Chapter 84 Personnel Appointments
The 5,000-word chapter is a plus.
In the eyes of those who do not know, the reorganization plan of the seven divisions of the Nationalist Army is definitely a large-scale expansion of the army, not to mention other people who do not know about it, and even the generals present who know the roots of the Nationalist Army are secretly shocked when they hear that there are as many as seven divisions after the reorganization.
Surprise is surprise, but they are all waiting with great anticipation, waiting for the most important personnel appointment on their trip, and the most important to themselves.
In the series of reorganization plans mentioned before, there are no personnel issues involved, and in the foreseeable future, there will definitely be some people happy and some worried, because the guard division of these seven divisions is a special case, it is the guard unit that follows Chen Jingyun's side, and the chief officers and generals of the troops are all Chen Jingyun's relatives and friends, and ordinary generals cannot be intervened, and among the remaining six divisions, two are garrison divisions, with only 5,000 people, which is at best the size of a mixed brigade. Only four infantry divisions are the main force of the national army, and the commanders of these four divisions are the target of many people here.
Lin Chengkun looked at these colleagues present with an anxious face, and couldn't help but be secretly happy, he was different from other generals, from the beginning of following Chen Jingyun's uprising, he successively served as the captain of the pro-soldier team, the commander of the guard battalion, and then the head of the guard regiment, and the commander of the guard brigade, it can be said that he has grown up with the growth of the guard division all the way, so the position of the commander of the guard division does not need to be contested, but several other colleagues are different.
According to Lin Chengkun's estimate, the division commanders of these four infantry divisions are nothing more than Ma Cheng, Li Jimin, Yuan Fang, and Lin Feitai, the four veteran officers under the governor, and even the division commanders of the two garrison divisions are estimated to be selected from them, basically the suspense is not big, and the deputy division commander is a little interesting, as for the post of chief of staff in the national army system for the time being, the previous chiefs of staff of each brigade are considered to be fictitious, and most of them are some Qing army generals who surrendered, and a few are people with too high ranks in the original new army. For example, Xu Jingqing, the original patrol battalion, went to Fuzhou to enter the Fuzhou Military Academy for training for a month, and took the initiative to ask Chen Jingyun to lead troops, and Chen Jingyun was sent to the Fifth Brigade as chief of staff.
In the midst of everyone's speculation and waiting, Chen Jingyun also slowly said after looking around: "The army establishment and reorganization plan Chief of Staff Feng has already said that in the next month, all departments will be adjusted in strict accordance with the reorganization plan, and there must be no slackness, and strive to complete the basic structure and the change of defense of various departments within a month!" ”
Speaking of this, Chen Jingyun paused and said, "Next, I will announce the chief officials of each department!" ”
Hearing Chen Jingyun's words, all the officers below immediately widened their eyes and pricked up their ears, lest they miss a sentence or a half.
I only heard Chen Jingyun say slowly: "The commander of the first division will be Yuan Fang, and the deputy division commander will be Chen Weihua; ”
As soon as Yuan Fang heard his name, his face immediately appeared happy, even if he was scheming, he couldn't help but be happy, Yuan Fang thought that it was not too much of a problem for him to take the position of a division commander, but he didn't expect to be able to sit in the position of the commander of the first division, you must know that according to the previous reorganization plan, most of the first division will be directly converted from the first brigade, and the first brigade is Chen Jingyun's henchman Ma Cheng's troops, and the important surname is self-evident.
"The trust of the governor is unrewarded, but I ask for night training, and I will never lose face to the governor in the future!" Yuan Xiang was enlightened, and after saying this, he still felt that it was not enough, so he stood up and said loudly: "Swear to die to serve the governor!" ”
Yuan Fang opened this head, and Chen Weihua on the side also had to follow up and say: "Swear to die to serve the governor!" ”
Chen Jingyun smiled and pressed his hand to signal them not to speak for the time being, and then continued: "The commander of the second division will be Ma Cheng, and the deputy division commander will be Xiao Qibin!" ”
Ma Cheng's expression was much more bland than Yuan Fang's excitement, as the brigade commander of the first brigade, Ma Cheng knew his position and weight very well, and he was also mentally prepared for the position of division commander, so he immediately stood up and said: "Swear to die for the governor!" ”
Although Xiao Qibin didn't want to say this, he had always been dissatisfied with Chen Jingyun's personal loyalty model to control the army, but today on this occasion he was raised by Yuan Fang again, Yuan Fang, Chen Weihua, and Ma Chengdu said that if he Xiao Qibin didn't agree with a sentence, wouldn't it be obvious that he would not be on the road, not to mention the previous promotion, whether he could stay in the army in the future, then Lin Wenying and Lin Zhaomin are a lesson from the past! So at this time, he had to stand up and say this: Swear to die for the governor! ”
Chen Jingyun then went on to talk about the third division, the division commander was Li Jimin, and the deputy division commander was Yu Shaoying; The commander of the fourth division is Chen Kui, and the deputy division commander is Zhuang Dafu!
Immediately afterwards, Lin Chengkun was appointed as the commander of the guard division, and Yu Ruofei was appointed as the deputy division commander.
After this arrangement, the division commanders and deputy division commanders of the four infantry divisions and the guard division were all selected, and the people present also found out more or less that Chen Jingyun's personnel appointment this time was in the personnel appointment, except for Chen Kui, the generals of the guard division and other generals, the generals of other units were all transferred out of the original unit. For example, Yuan Fang, he used to take the Third Brigade to be stationed in Chaozhou, but now he was transferred by Chen Jingyun to the First Division with the original First Brigade as the main body as the division commander, which can be said to be completely transferred out of the original unit. Similarly, even Ma Cheng, who was most trusted by Chen Jingyun, was completely separated from the First Brigade and transferred to the Second Division, which was mainly the former Second Brigade, as the division commander. Judging from such a large-scale transfer, even the most stupid person can see that Chen Jingyun's move is to prevent the generals from controlling the troops for a long time and prevent changes.
According to Chen Jingyun's idea, not only the generals at the division commander and deputy division commander levels will be transferred on a large scale, but even the commanders at the first level of regiment commanders will have to be rotated within one to two months, and low-level officers will also be enrolled in the Fuzhou Military Academy in large numbers to study, and after graduation, they will be selected to be sent to other units.
Of course, such a large-scale transfer of generals and leading officers will definitely have an impact on the combat effectiveness of the troops, but Chen Jingyun would rather have the combat effectiveness of the troops almost than be betrayed later.
After talking about the four infantry divisions and the guard division, only two of them were garrison divisions, and the rest of the people present who were qualified enough to rank high enough were basically arranged, so the next garrison division appointment was not so exciting.
The garrison division in Fujian Province, that is, the commander of the Fifth Division of the National Army, is Lin Feitai, and the deputy division commander is Xu Lishan, the former commander of the Fourth Regiment; The garrison division set up in Zhejiang, that is, the Sixth Division of the National Army, was headed by Li Lianyang, and the deputy division commander was Zhuang Xianhe.
The commanders of the two garrison divisions, Lin Feitai and Li Lianyang, are Chen Jingyun's descendants, that is, one of the four officers of the old second battalion, compared to Zhuang Dafu and Chen Weihua, who are both deputy commanders of the infantry division, the position of the commander of the garrison division of these two people is a little embarrassing, because the garrison division is not the main force, needless to say, equipment or something, even the troops under his command are usually stationed in various important cities to suppress bandits and maintain local stability, basically there is no chance to fight, except for the title of division commander, there is no benefit.
But Chen Jingyun also has his reasons for such an arrangement, on the one hand, there are only so many troops under the national army, and there are not too many high-level positions to arrange the generals under him, and on the other hand, let the two of them out first, so as to accumulate qualifications, and then transfer them as the division commanders of the main division in the future, there will be no one to gossip.
Looking at the division commanders and deputy division commanders of the seven divisions, they are basically old faces, and the only two new faces are Zhuang Xianhe and Xu Lishan. The two of them used to be regiment commanders, but now they have been promoted to deputy division commanders in one fell swoop, it can be said that they have jumped out of the category of middle-level officers and officially entered Chen Jingyun's eyes, and the future is very bright!
Next, Chen Jingyun appointed the chiefs of staff of each division and the commanders of each regiment one by one, and these candidates were carefully studied by Chen Jingyun and Feng Qin. As for the large-scale rotation of middle-level officers that Chen Jingyun had in mind, it had to be a trickle of water, and one would be transferred every few days, and there would only be a dozen regiments in total, and it would take less than two months to rotate all of them.
"After the reorganization, the official number of each unit is a certain division of the National Army, the old number of each regiment is abolished, and the regiment number is changed to the division number and then added 1, 2, and 3 distinctions, for example, the third regiment of the second division is the 23rd regiment, and the official number of the first regiment of the fifth division is 51 regiment! The number of the artillery regiment is extended, and the number of the division is added after the word artillery, so that the number of the third division artillery regiment is the third regiment of artillery, and the number of the sixth division artillery regiment is the sixth regiment of artillery. At this time, Feng Qin handed out a stack of documents to the generals present, and after reading it, everyone said that they had no feeling about the new number of the troops. These people are very pragmatic and don't care much about superficial things.
Chen Jingyun said: "This time, Nanjing gave the names of the two central divisions, and it is not good to put them away, and it is chaotic to use them rashly." In my opinion, the name of the Sixth Division of the Central Army is directly given to the Sixth Division of the National Army, which is exactly matched, and the number of the 14th Division of the Central Army is given to the Fifth Division of the National Army. However, for the sake of simplicity, in the future, the Fifth Division will be the 14th Division of the Central Army outside the city, and the 6th Division will also be announced as the 6th Division of the Central Army. Internally, how to call it or how to call it! ”
The Nanjing Provisional Political Axe exists for a few months at most, and these two numbers are estimated to be used for a short time, and when Yuan Shikai becomes the president, he will inevitably get a few numbers for himself, so it will be troublesome to change it back and forth, and it is better to have one set internally and one set externally.
As for getting these two numbers into two garrison divisions, it is also particular, and the precaution is that Huang Xing wanted to transfer these two Central Army troops to Nanjing to fight in Nanjing on a whim that day. Chen Jingyun said to himself in his heart: This is called the intention of harming others, but the heart of guarding against others is also indispensable!
After resolving the army establishment plan, the army reorganization plan, the personnel appointment plan, and the two Central Army division numbers that were in the way, Chen Jingyun entered the last item of today's agenda.
That is, to promote the ranks of the generals under him, and you can't let a large group of division commanders go to see people with the title of colonel.
Chen Jingyun pressed his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then there was not much nonsense, and read it out directly.
"Yuan Fang, Li Jimin, Chen Kui, Lin Chengkun, Lin Feitai, and Li Lianyang are major generals today!" After finishing speaking, he gave Feng Qin a look, and Feng Qin immediately handed over a silver plate, on which were placed six pairs of epaulettes with a gold star pinned to a yellow background, officially the rank of major general in the current national army rank system.
Yuan Fang and the others immediately stood up one after another, looking at the epaulettes on the silver plate, their eyes were already shining, you must know that when Chen Jingyun announced the formation of the first division some time ago, he became a major general and also made three commanders and Lin Zhaomin a major general, Yuan Fang and the others were staring at the rank of major general, and today they finally got their wish.
After putting on the epaulettes of major generals to these six people one by one, Chen Jingyun then promoted all the deputy division commanders such as Zhuang Dafu, Chen Weihua, Xiao Qibin, Yu Shaoying, and Yu Ruofei to colonels.
After such a lot of effort, coupled with the promotion of Ma Cheng and others a few days ago, it can be regarded as a promotion of all the officers present, and it also allows the ranks of each officer to match the military position, such as the division commander to the major general, and the deputy division commander to the colonel. And there is room for continued promotion, for example, the division commander can continue to be promoted to lieutenant general, and the deputy division commander can also be promoted to major general.
It's just that in a short period of time, Ma Cheng and others don't want to think about the rank of lieutenant general, because Chen Jingyun himself was named a left general by Nanjing, and the rank of the national army is only lieutenant general, so the promotion of the military rank in the future is either Chen Jingyun ignores the central government, simply does a set of things by himself and then gives himself a title such as marshal and general, or he has to wait honestly.
After the military ranks were promoted, basically the topic was finished, Chen Jingyun didn't plan to keep them, they had to be happy and happy when they were promoted, and if they were here, these people would probably have to continue to put on a serious and solemn appearance.
So Chen Jingyun simply left directly, and after Chen Jingyun left, this big gang praised and congratulated each other.
"You can do it, I have to call you Lin Feitai a general when I see you in the future!" Chen Weihua walked in front of Lin Feitai, and there was no extreme in his words, it was impossible. You must know that they are all four officers of the second battalion, and when it comes to qualifications and the trust of the governor, no one is worse, but Lin Feitai and Li Lianyang were promoted to major generals because they got the position of division commander, and he can only hold the rank of colonel as a deputy division commander.
"Come on, you envy me, I still envy you, the first division is the first main force, and you, the deputy division commander, have more weight than me, the commander of the garrison division." Lin Feitai also said this with a look of envy, if he wants to be promoted this year, if he wants to be favored by the governor, he will have to fight, isn't he just in the first brigade when he was able to incorporate the old army of Zhejiang before he was mentioned by the governor, if there is a war in the future, the first division will bear the brunt, and Chen Weihua's military industry will be in an uproar. And although he sits in the position of division commander, it is not ordinary difficult to earn military merits in the future.
If you analyze it like this, it's really hard to say who should envy whom.
Chen Weihua and Lin Feitai said this to each other, while Ma Cheng and Yuan Fang were also talking.
"Regarding the situation in Zhejiang, the governor also talked to me yesterday, saying that it is unstable over there, and the current strength is insufficient, according to my opinion, the second division must also be transferred to Zhejiang, otherwise the tenth regiment will not be incorporated into your second division!" Yuan Fang held the wine glass, and glanced at the shining Venus on his shoulder as he spoke, with a satisfied expression.
"In fact, Zhejiang itself does not have much strength, the south is under our control, and the northern part of Zhejiang is a little hindered by the 10,000 people in Hangzhou, but if you really want to fight, you don't need reinforcements from the rear, and with the cooperation of the First Artillery Regiment, the First Brigade can take Hangzhou." Ma Cheng has also been in Zhejiang for a long time, and he knows the situation in Zhejiang better than Yuan Fang.
When these two people spoke, they were not accustomed to using the name of the new establishment, and when they talked about the troops, they were all old names such as the 1st Brigade and the 10th Regiment.
"If the second division is really transferred to Zhejiang, then there will be two divisions of you and me in the south of Zhejiang alone, which will be 20,000 people, if you add Li Lianyang's sixth division, there will be 25,000 at that time, is it too dense for so many troops to gather in Zhejiang, and now we are only more than 50,000 people when we are full, and if we put half of it in Zhejiang, if there are any changes in Guangdong or Jiangxi or even in the province, will it be too dangerous?" Yuan Fang was a little worried.
Ma Cheng also showed a worried look: "I think that according to the arrangement of the governor, I want the third division to deal with the Guangdong side, and then the fifth division will go to Yanping, and the fourth division and the guard division will still be stationed in the surrounding areas of Fuzhou, as long as there is not too much change, there should be no chaos." After all, Guangdong and Jiangxi are both people from the revolutionary party, and they are bent on the Northern Expedition, and they will come to us for trouble! ”
Yuan Fang shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily, Jiangxi heard that Li Junlie made a big move after he arrived, but after half a month's effort, Jiangxi has almost been integrated, and the size is also a threat." And over there in Guangzhou, after Hu Hanmin left, Chen Jiongming and Long Jiguang temporarily put aside their prejudices, and have joined forces to disperse the people's troops inside and outside Guangzhou, they have long been dissatisfied with our occupation of Chaozhou, and they may not come to find trouble, you must know that there are a lot of troops in Guangzhou now, Long Jiguang is nearly 20,000, and Chen Jiongming has also recruited 20,000 young people, not to be underestimated! ”
At this time, Li Jimin came over with a goblet: "I said two, today is a happy day, don't talk about those troublesome things, come, drink!" Drink! ”
Lin Chengkun on the side also said: "That is, the strategic things are naturally in control, we just need to do things according to orders!" Come, drink, drink! "After all, he poured Ma Cheng a full glass of whiskey.
Ma Cheng was not polite, and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp as soon as he raised his head.
"Less, General Ma is really massive! Here, have another drink! At this time, Yuan Fang also helped, picked up a bottle of whiskey and poured it for Ma Cheng again.
Ma Chengdao: "This can't just me drink you and don't drink it, come on, together, ...... together"
When this group of people pushed the cup and changed the lamp, Chen Jingyun had already returned to the house, but Chen Jingyun also wanted to relax after a lot of trouble, so he pulled Luo Li together, and let the kitchen send a few small dishes and Luo Li drank in small cups, Luo Li's face was red after drinking, and it looked extremely attractive in this winter, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, Chen Jingyun was also interested, pulled her over and held her in his arms, holding the vegetables with one hand, and the other hand was stretched into Luo Li's chest.
It didn't take long for Luo Li to gasp slightly and say, "Young Master, it's daylight, come back at night!" ”
But it's okay if she doesn't say it, this statement just makes Chen Jingyun have a word in his heart: Bai Xuan's silver.
In less than half a moment, there was a heavy gasping sound of men and women in the house, and a few maids waiting in the outer room were red and piercing, and they couldn't help but clamp their legs!