"Mr. Fan, you are highly respected and have years of experience in governing. The people have a very high evaluation of you. So, I discussed with the acting commander-in-chief and you will be the deputy director of the Luxi District Administrative District Office."

"I, no, no, the deputy director of the Administrative Office has a heavy responsibility. I am a bad old man, how can I take this important task?" When General Fan heard this, he immediately refused.

"Old Fan, no one is more suitable than you!" Sun Yinting said.

"If you are not good at it, would it be possible to give up your position to Chen Weizhang's people? He has introduced Li Shuchun. He is the Minister of Civil Affairs and serves as the deputy director. He has enough qualifications and reputation. But can we hand over the administrative power of Luxi to him?"

"That's right, can he be more familiar with our Luxi than you?"

"We don't accept none of us, just accept you. What he did in private is really heartbreaking..."

"Old Fan, it's not just your business to take on this position, it's the welfare of millions of people in Luxi." Leng Feng also advised.

"Okay, since everyone says that, I will reluctantly be this deputy director!" General Fan nodded in agreement.

Even if this is basically decided, the people in Chen Weizhang's provincial government have no foundation in western Shandong. With Sun Yinting's support, the appointment of General Fan is almost a foregone conclusion.

After solving the two biggest problems, the afternoon meeting progressed much smoother. As for the forces of the provincial government led by Li Shuchun and Qin Qirong, only a few could obey the majority.

The civilian army of the three routes of Liaocheng was finally reorganized into three divisions, with the number temporarily being the anti-Japanese civilian army in western Shandong, with about 25,000 people. In addition, there were some local security groups, which totaled about 30,000 people.

These troops originally had nearly 60,000 to 70,000 people, and more than half of them needed to be abolished, so the elderly and weak naturally could no longer stay in the army.

But there are still some people, about 10,000 or 20,000 people.

These people cannot simply let them go home, or pay some severance fees (not much money), and these soldiers will be supplemented to the Third Army.

In this way, the Third Army, which was severely reduced in several battles, could be supplemented by a large number of soldiers, and these people had at least some military training and were easier to enter their role than ordinary recruits.

This is also what Sun Yinting urgently needs. At any time, with a gun in his hand, he will have the confidence to speak and his waist can be raised.

Leng Feng’s honorary first division only provides a small amount of supplements, mainly for some talents they like, and will not expand the troops on a large scale or replenish troops.

The Shandong Corps is mainly composed of the Third Army and the Honorary First Division. The newly reorganized Shandong Anti-Japanese Civil Army is only written on paper. It is expected that it will take at least two to three months to complete the reorganization.

I had lunch and had only one hour to rest, and the meal was very simple. Two dishes were added to the food standards of the Honorary First Division, one meat dish and the other vegetarian dish, and the rules were set. This was the standard for working meals for the Western Shandong Corps in the future.

This is already beyond the standard, but this time Leng Feng made an exception, and the people who eat were not all officers from the Honorary Division, so the increase was made on the grounds of entertaining guests.

Drinking is forbidden.

The test of Fan Shuming cannot be completed in a short while. In addition to the martial arts exam, there is also the literary exam. Even if you want to accept him, you must have a comprehensive understanding of him. Leng Feng does not support idle people or mediocre people. If this is the case, it is better to go home as soon as possible.

At 1:00 p.m., the training meeting continued. Leng Feng didn't want to delay it like in the morning. The meeting process was accelerated. In the words of Li Shuchun, the morning was quite polite and democratic, and everyone could still give different opinions. The afternoon was the time to implement Leng Feng's personal will.

At the meeting, Leng Feng, alone, almost crushed different opinions when facing everyone. If anyone objected, he would immediately be absolutely suppressed.

Even Sun Yinting and Old General Fan were forced to stand on the same front as him.

The meeting determined that Liaocheng is the office of the Luxi District Office, and Jining is the headquarters of the Luxi Corps...

The meeting passed the outline of the reorganization and training work plan for the Shandong Corps in the next three months by raising hands. All the contents were almost planned long ago.

If it is a temporary mimeograph, it will never be so efficient. Therefore, it has been solemn protested and dissatisfied by the provincial government and has to sue the Wuhan Military Commission.

However, although the sound is loud, there are indeed few supporters.

Even Wu Shaozhou did not stand up and spoke, so did Cao Leshan. He was still a little worried about Sun Yinting becoming the acting commander of the Third Army.

He didn't dare to speak, who would dare to openly object?

What made Li Shuchun most angry was that through this meeting, the appointment of county magistrates from more than a dozen counties in Luxi appointed by General Fan was confirmed.

These county magistrates were only appointed by General Fan and have not been recognized by the superiors. However, this time they have been recognized, and these people will become legal county magistrates.

In this way, the provincial government will not be able to use this to overturn some policies and guidelines that General Fan implemented in northwest Shandong that are beneficial to the people.

Confirm and report to the Wuhan Military Commission, and appointed General Fan as the commander of the Anti-Japanese Civil Army in western Shandong and the deputy commander-in-chief of the Shandong Corps. Sun Yinting was the acting commander of the Shandong Corps. Leng Feng was the deputy commander-in-chief and chief of staff of the Shandong Corps. The deputy chief of staff was Major General Liu Shuxiang, Chief of Staff of the Third Army, Major General Liao Sen... Director of the Political Training Department, Colonel Qin Qirong (this person is the sixth period of Huangpu, and is also the Military Control Commission)...

Basically, the people from the Third Army and the Honorary First Division controlled the senior management of the Shandong Corps. Some of General Fan's subordinates were also selected. Only the provincial government, Qin Qirong was the only one who received substantial official positions.

That Li Shuchun was originally a lieutenant general senator under Lao Han. Later, he saw that Lao Han was killed, and Shen Weizhang took the lead. He surrendered to him and gave him the title of senior senator. In fact, nothing has anything to do with him.

As for Shen Weizhang, he is the provincial chairman, so why are you still embarrassed to hold a position below?

As soon as the meeting ended, Li Shuchun turned black and went back to Dong'a in shame all night. Qin Qirong did not leave and stayed, and actively participated in the training work of the Western Shandong Corps.

The meeting was almost dark and it ended. This meeting only determined the general direction and policies, and specific matters had to be discussed in detail. Some things were unhurried.

In order to command and work nearby, Sun Yinting also decided to move the Third Army headquarters to Heze (Caozhou), so that it would be closer to Jining and could support Yuncheng at any time.

Leng Feng was very supportive of Sun Yinting's decision. At the same time, among the group of prisoners captured during the recovery of Jining and Yanzhou, a group of prisoners were selected to directly supplement the 20th Division.

The strength of the 20th Division was enhanced.

Leng Feng was worried about the Yellow River defense line, and tried every means to increase the strength of the Third Army stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the time for the 14th Division to smuggle the Yellow River in history was getting closer and closer.

There are some things that Leng Feng is hard to say. It is the defense zone of the Third Army. If he insists on taking over, it will cause unnecessary trouble and there will be no reason.

What's more, the Honorary First Division is under pressure now, and its troops are used scattered. Until Zoucheng is recovered and a solid iron triangle defensive front is formed, the security loopholes on the flanks will be considered to be filled.

Just as Leng Feng was preparing to adjust his troops and prepare to deal with the Japanese smuggling across the Yellow River at any time, Luo Yufeng almost threw a telegram, which made him almost overturn the table.

The commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone decided to adopt Tang Keqin's suggestion and put the Sakamoto Detachment of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army into the encirclement. The troops formed an encirclement from the periphery and then the Japanese army formed an encirclement from the periphery, and they ate the two Japanese troops who invaded the Taierzhuang area of ​​Xuzhou.

On the front line of Lanling Town, the Reconnaissance Battalion of the New 38th Brigade and most of the first battalion of the Honorary Division Special Forces led by Yang Rui remained in the past three days, and did not allow the Japanese Sakamoto Detachment to make a breakthrough. Seeing that the Sakamoto Detachment could not break through this steel front, it suddenly wanted to let go of a hole. This was simply a nonsense.

Is it because Tang Keqin was too conceited, or was he crazy about making contributions, his appetite was too big, or was Chief Li's head also getting hot? At this time, the best way is to keep it unchanged. As soon as the Japanese army contracted, some people felt that the Japanese army could not hold on, and they underestimated the Japanese army's resilience and combat effectiveness too much.

Luo Yufeng may not be able to see through the powerful relationship here, but Leng Feng knew that the Japanese army is trying their best to delay time so that they can allocate troops from their local areas to China. And judging from the current actions of the Japanese army, they have changed their strategies.

Especially on the southern front, why did the Japanese army attack Mengcheng along the Wohe River? Although this was just a partial division, the purpose was very obvious, which was to bypass the frontal defense on the north bank of the Huai River and head north. The ultimate goal was to cut off the Longhai Road.

Although the Japanese army on the Northern Line did not have such actions, not so much that it does not mean that they are not prepared.

But as he had already reminded him, the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone still made such a foolish move. How could Leng Feng not be extremely angry?

With such a big game, he was able to take down the Seya Detachment, the main elite of the Japanese 10th Division, and then take the opportunity to keep the 10th Division completely in China.

Now it has ruined the arrogance and self-righteousness of some people.

The order that had already formed a resolution could not be changed. Leng Feng's most angry was that Li Delin did not notify him of such an important military meeting, and he did not receive any information.

Is this meeting deliberately concealed from him or some other reason?

Judging from Luo Yufeng's telegram, he was suddenly called to hold a military meeting, but with his identity and qualifications, it would be nice to have such a high-level meeting that would allow him to speak. He would basically not put his opinions in an important position. Even if Leng Feng went there personally, those people would probably not listen to him.

Tang Keqin attended this meeting in person.

This information is very important, that is, Tang must have received very strong support to force Li Delin to agree with his suggestions.

Who is the person behind Tang Keqin?

The answer is almost out of the question!

Lao Jiang!

Jiang must have been persuaded by Tang Keqin to support this "tempting" adventure military plan.

Li Delin's urgent telegram followed, and the telegram explained in detail the process of the meeting. The meeting began in the morning. The debate was very strong. He clearly opposed it and believed that the meal should be eaten one bite at a time and could not be too hasty. It is not possible to defeat Japan in one or two battles.

But although Li was the commander-in-chief of the war zone, his good partner Bai Jiansheng did not support him this time, but instead expressed support for Tang Keqin's adventure plan.

Many generals attending the meeting in the war zone also expressed support for this plan. The military achievements that are within reach are what every soldier desires.

What's more, the current situation is very beneficial to GJ. The Xuzhou area has 300,000 GJ, and the total number of Japanese troops is less than 40,000.

With a ratio of nearly 10 to 1, this battle was almost a sure win, especially since the Japanese army is unable to receive the troops and reinforcements are blocked on the way to come.

The dawn of the victory in the Xuzhou battle has already brightened.

Li Delin was alone and could not help him. Although there were voices supporting him, he could not suppress his opposition. Finally, Tang Keqin asked for instructions from the Wuhan Military Commission.

Lao Jiang's attitude was very clear. He supported Tang Keqin's plan. His ambition to win a greater victory in Xuzhou area was very obvious.

If this battle can be won, then this can be regarded as Mr. Jiang’s decision on the spot and his command has been made. He will also be a big book in history books in the future. It is undoubtedly undoubtedly to leave a name in history!

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Chapter completed!