The two returned to the industrial area and got busy.
Yu Hua has begun to study electroslag remelting technology. As one of the three advanced metallurgical process technologies of later generations, the technical principle of electroslag remelting is not complicated and the threshold is relatively low. With the outsourced submerged arc welding machine as a physical reference, Research difficulty is average.
On Li Qiang's side, since he took over as director, there have been no new officials to take office, nor drastic reforms and personnel adjustments. Instead, they have chosen the strategy of Xiao Gui and Cao Sui. The Military Industry Bureau still operates efficiently according to the original structure. Weapons and ammunition are produced around the clock.
The early structure of the Military Industry Bureau established by Chen Kang is already excellent enough to fully meet current needs and does not require changes.
At present, the Japanese invaders are approaching, and they are less than 500 kilometers away from the base area. What Li Qiang has to do is to step up the production of weapons, equipment and various types of ammunition, ensure the normal operation of the Military Industry Bureau, and provide a steady stream of logistical supplies for the Eighth Route Army that is heading east to fight against Japan. .
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With the fall of the south entrance of the Great Northwest Portal and the important northern town of Zhangjiakou falling into the hands of the Japanese invaders, a war surrounding Taiyuan has quietly begun.
For the base area, the time has come to go out to fight the war.
A few days ago, the main force of the Red Army reorganized into the 115th Division had been assembled in the Sanyuan area of central Shaanxi and held a swearing-in meeting. After the official reorganization order was issued on the 25th, it went out to fight against Japan and left Shaanxi via Tongguandong, becoming one of the Red Army units. The first unit to be sent out to Shaanxi to resist Japan.
The Battle of Taiyuan is of great significance. If Taiyuan can be defended, the Japanese army's westward advance will be blocked, providing a breathing space for the defenders in other defense areas, and the strategic intention of dividing the troops into three routes to go south will go bankrupt.
Secondly, the threat from the Japanese army to the base area will also be reduced, allowing more time for development.
Speaking of the reorganization of the Red Army, it is actually very interesting. Brother Zhongzheng gave the designation of the Eighth Route Army, which has the 115th Division, the 120th Division, and the 129th Division, a total of three divisions, six brigades, and twelve regiments, with a total strength of 45,000 people.
The reason why it is interesting lies in the Route Army designation and division designation. The Eighth Route Army's designation has been affiliated with the Guangdong Army faction since its establishment, while the Third Division's designation is affiliated with the Northeast Army. The two are incompatible with each other.
However, a new problem arises.
After Brother Zhongzheng gave the number of the Route Army, he suddenly felt that it was inappropriate. The reason was the establishment of "Road Army". This is a permanent combat unit of the National Revolutionary Army. It will exist both in wartime and in peacetime. If there is friction in the future, I want to Canceling the number requires a lot of effort.
Therefore, only on August 25, the sixteenth day after the official reorganization order was issued, Zhongzheng Brother immediately issued a new order, stating that in order to facilitate the needs of the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army was renamed the Eighteenth Group Army.
For Brother Zhongzheng, the group army establishment is good. This is a wartime establishment. Once the war is over, it can be canceled immediately.
In addition, there is another thing that must be discussed about the reorganization of the Red Army, and that is the awarding of titles after entering the combat order of the National Revolutionary Army.
Yes, conferment.
Many people don’t know that after the Red Army officially reorganized the Eighth Route Army in 1937, all military officers above the brigade level were awarded military titles by Zhongzheng. There was one general, ten lieutenant generals, and twenty major generals, for a total of thirty-one A famous general.
For example, the most familiar brigade commander, the military chief of the 386th Brigade, was given the rank of major general and brigade commander by Brother Zhongzheng.
Division-level military officers such as General Liu are basically awarded to lieutenant generals and division commanders.
Note that the military ranks here are all job ranks, not military ranks.
The so-called job rank was originally a temporary military rank granted to meet the needs of commanding operations and to make the military rank consistent with the position held. To put it simply, the job rank is a temporary job. Once the boss, Zhongzheng Brother, does not need you anymore , can be canceled immediately.
In the late period of the Anti-Japanese War, there were a large number of major general brigade commanders, lieutenant general division commanders, lieutenant general commander-in-chief of bandit suppression, lieutenant general commander, etc. These are all free-of-charge positions and military ranks.
The so-called Quanxu military rank is the official military rank reviewed and recognized by the Quanxu Office, the only statutory body of the Nanjing Military Commission. The review content includes a comprehensive evaluation of qualifications, academic qualifications, military exploits, and years of suspension. Only the Quanxu military rank is personally recognized by Nanjing. Formal military ranks in the legal sense are both valuable and valuable.
How valuable is the military rank of Quanxu?
The famous Hu Lian, Department of Civil Engineering, a graduate of the fourth phase of Huangpu, before the end of the Anti-Japanese War, his military rank had reached the rank of lieutenant general. In fact, his military rank was only that of colonel. It was not until the end of the Anti-Japanese War that he was awarded the rank of major general. It can be seen from this that A spot.
Brother Zhongzheng not only paid attention to the numbers and establishment, but also gave military ranks as job ranks to facilitate operations when encountering problems in the future.
You know, even the rank of general awarded to the boss is actually just 'lieutenant general plus the rank of general'. In essence, he is still lieutenant general.
Time passes and September comes.
After the 115th Division completed its assembly and marched to the front line, the 120th Division and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters left northern Shaanxi one after another. Large units left Shaanxi via Hancheng or Tongguan to fight. As the last main force, the 129th Division was still in a state of assembly and reorganization. Troops from all over the country are constantly moving to the Fuping area to gather.
As a legendary unit, the 129th Division, which is part of the C Division, is still a little transparent in the national army's combat order, and has not yet achieved great fame in the future.
Fuping County, Zhuangli Town, the temporary residence of the 386th Brigade.
It was noon, and in the playground of the station, more than two thousand Eighth Route Army soldiers who had completed unit reorganization in gray-blue military uniforms were undergoing high-intensity military training. However, the training content was completely different from the past, with a five-kilometer armed cross-country and a four-hundred-meter Meter obstacles, push-ups, three-by-three individual group attack drills, basic tactical action demonstrations, a variety of scientific and novel training subjects are performed in every corner of the playground.
These new training subjects come from the systematic content refined and summarized by the headquarters based on the soldier training chapter of "Introduction to Military and Field Guidance", and it has an official name - "Eighth Route Army Infantry Training Outline".
In the past, military training was basically the responsibility of military chiefs at all levels. There was no unified planning and management covering the entire army, and there was no formalized training program. The emergence of the training program means that the Red Army has taken a big step forward from formalized training.
"Chen Laizi, I will leave all these veterans to you. There are two thousand people in total. They are all old members of the Red Fourth Army. How about it?" On the high platform of the playground, General Liu, the division commander, looked around and showed the training scene. After seeing everything in sight, I was very satisfied. I turned to look at Chen Kang who had just arrived at the station and said slowly.
The old foundation of two thousand red four!
"Good boy..." Chen Kang was stunned for a moment, a little shocked in his heart. Others didn't know it, but as a veteran of the Red Army, he understood the value of these veterans.
The Twenty-Five Thousand Long March is a hell trial at the physical and soul levels, and the warriors who can pass this hell trial to the end are all elites who have fought in hundreds of battles, possessing the richest combat experience in the country, and have terrifyingly high overall combat effectiveness.
It is not an exaggeration to call it the ceiling of domestic infantry.
If the Long March veterans have entered the top echelon of domestic infantry, then these Long March veterans of the Fourth Red Army are the best among this group of top infantry, the elite among the elite, and the veterans among veterans.
What is the concept of more than two thousand red and four old people?
If the Japanese army could be given the same weapons and equipment, with the strength of the 386th Brigade, Chen Kang would dare to attack a Type A division of the Chinese army!
Big deal!
Absolutely generous!
"Old chief, why are you so nice to me? Also, do you have any objections to our fellow troops?" It took Chen Kang two seconds to react, and he looked at General Liu and asked.
"You deserve this. Of course you have opinions. Therefore, when you get to the battlefield, you have to show your results and prove to everyone that my trust in you is correct." General Liu looked at Chen Kang in front of him, his face serious and Solemnly: "Chen Laizi, your mission is to build the 386th Brigade into the strongest fist force in the division. But there are ugly words ahead. If you become a weakling, don't blame me for being ruthless."
"Yes, I promise to complete the mission!" Chen Kang took a deep breath, straightened his back, and raised his right hand in a military salute.
General Liu nodded, changed the subject, and said with a smile: "I heard that your boy got an arms gift package?"
"Ahem..." Chen Kang looked at General Liu's smile and felt something bad.
(End of chapter)
