Regarding the question of Liu Guang's incompetent as the commander of the Northwest Military Sub-district, Deng Chenggong asked Hu Guangzong what he meant, and also learned that Liu Guang did not give up, but did feel that his ability was insufficient to make this suggestion. However, Deng Chenggong rejected the suggestion that Fu Zuoyi was also the Northwest Military Sub-district, without even thinking about it.

When the 35th Army had not been completely integrated into the militia column, Fu Zuoyi was the stable stabilization needle of this army. Now he had not even carried out the incorporation work, so he transferred his head to the Northwest Military Sub-district to work. Thinking about it, he knew how serious the consequences would be.

Deng Chenggong didn't want it, because the result of pulling individuals led to the compensation wife and the loss of troops. However, Liu Guang said that he was unable to be the commander, which may affect the column's next combat plan, which made Deng Chenggong feel that he should pay attention to it. However, as a commander, he must be at the headquarters. Hu Guangzong's work in the Northeast Military Sub-district has just improved a little, so he can't send the deputy commander of the firefighter to the Northwest Military Sub-district again! In this way, the work of the two military sub-districts may be delayed. How can he think of a way to kill two birds with one stone?

Just when Deng Chenggong was worried that he really lacked a high-level general who could only defend the country, the silent Sun Feng sitting opposite him caught his attention. At this time, he began to recall that the loyal general who had followed Fu Zuoyi almost all his life seemed to be a character with both civil and military power. Moreover, he was among the 35th army, only a few major general-level division commanders who were not from Jin Province.

Thinking of this, Deng Chenggong suddenly said to Fu Zuoyi: "Brother Fu, I have a way to be both good, but I don't know if you are willing to give up."

When Fu Zuoyi heard Deng Chenggong's question, he said inexplicably: "Please also let the commander explain clearly!"

Deng Chenggong smiled and said, "Actually, when I asked Brother Liu to be the commander of the Northwest Military Sub-district, I also knew that this was a temporary solution. It was not that Brother Liu Guang was not capable enough, but that I think his ability was better at was in military intelligence analysis and combat coordination. If he really wanted to manage all kinds of things in a military sub-district, he really couldn't do it with his personality. So, he would have this suggestion. It was also out of sincerity.

Of course, I also know that Brother Fu is the commander of the 35th Army, and it is impossible for you to go to the Northwest Military Sub-district for a long time to serve as the commander of the Military Sub-district. So I thought about it and thought that if you don’t object, I want Commander Sun Feng to be the deputy commander of the Northwest Military Sub-district. To cooperate with Brother Liu’s work in the Northwest Military Sub-district, if I remember well, Commander Sun Feng should have gone from the grassroots level to his current position. He has rich experience in governing the military at the grassroots level.

If he and Brother Liu were asked to work with him, he would definitely be able to improve the work of the Northwest Military Sub-district. In this way, our combat plan next year will be more confident of victory. But I know that Commander Sun Feng is also the core military commander of your 35th Army. For this reason, I would like to ask for your two of you for this suggestion."

Sun Feng, who always felt that he shouldn't have sat inside, found that Deng Chenggong suddenly put the topic on him. And it was the arrangement of a deputy commander of the military sub-district.

Sun Feng said in surprise: "Let me be the deputy commander of the military sub-district, who will be the commander of the 31st Division?"

After saying that, he realized something was wrong, because this was a job arranged by his newly recognized boss, and it was also a military sub-district deputy commander. You should know that with the current scale of the militia column, a military sub-district deputy commander, the commanded troops are far more than his 31st Division. Even with the grassroots troops below, its strength can be said to be far more than that of the 35th Army.

Deng Chenggong was not angry about his abruptness, but smiled and said, "Actually, I chose to let Commander Sun Feng serve as the deputy commander of the Northwest Military Sub-district. There are two main considerations: First, you have rich experience in grassroots work, and it should be appropriate to work with Commander Liu Guang. The other is that Commander Sun Feng's hometown should be from Shandong, right?

Before Commander Liu Guang joined the Northeast Army, he was from Shandong. You two fellow villagers could work together, and I believe it would be easier to communicate with each other. The only problem now is that you believe Brother Fu can handle the position of Commander Sun Feng as a division commander. The only thing is to find a reasonable excuse to let Commander Sun Feng get out of his current division commander position and change his military uniform to work in the Northwest Military Sub-district. After all, the news of your joining the militia column will need to be kept confidential for a while.

If Commander Sun Feng wants to lead troops, you can also serve as the commander of the 3rd Militia Division in the Northwest Military Distribution Zone. As long as you want to lead troops to fight, I believe that with the size of the militia column, you should not worry about not being able to lead troops. Instead, you will not be able to bring so many troops."

After Deng Chenggong said this, Sun Feng didn't know how to refuse the position, but turned his eyes to the old commander Fu Zuoyi. Fu Zuoyi also heard from Deng Chenggong's words just now that he was not trying to poach his confidant, but indeed for consideration of the overall layout of the column.

After thinking about it, I thought, "I think I can still consider this suggestion by the commander. To be honest, it is indeed inappropriate to let me serve as the commander of the Northwest Military Sub-district. At present, the news of our joining the militia column still needs to be kept confidential, but I have to keep the news that Sun Feng serves as the deputy commander of the Northwest Military Sub-district. With my control over the 35th Army, there is still no problem.

After all, there is not much time left before the New Year, and I can even ask Sun Feng to draw an experienced officer from the 35th Army to add to the Northwest Military Sub-district to work. At that time, as long as Sun Feng takes the excuse of delaying Feng’s military expenditure, he doesn’t want to stay in the Jin army as an excuse of joining the army as an excuse of finding his way.

I believe that as long as I don’t pull the 31st Division away, with my understanding of the old commander, I probably won’t risk offending the militia column to pursue the departure of a division commander. As for the candidates for the 31st Division, the current deputy commander will be the one who will be the one who will not affect the combat effectiveness of the troops too much. Now only Sun Feng, what do you mean by yourself?"

Seeing that Fu Zuoyi was thinking about the severity and solution, how could he have the nerve to refuse this position? What's more, compared to his position as the commander of this military sub-district, it would be better than letting this old commander leave the army! Therefore, the order that Sun Feng was soon appointed as the commander of the Northwest Military Sub-district and also served as the commander of the Third Division of the Xuanhua Militia was unanimously approved by five senior officials.

After the work arrangement was negotiated, Fu Zuoyi explained the current military expenditure arrears in the 35th Army and the difficulty of timely replacement of weapons and equipment. Deng Chenggong readily asked Xu Mingyuan to prepare two months of military expenditure according to the roster of the 35th Army as the current column of the column according to the standards of the regular militia units.

In addition, all the weapons and equipment collected from the main division of the National Party last time were allocated to the 35th Army for replacement. Considering that the 35th Army had only one artillery brigade and the number and caliber of the brigade were slightly insufficient, Deng Chenggong generously agreed to add ten 150-caliber howitzers to the 35th Army before the New Year, and add about 30 120-caliber howitzers to the 35th Army were added. In order to increase the air defense capabilities of the 35th Army, Deng Chenggong will also send an air defense regiment to the 35th Army, and then hand it over to Fu Zuiyi to arrange it.

When he heard Deng Chenggong give such generous conditions, Fu Zuoyi said in surprise: "Commander, do we have howitzers of such a large caliber in our column also have inventory?"

Deng Chenggong smiled and said, "There must be some inventory, but we cannot put such a large number of howitzers in the warehouse. However, the artillery brigades of the main divisions of the column are equipped with howitzers of this caliber. As long as we slightly delay the construction of artillery regiments of some of the following main brigades, it is not a problem to first allocate an artillery enough for you to form an artillery division.

After all, in the future, the pressure on your 35th Army will be very high. And if necessary, I will expand the 30th Army from the current three main divisions to adding an artillery division, one to two cavalry divisions, if necessary, before the battle begins next year, before the battle begins, I will also send an armored brigade to cooperate with you to fight in one battle to solve the problem in Suiyuan.

If you don’t have many troops on hand, it will probably be difficult to stabilize the situation after you take Suiyuan. Therefore, my expectation for the 35th Army is to reduce your current number to a scale of more than 100,000 as soon as possible. And your three divisions must reach full capacity.

If there is any problem with recruiting, I will order the brigades of the garrisons of Jinzhou Province to cooperate with your recruitment plan. As long as you find the officers who command these troops, I think recruiting should not be a problem. The most important thing is that you must make them combat effectiveness as soon as possible. I don’t want so many troops to be brought to the battlefield, because of insufficient training, resulting in the death of a large number of soldiers. After you go back, you may also prepare for this work."

Even the main brigade artillery regiment of the militia column used such a large caliber howitzers, which made Fu Zuoyi finally understand why the militia column always wins more and loses less when fighting with the Japanese. It turns out that they really have a tough guy in their hands!

When Fu Zuoyi was curious about where these howitzers were purchased, Deng Chenggong did not explain much, and smiled and told him to go out with him tomorrow. At that time, he would understand why the militia column dared to distribute such a large number of high-end weapons to them with such confidence.

After attending the first high-level meeting of the militia column and returning to the guest room prepared by Deng Chenggong for him and Sun Feng, Sun Feng knocked in the door and walked in not long after.

The two were truly shocked by the high-level meeting at night. If the headquarters of the militia column was too hidden and solid, then the series of support Deng successfully sent out made the two of them truly feel what it means to be rich and powerful!

Compared to their past hard work in the Jin army, they had just found a militia column to be their backer, and they undoubtedly felt the benefits of having a backer again.

They all began to look forward to what the officers of the 35th Army would feel after they went back this time and announced the news. They always felt that Yan Laoxi, the Jin army, was rich, but this time they really felt that it turned out that truly rich people didn’t like to speak out. Making a fortune in silence is the highest level of making money!
Chapter completed!