Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

Last night, Su Zhengyang held a large welcome dinner for these officers from Jiangbei. As they toasted each other, they became closer. After the banquet, both the host and the guests had a great time.

Three days later, Su Zhengyang, commander-in-chief of the Northwest Revolutionary Army, held a meeting of the entire army at the headquarters.

All the officers under the Northwest Revolutionary Army, including those who had just been instigated to defect from Jiangbei, put on the uniforms of the Northwest Revolutionary Army and sat upright.

Su Zhengyang's eyes swept across the resolute faces of these officers, and he said in a sonorous and powerful voice: "I declare that from today on, the Northwest Revolutionary Army, the Second Combat Division, will be established."

"The Second Combat Division has three brigades under its command, namely the Fourth Brigade, the Fifth Brigade, and the Sixth Brigade. Each brigade has three regiments and a separate firepower reinforcement regiment. The division headquarters directly subordinates a logistics regiment and a guard regiment. Each brigade must have its own direct guard battalion."

"The entire Second Combat Division includes the Second Combat Division Guard Regiment, the Second Combat Division Logistics Regiment, as well as the 107th, 108th, 109th, 110th, 111th, 112th, 113th, 114th, 115th Regiments, the 15th Reinforced Regiment, the 2th Reinforced Regiment, the th Reinforced Regiment, and an artillery regiment, a total of regiment-level combat units. The total number of troops in the entire Second Combat Division reaches ."

"Since we now have sufficient artillery firepower, the artillery battalion of the former First Combat Division has been expanded into an artillery regiment, and the guard regiment of the former headquarters has been expanded into a guard brigade."

"Now, Chief of Staff Qin Huaiyi will read out the appointments of officers at all levels of the 2nd Division."

Qin Huaiyi cleared his throat and said seriously: "After the headquarters' research and decision, Zheng Zeyu will be the commander of the Second Combat Division, Tang Yuanming will be the deputy commander, and Liu Zongnan will be the chief of staff of the Second Combat Division..."

After reading out the personnel appointments, Su Zhengyang spoke again: "The headquarters of the Second Combat Division will be established in Yuanshan City, Linzhou Province. We will all work together in the future and fight for the development of the Northwest Revolutionary Army for the rest of our lives."

This group of officers from Jiangbei basically met the requirements of all middle and low-level officers of the Second Combat Division.

Those who were originally squad leaders in the Jiangbei Corps became platoon leaders, and those who were platoon leaders became company commanders. Basically, their positions in the army were upgraded to a higher level than before, and the lowest-level squad leaders were promoted from outstanding recruits.

As a result, the newly established Second Combat Division of the Northwest Revolutionary Army was even stronger than the original First Combat Division in terms of combat effectiveness.

"Tang Zhengqi, the former commander of the 29th Army from the Jiangbei Corps, serves as the chief military adviser of the Northwest Revolutionary Army and concurrently serves as the vice president of the Northwest Military Training Academy."

After Su Zhengyang finished his speech, everyone present burst into thunderous applause in unison.

Su Zhengyang came to Tang Zhengqi's eldest son Tang Yuanfei and slowly said, "Brother Yuanfei, with your ability, when the Third Combat Division is formed in a while, the position of division commander will belong to you."

When Tang Yuanfei heard that the commander of the Second Combat Division of the Northwest Revolutionary Army was not himself, he looked a little disappointed.

After hearing Su Zhengyang's words, Tang Yuanfei patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Commander. No matter which combat unit you give me, I will train them to be powerful weapons on the battlefield. When the real battle comes, they will all be howling wolf cubs."

This was different from the Northwest Revolutionary Army where the Second Combat Division was established and the entire army was filled with joy.

Pang Jinghong, who was far away in the Jiangbei Governor's Mansion, had an extremely gloomy face at this time.

"The entire Tang family, including old man Tang Zhengqi and his two sons, dozens of people disappeared right under your nose. What do you do as the director of the intelligence bureau?"

Pang Jinghong was furious. Yao Tianshui, the director of the Jiangbei Intelligence Bureau, who was standing in front of him, lowered his head and dared not breathe.

"I allocate so much funding to your Jiangbei Intelligence Bureau every year, but I support a bunch of useless people like you. It's really laughable."

Yao Tianshui gritted his teeth and said, "And the commanders of the 108th and 115th Regiments of our Jiangbei Army, Wang Liqun and Shi Dazhu, have also disappeared with all the officers above the squad level in their regiments. The entire Wang family's ancestral home is also deserted."

Pang Jinghong was furious and said, "These bastards are all wolf cubs that can never be tamed. I trusted Wang Liqun so much and fired so many officers who were close to the Su family, but I still promoted him to the head of the regiment. This is how he repays me."

As Pang Jinghong spoke, he kicked over the coffee table not far in front of him.

The tea set on the coffee table was scattered all over the floor, making crackling sounds.

"Governor, based on my investigation and the clues they left behind, it seems that these people were instigated by the Northwest Revolutionary Army of Linzhou Province. After all, Su Zhengyang is the son of the old commander Su. As soon as Su Zhengyang extended an olive branch, these people could not wait to run to the northwest, wanting to serve Su Zhengyang's Northwest Revolutionary Army."

Before Pang Jinghong passed away, Pang Yunshan, who was wearing a blue Zhongshan suit and gold-rimmed glasses, slowly said, "Dad, I said at the beginning that we should cut the grass and root out the only child of the Su family, Su Zhengyang, to avoid future troubles. It's not that we were not decisive at the beginning. Now Su Zhengyang has begun to gain momentum in Linzhou."

"What Su Zhengyang hates most is our Pang family. If this so-called Northwest Revolutionary Army fully develops in the future, it will be a great threat to our Pang family."

Pang Jinghong responded unhappily, "Don't I know what you said? When the old man Su Yuting just passed away, we gathered the troops of the Jiangbei Army with great fanfare. If we attack Su Zhengyang again, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the officers of all levels in the Jiangbei Army who are grateful to the Su family."

"Besides, Su Zhengyang was just an uneducated and unskilled young man. Who would have thought that he would go to a remote place in the northwest and transform himself into the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Revolutionary Army today?"

"Dad, it seems that we were all deceived by Su Zhengyang's appearance at that time. This Su Zhengyang is not an easy person to deal with. It is just as the saying goes, a golden fish cannot stay in a pond. Once it encounters wind and clouds, it will turn into a dragon."

Pang Jinghong calmed himself down a little and looked towards the northwest with deep eyes.

"Old Su, Old Su, I finally tried every possible way to kill you, but your son still makes me worry. It seems that your Su family and I are destined to be enemies."

After sighing, Pang Jinghong looked at Yao Tianshui sharply.

"I heard that the Northwest Revolutionary Army is now fighting with the Guo warlords who were originally in Linzhou Province. You must find a way to contact the Linzhou Governor's Office immediately. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. We can provide a large amount of military assistance to the Guo warlords. As long as they can crush Su Zhengyang and the so-called Northwest Revolutionary Army in Linzhou Province, it will be worth paying some price."

A sinister look appeared in Pang Jinghong's eyes: "Also, find a way to get Su Zhengyang's sister into our hands. Su Zhenghong is the only relative that Su Zhengyang has in the world. As long as we can control her in our own hands, Su Zhengyang will be afraid to act rashly."

"Yes, Governor. I will do these two things right away."