Chapter seven hundred and fourteenth division commander
"He really dared to fight..." the deputy commander-in-chief said with shock after reading the telegram.
Then he asked the deputy chief of staff: "I remember that Yan'an mentioned to us the idea of establishing a base in Taiyue some time ago? I think the time has come to establish a base area. The Taiyue Military Region will be directly established and assigned to the headquarters and Division Commander Liu.
Dual command!”
"The headquarters has already studied this suggestion!" the deputy chief of staff affirmed.
"What we mean is that the Taiyue Military Region will be established based on the 386th Brigade. The leadership of the 386th Brigade will be directly integrated into the leadership of the Taiyue Military Region, and Brigadier Chen will serve as the commander of the military region. The entire Taiyue Military Region has three military divisions, in addition to the main force
, each military division will establish a number of local troops. The main force and local troops will cooperate with each other to develop and expand the Taiyue Military Region step by step, and completely control the northwest of Shanxi!"
"This is a good idea, I agree!" the deputy commander affirmed after thinking about it.
But soon he thought of a question, then hesitated and asked: "If I remember correctly, the 386th Brigade has not yet established an anti-Japanese base area, established a military region, and developed the experience of the base area!"
"There was experience in developing revolutionary base areas in the past, but now there is no experience in establishing anti-Japanese base areas!" the deputy chief of staff affirmed.
"After leaving for the battlefield, the 386 brigade commander has been our mobile force in northwestern Shanxi, northern Henan, and Taihang. Now we have stabilized in Taiyue!"
The deputy commander immediately made a decision: "The anti-Japanese base areas now are fundamentally different from those before. They must not be compared, otherwise there will be big problems. Since there is no experience, my idea is to directly find an experienced person to guide them.
Prevent them from taking detours!”
The deputy chief of staff frowned and asked: "Boss, you mean to send people to serve in the Taiyue Military Region. If we want to build anti-Japanese base areas and develop military regions, Lao Nie's Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area must have the most experience. Do you want to start from there?"
They're taking people over there!"
"No need, Brigadier Chen already has a ready-made person under his command!" the deputy commander shook his head and replied.
The deputy chief of staff responded quickly: "I understand, boss, are you talking about Wang Ping?"
The deputy commander-in-chief praised without hesitation: "That's Wang Ping. He is very experienced in establishing anti-Japanese base areas and developing base areas, and he also has many new ideas. If he is allowed to build base areas, the speed and effect will be very good."
.More importantly, he is also very good at fighting and is a complete all-round talent!"
The deputy chief of staff hesitated and reminded: "But there is no shortage of people at the 386 brigade headquarters. Boss, are you asking him to go to the brigade headquarters to be the deputy chief of staff? But this would be too unfair to Wang Ping. He is now the main force.
Although the commander and deputy chief of staff are also at the regiment level, if they are transferred from the position of regiment commander, a discerning person will know that it is a downgrade at a glance!"
"No, he is still the leader of the new regiment!" the deputy commander refused.
"Commander of the new regiment and deputy chief of staff of the military region...Wang Ping should agree to this!" the deputy chief of staff hesitated before answering.
The deputy commander-in-chief still looked dissatisfied, and then decided directly: "Don't the newly established Taiyue Military Region only have three military divisions? Plus a fourth military division. Wang Ping also serves as the commander of the military division and is responsible for the military division.
All major military and political affairs in the division!"
At the Tianjiazhuang New Regiment's base, the communications platoon has not yet contacted Xiao Yunshan's Second Battalion.
The entire Second Battalion was like a stone sinking in the sea, wiped out by the Japanese, without any news.
Just when Wang Ping frowned and stared at the map, hesitating whether to send someone to Linfen North to investigate, Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong rushed over with excitement on his face.
"Regiment commander... no, commander, urgent call from brigade headquarters!"
"The headquarters has officially decided to establish the Taiyue Military Region based on our 386th brigade. The brigade commander serves as the commander. There are four military divisions under the military region. You are appointed as the commander of the fourth military division. You are the commander of all the main regiments of our brigade.
The only regiment commander who is also the commander of a military division!"
"I heard that this was an order directly issued by the headquarters. Commander, the headquarters must have known about the results of our elimination of two Japanese brigades, and then let you concurrently serve as the commander of the military division!"
If Wang Ping remembered correctly, when the Taiyue Military Region was established, there were only three military divisions, and several military division commanders and political commissars, as long as they are alive, will be at least a major general, or even a lieutenant general after the liberation of the country.
Therefore, even though he still ranks as regimental leader, with the qualification of commander, his future development will definitely be very beneficial.
Wang Ping was stunned by this sudden surprise, and it took him a long time to react.
Then I started to think, there were so many regimental commanders in the 386th Brigade, and almost everyone was more qualified than me, why was I appointed to concurrently serve as the commander of the Fourth Army Division?
As soon as he frowned, the communications platoon leader rushed in.
"Regiment commander, chief of staff, brigade headquarters telegram, sent by the brigade commander himself!"
Wang Ping took the telegram directly, and as soon as he showed an expression of realization on his face, Zhong Chenggong came after me.
"Commander, what did the brigade commander say in the telegram?"
Wang Ping did not hide anything: "The reason why the brigade headquarters appointed me as the commander of the Fourth Army Division!"
The superiors want to build our fourth military division into a model base area for the Taiyue Military Region, and let other military divisions come and learn from it before forming a base area. After all, I had experience in this area when I was in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area!"
Zhong Chenggong immediately asked: "Then? Captain, what are you going to do?"
Wang Ping frowned and analyzed: "The purpose of our establishment of the base area is to gain the support of the general public and win the hearts of the people. At the same time, we can also collect a certain amount of grain as tax through the base area to ensure that the troops will not go hungry in the next year!"
"However, there are still many ordinary people living under the iron heel of the Japanese and puppet troops. More importantly, most of the land in the countryside is in the hands of the landlords and gentry. Without land, even if the people's hearts are towards us, we will not be able to gain it.
Use the public rations as military rations!”
"So, now we have three things to do!"
"The first one is to continue to use military means to attack the remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops within the base area!"
"Second, launch a campaign to reduce rents and interest rates so that people who do not have land but rent land from landlords will not be hungry after the autumn harvest and have food to eat in the next year. The other is to target landlords and farmers who have large amounts of food in their hands.
The gentry collects taxes to ensure that the main force will have military rations for the next year and will not go hungry!"
"The third one, after the autumn harvest, lead everyone to open up wasteland, increase fertile farmland, and then distribute the land to the people!"
"A three-pronged approach will surely win the hearts and support of the people in the shortest possible time, and then establish a base area!"
Zhong Chenggong's eyes lit up and he shouted: "I understand, Commander, I will make arrangements according to your ideas now!"
"Wait a minute, don't rush!" Wang Ping called to Zhong Chenggong who was about to leave.
Continued analysis: "Also, in addition to letting the people have land, food, and no hunger, we also need to find ways to develop the economy of the base area and make everyone's lives better and better. In this case, in order to protect their own property, everyone
That’s why I enthusiastically joined our Eighth Route Army to protect the base area. Therefore, I decided to set up a breeding farm while there was no fighting in front of me and activate the economy of the base area!”
Wang Ping experienced these experiences when he was in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, and he remembers them clearly, not to mention that he personally participated in them.
Therefore, to form military divisions and establish base areas, Wang Ping was very clear about what needed to be done and how to do it.
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