Years of the Republic of China 1913

The adjustment of the Eighth Division went smoothly, mainly because Fang Zida had already made arrangements, with the help of Zhao Hengti, coupled with decisively killing Lin Hu, and detaining all the middle and upper-level officers of the Eighth Division in a disguised form through the meeting. It took three days for the entire adjustment to be in place.

Of course, it was not all smooth sailing during this period. Although Lin Hu’s death was publicized by Zhu Zhuowen, there are still many confidantes of Lin Hu in the independent group. These people know Lin Hu and Li Liejun, Chen Qimei, Zhu Zhuowen very well In the relationship of waiting for someone, I would never believe such a bizarre statement.It is possible for Zhu Zhuowen to kill other people, but he will definitely not attack Lin Hu. Coupled with the sudden adjustment, it is clear that there is a conspiracy.

However, before these people could make trouble, the military police dispatched by Fang Zida immediately controlled them all. After "investigation" and "legal interrogation", it was found that all these people were members of the assassination conspiracy. These people were all shot at the Independence Regiment's garrison, and the bloody corpses were thrown in disorder on the playground, which made all the ordinary soldiers of the Independence Regiment shudder. The veterans who sneaked back to their hometown in Guangdong also gave up their thoughts, and honestly followed the order to report to the new army.

Except for the independent regiment, some lower-level officers in the other regiments were more or less dissatisfied with the adjustment, and some of them had contact with Zhu Zhuowen before, but they were still hesitant and waiting to see. Fang Zida was not very polite to these lower-level officers, of course. He didn't deal with all of them ruthlessly. He only followed military laws and regulations. The gendarmerie inspected them and punished them according to severity. The most serious thing was dismissal and detention. The big change has met Fang Zida's initial requirements.

Three days later, it can be said that the military power of the Eighth Division has been in the hands of Fang Zida and Zhao Hengti, but due to the sudden adjustment, the overall combat effectiveness of the Eighth Division has declined and panic among ordinary soldiers is inevitable.In this regard, Fang Zida used another trick, which was the temptation of money.

The Eighth Division is known as the strongest KMT army, but the Eighth Division's military pay has always been insufficient. Sun Wen was originally a guy who only spent money but never made money, and since Huang Xing, the founder of the Eighth Division, died, The Eighth Division has become a child without parents, and its funds can only be barely maintained by local support.After the adjustment, Fang Zida issued an order to all officers and soldiers to make up the owed military pay in the name of the Division Headquarters of the Eighth Division, and personally assembled all the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Division for inspection. After struggling to carry more than a dozen large baskets, the red cloth covering them was lifted, revealing the Yingyang filled inside.

Walking over, he flipped over one of the baskets with a kick, and amidst the clattering noise, he saw countless silvery eagles falling all over the reviewing platform.Fang Zida then announced loudly that the money was to supplement the military pay owed by everyone before, and from today onwards, the Eighth Division's military pay would be paid in full if it was not in arrears.

In addition, Fang Zida announced in public that eight new regulations would be implemented for the Eighth Division: open expenditure, integration of officers and soldiers, strict rewards and punishments, and standardized training... These measures aroused great excitement among the officers and soldiers of the division. , what about Zhu Zhuowen, what about the adjustment of the regiments...all were left behind.In the minds of ordinary soldiers, it is only right and proper to serve as a soldier to eat food. If you don’t get food, it’s even nicer to say, who will give you your head and work hard?

One martial, one literary, one ruthless and one caress, Fang Zida played these two hands beautifully, and won the hearts of the Eighth Division in the blink of an eye.These two moves left the group leaders stunned. Although they didn't say anything, they were full of fear and awe and still had a hint of admiration in their hearts.

However, even if they wanted to use this method, they couldn't use it at all, not to mention these brigade commanders and regimental commanders, even the division commander Zhao Hengti couldn't use it.Fang Zida's advantage is not only the rights and righteousness given to him by Song Jiaoren and the central government, but it is simply beyond the reach of ordinary people to spend so much money.To be honest, the money did not come easily. Part of it was Song Jiaoren’s special appropriation from the Ministry of War, and the other part was Fang Zida’s personal pocket.He knew very well that to seize a team, it was not enough to rely solely on the loyalty of the brigade commander and regimental commander, not to mention whether their loyalty was sincere or not.Soldiers without faith and faith are unreliable and have no combat effectiveness, but it will take too long to slowly transform the thinking of these soldiers so that they can truly support themselves.There is no way, in order to get the soldiers back in the shortest possible time and give the soldiers motivation to cheer, the sugar-coated bullet of money is the most old-fashioned but also the most effective method.

As expected, when these eagles were handed out piece by piece to the soldiers, each soldier showed a different look. From their cheerful eyes, it can be seen that most of the soldiers recognized their deputy. The division commander, and also minimized the influence of Lin Hu and others in the Eighth Division after their death.

After doing these things, Fang Zida did not relax his usual training for the Eighth Division. After asking some key officers for their opinions, he asked someone to sort out a strict training outline, and personally went out to train the entire Eighth Division after the reorganization. Conduct special training.Although the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Division is not as good as it was back then, the foundation is still there after all, and the whole training went smoothly. After half a month, the reorganized Eighth Division gradually recovered under Fang Zida's training, at least on the surface. Seventy-eight percent of the strength when it was newly built.

"Jingfu, Tianyi, the importance of the artillery regiment and cavalry regiment should be clear to you, especially Jingfu. You studied artillery in the military academy. I hope your artillery regiment can complete all the training items within the next few days. Can it be done?" In the division office, Fang Zida was busy reviewing the documents, and while writing, he said to Liu Zhi, deputy head of the 8th Artillery Regiment, and Xiong Shihui, deputy head of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, standing in front of him. .

"Deputy Commander Fang, our artillery and cavalry are technical arms, no more training than ordinary soldiers. A few days is too tight." Liu Zhi said with a bitter face. To inquire about the progress of the training, they made their heads big. For general army training, the training of artillery and cavalry is completely different. As long as ordinary soldiers put in a little sweat and work hard, they can always barely meet the requirements, but artillery and cavalry are typical skills. Arms, especially artillery, have very high requirements on the cultural quality and computing ability of soldiers. In addition, the 8th Artillery Regiment of the original Eighth Division is a regiment in name, but in fact it is only one and a half artillery battalions, and the cannons in their hands are messy. There are all of them, and the quality of the personnel is also uneven. Li Shimao, the former commander of the Artillery Corps, was a layman. Qualified artillery units are simply too difficult.

As for the situation faced by the cavalry regiment, it is similar to that of the artillery regiment. Xiong Shihui is one of the top two these days. There are too few qualified cavalrymen in the cavalry regiment. Because of the lack of military expenses, and the fact that the regiment leader Liu Jianfan deducted military pay everywhere, There was so much noise that even the soldiers and horses in the regiment couldn't get enough to eat, and each of them looked like a bigger donkey with their thin and bony appearance.

"I'll add whatever you need. By the way, there are still some guns in the arsenal. Take them out, first reintegrate them according to caliber and type, try to make the standards consistent, and first compile and train a qualified artillery battalion. As for the cavalry, you can also do the same thing, first draw qualified military horses to form two cavalry companies, and don’t worry about anything else, just train these two companies first.” Fang Zida’s difficulties with Liu Zhi and Xiong Shihui were not unreasonable. I know, but the time in front of me doesn't allow them to take their time.Stopping the pen in his hand, Fang Zida thought about it carefully and made a suggestion.

Hearing this, they looked at each other, and finally Liu Zhi and Xiong Shihui secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Although this requirement is not too low, it can at least barely meet the original requirement.Seeing that they agreed to come down, Fang Zida smiled, and greeted them to sit down with a pleasant face, asked some questions about their new work, and cared about their respective health, etc., chatted for a while, until Zhang Huchen knocked on the door and came in, Only then did Liu Zhi and Xiong Shihui leave.

"A telegram from the Beijing Army Department!"

"Oh..." After receiving the telegram from Zhang Huchen, Fang Zida just glanced at it and then stood up with a stern expression. He glanced at a few lines quickly, his brows were furrowed, and he couldn't help walking a few steps in the room.

"Give me the order!" Turning to Zhang Huchen, he said, "Let Brigadier Wang and Brigadier Huang come to the division headquarters immediately, and please invite Commander Zhao to come over."

The other side of the Eighth Division's headquarters is the office of the division commander Zhao Hengti. Since Fang Zida arrived, Zhao Hengti has been very cooperative. Lin Hu has captured the Eighth Division.In the eyes of outsiders, Zhao Hengti, the division commander, is Fang Zida's boss in name, but in fact he has become Fang Zida's puppet. No matter what order Fang Zida gives, Zhao Hengti will carry it out to the letter, especially the training after reorganization these days. Zhao Hengti put on an unusually cooperative attitude.

Zhao Hengti's behavior made the middle and upper-level officers of the Eighth Division who looked down on him even less take him seriously. In their eyes, it was a matter of time for Zhao Hengti to leave. This new ruthless Fang Zida.It was also because of this that after the adjustment, the two brigade commanders and several regiment leaders hurriedly sought refuge with Fang Zida, and no one took Zhao Hengti, the mud bodhisattva, as a dish any more.

"Teacher, you are the commander of the Eighth Division! If it weren't for you, how could the Eighth Division be where it is today? Deputy Commander Fang has done too much these days..." As Zhao Hengti's confidant, the adjutant complained a little Speaking of which, the brigade heads who had recently reported to the division headquarters, except Tao Deyao, went directly to Fang Zida, and did not go to Zhao Hengti's door at all.Instead of being angry, Zhao Hengti smiled and took it for granted. After seeing Tao Deyao, he even blamed Tao Deyao for not coming to him directly. He should report to Deputy Teacher Fang first according to the procedure.

After coming and going, Zhao Hengti's indifferent demeanor could no longer be looked down upon by the adjutant. Seeing the deserted teacher's office, the adjutant finally couldn't hold back and couldn't help but say a few words from his heart.

"What nonsense! They are all for the revolutionary work, there is no difference between them!" Hearing this, Zhao Hengti's face darkened suddenly, and he reprimanded a few words in displeasure, and then said: "Everyone can see the ability of Deputy Commander Fang. In my eyes, I, Zhao, who has been sitting in the position of division commander for so long, is far inferior to the achievements of Deputy Division Commander Fang in the past half a month. As a member of the Eighth Division, seeing our Eighth Division regain its vitality, I I am really happy in my heart! Under such a good situation, how can you say such nonsense? Huh! If it is not for the sake of following me for many years, I must send you to the gendarmerie!"

"This... Teacher... I... I..." The adjutant didn't expect his complaining nonsense to hit the horse's feet, and his forehead was sweating in panic, and he couldn't even speak clearly.

"Okay, okay, remember! Don't make an example!" Seeing that he was so frightened, Zhao Hengti waved his hand, and the adjutant breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the dripping sweat.

He stopped talking to the adjutant, stood up and took a book and read it with gusto. He walked in the room, shaking his head while reading. A scholar who was rushing to take the exam in Beijing.It wasn't until the adjutant helped him make tea and stepped back in fear that Zhao Hengti's gaze shifted from the book to the closed door, with an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth.

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There is only one chapter today, but the words are not too small. In addition, I looked at it yesterday, and the old book seems to be gone. It’s strange! Could it be harmonized? Sick!

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