Although they are newlyweds, Luo Yue and Zhou Weiying only have one day of vacation, after all, both of them are in important positions now, and they are busy with work, so it is impossible to travel for a honeymoon, so they can only go for a walk around Qingdao and turn around, which is better than nothing.

Immediately after the holiday, the two of them attended a plenary meeting of the 1st Division to discuss the preparation of the 1st Division. All of the people present at the meeting were traversers, a total of 66 people, and all of them were military positions above the battalion level.

At present, the first division is mainly faced with three problems: the first is the operation of the whole division; The logistical support personnel are basically complete, but at the grass-roots level, the commanders of the main squad-platoon companies have not yet been determined, and this is because a small number of the original company-level crossing soldiers have all been promoted to the battalion level, and a small number of local officers with outstanding performance have also been promoted to the battalion headquarters, and even serve as officers at the deputy battalion level; second, the Central Military Commission has transferred a number of grass-roots officers from the regiments that make up the First Division to support other newly established units, and this has left a large number of middle-level and lower-level officer vacancies in the grass-roots units of the First Division, and now there are a total of 112 companies in the whole division, while only 21 companies are fully staffed, which is less than 20 percentIn addition, there is only one company commander in the company headquarters of 35 companies, and the biggest gap is in the company instructors, and a total of 76 companies now lack company instructors; therefore, the shortage of officers at the grassroots level has caused great difficulties in the training, reorganization, and ideological education of the entire division.

The second is that the whole division has been supplemented with a large number of new soldiers, and the troops of the first division are basically troops who have participated in battles, and there are many teams that have been in battle for a long time, but after expansion, transfer, and replenishment, the proportion of new recruits in the army is now about 30 percent. However, there is still a considerable gap between the military quality and ideological concepts of the recruits and those of the veterans, so helping the recruits to integrate into the army as soon as possible, so that their training and thinking can be on par with the veterans as soon as possible, and when carrying out their tasks, they will not be held back by the whole division, and this will also be the focus of the whole division's work in the next step.

Although the People's Army advocates equality between officers and soldiers, this kind of "equality" is not absolute equality, but refers to equality in terms of spiritual level and military discipline, but after recruits join the army, they will definitely have to bear some more public obligations than veterans, such as cleaning the barracks, cleaning up the rooms, and so on. On the whole, in the People's Army, recruits are basically not bullied in the true sense of the word. On the one hand, this is due to the constraints of the system, and on the other hand, it is also because of the work of a large number of political work cadres, and at the same time there are grassroots soldiers' committees, but now there is a large influx of new recruits, and there is a large shortage of political work cadres, so the contradictions between veterans and recruits cannot but be prevented.

The third is the use and lack of weapons. Although the army's establishment plan specifies the weapons to be equipped by the troops at all levels, it will take time for these weapons to be mass-produced, that is, the standard weapons equipped with in the units that have been established now cannot be fully put in place in a short period of time. Of course, basic weapons such as rifles can still use old guns, and artillery also has some old guns, which can be dealt with for a while, but there is no way to deal with new weapons such as grenadiers and mortars. Moreover, artillery is different from ordinary infantry, it requires a certain amount of professional knowledge, and at the same time, it also requires long-term and rigorous training, and to a certain extent, it is more difficult to train a qualified artillery than to train a qualified infantryman.

At present, in the People's Army, the illiterate account for about 7 percent, and the semi-literate also accounts for more than 2 percent, and only less than 10 percent of the soldiers can be regarded as freeing from illiteracy, on the one hand, because the overall literacy rate in China in this era is not high, and the majority are illiterate, and on the other hand, the navy has robbed a large number of literate soldiers. Fortunately, since the founding of the People's Army, literacy education has been carried out throughout the army, and some veterans have been freed from illiteracy, but literacy education is a long-term process, and it is difficult to achieve great results in a short period of time.

Of course, these problems are not only unique to the first division, but also exist in the newly established second division. However, these problems are mainly handled and resolved by the divisions, and the Central Military Commission can provide limited help, which is also very normal in the initial period of the army, and can only give full play to their own subjective ability and use to jointly overcome difficulties. And compared to the ancestors of the old plane, the conditions of the time-traveler are now very good.

But there was not much time left for the first division, and they only had one month to prepare, and they had to leave for Jinan to be stationed. This is not only because the Qing court had already sent troops to suppress the remnants of the Boxer Rebellion in Zhili, Henan, Shanxi and other places, but also because the East China government is now vigorously developing Jinan. Jinan is one of the three major cities of the current East China government, is the end point of the Jiaoji Railway, and the surrounding area gathers the main coal and iron resources of Shandong Province, so the East China government to develop, must develop Jinan as soon as possible, full control of Jinan and the surrounding areas, and this requires a strong army to be stationed here.

After consultations, the division headquarters made several measures: In terms of personnel, it is necessary to select grass-roots officers from among veterans as soon as possible, improve the command of units at all levels, and strengthen the training of troops, so that new recruits can improve their own quality as soon as possible, and at the same time, it is also necessary to strengthen the literacy education of soldiers and train political workers.

In terms of weapons, it is not in a hurry to equip all the standard weapons, which are artillery and mortars, because it will take a considerable amount of time for soldiers to fully master these weapons, and first of all, they must be educated in basic theory, which will also be a long process, so artillery and machine guns can be equipped with only half, or even one-third, and grenadiers and mortars hope that the arsenal will provide at least 10 sets during this month, so that soldiers can have physical objects to see in their studies and be able to try them out at the same time.

In addition, there are some other problems: one is that the cavalry units under the division have not yet been put in place, and this is the only unit in the division that has not yet been put in place, and it is hoped that it will be able to be in place as soon as possible and train with the whole division; moreover, according to the establishment, the division should still have more than 600 horses and corresponding vehicles, and these must not only be in place as soon as possible, but also need a group of professional breeders, after all, raising horses is also a technical job; at the same time, the first division has also applied to the Central Military Commission that it is best to be able to transfer two trucks and four small cars for the troops to use in an emergency.

The last division also made a request that a military zone be set aside on the outskirts of Jinan, not only for troops to be stationed, but also to be able to conduct artillery training.

After the report was sent to the Central Military Commission, it was quickly approved by the Central Military Commission, and in principle, the Central Military Commission agreed, but now the political workers in the entire East China government are a difficult problem to solve in a short period of time; although Qin Zheng took the lead in gathering political work cadres in the army and compiling a set of training materials for political workers, and also opened a training course for political workers, a qualified political worker must not only shout a few slogans; first of all, he must have a certain degree of cultural knowledge, and at least he must be able to read and write; second, he must have a certain amount of life experience, understand and be good at handling human affairs and affairs; and he must be magnanimous and open-minded in character, and his mind must not be too narrow-mindedThey must be good at working with others, but they must also be able to adhere to principles on major issues of right and wrong; not only are people who say one thing and have a self-respecting character who are not suitable for being political work cadres, but also people who are too tactful and two-faced, and who are muddy are also not suitable for political work cadres, so even if a training course is held, it is difficult to train a large number of political workers in a short period of time.

The CMC's solution is that at the present stage, it can only give full play to the role of the traversers; first of all, the instructors of the battalions are still the traversers, so they have to work a little harder, and even the work of instructors must be taken on the same time; in addition, other traversers must also do their best to assist the servicemen and be responsible for political work.

In terms of weapons, the basic rifles, Type 96 pistols, and Maxim machine guns can be fully equipped, but the rifles are still old guns, and the arsenal can only provide new guns to a battalion of troops for soldiers to try out for a period of time, while the Haqikaisi rapid-fire guns, 75 mm field guns, and 105 mm * guns can supply half of them, of course, they are all old artillery, after all, the People's Army still has some stocks. Among the new types of weapons, the arsenal can guarantee the supply of 50 sets of grenadiers, 20 60 mortars, 10 mortars each of 82 mortars and 100 mortars before the first division is deployed.

However, there is not a single vehicle applied for by the first division, because the crossing vehicle is a consumable item, so the principle of the East China government is to concentrate the crossing vehicles in the residential area of the traverser, and in various places, try to use as little crossing vehicles as possible, and strive to be in line with this era, so as to adapt to the life of this era. The cavalry company and horses can be in place as soon as possible, and professional guards will also be deployed.

After all, it is not a temporary garrison in Jinan, but it will certainly be a long-term garrison, and the total strength of a division is about 15,000, plus all the logistical support personnel, it is estimated that it will be about 18,000, so it is absolutely necessary to formally establish a military zone to ensure the work and rest and training of the troops. Of course, the location of the club will be negotiated between the First Division and the local government of Jinan.

Although the application for the vehicle was rejected, all other matters were approved, so the division headquarters of the first division was also very satisfied, of course, the construction of the division troops did not stop for a moment, and in the past few days, the commanders of each squad and platoon company were finally determined, so all units also started normal training, and the division commander Zhang Zhengjie sent deputy division commander Deng Kai to Jinan in advance to negotiate with the Jinan local government to determine the location for the establishment of a military zone. Prepare for the arrival of the army in Jinan.