Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 219 5 Teams (with detailed organization introduction)
Yue Qianli walked out slowly, his eyes were full of bloodshot, and his body exuded a strong murderous aura, like a wounded wolf king. He looked up to the sky and howled:
"Brothers, remember this monstrous hatred. I, Yue Qianli, swear to heaven that the hatred that the devils left on our nation will be repaid double one day.
Life will not stop, fighting will not stop, and we will not stop fighting until the devils withdraw from China!"

Everyone followed suit and swore that they would fight to the end as long as they lived, and morale began to revive.

Yue Qianli's tiger eyes scanned the area and continued:

“Brothers, I have long told you that the war of resistance is not a one-day effort. The nation’s suffering has just begun. The strategic situation of the enemy being strong and us being weak will not change because of a battle.
If Shanghai is lost, we will fight the Japanese in Nanjing. If Nanjing is lost, we will fight a bloody battle with the Japanese in other cities!
Win or lose, just keep fighting!

Although the Japanese occupied Jinling City, they also paid a heavy price. We killed tens of thousands of soldiers in the city. You know better than me how many Japanese we killed. Even Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko was killed by our bombing.

These are elite veterans who have been trained by the Japanese for several years. If one is killed, there will be one less. If ten thousand are killed, there will be ten thousand less. This is the significance of the bloody battle in Nanjing.

China has tens of millions of square kilometers of land, 400 million compatriots, and tens of thousands of cities and towns;
If every one of our cities and towns were littered with Japanese corpses, how many veterans would they have left?
Without veterans, they would have to send young children and old people to the battlefield, and their national foundation and bloodline would be exhausted. One day, they would not be able to bear it.
When this day comes, China’s victory will come!
This is a life-and-death national war. They have the final say in starting the war, but we have the final say in ending it.

I don't know how many years this war will last, but I will keep fighting the devils until they fall. Do you have the determination?"

Yue Qianli almost roared out the last sentence. The soldiers' cultural levels were uneven, and many of them were illiterate. If you told them too many great principles, few of them would understand.

He just wanted to tell everyone that they killed tens of thousands of Japanese devils in this battle, and they only knew how many they had killed.

This war is a battle of attrition with the Japs, day after day, year after year, until the Japs can no longer bear it, and victory will be not far away. This kind of tenacity is what the Chinese people have the most, and they would rather die with honor than live in disgrace!
Wang Jianfei stood up and said loudly:
"Commander Yue, you should lead your brothers to fight the devils to the death. As long as we are alive, we must fight the devils to the death!"

As the leader of the defeated soldiers, Wang Jianfei established his prestige in the street fighting. He raised his arm and called for help, and tens of thousands of defeated soldiers expressed their willingness to follow Yue Qianli and fight to the end.
Generals of the 88th Division, such as Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong, also stood up to express their attitude, vowing to follow Yue Qianli to fight the Japanese to the death.

Not to mention the officers and soldiers of the original guerrilla column system, they were Yue Qianli's most staunch supporters, so that all the breakout troops were united in their thinking;
Now their organization has been disrupted, and from the moment their superiors abandoned them, they are no longer part of the original unit.

A wolf pack needs a leader, and the army needs one more. If they want to fight the Japanese with peace of mind, they have to stick together, otherwise they won't even know they are being used as cannon fodder.
They are not afraid of death, but they cannot die in vain, just like this time in Jinling City, if Yue Qianli had not organized them and then united as one to break out of the siege, most of them would have died in the city. It was Yue Qianli who gave them new life, and they recognized this "alpha wolf".

The current troops are still in disarray, and all previous temporary detachments must be disbanded and reorganized according to the guerrilla column system;
Considering that they now have more than 4 people, and the 262nd Brigade and the 264th Brigade are the official organization of the 88th Division, it is inappropriate to forcibly incorporate them into the regiment-level structure of the Shanghai-Nanjing Guerrilla Column.

Either keep the original organization unchanged and continue to use the 88th Division number. If so, the higher-ups will definitely assign them a division commander, the Shanghai-Nanjing Guerrilla Column, the 262nd Brigade, and the 264th Division;

After being abandoned by Sun Yuanliang during the breakout from Nanjing, Yue Qianli would not put an unreliable emperor over his head again.

He did not intend to let the six temporary detachments he recruited be given away for free. These were all veterans who had fought many battles and were the foundation for him to fight the Japanese in the future. In a word, he was ready to become a military leader.
Considering the fighting friendship he had formed with Zhu Chi, Gao Zhisong and others during the battle, he specially gathered everyone together and said straight to the point:

“Brigade Commander Zhu, Brigade Commander Gao, we fought together because you were both in prison;
Now that we have broken through, you must return to the base according to the requirements of the Military Commission, which means we are going to separate. I would like to hear your opinions. "

Zhu Chi stated on the spot:

“Commander Yue, since Commander Sun abandoned the 262nd Brigade, I only recognize you as the leader, so you should boldly reorganize the troops;
It doesn't matter whether you are the major general brigade commander or not. You can organize the brothers into the guerrilla column and give me a detachment commander to do it. The 262 Brigade will be returned to the 88th Division. The personnel are voluntary. Gao Zhisong also took over and said:
"Old Yue, what Old Zhu said is correct. There are many factions of all sizes in the Nationalist Army. Whoever has guns and soldiers has the right to speak.

We, tens of thousands of people, are all elite troops of the Central Army, and most of the officers are fellow soldiers from Whampoa Military Academy. It is feasible for us to unite and form a branch of the Whampoa faction.

I have the same attitude as Lao Zhu. The organization of the 264th Brigade can be returned to the Military Commission, and I can just be a detachment commander.

I'm not asking you for an official position, but I have to give an explanation to my brothers below me. The personnel are volunteers, and I believe they know how to choose. A forced melon is not sweet. "

Wang Jianfei, the leader of the defeated soldiers, didn't even say a word. He and Yue Qianli were sworn brothers, and now he was the commander of four temporary detachments.
He would naturally follow his elder brother, and the fact that three temporary detachments were given to him to command from the very beginning showed the trust between brothers.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Yue Qianli said confidently:
"Since the brothers trust me, I will make the decision. My idea is that the 262nd and 264th Brigades will return to their bases. How many people are left depends on the brothers' choice. It is voluntary to leave or stay.

The column directly controls five detachments, and their ranks are set at deputy regiments. It is not convenient to command more detachments. The detachment commanders of the original guerrilla column should be demoted. I will do the work.

Zhu Chi was appointed as the captain of the 1st detachment, Gao Zhisong was appointed as the captain of the 2nd detachment, I was concurrently appointed as the captain of the 3rd detachment, Duan Yulin was appointed as the captain of the independent detachment, and Wang Jianfei was concurrently appointed as the captain of the supplementary detachment.

Considering that I am usually in charge of the column command, Deputy Captain Liao Jianping took over the command, while he still serves as the commander of the first battalion of the 3rd Detachment.

The directly affiliated units include the artillery battalion, reconnaissance brigade, baggage battalion, training battalion (formerly the youth battalion), medical team, communications battalion, etc. Do you have any opinions?"

Everyone expressed no objection, and then Yue Qianli continued:
"Li Daomin will be appointed as the commander of the logistics battalion, and Zhao Tianci will be appointed as the commander of the training battalion. There will be major adjustments to the battalion-level officers. The specific plan will be announced by the column headquarters."

This was equivalent to breaking up the original mountaintops, and had the greatest impact on Teams 1 and 2. Yue Qianli specifically sought the opinions of Teams Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong.
The two men's attitude was very clear. They would obey Yue Qianli's arrangements in everything. Once the system was disrupted, Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong would be completely integrated into the Shanghai-Nanjing Guerrilla Column system, and there would be no more small factions.

"Each detachment directly governs three battalions. To facilitate command, a battalion-level brigade is added under the battalion, with a rank of deputy battalion. Under the brigade are companies, all in a three-three system, with all serial numbers changed to 3, 1, 2.

Each battalion has about 2 people, the brigade has more than 600 people, each detachment plus the directly affiliated troops has about 7500 people, and the entire column has about 4.5 people. "

Everyone smiled after hearing this. 4.5 people, even the largest training corps has only so many. Although everyone is only a deputy regimental commander, they live the life of a brigade commander. Many miscellaneous divisions do not even have 7500 people.

As for the position, it was just a title. After rolling out of the pile of dead bodies in Jinling City, he no longer cared about these empty titles. Being able to fight the Japanese alive was better than anything else.

"Brothers, now is not the time to be happy. The military situation is urgent and we must reorganize as soon as possible. The detailed reorganization plan will be issued to you as soon as possible.

Officers above the battalion level will be deployed uniformly by the column headquarters, and officers below the battalion level will be determined by each detachment and reported to the column headquarters for approval.

(End of this chapter)