readsfreenovel Chapter 185 Nanchuan Province Arrangement
Chapter 185 Nanchuan Province Arrangement
Yuan Shiting naturally knew what Cao Zhongqi meant by asking this question. He glanced at Feng Huamin and said, "Huamin, thank you for your hard work in this expedition."
Yuan Shiting has his own considerations for the military commander.
Although Cao Zhongqi belongs to his own faction, he has great power. Once he makes great achievements and takes control of such a large army, there is no guarantee that he will not have other ideas.
But Feng Huamin is different. He used to belong to the neutral faction. If it is not for his faction, the senior officers of the army will not be completely obedient.
Attacking Nanshan Province would be fine, but he really has other ideas, and those senior military officers will not tolerate him.
"Don't worry, President. I will live up to your trust." Feng Huamin did not expect that Yuan Shiting would let him serve as the commander-in-chief, which made him very excited.
Cao Zhongqi looked at Feng Huamin with an unhappy look on his face, and at the same time felt some resentment towards Yuan Shiting.
The road from Pingshan to Yanshan County in Nanchuan has been built, and it only takes a few hours to get from Pingshan to Yanshan. The transportation of prisoners and reserve soldiers from Nanling City is also very fast.
During these three years, Nanshan Province has been able to produce its own trucks, gasoline, etc., making the transportation of materials very convenient.
More and more reserve soldiers and prisoners were transported to Yanshan County by trucks.
That day, Tao Yunong found Fang Jian and said, "Commander, all the reserve soldiers have gathered in Yanshan County to form two division commanders. Do you have any candidates?"
Fang Jian has already made arrangements for the commanders of the two newly formed divisions.
"Let Fang Tianming be the commander of the 10th Division, and let Xie Yuan be the commander of the 11th Division."
Fang Tianming is now the deputy commander of the 104st Division and concurrently the commander of the th Regiment. Xie Yuan is currently the chief of staff of the st Division.
After confirming the candidates for the commanders of the two divisions, Fang Jian asked again: "Have the officers for the two divisions been selected from each regiment?"
"The First to Seventh Divisions, each division has selected more than a hundred officers and are on their way to Yanshan."
In fact, it is a good thing for them to transfer officers from various divisions. The transferred officers will definitely be promoted and hired, and there will be vacancies so that someone can be promoted to the vacant positions.
Of course, most of these officers were at the company and platoon level, and there were very few at the battalion and regiment level.
Over a three-year period, many of the army's outstanding performers were promoted to non-commissioned officers, but as there were no vacancies, they were not promoted.
With so many company and platoon positions vacant this time, some officers will naturally be promoted from the non-commissioned officers. This is very beneficial to the development of the army.
Three days later, the 10th and 11th Divisions were officially formed, officers of all ranks were in place, and the troops began training.
Because reserve soldiers have undergone several years of training and have strong military qualities, they can become a strong army with just a little running-in.
During this period, after replacing the lost troops of the 7th and 8th Divisions, the remaining more than 8,000 reserve soldiers were sent to various places to serve as police.
Nanchuan Province has a total of 13 cities and 147 counties.
Each city sent 100 policemen, and each county sent more than 50. The chiefs of police in various places were selected from the wounded veterans.
Having just arranged the Nanchuan police and the formation of the 10th and 11th Divisions, Tao Yunong hurriedly found Fang Jian to report the important matters.
"Commander, Feng Zhangshan from Yongxi and Yun Zhizhou from Yunshan Province are both mobilizing their teams, and their target is most likely Nanchuan."
"The northern government has gathered 200,000 troops and stationed them in Sanjiang Province."
Fang Jian was not surprised by this news. He only asked, "Find out how many troops Feng Zhangshan and Yun Zhizhou will dispatch."
Now there are five divisions and 100,000 troops deployed in Nanchuan. If there is no need for Nanshan's support, Feng Zhangshan and Yun Zhizhou's troops must be quickly eliminated. For Fang Ji'an, he can concentrate on dealing with the northern government and the new army forces in the south.
Changhuan has three divisions and 60,000 people, which will be very difficult to deal with. The key to breaking the deadlock is still Nanchuan.
The biggest problem facing Nanchuan now is transportation. Inconvenient transportation can delay the enemy's attack, but it is the biggest test for Fang Ji'an's logistics.
Whether it is transporting artillery or quickly deploying troops, good roads are needed.
After thinking for a moment, Fang Jian said, "Move the 7th and 8th Divisions south to Anshan City to prevent Yun Zhizhou from going north. Let the 6th and 10th Divisions go north to Guangshan to resist Feng Zhangshan from going south."
"Order the Fifth and Eleventh Divisions to quickly move to Changhuan and temporarily be under the command of Fang Guoxuan to guard Changhuan."
With this arrangement, Nanchuan Province had five divisions with more than 100,000 people, Changhuan also had five divisions with more than 100,000 people. Nanling had the garrison division, the 4th division, and two armored divisions with more than 90,000 people. Nanfeng had the main force of the air force with more than 20,000 people.
Nanling is located in the center and can support Changhuan and Nanchuan at any time, giving Fang Jian enough room to respond.
Even if Nanchuan and Changhuan were defeated, he still had the hinterland of Nanshan to defend.
After hearing Fang Jian's arrangement, Tao Yunong hesitated and said, "Commander, with this arrangement, there won't be many reserve troops available."
"It's okay. If you need support, Nanling's garrison division and the fourth division will arrive at the battlefield soon."
"Yu Nong, send a telegram to the Nanshan Military Factory to mobilize a batch of artillery shells and weapons to be transported to Yanshan County. Use Yanshan as a material reserve to provide logistical support for Nanchuan."
The reason why Fang Jian did not choose other cities to stockpile supplies was that he thought that if he could not defend Nanchuan, he could still transport the supplies back calmly.
"Similarly, have the military factory deliver a batch of ammunition and weapons to Xinyuan County."
"If we cannot defend Changhuan, Xinyuan will be the last barrier for our army."
Faced with this grim situation, Tao Yunong did not delay and immediately went down to convey the order and arrange the troops.
It was fine to deploy troops in Changhuan, but Fang Jian was helpless to deploy troops in Nanchuan. If Nanchuan had access to Nanshan, Fang Jian could have wiped out one route first and then turned back to destroy the other.
However, given the terrible road conditions and the fact that it would take trucks more than ten days to travel from the south, such an arrangement is simply not supported.
It is now the beginning of August and the weather in Nanchuan is getting hotter. Fighting in this kind of weather is also a test for the Nanshan Army.
Two days passed and it was August 7th.
Tao Yunong entered the Yanshan County Command Center with a happy face: "Commander, Yun Zhizhou has led his troops to Nanchuan, and we have obtained his marching route."
Thanks to the intelligence agents sent to various places three years ago, Nanshan Province now has relatively detailed intelligence on warlords in various places.
"Okay." Fang Jian was also very happy about this.
Knowing their marching route, we can set up an ambush or make targeted arrangements.
"How many troops did Yun Zhizhou dispatch in total?"
"A total of five divisions, more than 50,000 people, were dispatched."
Fang Jian nodded and said, "Give this information to Li Weiling as soon as possible. Send him a telegram and let him decide how to arrange it."
Li Weiling is a five-and-a-half-star command talent, and his ability is even higher than Fang Guoxuan. Fang Jian naturally believes in his ability.