"Good stuff? What good stuff?"
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, Zhao Gang's eyes lit up instantly, because anything that Li Qiufan could call good would definitely be good.
"The first is the anti-aircraft artillery regiment. After successfully liberating Baoji, we captured another batch of anti-aircraft guns, and then I established an anti-aircraft artillery regiment!"
"The other thing is the heavy artillery, which was also captured during the attack on Baoji. Now we have nearly 80 heavy artillery with a caliber of 105 mm and above!"
"Lastly, there are the eighteen tanks that were recently captured. This is what we gained from going to the Central Plains area a few years ago to cooperate with the teacher and the others in fighting the enemy's 12th Corps!"
Li Qiufan gave Zhao Gang a detailed count of the seizures made by the troops during Zhao Gang's absence, which almost shocked Zhao Gang's jaw.
Forget about the anti-aircraft artillery regiment. After all, they captured ten anti-aircraft guns when they attacked the Ma Jiajun, and two anti-aircraft artillery battalions had been formed by that time.
The heavy artillery was a surprise. Now they have nearly 80 of them, so they can be said to have a rich family fortune.
What shocked him the most were the eighteen tanks. Zhao Gang never dreamed that they would have tanks.
"Where are the tanks? Take me to see them quickly!"
Zhao Gang had no intention of expressing his opinion at this time, he just wanted to see the tank that belonged to them.
Li Qiufan shook his head helplessly, and then took Zhao Gang to the location where the tank company was stationed.
After seeing the eighteen tanks parked neatly, Zhao Gang pinched his arm hard.
Only after feeling the pain in his arm did he believe that it was all true.
"Qiu Fan, we really have a tank!"
Zhao Gang turned back to look at Li Qiufan and said to him with a trembling voice.
"Of course it does happen, doesn't it all stop in front of you?"
Li Qiufan smiled at Zhao Gang, then pointed at the tank parked next to him and said to him.
"Hoo~"
"It's like a fucking dream, we actually have a tank!"
Zhao Gang took a long breath, and then suppressed his excitement.
"You saw Tank too, do you still have any objections to my plan?"
Li Qiufan shook his head helplessly, and then asked Zhao Gang if he had any objections to his rectification plan.
"Of course I have no objection, but how do you want to change it?"
Zhao Gang nodded towards Li Qiufan to express that he had no objection, and then asked him about his specific change plan.
"I'm going to change the heavy artillery division into an armored division. There are still a lot of cars in the fourth column. I'm going to transfer them all to form a quick reaction force!"
"This force has long-range strike capabilities, can also conduct air defense and anti-tank operations, and can also provide rapid support."
Li Qiufan's idea was the previous rapid reaction force. The previous plan failed due to insufficient number of cars.
Now that there was an anti-aircraft artillery regiment, nearly 80 heavy artillery pieces and 18 tanks, Li Qiufan decided to transfer all the vehicles from the four columns unless necessary to form a new armored division.
Some personnel must be eliminated, because the heavy artillery division currently has about 20,000 people, and even if all four columns of vehicles are transferred, it will not be enough.
However, the abolished troops can just be transferred to the security brigade to lay the foundation for the soon-to-be-established fifth column.
"This idea is okay, I support you!"
After listening to Li Qiufan's story, Zhao Gang immediately expressed his support.
"It's okay if you support me. The rectification will officially start tomorrow. You will be responsible for the expansion of the security brigade, and I will be responsible for the armored division!"
After hearing that Zhao Gang supported him, Li Qiufan decided to put these two things on the agenda immediately and start taking action the next day.
The heavy artillery division was reorganized into an armored division. The first thing to do was to lay off employees. Li Qiufan cut off more than 20,000 people and only left more than 13,000 people.
After that, the cars from the four columns were transferred over. In addition, all the extra vehicles from other columns except necessary ones were transferred over.
As a result, new armored divisions were provided for use, and units such as engineering, communication, and reconnaissance were established.
The entire adaptation work lasted for more than a month, and the most important part was training the practical capabilities of various arms and the cooperation with other column infantry.
During this period, the garrison brigade also completed its expansion, with Heizi temporarily acting as commander of the fifth column.
Today, the First Corps has five columns and an armored division, with a total strength of more than 160,000.
While the reorganization work was in progress, Li Qiufan also received notice from the Wild Division that the Northwest Field Army was officially reorganized into the First Field Army.
At the same time, the title of column was replaced by army. The five columns under Li Qiufan's First Corps were also modified and changed to the First Army to the Fifth Army.
Not long after the adaptation work was completed, Li Qiufan received another telegram from his boss.
At this time, the boss had just returned from Taiyuan and helped direct the battle to liberate Taiyuan.
After returning to Xi'an, he sent a telegram to Li Qiufan and asked him to rush to Xi'an for a meeting.
After receiving the telegram, Li Qiufan did not dare to delay too much, so he took Zhao Gang, Heizi and the guards and rushed to Xi'an.
After arriving in Xi'an, Li Qiufan found that he seemed to be the only one present at this meeting, and did not see the leaders of other troops at all.
"Boss, didn't you say there was a meeting? Why didn't anyone else come?"
After meeting the boss, Li Qiufan asked him his doubts.
"Can't I just have a meeting by yourself?"
After hearing Li Qiufan's words, the boss glanced at him with disgust and said.
"Uh, okay!"
Li Qiufan also had no temper. After being stunned for a moment, he nodded and said.
"The content of this meeting is mainly about the arrangements for your first regiment, so no one from other troops came."
Seeing that Li Qiufan was subdued, the boss shook his head helplessly, and then explained to him.
"What kind of meeting is this? You can just send a telegram and I will execute it."
After hearing the boss's explanation, Li Qiufan became even more confused. He could just give the order directly for this kind of matter. Could it be that he should be asked to discuss it.
"Stop talking nonsense, I'm calling you here because of the southwest issue."
"Originally, there was another choice for this operation, but after thinking about it, I decided to let you take charge!"
"Furthermore, although the national army is retreating steadily on the battlefield, it is not the time to take action against the southwest yet."
"But when I went to the Military Commission for a meeting this time, I suddenly had other ideas, and they were approved after some discussion."
After hearing what Li Qiufan said, the boss glared at him angrily, and then told him the reason.
"what idea?"
Li Qiufan instantly became curious about the big boss. In his mind, there were still four or five months before the liberation of southwest China.
"Judging from the current advancement speed of the major field armies and the degree of defeat of the national army, it won't be long before the national army retreats to the southwest region. By then, the entire southwest region will be the last foothold of the national army."
"My idea is to attack the southwest region in advance and turn the last foothold of the national army into a liberated area, so that the enemy forces in the Central Plains battlefield will have no way to retreat!"
Upon hearing Li Qiufan's inquiry, the boss immediately expressed his thoughts, which made Li Qiufan's eyes light up instantly.
