I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 185 Reorganized into a strengthened regiment
Chen Zushou was a deputy battalion commander of the Gui Army. A division he belonged to was hit hard in the Battle of Songhu.

Later, during the defense battle outside Nanjing, he was severely damaged again by the Japanese army.

The officers and soldiers of the entire division were forced to break out in separate routes. In the end, only more than 300 people broke through and moved to the Jiangbei area.

They first crossed the river from the Tongling area, and the county governments along the way were unwilling to take them in after crossing the river. The reason was that they were miscellaneous and local troops.

Therefore, they had no choice but to continue heading north to find the main force of the Gui clan to return.

It's just that, after traveling all the way, more than 300 of them have been reduced to the point where they are no different from beggars.

Just as Chen Zushou and his subordinates broke down and waited a little impatiently, a sound of horseshoes suddenly came from the direction of the south gate of Lujiang River in front.

Chen Zushou and other defeated soldiers followed the sound and looked up.

I saw more than a dozen national army officers and soldiers coming on horseback, followed by a group of soldiers with live ammunition.

With the deputy platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon who intercepted Chen Zushou and other defeated troops and formed a confrontation with them, Wang Changgui saw Xu Qingfeng, Zhou Weiguo and others coming on horseback, and immediately said with excitement: "Our commander is here."

Under the watchful eyes of Chen Zushou and other rout soldiers, Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo, surrounded by Xu Hu, Chen Qifeng, Lei Xiong and others, came galloping on horseback.

Four or five meters away from Chen Zushou and the others, Xu Qingfeng reined in his horse and stopped first. He sized them up sharply, and then asked, "Report your troop number and identity."

"Who and what part are you?"

Chen Zushou saw that Xu Qingfeng didn't bring many people, so he didn't quite buy it, so he didn't answer the question.

When Chen Qifeng saw this, he became furious and shouted: "You kid, why are you talking to our commander? Hurry up and tell us your name, position, and serial number."

"What if I don't retaliate?" Chen Zushou was not afraid at all. He had suffered so much along the way that he could no longer bear it anymore.

He had even made up his mind that if the garrison and local personnel in the previous county did not accept them and provide them with food and salary.

He was about to fall out and lead his army directly to capture the county seat.

Just when Chen Qifeng couldn't bear to announce Xu Qingfeng's name, Zhou Weiguo took the initiative to interrupt him: "I am Zhou Weiguo, the colonel commander of the 87st Regiment of the [-]th Division of the Central Army, and now I want to check the identities of you guys , to prevent the enemy from infiltrating, I order you to cooperate."

Right now, the identities of this group of rout soldiers are unknown, so Xu Qingfeng's name is naturally not mentioned if he can.

"I am Chen Zushou, the deputy battalion commander of the 73rd Division of the Gui Army." Chen Zushou saw that Zhou Weiguo was a colonel and he was not easy to disobey orders, so he replied in a bad tone.

"Major Chen, why did you come here? What happened?" Zhou Weiguo and Xu Qingfeng looked at each other and continued to ask.

"Why did you come here? Isn't it the same as your Central Army, they all escaped after losing battles." Chen Zushou said in a strange way.

"Presumptuous." Xu Hu, who was standing next to Zhou Weiguo, couldn't help it anymore, and immediately yelled: "Sir, you'd better answer honestly, why did you make yourself into a beggar?"

Xu Hu didn't mention this, Chen Zushou was still not so angry, but when he mentioned this, he suddenly became very angry: "If someone is willing to accept us, who the hell is willing to be a beggar?

In such a cold day, my brothers were still wearing straw sandals. Some wounded brothers did not die on the battlefield, but were frozen to death. "

The more Chen Zushou talked, the more excited he became, and finally he couldn't help crying.

The Gui army was ordered to rush thousands of miles to help, fighting Songhu first, and then defending Nanjing. The battles they fought were dangerous every time.

The casualties are getting bigger every time, but there is not even the most basic logistical support.

After the fall of Nanjing, they had no one to love or care for them, and they ended up living here.

Seeing it, Xu Qingfeng sighed in his heart. The situation of the group of defeated soldiers in front of him was actually very common at that time.

Not only them, the Northeast Army, Sichuan Army, Hunan Army, Yunnan Army, Northwest Army, and almost all local miscellaneous troops are not treated well.

Especially in the context of a big defeat, even the Central Army can't take care of themselves, let alone their miscellaneous names.

Apart from Principal Chang's suppression of dissidents, the biggest reason for this is that the national government simply does not have sufficient logistical support capabilities.

Even the Central Army cannot fully supply, let alone the local miscellaneous army.

In order to prevent the situation from intensifying, Xu Qingfeng immediately stepped forward and shouted to them: "Everyone, you have worked hard all the way, hurry up and enter the city with us.

Here we have medicine and doctors, who can treat the wounded brothers, and have food and clothes to wear.

From now on, we will never let anyone go hungry or cold again. "

Chen Zushou looked at Xu Qingfeng warily and said, "Who are you?"

Xu Qingfeng said solemnly: "I am Xu Qingfeng, the leader of the Tiger Regiment of the National Revolutionary Army."

Since Xu Qingfeng offended the British, it was already the late stage of the Nanjing Defense War.

Therefore, except for some high-level generals, most of the middle-level and lower-level officers and soldiers did not know that Xu Qingfeng was demoted to the first regiment.

However, thanks to the previous propaganda of the Nationalist Government, the majority of ordinary soldiers in the national army were still familiar with Xu Qingfeng's reputation and deeds.

Chen Zushou was no exception, he was startled for a moment, and then eagerly asked, "Sir, is Xu Qingfeng?"

"If it's fake, it's Xu." Xu Qingfeng said.

Chen Zushou was so excited that he was a little overwhelmed, but he quickly remembered and saluted: "Chen Zushou, a humble official, has met Chief Xu!"

"Deputy Battalion Commander Chen, you're welcome." Xu Qingfeng raised his hand in return, looked up and scanned the defeated soldiers behind him again, and said in a serious voice: "Brothers of the Guangxi Army, whether it is the Battle of Songhu or the Battle of Nanjing , You are all good, even though you are defeated!

Everyone has suffered along the way, now please come to the city with us to rest!

I will properly accommodate everyone, prepare clothes, food and doctors for everyone! "

"Thank you sir!"

A young soldier wearing glasses among the rout soldiers raised his arms and shouted excitedly.

"Thank you sir!"

"Thank you sir!"

More than 300 soldiers from the Guangxi army expressed their thanks one after another.

Xu Qingfeng raised his hand to signal them to be quiet, and said: "We are all brothers of Paoze. There is no need to be polite. Let's go into the city!"

"Deputy Battalion Commander Chen, Chief Zhou will be in charge of arranging you for a while. After entering the city, I hope you will restrain your subordinates and obey the arrangement."

Xu Qingfeng warned Chen Zushou again.

"Yes, sir, please rest assured. I will obey orders even if I hold a humble position." Chen Zushou was no longer as rebellious as before.

Xu Qingfeng then rode his horse to make way and winked at Zhou Weiguo.

Zhou Weiguo, who understood, immediately took Xu Hu and others, and led Chen Zushou and more than 300 defeated soldiers into the city.

After witnessing them entering the city, Xu Qingfeng said to Lei Xiong and Wang Changgui who stayed behind: "You continue to be responsible for the security patrol outside the city, just in case."

After the Japanese army retreated, Xu Qingfeng recruited more than a dozen soldiers who could ride horses from various units to supplement them.

Although the current reconnaissance platoon is not as large as before, it still has more than 20 people riding.

With the leadership of Lei Xiong and Wang Changgui, it is enough to serve as a security patrol outside the city.

"Yes!" Lei Xiong and Wang Changgui took orders at the same time.

……

Two hours later, the temporary regiment headquarters of the Huben regiment.

In fact, it is the temporary headquarters of the original independent brigade. After the number system of the independent regiment is restored, it will naturally be upgraded to the regiment headquarters.

Zhou Weiguo took Xu Hu and walked in quickly from the outside. He was discussing with Sun Kui and others when Xu Qingfeng, who was reorganizing the troops, heard the movement.

He looked up and asked, "How is it? Are Chen Zushou and the rout soldiers settled down?"

Zhou Weiguo nodded and replied: "Everything has been arranged. I contacted County Magistrate Wang, arranged food and accommodation for them, and also sent a batch of clothes to keep out the cold.

They are very grateful to us. I think now is a good time to recruit them. I wonder what you think, Qingfeng? "

Xu Qingfeng nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean, how many of them are there?"

"A little more than 300." Zhou Weiguo replied.

"Although they are broken soldiers, as long as they are reorganized, they can be used as veterans.

Right now, we have added [-] new recruits, and the number is still increasing every day. We really need this kind of veterans with actual combat experience. "

Xu Qingfeng said.

Sun Kui on the side was a little worried: "I'm worried, will these guys lead the recruits down?"

Xu Qingfeng said: "Your worries are not unreasonable, so you can't directly include them now."

After Xu Qingfeng finished speaking, he turned to Zhou Weiguo and said, "Weiguo, now, you can go and discuss with Chen Zushou if he is willing to stay and join our Huben regiment.

Then starting from tomorrow, you and Xu Hu will be responsible for training them.

After training these broken soldiers, they will be mixed with the recruits into our Huben regiment. "

Zhou Weiguo immediately took orders and said, "Okay, I'll make arrangements now."

When Zhou Weiguo found Chen Zushou according to Xu Qingfeng's instructions.

This guy almost jumped up with joy. Who is Xu Qingfeng? He is a world-famous anti-Japanese hero.

His army is an invincible and well-known heroic army.

If I have hundreds of broken soldiers who my parents don't love and my mother doesn't love, if I can join such an army and hang out with Xu Qingfeng from now on, that would be something I couldn't even dream of before.

Therefore, Chen Zushou immediately agreed to join the Huben Group.

According to Xu Qingfeng's instructions, Zhou Weiguo trained them individually.

And Xu Qingfeng also temporarily organized another [-] officers and soldiers into four battalions, including three battalions of infantry and one battalion of machine guns, and started military training in Lujiang.

During the training period, Xu Qingfeng led the team out from time to time to sweep up the surrounding bandits and bullies.

For a while, the public security situation in and around Lujiang became better than ever.

The people cheered and cheered, and they supported the Huben Group even more.

With the full support of the people of Lujiang County, Wang Youcai quickly recruited more than 1000 new soldiers for Xu Qingfeng.

Xu Qingfeng organized them into each battalion, and he, Sun Kui, Zhang Zhijian, Fang Shengli and others took turns to train them.

Half a month later, Zhou Weiguo's individual training of more than 300 defeated soldiers including Chen Zushou ended.

Xu Qingfeng formally incorporated them into the Huben Regiment, but they were broken up and organized into various battalions.

So far, the total strength of the Huben Regiment has reached 200 people.

In view of this, after discussing with Zhou Weiguo and others, Xu Qingfeng decided to reorganize the battalions of the Huben Regiment.

After discussion, combined with previous combat experience and lessons.

Xu Qingfeng finally decided that the Huben Regiment would have five infantry battalions, each with 500 men.
In addition, three companies of guards, reconnaissance and cavalry, one battalion of artillery and one battalion of luggage were set up, all under the direct command of the regiment headquarters.

Among them, the guard company and the reconnaissance company each have 150 people, the cavalry company has 200 people, and the artillery battalion and the supply battalion have 500 people each, for a total of 4000 people.

Of the other 200 people, 150 were drawn out to set up a field hospital with three health teams to enhance the wartime rescue capabilities of the Huben Regiment.

The remaining 50 people set up a communications office directly under the regiment headquarters.

The difference from before is that the regiment headquarters no longer has a machine gun company, but the machine guns are evenly distributed to each battalion and company as much as possible according to needs.

In addition, five infantry battalions were also equipped with a cavalry reconnaissance platoon, each with 50 cavalry.

More than 500 war horses were divided into 250 points among the five main infantry battalions.

Two hundred horses were distributed to the cavalry company directly under the regiment headquarters, and Xu Qingfeng left the remaining fifty or sixty horses in the regiment headquarters for use by the communications department, the guard company, and the reconnaissance company, in case of emergencies.

After the reorganization, the establishment of the Huben Regiment and the changes of military officers at all levels are as follows;

The head of the regiment is Xu Qingfeng, the deputy head Zhou Weiguo, and the chief of staff Liang Shan.

The troops directly under the regiment include a guard company, a reconnaissance company, a cavalry company, an artillery battalion and a supply battalion.

Guard company commander Chen Qifeng, deputy company commander Xu Hu.

Reconnaissance Company Commander Wang Changgui.

Artillery Battalion Commander Wang Tiezhu, there is no deputy battalion commander for the time being.

The commander of the supply battalion was concurrently served by the chief of staff Liang Shan.

The whole regiment has five main infantry battalions, including the 1st Battalion Commander Sun Kui, the 2nd Battalion Commander Zhang Zhijian, and the 3rd Battalion Commander Fang Shengli.

4th Battalion Commander Lei Xiong, Deputy Battalion Commander Chen Zushou, 5th Battalion Commander Lin Bao, and Deputy Battalion Commander Yue Tieshan.

In addition, Yue Tieshan and Lin Bao also serve as regimental staff members. This arrangement is naturally to win over people's hearts and to facilitate monitoring of them, just in case.

After all, a staff officer doesn't have a commander, and he doesn't fart loudly.

On the day when the reorganization of the troops was completed, the Huben regiment also ushered in good news, that is, many injured veterans including Liang Shan returned to the team after recovering from their injuries.

This will undoubtedly greatly enhance Xu Qingfeng's control over the army.

Because, like Liang Shan, the old subordinates who followed him through life and death, and fought all the way out of the encirclement, would never betray him.

"Chief of Staff, you've been discharged from the hospital." In the temporary regiment headquarters, Xu Qingfeng looked at Liang Shan and warmly gave him a big hug.

Now that he is wearing a black eyepatch, he looks less refined and more aggressive, more like a soldier.

"Tuan Zuo, I, I can't repay you for saving my life. From now on, my life is yours."

Recalling that Xu Qingfeng made a scene in a British hospital for himself, never abandoning or giving up along the way, and led him to fight for hundreds of miles, Liang Shan couldn't help but choked with tears in his eyes.

"My brother, it's too strange to talk about this!" Xu Qingfeng patted his shoulder and said: "Now that you have recovered from your injury, let's work together to train the recruits and prepare for the Xuzhou battle in the near future. .”

(End of this chapter)