Later Wu Aihua knew about Wu Peifu, Li Jishen and other figures who had military careers. Wu Peifu's national integrity was especially valued by Wu Aihua.
As for Liang Shuming, Zhang Lan, Chen Shutong and others, it was quite dramatic to join the "Political Advisory Group". In other words, it was these people who "thrown themselves into the trap" that allowed Wu Aihua to gather these talents under his command.
Liang Shuming in history published "Theory of Rural Construction" in 1937. As a scholar, Liang Shuming was naturally very concerned about the development of rural areas in Fujian. In August 1937, Liang Shuming arrived in western Fujian and requested to conduct an inspection of the rural areas in western Fujian.
, Wu Aihua was in the north at that time and did not see this person, but the "Fengqing Bureau" had already had information about Liang Shuming. Later Wu Aihua also remembered that this person enjoyed a higher status in later generations and had a big quarrel with MZD.
Everyone thought that Liang Shuming was a talented person and had always maintained his status as a member of the CPPCC. Therefore, Wu Aihua instructed the Political Department of the National Defense Forces to facilitate his inspection as much as possible. If possible, retain him to work in Fujian Province and give him a position such as the Director of Education.
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Zhang Lan and Chen Shutong came to the territory of the National Defense Force for the same reason as Liang Shuming. They both came to inspect and were "forcibly retained" by the National Defense Force. However, the status of these two people in later generations was much higher. One of them had served as a national official.
Vice Chairman, one person has served as Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress.
With the addition of these people, Wu Aihua's National Defense Force no longer only has a "military spirit", but also has a touch of "literary spirit". It has also added some national-level talents to the civil affairs, people's livelihood, and education in Fujian Province.
The second highlight is the establishment of the "Coast Guard".
Two months ago, Wu Aihua had ordered the establishment of the "Coast Guard", but later Wu Aihua always felt that this organization was a bit nondescript, mainly because of its embarrassing status. It was not until Wu Aihua thought about the "Coast Guard" in the United States that he allowed him to
My thinking suddenly became enlightened.
China is a country with a long coastline. In later generations, the management of sea frontiers and oceans can be said to be chaotic and chaotic. Maritime disputes and fishery disputes often occur. Wu Aihua, who has traveled through time, naturally wants to avoid similar situations from happening again.
, then the establishment of the "Coast Guard" is necessary.
Coast Guard Commander Chen Hongtai participated in the Battle of Jiangyin in history and served as captain of the "Ninghai" light cruiser. Wu Aihua came through time. Especially after the establishment of the navy, he paid great attention to the construction of naval talents. However, it is not said that naval talents are available.
Yes, so they had to adopt the method of "poaching". Lin Hongtai was initially unwilling to join the National Defense Forces Navy. However, after the "Fengqi Bureau" showed him the photos of the "Qinglong 1" heavy cruiser, he started to use the "Qinglong 1" heavy cruiser from the National Defense Force.
He resigned from the government navy and came to serve as the captain of one of the "Qinglong 1" ships. However, what made Chen Hongtai a little depressed was that before he had served as captain of the ship for half a year, he became the coast guard again.
Team Commander.
At this time, the "Coast Guard" belongs to a group military level establishment. From then on, the "Coast Guard" will be under the direct jurisdiction of the Department of Defense or the Department of Homeland Security, and its authority will be elevated to the level of a large military region.
The navy, similar to the "coast guard", is a field force at sea. The territory of naval activities is the ocean, not offshore and shallow seas.
The "Coast Guard" is also the only land defense force that crosses the sea, land and air forces.
Currently, the Coast Guard is organized into three detachments (division level): Fujian Detachment, Guangdong Detachment, and Mobile Detachment.
Each detachment has 1 shore-based aviation regiment, equipped with 192 "Sea Dragon 1" carrier-based attack aircraft; 1 marine regiment; 1 offshore fleet, equipped with 12 "Yilong 1" (300-ton class) torpedo boats.
12 gunboats and 12 frigates.
The third highlight is the establishment of the Military Police Headquarters: Commander Li Gao, Deputy Commander Hu Xiaoping, and Chief of Staff Xu Zongyu. It is established at the deputy military level and is directly under the jurisdiction of the Political Department of the National Defense Forces. It has 5 regiments and a total of 12,000 soldiers. The establishment of the Military Police,
It shows that the National Defense Force has taken an important step on the road to regularization and is also preparing for the upcoming world war.
The fourth highlight is the expansion of the Lightning Force. Except for Li Gao being transferred to the military police commander, its leadership remains unchanged: Commander Li Yanbing, Deputy Commander Xing Weirong, and Chief of Staff Ni Changfeng.
The Lightning Force originally had only 4 brigades, and was expanded to 5 corps on this basis. The basic establishment is: 16 squads, 50 squadrons, 205 brigades, and 1,020 corps; including 4 combat brigades, 1 equipment corps, and the general corps.
The number is 5,200. Zhu Xian, who made great achievements in the Zhoujing Lane mine warfare, was promoted to captain of the Fourth Corps.
The above four highlights can only be said to be four small actions. The real big actions are later, and there are four of them.
The first major move was the formation of the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth armies.
Among them, the Seventh Army was expanded from the original instructors. In the order issued by Wu Aihua, the Seventh Army was the "Experimental Corps" of the National Defense Forces. What is the Experimental Corps? It is to pave the way for the future development of the National Defense Forces.
The Seventh Group Army also has 5 divisions, but these 5 divisions have specific names: the 1st Division is named "National Defense Force Mountain Combat Division", with the division commander Wang Xiao; the 2nd Division is named "Amphibious Combat Division" with the division commander
Gao Bing; the 3rd Division was named "Airborne Division", with division commander Cui Youxue; the 4th Division was named "Northern Division", with division commander Yin Hongming; the 5th Division was named "Chemical Defense Division", with division commander Liu Liangchao. The commanders of these divisions are all
They are talents cultivated by the National Defense Forces themselves. Group Army Commander Zhou Changbing; Deputy Army Commander Wu Kangning; Chief of Staff Meng Binjie.
Previously, during the instructor days, Wu Aihua consciously named several regiments as "Mountain Regiment", "Amphibious Regiment", "Airborne Regiment", "Chemical Defense Regiment", etc. Each of their combat areas and methods has its own characteristics. This time
The newly added "Northern Division" is mainly aimed at survival and combat capabilities in the cold northern zones, especially the ice fields.
Because of this, the Seventh Army is also the only group army whose divisions are relatively dispersed for training, making it difficult to gather them together.
What Wu Aihua wants to do can be seen from the formation of the "Northern Division".
In addition, the military chiefs of the newly formed Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Group Armies are Qian Minghui, Liu Xianghui and Qi Yeguo respectively. Among them, the Eighth and Ninth Group Armies were established in the two provinces in the south, while the Tenth Group Army was established in Chaha in the north.
Er Province was established. Deng Meng, the earliest battalion commander of Changting garrison, became the commander of the 1st Division of the 10th Group Army.
Wu Aihua ordered that the 8th, 9th, and 10th Army Groups must be formed within three months and become combat effective before July 31, 1938; the 7th Army Group was also formed within three months, but the time to form combat effectiveness was 1938
Before December 31st of the year.
In addition, Li Jinkun, the former commander of the 4th Regiment of the Guard Division, has developed very well in Chahar. He already has 6 guard divisions with 100,000 people. Wu Aihua signed an order to form the "Chahar Independent Army of the National Defense Forces", retaining
Two garrison divisions are used to maintain local stability, one of which is permanently based in Baotou; the other four divisions are reorganized into three main marine divisions, which serve as the backbone of the "Chahar Independent Army".
Li Jinkun, who fought against the Japanese army at Marco Polo Bridge, was the fastest-rising person in the National Defense Forces.
The second major move is to significantly expand the air force.
Previously, the establishment of the Air Force was mainly limited by the training of pilots. After the Guangdong Air Force joined as a whole, the National Defense Force suddenly had a surplus of Air Force pilots. Coupled with the expansion of the aviation school, the speed of training talents increased, so Wu Aihua simply did it in one step.
Four air force divisions were established at one time, making the Air Force Command more worthy of its name.
The 1st Air Force Division (Strategic Bomber Division): It has 3 flying regiments, each regiment has 2 heavy bomber groups and 2 fighter groups. Each regiment is equipped with 96 "Dragon 1" long-range heavy bombers and "Eagle".
There are 96 "Dragon 1" fighters. The division has a total of 288 heavy bombers and 288 fighters. The division has 12,000 personnel.
The 2nd Air Force Division (Combined Division): It has 3 flying regiments, 2 of which are mixed regiments, each regiment has 96 "Eagle Dragon 1" fighters, 96 "Screaming Dragon 1" dive bombers, and 16
Reconnaissance aircraft; 1 attack aircraft regiment and 4 attack aircraft groups, equipped with 192 "Fire Dragon 1" ground attack aircraft, and the division has a total of 608 combat aircraft. The division has 12,000 personnel.
3rd Air Force Division (Combined Division): The equipment is the same as that of the 2nd Air Force Division. The division has 12,000 personnel.
Naval Aviation Division: It has 3 shore-based aviation regiments, 12 aviation groups, equipped with 576 "Sea Dragon 1" carrier-based attack aircraft, 48 reconnaissance aircraft, and a total of 624 aircraft. The division has 12,000 personnel.
Wu Aihua requested that the establishment of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Air Force Divisions be completed first. The 1st Division should conduct training exercises on long-distance flight operations, and the 4th Division should conduct training exercises on a simulated aircraft carrier.
The third major move is the establishment of a new armored force headquarters.
In the order issued by Wu Aihua, the armored force commander was Zong Shaohua, deputy commander Sun Yuantao, and chief of staff Li Qi.
The armored force is temporarily organized into 5 armored divisions, each division has 5 tank regiments, and each regiment has 96 "T-36" tanks. In addition, according to the ratio of each tank equipped with 2 armored personnel carriers, each division has a total of 2 armored personnel carriers.
There are 480 "T-36" combat vehicles, 960 armored personnel carriers, and each division has 30,000 soldiers. In this way, the total number of armored troops of the National Defense Force has reached an astonishing 150,000.
In the order issued by Wu Aihua, the T-24 tank will be the standard equipment of the independent armored brigades of each group army, while the T-12 tank will be the standard equipment of the armored regiments of each Marine Division. This change is particularly beneficial to logistics supply and tanks.
maintainance.
The Armored Forces Headquarters was ordered to be established in Chahar. Only the plains and deserts in the north are the battlefields where armored forces can gallop freely!
In future operations, armored troops will be divided into divisions to participate in the battles of various group armies and serve as the vanguard of battlefield assaults.
The fourth major move was to establish an artillery headquarters.
Artillery is the god of war. In the upcoming World War II, artillery and armored forces will shine and establish immortal achievements. In Wu Aihua’s military thought, artillery, like armored forces, is the decisive strategic force in modern war, especially
It is a heavy artillery, a completely indestructible and invincible weapon.
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