Don't underestimate this "tea party" that lasted four or five hours until dawn, with a stew pot, liquor, cigarettes, and beer and melon seeds. In Liu Lang's opinion, it solved many hidden dangers of the independent group.
First of all, these military chiefs not only drank a lot, but they also felt much more peaceful.
Liu Tuanzuo did not mention any strategy or tactics at all. The central idea was "go", to fight the Japanese. There was no turning back in his words, but it was an indomitable determination. Basically, some chief officers may not need to participate in this
The luck of the battle.
Without the hope of not having to participate in the war, these school officials relaxed. Once a person has a way out, he will always look forward and backward, always thinking that he can still run away. On the contrary, when he knows that the way out is dead, he will move forward with determination.
Besides, the school officers present were all veterans. They had not participated in the Songhu Anti-Japanese War five years ago, but they had also participated in the Battle of the Great Wall four years ago, including Xie Changlong, the commander of the Vengeance Battalion who had just joined. That was also at Xifengkou and
A veteran of the Japanese Army's Half Moon War, he was promoted from a sergeant squad leader to an infantry platoon leader by chopping off the heads of at least four Japanese infantrymen with a broadsword during the night attack on Xifengkou.
He is too straightforward and easily offends his superiors, so four years have passed before he was promoted to infantry company commander, and he was promoted only after being transferred from the old army to the independent brigade. If anyone else had his bravery and outstanding commanding ability
, maybe he has become the battalion commander long ago.
But Xie Changlong is very popular among the middle and high-level officers of the Independent Regiment. The requirements for being an officer in the Independent Regiment are very simple. First, you must be capable; second, you must not be afraid of death; third, you must obey orders; Xie Changlong cannot obey.
It’s hard to tell yet about obeying orders, but Xie Changlong complies with the first two.
Without the ability, the 800 prisoners of war from various departments of the 29th Army would not be integrated by him in a short time. If they were afraid of death, they would have turned into soft bones in the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. In addition, this guy went straight and did not hide anything.
Personality, but it is easy to win the favor of real soldiers.
After such a drink, Zhao Ergou, a super familiar face, had already put his arms around Xie Changlong's shoulders and shouted "Brother, Brother, Brother, Brother" in a lively manner. Even Zhou Shiyu, who has a somewhat boring temperament,
Having three glasses of wine with Xie Changlong in a row was a disguised acceptance of the existence of this officer of the same rank who had just joined the Independent Regiment for only ten days.
If you want to completely integrate into a group or circle, it's not enough to just do this. In business, you have to rely on sales volume, in bandits' dens you have to get a certificate, and in a combat unit, you have to get military merit.
However, this is obviously a good start. If it were someone with a calmer personality, I'm afraid he would still be just a "stranger" sitting alone and drinking silently. Everyone else is a life-long friendship, and you are the only one.
Leader of prisoners of war, you just want to be brothers with us, who do you think you are?
Liu Tuanzuo, the commander of the revenge battalion, is really the most suitable candidate. If Zhao Changfeng had been appointed from the beginning, it would have been easier for the officers of the independent regiment to get along with each other, but for the northern officers and soldiers who formed the revenge battalion,
In other words, there are quite a few obstacles.
The officers and soldiers would not say anything at first, but their inner resistance would never be less. If Xie Changlong is appointed as the deputy battalion commander to appease him, the final result is likely to be that Xie Changlong's military orders are even more useful than Zhao Changfeng. That is not Zhao Changfeng.
Or what Xie Changlong and his two men can decide is determined by the attitude of the 800 northern officers and soldiers.
In a strange environment and a strange unit, officers and soldiers who used to belong to the same unit will naturally hug each other subconsciously to keep warm. This is a perfectly normal thing and is the most basic human nature.
If the independent regiment has half a year to train and integrate, with Zhao Changfeng's ability and the ability to enrich the company and platoon-level officers who have entered Xuexing Camp, there will naturally be no big problem. But the problem is that the independent regiment only gives them half a month.
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From the current point of view, Xie Changlong has done a good job, and can even be said to have done a good job. The senior officers in the independent regiment initially accepted him, which is not a simple recognition, which can save a lot of lives in wartime.
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However, the one who did better than Xie Changlong was Zhao Changfeng.
Even Liu Lang did not expect that Zhao Changfeng would do better than he imagined. Although he drank a lot of wine and was almost drunk at this "tea party" about stabilizing military morale and determining the goal, he was successful.
They dug an infantry company commander and an infantry platoon leader from Ye Zifei, who was already the second person in the first battalion besides Liu Lang, and dug an infantry company commander and four infantrymen from two old brothers Liu Dazhu and Ling Hong.
Platoon commanders, and even Zhou Shiyu, commander of the death battalion who had always been taciturn and taciturn, contributed an infantry platoon leader.
Unexpectedly, in just one night, he had almost completed the basic structure of the officers of the police reconnaissance battalion. Moreover, this person did not ask for it shamelessly, but was given to him by the battalion-level officers on their own initiative.
Ye Zifei bared his teeth and grimaced and was willing to transfer the officers under his command. He had little calculation in his mind. Liu Lang naturally knew very well that the infantry company commander of the first battalion was a full-time infantry company commander and his ability was absolutely strong. The reason why Ye Zifei
The reason why Fei was willing to part ways after asking for instructions was because the infantry company commander was one of the red instructors sent by the red headquarters back then. Ye Zifei was thinking that the red flames would burn as much as the independent regiment expanded. That infantryman
Needless to say, the platoon leader is also an officer who has been infected by red ideology.
But Liu Dazhu and Ling Hong are different from Ye Zifei. They are willing to take the initiative to give away people. That is because Zhao Changfeng does not lower his head to beg them, but uncharacteristically holds his head high and insults them.
Quote: "The positions of one captain, company commander, and four second lieutenants, infantry platoon leader, are all for the sake of the two old brothers. Whoever gets it late will lose his position. That guy Zhao Ergou has prepared a lot of candidates.
I’m blocking his door and waiting for his reply!”
What do you mean? What Zhao Changfeng means is that he wants to promote his brothers who have been awarded meritorious services but cannot be promoted. For the sake of the old brothers, there are only eight or nine in total, but five officer positions are given to them.
Waiting for you! After passing this village, there is no such store.
Liu Lang really underestimated the importance that soldiers attach to their positions in this era. Returning home with honor and glory is the biggest wish of all young people who want to make a career out of their hometowns. Even if they die in battle, they can't write it on the certificates sent home.
Lieutenant or captain in a certain department? That would also allow parents and relatives to have a say in front of the elders in their hometown. At least the parents who lost their son would not be looked down upon by those squires anymore. Their family also had officials.
China's thousands of years of official-based feudalism is not only in this era, but it will not be much better in the future. A department-level cadre has more official airs than a county magistrate. But the common people just eat it.
A set. Even Liu Lang, a nominal military factory designer, is respected by others when he goes out. But if the name of a soldier is thrown away, not many people will take a big-headed soldier seriously! Even if Liu Lang is
Major-level special forces. What's more, special forces are not qualified to say that they are special forces in front of others. They usually introduce themselves as pig feeders in the army...
That introduction really echoes what the supreme leader of the Red Polar Bear once said: Your name is unknown to all, but your achievements are immortal.
Yes, Zhao Changfeng did not target the officers of the Bayonet and Panshi battalions who were already company and platoon commanders, but the deputy company commanders, deputy platoon commanders, and even particularly outstanding sergeant squad leaders who could be promoted.
Although the loss of these backbones will have some impact on the combat effectiveness of your own battalion, as the leader of a battalion, you cannot watch the brothers in other battalions get promoted while the brothers who have made great achievements in your own battalion squat aside and watch helplessly.
! There are people who are so noble that they are dedicated to serving the public good, and all fame and wealth are just a cloud, but noble people are always in the minority, right? Even if you are noble, you can't stop the brothers under your command from risking their lives in exchange for a small company.
The long queue leader’s wish!
This world is destined not to be made up of people with high moral character. Ordinary people are the foundation of human society that makes up this world.
Even in Liu Lang's view, if desire is lost, human beings are not far from extinction.
For example, Liu Lang, who has lived in two generations, his desire is not for individual development, but for his nation to take fewer detours and soar in this time and space after the Phoenix Nirvana. No matter where the Chinese people with black hair and eyes go,
In that corner of the world, everyone who wants to have an intention will think of the group behind him that is so powerful that it makes people tremble.
The desires of the grassroots officers and soldiers are actually not complicated. They hope to survive, feed and clothe their families and gain glory. In fact, their desires are similar to Liu Lang's, except that one is bigger and the other is slightly smaller.
That's all.
A certain great writer was absolutely right when he said that the history of mankind is the history of people eating people.
Individual life forms like human beings are too fragile and must form groups out of necessity for survival. If we want to form a stable group, we must have order.
The so-called laws and morals are actually the basic order that maintains human groups. The fundamental purpose of these orders is to enable the stable and sustainable existence of human groups.
However, human beings are imprinted with strong upward desires in their genes. Driven by this desire, humans have almost infinite creativity. At the same time, driven by instinctive desires, humans will do their best to plunder.
For humans, the best targets for plunder are of course the same species.
Throughout human history, from small personal fights to large world wars, the essence is to devour the same kind and strengthen oneself. However, due to various conflicts such as religion, morality, and ideology, these instincts have taken on various forms.
In this world, everyone wants to become stronger than others, whether physically or in terms of so-called official position.
Therefore, the bait Zhao Changfeng dropped was successful.
The two infantry battalion commanders hurried up and wanted to fight first. They contributed an outstanding lieutenant deputy company commander, three second lieutenant-level platoon deputies, and a highly decorated sergeant squad leader Mi Laowu, who were like stinking stones.
Zhou Shiyu also rushed over and sent over a second lieutenant platoon deputy. In this case, Zhao Changfeng did not give Zhao Ergou the face to confiscate the candidates he recommended, otherwise there would still be surplus officers at the platoon level.
Of course, this is also because Liu Lang wants to set up a mobile comprehensive support artillery battery. Zhao Ergou, the elite of the artillery battalion, dare not move. All the recommendations to Zhao Changfeng are squad leader level. Zhao Changfeng, who already has no shortage of people, can naturally not give him face.
Zhao Changfeng left the remaining two infantry platoon commanders and a group of platoon lieutenants to the "strong men battalion" who was about to come from afar. If you want to be an official, no problem, then you have to obey the command and do the job well for me. In essence, infantry
The platoon leader and platoon deputy are waiting for you.
Those positions are the sweet potato for Zhao Changfeng to control the grassroots sergeant squad leaders of the police reconnaissance battalion that is about to become an army.
Facing the commander of the police reconnaissance battalion who has shown such outstanding performance in a sudden rise, what else can Liu Tuanzuo say? He can only smile and give him a thumbs up.
Having such a capable battalion commander is, no matter what, a blessing to the independent regiment.