While they were having lunch, the cadres sent by the Central Column to the 18th Regiment arrived, led by Wu Zheng, a deputy divisional cadre studying at the Red Army University.

He read out three orders of the General Political Department of the Red Army: The first order was to set up a party committee of the 18th Red Regiment, with Liu Yimin as the head of the regiment and secretary of the party committee, Cai Zhong as political commissar and deputy secretary of the party committee, Liu Jianli, Li Qing, and Wu Zheng as members of the party committee, and Wu Zheng as the head of the logistics department of the 18th regiment. The second order was that in view of the fact that the Red 18th Regiment had captured a lot of money in the battle to capture the passage and had made special contributions to the Chinese revolution, after the study of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, it was decided to award the Red 18th Regiment a collective first-class merit, the 18th Regiment 1st Battalion and a company to a collective first-class merit, and a reward of 5,000 silver dollars for the whole regiment, and 2 silver dollars for each soldier of the whole regiment. The third order is that Comrade Liu Yimin has been awarded the Red Star Medal of the first class after the study of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission in view of the fact that Comrade Liu Yimin has accumulated military exploits and made outstanding contributions to the Red Army since he joined the Red Army.

After the order was read out, the head of the cadre department personally handed over the first-class Red Star Medal to Liu Yimin, took Liu Yimin's hand and said: Since the establishment of the Central Red Army, only a few first-class Red Star Medals have been awarded, and they are all awarded to those who have made great contributions to the Chinese revolution and the Red Army, considering Liu Yimin's special contribution to the breakthrough of the Red 34th Division, the rescue of the Red Eighteenth Regiment and the rescue of the scattered Red Army by the Xiangjiang River, as well as the record of eliminating two regiments of the Gui 24th Division and one regiment of the Hunan Army with zero casualties, plus the huge capture of the passage battle, The Central Military Commission of the Chinese Revolution decided to award him the Red Star Medal of the first class, hoping that he would not be proud and make new contributions to the revolution and the Red Army.

Liu Yimin was overwhelmed with excitement, the first-class Red Star Medal, the legendary first-class Red Star Medal, his own credit is not so great, God! Seeing that Liu Yimin was a little stupid again, Cai Zhong hurriedly touched him gently. Liu Yimin was excited, and hurriedly saluted and said: "Please rest assured, for the success of the Chinese revolution, I will definitely live and struggle, do my best, and die." ”

After sending off the head of the cadre department, Liu Yimin took over the list of cadres from Wu Zheng. A closer look reveals that there are 220 people, including political work cadres and staff officers, artillery cadres, cavalry cadres, engineer cadres, communications cadres, and logistics cadres. Liu Yimin thought to himself, the central leadership is really generous, and he has given blood support to the Red Eighteenth Regiment. If nothing else, the regiment commander and party secretary alone was unprecedented in the Red Army. There were also bonus silver dollars, 2 for each soldier, and for the first time in the history of the Red Army, I am afraid. Looking at these cadres again, in addition to technical cadres, they are all Red Army battalion and company military and political work cadres who are from grassroots combat backbones, and they are selected for training in Red Army schools. Artillery alone is the cadre rack of a heavy artillery battalion and a mortar battalion. At this moment, the cadres of the General Staff Office, the Political Department, and the Logistics Department are fully equipped, the cadres of the artillery battalion, the heavy machine gun battalion, the cavalry company, and the engineer company are available, and the radio operators of the four battalions are available, and the communications squad of the regimental headquarters can set up another telephone squad. In the future, if the war goes well, there will be no problem in pulling up ten more battalions. Thinking of this, Liu Yimin called several members of the party committee to discuss together, and finally decided that the regiment leaders would no longer work part-time and would reorganize the troops.

Fearing that a task might be received at any time, the party committee decided to use the meal time to hold a meeting directly.

When Liu Yimin announced the order of the General Political Department of the Red Army at the dinner, the soldiers of the 18th Regiment thundered with joy, and the new cadres felt that the 18th Regiment seemed to be a victorious team, as if it had not been affected by the fiasco on the Xiangjiang River. Then, Liu Yimin announced the organization of the troops and the appointment of cadres: the establishment of the regimental staff office, with Zhang Yicheng as the chief of staff; The regimental logistics department was established, and Wu Zheng was appointed as the director; A regimental baggage team was formed, with Wu Zheng as the captain and Cao Shengli as the instructor, other cadres selected from the cadres sent by the Red Army Headquarters, and soldiers selected from the new soldiers who signed up for the army in the new barracks. A regimental heavy machine gun company was established, with Wei Xiufeng as the company commander, Li Yi as the instructor, and Wang Runqing, the former commander of the fire support platoon, as the deputy company commander, to train and select at least 40 heavy machine gun shooters throughout the regiment; The regimental engineer company was established, with He Mingliang as the commander of the engineer company and Ren Chaoran as the instructor of the engineer company; The regimental artillery company was established, with Li Chang as the company commander and Wang Shanzhu as the instructor; The regimental cavalry company was established, with Hu Laohu as the company commander and Bao Wen as the instructor; The regimental communication squad was upgraded to a communications platoon, with a communications class, a telephone squad and a flag language class, with Zhang Siqiao as the platoon commander; Zhao Jie is the instructor of the first battalion, Li Congmin is the instructor of the second battalion, Hu Xuerong is the instructor of the third battalion, and Liu Yi is the instructor of the fourth battalion; Li Yimo served as the captain of the teaching team, Han Qianqian served as the political commissar of the teaching team, and Shi Ran served as the deputy captain of the teaching team; He Xinghua served as the director of the radio station. The deputy cadres of the newly established units and the platoon commanders of the companies to which they belong are selected from among the cadres sent and handed over to the Political Department for appointment, and the fighters are selected from the whole regiment. It is hoped that soldiers with expertise in engineers, artillery, and cavalry will sign up enthusiastically. Among the remaining cadres, artillery cadres and logistics cadres were all assigned to artillery companies and baggage companies, and all the others were sent to the new barracks to train new recruits. The cadres of all units will take up their posts immediately.

After eating, bathing, and getting a haircut, the newly arrived cadres who changed into new military uniforms began to be busy picking people to pull up the ranks in the whole regiment. The people of the artillery company were the first to find a good job, because some of the new soldiers who joined the army in the battle of Gulingtou to eliminate the 24th Division of Gui were artillerymen, which were originally scattered in various battalions, but now they are drawn out. Li Chang, the commander of the artillery company, and Wang Shanzhu, the instructor, followed Liu Yimin's ass and did not leave, shouting that the ready-made artillery could fight if they had artillery. Liu Yimin was also in a good mood, so he told Li Chang that the Central Army had all types of artillery there, and that it would be a piece of cake to pull the artillery company up in the next battle and capture a company's mortar. It would be better if a battalion of artillery could be captured, and Li Chang could directly be the battalion commander. Who knew that this Li Chang was not simple, he studied artillery when he was studying in the Soviet Union, and he was deeply influenced by the Soviet army's artilleryism. Liu Yimin said with a smile, then you are the first artillery commander in the history of the Red Army.

Hu Laohu, the commander of the cavalry company next to him, was not happy, the soldiers of the cavalry company were not easy to find, looking for them, and there were only about 20 people in the whole regiment who had ridden horses, not to mention war horses, not even a donkey. Seeing Li Chang's elated appearance, Hu Laohu became angry and asked directly: "Can the cannon charge?" Regiment commander, if you give me a cavalry regiment, I can run the Central Army all over the mountains like rabbits, and still use their artillery to waste shells? ”

Liu Yimin liked the cadres' eagerness to fight, and told Hu Laohu, who was crying with a sad face, that there would be war horses and sabers, and the key problem was that you had to train qualified cavalry soldiers. Don't always think about cutting off the enemy's head with a saber, think about how to take advantage of the cavalry's mobile strength, and train the soldiers to be sharpshooters, bombardiers, and mortar fighters on horseback. You must know that the 1st Cavalry Division, the ace unit of the United States, has already replaced its war horses with armored fighting vehicles, and the cavalry is too vulnerable in the face of the powerful firepower of modern warfare. Slash the enemy with a saber, which is used to launch a pursuit when the enemy is in a rout.

Looking at the fact that basically the main cadres of each battalion and company were there, Liu Yimin thought that some new cadres needed to change their thinking, so he said: "A commander must be both wise and brave, and it is not advisable to be blindly brave, and our 18th Regiment is fighting a war because it is necessary to mobilize all factors to lure the enemy, confuse the enemy, confuse the enemy, and deceive the enemy, and transform hard and vicious battles into skillful battles. Before the war, it is necessary to conduct full reconnaissance, analyze intelligence, and come up with a practical and feasible combat plan, especially a plan for how to retreat in the event of a defeat. The principle is that problems that can be solved with artillery shells should be resolutely solved without bullets, problems that can be solved with bullets should be solved with grenades, and problems that can be solved with grenades should be solved without bayonets; the lives of Red Army soldiers are the most precious, and hand-to-hand combat should not occur as much as possible. Because the purpose of our war is not to sacrifice, but to destroy the enemy, to preserve and strengthen ourselves. Of course, when training troops under the present conditions, in addition to stepping up training in shooting and bomb throwing, it is also necessary to train in splitting bayonets, because only units that dare to see the red with bayonets are truly tough troops, and can they be able to defend like Mount Tai and attack like lightning. ”

A group of cadres who said Liu Yimin's words were silent, and everyone was pondering. You must know that since the Red Army has always lacked guns and ammunition, it is generally launched after three bullets have been charged. The victory of the Red Army was achieved mainly by the art of command and the bravery of the soldiers. Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Liu Jianli asked: "Regiment commander, I feel that what you said is very right, but our Red Army has difficulties in logistics and supply, and it may be difficult to carry forward the firepower." ”

Liu Yimin knew that this was the common idea of the cadres, so he replied: "Our Red Army does not have its own weapons and ammunition production plant, and it is indeed difficult to supply them logistically, but we can capture them from the enemy." This requires us to strive for small casualties and large captures in every battle. Commanders at all levels must calculate the cost of the battle, and a battle that is not captured and has suffered heavy casualties is a battle in which the cost is lost, and the battle should be fought as little as possible. ”

Hu Laohu was stunned and said: "We also have to fight a battle like the Xiangjiang Blockade, it's not up to us." ”

Liu Yimin said: "It is very difficult for such a battle as the Xiangjiang Campaign to happen again in the future, and I believe that our army command will not make such a low-level mistake again in the future." But there will be a lot of resistance battles. There are two types of interdiction warfare: active interdiction and passive interdiction. In order to achieve the campaign objective, our side must take the initiative to carry out the attack, and we must do a good job of logistical support in advance, arrange the blocking positions in depth, and allocate firepower in the front and then in the rear, and allocate troops in the front and in the rear. Once the goal of blocking the enemy is achieved, it is necessary to alternately cover and quickly retreat, widen the distance between the enemy and the enemy, and look for an opportunity to fight again. Of course, no matter what kind of battle it is, the key is to look at the combat effectiveness of the troops and the quality of the fighters. The same warriors, a well-trained combat backbone can eliminate an enemy with a single shot, while a new fighter may not be able to destroy an enemy with 50 bullets. Therefore, as a commander, the most important task is to have three points: First, train the troops and improve the overall tactical level of individual soldiers and troops. The second is to do a good job of planning, and at all times we must make sure that we are prepared to attack the enemy and unprepared to attack the enemy; When the enemy attacks us, we plan in advance and prepare for it. Troops can never be put in danger. Third, the determination is correct, whether to fight or withdraw, to be simple and neat, and not to hesitate. ”

Hu Laohu said again: "Regiment leader, according to your requirements, that is, to win all battles?" ”

Liu Yimin smiled and said, "Congratulations, you answered correctly." Our 18th Red Regiment is to become a division that will win every battle and become the arrow of our Red Army. As soon as the enemy hears the name of our 18th Regiment, he will immediately retreat. Therefore, the whole regiment must firmly establish the conviction that we will win a tough battle, cultivate a strong will to fight, and dare to destroy any strong enemy. Even if you are surrounded by the enemy, you must dare to fight to the death with an enemy ten times my size and a hundred times my size. Just like in the Tang Dynasty, a single soldier of the Tang Army could charge the enemy army of 100 people and win the victory. Therefore, we must train our troops while fighting a war and train our troops while marching. My goal is to build the 18th Regiment into a division of a hundred battles and a civilized army that can attack and defend well, produce talents in large numbers, and dominate the world. Speaking of this, Liu Yimin's eyes were shining, swept over the faces of the cadres, and shouted: "Do you have confidence?" ”

The cadres were immediately instigated and replied in unison: "Yes!" ”

Liu Yimin looked at everyone with satisfaction and said, "Okay, everyone think about what I said, and convey it to the soldiers." All units seized the time to rest and recuperate and train and make preparations for combat. The Logistics Department stepped up efforts to produce dry rations for three to five days for the whole regiment, the central column, and the first corps and one division. ”

Hu Zheng, director of the logistics department, hurriedly said: "Regiment commander, I have just arrived at the post, the shelves of the logistics department have just been erected, and the situation is not familiar, so why not send a leader to assist." ”

Liu Yimin said: "Looking for Director Li Qing's assistance, he has been dealing with these things for the past two days. Give you an afternoon to familiarize yourself with the situation, and that's your business after that. For the time being, there is only one requirement, and that is not to let the fighters go hungry. In the future, when there are more combat captures, it is necessary to make overall plans for the supply of funds, weapons and equipment, and ammunition. You know, to fight a war is to fight logistics. ”

Hu Zheng stood upright: "Guarantee to complete the task!" ”

That afternoon, the cadres and soldiers of the 18th Red Regiment were all thinking about Liu Yimin's words during training, and in Liu Jianjian's words, they were digesting the brand-new tactical ideas put forward by Liu Yimin. Hu Laohu, in particular, pondered the question of how to make the cavalry become sharpshooters and sharpshooters on horses all afternoon.

Only Lei Ming, the commander of the recruit battalion, didn't think about this, because in one afternoon, his recruits were dragged away by some baggage team, heavy machine gun company, artillery company, engineer company, and cavalry company. He originally thought that these recruits would be able to go to the battlefield after training for a few months, but who knew that the leaders of those units said that they would train themselves. In particular, Li Chang of the artillery company picked out those who were in good health. A recruit said that he had never seen what a cannon looked like and could not be an artilleryman, how did Li Chang answer? He even said that you don't need to know what a cannon looks like, just a wooden box that can carry shells. It's almost like a robber. Fortunately, the regiment commander sent a group of cadres sent by the headquarters to the recruit barracks, so that not only could each company have two deputy company commanders and two deputy instructors, but also the cadres could go directly to the shift. You have to hurry up and train, and at the very least, let the recruits learn to throw grenades and shoot. Otherwise, their recruits will soon be robbed by others.