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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 759 Forming a Heavy Regiment

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    Chapter 759: Forming a Heavy Regiment

    Tang Qiuli was recruiting troops all over the country, and the commotion was very big. This move hurt the lungs of powerful factions in various places, making them complain. They didn't dare to resist openly, so they made small moves behind their backs, and it was effective.  It was not big enough to stop the aspiring young people in their own territory. They broke through the obstacles and joined the army one after another. Then they took the idea to the National Supervisory Yuan, which was a government office dedicated to impeaching high-ranking officials.

    For a time, Chongqing, the wartime capital of the Southwest, had many personal representatives from powerful local factions. They carried oceans and gold bars in their pockets, built relationships, found connections, frequently visited the homes of various supervisory committee members, opened up various connections, and monitored the situation.  The committee members had eaten all kinds of banquets, and their pockets were filled with oceans and gold bars. Naturally, they worked hard, and the Supervisory Yuan quickly issued the document to impeach Tang Qiuli.

    Chairman Jiang had long noticed the fact that Tang Qiuli was recruiting troops in various places. His desk was already filled with various reports from the Central Command and the Military Command, but he remained calm. In the country, only the war zone that Tang Qiuli was responsible for was at war.  Moreover, facing the Kwantung Army, the most elite Japanese army, there are reasonable excuses to recruit troops and they are on the table.

    Another point is that he knows very well the nature of those local warlords who regard their territory as their destiny. They don't need to stand up for themselves, these people will jump up immediately. The impeachment of the Supervisory Council is effective, and Tang Qiuli will naturally restrain himself.  If his vigor does not work, he will cause a lot of complaints and make many enemies. He will not suffer any loss inside or outside. However, with Chairman Jiang's understanding of Tang Qiuli, how can he take a mere impeachment to his heart?

    Chairman Chiang is more concerned about the decree issued by the national government to unify finance and taxation. It has lost its financial resources and cannot support it no matter how many soldiers it recruits. This strategy is not only targeting Tang Qiuli, but also weakening powerful local factions.  As a sharp weapon, under the banner of the Anti-Japanese War, Chairman Chiang can unify the country's finances and help him remain undefeated.

    Tang Qiuli didn't care at all about the impeachment of the Supervisory Yuan. He knew the root cause of the impeachment and couldn't get away to go to the Supervisory Yuan for questioning because of the ongoing war in Northeast China. However, he had to take the government's financial and taxation decrees seriously and ponder them.  After a few days, I suddenly remembered that in later generations, the prime minister who was determined to change China's financial status quo adopted a tax-sharing system between the central and local governments.

    I was overjoyed. I already had a solution and wrote a document to the Chongqing Government and the Ministry of Finance. Currently, North China is on the front line against the enemy, and war could break out at any time. It is in a warring area, and the local financial resources cannot afford such a large military expenditure.  , however, in order to respond to the call of the national government and set an example for local governments across the country, it was decided to allocate several tax types to be collected directly by the central government, while the rest are for local use.

    Chairman Jiang read Tang Qiuli's telegram and was speechless for a while. He did not expect that Tang Qiuli would take such a countermeasure. The taxes allocated to the central government must have very little oil and water, and he kept the fat for himself. Instead of doing this  , it would be better to be a favor and give Tang Qiuli a reputation as someone who understands the general situation, but I still feel uncomfortable that Tang Qiuli's fiscal policy was hit back by a soft nail.

    After solving this problem, Tang Qiuli devoted all his energy to the construction of the army. This was the foundation of his footing. All the tanks that had been modified by the Dingbian Arsenal were transferred to North China, and he selected tanks with basic skills from each army.  Soldiers with technical skills entered the tank force, and more than 1,100 armored force trainees from the first batch of Dingbian Military Academy were all transferred to the tank force as grassroots commanders.

    After a busy period of time, five brigades of armored troops were formed, with a total of more than 1,600 tanks and armored vehicles. However, the models of these tanks were too mixed. There were Japanese products captured in previous battles, some of pure German origin, and some of them.  There are various hybrids assembled by the government itself. However, after modification at the Dingbian Military Factory, the firepower and armor protection capabilities of the tanks have been greatly improved, especially the speed of the tanks. The new engines have been installed, and the speed has been greatly improved.  .

    Tank guns are generally equipped with "Sky Eye" gun sighting radar, which not only improves the shooting accuracy, but also allows the tank to shoot while driving. This was an absolutely leading technology at the time and was not available in several major military countries. Tang Qiuli  Regrettably, there are no heavy tanks, and the assault force of armored firepower is weaker. However, according to his own evaluation, the performance of these tanks in all aspects is comparable to the main battle tanks of various countries in World War II before 1943.  s level.

    Not counting these, Tang Qiuli also 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. At the end of July, these weapons  All arrived in Peiping. Tang Qiuli organized the twelve field infantry brigades, the quick reaction brigade, and the two workers' anti-Japanese brigades of the corps directly under the division headquarters into ten brigades, and reorganized them into mechanized brigades.

    Among them, there are four heavy mechanized brigades and six light mechanized brigades. Each mechanized brigade has two mechanized infantry under its jurisdiction.?, a heavy artillery regiment, a light artillery regiment, a baggage regiment, an anti-tank gun battalion and an anti-tank gun battalion, an engineer battalion, a communications battalion, a reconnaissance battalion, a field hospital directly under the brigade, a guard battalion and other units.

    The strength of each brigade reached about 18,000, of which heavy equipment reached an unprecedented proportion. This was the first mechanized unit formed in the Chinese Army at that time. At the same time, six artillery brigades and  Six cavalry brigades were organized into directly affiliated corps to form artillery and cavalry units. Zheng Yong and Liu Chun were officially appointed as artillery and cavalry commanders, and unified command of artillery and cavalry units.

    The five detachments of the special operations detachment were organized into special operations groups directly under the corps. Fu Gang, the former captain of the sniper brigade of the special operations detachment, was the group leader. The four newly formed air defense brigades were organized into air defense units, and the commander was the former Huang Ya  Chang Enduo, commander of the Dong Air Defense Brigade, and the five newly formed tank brigades were also incorporated into the combat order of the directly affiliated corps. Unfortunately, the tank unit did not have a suitable commander, so Tang Qiuli had to take up the post himself.

    I can't help but think of Battelle, who has been studying tank combat technology at the Berlin Military Academy in Germany for more than three years. His younger brother is already twenty years old. He doesn't know when he will return to China. And Bai Luoyu, who went to Germany with him, has been here recently.  In a letter, Battelle said that he would return to the country in the near future. If he were here, he would be the commander of the armored forces. Why should he do so? He hadn¡¯t seen him for three years and had been in the army. Only in his dreams would his brother  After walking in and 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 ** Division was revoked, and its units were placed under the combat order of Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps and Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps. Chang Feng, the former acting commander of the Corps, still returned to the division headquarters as chief of staff.  At the same time, he also serves as the chief of staff of the directly affiliated corps, and Tang Qiuli personally serves as the commander of this super powerful corps.

    Compared with his former chiefs of staff Feng Jiwu and Li Honggang, Tang Qiuli prefers Chang Feng. He is a clear-minded, thoughtful and unconventional person who can always look at problems from another perspective and come up with appropriate solutions.  His opinions, good at managing complex affairs, good educational background, and several experiences in commanding large corps alone made him the best choice for Tang Qiuli to choose chief of staff. Feng and Li, on the other hand, tended to be strong-willed in character, and sometimes  More impulsive than myself.

    In this way, the corps directly under the ** 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 270,000 people, becoming  Among all the corps of the * Division, it is the leading main corps, and its firepower equipment is many times higher than other corps. Chief of Staff Chang Feng has established a complete, efficient, and capable corps in the shortest time.  command system.

    ??The commanders of other corps in the **Division don¡¯t know what the division commander¡¯s intention is to put so much effort into forming this heavy armored corps?  If we were to deal with the Japs, the original organization, strength, and firepower structure were sufficient. The number of battles with the Japs proved this, but the strength of this mixed-arms corps was terrifying enough.

    Several other corps commanders were secretly envious and jealous, and the officers and soldiers directly under the corps were even more awesome, because everyone had another symbol on their uniforms, a lifelike five-clawed golden dragon soaring in the blue sky and white clouds.  , holding an earth in his mouth, with several golden characters embroidered below: "The Corps Directly Affiliated to the North China Division of the Nationalist Army". He was so majestic and handsome that the soldiers of other regiments who were resting in Peiping felt envious and jealous, and secretly sighed,  Without such good luck, he was incorporated into the troops directly under the division commander.

    The officers and soldiers directly under the corps walked with straight necks and spoke loudly. Their air and pride made people look at them with envy. Within a few days of being happy, one night in July, the entire corps suddenly had an emergency.  After gathering together, they walked in the dark all night. At dawn, they realized that they had reached the depths of Yanshan Mountain. This was a subject of Tang Qiuli's training troops, and the large corps was mobilized urgently at night.

    The effect was very unsatisfactory. The order of the various units was chaotic. Some mounted infantry regiments actually inserted themselves into the ranks of the artillery regiments and followed them in confusion all night. Some cavalry brigades actually lost their way at night and walked to another branch of the road.  , and also lost several artillery regiments and tank brigades. After an emergency call from the radio, they caught up with the main force just before noon.

    The most annoying thing is that more than a dozen artillery carts actually drove into the ravine. Fortunately, it was a shallow ravine. The cars were damaged and the personnel were slightly injured. More than 30 cavalrymen fell into the deep ravine. The horses were killed and everyone was dead. Even the corpses were found.  Soon, the logistics troops that followed sent the urgently needed oil and ammunition to an area with the same name but in the opposite direction. They saw cavalry mixed with tanks, artillery carts mixed with medical vehicles from field hospitals, parked on the roadside.  There were dozens of broken down tanks, armored vehicles and cars. It was a completely chaotic scene, and Tang Qiuli was furious.

    Now, the various departments directly under the corps?The brigade commander and the soldiers saw the division commander standing on the side of the road with a livid face and saying nothing, and the chief of staff, Major General Chang Feng, with a look of discomfort on his face, stood beside him.

    (To be continued)
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