As soon as Nie Shuai was sent away, Wang Ping was called to the headquarters by Yang Chengwu.
Seeing that Yang Chengwu and Xiong Botao were both calm and silent, Wang Pingfei understood how they felt now.
After finally getting a batch of weapons and equipment, everyone would be unhappy if the commander took away half of them in one visit.
However, as time passed little by little, Wang Ping, who was also standing next to him, gradually felt something was wrong.
The commander and chief of staff actually stared at him at the same time, looking at him as if he were seeing a pile of gold and silver treasures, their eyes shining!
Thinking about the things on his body that might make two people look like this, Wang Ping suddenly thought of the equipment that the commander promised to him in front of Nie Shuai.
"They are interested in the equipment for forming an independent battalion!" Wang Ping thought secretly in his heart.
Then he stared at the two men and asked preemptively: "Commander, Chief of Staff, I'm here to get equipment. This is a list, including one mountain cannon, two heavy machine guns, two mortars, and five grenade launchers."
, five crooked handles, eighty thirty-eight caps, thirty-two thousand rounds of various bullets, one hundred and fifty artillery shells, and one hundred and fifty grenades!"
"As long as you two sign, I will personally take people to the logistics warehouse to get the equipment, and I promise not to get an extra bullet!"
Yang Chengwu and Xiong Botao both had embarrassed and embarrassed smiles on their faces.
In the end, it was Yang Chengwu who broke the atmosphere: "Wang Ping, we will talk about the equipment later!"
"Aren't we going to set up an independent battalion? You are the first battalion commander of the independent battalion. I want to ask you if you have any ideas about the establishment of the independent battalion!"
"Establishment!" Wang Ping asked with a frown, but he did not relax his vigilance.
Seeing Yang Chengwu nodding, Wang Ping could only reply: "I want to build the independent battalion into a strengthened battalion, with three strengthened companies, an artillery company, a guard platoon, a transport platoon, a communications squad, and a cooking squad, with a total strength of
Reaching 700 people!”
When Wang Ping was about to continue speaking, Yang Chengwu suddenly interrupted!
"I don't agree. I don't care about the size of your independent battalion. It won't matter even if the total strength reaches a thousand people. But there is only one thing I don't agree with. If you set up an artillery company for each independent battalion, how many main regiments will the military divide?
Should we build an artillery battalion and the military division should build an artillery regiment?"
Wang Ping immediately replied: "Commander, with your reputation, it will be no problem even if you send out an artillery brigade!"
"Stop looking at me carelessly. There is not even a full artillery company in the military division. You can create an artillery company in an independent battalion. I don't agree with anything you say. At most, I will give you an artillery platoon, otherwise I can't do anything.
Explain to the following group leaders!"
Wang Ping directly smiled bitterly and said, "Commander, I understand, you are just interested in the cannon in my hand! If you want a cannon, just say so, why bother to come up with so many excuses!"
Seeing the commander smile awkwardly, Wang Ping continued.
"Since the commander does not agree to form an artillery company, there should be no problem in forming an artillery platoon!"
As soon as Wang Ping let go, Yang Chengwu also breathed a sigh of relief, and then immediately said: "Since the artillery platoon is formed, mortars are enough. My idea is to keep the mountain artillery in the military division, and form an artillery battery with two infantry cannons. This way
If so, the military division will also have the ability to attack difficult situations?"
Wang Ping thought about it and replied: "Mortars can be assigned to military divisions, but I also have requirements!"
"What's the request?" Yang Chengwu's eyes lit up and he immediately asked!
"I want three mortars! And three heavy machine guns!" Wang Ping answered without thinking!
Yang Chengwu was in trouble again, and finally hesitated for a full minute before confirming: "I will give you three mortars, but I can only give you one heavy machine gun. I will distribute the remaining three heavy machine guns to the following three regiments."
, otherwise they will definitely disturb the headquarters!”
In Yang Chengwu's opinion, Wang Ping would definitely not agree with this decision, but surprisingly, after thinking for a minute, Wang Ping actually agreed.
However, before Yang Chengwu had time to be happy, Wang Ping changed the topic and continued: "Commander, I can only ask for a heavy machine gun. However, I have two conditions that I hope you can agree to!"
"I know it's not that easy to ask for something from you! Say, as long as it's not too much, I will definitely agree!" Yang Chengwu said with a helpless smile.
Wang Ping immediately replied: "The newly established independent battalion hopes that Commander, you can send a capable instructor. There are so many troops, and I can't continue to shoulder the responsibility of the battalion commander and instructor! In addition, I also need a radio operator.
A doctor or a nurse who really doesn’t know medical skills can do it!”
"The second requirement is that the independent battalion has the right to fight independently. I plan to wait for the independent battalion to be established and pull the troops outside the base area to train and fight the Japanese while seizing some equipment so that the independent battalion can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible!"
Yang Chengwu made a heartfelt decision: "I agree to your two requests, but I also have conditions!"
"The independent battalion can independently go out to fight the Japanese. However, all equipment and materials captured on the battlefield are still distributed according to the old rules, with a 28% ratio, with the military division accounting for 80% and the independent battalion accounting for 20%!"
"Fifty-fifty!" Wang Ping refused without thinking.
In the end, I agreed with the old saying, if the official level is the best, both sides will give in and divide the money according to the ratio of 30 to 70.
Although he felt like he was being ripped off, Wang Ping was confident that with his own ability, even if he divided the spoils according to this proportion, it would not take long for the independent camp to become a veritable reinforced camp!
The day after Wang Ping returned to the newly established independent camp, the chief of staff came over with several people.
"Battle Commander Wang, the appointment of the military division has been made. Cheng Xiao, the former deputy political commissar of the first regiment of the division, has now been appointed as the instructor of the independent battalion. You know, in order to give you a good partner, Comrade Cheng Xiao has been demoted half a century.
The grid is being used. Whether it is for yourself or your future partners, you must develop the independent battalion as soon as possible and turn the independent battalion into an independent regiment as soon as possible!"
"Chief of Staff, please rest assured and promise not to disappoint the leaders!" Wang Ping said with a satisfied look on his face.
As the former staff officer of the military division, Wang Ping was very familiar with the qualifications of every battalion and above officer in the military division, including Cheng Xiao in front of him.
If Wang Ping remembered correctly, Cheng Xiao was born in Lao Jinggang and had a good foundation in Miaohong. Before the anti-revolutionary campaign, he served as the director of the Political Department of the Red Army Division. He grew up step by step from a Red Army soldier with his military exploits.
Although he was rehabilitated after the end of the counter-revolutionary campaign, because the Red Army had begun the Long March, all units suffered serious attrition, and he was finally appointed as the political commissar of the regiment.
When the Red Army was reorganized, he was demoted to battalion instructor. When the military division was established, he was promoted to deputy political commissar of the regiment.
It can be said that Cheng Xiao has always been Wang Ping's superior. Now being transferred by the commander to be his partner is not only the commander's trust in himself, but also the commander's trust in the independent battalion.
In addition to Cheng Xiao, the commander promised that his radio operator, nurse, and three instructors would also come over!
