Zhou Fangjie left.
To be precise, he left after the meeting of the main cadres of the entire regiment.
After Zhou Fangjie left, Zhang Tianhai's work suddenly became very busy - the training business that Zhou Fangjie was originally responsible for was also handed over to Zhang Tianhai.
Although Zhang Tianhai's business ability is quite strong in the training business, but it is also quite trivial to deal with, so Zhang Tianhai is not willing to do it.
Therefore, Zhang Tianhai could only hope that Guo Qiliang could quickly and completely accept Zhou Fangjie's job, and then he could continue to laze around leisurely.
There is no way, who knows that Zhiyi Tuan is extremely lacking in talents now...
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The pace of the war is gradually approaching. In the next few days, Zhang Tianhai has not been idle. He is busy training troops in other places.
But what no one expected was that after Zhou Fangjie took office as the head of the Heze Security Regiment, the Military Commission of the National Government immediately issued a document regarding the reorganization of the Heze Security Regiment into the 71st Orders from regiments directly under the Military Headquarters.
What is even more shocking is that after the Heze Security Regiment was reorganized into a regiment directly under the 71st Army Headquarters, it was immediately expanded!
Song Xilian used a very simple and crude method - stuffing more than 400 veterans into the regiment directly under the 71st Army as the backbone, and then filling it with a large number of cadres.
As a result, Zhou Fangjie's group is growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This was something that no one expected, including Zhang Tianhai.
This can't help but make people sigh: After all, it is easy to enjoy the shade under the big tree. After all, it is difficult to grow in the name of the first regiment directly under the third theater.
Of course, in the past few days, Zhang Tianhai was also working hard to restore the size of the Zhiyi Regiment to its pre-war state.
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The 71st Army Military Headquarters compound.
It is still the same large courtyard with all the balconies, terraces, waterside pavilions and breathtaking scenery.
Song Xilian, commander of the 71st Army, was sitting behind his desk and smoking a cigarette. Chief of Staff Zhong Bin was standing in front of him, watching him smoke.
"Military officer, I have a proposal." Zhong Bin said.
"What's the proposal? Tell me about it?" Song Xilian raised her head, her eyes no longer staring at the files on the desktop.
"Military seat, our army already has two direct regiments in the order of battle. I think the establishment of the two regiments is too small. Would it be more suitable if they were combined into one brigade?" Zhong Bin asked.
Song Xilian shook his head and said: "No, this proposal is definitely not feasible. If these two directly affiliated regiments are combined into a field brigade, sooner or later this brigade will no longer belong to our 71st Army."
"Oh? What do you mean?" Zhong Bin asked. He is Song Xilian's chief of staff, and the two of them are classmates at the same time, so naturally they can ask some questions.
"The reason lies in Zhang Yulin. If the field brigade is to be combined, who else do you think is suitable to be the brigade commander besides Zhang Yulin?" Song Xilian blew out a puff of smoke and tapped his index finger on the table.
After Zhong Bin thought for a while, he shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Other than Zhang Yulin, there seems to be no one suitable to be the brigade commander."
"Isn't this right? Zhang Yulin has been in the position of captain for nearly half a year, and he has made many military exploits during this period. It's just that there is no suitable opportunity to promote him. Just wait and see, what if Zhang Yulin If Yu Lin comes up to serve as the brigade commander, the war zone will remove this brigade sooner or later." Song Xilian smiled slightly, and the pride in his words was evident.
"Yin Guo, to be honest, I'm really confused. Logically speaking, this Yulin is your old subordinate, and he is also our junior student in Huangpu. Why did you just block him?" Zhong Bin He was really a little confused. After all, he and Zhang Tianhai were not familiar with each other, let alone understood each other.
"Zhang Yulin is deeply loved by the Chief of Education, and Li Zongren, the commander of the Fifth War Zone, regards him as a genius in combat. After he took office, the people in the senior management department wanted to transfer him, most likely to transfer his troops He was also transferred, wouldn't that be a big loss?" Even though Song Xilian usually seems to be very talkative, he has a lot of calculations going on in his heart.
It is quite difficult for a person to become an official of this level in this era.
"I understand. Hey, no wonder you are one of the first batch of classmates to become a military commander. It's really extraordinary..." Zhong Bin nodded and smiled.
"Okay, you and I don't have to brag to each other. Let's just let this be settled for now!" Song Xilian said with a smile.
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The situation in the past few days has not progressed at an unusually fast pace. Generally speaking, the national army is still retreating.
On May 15, during the fierce battle in Heze, the National Army division commander Li Bifan died in the line of duty, and the division chief of staff Huang Qidong and regimental commander Liu Guanxiong also died in action and for their country.
On the same day, the enemy troops from western Shandong gathered in Jinxiang and Yutai, and some of them rushed to the north of Caoxian County.
On May 15th, the main force of the Japanese army stormed Dangshan Mountain, where the main force of the Eighth Army was stationed, in an attempt to cut off the Longhai Road. Enemy troops were found in Yanglou, Xiao County, fifty miles away from Xuzhou. At the same time, more than a hundred Japanese aircraft violently bombed Xuzhou. .
The war has been raging in Xuzhou!
On May 16, there was an emergency in Xuzhou. A Japanese plainclothes team had been discovered at Xiguan!
After asking about this news, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi moved to Duanjia Garden outside the city to work in case the Japanese army encircled Xuzhou!
On May 17, the enemy troops from Feng County invaded and occupied the Helizhuang and Huangkou stations on the Longhai Line.
At this point, the Longhai Railway has been completely occupied by the Japanese army, and the Japanese army's siege has gradually taken shape!
On the night of the 17th, the Japanese army's forward artillery positions had been set up and they began to launch a large-scale artillery bombardment of Xuzhou City!
For a time, the city of Xuzhou was in flames, and citizens fled to the countryside.
On May 18, Xuzhou was in emergency again, and the national army immediately changed its evacuated combat forces to fight on the outer lines of Xuzhou.
On the same day, Peixian County in the northwest of Xuzhou was captured by the Japanese army. The main enemy force immediately rushed towards the western section of Longhai Road in an attempt to encircle Xuzhou City from the western section of Longhai Road!
Also on May 18th, the Japanese troops marching south along Weishan Lake invaded Bawang Mountain, and Xiao County in the southwest of Xuzhou was captured!
At this time, except for the east and north sides of Xuzhou, which were still under the control of the Chinese army, all other directions had fallen into the hands of the Japanese army!
In order to buy time for the army to retreat, the national army troops on both sides of Longhai Road still held on to their strongholds and resisted desperately, causing heavy casualties!
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On May 19th, everyone knew that the Japanese encirclement circle was slowly closing, but the defenders of Xuzhou still did not give up.
At this time, Xuzhou has long become an empty city. The city walls are full of craters left by the explosion of Japanese artillery shells. The city is burning with raging fire, and there is a cloud of beacon smoke all around!
In addition to the east and north, the Japanese army is already surrounding Xuzhou from different directions!
"Sir Liu, retreat! Our troops are almost exhausted. Brothers, there are not many left. If we don't leave, we will all be unable to leave..." A regimental commander ran to Liu Ruming and reported.
All that remained on the leader's face were the black and gray traces left by gunpowder smoke. His red eyes and two very obvious marks under his eyes proved that he had shed tears just now.
"We have to hold on for a while. If we hold on for a while, the army in the war zone will be able to retreat." Liu Ruming's voice revealed a determination, and no one could dissuade him from stopping this idea.
"But... Commander, the troops are really almost exhausted..." The tall commander couldn't help but trembled slightly, and two lines of tears fell from the corners of his eyes.
"No buts!" Liu Ruming said in a deep voice.
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On May 19, Xuzhou gave up on the evening of the 19th after fierce resistance from Liu Ruming's troops.
The Battle of Xuzhou, which lasted for several months, was officially declared over, ending with the national army losing Xuzhou...
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