Chapter 437 Commander-in-Chief of Southeast Asia Theater(2/2)
Standing on the hill and looking down, I saw the rolling traffic of the 2nd Army of the 11th Group Army and the mighty marching column slowly heading towards Myanmar along the Burma Road.
Seeing the billowing smoke and dust and witnessing such a spectacular marching scene, endless heroism immediately emerged from the bottom of their hearts.
While the two were sighing, a major officer had already hurriedly climbed to the top of the mountain.
"General, urgent telegram from Yangon!" the major officer snapped to attention and handed the telegram in his hand to Song Xilian.
"Yangon?" Song Xilian frowned, and immediately reached out to take the telegram. After reading only a few lines, Song Xilian's expression changed.
"Brother Yin Guo (characterized by Song Xilian), what did Yue Weihan say?" Wang Lingyun next to him couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that this guy has already dismissed you and me from our posts before we even arrived in Myanmar?"
"Dismissal? Yes, no." Song Xilian shook her head and said with a bitter smile, "You'd better see for yourself."
After that, Song Xilian handed the telegram to Wang Lingyun. Wang Lingyun took the telegram, and there was a long list of names on it. It was the command structure of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. The designation of the 11th Group Army had been changed to China Expeditionary Force.
Song Xilian is still the commander-in-chief of the 1st Group Army, but the three army commanders have been transferred. Zhong Bin, commander of the 71st Army, became the deputy commander-in-chief of the 1st Group Army, and Wang Lingyun became the deputy commander-in-chief of the 1st Group Army.
Chief of Staff, and Commander Wang Jie of the 9th Army was directly transferred to the headquarters and became the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.
"Damn it, what is Yue Weihan doing?" Wang Lingyun's face suddenly darkened.
Wang Lingyun was transferred from the commander of the 2nd Army to the chief of staff of the 1st Army. He was promoted in name, but in fact he was demoted!
There is an old saying in China that it is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. In the Second Army, Wang Lingyun was the commander of the army. He was the first brother in the true sense and the boss of the matter. But after he arrived at the group army headquarters, he
Now that he has become the second brother or even the third brother, he has to look up to Song Xilian for everything and look at Song Xilian's face. How can he be embarrassed?
"Brother, please be patient." Song Xilian said with a relaxed expression, "The abolition of the army and brigade command structures is also expected. Besides, although the 11th Group Army has been reduced from nine divisions to
There are 5 divisions, but the total strength has soared from more than 40,000 to nearly 80,000, and they are all art weapon masters. What else do you and I have to be dissatisfied with?"
After that, Song Xilian patted Wang Lingyun's shoulder again, then put his hands behind his back and walked slowly down the hill.
Watching Song Xilian go down the mountain, Wang Lingyun gritted his teeth with hatred. Even though the 11th Army was the Central Army, most of the chief officers at all levels were from the Huangpu Military Academy, there were also many factions within it, including Wang Lingyun, Zhong Bin and so on.
The army commander usually does not take credit for Song Xilian, the commander-in-chief, and the armies of the group army also have their own systems.
However, as soon as Yue Weihan sent this telegram, the small group of army commanders such as Wang Lingyun, Zhong Bin, and Wang Jie immediately fell apart. Song Xilian took control of the entire army at once. As the commander-in-chief, he finally became a
Commander-in-chief, for Song Xilian, isn't this a big pie falling from the sky?
Stilwell, an old American man, didn't understand China's national conditions, so he didn't know how insidious Yue Weihan's methods were.
Yue Weihan's method is actually not clever. He is clearly imitating the ancient "two peaches kill three soldiers". As long as there is a power struggle between the Huangpu generals in the 11th Group Army and the 20th Group Army, Yue Weihan can take advantage of it, and there will always be a chance.
Defeat them one by one until they finally fully control the two ace armies.
Of course, in this regard, Yue Weihan can only be regarded as a child at best, and Chairman Chiang is the real master!
When the Northern Expedition began, the only army that Chairman Chiang could actually control was the 1st Army, which numbered less than 20,000 people. It was precisely by virtue of his skillful political skills that Chairman Chiang constantly provoked conflicts among local warlords and among local warlords.
Internal power struggles then continued to erode and annex the troops of local warlords to strengthen themselves.
Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, many local warlords such as the Gan Army, the Hunan Army, the Northwest Army, and the Northeast Army had ceased to exist. However, Chairman Chiang’s army had soared from less than 20,000 people at the beginning.
Two million people have become the unquestionable "big brother" of the Republic of China. Other local warlords need to unite to compete with them.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Chairman Chiang's use of "differentiation and co-optation" was reached to the extreme, and he successively defeated the Sichuan Army, the Guangdong Army, the Gui Army, the Yunnan Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army. Now, in addition to the ***
The Eighth Route Army led by Mao Zedong was still fighting independently, and the troops of other local warlords had already changed their surname to Jiang.
However, Chairman Chiang also made mistakes sometimes.
Other local warlords have already obeyed, but Yue Weihan, a junior, is very powerful, and has quickly formed a trend of being the last one. Now, Yue Weihan has become the commander-in-chief of the Southeast Asian Theater, and his international status is enough to compete with
Chapter completed!