Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

Marshal Nie also agreed.

This is not a matter of principle and no one is arguing over it.

这样20兵团下辖71军、72军、73军，21兵团是74军、75军、76军，22兵团是77军、78军、79军。从65军开始到79军，就成为了第五野战军。

然后是23兵团的80军、81军、82军，24兵团的83军、84军、85军成为华北军区部队。

There are a total of 21 army numbers in North China.

Chapter 723 Military Region Adjustment

This time, so many cadres gathered together for the enlarged meeting of the military region.

This was because, in addition to forming the Fifth Field Army, this conference also involved the reorganization of the various corps and regiments under it: columns were converted to corps, and brigades to divisions. Furthermore, some columns were overstrength, so one or two regiments were transferred. Others were understrength, so some were supplemented. In other words, there would be disparities in troop strength among the columns under the Fifth Field Army, or the newly formed corps, but not as significant as before. Some columns had 50,000 to 60,000 men, while others had only 30,000 to 40,000.

Of course, there will be some adjustments, but it will not be completely averaged.

Because it is still a war time, the main force is the main force.

In the next battle, we still need to ensure the combat effectiveness of the main forces, especially the newly established 65th, 66th, 67th, 71st and 72nd Armies, which are elite troops inherited from the Anti-Japanese War and were the main columns of the former North China Field Army.

But the other armies are also very motivated now.

After all, history is history, and we're all now in the same corps-level units. Furthermore, while some of the newly established corps may not have the same history as these main armies, many of the division-level and regimental-level units within these units were drawn from the original main armies. Although they left their old units and joined the new corps-level units, they all have glorious histories. Therefore, they naturally don't want to fall behind in the new corps-level units.

So when it came to distributing supplies, especially military supplies, it was really a scramble.

After the Battle of Peiping and Tianjin, a vast amount of weapons, ammunition, and military supplies were seized. The newly appointed army commanders and political commissars had all been veterans of the battlefield for years. Their experience and military achievements were not necessarily inferior to those of the commanders of the main army. Therefore, they didn't care whether you were a member of the main army or not; when it came to looting, they were truly ferocious.

It took several hours of scrambling to determine the existence of these things.

After the meeting, the cadres returned to quickly complete the reorganization of the troops, as time was running out for the Fifth Field Army. However, Marshal Nie did retain Yang Quanwu, Luo Qirong, Zhao Lu, Wang Zhi, Geng Biao, and Li Zhimin after the meeting.

Marshal Nie said, "There's one more matter I need to discuss with you. Comrade Wei Hongjun will need to focus more of his energy on the North China Bureau and the North China People's Government. Therefore, he needs assistance with his work in the North China Military Region. Therefore, I plan to transfer several cadres to the Military Region Headquarters and Political Department to assist Comrade Wei Hongjun. I hope you can cooperate."

Hearing Marshal Nie's words, Bo Shuchun couldn't help but feel envious.

Marshal Nie is really good to Wei Hongjun, he even thought of all these.

After Nie Shuai finished speaking, he looked at Wei Hongjun and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"

"I?"

"Yes. Although the war in North China is over, the military region's upcoming work will not be easy at all. The Central Committee will soon arrive in North China, and the Military Commission has ordered the North China Military Region to establish some new branches of the military and reorganize the major military academies. Therefore, the work of the military region will be even busier, and you cannot handle it alone. Therefore, this time we are making some cadre adjustments, mainly to cooperate with your work in the military region, and of course we need your opinion."

Wei Hongjun was very moved.

Marshal Nie directed Wei Hongjun to focus more of his energy on the North China Bureau and the North China People's Government, hoping to shift his focus to the local areas. However, this was still wartime. Even if the revolution succeeded and the People's Republic of China was established, the military's influence would not vanish in a short period of time. After all, the generals were all heroes who had conquered the country, each holding significant power. Their influence would likely not completely fade for another twenty or thirty years. Therefore, Wei Hongjun still had to maintain his military duties, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the North China Military Region.

But Wei Hongjun is only one man, not a supernatural being. His shift to local affairs would undoubtedly lead to his neglect of the North China Military Region. However, the North China Military Region will soon be formalized, and all departments and institutions will need to be reorganized, leaving much to be done. The current problem with the North China Military Region is that, since Marshal Nie handed over the region's daily operations to Wei Hongjun, he has completely merged the region with the North China Field Army Headquarters. Normally, the North China Military Region and the North China Field Army Headquarters operate as separate entities, employing the same personnel. With the subsequent establishment of the Fifth Corps and, most recently, the Fifth Field Army, they have divided up most of the cadres from the former North China Military Region and the North China Field Army Headquarters. While the current North China Military Region is not a mere formality, it is also severely short of key personnel. Wei Hongjun simply doesn't have the time. Therefore, assigning Wei Hongjun several more cadres both supports his work and maintains his influence within the North China Military Region.

Wei Hongjun thought carefully.

Many of the troops in North China were eligible for transfer to the North China Military Region. However, the 23rd and 24th Corps had only recently been formed, so it would be difficult to transfer thousands of troops from them. Therefore, the only option was to transfer cadres from the Fifth Field Army. But now was their time to make a difference.

The Fifth Field Army was about to march south to fight a major battle, and some people might not be happy about being transferred to the military region at this time. After all, many cadres wanted to fight and gain merit.

However, since Coach Nie gave him the opportunity, Wei Hongjun certainly didn't want to give it up.

So Wei Hongjun thought for a moment and said, "Commander, how about letting Comrade Zhao Lu serve as the deputy commander of the North China Military Region and help me handle the work of the military region headquarters?"

Wei Hongjun and Zhao Lu have worked together very well over the past few years. Wei Hongjun highly respects Zhao Lu's work ability. Marshal Nie shook his head and said, "Comrade Zhao Lu will be transferred to the Military Commission.

"Go to the Military Commission?"

"Correct."

Wei Hongjun turned his head to look at Zhao Lu and found that Zhao Lu was very calm.

Wei Hongjun understood that he had long known about Zhao Lu's transfer to the Military Commission. The Central Committee was coming to North China, and many of its departments needed to be expanded.

However, the central government was also short of cadres. If they wanted to expand the central departments, they had to transfer cadres from North China. The Military Commission had acted so quickly and had already poached Zhao Lu.

Wei Hongjun scratched his head.

Originally, Zhao Lu was the most suitable candidate, but why did he have to be transferred to the Military Commission?

"Commander, what do you think about transferring Comrade Tang Jie, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Fifth Corps, to serve as Chief of Staff of the North China Military Region, responsible for handling the daily work of the North China Military Region Command?

Wei Hongjun finally chose Tang Jie.

Originally, Wei Hongjun wanted to transfer Zhang Zihua, commander of the Fifth Corps. Zhang Zihua and Wei Hongjun had known each other since the Red Army period. Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War until now, Zhang Zihua has been the most outstanding general under Wei Hongjun.

Zhang Zihua is both civil and military. He is not only good at leading troops in battle, but also good at building bases.

But Wei Hongjun thought about it and gave up the idea.

Zhang Zihua's qualifications and rank would make it difficult for him to directly serve as deputy commander of the North China Military Region. While it's possible for him to serve as deputy commander if Wei Hongjun fully supports him, this would be detrimental to his future. He is currently the commander of a major corps of the Fifth Field Army. If he continues to achieve success on the battlefield, he could become deputy commander of a major military region, or even commander of a major military region. Why leave the field army now? Therefore, after careful consideration, the most suitable person is Tang Jie, the former chief of staff of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region.

Marshal Nie nodded.

"What do you, the Fifth Field Army, think?"

"As long as the Fifth Corps is doing well, we won't stop them."

Yang Quanwu spoke.

Tang Jie was Marshal Nie's most trusted chief of staff during his time as commander of the Jin-Cha-Ji region. After the outbreak of the Liberation War, he had been fighting alongside Wei Hongjun. Now that Marshal Nie and Wei Hongjun wanted to transfer him back to the North China Military Region, Yang Quanwu was unlikely to object.

Wei Hongjun looked at Yang Quanwu and said with a smile, "I want to transfer Comrade Li Zhimin to serve as the deputy political commissar and director of the political department of the North China Military Region, responsible for the work of the military region's political department.

“I…Yang Quanwu wanted to object in an instant.

Because Li Zhimin was Yang Quanwu's favorite political cadre. Ever since Luo Renfa left Jin-Cha-Ji, Yang Quanwu had relied on Li Zhimin the most in the political work field. However, Yang Quanwu paused for a moment.

Because Yang Quanwu has to consider Li Zhimin's future.

Even if Li Zhimin were to reorganize the ranks of the Fifth Field Army, the highest position he could reach in a short period of time would be Director of the Political Department. Even if he were to become Deputy Political Commissar, that would take time.

But if he stayed in the North China Military Region, he would immediately be able to get the position of deputy political commissar and director of the political department.

The level has been improved a lot.

So he didn't say anything about his objection. After all, this was related to Li Zhimin's future. So after a while, Yang Quanwu said, "I agree."

If Yang Quanwu agrees, there will be no problem with this matter.

Li Zhimin said: "I will obey the organization's arrangements."

Marshal Nie was very happy.

Li Zhimin and Tang Jie were both veteran cadres from the Jin-Cha-Ji region, and were highly capable military and political cadres. Their transfer to the North China Military Region would help Wei Hongjun stabilize the region as quickly as possible.

"Okay, if everyone agrees, then this is settled. Comrade Li Zhimin will be transferred to the military region as deputy political commissar and director of the political department, and Comrade Tang Jie will be transferred to the military region as chief of staff.

After the meeting, Yang Quanwu and the others left.

Marshal Nie looked at Wei Hongjun and Li Zhimin who had stayed behind and said, "Comrade Tang Jie is not here, so I want to talk to you two first. The first task for the military region is to abolish the former Hebei-Rehe-Chahar Military Region and the Hebei-Central Military Region, the second-level military regions. New second-level military regions will be established, namely the Shanxi Military Region, the Hebei Military Region, the Rehe Military Region, and the Suiyuan Military Region.

The military district's most important task is to establish these new second-level military regions. The second task is to reorganize the entire military district's forces. Whether it's the 23rd and 24th Corps, our cavalry columns in Suiyuan, or any other local troops, they all need to be reorganized uniformly. The military district must come up with a plan for both of these tasks as soon as possible."

"Yes."

Wei Hongjun accepted the order.

Then he thought for a moment and said, "Commander, where is Comrade Xu Xiangqian?

This time, the Third and Fourth Corps were assigned to the First Field Army, but Xu Xiangqian did not go to the First Field Army, but stayed in North China. However, when this meeting was held, Xu Xiangqian, as the first deputy commander of the North China Military Region, did not attend.

Marshal Nie said, "Comrade Xu Xiangqian, like Comrade Zhao Lu, has been transferred to the Military Commission. Comrade Ye Jianying will soon accompany Comrade Wu Hao on a visit to the Soviet Union, so Comrade Xu Xiangqian will serve as Chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, and Comrade Zhao Lu will serve as Director of the General Logistics Department of the Military Commission."

Chapter 724 Military Region Changes

"What do you think should be the best arrangement?"

Marshal Nie is now mainly considering and promoting institutional issues, and then preparing to receive the arrival of the Central Committee.

Rather than specific matters.

He assigned specific tasks to others. After Li Zhimin and Tang Jie were transferred to the military region, Wei Hongjun immediately met with them to discuss the region's next steps. Since everyone was already familiar with each other, there was no need for any adjustments or testing the waters. Wei Hongjun simply got straight to work.

"Then let me talk first."

Tang Jie spoke.

Tang Jie had been serving as Chief of Staff to Marshal Nie until the end of the Anti-Japanese War, when Wei Hongjun asked him to take over. Therefore, he was very familiar with the situation in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei.

"The number of newly established second-level military regions is about the same as the number of existing ones. Therefore, the best approach is to maintain the current leadership structure of each second-level military region. Simply relocate them. If additional cadres become available during this process, they can be transferred to the military region. Currently, the various departments of the military region are quite short of cadres."

Tang Jie's plan aims for stability, which is also for the consideration of the entire North China Military Region.

The North China Military Region doesn't need too many changes right now. Excessive cadre adjustments could easily destabilize the region. The Central Committee is about to arrive, and this is a crucial moment for Marshal Nie, Wei Hongjun, and even the cadres of the North China Military Region. The best approach is to avoid excessive adjustments.

“But there have to be some changes.”

Li Zhimin spoke.

"Judging from the current situation, the political commissars of the newly established military regions should follow the example of the Inner Mongolia Military Region. The commander of the Inner Mongolia Military Region is Comrade Wu Qinghe, and the political commissar is Comrade Ulanfu, Chairman of the Inner Mongolia People's Government. The second-level military regions established this time should continue this structure. The top local leaders should also serve as the political commissars of the military regions. As for any future changes, it depends on the central government's intentions."

The situation during the war was different from what it is now.

During wartime, the primary consideration for military cadre deployment was combat effectiveness. Now, we must consider stability and cooperation with local authorities. Furthermore, many political cadres in the military will be transferred to local authorities. Although these positions are limited, they will continue to hold concurrent military positions unless they completely leave the military.

"Ah."

Wei Hongjun nodded.

I support both Li Zhimin and Tang Jie's suggestions.

Good idea.

"Can you elaborate on this? Specifically, what are the positions of the commanders of the various military regions?

The military regions cannot appoint local top leaders. They must wait for the North China Bureau to finalize the appointment, which will then be approved by the Central Committee. The military regions can determine the positions of commanders of each military region, appoint deputy commanders and deputy political commissars, and then submit them to the North China Bureau for final approval by the Central Military Commission.

Tang Jie said, "For the commander of the Suiyuan Military Region, I propose Comrade Yao Zhe, the former commander of the Suimeng Military Region."

Southwest Shanxi, Northwest Shanxi, and Suiyuan were previously under the jurisdiction of the Jinsui Military Region, but with the establishment of the North China Bureau, Shanxi and Suiyuan were placed under the leadership of the North China Bureau. Therefore, the Suiyuan Military Region was legitimately established under the North China Military Region.

But the more this happens, the more balance is needed.

After all, most of Suiyuan was once the base of the Jinsui Military Region. When establishing the Suiyuan Military Region this time, this history must be taken into account.

We can't send Jin-Cha-Ji cadres to control the Suiyuan Military Region. This would make the former Jin-Cha-Ji cadres look like corrupt officials.

So Tang Jie recommended Yao Zhe.

Yao Zhe was a cadre of the 120th Division. He was the former commander of the Daqingshan Detachment and later the commander of the Suimeng Military Region.