Zhang Xueliang fiddled with JH44, looked at Xie Tian and asked: "I heard that Peiping was recovered?"
Xie Tian smiled: "Brother Han Qing is quite well informed."
Zhang Xueliang exhaled and looked at Xie Tian and said: "Commander-in-Chief Xie, your People's Liberation Army's war is like drinking cold water. I think if I don't do something, I won't even be able to drink cold water. Let's not beat around the bush, I want to join Commander-in-Chief Xie's army Team, I want to fight the Japanese with you, I wonder if Commander-in-Chief Xie can accept it?"
Xie Tian was overjoyed, stretched out his hand to hold Zhang Xueliang's hand and laughed loudly: "The People's Liberation Army will be even more powerful when Han Qing joins it. We are just discussing the adjustment of the People's Liberation Army's establishment. Brother Han Qing, let's take a look. Which position do you like? It’s yours.”
As he spoke, Xie Tian picked up the document that Zhao Gang sent from the coffee table and handed it to Zhang Xueliang.
Is the People's Liberation Army going to adjust its organization?
Zhang Xueliang read the document from beginning to end, with a smile on his face.
This organizational adjustment of the People's Liberation Army is basically tailor-made for me.
Generally speaking, the People's Liberation Army is divided into three front armies, and the navy and air force are independent forces.
The three front armies are the Northeast Field Army, the North China Field Army, and the Central Plains Field Army. Wasn't the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Field Army tailor-made for Zhang Xueliang?
Zhang Xueliang looked at Xie Tian with a smile and said happily without any pretense: "I choose the Northeast Field Army."
Xie Tian laughed loudly: "Well, from now on Brother Hanqing will be the deputy commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army and the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Field Army. I will also appoint General Fu Zuoyi as the deputy commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army and the commander-in-chief of the North China Field Army. General Xu Shiyou He is the deputy commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army and the commander-in-chief of the Central Plains Field Army. Comrade Zhao Gang is the third-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army, Comrade Qin Fen is the director of general logistics of the People's Liberation Army, Comrade Chu Yunfei is the director of the general equipment of the People's Liberation Army, and the commander of the navy and air force is appointed separately. Han Qing Brother, let us work together to wipe out Little Japan."
Xie Tian did not separate the armored force and artillery force from the army into separate armies, mainly because the current situation of the army was not suitable for being too detailed.
Thank you for not saying who is the commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army, so there is no need to say.
Zhang Xueliang shook hands with Xie Tian, but said with some worry: "Han Qing has been ordered. Baoqing, does this count as a change of attitude? Will we be criticized?"
Xie Tianyi smiled and said: "No, we are just making internal adjustments. Externally, we are still the 10th War Zone. We just added a 43rd Group Army on the basis of the 41st Group Army and the 42nd Group Army. We don't We don’t want to fight a civil war with anyone, and even if we defeat the Japanese in the future, we will not take the initiative to provoke a civil war.”
Zhang Xueliang breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Xie Tian and said, "I understand."
In fact, Zhang Xueliang didn't understand at all. What he was thinking was completely different from what Xie Tian was thinking.
In Zhang Xueliang's opinion, he believed that Xie Tian was just like his father Zhang Zuolin, a warlord who cut off territories for kingship, but his methods were more sophisticated than his father's.
Understanding and identifying with a person or new thing requires a process. Xie Tian did not force Zhang Xueliang to integrate into the People's Liberation Army immediately.
Employing people is like fighting a war. There are strategic employment and tactical employment.
Now Xie Tian only accepts Zhang Xueliang at the tactical level, using Zhang Xueliang's influence on the Northeast to carry out the operation to liberate the Northeast. As for whether Zhang Xueliang can enter the strategic employment level, it depends on whether he agrees with the People's Liberation Army's policies and at the same time. It was recognized by Xie Tian and other senior generals of the People's Liberation Army.
From Zhang Zuolin to Zhang Xueliang, their father and son have made certain contributions to the Northeast, otherwise the Northeastern people would not forget Zhang Xueliang.
This time Xie Tian's adjustment to the People's Liberation Army's establishment was a major surgical adjustment. It completely changed the appearance from top to bottom and became more standardized.
The army establishment adopts a more standardized three-by-three system. Taking infantry as an example, each front army (group army) is composed of three corps, each corps has three divisions, each division has three regiments, each regiment has three battalions, and each regiment has three battalions. A battalion with three companies.
With company-level troops as the smallest combat unit, each company, in addition to three standard infantry platoons, is equipped with an artillery squad, a machine gun squad, a cavalry squad, an engineer squad, a communications squad, a health squad, a cooking squad, and a transportation squad directly under the company headquarters. Seventeen classes, the company headquarters has two company commanders, one deputy and one deputy, as well as staff directly under the company headquarters, with a full complement of 176 people.
Except for the three standard infantry companies of the battalion-level troops, the directly-affiliated troops are all organized at the platoon level except for the health class and the cooking class. There are a total of fifteen platoons and two squads, with a full strength of 548 people.
The regiment-level force has three standard infantry battalions, and the directly affiliated teams are organized at the company level, with additional tank companies, armored infantry companies, anti-aircraft artillery companies, quick reaction brigade, and health brigade, totaling 19 companies with a full strength of 3,344 people.
The division-level troops have jurisdiction over three standard infantry regiments, and the directly affiliated combat units are all regiment-level establishments, with a full strength of 27,828 people.
The corps-level troops have jurisdiction over three standard infantry divisions. They can increase or decrease directly-affiliated troops according to their respective circumstances, and add military hospitals and military art troupes. The entire army has a full strength of 70,000 to 80,000 people.
In addition to the three standard infantry divisions, the front army (group army) added tank divisions, armored infantry divisions, and air force divisions, with a full strength of 220,000 to 250,000 people.
Of course, the number of special divisions also varies. The air force division has the smallest number, with only about 5,000 people per division, and the number of tank divisions can reach 10,000.
Zhang Xueliang listened to Xie Tian's explanation and felt that his brain was a little unable to keep up with Xie Tian's rhythm.
Xie Tian's pie was a bit too big. He wanted to ask Xie Tian where did you get so many troops and weapons and equipment?
The three armies have six to seven hundred thousand troops. If you have so many troops, and they are well-equipped troops with tanks and aircraft, wouldn’t you be able to go sideways in China?
Hmm, this is his plan for the future, it must be.
When Xie Tian's words came to an end, Zhang Xueliang looked at Xie Tian and asked: "Commander-in-Chief Xie, how long do you plan to take to form the Northeast Liberation Army?"
This is the issue that Zhang Xueliang is most concerned about. As for the big cake drawn by Xie Tian, let’s put it aside and take a look.
From Zhang Xueliang's name to Xie Tian, we can feel that there is still some distance between the two people, but it doesn't matter, Xie Tian doesn't care.
Xie Tian murmured with his fingers: "There is no problem with the air force division. The tank division and armored infantry division will take about two and a half months according to the current production. If the Tianjin base can expand some production capacity, it should be able to be completed in two months. The air defense force It’s not a big problem, the artillery unit…”
Xie Tian looked at Zhao Gang and asked, "When can Factory 104 be put into production?"
Zhao Gang replied: "The factory foundation left by the Japanese is good. The main reason is that the new equipment we designed ourselves has not yet been completed. According to the report from the Weapons and Equipment Department, trial production should be possible next week."
Xie Tian nodded: "Then the artillery unit will be ready for re-equipment in two months. For the time being, we can use the artillery of the Japanese 14th Division to top it up, and transfer Zhang Xingsheng over for training first."
Zhao Gang hummed and wrote it down.
Xie Tian plucked his fingers again, looked up at Zhang Xueliang and said: "First remove an infantry division from Huaye and Zhongye to give you Dongye a foundation. Then I will recruit two to four divisions from the reserves for you, and then add another The air force division, tank division, armored infantry division, cavalry division and some non-combat units are almost ready to be put up. You can train your troops first, and I will complete the establishment and equipment for you within two months. What do you think? Sample."
Zhang Xueliang's heartbeat was already racing. Xie Tian, not counting non-combat troops and reserve troops that have not yet started recruiting, there are already six divisions. If they are all full divisions, there will be almost 100,000 people? !
Zhang Xueliang stared at Xie Tian with his mouth open, and asked in disbelief: "How many soldiers do you have in hand now?"
Xie Tian chuckled: "Speaking of which, there are only two armies, but these two armies are already overstretched. The 41st Army is the most overstretched. Each of the three armies has almost five infantry troops. division, so this forced me to reorganize the troops."
Zhang Xueliang did a quick mental calculation and his heart skipped a beat.
Each corps of the 41st Group Army has almost five infantry divisions. Doesn’t that mean that the PLA’s 41st Group Army alone already has 400,000 troops? !
Zhang Xueliang suddenly felt like he was here to pick peaches. He already knew that even if he didn't come, Xie Tian would still form the Northeast Field Army, and the position of commander-in-chief of the Northeast Field Army was naturally not tailor-made for him.
Xie Tian didn't know that Zhang Xueliang was already in trouble. He smiled and continued: "Your Dongye base should naturally be located in the Northeast. However, the Northeast is still under the control of the Japanese, so I plan to capture Tangshan first and conquer Tangshan." As your temporary base in Dongye, you can also control strategic resources such as the Kailuan coal mine and prepare for the troops to leave Shanhaiguan."
Zhang Xueliang began to calm down. He looked at Xie Tian thoughtfully and said: "Commander-in-Chief, I suggest that Mengzi be recovered before the troops leave Shanhaiguan. Otherwise, the lifeline of Dongye will be easily cut off by the Japanese army."
Unconsciously, Zhang Xueliang's name for Xie Tian had changed.
Absolute strength can quickly have an effect in a short period of time.
Xie Tian looked at Zhang Xueliang and smiled: "Leave the matter of liberating Mengzi to Huaye. We can't let Yan Xishan take all the advantages. Moreover, if Yan Xishan wins Mengzi, he will also form a strategic oppression on us. Let Huaye take a breather. , regain Zhangjiakou first, so that Yan Xishan will not dare to act rashly. Don't worry, before your Dongye troops leave Shanhaiguan, Huaye can definitely capture Mengzi, and can also strategically contain part of the Kwantung Army to support your Dongye troops in the Northeast. Fight. You, Dongye, recharge your batteries and concentrate on fighting the battle to liberate Northeast China."
Zhang Xueliang breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Xie Tian and said, "I still have some old troops fighting guerrillas against the Japanese in the mountains and forests of Northeast China. I can send people to contact these old troops for coordinated operations."
Xie Tian laughed and said: "That would be even better. Fighting in the Northeast will be more difficult in the winter, so I plan to launch an offensive before autumn, and at least complete the first strategic objective before winter."
Zhang Xueliang raised his eyebrows and looked at Xie Tian and asked, "What is the commander-in-chief's first strategic goal?"
Xie Tian pointed at the small sand table in front of the window in the office and said, "Let's come over and talk."
Walking to the sand table, Xie Tian picked up the baton and drew a line directly on the sand table.
Seeing the line drawn by Xie Tian, Zhang Xueliang frowned and fell into deep thought.
