to sit down, then stood up, and looked at the audience: "I have said before that the purpose of rectifying the troops is to eliminate the warlord ideas that have been in the hearts of the Chinese people for a long time. In this regard, GCD has always done a good job. No matter what they came from, they can fight under unified military orders. I have studied their approach, first of all, ideological rectification, and secondly, the troops are reorganized, so I reorganized the troops again. Moreover, after every war in the future, the war zone will reorganize the troops, and the generals and troops who are not fighting effectively will be reorganized."

"Although the Fifty-first Army is a new force and has not participated in the battle, you all know the origin of the New Sixteenth Army. Although these puppet troops have been split, it is not enough to just split up one time. It is difficult to eliminate their original scattered and cowardly state.

This is like the new recruits. Each squad cannot exceed 40%, otherwise it will affect combat effectiveness. The current state of the New Sixteenth Army is like this. Anyway, more than half of the new recruits have already joined the soldiers and must be split again.

Commander Wang, Commander Li, after the reorganization of the New Sixteenth Army, you will have to organize the original troops once. Make sure that there are at least five veterans in each squad."

Wang Guobin and Li Wentian stood up and agreed. Zhuang Jihua did not hide his purpose at all. He continued: "How much damage has the warlord thought caused to the country? I believe that after decades of war, you have already understood that this kind of warlord thought still exists? I think it still exists. Just through the adjustment of the troops, this is just a precaution. The most fundamental thing is to start with the thought. The political departments of each army should give full play to their roles, and the political departments should strengthen their work."

Bai Chongxi secretly laughed in his heart. Zhuang Jihua's words were justified, but it depends on the result of his adjustment. The strength of the former 49th Army has greatly expanded. The 49th Army has now been derived, including the First Army, the 51st Army, the 49th Army, and the 50th Army, the 22nd Army, the 24th Army, the 23rd Army, the 52nd Army, the 103rd Army, and the 8th Army, the 103th Army. Zhuang Jihua's direct control and influence has reached 800,000 troops. This has not added the Second Army, the New First Army, the New Sixth Army, the New Eighth Army, the 112th Army, these troops that were deeply influenced by him.

Thinking of this number, Bai Chongxi was shocked. Unconsciously, Zhuang Jihua had expanded the troops he controlled to more than one million. More importantly, these troops were well-equipped, had been baptized by war, had officers with great combat experience, and had strong combat power. Thinking of this, Bai Chongxi also secretly took a deep breath in his heart. No wonder Chiang Kai-shek wanted to cut off his power.

"If there is no objection, then I will continue to implement it. Chief Xu, let's start the second issue."
Chapter completed!