When Song Xilian walked out of Chiang Kai-shek's temporary headquarters, it was already approaching dusk. The round sunset was slowly setting in the west like a disk, and the Japanese bombers in the blue sky were dyed red, just like those buzzing drones. It's like a fly that keeps squawking but refuses to leave, which is extremely annoying.
Song Xilian walked quickly to the three archways, because He Yingqin's military and political department was located in the three archways.
On the way there, Song Xilian's mind did not stop running fast. This first regiment directly under the war zone was established under the personal order of Principal Jiang, and it was temporarily under his command. This plan must be made well, after all, this regiment is going to start from His thirty-sixth division was separated.
As for the need to transfer Zhang Tianhai, Song Xilian saw it clearly: This is an order from a superior and must be implemented. If one battalion commander is transferred, wouldn't it be enough to replace him with another one?
Thinking about it, Song Xilian ordered the very strong guard staff officer Song Jieyi next to him, and said: "Jieyi, go to the Central Military Academy, transfer that boy Ouyang Wu back to me, go directly to Captain Zhong Bin, and then Go find Ouyang Wu again and tell Ouyang Wu to come back as a battalion commander for me. This is an order."
"Yes, Master." Song Jieyi responded. Although he was Song Xilian's cousin, he always had army rules in the army.
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When Song Xilian arrived at the Military and Political Department in Sanpailou, he found that most of the personnel in the Military and Political Department had moved to Wuhan, and only a few personnel stayed in Nanjing with He Yingqin.
"Song Xilian, the humble commander of the 36th Division, is here to see Sir He!" After entering, Song Xilian gave a military salute.
After seeing Song Xilian, He Yingqin just nodded slightly and said, "Mr. Song, you are here."
"I came here this time on the order of the chairman of the committee to come to see Chief He for supplements." Time was running out, and Song Xilian didn't care about reminiscing about the past, and directly explained the purpose of his visit.
Hearing this, He Yingqin shook his head and sighed: "Since the Meiji Restoration, after fifty years of hard work, Japan has developed into the world's top power, with a modern land, sea and air force. But our country does not have its own industry, machine guns and cannons, these things They are all bought from foreign countries, the country is not unified, and the people have no organized training, how can they engage in such a large-scale war?"
After saying this, before Song Xilian could speak, He Yingqin continued: "Since the August 13th Incident, our army has suffered huge casualties and heavy losses, now no less than 300,000 people. Now the Military and Administrative Department is also in great difficulty. Ah, both in terms of replenishing soldiers and supplies, it is extremely difficult, and everyone understands the difficulties our country is in."
"But it's hard to disobey the principal's order, and the students really have no way to do it. In addition to our thirty-sixth division requiring soldiers and supplies, we also need to separate a first regiment directly under the third theater from our division. Please also ask the president Instructor, please help me!" Song Xilian said with a look of embarrassment on his face. After all, there are only so many people left, and they have to take out the backbone to establish the first regiment directly under the command. If we don't replenish the troops, the 36th Division will soon be depleted. Lighted...
Yes, He Yingqin was the chief instructor at Whampoa Military Academy. Strictly speaking, he could also be regarded as Song Xilian's teacher.
Seeing Song Xilian's appearance, He Yingqin thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's do this. I'll allocate the two supplementary regiments stationed in Wuhu to you! Send someone to pick them up immediately. There are four of these two. There are more than a thousand people. I will pick up some light and heavy machine guns, rifles, communication equipment, and engineering equipment for you. As for the directly affiliated regiment, you can directly separate two to three hundred people from your old army as the directly affiliated regiment. As for the soldiers, let the regiment commander find a way. Within three days, I will see a fully-staffed regiment. If there is no way, there will be no need to set up a directly-affiliated regiment. As long as it is fully-staffed, Now, guns, ammunition and clothing can be distributed immediately!”
"Yes." Song Xilian responded, "What standards are followed for the establishment of directly affiliated regiments?"
Song Xilian heard the implication of He Yingqin's words. The latter did not agree with re-establishing the army at this time. After all, it is still very difficult to replenish the army, let alone re-establish a regiment. These personnel and weapons have all been re-established. Where does it come from? It's a headache to think about it. It's already very rare for the Ministry of Military Affairs to give two supplementary regiments to the Thirty-sixth Division. But this order was given by Chiang Kai-shek himself, and He Yingqin could not refuse, so he could only give such an order.
He Yingqin thought for a while and said: "Since this regiment is directly under the third theater, the establishment should be calculated as a strengthened regiment, and it should be organized into four battalions. The rank of the regiment leader should be calculated as usual, with the rank of colonel. . By the way, who is the leader of this group?"
"This is Zhang Tianhai from the seventh phase of Huangpu. He is the deputy commander and first battalion commander of the 216th Regiment of the Thirty-sixth Division of the students." Song Xilian said truthfully.
He Yingqin nodded and said, "Okay, after we go back, let him come directly to the Military and Political Department. I want to meet this young man."
"Yes!" Song Xilian saluted in response. He didn't want to ask Minister He why he wanted to personally meet with such a small regiment leader, and he was also the leader of a newly established directly affiliated regiment. After all, this was an order from a superior, and soldiers must obey it. Command is a duty.
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After returning to the army, Song Xilian immediately sent someone to Wuhu to receive the two supplementary regiments, and then directly sent a message to Zhang Tianhai to come to the division headquarters to see him.
To be honest, Zhang Tianhai was a little confused. This master met him immediately after going to see the superior. According to his experience in these two lives, it was a big event.
Before arriving at the division headquarters, Zhang Tianhai had already taken a shower and put on a clean officer's uniform. He had shaved off his stubble and even his hair. He looked very energetic. He entered the department three months ago. The young, tall and handsome officer in front of the Songhu battlefield, but his military rank was no longer a lieutenant, but a lieutenant colonel, and his whole person was also blackened twice.
"Zhang Tianhai, deputy commander of the humble 216th Regiment Lieutenant Colonel, has been ordered to report!" After entering the division headquarters, he saw Song Xilian, and Zhang Tianhai immediately stood at attention and saluted.
Seeing that Zhang Tianhai was still very energetic, Song Xilian nodded imperceptibly and said: "Very good, very energetic, a bit like a leader. I'm calling you here to announce an appointment order." . First of all, congratulations to you, Zhang Yulin."
congratulate? And it’s an appointment order? It looks like I'm about to be promoted... But wait... In just three months, I've been promoted from deputy company commander to deputy regimental commander, and now I'm being promoted again? Could it be the group leader?
Zhang Tianhai was indeed a little confused. He understood what the master said, but it seemed that not many military officers of the 36th Division were about to be transferred. Could it be that this was a major personnel transfer before the Nanjing Defense War? He has indeed achieved a lot of military exploits in the past few months, but even if he has accomplished so many military exploits, his promotion speed is indeed a bit shocking, right? The deputy company commander becomes the regimental commander in three and a half months? Isn't this a strange thing?
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PS: Updated at 10:25 again, hey hey hey.
