"Don't kill the captives because it's useful for us to keep them!" Zhou Jinguo's explanation of the fighters is very simple and clear, "When everyone fights, how to fight, how to kill, how to kill." The Hunan army deserved to die on the battlefield. But the ones who weren't killed, we'll keep them useful. Besides, it was the Hunan army officials who ordered the war, not this group of soldiers. The reason why the Hunan army became soldiers was because they were soldiers and ate food. When you become a soldier, you can get a share of what you have looted. ”

Company by company, Zhou Jinguo is not afraid of hard work. The cadres and fighters of these grassroots units seldom raised objections. Only three companies were openly opposed. The reason for the opposition was that the relatives of the platoon who died were in the three companies.

Zhou Jinguo naturally comforted at first, "When we conquered Yongxing City, we naturally avenged our comrades." Is the killing of a captive revenge? Almost all the Hunan troops who came out to fight were killed by us. We had already taken our revenge then. Killing the captives is venting your anger! ”

After trying to convince these comrades, Zhou Jinguo returned to the regiment headquarters. The head of the regiment, Qian Liqun, also began to come out to work, and his displeasure was of course, but after Qian Liqun "went on strike for a few days", he had no intention of dereliction of duty. Short strikes in non-combat periods, this is a way to show attitude. refused to work when the battle was about to begin, and he didn't dare to give Qian Liqun ten dares.

Just as he had never seen Qian Liqun express his resistance, Zhou Jinguo immediately convened a military meeting of the party committee. At this time, the number of participants in the meeting was rapidly reduced, the commissar, the regiment commander, the chief of staff, the logistics chief, the battalion commander and the commissar of the four battalions. The meeting of 12 members was all party members, and all of them were people who were closely related to the war.

Zhou Jinguo said to his comrades: "Everyone knows that we are going to fight Yongxing. This time, the order of the division headquarters was to take Yongxing, and our regiment was stationed in Yongxing. Originally, the division wanted the third regiment to help, but I refused. ”

There were more than 2,500 combat troops in a regiment, and according to the news from the prisoners, there were still 4,000 Hunan troops in Yongxing. It was a more reliable decision for two regiments of 5,000 people to solve Yongxing. was able to finally let the second regiment fight more with less, which shows that Zhou Jinguo made great efforts to persuade the division headquarters.

"That's how it should be! We will avenge the revenge of our regiment! Qian Liqun said viciously. Of course, everyone knows that this vicious attitude is not aimed at Zhou Jinguo, let alone at the division headquarters or even the military headquarters. Qian Liqun had a good future, but a platoon was annihilated, which left a heavy mark on Qian Liqun's resume.

Zhou Jinguo continued: "The division headquarters was also worried that this battle would not be easy to fight, so they sent an artillery battalion to us. The balloon unit directly under the division headquarters was also sent to us for the artillery to use as a school firing. In this battle, we do not seek great success, but first make sure that we do not make mistakes. If something happens to the artillery unit and the balloon unit, we really can't explain it to the division headquarters! ”

The other comrades were excited when they learned that the division headquarters had given such great support. An artillery battalion, plus a balloon unit, can solve the Hunan army in Yongxing City by artillery alone. Originally, everyone was worried that the division headquarters would question the combat capability of the Second Regiment, but now it seems that the division headquarters has not lost confidence in the Second Regiment.

However, Yu Tiesheng, the chief of staff of the regiment, said slowly: "If this is the case, I will set up a third regiment to help us guard the camp." It takes a battalion to protect the artillery and balloon units, and if a company is left to guard the camp, in case something happens, we really can't explain it to the division headquarters. ”

"We can lay down Yongxing, so why bother with three regiments?" The head of the regiment was not happy when he arrived.

Yu Tiesheng, chief of staff of the regiment, continued slowly: "The last time a platoon of troops died, it was not a heavy loss for our entire army at all. In the field battle with 2,000 Hunan troops, we also suffered more than 80 casualties. Our mistake last time was to be too big and look down on the enemy. This time, the division headquarters has given us so much support, if we are still looking at the burning and drying, just thinking about revenge, then what do you think the division will think of us? I must still think that we haven't corrected it, or burn and dry, and there are problems in dealing with these small links. If we don't let the three regiments come, we basically won't have anything to worry about. If we can let the three regiments help us guard the camp, we don't have to worry about it at all. Don't look at it, there is basically no need to worry about it and there is no need to worry about it at all, but this is a matter of attitude, and there is really a lot of difference. The evaluators of the General Staff are very dead on such details. ”

Zhou Jinguo was only a battalion commander before he became the political commissar, and the assessment and promotion of the battalion commander were still decided by the military staff. The assessment of the General Staff covered only a part of the battalion commanders, but it fully covered the regiment commander level. Zhou Jinguo didn't have a chance to know the specific standards in the assessment of the regiment commander, and after listening to the regiment's chief of staff, he couldn't help but admire in his heart. After all, the General Staff Department is an organization that has been established for almost 10 years, and its internal system is quite perfect, and the evaluation standards have been refined to this level.

A regimental commander who may not have an accident when doing things, and a regimental commander who has absolutely nothing to do with things. It's a world of difference. The military education in the army made extensive use of the content of Sun Tzu's Art of War. Sun Tzu said that those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. To give a realistic example, last time, it was precisely because a platoon of troops was sent to escort supplies that a field battle was fought on a not small scale. Five hundred enemies were killed, and one thousand and five were taken prisoner. But the result was that the regiment commander was punished with a demerit.

If the regiment commander sent a battalion of troops to Xiangyindu Town, I am afraid that the ambush battle would not be able to be fought at all. It doesn't seem to have much credit, but the head of the regiment will definitely not be punished. "Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements" does not mean that everyone will do nothing, but an attitude towards things, and reduce all kinds of risks to a controllable range as much as possible. And this is also the real reason why the Liberation Army has been able to dominate the world in the past ten years. When Wei Ze led the army, it was not that he had never died, nor did he not have defeats, but Wei Ze did not let the enemy have a chance to take advantage of it, and he did not make such a mistake.

Zhou Jinguo originally thought that the regiment commander Qian Liqun would not agree, and he was ready to express his support for the chief of staff when Qian Liqun openly objected. Unexpectedly, Qian Liqun simply expressed his support for the chief of staff of the regiment, thinking that the third regiment should be allowed to come to support, responsible for guarding the camp and guarding the rear of the second regiment, so as not to give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage of.

Seeing the rigorous attitude of the comrades cultivated by the General Staff system, Zhou Jinguo better understood the dissatisfaction of the regiment commander and chief of staff with the responsibility system of the party committee. If the party committee had been able to exclude the soldiers' committee earlier, I am afraid that there would not have been a problem of a platoon being ambushed at all.

Regardless of the fact that he had already told the division commander that there was no need to send reinforcements, Zhou Jinguo said that he would go to the division headquarters immediately and apply to the division commander for reinforcements. The issue of face is not a problem that Zhou Jinguo is considering now, he has made a mistake last time, where does Zhou Jinguo have any face to speak of.

When he rushed to the division headquarters with the regimental headquarters' battle plan, the division commander only promised to give Zhou Jinguo a battalion of reinforcements after reading it.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Jinguo was surprised.

"The Citi Army is moving towards us, and they mean to occupy territory. There's no way to give you a regiment of reinforcements. One battalion is enough. The division commander gave a clear answer. R1058