[The Iron Blood King of the Anti-Japanese Army] Chapter 61: Expansion Plan

As soon as Ma Zheng's words fell, Yun Jian, the political commissar of the detachment, said: "The expansion of the army is a good thing, but at the same time, it is also a troublesome matter. The situation of our detachment is more complicated, unlike other units of the Eighth Route Army, as long as there is a number, the expansion can be completed quickly. Our detachment is now not only large in number, but also extremely complex in composition, so we really shouldn't be in such a hurry to expand it. ”

After finishing speaking, Yun Jian saw that the expressions on the faces of Wu Xiuda, Lu Ming, Wang Tao and others were very ugly, and knew that they must have misunderstood, so he immediately added: "Don't misunderstand when I say this, it's just a matter of facts, not aimed at anyone!" Especially Captain Wu and Captain Lu, you are all new to the Eighth Route Army, and you don't know the discipline of the Eighth Route Army, I say on this occasion that such a question is actually for your good, please believe me! ”

Ma Zheng knew what Yun Jian meant, and immediately nodded and said: "The political commissar really didn't mean to target any of you, the Eighth Route Army is very sensitive to the identity of the commander, and the political commissar is worried that when the army expands and sends your files to the Eighth Route Army headquarters for the record, it will be stuck." ”

"Why are you stuck?" Wu Xiuda asked puzzled.

"Because you've been a bandit before, and you're a bandit leader!" Ma Zheng said.

"Can't you fight devils if you have been a bandit, what is the reason?" Wu Xiuda said dissatisfiedly.

"It's not that you can't fight devils, the Eighth Route Army often recruits some bandits and bandits. For their leaders, if they are sincere in resisting the Japanese, they will also be given certain preferential treatment. However, in less than four months after being incorporated into the army, you became a captain of more than 1,000 people, and if you even had to be the commander of the regiment after the expansion of the army, this was unique in the Eighth Route Army. Ma Zheng said.

Wu Xiuda touched his head embarrassedly and said, "It's not that these people are all following the right people, and we didn't expect this official to be promoted so quickly!" ”

Ma Zheng smiled and said: "It's a good thing to be promoted quickly, but it's not good if it's too fast." Especially if you don't have a good background, it's easy to be caught. ”

Yun Jian said again: "Not only the problem of the commander, but also the problem of the soldiers. Our unit was pulled up by the detachment commander by recruiting bandits, and there were not many innocent people in the entire army. Now that so many Kuomintang prisoners have been co-opted, the ingredients are even more mixed, so we must come up with a reasonable constitution, otherwise the expansion is likely to bring us unexpected trouble! ”

Ma Zheng nodded and said: "Well, what the political commissar said is very reasonable, the complex composition shows that the ideology has not yet been unified, and such a force is indeed not suitable for expansion." But now this is the order of the head of the headquarters, and it is impossible not to expand the number, otherwise it will be disobedience, and this is not a joke. ”

Yun Jian said again: "In addition to these problems, there are still many problems. Now our army does not count the newly recruited group of prisoners, and the whole army has more than 4,000 people, and if you count those prisoners, it is more than 8,000 people. Coupled with the more than 1,000 new recruits we recruited during this period, the total strength is equivalent to an ordinary division of the Kuomintang. Now we are only given the establishment of one brigade and two regiments, how can we expand it? It's not appropriate to mark anyone out! ”

Ma Zheng said: "Actually, I have been thinking about this matter on the way back, in fact, we don't need to be so entangled." It's not just a number.,We can completely bypass the restrictions of this number.。 ”

"Bypass? How to wrap around? Yun Jian asked in surprise.

"When we didn't have a number before, were we also fighting devils? At that time, we lost contact with the main army, and the army was just a remnant, so the number from that? But we're not fighting to the death with the little devils! Later, when the higher authorities gave us a guerrilla detachment that we didn't know what level it was, we didn't pretend to be confused, and recruited as many people as we could. ”

"Detachment leader, that's different, it used to be before, and now we are not only in the sight of the head of the headquarters, but also in the sight of the national government. If we continue to do the same thing as before, we will probably get into trouble. Yun Jian said.

"What's the trouble, are we still in less trouble? If there are more lice, don't bite! Ma Zheng said.

"So what are you going to do?" Yun Jian asked again.

"I don't think it's reasonable for all of our 8,000 people to be organized into a regular army, not because of the number. What is the fan number, in my Ma Zheng's eyes, we people themselves have a natural fan number, which was branded by our father and our mother when we were born - Chinese. With this number, the waist pole is straight wherever we go. ”

"But then again, this expansion is a good thing for others, but not necessarily for us. Because what we have been doing in the past is to take advantage of the darkness to fight stuffy sticks, and the reason why the little devils have been beaten a few times is not that their combat effectiveness is too weak, but that they don't know our strength. Now that the troops are expanded, there is an independent 7th Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army on top of their heads, isn't this clearly telling the little devils how many people and guns we have? The next time they encircle us, they will send more troops, and they will be more careful in fighting. Ma Zheng analyzed.

"Then what should I do, why don't I tell my superiors, can't we stop the number of this brigade?" Wu Xiuda asked loudly.

"I'm afraid not, this is an order from Wuhan, and since the above has accepted it, there is no chance to change it." Yun Jian said.

Ma Zheng smiled and said: "But these are not things, the expansion of the army is wanted, but our true strength cannot be exposed." Didn't the above give us the establishment of two regiments and four battalions, well, continue to expand the number that should be expanded, and fill in these establishments first. The remaining units were also reorganized according to the corresponding strengths, although they were not reported to Headquarters. ”

"Is that okay?" Yun Jian asked with a frown.

"What's not to do, the ideological work of those prisoners has not been done, and their bodies have not been well adjusted, so they can't fight at all, so they can be used as our supplementary regiment. The same can be done for other vacant troops, which are temporary and do not occupy a quota. ”

Then Ma Zheng continued: "Of course, this is just said to the outside world, the internal regular regiment and the supplementary regiment are treated the same, there will be no difference in weapons and equipment and supplies, and the war is also according to the call of the main regiment." ”

Yun Jian thought for a while and said, "It's okay to do this, but it's just that I have wronged the supplementary group." ”

"It's impossible to say whether you are wronged or not, the supplementary regiment also has the benefits of supplementing the regiment, you will know it later."

Then Ma Zheng continued: "Then let's talk about how to expand the organization, according to the instructions above, the independent seventh brigade has two regiments under its jurisdiction, 200 and 201, and there are four directly subordinate battalions, with a full strength of 4,500 people, which is a type A brigade." We now have a total strength of more than 9,000 troops, and in addition to the fact that the headquarters will transfer two companies of veterans and a group of grassroots cadres to us, we will almost empty half of our troops. Whoever is in the regular army and who is in the supplementary regiment everyone has their opinions! ”

Wu Xiuda was the first to speak: "Since the political commissar and the detachment leader both said that our old Wu is not from a good background, then let's go to supplement the regiment, there is nothing to say about it." ”

Lu Ming also spoke: "I also heard the words of the detachment leader and political commissar just now, if we insist on becoming a regular army, I'm afraid there will be a lot of problems, then I and my brothers are willing to be a supplementary regiment, I only hope that the detachment leader will be treated equally in terms of supply in the future." ”

Ma Zheng nodded and said: "This is natural, you will know the rules of the Eighth Route Army in the future, and those who come in are all hardcore brothers, and there are no two sets of standards." ”

After some discussions, the plan for the expansion of the Chanan guerrilla detachment was finally freshly released. The plan reported to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was two regiments and four battalions directly under it, but in fact, the newly formed 7th Independent Brigade had four infantry regiments.

Although the expansion plan has been drawn up, the national government has not yet issued specific orders and equipment, so this plan is only a plan.

PS: There was a sudden power outage in the community today, just came, no way, forgive me!