Chapter 122 The Problem of Lack of Cadres "Captain, the infantry company is no longer equipped with the Type 92 infantry gun, so what should we do with the mule and horse teams of the infantry company?" Hearing Qin Yangming say that the infantry company no longer needed to be equipped with infantry artillery, Zhangye thought of the mule and horse team equipped by the infantry company. Most of the mules and horses in the infantry company basically serve the artillery. In some areas, artillery is not suitable for towing and can only be disassembled into parts and carried by mules and horses. Listening to what Zhangye said, Qin Yangming thought for a moment and said, "Our new base is in Xiyang County. Xiyang County is close to Hebei Province and is basically a plain area with only a few mountainous areas. Mules and horses can be used to pull carts, and the number of mules and horses can be reduced appropriately. We'll see if we can seize enough trucks when the time comes. If there are enough trucks, the infantry company's mule and horse teams can be replaced with trucks.
In addition, the infantry battalion also needs three 82mm mortars, two 37mm flat-fire guns, and a communications squad... Four infantry companies... all in all, the number of men in a battalion is fixed at 1,500." "As for the troops directly under our regiment, Form a mountain artillery battalion equipped with 18 mountain artillery pieces. A heavy artillery battery equipped with six 105mm howitzers, A rocket launcher company equipped with twelve 107 rocket launchers. A heavy mortar battery equipped with twelve large-caliber mortars. A tank company with six tanks. A cavalry battalion, a special forces company, a regimental guard company, a communications company..." "Lao Zhang, next I'd like to trouble you to check what weapons and equipment we are lacking. Give me the statistics and I will find a way to get them. You will need to worry more about the source of soldiers." Zhangye looked at the vanguard regiment organization table he had written based on Qin Yangming's description, and couldn't help but feel overwhelmed. "Commander, when you were a company commander, you had to be a battalion commander. When you were a battalion commander, you had to be a regiment commander. Now that you are a regiment commander, you have to be a division commander. If we follow your request, our full-strength regiment would have over 10,000 people..." "Hahaha, so what if there are over 10,000? Anyway, the brigade commander asked us to report the establishment ourselves. Now we have reported the establishment according to his requirements. Could he ask us to cancel the establishment?" "Captain, according to your organization table, the most we can do now is to form a main force battalion, and then build the framework of two infantry battalions..." "Also, we don't have enough cadres, especially political cadres. At most, we can only find two instructors and four counselors, which is barely enough for a main battalion." "Then let's set up the framework first. The old commander agreed to add the militia from Shiquan County to the vanguard regiment. Altogether, the militia and the people who are willing to join the Eighth Route Army will number more than 2,000. Enough to form three main battalions." "As for the cadres..." Hearing Qin Yangming mention the new recruits, Zhangye quickly spoke.
"Captain, when we were in Qinghe County, I heard from my classmates at the headquarters that our hometown sent a group of cadres who had just graduated from the Anti-Japanese University... What do you think of us?" Qin Yangming naturally understood what Zhangye meant. The simple purpose was to let Qin Yangming use his connections to persuade the boss to recruit a group of political cadres. After all, the Pioneer Corps is really short of political cadres. The political commissar of Zhangye is in a situation where he is forced to do something he is not prepared for. Qin Yangming shook his head directly: "Lao Zhang, our vanguard group is the vanguard group of the 386th Brigade, not a unit directly under the headquarters. What reason do we have to go to the boss to ask for people? We are short of cadres, and other troops are even short of them. At least we can meet the demand for military cadres by squeezing in here, while other troops are short of even military cadres. " Qin Yangming has a clear understanding of his identity. He is the regiment commander of the 386th Brigade. If he wants to ask for people, he should go to the brigade commander. At the very least, he should go to the division commander. But as a team leader, you go to the boss to ask for people. What do you want to do? Let’s not talk about the question of whether the boss is giving the stick to his own political cadres or to himself. If the boss gave himself a political cadre, what would the other regiment leaders think? Why can Qin Yangming go directly to the boss to ask for people, but I can’t? The most taboo issue in a team is nepotism. If we are short of people, then let’s go find the brigade commander. If he doesn’t have the people, then let him find the division commander, and finally let him find the general manager. This is the normal process of requesting someone. Moreover, because of Qin Yangming's own identity, the brigade did not consider Qin Yangming first when it sent political cadres. The purpose of sending political cadres to Qin Yangming was to share Qin Yangming's pressure and allow him to focus on combat without being disturbed by trivial matters such as logistics. Zhangye listened to Qin Yangming's words and stroked his chin in thought. He was already somewhat overwhelmed when he was serving as an instructor, and still needed Sun Zhigang's assistance in logistical work. Now that he is the political commissar, if there is no one else to help him share the pressure, then he will definitely not be able to handle the affairs of the Pioneer Regiment as well as he handles the affairs of the Pioneer Battalion. After all, there are soldiers in the company who have psychological problems. It is impossible that he, the political commissar, still needs to talk to the soldiers... He couldn't talk about it either. "Captain, can you accept a political cadre who has no practical experience?" Qin Yangming listened to what Zhang Ye said and asked with some doubt: "A political cadre with no practical experience? What's the meaning? " "It's the kind of thing where you're still learning..." "Oh, I remember now. You graduated from the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. You know people there. Do you want to find someone from there?" "Yes, yes, yes, Commander, my teacher withdrew from the frontline combat because of a leg injury and went to teach at the Anti-Japanese University. We can't ask the headquarters for people, but the brigade commander also said that we can recommend candidates ourselves.
I can write to my teachers and former classmates and ask them to come to the Pioneer Group. This is not against the rules, right? They are my classmates, my juniors, and I just wrote to suggest that they join our vanguard group, and the other group leaders have nothing to say." “Moreover, they are all students, not political cadres assigned by the headquarters, and they do not take up other people’s quotas. It’s just that the level of these people is definitely not as good as the political cadres assigned by the headquarters, but it’s better to have them than not.” "And after they come here, I can teach them personally. I guarantee that within half a year, they will be able to do their jobs well." “If that doesn’t work, we can go to the Independent Regiment and ask Political Commissar Zhao to come and teach them. As long as we give Captain Li two guns, he will definitely agree to let Political Commissar Zhao come over to teach us." "That's fine. Go write the letter and I'll ask Goudan to deliver it to you." "No, no, no, Commander, I'll send a telegram. It's faster. I have a classmate who works at a newspaper in Yan'an. I can send a telegram to him directly without occupying the military channel." (End of this chapter)