Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 173 Column Formation
Weak stems and strong branches, the second and fourth battalions are now in dire straits.This is the law of power bullying the master among the nine laws of China from ancient times to the present!

For this reason, Qiu Tianxing, who was worried, convened a committee and invited all the committee members from the headquarters camp.

At the meeting, Zhou Zhen from the Ministry of Civil Affairs first reported the current work situation and praised the outstanding contribution of the intelligence department. Under the operation of the intelligence department, [-]% of the rations enough for everyone to consume were brought in from outside the mountain.

This is a remarkable achievement, involving great efforts and even sacrifices by intelligence personnel.

Then the Ministry of Public Security, the Political Propaganda Department and several battalion commanders also described their work achievements, which gave Qiu Tianxing a general understanding of the current situation of the headquarters.

Although the Political Propaganda Department has sent dozens of teams, all of whom have been trained by the Military Academy or the School of Political Science and Law, these teams have also lurked in Hubei, Jiangnan Province and other places, and secretly developed small bases.But compared to the second battalion and the fourth battalion, this result is simply unbearable.

At the meeting, after everyone reported, Qiu Tianxing also gave a general account of the current situation of the first battalion, the second battalion and the fourth battalion.

Although everyone has heard the news, they know that the second battalion and the fourth battalion are developing well, and they seem to have established a large base area.But I didn't expect that the second battalion and the fourth battalion are so powerful now.

The Second Battalion is now flourishing in Shandong Province, and its influence spans Caozhou Prefecture, Yanzhou Prefecture, Guide Prefecture in Henan, and Xuzhou Prefecture in Jiangnan, across the border of the three provinces.It is also closely related to the Yuyuan Army in Shandong and the congregations of all parties, and gradually has a leading trend.The soldiers and horses under his command have already surpassed those when they were in Xinyang.

And Li Taiping from the Fourth Battalion was even more remarkable.Now Li Taiping can be said to be the overlord of one side in Shaanxi and Shanxi, with a force of almost [-], and his power spans Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, controlling nearly [-] counties in two prefectures and three prefectures.Today's Li Taiping can even defeat the Ta-Han army led by Wu Sangui alone.If it weren't for the barren land and poor people in Shaanxi and insufficient food output, Li Taiping's strength would have been even greater.

This surprised the committee members present. They thought that it was only Kong Youde who led the troops to attack, and they couldn't handle it by themselves and others.Now that Li Taiping was able to block Wu Sangui who was even stronger than Kong Youde by himself, all the committee members began to feel worried.

"The Fourth Battalion and the Second Battalion are actually so powerful, hehe, our headquarters is not worthy of its name now." Minister of Public Security Zhang Zhuangcheng said bitterly.

At the beginning, I was the captain of the third brigade, and I was on an equal footing with Li Taiping.Unexpectedly, now Li Taiping is considered a hero, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers.And he is just the Minister of Public Security with more than 300 subordinates.What a difference!

Zhang Zhuangcheng felt uncomfortable, and so did Liu Jincai.Anyone who sees people with the same status going further and further away and their status getting higher and higher makes him feel uncomfortable.

It's just that time is fate, and now the two of them have already prospered together with the headquarters, and the other has lost both, and they are united as one and not separated from each other.So the two of them had already lost the mind of Xinyang Shi, and they were working in the headquarters wholeheartedly.

"Now that Li Taiping has sent a letter, he asked the headquarters for the establishment. The fourth battalion is now divided into a field battalion, the old fourth battalion, a garrison brigade, and an independent brigade. There are dozens of garrison brigades and independent brigades alone. It’s inconvenient to hear. Battalion Commander Li meant to raise his rank.” Qiu Tianxing said, looking at the committee members.

"Promotion? He thought so well. We are still squadron leaders now. He is going to be promoted. Does he want to be regimental commander?" Zhang Chengwu, the commander of the Fifth Battalion, said indignantly.

It's just that he knew that he had made a slip of the tongue as soon as he finished speaking, so he quickly shut up, and after glancing at Qiu Tianxing, he bowed his head and remained silent.

The few people around were depressed, and no one cared about his slip of the tongue.The four battalions already have territory in [-] counties, but the headquarters is still nestled in the mountains, just a random place.This is also because Li Taiping is not aware of the current strength of the headquarters, otherwise, he may have the idea of ​​setting up another regiment headquarters.

"It is indeed necessary to change the establishment. A battalion of 1000 troops is hard to resist."

Seeing that no one opened their mouths, Qiu Tianxing said by himself.

"I think adding a column level to the battalion level and the brigade level, five brigades form a column, and five columns form a battalion. Such a battalion can directly expand to more than 5 people. You see, how about it?"

Seeing that Qiu Tianxing had said that, the rest of the committee members had nothing to say.Now the local troops have reached out to the regiment headquarters for establishment, and if they don't give it, they have to give it.Giving them an establishment at least symbolized their respect for the regiment headquarters and their willingness to follow the orders of the headquarters under the banner of the headquarters.If they don't give them, they can also expand themselves, which is not far from separation.

"Since the level of the column has been added, the rest of the battalions should also be the same. In addition, the garrison can also be expanded into a battalion-level unit, which is called a garrison battalion. The reserve army also becomes a reserve battalion. The commander of the garrison battalion and the reserve battalion, And the battalion commander of the independent battalion will also be the battalion commander of the main battle force!" Qiu Tianxing said lightly.

Now that the expansion has been completed, let's expand it to the end, and let a field battalion commander concurrently serve as the four battalion commanders of the garrison battalion, reserve battalion, and independent battalion.The number of soldiers in the establishment alone can reach more than 20!Even though it is difficult for these troops to be fully staffed, after all, the staffing has already been given out.Even if Qiu Tianxing expanded the strength of the battalion commander to more than 20, he was unwilling to give up the title of regimental commander.The head of the security regiment has become a supreme title in the hearts of the members of the security regiment, and the head of the security regiment has been the highest-level leader for several years.Qiu Tianxing is not willing to give up this honor easily, even if he upgrades the security team to security division or security army.

Now that the headquarters is in decline, Qiu Tianxing can only play such tricks.In the future, when the headquarters is strong and powerful, he may turn the name of the security regiment into a historical term.Everything depends on your own strength!Even if they are all subordinates, the trunk must be stronger than the branches.

When they heard that a battalion can have a maximum of 10,000+ troops, several battalion commanders opened their mouths, but could not utter a word.

Others can have 10,000+ people in a battalion, but my own battalion only has 300 people.Suddenly, these battalion commanders felt extremely bitter.

Even if they want to object, they can't. Now the Fourth Battalion and the Second Battalion are almost de facto independent.The two battalions are thousands of miles apart, even if the regiment headquarters wants to send cadres to mix sand, there is nothing they can do.Moreover, after all, everyone is a team of the security regiment, and they are all anti-Tartar forces.The confrontation with each other is just the relatives hurting the enemy, and the Tartars are in vain.Even if the regiment headquarters doesn't provide an establishment, they won't make one themselves.

As a result, the atmosphere at the meeting became more and more dull. Li Taiping's deeds hit everyone too hard, and many people became discouraged.

Many people are thinking in their hearts, if only they could persist in De'an Mansion for a few more months, maybe everything will be different.

(End of this chapter)