At dawn the next day, Wang Ping, with dark circles under his eyes, appeared outside the deputy commander's yard.
"Chief, we have completed the plan, please review it..." Seeing the boss, Wang Ping handed over the plan in his hand.
"Let's talk while having breakfast!" the deputy commander ordered.
After quickly eating two steamed buns, Wang Ping introduced: "Chief, my idea is that the scale of this military parade should be large to fully demonstrate the hard power of our Eighth Route Army! It will give a strong shock to those who want to attack our Eighth Route Army.
Xiao Xiao. At the same time, it can also attract the attention of the Japanese and puppet troops to this military parade, cover other military operations, and catch the enemy by surprise!"
"The troops participating in the military parade are tentatively numbered at 6,000, including 15 infantry phalanxes, each with a reinforced company of 200, for a total of 3,000 people!"
"Five artillery squares, including a medium mortar battalion, an infantry artillery battalion, a mountain artillery battalion, a field artillery battalion, and one to two heavy artillery battalions!"
"A square formation for engineers, a square formation for baggage troops, a square formation for automobile troops, a square formation for cavalry, and a square formation for air defense troops!"
"There is also a phalanx of communications troops and a phalanx of armored vehicles!"
"Finally, add a phalanx of medical soldiers, a phalanx of military schools, and a phalanx of militiamen!"
"A total of thirty square formations participated in the military parade and were inspected!"
Commander Chen next to him shouted happily: "Chief, I completely agree with this arrangement, which includes all the existing arms of our Eighth Route Army!"
"Especially the proposal of the military school phalanx and the militia phalanx is very good!"
"Let the World War II Zone, Chongqing, and the little devils know that our Eighth Route Army is not rustic. We also have military academies to train our own military talents. The words "Tubal Road" are too outdated!"
"The militia phalanx tells everyone that our Eighth Route Army is the people's army, comes from the people, and cannot do without the people. Without the support of the people, we would not be able to develop today!"
The deputy commander-in-chief was also very satisfied. He kept nodding while looking at the report in his hand, with a heartfelt smile appearing on his lips from time to time.
He raised his head and asked Wang Ping: "How to determine the fifteen infantry square formations?"
"It's definitely unrealistic to transfer artillery, cavalry, armor, engineers, baggage troops, and automobile troops from other troops all the way. I can only pick up what's ready-made in your new regiment!"
"If the infantry is not good enough, if we let you all join the new regiment, other troops will have objections!"
Wang Ping immediately replied: "Chief, if I remember correctly, in the past few years of fighting against the Japanese, the headquarters has awarded honorary titles to many troops with outstanding military achievements. We can completely let these troops allocate manpower and march here for a short training.
Participate in the military parade again!”
"If that doesn't work, we can allocate the quotas to various military regions and base areas, leaving the headache to the heads of each base area!"
"But no matter what the result is, all troops participating in the military parade must conduct intensive training!"
The deputy commander's eyes lit up and he replied: "This is a good idea, I agree in principle!"
"But we don't have to say anything about such a big matter. We must report it to Yan'an and ask Yan'an to make the final decision!"
Two hours later at the Yan'an headquarters, the commander-in-chief took the telegram and walked quickly into the commander-in-chief's office.
"Commander, Lao Peng from the front has just sent a telegram requesting instructions. The matter is too big and I can't make the decision. You must make the decision, Commander-in-Chief!"
The commander's brows frowned subconsciously.
Things that the commander-in-chief cannot decide must be important matters, and the commander-in-chief must not be cautious.
As a result, after only reading half of the telegram, the tense nerves on the commander's face relaxed, and he joked: "This Lao Peng, since when did he like to do such formal things?"
The commander-in-chief replied with a serious face: "Commander, on the surface, the military parade is indeed a formality!"
"But if done well, the effect will be no less than us launching a large-scale battle to annihilate thousands of little devils!"
"At the end of the telegram, Lao Peng has explained all the reasons clearly, very detailed, and I agree very much!"
"Now in North China, whether it is Yan Laoxi of the Shanxi-Sui Army or other troops controlled by Chongqing, they are all eyeing our Eighth Route Army!"
"If we can show off our swords to them at this time, show our true strength and flex our muscles, we will definitely be able to scare many young men and buy a lot of time for the further development of our army!"
"Actually, Lao Peng didn't come up with this idea. It was that young comrade Wang Ping in southwest Shanxi who first proposed it!"
"Wang Ping, I remember him!" the commander-in-chief said with his eyes shining.
"He is the commander of the regiment with the largest number of troops in our Eighth Route Army. He is better than many military division commanders of our Eighth Route Army!"
The commander-in-chief replied in agreement: "It's really awesome!"
"Commander, you don't know that Comrade Wang Ping is not only great at fighting, recruiting troops, and developing the economy, but he is also very powerful in fighting Yan Laoxi of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army!"
"Yan Laoxi has been the local emperor of Shanxi for more than ten years, so he can be said to be wily and calculating!"
"But such a person was defeated by Comrade Wang Ping one after another!"
"Lao Peng reported that in order to gain access to southwestern Shanxi, Yan Laoxi of the Jinsui Army, under Wang Ping's calculations, took the initiative to provide Comrade Wang Ping's new regiment with six thousand kilograms of grain, five thousand kilograms of vegetables and pork every day. Now the new regiment
With one ball, you can have a meal of white flour steamed buns and stewed pork every day, and it’s enough!”
"Lao Peng has gained several pounds during the time he spent in Xinyi Tuan!"
The happy commander-in-chief couldn't help but sigh: "It's better to be young and have a flexible mind. Even a cunning person like Yan Xishan is no match for him!"
"Very good, very good! Tell me under what circumstances he proposed that we hold a large-scale military parade!"
The commander-in-chief frowned and replied: "The Jinsui Army is still adding troops to southwestern Shanxi. Once they have the advantage to defeat the new regiment, they will definitely initiate a war and drive the new regiment out of southwestern Shanxi!"
"He plans to flex his muscles through a military parade and tell Yan Laoxi that the Eighth Route Army is not as weak as he thought!"
"Even if the Jinsui Army has the upper hand, the Eighth Route Army still has the strength to inflict heavy losses on them, making them afraid to easily start a war, and ultimately taking advantage of Chongqing!"
"As long as they can buy a few months, they will use follow-up measures to continue to deal with the Jinsui Army!"
The commander-in-chief re-read the contents of the telegram and fell into deep thought. He did not speak for a long time.
It wasn't until the communications staff rushed in with another telegram that the silent atmosphere in the office was broken!
"This Lao Peng is going to scare us to death today!" the commander-in-chief, who quickly read the telegram, said with shock on his face.
After signaling the communications staff to leave, he handed the telegram directly to the commander-in-chief.
"Commander, take a look! Lao Peng's appetite is getting bigger and bigger now!"
"Not only are there going to be a military parade, but they are also going to attack Taiyuan, and they plan to go together. Isn't this scaring us?"
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