Glorious Mission 1937

The aftermath was arranged smoothly, and because Chen Feng and the entire Eighth War Zone were behind, the Japanese did not come to make trouble.After Yan Laoxi was buried in peace, Chen Feng immediately summoned several bigwigs from the Jinsui Army for a meeting to discuss how to deal with the Jinsui Army.

Although almost all the senior officers of the Jinsui Army hoped that Chen Feng could join the Jinsui Army and take charge of Shanxi, but Chen Feng himself had some concerns.On the one hand, it is because the Jinsui Army is a warlord army. Although it has become popular, it still inherits some bad styles of the warlord army. , Will this cause resistance from the officers of the Jinsui Army?

In fact, the opinions of Chongqing and Yan'an, although Chongqing has not expressed its position, but there are not only Jinsui Army in Shanxi, but also 10,000+ Central Army.It is still unknown whether Chen Feng's troops will cause panic in the Central Army in Shanxi after accepting the Jinsui Army, or even cause panic in the entire Nationalist Government.

The same is true for Yan'an. Due to the strong rise of Chen Feng's troops, although the strength of the Eighth Route Army is much stronger than in history, there are as many as 12 regular infantry divisions alone, and there are many other columns and independent regiments. In addition to the ubiquitous guerrillas and the New Fourth Army in the south of the Yangtze River, the total strength of the army led by Yan'an has exceeded 80.

However, due to the powerful offensive capability of Chen Feng's troops, the Japanese army's territory has shrunk by about half, especially in North China, where the Japanese army's territory is only left in the quiet area and Shandong province. The direct result of this is that the scope of the Eighth Route Army's activities has narrowed .

According to statistics from Yan'an.The base area of ​​the Eighth Route Army in Hebei has only one Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area left, and the area is only about half of that in 39. The central and southern Hebei base areas have even disappeared directly, because after Chen Feng's troops resisted these areas, they carried out various reforms and developed The economy quickly attracted a large number of people's hearts, causing the Eighth Route Army's already unstable base to disappear naturally.

The same is true for Shanxi, but since Shanxi is the direct communication channel between the units of the Eighth Route Army and Yan'an, whether Chen Feng's troops will cause dissatisfaction in Yan'an after taking over Shanxi is still unknown.Therefore, Chen Feng felt that it was necessary to have a good talk with Yang Aiyuan and others.

The Yan family's old house is very ordinary.It is a large courtyard with three entrances, which is very common in Shanxi.Since Chen Feng is only the son-in-law of the Yan family and has not formally joined the Jinsui Army, Chen Feng invited Yang Aiyuan, Xu Yongchang and others to the Yan family's old house for talks in his own name.

There are only 5 people in the study.Chen Feng, Yan Changxi, Yang Aiyuan, Xu Yongchang, Fu Zuoyi. All 5 people are in military uniform.Even Yan Changxi also put on the uniform of a major general. It can be seen that although the venue of the meeting is not particularly official, the things discussed must be very formal.

really.After exchanging pleasantries, the meeting officially began. At the very beginning, Chen Feng raised a question that both parties were more concerned about - the establishment!

According to past practice, when a power accepts a new power, it must split the original group, because only in this way can it be guaranteed not to be anti-annexed.Just like when the old man annexed the Northeast Army, he transferred the Northeast Army to the east in batches and stationed in southern Henan, northern Anhui, and northern Jiangsu.And the Northeast Army was reorganized and downsized, and the large was turned into a small one, and the strong was turned into a weak one. The A-type army with four divisions in each army was reduced into a B-type army with two divisions in each army and two brigades in each division. Only the second cavalry army Keep three divisions.

In the ensuing war, the Northeast Army was divided and used by Lao Jiang on various battlefields, and was gradually weakened, dismembered, and eliminated until it was completely digested.

Chen Feng was dark and stern, and spoke sonorously. He looked around at Yang Aiyuan and the others, and said: "Master Yuezhang has suffered such a disaster, each of us is very sad, but the dead have passed away, and the living are still alive, and we must move forward. Look. It is my honor for the Jinsui army to think of me, Chen Feng, at such a critical moment."

"However, for a military group as large as the Jinsui Army, it is not easy to fully integrate into the Eighth Theater. It must go through internal and external tests and transformations. You can think of me at such a critical time, which shows that Each of you trusts me very much, which shows that you are really thinking about the land of the Jin Dynasty and the hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army. However, there are many problems in the merger of the two major military groups. Some problems must be clarified in advance, otherwise it will be harmful to both of us Neither is good!"

"Well, my uncle is right, since we all want my uncle to be in charge of Shanxi, and we all want to be a family, so we don't have to hide anything, we put everything on the table, let's talk about it openly! As an old man of the Jinsui Army, let me briefly talk about the Jinsui Army like my uncle.” Then Yang Aiyuan took out a document and read: “The Jinsui Army now has 2 group armies, 4 armies and 15 divisions. 25 people, including 21 infantry, 2 cavalry, 1 artillery, and more than 1 other arms. The entire Jinsui Army has 3 generals, 22 lieutenant generals, 49 major generals, 3800 school-level officers, lieutenants 8721."

"Grandpa, that's about all the property of the Jinsui Army. Now that the commander-in-chief is gone, there are three of us in charge of the army for the time being. And Cichen (Xu Yongchang) is still mainly working in Chongqing, so things in the army are generally handled by the army. I'll discuss it with Yisheng!"

Chen Feng knew that although Xu Yongchang was the leader of the Zhongnao County faction among the three major factions of the Jinsui Army, he was still serving as the Minister of Military Command of the Nationalist Government.And this Minister of Military Command is a general with real power. He Yingqin, Minister of Military Affairs, Bai Chongxi, Minister of Military Training, and Chen Cheng, Minister of Political Affairs, are known as the four giants of the Military Commission.This time, if the commander-in-chief hadn't invited him back temporarily, I'm afraid Xu Yongchang might not have participated in this matter.

"Although Brother Cichen holds an important position in Chongqing, he came out of the Jinsui Army after all, so Brother Cichen must be present for this matter. After all, this is related to the life and death of more than [-] officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army, and it is even more related to the Jinsui Army. The happiness of millions of people on the earth!" Chen Feng said.

Xu Yongchang smiled and said: "Young Master, I am overwhelmed. It is a blessing for our Jinsui Army to be in charge of the Jinsui Army. Even in Chongqing, there is no one who dares to underestimate your name."

Chen Feng said: "As for the merger of the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Theater, I personally agree in principle, but there are a few issues that must be clearly explained to you. First of all, it is about the number of the troops, because the Eighth Theater is in the The final reorganization was carried out half a year ago, and all the numbers and the like were replaced with unified numerical numbers, which were different from the current numbers of the National Revolutionary Army, so the numbers of the Jinsui Army after the merger needed to be changed.”

"Secondly, it is about the organization of troops. Now the eighth war zone has begun to implement the military district system, that is, the formation of large corps. A military district is set up under the ah war zone, and under the military district is a reorganization division. The reorganization division of the eighth war zone is equivalent to the national government. Therefore, it is impossible for the Jinsui Army to become a strategic group with the same status as the Eighth Theater as before. The strength of the Jinsui Army is only one military region at most. This is one of them! In addition, the Eighth Theater has almost all replaced new equipment. , and the use of new equipment requires a period of adaptation training. In order to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, I will transfer a part of the Jinsui army out, which is similar to Lao Jiang's mixed sand, I hope you can understand!"

"The second is about the appointment of personnel. Due to such a large-scale operation, the appointment of personnel will definitely change, including the few of you, so we still need your support at that time!"

"The last point is the issue of troop training. The Serbian army can be raised by a security regiment in less than five years. This has a lot to do with my method of running the army. What I need is an army with strict discipline and courage It is a unit that dares to fight, not a unit that has loose military discipline and willfully disturbs the people, so after the merger, all units must be trained in this way, and the content of the training is that soldiers train officers to learn."

Xu Yongchang thought for a while and said: "Master, we have discussed these issues before. Although it is more stringent, it is not unacceptable, but I hope my uncle can agree to some conditions! Or a few requests!"

"Please say!"

"Firstly, we can let go of the past for those officers with previous convictions; secondly, we should not oppress the officers and soldiers of the Jinsui Army, let alone use them as cannon fodder; thirdly, we should treat the common people of Shanxi kindly!" Xu Yongchang said.

Chen Feng said solemnly: "I can ignore the past for those officers who have bad records. After all, many of them are also affected by the general environment, but they need to make their own guarantees and strictly abide by the regulations of the military. Don't take chances. , once any violators are found, they will be severely punished!"

"As for the second point, you can rest assured that what you said does not exist in the eighth theater, because more than 25% of the soldiers in the eighth theater are prisoners of the puppet army, and the number is about 30. Some of the troops who started out were refugees, and the other part were bandits and horse bandits. Even these people were not suppressed in the eighth war zone. Many senior officers were former bandit leaders or puppet army officers. These people don’t know how much better they are, you can rest assured!”

"You don't need to worry about the third point. You must be aware of how the people in Saibei Province are living. I will treat the people in Shanxi equally!"

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The talks were very successful. On December 12, the Eighth War Zone and the Second War Zone sent a telegram to the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, requesting approval to merge the Second War Zone and the Eighth War Zone.The telegram only said that because the commander of the second war zone was assassinated by the Japanese army, there was no leader in the World War II zone, and that the defense zones of the second war zone and the eighth war zone overlapped in many places, so the merger was requested.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is Chen Feng, as the uncle of the Yan family, officially accepting Yan Laoxi's inheritance, and Shanxi and the Jinsui Army are the most important inheritance. (To be continued..)