Not long after, Zhao Gang and Heizi walked in happily, which made Li Qiufan feel even more unhappy.
"Why are there just you two, the new column commander?"
Li Qiufan frowned and looked at the two of them, wondering why the airborne commander didn't come with him.
"Sir? What sir?"
Heizi was confused by Li Qiufan's question and said to Li Qiufan in confusion.
"Hasn't our independent division been reorganized? What are you talking about, sir?"
Li Qiufan said angrily, and at the same time he was angry that Heizi didn't tell him the truth.
"Where did you hear that our independent division was reorganized? Why didn't I know?"
At this time, Zhao Gang suddenly stepped in and said to Li Qiufan in a lukewarm manner.
"Old Zhao, are you not angry anymore?"
Seeing that Zhao Gang did not get angry at him, Li Qiufan asked in a low voice.
"Hmph, let's talk about it later!"
When Zhao Gang heard Li Qiufan mention what happened before, he snorted gloomily.
"Headquarters order!"
After talking to Li Qiufan, Zhao Gang suddenly took out a piece of paper from his arms and said seriously to everyone.
"Snapped!"
After hearing Zhao Gang's words, everyone, including Li Qiufan, stood up straight.
"The Eighth Route Army Headquarters ordered that the Independent Division will be integrated into the Independent Second Brigade and expanded into the Independent First Column from now on. Li Qiufan will be appointed as the commander of the column, and Zhao Gang will be appointed as the political commissar!"
Zhao Gang glanced at everyone, especially Li Qiufan, who stayed for a few seconds before announcing the contents of the telegram.
Subsequently, the appointments of other positions were announced. Heizi was appointed deputy commander of the column, and he was appointed chief of staff of the column. As for the others, Li Qiufan appointed them himself and then reported them to the Eighth Route Army headquarters.
"Independent first column? Column commander? Our independent division has not been reorganized?"
Li Qiufan was dumbfounded when he heard the order from the headquarters.
I originally thought he was an airborne leader from the headquarters, but I didn't expect that he had been promoted and was promoted to the commander of the column.
"Wait a minute? So, Li Yunlong will be my subordinate from now on?"
After Li Qiufan was stunned, he suddenly remembered one thing, that is, Li Yunlong's second brigade had been incorporated into his army.
"That's right, from now on, Lao Li will have to obey your orders!"
Zhao Gang was also very happy about the expansion of the army. He even forgot a little about the harmful things Li Qiufan had done before, nodded towards Li Qiufan and said.
"That's not right. He, Li Yunlong, has become my subordinate. Why is he so happy?"
Li Qiufan suddenly thought that Li Yunlong had laughed when he saw the telegram. It seemed that he had long known that his troops would be integrated into the independent division.
This can't help but make Li Qiufan a little confused. He has heard that he is happy to be promoted, but this is the first time he is happy to see his troops being integrated.
"Okay, why are you so confused? If you don't understand, just ask him when you get the chance!"
Zhao Gang saw Li Qiufan frowning and patted him on the shoulder, and asked him directly to ask Li Yunlong.
"I'm going right now!"
After hearing what Zhao Gang said, Li Qiufan couldn't wait any longer and went to find Li Yunlong to find out.
"Why are you so anxious? The army has just been expanded. As the commander of the column, you are not allowed to make arrangements!"
Zhao Gang stretched out his hand to grab Li Qiufan, stopped him directly, and then pointed at everyone present.
When Li Qiufan saw Zhao Gang's actions, he suddenly realized that the army had been expanded and these old brothers had to be promoted.
"We can't rush this. Let's discuss it later."
Li Qiufan shook his head, he had to think carefully about the appointment.
Besides, after the previous battle with the Jinsui Army, although the casualties of his troops were not very large, it still needed time to recover.
None of the brigades are currently at full strength, so he can just consolidate the forces.
There are a total of five brigades under his command including the garrison brigade. He can't expand them all into divisions.
Not to mention whether there are so many weapons and equipment, there are simply not enough soldiers to recruit.
Therefore, we can only merge and compress the troops as before. In this way, although the troops have become smaller, the strength of the troops has not changed, and the combat effectiveness has become stronger.
"Someone, go and call Li Yunlong, the commander of the Second Independent Brigade, and tell him that I have something to ask him!"
After thinking for a moment, Li Qiufan decided to call Li Yunlong over to discuss it together.
Not long after, Li Yunlong came over with Zhang Dabiao and others.
"Li Yunlong, commander of the Second Independent Brigade, reported, please give instructions from the commander!
After Li Yunlong arrived, he actually started to play tricks. He stood at attention and saluted Li Qiufan, and shouted in a decent manner.
"Well, that's good. Let's pick up two loads of manure first. I think the folks are ready to fertilize!"
Seeing Li Yunlong playing with treasures, Li Qiufan climbed up the pole and directly arranged for him to pick up dung.
"Well, Commander, I am also a brigade commander after all. How can you let me pick out the dung?"
After hearing Li Qiufan's arrangements for him, Li Yunlong immediately said aggrievedly.
"Okay, come in quickly. I have something to discuss with you."
Li Qiufan looked at Li Yunlong and shook his head helplessly, then greeted everyone into the room.
At this time, the room was full of people, including Li Qiufan, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Heizi and Du, as well as the brigade commanders of each brigade.
"I will share my thoughts on this troop expansion, and you can make suggestions."
As soon as everyone sat down, Li Qiufan went straight to the topic, preparing to talk about his arrangements for various ministries.
All the brigade commanders pricked up their ears. After all, this was related to the ownership of their troops.
"My idea is that the first and third brigades will be merged into the independent first column and the first division, with the second tiger as the division commander and the third brigade commander as the deputy division commander. Do you two have any objections?"
Li Qiufan first expressed his first step idea, which was to merge the first brigade with the strongest combat effectiveness with the third brigade with relatively high casualties.
"I have no problem."
Erhu was the first to express his opinion, and then looked at the commander of the third brigade.
"That's okay with me too."
The commander of the third brigade saw everyone's eyes, nodded towards Li Qiufan and said.
Although there is no distinction between far and near in Li Qiufan's eyes, after all, the combat power of the first brigade is there, and the two tigers cannot be allowed to be small.
"The next step is to merge the second and fourth brigades into the third division of the independent first column. Lu Ming will be the division commander, and the commander of the fourth brigade will be the deputy division commander. Are there any problems?"
The second brigade, which also had stronger fighter jets, was the leader. Lu Ming and the commander of the fourth brigade also said there was no problem, but Zhao Gang was a little confused. He didn't understand why Li Qiufan jumped directly to the third division.
Although he knew that Li Yunlong's troops would also expand, according to the arrangement, the third division should belong to Li Yunlong, which puzzled Zhao Gang.
"Next is Lao Li's army. If your army is strong enough, I won't be the icing on the cake."
"From now on, the Second Independent Brigade will be expanded into the Second Division of the Independent First Column. Li Yunlong will be appointed as the division commander, and Xing Zhiguo will be appointed as the deputy division commander. Lao Li, do you have any questions?"
Li Qiufan turned his gaze to Li Yunlong, and suddenly a picture emerged in his mind: "Second Division Commander Li Yunlong!"
