Three days later, seven division commanders of the Tiger Ben Army, two brigade commanders (Armored Brigade and Temporary Eighth Brigade), as well as Li Pinxian, the former 11th Army, gathered in Qingdao and rushed to the mansion that Qiao Anbang temporarily chose to live in.

The person in charge of guarding the mansion was naturally the direct guard of the Hu Ben Army. Outside the mansion, Qiao Anbang was personally greeting the generals who arrived at the door, accompanied by the guard regiment commander Wang Gensheng.

After everyone was sobbing, they all entered the mansion under Qiao Anbang's leadership.

After entering the mansion and waiting for everyone to settle down, Qiao Anbang said straight to the point: "Dear colleagues, the anti-Japanese situation in the country is now very good, but I think it is the most critical moment. At this time, it is the weakest and most exhausting time for the Japanese army. If we cannot seize the opportunity and completely defeat it in one go, once Japan recovers and wants to recover the lost territory and return it to the mountains and rivers, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky!"

After saying this, Qiao Anbang shouted loudly: "In order to adapt to the needs of the subsequent Anti-Japanese War, I decided to reorganize the troops under my 11th Army immediately. The specific reorganization is as follows:

On the basis of the original military strength, the First to Seventh Divisions of the former Hu Ben Army will all add a tank armored regiment and a self-propelled artillery and anti-aircraft artillery air defense regiment, which will be renamed the reorganized division, and at the same time..."

Qiao Anbang said this, and his eyes turned to Liu Guodong, the commander of the brigade of the last 8th Brigade on the right, and said with a plain expression: "From now on, the 8th Brigade will be expanded into the 8th Division. Like the first seven divisions, it is the main reorganization division, with three infantry regiments, artillery regiments, tank armor regiments, self-propelled artillery anti-aircraft artillery air defense regiments and baggage regiments. There are also one guard battalion directly under the division headquarters, one communication battalion, and one reconnaissance battalion, a total of eight regiment system, with a total force of about 24,000."

"Yes, thank you, Chief Executive!" Liu Guodong was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly stood up and saluted Qiao Anbang with an excited expression.

"You don't have to thank me for now! I'll be the first to say ugly things first. If you can't lead the reorganized Eighth Division well, I'll take you to the end. I'll give you half a year. The reorganized Eighth Division must form combat power! Didn't you hear it!" Qiao Anbang said seriously.

"Yes! Please rest assured to ensure that the task is completed! In half a year, our reorganized Eighth Division will never insult our Tiger Army!" Liu Guodong suppressed the excitement in his heart and patted his chest and promised.

Qiao Anbang nodded with satisfaction, and said to Li Pinxian, Zhang Yichun, Wei Yunsong and others: "Brother Heling. Regarding the reorganization of the 31st Army and the 48th Army, I intend to adapt them into the reorganized 9th and 10th Divisions in turn, with the same military equipment as the first eight divisions. What do you think?"

"All follow the arrangements of the chief officer!" Li Pinxian and others said in unison.

"Okay, from now on, the above two armies will start to adapt. I will allocate all the weapons and equipment required. The division commander will still be served by General Zhang Yichun and General Wei Yunsong respectively. As for the officers below the division, Brother Heling, you can discuss and decide, and then report it to me!" Qiao Anbang said immediately.

"Well, I understand!" Li Pinxian was also very calm. Qiao Anbang never wanted to strip away his original troops of control, nor did he want to undermine them. This touched Li Pinxian's former Guangxi generals, including Wei Yunsong and Zhang Yichun.

In fact, Qiao Anbang had other concerns in his mind. After fully enjoying the superior treatment and excellent weapons and equipment of the various divisions of the Hu Ben Army and improving the benefits and conveniences of powerful logistics, the ordinary officers and soldiers of the former 11th Army probably had already regarded themselves as part of the Hu Ben Army.

Even if their boss wants to pull them to rebel, it depends on whether the ordinary officers and soldiers agree. Whether they are willing to follow them to risk beheading, abandon generous military pay, complete logistics and medical support, and strong ground and air firepower guarantee to leave the Hu Ben Army and betray Qiao Anbang.

Moreover, Li Pinxian's troops controlled only two divisions, and the troops directly under Qiao Anbang's direct line have eight reorganized divisions, which have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength. Not to mention that Li Pinxian and Zhang Yichun have no unfair intentions, even if they really have unfair intentions, Qiao Anbang doesn't have to worry at all.

Announced the reorganization of all infantry units of the 11th Army. Qiao Anbang said to Zhang Xudong, the commander of the Armored Brigade who had been waiting a little anxiously, and said: "Xudong, your armored brigade will be expanded into an armored division from now on. For the ** combat troops directly under the command of the Group Army, in addition to fully replacing the tanks and combat vehicles of your armored brigade to the tank armored regiments of each division, you must also equip your armored division with anti-aircraft artillery regiments and self-propelled artillery regiments!"

"You will continue to serve as the commander of the armored division!"

After saying that, Qiao Anbang said to everyone: "In addition, the army must continue to expand and expand more than ten reorganized divisions. In addition, it is necessary to recruit knowledgeable young and middle-aged people to join the army on a large scale!"

"Ten more divisions need to be expanded?" Everyone couldn't help but gasp after hearing this. If the 11th Army recruited all the troops according to the organization announced by Qiao Anbang just now, the strength of the ten reorganized divisions alone would reach an astonishing 240,000 to 50,000. In addition to the Air Force, Tank Armored Division, and huge logistics personnel, the total number of the 11th Army directly exceeded 400,000.

Now Qiao Anbang is still expanding ten reorganized divisions, so the 11th Army may no longer be called the Army, and it should be the Front Army.

"General Director, it may be difficult to recruit more than 200,000 qualified soldiers based on most of the four provinces in Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong and Henan that we are now controlling?" Li Pinxian questioned.

"Insufficient soldiers?" Qiao Anbang smiled slightly and shook his head and said, "Brother Heling, you underestimate the potential of the military source of the four provinces in the Central Plains!"

In the original War of Resistance, Sichuan alone exported millions of strong men. Now the Hu Ben Army has all Anhui and most of Shandong, as well as Jiangsu and Henan. The population base has long exceeded tens of millions, and it is no problem to expand the army at will. Especially Henan, which is China's historical hinterland of the Central Plains, with a dense population of the country, and is the largest province in the country. Although Qiao Anbang has not yet fully controlled the entire Henan Province, the population base of Henan is also amazing.

Therefore, Qiao Anbang expanded ten more reorganized divisions, so he didn't have to worry about the source of troops at all.

"If the troops are insufficient, I will drive Tang Enbo out of Shandong. I worked hard to kill the Japanese. Tang Enbo ran over to seize the fruits of our victory, and really regarded himself as the emperor's disciple of the Imperial Army?" Qiao Anbang blurted out.

Li Pinxian changed color slightly when he heard this, and pulled Qiao Anbang's right hand to signal him to be cautious. Unexpectedly, Qiao Anbang said louder: "Brother Heling, you don't have to persuade me. The current National Government is so unbearable. Tang Enbo is a thing standing in a pit and not shit. He is not very good at fighting Japanese devils, but he is very active in grabbing territory. Keeping him in Shandong will make the local people suffer! So, two months later, he must be squeezed out of Shandong!"

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Chongqing, Huangshan official residence.

Chairman Jiang, who was actively preparing to move the capital, learned that Qiao Anbang led his army back to China in triumphantly, while secretly scolding the Japanese for being incompetent. Why did they fail to eliminate Qiao Anbang on the four islands of Japan? He also said to Wang Shihe and Chen Cheng: "Tell Tang Enbo, keep an eye on Qiao Anbang's troops. At the same time, he told Gu Zhutong that he should also strengthen the defense north of the Yangtze River. He also told Hu Zongnan that Henan and Shaanxi must not let Qiao Anbang get involved. If the Hu Ben Army has any abnormal movements, immediately surround it on three sides. After the Japanese in Jiangnan are dealt with, I will immediately transfer Xue Yue to the north to reinforce it!"

"Please rest assured that the deployment of the Third War Zone, the First War Zone and the Fifth War Zone were all deployed according to your instructions, and there is absolutely no mistake. However, I received news that Qiao Anbang's troops were recruiting large-scale soldiers in Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong and eastern Henan a few days ago!" Dai Li said with his head down.

"What? Are you still recruiting soldiers? Niang Xipi, the total strength of Qiao Anbang's 11th Army has exceeded 100,000. What else do he want to do? He still wants to expand his army? It's absolutely not possible!" Chairman Jiang was furious when he heard this. The 100,000 Tiger Ben Army had already made him very afraid. Now Qiao Anbang wants to continue expanding his army, which is so great?

"Commissioner, I suggest that we should immediately stop the attack on Shanghai, hit the absolute superior forces of the fifth, first, third, and ninth war zone, and completely blockade Qiao Anbang's base to curb its rapid development! Otherwise, in time, it will become a big problem, and it will be even more difficult to solve it!" Dai Li suggested gloomyly that last time Qiao Anbang made his son Chairman Jiang suffer a great loss and almost lost his official position. Dai Li is now so angry that he hates Qiao Anbang, and he wishes he could not get rid of it.

"Stop the attack on Shanghai?" Chairman Jiang pondered for a while, then waved his hand and rejected: "No, if you don't take advantage of the great opportunity to recover Shanghai in one go, it will be difficult for the Japanese army to recover! Moreover, if Shanghai is no longer restored, Nanjing will always be under the Japanese army's military front, so Shanghai must be recaptured and restored, no matter how much the price it costs!"

Dai Li nodded and said nothing. He still dared not disobey Chairman Jiang's decision, for fear of causing trouble to Principal Jiang, and to settle his new and old accounts together, then Dai Li's good life will be over.

"Committee, if there is nothing else, the student will take his leave first!" Dai Li said respectfully.

"Yes!" Chairman Jiang nodded, and then suddenly said: "Wait, I will ask you to monitor Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi. Since Qiao Anbang returned, have they done any abnormal behavior?"

What Chairman Jiang is most afraid of now is that Li Bai and Qiao join forces to form a national government, which will definitely be very detrimental to him. Chairman Jiang will never sit idly by and watch such a thing happen, so he ordered Dai Li to insert the spy to Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi at all costs.

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