Chapter 46: Crazy Expansion (Part 1)

  Wang Qingya was concentrating on cutting the donkey meat when she suddenly heard a strange noise, "Gulu gulu" "Gulu gulu", like the sound of a toad in the fields.

  Wang Qingya had lived in the city since she was a child and came from a family of scholars, so she was very sensitive to these things and also very afraid. After looking around left and right, she didn't find anything, and Wang Qingya's heart slightly relaxed.

  It seemed as if she had sensed something, Wang Qingya subconsciously raised her head to look towards the door, only to see her future husband standing at the door, staring intently at her.

  Wang Qingya let out a cry of "ah" and, in her tension, the knife in her hand accidentally cut into her own finger, opening up a wound about one centimeter long. Fresh blood dripped from the wound.

  Seeing this clumsy woman actually cut her own finger, Chen Feng hurried in to check. He grabbed Wang Qingya's injured left hand and took a look, fortunately the wound was not deep, but it had already bled.

  "The wound is not deep, stop the bleeding first, then disinfect and apply medicine. It will be fine in two days. However, you need to pay attention for these two days, the wound cannot get wet, and don't even think about going into the kitchen." Chen Feng said.

  Her hand was caught by the scoundrel husband, Wang Qingya's face suddenly turned bright red, and her heart was also messed up. Chen Feng said something that she didn't hear at all, and she just responded unconsciously.

  But seeing Chen Feng still being quite anxious about himself, and seeing that he rushed in at the first sign of his own injury, Wang Qingya's heart felt inexplicably sweet.

  There is medicine at home. After treating the wound, the two of them returned to the kitchen again because Wang Qingya said she wanted to send the finished huoshao to her mother-in-law's room.

  "Do you get up this early every day?"

  "Uh, Grandpa and Grandma get up very early every day. If they're late, they'll just have something to eat and then go busy themselves, so I can only get up early to do it." Wang Qingya said.

  "I see that your roasted glutinous rice balls are quite well done. How did you learn to make them? As a young lady from a scholarly family living in the city, how could you possibly know how to make such snacks, and yet they're so authentic?" asked Chen Feng.

  "My maternal grandfather is from Baoding, Hebei Province. Our family used to sell shaobing (a type of Chinese pancake), and my grandfather was a famous shaobing master in Baoding. Every year, my sister and I would go to our grandfather's house for one or two months, often helping him make shaobing. After a long time, we also learned how to do it."

  "Haha, it's good that you have a skill, so when our family can't make ends meet here, we'll escape to another place and open a roast shop. You can be the head chef and support our whole family with your skills, no problem!" Chen Feng joked.

  "You're the garrison commander of Xinghe, oh right, now you should be a division commander, how can you not make ends meet? Moreover, even if you really can't make ends meet, it's you, the master of the house, who supports us small women, how can we support you, wouldn't that make you a freeloader?"

  "Haha, eating soft rice is great, being able to eat soft rice is also a skill. However, you said something wrong just now, this superior of mine is just an empty shell, the chairman and General Yan promised to give me money, guns, and soldiers, but until now I haven't seen anything, it's like giving a blank check, a moon in the water, a flower in the mirror, can't be taken as real."

  "What's this 'empty check' thing?" Wang Qingya asked in confusion.

  Chen Feng slapped his forehead. In this era, checks had already appeared, but their application was not very widespread, so many people did not understand such things and had never even heard of the term. Chen Feng smiled and said: "It's a kind of silver ticket used by foreigners. By signing your name, you can exchange it for cash at the bank. It's a certificate. A blank check refers to one that cannot be exchanged for cash, i.e., a check that cannot be cashed, which is a metaphor for an unfulfilled promise."

  "Is that so? Would Chairman Chiang and General Yan renege on their debt?"

  "This won't do, I'm now a model set up by them, this kind of thing shouldn't happen. However, the efficiency of those bureaucrats in the Military Affairs Department of the National Government and the Second War Zone Headquarters is really not worthy of praise. By the time they get things to me, the little devils will have already flattened Xinghe."

  "Then can't you urge them on and make them fulfill their promise a bit faster?" Wang Qingya said.

  Chen Feng smiled wryly: "Others are big temples, and it's already good that they allow a half-ordained monk like me to come in and beg for alms. You're still complaining about the speed of the vegetarian meal?"

  "What can we do? I've heard the Japanese are very powerful, and apart from the four northeastern provinces, they have also occupied Beiping, Tianjin, and nearly half of North China. The Nationalist troops have all retreated, can your small security team really defeat them?" Wang Qingya asked worriedly.

  "We can't defeat them, but if we don't want to be slaves of a defeated nation, we have to fight those bastards to the end. But it's not that easy for those little devils to eliminate me." Chen Feng said confidently.

  Confident men are the most charming, Wang Qingya looked at Chen Feng with some surprise. She suddenly felt that Chen Feng was very unfamiliar, was this still the same Chen Feng who had flirted with her on the street a few months ago and almost stripped her naked? During this time, she also quietly inquired about her future husband, although those vendors all spoke vaguely, but almost no one said that Chen Jia Dashi was a good person, his bad reputation far exceeded Wang Qingya's expectations.

  But now, this scoundrel of a husband looks like a hero no matter how you look at him. Every word he says is so philosophical that it makes people feel their blood boiling with excitement without realizing it.

  After having breakfast with his mother, Chen Feng took Chen Tiewu and others to the military camp. Last night, Chen Feng issued an order that all battalion-level and above officers of various troops would have a meeting at the headquarters at 8 o'clock this morning.

  Upon arriving at the command center's conference room, it was already packed with people. As soon as they saw Chen Feng enter, everyone immediately stood up and loudly said: "Greetings, Commander"

  "Sit down," Chen Feng said briefly.

  "Now I read out the order from above: The Shanxi-Suiyuan Independent 7th Brigade has won numerous battles, heavily defeating the enemy in the Tianzhen battle and killing Japanese general Sakai Koji. According to the Military Affairs Department of the Republic of China Order No. 2396, effective immediately, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Independent 7th Brigade is upgraded to the National Revolutionary Army Independent 222nd Division. Chen Feng, former commander of the Independent 7th Brigade, is appointed Major General and division commander, Li Wensheng as Colonel and deputy division commander, Yang Yi as Colonel and chief of staff. The commanders of each regiment under the 222nd Division will be appointed by the division itself and reported to the Second War Zone Command and the Military Affairs Department for filing. September 9th, 1937."

  "After reading the order, Chen Feng continued: 'This is an order from the Military Affairs Department of the National Government three days ago. According to the order of the Military Affairs Department, our security team will be upgraded to a division-level military unit immediately, with a standard of a second-class division, under which there are two infantry brigades and four infantry regiments, with a total of over 12,000 people in the whole division.'"

  Although the Military Affairs Department only gave us the 222nd Division two brigades and four regiments, the division commander does not plan to reorganize the troops in this way. Now I will read out the reorganization plan of the troops and the appointment plan of officers: With the Security First Regiment as the backbone, the 222nd Division's 222nd Brigade was established, with three infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, and one machine gun regiment under its jurisdiction. In addition, there are one guard battalion, one engineer battalion, one reconnaissance battalion, one logistics battalion, one communication company, and one field dressing station. The entire brigade has 12,900 people.

  The original commander of the Security First Regiment, Li Wensheng, serves as the commander of the 222nd Brigade. The original deputy commander of the Cavalry Corps, Andrei, serves as the deputy commander of the 222nd Brigade. The original chief of staff of the Cavalry Corps Headquarters, Zhang Zhigang, serves as the brigade's chief of staff.

  The original first battalion commander of the Security First Regiment, Li Bin, serves as the commander of the First Regiment. The original second battalion commander of the Security First Regiment, Hu Tiesheng, serves as the commander of the Second Regiment. The original third battalion commander of the Security First Regiment, Wang Hansheng, serves as the commander of the Third Regiment.

  The original machine gun battalion commander of the Security First Regiment, Li Jianhua, serves as the commander of the Machine Gun Regiment. The original commander of the Cavalry First Regiment, Poposha, serves as the commander of the Cavalry Regiment.

  The original guard company commander of the Security First Regiment, Sun Guodong, serves as the commander of the Guard Battalion. The original engineer company commander of the Security First Regiment, Wang Changsuo, serves as the commander of the Engineer Battalion. The original reconnaissance company commander of the Security First Regiment, Hai Liang, serves as the commander of the Reconnaissance Battalion.

  The original logistics company commander of the Security First Regiment, Chen Daniu, serves as the commander of the Logistics Battalion.

  The 222nd Division's 223rd Brigade was formed with the Security Third Regiment as its backbone. The 223rd Brigade had the same organizational structure as the 222nd Brigade. Li Yifeng, the original commander of the Security Third Regiment, served as the brigade commander of the 223rd Brigade. Xu Caifu, the original chief of staff of the Security Third Regiment, served as the deputy brigade commander and chief of staff. Wang Jiming, the original commander of the First Battalion of the Security Third Regiment, served as the commander of the First Regiment. Liu Haoliang, the original commander of the Second Battalion of the Security Third Regiment, served as the commander of the Second Regiment. Ma Xiong, the original commander of the Third Battalion of the Security Third Regiment, served as the commander of the Third Regiment. Ao Rige La, the original commander of the Machine Gun Battalion of the Security Third Regiment, served as the commander of the Artillery Regiment. Ge Ri Le Tu, the original commander of the Second Cavalry Regiment, served as the commander of the Cavalry Regiment. Xu Liansheng, the original commander of the Guard Company of the Security Third Regiment, served as the commander of the Guard Battalion. Li Erwa, the original commander of the Engineer Company of the Security Third Regiment, served as the commander of the Engineer Battalion. Tie Xiong, the original commander of the Reconnaissance Company of the Security Third Regiment, served as the commander of the Reconnaissance Battalion. Zhu Xiashui, the original commander of the Logistics Company of the First Regiment of the Security First Regiment, served as the commander of the Logistics Battalion.

  The Base Security Brigade was established with the 2nd Security Regiment as its backbone. Xu Hu, the original commander of the 2nd Security Regiment, served as the brigade commander, while Zhou Haisheng, the original deputy commander of the 2nd Security Regiment, served as the deputy brigade commander. The original chief of staff of the 2nd Security Regiment served as the chief of staff and director of the political department of the brigade.

  Lin Yong, the original commander of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Security Regiment, served as the commander of the 1st Regiment, while Chen Haitao, the original commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Security Regiment, served as the commander of the 2nd Regiment. Chen Bing, the original commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Security Regiment, served as the commander of the 3rd Regiment.

  Xu Lang, the original commander of the Machine Gun Battalion of the 2nd Security Regiment, served as the commander of the Artillery Regiment. Hai Rihan, the original deputy commander of the 1st Cavalry Regiment, served as the commander of the Cavalry Regiment.

  Niu Hu, the original commander of the Guard Company of the 2nd Security Regiment, served as the commander of the Guard Battalion. Chen Youliang, the original commander of the Engineer Company of the 2nd Security Regiment, served as the commander of the Engineer Battalion. Mo Rigen, the original commander of the Reconnaissance Company of the 2nd Security Regiment, served as the commander of the Reconnaissance Battalion.

  Wu Yanming, the original commander of the Logistics Company of the 2nd Security Regiment, served as the commander of the Logistics Battalion.

  "Yelena, the former commander of the cavalry, was promoted to deputy division commander. The division directly established a guard regiment, an artillery regiment, an air defense regiment, and a special warfare battalion. Li Daming, the original commander of the headquarters guard battalion, served as the commander of the guard regiment. Wen Hao, the original commander of the headquarters direct artillery battalion, served as the commander of the division's direct artillery regiment. Viktor, the former deputy commander of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, was appointed as the commander of the air defense regiment. Xu Bao, the original commander of the special warfare battalion, continued to serve as the commander of the special warfare battalion."