Li Yunlong continued: "Other military divisions are disbanding their troops and their strength has been greatly reduced. Some military divisions are probably less than a brigade now. But ours here is more than one corps of the Zhongyang Army. No one can compare with them.
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Zhao Gang and Zhang Dabiao were also very excited. Who among commanders doesn't want their troops to be strong?
Since superiors issued orders to streamline and reorganize, all units have taken action.
After three months, the headquarters sent people to each military region to inspect the implementation of the order to streamline and reorganize. Each military region also went to each military division to conduct inspections.
On this day, the commander and chief of staff of the Taiyue Military Region came to the Mawushan base area to inspect the situation after the Mawushan Military Division was streamlined and reorganized.
During this period of time, due to the reorganization of the troops, the various ministries have basically not fought any major battles. Only the troops in the Mawushan Military Division have fought several battles in succession. The commander is somewhat worried that the troops in the Mawushan Military Division will suffer greater losses.
You must know that the troops of the Mawushan Military Division are now the top main force of the Taiyue Military Region. If the losses here are too great, it will directly reduce the combat effectiveness of the entire Taiyue Military Region.
Although the Taiyue Military Region has taken some measures, due to the drought and the spirit of instructions from superiors, the Taiyue Military Region's troops have still been downsized. The current number of people reported according to the establishment table is less than half of before.
The commander knew that many troops were engaged in ambushes. The actual number of troops reduced was not that many, but at least one-third of the total number was reduced.
After meeting Li Yunlong, Xu Dalong, Zhao Gang, Zhang Dabiao and others, the chief of staff asked directly: "Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong, tell the truth, how many troops do you really have now?"
Li Yunlong said with a playful smile: "Commander, Chief of Staff, do you want to hear the truth or lies?"
The commander said: "You guys, don't do this to me. Honestly, how much wealth do you still have?"
Li Yunlong said: "Zhang Dabiao, bring over the army's establishment list."
Zhang Dabiao looked at Li Yunlong, not knowing what to do for a moment.
He asked: "What is the current force establishment list?"
The reason why Zhang Dabiao asked this is because the Mawushan Military Division has two accounts. They made two organization lists. One organization list is based on the requirements of the superiors. The organization list after streamlining and reorganization is superficial. It is for people.
Another thing the superiors look at is the true strength of their Mawushan troops.
Li Yunlong said: "Both the commander and the chief of staff are outsiders, so just take out our family assets."
Zhang Dabiao took out the real strength and organization table of the Mawushan Military Division and handed it to the commander.
After reading it, the commander had a smile on his face, and then gave the organization list to the chief of staff.
After reading it, the chief of staff said happily: "Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong, you guys are really good at hiding such great strength, which made the commander and I worry about you for a long time in vain."
The military region now has a total of nine military divisions, as well as military region agencies and directly affiliated teams. After being streamlined and reorganized, the total strength is only 80,000.
There are actually 50,000 people in the Mawushan Military Division. Taking into account the hidden strength of each military division, the Mawushan Military Division alone accounts for one-third of the total strength of the Taiyue Military Region.
Not only that, the troops in the Mawushan Military Division have the best equipment and can also be said to have the strongest combat effectiveness.
Both the commander and the chief of staff felt confident and very satisfied with this.
The commander smiled and said: "Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong, you guys have violated the instructions of your superiors without authorization. Instead of reducing the troops according to the orders of your superiors, you have privately expanded so many troops. Tell me, how should this account be settled?"
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Li Yunlong knew the commander's temper very well. He said: "Commander, if you want to rip off someone, just say it clearly and don't use this trick to scare people."
The commander smiled and said: "Li Yunlong, your attitude is quite good. This time you will not be held responsible for disobeying the instructions of your superiors. In addition to visiting the troops this time, we really have some problems that need you to solve."
Zhao Gang said: "Commander, if there is anything you need us to do, please just say it. As long as we can get it, we will do our best."
The chief of staff said: "To tell you the truth, although the army has been reduced in size during this drought, the financial pressure is still great, especially for the relief of victims in the base area. It can be said that our family assets have been basically emptied. All military personnel
This is basically the case with partitions.
I heard that you have made another windfall, would you like to hand over part of it to help with the emergency?"
Although Zhao Gang spoke beautifully when he expressed his stance, when he heard that the commander and chief of staff were here to ask for money, he immediately felt distressed and looked at Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong has the final say on these matters, and the commander also knows that Xu Dalong is the backbone of the Mawushan Military Division.
He simply asked Xu Dalong directly: "Xu Dalong, tell me, how much funding can you provide?"
Xu Dalong understood his difficulty. He thought for a moment and said, "Wei Zhao, please keep one third of our existing ocean and hand over the rest."
After listening to this, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang both felt a twinge of pain.
This is a big deal! Two-thirds of the military subdivision's family assets were taken away at once. This feeling is really uncomfortable.
However, they all know the commander and know that the commander is very considerate to his subordinates and will understand the difficulties of his subordinates. Since he came to ask for money in person, you can imagine how difficult it is for him. Therefore, they both nodded in agreement.
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The chief of staff asked: "How much do you two-thirds have?"
Zhao Gang said: "600,000 oceans."
Both the commander and chief of staff were a little shocked.
The chief of staff said: "We all know that you are very fat, but I didn't expect that you have such a big family. Now you can solve a big problem."
Li Yunlong felt a pain in his body. He paid for it, so he had to take advantage of it.
He said: "Brigadier Commander, Chief of Staff, this money is all saved by our frugality in food and clothing. After handing over this money, we will have to tighten our belts and live our lives from now on."
The commander smiled and said: "Li Yunlong, you kid, don't do this. I can smell the alcohol on you even eight feet away from you. You drink a little wine every day and your life is so smooth. How dare you pretend to be here?"
poverty."
The chief of staff said: "The Mawushan Military Division is really good. If all the military divisions in our military region have their strength, we can drive out all the little devils in Shanxi with just one military region."
The commander put away his smile and said solemnly: "Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Zhang Dabiao, Wang Limin, you are all good people. You have all made great contributions. Your superiors value you very much.
Your efforts and contributions will never be forgotten.
The leader personally told me that among the troops at the military division level, your Mawushan Military Division has opened up a base area behind enemy lines alone. Compared with other military divisions, it has greater difficulties. When encountering difficulties, there is no superior.
The help can be said to be the sole support for the crisis.
Under such difficult and difficult conditions, you have continued to grow and develop, and have provided a lot of help to your superiors.
Such a unit is the pride of the underground party’s anti-Japanese armed forces. Commanders like you are indispensable and will definitely be reused in the future and shoulder greater responsibilities.”
The commander's words were very heart-warming for everyone, and any imbalance they felt after paying the money disappeared.
Next, the commander held a military meeting,
Then the commander talked to Xu Dalong alone.
He asked: "According to the information you provided, the Japanese army is about to launch the Pacific War. The Japanese army is about to dispatch a large number of troops south to Southeast Asia. The superiors have decided to take the opportunity to carry out offensive operations behind enemy lines and expand the underground party's anti-Japanese base areas. What do you think?"
Ordinarily, such an important decision would not seek the opinions of a small regiment-level cadre. But Xu Dalong was different. This information was obtained by Xu Dalong. His superiors believed that Xu Dalong must have some knowledge about the situation of the world-wide anti-Japanese war.
I understand and hope to seek his opinion as a reference.
After listening to the commander's words, Xu Dalong deeply felt that his superiors valued him.
He said: "The superiors considered it very correctly. After the Japanese army dispatched a large number of troops to go south, the Japanese troops in the rear area were relatively empty. It was indeed a good opportunity for our underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces to expand their base areas.
But because of this, in order to avoid such a situation, the Japanese army will definitely concentrate its forces in the months before the outbreak of the Pacific War and focus on raiding the base areas of our underground party’s anti-Japanese armed forces. Therefore, we hope that the superiors will be prepared in advance to deal with it.
A massive Japanese attack.
Not only that, after the Japanese army launched the Pacific War, although they would withdraw some of their troops and go south to Southeast Asia, the pressure our army faced was not easy.
In order to make up for the lack of troops, the Japanese army will transfer a number of garrison divisions from China. In addition, they will also increase their support for the traitor armed forces and use these traitor armed forces to deal with the anti-Japanese armed forces of our underground party.
At this stage, special attention must be paid to the fact that the Japanese army will increase its efforts to win over senior generals in the Guojun army who are not firm in their stance, and to prevent a large number of Guojun generals from rebelling and surrendering to the enemy."
What Xu Dalong said are all situations that actually happened in history.
In order to make up for the lack of troops on the Chinese battlefield after launching the Taiping War, the Japanese army strengthened its support for the puppet army. They used coercion and inducement to cause a group of Japanese generals to rebel and surrender to the enemy. As a result, the puppet army developed rapidly. In the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese army
In the next two years, the number of puppet troops will reach an astonishing 3.5 million.
This is only the regular army, and does not include other various traitor armed forces. The threat posed by these puppet armies to the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party is no less than that of the Japanese army to a certain extent.
Therefore, the next two years will still be an extremely difficult period for the anti-Japanese struggle.
After Xu Dalong finished speaking, the commander nodded and said: "You are right. My superiors also obtained some relevant information, but I did not expect that the situation would be so serious. Your analysis is completely correct. I will report it to my superiors immediately after I return.
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The commander believed that Xu Dalong's opinions were very important. He was eager to go back and report, so he did not continue to stay in the Mawushan Military Division and soon returned to the Taihang Mountain base area with Zhang Wanhe.
After listening to the report from the commander of the Taiyue Military Region, the superiors took it very seriously.
Instructions from superiors were to pay close attention to the movements of the Guojun to prevent troops from rebelling and surrendering to the enemy, and to prevent them from colluding with the Japanese army and launching a siege against the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces. All units of the underground party's anti-Japanese armed forces must be prepared for contingency.
The Chongqing Underground Party Office heard some rumors, and after communicating with the superiors, it was suggested that the information provided by Xu Dalong be reported to the Guofu authorities, and the Guofu authorities were required to strengthen precautions against those senior generals who were secretly dealing with the Japanese invaders to prevent them from rebelling and surrendering to the enemy.
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The Guo government attaches great importance to this and requires military commanders to strengthen monitoring of suspected Guo army generals.
When the military commanders heard that Xu Dalong had provided the information, they also submitted an application to the Chongqing office of the underground party, asking Xu Dalong to go to the military commanders headquarters to cooperate with the military commanders in launching anti-rape operations.
The order came down quickly, and the commander of the Taiyue Military Region informed Xu Dalong to report to the Chongqing office.
Xu Dalong could bring back a large sum of money every time he went to Chongqing, and even weapons and equipment for the establishment.
Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong and others were feeling a little distressed because they had just handed over a large amount of money to their superiors and spent a lot of money to resettle the victims. When they heard that Xu Da was going to Chongqing, they strongly supported it.
Li Yunlong said: "Those guys in Chongqing have a lot of money, and they plundered it from the people. Brother Dalong, you must be more ruthless this time, and beat those guys hard. You can't take advantage of those gangsters."
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Zhao Gang also said: "Captain, the finances in our base area are a little tight now. When you go to Chongqing this time, you must find a way to get more money back."
Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong sang and harmonized here, and Zhang Dabiao couldn't stand it.
He said: "Commander, Commissioner Zheng, you two have gone too far.
Brother Dalong went to Chongqing to carry out a mission to eliminate traitors. This meant going deep into a tiger's den and narrowly escaping death.
You don’t care about Brother Dalong’s safety, so it’s really too much to keep letting Brother Dalong make money here.”
Li Yunlong raised his eyes and said: "Zhang Dabiao, don't be so careless here. Who said that the army's training funds are tight, crying and asking for money from Commissioner Zhao Zheng, and now you are here making cheap talk."
Dabiao, we have been together for so many years, and now I realize that you are a two-faced guy.
I was mistaken before, I thought you were honest and honest, but you turned out to be a traitor."
At this time, Zhao Gang also said: "Old Li is right, who said we don't care about the safety of the captain? He is so capable that the little devil is no match for him. Do we still need to worry about him?"
When Xu Dalong heard Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang talking like this, he felt a little dumbfounded.
He thought to himself: "The leader has always been this virtuous, and Commissioner Zheng has completely followed suit. These two guys are now talking about asking for money, and they look like profiteers."