A Dream of Jinling Chapter 336 Retreat (13)

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"It's not that I can win the two wars, but that the United States and Britain will lose the wars they are waging", such a sentence really has a strong flavor of dialectical materialism, and it also has some romantic atmosphere of classical philosophy. Uncle En not only did not criticize the words themselves, but even felt that they really made him feel happy.

However, Wei Ze, who said this, did not seem to be more subdued because of this, and his position as emperor of the Republic of China forced Wei Ze to show the stereotypical appearance of a affairs officer. It is both inefficient and painful to use a romantic and jumpy mindset to run rigorous and cold concrete execution.

After Uncle Yoen saw him again tomorrow, Wei Ze buried his head in the pile of texts, and what he saw the most was the Sino-American war that was in full swing. After the 24th Army changed from three companies under one battalion to five companies under one battalion, the number of personnel jumped from 30,000 to 50,000.

Without waiting for the troops to be systematically reorganized, the 24th Army immediately went into battle. First, in the battle to encircle and annihilate the U.S. Federal Army's Northern Defense Line, the 24th Army immediately moved south and began to attack the U.S. Federal Army on the southern shore of Lake Superior. In less than a month, the 24th Army cooperated with other infantry units to complete two battles of annihilation, and more than 100,000 federal troops were eliminated in formation.

Now the 24th Army is advancing eastward, and it has begun to cooperate with the troops of the Liberation Army in Sault Ste. Mary to encircle and annihilate the American federal forces besieging Sault Ste. Mary. Once the U.S. Federal Army around Sue Saint Mary was annihilated, the Liberation Army would have complete control of the area around Lake Superior, and the natural next step was to make full use of Lake Superior's shipping to carry out further operations in the Great Lakes region.

For the 24th Army's table xiàn, there are only some very simple evaluations in these reports. Naturally, no one will erase the exploits of this new-style motorized unit. Wei Ze could see that there were also some people who were very angry about the casualties of this army. Starting from the motorized infantry regiment that was the predecessor of the 24th Army, from the west coast to the present, this unit has participated in more than half of the battles in the Sino-American war, and the number of casualties of nearly 1,000 troops has also approached one-third of the total number of casualties in the whole army so far.

Wei Ze didn't look for these statements in the official document, he just skimmed through the other contents a little, and then ordered the secretary to transfer the recent personnel transfer of the 24th Army to him. A few hours later, a list that was by no means short appeared on Weeser's desk. After reading the first few names, Wei Ze leaned back directly on the back of the sofa.

The list was so impactful, two of the three division commanders were replaced, and four of the nine regiment commanders were replaced. Wei Ze immediately understood how his precious son had been accused so much in such a short period of time. It would be strange if the hairy children in their twenties did something to so many middle and senior officers in their thirties and forties.

Wei Ze was generally satisfied with Qi Rui's evaluation, so after the situation calmed down a little, he continued to read the personnel transfer list of the 24th Army. All replacement personnel were promoted from combat units, including the positions of two division commanders, who were temporarily replaced by deputy division commanders. At this time, the overall matter was probably straightened out, and the 24th Army showed quite strong combat effectiveness, and apart from the casualty figures, no one else could find a reason to further attack the 24th Army.

The construction of the 24th Army by the North American Theater Front Command is to form a group army, so that this force can better carry out the encirclement and annihilation war. And this Jian Yì was directly suppressed by Shen Xin, the political commissar of the war zone. Shen Xin told the front-line command that it is the responsibility of the front-line command to cooperate with the command of various armies, and it is irresponsible to directly hand over this work to a group army.

From Wei Ze's point of view, Shen Xin's disposition was not wrong at all. If a simple group army is formed to charge into battle, the front-line command will probably be able to ignore the issue of motorizing the entire Liberation Army for the time being. Weeser certainly wanted to speed up the advance of the motorized infantry through the guò war, and now the front command was not happy with the changes caused by the change.

There is only one solution left to solve this problem, and that is to convene a meeting of the Military Commission. There are fewer and fewer old brothers, and there are more and more young faces. Weser himself is a very young one among the old brothers, and even so, he is 56 years old. In this era of average life expectancy in the forties, more than forty years old is an old guy buried in the loess to the chest. It's not unusual for the old guys to retreat one by one because of their health. In this military commission, where there are more and more young faces, Wei Ze put forward his own views.

The military commissar's first reaction was silence, which made Wei Ze immediately feel dissatisfied. There have been various things in the Guangfu Army for decades, but there has never been a problem after Wei Ze raised the question, and everyone's reaction was to express their attitude of not immediately participating in the matter.

The crowd was silent, and neither was Wesé. So it was just so cold. After being cold for a few minutes, Ruan Xihao saw that something was wrong, and he immediately said, "Let's talk about other issues first." ”

"What's the matter?" Weese is also willing to ease the situation for a while.

"Many units on the front line have applied to leave the front line." Ruan Xihao is also fifty years old, and when he talks about topics that make him very unhappy, he can also see that he does not mean to get angry immediately. Another reason, of course, is presumably that Weeser had already raised the issue before the North American War. After a certain amount of time on the front line and a certain number of battles, the unit accepts applications to leave the front line. At that time, the reaction of everyone in the Military Commission was extremely cold, because no one was willing to argue with Wei Ze, so everyone handled the matter coldly.

"What do you think about this?" Wei Ze still maintained a consistent attitude, focusing on communication first.

Ruan Xihao stared at Wei Ze and said, "Dudu, we followed you to fight the world back then, and it can be said that we have succeeded one after another. After coming out of Yong'an, many of the old brothers have been fighting with you for more than ten years. Now it's just three years of service for these people, and they can't stand it. Such unhealthy tendencies must not be fostered! ”

"The old brothers followed me to fight the world back then, and I have always cherished this friendship. There are old brothers and young comrades here. What do you think of me, except for not allowing the old brothers to come nonsense, what do you think of these old brothers? "Weeser first needs to reach a consensus.

Naturally, everyone here will say that Wei Ze is not good to the old brothers, and they have to participate in the condolence work every New Year's Day, and many old brothers actually have nothing great to do before they retire. On the contrary, he was immediately revered after retirement.

"The old brothers followed me to fight the country, and what they were looking forward to was to build a world where everyone had land to plant, everyone had food to eat, and everyone had clothes to wear. At that time, the old brothers were never afraid of death, because the living world is to live and suffer! Comrades, you really suffer from it. Weeser repeated the last part in a heavy tone, and spoke on both sides in a row. But perhaps Weeser emphasized too much on the horror of life at that time, which made many young comrades smile a little.

"Hee-ho, do you remember what you were wearing when you first met me?" Wei Ze turned his head and asked Ruan Xihao.

Ruan Xihao frowned, and shook his head after a moment. This was more than thirty years ago, when Ruan Xihao was only ten years old, and he was a half-old child, and he really forgot about what happened at that time.

"People say that the clothes are worn out and the patches are stacked. But at that time, Guangxi was poor, and everyone couldn't make up for it, and the first time I saw Ruan Xihao, I saw this teenage child, wearing clothes one hole after another. Wei Ze said nostalgically.

After being reminded by Wei Ze, Ruan Xihao's memory of more than 30 years of money was finally restored, and he immediately nodded again and again. It can't be said that Ruan Xihao is forgetful, since he followed Wei Ze, Ruan Xihao really hasn't worn torn clothes for more than 30 years. Wei Ze's men killed so many Manchu troops that even if it was impossible to wear new clothes every day, there was really no shortage of fabrics to be sewn.

"There are also young comrades here, how did you feel when you first arrived in Nanjing. Can anyone tell me about that in a short word? Weser asked.

All eyes fell on the face of the youngest member of the Military Commission, that is, a 40-year-old director of the logistics and equipment department. The director didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to speak in such a situation, he thought for a moment, and said to Wei Ze embarrassedly: "Dudu, I have followed my parents to you since I was a child. Wherever the troops went, I followed. Later, I went to school with the army......"

After saying so much, this person also felt that it was wrong, and he hurriedly pulled the topic back, "I only want to say one thing, after I arrive in Nanjing, the newly built reinforced concrete houses in Nanjing will be erected one and a half floors and let the tide go." When I was in Guangdong, I lived on the first floor, and in the summer, the land in the house was not dry. Mold grows on the walls......"

"Little brother, it's okay. You haven't been sinned, you don't know. In the world at that time, only those who followed the governor could say that living in a house with mold was considered a crime. Many of the people who did not follow the governor back then starved to death. Ruan Xihao immediately expressed his opinion with the attitude of an old-timer, "After we open the country, the Republic of China will say that starving to death is a big deal." In the old society, starvation was starvation. No one found it strange. ”

Wei Ze took Ruan Xihao's words and said: "So the current soldiers feel that they have fought to the death for the country, and they have the right to ask for retirement and the right to leave the dangerous front line." They don't think it's weird, and we shouldn't think it's weird. Times have changed, and so have the criteria for evaluating life and death. ”

Ruan Xihao was stunned, and the members of the Military Commission were also stunned, they didn't expect that after Wei Ze provoked the topic, he would wait here to continue to take over the topic.

Wei Ze continued to say calmly: "If it is the old society, everyone will die if they don't rebel, and if they rebel, they can at least eat a full meal before standing to die." Now, which soldier in our Liberation Army do you think joined the army because he would starve to death if he was not a soldier? ”

Because he was telling the truth, and Wei Ze didn't feel anything to be ashamed of this, his tone was calm and his attitude was calm. Maybe it was because of this atmosphere, and everyone in the Military Commission also knew that what Wei Ze said was true, everyone nodded slightly, and no one was excited to refute.

However, Ruan Xihao was a member of the team of founders of the Liberation Army after all, even if he could understand what Wei Ze said, Ruan Xihao still let out a long sigh, "Alas, ......, Du Du, if you make such a start." Is the current Liberation Army still our previous Liberation Army? ”

The question was a good one, and all the members of the military commission either nodded deeply or had puzzled expressions on their faces. Brave, not afraid of death, not afraid of hardship. These are the glorious traditions of the Liberation Army, if these have changed, will the Liberation Army still be the Liberation Army?