Anti-Japanese War: Developing on my own, I brought back a US-equipped division

Su Zheng knew Chu Yunfei's purpose in his heart, so he just laughed it off and pretended to be confused, appearing sincere.

This is entirely to confuse Chu Yunfei.

Chu Yunfei stopped chatting with Su Zheng and said, "Brother Su, I'll just say it directly if I have something to say."

"I believe our Second War Zone Headquarters has also arranged a special envoy to talk to Brother Su... I know that Brother Su is a straightforward and hardcore warrior, so I will just get straight to the point."

"After the Battle of Dongping River, I also went to the headquarters of the Second War Zone and met our commander Yan."

"Our Commander Yan admires Brother Su very much... and hopes to become friends with Brother Su... To put it simply, he hopes that Brother Su can join our Jinsui Army!"

"Since our establishment, our Jinsui Army can be said to be a very powerful force."

"In the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army...I believe Brother Su can better display his talents and abilities, because the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is a great stage."

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was indeed very strong at its peak.

After overthrowing the feudal rule, Yan Laoxi's military strength began to grow gradually.

In 1917, Yan Laoxi began his first large-scale military expansion.

He expanded the original army from two infantry brigades to four brigades, and gradually added the 4th and 9th student regiments, plus two cavalry regiments, one engineering battalion, one machine gun battalion, one gendarmerie battalion, and one guard battalion directly under the Governor's Office. The size of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army suddenly expanded to 10 people.

Later, Yan Laoxi once again expanded the army on a large scale, expanding the army to 12 brigades, 2 divisions, 2 cavalry regiments, and 2 mixed regiments.

Before the Central Plains War, the development scale of Yan Laoxi's Shanxi-Suiyuan Army reached its peak. Its troops once had 30 people, becoming a force that could not be ignored in North China at that time.

After the Central Plains War, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was gradually disbanded, and the Chairman only gave the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army the establishment of four armies.

Before the full-scale war of resistance, Yan Laoxi had another 20 troops in Shanxi.

In terms of weapons and equipment, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army at that time was also well-off. The reason why Yan Laoxi was able to remain invincible in Shanxi for a long time was that the Taiyuan Arsenal behind him had made great contributions.

At that time, Yan Laoxi's Taiyuan Arsenal, the Shenyang Arsenal in the northeast, and the Hanyang Arsenal were collectively known as the three major arsenals of the Republic of China.

The predecessor of Taiyuan Arsenal was the Shanxi Military Craft Training Factory of the Qing Dynasty. Due to the geographical limitations of Shanxi, the cost of purchasing arms from the powers at that time was too high.

Therefore, in 1920, Yan Laoxi merged the Military Armory and the Copper Coin Bureau into the Shanxi Military Training Factory, and purchased a set of -grain bullet machines from Shanghai to prepare for the daily expenses of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

In 1924, Yan Laoxi set up an aircraft factory in the Taiyuan Arsenal, specializing in imitating advanced foreign fighter jets.

By 1926, the Taiyuan Arsenal was able to produce 4500 grenades, 12 rounds of ammunition and 3200 mortars per day, as well as 1500 rifles, 500 pistols, 300 mortars, 30 machine guns, and a small number of field guns and howitzers with calibers ranging from mm to mm per month.

In addition to meeting the daily expenses of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, these guns and ammunition could also be sold to other warlords at the time.

Although Yan Laoxi's troops could not compare with those of the great powers in terms of weapon performance, during the Republic of China period when warlords were rampant, Yan Laoxi's troops could be considered powerful.

This is also the reason why Su Zheng often said that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was extremely rich.

However, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army participated in the Battle of Taiyuan, the Battle of Xinkou and other large and small battles, which directly led to the loss of the elite troops of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

The remaining elite troops were taken to Changlin Town, where the Second War Zone Headquarters was located.

Therefore,...the current Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is slightly better than the ordinary Eighth Route Army, but compared with the Tiger Guards, it is still far behind.

Whether in terms of weapons and equipment, logistical support, combat effectiveness, or military merit development, the Tiger Guards gradually gained the upper hand.

Su Zheng looked at Chu Yunfei with a smile on his face and said, "Your Commander Yan really thinks highly of me, Su Zheng, and personally asked Brother Chu to be the lobbyist."

Chu Yunfei smiled and said, "Because our Chief Yan knows that Brother Su is a rare talent!"

"Our Jinsui Army is a large and powerful army, and is more suitable for Brother Su to display his abilities and skills."

"Also, our Commander Yan said...if Brother Su can come to our Jinsui Army, he will be directly awarded the rank of Major General!"

"If Brother Su is willing to study at Lu University, he will be promoted to Lieutenant General after graduation!"

"Brother Su, what do you think?"

The predecessor of the Army University was the only highest-level military academy in modern times - the Baoding Army Officers School. It was founded in Baoding in 1903 and has a history of 44 years. It is one of the longest-standing military academies in modern times.

In other words, the Army University mentioned by Chu Yunfei is actually the Baoding Army Officers School.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Military Science Institute was established within the Army University.

The research subjects mainly include strategy and tactics, war history, staff work, national defense planning, rear-area service, national defense mobilization, etc. After the two-year research period, those with excellent results will stay in school as instructors.

In February 23, the General Staff approved the promulgation of the "Regulations of the Special Class Attached to the Army University", which stipulated that a special class would be attached to the Army University to train senior officers above the rank of major general, with a limit of 2-60 people and a three-year course.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, they moved to Changsha, and then to Zunyi, Shancheng and other places.

Army University is the highest military institution of the Nationalist Government.

The Chairman, who regarded the army as his life, attached great importance to this school. He served as the president of the Army University for 21 years and trained many senior commanders and senior staff here.

Moreover, there is a rule in the Chairman's Committee that only graduates from Army University can serve as Army Chief of Staff.

Therefore, most of the senior staff officers in the Central Army graduated from this school.

It's a pretty good military academy.

Su Zheng looked at Chu Yunfei who was so sincere, smiled and said: "Brother Chu, I know your good intentions... Commander Yan also thinks highly of me... and gave me the rank of Major General and Lieutenant General. I am really flattered!"

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Chapter 747: Peak of Power? Serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Second War Zone? (Second update, please subscribe)

According to Chu Yunfei's intention, he wanted to pull Su Zheng into the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

In the Jinsui Army, the price Yan Laoxi offered Su Zheng was to grant him the rank of major general. As long as he went to the Army University for further studies, he could directly be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.

Although it is a time of war, the military rank system is very chaotic.

But there are still very few lieutenant generals.

Chu Yunfei graduated from the fifth class of the Whampoa Military Academy and was considered a top student and a disciple of the emperor... He fought for so long, but in the end he only became a colonel and a regiment commander.

From this we can see that it is very difficult to become a major general or a lieutenant general.

Of course...it's a military rank to be recognized.

Some warlords proclaimed themselves marshals...but that's useless.

Because the military ranks that these warlords gave themselves were not recognized. They might be of some use in their own little corner of the country, but once they left their own territory, they were truly useless.

However, the rank of major general or lieutenant general given to Su Zheng by Yan Laoxi was recognized by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, the Central Army, and other warlords.

The nature is completely different.

Yan Laoxi directly offered Su Zheng the rank of lieutenant general as a bargaining chip. It can be seen that Yan Laoxi really wanted to recruit Su Zheng into the Tiger Guards.

Everyone would want to dig it up.

Previously, the Chairman had arranged for a special envoy to find Su Zheng...all in the hope of getting Su Zheng to join the Central Army.

Old Yan knew the relationship between Chu Yunfei and Su Zheng, so he specifically asked Chu Yunfei to be a lobbyist.

Chu Yunfei smiled and looked at Su Zheng, saying: "Brother Su, your ability and skills are obvious to all!"

"You have developed the Tiger Guards to its current size by your own efforts...but your Eighth Route Army commander...still gave you the position of regiment commander!"

Su Zheng added, interrupting Chu Yunfei, and said, "No, no, no... I am also the senior chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters!"

Chu Yunfei was slightly stunned, then continued: "Senior Chief of Staff of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters? This position is indeed not low!"

"But I still think that our Jinsui Army is a regular army, with a more complete system and platform that can give you, Brother Su, a good display of your abilities!"

"Our commander Yan also said... If Brother Su is willing to bring the Tiger Guards to join our Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, you can set any conditions!"

Su Zheng smiled and nodded, "Well... I can set any conditions you want... Your Commander Yan is really generous!"

Chu Yunfei: "The main reason is that Brother Su is a talented person!"

Su Zheng casually said, "Then I want to be the commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone. Ask your commander Yan if he agrees?"

Hearing this, Fang Ligong next to him couldn't help it. He slammed the table and shouted, "Su Zheng, don't go too far!"

The commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone...He is the highest commander in the entire Second War Zone. Although it is impossible for him to command the Eighth Route Army, he is definitely the highest-ranking commander of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Now that Su Zhengyi has opened his mouth to become the commander of the Second War Zone, Fang Ligong must be very dissatisfied...

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Chapter 748 Chu Yunfei apologizes: Su Zheng is someone you can’t afford to offend (rd update, please subscribe)

If Su Zheng became the commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone...he would be able to command the Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in the Second War Zone.

In the minds of many officers of the Jinsui Army, Yan Laoxi was the real commander of the Jinsui Army.

After all, the Jinsui Army’s growth and development is inseparable from Yan Laoxi.

It is precisely because of this that Fang Ligong’s reaction was so great.

Fang Ligong was really furious at this time.

I never expected that Su Zheng also wanted to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone.

This is simply too much.

Su Zheng looked at Fang Ligong who overreacted, smiled at Chu Yunfei and said, "Brother Chu, you see... your regiment's staff officer Fang has a lot of opinions about me!"

"I just said it casually... your staff officer just started banging the table and chairs and shouting."

Chu Yunfei looked at Fang Ligong with a gloomy expression and said, "Officer Fang, you go out first!"

Fang Ligong wanted to say something else, and said, "Commander, this Su Zheng is going too far!"

"To be the commander-in-chief of our Second War Zone... In our minds, there is only one person who can be the commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone, and that is our Commander Yan!"

"Enough!" Chu Yunfei's face turned very ugly. He looked at Fang Ligong and said, "Officer Fang, get out!"

"It's not your turn to speak here... Get out now!"

"Yes!" Fang Ligong stood up, glanced at Su Zheng, turned around and left.

Look angry!

Quite angry!

If a member of the Eighth Route Army were to be the commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone...what would happen?

After Fang Ligong left, Chu Yunfei set his eyes on Su Zheng and said with a smile, "I'm sorry... Brother Su, my people are ignorant and don't know the rules. They offended you. I apologize to you on his behalf!"

After saying that, Chu Yunfei picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all.

Looks very sincere.

Su Zheng smiled and said, "Brother Chu, you are too kind... these are just trivial matters!"

"But I can see that...if I join your Jinsui Army, I will definitely not be welcomed. You see, I am contradicted every time I say two words. This is meaningless."

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Chu Yunfei quickly said: "Brother Su...I hope you can understand."

"You also know the development history of our Jinsui Army... This is all due to the gradual development and growth of our Commander Yan. Therefore, in the minds of many Jinsui Army officers, Commander Yan is their only commander!"

"Fang Ligong is such a person... That's why he was so excited when you said you were going to be the commander of the Second War Zone!"

.. .... ...

"I hope Brother Su won't take it as an offense. I will definitely teach Fang Ligong a lesson."

Su Zheng smiled faintly and didn't take it to heart.

Because no matter what conditions and prices the Jinsui Army and Chu Yunfei offered, Su Zheng would never join the Jinsui Army.

Chu Yunfei poured a glass of wine for Su Zheng and said slowly: "Brother Su, to be honest... if you bring the Tiger Guards to join our Jinsui Army, the position of the commander of the Second War Zone may be a little difficult, but the position of the deputy commander of the Second War Zone... that is absolutely no problem."

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Chapter 749: Independent Tiger Regiment: Comprehensive Development in All Aspects (First Update, Please Subscribe)

The fighting effectiveness of the Tiger Guards is self-evident.

If Su Zheng really led the Tiger Guards to join the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, Yan Laoxi would definitely give Su Zheng the position of deputy commander of the Second War Zone Headquarters.

Because the strength and combat effectiveness of the Tiger Guards are obvious to all.

This is very tough.

If the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had the Tiger Guards, they would be able to run rampant!