The biting autumn wind tore the grass on the hillside. The yellow sand dyed the blue sky into a hazy yellow. A military vehicle meandered along the narrow simple road and drove into the suburbs of Nanjing in the eyes of countless people.
.This is a unit belonging to the original 41st Army of Chahar. Now it has been transferred by Su Tong to defend the capital.
When his term of office came in early October, whether Chairman Chiang was willing or not, he had no choice but to hand over his power.
After reaching the pinnacle of power in the country, the first thing Su Tong did when he took office was to reorganize the structure of the political department. After a round of consultations, it was finally decided to implement a presidential system. The president is the supreme leader of a country and the leader of all the people in the country.
The supreme commander of the armed forces.
Below, there are major functional departments such as the State Council, the Ministry of National Defense, the General Staff Department, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Education and so on.
Su Tong immediately appointed Li Zongren as Prime Minister of the State Council, Jiang Baili as Minister of Defense, Bai Chongxi as Chief of General Staff, Gao Zhihang as Commander of the Air Force, and Chen Shaokuan as Commander of the Navy. In short, Su Tong replaced almost all the senior officials of the former National Congress Party and replaced them with
What surprised Su Tong was that during the replacement process, the former National Congress party members who had thought they would take the opportunity to make a fuss were now as well-behaved as little rabbits, and no one jumped out to make trouble. This made him raise his guillotine high.
Chief Su, who was ready to take the opportunity to chop off a few heads to establish his authority, was a little disappointed.
In order to balance the political axe, to appease the opposition parties such as the National Congress Party and the Socialist Workers' Party, and to ensure the smooth implementation of the follow-up army reorganization plan in the coming days, Su Tong also appointed Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and Gu Yue as vice presidents.
After becoming the leader of a country, things were complicated. Su Tong finally understood what it means to manage everything. In short, it can be summed up in one word: busy, busy without touching the ground.
Su Tong knew that as Germany became stronger and stronger, the process of World War II was getting closer and closer, and there was less and less time left for him. How to seize the time to prepare in less than a year was the key
Your most important task at the moment.
Therefore, after more than a month of intense political reorganization, Su Tong moved on to the second and most important thing, which was his long-planned national army reorganization plan. Currently, China's domestic army has different orders.
, there are also some miscellaneous army, central army, regular army, security forces, militia, and other messy numbers. When Jiang Baili reported the number of the army, even Su Tong's head that had been developed by aliens was confused.
.In Su Tong's view, the reform of the military is an imperative move.
Senior officials gathered in a large conference room in the former leader's official residence of the Presidential Palace in Nanjing.
Today is the first high-level political meeting held by Su Tong since he took office as president. The participants included almost all high-level officials from the military and the government. Chairman Chiang, well, he should be called Vice President Chiang now, looked at the person sitting at the top
A young man felt a sense of emotion in his heart. The little local warlord who once stood in front of him in fear has now become his boss. There is nothing more wonderful in the world than this.
When Xi Hanqian, who served as the secretary-general of the political ax, read out the agenda of the meeting, everyone in the conference room fell silent. The whole team gave a unified order. What a big agenda. It sounds simple to say this, but it was the founding of the Republic of China.
It’s a problem that no one has been able to solve since. Because there are so many issues involved in this matter, all aspects of it can drive people crazy.
"Why, doesn't anyone have anything to say? Or does everyone have no objections to this plan?" Su Tong said while looking at the participants with a half-smile.
"I have a question for the president to answer." At this time, a man stood up next to him and asked Su Tong loudly.
Su Tong took a look and saw that it was Long Yun, the current chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government. Su Tong smiled and said: "It turns out to be Chairman Long. Please tell me if you have anything to say."
"I would like to ask the president, our country's military currently has a total of at least five million soldiers. According to your plan, two million unqualified soldiers will be dismissed. How will the dismissed personnel be placed after the army is reorganized?"
Su Tong nodded and said: "This is a good question. Those troops that have been disbanded can return to their original places, and those officers who retired from active service early can also receive the monthly pensions issued by the government according to their respective military ranks. The government is ready to pay out
Four hundred million gold yuan coupons will be used to resettle these laid-off personnel."
"Four Billion" Participants couldn't help but take a breath. What is the concept of 400 million gold yuan coupons? Now, due to its strong price and good credit, the gold yuan coupons originally issued by Chahar have replaced them in a short period of time.
The original legal tender became a currency commonly used in the country. Su Tong took out 400 million gold yuan coupons, which meant that the two million people who were laid off from the army could each receive a subsidy of 200 yuan. This is almost as much as a worker today.
More than half a year's salary.
With this money, I believe that the unqualified soldiers who have been dismissed can go home and start a small business with this small amount of money, and they don't have to worry about having trouble finding a living in the future.
In Su Tong's opinion, the reason why the previous reorganization could not proceed was because the central government had no money and could not accommodate the old, weak, sick and disabled who had been demobilized from the armies in various places. There were also various officers and generals, who took most of the money.
He has only used guns all his life and has no life skills except fighting. He is worried that he will have no livelihood after being abolished, so he resists desperately. In short, nothing can be done without money.
After hearing Su Tong's promise, the attendees couldn't help but be secretly surprised. This Su Tong was really not an ordinary rich man. He was even willing to spend such a large sum of money to resettle the soldiers who had been laid off. So what about those officers and generals?
The post-retirement life support work must also be real.
In this plan, Su Tong reorganized the troops into 150 infantry divisions and 30 artillery divisions, with a total of about 3.5 million army troops. At the same time, the air force was also reorganized into 13 aviation divisions and five bombing brigades.
There are a total of more than 4,300 aircraft. The reorganized troops will undergo a full re-equipment, and the equipment standards will be those of the original Chahar troops.
This round of topics made the participants dizzy. Is this Su Tong really so generous to change the uniforms of the troops? This is not a small amount. The equipment required for more than three million troops to collectively change uniforms is a
The figures are astronomical. No matter how rich Chahar is, he may not be able to afford it.
But seeing Su Tong's unflinching announcement that he would complete the army's reorganization and replacement plan within half a year, the participants couldn't help but hesitate. Is it true that the person above is so capable of completing this seemingly impossible task?
Plan?
But Su Tong on the stage didn't care what the people below thought. As early as six months ago, Su Tong ordered Niuben at the moon base to start full-scale production of ordnance in order to prepare for today's plan.
Su Tong is also moving forward step by step for his long-planned nationalization of the army, and he firmly believes that this will be achieved with his efforts.
This session of the meeting came to an end amidst waves of doubts. Regardless of whether people believe it or not, or whether they are willing or not, Su Tong will continue to follow his plan firmly. At the same time, he is also ready to kill with the butcher's knife raised high.
Prepare, because he did not have much time left for World War II, and he did not have time to slowly reason with these warlords who had been entrenched in various places for a long time. While Su Tong was holding a meeting, he had already ordered his 700,000 troops to march to all parts of the country.
, more than 1,200 fighter planes from the newly formed five aviation divisions were also stationed at various airports across the country, preparing to deal with possible chaos. The military commanders of each unit received Su Tong's personal order in case of military mutiny and chaos.
, we must suppress it mercilessly and never tolerate or condone it.
After the meeting, our new Vice President Chiang returned to his residence with heavy steps, and Mrs. Chiang and Mr. Chiang, who had been waiting at home for a long time, hurriedly greeted him.
"Father, how was this meeting?" Mr. Jiang asked quickly.
"Alas," Vice President Jiang sighed, "Why didn't I see this Su Jianming? He turned out to be such a decisive person. Just now, he announced at the meeting that he would conquer the entire country within half a year.
All the armies will be reorganized and the old, weak, sick and disabled will be eliminated. More than three million troops will be retained and unified under the leadership of the central government."
"No," Mr. Jiang couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and then asked doubtfully: "What about the generals in our army? Will the warlords in various places listen to him?"
Vice President Jiang glared at his son, "Do you think that Su Jianming is just shouting slogans? He has sent 700,000 troops under his rule to all parts of the country. Just to deal with the upcoming situation, he has also sent troops to all parts of the country.
He flew more than a thousand planes. At the meeting, he dared to openly declare that anyone who dares to obstruct the army reorganization plan is a criminal of the country. When the time comes, he will not hesitate to order force to suppress it. What's more, he also
It’s not just empty talk, they actually spent 400 million gold yuan worth of real money to carry out the reorganization. The rationale is all on their side. Under such circumstances, anyone who dares to stand up and object is simply setting themselves up for trouble.
So happy."
"With the order of 400 million gold yuan, does Su Tong really have so much money?" Mrs. Jiang on the side couldn't help but cover her mouth.
"There shouldn't be any lies in this. No one would make a joke on such an occasion." Vice President Jiang sighed, "But I also find it strange that it stands to reason that I have already left our country.
, now should be a good time to recuperate, why does Su Tong still have such a huge plan of three million troops, and he also announced a package of military expansion plans at the meeting just now, is he still preparing for war?"