Zheng Haixiong was brought back to the barracks by Xie Xuan, and his troops were stationed outside the city.
Zheng Haixiong is the deputy commander of the 84th Regiment of the 8th Security Brigade and the commander of the 1st Battalion.
The First Battalion is responsible for the defense of Dongtai County. The battalion headquarters is on a hill a few hundred meters outside the city.
Fortifications were built on the mountain, but there were no soldiers, and the sentry was sleeping against the wall. When they came near, the sentry woke up.
"Camp seat."
Zheng Haixiong held Xie Xuan at gunpoint, how could he pay any attention to him? He hummed and walked over.
After Xie Xuan arrived at the large conference room at the battalion headquarters, he sat down at Zheng Haixiong's seat and said in a commanding tone: "Call your company commanders and platoon commanders over for an emergency meeting."
When Zheng Haixiong heard this, he raised his feet and was about to go out. He was immediately stopped by Xie Xuan: "Don't go."
This is Zheng Haixiong's territory, no matter how bold he is, he would not dare to let Zheng Haixiong go.
Zheng Haixiong had no choice but to send a soldier to call for someone. Originally, he had an orderly, but the orderly was already locked up in the flower building.
Soon, Zheng Haixiong's men arrived. Xie Xuan counted only six of them.
Xie Xuan asked: "You have three company commanders, nine platoon commanders, and half of them?"
Although Zheng Haixiong is the deputy commander of the 84th Regiment, he is also the commander of the 1st Battalion.
It doesn't matter if the deputy commander has no troops under his command, but it is completely different if he is also the commander of a battalion.
Zheng Haixiong explained: "Two company commanders and four platoon commanders are all in the flower building."
Naomi Ueno listened and shook her head slightly.
As the chief military officer, Zheng Haixiong took his men to visit the Flower House. Can such a unit have combat effectiveness?
Xie Xuan glanced at the six people and asked, "Which of you is the company commander?"
The information given to him by the comrades of the Dongtai underground party stated that there was a comrade of our party in the 1st Battalion of the 84th Regiment, codename: Winter Melon, and gave him the contact code.
But the comrades in the underground party did not tell him the name and position of this comrade.
"I am Second Company Commander Tan Chunxing."
Tan Chunxing has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a straight waist. Looking at Xie Xuan, he is neither humble nor overbearing, but he looks a bit like a soldier.
Xie Xuan said: "From now on, the first battalion will obey my orders."
Tan Chunxing glanced at Zheng Haixiong, then looked at Xie Xuan, and asked, "Whose order is this?"
"Captain Zheng..."
Zheng Haixiong said helplessly: "From now on, listen to him."
Tan Chunxing asked: "Aren't you from the Eighth Brigade?"
Xie Xuan said coldly: "This is not what you should ask."
Tan Chunxing frowned and said, "I won't carry out the order unless I ask clearly!"
Xie Xuan said coldly: "Since you don't execute the order, then don't execute the order. From now on, you are no longer the commander of the second company."
Xie Xuan asked Ma Tian to bring in the action team from home. There were exactly twelve people, three company commanders and nine platoon commanders.
These people have received professional military training. Although they have never led soldiers, they all know how to manage people.
Xie Xuan said: "The first thing you do when you take office is to distribute money. Soldiers are paid as a matter of course. Whoever eats food will work for whom. Each soldier will be given ten yuan first, and tell them that this is the payment from the provincial government. Money, we were ordered to take over the First Battalion. After we leave, whoever performs well will be made an official. As for Zheng Haixiong, it is impossible to return to the First Battalion as the battalion commander in the future, nor can he stay in the Eighth Security Brigade. .”
He called the quartermaster of the first battalion and opened Zheng Haixiong's cabinet to get the money.
Xie Xuan is very generous to others.
Ten yuan is at least two months' worth of military pay.
The security brigade is actually a local force with low combat effectiveness and poor equipment. The soldiers are not well trained. Most of them just throw away their hoes and carry guns.
Sure enough, as soon as the money was distributed, the soldiers immediately became excited.
At the same time, Xie Xuan asked people to buy some pigs and eat braised pork tomorrow for three days. He also bought all the wine in the city's hotels at once and started drinking it tonight until dawn.
At night, Xie Xuan rested in Zheng Haixiong's barracks. He slept in Zheng Haixiong's room, while Zheng Haixiong was in solitary confinement, and those guarding the outside were his former subordinates.
After being paid, drank, and had meat to eat tomorrow, these soldiers who were usually bullied by Zheng Haixiong would no longer listen to him now.
After all, Zheng Haixiong will no longer be in the Eighth Security Brigade, so why bother with him?
Naomi Ueno asked worriedly: "You only have a small number of people, can you control an army of several hundred people?"
She has never intervened in Xie Xuan's behavior.
After all, this was Xie Xuan venting his anger on her behalf.
But if Xie Xuan wants to win the first battalion, Ueno Naomi finds it incredible.
No matter what, these are Hua Zhongyang's troops, and she and Xie Xuan are from outside, or from Shenpu.
Xie Xuan said: "The quality of soldiers in this kind of local army is low. They have no faith and do not even have the most basic values. If you have milk, you will be a mother. Whoever gives them money, they will work for whoever gives them money. I use Zheng Haixiong's money , they will work hard for me. Besides, Zheng Haixiong is seriously underpaid. The establishment of his battalion is about 460 people, but in fact, it is less than 300 people. The extra 100 or so people are all Empty man.”
If it were our party's army, even if it was a local guerrilla force, it would be impossible for him to control this army with such a small number of people.
But Zheng Haixiong's first camp was so loose and unsightly.
To say it is an army insults the word "army".
What Xie Xuan did was also an adjustment based on changes in circumstances.
If Hua Zhongyang is pretending to surrender to the enemy, then he will get a big title for Hua Zhongyang and give him enough weapons so that he can expand his troops in the future.
But if Hua Zhongyang really surrenders to the enemy, it will be different.
He wanted Ueno Naomi to see what Hua Zhongyang's army was like.
"So, the 8th Security Brigade actually doesn't have that many people?"
Xie Xuan said: "It would be good to have three thousand people."
Ueno Naomi frowned: "Three thousand people are barely enough for a division."
Xie Xuan sarcastically said: "But the Chinese like to make false claims. Jiang Changli gave him the establishment of a group army. I guess Hua Zhongyang also wants to be the commander-in-chief of the group army. Commander-in-chief Hua, how impressive is he?"
Ueno Naomi asked: "What kind of organization do you think should be given?"
Xie Xuan smiled and said: "This kind of thing is not something I can decide."
"I didn't let you decide, I just listened to your opinion."
Xie Xuan said: "Promise him a small establishment first, and then give him a larger establishment later, so that he will be surprised."
Ueno Naomi asked: "You mean to give it to a division commander first? After it is officially incorporated, then give it to a corps commander? In this way, can he satisfy his vanity? I will send a report immediately to ask Nanjing for their opinion."
Xie Xuan reminded: "You can ask for opinions first, but you can't tell the whole truth."
Things are still changing, and adjustments may need to be made.
