After watching the shooting in the arsenal and encouraging the personnel in the arsenal, Liu Hua and others left the headquarters and walked to the brigade headquarters. Along the way, everyone was very happy, because now the independent brigade has its own
Independent heavy weapons, not only that, after understanding the scale of the current arsenal, and knowing that the arsenal can produce ammunition if there are sufficient raw materials, everyone can't hide their joy on their faces.
Just when everyone had not recovered from the joy of the arsenal, a telegram was sent from the headquarters, making the headquarters excited again.
"The headquarters is very pleased to learn that your department has established a strong base in eastern Shanxi. Now your department has requested to increase the number of troops. After discussion at the headquarters, your situation was reported to the central government. It has attracted great attention from the central government. According to the central government's order,
Approved the formation of three main regiments of your department, and there is no limit to the number of local garrison regiments. In addition, because your department has established a firm foothold in eastern Shanxi through consecutive battles and victories, the central government ordered the establishment of the eastern Shanxi Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Base Area, under the jurisdiction of the former independent
The three main regiments of the brigade and the three new main regiments, the commander of the base area Liu Hua, the political commissar Guan Xiangying, the chief of staff, Li Qing... The remaining personnel were appointed by the party committee of the base area and submitted to the headquarters for approval. Since the establishment of the base area, the independent brigade has been separated
The establishment of the 120th Division is directly under the command of the headquarters...The commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, Zhu De, and the deputy commander-in-chief, Peng Dehuai."
After the political commissar Guan finished reading the telegram, the entire headquarters was silent. What was the concept? He would be directly under the headquarters in the future. The current independent brigade has almost caught up with the three main divisions of the Eighth Route Army in terms of status.
"Commander Liu, congratulations, we have been promoted again." The political commissar broke the silence and said with a smile.
"Haha, political commissar, I have been promoted, but the burden on my shoulders is heavier." Liu Hua also smiled, but his heart was extremely excited. Now he has finally come forward. Liu Hua thought secretly.
After everyone calmed down, Liu Hua picked up the telegram, thought for a while and said: "Comrades, now that we have established a base area, our burden will be heavier in the future. The headquarters has just approved us to add three regiments."
Establishment, I now order the three regiments to be the New 1st Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment, and the New 3rd Regiment. Also, a few days ago I discussed with the political commissar and the Chief of Staff that the issue of reducing the troop establishment must also be put on the agenda. It cannot be
Time wasted. Now I give an order: The pacification garrison has now been formed. The garrison is required to take over the villages where the three main regiments were originally stationed. All personnel of the three main regiments will return to the establishment. This matter will be completed in two days. On the 10th
The headquarters holds a meeting of all cadres at the company level and above, and all cadres must attend the meeting. The main content of the meeting is about the establishment of the troops and the construction of base areas."
Liu Hua took a sip of water and then said: "Political Commissar, when will the local cadres sent by the headquarters arrive?"
"According to the telegram from headquarters, there are still two days left."
"Okay, order a company of guards to go and respond. After the local cadres arrive, the political commissar will immediately arrange work for them and withdraw all our military cadres. I can be useful."
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After the meeting, Liu Hua returned to his room and began to write his own base construction methods based on the construction experience of later generations of base areas. Of course, the most effective methods of base area defense, tunnels and mines, Liu Hua did not forget, and he thought of a few
A few months later, when the Japanese were about to launch a raid, Liu Hua accelerated his writing speed.
After a day and night of busy work, I have finished writing about the construction of the base area. In the draft, Liu Hua focused on the use of tunnel warfare, mine warfare, sparrow warfare... tactics in the base area, and repeatedly emphasized the food reserves and personnel reserves in the base area.
Supplies reserves... to prepare for future sweeps.
Two days later, the establishment meeting of the base area was successfully held. In the early stage of the establishment meeting, the army personnel held a reorganization meeting. It was this meeting that laid the foundation for the three main regiments of the independent brigade and the framework of the three new regiments. The meeting
The meeting was very successful. Since everyone was informed of the time in advance, the leaders of the three main regiments did not have any objections, and the reorganization of the troops was carried out very quickly.
The brigade has a total of six regiments, each with 1,500 people. The regiment has a heavy firepower company. The leaders of the three new regiments are the deputy commander, deputy political commissar, and deputy battalion commander of the three main regiments... serving as soldiers.
Compress the remaining personnel of the three main regiments to form the backbone of the three new regiments, and supplement some of the personnel of the new regiments. Now each new regiment only needs to set up a shelf and train the existing recruits well. The new regiments will be deployed throughout the entire base area.
Recruiting new recruits within...
In the afternoon, colorful flags were flying everywhere in the training ground next to Zhangjiazhuang. Representatives from many villages were sent to participate in the meeting. In the middle, some members of the six main regiments of the Independent Brigade sat neatly, one square and one square, sitting in the chairman's chair.
In front of the stage, in front of the troops, captured mountain artillery, heavy machine guns, and light machine guns were placed in rows, which was very impressive. Representatives of each village sat on both sides of the troops. There was laughter and laughter everywhere.
Since the Independence Brigade had captured a large number of Japanese cotton-padded clothes, in this winter when other troops were short of clothing and food, the soldiers of the Independent Brigade neatly wore Japanese cotton-padded clothes that had been re-dyed in the base area. They were all in high spirits, as if they were undergoing a review.
Same, sit upright.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting was held on time. Liu Hua slowly walked into the venue with the leaders of the party, government and military in the base area. Suddenly, the entire venue was drowned in waves of applause.
Just yesterday, the base area received local cadres who rushed to the base area from the headquarters and replaced all the military cadres in each village. At the same time, the political commissar also handed over the position of county magistrate to Comrade Xiao Ping, who had just arrived, because Xiao Ping is
The top leader who led the team this time had rich experience in base area construction in the original Soviet area and had been a member of the provincial party committee. Therefore, the arrival of Comrade Xiao Ping changed the base area party committee members from the original three to the current five.
One person. The other person was Comrade Wang Daoguang, the director of the Logistics Department sent by the headquarters to the base area to take charge of logistics. With the arrival of the two of them, Liu Hua and others obviously felt that their burdens had become lighter.
After the five people were seated, the political commissar stood up and spoke, waved his hands, and after the applause stopped, he began to announce the proceedings of the meeting. First, the political commissar read out the resolution on the Party Central Committee's establishment of the Shanxi base area. After the reading was completed, the entire venue erupted.
Warm applause...
Next came the speech of Liu Hua, the commander of the base area. Liu Hua stood up, and the applause that had just stopped rang again. You know, Liu Hua and his independent brigade have been here for less than a month, but the team has been completely
It is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, especially the Eighth Route Army's strict military discipline, kindness to others, constant attack on the Japanese, and victory in every fight. The current Eighth Route Army has been deeply ingrained in the hearts of the people in eastern Shanxi. Similarly, the soldiers below also have deep feelings for themselves.
The brigade commander had a look of admiration on his face, because most of these soldiers were captured by Liu Hua during the Long March. Now they have become the Red Army and the Eighth Route Army, constantly fighting against the Japanese. Many of them have been promoted to platoon leaders because of their military exploits.
Commander,... everyone was extremely grateful to this brigade commander who brought them rebirth, so everyone applauded desperately...
After the applause stopped, "Comrades, fellow countrymen, hello everyone, starting from today, our Shandong base area has been established. This is the trust placed in us by the Party Central Committee, so we cannot let it down... Liu Hua spoke affectionately for half of
For an hour, during this half hour, no one spoke. Many cadres and soldiers picked up notebooks and pens and kept recording. After Liu Hua finished speaking, the entire venue was still quiet. Liu Hua looked at the records inexplicably.
Everyone, until a soldier applauded, broke the silence of the venue, and another burst of overwhelming applause came...
Then, the political commissar followed the procedure and rewarded those who had performed meritorious service in the recent troops. For several soldiers who had performed special meritorious service, Liu Huaqingzi put big red flowers on their heads and encouraged them one by one. Among them, those who had performed special meritorious service
Among the personnel was Comrade Liu Bo, the director of the arsenal who had just joined the Eighth Route Army. Liu Hua walked up to him, quietly saluted a military salute, and put a big red flower on Liu Bo's chest. "Comrade Liu Bo,
In view of the fact that your arsenal developed the Thunderbolt and made a huge contribution to our Eighth Route Army. After reporting it to the headquarters and reporting the production method to the central government, it attracted great attention from the superiors. You are specially awarded special merit and first-class merit for the entire arsenal.
After listening to Liu Hua's words, Liu Bo looked at the brigade commander in front of him excitedly. He had no idea that just a few days after joining the army, he had led the arsenal personnel to achieve special merits that others could only dream of. He couldn't help but shed tears...
Liu Hua walked up to the rostrum and looked at the patches of red flowers in front of him. His eyes were red because he thought of the martyrs who had followed him on the anti-Japanese battlefield but were now thousands of miles apart. Liu Hua suddenly made a thought.
What did I decide? I stood up and shouted excitedly to the venue.
"Comrades, in order to establish this base area, our brigade has sacrificed hundreds of people. Now I order everyone to hold guns, salute the sacrificed martyrs, and fire a gun." "Bang..." A gunshot
The sound broke the atmosphere of the venue, and everyone's face was full of seriousness.
"Fight the Japanese imperialists and drive the Japanese out." Seeing the unusually emotional meeting place, the political commissar took the lead and shouted loudly.
Suddenly, loud slogans rang out throughout the venue.
The entire meeting also ended with this exciting slogan. After the meeting, in addition to the various units and representatives returning to their bases, the heads of each regiment and some important local cadres in the base area were left behind to prepare for the meeting prepared by Liu Hua in the evening.
, discuss the application of mine warfare and tunnel warfare in actual combat and future key construction tasks in the base area...