The sky was very blue, like a piece of jade. The breeze was warm and cool.
However, all of this didn't make them feel relaxed or happy at all. Because the air was filled with smoke and a dense smell of gunpowder.
Not only in the northwest of Shanxi, but in the whole of Shanxi and Hua Xia, it was difficult to find a place without gunpowder.
"Master." In front of Zhou Yang stood the commanders of eight regiments, three from Sichuan, one from the northeast, one from the Jinsui Army, and three from the Jinsui Army.
"Chu Yunfei, contact the Eighth Route Army. Why haven't their three commanders arrived yet?" Zhou Yang asked. The three regiments of the Eighth Route Army were very close to each other.
Because they were custom-made for a division of German machinery for Wanjie Lou, the arms dealers naturally did not dare to skimp on the work, so they created the largest division of equipment in history.
One armored brigade, two mechanized infantry brigades, one rapid response brigade, one artillery brigade, one aviation regiment, and the other units of the division headquarters. Nearly forty thousand people were equipped with equipment.
The commanders of these units were transferred from the second theater of operations.
If the equipment was given to the national army, Zhou Yang was afraid that it would not be enough. If it was given to the Eighth Route Army, they might not even fight the Japanese before fighting their own people.
Zhou Yang could only exchange for an identity, a very powerful one.
Chen Geng, the commander of the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighteenth Army strode into a quilt factory.
"I'm not going! I'm not going! It's bad enough that they made me the director of the quilt factory, but now they want me to fight against the national army. This is impossible. "Chen Geng was far away, but he could hear the former commander of the first regiment, Li Yunlong, shouting.
"Li Yunlong, hurry up and go. This is an order from Yan 'an. You have to go even if you don't want to." Chen Geng's expression was ugly. The order from Yan 'an was for him to transfer three regiments and integrate them into a new German Machinery Division of the national army.
F * ck, I'm only a brigade commander, and they want me to transfer three regiments.
Out of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Jinsui Army, only three regiments would be mobilized. His brigade didn't even have ten thousand soldiers, yet he had to mobilize three regiments of four to five thousand soldiers, three of the most elite regiments.
"Yan 'an's order won't do. Even if the Emperor of Heaven comes, it won't do. Back then, we fought with them until blood flowed like a river. Now, I have to go to their hands. I won't go even if I die." Li Yunlong's face was livid.
He got rid of Honda United and was demoted to a factory director. It's not gone yet.
If Old Li were to go against the national army now, wouldn't that be asking the chicken to pay respects to the weasel?
"You're still angry? I'm also furious. I'm just a f * cking small brigade commander and I've been transferred to three regiments, and three elite regiments at that. Who am I supposed to talk to? I've already told you the order from Yan 'an. You have to go even if you don't want to." Chen Geng was also full of anger. He sat on a bench at the side and cracked the leather whip in his hand.
"Kong Jie, Ding Wei, the three of you are going too. It's fine if the three of you are going, but I have to mobilize three regiments." Chen Geng's lungs were about to explode when he thought about it. If he hadn't repeatedly confirmed that it was an order from Yan 'an, he would have thought that today was April Fool's Day in the West.
"Chen Geng, Li Yunlong, you're still angry." At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing glasses and an ordinary military uniform walked in. He had an elegant temperament.
"Chief!" Chen Geng and Li Yunlong stood up and saluted.
"Come with me," the middle-aged man said to the two angry generals.
The Red Army was reorganized into the 18th Army Group. They did a lot of political work. Only then did the soldiers accept the reorganization.
Now, they were directly under the command of the national army. If they didn't explain it clearly today, Li Yunlong would probably not go no matter what.
The middle-aged man looked around carefully and said softly, "He's one of us."
"Chief, how could he be one of us?" Li Yunlong had yet to react. Chen Geng, who was at the side, had a face full of disbelief. That person had a relationship with the chairman, how could he join them?
"It's an encrypted message from Yan 'an. Otherwise, how could three of our elite infantry regiments be transferred to the national army? On one hand, it's because of the demands of Yan' an, Chongqing, and Shanxi. On the other hand, it's because we can't always fight as a guerrilla. This time, we let you join the German Machinists because we want the Eighth Route Army to adapt to modern warfare," the middle-aged man explained. How could this be joked about?
"Originally, we planned to directly merge the entire 386th Brigade into the newly established German Machinist Division. However, considering your identity, Chen Geng, we only removed three of your regiments," the middle-aged man explained. The identity of this newly established German Machinist Division commander shocked even him.
"Can we go now, Li Yunlong?" Liu Bocheng said.
"Division commander, you must first clear my name. Didn't I defeat the Sakata Alliance because I didn't follow orders to break the siege? Which direction to break the siege is not the same? The brigade commander actually sent me to a factory to be the director. Isn't this asking Zhang Fei to do the embroidery? Division commander, please be the judge. " After knowing the reason, Li Yunlong's complexion was much better. However, he still had a fire in his stomach.
"Li Yunlong hasn't left the 386th Brigade yet, and you dare to snitch on me?" Chen Geng held the horsewhip in his hand and pretended to hit Li Yunlong.
"Division commander, look, a higher ranking official can crush a lower ranking official," Li Yunlong complained, gloating in his heart.
"Li Yunlong, I'm the one who gave you your punishment. Hurry up and report." Liu Bocheng looked at Li Yunlong helplessly. He was really a person who didn't want to be at a disadvantage.
"Chen Geng, you go too. You should know what to do." Liu Bocheng smiled. "The Eighth Route Army is poor!"
Chongqing National Government.
Chairman Jiang looked at the list of generals on the newly established German Machinists. A strange smile appeared on his face as he remembered a document sent by Dai Li.
"Someone from Yan 'an? He's one of my men. "
At the same time, the generals of the Jinsui Army were also puzzled. Yan Laoxi was famous for being a miser. How could he allow three regiments of the Jinsui Army to join the Central Army for nothing? This was not his style.
"Chairman, are we just going to give three elite regiments to the Central Army for nothing?"
"As long as he's in Shanxi, he's one of my men," Yan Xishan said confidently. How could he, Yan Laoxi, destroy his own reputation?
"Ding Wei, the commander of the Xinyi Regiment, Kong Jie, the commander of the Independent Regiment, and Li Yunlong, the director of the Quilt Factory, greet you, sir." The three of them stood straight in front of Zhou Yang and saluted.
"Let's start the meeting!" Zhou Yang, dressed in his lieutenant's uniform, walked toward the division headquarters.
"Salute!"
In the division headquarters, the regimental commanders and battalion commanders stood up and shouted.
Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie were slightly taken aback. Was this a show of strength?
"Now, I announce the reorganization order."
"Most of the pilots and a regiment of German machinists will form the 1st Armored Brigade. Most of the artillerymen will form the 2nd Artillery Brigade. Three regiments of the Jinsui Army will form the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade. Three regiments of the 8th Route Army and one regiment of the Sichuan Army will form the 4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade. The remaining three regiments will form the 5th Light Infantry Brigade."
"Now, Chu Yunfei will be the Deputy Division Commander of the 12th Division and also the Brigade Commander of the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade."
Chu Yunfei looked calm. Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie looked at each other. Could they still be the regiment commander?
"Ding Wei will be the Chief of Staff of the 12th Division and also the Brigade Commander of the 4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade." Ding Wei was stunned. Li Yunlong and Kong Jie also looked at each other. This was not right.
It was good enough to be a Brigade Commander, but this Ding Wei was the Chief of Staff of the 12th Division and also the Brigade Commander of the 4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade.
Zhou Yang did not care about their surprise. Among all the generals in the division headquarters, only Chu Yunfei and Ding Wei had strategic foresight. Especially Ding Wei's graduation thesis from the Military Academy. He dared to predict that the Soviet Union would be Hua Xia's future enemy. One could imagine how great his strategic foresight was.
Although he might not have reached that level yet, he was more than qualified to be the Chief of Staff of a division. As for Li Yunlong, he had tactical foresight that was beyond the reach of ordinary people.
"Li Yunlong will be the Brigade Commander of the 5th Rapid Response Brigade." This was the position that Zhou Yang arranged for him.
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"Kong Jie will be the Brigade Commander of the 2nd Artillery Brigade."
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At this time, all the generals were shocked. There were only five brigades in the newly formed German Machinists, and the 8th Route Army took three of the brigades.
"This is the order of the Chairman." Zhou Yang shouted at the generals who were discussing among themselves.
Of course, the Value Points were not spent for nothing.
"Get changed as soon as possible. We will attack Pingan County tomorrow!" Zhou Yang saw that everyone had quietened down and ordered.
These eleven regiments were scattered around Pingan County. They could gather together and take down Pingan County at the same time.
"Chairman, should we practice the tacit understanding of the troops?" One of the Sichuan Army's regimental commanders said. How could soldiers from different troops go out to attack a county without training together?
"Tomorrow is the training. Meeting adjourned now!" Zhou Yang explained. They had almost two complete sets of German Machinists' equipment. How could they not take down a county guarded by a Japanese army?
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