Becoming a brigade commander at the age of 21? A direct promotion from major to colonel? Considering Ouyang Yun's qualifications, it is really a mismatch. After the 29th Army entered Hebei, expansion has become inevitable. At its highest peak in history, the 29th Army had
It has reached the establishment of 48 regiments, which means there are 48 regiment commanders. There are many famous generals and fierce generals among these people (the 29th Army seems to be rich in this, which may be related to the fact that General Feng Yuxiang is the founder of the Northwest Army. As traditional Chinese soldiers, they
It pays more attention to loyalty, justice, benevolence and courage. Historically, people such as Zhang Zizhong, Feng Zhi'an, Zhao Dengyu, Ji Xingwen, etc. have always held high the banner of the Northwest Army because of the support of traditional concepts.) Ouyang Yun, as an outsider with no military experience,
He climbed to a high position with some strange skills. Not to mention dissatisfaction with others, even he himself felt that this official position was a bit ridiculous. The independent brigade is called a brigade, but it actually belongs to a division-level establishment, and the brigade commander is equivalent to the division commander.
, became a division commander at the age of 21, which is truly unprecedented and unprecedented (except for some special circumstances). As the saying goes, the higher you climb, the worse you fall. He has no one in the 29th Army who can really rely on.
His strength is too weak, and he has to do anything seriously as if he were walking on thin ice in front of everyone. If he accidentally makes any mistake, he will definitely be criticized by thousands of people.
Li Tieshu, Gu Lianyun and Ouyang Yun himself are all aware of this. For Ouyang Yun, it is naturally a good thing to have more control over the army, but the gesture still needs to be made——
So at the military meeting of the 29th Army the next day, which he described as dividing the cake, when Song Zheyuan read out the appointment in public, he once again expressed his inability to do so and hoped that the military seat would be reconsidered.
It's interesting to say that at this meeting, except for Ouyang Yun, who was a colonel, the others with the lowest military rank were major generals. It could be said to be a grand gathering of generals.
Among the generals, only Feng Zhi'an had seen Ouyang Yun, but he came very late. Before the meeting, the others looked at Ouyang Yun holding a notebook, asking one to sign his name, and then pouring someone a cup of tea, adding him
His military rank was still a major, and everyone thought he was a staff officer or an adjutant in the military seat. No one thought that he might be one of the participants. When Guo Biao announced the start of the meeting, everyone saw that he had also sat down at the last seat. There were several
The innocent man couldn't help but stare, secretly thinking that this kid is so ignorant? Why is he interfering in our meeting? Clerk? He should sit at the next table!
There were a few people who knew the news, such as Feng Zhi'an and Zhang Zizhong. The former knew Ouyang Yun, and the latter only then realized that this young officer who admired him was one of the "anti-Japanese heroes" who were in the limelight nowadays.
The captain of the cadet corps, who was about to be promoted to brigade commander, couldn't help but look at him twice, and judged that the other person was no more than 25 years old. He shook his head secretly, thinking that the military commander was really a bit crazy, he was obviously still a big kid.
!Leave nearly 10,000 troops to him? Xuanhu! He was sighing secretly when Song Zheyuan and Qin Dechun walked into the conference room.
Everyone stood up in unison, saluted one after another, and shouted: "Military Seat! Deputy Military Seat!" "I have seen the Military Seat, Deputy Military Seat."
Song Zheyuan waved his hands with a smile and said, "Everyone, please sit down." He took the seat himself. When Qin Dechun also sat down, he glanced at everyone's faces one by one with a smile, then pointed at Ouyang Yun and said:
"Ouyang, you are the new face here, please introduce yourself."
Ouyang Yun stood up quickly and gave a beautiful military salute: "Yes!" He said: "I am Ouyang Yun, now the acting commander of the Corps, please give me your advice, generals!" After speaking, he raised his hands and turned his upper body to greet everyone.
A military salute was given.
Song Zheyuan said: "Commander, from today on you are the colonel and brigade commander of the independent academy brigade. Come, let me introduce you to the generals." He started introducing them one by one from his left hand.
"Deputy Commander Qin Dechun, the think tank of our 29th Army." Qin Dechun was a tall and thin man. He smiled and nodded to Ouyang Yun. Ouyang Yun immediately gave him a military salute and said, "I have seen Deputy Commander Qin.
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Song Zheyuan pointed to a middle-aged man with a medium build and two sword-shaped eyebrows on his right hand and said: "Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Zhang Weifan." Ouyang Yun immediately made another military salute to Zhang Weifan and said, "Chief of Staff, please give me your advice!" Zhang Weifan nodded slightly.
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Next are Zhang Zizhong, Feng Zhian...
Except for Qin Dechun, who was the last one to appear with Song Zheyuan, all the generals here had their signatures, and Ouyang Yun was considered acquainted with them. Song Zheyuan's words to correct Ouyang Yun were shocking, and many people found it unbelievable. Song Zheyuan had just finished introducing everyone, and Zhang Zizhong took the lead.
He got angry and asked Ouyang Yun: "Commander Ouyang, what is your honor this year?"
Ouyang Yun answered honestly: "21."
"Hoo!" At this time, not to mention Zhang Zizhong who asked the question, everyone else including Zhang Weifan couldn't help but be stunned. Zhang Weifan woke up first. He looked at the expressions of his old comrades, then looked at Song Zheyuan, and saw that he kept smiling.
, coughed and said: "Military, are you too young? He hasn't been the regiment commander for long. In terms of experience in leading troops..." He didn't finish what he said, but the meaning was already obvious. If Ouyang were allowed to
If a little guy like Yun becomes a brigade commander from outside, many senior commanders in the 29th Army will definitely have objections - it can be summed up in one sentence, it is difficult to convince the public!
Song Zheyuan didn't wait for him to finish, looked at everyone and asked: "Do you know the predecessor of the 25th Division student training class? There were only more than 200 people in total, but under the leadership of Commander Ouyang, these 200 people
More than 400 Japs have been annihilated. One time was the Japanese sneak attack on the Xue Corps' garrison in Tianjin. The Japanese troops involved in that time were all Meijin's elite military police. The second time in Wancun, Shi Yousan and the Japanese wanted to cause Peking Autonomy.
As a result, he was ambushed by Captain Ouyang. More than 2,700 people and more than 200 Japanese were wiped out, and Shi Yousan was also captured alive. In the two battles, the casualties of the Xue Corps were only in single digits - everyone knows Shi Yousan.
Right? He is also a veteran of our Northwest Army, but he is vulnerable to Captain Ouyang? Do you want to be an officer and lead troops? As long as you can kill the enemy on the battlefield, understand strategies, and be able to command troops when facing enemies, at this age and experience, you can
It belongs to the president!"
Except for Feng Zhi'an and Qin Dechun, everyone here knew about these things, but no one else knew about it. When Song Zheyuan said this, everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Ouyang Yun - more than two hundred people, single-digit casualties, and 400 were wiped out.
There are so many Japanese, and even if they captured Shi Yousan alive, they wouldn't be able to guarantee that they would be able to fight like this. These "anti-Japanese heroes" really deserve their reputation!
Zhang Weifan sighed, leaned back on his chair and said, "What a terrible young man!" He turned to Song Zheyuan and said, "Congratulations to the army, our 29th Army has gained another strong general!"
After he said this, no one else could say anything else, and Ouyang Yun's appointment was settled calmly.
After a while, Song Zheyuan said: "Brothers, when we were reorganized by Marshal Zhang, did you ever think that our 29th Army would have such a day?!"
When the 29th Army was first formed, it was undoubtedly the most difficult period for the army. When everyone thinks about the embarrassment at that time, and then thinks about the current situation, they can't help but sigh.
Zhang Zizhong said: "Yes! Since Zhang followed Feng Gong on the revolutionary road, he has experienced more than a hundred battles, big and small, but he was the most useless during his time in Shanxi. Unexpectedly, we would also be where we are today - now
We have a winged patrol and more than 50,000 soldiers. Finally, we no longer need to rely on others to live our lives."
All the generals expressed their opinions one after another, and the atmosphere in the conference room became unprecedentedly warm.
Song Zheyuan seemed to be in a good mood. After everyone had almost spoken, he waved his hands and said: "Everyone seems to be very optimistic about the future prospects. However, I would like to remind you that currently our army only has the name of garrisoning in Hebei. We want to
There is still a lot of work to be done for Hebei to truly become the source of troops and wages for our army. After the Nationalist Government withdrew from the entire territory of Hebei, many local government departments were left with only empty frames, which required a large number of manpower to make up for it. In addition,
Have you noticed that our army nominally controls Yicha and Chazhou, but in fact it only controls most of them - please look at the map - "
Guo Biao opened the curtain behind Song Zheyuan, and a brand-new map of North China was presented in front of everyone. Song Zheyuan looked at the map and began to explain the current situation in North China point by point.
"Please see, Chadong and Yidong are now nominally demilitarized zones. However, the Japanese have aircraft and can carry out air strikes. In addition, their army is highly mechanized, and these areas have developed railway and road transportation. If once
If a war breaks out, I'm sure it will only take them a day or so to cross these areas and launch a direct attack on the areas we control - so this demilitarized zone is actually aimed at our 29th Army..."
The map is a very intuitive thing. Even if Song Zheyuan didn't explain it, everyone here can see that although the 29th Army now controls a large area of territory, if it fights with the Japs, it will be attacked on three sides -
The navy in the direction of Tianjin, the army in the eastern direction of Rehe, and the army in the eastern direction of Chadong, and their retreat routes seem to be Shanxi and Shandong, but Shandong is close to the sea and is Han Fuqu's territory. Han Fuqu is not good at civil and martial arts, but for himself
However, they are very careful about their territory; crossing the border to Shanxi? The 29th Army came from Shanxi, and they all know the character of this old guy Yan Xishan, and the terrible thing is, once Yi Cha is lost, where can the 29th Army go?
Woolen cloth?
From this point of view, the 29th Army is currently like an orphan hanging outside the market, a bit like fighting alone. So, how to preserve its own strength in this situation and try not to collapse is a matter that is quite debatable.