Chapter 61: Removing stasis
Guan Fei felt that someone was pushing his body and calling his name, and when he heard the voice being the guard Li Qing, he immediately woke up from his sleep and opened his eyes.
With a long experience in the front-line army, every soldier can learn two things, one is the ability to fall asleep anytime and anywhere, and the other is the ability to wake up immediately no matter how heavy the sleep is when someone calls or the surrounding environment changes suddenly.
Combat is rhythmic and irregular, and only by falling asleep immediately anytime and anywhere can you quickly replenish your strength during intervals. And when there is a sudden change in the environment, especially some specific signals, such as the call of comrades, the sudden silence of the surroundings, etc., will send a danger signal to the experienced veteran, stimulating him to wake up quickly.
Guan Fei does not need to train these two samples, and he can immediately use them proficiently as soon as he learns them.
With the help of the biological sidebrain, he can fall asleep within ten seconds even if he is standing and closing his eyes, and enter a deep sleep within a minute or two. As long as a person has two hours of deep sleep, it is enough to replenish the physical strength exerted during the day. Therefore, although Guan Fei has to manage the army and the people, and has a lot of affairs, he can still maintain strong energy every day to go to the grassroots level under the troops, and he is full of energy all day long.
As soon as Guan Fei woke up, the various sensory organs in his body didn't notice anything unusual, so he slowly opened his eyes, faced Xiao Li, who was still shouting "Commander, Commander", and asked calmly, "What's the matter?" ”
"Commander, a group of domestic veterans came to the enlistment office, saying that they wanted to join our team. Director Qiu of the Recruitment Department doesn't know if you should accept it, so I would like to ask you to make a decision. Xiao Li knew that this was not an urgent matter, but when it came to the country, he didn't dare to delay and not report it, so he still woke Guan Fei up from his sleep, but he was also a little nervous in his heart, and he didn't know if the commander would be angry.
"From China? You said it's a batch, is there a lot of people? Guan Fei also felt a little surprised, lifted the quilt and turned over to get up, and pondered.
"Director Qiu said that there were thirty-four people, all of whom belonged to the 38th Army." Xiao Li turned on the electric light in the shack, helped him take his coat, and draped it on his body.
"Thirty-eighth Army?" Guan Fei's pupils shrank.
What is practiced in China is the system of military regions, a three-level system of large military regions, provincial military districts, and military subdivisions. Originally, there were six military regions, the Northwest, Southwest, Central South, East China, North China, and Northeast China, which were in charge of the national field troops, while the provincial military districts were local troops and were also under the jurisdiction of the large military regions.
Since then, the large military regions have undergone many adjustments, and at the most there were 13 large military regions, and in recent years, the merged ones have been merged and downgraded to the downgrades of provincial military regions, and there are still 11 large military regions.
The 38th Army is said to be under the Beijing Military Region.
"Have you ever asked where these people are from?" He thought for a moment and asked.
"No, it's important?" Xiao Li asked cautiously.
"Forget it, I'll find out later." Guan Fei held his mouth and took the list of cadre promotions handed over by Sun Yaohua yesterday from the table, and slowly seemed that he was not in a hurry about the veterans who came from China.
It's all here, and now there is also Director Qiu of the Military Recruitment Department who is receiving them, so I don't have to rush over.
It's this list, he needs to think a little more.
The 291st Brigade was given the number in February, and before he left for Hong Kong, it was expanded to more than 1,400 people. By the time he had earned his first money in Hong Kong and sent food back, the army had expanded to nearly 3,000 men in March. After returning from Hong Kong, he accepted all the remnants of the former People's Army who were stranded in Menghai, reaching 6,000.
I had been doing the previous training, but due to the lack of food, the training was not sufficient. When he returned, he gradually got back on track.
Up to now, the regular training of the troops has been going on for three months. These soldiers all have one to several years of military experience, and their basic military skills and discipline are all there, and after several months of training, their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the company he first led, but it has reached 60 or 70 percent, which is worthy of a battle.
Now that the defense zone has been upgraded to a military division, the organizational structure of the troops must also be slightly adjusted, and the basic company model should no longer be continued, but the battalion-level framework should be established.
The upper limit of the troop establishment is still the brigade, and the title of the 291st Brigade will not change.
He will not get a lot of army commanders and division commanders out like other KPA units, and if he doesn't have that head, he won't wear such a big hat. Not to mention that the general ability of his subordinates is not enough now, even if he thinks about it in the future, he can't seal too many senior officers.
Just a bunch of generals now, and what titles will you take to reward them in the future? If you don't reward everyone for not being motivated, if you reward you, then you must be higher than the title of general, do you want to be marshals?
That's not what the joke says!
Therefore, the framework of the 291st Brigade remains unchanged, and for the time being, only the battalion-level establishment has been increased, and 12 field companies have been combined into three field battalions. The engineering battalion was upgraded to an engineering regiment, which allowed this unit, which was engaged in construction in peacetime and served as a reserve in wartime, to continue to explore how to manage the troops within a larger establishment.
In this way, there were three field battalions, four engineering battalions, and 42 middle-level officers, including battalion commanders, deputy battalion commanders, instructors, reconnaissance platoon commanders, and clerks, which were sufficient to reward his loyal old subordinates.
A large number of people are promoted to mid-level officers, and then a large number of junior officer posts will be vacated.
The list of cadres promoted by Guan Fei is divided into two parts: battalion-level cadres and company and platoon cadres.
For the promotion of cadres in military units, the military chief draws up a list and submits it to the political chief for examination, and if the political chief officer does not sign and agree, the list will be invalid. This is also to restrain military commanders from appointing private individuals and expand their own influence, and at the same time it is also a means to ensure the absolute control of the BJP over the troops.
He had carefully read the relevant list last night and made some changes to it. When he got up overnight, he felt more sober, and when he looked over one by one, what he saw was not Sun Yaohua's crooked name, but vivid faces.
Regarding the employment of people, everyone hopes that all their subordinates will have talents with both ability and political integrity.
But in fact, such talents are very rare, most of them are particularly good in one aspect, and the other is obviously lacking. In the 291st Brigade, all the cadres, including Guan Fei himself, are not high-quality talents with both ability and political integrity.
Guan Fei's philosophy of employing people is to use both ability and political integrity, use with confidence, use with virtue without talent, and control use with talent without virtue.
Needless to say, most of the people who have both ability and political integrity are promoted by him to the supervision and key departments such as the guard unit, the supervision of military conduct and discipline, the political commissar, and the equipment management, so as to strengthen the reliability of the troops. Those who are talented but not virtuous will be given control to serve as military commanders, deputy commanders, and responsible persons of training, logistics, and other departments under various strict restrictions.
As for the meritorious people who have no talent and no virtue, but have followed him for a long time, he mostly arranged for these people to go to some leisure departments, which can be regarded as allowing them to retire in advance.
Guan Fei looked at the list, picked up the pen, and revised the appointments of the two people. One is Cui Guodong, the commander of the fourth field company, who is brave in battle, has outstanding command ability, and is also his old subordinate. But he has a strong sense of mountain, is very keen to form gangs, and Guan Fei has noticed that he has strong ambitions through many contacts with him.
This time, Sun Yaohua recommended the list and promoted him to the commander of the second battalion.
Guan Fei did not agree, and yesterday he also considered putting him in the position of deputy battalion commander and letting him be restrained. But today, he has made up his mind and decided to arrange for him to transfer to a local area ahead of schedule and serve as the director of the newly established precision instrument factory.
This kind of ambitious person who is accustomed to forming gangs and factions is very dangerous, and it is easy to become a tumor if he stays in the army, and he would rather lower the level of command of the army than resolutely take him down!
There is also the deputy political commissar of the third battalion recommended by Sun Yaohua, this person is good in all aspects, but Guan Fei feels that he is unsettled and is not in the army. This time, it was simply disposed of and let him go to the precision machine tool factory as the secretary of the party committee.
After Guan Fei made these two modifications, a stone in his heart finally landed.
The reason why a hidden danger is a hidden danger is that it cannot be ruled out, and it will always be pressed heavily in my heart, making it clear that it will explode sooner or later, but I don't know when. Instead of doubting something for a long time, it is better to take it cleanly and nip this hidden danger in the bud.
He adopted a collective leadership system in civil affairs, but he was determined to maintain absolute control over the troops and not allow the slightest betrayal.
In the end, it only took him about ten minutes, and after the list was revised, he handed it to Xiao Li and asked him to put it back in the package.
"Let's go!"
He washed his face, brushed his teeth, packed his things, strode out the door, and came to the recruiting office with the guard Xiao Li.
The enlistment office is located in the valley where the troops usually train, and there is only a small wooden house.
Due to the large number of veterans who came, they couldn't sit in the house, so Qiu Yingjie, the director of the conscription department, simply turned on the headlights, and dozens of people gathered in the open space outside the house to talk.
Seeing Guan Fei appear, Qiu Yingjie quickly got up and saluted him: "Commander!" ”
The group of veterans also saw him, and when they saw Qiu Yingjie standing up and saluting, they immediately knew that he was the head of the troops, so they hurriedly stood up and saluted him with a standard military salute. Although they have been away from the army for a period of time, the style of the soldiers has not changed, their bodies are still so straight, their movements are still so fast, and their military salutes are still so tough and crisp.
Guan Fei passed this military salute and had an intuitive judgment of their state.
He also solemnly returned the salute and invited everyone to sit down.
"...... are you, students of the school?" The others all sat back down, and two men and women who looked like ordinary people caught his attention.
"Report to the commander, I'm He Yuanchao! This is my classmate Xue Zhen, and we used to be on the same farm. This time, we heard that the army was going to recruit new recruits, so we were going to sign up, but we met them on the way...... "Guan Fei is running around all day, and everyone in the military subdivision has seen his appearance." In front of the supreme head of the military sub-district, He Yuanchao didn't dare to be full of nonsense, but just truthfully explained the situation.
Qiu Yingjie was beside him and whispered about the situation.
"Hehehehe, it turns out that you don't know each other if you don't fight! Welcome, welcome, welcome to join the People's Army, we are a young team, but also in a period of vigorous development, is in need of a large number of promising young people to join the military, with us to create a better tomorrow! After listening to the report, Guan Fei laughed loudly, stepped forward and grabbed He Yuanchao's hand and shook it vigorously.
"But my feet are broken, how can I pass the assessment!" He Yuanchao's eyes were a little red, and he glared fiercely at He Yang, who had caused him to twist his feet. His feet and neck were swollen just now, and it was impossible to pass the daytime assessment.
"I'll show you!"
Guan Fei helped him sit down on a bench, and despite his objections, he helped him take off his shoes and socks, only to see that the outside of his right foot and neck was indeed swollen.
He put his fingers on the epidermis of his ankle and pressed them gently, little by little.
"Ahh When he pressed somewhere, He Yuan screamed and screamed in pain.
"It's twisted, it's a strain, and it doesn't look like a blood vessel is broken. Director Qiu, bring a basin of cold water, and take a bottle of safflower oil. "Guan Fei leads the troops, often encounters all kinds of injuries, and has a lot of experience, and in terms of judgment, he is more effective than a hygienist.
"All set!" Director Qiu is also a veteran of his subordinates, and he has already prepared all kinds of things he needs.
The basin was brought over, and Guan Fei didn't dislike He Yuanchao's feet and put them in the cold water. The mountains are hot during the day and cool at night. The water was cold for another night, and some icemen, as soon as He Yuan put it down on his feet, he unconsciously shook it.
"The water is a little icy, you bear with it. I judge that you are just a contusion, but maybe there will be a rupture of blood vessels, and a soak in ice water can effectively constrict blood vessels and reduce bleeding, so as not to make the red and swollen part even more swollen. He held down the instep of his foot and said patiently.
"Yes." Although the twisted place was still very painful, He Yuanchao's heart was warm, and his eyes were a little moist.
In the past, the family was used to him, and that was because everyone was relatives. Since coming to the countryside, he has endured a lot of hardships that he has never endured, and he has never taken care of him like this, he is not afraid of dirty feet, nor afraid of smell, so patiently and meticulously help him treat his foot injury.
Suddenly, he felt like crying.
"This chief, we caused this incident, so let's do it. We are also very experienced in treating sprained feet. In the middle of the group of soldiers, a man who looked like a leader came over and said with a little guilt.
"It's our fault, and it would be nice if we had installed electric lights outside. Since it is the fault of the military division, then I, the commander of the military division, should of course take the initiative to take responsibility for this mistake. Guan Fei smiled and didn't get out of the way.
"It's not the fault of the military division!" Xue Zhen has been beside her, just now she really wanted to take the initiative to help He Yuanchao rub her feet, but she was a little embarrassed, and when she heard Guan Fei take the responsibility on herself, she mustered up the courage and said, "We all know the situation in the military division. Originally, this place was all a barren mountain, and it was the commander who took us to build it like this little by little, and everyone is very grateful to Commander Guan and thinks you are a good leader......"
Halfway through her words, the courage in her heart suddenly faded for some reason, and her voice quickly decreased, only blushing.
When the leader of the big man named Suning heard her say this, his eyes flashed, and he looked at Guan Fei seriously.
These two people are obviously ordinary people, although they have a lot of blood, but they also have the inherent weaknesses of ordinary people. Seeing that she only dares to speak halfway, you know that she is naturally weak. And seeing that she blurted out just now, it was obviously without thinking, not intended to flatter.
It seems that this Commander Guan has a very high prestige among the masses here!