Chapter 19: Yongxing (19)
Zhou Jinguo calmly handled official business at the regiment headquarters, but the cadres and soldiers who entered and exited the regiment headquarters were all a little cautious and trembling. The first to be unbearable was Zhou Jincai, who experienced a big quarrel with Zhou Jinguo, was confined, and later reinstated under Zhou Jinguo's words, there are indescribable knots in the relationship between the two, but there is a real step closer. That's why Zhou Jincai found Zhou Jinguo and asked, "Jinguo, what does it mean to be above?" Is this a matter of all right? ”
After the Second Regiment began to publicize land reform in the army, it can be described as "on the cusp". Zhou Jincai is undoubtedly the culprit of the last trouble. And this time, the recognized culprits in the regiment were the gang of the most noisy soldiers' committee. But so far, in addition to ordering the complete termination of the "economic warfare" promoted by the troops, Zhou Jinguo has only emphasized one thing, "The troops are for war, not business." ”
So after listening to Zhou Jincai's question, Zhou Jinguo replied: "What do you mean? When I went to the military headquarters, Commander Lei said that when we set up the General Staff Headquarters, there were only a lot more jokes than now. In the end, everyone finally built the General Staff, who have we been afraid of since then? ”
Zhou Jincai didn't fully understand what Lei Hu meant by this, but he was a battalion commander and a battalion commander who made a mistake not long ago, and he was definitely not qualified to participate in the military meeting led by the army commander. Zhou Jincai asked, "Jin Guo, let's talk about it." ”
Zhou Jinguo sighed and did not continue. As a political commissar, when he went to the military headquarters for a meeting, he was mentally prepared to be pushed to the end. Unexpectedly, as soon as the meeting was held, Army Commander Lei Hu took the lead in speaking, "The Governor took us to establish a staff system in Daozhou, at that time, except for the Governor, no, it should be said that including the Governor, everyone does not know what this General Staff System will eventually become." It's just that the governor saw things through, and he said that the combat training department should be established first, and the recruitment of troops would not be under the control of the officers in the future. All recruits are sent to the combat training department for training, and after completing the initial training content, they are assigned to combat units. At that time, the troops made a lot of jokes, did stupid things, and took countless detours. Looking back now, I can't figure out how I could have been so stupid at that time, let alone know that people's selfishness could reach that point......"
Lei Hu compares the establishment of the General Staff Headquarters with the current party committee responsibility system, and the sentence "Looking back now, we didn't know that we could be stupid to that point at that time, let alone that people's selfishness could reach that point...... is really the finishing touch, and one guy is extremely clear about the responsibility.
Lei Hu set the tone to the problems that will inevitably be encountered in the development, and the political commissar Shen Xin followed up with a song and a harmony, so no one was going in the direction of taking people out of the top tank. The results of the discussion were far beyond Zhou Jinguo's imagination.
The content of the punishment was first of all to give the regiment commander and the chief of staff a major demerit, but they were not deprived of their military posts. The reason for the demerits given to these two was simple: as military commanders, they did not take into account the possibility of a large-scale attack by the enemy. This is what is wrong with the military command.
If it had been not a platoon, but a battalion, or even just a company, that went to escort the caravan, the battle would have been completely different. A battalion of 650 people, even if the Hunan army and regimental training carried out a sneak attack, a battalion could easily annihilate the enemy with one hit and three in the face of a rabble composed of 2,000 Hunan troops and regimental training. Even a company of more than 160 people can find a place to hold on to the enemy in the face of ten times the enemy, until reinforcements arrive. But a platoon of only 40 people was besieged by fifty times the enemy, and it was not unusual for it to be defeated.
When the Guangfu army cleaned up the battlefield and counted the casualties, even if the Hunan army occupied the time, place, and people, and occupied the absolute advantage of the troops, in order to annihilate the 40 Guangfu army, it also paid the price of 200 casualties. This battle just proved the vastly different combat effectiveness between the Hunan army and the Guangfu army.
In addition to the responsibilities of the military director, allowing the participation of representatives of the soldiers' council at party committee meetings was also considered to be a serious problem. Economic warfare is an order of the central authorities, and if the central authorities do not stop it, the troops cannot say that they will not do it. However, the relationship between the party committee and the soldiers' committee as an auxiliary supervisory body, and the fact that the supervisory body can have a say in the power organ is considered inappropriate. Therefore, the military department made a decision that the party would not allow the participation of the members of the soldiers' committee.
This is a problem of the system, so there is no right or wrong, only the question of whether it is suitable or not that it turns out. Shen Xin made self-criticism, believing that this part of the responsibility should be more clear. The next discussion is the placement of the martyrs.
Although the regiment never said anything about the personal relationship between Comrade Zheng Yufeng, who died heroically, and Commander Nguyen Hee Hao, the high-ranking people in the regiment all knew about Comrade Zheng Yufeng's family situation. Therefore, Zhou Jinguo was very worried about how to explain to the commander of the Second Army, Ruan Xihao. The political commissar Shen Xin's method of dealing with it is very unique. In the first report, because of the guilt in his heart, Zhou Jinguo's report specifically introduced Zheng Yufeng as the wife of Brigade Commander Ruan Zhihao and the younger sister of Commander Ruan Xihao.
With a stroke of Shen Xin's pen, it became "Comrade Zheng Yufeng joined the revolutionary team in 1852, is a glorious member of the Guangfu Party, and is an outstanding revolutionary female soldier in the Guangfu Army......"
Zhou Jinguo originally thought that this was to avoid trouble, but after continuing to watch, he actually saw that Shen Xin was not afraid that Zheng Yufeng's husband's family would find fault, but to create a heroic female warrior. In terms of literary treatment, Zheng Yufeng's killing has nothing to do with her being the daughter-in-law of the Ruan family, and Shen Xin emphasizes the heroism that Zheng Yufeng himself has honed in her long-term revolutionary career.
Such a change is not a big deal if you don't think about it. But after thinking about it carefully, you can understand the deep meaning. As a political commissar, Zhou Jinguo has received political training and is also politically conscious. In the political proposition of the Guangfu Army, there is the idea that everyone is equal and that the revolution can lead to individual liberation. Such a philosophy is incompatible with the traditions of the times. Traditionally, after a woman marries, she becomes a man's person, and when it comes to married women, the first thing to mention is the woman's husband and the woman's husband's family.
Shen Xin's propaganda stance on the hero Zheng Yufeng is based on the fact that Zheng Yufeng himself is a member of the Liberation Party and a soldier of the Liberation Army. If you think about it this way, Zheng Yufeng's husband has become the person behind the hero Zheng Yufeng. When Zheng Yufeng's heroic image was erected, whether there was a Ruan family or not actually had no impact at all.
Participating in this meeting, Zhou Jinguo not only realized the courage of the army commander Lei Hu, but also sincerely admired the political commissar Shen Xin's keen reaction to the political situation and the high degree of political consciousness. If Zhou Jinguo handled the matter himself, it would inevitably fall into the situation of satisfying the boss first and then apologizing to the big man.
This kind of cognition is too dark, and Zhou Jinguo really can't explain it to Zhou Jincai in detail. After thinking for a moment, Zhou Jinguo said: "Our next task is to capture Yongxing and sweep away the surrounding Hunan army. The reason why this group dared to be so arrogant was because there were large units of the Hunan army to cooperate with their actions. The Diao family has now fled to Yongxing City. If you want to catch these bastards and avenge your comrades, you have to lay Yongxing first. ”
After listening to Zhou Jinguo's words, Zhou Jincai smiled bitterly and said, "The head of the regiment is making trouble!" ”
Of course, Zhou Jinguo knew that the regiment commander was making trouble, not only the regiment commander, but also the chief of staff was in an extremely unhappy mood. Thinking of these two military directors, Zhou Jinguo could only smile bitterly.
The dissatisfaction of the regiment commander was public. It was the party committee meeting that ordered the transaction, and the head of the regiment did not really support it at that time. But the party committee that made the decision was not punished, and the representatives of the soldiers' committee who poked the incident were simply ordered not to attend party committee meetings in the future. There is no real punishment. And all the boards fell on the regimental commander and the chief of staff. At a meeting of the military headquarters, the regiment commander immediately expressed his opposition.
After the establishment of the staff headquarters system, the military commander is the regiment commander, and although the chief of staff is at the same level as the regiment commander, he has the same authority as the regiment commander. Compared with simple military commanders, the General Staff is in charge of logistics, property, and personnel, and its overall authority is even greater. It's just that the regiment commander himself has been a staff officer in the normal rotation and knows the hard work of the staff officer, so he respects the chief of staff very much.
Under the original General Staff system, the regimental commander and the chief of staff decided almost all military affairs. Authority represents the size of power, and they have the greatest authority and the greatest responsibility. At present, the brand-new system of party committee responsibility is another system, which claims to respect the military command power of the regiment commander and chief of staff, but in fact the party committee completely overrides the regiment commander. What to do the party committee decides, the head of the regiment is a member of the Guangfu Party, so he can also be the deputy secretary of the party committee. But the regiment commander and the chief of staff are only one vote, and the ratio of their two votes in the party committee meeting is very low. The two of them could no longer decide on most of the work of the troops, but when they started fighting, they still took on the same responsibilities as before.
In such a situation, the regimental commander and the chief of staff were the only two persons to receive administrative sanctions. At present, the military command of the Liberation Army is still the same system as the General Staff Headquarters, and the evaluation of personnel who have been subject to administrative punishment will be greatly reduced, and the road to promotion will be greatly affected. Therefore, Zhou Jinguo can very well understand the reason for the regiment commander's public opposition, and he feels that if he changes his position as the regiment commander, he will also openly oppose it.
Zhou Jinguo sighed and said to Zhou Jincai: "I will go and talk to him about the regiment commander, and the combat preparations of the troops still have to be done." And this time, I have to make it clear to everyone at the time of mobilization that this fight against Yongxing is a military task. Our captive policy cannot be violated. For the enemies who surrendered, they had to be treated as prisoners. You can't kill a captive to vent your anger. ”
After listening to the order that the prisoners were not allowed to be killed, Zhou Jincai smiled bitterly again, "Political commissar, comrades are going crazy. Everyone shouted to enter Yongxing, and the chickens and dogs were not left. If you want to emphasize the captive policy, then you go and say. I can't do this. ”
"Hey......" Zhou Jinguo sighed, he knew very well what kind of resistance he would encounter when facing an angry warrior.
Looking at Zhou Jinguo's depression, Zhou Jincai couldn't help but say: "Political commissar, the establishment of this party committee responsibility system by the governor is to make everyone thankless!" It's hard for you to be like this, and the head of the regiment is angry like that. When have we ever been so sorry for our own people before! ”
After listening to Zhou Jincai's criticism of Wei Ze, Zhou Jinguo put away his embarrassed look and said seriously: "Jin Cai, when the staff system was first established, the officers felt that they were subject to too many restrictions, and their opinions were even greater than now. But who still thinks that there is a problem with the General Staff system now? Since the governor gave the order, we can't understand it, so let's follow along. ”
Zhou Jincai couldn't help but say something against Wei Ze's point of view for a while, and after he finished speaking, he felt a little uneasy in his heart. That month's confinement left a very deep impression on Zhou Jincai. At this time, seeing that Zhou Jinguo was not angry because of this, although he was still a little dissatisfied in his heart, Zhou Jincai still chose to keep his mouth shut. R1058