Su Rui, who took the folder, lowered his head and saw that it was his promotion order.
"Sir, this..."
Su Rui was stunned. He looked at the document in his hand, which clearly stated: Order No. 3765 of the Military and Political Department of the National Government, the 300th Brigade of the Nationalist Army was promoted to the 300th Division, and its 398th,
The 399th Regiment was promoted to the 398th and 399th Brigades, each with three infantry regiments. Su Rui was promoted to the commander of the 300th Division at the same time, and his subordinates were each promoted to one level. This order was issued by Chiang Kai-shek in the 27th year of the Republic of China.
20th of the month
"What, are you unhappy?"
Chief Li looked at Su Rui, with a smile on his face, and said: "Zhongxin, actually, your promotion order is not like this, but another one. Do you want to see it?"
"Why, is there another one?"
Su Rui and Zhang Zizhong were both surprised. Su Rui took another document handed over by Chief Li and scribbled it through it. He found that the contents were similar, but the size of the army was much larger. It turned out to be
One division, three brigades and nine regiments. This organization is very scary. Looking at hundreds of division-level units, no division has such a large scale. This is indeed a bit scary.
Chief Li on the side said leisurely: "When Jiansheng (Bai Chongxi) sent me this draft of the telegram, I thought about it after reading it, returned it, and asked him to draft a new one.
Our troops have been reduced to the size of two brigades and six regiments. Zhongxin, you won’t blame me for making the decision for you without permission, right?"
"Of course not." Su Rui was not a fool. He didn't know that Chief Li was trying to protect himself. He quickly said: "Gong De really cares about the staff. The staff is only grateful and does not dare to complain.
.”
"Well, you understand. As the saying goes, a big tree attracts the wind. You and your 300 brigade have been in the limelight enough these days. It will not be a good thing for you if it becomes three brigades and nine regiments again! Do you understand?
?" Chief Li said the above words with great sincerity.
"Yes, Xie Degong's concern!"
Seeing Chief Li's earnest gaze, Su Rui was very moved. Chief Li was well known for his loyalty. He had always taken good care of him since he arrived at the Fifth War Zone. Although he had blocked his appointment at the moment,
, reduced his 300 divisions by one-third, which seemed to have prevented his good deeds, but the concern in it was hard to express.
Thinking of this, Su Rui felt a warmth flow in his chest. In front of him, Chief Li's voice and smile were as friendly as those of his elders. He was so excited that he blurted out something: "Mr.
Virtue's subordinates fought bravely to kill the enemy and repaid him with death."
"Alas..." Chief Li smiled: "Zhongxin, what you said is wrong. You and I should listen to the central government, fight the enemy bravely, and serve the country with our lives!"
"Yes, we should all fight bravely to kill the enemy and serve the country with our lives!" Zhang Zizhong walked over and looked at the two people in front of him with a solemn expression and shouted loudly.
Chief Li looked at the two subordinates in front of him who had returned from work, with a hint of relief in his eyes.
Tongbai Mountain is located in the border area of Henan Province and Hubei Province in China. Most of the north side of its main ridge is in Henan Province and belongs to the western section of the Huaiyang Mountains, running northwest-southeast.
After a brief meeting, Su Rui took the document and returned to the headquarters of the 300 Brigade. The headquarters of the 300 Brigade is located in the county town of Dawu County, Hubei Province. This is a small county town with a population of about three to four people.
About ten thousand people
There is a large school ground in the northeast corner of the county. It is said that it was the station of a Han military flag during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. Although it has been abandoned for a long time, it is more spacious, so it was used as a temporary station by the 300 Brigade.
Since there are no buildings, the headquarters of the 300 Brigade is still a huge tent. This tent is entirely made of canvas and covers an area of 60 to 70 square meters, which is enough for dozens of people to hold meetings.
This meeting was attended not only by officers from battalions and above, but also by the mute director of the Logistics Department, Smith.
When Chief of Staff Liang Zhi announced the order of the Ministry of Military Affairs at the meeting, the meeting was full of excitement, and everyone's face showed excitement. When the officer was promoted, they also followed him. It can be said that everyone is happy with this kind of thing.
When people are satisfied, what could be more satisfying than this?
However, some people also raised questions: "Sir, when the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs is promoted to division commander, isn't it also promoted to the rank of military chief? You should be promoted to lieutenant general, why is it not mentioned in it?"
The person who spoke was quickly stopped by the person next to him and gave a shut-up look. This guy really has no discernment. Don’t you know that the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs has a grudge against the chief? It’s good if you can get benefits, so you should keep silent.
You've made a fortune, what are you still doing here whining?
At the meeting, Su Rui announced the appointment of two brigade commanders. Lin Shiqian and Li Yifeng were still promoted to serve as brigade commanders of the 398th and 399th Brigades. The rest were also promoted one level at a time.
The battalion commander is promoted to regiment commander, and the company commander is promoted to battalion commander.
But this also caused a big problem. Although the establishment seemed to be larger, and the three hundred brigades became three hundred divisions, the number of people in the division did not increase. According to the establishment of two brigades and six regiments, six infantry
The corps should have about 13,000 men. With the expanded artillery regiment, air defense regiment, as well as the unchanged teaching regiment, baggage battalion, engineer battalion, communication company and other units, the full strength of the 300 division should be one
There are about 17,000 people.
But now after a series of battles, the current number of the 300 Division has dropped sharply to more than 4,000. The total number of troops in the 300 Division is not even a fraction of the full establishment, so the main task now is to recruit troops.
"Brothers, we can't just wait for the superiors to send us troops. In that case, we won't be able to recruit troops for a long time. The only way is to send people to nearby towns and counties to recruit troops. It must be within half a century.
Let’s build the framework of our division.”
As Su Rui's order was issued, the entire 300 Division began to jump up and down. The entire 300 Division almost turned into a recruiting center. All the troops were dispersed. They went to nearby Xinxian, Guangshan, and Hong'an respectively.
, even Macheng, which is far away, sent recruiting troops to start a vigorous recruitment campaign.
At this time, the role of money was revealed. Su Rui accumulated more than three million yuan by reselling medicines in Xuzhou and selling a heavy artillery regiment to Chief Li. Now Su Rui was indeed considered wealthy, so he immediately took out the money.
500,000 yuan was spent on recruiting new soldiers.
Under the temptation of being well fed, warmly clothed, and having no one to pay for their 20-yuan settlement allowance, young people in the Tongbai Mountain area came after hearing the news. In less than ten days, the vacancies for more than 10,000 people were filled.
It also recruited more than 2,000 civilian husbands.
The wealthy behavior of the 300th Division caused dissatisfaction among some surrounding troops. Originally, after the Xuzhou breakout, many troops were more or less reduced in number. This was the time when the troops began to recruit troops, but at this time a man ran out and waved
The white-flowered ocean picked away all the young mountain people and farmers nearby, which had directly harmed their interests and made them intolerable.
So the telegram of complaint flew into the hands of Chief Li like snowflakes. After receiving the telegram, Chief Li couldn't help but smile bitterly. This Suri is really good at causing trouble. He has attracted so much hatred in just a few days. It's really
There is no peace of mind anywhere.
In the end, he relied on his own prestige to suppress the matter. Although Chief Li did not tell Su Rui about this matter, Su Rui finally found out about it. He was happy and couldn't help but feel grateful. Chief Li was really
Yes, he is much better than someone else in terms of his mind and personality. It seems that he has to do something.
After thinking about it all night, Suri drove to the temporary headquarters of the fifth theater.
"Report!"
"Come in!"
Chief Li, who was meditating on the map on the wall, turned his head and saw Su Rui standing at the door. A smile appeared in his eyes and he waved to Su Rui.
"Zhongxin, what are you doing here today?"
Su Rui said with some embarrassment: "Mr. De, the staff department came here to tell me something and to ask for something."
"Oh, what's going on?" Chief Li asked calmly.
"The first thing is that the seventh army's equipment change that the staff department promised you last time has been finalized. After consultation with the company, a division's equipment will arrive at Tongbai Mountain in ten days. Please send someone to accept it at that time.
"
"Oh...really?" A hint of surprise flashed across Chief Li's face, but he quickly controlled his emotions and asked with a smile: "What about the second thing? This should be you
It’s a private matter, right?”
Su Rui smiled awkwardly and touched his head before saying: "You are such a virtuous man. Our troops have been fighting for many days. From Nanjing to Xuzhou, almost half a year has been spent in the flames of war. Now the troops
Almost all of our veterans have been exhausted, and the newly recruited recruits will not have combat effectiveness in less than a few months. Therefore, the staff department kindly asks you to send us to a place to rest for a while. The staff department would be very grateful!"
"Oh, you ask for a break?" Looking at Su Rui, Chief Li said with a thoughtful look on his face: "Zhongxin, you also know that the Japanese army is approaching Wuhan step by step, and there is a big battle.
It's about to unfold, but now you're asking for a break, this is not the right time."
Su Rui said anxiously: "Gong De, our 300 Division has just been expanded. Although it has become more powerful, its actual combat effectiveness has shrunk by more than half. Without three or two months of rest, we would not have fought against the Japanese, let alone the Japanese."
It would be hard for me to fight with bandits."
"Oh, is it that serious?" A trace of doubt flashed in Chief Li's eyes.
"Of course." Su Rui said with a wry smile: "Sixty percent of the soldiers in the army are new recruits. If they are just dragged into the battlefield, do you think what the consequences will be?"
"That's it!"
After hearing this, Chief Li immediately pondered. He was a veteran of the army, and he knew very well that if an army in which more than 60% of the soldiers were new recruits really wanted to go to war with the Japanese, it would not be a war but a death.
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