Xu Rui was not in a good mood all day long.
But in the evening, Xu Rui's mood finally improved, because in the evening, the third regiment of the Ninth Column of the Young Students' Fighting Corps who fled Wuhan finally crossed the Dabie Mountains and arrived in Feicheng.
After Xu Rui heard the news, he quickly brought Wang Husheng and the Langya Squadron to greet him.
Xu Rui was overjoyed with the arrival of the Third Regiment of the Ninth Column of the Young Student Fighter Corps, because for the Dameishan Independent Regiment, these two thousand student soldiers are really important, although for now, these two thousand The combat effectiveness of many student soldiers is not even as good as that of more than 200 veterans, but in terms of future development, those veterans with military backgrounds have basically been finalized. At best, they can only become battalion commanders, and it will be very difficult for them to go up.
This is very obvious in the battalion commanders He Guangming, Xu Dekun, Wan Zhongshan and Tiegang.
Although He Guangming and others are trying their best to improve their Chinese skills, so far, these people still can't understand the map. Even if you talk for a long time, they still can't connect the rings on the map with the top of the mountain. Looking around, they are just irregular circles, and they don't look like mountains at all.
After all, there are still very few people with weak legs like Li Yunlong who are naturally good at reading maps.
It's just that they can't read the map. A few of the key battalion commanders are illiterate. It would be even more difficult for them to find a certain village on the map. It can really scare people to death.
At present, the independent group is small in size and has a small area of activity, so the problem is not big.
In the future, when the independent regiment expands into an independent brigade or even an independent division, the area of activity will become larger, and the combat method will inevitably develop from the current guerrilla warfare to a large-scale mobile warfare. At that time, if a unit commander cannot read or read, he will not know how to read. Map, the consequences will be disastrous, and this battle will be impossible to fight.
Having said that, it does not mean that these veterans from the army have no room for advancement. They can only become battalion commanders. No, these veterans from the army have rich experience, and most of them have tough personalities and can lead troops. , Xu Rui is also very easy to use, so how to overcome their shortcomings
One way is to provide these illiterate bosses with rough advisors!
With a staff officer, the problem becomes simple. Matters that require cultural knowledge are left to the staff officer, while those big bosses from the military are only responsible for fighting and making decisions at critical moments. In this way, veterans and trainees can learn from each other and learn from each other. Use your own strengths to form a synergy.
Therefore, in the near future, when the independent regiment expands into an independent brigade or even an independent division, a large number of staff officers will be needed, but these staff officers will not fall from the sky on their own. In today's era, intellectuals are a scarce commodity, no matter what Or will the Kuomintang not take too much and wait for your superiors to send you a staff officer? Can wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
Because of this, Xu Rui sent Liang Yixiao and Wu Qian back to Wuhan to lobby his classmates and teachers.
But Xu Rui didn't expect that Wu Qian and Liang Yixiao could make such a big noise in the end.
Although most of the young students' desperate corps that was finally formed into the army fell into the hands of the Kuomintang, Xu Rui was very satisfied with being able to wrest a regiment from Chairman Chiang. With this third regiment of the Nine Columns, Not to mention expanding his independent regiment into an independent division, but even expanding into a group army, he doesn't have to worry about not having any staff.
Of course, the benefits of student soldiers are not only to train staff officers, but also to train technical arms.
At present, the independent regiment only has one machine gun company that can barely be regarded as a technical arm, but this is temporary. In the near future, the independent regiment will definitely have serious artillery troops, engineering troops, armored troops and aviation troops. Such technical arms must have a large number of educated youth.
Therefore, Xu Rui was happy from the bottom of his heart for the arrival of the Third Regiment of the Nine Columns of the Young Students' Fighting Corps.
Zheng Jiakang finally saw the real person Xu Rui. When he saw the tall and straight officer in front of him, Zheng Jiakang could not help but feel a little emotional. If it had been ten days ago, he would never have believed that he would join the army one day, but now , but he is already standing on the frontline battlefield and has become a real national army!
However, Zheng Jiakang did not expect that he would not be able to become a soldier after all, and would soon have to return to his old job.
Wang Husheng pulled an officer with the rank of major on his shoulders to Xu Rui and introduced him to Xu Rui: "Old Xu, come on, let me introduce you. This is Comrade Qiufeng, who was originally the commander of the 58th Division's Special Agent Company. Because he was injured, he was sent back to Hankou Hospital from the front line to recuperate. After recovering from his injuries, he was preparing to return to the army. As a result, the young students' desperate corps was formed into the army. Chiang Kai-shek transferred a large number of veterans from the hospital and the Honorary 1st Division to serve in the desperate corps. Instructor, Comrade Qiufeng is the instructor of the Ninth Regiment."
Because the Young Student Death Corps is not an army in the true sense, the Ministry of Military Affairs has not transferred key veterans to serve as officers at all levels in the Corps, but has only transferred some veterans to serve as instructors in various columns and regiments. The Ministry of Military Affairs intends to transfer these Student soldiers are trained to become officers and then posted to various units.
It turned out to be a coincidence that Qiu Feng, the instructor who was sent to the Third Regiment of the Nine Columns, happened to be an underground party. Then, this unit soon fell into the hands of the Communist Party. Zheng Jiakang, an activist, took the lead, and then Only with the tacit consent of Qiu Feng, the leading instructor, did he even add fuel to the flames, and the Third Regiment of the Nine Columns was able to break away from the ranks of the National Army.
Wang Husheng also just learned about these situations from the New Fourth Army headquarters.
"Comrade Qiufeng, thank you for your hard work." Xu Rui saluted first, then extended his hand and said, "You really helped us a lot this time."
Qiu Feng returned the military salute, then stretched out his hand to shake Xu Rui's hand, and said with a smile: "The leader said this, it's a big deal. From now on, we will be brothers who stir the pot. What's the difference between you and me?"
"Comrade Qiu Feng, on behalf of the Party Committee of the Independent League, I welcome you." Wang Husheng shook hands with Qiu Feng, then turned to Xu Rui and said, "Old Xu, the higher-level party organization has just issued an instruction. From now on, Comrade Qiu Feng will stay in our independent league." The regiment serves as the director of the political department to assist me in the political work of the regiment."
"That's good." Xu Rui naturally welcomed him with both hands.
Mao Zedong is the consistent purpose of the Communist Party of China. This is the only magic weapon to eliminate the cancer of warlords, and it is also one of the main contributions of the Communist Party of China to the Chinese nation.
In the Kuomintang army, the phenomenon of personal dependence is very serious. The troops are only loyal to their commanders and not to the country, let alone the so-called Kuomintang. Therefore, once a mutiny occurs, no matter how big the officer is, he can take away the large number of organized troops. A regimental commander can lead If you take a regiment, a division commander can take a division! A group army commander can take away an army group!
To give an example, in 1939, He Xingjian, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang's Loyalty Rescue Corps, led 50,000 of his troops to surrender to the enemy in Suzhou because of a disagreement with commander-in-chief Yang Wei. This was simply unimaginable among the Kuomintang's ranks.
In the ranks of the Communist Party, even a great veteran of the Republic of China like Zhang Guotao could not completely pull the troops away and establish a new one. Even a founding marshal with outstanding merits like Zhang Guotao would betray the country once He rebelled against the party and became alone in the blink of an eye. In the end, he had no choice but to flee alone.
The ** team belongs to the party, does not belong to any individual, and no individual can pull it away.
And what does this rely on? What they rely on is the Communist Party. Party committees at all levels in the army only listen to the superior party organizations, not to a certain person, when it comes to major issues of right and wrong.
Therefore, for the independent regiment, the establishment of the political department is very important and necessary.
Wang Husheng said again: "Comrade Qiufeng, we have prepared the troops' campsite and dinner. You can quickly take the troops to have dinner. These students must be exhausted after walking on the mountain road for such a long time. , let them have a good meal first, and then have a good sleep."
"Yes, I will gather the troops right away." Qiu Feng stood at attention and saluted.
Wang Husheng said with a smile: "Comrade Qiufeng, we don't need to be so formal in our independent group."
"How can that be done?" Qiu Feng said with a smile, "You are all my leaders, so you must be formal."
Wang Husheng shook his head, but Xu Rui asked: "Comrade Qiufeng, just now Lao Wang said that you were originally from the 58th Division Special Agent Company?"
Qiu Feng stopped taking steps forward and asked in surprise: "Yes, I am from the 58th Division. It has been many years. Does the commander have any acquaintances in our 58th Division?"
A look of hope immediately appeared on Xu Rui's face, and he asked urgently: "Then do you know a soldier named Xiao Shitou? He is only fourteen years old this year. He followed your 58th Division from Hankou not long ago."
"Little Shitou? Fourteen years old?" Qiu Feng shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it."
The look of hope on Xu Rui's face immediately dimmed, and he said nothing more.
Wang Husheng entrusted Liu Jin with the stone, and then told Qiu Feng about Liu Jin's entrustment to Xu Rui.
After listening to this, Qiu Feng stood in awe for a moment, and saluted, "Don't worry, captain, I will ask someone to send a letter to our division commander when I get back, and ask him to help search for it in the division. I will definitely find the small stones."
Xu Rui nodded, turned around and walked away lonely. When he talked about the little stone just now, Xu Rui inevitably thought of Liu Jin's death, and his heart immediately became heavy. Even though Liu Jin did it out of his own free will, Xu Rui also didn't. There was no choice, but it was an indisputable fact that Liu Jin died for Xu Rui. This guilt would probably keep him entangled with Xu Rui for the rest of his life.
Watching Xu Rui go away, Wang Husheng said: "Liu Jin's death has become an inextricable knot in Lao Xu's heart."
Qiu Feng nodded and said: "I can understand the mood of the leader. It must have been difficult for him when he made this decision. Carrying a lifetime of moral shackles and a lifetime of conscience condemnation is much more difficult than dying generously. However, some At that time, we had no choice. The leader had to bear this result alone." (To be continued.)