Chapter 185: In the mountains

Liao Xingze was a veteran and a veteran who was not an ordinary veteran. But he was smashed out by the militia. In 1916, he lived in Wangshanyabazi, and his family was surrounded by soldiers. He joined the army at the age of 15 without help.
At that time, the examiner of the People's League said that he was a little younger. As a result, when the boy pulled his wife who was holding his son from behind his buttocks, he proved that he was not young. The kid impressed the examiner with his plain language. "I have strength, and I'm here to serve the two women."
He has very fast hands and feet, is very dexterous, is an Orion and can shoot a gun. People are young and have a brute force. Although there is not much energy due to insufficient food, there is potential for victory. In addition, he has the same conditions as everyone else. He has no food in the family and ca n’t open the pot. He wants to join the group, so that the family can plant new seeds issued by the group early and give the mother thin milk. Had to drink a little soy milk to earn back some military food.
In this way, Liao Xingce, a poor, poor, white, and illiterate, joined the militias and became a militias fighter who did not mean glory at the time, but meant to eat and wear warm clothes.
In the army, this rural guy from Wangshan Yabazi learns things faster than others. His awkward brain makes him not able to learn anything. After a month of recruit training, he is assessed in all aspects, except for marksmanship and special skills. Everything counts down, and overall results, he actually ranked sixth to the bottom of the recruit company, only one rank higher than the fifth-to-last elimination line, on the verge of elimination, even if he escaped by accident, he can only go to the reserve forces. .
Just then, however, a turnaround occurred.
When he was trained by his own recruit squad leader, Qu Yong, who was also his sister-in-law squad, covered his face, Liao Xingze walked down to the ground in despair, and the little sister-in-law punished him to stand there and reflect.
"Look at what you have done in this test. Ermei also expects to live with you for a lifetime. Just take advantage of this. What do you take care of her? Go to the position and reflect on me to see how others train."
The little sister-in-law Qu Yongpan is not an aggressive person, but he is too worried about this brother-in-law, and he wants to make him and the second sister's family have a better life. At that time, the entire Lishuping, even the whole Huize County, could live well. The quickest way to get a good life is to join the League and become a good soldier. This is a good day.
Qu Yongpan himself joined the army earlier. At that time, he was still a senior auditor at the Lishuping Elementary School that had just opened for one year. Later, the group expanded and he signed up. Compared to his brother-in-law, Qu Yongpan has no culture. Even his name was taken by Sun Changqing, the only reading gentleman in the village of Yang.
But this person is very motivated, at least more than this brother-in-law. Moreover, he has been trying to change this short-term brother-in-law. However, due to lack of knowledge, the sentence he used the most was actually heard from the classroom. "I say brother-in-law, look at your virtue. As a soldier, you should have great ambitions. In the book However, the soldiers who do n’t want to be generals are not good soldiers. I do n’t expect you to be a general either. You can be a small deputy. My sister will be better in this life. You also work hard. Maybe I will be a general. , You have retired home and followed it. "
However, Qu Yongpan did not expect that his little sister-in-law actually encountered his own opportunity in the position.
At that time, the machine gun squad of the militia group was setting up machine guns and conducting new equipment shooting training. Because heavy machine guns were just issued at that time, the soldiers were generally nervous. When they heard dense machine gun sounds, some militia soldiers would shake their hands. Sure enough, just after firing a few shots, a bomber was too nervous to burn his hand because of careless operation.
Coincidentally, in order not to delay training, Liao Xingze, who was standing by himself, was pulled to be a bomber. Who knows that this was six or seven years, until the Xundian battlefield, this Mark Qin heavy machine gun for the bomber, was injured by a round of artillery shells. Although his problem was not serious at that time, he only needed to rest for a few years, but the army took him into the reserve militias after considering the difficulties in his family.
Liao Xingze was very flexible. He was transferred to the postal department and became a mail sorter. At the same time, his little who wanted to get a job in the militia group was suffering from myopia. Promising grass-roots non-commissioned officers have become the squad leader of the division. Maybe it's hard to pay for the ambition. The leader of the line, Qu Yongpan, blew the charge horn each time. After years of hard training, his horn sounded very loud and had a spirit of killing.
In these years, although the days are getting better and better, Liao Xingze always feels that something is missing. Whenever sorting mail, others will wonder, why is this kid so fast, so focused?
But I don't know where he regards this work as sorting mail, but instead treats each mail as a series of heavy machine gun bullets, and he should serve them as quickly as possible.
Now the parents in the family are in good health, and his wife is getting more and more virtuous. Even the little guy who was still feeding when he joined the army will soon be in high school.
Rather than make Liao Xingce feel comfortable, he felt more and more uncomfortable. For years, he couldn't hear gunfire, cannon gunfire, heavy machine guns, heavy machine gun bullets, and he couldn't sleep every night.
All of this stems from the remarks made by the old chief when he was retired from the army: "It is not the army that abandons you, but the militias need to maintain one of the most elite troops in order to maintain the strongest combat effectiveness. The leader Zhang said, You are not leaving the army, but are temporarily assigned to the reserve forces. One day, if the war requires you, if the militias need you, we will notify you as soon as possible, return to the army, return to your comrades, and pick up your former steel gun. ,Continue fighting……"
Many soldiers and soldiers who were unwilling to leave the militia at that time chose to leave the army in such a commitment.
These people, like Liao Xingze, are working on the index every year. Year after year, their age is one year older. The militias of that year also became the Southwest Army, from a county and a city to For the entire Southwestern Great. During this period, the Southwest met French, English, and Japanese, but the order for mobilization has not yet been issued.
In previous wars, they thought they saw hope, but the result was disappointment. When the Anti-Japanese War broke out, they thought that they would definitely be on the battlefield again this time. As a result, when the news of the victory in Tianjin and Beijing came, they still got disappointed. The officers and soldiers who are occasionally drawn to supplement the main force are only the active officers and men of the reserve force, not their retired soldiers.
They were disappointed. Many people even found the local militia leader again and again to apply for re-enlistment. They were not very old, and the oldest were only in their thirties. It was better to return to the army as a cooking soldier. Can't sleep day and night.
It ’s not that they ’re embarrassed, nor is it that they ’re fighting the army, or that they ca n’t find a job. It ’s all because other Chinese troops of this era have not retired, at least 20 or 30 years old. It will not be retired.
The officers and men who were put into the reserve due to various reasons were thinking about going to the battlefield every day and night, returning to the army where they stayed for four or five years, or even seven or eight years, or ten years. Many years of military career are what they yearn for, not in ordinary posts, doing what others can do.
Is there no longer any need for soldiers in the war, and no enemies in the southwest. Can't we really be a qualified soldier?
Everyone thinks this way, including Liao Xingze.
"Lao Liao, Lao Liao ..."
Liao Xingze was carrying a sack of letters from the mail car and heard the director Wang of the branch shouting loudly.
"Well, king, where am I?"
Lao Liao carried the sack into the sorting room in a few steps, and patted the ash on his clothes to leave the room. Director Wang was very nice. When his family was in the early years, he took care of him a lot.
"Liao Liao, great news." Director Wang of the Hongqi Road Liberation Branch shouted while running. Director Wang was also a veteran. The difference was that he had a disability in his right leg and was already a deputy company commander. Originally promising, the result was that he had to retire due to disability, and even had no chance to be recruited.
"What's so happy, Wang Bureau." Watching Director Wang walking fast with a cane, Liao Xingce almost couldn't help but help him, but he knew that this was the chief taboo of Director Wang. He never needed people to be disabled. Help him in matters.
"What's the matter? God's good. See what it is."
Director Wang shook his hands and handed a letter to Liao Xingze. Although he did not open the letter, just looking at the words on the envelope, he knew that it must be the thing.
"Southwest People's Army Military Committee Huize County Armed Forces Militia Management Office"
After seeing only a few words on the cover, Liao Xingze was shocked. Then he couldn't wait to open the letter, and saw that it read: Comrade Liao Xingze, second-tier non-commissioned officer. Congratulations, you have been officially approved to resume active duty. Please report to the higher militias immediately on the letter day.
"Ha ha ... ha ha ha ... king, I waited, I finally waited ..."
Liao Xingze trembled all over his body and jumped three feet high frantically. Looking forward to the return to active service for many years, he didn't expect it to come true without warning. He did not forget the rank of second sergeant day and night because it was his role in the militia. At the moment, he received the notification letter, and from the second-tier sergeant in the reserve, he became the second-tier sergeant in the regular army.
"Well, Lao Liao, work hard, work hard." Director Wang said, but couldn't help lowering his head, and secretly wiped the tears of the man who wiped his eyes. For many years, although he was looking forward to this day, he But I know that I will only be a fantasy, because I am disabled. Liao Xingze and they worked hard and finally waited for this day.
"Wang Bureau, please rest assured, I will write to you when I get to the army, and when I come back, I invite you to drink and tell you about the army. Your enemy is yours." Liao Xingze was not at all Regarding himself as a heavy machine gun bomber, he seemed to have returned to the battlefield where the guns were rumbling, and was fighting as a man.
"Do it well, do it well." Director Wang sighed and left slowly, rejoicing for them. Although he couldn't return to the army, he finally managed to worry about it. The army did not forget these people.
In late September, a sudden mobilization order disrupted the tranquility of the southwest. Retired veterans, militia joint defense team members who have trained for many years, no matter where they are, have received an official letter notifying them to resume active service.
As if a storm had set off, thousands of veterans began to gather together. According to the method of mixing the active reserve forces and retired veterans, the sixteen years of regularization and reserve military training in the Southwest finally came to an end. This day produced tremendous power.
Classes were quickly formed, followed by platoons, companies, and camps ...
In less than fifteen days, under the condition of guaranteeing basic combat power, Southwest relies on a mix of real reserve active forces, militia (reserve forces are divided into active forces, militia and retired veterans) and retired veterans, and it was soon established. A dozen divisions.
In fact, these veterans who were once retired are not old, and the oldest are in their thirties. They retired for various reasons that year, and were placed in reserve forces or militia, or inactive. )
In this way, the regular military strength of 21 divisions, originally composed of 1 guard division, 6 main divisions, and 14 guard divisions, turned into nearly 43 divisions.
Among them, 21 former standing divisions have the strongest combat effectiveness, and the remaining 22 new editors have 8 divisions with considerable combat effectiveness. Most of them are composed of veterans who have resumed active duty and backbone officers and soldiers of the reserve active duty army who have undergone militarized training all year round.
In other words, it is these 29 divisions that will be truly mobilized for the Northern Expedition, and the remaining 14 divisions will be converted to garrison and security forces to assume the responsibility of the original security division, militia, and reserve forces. Homeland Guard Mission.
A mobilization order, the military construction planned for the southwest for many years, finally saw great results.
After Liao Xingze returned to the army with a rolling stream of people, he did not meet his harsh little sister-in-law again. He has been the main squad leader of the main force for these years.
Liao Xingze was incorporated into the 22nd Division. This time the large-scale military reorganization, the Southwest People's Army abandoned the once more complicated military classification, and instead unified the entire army into a scientific compilation.
Except for the seven ace division numbers including the first guard division and 6 main divisions, all other divisions are renumbered. For 43 divisions, a total of 80 divisions were serialized.
"Heavy machine gun bomber? Exactly, let's train with the team."
When Guo Fengcheng, the leader of the 3 battalion, 2 battalion, 3 platoon of the 1st Division of the 22nd Division, saw the resume of Liao Xingze, he couldn't help but hesitate to know. In the army, if ordinary soldiers are easy to retire, it is as inconspicuous as heavy machine gun bombers However, the very important arms are not easy to retire.
For the ripper-type machine gun that is generally equipped in the southwest, if it is used as a light machine gun, the requirements for the bomber are not high, but if a heavy barrel is added, it is used as a high-speed and long-range heavy machine gun. When it comes to use, the bomber of the heavy machine gun team becomes very important. It can not only ensure the continuous firing of firepower, but also act as an observer and a shooter. A qualified heavy machine gun bomber, if it is still a veteran, it is very important for the grass-roots company.
"Yes, platoon leader"
Liao Xingze shook his salute and ran to the heavy machine gun group on the spot.
The 22nd Division is one of the eight newly formed combat divisions and will serve as the Northern Expeditionary Combat Force. Before the start of the Northern Expedition, there will be a month of recovery training time, which means that a month later, a new editor composed of these veterans and reserve soldiers will head to the Northern Expedition battlefield.
There are five people in the heavy machine gun group, responsible for a series of processes from moving to firing of the heavy machine gun, such as loading, changing the barrel, observing and so on.
"Good guy, this is new stuff."
Liao Xingze just recognized the heavy machine gun lying on the ground with a glance. It was the tear of the C24 machine gun. Although he had not touched the machine gun on the Xundian battlefield that year, he had already obtained it. The army is equipped with such a new machine gun.
However, I don't know why, thinking of Mark Qin's heavy machine gun that he had served for many years, Liao Xingze felt weird. Maybe this would be a new army, a new military career.
While reorganizing the troops, each of the major combat readiness bases in the southwest also opened a reserve warehouse. These permanent fortifications, which are half-buried in the mountains, are the results of combat preparations in the southwest for more than a decade.
"Open Warehouse No. 2"
Zhao Guocai, the head of the strategic reserve base No. 15, waved his hand. The long-awaited base officers and soldiers closed the electric gate, and the huge warehouse door opened slowly. The officers and men of the logistics department, which is responsible for receiving and transporting materials and supplies, have already driven heavy military trucks.
"Ka." The officers and men of the base pushed out the first large wooden box from the inside and pried open, revealing the dark barrel inside.
"Storage is good and meets Tier 1 operational standards."
The technical officer of the logistics department stepped forward to check and then allowed to continue out of the warehouse.
This huge base contains nearly five hundred broken infantry guns. Although not the latest 31-year-old infantry gun, it is also a 24-year-old infantry gun with little difference in performance. This time when the warehouse is opened, the more than 20 newly formed divisions will be fully armed.
Since the southwest has been carrying out an armament plan with about forty divisions for quite some time, equipment like infantry artillery has always been adequately stored. This 24-year-old infantry gun, which is inexpensive, light, and easy to transport, will become the main force of the new division's artillery.
Compared to the cost of 105mm field guns, infantry guns are much cheaper.
At the same time, other combat readiness warehouses are also being opened one by one, one after the other, and some even pull by trains, sending Chinese cars of single-shot rifles, pistols, ammunition, heavy machine guns, and artillery The entire reorganization operation of the army was carried out in a very planned and organized manner, and everything was carried out according to a multi-year plan.
"As of October 15, with the use of 80% of reserves, we have basically completed the armed plans of all 22 new divisions. According to the plan, the main configuration and supplements for infantry are more old-fashioned, but Can still be regarded as a good Chinese-style bolt rifle, platoon troops began to distribute a small number of sniper rifles and semi-automatic rifles to support the firepower, unified release of the C24 year machine gun, the prototype of this ripper-type machine gun, is now the world Leading level. In addition, we have allocated a considerable number of infantry guns as fire support units. However, compared to other arms, the number of retired artillery is relatively small, and it may take longer to train. This is also what we do not have. The reason for the large number of 105mm field guns issued. "
Zhang Shusheng nodded with satisfaction. At present, the mainstream of the world has not reached such a level of equipment. What must be said is that the troop's recovery training time is not long enough, and the troop lacks large-caliber artillery.
But there is no way. Although one order continues, 105mm guns, even 120mm, 150mm heavy guns can pull a considerable number of out of the warehouse, but where to find so many high-quality artillery, all of a sudden new There are 22 divisions. This is not 22 regiments. Even if it is well prepared, as a technical unit of field artillery, it will almost always be lacking.
"Large-caliber artillery will focus on allocating the eight divisions that will be on the front line. The outstanding artillery of the old artillery and reserve forces will give priority to supplementing these eight divisions. The other units, as the guards and security forces, can use the infantry artillery skillfully enough "Zhang Shusheng briefly said that he had no opinion on other aspects. These eight divisions are typical light infantry divisions. Compared with the 21 original standing divisions, the gap must be there, and they only need to be narrowed step by step.
Regarding the mobilization order in the southwest, the Nanjing National Government did not sit idly by, and quickly dispatched troops. From Chairman Jiang to the important members of the party and state, they went around to rectify military orders and warn the soldiers. They mobilized in several important directions. The strength of the sixty divisions prepared for the southwest and north expedition. If it were not for the military reforms of these years, it is estimated that the Kuomintang will have so many troops, but even today, even if it removes more than a dozen divisions in the Tianjin-Beijing battlefield, the KMT will be able to mobilize sixty or seventy divisions. Of course, it is difficult to say whether these troops brought together by the Central Division, the First Division, the Second Division, and the Security Force have combat effectiveness.
In the face of this war that will affect the entire mainland of China ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Britain, France and Russia have rarely chosen silence. Although they also agreed to give Chiang Kai-shek a group of 'emergency military aid', the Nanjing government requested the three countries The requirement to contain the Southwest People's Army as far as possible was ignored.
Regardless of years of conflict, or the superb combat effectiveness demonstrated by the Southwest Army on the battlefield of Tianjin and Beijing, the three countries chose to wait and see in the face of this war after discussion.
Chiang Kai-shek was also not discouraged. After receiving the last batch of foreign aid, he began to prepare vigorously. Although he did not take the initiative to attack the southwest, from the perspective of heavy troops deployed in various directions, once the southwest attack was frustrated and the concerns were eliminated, the country The general is very likely to drive straight in.
On November 15, 1932, the new Civil War finally broke out.
The Southwest People's Army sworn in in Kunming, and Zhang Shusheng, the top leader of the Southwest United Autonomous Government, personally gave instructions and gave flags, which represented the official beginning of a New Northern Expedition war that affected China's future political direction.
The Southwest People's Army formed four offensive clusters with nearly 29 divisions and 5 divisions remaining as the general reserve.
The Northern Expedition officially broke out ()