Chapter 57: Reorganization of the Troops
In the small basin, countless defeated soldiers cheered, roared all day long, and applauded loudly!
"Thank you, Marshal?"
"We will always remember the Marshal's grace, and we will always be his soldiers!"
"The 66th Division of the Sichuan Army must be Marshal Liu's 66th Division!"
Soldiers from the 66th Division's guard battalion instigated and took the lead in the crowd. These defeated soldiers shouted at the top of their lungs, shaking the earth and making their blood boil!
Liu Xiang, standing on a high place, could not help but make a secret decision in his heart. He could not control the troops of Liu Wenhui, Yang Sen, and Deng Xihou, but he must comprehensively reorganize the Sichuan Army!
After returning, he conducted a comprehensive and thorough investigation into the incidents of withholding military pay by generals within the Sichuan Army. He would deal with each case he uncovered and would never tolerate any traitor.
He even considered whether to set up a special department to supervise the payment of military salaries!
The issue of withholding military pay was like a bomb. Liu Chenghuo was blown to pieces in Qinglonggou, and even he and He Guoguang could not escape its claws!
Be prepared for danger in times of peace. The tragedy of Liu Chenghuo must never be repeated in the Sichuan Army!
Liu Chenghuo and several of his division commanders flattered He Guoguang and moved the headquarters forward, which was only the cause of the Qinglonggou defeat. The fundamental reason was not for a few dollars. For a few dollars, an army of tens of thousands of people was defeated just because they wanted to follow Feng Tiankui who did not withhold military pay. It was too terrible, too shocking, and too unbelievable!
It's ridiculous!
The people of Qin had no time to mourn themselves, but later generations mourned them. It is such a tragedy that later generations mourned them but did not learn from them!
Liu Xiang had no prepared speech. Facing tens of thousands of enthusiastic soldiers, he was afraid that if he spoke too much, he would make mistakes. After two sentences, he found that his goal had been achieved, so he called on Feng Tiankui to start reorganizing!
Feng Tiankui wanted to know the organization of the defeated soldiers. Luo Jialie helplessly pointed at Qin Guoliang and Zhou Xiaoshan who were arguing on the side of the road!
Liu Xiang also saw it!
I don’t know why, but Liu Xiang felt happy when he saw this boy!
"Hey, what is Zhou Xiaoshan whispering about with Qin Guoliang? Call Jialie over here!"
Hearing that the Marshal and the Commander had invited him, Zhou Xiaoshan looked at Qin Guoliang with an eager face. Qin Guoliang looked very embarrassed and twisted his head. Chu Tianshu and Luo Jialie, who came to call for help, almost laughed out loud!
His position was reversed, and he just met a general. It seemed that Zhou Xiaoshan was the big boss, open and honest, and Qin Guoliang was a small soldier, treading on thin ice!
"I have met the Marshal. Just now, Deputy Commander Qin had some ideas and wanted to report them to the Marshal and the Commander. He was a little unsure, so I told him to just speak up. The Marshal will definitely not blame him!"
Watching Liu Xiang speaking on the stage, Zhou Xiaoshan felt a little regretful. He should have prepared lines for Marshal Liu earlier.
Fair, fair, and damn fair.
In this way, the equipment of the 66th Division can be replaced.
Qin Guoliang saw Zhou Xiaoshan finished saluting and suddenly pushed himself out. His head was buzzing. It was obviously your own idea, but you pushed me out to make suggestions. I haven’t even thought about what to say!
If you say something wrong, it may affect your future!
Liu Xiang had a very good impression of Zhou Xiaoshan, the soldier. Moreover, given his position, even if he did not love his soldiers like his own sons, he had to pretend to do so!
"Oh, and about this matter, Xiaoshan is right, just speak up boldly. If you are wrong, I won't blame you!"
Qin Guoliang saluted with a standard Sichuan Army salute before he began to organize his words!
"Marshal, the soldiers of my 66th Division have been attacking the Red Fourth Front Army with great momentum overnight, but the results are pitiful. Only dozens of Red Army corpses are left along the line. My 66th Division has almost no casualties. Even the captured items are only some tattered guns and flags. The medical team brought by Yongzhou has nothing to do!"
"Guoliang, Tiankui hates people beating around the bush. I am the same. What do you want to say?"
"I would say that this shows that if the Red Army is not luring the enemy deep into their territory, then they are consciously abandoning their so-called base area!"
Liu Xiang was also an old man who had led troops in battles, and he suddenly fell into deep thought!
"Zhang Guotao has gathered 100,000 people, plus Nanjiang and Bazhong. Last year there was a drought and the crops were plentiful. This is definitely not to lure the enemy deep into our territory. After all, the food and supplies brought by your 66th Division are limited and not enough for them to replenish. Besides, they should also know that the 66th Division is a tough opponent and not so easy to beat. They should consciously give up their base!"
Suddenly, Liu Xiang said again!
"However, all is fair in war, and we must be on guard against luring the enemy deep into our territory!"
"Since the Marshal has come to this conclusion, there is a problem here. It is easy to conquer a country, but it is difficult to keep it! We don't have the kind of returning home group like Hunan, where they capture the families of soldiers and behead them, skin them, and even bite their eggs to play the piano. Sichuan people are strong-willed in their bones. There is only one way, which is to appease people's hearts, stabilize construction, resist disasters, save famine, seize production, and protect people's livelihood!"
I never knew that the 66th Division had such talents. No wonder Yongzhou was still prosperous even though it was under the rule of a warlord!
Liu Xiang was surprised but did not show it. He stared at Qin Guoliang silently, which made Qin Guoliang feel creepy all over!
He was almost cursing in his heart, what a damn brat, he had an idea but he didn't say it himself, instead he pushed me out to be a shield!
How could he know that this bastard, during the bandit suppression after the Spring Festival, had obtained a bunch of land deeds from Nanjiang and Bazhong from the bandit’s lair, and was planning to win over a few senior generals from the 66th Division to divide up the land. How could he succeed in farming without help?
At least we should make the family assets of the senior officers of the 66th Division rich, so that even if they die on the battlefield in the future, their families will not be left without food and clothing. Besides, given Feng Tiankui 's character, he will definitely help the fallen soldiers!
Just then, I saw Zhou Xiaoshan next to Liu Xiang!
With the encouraging look in his eyes, he took a breath, calmed himself, made up his mind, and recited the exact words Zhou Xiaoshan had just told him in one breath!
"Nanjiang and Bazhong have been in chaos due to the war, and have missed the spring rice planting season. If we want the disaster victims in Nanjiang and Bazhong last year to survive, we must mobilize the 66th Division and the reorganized defeated soldiers to lead the local victims to work instead of relief, open up wasteland and plant sweet potatoes, corn, peanuts, soybeans, peppers and other short-season grains and vegetables. At the same time, other parts of the Sichuan Army will mobilize food to carry out disaster relief and relief, and use our Brigade Commander Du's cement factory to dig ponds in low-lying areas and build dams in suitable places. We can even open our arms to the disaster victims fleeing from the Northeast and Rehe, donate land, fill the population, and work hard to make Bazhong, Nanjiang, and even the areas near Hubei our own land of fish and rice!"
Qin Guoliang gritted his teeth and finished speaking in one breath, looking at Liu Xiang with trepidation!
Liu Xiang was stunned, then burst into laughter after a while, walked over and patted Qin Guoliang on the shoulder!
"Good, good, good, great! You guys set a good example for me this time in Bazhong and Nanjiang. Don't let others say that we, the Sichuan warlords, only know how to destroy, fight and make life miserable for the people. We must learn how to manage and build, not just conquer each other!"
After patting his shoulder, he withdrew his hand, clenched his fists and shook them in the air. Liu Xiang was so excited that he couldn't express it in words. He agreed very much with what Qin Guoliang said!
"It is easy to conquer a country, but difficult to keep it. We must let the Chairman of Nanjing see how we recover the so-called Soviet area of the Red Army!"
