Political Commissar Huang Yuanqiang had not been with the New Regiment for a long time, but because he got Wang Ping, the whole New Regiment was awakened. Within a few days, the political commissar had a thorough understanding of the New Regiment and the Fourth Army Division.
He frowned and replied: "Captain, it will probably take a lot of time to recruit more than 600 people at once!"
"Before, our replenishment of troops basically came from prisoners of war and prisoners of war rescued from the Japanese. Although local people also joined our New Regiment, the number was not very large. Although the people here recognized our New Regiment again, and
They also accepted our new regiment. But only a small number of people really support us, and others are not yet able to send their families directly to our Eighth Route Army!"
"The common people haven't really seen the benefits from our Eighth Route Army. They don't know that joining the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese is not only for the country, but also for their own goals!" Wang Ping frowned and pointedly said that the common people in the base area were not satisfied.
Reasons why you are willing to join the Eighth Route Army.
Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong followed closely and analyzed: "There is another reason!"
"Captain, do you still remember the promise we made to the people after the autumn harvest? We promised that the grain they harvested in the autumn would be protected by our Eighth Route Army. In addition to the public grain handed over to our Eighth Route Army, they no longer need to bear any other taxes!"
"Only more than half of the millions of kilograms of grain stolen by the Japanese last time were taken back by us, and they are still in our hands and have not been divided. The people must be waiting and watching. As long as we return the grain and fulfill our original promise
, the common people will definitely rush to join our Eighth Route Army to protect themselves and their families!"
Wang Ping's eyes lit up and he immediately replied: "Yes, this is a good idea! Political Commissar, you will be responsible for exchanging all the grains back as we promised at the time. As for our public grains, all are collected according to the standards, and not a single grain can be collected.
Ask for more. As for the food that was stolen by the little devils, we will use the food we took back from the military columns to compensate!"
The political commissar nodded and affirmed: "The policy of our Eighth Route Army is not to take advantage of the masses, and since there is a promise, it must be implemented unconditionally. I have no objection!" At this moment, the communications platoon leader rushed in.
"Captain, there is an urgent call from the military region. This is good news!"
After reading the telegram, the expression on Wang Ping's face did not change much, and he looked calm.
Then he came up with a surprising answer: "It's both good news and bad news!"
"The good news is that the Japanese commander of Linfen City, Major General Matsumoto, was forced away by us. Our new regiment used its combat effectiveness and victory to force the Japanese to replace a major general brigade commander. This is the Japanese army's contribution to our new regiment.
recognition!”
"Not only the military region, but also the head of the headquarters knows the name of our new regiment. Let us quickly report the two battles we fought recently."
"Chief of Staff, you can summarize and make statistics on this. The battles are almost all directly commanded by you, and you know the battle situation better!"
Zhong Chenggong immediately replied: "Commander, please rest assured. Give me two hours to ensure that the relevant battle processes and results are compiled. I estimate that if such results are reported to the military region, our new regiment will definitely be notified and commended by the entire army from the headquarters."
, become famous again!”
The Chief of Staff's words put a smile on the faces of everyone in the headquarters.
The opportunity to show one's face in front of the entire army and the headquarters is rarer than meeting the head of the headquarters. It is definitely a very happy thing.
However, only two people in the small headquarters did not smile, one was Wang Ping and the other was political commissar Huang Yuanqiang.
Huang Yuanqiang, who frowned and hesitated for a few seconds, couldn't help but couldn't help his inner confusion. He stared at Wang Ping and asked: "Captain, what is the bad news you just said?"
Wang Ping replied without thinking: "The Japs changing to a commander means that we need to get to know him again and become familiar with his fighting style. In this process, both the Japs and us may have to pay a heavy price!"
Seeing Huang Yuanqiang nodding thoughtfully and his face becoming more and more serious, Wang Ping changed the topic and added immediately.
"However, this also gives us a chance to regain our strength."
"The little devil has just changed his general. It is certainly impossible to organize troops to encircle and suppress us immediately, unless the little devil commander is crazy."
"And we can just take advantage of this opportunity to develop the base area, restore the troops, develop the people's moral support, and develop the base area into an iron-clad base area. When the Japanese come to encircle and suppress us again, they will be beaten to death!"
After saying that, Wang Ping began to give orders.
"The Intelligence Department, from now on, will strengthen intelligence penetration into Linfen City, strive to install a radio station in Linfen City, and obtain direct contact with the regiment headquarters. In particular, we must focus on the Japanese brigade commander who is about to take office.
From the beginning, report where he went and what he did every day to the regiment headquarters in as much detail as possible!"
"The expansion of the direct-affiliated team, the name is still called the direct-affiliated team, but the establishment needs to be expanded to an action team, that is, the strength of a platoon. Members are selected from the entire regiment, cadres and soldiers below the platoon, no matter who is selected, the commander of each battalion and company must be unconditional
Let him go!"
"The next step is to develop the base area: Political Commissar, you first return the grain that the devils stole from the people, and then collect the public grain and tell the people in the base area that our Eighth Route Army keeps its word and has the ability to protect them!"
"The second thing is to distribute the land we took back from the traitors to the landless people in the base area for free, win their support, and then encourage them to join the Eighth Route Army to protect their own land from being taken back by the Japanese!"
"The third thing is to count the uncultivated wasteland and slope land in the base area, organize the common people to reclaim one acre of land, and compensate the base area with ten kilograms of grain, and then distribute these lands to the people in the base area unconditionally to ensure that every day in the base area
Individuals must have at least four acres of land, and it is best if they can reach the standard of five acres of land!"
"After taking this series of measures, I believe that the support and support of our Eighth Route Army from the people in the base area will definitely reach an unprecedented level!"
Huang Yuanqiang was stunned for a moment and replied: "Captain, please rest assured and promise to complete the mission!"
Wang Ping nodded and then added: "Chief of Staff, you still have two tasks!"
"First, didn't the military region also give us the establishment of four garrison battalions? After the main force is replenished, the extra recruits will be used to form these four garrison battalions!"
"The cadres of the garrison battalion are drawn from the four main battalions, but the level of the main force is one level higher than that of the garrison battalion. In other words, the deputy battalion commander of the main force serves as the commander of the garrison battalion, and the deputy company commander of the main force serves as the company commander of the garrison battalion.
And so on."
"In terms of equipment, the company is equipped with three light machine guns, the battalion is equipped with three heavy machine guns, three grenade launchers, and no cannon!"
Zhong Chenggong's eyes lit up and he replied: "This is equivalent to more than 300 troops in each main battalion. I am sure that several battalion commanders will rush to support me in forming a garrison battalion!"
Wang Ping continued to order: "The second task is to expand the cavalry company into a cavalry battalion, with two companies and two hundred cavalry under its command!"
"In the face of heavy machine guns and Japanese chariots, cavalry does not have much effect. However, when dealing with pure Japanese infantry and puppet troops, cavalry is definitely more useful than infantry. Maybe a single charge can collapse the enemy!"
"For the extra horses, 12 will be sent to each battalion, and the extra ones will be kept at the regiment headquarters!"
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