Chapter 73 The Big Compilation
"Deputy Commander Fang, when did you arrive in Nanjing?" As soon as Zhao Hengti and others left, the atmosphere in the room became much more relaxed, and Li Shimao asked with a smile on his face.
"We arrived yesterday. Haha, Commander Li, I am no longer the deputy commander of the Eighth Division. Just call me Zhang Ming."
"No, no! In my heart, Deputy Commander Fang is from our Eighth Division, and will always be our Deputy Commander, no! He is the Commander!" Li Shimao said firmly. Everyone present nodded in agreement, except for a few who had followed Zhao Hengti.
The battalion commander looked frightened and felt uneasy. Everyone was happy that Fang Zida could return to Nanjing again.
"Brother Zhangming, fortunately you came in time, otherwise I might have..." Huang Kaiyuan felt a little ashamed. Facing Cheng Dequan and Zhao Hengti, he, the deputy division commander, was helpless. If Fang Zida hadn't suddenly appeared, Zhao Hengti would have succeeded today. Thinking of it,
Huang Kaiyuan felt that he was really sorry for Fang Zida's original entrustment.
"Brother Baochang, I know you have tried your best. There is no need to blame yourself. Brother Yonggong, the same goes for you. Thank you so much Zida!" He smiled at Huang Kaiyuan and Wang Xiaozhen and nodded, although they could not stop them.
Zhao Hengti, but he tried his best no matter what, especially Wang Xiaozhen. In his position, he could show neutrality without being biased towards Zhao Hengti. Fang Zida was already very satisfied.
After chatting with everyone for a while with a smile, Fang Zida glanced at the battalion commanders who were attracted by Zhao Hengti. These people trembled in fright, and all lowered their heads, and their hearts were beating unsatisfactoryly.
Jump.
"Some people! They just can't see the overall situation. Why bother jumping up and down for some power? We, Fang, have always believed that as a soldier, you should be simple. It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders and not to get involved with politics or factions.
What a mess. The purpose of building the National Defense Force is to build a national army, not an army of a certain faction! Some people do not understand the general trend of the world and try to use their arms as a chariot, which is simply self-destruction!"
Fang Zida's words made these people shudder and their legs were weak with fear, but Fang Zida did not pursue them too closely. He just gave a stern warning and let the matter go, making them finally feel relieved.
"Brother Zhang Ming, the Cheng Dequan incident happened, and Zhao Hengti and Tao Deyao entered Beijing. Shanghai must make arrangements in advance, otherwise the officers and soldiers of the 31st Regiment and the Shanghai Army Corps will start a riot after learning the news..." The relationship between Cheng and Zhao
After the fall, Wang Xiaozhen was very happy, but he still raised his concerns. After all, the 31st Regiment and the Shanghai Army controlled Shanghai. Once the news was received and something changed, it would be troublesome.
Regarding this, Fang Zida was not nervous at all, but smiled and said: "Haha, Xiong Shihui was already in Shanghai yesterday, the 31st regiment has been controlled, even a few clowns can't make any trouble, as for the Shanghai regiment,
Haha, Mr. Yong, do you think they still have a chance?"
Hearing what Fang Zida said, Wang Xiaozhen suddenly realized it and patted his forehead and said yes again and again.
Speaking of which, Cheng Dequan, Zhao Hengti and others thought they were playing a good game. In fact, their every move had been under Fang Zida's eyes. Fang Zida had been holding back, just waiting for them to finally jump out. As early as a year ago, Fang Zida had sent Zhang Huchen to arrive.
Nanjing, together with Xiong Shihui, Liu Zhi and others, closely monitored every move of the 8th Division, and even secretly contacted many junior officers from various regiments and battalions to understand the movements of the 31st Regiment and the Shanghai Regiment.
Last night, Xiong Shihui quietly took his men to Shanghai, and took action decisively while Tao Deyao was on his way to Nanjing. He took control of the 31st Regiment without a single blow. Due to the tight blockade of information in Shanghai, Tao Deyao was still unaware until today's meeting that his troops had actually been lost.
Controlled.
Similarly, within the Eighth Division, Zhang Huchen's gendarmerie, with the cooperation of Liu Zhi, did not take much effort to control the situation. Then, on the surface, they were as calm as water, secretly waiting for Cheng Dequan and others to fall into the trap. In this way, under Cheng Dequan and Zhao Hengti
Just when they thought they were done, Fang Zida, who had been hiding all this time, suddenly appeared and changed the situation in one fell swoop.
The hidden dangers of the Eighth Division have been cleared, which is of great significance to the reorganization of the National Defense Forces of the Eighth Division. With the resignation of Cheng Dequan, the central government's decree will go directly to Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places, which also marks the beginning of the separation of local military and political affairs.
As the general manager of the Central Bank and the special commissioner of the Central Bank, Fang Zida was ordered by Yuan Shikai and Song Jiaoren to assist in the reorganization of the Eighth Division. For this, he had already had a plan in mind and decided to use the Eighth Division as a blueprint to reorganize a completely different army from before.
Defense Force.
Nowadays, the army division organization of the Republic of China is not uniform. The organization of the Beiyang Division is divided into two types. One is the large organization under the division's jurisdiction over the brigade, and the other is the small organization under the division's jurisdiction over the regiment. As for the organization of the armies outside Beiyang, it is a mess.
Yes, some were organized according to the Beiyang Army, and some were organized according to the Zhenxiehe Patrol Battalion, such as Zhang Xun's Department, and some were even directly organized from Japanese divisions and brigades. The Eighth Division adopted the Beiyang Division under Huang Xing's reorganization.
The large establishment of the brigade is that one division has two mixed brigades, each with two regiments, plus the former Linhu Regiment, which is now the temporary 33rd Regiment, a cavalry regiment, an artillery regiment, etc. But in Fang Zida's eyes,
, this organization seems good, but in fact, it has great hidden dangers in terms of coordination and command, and the regiment-level personnel establishment is too small. The entire regiment is only full of about 2,000 people. The artillery, cavalry, logistics and other establishments are divided into separate units.
In battle, several departments often have poor coordination and cannot meet the needs of new types of warfare.
In the new National Defense Force, Fang Zida plans to directly cancel the title of mixed brigade, abandon the popular "mixed" organization and directly change it to an infantry brigade. Borrowing the large organization structure of the Beiyang Division, there are still two brigades per division and two regiments per brigade. However, the regiment
The structure at grade level and below has been significantly adjusted. Each regiment has three battalions, each battalion has three companies, and each company has three platoons, adopting a three-three structure. In addition, each battalion has another machine gun company, and each regiment has another artillery unit.
battalion, a reconnaissance detachment, a signal company, an engineer battalion, a military police company, a munitions supply battalion and a sanitary battalion.
Based on this structure, Fang Zida will also implement a staff system in the Eighth Division, changing the current structure of a division without a staff officer or having only one chief of staff, allocating staff staff to the battalion level at least, and setting up staff offices at the division headquarters and brigade headquarters.
For the permanent division chief of staff position, the division chief of staff is equivalent to the deputy division commander.
As a result, the strength of a regiment will reach about 4,000, and the total strength of an infantry brigade including the brigade headquarters will be 9,700. After reorganization, the total strength of the entire division will be as high as 21,000.
This number is almost double the current number of troops in the Eighth Division. When Fang Zida presented his reorganization plan, everyone's eyes immediately lit up.
"Zhang Ming, it's good that we need to increase so many troops, but how to solve the problem of military pay and weapons?" Huang Kaiyuan couldn't help but worry while being excited. At the same time, Wang Xiaozhen also hesitated: "It's not difficult to recruit soldiers, the problem is
Each regiment must have an artillery battalion, an engineer battalion, a health battalion and a communications company. Is this possible? Especially the artillery battalion. Brother Zhangming, it’s not like you don’t know the situation of the Eighth Division. There are only so many cannons available for the entire division.
Door, how to fill this gap? There is also a machine gun company, where are there so many machine guns? As for the health battalion and the communication company, there are also a large number of junior officers, this... where can we find so many people? "
"It doesn't matter." Fang Zida waved his hands with a smile and said confidently: "You don't have to worry about military pay and weapons and equipment. Don't forget that I am now the general manager of the Central Bank. Whether it is the Ministry of Finance or the Ministry of National Defense, funding expenditures cannot bypass my central bank.
Don't worry about the bank. As for the lack of cannons and machine guns in the army, it's not a big deal. I will go to Shanghai and Nanjing in a few days. The manufacturing bureaus in Shanghai are already under my central bank. I will deal with the military industry as soon as possible.
To meet the needs of reorganization. As for professional talents, a group of military academy cadets will report to our Eighth Division in about half a month. They are fully qualified for some positions. If there are deficiencies, on the one hand, they can recruit more people, and on the other hand, they can do it themselves.
No matter how difficult it is to cultivate, I think there is always a way to solve it."
Fang Zida's explanation made them feel relieved. If the reorganization of the Eighth Division is really as planned by Fang Zida, after the reorganization is completed, the Eighth Division will become a decisive force in the National Defense Force. Looking around, there are such troops all over the country.
Can it be compared with the powerful Eighth Division? When thinking of this, everyone's hearts are boiling with excitement.
Due to the departure of Zhao Hengti and others, Fang Zida appointed Huang Kaiyuan as the commander of the Eighth Division and Wang Xiaozhen as the deputy commander of the Eighth Division. The two brigade commanders were replaced by Li Shimao and Li Jun. Among the four main regiment commanders, three regiment commanders were Xiong Shihui
, Liu Zhi, and He Sui respectively served as division chief of staff. In addition, Wu Peifu, commander of the artillery regiment of the Third Division of the Central Army, will be transferred. Wu Peifu was Cao Kun's favorite general. Fang Zidake spent a lot of effort to get him to the eighth division. As history
Fang Zida believes that Wu Peifu, a famous general in the military and has received professional staff training, will definitely be qualified as the division chief of staff.
Another candidate for the regiment leader is Wang Tianpei, who will report to the Eighth Division together with the other military cadets. Among these people, except Wang Tianpei, who has previously led troops and will directly serve as the regimental and battalion-level commander after arriving at the Eighth Division,
The remaining personnel will serve as regimental and battalion staff officers and junior officers at the company and platoon levels.
All preparations were in place, and the entire Eighth Division was immediately mobilized. When the specific plan for the formal reorganization was notified to the entire division, the officers and soldiers who had been anxious about the reorganization of the National Defense Forces suddenly burst into joy and rushed to tell each other. A few days later, the Chief of Staff
Wu Peifu also arrived in Nanjing and officially took office. A few days later, Wang Tianpei and thirty-two military academy graduates also arrived. At this point, the general framework for the reorganization of the Eighth Division had been set up, and the next step was to officially start the reorganization work and training.
At this time, Fang Zida handed over the specific work of reorganization to Wu Peifu, Huang Kaiyuan and others. Although Huang Kaiyuan was the division commander, Fang Zida still asked Wu Peifu to be responsible for the specific work. Wu Peifu was very good at training troops, and his background in Beiyang was very important to the Eighth Division.
The reorganization of the National Defense Forces is of particularly great significance.
Chapter completed!