Years of the Republic of China 1913

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"Everyone, the new year is over. You should know that the central government is going to reorganize the National Defense Forces? In order to cooperate with the upcoming reorganization of the Central National Defense Forces, as the commander of the Eighth Division, Mr. Zhao invites everyone to come over and discuss." Eighth Division Division Headquarters, Zhao Hengti saw that everyone had arrived, cleared his throat and said.

"Master, it seems that the specific method of this reorganization has not yet come down?" Huang Kaiyuan frowned slightly, and first said: "We all support the reorganization of the Central Defense Force, but it seems that it is too early to talk about this right now, it is better to wait for the official order of the Central Committee It’s not too late to discuss it later.”

Wang Xiaozhen nodded at the side, and also felt that it was too early to discuss this matter. After all, the reorganization of the National Defense Forces was just news, and the official order from above had not yet arrived. Arrangements, so far no specific measures have been taken. As a senior officer of the Eighth Division, what he should do now is to appease the people below and make preparations instead of discussing how to carry out the reorganization.

But Zhao Hengti had other plans in mind, and immediately smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay, the reorganization of the National Defense Forces is a major national event, and my Eighth Division is the first batch of troops to be reorganized. To put it bluntly, the whole country is looking at us. .In that case, as the commander of the Eighth Division, I convene everyone to discuss a preliminary plan for how to reorganize, so that we can speed up the reorganization after the official order is issued, so as to complete the task as soon as possible!"

Speaking of which, Zhao Hengti's words had the right meaning. After all, Zhao Hengti was the teacher, and he put forward such a suggestion with the responsibility of a teacher. Neither Huang Kaiyuan nor Wang Xiaozhen could directly object to it.

Seeing that the two deputy division commanders and brigade commanders who were only next to him in the Eighth Division had no objections, Zhao Hengti was very proud of himself. He raised his hand slightly, and the adjutant behind him came up with the plans he had prepared a long time ago, and sent them to Huang Kaiyuan and others one by one. hands.

Looking carefully at Zhao Hengti's reorganization plan, Huang Kaiyuan was the first to frowned. This plan was high-sounding on the surface, but in fact it was under the banner of reorganizing the National Defense Forces to purge the Eighth Division. In the plan, Zhao Hengti listed a The transfer list is to adjust a large number of middle and lower-level officers in each regiment and battalion. In particular, the 31st regiment of Tao Deyao stationed in Shanghai proposed to merge with the Jiangsu Shanghai Army Corps and form a new mixed brigade. If the 33rd Regiment is carried out according to this reorganization plan, then he, Zhao Hengti, will completely control all the divisions of the Eighth Division and become the division commander who will do his part.

"I oppose this plan!" Huang Kaiyuan questioned: "Is it necessary to make such a big adjustment for the middle and lower ranks? Let's not talk about it. It is not appropriate to just withdraw the temporary organization of the 33rd Regiment. I am afraid that the merger of the 31st Regiment and the Shanghai Army Regiment is too much." Passed? Although the Jiangsu Governor's Mansion and my Eighth Division are subordinates, the Shanghai Army Corps and the Eighth Division are two systems, and the merger of the two armies must be approved by the superior. I am afraid that Master Zhao is not in compliance with the rules?"

Li Shimao, the temporary commander of the 33rd Regiment present, looked even more ugly. During the Battle of Nanjing, his regiment was almost wiped out. Although he had recruited many new recruits after the war, because of Fang Zida's sudden resignation, Zhao Hengti, the division commander, followed On the grounds that the overall ordnance of the Eighth Division was too large after the war, he has not been replenished with guns and ammunition. So far, his provisional 33rd regiment is extremely short of weapons and equipment, and more than half of the recruits in the whole regiment are using post-war repairs. The broken guns made up the number, and the combat effectiveness of the temporary 33rd regiment also dropped from the original number one in the whole division to the bottom.

For this matter, Li Shimao frequently went to the division headquarters to argue with Zhao Hengti, worked desperately, bleeds, and finally ended up in such an end, with a bad breath in his chest, Zhao Hengti is really a bully!But the first level of the official rank is crushing, and there are still several levels between him and Zhao Hengti. He simply can't twist his thighs. In his plan, there was even a proposal to revoke the temporary formation of the 33rd Regiment, which clearly meant to ask him to leave, which was simply too deceptive.

Although Li Jun and He Sui didn't react as much as Li Shimao, their faces were not very good-looking. Although Zhao Hengti didn't touch their roots for the time being, it was obvious that after Li Shimao was dealt with, the next unlucky person would probably be himself.Moreover, Zhao Hengti used the adjustment as an excuse. After Li Shimao's temporary 33rd Regiment was withdrawn, all the personnel would be dispersed and refilled into their regiment. The division headquarters would arrange these new company and platoon leader positions. Knowing that it was Zhao Hengti who installed the nails in their army, Li Jun and He Sui were not fools, how could they not see it?

Coughing and coughing a few times, Wang Xiaozhen felt that Zhao Hengti's behavior was too much, and suggested that this matter should not be decided for the time being, and everything should wait for the order from above.

"It doesn't matter..." Zhao Hengti smiled: "Reorganization is a major event, and my Eighth Division must do it in the front. I think this kind of adjustment is very necessary. As for the situation that Deputy Master Huang said, I don't think so. This kind of problem exists. It is true that my Eighth Division and the Shanghai Army Corps of Jiangsu Dudufu have different systems, but the merger of the Shanghai Army has been approved by Cheng Dudu. As my Eighth Division stationed in Jiangsu and Shanghai, it is not unreasonable to do so If it’s appropriate, I think I won’t object to it even if I report to the Ministry of War.”

Although Zhao Hengti's words were somewhat forceful, they were not without reason.As the eighth division of the non-beiyang system, the Ministry of the Army did not have the right to direct command, and Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu, was even more of a fool.Coupled with the friendship with President Yuan Da when he was an official in the same dynasty in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if Zhao Hengti and Cheng Dequan had negotiated privately and proposed it, Yuan Shikai would not be too embarrassing to Cheng Dequan.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Zhao Hengti wanted to create a fait accompli before the reorganization of the National Defense Forces, and fully control the power of the Eighth Division.In addition, Zhao Hengti has also learned about the rumors that the central government is preparing to separate the military and the government. In order to carve up the military and political power in Jiangsu with Cheng Dequan, the two have secretly conspired many times, and they decided to cooperate with each other. Prison military power.Zhao Hengti supported Cheng Dequan with military power to keep Cheng Dequan's position in Jiangsu unchanged.

"I don't care about the rest of you, I absolutely can't abolish my regiment!" Li Shimao was so angry that he slapped the table and cursed: "I and my brothers killed a mountain of blood and a sea of ​​corpses under the city of Nanjing, fighting the enemy to the death, you Zhao Yiwu It means that it’s fine if my conscience doesn’t give me more firearms, but now I’m going to be abolished from the temporary 33rd regiment? Don’t you fear that the brothers in the Eighth Division will be chilled?”

"Commander Li, what do you call that?" Zhao Hengti's face turned cold: "The reorganization of the National Defense Forces is a major matter of the central government, which is the overall situation! The troops of the Eighth Division must obey! Do you want to disobey the orders of the superiors?"

"Superior, hehe, it's a joke!" Li Shimao sneered, "Where's the official order from the central government? Show it to me? I'm afraid not? Don't you know what Zhao Yiwu's plan is? I'm yuck!"

"That's right, Mr. Zhao, if there is an official order from the central government, I will cooperate immediately, but this is just a plan you proposed. It is too inappropriate to do so?" Now that Li Shimao has already taken the lead, Huang Kaiyuan and others are not sitting idly by, you I disagree with every word.

"I don't think so. The central government has a central plan, and our Eighth Division also has its own arrangements. I think Master Zhao's arrangement is quite appropriate. After merging with the Shanghai Army, my Eighth Division will be even stronger. In this way, it will be more beneficial to the Eighth Division when it is formally reorganized." Tao Deyao, as Zhao Hengti's confidant, of course had to support it, and immediately expressed his approval.

"Of course you don't object. From the head of the regiment to the brigade commander, your head Tao is Gao Sheng. How can you object? By the way, I have to congratulate you, Tao... brigade...!" Li Shimao sneered.

"You can't say that, Captain Li, the temporary formation of the 33rd Regiment is a temporary formation in my Eighth Division. As the name suggests, the temporary formation is a temporary formation. Since it is a temporary formation, the 33rd Regiment has no official designation in the Eighth Division. Among them, if the division commander does not make adjustments in advance, when the time comes, the central reorganization order will be issued and the 33rd Regiment will not be recognized temporarily. Where will you let the thousands of brothers from the 33rd Regiment go? Are they all sent home to farm?" Tao Deyao smiled slightly, taking it easy Preach slowly.

Liu Jianfan nodded at the side and added: "Tuan Zhang's words are not bad. The division commander also considered the future of the brothers in the temporary 33rd regiment. In my opinion, the division commander's consideration is still very thoughtful. Besides, Li Tuan The post of regimental commander is still there. Commander Li is the hero of our division, and he made great contributions in the battle of Nanjing. When the central government officially orders it, maybe he will be promoted to deputy brigade commander or even deputy division commander. It's possible."

"Yes, yes!" The other battalion commanders nodded at the same time, venting their anger from the same nostrils as Tao Deyao and Liu Jianfan. Li Shimao's face was livid and his hands trembled with anger.

Huang Kaiyuan yelled that it was not good. The brigade commander Wang Xiaozhen stood by and didn't say a word. Li Shimao is much stronger. It may be possible to complain, but it may be difficult to oppose strongly.Moreover, Zhao Hengti seemed determined today, Huang Kaiyuan and Li Shimao could not fight against him alone.

Feeling anxious, Huang Kaiyuan was planning to delay this matter for a while, but before he could open his mouth, Zhao Hengti suddenly rushed in and whispered a few words in his ear.

After hearing this, Zhao Hengti got up quickly and smiled at everyone, "Everyone, Dudu Cheng is here, follow me out to greet you."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, no one expected that Cheng Dequan would run over at this time.