It was already evening when we saw off Master Liu and Adjutant Xu.
Just after dinner, the 24 battalions sent by Yue Weihan to "loot" various counties in southern Hebei also returned.
The Japanese 6th and 13th Divisions heading north along the Ping-Han Railway have also reoccupied Shimen and Zhengding.
However, the Japanese army did not respond to the "looting" behavior of the Baoshan Division. There were many reasons. Maybe it was because they did not understand the tactical purpose of the Baoshan Division and did not dare to act rashly. Maybe it was because the Baoshan Division troops were divided into 24 groups.
The Japanese army was tired of dealing with it, so they simply ignored it. Anyway, the Japanese army had no response.
The 24 main battalions that returned in triumph also brought back a large amount of silver coins, gold and silver jewelry, grain, cloth, and cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys and other livestock. The harvest far exceeded Yue Weihan's estimate. If the looted materials were included
If it were all converted into silver dollars, it would cost at least two million yuan!
Although the New Sixth Army has been expanded into the Thirty-ninth Army, the troops under its jurisdiction are still four divisions.
With this batch of money, food and materials, plus the huge amount of property originally looted from Shimen and Zhengding, as well as the 500,000 French currency that Chairman Chiang had just urgently allocated through the Second War Zone, Yue Weihan would not have to pay for it for at least two years.
I'm worried about military pay, but I still have food, which is enough to last until mid-summer next year.
The originally most troublesome issue of weapons and ammunition is no longer difficult for the time being.
Although the newly formed Thirty-ninth Group Army had three more divisions, the Baoshan Division had annihilated two Japanese mixed Japanese brigades, and had just severely damaged the 20th Division at Niangziguan. The excess Japanese weapons
The equipment is barely enough to arm three divisions. As for ammunition, the 5,000 tons of arms intercepted at Zhengding Railway Station have not been consumed much.
Next, it’s time to carefully consider the overall policy for the Jingxing Mountain Base Area!
Yue Weihan officially held the first meeting of senior officers of the Thirty-ninth Group Army.
Although the Military Commission has officially ordered the promotion of Yue Weihan to Army General and officially appointed Yue Weihan as the commander-in-chief of the 39th Group Army, it only mentioned the formation of the 39th Group Army and did not specify the armies, divisions and commanders.
It is obvious that the Military Commission has given the power of appointing and removing personnel to Yue Weihan.
This is also in line with the practice of the Communist Party of China. Except for the Central Army, other local armies do this.
Although Yue Weihan's Baoshan Division was from the Central Army, in Chairman Chiang's mind, Yue Weihan was already a local warlord through and through, and his troops were already a warlord through and through, so he never thought of appointing thirty soldiers.
The candidates for senior officers of the Ninth Group Army did not even send a director of the Political Department.
According to the establishment of the Military Commission, the Thirty-ninth Group Army has two armies, namely the Sixty-ninth Army and the New Sixth Army. The Sixty-ninth Army has the 181st Division and the New 6th Division; the New Sixth Army has the Baoshan Division and the New 9th Army.
Division, there have been no changes in the senior generals and personnel of each division, at least now it is not appropriate to act rashly.
What needs to be appointed are candidates for senior generals at the military level.
Naturally, the commander of the New Sixth Army was concurrently appointed by Yue Weihan. As for the commander of the Sixty-ninth Army, after much deliberation, he gave it to Gao Shuxun. Of course, this was definitely only temporary. When the Baoshan Division was transferred to the battalions of each division, regimental-level officers
After establishing a firm foothold and controlling the troops, the division commanders and brigade commanders of each division must be replaced. Naturally, Gao Shuxun's position as corps commander will come to an end.
The meeting of senior officers ended quickly, and only Yue Weihan and Liu Yi were left in the conference room.
Liu Yi then opened the folder and reported to Yue Weihanhui: "The headquarters, Cangyan Mountain, Woniu Mountain and Xiantai Mountain Prisoner of War Concentration Camp have been repaired. In addition, the equipment of major factories in Shimen and Zhengding and the materials and equipment stranded at Zhengding Railway Station have also been repaired.
They have all been rushed to Jingxing County, but it will take at least ten days to transport them into the mountainous area."
"Equipment must be transported into mountainous areas." Yue Weihan said, "Factories can only be built in mountainous areas!"
It is true that factories can only be built in mountainous areas, and you can't just pick a mountain nest and build the factory. The sites of major factories must be carefully selected and carefully disguised. It is best to build them underground, or
Factory buildings were carved out of the cliff. Only in this way could we avoid being bombed by Japanese bombers!
At this stage, the quality of the old pilots of the Little Devils is still very high. If these old pilots of the Little Devils are allowed to lock the target and a few heavy aerial bombs are dropped, the factory that has been built so hard will definitely be destroyed in an instant.
For flat ground.
Yue Weihan said again: "Chief of Staff, how much cement is there in the supplies rushed from Shimen and Zhengding?"
Liu Yi flipped through the folder to the supplies list. After finding it, he replied: "It's not a lot, only more than two hundred tons."
"Only more than two hundred tons? Too little!" Yue Weihan said, "In this way, cement plants and power plants do not have to go into the mountains for the time being. They can immediately find suitable factories, organize technicians to install equipment, and start production as soon as possible!"
"There should be no problem with this." Liu Yidao, "The power plant is ready-made. It already exists in Jingxing County. The cement plant building is easy to find. There are also technicians to install and debug the equipment. Captain Zhao's anti-war propaganda has already had an effect.
There are already several security experts and more than fifty security technicians willing to help."
"Great." Yue Weihan asked again, "Where is Pi Xiaocheng?"
"We are also in the anti-war group now." Liu Yi said, "Assisting Captain Zhao in anti-war work."
Yue Weihan said: "Leave the anti-war work to Zhao Xinyi first, and ask Pi Xiaocheng to immediately organize the *** experts and technicians who have instigated rebellion, and seize the time to build the cement plant. The sooner the better! You tell him, in three days
Within seven days, all equipment must be installed and debugged, and cement must be produced for me within seven days!"
"In such a hurry?" Liu Yida asked, "General manager, why do you need so much cement?"
"Build a fortress!" Yue Weihan said, "We need to build a large fortress at the east and west ends of the Jingxing Grand Canyon! The west fortress has Niangzi Pass as the foundation, which is easy to handle, but the main body of the east fortress must be a reinforced concrete structure.
To be able to withstand heavy Japanese aerial bombardment, a large number of bunker fortifications must be built on the front lines of major fortresses.”
After saying this, Yue Weihan added: "Each bunker fortification must have a tunnel connected to the main fortification to ensure that the reinforcements in the main fortification can be quickly delivered to each bunker fortification. In addition, a large number of bunker fortifications must be built in front of the bunker fortification group.
The anti-tank cones and anti-tank trenches ensured that the Japanese heavy equipment could not get close to the bunker fortifications."
"So complicated?" Liu Yi said horrified, "I'm afraid this requires detailed construction drawings, and if you don't have two or three months, I'm afraid it won't be possible. Also, building two such large fortresses is a lot of work.
It is absolutely impossible to escape the aerial reconnaissance of the Japs. Will the Japs watch us build the fortress?"