Regarding Li Ziyuan's complaints, He Sanliang waved his hand and said: "I'm fine, these few days are the critical time for the replenishment of the troops, and I still have to hold on." Your side still focuses on follow-up operations and training, and this is the most important thing. The replenishment of our troops has been completed this time, and the number of recruits and liberation fighters will account for two-thirds. ”

"It's not a simple matter to bring together so many recruits in the shortest possible time, as well as new recruits who are veterans but are new soldiers. The prisoners of the Central Army, relative to the miscellaneous army, were themselves difficult to convert. In particular, the prisoners who are now being replenished are greatly influenced by the propaganda over there. ”

"The difficulty of transformation is far greater than that of ordinary prisoners of the Central Army. Whether these captives can be truly converted is our most critical question. Another point is that the casualties of grassroots cadres are too large, and it is difficult for our original supplementary system to meet the needs. The most important thing is to advance cadres, and whether the quality can meet our needs. ”

"The importance of the replenishment of cadres this time far exceeds the replenishment of soldiers. From the beginning of the Dongshan Campaign to the present, the casualties among the grassroots cadres of the army have been too great. Now in the troops, there are even liberation fighters who were captured in the Jinzhong Campaign, serving as deputy platoon commanders and squad leaders. A liberation fighter captured in the Linfen Campaign, who served as a deputy company commander and platoon commander. ”

"When our own training cannot keep up with the casualties, we must consider how to speed up the replenishment of cadres. There is a soldier bear, and the bear is a nest of bears. The training system for grassroots cadres should be further readjusted and strengthened. Especially now we have not enough time to train. ”

"Strong troops first strong generals, without sufficient quality of grass-roots commanders, the combat effectiveness of the troops will not be able to rise. The deployment of grassroots cadres is now the most troublesome thing we have encountered. I suggest that the more than 200 cadets of the brigade training team be sent down now? ”

"The other thing is the issue of tactical training, as I said before, attacking and demolishing is what we are most anxious to focus on right now. So, I hope that you, as a military commander, should put more energy into this. Victory is imminent, don't let too many cadres and fighters fall when this dawn is coming. ”

"Besides, isn't that what I, the chief of staff, do? Counselor military aircraft is only one of all my work. The work of the headquarters is also my main responsibility. You are a military commander and should focus more on the training and operations of the troops. ”

"Judging from the report on the battle situation now, although there is a slight stalemate in the Huaihai direction, the results of the progress are somewhat unexpected. Huaye has already solved the 7th Corps, and Nakano has completed the encirclement of the 12th Corps and is in the process of encirclement and annihilation. The main force of Huaye surrounded the three corps of the enemy's main force in Xuzhou, and it was also being encircled and annihilated. ”

"The entire Huaihai battlefield, in fact, the overall situation has been decided. It's just that Nakano's mother's family has been dragging too hard in Dabie Mountain in the past two years. At present, the artillery of the entire field army together is not as large as one corps in Huaye. Even now, it is far inferior to our separated son. ”

"Of the four corps under the Twelfth Corps, except for one Tenth Corps, which was annihilated twice by our army. The remaining three armies are all hard bones. The Eighteenth Army is one of the five main forces, and it is also the national armament force. One of the remaining two armies was a semi-American armament unit, and the remaining 14th Army did not suffer a major blow. ”

"This Twelfth Corps, for our old troops, the bones are not ordinarily hard. The difference in equipment is too great, and the strength of the troops only occupies a relative advantage, and they are fighting in the plain area, so the test of our old troops can be imagined. However, even if Nakano is a little struggling, the overall situation of Huaihai can be said to have been decided. ”

"All that's left is to see how long it takes to settle the battle once and for all. And in North China, the Dongye Advance Corps has already entered the customs. And the prelude to this decisive battle in the entire North China, according to my judgment, with the entry of the main force of Dongye, we have basically won the victory. That's the equipment and troops, which are the first of the major field armies. ”

"As long as this powerful reserve force enters the pass, plus the two corps in North China and a large number of local troops, it can be said that the whole of North China is already in our hands. I estimate that once the enemy of Pingjin is resolved, the next step will be Taiyuan's turn. How to use this period of rest and recuperation to replenish the troops as much as possible and restore combat effectiveness is something you have to consider. ”

Hearing He Sanliang specifically mention the matter of the rapid promotion of liberation fighters, as well as his anxiety about the training of cadres, Li Ziyuan understood the real reason for his remarks today after thinking about it.

Li Ziyuan didn't answer He Sanliang immediately, but walked around the room for a long time before he spoke: "I think we can put the teaching team down first, and pay attention to selecting platoon leaders from the existing squad leaders." Also, when selecting grassroots commanders, don't give too much thought to the origin of the soldiers. ”

"If the quality of the liberation fighters is high, as long as the transformation is really completed, can they be promoted and used? I don't care about my origins, as long as I can fight and really complete the transformation, why should I care too much about those things? What do liberation fighters have? How many of our middle and high-ranking cadres are from liberation fighters? ”

"It's you, Lao He, aren't you another kind of liberation fighter? At the Political Department, I would tell them that more efforts should be made to transform the liberation fighters. In addition, those who have made meritorious contributions and received awards for liberation fighters should be promoted, and those who should join the party should join the party. If the original agent is qualified, he will be turned into a regular as long as his performance is qualified. ”

"Lao He, I know your difficulties. In this matter, Lao Ma and the Political Department went to do my work. Like you said, don't treat me at the right time. If I were given a year to train the troops, there are some things I would have considered, but isn't there that time now? ”

"Some people don't do anything, and they pick their noses and eyes when they have nothing to do, and I think they are idle. That field army did not have a large number of liberation fighters, and was promoted to cadres? The military quality of the liberation fighters is far better than that of the new recruits, and even some of our veterans are inferior to others. ”

"When you are promoted on the battlefield, you will naturally be promoted to whoever has a high military level. It is a matter of life and death for the fighters of a squad, a platoon or even a company. Just looking at the origin of a warrior, denying a person's ability, even risking the lives of other warriors, is this called responsibility? ”

"It's not that there are things that shouldn't be considered, but being too nitpicky is a bit too much. They have that spare time, why don't they help these liberation fighters well, from a captive soldier to a qualified soldier, and complete the transformation as soon as possible? In this matter, you take out a list, and I will solve the other things. ”

Again, as long as these liberation fighters truly and completely transform, perform well on the battlefield, and are politically qualified, those who should be promoted will be promoted, and those who should be adjusted will be adjusted. As long as the criteria for joining the party are met, the party will be joined when it is time to develop. Although I, Li Ziyuan, have not earned the hero's courage to be white-headed, I still have the heart to embrace all rivers. ”

Li Ziyuan's categorical cut made He Sanliang breathe a sigh of relief. This matter is his biggest headache. After the Jinzhong Campaign, there was a marked shortage of grassroots cadres, especially qualified military commanders. Many of the squad and platoon leaders on the front line are even less than a year old.

Among them, the liberation fighters account for a large proportion because of their military quality. Even a Linfen battle was liberated, and there was a squad leader over there. Because the grassroots cadres of the unit suffered heavy casualties in continuous operations, and they performed well, he became the deputy company commander.

As a soldier who has been trained at a level far beyond that of the local armed forces, he is naturally superior in military quality to ordinary local troops. If cadres are selected solely on the basis of military qualities, the liberation fighters are actually quite superior. In many cases, it is natural to have an advantage when it comes to promotion.

This point has aroused a lot of criticism from some cadres and even soldiers in the old area. also put He Sanliang under a lot of pressure during this time. But this matter is another urgent issue that needs to be solved. The quality of grassroots cadres has a direct impact on the combat effectiveness of the troops.

The casualties of the combat units this time are so large that the number of grassroots cadres who need to be replenished and readjusted is not a small number. The speed at which the combat effectiveness of the troops can be restored has a considerable bearing on whether or not the ability of the additional grassroots cadres can meet expectations. So today, I simply took the opportunity of the end of this battle to say some thoughts in my heart.

Li Ziyuan's reply today can be regarded as giving him a reassurance. As soon as Li Ziyuan came forward, this thing that had always given him a headache was basically no longer a problem. Li Ziyuan's eclectic use of talents, he is clear and understood. Aren't himself, Dong Ping, Zhou Tong and He Huizhang all drawn by him like this?

Thinking of the two words, He Sanliang couldn't help but smile a little wryly. Although these two words are not very elegant, they are quite in line with themselves, and there are many other cadre experiences. uses talents in an eclectic way, and dares to boldly use talents in his eyes, Li Ziyuan admires He Sanliang very much.

He Sanliang, who breathed a sigh of relief, did not leave immediately, but said with a smile: "I came here at this time, in addition to those previous things, there is another thing to find you." I know your temper and character, and the supplies you sent over today are definitely going to be sent back. ”

"But Lao Li, these things are not for you today. All cadres at or above the deputy regimental level of the brigade headquarters were also given the same supplies as long as they were married. It's just that the regimental ones have less meat and eggs than you. First of all, this is not a special care for you, this is a unified arrangement of the column. ”

"Because this break will be very long, many family members will come to the team. Considering that many of our cadres do not see each other a few times a year, the Corps, including the columns, has instructed all units to take care of the families of the visiting units as much as possible. ”

"According to the standard of two husbands and wives and two children, each family has two bags of noodles, ten catties of eggs and ten catties of meat. For cadres above the brigade level, 15 catties of eggs and 15 catties of meat are given. You don't want to be a brigade commander, what about other cadres who are already married, do you receive things or not? If they all pay for food according to the price of these materials, where will they get so much money? ”

"Don't talk about you here, even the political commissar Ma is a little hesitant. He has always supported you in your work, but he also has a wife and children there. There are also deputy brigade commanders and directors of the political department, all of whom are married, and some have a lot of children. The standard of living in the rear is far worse than the front. ”