The next day, without waiting for Wang Ping's order, several company commanders stood guard at the battalion headquarters. Everyone wanted to know what order Wang Ping brought back to the military division.
Wang Ping, who felt much better after resting for a few hours, directly proposed a meeting, and then announced in front of everyone the order of the military division requiring the independent battalion to stay in Laiyuan and persist in fighting the Japanese. As for the bad situation that the independent battalion was about to face, Wang Ping
Did not say.
The proportion of puppet soldiers in the army is too high, and they have no sense of belonging to the Eighth Route Army. If they knew that the Independence Battalion was about to face a heavy siege by puppet troops of nearly 10,000 days, Wang Ping was sure that they would probably become deserters.
Staying in Laiyuan means that there will be uninterrupted battles waiting for the independent battalion. Several company commanders couldn't help but get excited when they thought of this, and then returned to their base with great satisfaction to continue reorganizing and training the troops.
"Old Cheng, how is the reorganization of the army going?" As soon as they left, Wang Ping asked Cheng Xiao the question he was most concerned about.
"There is no problem with the three main companies. The appointment of cadres above the platoon leader is waiting for your approval. But there is also a problem. We have too few cadres. Even if we include all the old Red Army and puppet army officers who have been
Even if you promote me, I won't be able to meet the battalion commander's requirement of assigning double deputy positions to cadres above the platoon!" Cheng Xiao replied with a look of embarrassment.
Wang Ping smiled and replied confidently: "I will solve this problem for you. You should have seen the people I brought back. They are all old Red Army cadres. Many of them have been squad leaders, and even company leaders.
Commanders and instructors. When the troops were reorganized, they were all demoted and many of them became soldiers directly. I asked the commander and the two regiment leaders for this. There were fifty of them in total. They were all talented people and could at least be used as squad leaders.
!”
"Great, with the joining of these people, the combat effectiveness of our independent battalion will definitely improve very quickly. Battalion Commander, we made a lot of money on this trip to the military division!" Cheng Xiao said very happily.
"It's indeed a profit!" Wang Ping affirmed.
After thinking about it, I directly suggested: "Now that we have so many grassroots cadres all at once, at least for our current independent battalion, there are definitely enough cadres. Therefore, I want to carefully review the cadre lists on the three companies' reports.
!”
"I took a quick look and found that in the list they submitted, many people were promoted to two or three levels at once. Although these people are all veteran Red Army soldiers, they were promoted according to our method of pushing back the talents.
It will only do harm and no good to them in the future!"
"Yes, many of the deputy platoon leaders here were originally Red Army soldiers and have never even been squad leaders. Such promotion is too dangerous. It is not only irresponsible for the lives of the soldiers below, but also irresponsible for themselves." Cheng Xiao also discovered the problem.
Seriousness, answer with a heavy tone.
Then he suggested: "I also have an idea. Set up a rule in our independent camp. All cadres can only be promoted to one level at a time, unless there is an order from above!"
"I agree!" Wang Ping answered without thinking, and then decided: "Old Cheng, please work harder. If the cadres on the list are worthy of being removed, you can push them down. If there are not enough, let the cadres I brought back to top them up."
"In addition, there are several people inside who have served as company commanders and instructors during the Red Army period. All of them are assigned to three companies as deputy positions. Tell the three company commanders that these cadres must have more combat experience than them, and now they will serve as deputy officers.
The deputy is to help them and let them learn from the experience."
"Our independent battalion will have a lot of battles next. If the three of them don't make progress, I don't mind replacing them!"
"Now our independent battalion is not like before. There are many cadres, and there are also many cadres who can be company commanders. If they don't study hard, someone will replace them at any time. After all, the three of them were only squad leaders before, and now they are promoted all at once
Being a company commander is already considered an exception among exceptions!"
Cheng Xiao agreed very much: "Batalion Commander, your method is good. In this way, the company and platoon commanders below will definitely study hard. It will also be very beneficial to the future development of my independent battalion. I completely agree that the capable ones will be promoted and the weak will be demoted."
!”
One day later, a promotion plan for all cadres of the independent battalion came out. Of the fifty people Wang Ping brought back from the military division, except for eight who stayed at the battalion headquarters and directly affiliated troops, the others were all transferred to the three main companies.
After the reorganization of the troops was completed, Wang Ping issued an order to strengthen training and specially approved 10,000 rounds of ammunition for live-fire training. Then he stared at the map and thought about how to use this month to allow the independent battalion to gain a firm foothold in Laiyuan!
"Battal Commander, this is information sent by someone from the underground party outside the mountain. The Japs seem to be making a big move!" Instructor Cheng Xiao frowned and said to Wang Ping as soon as he walked into the battalion headquarters.
"The little devils outside the mountain seemed to have gone crazy and sent a large number of intelligence personnel to look for us. Not only that, the Japanese and puppet troops scattered in various strongholds also did not stop and grabbed a large number of strong laborers from the surrounding villages to build the artillery towers for them.
"
"Perhaps it's because we used mortars to destroy the gun towers in the Guanliang stronghold. This time they built the gun towers particularly strong. They specially transported a batch of cement from Shijiazhuang to strengthen the gun towers!"
"If the Japs in these strongholds are allowed to repair the gun towers, it will be very difficult for us to capture these gun towers. Moreover, with these gun towers scattered in Laiyuan City, it will also be a huge challenge for our independent battalion to establish a base! Battalion Commander,
We definitely can’t let the Japanese plan to build gun towers succeed!”
When the Japanese army was about to expand, they overhauled the artillery towers in Laiyuan. Even a fool could see that the Japanese wanted to use these artillery towers to ensure the stability of Laiyuan during the expansion of the army. At the same time, they could also use these artillery towers to block the independent battalion in the mountains.
Once the expansion of the Japanese army is completed and the troops form combat effectiveness, they can concentrate their superior forces, rush towards them with lightning speed, and then eliminate the independent battalion!
"The Japs are really smart!" Wang Ping couldn't help but sigh.
Then he changed the subject and continued: "However, they far underestimated the combat effectiveness of our independent battalion!"
Having said this, Wang Ping's corpse thought of something and immediately asked: "Old Cheng, you just said that the Japanese from Laiyuan City brought a lot of cement from Shijiazhuang!"
"Yes, I don't know the exact number, but there are several large trucks. Each stronghold uses a mule-horse cart to pull a truck, which weighs almost a thousand kilograms!"
Wang Ping's eyes quickly shot out two rays of light, and then he said with a greedy face: "Cement is a good thing. It is a strategic material. It can not only build gun towers, but also build bunkers. Lao Cheng, we are not building blocking positions on the way into the mountains.
What? If we can seize the cement from the Japs and build a few machine gun bunkers on the battlefield that cannot be hit by field artillery. When the Japs come to attack us, what kind of scene do you think will appear on the battlefield?
"
Cheng Xiao's eyes quickly shot out two rays of light, and he answered very happily: "Then the enemy must die as many as they come!"
Wang Ping immediately made a decision: "Then it's settled, destroy the Japs' plan to build the turrets, and at the same time take back all the cement from the Japs for our own use!"
"Tomorrow I will lead a company, guard platoon, and artillery out of the mountain. First, I will get a feel for the situation of the Japanese. Then I will attack with the whole battalion, and the Japanese will be everywhere!"
