Shortly after the New Year, news about the Japs' frequent mobilizations continued to spread. The atmosphere became tense again, and the troops once again engaged in intense training.
Because the 74th Army had Yu Jishi as its backer, it did not collapse after fighting bloody battles like other ace units. It disappeared from people's sight and even had its designation cancelled.
Instead, a large number of Huangpu officers and recruits were replenished, and weapons and equipment were also given priority, which in turn further enhanced their strength.
These Whampoa officers have all undergone systematic military training. They have high tactical literacy and a strong will to fight. With the assistance of a large number of veterans who have fought in many battles, the combat effectiveness of the troops was quickly restored to 7788.
With these Huangpu officers and veteran officers complementing each other, Yang Ling, the regiment leader, became a hands-off shopkeeper.
The Japs mobilized frequently, and Yang Ling also noticed it, and quickly reported the news that the Japs might attack Nanchang. Of course, the reason was analyzed by himself.
Although he had no ability to prevent the Japanese from attacking Nanchang, it was the only thing he could do to give his superiors a warning in advance. As for the Japanese's offensive route, he really couldn't remember it.
After the New Year, Zhang Qingyun, chief of staff of the regiment, was transferred to the division headquarters as a staff officer as he wished after the activities of the previous year. Although he was only a lieutenant colonel staff officer, he stayed at the division headquarters. With his temperament and background that is good at drilling camps, there will be more room for development in the future.
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Regarding Zhang Qingyun's departure, there was no disturbance in the group. After all, Zhang Qingyun had not been in the group for a long time, and he did not have much prestige.
The names of the brothers who had made meritorious deeds in the Wanjialing battle were also announced one after another. Liu Yidao was promoted to lieutenant colonel and deputy regimental commander, and Wang Huzi was moved from deputy battalion commander to battalion commander.
Wang Dongming, who killed the leader of the Japanese division, was promoted directly to the third level, from second lieutenant to major, but he still stayed in Yang Ling's regiment.
Although the brothers won battles and made meritorious service, the superiors did not award rewards as generously as before this time. Most of them were promoted from second lieutenant to lieutenant, and from major to lieutenant colonel. Their positions did not change much.
After all, the war situation is not as fierce as it was a year ago, and there are fewer front-line promotions. After all, there are only so many positions, and those officers who came out of Whampoa Military Academy can't be the top soldiers, so...
The brothers have received some various medals. When they received them before, they were very happy. Now that they have received more, they feel that they are not as real as the silver coins.
In addition to Commander Xue of the First Corps of the Ninth War Zone allocating a pension for the brothers, although the Military Commission also has commendations for the brothers, it has been unable to allocate them. Medals and other things are easy to talk about. When it comes to money, there is only one above.
Word, drag......
Yang Ling's appointment has also been delayed. The brothers are fighting for Yang Ling's injustice. The regiment chief of staff, Zhang Qingyun, was able to transfer the division to live happily without even doing anything.
Why is it that an officer like Yang Ling who is charging forward on the battlefield has been delayed in appointing him? The brothers clamored to jointly submit a letter, but Yang Ling intercepted him.
Although that is what he said, but now that the country is facing a crisis, is the war just for promotion and wealth?
Yang Ling was also very depressed. It would be easy to say that there was no news that he was going to be the deputy brigade commander, but when it came out, there was no follow-up, which made him confused.
"Report!"
"What's the matter?"
The communications soldier stood up to Yang Ling and saluted: "Regiment leader, the division has called and asked you to come over."
Yang Ling frowned: "Did you say something?"
The signal soldier replied: "I just said that the commander is looking for you, nothing to do."
"Okay, I get it."
What could the commander do to him? Although Yang Ling was confused, he still arranged the affairs of the regiment to Liu Yidao, the deputy commander, and rode straight to the division headquarters with the guards.
The division headquarters is much more elegant than Yangling's simple regiment headquarters. There are three entrances and three exits in the compound, and there are guards outside with three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry. They are heavily guarded.
"Brother, please tell me. Yang Ling, the commander of the 301st Regiment, has been ordered to report."
Yang Ling dismounted and asked Huzi and the others to wait outside while he stepped forward and reported his identity.
"Commander Yang, the commander has ordered you to go in directly when you arrive." The guard pointed to the yard and said, "The commander is in the third room on the right through the corridor after entering."
"Thank you." Yang Ling thanked this brother and stepped into the division headquarters.
Yang Ling didn't know most of the people in the division headquarters, but the people in the brigade headquarters were more familiar with them. He saw senior staff officers from the division headquarters coming in and out, busy.
"Report!"
Yang Ling followed the guard's directions and found the office of the division commander, General Wang Yaowu.
"Come in--"
After getting permission, Yang Ling stepped in and looked up to see an energetic teacher behind an old desk, lowering his head to review documents.
"Master, Yang Ling has been ordered to report!" Yang Ling stopped not far from the desk, stood upright and saluted, and shouted loudly.
"Oh, you're here." The division commander, General Wang Yaowu, raised his head and said with a smile, "Still in the same spirit as before, not bad!"
"Stop standing, sit down." Seeing Yang Ling standing upright, the teacher asked Yang Ling to sit down.
Yang Ling was not polite and sat down on a bench. The orderly brought tea to Yang Ling.
"How is the situation in the regiment? How are my junior students who have come over to supplement us doing?"
The division commander Wang Yaowu looked at Yang Ling with a smile on his majestic and unconventional face and asked.
General Wang Yaowu was also from Huangpu, and he was considered a senior compared to the Huangpu Military Academy students who were added to the army.
Yang Ling sat upright and replied seriously: "When I return to the teacher's seat, everything is fine in the regiment. The brothers are training hard, and the newly added officers from Huangpu who graduated from Huangpu are also performing well."
"Well, that's good." Division Commander Wang Yaowu smiled and nodded: "I have read the analysis report you sent me a few days ago. The analysis is good. From just a few pieces of information, I can tell that the Japs' attack target is Nanchang. This
Much better than those staff officers at the division headquarters."
"Master, that's ridiculous. I'm just guessing." Yang Ling dared not to say that he recalled it, because it was too shocking.
"Young people, being modest is a good thing. If you are too modest, you are not confident, haha." Seeing that Yang Ling was still a little cautious, General Wang Yaowu joked.
"By the way, you are twenty-eight this year."
Yang Ling replied: "I will be twenty-eight in two months."
"You are young and promising. You are already a colonel at the age of twenty-eight. You will definitely make great achievements in the future and become a pillar of the party and the country."
"This is all thanks to the cultivation of Master." Yang Ling didn't know what Wang Yaowu meant, so he hurriedly said modestly.
Faced with Yang Ling's modesty, General Wang Yaowu just smiled and continued to ask: "You are not married yet, do you have a girl you like?"