Cai Hu did not ignore Duan Qirui's goodwill.
Cai Hu instructed Zhao Dashan to send a telegram to Duan Qirui in his own name. He thanked Duan Qirui for his kind reminder. He would take note of everything.
Originally, Cai Hu had wanted to tell Duan Qirui not to let the foreign soldiers enter the capital to avoid the historical situation of Dong Zhuo usurping power.
In the history of the conflict between the government and the academy, Li Yuanhong had called for Zhang Xun to enter the capital, and Duan Qirui had tacitly allowed him to enter. Both of them wanted to use Zhang Xun, but they were chased out by Zhang Xun. After that, they supported the restoration of the last emperor of Manchu Qing.
However, Cai Hu thought about it later. As a junior and not very familiar with the other party, it was inconvenient for him to say that. Moreover, it was fine for him to stay in Chongqing for the time being. His hands could not reach that far, so he did not say so much.
The situation in Chongqing was good. The 5th Battalion in the North District continued to train, and the soap factory and bullet factory continued to produce according to schedule.
At the same time, Cai Hu also issued a series of decrees to restrict the landlord gentry from annexing the peasants 'land. At the same time, he called on the landlord gentry and the county leaders to reduce taxes. All of this was effectively implemented.
After all, with Cai Hu's power, the small group presidents would also lose their lives.
All of this won the love and respect of the people. The enthusiasm of the people to farm increased. One piece of barren land was reclaimed and the seeds of hope were sown.
Apart from that, Cai Hu also stimulated the national light industry. A prosperous industrial and commercial city would not only have good taxes, but it would also support Cai Hu's future development of medium-sized and heavy industries. It would also effectively solve the employment problem of the people.
For example, Cai Hu had opened a bank. The bank lent money to the craftsmen and light industry business owners through an interest-free loan model. Cai Hu bought all the clothes, flour, cement, bricks, and so on produced by their factories at market price.
Among them, clothing was used for military uniforms, workers, and hungry people, flour was used for soldiers and hoarding, and cement was used to lay roads in the suburbs of Chongqing...
Everything was developing in full swing. Half a month had passed, and rows of three-story residential buildings had been built on the ruins of the northern suburbs. All the hungry people had moved in, and they were basically arranged to work.
After another half a month, Anderson returned with two cargo ships. A full set of equipment was secretly shipped from Yibin to Chongqing.
Chungking, North District Fifth Battalion.
Early in the morning, the soldiers had just finished a sumptuous breakfast.
A loud bugle call resounded in the camp area of the fifth battalion in the north. After hearing this bugle call, the officials of the fifth battalion in the north wore their military uniforms and quickly headed to the meeting room of the regiment headquarters.
In the huge conference room, there were twelve officers in each of the two rows of seats. There were twenty-four officers in total, including Zhao Dashan.
Everyone was discussing in low voices. They didn't know why the regiment commander had suddenly called for the highest military meeting today.
Just as everyone was guessing, Cai Hu walked in quickly.
"Hello, regiment commander!"
The two rows of officers stood up in unison.
"Everyone, sit!“
"I have something to announce today!”
"That is the establishment of the independent regiment and the appointment and removal of officers!”
"From now on, the independent regiment will be organized as follows: 4 infantry battalions, 1 cavalry battalion, 1 artillery battalion, and the companies directly under the regiment headquarters!”
"There are 800 infantry battalions, 800 cavalry battalions, 500 artillery battalions, 120 guards, 120 logistics transport companies, 120 reconnaissance companies, 120 medical stretcher teams, and 20 special squads.”
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After Cai Hu finished talking about the establishment, he looked at the officers present. Half of these officers were grassroots who had risen from the original 500 people. Some were pulled up from the bottom of the Dian Army, and some were from various military academies.
In short, Cai Hu was looking at ability. If you have the ability, you can be promoted to a higher position. If you don't have the ability, you can only be a strategist on paper. Even if you graduated from the Military Academy or the Japanese Military Academy, I'm sorry. Please move your seat.
This ability had not been used in actual combat yet, but it could be seen from the training and actual combat exercises in the recruit camp.
Of course, other than ability, the most important thing was loyalty. Only loyal subordinates could lead troops, and Cai Hu would be at ease.
When everyone present heard this, their eyes widened. They had thought that Cai Hu would expand a few regiments, but they did not expect to have such a large reinforced regiment. Such a large regiment was almost equivalent to half a regular division in Shangbei.
Thinking of being an officer in such a powerful regiment, these officers started to breathe heavily. Being a battalion leader was their greatest wish. Even if they couldn't be promoted, they could still be a deputy or company commander.
Cai Hu swept his gaze across the officers present. They were all filled with enthusiasm and anticipation. He could not choose a military appointment.
"Cai Qing is appointed as the Battalion Commander of the First Infantry Battalion and awarded the rank of Major!”
"He Tai is appointed as the commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion and awarded the rank of Major!”
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"Huang Jiangong is appointed as the commander of the cavalry unit and awarded the rank of major!”
"Zhou Bo is appointed as the battalion commander of the artillery battalion and awarded the rank of major!”
"Zhao Dashan is appointed as the Company Commander of the Guard Company, and he will be awarded the rank of Captain!”
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"Qin Yong is appointed as the captain of the special unit and awarded the rank of captain!”
Soon, the appointment and dismissal ended. Everyone was very satisfied with this appointment and dismissal. Although Cai Qing was Cai Hu's cousin and was born in the countryside, his ability to lead troops was very impressive. He had won the first place in the battalion level three times and had never been lower than the top three in the battalion level shooting competition. In the actual combat exercise, he had defeated three enemy battalions. It was not easy.
After the appointment and removal of the officers, Cai Hu asked the personnel of the regiment headquarters to divide the 5000 recruits into smaller units and fill them in one by one.
After that, they distributed the standard weapons.
All the infantry battalions received brand new modified GeW98 rifles.(98K was an upgraded version of GeW98. It was installed after 1935 and was used in World War II. Previously, it was said to be a 98K, but now it was slightly modified.)
"Wow, brand new German standard equipment, light and easy to use. Compared to this rifle, the Japanese's 38th rifle and the Hanyang rifle are like fire sticks!”
a soldier said.
Soon, the battalion commanders of the various infantry battalions brought their troops to the shooting range to shoot. After two months of shooting experience, everyone quickly understood the use of this rifle. Its range, accuracy, and firing speed were greatly improved, and it was very popular among the infantry.
In the Cavalry Camp, the cavalrymen led their warhorses out. Batches of tall and strong warhorses snorted and lined up in the training ground. With a series of short Gew rifles (lances), these soldiers began to shoot on horseback.
The warhorses had already been equipped for a month. Previously, they had used three rifles for shooting training. Now that they had changed to this new model of rifle, the cavalry were also very excited.
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The Artillery Battalion launched twelve brand-new 75mm Krupp field cannons. These field cannons were much more powerful than the Japanese infantry cannons and the mountain cannons of the Republic of China.
The artillery battalion hadn't trained before, but Anderson knew how to fire cannons, so he was the temporary instructor to guide the artillery battalion.
Anderson was very experienced, and the artillery battalion quickly figured out how to fire the cannons. With the loud booms, the artillery battalion's artillery skills were on the right track.
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