On November 28th, 1937, Houbai Town was a small town about 40 kilometers away from Nanjing City. Today, the outside of Nanjing City had been occupied by the Japanese army. To be precise, the section from Shanghai to Nanjing, the most prosperous section of Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, had been occupied by the Japanese army.
Needless to say, they were all soldiers under Yan Wenbin, recruited by Wang Mingzhi using his identity as a member of the Central Army. Some of these soldiers were wearing the Central Military uniform, some were wearing the Sichuan Military uniform, and some were wearing the Gui Military uniform. It could be said that the soldiers here were wearing all kinds of military uniforms.
Therefore, this also gave Yan Wenbin a chance. Otherwise, how could his 10,000-plus people escape?
In a small room, there were a few people sitting inside. Yan Wenbin, He Jie, Chen Chengye, Yu Fei, Song Wenxuan, Zhao Deli, Hua Qizhi, and Wang Mingzhi. In addition, Wang Mingzhi's Chief of Staff, She Hongquan, was there.
These people could be said to be the highest-ranking officers of these 10,000 people.
"Old Yan, the Japanese army has already arrived at Nanjing, and we have gathered more than 10,000 people in this period of time. "There have been many people eating recently. The money we seized is almost all spent now. If you can't think of a way, our 10,000 people will be scattered!”
Wang Mingzhi looked at Yan Wenbin and said the most serious problem at the moment. These 10,000 people had to eat. If you didn't give them food, they would probably run away. They were originally gathered together at the last minute. Although they had done a lot of work during this period of time, their hearts still hadn't completely settled down.
"Haha! Don't worry! We don't have any food, but the Japanese don't. Moreover, they have food for hundreds of thousands of people!”
Yan Wenbin's eyes flashed with ruthlessness. He had thought about it. To solve the siege of Nanjing and prevent the Japanese army from entering Nanjing at this time, the only way was to destroy their plan and force them to stop fighting.
"What's your plan?"
Wang Mingzhi looked at Yan Wenbin and asked.
"Reorganize the troops!"
Yan Wenbin said.
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There was a plain to the east of Hou Bai Town. There were over ten thousand people standing on the plain. They were all Yan Wenbin's soldiers.
At this moment, Yan Wenbin stood at the top and looked at the soldiers below. He did not have the timidity that he had heard others say about standing in front of everyone. On the contrary, there was a sense of pride in his chest.
"Now that I've come to this era, let me rewrite this tragic and tragic history!”
Yan Wenbin looked at the people below and slowly thought to himself.
"During this period of time, you might have already known about me. You know that I am a colonel in the Sichuan Army. They think that my military rank is not worthy of leading you, that I am just a regiment commander with a humble background, and that I am inferior to many of you. But what I want to say is that you are not qualified in front of me!
Many of you were dragged into my team by me for a meal, while fleeing aimlessly, and in the confusion of defeat. All of this is not important. What's important is that from today onwards, I will lead you to fight the Japanese! Some people might not think much of it and think that a general with a humble background like you had no right to lead you to fight against the Japanese.
Now, I will tell you what qualifications I have. Just because I can single-handedly take out more than a thousand Japanese soldiers on the battlefield of Songhu, just because I can take out more than a thousand Japanese soldiers in Bashi Town. "Just because I was in Niutan Town, I was able to kill more than a thousand of them under the encirclement of a Japanese regiment and then break out of the heavy encirclement. Just because I was able to bring you all around hundreds of kilometers in this half a month's time, avoiding the Japanese's layers of search and hiding here.
Just based on what you eat and drink every day, I'm the one who brought it all. Maybe some of you think I'm bragging, maybe you think I'm bragging, but it doesn't matter. Do you see this major general beside me? He is a major general of the national army. Perhaps some of you have seen him before. He can testify for me.
Is there anything else that you're not convinced about?"
Yan Wenbin's voice traveled far away. The weather at the end of November was already a little cold, and the cold wind blew across the ground. Yan Wenbin's voice traveled far away in the wind, reaching everyone's ears.
Everyone looked at Wang Mingzhi, who was standing there with his hands behind his back. They believed Yan Wenbin's words. Some of them had indeed seen Major General Wang Mingzhi on the Songhu battlefield. They recalled what Yan Wenbin had said just now, and they couldn't believe it. How could the commander of the Sichuan Army wipe out so many Japanese soldiers?
They also understood why Wang Mingzhi, the major general and brigade commander, could only stand beside him.
No one spoke below. Yan Wenbin's gaze slowly swept across every corner. After a long while, Yan Wenbin slowly opened his mouth and said,"Since no one says anything, then there's no one who's not convinced! Alright, from now on, I'll start organizing!”
Then, Yan Wenbin took out a piece of paper and read out his reorganization plan and the appointment of officers. The specific contents were as follows:
Each platoon had four squads, a platoon leader, a platoon deputy, and a platoon of ten.
Each company had three platoons, a company commander, a deputy company commander, and a company of fifteen people.
Each battalion consisted of four infantry companies, with a battalion commander, a deputy battalion commander, a battalion headquarters of 20 people, and a mortar company equipped with 24 Type 60 mortars. There were 102 people, 72 of whom were mortar soldiers, and the rest were logistics personnel.
In total, there were fourteen people in a squad, sixty-eight people in a platoon, two hundred and twenty-one people in a company, and one thousand and eight people in a battalion.
Yan Wenbin's reorganization plan was very targeted, and it was set up against the Japanese army.
One squad was targeting the Japanese army's small team, one platoon was targeting the Japanese army's small team, one company was targeting the Japanese army's squadron, and one battalion was targeting the Japanese army's large group.
The battalion commanders and deputy commanders were as follows:
First Battalion Commander: Chen Chengye Deputy Battalion Commander: Wang Xing 'an
Second Battalion Commander: Yu Fei Deputy Battalion Commander: Mu Feiyang
Third Battalion Commander: Song Wenxuan Deputy Battalion Commander: Qian Boda
Fourth Battalion Commander: Zhao Deli, Battalion Deputy: Lu Kangyu
Fifth Battalion Commander: Hua Qizhi Battalion Deputy: Hou Kaifeng
Seventh Battalion Commander: Ning Yuxuan Deputy: Yun Yinghua
Eighth Battalion Commander: Yang Yuanjia, Battalion Deputy: Shi Xingteng
9th Battalion Commander: Gu Hai, Main Battalion Deputy: Feng Yongyuan
10th Battalion Commander: Zhao Yangzhou Deputy Battalion Commander: Lu Yangqiu
Guard Battalion Commander: Sun Qibo Battalion Deputy: Guo Yuansi
There were a total of 10 infantry battalions and a guard battalion, a total of 11,088 people.
Of course, this did not include Yan Wenbin and the others. They belonged to the highest decision-making level.
There were two main reasons why they were organized like this.
First, Yan Wenbin's official establishment was only a colonel or regiment commander. What was he doing by setting up a regiment-level combat unit here? Who was leading who?
As for the battalion vice-commanders, many of them were selected from the company commanders among the defeated soldiers. None of them had attended any military schools, not even Huangpu Military Academy or Central Military Academy. At most, they had attended some military officer crash course or spent some time in the military lecture hall.
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