The training is open-ended and there is no confidentiality.
The main reason is that this tactic will be extended to the entire army in the near future, so there is no way to keep it secret and there is no need to keep it secret.
It cannot be kept secret because there are many spies and spies of the enemy in the Eighth Route Army. They will leak it no matter which unit is trained, let alone promote it to the entire army.
In fact, military-wide promotion and confidentiality are inherently contradictory. If confidentiality is forced, it is likely not only to fail to achieve the purpose of confidentiality, but also to affect the speed of promotion, and the gain will outweigh the loss.
There is no need to keep it secret because the stubborn army and the Japanese have their own mature tactics... Both actually use the German chain formation based on machine gun firepower, that is, the infantry spreads out on both sides of the machine gun to achieve firepower.
Play effectively.
Among them, the stubborn army is more complicated. He is equipped with German weapons, American weapons and Su weapons, so the corresponding tactics are also varied.
(Note: It is mainly German style. Its military advisors withdrew in 1938. The Soviet Arms Division formed by Mao Xiong’s military advisor is the most famous of which is the 200th Mechanized Infantry Division with Du Yuming as the division commander. This is my country’s first mechanized infantry division. Division, later led by Dai Anlan as division commander, went to Myanmar to fight, also known as the Chinese Expeditionary Force)
Under such circumstances, it is of course impossible for the recalcitrant soldiers and Japanese soldiers to learn the tactics of the Eighth Route Army and replace them entirely.
It is more likely that they were disdainful of the Eighth Route Army's crude tactics, or they were studying it to find loopholes.
Wang Xuexin tried two methods to train new recruits.
One is to disperse the soldiers of the seventh company as squad platoon leaders directly among the recruits, and the recruits will only serve as soldiers under the squad.
The advantage of this method is that it can be done quickly. It only requires necessary training at the squad level, and soon the troops can form various offensive formations.
The disadvantage is that veterans are needed as the backbone of the army. For example, if a squad, platoon, and company of four hundred recruits are supported by veterans, at least sixty veterans are needed to support them.
Of course it would be better to have more veterans...the extra veterans can serve as deputy squad leaders and team leaders, making things faster.
If there are not enough veterans, we can only look for another method, which is to use the "top-down and then bottom-up" training method like Wang Xuexin trained the Seventh Company.
In fact, these are not big problems. If there is any problem, it is that the tactics need to be further refined.
For example, when attacking, it can be divided into "one in front and two in back", "two in front and one in back", and even roundabout tactics must be used.
When defending, it must be divided into mountain reverse slope fortifications and plain field fortifications, etc.
If you continue to subdivide it, there are enemy contact, charge, surprise attack, night, etc.
In fact, the troops are doing these during battles and training, but they have added the "three-three system" to advance and retreat in an orderly manner, so they can get started quickly.
While practicing, Xie Baolin asked Wang Xuexin a little strangely: "Sir, has the Eighth Route Army used this tactic before? Why have I never seen it before?"
"Don't call me sir, call me comrade or company commander!" Wang Xuexin didn't even look at Xie Baolin: "This is the Eighth Route Army, not the founding army!"
"Yes, commander...company commander!" Xie Baolin couldn't change his mind for a while and seemed a little embarrassed.
The instructor explained on his behalf: "That's it, Comrade Xie Baolin, this is the first time we have used this tactic, and we are preparing to promote it. It's normal if you haven't seen it before!"
Then the instructor pulled Wang Xuexin aside and said: "Company Commander, your attitude is wrong. How can you use such a tone towards these surrendered comrades? This is likely to dampen their enthusiasm and ultimately cause great harm to the revolutionary work.
Bad negative effects…”
"Instructor!" Wang Xuexin interrupted the instructor: "I am already being polite. Is it possible that we still treat them as ancestors? Are we still begging them on our knees not to surrender or to become traitors?"
"Hey, that's not what I meant!" the instructor replied: "If they surrender again, they will be our enemies. But they are our comrades now! You are wrong to treat your comrades as potential enemies! In doing so, you are treating your comrades
If you push into the enemy's arms, more of them will develop in a bad direction in the end. Do you think this is the truth?"
Why doesn't Wang Xuexin know these principles?
In the process of China's victory, the puppet and stubborn armies surrendered and surrendered in batches and even in groups.
The fundamental reason is that the Eighth Route Army's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners was truly treated equally.
Otherwise, if there is still a little room for choice, why would the enemy prefer the side of the Eighth Route Army, which has more difficult conditions, worse equipment, and fewer troops?
But when this happened to him, Wang Xuexin found that everything is easier said than done, and he always felt awkward when facing these "comrades".
"Comrade Wang Xuexin!" Then the instructor persuaded with earnest words: "The superiors entrusted this unit to you for training, which is their trust in you. Look, didn't Xie Baoqing and others also become excellent soldiers under the leadership of the Independent Regiment?
?Don’t have any psychological burden..."
At this time Xie Baolin came up. He stood up and saluted in front of Wang Xuexin and said loudly: "Report to the company commander, I know you have thoughts about us! We did have a few lives under our men and owed a blood debt. But we were forced!"
If you want to be held accountable..."
After saying that, Xie Baolin took out the pistol from his waist and handed it to Wang Xuexin with both hands, saying: "Please shoot me, company commander. I, Xie Baolin, will never complain!"
Not wanting Xie Baolin's soldiers to see this situation, they also came up one by one:
"Sir, my men are also dead and should be shot!"
"And me!"
“Count me in too!”
…
Xie Baolin said sincerely: "Company Commander, I ordered them to do this. They are just executing my order and it has nothing to do with them!"
The soldiers shouted one by one:
"Batalion Commander, I can't blame you entirely!"
"We have a share too!"
"If we want to die together, we can't let the battalion commander carry it alone!"
…
Wang Xuexin was quite surprised.
He originally thought that these people were just outsiders who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and would fall to the enemy again at any time, so he had a grudge against them.
Now it seems that this is not the case.
If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, why would you rush to plead guilty?
If we are greedy for life and afraid of death, how can we live and die together?
If we are greedy for life and afraid of death, how can we share difficulties?
Isn't this the bloody nature that an army should have?
"What's it called!" Wang Xuexin shouted at them the next second: "You're all rebelling, right? If you want to die so much, just save your life to fight the Japanese. Whoever will be a fucking coward then, don't blame me for being rude!"
Everyone go back to training!"
Xie Baolin was stunned for a while, then stood up and said "yes", then turned around and shouted to the soldiers: "Continue training!"
The instructor breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Wang Xuexin's scolding just now actually meant he accepted these recruits.
But of course, the more such a unit is, the more important ideological work is, and the less careless it is.
Another big battle!
This is much better than when I was in the enemy's Ministry of Industry...