"How to solve this problem? After several days of fighting, what do you think?" Wang Ping asked after glancing at the men in front of him.
The conference room suddenly became lively. Some people said to ask their superiors for support, some said to promote recruits who performed well on the battlefield, and some said to train them themselves and fight more battles, and the problem of grassroots cadres would be solved.
Wang Ping quickly stopped everyone who was about to continue talking.
"I'll go back and tell my superiors, but don't hold out too much hope. After all, there are only so many old Red Army veterans in the first division, and everyone is needed!"
"Second, it is okay to promote recruits who perform well on the battlefield, but those promoted recruits must be truly capable. Otherwise, if they are made squad leaders, the lives of more than a dozen comrades in a squad may be lost on the battlefield because of
He was buried."
"The third method is to train them yourself, which is very feasible, but there is also a problem, that is, we don't have time. The army is reorganized soon, and there may be combat missions at any time, so how can we have time to train grassroots cadres!"
"Then what should we do? Don't we think the troops will be reorganized?" Zhang Qing, the company commander, asked anxiously.
You know, since the attack on Laiyuan, the Yi Company has fought the least. The reason for this is because the Yi Company was the main force in the two battles in Shuiquan Village. If the troops suffered too many casualties, they were left in Shuiquan Village.
The grassroots cadres mentioned by Wang Ping can be said to be the most lacking in the company, so he cannot help but not be anxious.
Second company commander Zhang Yunshan looked thoughtful, as if he had thought of something, and then asked Zhang Qing: "Don't worry, since the battalion commander raised this issue, there must have been a solution!"
"Not bad!" Wang Ping affirmed readily.
"Captain Zhang, do you still remember the platoon commander I directly appointed at the Guanliang stronghold? That's for you, and I also plan to make him a deputy company commander. When I have the opportunity, I will directly promote him to the company commander!"
"Yang Xiong!" Zhang Yunshan blurted out immediately.
Then he said with a look of realization: "I understand, battalion commander, you mean to select grassroots cadres from among the puppet army!"
As soon as Zhang Yunshan finished speaking, several instructors raised their concerns.
One is that these people have all served as puppet soldiers, so I am worried. The other is that they were once members of the Jinsui Army. Is it dangerous to let them serve as cadres?
At this time, it was instructor Cheng Xiao's turn to come on stage.
"Comrades' worries are not unreasonable, but what I want to say is that they were basically forced to become puppet soldiers. When we agreed to let them join the Eighth Route Army, we had already reviewed it and found that they had not done any evil as puppet soldiers.
So, please feel free to worry about this!"
"As for their former status as Jinsui Army, I don't deny it. But don't forget that a large proportion of us old Red Army soldiers originally served in the Kuomintang Army. In the end, through continuous processes, they not only joined the Red Army, but also joined the Red Army.
They joined the party, and some even became senior cadres of the party and the Red Army!”
"At that time, our Red Army was in such a difficult situation that we were able to change their thinking. What's more, now we are all a team fighting the Japanese!"
"Having said this, I also want to give you three instructors a task. After these puppet soldiers are added to the army, within half a year, each company must ensure that ten former puppet soldiers become party members and twenty become reserve party members. Especially
Puppet soldiers who were directly promoted to cadres!"
"Furthermore, what I want are members who sincerely join our party, not those who commit fraud. If I find out who committed fraud, I'm sorry, our Eighth Route Army also has military law and party discipline!"
It was the first time to see such a stern side of Cheng Xiao, and everyone in the conference room was shocked. Because Cheng Xiao always showed a smiling expression to everyone.
Wang Ping was also frightened. Seeing that the atmosphere in the conference room quickly became depressed, Wang Ping quickly added: "The instructor has set very high goals for you, but you don't have to worry too much. The instructor and I have prepared some for you.
These things should be useful in educating those puppet soldiers who join our independent battalion!"
"Okay, I've done so much preparation before, now is the key point I want to talk about."
"After statistics, more than 180 of the prisoners who are willing to join our independent battalion are veterans who have been in the army for more than one year, and they have fought several battles with the Japanese. In terms of combat experience, they are no better than
We are bad!"
"Among them, more than 30 people have experience as squad leaders, six have experience as platoon leaders, and two have served as company-level officers, and one of them is Yang Xiong!"
"As long as we make good use of these experienced veterans and junior officers, I'm sure the combat effectiveness of our independent battalion will be greatly improved!"
"After talking about so many purposes, I know, let me tell you, our independent battalion must reuse the battlefield or surrender the puppet troops!"
"In addition, reusing the puppet troops has another advantage for us: Don't forget that there are more than a thousand puppet troops in Laiyuan, and most of them were forced to become puppet troops. As long as we let them go
And the news that they are being reused will definitely cause a big sensation. When we actually encounter them on the battlefield, they will definitely not care about surrendering to us, or the battlefield anyway!"
"With so many benefits, do you think we should reuse them?"
"Should!" Zhang Yunshan, the second company commander, was the first to stand up and support.
"Other people don't know that I have personally contacted Yang Xiong, and he has been with the Second Company these days. I am not devaluing myself. This Yang Xiong is better than me in many aspects. Even if you don't mention him as the battalion commander, let him also serve as the Second Company.
Deputy company commander, I will also make a suggestion to the battalion headquarters. With the help of deputy company commander Yang Xiong, I am sure that the combat effectiveness of the second company will get better and better?"
Zhang Qing hurriedly said: "The remaining company-level officer is mine, and none of you can take it from me. The company has the highest casualties, and we urgently need such capable commanders to strengthen our combat effectiveness!"
Wang Ping was very satisfied with everyone's reaction, and then continued?
"With these puppet army officers, we will have more than enough grassroots cadres in our independent battalion. According to the establishment of the independent battalion, many people have no place. The conventional method is to downgrade them and let them start as soldiers, but this is a waste of talent.
"
"I discussed with the instructor and Deputy Battalion Commander Zeng and decided to assign deputy positions to all junior officers. One deputy squad leader for each squad, two deputy platoon leaders for each platoon, two deputy company commanders for each company, and two
Deputy instructor. As for the battalion headquarters, a deputy battalion commander and two deputy instructors will be added!"
"The reason for doing this is not to divide the total annihilation in everyone's hands, but to expand the independent regiment in the future of the independent battalion! Think about it, with the deputy position, when the army expands in the future, you can be directly promoted to a full-time position, no matter what the independent battalion does
Even with the expansion, there will no longer be a shortage of grassroots cadres."
