On June 17, the 40th Brigade of the New First Army recovered Anyang City in one fell swoop. By this time, the entire northern Henan was substantially controlled by Leng Feng.

In this matter, the New Army was bathed in the joy of victory.

Leng Feng also issued an order to transfer the New 37th Brigade to Xinxiang.

In this way, all the four main brigades of the New First Army entered northern Henan and entered a state of rest and rest and replenishment.

Guide recovered, and the Japanese attack on the Longhai Railway was stopped in Dangshan. Although the two sides fought continuously, the Japanese offensive was finally curbed.

The Japanese army needs to digest the interests of the occupied areas, and the National Army also needs to adjust the deployment of national defense operations. In general, both sides are reorganizing their arms to prepare for war.

The wheels of war can no longer stop.

Leng Feng also began a new round of troops adjustment work. There are so many troops in Luxi, and many of them are not necessary and need to be removed for rest and rest.

The intersection of war zones, subordinate troops, and frequent mobilization, all of these must be straightened out.

Leng Feng sent a telegram to Lao Jiang, asking the New 38th Division to be temporarily under the New First Army and be under his command.

He thought Chiang Kai-shek would disagree, but not long after, Chiang Kai-shek called back in the name of the Military Commission and agreed to the New 38th Division to be commanded by the New First Army.

At the same time, the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army, which was reduced in Yuncheng, was temporarily under the jurisdiction of the New First Army. (Some officers of the Sichuan Army returned to Sichuan to accept new recruits and train troops, with the number unchanged)

Leng Feng also found it incredible when Lao Jiang became so generous.

Not long after, Leng Feng received a telegram from Luo Yufeng that the new 38th Division had become the 8th Army, and the 122nd Division was allocated to the 8th Army as a whole, merged with the 40th Division, and the number was also changed to the 40th Division, and the original number of the new 38th Division remained unchanged.

Luo Yufeng was the acting commander, Wang Zhizhong, the former commander of the 122nd Division, was the deputy commander. Wang Zhizhong also served as the commander of the 40th Division, and Niu Xianmin acted as the commander of the new 38th Division.

For the officers and soldiers of the former 122nd Division, Leng Feng’s principle is to come and go freely. Anyway, the new 38th Division is now not short of supplementary soldiers, and they are also veterans.

Huang Jie made such a big mistake and was quickly dismissed and then escorted to Wuhan for disposal. He was under his command (one more later) two divisions (and later added). Two of the miscellaneous divisions in the local area suffered heavy losses. They went back to rest and replenish. The most combat-capable 40th Division was originally adapted from the Tax Police Corps.

After the battle, there were only less than 4,000 people left, and half of them were injured.

All this division was incorporated into the 122nd Division, and after being broken up and reorganized, it was reorganized into a new 40th Division. The officers of the original 40th Division were free to choose to stay or stay.

In this way, although the number of the Eighth Army was not withdrawn, it changed to another master.

It turns out that Lao Jiang is waiting for him here.

He raised Luo Yufeng just to compete with himself and play balance, and also put a capable Sichuan army into his pocket. This move by Jiang Jiang was like killing three birds with one stone.

However, Lao Chiang was probably wrong in his wishful thinking. The upgrade of the new 38th Division to an army would only benefit him but not harm him.

After the new 38th Division was upgraded to the 8th Army, its headquarters was located in Guide, and the original defense area of ​​the 8th Army was also taken over. In addition, the 8th Army also took over the temporary 35th Division, which means that there are now three divisions under the 8th Army.

Since Chiang Kai-shek has increased his strength to Luo Yufeng, Leng Feng is optimistic that such a good thing may not be encountered once in a few years. It would be really stupid to push it out.

A day later, on June 18, Leng Feng presided over a defense work meeting in northern Henan in Xinxiang.

Yan Xunpu, Chief of Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the First War Zone, attended the meeting. Chief of Staff Yan Da was the one who suggested that the "Yellow River Break Bleeding". However, this time, he was on behalf of Mr. Song to get to know Leng Feng's relationship, and on the other hand, he was also here to conquer the scene. More importantly, he warned the original people not to fight against Leng Feng, otherwise there would be no good results.

After all, Cheng Songyun is also a senior in the army and is quite good at supporting Leng Feng's work. When Yan Xunpu came, he also saved him a lot of trouble.

I held a banquet to entertain me, and I had a brief conversation, but the two sides did not discuss in depth on many topics.

But this Yan Xunpu man looked pretty good and honest. He didn't look down on Leng Feng because he was young and was a junior.

The Third Army, the Shandong Civilian Army and the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army (40th Division) also sent people to attend. The Third Army originally planned to come by himself, but the military and government affairs were too busy to come, so he sent his chief of staff, Major General Liu Shuxiang, to attend the meeting. The representative of the Shandong Civilian Army was Zhang Minghan, the commander of the First Division, and the Sichuan Army was Commander Chen Li, who had been recuperating in the field hospital of the New First Army.

Xue Boling also sent people, but only sent a colonel and staff officer. Wu Xiqi was going to come, but he really couldn't leave, so he had to give up.

The New 38th Division was not divided into each other at all. As the representative, the Chief of Staff Li Dong rushed almost without stopping for a day and arrived in Xinxiang at night.

The preparation time for the Northern Henan Defense Conference was not long, and it was very urgent. The main reason was that Leng Feng did not plan to make it so big. The commander-in-chief of the First War Zone said that he would send people to assist the New Army in integrating the forces of the Northern Henan Army. Then Leng Feng simply merged the integration and defense conference.

Originally, after the reorganization, the defense zones and warning tasks of each unit were divided, and they had to wait until the integration was completed. Since the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone was supported and the Chief of Staff was sent to support him, it would be better to settle this matter as soon as possible.

The main attendees were the military commanders of the New First Army at the regiment level and above, and the commanders of the anti-Japanese armed forces at all levels in northern Henan. They required that at least 100 men and guns were qualified to attend.

All anti-Japanese armed forces participating in the meeting must first sign a statement and voluntarily accept the adaptation of the Northern Henan Administration.

Of course, there are compensation for adaptation.

The requirements and compensation for the adaptation were posted in advance with notices and notices to all areas in northern Henan, and radio publicity was launched. Of course, the time was a little rushed, and there must be some places and some people did not know the news.

It doesn’t matter, Leng Feng gives one month, one month is enough for you to understand the adaptation and make decisions. Whether you accept the adaptation or hand over the weapon within a month, you will directly disband the team after receiving compensation.

Anyone who had received the invitation from the government before was basically here. Although Leng Feng was an outsider, the reputation of "Leng Yan King" had spread from western Shandong to northern Henan, and those who opposed him seemed to have no good ending.

Henan North Middle School, in the auditorium.

In the middle of the rostrum, there is a portrait of Sun Yat-sen of the founding father, surrounded by red and blue flags. The entire venue is arranged simply, solemnly and generously.

At about nine o'clock, Leng Feng was the first to enter the venue from the quick passage behind the rostrum. Behind him were Yan Xunpu, Chief of Staff of the First War Zone, Xie Jiyuan, Chief of Staff of the New First Army, Major General Liu Shuxiang, Chief of Staff of the Third Army, Lieutenant General Chen Li, former commander of the 127th Division of the Sichuan Army (now hired as Chief of Lieutenant General of the New First Army), Major General Zhang Minghan, Commander of the First Division of the Shandong Civilian Army, and Major General Fan Tinglan, Major General General of the Fifth Corps, Northern Henan.

There are eight positions on the rostrum including the host.

The meeting was chaired by Liao Sen, deputy chief of staff of the New First Army. For today's meeting, he racked his brains to create an 800-word opening remark.

"Today is June 18, 27th year of the Republic of China. Please remember that on this day, we drove away the Japanese and native Japanese devils and recovered northern Henan..."

Liao Sen is not tall, has a little dark skin, and has a bit of a black-faced Bao Gong. He was worried about choosing him to preside over the meeting. He thought that his image was not very good and would he lose the face of the New First Army. Leng Feng disagreed and insisted on using him, and even asked him to take charge of military discipline.

The external image of a soldier is important, but his inner temperament is even more important. Leng Feng chose him because of his upright temperament and open and upright demeanor.

Liao Sen won seven applauses with more than 300 words of opening remarks. Of course, these applauses were not all given to him, but this is enough to show that his opening remarks were very good.

"Next, please ask General Leng Guoguang, the commander of the New First Army and the director of the Northern Henan Administration, to speak to everyone!"

The applause was very warm, especially Leng Feng's old subordinates, who almost all beat their palms red, and the northern part of Henan were also very excited. After all, Leng Feng was famous and many people saw Leng Feng for the first time. If it weren't for the soldiers sitting below, the scene would have been a different look.

Leng Feng also prepared for a few nights for today's speech, so he basically broke the manuscript and stood up and walked to the microphone.

Bang!

One stood attentively, saluted a military salute, looked around the crowd and everyone on the platform, and then put down his arms neatly.

What to say, Leng Feng actually thought about it for a long time. Some of the people below are their old subordinates, and some of them are about to become their subordinates.

Since it is a defense meeting, it is obviously impossible to put specific tactics at this retreat conference, and it cannot be discussed much in a few minutes. At most, it can only be discussed in general and cannot touch the fundamental things.

Although the War of Resistance Against Japan fought against national strength, it was still the belief of people at all. If there was no belief in winning, I would probably not be able to persevere.

Victory will certainly stimulate people's confidence, but it will also bring people blind optimism, which will lead to more serious consequences. Whether in the military or among the people, some people will begin to be blindly optimistic. Even in the New Army, there are such thoughts rising, which is a very dangerous signal.

Leng Feng was a later generation. He was familiar with history and was naturally very sensitive to this kind of situation and was quite vigilant. In history, it was because he made many mistakes that he shouldn't have made that he had so many unnecessary losses. How heartbreaking it was afterwards.

Of course, history is not like that. Maybe it is better to prevent problems from happening earlier. Do you have to wait until you see the consequences appear before you think of correcting them?

Leng Feng thought of the booklet that "Brother Seven" brought to him.

"On persistence. Long-term war"

Not many people can come into contact with this world-renowned classic military theory work by the Great Man now, because it has just been published and there are quite some twists and turns. Leng Feng got a mimeographed version of the original manuscript, which is hard to find.

Its value has not been completely discovered yet. It is like a pearl temporarily covered with dust, but sooner or later it will exert a brilliant light. (I won’t talk about this, it involves some haha. If you are interested, you can ask the Baidu girl to solve it yourself)

Leng Feng is willing to be this pioneer.

Of course, Leng Feng said it was a war example related to himself, and according to his own understanding, he spoke it in easy-to-understand words, establish confidence, strengthen his will, and persist in the war of resistance. The final victory must belong to the Chinese.
Chapter completed!