Bai Chongbei immediately arranged for the adjutant to go to the communications office to shoot a telegram.

Li Pinxian said again: "Gong Jian, can I ask first, which theaters will the troops be transferred from in this soon-to-be-established Dabie Mountain Theater?" Also, what troops will there be? ”

Bai Chongbei pointed at Li Pinxian: "I knew you would ask this." ”

Li Pinxian smiled and said, "Wisdom is not like a healthy man." ”

"You don't come." Bai Chongbei glanced at Li Pinxian, and said, "Let me tell you the truth, the troops in the Dabie Mountain Theater will be drawn from all theaters across the country, and it has not yet been decided which theater will be transferred which troops, but one thing can already be determined, that is, the elites of each theater must be transferred!" ”

As soon as he heard this, a flush suddenly appeared on Li Pinxian's face.

Because Bai Chongbei concurrently serves as the deputy chief of general staff of the Military Commissar and also acts as the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater, the soon-to-be-established Dabie Mountain Theater is actually presided over by him, the deputy commander-in-chief, which is the same as Xue Yue, in his capacity as deputy commander-in-chief of the Ninth Theater and commander-in-chief of the First Corps, presiding over the work of the Ninth Theater.

Thinking that he was about to command more than 500,000 elites, Li Pinxian couldn't help but feel excited.

But the next moment, Li Pinxian felt that it was unlikely, and asked, "Gong Jian, can the commanders of the various war zones agree?" ”

"If you don't agree, you have to agree! If it weren't for the elite troops, would they be able to take on the heavy task of launching a counteroffensive and recovering Nanjing? Bai Chongbei snorted lightly, and continued, "Moreover, you and I don't have to worry about this matter, naturally Principal Chang will come forward to solve it, after all, Principal Chang is more anxious than us, and he wants to return to Nanjing more than anyone else!" ”

"That." Li Pinxian scratched his head and asked again, "Is the Wuhan Garrison Command retained, or is it abolished?" If it is abolished, what will happen to the troops? ”

"This matter, I guess this will be discussed in Chongqing." Bai Chongbei smiled and said, "In my estimation, it is inevitable that there will be a robbery, and these nine brigades and one division of the Wuhan Garrison are all real elites!" However, in the end, there is a high probability that it will still be included in the upcoming Dabie Mountain War Zone! ”

……

Chongqing, a small conference room of the Command.

The afternoon meeting was a bit lengthy, and there was a lot of arguing over the candidates for the other two deputy commanders-in-chief and chief of staff and deputy chiefs of staff in the Dabie Mountain Theater.

Therefore, both President Chang and the senior generals attending the meeting were a little tired.

However, after dinner, Principal Chang and the senior generals immediately came back to life and became energetic again.

At tonight's meeting, we discussed the issue of whether or not the Wuhan Garrison should be abolished, and if it is abolished, what should be done with the Wuhan Garrison's Ninth Brigade and the First Division?

Also, there were two more high-ranking generals attending the meeting.

One was Yu Jishi, commander-in-chief of the 36th Army Corps, and the other was Hu Zongnan, commander-in-chief of the 17th Army Corps.

When everyone was full, Principal Chang said: "Now let's discuss the first question, will the Wuhan garrison be abolished?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Chen Shi immediately said: "I think that I should be dismissed!" Because after the establishment of the Dabie Mountain Theater, Wuhan was under the defense of the fifth, ninth, and Dabie Mountain theaters, and the Japanese army suffered a new defeat and was already unable to attack in an all-round way, so the security of Wuhan was already guaranteed, and there was no need to continue to retain the structure of the garrison, and the establishment of the garrison headquarters could be restored. ”

"I completely agree with President Chen's opinion!"

"I agree!"

"I'm okay with that!"

Chen Shi's opinion was unanimously agreed by the senior generals attending the meeting.

Principal Chang expressed his satisfaction with this, because this was his instruction.

When the conference room was quiet again, Principal Chang continued: "So now, discuss how to arrange the Ninth Brigade and the First Division of the Wuhan Garrison?" ”

As soon as they heard this, the senior generals attending the meeting immediately cheered up.

Chen Shi, in particular, is secretly gearing up, preparing to pull a few brigades into his civil engineering department!

It's not that there are no troops in the civil engineering department that can fight, but there is a lack of elite troops like the 367th Brigade and the new 38th Division that can fight tough and vicious battles!

Hu Zongnan and Yu Jishi also had bright eyes.

In fact, President Chang asked Hu Yu and the others to participate in this meeting, which already showed his attitude, he was inclined to combine these elite troops of the Wuhan Garrison with the First Military Department and the 74th Military Department! In this way, it will not let Chen Shi's civil engineering department dominate!

After a pause, Principal Chang said again: "The Wuhan Garrison District has been downgraded to the Wuhan Garrison District, and the police corps on Tuesday will be reorganized into the Wuhan Garrison Division, and continue to stay in the three towns of Wuhan!" ”

The senior generals present at the meeting had no opinion on this.

Although Tuesday Zi did not perform much in the defense of Wuhan, he gave him a consolation prize and gave him a garrison commander, and there was no problem at all! No one is going to have a hard time with Tuesday because of this!

"Good!" Principal Chang said, "Now discuss the arrangements of the five garrison brigades of Chen Jing'an, Liu Futing, Pan Zihe, Zhou Mengxiong and Zhang Buwu, please speak freely!" ”

He Yingpei said: "Principal, the battle of Hanyang has fully proved that these five garrison brigades are all troops capable of fighting, and the casualties of the brigade are more than ninety percent and can still persist in fighting, I don't know how many other troops are confident that they can do it?" Such a unit is simply a rare treasure, and such a unit commander must also be reused! ”

After a pause, He Yingpei said again: "It is recommended that these five garrison brigades, together with the guard brigade, the special service brigade and the 367 brigade, be expanded into divisions, as for the number of troops, in order to commend the merits of these troops in the Battle of Wuhan, and also to set up a model in the whole army, why not be named the honorary division?" ”

Principal Chang's eyes lit up when he heard this, which was a good idea.

The National Revolutionary Army now has 200 divisions, and although many of these divisions have become empty shell divisions, it is not impossible to use them for the troops of the Wuhan Garrison, and it is also possible to use the numbers of newly-formed divisions, temporary divisions, or independent divisions, but it seems that they are not as good as the numbers of honorary divisions.

At that moment, Principal Chang clapped his hand and said: "I think it's okay, except for Sun Liren's new 38th Division and the police corps on Tuesday, the remaining eight brigades will all be reorganized into honorary divisions, and the numbers will be the honorary 1st division, the honorary 2nd division, and the honorary 8th division!" As for the division commanders of these eight honorary divisions, they were promoted by brigade commanders! ”

"The headmaster is wise." He Yingpei complimented.

Xu Yongsheng and Chen Tiaoyuan on the side were very envious.

This time, He Yingpei has become the benefactor of these five honorary teachers!

Hu Zongnan and Yu Jishi watched coldly, but they didn't speak out easily, because the two of them valued reality, so such a small favor should be admired and giving.