Faced with Zheng Weiguo's questioning, Li Liangrong couldn't help but be speechless. From his heart, he is also extremely disgusted with this kind of internal dismantling and stumbling block, but he is a soldier and can only choose to obey.

Seeing that the scene was a little embarrassing, Liao Yaoxiang hurriedly persuaded: "Commander-in-chief, this matter is really not aimed at you, there must be some misunderstanding in the middle." Moreover, most of the counties around Boye are in the hands of the Eighth Road, so even if they are assigned to the people's army, there will be no loss to you! ”

Li Liangrong hurriedly coughed loudly, after all, this is a period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and although there are many contradictions between the two sides, no one dares to openly highlight them, otherwise they will be condemned by public opinion. Liao Yaoxiang knew that he was speechless, so he hurriedly kept his mouth shut, and glanced at Zheng Huzi weakly, for fear that he would hold on.

Zheng Weiguo snorted and asked rhetorically, "Dare to ask why you two came to Jizhong?" ”

Li Liangrong said: "Of course, it is to be loyal to the country and resist foreign aggression!" He paused, and sneered: "If you want to sit on the cold bench, where can't you, do you still have to go all the way to Hebei?" ”

Zheng Weiguo asked: "Very good, since you are here to resist foreign aggression, then why do you not resist the Japanese, but aim at the Eighth Road, which belongs to the friendly army?" How do you do your devotion to your country? ”

Li Liangrong's face was flushed, and he argued: "Who said that we don't resist Japan, it's just, it's just ......"

Zheng Weiguo sneered: "Just what? You want to say that if you go outside, you must first settle inside, right? ”

Li Liangrong hurriedly said: "This is just your opinion, I haven't thought about it like this." As a soldier, he only knows how to obey the road. ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "The so-called knowing people and faces but not knowing the heart, I don't know what you think. But what you are doing now is undoubtedly trampling on the united front. It is right for soldiers to obey orders, but it also depends on what the order is, and if the upper peak asks you to surrender to the Japanese invaders, will it also be carried out? ”

Seeing that the two were speechless, Zheng Weiguo continued: "If you are really here to resist Japan, please don't do things that are quick for the enemy and painful for the relatives." If you just want to eliminate dissidents under the guise of anti-Japanese resistance, then I suggest you go back as soon as possible, because this road will not work with me! ”

Li Liangrong and Liao Yaoxiang were trained to blush and white for a while, and they wanted to fight back but couldn't talk about it, not to mention how awkward it was.

Zheng Weiguo saw it in his eyes. My heart is dark. No wonder so many people like to stand on the moral high ground and attack their opponents, this feeling is really cool, hehe!

Back at the headquarters of the 97th Army, Director Xiong had already submitted the report on the preparation of the military academy. It is recommended that the school officially start next Monday. According to this plan. The first batch of trainees will enroll two hundred people. All non-commissioned officers are in the infantry department, and their education level is required to be at or above junior high school and under the age of 30. The duration of study is one year.

This year's military training is divided into three phases, the first stage is a month of basic training for individual soldiers, such as infantry drills, shooting instructors, field duty orders, and so on.

The second phase lasts for five months and focuses on detachment training and basic tactics. These five months are the most hurried period of the school year, and there are many things to learn, including weapons, topography, basic tactics, transportation, fortifications, and so on. It takes a lot of effort to master it all.

After learning this knowledge, you can start the third stage - to serve as a trainee platoon commander in the army. Cadets will learn how to command and train recruits over a period of up to six months. Of course, this internship period can be extended or shortened according to the actual situation, and unqualified students can also be dismissed and returned to the furnace.

Zheng Weiguo smiled after reading it and said, "Well, time is quite tight." It's great that you only need six months of actual study, excluding the six-month internship. What we lack most now is time! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said with a smile: "Director Xiong still put a lot of thought into it, which he formulated according to the experience of running a school at the French Saint-Cyr Military Academy. The course schedule and time allocation are carefully arranged, so it saves a lot of time. ”

Political Commissar Cheng said curiously: "Is that Saint-Cyr Military Academy very famous?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded and said: "Of course, Saint-Cyr Military College is one of the four famous military schools in the world, and the teaching philosophy and quality are first-class in the world. It would be great if we could teach half of this school. ”

The Saint-Cyr Military Academy is a very distinctive military school, which attaches great importance to the cultural knowledge of the cadets, and believes that the broad knowledge can adapt to various environments and effectively manage and command the troops. Therefore, the graduates of the school not only have good military literacy and excellent work ability, but also have a good vision of higher education.

Zheng Weiguo smiled: "Well, it's true, the graduates of Saint-Cyr can be called scholar-type soldiers, and good higher education makes them look more like teachers." Director Xiong and the new Director Liao are typical representatives, quite a bit of our ancient Chinese 'Confucian general' style. ”

Political Commissar Cheng asked: "Of the four major military academies, what about the other three?" ”

"The other three are the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in the United Kingdom, the United States Military Academy at West Point, and the Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union," Chief of Staff Zhou said. ”

He thought for a while, and then said to Zheng Weiguo: "Commander-in-chief, you just said that the Saint-Cyr Military Academy trains scholar-type soldiers, so what are the characteristics of the other three military academies?" ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "It's just a random evaluation, don't take it seriously." ”

So he paused, and then continued: "The Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in the United Kingdom has produced gentlemen and soldiers with good social skills, and can run for civil service or parliament. The United States Military Academy at West Point produces commercial soldiers, with flexible minds, and good at discovering and seizing opportunities, so the graduates of the school often become CEOs of major companies, and the proportion of them far exceeds that of various business schools. ”

Political Commissar Cheng felt a little interesting, and hurriedly asked: "Commander, what kind of graduates are cultivated by the Frunze Military Academy of the Soviet Union and our Whampoa Military Academy?" ”

Zheng Weiguo quipped: "Hehe, what these two schools have cultivated is basically a mold, which can be called a professional soldier, and there is basically nothing to fight when they go to war." As he spoke, he couldn't help but laugh with Chief of Staff Zhou.

Political Commissar Cheng rolled his eyes angrily when he heard this, because he graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy.

Zheng Weiguo comforted: "Okay." Old Cheng, I was joking with you just now. Well, you can't say that you are a professional soldier, you should say that you are a revolutionary soldier! ”

Political Commissar Cheng said happily: "Well, that's pretty much it. But you're right, aren't we just going to fight? If you want me to say, what kind of scholar-type and gentleman-type soldiers are you cultivating? Don't fix those useless ones, just be able to fight! ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "You're right, we can't copy the experience of foreign schools. It must be arranged in the context of the actual situation at hand. In my opinion. The officers we train must possess five qualities. ”

Political Commissar Cheng and Chief of Staff Zhou hurriedly asked in unison, "What are the five major qualities?" ”

Zheng Weiguo explained: "Political and ideological quality, professional and technical quality, organizational and management quality, scientific and cultural quality, and physical and psychological quality. ”

After listening to this, Political Commissar Cheng felt that the summary was very good, and he hurriedly said: "The commander said it really well, this is the military talent we urgently need at the moment." ”

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded again and again and said, "Hmm." Extremely incisive. In my opinion, these five points can become a criterion for the selection and appointment of officers in the future. ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled. I thought that the PLA Military Academy spent more than 20 years summing up, can it not be incisive? He then explained to them: "The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression that we are experiencing now is not a simple military struggle. Rather, it contains many factors, such as national oppression and awakening, the alternation of old and new forces, imperialist expansion, and national independence. ”

"This is not only a contest at the military level, but also a confrontation of the will and quality of the nation. In war, the political factor is higher than the military factor, and the political quality of military personnel is much more important than military quality, so we cannot train purely military cadres. ”

Political Commissar Cheng and Chief of Staff Zhou nodded again and again when they heard this. In terms of military literacy, the level of the national army can throw off eight roads and a few streets, let alone the Japanese army. However, when the Nationalist army was driven out of North China, the Eighth Route took root in North China, which obviously cannot be considered purely from a military point of view.

Chief of Staff Zhou said: "The commander-in-chief has a point, but in this way, I am afraid that the time for training cadets will be extended. ”

Political Commissar Cheng thought for a moment and said: "In terms of time, we can grasp it a little tighter, and the ideological and political study can be put in the evening!" Time is tight, but there will always be a squeeze. ”

Zheng Huzi remembered the famous theory, Ha Luha smiled, and said, "What Lao Cheng said is good. He turned back to the pillar and said, "You go and invite Director Xiong to say that the matter related to the military academy needs to be discussed." ”

After receiving the order, Director Xiong quickly rushed over. The four of them discussed together all night, and finally decided on the various matters of the military school.

This school will be named the Jizhong Army Military Academy, which will consist of a staff department, a political department, a professor department, a training department, a logistics department, and a cadet department. The college is divided into infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineers, baggage soldiers, medical guards and other sections. According to the different levels of the cadets, they can also be divided into non-commissioned officer departments, junior command departments, intermediate command departments, and senior command departments. However, due to the limited conditions, at the beginning of the school year, only the non-commissioned officer department had the infantry department, and other subjects and faculties had to wait for a while.

The content of study is divided into two parts: political training and military training. The Political Department is responsible for political training, including military conduct and discipline, mass line, agitation and propaganda, command and management, and patriotic education.

The content of military training is divided into two categories: disciplines and technical subjects. The discipline is theoretical knowledge, which is the responsibility of the professor's department, including various basic military knowledge, such as infantry drills, shooting instructors, and field orders; Professional knowledge such as ordnance, topography, mapping exercises, military system, equine science, management science, hygiene, etc. The main ones are tactics, weapons, transportation, and fortifications.

The technical department is responsible for the practical content, including: infantry drills, shooting lessons, military techniques, equestrianism, fortification lessons, bridge building lessons, camp building lessons, communication lessons, traffic lessons, blasting lessons, pit road lessons, infantry tutorials, field service briefs, night education, fortification implementation, bridge building, blasting, camp construction, and tunnel implementation. In addition, there are more advanced ones, such as instructors, field drills, shooting, night drills, work implementation, exemplary orders, and so on.

Political Commissar Cheng said happily: "As long as this school is completed, we will be able to train military cadres on our own." ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said: "It is best to train a group of cadets before the Japanese army sweeps the base areas. ”

Director Xiong felt a little embarrassed and said, "All the commanders have seen that the students need to learn a lot of things, and half a year is already very tense. And Wuhan may be difficult to hold out for the first half of the year. ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "I have an idea about the training cycle of military schools. He glanced at everyone, and then said: "We don't fix the training time, but adopt a credit system, and you can go to the army for internship in advance after completing the credits." ”

They had never heard of this kind of training mechanism before, so they were busy asking what was going on.

Zheng Weiguo explained: "In fact, it is very simple, such as infantry drill and other subjects, the trainees are rated as outstanding in the assessment, and five points are added; Rated as excellent, four points are added; Three points will be added to the pass, and other subjects will be extrapolated, as long as the student's total score reaches a certain score line, he or she can graduate early. ”

After all, Director Xiong was young, so he quickly figured out some joints, and preemptively said: "The commander-in-chief's method is very good, it can quantitatively analyze the military level of a cadet, which is convenient for us to evaluate and select." It doesn't seem to save much time just because the trainees need to be constantly assessing, and it also involves a lot of energy from the instructors. ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Of course, if you still teach in different classes as before, of course it can't, so you must change to classified teaching." ”

Director Xiong said curiously: "Uh, commander-in-chief, how should this be divided?" ”

Zheng Weiguo explained: "The instructors do not teach uniformly, but let the students choose on their own, some students have a good foundation, or have strong receptivity, and feel that after mastering the subject, they can take the assessment in advance, and after passing, they do not have to waste time in this course, and can go to other subjects." In this way, some of the best students will be able to graduate quickly. ”

Director Xiong listened with a big head, and said with a bitter face: "It's good, it's just too complicated, I'm afraid that the academy won't be able to complete it for a while, but it will affect normal teaching." ”

Zheng Weiguo comforted: "Don't think about the problem too complicated, in fact, the key is in the management of the college." As long as management can keep up, efficiency can definitely be multiplied. For example, you can keep a count of your students' electives a week in advance, and then adjust the number of hours for the next week. In this way, teaching resources can be allocated efficiently and thus wasted can be avoided. ”

Director Xiong finally figured it out, nodded again and again, and said, "Well, I finally got a little bit understood." For example, students need to take the subject assessment in advance, in fact, the examiner does not need to wait all day, so the student can apply a week in advance, and then make arrangements according to the application situation. ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Well, that's a good point!" These questions involve management and co-ordination, and I will ask Lao Cheng to find you a few management scientists and mathematicians who have been exiled to Jizhong from major universities in Pingjin. You can ask more experts for advice in the future, and many problems will be solved. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou hurriedly said: "Commander-in-chief, this is the quality of organization and management and the quality of science and culture that you just mentioned, right?" ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled: "Well, yes. But that's only part of the story. If we want to build a modern army, it is not enough to rely on weaponry, military quality, and spiritual will, and it is the only way to modernize the army by being scientific and knowledgeable. Of course, it's too early to talk about these things, so let's take them one step at a time. ”

Political Commissar Cheng rubbed his head and muttered, "Uh, why did you go back to the path of scholar-type military talents after talking for a long time?" Commander, you talk about so many things at once, I can't digest it! No, my brain is a bit messy, I'll have to sort it out. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou also smiled: "Yes, the commander's thinking is beating so fast that my mind almost didn't turn around." ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled, thinking that this is the road of military development in the next nearly 100 years, and it is strange that you can keep up with the rhythm. (To be continued......)