In March 1937, in order to cope with the increasingly severe anti-Japanese war situation in North China and East China, the Central Committee and the Military Commission made major adjustments to the People's Liberation Army..com

First, the Military Commission decided to reorganize the First Army, the Third, Sixth, and Seventh Army, currently directly under the Military Commission in North China. After the reorganization, the numbers of the First, Third, Sixth, and Seventh Army were cancelled and combined into the Fifth Field Army.

The first, third, sixth and seventh armies were respectively adapted into the 51st, 52nd, 53rd and 54th armies.

After the combined organization, the military strength of each army was also fine-tuned, and the personnel of the Fifty-first Army were assigned to 150,000 people.

The 52nd, the 53rd, and the 54th Army each group of troops was organized into 100,000 people. Together with the direct troops of the field army, the total strength of the Fifth Field Army reached 500,000 people.

The Military Commission appointed Xun Huaizhou as the commander of the Fifth Field Army, Luo Ronghuan as the political commissar of the Fifth Field Army, Chen Geng as the deputy commander of the Fifth Field Army and commander of the 51st Group Army, Zhang Xueliang as the deputy commander of the Fifth Field Army, Wang Ruchi as the chief of staff of the Fifth Field Army, Yang Hucheng as the commander of the Fifth Field Army, Song Zheyuan as the commander of the Fifth Field Army, and Huang Ying as the specially transferred to the commander of the Fifth Fourth Army.

At the same time, the Military Commission decided to split the Fourth Field Army. The former Fourth Field Army stationed in Shandong, Henan, and the four armies and the direct troops of the field army were still organized into the Fourth Field Army.

The former northwestern troops of the Fourth Field Army were 180,000. After the expansion, they were organized into the Sixth Field Army. The total number of the expanded Sixth Field Army was 260,000, and they were under the jurisdiction of three armies. Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army, also served as the commander of the Sixth Field Army, He Long served as the political commissar of the Sixth Field Army, and Zeng Zhongsheng was appointed as the chief of staff.

After the establishment of the Fifth and Sixth Field Army, the Chinese coalition government divided the country into seven war zones in order to better lead and command the national war of resistance.

The First Field Army and the Military Commission directly under the Fourth and Fifth Army formed the First War Zone troops, appointed Lin Shuai, commander of the First Field Army, and unified the leadership of the First War Zone's War War. The main combat scope includes Guangdong, Hunan and Guangxi (including Hainan Island). The main forces went out to the junction of Guangdong and Guangdong and Min, preparing for the possible invasion of the Japanese army in South China.

The Second Field Army and the Second Army directly under the Military Commission formed the Second War Zone troops, with Liu Bocheng, commander of the Second Field Army, also serving as the Commander of the Second War Zone. He unified the war of resistance in the southwest region and was mainly responsible for the battles in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Xikang, Tibet and other places. At the same time, the Second Field Army also served as the strategic reserve for the entire army. From the beginning of 1937, the main force of the Second Field Army gradually began to fight in eastern Sichuan, directly aiming at Hubei and Henan on the front line, ready to support the battles of the Third Field, Fourth Field and Fifth Field at any time.

The Third Field Army formed the Third War Zone troops, with Su Yu, commander of the Third Field Army, also serving as the Commander of the Second War Zone. He unified the Anti-Japanese War in the Third War Zone and was mainly responsible for the operations in Jiangxi, Hubei, Anhui and Zhejiang actual control areas.

The Fourth Field Army formed the Fourth War Zone troops, and Xu Xiangqian, commander of the Fourth Field Army, also served as the commander of the Fourth War Zone. He unified the leadership of the Anti-Japanese War in the Fourth War Zone, and was mainly responsible for the operations in Shandong, Henan and other places.

The Fifth Field Army formed the Fifth War Zone troops, and Xun Huaizhou, commander of the Fifth Field Army, also served as the Commander of the Fifth War Zone. They unified the leadership of the Fifth War Zone's War War and were mainly responsible for the operations in North China such as Hebei, Shanxi, Chahar, and Pingjin.

The Sixth Field Army formed the Sixth War Zone troops, with Peng Dehuai, commander of the Sixth Field Army, also serving as the Commander of the Sixth War Zone. He unified the Anti-Japanese War in the Sixth War Zone, and was mainly responsible for the operations in Shaanxi, Qinghai, Ningxia, Gansu, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and other places. At the same time, the main forces of the Sixth Field Army began to leave the junction of Inner Mongolia and Chahar, ready to support the North China operations of the Fifth Field Army in the first phase of the War of Resistance.

The Kuomintang government forces formed the Seventh War Zone, with Chiang Kai-shek, commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang's three armies, also serving as the commander of the Seventh War Zone, responsible for commanding the War of Resistance in the areas actually controlled by the Kuomintang, including Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, etc.

The local troops were under the unified leadership of the theater commander, and the navy and the air force were under the direct leadership of the Military Commission. At that time, with the recommendation of Xun Huaizhou, Xiao Jinguang was transferred to the navy commander, and Liu Yalou was also transferred to the air force commander.

At the same time, in order to cope with the future crisis of the War of Resistance Against Japan, our party set the areas of Hunan Province except for western Hunan as the rear government transfer and training area of ​​the Kuomintang government and the army.

The Kuomintang government and military headquarters are allowed to set up rear bases in Hunan to strengthen the depth of the anti-Japanese war, but the main force shall not be withdrawn to the hinterland of Hunan.

The Fifth Army, which was originally stationed in Hunan, retreated to Changde, western Hunan, and garrisoned on the front line of Jieshou and Zhangjiajie. Other areas in Hunan are handed over to our local troops and the new Kuomintang army to jointly garrison.

At the same time, starting from 1937, the Kuomintang-ruled areas were mobilized to move the population of major cities into Jiangxi, Hunan and other places.

Due to the rapid development of the current economic situation in the **-controlled areas, a large number of eastern urban populations have attracted immigrants to the west.

Now, in ** and the Kuomintang have implemented active public transfer policies in Shanghai and other places in East China.

Therefore, the population of large cities in East China such as Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou and other regions has shifted to the western region, and these coastal areas have gradually become hollowed out.

After our army controlled the Pingjin area, the pace of withdrawing key factories, enterprises, education structures, commercial finance, personnel and equipment, cultural relics and ancient books in the Pingjin area to the northwest region has never stopped.

By the first half of 1937, the two famous cities in North China, Peking and Tianjin, had gradually become hollowed out, and many ordinary people also gradually moved to the western region because of large-scale relocation of enterprises and institutions.

In particular, the evacuation of cultural relics from Tsinghua University, Peking University and the Forbidden City were carried out under the personal inquiries and direct guidance of Xun Huaizhou. For this reason, the First Army has formulated a very detailed and appropriate plan.

It has also been unanimously agreed by teachers and students of the two universities and the Forbidden City cultural relics and treasures.

In fact, the hollowing-out strategy of major cities in East China and North China was suggested to the Chairman as early as the first half of 1936 and actively organized and implemented. In order to do so, this can play a role in strengthening the walls and clearing the fields of the Japanese invaders.

Even if Japanese imperialism could occupy several of our cities in the early stages of the War of Resistance Against Japan, it would have to have only empty cities without any logistics supplies.

More importantly, in order to prevent the vicious Japanese devils from being severely damaged by our army and suffering heavy casualties, they will only get the city after being killed or killed. This will lead to animality, and crazy massacres like the Nanjing Massacre in these cities will occur in later generations. The hollowing of coastal cities must also be implemented.

Xunhuaizhou from later generations absolutely does not allow ethnic and human tragedies like the Nanjing Massacre to occur again.

To this end, our party formulated a slogan for immigration to the west: not abandon every mass or every people.

To this end, an extremely meticulous and meticulous war immigration plan has been formulated in the western region since 1936.

In the plan, all urban residents in the wartime firefighting area will be successfully immigrated to the western cities that are fully prepared.

In the vast rural areas, this adopts a policy of persuading the transfer of people and retaining personnel to armed forces.

In the vast rural areas, a large number of militias and guerrillas were organized, and large-scale tunnel construction was carried out in the North China Plain. At the same time, a large number of armed forces were sent to lead and educate the people to use tunnels and mountainous terrain to carry out armed self-defense.

Of course, this huge plan has brought great pressure to the actual control area of ​​our party. However, in order to ensure the safety of the lives and property of the people, Xunhuaizhou is willing to do it even if it is under great pressure.

Besides, with the strong financial support of Zhou Tao's control of the forces, Xunhuaizhou believes that the motherland will definitely be able to overcome difficulties and move towards glory.

When Xun Huaizhou proposed this plan, many opposition voices appeared within the party and the government, believing that this plan consumed financial resources and material resources, adding too much pressure to the western region, and it was uncertain when the Anti-Japanese War broke out. Such large-scale immigration was not conducive to economic construction in the coastal areas.

However, the firm support of the Chairman and several major leaders of our party, coupled with Zhou Jiayi's practical actions, has proved that it can provide great financial and material support to our rear.

Therefore, the plan proposed by Xunhuaizhou was finally successfully passed and implemented.

Starting from 1937, military equipment also spread frequently. In February 1937, under the joint research and development of cutting-edge military personnel controlled by Botao Company and the Qilin organization, the new area main battle tank provided by Zhou Tao with design ideas and main design blueprints was successfully developed and formulated in the Qinling Special Vehicle Manufacturing Factory.

This latest tank in the world, which is successfully developed based on the future generations of the United States m1a1 in Huaizhou, is far ahead of the current era, and is far ahead of the current era.

In order to develop this tank, we almost used the world's most top technological power today. At the same time, Zhou Tao led the Qilin organization to repeatedly tackle key problems, and finally successfully established the war before the full outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. This made Xun Huaizhou and Zhou Tao feel very excited.

Similarly, the news reached the Chairman's ears, which made the Chairman feel very happy. Although all the data of this main battle tank is in an extremely strict confidential state, the tank's main combat performance and its important role in the future anti-Japanese battlefield were reported to the Chairman by Xun Huaizhou.

When the Chairman fully understood the performance of this tank and the performance of major tanks in other countries in the world today, he was deeply shocked. The Chairman also found it incredible that Botao Company and the current military and scientific and technological workers in my country were able to develop such an advanced main battle tank.

Finally, Xun Huaizhou explained that this was the result achieved by Botao Company that concentrated the world's most excellent scientific and technological strength and took more than a year to conduct concentrated research and development. Xun Huaizhou certainly would not tell the Chairman that this was mainly the role of the detailed information of the mature main battle tanks in Zhou Tao's brain from later generations.

Immediately, this tank was officially named the China Type 1 main battle tank by the Military Commission. It was decided to produce it with full strength in the main military factories of the entire army.
Chapter completed!