Compared with the simplicity of the first division headquarters, the military district headquarters is much more complicated.
The radio confidential room, the combat command room, the conference room... Each department occupies seven or eight rooms of various sizes.
Not to mention, an entire company of the Eighth Route Army was patrolling around the headquarters 24 hours a day.
Of course, these are only the headquarters security forces that everyone can see. No one knows how many security forces there are that are hidden in the dark and cannot be seen.
The headquarters is very large, with many people, and it is also very busy. More than a dozen staff officers move back and forth between the war room, confidential room, and intelligence room, constantly summarizing news from all directions to Tang Yanjie, chief of staff of the war room.
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Commander Nie of the military region will then make plans for the next development of the military region based on the intelligence and news picked out by the chief of staff!
"Chief of Staff, Commander Yang of the First Division has an urgent telegram. It seems to be a telegram of victory!" The communications staff officer hurried to the Chief of Staff with a telegram and reported.
Commander Nie, who was staring at the map, was also attracted. He frowned and asked: "Good news, I don't seem to have heard that there are combat missions in the first division in the past few days? Chief of Staff, could it be that the Japanese took the initiative to attack the first division?
Yang Chengwu was defeated!"
"I haven't even heard of it!" the chief of staff replied, shaking his head, then took the good news and started browsing.
Soon, Tang Yanjie showed a shocked expression on his face, and then he said to himself in disbelief: "How is it possible that a battalion took more than half a month to eliminate more than a thousand Japanese troops and more than a thousand puppet troops? He, Yang Chengwu, is
It’s not a mistake. The independent battalion, when did the first military division have an independent battalion, why didn’t the military region know about it!”
"You mean the First Military Division Independent Battalion!" Commander Nie suddenly thought of the scene when he was bargaining with Wang Ping at the First Military Division Headquarters, and then asked the Chief of Staff.
The chief of staff affirmed: "It's the independent battalion. Commander, do you know this independent battalion?"
"Yang Chengwu reported that half a month ago the independent battalion went deep into enemy lines in Laiyuan, and in just half a month it eliminated more than a thousand Japanese troops and more than a thousand puppet troops. Now the independent battalion has grown to more than 2,000 people and is equipped with two infantry and artillery pieces.
Gate, six mortars, seven heavy machine guns, well-equipped, and sufficient ammunition. We are requesting the approval of the military region to expand the independent battalion into an independent regiment. Wang Ping serves as the regiment commander, Cheng Xiao serves as the political commissar, and Zeng Quan serves as the chief of staff..."
After finishing speaking, he did not forget to add: "How is this possible! How could a dissatisfied camp of more than 200 people eliminate so many Japanese? Is it because the independent battalion's combat effectiveness is too strong, or the Japanese's combat effectiveness is too weak!"
Commander Nie received the telegram and began to browse it. Soon, his face was covered with a thick smile.
Then he answered very firmly: "I don't believe it if it is other battalions, but I believe Wang Ping. Don't forget, this Wang Ping has the experience of defeating an infantry brigade of the Japanese army with a company. Because of this, I still
I made a special trip to Yang Chengwu and brought back two infantry cannons to form an artillery company directly under the military region!"
"Besides, Yang Chengwu and Xiong Botao are both veteran party members and cadres. Since they dare to send such a telegram, it means that the contents of the telegram are true!"
"What do you mean, commander?" the chief of staff asked immediately.
"I have met this man Wang Ping. He has great ideas and a good way of fighting. Apart from his qualifications, in terms of command ability, he is more than enough to be a regiment leader!" Commander Nie praised Wang Ping without hesitation.
Then he continued: "As for the expansion of the independent battalion into an independent regiment, I have no objection here. Since Yang Chengwu has soldiers and equipment, it must be expanded. This matter is reported to the Eighth Route Army headquarters, and several bosses will agree to Yang Chengwu without hesitation.
Their expansion plan. When we came here, one purpose was to establish a base area, and the other purpose was to build up troops."
"No matter who he is, as long as he has the ability, even if he pulls out a brigade, I dare to let him be the brigade commander!"
"I have no objection either!" Chief of Staff Tang Yanjie said in support.
As the commander and political commissar of the military region, he still had the power to appoint and remove personnel. After thinking about it, he continued to order: "After the establishment of the Independent Regiment, it will definitely be a divisional force. Therefore, the opinions of Yang Chengwu and Xiong Botao are very important. Head of the Regiment
, political commissar, and chief of staff, since they already have candidates, let’s appoint these three people. However, as a newly formed regiment-level unit, political cadres must be strengthened to ensure the party’s absolute leadership over the army!”
"Chief of Staff, please select a few people from the headquarters to send to Yang Chengwu. The director of the regiment political department, the deputy political commissar, and the deputy regiment leader select people from the headquarters. In addition, select a few political cadres at the battalion and company level to send over.
There are only five, and we don’t have many cadres on hand, so we will send him a total of eight people!”
"Finally, let Yang Chengwu submit the list of cadres at deputy regiment level and above after the establishment of the independent regiment to the military region for record. We can also report it to the Eighth Route Army headquarters for record. One battalion wiped out more than a thousand Japanese troops, and it was expanded into an independent regiment in just half a month. Report
If we go to the headquarters, the bosses at the headquarters will definitely be scared!"
At the First Division Headquarters, when Yang Chengwu and Wang Ping were discussing the situation in Laiyuan, Chief of Staff Xiong Botao came over very happily.
"Commander, good news. Commander Nie has agreed to all our plans. Commander Nie asked us to submit the list of cadres above the deputy regiment level of the independent regiment as soon as possible. Also, the military region has sent eight cadres to support the independent regiment. They will set off soon.
If there’s an accident, we’ll be there tomorrow morning!”
"Okay, from now on, our First Army Division has another main force regiment ~ Battalion Commander Wang! No, it's Commander Wang. I hope you can lead the independent regiment well and turn it into a veritable main force regiment."
Wang Ping was also very excited, and it took him a long time to react: "Commander, please rest assured, Wang Ping will definitely not let you down."
"If nothing else, as long as the Independent Regiment can gain a firm foothold in Laiyuan and repel the heavy encirclement and suppression that the Japanese army may launch in Laiyuan, our Independent Regiment will be trained into an invincible elite force!"
At this time, Yang Chengwu had already read the reply call from the military region, and then made a serious announcement.
"Comrade Wang Ping, after discussion by the military division and approval by the military region, the independent battalion will be expanded into an independent regiment from now on. You will be appointed as the leader of the independent regiment. Comrade Cheng Xiao will be the political commissar of the independent regiment. Deng Xiao, the former deputy director of the political department of the military region,
Comrade Hong Tao is the director of the Political Department, Comrade Zeng Quan is the chief of staff of the Independent Regiment, and Comrade Jiang Hongchun, the former deputy director of the Logistics Department of the Military Region, is the director of the Logistics Department of the Independent Regiment. The above five people form the Party Committee of the Independent Regiment, and Comrade Wang Ping is the party committee secretary!"
"In addition to the party committees appointing Comrade He Wen as the deputy political commissar of the Independent Regiment and Comrade Hong Tao as the deputy leader of the Independent Regiment, the military region has also dispatched four political cadres at the battalion and company level. They will be here tomorrow morning at the latest.
Report to you, Wang Ping. As for their positions, your regiment headquarters will decide them yourself and then report them to the military division!"
Although the military region appointed several new people to the independent regiment, Wang Ping was not worried at all.
In his opinion, the old Red Army cadres who can be selected by Commander Nie must be capable talents.
Of course, even if one or two of them have evil intentions, Wang Ping is not worried.
With political commissar Cheng Xiao and chief of staff Zeng Quan supporting him, he was not afraid of monsters or monsters.
After taking a deep breath, he answered with certainty: "Commander and Chief of Staff, please rest assured, the Independent Regiment will definitely not let you down!"
