Glorious Mission 1937

Chapter 660 Four: Separation of Military and Political Affairs

The jurisdiction of the North China Theater includes Beiping, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, Shanxi, and Henan. The commander-in-chief is Mr. Zhu, the deputy commanders are Yang Aiyuan and Fu Zuoyi, and the chief of staff is Liu Bocheng. There are more than 25 troops under Xuezhong's command, over 30 in the Southern Hebei Military Region under Chen Feng's command, 32 in the First War Zone of the Nationalist Government, 40 in the Eighth Route Army, and a total of 144 million troops.

However, since these troops originally belonged to various factions, the quality of the soldiers and the weapons and equipment were not the same, and the gap between them was quite large. Therefore, Chen Feng's order to the North China Theater was to immediately reorganize all the troops in the North China region. to fight against Japan.It is expected that the North China theater will be reorganized into 10 group armies, 40 reorganized divisions, 2 cavalry divisions, 5 armored divisions, 7 artillery divisions, and a large number of air defense, medical, engineering, and logistics units.

The jurisdiction of the Central China theater includes Shanghai, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei and other provinces. The theater commander Xue Yue, deputy commanders Chen Yi and Zhang Zizhong, and chief of staff Luo Zhuoying. The troops mainly consist of the former third theater, fifth theater, sixth theater, ninth theater The troops in the theater are the main ones, with a total strength of 87.The Central China theater is expected to be reorganized into 8 group armies, 22 reorganized divisions, 4 armored divisions, 4 artillery divisions, and a large number of directly subordinate technical units.

The jurisdiction of the South China Theater includes Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi. Commander-in-Chief Li Zongren, Deputy Commanders Yu Hanmou and Zhang Fakui, and Chief of Staff Sun Lianzhong. The total strength is 30.The South China theater is expected to be organized into 50 group armies, 5 reorganized divisions, 15 artillery brigades, and 3 armored regiments.

西南战区辖区包括云贵两省、四川、西康等地区。司令长官龙云、副司令长官邓锡侯，参谋长贺国章，部队主要有20万滇军、30万川军以及十余万中央军为主，总兵力65万人。西南战区预计编成7个集团军15个整编师，4个炮兵旅、2个装甲旅、1个山地旅。

The Chongqing Special War Zone is mainly the accompanying capital of Gongwei. The commander of the theater is Chen Cheng, the deputy commander-in-chief Ma Cao, and the chief of staff Wang Shihe. The troops are mainly composed of the original Chongqing Defense Force and Chen Feng's special guard. 4 brigade each for air defense, armor, and artillery.A regiment of radar troops and a brigade of special forces.

The defense area of ​​the Yan'an Theater includes the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region and the entire Shaanxi Province.Commander Yang Hucheng, Deputy Commander He Long, and Chief of Staff Luo Ronghuan, the troops are mainly composed of more than 8 people from the original Northwest Army and 20 Yan'an garrison troops.The total force is 3.It is expected to be reorganized into 6 group armies and [-] reorganized divisions.In addition, it is equipped with an artillery division and an armored division.

The Burmese theater is mainly composed of expeditionary forces, with the commander in chief Du Yuming, the deputy commanders in chief Sun Liren and Hu Tiesheng.Chief of Staff Dai Anlan, with a total strength of 15 troops, was reorganized into 2 group armies and 5 reorganized divisions.

The defense area of ​​the Nanyang Theater includes New Guinea and Tasmania. The theater commander Wang Hansheng and deputy commander Hu Yi have jurisdiction over the Nanyang 1st and 2nd Divisions, including the Air Force and the Navy, with a total strength of more than 8 troops. , In addition, there are more than 8 police and militiamen.

此外，原第八战区的机动兵团调归军委会直辖，兵团总司令陈铁豹、副总司令王基铭。机动兵团由原来的15万人扩编为40万人，扩编后的机动兵团下辖4个集团军12个整编步兵师、3个装甲师、4个炮兵师、1个防空师、1个警卫师、1个工兵旅、1个雷达团、1个特战大队。

At the same time as the reorganization of the army, the navy and air force also carried out a comprehensive reorganization. The former national government air force merged with the northern air force to form the Chinese air force.Zhou Zhirou, Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, Liu Nijia, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, and Mao Limin, Chief of Staff.The total strength is 16, including 12 combat aviation brigades, 8 medium-range bomber aviation brigades, 8 transport brigades, 6 strategic bomber brigades, 6 helicopter brigades, and 22 reconnaissance aircraft squadrons.In addition, there are 6 airborne brigades affiliated to the Air Force, with Qin Yiwu as the commander-in-chief of the airborne troops.

The navy of the former Nationalist government was basically completely lost, and only a few outdated warships were left cruising in the Indian Ocean to assist the Allied forces in escorting merchant ships. Chen Feng ordered the naval forces to hand over the warships to the British side immediately, and all the troops immediately went to the Nanyang territory. .

The Nanyang Navy under Chen Feng's command was immediately renamed the Chinese Navy, with Admiral Chen Shaokuan as the commander-in-chief of the navy, Chang Zhiguo and Tian Haiyang as the deputy commanders-in-chief of the navy, and Jiang Haitao as the chief of the general staff.The total strength of the Navy is more than 6, including a Marine Corps organized into two brigades.

According to Chen Feng's reorganization plan, after the reorganization is completed, China's national defense force will have 606 million troops, including the three major arms of sea, land and air, and dozens of sub-armies. The total force ranks first in the world.

Since China's national defense industry is very weak, only Sebei Province has begun to take shape. Therefore, in the initial stage of reorganization, most of the troops can only use the original weapons and equipment.However, Chen Feng planned to completely refit all the troops within one year. Apart from some self-produced weapons and equipment, most of the required weapons and equipment were provided by the Huaxia Arms Company in the United States.

In addition, in order to cooperate with Chen Feng's army reorganization plan, the U.S. and Soviet governments decided to provide industrial assistance to China. In exchange for the production patents of penicillin and some weapons and equipment in Chen Feng's hands, the U.S. and Soviet governments agreed in the shortest possible time. Provide China with a large number of industrial equipment, covering steel, building materials, petrochemical and other industries.

Such a huge army plan has completely shocked the members of the new military committee. They have always known that Commander Chen in Saibei is courageous, but they did not expect to be so crazy in doing things. Although these troops originally existed, But not all of them are precious field troops, but some of them are local garrison troops. Those troops with low combat effectiveness and little training are just a bunch of cannon fodder even if they are sent to the battlefield.

Now Chen Feng actually wants to reorganize these troops in an all-round way, and even change their outfits within a year, the degree of madness can be called "insane".

At the same time as the Military Commission meeting was held, Chen Feng also presided over a national state affairs meeting, requiring the non-military chiefs of each province to be provincial chairmen or vice-chairmen to attend. At the meeting, Chen Feng made a basic statement on China's current National Day.Since the Soviet Union has successively returned millions of square kilometers of land, the administrative divisions used before are no longer applicable. Therefore, Chen Feng announced at the meeting the order to re-divide China's basic administrative regions.

After discussions at two meetings, the meeting unanimously passed a resolution that Suiyuan and Chahar merged into Inner Mongolia Province; the entire territory of the former Mongolian State formed Outer Mongolia Province; Libeijiang Province; Jiangdong Province was established in the vast area east of the Ussuri River; Sakhalin Province was established separately on Sakhalin Island; a total of 75 million square kilometers of land in the outer northwest region was divided into two parts, part of it was merged into Xinjiang, and part of it was established as Xijiang Province.

This meeting confirmed the legitimacy of the newly added land in the form of law, and so far China has recovered all the land occupied by Tsarist Russia.

In addition, at the meeting, Chen Feng proposed the separation of the military and the government. All senior military officers who concurrently serve as provincial chairmen or members of the Military Commission will remove their part-time jobs and focus on military affairs or politics.And starting from himself, he voluntarily resigned from the positions of the Chairman of the National Government and the Chief Executive, and proposed that Mr. Mao from Yan'an be the Chairman of the National Government and Mr. Zhou as the Chief Executive.

Although this proposal was opposed by some representatives present at the meeting, with Chen Feng's strong support, Mao Zhou became the acting chairman of the National Government and the acting president of the Executive Yuan. into the top government.

Chen Feng's posture was to focus on the military, and he also asked all senior military officers not to interfere with politics, and to be a simple soldier.Everyone admired Chen Feng's behavior, but of course some people didn't understand.

Although Chen Feng handed over the administrative power, he asked the government departments to fully cooperate with the Military Commission's actions, and all national activities should take the anti-Japanese war as the top priority.

After Chen Feng's series of big moves, everyone was quite overwhelmed, but after seeing the powerful strength of Chen Feng's troops and the unimaginable industrial capabilities of Northern Saibei Province, everyone had great confidence in him. The haze of death hanging over the heads of all senior military and political officials disappeared without a trace.No one dared to neglect Chen Feng's order.

This is of course due to Chen Feng's strength, but also the credit of the Japanese. After this unscrupulous assassination, all the senior military officers in China broke out in a cold sweat. The Japanese are so insidious and cunning, and they have no bottom line , from Zhang Zuolin with a big beard to Lao Jiang, as long as the Japanese feel that you are their stumbling block, they will do anything to get rid of you. Even the former pro-Japanese faction is now afraid, worried that one day they will be killed by the Japanese.

1942年2月5日，东北战区最先完成大整编，整个战区30个师又4个旅的庞大兵力完成了集结。

Afterwards, the Northern Serbia Theater, the North China Theater, and the Central China Theater completed their reorganization one after another, and the cargo ships departing from the west coast of the United States also successively arrived at the port of Vladivostok. A large number of weapons, equipment, industrial equipment, and technical personnel landed from the port of Vladivostok and were transported back to China via the Siberian artery. All the arsenals in the northern part of the Great Wall were operating at full capacity, and a large amount of weapons and equipment were continuously produced. Chen Feng began to refit the domestic army. (To be continued..)