Almost at the same time, in Guangzhou, at the General Headquarters of the Military Academy and the Commander-in-Chief’s Office, Ouyang Yun, Li Tieshu, Ji Xingwen, Tie Linfei, and Stern were sitting around a coffee table, eating midnight snacks and talking about something. Beside them, Pan Meiren handed over tea and water, and occasionally handed over a document.
The conference call initiated by Ouyang Yun started at 2:30 in the afternoon and has been going on till now. Everyone has not eaten dinner. Now everyone is starving and wolfing down the food with great pleasure. And in Fuzhou also has Ningbo, Quzhou, Haikou, Qiongzhong, Haikou, Jingdezhen, Ganzhou, Jiang Guangnai, Chen Ce, Ye Zhao, He Zhengjiang and others sitting by the phone, also eating late night snacks, learning from Bingjun during this time It developed at an extremely rapid rate. It captured the Zhejiang area south of the Qiantang River in the east and southwestern Jiangxi in the north. In addition, the Taiwan Army and the Northwest Army each made great achievements, and the guerrilla base areas were consolidated and expanded. Now the Xuebing Army The jurisdiction has been expanded by nearly half compared to the beginning of the year.
As the jurisdiction expanded, the size of the troops also increased, and the burden became correspondingly heavier. Ouyang Yunyou felt that the existing structure of the Xuebing Army was not enough to cope with such a complex situation, and the command procedures were too cumbersome, so he wanted to rectify it. , merge the land, sea and air forces and reorganize them in the form of a theater,
In terms of size, the Army, Navy and Air Force are still the largest. The Army and the regular army have twenty-five divisions. Together with the special forces, guerrilla forces and the Self-Defense Forces, the total number of soldiers has reached a terrifying figure. 450,000; the Air Force, after the aviation school cadets from Chongqing were incorporated into active service, has reached the size of 16 aviation divisions, and including ground staff, the total number of troops is nearly 30,000; the Navy, Dongshan Fleet, and Haikou Fleet In addition to the Pacific Fleet, which has two active aircraft carriers, two battleships, and several other ships, the total number of troops is about 70,000.
Before convening this meeting, Ouyang Yun, Li Tieshu, Ji Xingwen and Jiang Guangnai had already discussed a plan. The plan was characterized by the organization standard based on region and purpose. There were five local standing group armies, namely Guangzhou. The first army, the second army in southern Zhejiang, the third army in the Taiwan Strait, the fourth army in Qionghai, and the fifth army in the northwest; then two temporary overseas armies were set up, namely the sixth expeditionary army and the eighth expeditionary army.
As a corps directly under the general headquarters, the Guangzhou First Army not only has the important responsibility of guarding the base camp of the student army, but also guards southwestern Jiangxi and southeastern Guangxi. It is the largest and has jurisdiction over the Air Force Headquarters, Langya Special Forces, and the First Army. Army, Xue Third Army, Xue Sixth Army and Guangzhou Garrison Command, Niang Ziyun Guards, First Guerrilla Army; Second Zhejiang Army, under the jurisdiction of Zhejiang Southern Aviation Corps, Xue Second Army, Second Guerrilla Army; Third Taiwan Strait Army , under the jurisdiction of the Dongshan Fleet, Taiwan Strait Aviation Corps, the Fourth Academy Army, Fujian Garrison Command, the Third Guerrilla Army and the Taiwan Corps; the Qionghai Fourth Army, under the jurisdiction of the Haikou Fleet, Haikou Aviation Corps, the Fifth Academy Army, and the Marine Corps The First Army, Haikou Garrison Command and the First Marine Corps; the Fifth Northwest Army, which has the Northwest Corps and the Fourth Guerrilla Army; the Sixth Expeditionary Army, which has the First Expeditionary Army, the Second Expeditionary Army, and the Expeditionary Aviation Corps and Chongzuo Garrison Command; the 7th Expeditionary Corps, under the jurisdiction of the Pacific Fleet, Pacific Aviation Corps and the Second Marine Corps, Karachi Garrison Command,
The navy, army and air force have been completely broken up, and it is inevitable that some chief military officers will serve as deputy positions. Although the military training army has generous benefits and strict military discipline, there is no way that being a chief officer can deduct soldiers' pay and drink their blood. Phenomenon, the difference in treatment between deputy and principal positions is actually not big, but Chinese people are very concerned about face. In order to drag their hard-core subordinates to the position of deputy, there are still inevitable quarrels. Among them, because Everyone knows the importance of some special arms, such as the aviation force, and everyone hopes to have as many as possible under their own ranks. Therefore, the situation of the principals and deputies of each legion grouping together to make requests to the headquarters has also appeared. At the same time, this is just a Many of the details of the draft are imperfect and require the collective efforts of everyone to improve them, which is why the meeting lasted seven or eight hours and the final resolution was not reached.
The military chiefs and deputy chiefs of the eight armies were determined first. For the first legion, commander Li Tieshu, deputy commander Bai Liusu, chief of staff Tie Linfei, deputy chief of staff Stern, and political chief He Zhengjiang; for the second legion, Commander Ye Zhao, deputy commander Zhuang Houzhong, chief of staff Zhang Gongming, deputy chief of staff Deng Changyou, political director Lian Guangming; Third Army, commander Jiang Guangnai, deputy commander Xue Changkong, chief of staff Shen Guanghan, deputy chief of staff Rao Guohua, Political Director Liu Yuqing; Fourth Army Corps, Commander Shan Renxiong, Deputy Commander Chen Ce, Chief of Staff Huang Ye, Deputy Chief of Staff Guo Yucheng, Political Director Chang Geng; Fifth Army Corps, Commander Hu Li, Deputy Commander Jiang Tiezhang, Chief of Staff Yang Chuntai, Deputy Chief of Staff Xie Changan, Political Director Lu Youfu; Sixth Army, Commander Chu Tiange, Deputy Commander Guo Kui, Chief of Staff Guo Da, Deputy Chief of Staff Huang Haifu, Political Director Xu Zhi ; Seventh Army Corps, Commander Ouyang Yun, Deputy Commander and Political Director (acting as acting commander) Chen Shichang, Chief of Staff Wang Hai, Deputy Chief of Staff Jiang Huangyong,
The supper was prepared by Pan Meiren herself. The rice porridge was mixed with some pickles, which tasted very refreshing. Ji Xingwen drank another bowl, then stroked his stomach and looked at Ouyang Yun and said: "None of us have experience in forming a Marine Corps. Please ask Degu for help."
Ouyang Yun had half a steamed bun stuffed in his mouth. He chewed it twice and swallowed it. He took a sip of porridge to moisten his throat and said, "Degu is busy teaching Mr. Chen and the others, so I won't bother them with this matter. I will catch him myself, and when the negotiation with Song Ziwen is over, I will immediately fly to Karachi with Bai Liusu and Jiang Huangyong. I estimate that I will be able to gain experience in a few months, and then I will send the message to the single hero."
Li Tieshu: "You are going to Karachi."
"Don't worry, the 'Enmity Class' is a heavy aircraft carrier." Before Ouyang Yun finished speaking, there was a knock on the door suddenly.
Because Ouyang Yun had informed the subordinates in advance that no one should be disturbed if there was no important matter. On the contrary, there was a knock on the door at this time, which meant that something important must have happened, so everyone couldn't help but look towards the door.
Pan Meiren walked over to open the door, only to see Jiang Huangyong standing upright at the door. He first shouted seriously: "Report, there is a call from the Second Expeditionary Army." Then he twitched his nose twice and said to Pan Meiren with a playful smile: "Sister-in-law, give it to me again. Sir, what's so delicious?" Then he poked his head inside, looked at Ji Xingwen first, and was startled, and instinctively said: "There are so many big guys."
Jiang Huangyong was an anomaly in the General Staff. Others were respectful to the Commander-in-Chief, but he dared to joke with Ouyang Yun. When he saw him, Ouyang Yun also laughed and cursed: "You son of a bitch, your nose is worse than that of a dog's." Your nose is still sharp, come in."