Chen Dazhu didn't know how he got home. He was so confused that he didn't even know his wife called him to eat.
Chen Dazhu's daughter-in-law was an honest rural woman. She knew that her husband was in a bad mood today, and she didn't know how to comfort him. She just poured a glass of water and put it next to Chen Dazhu, and she stayed with her husband.
Chen Dazhu recalled that when Chief Su first joined the militia, he promoted himself to the rank of regimental deputy until he was now the division commander in just one year. Then he looked at his inner journey over the past year, from gratitude to the military to peace of mind to leisurely contentment. All of this
It’s only been a year. Look at yourself now. Is this still the honest Chen Dazhu from before?
The night passed quickly. When the sun shone slightly on the window, Chen Dazhu woke up from his memories. He gently covered the blanket on the bed with his wife, who had been leaning against him, and stood up.
"Alas" he reached out and put out the cigarette butt, put on his hat and got ready to go out.
"Father of the child, where are you going?" his wife, who had stayed awake with Chen Dazhu all night, asked timidly.
"Go and confess to the military commander." Chen Dazhu went out without looking back.
When he arrived at the door of the small villa where Su Tong lived, he was about to knock on the door. He happened to see Wang Li, who was also red-eyed, walking over. The two of them smiled silently at each other. After a while, they both walked into the door of Su Tong's house.
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Half a month later, the military headquarters issued an order. Chen Dazhu was ordered to go to Dulji on the border of Chahar and Mongolia to form a new second security brigade. Wang Li went to Duolun to form a new third security brigade. 102 and 10
The positions of division commanders of the third division were taken over by Hu Lian and Zeng Li'an respectively.
As soon as this order to scare the monkeys came out, all the officers and men in the army were awe-inspiring. They no longer dared to disobey the orders of the military commander. Su Tong's prestige in the 37th Army also reached an unprecedented level.
In Chief Su's apartment, the two top officers of the 37th Army were playing chess.
"General" Jiang Baili jumped his horse forward and killed Chief Su's old commander in one fell swoop.
"Hey, my chief of staff, you also know that I, a stinky chess player, am not your opponent, so why bother to torture me?" Chief Su has been tortured for more than ten games. He really can't stand the harassment of this unscrupulous old man and has to be obedient.
Raise your hands and surrender.
"Well, you sent all my students to Duolun to see the oil fields. If you don't like it, I will kill you several times." Jiang Baili said with eyes wide open.
"Uh" This old man is here to fight for his students' injustice.
"Wouldn't I also send Chen Dazhu to Duleji?" Chief Su was dissatisfied.
The two stared at each other like cockfighting for a while, but Jiang Baili softened first. "Well, I also know that it's good to temper their minds, but Jianming, I can understand you sending Wang Li to Duolun to guard the oil fields. After all,
That is our oil production base now, but when you sent Chen Dazhu to Dulji, did you have any thoughts about Mongolia?" Jiang Baili asked curiously.
"You know I am Lord Dan Ning." Chief Su first flattered Jiang Baili and then continued: "Now Mongolia is in the hands of those princes, and most of those princes want to control [
] to go out, and Mongolia’s geographical location is so important to our country’s national defense and security, and Lao Maozi has already been eyeing Mongolia for a long time. If we don’t step up our actions and wait until Mongolia declares readiness or Lao Maozi stations troops there, we will be in trouble.
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Jiang Baili was silent for a while and nodded: "I have considered what you said, but our current strength is not enough to shake the giant polar bear."
"I have to shake him even if I can't shake him. No matter how powerful Stalin is, I still have to beat him. I don't believe that Old Maozi is invulnerable with his three heads and six arms." Chief Su stood up suddenly and said firmly.
April 1936, the 25th year of the Republic of China
With the influx of immigrants from other provinces into Chahar, Su Tong's army expansion plan began to be implemented. In three months from April to July, Chahar expanded its army to 300,000 like a balloon, which made the Nanjing Central Committee
Zheng Ax felt panicked and uneasy.
"What on earth does this Su Jianming want to do? He has organized so many troops in one province without the approval of the central government. Does he want to rebel?" Chairman Chiang was furious at the military leader Dai Li and counselor Yang Yongtai at the leader's official residence in Nanjing.
"Principal, according to intelligence, Su Jianming's aggressive military expansion does not seem to mean entering the country to compete for the world. Instead, he is hoarding most of his troops at the border with Mongolia." Dai Li said cautiously.
"Well, does he want to fight with Lao Maozi?" As expected of a leader of a country, he guessed the intention of Chief Su with a little thought.
"According to the intelligence analysis obtained from his humble position, this Su Tong is not very interested in domestic territory. Instead, he has always been resentful about the reading sentiment of Outer Mongolia and the territory ceded by the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the Soviet Union. Otherwise, he would not have
Most of his troops have been transferred to the border of Outer Mongolia." Yang Yongtai said cautiously.
"Did the Chahar government pay 10 million more taxes last month?" asked the chairman after a long silence.
"Yes, the taxes paid by Chahar have increased significantly in recent months."
"Well, in that case, Chang Qing, please go and inform the Ministry of Military Affairs and ask them to give Su Tong the designation of the Thirty-seventh Army." Since Su Tong is not here to touch someone's cake of Jiang's, Chairman Chiang is happy to reciprocate the favor.
"Yes, I'll do my humble job now."
"Jianming, congratulations. You have been promoted again. This time you have become the commander of the group army." Jiang Baili said to Su Tong with a smile while holding the letter of appointment just sent by the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs.
"Well, it's not bad. It's not in vain that we paid so much tax to Chiang Kai-shek in the past two months." Someone pretended to be calm.
"Pretend, you're so good at pretending," the chief of staff, who had already seen through someone's true nature, said scornfully.
The whole army welcomes the Central Government's upgrade of the Thirty-seventh Route Army into the Thirty-seventh Group Army. After all, if the boss is promoted, only the people below can be promoted in a legitimate manner. Look at Chen Dazhu and Wang Li.
If the two people who made mistakes can be reinstated, can others still do the same?
In this way, with the tacit approval of the central government, Chahar's military expansion plan was implemented unexpectedly smoothly.
After some discussions with Jiang Baili, Su Tong decided to set the entire group army into eight infantry divisions, two armored divisions, three security brigades, and two pilot divisions.
By August, the preparations for each division had been largely completed, and all that was left was to focus on training to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.