bookcurios Chapter 811 Arrangement
Chapter 811 Arrangement
811 Arrangements
After Ye Qingshan resumed his post as commander of the expeditionary force, he immediately summoned his men and told them about this matter.
"Commander, our 86th Army just returned home to fight a battle, and now we have to go abroad again!"
Zhou Pingkou said distressedly.
You know, some time ago, their 86th Army rushed back to China from Myanmar to participate in the battle in northern Guangdong.
Their soldiers had been traveling for a whole month, and now that the battle was finally over, they had to travel back.
Zhou Pingkou was worried that the soldiers would not be able to accept it psychologically.
Ye Qingshan looked at Zhou Pingkou and said calmly: "There is no way, the domestic situation is completely different from before.
If we don't leave, there is a high possibility that war will break out with the Central Army.
For the sake of the overall situation of the War of Resistance, I decided to go abroad and join forces with the Allied forces under Stilwell to attack the Japanese in Southeast Asia.
When you go back, explain it clearly to your officers and soldiers.
I believe the soldiers will understand. "
After hearing what Ye Qingshan said, Zhou Pingkou, Lu Dahai and others still felt uncomfortable.
But they didn't say anything else. Ye Qingshan had already made the decision, and they could only accept it.
Moreover, they also know that they continue to stay in the country.
There are only two options: either accept the reorganization of the Central Army and then relegate them to the bench.
Or they can go abroad again, or perhaps fighting abroad is the best option for them.
Then, Ye Qingshan changed the subject and said with a smile: "This time, you don't have to worry.
Let the soldiers rest first.
Commander Chen gave us a month to exchange guard duties with the Nationalist troops in Fujian Province.
We still have a lot to do this month.
In addition to the rotation, we will also have to recruit soldiers from home to make up for the losses we suffered in the battle in northern Guangdong."
However, Ye Qingshan took over as the new commander of the expeditionary force and led his troops to fight abroad.
But in the previous negotiations with Chen Cheng, Chen Cheng promised Ye Qingshan that his 42nd Army could still recruit soldiers in the country.
After all, in name, the two parties are still in a superior-subordinate relationship.
Ye Qingshan's 42nd Army went abroad to fight the Japanese in the name of the National Army.
Even if the two sides are superficially united, as long as Ye Qingshan does not cause trouble in the country, he will not threaten the position of the command.
The high command still allowed the conscription of some soldiers.
"Commander, how many soldiers are we recruiting this time?"
Hearing that soldiers were being recruited domestically, Lu Dahai asked excitedly.
"Recruit 30,000 men to make up for the losses we suffered in this battle."
Ye Qingshan thought for a while and said.
At this moment, Ye Qingshan's 42nd Army has a total strength of about people.
There is still a gap of 100,000 people.
Of these 100,000 people, Ye Qingshan plans to recruit 30,000 from within the country.
Then, after going abroad, we recruited another 70,000 people in Southeast Asia.
Since Ye Qingshan’s future plan is to take root in Southeast Asia.
Therefore, Ye Qingshan has already decided that his army must include local indigenous people from Southeast Asia.
Accelerate the integration of the two sides. Otherwise, if there is only an army but it cannot integrate into the local people, it will not be able to take root.
In fact, at this time, there were tens of thousands of soldiers recruited from Myanmar in Ye Qingshan’s 86th Army.
These are all local poor young people. Joining Ye Qingshan’s army has completely changed their lives.
Moreover, many of these poor young people from Myanmar who have joined speak Chinese.
Communication between the two sides is not a problem.
These people are the descendants of the Han people who migrated there during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
“By the way, after our army goes abroad to fight, we will be responsible for the defense of our domestic base.
Just leave it to Commander Xiao.
I will leave you 20,000 main forces, and the rest of the defense force will be taken care of by the militia.
Your mission in the country in the future is to defend our defense zones in southern Zhejiang and Fujian Province.
As long as the domestic war against the Japanese does not affect our base area.
You don’t need to participate.”
Ye Qingshan looked at Xiao Shanling and said.
"Commander, you are all going abroad to fight the Japanese.
Let me bring someone to look after the house!"
Xiao Shanling said helplessly.
In fact, he also wanted to follow Ye Qingshan to go abroad and fight the Japanese in Southeast Asia.
Looking at Xiao Shanling who was somewhat resistant, Ye Qingshan also understood his feelings.
He sighed and said, "General Xiao, there is nothing I can do about it.
If we leave others in the country because they do not have enough qualifications, we are afraid that the commanders of other friendly forces around us will not give them face.
If any friction arises, no one here can calm the situation.
Only you are suitable. "
Ye Qingshan was speaking the truth.
He thought about it for a long time and realized that there was really no other way for him to keep Xiao Shanling in the country.
Don’t underestimate the fact that Zhou Pingkou, Lu Dahai and other trusted generals under Ye Qingshan have made great achievements in battle at this time.
However, compared with Xiao Shanling, they are still too inexperienced among the commanders of other National Army units.
But Xiao Shanling was different, as he was a former senior general of the National Army.
He has enough experience and good command ability.
Ye Qingshan can only feel at ease if he lets him take charge of the domestic base.
"Commander Xiao, don't worry.
Wait for a while, until I can lead our team to gain a firm foothold in Southeast Asia.
I will let someone else take over your position.
Transfer you abroad."
In order to appease Xiao Shanling, Ye Qingshan said this.
"alright."
Xiao Shanling also knew that he was the most suitable person for this position. Since Ye Qingshan said so, he could only agree.
After the meeting, Ye Qingshan and his trusted generals began to get busy with their own work.
Ye Qingshan mainly entrusted the work of rotation of guards to Xiao Shanling.
He also resigned as commander of the 89th Army and handed it over to Zhou Xinghai. His new position was deputy commander of the Third War Zone.
The task of recruiting soldiers was given to Lu Dahai.
A month seems like a long time.
However, it is barely enough to accomplish all these tasks.
After Ye Qingshan arranged his subordinates to do these things, he no longer needed to worry about them.
Before leaving, Ye Qingshan wanted to meet Little Zhuge, Li Zongren and Commander Long, the three of whom had fought in a battle in northern Guangdong before.
A general who gave him great support.
Especially Li Zongren and Little Zhuge of the Gui Army, they made great contributions in this battle.
The several divisions they sent to support Ye Qingshan suffered tens of thousands of casualties.
Moreover, the reason why Zhou Pingkou's 86th Army was able to pass through Guangxi Province and reach northern Guangdong so quickly.
The cooperation of Little Zhuge is also indispensable.
Even so, they received a lot of US dollars in compensation from Ye Qingshan for this.
But these are two different things. Ye Qingshan cannot forget this friendship.
Therefore, Ye Qingshan wanted to meet these three people before going abroad.
If this had happened before, it would have been unlikely for Ye Qingshan to meet these three people.
After all, the identities of these three people are similar to Ye Qingshan at this time, they are all domestic warlords.
If the four of them get together and meet, the headquarters will be in an uproar.
But the situation is different now. Ye Qingshan is going abroad soon, which makes it clear that he will not interfere in domestic affairs.
At this time, if Ye Qingshan meets Xiao Zhuge and others again, it will not arouse the fear of the command.