Chapter 61 Before Departure
There were dozens of mountain cannons, and Zhou Xiaoshan had a look of disdain on his face, thinking that the bastard was ungrateful. Although they were old cannons eliminated by the Central Army, they were still usable and were no worse than the cannons of their 66th Division. After combining the artillery battalion of the 66th Division, their firepower was even stronger than the several artillery regiments in Marshal Liu's hands!
Plus three machine gun companies, a baggage company,
These directly affiliated troops cannot be taken away even if they are assigned to him immediately, let alone in the future!
He needed time to integrate the two brigades he had picked up, and use the 66th Division to digest them. Only when everyone was truly united would he be afraid of Chiang Kai-shek's coveting them!
Feng Tiankui took Zhou Xiaoshan to his office at the Nanjiang temporary command center!
"Guo Liang came to me and confessed that everything he said to the Marshal was what you taught him to say! Including the plan for the appeasement and development of Bazhong and Nanjiang that was later compiled and handed over to the Marshal, it was also drawn up by you!"
"Master, I am a nobody and my words don't carry as much weight as Master Qin's!"
This bastard Zhou Xiaoshan has too many tricks up his sleeve. Feng Tiankui knew he had bad intentions just by hearing what he said. He shook his head!
"That's not what I meant. I am sometimes very conflicted. If you were by the Marshal's side, you might have a bigger stage. This is the first time I have blocked the future of my subordinates!"
"Hey, Commander, who am I? Sichuan has only produced one in 800 years. In less than a year, I was promoted from second lieutenant to major. If it weren't for the age limit, I would have served in the 66th Division for three years and would have been a major general. After five or eight years, you can give up your position and retire. Hey, tell me, how come my life is so boring!"
Knowing that the boy was talking nonsense, Feng Tiankui still wanted to kick him. Three years, a 23-year-old general, what you said is a fantasy, you want to do it, but the marshal is still not at ease!
Five years, eight years, I can still lift a gun. You chase me away? No way!
"Don't worry, Commander. There is no better place in Sichuan than the 66th Division! There are so many people around the Marshal who are sweet-mouthed but treacherous. Even a chance to get close to the Marshal is very arduous. If I go to Chengdu and Chongqing, I will have to deal with swordplay every day just to win his favor!"
Feng Tiankui smiled brightly. This kid was too clear-headed. His mind was terrifying. He could even think of such a situation!
This is why Feng Tiankui often stayed close to the Marshal, but the Marshal felt that he was alienated from him!
There is no way to explain it, and no way to justify it!
Yes, if Zhou Xiaoshan were to be with the Marshal, in ten or twenty years, his future would be just as bright as his own. Besides, the Sichuan Army also emphasizes seniority. Letting this kid take charge too quickly would undoubtedly make him stand out from the crowd!
With my care, this kid will definitely grow faster!
It doesn't matter if he hasn't been promoted for two years. Such a young talent needs more time to grow. Zheng Chunhua has been with him for several years, and he is still a major!
Relying on enhanced firepower, a company formed by the king of soldiers destroyed an army command center protected by Liu Cheng's Fire Guard Regiment. Not only did they suffer no casualties, but the defeated soldiers and weapons they brought out were stronger than those of Rao Guohua's Type B division. Even Marshal Liu was hesitant to allocate some of them when he saw it!
This kind of talent and determination to take advantage of the situation, plus the way he trains his troops!
With this kind of talent, he can be a brigade commander, let alone a regiment commander!
The reason why I was confident in letting him go to Pingjin was because I valued this kid's ability to adapt to changing circumstances!
His fatal flaw is that he is under 20 years old!
"Let's not talk about this. The Sixty-Sixth Division is too poor. We can only take out 250,000 silver dollars in total, plus the gold you handed over last time when you suppressed the bandits. Jialie, Guoliang and I pooled together 100,000 silver dollars, which we exchanged for gold. Guoliang has been handed over to Chu Tianshu. I won't give you any targets. Arms, machines, equipment, whether it's for building Nanjiang or training troops in Yongzhou, I want everything. You decide what to buy! By the way, there are 50,000 silver dollars, which are the silver notes that the Marshal gave me at Hongyun Temple. Take them with you. I'll explain to the brothers that if you buy machines, it will be considered their shares, and if you buy arms, it will be considered as their travel expenses!"
Zhou Xiaoshan knew that he had spent 100,000 yuan to buy equipment for the cement factory.
This trust made Zhou Xiaoshan feel heavy in his heart. He didn't know what to say. He could only use a standard military salute to express his emotions!
Feng Tiankui obviously didn't finish speaking!
"I was worried about you going to Hanzhong and Xi'an to fight the bandits. Chu Tianshu showed me the intelligence about this area, and I found that these bandits are much worse than those in Yongzhou to Hanzhong. They are not as large-scale and vicious as the Qinling and Monkey King bandits. You should be careful!"
Zhou Xiaoshan was grinning!
"Commander, these bandits are very suitable for training our company and platoon leaders!"
Feng Tiankui knew Zhou Xiaoshan's way of training soldiers. Chu Tianshu's two reinforced companies were far inferior to these three companies. He treated his company completely as a military academy or officer corps. In addition to making the soldiers practice calligraphy every day, they also had to learn to read pictures and draw!
It even took three full months to conduct simulated tactical training!
They even used three companies to engage in actual troop confrontation. Although the special forces battalion was still the same group of people, their tactical skills had been improved compared to when they were suppressing bandits on the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway!
It is no exaggeration to say that this is a revolutionary change!
He had his eyes on dozens of young military officers and was waiting for them to come back. He wanted to transfer Zhang Zhenhe, Zheng Kuiyong, Liu Shan, Zhao Ziyun and others to serve as battalion or company commanders!
If you want to command an army, you must first select its generals. He even wanted to call back all the company and platoon leaders from the three brigades, organize them into a separate company, and give them to this kid to train in turns!
"You went all the way to suppress the bandits. When you came back, the bandits were almost wiped . Mao Zhen's regiment of the 123rd Brigade will accompany you to Xi'an to take the bandits along the Hanzhong to Xi'an route back to build Nanjiang and Bazhong. Director Zeng will go to Xi'an to wait for you and help you clear the way home on the territory of the 17th Route Army. Sometimes warlords are more difficult to deal with than bandits! You go to Taiyuan to meet Yan Xishan. Deputy Director Li of the Ordnance Department will also go to Taiyuan with you and wait for you to come back. His mission is to build a good relationship with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and clear the way for you to go home!"
"Commander, did you know that Adjutant Zheng's relatives came to the Fourth Company to study?"
Relatives, study, Feng Tiankui was stunned and laughed!
This analogy is interesting!
This is how I’ll call these people from now on!
"I know, I agree! You will gather the troops later. Your guard companies 3, 4 and 5 will be organized into the 66th Division Special Service Battalion. You will be the battalion commander and Zheng Chunhua will be the deputy battalion commander. When you come back, I will disperse half of the soldiers to various brigades as substantive second lieutenants, lieutenants or captains. I will also help you to get the best soldier among Liu Cheng's fire-defeat soldiers and add him to your special service battalion. At that time, it will no longer be a special service battalion. You can call it the Officers' Death Battalion!"
"Thank you, Master! Where is Captain Chu?"
"His guard battalion was expanded into a guard regiment!"
"Then I'm at a loss. If I were in the Guards Regiment, I would be the deputy commander! Now I can only be a battalion commander!"
Knowing that this kid was making trouble, Feng Tiankui wanted to kick him again!
This guy pretending to be an official-obsessed person is so annoying that I know that even Chu Tianshu will have to obey his orders this time!
The sadness of parting has disappeared!
"Remember, use your troops with caution. Help me bring back all the top soldiers from the three companies. They are the future backbone of the 66th Division!"
"Master, when you return to Yongzhou, will you go meet Shunzi and Zhou Wenhua?"
"Are they the two company commanders of your security team?"
"I'm not sure about some of their intelligence, so I didn't report it. I just asked them to keep an eye on it. When we left Yongzhou, I asked them to report the summary of their investigation to you directly when you come back! I'm afraid the threshold of the commander's office is too high and they can't get in!"
