Chapter 280 Two hundred battalion commanders!
However, the cycle of heaven and everything has its advantages and disadvantages!
It is certainly a happy thing to have a large army of 100,000, but how to rectify the defeated troops of 100,000 national troops and establish an effective command system has become a problem facing Zhong Yi!
Zhong Yi would not be so naive that he thought that with these tens of thousands of defeated soldiers, it would be equivalent to having more than a dozen elite troops immediately!
An army is not a simple superposition of the number of soldiers, but a strict command system! Without command, no matter how many soldiers are, they are just a mess of sand and cannot form combat effectiveness at all!
Zhong Yi thought of this, and Qiu Qingquan also thought of this.
At that moment, Qiu Qingquan said quietly: "Reorganizing the army is not an easy task, and it is even more difficult to rectify the defeated soldiers. So don't think that if you have more than 100,000 defeated soldiers, you have more than a dozen divisions. These are two different things!"
"I know!" Zhong Yi nodded and said, "Chief Staff Qiu, do you have any good suggestions?"
To be honest, Zhong Yi was really worried at this time, worried that Qiu Qingquan would reveal his identity.
Once Qiu Qingquan reveals his status as Chief of Staff and wants to forcibly seize the command of Nanjing, Zhong Yi really has no good idea. At that time, he may have to ask for help from the attendant's room!
But once communication with the servant room resumes, it means that you must accept the remote command of Chairman Jiang!
This is not a good thing for the next battle to defend Nanjing. Zhong Yi really doesn’t trust Chairman Jiang’s command!
"I didn't." Qiu Qingquan shook his head, "Normal circumstances, if you want to reorganize a group of defeated soldiers, you have to go through at least three months of hard training, but the Japanese will not give you three months!"
From the heart, Qiu Qingquan was actually a little moved at this time.
What are you moved by? Of course, you are moved by the command of the 100,000 national troops!
As an aspiring officer and a major general, Qiu Qingquan dreamed of being able to command thousands of troops to sway and show his ambitions on the battlefield!
But as a moral man, Qiu Qingquan is disdainful to pick other people's peaches!
So, Qiu Qingquan was just a little moved, and never thought that he would really seize command!
When Zhong Yi heard Qiu Qingquan say this, he knew what he was thinking. He smiled and said, "Three months? The Japanese are afraid that they won't even give us three hours!"
Qiu Qingquan said: "I wonder if there is any good way to go to the group rank?"
"There is no good idea." Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "There is a stupid idea."
After saying that, before Qiu Qingquan asked, Zhong Yi said again: "Street combat is actually different from field combat. Field combat has high requirements for the command system of an army, because field combat, once the response is not rapid enough and the enemy breaks through a point, it is likely that the entire line will collapse, but street combat does not have such danger."
"That's right." Qiu Qingquan said deeply, "street battle is a battle of house-by-house battle. There is no danger that the enemy will seize a building, and we will lose all the buildings."
Zhong Yi said: "So street combat actually has not high requirements for the command system!"
Qiu Qingquan thoughtfully said, "So what? What are you going to do with the group seat?"
Zhong Yi did not say nonsense anymore, climbed directly onto the radio car, shouted through the radio speaker: "It's all!"
After hearing Zhong Yi's order, more than 100,000 national troops gathered in Xinjiekou Square and stood at attention. The veterans were veterans after all, and even if the Japanese were disbanded, they would still be veterans.
Zhong Yi continued to shout, "Listen to my order, all battalion-level officers, leave the line!"
As soon as he finished speaking, five figures walked out of the queue and stood in front of the radio car.
"Cai Jing'an, the 87th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, and Lieutenant Colonel Battalion Commander, come back!"
"The Communications Battalion of the 88th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, Major Battalion Commander Liu Futing, come back to the team!"
"Howitzer Battalion, the Major Battalion Commander Pan Zihe, came back to the team!"
"Engineering Battalion, 159th Division of the 66th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, Major Battalion Commander Zhou Mengxiong, come back!"
"The 156th Division of the 83rd Army of the National Revolutionary Army, Major Battalion Commander Zhang Buwu, came back to the team!"
Looking at the five battalion commanders, either the baggage commander of the baggage engineer or the communication battalion commander, Zhong Yi couldn't help but feel sore in his nose.
This also indirectly reflects how tragic the previous defense battle in Nanjing was fought. Almost all battalion-level officers were killed in battle, and even the battalion commanders of non-combat troops such as the logistics engineers and communications battalion were killed in large numbers!
Taking a deep breath, Zhong Yi shouted again: "Now, all company-level officers, leave the line!"
More than twenty figures walked out of the crowd and walked to the radio car to report their own numbers and positions.
After more than 20 company commanders completed their positions, Zhong Yi shouted again: "Platform-level officers are out of the line!"
This time, there were more officers leaving the list, nearly two hundred people, and they were all over the place!
These platoon leaders were about to report their own numbers and positions, but Zhong Yi waved his hand to stop them.
Nearly two hundred people reported their own positions one by one. When did they get to report? It was already bright and the Japanese were mostly already starting to attack, so they were in trouble!
Zhong Yi quickly counted the platoon commanders and company commanders who were out of the line and found that there were exactly two hundred. He shouted: "Listen, now you have been appointed as the independent battalion commanders of the 367th Regiment directly under the attendant office of the National Revolutionary Army. The number ranges from the 8th Independent Battalion to the 207th Independent Battalion. Each battalion has a quota of 500 troops. Go and order the troops!"
Two hundred platoon leaders were stunned when they heard this, and then cheered.
Then, two hundred newly promoted battalion commanders began to step forward and order troops.
Beside me, Qiu Qingquan was dumbfounded. Is this too hasty?
In this way, you, Zhong Yi, appointed a total of 200 battalion commanders in one breath? Or would you be promoted to battalion commander directly?
God, being a platoon leader is different from being a battalion commander. A platoon leader only carries dozens of people, but the battalion commander has to take care of hundreds of people. How can you do this?
Zhong Yi didn't even look at Qiu Qingquan.
Of course, extraordinary means must be used in extraordinary times. I just appointed 200 battalion commanders in one breath. Why?
The more people, the more efficient it is. Two hundred battalion commanders ordered their own troops, and soon allocated five hundred of their respective troops.
Then, the two hundred battalions that had completed the ordering of troops were lined up in separate formations and arranged into two hundred neat infantry phalanxes, along Hanzhong Road on the left, Zhongshan East Road on the right, Zhongshan Road on the north, and Zhonghua Road on the south, which was spectacular.
However, after the two hundred independent battalions were ordered, there were nearly 10,000 veterans left in Xinjiekou Square!
There were nearly 10,000 people, but Zhong Yi was not going to divide it any further, but planned to join with the 367th Regiment's existing more than 2,000 people and then form five main battalions.
These five main battalions will become the trump card in Zhong Yi’s hands!
Chapter completed!