Zhou Wen was actually very satisfied when he saw the energy of this group of brothers.
Just because of the poor management of the Party Headquarters and the arrears of food, wages and supplies, these veterans of the Second Regiment were shaken in military morale and resentful in just a few months. If Liu Ruoshui had not quickly raised some emergency supplies through his own connections, I am afraid that Brother
We are all going to be hungry.
At that time, Zhou Wen was fighting with the Japs on the battlefield, and when he learned the news, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
What the hell, not to mention how shamelessly I had obtained these brothers from the 19th Route Army, and I personally promised in front of General Cai that these wounded soldiers would be properly arranged.
Even for the sake of the fact that you fought with the Japs on the flesh-and-blood battlefield for three whole months during the Songhu Anti-Japanese War and achieved a series of brilliant achievements, you cannot owe them military pay, let alone starve them.
.This can simply be said to be persecuting loyalty and disregarding the country's justice for one's own selfish desires.
Zhou Wen had already instructed his hometown in Shanxi to remit some funds to the Second Regiment for emergency relief while he was on the front line of the Great Wall. When he arrived in Nanjing, he repaid all the military pay owed by the party headquarters and gave it to the Second Regiment at a general meeting.
These veterans made a sincere review.
You know, a dignified major general, and an anti-Japanese hero who had just returned from the anti-Japanese battlefield with great honors, made a self-examination. This really shocked all the officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment who were still complaining and dissatisfied.
Moreover, after receiving the military pay that was owed for several months and seeing a large amount of supplies being transported into the military camp, the restless mentality of the officers and soldiers gradually calmed down.
Led by Zhou Wen, Captain Cai Guoping of the Second Regiment also made a self-examination in shame. He knew that he had not played an active role in this incident. Instead, because of his dissatisfaction, he allowed his brothers to slack off and slack off.
, had an unshirkable responsibility. Therefore, he requested to resign from the position of leader of the Second Regiment on the grounds of poor health.
In fact, Zhou Wen had great respect for the colonel who dared to fire the first shot at the Japanese army during the Songhu Anti-Japanese War. And because they were unfairly treated by the party, it is completely understandable for them to feel dissatisfied and resentful.
Putting him in another position, even if Zhou Wen stood in his position, he would also be extremely dissatisfied.
However, as a military chief, his subordinates were disorganized and disciplined. Even the daily necessary military training that Zhou Wen had repeatedly explained before was three days of fishing and two days of drying the net, which almost destroyed an elite force that had fought hundreds of battles.
, this is unjustifiable, and he, Commander Cai, cannot absolve himself of the blame.
Moreover, Zhou Wen knew that Captain Cai was a distant cousin of General Cai. He had followed his cousin through thick and thin for more than ten years, and his relationship and affection with General Cai were irreplaceable. In the 19th Route Army, he was transferred to Fujian.
Finally, Captain Cai's fear also left.
Originally, Captain Cai had submitted his resignation, and it was not impossible for Zhou Wen to agree to it by borrowing a donkey from the slope. However, because the officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment were at the stage of wavering military morale, Zhou Wen would probably have to waste his time to remove their commander at this time.
There is no guarantee that someone will follow Chief Cai and run away.
Therefore, Zhou Wen could only allow Captain Cai to stay in his post for the time being, but promised him that it would only take him half a year to find a way to transfer him back to the 19th Route Army, and also provide him with a large amount of travel expenses.
With Zhou Wen's current status and connections, it would not be difficult to transfer someone to the position of colonel. What's more, he still has a cooperative relationship with the principal and Adjutant Wang.
But Zhou Wen knew in his heart that adjustments to the Second Regiment were inevitable. Not only did the regiment-level chief officers have to be replaced, but the battalion-level chief officers could not be retained.
It's not that Zhou Wen wants to kill the donkey, but the habits and behavior of the Republic of China army during this period are really not in harmony with the mercenary group. Especially for middle and senior officers, some inherent habits or bad habits that have been formed are difficult to change.
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As for the reason why the Second Regiment had caused unrest among the officers and soldiers before due to the issue of military pay and supplies, these battalion-level officers might have had some small actions to add fuel to the flames. Such people cannot stay in the mercenary regiment.
Zhou Wen didn't just want to recruit these people into the mercenary group just because they were good at fighting.
What he wants is unity from top to bottom. Privately speaking, he can only follow his leadership. From a military perspective, he wants to build an army that is as united as an iron barrel.
Therefore, if you want to fully control the Second Regiment and exert a combat effectiveness that is no less than that of the First Regiment, all officers must fully accept Zhou Wen's army management ideas, and they must not make any discounts.
At this point, the young officers in the regiment who had followed Zhou Wen since they were recruits and the officers who stayed in the Soviet Union had completely adapted to and integrated into Zhou Wen's army-building ideas and tactical system.
Besides, Zhou Wen really has no shortage of outstanding officers.
Think about it, officers like Meng Yuting and others who stayed in the Soviet Union, with their talents and abilities, are fully qualified to serve as a regimental commander and brigade commander, not to mention a battalion commander.
Unfortunately, due to the size of the mercenary regiment, an excellent artillery expert like Zhu Jinhui can only hold the position of artillery battalion commander in the mercenary regiment. Moreover, he was promoted only after the recent expansion. He was only a small company commander before.
. And professional command talents in fire support and air defense such as Mo Dahai and Wang Zhili can only hold the position of company commander.
So Zhou Wen secretly decided that all the middle and senior officers of the Second Regiment must be replaced by people from the mercenary regiment. The candidate for the regiment leader is, of course, and it can only be someone who has proven in the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War that he has the ability to be as good as Meng Yuting.
Chen Wanli with military talents.
Some people here may ask, when Liu Ruoshui was transferred from Shanxi and came to the party headquarters to serve as the director of the Military and Political Department, didn't Zhou Wen entrust the Second Regiment to his care? How could the Second Regiment be left without anyone to care about it?
In fact, Zhou Wen's original idea was based on the relatively normal management of the Second Regiment by the Party Headquarters. Letting Liu Ruoshui have a good relationship with the Second Regiment would also be a boost to Liu Ruoshui's status in the Party Headquarters, wouldn't it?
Zhou Wen also thought that it would be best to place the Second Regiment under the jurisdiction of Liu Ruoshui's Military and Political Department, so that it could be regarded as a military force that the Liu family could rely on at critical moments.
However, when Liu Ruoshui came to the party headquarters, he discovered that the factional struggle in the Central Party Headquarters had now reached a fever pitch. The Wang clique, the Hu clique, the Sun clique, etc. were all fighting together, and the control of the second group was even more unpopular.
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Although nominally the entire teaching corps, including Zhou Wen, is under the management and command of the Chinese Party Headquarters, these big bosses all know that Zhou Wen's teaching corps is just borrowing the vest of the party headquarters. As for what command is transferred, you
Just don't think about it.
Just kidding, for a person who can't even be controlled by the principal, what kind of leverage can our party department use to make others willing to be your little brother?