Hearing that Yang Ling and the others had returned from their studies, although General Wang Yaowu, who had also served as deputy army commander, was recuperating from illness, he still received Yang Ling in person.
"Haha, that's so spirited!" General Wang Yaowu looked very happy when he saw Yang Ling standing upright and saluting.
"Sit down, sit down and talk, don't be restrained." General Wang Yaowu asked Yang Ling to sit down.
Although Yang Ling didn't have much contact with his immediate boss, he knew that he meant what he said, so he took the opportunity to sit down.
During the period when Yang Ling went to the Nanyue Guerrilla Cadre Training Class, General Wang Yaowu not only served as the commander of the 51st Division, but also began to serve as the deputy commander of the 74th Army.
"Military Commander, I heard that you are sick. These are some supplements that I specially bought for you. Please accept them." Yang Ling took out the things he was carrying.
"You are really thoughtful." General Wang Yaowu also had a smile on his face and asked the orderly to take it.
"How was your study in the Nanyue guerrilla training class?"
"The instructors taught very well, and we also learned a lot about guerrilla warfare."
General Wang Yaowu smiled and nodded and said: "Okay, we didn't pay attention to guerrilla warfare in the past and suffered a lot. When you return to the army, you must organize the officers of the company and platoon to set up a training class and hand over what you have learned to them.
Then let them teach the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level that we must not only be able to fight regular warfare, but also learn to fight guerrilla warfare, so that we can always remain invincible in the battle against the Japanese."
"Yes, I will definitely go back and take care of it." Yang Ling hurriedly agreed.
"The army is about to start reorganization. The brigade-level command structure will be abolished. At that time, the division will directly command the regiment to facilitate the battle against the Japanese. You will be aggrieved for the time being and go back to continue to be the regiment commander when the time is right.
Now, how about re-mobilizing?"
"yes!"
In Yang Ling's heart, he was also a mute eating Coptis chinensis. He couldn't express his pain. He had no choice but to agree.
When I asked the deputy brigade commander before, someone said he didn't have a military school background, but now he does have a military school background, and he encountered reorganization. It was really the wrong time.
The division commander Wang Yaowu asked about some of his studies in the guerrilla cadre training class, and Yang Ling also answered accurately, which satisfied the division commander.
Since he could not be promoted to deputy brigade commander for the time being, Yang Ling did not feel depressed. Instead, he returned to the regiment and gathered the company and platoon commanders together to carry out guerrilla training.
Whether you are serving as a regiment commander or a deputy brigade commander, it is all for fighting the Japanese. Being on the list is the division commander, General Wang Yaowu. Anyway, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.
After the Battle of Nanchang, the regiment added a new batch of recruits, and most of the Huangpu officers who were recruited previously were promoted to company and platoon leaders.
The Japanese have now changed their strategy and are only launching offensives in local areas. Yang Ling and the others have no combat missions for a while.
Yang Ling also followed the orders of the division commander, General Wang Yaowu, and selected a group of officers and soldiers to conduct guerrilla warfare training in the regiment, hoping to promote it to the entire regiment.
During Yang Ling's busy period, the entire 74th Army was also undercurrent.
The news that Yu Jishi, commander of the 74th Army, was promoted to commander of the 10th Army has spread, so the position of commander of the 74th Army is vacant.
Yu Jishi's original intention was to let General Wang Yaowu, commander of the 51st Division, take over as commander of the 74th Army, but General Wang Yaowu could only command the 51st Division. After all, it was his starting army.
For the other 57th and 58th Divisions of the 74th Army, it seems to be somewhat inadequate. The commander of the 58th Division is now Chen Shizheng, who was born in the first phase of Huangpu and was of the same generation as Yu Jishi.
Once Wang Yaowu becomes the commander of the 74th Army, I am afraid that the powerful 74th Army will fall apart. This is not what Yu Jishi wants to see.
Therefore, during this period of time, General Wang Yaowu used the excuse of recuperating to stay away from this vortex of power struggle.
Commander Yu Jishi took advantage of the fact that he could still suppress the situation and transferred Chen Shizheng, who was born in Huangpu Phase I, to Zhejiang as army commander, and He Lingxiao, who was born in Huangpu Phase II, was also transferred to other troops as division commander, and all the senior generals were transferred to Zhejiang Province.
The 74th Army was mobilized, paving the way for General Wang Yaowu to take over smoothly.
In June, Yu Jishi was successfully transferred to the position of commander of the 10th Army, while General Wang Yaowu, Yangling's division commander, was officially appointed as the commander of the 74th Army.
But this is not over yet. In view of the fact that the army has too many levels of command, and in accordance with the order of the Military Commission to streamline the command structure, the 74th Army has undergone some drastic reforms.
All four of the brigades to which they belonged were abolished. The older ones who had been spared were transferred to the position of deputy division commanders, while the younger ones were appointed as new infantry commanders and were considered to be on standby.
Yang Ling's old boss, Brigadier Zhou Zhidao, also took advantage of the opportunity to become the division commander of the 51st Division, which was regarded as a high promotion. Yang Ling and his regiment continued to be under the command of the 51st Division.
The brigade-level command organization Hong Ou was abolished, and the 51st Division directly administered three organic regiments and one field reinforcement regiment, with Yang Ling continuing to serve as the regiment commander.
And when the 74th Army took the opportunity to reorganize, a piece of news that shocked the whole country also came.
"Something big happened, something big happened!"
When Yang Ling and others were organizing swimming training for the officers and soldiers of the guerrilla training class, the staff officer from the regiment rushed over panting.
"What's going on, Counselor Wang?" Yang Ling was surprised to see that the usually calm counselor was so panicked.
"Wang Jingwei surrendered to the little devil!" Staff Officer Wang replied angrily.
"What, where did you hear the news? How is it possible?"
The brothers' first reaction was disbelief. In the eyes of the brothers, Wang Jingwei was the number two figure in the party, second only to the chairman of the committee.
If he surrenders to the enemy, how can he fight this war? Does it mean that the government will also surrender, and will he really become a slave to the subjugation of the country?
After hearing the news, the brothers had no intention of training for a while. They worked desperately on the battlefield and fought bloody battles with the Japs. Could it be that they got this result? They were suddenly extremely depressed, and their future suddenly felt bleak and confused.
"It's been spread everywhere, and it's confirmed to be true," Staff Officer Wang said firmly.
In fact, in May, Wang Jingwei had already transferred to Shanghai by plane, but Chongqing had been blocking the news. After all, such a figure's surrender to the enemy would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to the national war of resistance.
Moreover, this time Wang Jingwei was followed by more than twenty Central Committee members and generals, as well as many troops, and the impact was extremely bad.
However, as Wang Jingwei delivered a speech in Shanghai, the news could not be contained. The shocking news quickly spread throughout the country, and for a time the people of the country were panicked.
Previously, they had been insisting on the war of resistance and everyone worked together. Now that senior officials in Chongqing have surrendered, people's confidence in the war of resistance suddenly collapsed and they became panicked all day long.
"Why are we still training? Let's just go home and plant crops. Damn it, the commander has surrendered to the enemy. Why are we still working here..."
This news undoubtedly had a huge impact on the brothers, making them feel pessimistic, disappointed and depressed.
"What are you doing?! What are you doing?" Seeing these brothers shouting to go home, Yang Ling stopped them with a cold face.