Chapter Five Hundred and Five Commander's Candidates
"Everyone, please listen to me!" Ling Yunshang sat up straight and said to everyone: "Everyone knows the current situation of our Seventh Army. Since the two commanders Li and Bai have formed an alliance with Commander Su,
Alliance, and there is already an agreement, so that means that we should obey Commander Su's orders now. There is no doubt about it. We also agreed before changing the clothes. Why are everyone starting to hesitate again now? This
Isn’t that the style of our Bagui children?”
Ling Yun is the deputy commander of the Seventh Army. He always smiles like a good old man, but this does not mean that no one listens to his words. On the contrary, since the establishment of the Seventh Army in 1926, the commander of the army has changed.
One after another, this Lingyun Shang has been serving as the deputy commander of the Seventh Steel Army for nearly ten years. His qualifications are extremely old. Almost all the officers, big and small, in the Seventh Steel Army are the same.
He has friendships, so his words carry extraordinary weight.
Sure enough, as soon as Ling Yunshang's words came out, everyone who was still a little hesitant and panic gradually began to calm down. Even if there were still some people who were worried, they would not react so much.
Zhou Huangzu glanced at Ling Yun and nodded appreciatively. As expected, he calmed everyone down with his words. He continued what Ling Yun said: "What Vice Commander Ling said makes sense. Let's take it now."
What you are doing is the road closure issued by Chief Su, and what you are eating is Chief Su's food. Naturally, you have to work hard for others. The matter of eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor is a truth that has been passed down since ancient times. There is nothing to say, and now everyone
Even if you want to regret it, it's too late. If you really offend someone, what will you do if they abandon us and leave us alone?"
When everyone heard this, their expressions began to change. Then they remembered that now they had all changed their equipment, and all the guys in their hands were American-style equipment. The benefits of this equipment are very obvious. It has strong firepower and high accuracy.
Compared with their original junk, it was eight blocks away, but the sequelae of the replacement are also very obvious, that is, the consumption of ammunition has also increased exponentially. It can be said that based on the current ammunition storage of the Seventh Army
To calculate, the ammunition in their hands is only enough for them to fight for seven days. If there is no ammunition replenished after seven days, the originally powerful thing in their hands will immediately turn into a fire stick. Moreover, there are only only a few rounds of ammunition of this caliber in the country.
Chief Su can supplement them, which means that their lives are now in other people's hands. As long as someone is unhappy, they can pinch them as much as they want. When they think of this, even if they have a temper
The most irritable people all became quiet.
Seeing the quiet expressions of everyone, Zhou Huangzu knew that there was no resistance to this matter, so he announced the adjournment of the meeting on the spot, and everyone went back to make preparations. The whole army would set out to Fujian in order according to the number tomorrow morning. However, after the meeting was adjourned, Zhou Huangzu hurriedly reported to the old commander.
Li Zongren sent a telegram detailing the reasons for this action. At the end of the telegram, he also asked Li Zongren for his opinion.
Li Zongren's reply soon arrived, and the content was very simple: "Since the two armies have been merged, how can they be separated from each other? If there is such a military order in the future, just follow it!"
Seeing Li Zongren's reply, Zhou Huangzu breathed a long sigh of relief. Li Zongren's telegram completely established Su Rui's position in this group and cleared the last obstacle for Su Rui.
The news that the Seventh Steel Army was heading to Fujian could not be concealed from those who were interested. When Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away in Chongqing, heard the news that the Seventh Steel Army was heading to Fujian, he was so angry that he smashed the glass on the table into pieces.
In addition, there was a sense of helplessness in his eyes, because he knew that it was finally possible to use the banner of the Anti-Japanese War to
The two men who gathered those two guys under his control were getting further and further away from him.
A combat officer hurriedly walked into the office with a happy face and said to Su Rui and Liang Zhi who were discussing the matter: "Two sirs, the Seventh Army has obeyed our orders and started heading towards Nanping by car this morning.
We will move forward and expect to reach Nanping in three days. By then we will have four divisions in Nanping, enough to launch an attack on the Japanese troops entrenched in Nanping."
"Well, regardless of whether the Seventh Army really obeys our orders or not, this is a good start after all. As long as the Seventh Army can march into Fujian, the rest of the things will be much easier to handle." Su Rui heard this.
After the message, he put down the documents in his hands, and a look of relief appeared on his tired face after a busy day.
Seeing a look of exhaustion flash across Su Rui's face, the staff officer asked with some confusion: "Sir, since we have merged with Chief Li and the others, why don't you ask Chief Li to write a handwritten letter?"
It will be issued together with your order. How about simply disbanding the Seventh Army and inserting our people into it? I don’t think they would dare to disobey."
"You still think about things too simply." Su Rui smiled and shook his head, then said to Liang Zhi with a smile on his face: "Of course, you answer this question for him."
Liang Zhi on the side smiled and said to the young staff officer: "Counsel Ning, you are still young after all, and some things are still too simple. Although on the surface we have become one with Chief Li and Bai.
Yes, but some things can't be done just as you say. Although we are all **, after all, we didn't belong to each other before, but now we suddenly become a family, there is always a process of getting used to each other. If it goes according to what you said
, asking Degong for help with everything will not only make Degong and Jiangong look down on us, but will also affect the prestige of Chief Su. If this continues, Chief Su's reputation will be gone. You understand this.
? As for the method you mentioned of disrupting the Seventh Army's organization and reorganizing it, it is even more random. After the Seventh Army was reorganized and internally reorganized, the morale of the army was already a little unstable. If we rashly reorganized it, we would be out of luck.
It's a big mess. Is it possible that you want to use our 398th Army and the 1st Armored Division in Jiangxi to suppress them? If it really comes to this step, I'm afraid the Japanese will be the first to laugh!"
"Well, what you said makes sense." After listening to Liang Zhi's explanation, the staff officer suddenly realized and lowered his head in shame.
"Okay, there's nothing else to do. Go and do your work." Liang Zhi waved his hand, indicating that the staff officer could leave.
When the door closed with a soft "click...", Su Rui smiled and said, "Ziran, you have spared no effort in training these staff officers."
Su Rui's eyes were full of approval when he said this. During the two years when Liang Zhi served as chief of staff, he managed the staff department of the Seventh Army in an orderly manner. Even Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi who came to visit were very
He praised Liang Zhi's work ability. Li Zongren once even wanted to ask Liang Zhi to go to his fifth theater to help him train the staff department of the fifth theater for a period of time, but Liang Zhi later declined because he had no time.
Liang Zhi shook his head lightly: "Sir, what do I mean? If you have visited the German general staff department, you will know what a real staff officer is. In Germany, the power of the general staff department is very great, whether it is a battle or a battle.
Planning, preparation, launch and execution are all inseparable from them. All the commander needs to do is to make decisions based on the opinions submitted by the staff. On the other hand, our country's staff department is at best a mouthpiece for the officers and has not achieved the level of responsibility at all.
to the duties and responsibilities that staff officers should fulfill."
Su Rui smiled: "Ziran, I don't deny what you said. The German general staff is indeed the best general staff department in the world. But our national conditions are different and we cannot copy German experience. We must take everything after we get it.
Improve it according to your own situation and adapt it to our country's national conditions, otherwise you will inevitably become acclimatized if you apply it mechanically."
"Well, you are right about that." Liang Zhi nodded. He was not a rigid person. He knew that there was a big difference between Chinese officers and German officers. After all, most of the staff officers in Germany were from
He went to military school as a teenager, has a rich theoretical level, and has some experience in serving in front-line troops. Only then can he handle the huge and tedious work of the German General Staff. If he is replaced by a Chinese officer, he will be qualified.
I'm afraid not even 100% of the people.
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Su Rui waved his hand and put the matter aside, and then said: "Let's get back to the topic. Since the Seventh Army is willing to obey our orders and go to Fujian, this is a good thing. It shows that Degong
They are still really willing to join forces with us. But they have a problem after arriving in Fujian, and it is a very important problem. If this problem is solved, it will undoubtedly have a great impact on the future war situation in Fujian."
As soon as Su Rui finished speaking, Liang Zhi understood what he meant.
"You mean the issue of command authority?"
"Yeah!" Su Rui nodded: "Originally, there were only Bai Jingran's 400 Army in Fujian. Now the Seventh Army is going to Fujian, and starting from tomorrow, Li Yifeng's 399th Army will also go to Fujian to fight, plus a huge logistics support force.
, then Fujian Province has three armies with nearly 200,000 troops, so the issue of command authority is very important. We must send someone who can hold the position to suppress those arrogant and powerful generals."
"This is also the case." Liang Zhi thought for a while and said: "Sir, if you choose a commander among the three army commanders, I think it is inappropriate. It is not suitable to choose Zhou Huangzu, Li Yifeng or Bai Jingran. Originally, it was the most suitable.
You are the only candidate for the job, but now you can’t leave in Guangzhou, so it’s really hard to do.”
Su Rui pondered for a while and then suddenly smiled and said: "Ziran, what do you think if you ask Brother Jiansheng to coordinate and direct the war situation in Fujian?"
"Bai Chongxi?" Liang Zhi looked surprised at first, and then his eyes lit up, "Yes, it would be most appropriate if Deputy Chief Bai could be allowed to direct the battle in Fujian..." (To be continued...)
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