Age of Rebirth

Chapter 750

Tang Qiuli recruited soldiers across the country, and there was a lot of commotion. This move hurt the lungs of powerful factions in various places, causing them to complain. They didn't dare to resist on the surface, so they made small moves behind their backs, which paid off. It's not big, and the aspiring young people who couldn't stop them from their own territory broke through the obstacles and joined the independent division one after another. Then they brought their ideas to the National Supervisory Council, which is a yamen that specializes in impeaching high officials in the national government.

For a time, Chongqing, the wartime companion capital of the Southwest, came to many personal representatives of powerful factions in various places, with oceans and gold bars in their pockets, seeking connections and contacts, frequenting the doors of various supervisory committee members, opening up various joints, and monitoring The committee members were full of all kinds of banquets, and their pockets were full of oceans and gold bars. Naturally, they worked hard. The Overwatch Council quickly issued a document to impeach Tang Qiuli.

Chairman Jiang had long noticed the fact that Tang Qiuli was recruiting troops from various places. His desk was already full of various reports from the Central Command and the Military Command, but he remained calm. In China, only the war zone under Tang Qiuli's responsibility had wars. Moreover, facing the most elite Kwantung Army of the Japanese army, there is a reasonable excuse for recruiting troops, which can be put on the table.

Another point is that he knows too well the dispositions of those local warlords who regard the territory as their fate. They don't need to stand out, these people will jump up immediately, and the impeachment of the Overwatch Council will work, and Tang Qiuli will naturally restrain himself and get frustrated. If his vigor doesn't work, he will also cause complaints and make a lot of enemies, and he will not suffer from inside and outside. However, based on Chairman Jiang's understanding of Tang Qiuli, how can a mere impeachment be placed in his heart. [

What Chairman Jiang is more concerned about is the decree issued by the national government to unify finance and taxation. Without financial resources, no matter how many soldiers are recruited, they will not be able to support them. This strategy is not only aimed at Tang Qiuli alone, but also weakens the local power Under the banner of the Anti-Japanese War, Generalissimo Chiang will be able to unify the country's finances.

Regarding the impeachment of the Overwatch Council, Tang Qiuli didn't care at all. Knowing the root cause of the impeachment, he couldn't escape to the Overwatch Council for questioning on the grounds that the war in the Northeast was intensifying. After a few days, I suddenly remembered the central and local tax sharing system adopted by the prime minister who was determined to change China's financial status in later generations.

I was overjoyed, I already had a solution, and wrote a letter to the Chongqing government and the Ministry of Finance. At present, the North China region is on the front line against the enemy, and the war will break out at any time. In the warring area, the local financial resources cannot afford such a large military expenditure. However, in order to respond to the call of the national government and to set an example for local governments across the country, it has been decided to allocate several types of taxes, which will be collected directly by the central government, and others will be used by local governments.

Chairman Jiang read Tang Qiuli's telegram and said for a while, he didn't expect that Tang Qiuli would take such a countermeasure. The taxes distributed to the central government must be very little oil and water, and he kept the fat for himself. , it would be better to be a favor, and give Tang Qiuli together, and get a general reputation, but I always feel bad in my heart. The financial policy against Tang Qiuli was hit back by soft nails like this.

After solving this big trouble, Tang Qiuli devoted all his energy to the construction of the army. This is the foundation of his foothold. He transferred all the tanks that had been refitted from the Dingbian Arsenal to North China, and selected troops with basic technology from each army. More than [-] armored cadets graduated from the Dingbian Military Academy were all transferred to the tank unit as grassroots commanders.

After a busy period of time, five brigades of armored troops were formed, with a total of more than [-] tanks and armored vehicles. However, the models of these tanks are too complicated. , and the mixed races assembled by the government itself, of all kinds. However, after the modification of the Dingbian Military Factory, the firepower and armor protection capabilities of the tanks have been greatly improved, especially the speed of the tanks. for improvement.

Tank guns are generally equipped with "Sky Eye" gun aiming radar, which not only improves the shooting accuracy, but also allows tanks to shoot while driving. This was an absolutely leading technology at the time, and several military powers did not have it. It is a pity that there are no heavy tanks, and the assault force of armored firepower is weaker. However, according to his own assessment, the performance of these tanks is comparable to that of the main battle tanks of various countries in World War II before [-]. s level.

Not counting these, Tang Qiuli ordered the arsenals in Huangyadong and Dingbian to urgently produce a large number of anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank guns, anti-tank guns and other weapons. The total number should be enough to equip four brigades. All were transported to Peiping, and Tang Qiuli combined the [-] field infantry brigades, the quick response brigade, and the two workers' anti-Japanese brigades of the corps directly under the division headquarters into ten brigades, all of which were reorganized into mechanized brigades.

Among them, there are four heavy mechanized brigades and six light mechanized brigades. Each mechanized brigade has two mechanized infantry regiments, one heavy artillery regiment, one light artillery regiment, one logistics regiment, one anti-tank artillery battalion and one anti-tank artillery regiment. A tank gun battalion, an engineer battalion, a communications battalion, a reconnaissance battalion, field hospitals directly under the brigade, guard battalions and other units.

The strength of each brigade reached about 8000, among which heavy equipment reached an unprecedented proportion. This was the first mechanized unit formed in the squadron at that time. At the same time, six artillery brigades and The six cavalry brigades were incorporated into the directly subordinate corps to form artillery and cavalry units. Zheng Yong and Liu Chun were officially appointed as artillery and cavalry commanders, and unified command of the artillery and cavalry units.

The five detachments of the special warfare detachment were organized into a special service regiment directly under the corps. Fu Gang, the former captain of the sniper brigade of the special warfare detachment, was the head of the regiment. The four newly formed air defense brigades were organized into an air defense force, and the commander was former Huang Ya Chang Enduo, the brigade commander of the Dong Air Defense Brigade, and the five newly formed tank brigades were also incorporated into the battle order of the directly subordinate corps. Unfortunately, the tank brigade did not have a suitable commander, so Tang Qiuli had to concurrently serve as the commander.

I can't help but think of Battelle who studied tank combat technology at the Berlin Military Academy in Germany. It has been more than three years. His younger brother is already a 20-year-old boy. He doesn't know when he will return to China. There is also Bai Luoyu who went to Germany together. In a letter, Battelle said that he was going back to China in the near future. If he was here, he would be the commander of the armored forces. After coming in, after waking up, I realized that I missed him so much. I wonder if his temper has changed?

The designation of the Taihang Mountain Field Corps of the Independent Division was revoked, and the units it belonged to were assigned to Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps and Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps. , At the same time, he also serves as the chief of staff of the directly subordinate corps, and this super powerful corps commander is concurrently held by Tang Qiuli himself.

Compared with Feng Jiwu and Li Honggang, the former chiefs of staff, Tang Qiuli likes Chang Feng better. He is a person with a clear mind, careful thinking and unconventional thinking. He can always look at problems from another angle and come up with appropriate solutions. Opinion, good at managing complicated affairs, good educational background, and experience in commanding large corps alone in several battles, made him the best choice for Tang Qiuli to choose the chief of staff. More impulsive than myself.

In this way, the corps directly under the Independent Division has ten mechanized brigades, six artillery brigades, six cavalry brigades, four air defense brigades, one special service regiment, and five tank brigades, with a total strength of about 27 people. Among them, the leading main force corps, and the firepower equipment is many times higher than other corps. Chang Feng, the chief of staff, has established a complete, efficient and capable command system in the shortest time.

The commanders of the other corps of the Independent Division don't know what the division commander's intention is to put in so much effort to form this heavy armored corps?If it is to deal with the little devils, the original organization, troop strength, and firepower structure are sufficient. The number of battles with the little devils has also proved this point, but the strength of this multi-arms mixed corps is terrifying enough.

The commanders of the other corps were secretly envious and jealous, and the officers and soldiers directly under the corps were even more awesome, because everyone had another logo on their uniforms, a lifelike five-clawed golden dragon, soaring in the blue sky and white clouds , holding a globe in his mouth, and embroidered with a few big golden characters on it: "National Revolutionary Army North China Independent Division Directly under the Corps". Good luck, incorporated into the troops directly under the division commander.

The officers and soldiers directly under the Corps walked with their necks straight and spoke loudly. Their air and pride made people greedy and happy. After a few days, one night in July, the entire Corps suddenly panicked. Gathering, we walked all night in the dark, and at dawn, I realized that I had reached the depths of Yanshan Mountain. This was a subject of Tang Qiuli's training for the troops, and the large corps was urgently mobilized at night.

The effect was far from ideal, the order of the various units was chaotic, some infantry regiments in vehicles even entered the ranks of the artillery regiment, and followed them all night in a daze, and some cavalry brigades lost their way at night and walked to another fork in the road Moreover, several artillery regiments and tank brigades were lost. After an emergency radio call, they caught up with the large troops just before noon. [

The most exasperating thing is that more than a dozen artillery vehicles actually drove into the ravine. Fortunately, it was a shallow ravine. The cars were damaged and the personnel were slightly injured. More than 30 cavalry fell into the deep ravine. After that, the subsequent logistics troops sent the urgently needed fuel and medicine to an area with the same place name but in the opposite direction. They saw tanks mixed with cavalry, and medical vehicles from field hospitals mixed with artillery vehicles, parked on the side of the road. Dozens of broken down tanks, armored vehicles, and cars were in complete chaos, and Tang Qiuli was furious.

Now, the brigade commanders and soldiers directly under the corps saw the division commander standing on the side of the road with a livid face, without saying a word, and the chief of staff, Major General Chang Feng, accompanied by him with an uncomfortable face.

(To be continued)