This is really not easy, because the work during the day is extremely hard, and ordinary workers usually go back to the dormitory after dinner and fall asleep, and they don't even bother to wash their faces. In this case, what perseverance it takes to be able to persist in going to night school for more than a year!

Wang Yaowu buried all kinds of depression in his work in the bottom of his heart, set great ambitions, and did great things.

But these humiliations, in fact, he did not forget at all.

Later, the first thing Wang Yaowu did after he developed was to pay for Shanghai Taikang Biscuit Company, which was a big sigh of relief.

Because he knew that his apprentice had no future in his life, under the guidance of his fellow villagers, Wang Yaowu went south to Guangzhou to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy and graduated successfully.

As a result, Wang Yaowu's life was changed.

On the way back, the wheels of the cars crushed the red earth, and from time to time there were groups of grass-green troops and people supporting the army passing by.

Hanhang also has an important question to ask, that is, the problem of false registration quotas and empty salaries. Some troops have a quota of 10,000 people, but in fact there are only 9,000 to 8,000 people, and on the surface there is no way to survive in the army. But once the war starts, there are not enough soldiers, and then it will be a big mistake!

In the upcoming Battle of Shanggao, the Japanese army invested 60,000 men, while the national army was nominally 100,000.

It is generally believed that due to the superiority of the Japanese army in weaponry and training, the national army needs at least twice as many troops in defense. Then, the Japanese attack is more than 60,000 people, and the national army should have 120,000 people to resist.

But in fact, the national army was only more than 80,000 people, and needless to say, the Japanese army had an absolute advantage in this battle.

It's hard to ask, but it has to be asked. Han Xing said to Wang Yaowu: "There are a lot of nominal people in the national army, but I heard that there are a lot of empty salaries. I saw that the grassroots companies of the 74th Army were all full, and there was absolutely no problem with empty salaries, right!? ”

Wang Yaowu is so shrewd, as soon as Han Xing asked, he understood what he meant, and said toughly: "As the main force of the national army, the 74th Army cannot be dissatisfied, there are big battles and bad battles every month, if the troops are not satisfied, how to engage the tough Japanese army." Although it is not a secret that it is not open to the public, it is illegal after all, and it is possible to be removed from office and imprisoned or even lose your head once you are discovered. ”

Han Xing asked: "What should I do if the staff is full and the funds are seriously insufficient?" ”

Wang Yaowu looked at the left and right that there was no one else, and Han Xing was from the Southern Expeditionary Army, not belonging to the Central Army series, and quietly said to Han Xing: "You have to promise me, but you are not allowed to say it to anyone!" ”

Han Xing nodded: "I vouch for my personality, I won't tell anyone the secrets of your 74th Army." ”

Wang Yaowu then said: "That's the case. It is certainly not possible to eat the empty salary of the army, but you can eat the empty salary of the people. That is to say, a unit like the 74th Army also needs people, and the people are not caught indiscriminately, but need to be paid.

We secretly stipulated that the regiment commander could eat 20, the battalion commander 10, the company commander 5, and the platoon commander 1. The military salary of the people is 15 yuan per person, and when the people are not used, they will be paid according to the people who have them. When the people really needed them, the 74th Army tried to find another way to give money to hire the people.

That being said, I actually paid for a considerable part of the money out of my own pocket. ”

Han Xing then pressed again: "Where did you get the money?" ”

Wang Yaowu said embarrassedly: "Actually, this is also a way to do it. In order for the troops to eat, they can't help but do some business! ”

A deeper layer of secret words, Wang Yaowu did not say.

Han Xing knew that Wang Yaowu was quite economically minded, and saw business opportunities during the war, so he asked his wife to come forward to do business, open a biscuit factory, a daily necessities factory or something, and even sold goods to the army and made a lot of money! However, Wang Yaowu is not the kind of Singel who sells bad things to the military through bribery. The things he sold to the army were of good quality and were below the market price.

Wang Yaowu even started a business with the Communist Party base at that time, transporting the scarce materials needed by the base area to sell for money.

Wang Yaowu is not like many nerds, like martial nerds, who can only read and fight, he is very good at making good relations in all aspects. At that time, many officers of the national army were paid dead salaries, and in fact they had little money, and most of them lived an ordinary life.

Once they have something, they find Wang Yaowu to borrow money or simply ask for money. Wang Yaowu generally does not shirk, he can give what he can to borrow, and he can borrow it. Anyone who does business knows that making money is not easy. Wang Yaowu is very generous, lending a large amount of money casually and giving it away, without blinking an eyelid.

This is the so-called emphasis on righteousness over wealth, so the national army has a good impression of him from top to bottom, and his reputation is very good.

Wang Yaowu's own life is ordinary, with the same food, clothing, and housing as ordinary officers, but he bothers to woo his superiors.

If a higher-ranking officer came to inspect the troops, Wang Yaowu did not hesitate to take out his personal savings and give him a good hospitality. The so-called hospitality, that is, eating. Wang Yaowu usually finds the most famous local chef and uses his private savings to set up a few sumptuous banquets, so that these chiefs can eat enough wine and food.

Compared with General Zhang Zizhong, who only put a few meatballs in hot pot to entertain his superiors, Wang Yaowu is obviously much more shrewd and more proficient in life. For Chinese officialdom, Wang Yaowu can be regarded as a perfect master.

Han Xing was in the car and asked him a few more important questions: "Commander Wang, how do you think a unit can maintain a tenacious fighting style?" ”

"Haven't you tested me again," Wang Yaowu said with a smile, "The more hard and hard battles a unit fights, the more it can form its own tenacious combat style." The Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Lanfeng, the Battle of Wuhan, including the Battle of Nanchang, the First Battle of Changsha, the Winter Offensive, etc., the 74th Army fought a lot of hard and vicious battles.

The most typical is that in the Battle of Changde, the 57th Division of the 74th Army faced 30,000 heavy Japanese troops and held out for 9 days, and finally only more than 300 people broke through. In almost all battles, the Japanese army in front of the 74th Army did not bargain for anything, which further strengthened the 74th Army's combat confidence. ”

Han Xing asked him again: "What do you think is the most valuable in the 74th Army at present?" ”

Wang Yaowu said: "It is those veterans who have survived in their lives, veterans and new soldiers, who have passed down the stubble after stubble, and passed on the traditions of the troops, the glory of the troops, and the tenacious combat style of the troops to these recruits. Without these veterans, the 74th Army would not be where it is today. ”

Han Xing was silently thinking that the reason why the 74th Army had reached the level where it could fight a tough battle today was not a day's cold. In the long-term bitter and vicious battles, he gradually formed his own combat style.

After getting out of the car, on the way back to the headquarters, a soldier did not salute Wang Yaowu when he saw him, but said, "Yaowu, you are back." ”

Han Xing felt a little surprised, although this soldier was forty or fifty years old, but when he saw that the commander did not salute, and he was so casual, calling him by his name, what kind of rule did this be? Without rules, it is difficult to make a circle.

And Wang Yaowu did not reproach him, but said: "Uncle, I'm back." ”

It turned out to be a relative, and here, Han Xing thought of an important question again. The emperor also has ten poor relatives, and after knowing that Wang Yaowu is developed, there must be many relatives who come to join him. How Wang Yaowu arranged his relatives was an important question in front of Wang Yaowu.

Let's talk about it from a higher level, this is a question of the cadre system and an issue of organizational principles. In the past, Hong Xiuquan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was ruined in this aspect. Speaking closer, even for XXX, an important officer of the Kuomintang, most of the first-level officers of each division and regiment are his fellow countrymen, friends, teachers and students, and other officers cannot squeeze in at all.

Nepotism, or meritocracy, is easy to say, but not easy to do. Which one is virtuous, in the eyes of different people, there are different judging criteria.

Han Xing asked tentatively: "In the 74th Army, I am afraid that there are many relatives among the senior officers, right?" ”

Wang Yaowu smiled and said, "There are few of my relatives and fellow villagers, either grooms or husbands. ”

Han Xing was in hot pursuit: "How do you say this?" ”

Wang Yaowu said: "Look, the person who spoke to me just now is my uncle, whose name is Shi Xunyuan, that is, a squad leader who feeds horses. There is also an uncle named Shi Chengxin, who was originally a squad leader, but he violated military discipline in the army and was kicked out of the army by me.

And my younger brother is named Wang Zhemin, who was the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 305th Regiment in 1938, and he panicked during a battle in the Battle of Taierzhuang and even asked to retreat. I was so angry that I thought that my brother was not a soldier, and almost ordered him to be shot. Later, under the persuasion of everyone, he was reluctantly relieved of his position as battalion commander and was responsible for the reception of new recruits. ”

Han Xing nodded, and also knew that Wang Yaowu really couldn't open the net and give a green light all the way because he was related to him on the issue of employing people.

The most typical is his relative Zhang Wenming, who followed Wang Yaowu as an adjutant in 1933 before the Anti-Japanese War, and can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles and worked for 15 years.

It was because of his average ability and low level of education that he was not promoted by Wang Yaowu.

By the time of the defeat of the Battle of Jinan in 1948 and Zhang Wenming was captured by the People's Liberation Army along with Wang Yaowu, he was just a major, responsible for managing the army's gasoline depots, and a petty officer in ordinary logistics.

You must know that at that time, any soldier, as long as he had a little culture, did not die in the army for 15 years, and the worst was a captain. It can be seen that the king did not take special care of his relatives.

On the issue of selecting high-ranking officers, Wang Yaowu is basically a meritocracy, and whoever has the ability will be used, and Zhang Lingfu is an example.

On the issue of selecting grassroots officers, Wang Yaowu was also very cautious. Wang Yaowu stepped up step by step from the second lieutenant platoon commander and knew the role of front-line officers. Therefore, the company commander and even the platoon commander of the 74th Army, Wang Yaowu attaches great importance to it, often focuses on training, and meets and gets to know each other one by one to see if this person can be competent.