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Chapter 286: The Age of Great Military Expansion

Taiyuan.

"Old Li, congratulations on your promotion! Now you are also an important figure in a region, a true leader of an army!" Ren Zhong couldn't help but smile as he looked at Li Yunlong and the other two who came to visit him. He hadn't seen these three people for a while during the chaos of war.

Today, if these three people hadn’t come to Taiyuan to attend the reorganization meeting, I probably wouldn’t have seen him.

Not only Li Yunlong, but Ding Wei and Kong Jie were also promoted at the same time, and all three became commanders of the column.

After the war, the Eighth Route Army in North China reorganized the entire army. Now that Taihang, Taiyue, Shanxi, Chahar, Hebei, Qi and Lu were connected, the entire army began a new integration.

Of course, in terms of grassroots units, the previous ones are still used. The lower-level system has undergone comprehensive tests and has demonstrated strong combat effectiveness in the war, so there is basically not much room for adjustment.

However, when it comes to Type A regiments and mechanized infantry brigades, both military sub-districts and military regions are too regional, making them too difficult to operate for large-scale mobile field operations.

The higher-ups are naturally well aware of this, but they have always had some concerns for political reasons. It is naturally inappropriate to adopt a formal organization without official status on their own.

After Staff Officer Ye asked for advice, Ren Zhong proposed to increase the temporary organization of the column, which was just right!
This identity is not only used to avoid sensitive organizational issues, but also to solve the command problems of the increasingly large upper-level structure of the troops.

There are too many regiment-level units now, including hundreds of Type A, Type B and Type C regiments, large and small!
Due to different historical developments, there are too many military regions and sub-districts with unbalanced strength.

When Ren Zhong was discussing the reorganization of the army with Staff Officer Ye, he brought up his own concept of columns from the historical time and space of the main world.

The concept of this organization itself is not a new invention in this world. It is just a common term for a temporary organization. It has been used by Guosu and the Eighth Route Army before. Now it is picked up again and is just right for use at the current stage of taking over North China. It does not seem so abrupt to create a new term, so that everyone can understand it at a glance, and at the same time it is not the same as the regular organization, thus avoiding the opponent's excuse.

After all, according to the organizational list given by Guo Fu, the Eighth Route Army was only officially organized into the 3rd Division and 6th Brigade of the 1st Route Army.

However, as it has developed to the present, it has already exceeded the limit by who knows how much, and there are temporary organizations such as the Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment all over the place.

After the reorganization plan was reorganized, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Military Region (including Jiuyuan and Ikh Ju League), the Shanxi-Suiyuan Military Region, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Taihang Military Region, the Taiyue Military Region, the Qilu Military Region, and the Central China Military Region became seven first-level military regions.

Under the military region, the field troops are assigned column numbers, which are divided into heavy columns and mountain columns according to different combat intentions.

The heavy column is composed of 2 mechanized infantry brigades, 2 mountain brigades (each mountain brigade has 2 Type A regiments and 2 Type B regiments), a heavy artillery regiment (32 105mm howitzers, 16 88mm dual-purpose anti-aircraft and flat-field guns), a 107 rocket launcher regiment (36 107mm rocket launchers, including a vehicle-mounted 107 artillery battalion), a motorized supply regiment and an engineering (mechanical maintenance) battalion, a tank battalion (60 T-34 tanks, 5 battlefield repair vehicles), a 20mm anti-aircraft artillery battalion, and a total of over 5 people in the column, ensuring that the heavy column has at least 2 tank battalions of powerful tank assault capabilities and troops, making it the first choice for attacking tough situations.

The mountain column consists of one mechanized infantry brigade, three mountain brigades, or four mountain brigades, one 1mm mountain artillery regiment (mule-drawn), two 3 rocket artillery battalions (mule-drawn), one mule-drawn baggage battalion, one engineer battalion, and one 4mm anti-aircraft artillery battalion. The entire column has about 75 people, using mules and horses instead of vehicles for mobility, and has strong mountain combat capabilities.

In frontal field combat, thanks to the two options of portable fuel-air explosive bombs and 107 rocket launcher fuel-air explosive bombs, we will not be at a disadvantage when fighting against large-scale Japanese enemies.

Therefore, both the heavy column and the mountain column have the ability to fight independently. Compared with the Japanese divisions, they are much stronger and are fully capable of taking on one or two divisions alone.

The heavy column's firepower is at least as good as that of a Japanese army.

According to this organization, the commander's subordinates were divided into three heavy columns and three mountain columns.

Li Yunlong, who started out as an independent regiment, was in the First Column and took over the work of two original main regiments.

Ding Wei from the New First Regiment was reorganized into the Second Column, Cheng the Blind Man from the 772nd Regiment was reorganized into the Third Column, Captain Xu from the 771st Regiment was reorganized into the Fourth Column, and Kong Jie from the New Second Regiment joined the Fifth Column.

"Don't talk about these nonsense, brother Ren. You must give us Old Li enough wine today. Don't be stingy and drink stinky wine!" Li Yunlong has always been so carefree and not at all shy with Ren Zhong.

"Why, now that you've been promoted, you don't care about what your leader says?" Ren Zhong asked with a smile.

"Commander, what's wrong with the Commander? You won't let us eat? La la la" Li Yunlong yelled, and then stared in amazement at the brigade commander who walked out of the house.

"Commander, you are here too? I didn't expect that you and Xiao Li would have the same idea."

As expected of Old Li, who has a dog-faced face, he was able to change the subject as soon as he saw the brigade commander appear. The brigade commander is naturally one of the protagonists of this reorganization. The current situation is chaotic, which is quite favorable for the Eighth Route Army, but it does not mean that they can conquer the world.

Due to its outstanding strength, its relationship with preserved fruits has become very delicate.

Although the brigade commander had his own ideas on how to deal with the situation, the unexpected orders coming from the General Staff made this know-it-all know that it would be a good idea to first listen to Ren Zhong's thoughts on the future direction.

Especially in terms of the overall view, although Ren Zhong looks young, the think tank behind him cannot be underestimated, and his grasp of the situation is amazing.

So after the meeting, the brigade commander went to visit directly, arriving earlier than Li Yunlong and others.

Fortunately, the brigade commander was in a good mood today. Not only did he win the battle, but he was also the absolute main force in this reorganization. Although the number of columns is not the largest, the strength is the strongest!
Li Yunlong and Ding Wei have really made a name for themselves, and the 771st and 772nd Regiments are not bad either. Even if the brigade commander works hard, Kong Jie can get into the heavy armored column. After all, he also has a mechanized infantry brigade under his command!

But the brigade commander couldn't do this, he had to strike a balance. He got the numbers of three heavy armored columns, but there was a mechanized infantry brigade in each of the three mountain columns, which meant he had seven mechanized infantry brigade numbers in total. This was unique.

像边区也就1个重装纵队2个山地纵队4个机步旅，晋绥1个重装纵队3个山地纵队4个机步旅，太行2个重装纵队5个山地纵队6个机步旅，晋察冀1个重装纵队4个山地纵队4个机步旅，齐鲁根据地1个重装纵队6个山地纵队4个机步旅，华中5个山地纵队1个机步旅。

There was no way. The mechanized infantry brigade consumed too much fuel, and transportation in central China was inconvenient. Even if a transportation corridor was opened through the Qilu base, it would be too difficult to transport supplies, and the cost would be too high.

They had to reduce the number of mobile troops and cut down on fuel consumption. Even the mechanized infantry brigades in central China had their tank organization cancelled to temporarily eliminate this oil-guzzling force.

Central China is not engaging in large-scale offensive operations now, but is concentrating on managing Huaibei and Northern Jiangsu, trying to establish direct links with the Qilu base area.

In this way, with the exploitation of oil fields near Zibo and the construction of petrochemical industry, central China's oil supply has a nearby reliable source of supply.

While the brigade commander and Ding Wei were there, Ren Zhong explained his industrial layout and the general idea of ​​the Northeast strategy.

The brigade commander then understood why Jizhou had been left alone in the first place. Otherwise, he would not have been able to lure out the elite troops of the Kwantung Army and create the current favorable situation where he could challenge the Kwantung Army.

At the same time, the brigade commander also understood why it was named the Northeast People's Autonomous Army.

Because at the high-level commanders' meeting after the reorganization, it was announced that the troops attacking the Northeast had officially established a command headquarters, and the brigade commander was one of its main members.

The headquarters chief, division commanders, brigade commanders and the Jin-Cha-Ji chief formed a five-member command committee.

The Taiyuan First Column was transferred to the Fourth Column to form the First Attack Group, the Taihang First Column was transferred to the Sixth Column to form the Second Attack Group, the Qilu First Column was transferred to the Third Column to form the Third Attack Group, and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei First Column was transferred to the Fourth Column to form the Fourth Attack Group.

Together with the seven and a half routes of nearly 8 troops, a total of more than 90 troops were dispatched, claiming to be a million-strong army, preparing to attack the Kwantung Army.

这次流氓鹰也相当给力，爽快通过海上补给的方式，在岛城送到了300辆M3坦克和500门105毫米榴弹炮和75毫米山炮。以及超过20万发各种炮弹和5千吨油料。

After all, being able to crush the Kwantung Army directly in the Northeast is equivalent to saving the lives of more than 100,000 young people for Rogue Eagle.

In addition, they also agreed to provide air support of more than 300 air force aircraft after the outbreak of the war. To this end, they did not hesitate to slow down the fighting in Luzon and transferred 150 fighter jets to the north. Together with the more than 160 fighter jets originally fighting in the mainland and more than 100 fighter jets of the Eighth Route Army, the Allied air strength in North China directly exceeded 400 aircraft, almost all of which were advanced P51 Mustang fighter models.

In this way, the Japanese air threat was infinitely reduced to zero! The Mustang fighter itself was a top fighter in this era. With so many advanced fighters concentrated, it had an overwhelming advantage over the Kwantung Army.

Of course, for the mechanized infantry brigades in different military regions, few tank battalions are fully staffed. In fact, most of them do not reach the full level of 60 tanks, but only have one tank company or two tank companies. Now only the five mechanized infantry brigades in the Taiyue Military Region have completed the full staffing of tank battalions.

After the addition of 300 Rogue Eagle M3 light tanks, the heavy armored column that was short of tanks was at least equipped with 2 tank battalions, with a total of more than 1000 tanks!

This is already unprecedentedly powerful.

Now, all these forces have been mobilized to prepare for the final decisive battle against the Japanese Kwantung Army!

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