. Chapter 269 Realistic Difficulties

In fact, Hunan has joined the United Autonomous Region. In Fang Jianxiong's view, there is not much to be optimistic about. Hunan's people are brave and brave, and people at that time said that without Hunan, there would be no army. Yang Du also said something even more fierce, "If you want China to perish, unless The people of Hunan will die."

Hunan people are known for being domineering. After the Changmao Rebellion, Hunan Army veterans formed a huge gentry group. For a long time, the actual power at the village and town level in Hunan was controlled by this class. It can be said that , the combination of this class and the power of traditional clans is so powerful that it ranks first in China today.

After Changsha was powered on, the General Headquarters of the National Defense Forces ordered all units of the Hunan Army to be on standby, and the Eighth Division sent a mixed brigade to take over the defense of Changsha. A aftermath working group was also set up to accompany the army to Changsha to handle various matters after the war. The Eighth Division dispatched the first The 16th Mixed Brigade is responsible for the defense and maintenance of public security in Changsha.

The United Autonomous Region Committee issued a decree. Tan Yankai, the former governor of Hunan, was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Autonomous Region Committee and temporarily governor of Hunan Province. He went to Wuchang for the time being to handle the inauguration matters. In principle, the Hunan Provincial Council is elected by all parliaments in the province, and the provincial speaker automatically becomes the governor of the United Autonomous Region. Committee member.

After the establishment of the Provincial Assembly, the first task is to elect the four governors and deputy governors of the provincial government, and then form a new government from these four people.

These are all things on the surface. In fact, General Fang requested at the meeting that the civil unrest in Hunan should be ended as soon as possible. After the change of defense, the Changsha garrison went to Wuchang for reorganization, and the officers and soldiers of this unit were willing to stay or leave.

After all, Hunan is not Jiangxi. Changsha, which has experienced rebellion, will find it difficult to restore normal order in a short period of time.

After issuing a series of orders, the new reorganization of the National Defense Forces was about to begin. The three chiefs of general staff, one chief and two deputies, came to Marshal Fang's office. The results of the last meeting were sorted out according to Marshal Fang's request. Distributed to all divisions and brigade commanders to solicit their opinions. Fang Jianxiong believed that this process was very necessary. Now that the results of the feedback are available, after comprehensive sorting, the three heads of the general staff will naturally come to report again and finalize this matter. .

The purpose of requiring feedback from various ministries is to focus on how to equip the new equipment of the National Defense Force more rationally in actual combat after it is put into use. In this sense, the opinions of these officers who actually lead the troops are very important.

Generally speaking, the feedback is divided into the following categories. First, some officers believe that the most suitable organization for the current domestic battlefield is mixed brigades. Division-level units are too large and difficult to maneuver on the battlefield. Marshal Fang directly ignored this opinion. , the purpose of this reorganization is not for civil war, as has been repeatedly emphasized. The second opinion is that on the basis of the current establishment of the Beiyang Army, it is enough to add some new weapons and arms. There is no need to impress those who are fighting to create a new establishment. In other words, , the newly organized troops directly under a division are three battalions of artillery and one regiment, three battalions of cavalry and one regiment, the baggage troops are increased to two battalions and one regiment, and the engineer battalion remains unchanged. However, the four companies are changed to five companies. A division has two subordinates. An infantry brigade, one brigade, two regiments, three battalions, four companies, three platoons and three squads. This organization is basically unchanged. A directly affiliated 70mm infantry artillery battalion will be added at the brigade level, a 120 mortar battalion will be added at the regiment level, and 82 will be added at the battalion level. There is a mortar company, and a 60 mortar platoon is added to the company level. The heavy machine gun only has a large squad at the company level. Two Maxims are enough.

The second opinion is the mainstream, with 60% of the officers holding this opinion. There is also the third opinion, which completely agrees with the conclusions discussed by the original bosses. Judging from the three opinions, the most popular is actually the third opinion.

This is a bit surprising for a mortar of a caliber. As for the heavy artillery, no one proposed to decentralize it to the division level. It can be seen that the actual combat test results are undoubtedly the best results.

After reading the summary report, Fang Jianxiong did not express his position immediately. Instead, he asked the three chiefs of general staff with a smile: "What are your opinions?"

As the leader, Jiang Fangzhen replied: "We all agree with the second opinion. After comparing the Japanese army, a division with such organization and equipment should not be much different in a head-on confrontation against a Japanese division."

"The current problem to be solved is not only the problem of new equipment, but also the problem of draft horses. None of the four existing provinces are horse-producing places, let alone horses, there are not many mules and donkeys. Taking into account the above factors

In addition, the first thing to be solved in the new reorganization plan is the huge gap in the draft horses of each unit. The fourth division with the best conditions now, the Sichuan and Yunnan horses can be said to be the best.

Good packhorses. The other units have to solve this problem within three months. They can only find a solution from outside the mouth and Sichuan." Zhang Xiaohuai came to mention the suffering. A reorganized division has an artillery regiment, various mortars and

If the infantry artillery does not have a packhorse and needs to be carried by people, it would be a big joke. Small-caliber mortars and artillery shells can still be carried by people. What about the 120 mortar and infantry artillery?

These are very real problems. Marshal Fang requested that the reorganization of eight Class A divisions be completed within three months. This difficulty is not ordinary. The existing divisions basically imitate the establishment of the Beiyang New Army, with the addition of new

After the equipment and preparation, this problem became more prominent.

"Where's Duan Feng? He is now in charge of the General Logistics Department. Does he have any good ideas?" Fang Jianxiong first thought of the former adjutant, who was now transferred to the General Logistics Department by Zhang Xiaohuai and took up the position of director. The military rank was colonel, but he was tired.

That's it for half-dead.

"After the armistice, Duan Feng personally led the team to the outside of the mouth to purchase mules and horses. He actually brought a radio with him so that he could contact him at any time." After Zhang Xiaohuai answered this, Fang Jianxiong rubbed his forehead and hit it hard several times and said:

"That's all we can do, call Sichuan immediately

, ask Li Xiaochuan to transport a group of horses to Wuchang as soon as possible. Japan currently has 18 standing divisions. Although they are not full, with Japan’s mobilization ability, we must strive to win a war in just three to five years.

A war is worth every price."

After hearing this, Jiang Fangzhen took a step forward and said: "In that case, the construction of the B Division cannot be stopped. At least put up the shelf first. The technical troops are being reorganized and trained at the same time, and the pack horses can be slowed down. The current main task is

, it is better to build eight Class A divisions, each with about 15,000 men, eight divisions are enough to defeat Beiyang and Nanjing."

"Commander, I think the strength of the General Logistics Department should be strengthened. The current establishment is still too small. Logistics is what war is about! No matter how advanced the weapons are, they are nothing without logistical support." German Hamilton stepped forward and said,

Added one sentence.

The final decision was made by Fang Jianxiong.

"The original Hubei Army's reorganized cavalry, engineers, baggage, and three *** brigades were cancelled, dispersed and integrated into various reorganized divisions. The original brigade commander could go to the B Division as the brigade commander. The troops from Hubei and Jiangxi provinces were mixed into the B Division

Plant divisions and garrison them in the four provinces. That's it. According to this idea, we will

The reorganization outline will be released and will be implemented on April 1. We will strive to complete the reorganization of the eight Class A divisions within three months. After the order is issued, the commanders of each unit are expected to resolutely implement it and actively cooperate. Any objections will be rejected.

.If there are any public opponents, they will be resolutely removed from the army."

Fang Jianxiong made the final decision, and the three of them saluted in unison, expressing their determination to implement it.

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The life of the support group in Beijing was quite easy, with dignitaries and dignitaries coming to entertain them every day. However, this was not the original intention of the support group coming to Beijing. Cai Yuanpei met with Yuan Shikai several times, and Lao Yuan was very considerate of him.

We met. However, we complained bitterly after the meeting. The various departments of the Beiyang Army had not been paid for several months, and the troops were unstable. The governor of Shaanxi and Gansu was promoted, and the governor of the three eastern provinces, Zhao Erxun, continued to use the banner of the Qing Dynasty.

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At present, the safety of the western part of Shaanxi Province is in danger, and Kaiyuan in southern Manchuria has fallen. Yuan Shikai is busy mobilizing troops and generals to suppress these two die-hard elements of the Qing Dynasty. Cai Yuanpei is an honest man, and when old Yuan was overcome by bitterness, Cai Yuanpei in turn helped

He was so anxious that he completely forgot that after you took office in Nanjing, wouldn't you be able to better coordinate national affairs?

Yuan Shikai refused to go south, so the Nanjing Provisional Government could only continue to exist. As a result, China's political arena continued to be chaotic, with two provisional governments, one in the south and one in the north, with a United Autonomous Region sandwiched in between. The terrible thing is that this United Autonomous Region looked at

It has the smallest territory, but it can fight the best if it can't stand it.

Yuan Shikai will never go south, and Fang Jianxiong is absolutely sure of this. It is precisely because of this that Fang Jianxiong has time to make arrangements calmly. What is interesting is that the Nanjing Provisional Government in this time and space does not urge old Yuan Nan to go. You are not

Don’t you want to go south? It doesn’t matter, just continue to stay in Beijing. That’s how everyone spends their time anyway.

The Nanjing Provisional Government was not idle either. The Provisional President officially issued an order to separate the military and political affairs of the thirteen provinces under its jurisdiction, with provincial governors and governors in charge of military affairs. The civilian armies of the thirteen provinces were organized into twenty infantry divisions. Among them, the Northern Expeditionary Army

The army garrisoned in Nanjing accounted for seven divisions. It is said that this was the result of some bargaining.

The twenty infantry divisions of the Nanjing Provisional Government, except for one division organized by each province, were all disbanded. Just such an order came out, and the provinces seemed to be complying with the order, but in fact they did not buy it at all. There is a policy at the top, but it is not followed by the bottom.

There are countermeasures. After the governors of each province were released one after another, they did not reduce the number of soldiers, but allowed these troops to exist objectively with some temporary designations.

Taking Sichuan as an example, Yin Changheng took the post of military governor himself, and the provincial governor was elected separately by the provincial assembly. After becoming the military governor, Yin Changheng turned the original Sichuan First Division into the 17th Division of the Provisional Government. The other three divisions were named

The 1st, 23rd and 3rd Security Divisions continued to exist. Of course, only two divisions remained in Chengdu. The 2nd Security Division went to Luzhou to take over the defense area of ​​the Yunnan Army. Another division went to Nanchong.

Although history has been messed up, some things that should have happened still happened.

Henan, Funiu Mountains. The Henan Democratic Guerrilla Column, a team that sounds very weird no matter how it sounds, unexpectedly grew in strength in the Funiu Mountains. It actually controlled Luanchuan and Lushi counties.

Wang Tianzong's headquarters is located in Luanchuan County. This time, a fast horse appeared in front of the headquarters. With a neighing sound, a dashing woman on the horse, dressed in fine clothes and with two guns stuck at her waist, got off the horse and dismounted.

Swinging his red cloak, he strode into the yard.
Chapter completed!