Chapter 162: Recruiting Admirals
"How dare you open your teeth." Yang Jie looked at Qin Wei with admiration, "Zhang Lingfu's troops are the main force among the main forces, and Zhang Lingfu himself is like the chairman of the committee, you actually dare to attack him...... You're not afraid that the chairman will settle accounts with you, but I don't understand, why do you think you can poach Zhang Lingfu? He's a general! It's not the same thing at all as your production and construction corps. ”
"As the saying goes, as long as the hoe is swung well, there is no corner that cannot be dug down." Qin Wei smiled, "Who said that the Production and Construction Corps can't fight?" Many of them are veterans of the battlefield, and all they lack is training and weapons. Zhang Lingfu is a good hand, it's a pity to be only a brigade commander. That is, that Du Yuming runs fast, otherwise I will dig with him! ”
"I'm convinced." Yang Jie couldn't help but shake his head. He had been waiting for Qin Wei in his office just now. But when I waited and waited, I didn't see anyone, but I heard a lot of noise downstairs, and the sound was getting louder and louder. He was very angry at the time, and felt that such a noisy scene was a desecration of such a serious department as the Military Command Department, so he personally went to the town. But when I got downstairs, I found that it was Qin Wei who was "recruiting" Zhang Lingfu, which was a new thing. There are also many people in and out of the Military Command Department, most of whom know who Zhang Lingfu is, and they all admire Qin Wei's courage very much, and they all want to see if Qin Wei can succeed...... As a result, people gathered more and more. Some people didn't think it was lively enough, and they added fuel to the fire, but the sound became louder and louder, and the entire gate of the military command department was in chaos.
"But don't do that next time. If you make any more trouble, the only way to do it is to use military law against you...... Here is, after all, the military department, the most important discipline! Yang Jie said again.
"Discipline doesn't mean you shouldn't be lively." Qin Wei replied: "Soldiers, you must be serious when you are serious, and you must be lively when you are lively." Otherwise, who can stand a tight string all day long? What if it breaks? ”
"You're quibbling!" Yang Jie snorted lightly. "No matter how much you need to be lively, you can't mess around in front of a department like the Military Command Department."
"Yes, yes, you're the chief, you have the final say." Qin Wei smiled, "Calling me this time, is it the result of the Corps' affairs?" ”
"It's a result." Seeing that he was down to business, Yang Jie no longer entangled, "After discussions with the Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and several departments of the Military Command Department, it was decided to follow your suggestion." The production and construction corps was formed. Combine those idle laborers, stragglers, and disabled soldiers from all over the country to form a new production and construction corps. While achieving self-sufficiency, military training should be taken into account as much as possible, so that it can be pulled into the battlefield at any time. Replenish forces at the front. ”
"What do you mean, this corps still has to be self-financed?" Qin Wei asked.
"You're." Yang Jie said unceremoniously: "Form a corps." It's not just to reduce the pressure on the finances. At the same time, do you want to support the front as much as possible? Otherwise, what are we going to do with this corps? ”
"You don't understand the true meaning of this corps." Qin Wei said: "This is to more effectively integrate the idle people in the national control area, especially those stragglers. Use this power where we need it most...... For example, road construction in various places. If it's just about self-sufficiency, how much money does the government have allocated for them now? ”
"Know what you think. But you also know that the government is short of money now......"
"It's okay for you to tell others this, but it doesn't work if you tell me." Qin Wei shook his head directly. Others don't know what to do. Can he still wonder if Lao Jiang has any money? Although the money may not be much, it is still possible to allocate a little.
"If it doesn't work, it doesn't work, I don't care about finances, and I can't talk to you about this. You really want money. I went to find He Yingqin, and if I really couldn't do it, I went to the chairman of the committee and Song Ziwen. Yang Jie actually didn't want to get too entangled in this regard, "I called you here this time, mainly to inform you of the decision of the Military Commission." The other thing is to ask which corps you want. ”
"Which one?" Qin Wei was stunned, "Isn't there only one?" ”
"You want to be beautiful." Yang Jie gave him a direct look, "Do you know how many stragglers and idle laborers you call in Chongqing alone?" Even if there are no specific statistics, I can tell you that there are no less than tens of thousands. This is just Chongqing. If we carefully count Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places, there are at least hundreds of thousands of people. Such a number belongs to one corps...... What do you want to do with a civil war in the Kokudo zone before driving out the Japanese? ”
"I didn't say that, don't wronged me." Qin Wei hurriedly waved his hand, "I thought you would set up something like a corps committee, a reserve committee, or something like that, how could I think that you would directly divide it?" But that's fine. That one...... How many are you divided into? ”
"Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Shaanxi, a total of six construction corps. The meaning of the chairman, you can choose one of them. Yang Jie said.
"I'm the chief?" Qin Wei asked cautiously again.
"Deputy Commander and Minister of Logistics, if you are not satisfied, what conditions can you mention. However, you also know the meaning of the road, and it is definitely impossible for you to directly take charge of an entire army. Yang Jie said: "Of course, if it's only a part of it, you can consider it at your discretion." As for the rest, the corps is in accordance with the regular military establishment, and you don't have to worry about it being in name only. ”
"I said Vice Chief Yang," Qin Wei looked at Yang Jie and smiled vigorously, "I dare to say that when those people asked you to tell me these words, they definitely didn't let you reveal them all at once." It's for you to talk to me slowly, little by little, like squeezing toothpaste, and at the end you have to make a helpless look, right? ”
"In fact, everyone knows these things, so why do they have to be so boring." Yang Jie didn't care, "I only care about whether you agree or not now." ”
"It's all divided into six, so there must already be a corresponding candidate?" Qin Wei asked.
"That's nature." Yang Jie nodded. This kind of thing in the production and construction corps doesn't sound like much strength, but it's not bad to be so-so, and the most important thing is that it can also produce benefits. When Qin Wei first proposed it, many people thought that it might be that this kid wanted to expand his strength, and Lao Jiang shook his head directly. But after a few days, I don't know who handed the message to the top. It is a good idea to say that this production and construction corps is a good idea. If it is not done well, it will be restored to the original state at most; If it is done well, it can save a lot of financial expenses. In addition, you can also place those characters who are not very obedient, but it is not easy to suppress them directly. For example: those local powerful people who have competed with Lao Jiang for the world...... So Lao Jiang became interested. And Lao Jiang's interest naturally means that these people use their brains more. Taken together, we found that the most troublesome thing for this production and construction corps was that it might be used to develop its own power, after all, such a military, almost completely self-sufficient thing in terms of finances could easily breed a tendency to become independent, especially in a soil like the Republic of China. Even more so. But since you know where there may be a problem, you can solve it. The corps is too big and the range of potential forces is too wide, so weaken it...... In this way, a large corps was divided into six. Moreover, there is no headquarters, and the six corps are not under the Ministry of Defense. Instead, it all belonged to the original only to formulate operational plans and control domestic and foreign intelligence. But there is no military command department with actual military power.
"Can you tell me about the candidates for each ministry?" Qin Wei asked.
"This matter is still a secret to others, but there is no need to keep it secret to you." Yang Jie smiled: "Let's talk about Chongqing first, I will be the chief official here......"
"You?"
"You don't think so?" Yang Jie asked.
"It's not that no," Qin Wei shook his head, "I'm afraid you won't be able to separate." You're the Deputy Chief of Military Orders. There are a lot of high-powered affairs! ”
"If it was someone else, I would think he was sarcastic about me. As for you......" Yang Jie paused, "I feel like you're scolding me." ”
"I certainly don't have that kind of thought." Qin Wei hurriedly shook his head, "Although I also know that you are not a real power. But no matter how you say it, it is also a famous place in the army full of peach and plums, and how many generals are your students...... As a production and construction corps, and only the commander of the production and construction forces in Chongqing, don't you feel bent? ”
"Then you, the deputy commander, are unyielding?" Yang Jie asked rhetorically.
"Definitely unyielding." Qin Wei replied very self-knowingly: "I'm afraid I can't afford this responsibility." ”
"Since you feel unyielding, what else do I have to say? Who doesn't know that General Qin has made a great contribution to the party-state? Yang Jie smiled a little bitterly.
"In terms of contributions, you can get us twenty divisions of equipment and two volunteer air forces to aid China, as well as other support, from Stalin, for a total of no less than 200 million dollars. It's harder than winning a big battle on the battlefield. "It's a pity that you didn't give the money to Lao Jiang, but to the country, and Lao Jiang naturally doesn't weigh as much as me. Qin Wei secretly sighed again in his heart.
"So what?" Yang Jie also sighed lightly, "Although he is only a small commander of the Production and Construction Corps, it is better than staying in this military command department all day and doing nothing, right?" ”
"Nothing?" Qin Wei scratched his head, which made the deputy chief of the Military Command Department, who was slightly analogous to the General Staff in later generations, feel idle, this guy seemed to be really "valued" by Lao Jiang. But thinking about the rumors I heard before, the suggestion of the "United Soviet War of Resistance" that this guy proposed to Lao Chiang is indeed a little difficult to distinguish the situation. In the eyes of Lao Chiang, the Soviet Union was a polar bear that was far more terrifying than Japan! In order to deal with the wolf, he found a bear...... Although Lao Jiang's military level is only equivalent to an ordinary battalion commander during the Northern Expedition, I have to admit that this guy has a poisonous eye for people and things. Stalin: That's a good please? That's really easy to please God, but it's hard to send God. It's no wonder that Lao Jiang listened to his suggestion, and after reading the specific tactics he proposed, he didn't say anything, just gave him a copy of "The Complete Works of Zeng Wenzhenggong" for him to read carefully. Although he was so angry that he played mahjong for three months, it was magnanimous. But having said that, this Yang Jie is not simple, at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, he put forward the theory of protracted war, which is comparable to Mao Zedong, Jiang Baili and others at the strategic level, but his emotional intelligence is a little worse, and his temper is too straight, so he has not been valued by Lao Jiang. In fact, in the military system of the Kuomintang, this guy is a military strategist along with Jiang Baili and Bai Zhenxi.
"Otherwise......" Qin Wei felt pity. China has "three and a half military strategists," and there are different opinions as to which three and a half they are. But there is a saying that these "three and a half military experts" actually refer to Jiang Baili, Bai Zhenxi, Yang Jie, and Liu Bocheng. And Liu Bocheng is a "one-eyed dragon" because he only has one eye, so he is "half"! Although I don't know whether Lu Dao's statement is true or false, Yang Jie's level is also obvious to be included in this ranks. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, this guy almost replaced He Yingqin as the chief of staff of the Kuomintang military base camp. Now that he has nothing to do with the deputy head of the military command department, this is simply a huge waste of talent...... Therefore, after pondering for a while, Qin Wei felt that he could serve as this "savior":
"Vice Chief Yang, if you don't think I'm talking deeply, how about listening to my suggestion?"
"What advice?"
"Resign, follow me!" (To be continued......)