Section 16 On Rewarding Meritorious Deeds

At the end of May, the Military Commission finally came with good news, and Yu Jishi, commander of the 74th Army, was awarded the Huazhou Medal of Honor for his meritorious service. This medal was ordered to be prepared in February of the 27th year of the Republic of China, and was awarded to officers and soldiers or civilian officials and local teams who fought bravely and wisely in the anti-Japanese campaign. In the center is the battle helmet of the ancient warriors, the warriors rely on the protection of life, symbolizing that the security of the country depends on the protection of those who have won this chapter.

Those who can be awarded medals in the Anti-Japanese War are all people who have made great achievements. The reason why Yu Jishi was able to win this honor this time was due to the surprise performance of the 74th Army in the Nanchang counterattack, which successfully recaptured Gao'an, Xiangfuguan, and Dacheng with the strength of one army alone, and annihilated thousands of Japanese troops. In this battle, the third and ninth theaters can have such a performance, but it is only a unit of the 74th Army, and Yu Jishi deserves this award.

For the officers and men of the 74th Army, the commander won this award, which represents the affirmation of Shangfeng for their battle, and their combat exploits in the battle have been recognized, and the follow-up commendation is only a matter of time. Although it is the duty of every bloody Chinese to fight and kill devils as soldiers, it is also an honor and pride to be rewarded for meritorious service.

A few days later, the appointment of Yu Jishi also came, and he was transferred to the deputy commander-in-chief of the 10th Army and concurrently the commander of the 86th Army. The transfer from the position of deputy commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army and commander of the 74th Army seems to be a transfer at the same level, but the 86th Army is a newly organized army, composed of the 16th Division, the 67th Division, and the 10th Reserve Division, and is directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Military Commission. As long as the achievements in the 86th Army are brought out, the future will be limitless. As for the 74th Army, the 51st Division will not talk about it for the time being, the 58th Division is his starting capital, and the selection of the division commander will naturally always be taken over by his cronies and subordinates, and they will absolutely obey his command. After this battle, his strength increased dramatically.

At the same time as this order, there was also a circular commendation for Wang Yaowu and Yu Chengwan, although they did not receive medals, but it was already a great honor to be able to telegraph and commend the whole army.

Later, a question came to the fore, after Yu Jishi left, who would be the commander of the 74th Army? As the deputy commander of the 74th Army and the commander of the 51st Division, Wang Yaowu took over the post of commander of the 74th Army. However, the other two deputy commanders of the 74th Army also have great possibilities, Jiang Fusheng has been the deputy commander since the beginning of 37, and his qualifications are far greater than Wang Yaowu's, and the other deputy commander Zhan Zhongyan is also a person with deep qualifications, as early as the Republic of China for ten years, he has followed Mr. Zhongshan to participate in the rebel army, and served as a major general's adjutant in the chairman's chamber, the relationship between the top and bottom is very good, and he takes over the position of Yu Ji's time and space, presumably no one will say anything, as for Shi Zhongcheng and Feng Shengfa, the two division commanders, His outstanding military exploits are not idle, plus the officers of other units, for a while, countless pairs of eyes were staring at the throne of the commander of the 74th Army.

For the officers and soldiers of the 302nd Regiment who are in Yifeng at this moment, in addition to rest and training, another thing is to speculate that the positions between the peaks have been transferred, especially Wu Zihuai and Lin Xiufeng and others, who are inquiring about the news in many ways, in anticipation of the next changes. For them, they naturally hope that Division Commander Wang will take over the post of army commander, so that after the division commander position is vacated, all aspects of personnel will have corresponding promotions, especially their regiment commander's performance this time is extremely good, once the division seat is promoted to army commander, the regiment commander is at least a deputy brigade commander position, and even the promotion to brigade commander is possible, in terms of the stone itself's combat exploits, it has already met the requirements for promotion.

Because of this, the top and bottom of the 302nd regiment were full of joy, and the officers and men of the regiment were eagerly looking forward to the order of the regiment commander's promotion.

However, when it comes to the post of army commander, the procedures in all aspects are extremely complicated, and even involve the struggle for forces in all aspects, so the appointment of the commander of the 74th Army has not been issued for a long time, and by mid-June, after the 302nd Regiment had been resting in Yifeng for more than a month, the post of army commander was still unresolved.

On June 24, the news of the appointment finally came, and the commander of the 51st Division, Wang Yaowucheng, was promoted to the post of commander of the 74th Army.

This time, Wang Yaowu's successful ascension to the position benefited from the good performance of the 51st Division on the battlefield since Luodian, not to mention the bloody battle of Luodian, the 51st Division was almost the only unit that could fight at that time, which left a deep impression on the superiors. Since then, the 51st Division has been out of control, the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Lanfeng have all performed prominently, and the subsequent Battle of De'an is the most famous "Wanjialing Victory" of the 74th Army, and the 151st Brigade and 153rd Brigade under its account have made earth-shattering achievements, and his division commander is naturally also a meritorious achievement. In this battle of Nanchang, the first unit to recover Gao'an was the 51st Division, and the 302nd Regiment, which captured the city in Xiangfuguan in Dacheng and annihilated a large number of enemies, was its subordinates.

In order to show grandeur and reward the meritorious soldiers in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the chairman of the NPC National Committee summoned Wang Yaowu to Chongqing, personally commended him, and entrusted him with important tasks. As a person from an ordinary peasant family, Wang Yaowu has come to this day, which can be described as an example for all the people, especially his promotion and military exploits from the Japanese invaders, which have to be admired.

The position of the commander of the 74th Army was determined, and the next thing progressed in an orderly manner, and the first thing to be determined was the candidate for the commander of the 51st Division. After being promoted to army commander, Wang Yaowu naturally could not concurrently serve as the commander of the 51st Division, and a new division commander was inevitable. Zhang Lingfu led the troops rigorously and fought fiercely, in this regard, he is quite similar to him, which is also the reason why Wang Yaowu has always valued Zhang Lingfu very much. However, unfortunately, in the first battle of Gao'an, Zhang Lingfu was shot in the leg, and he is still in the hospital, and it has not yet been confirmed when he will return to the team, so the post of commander of the 51st Division naturally cannot be vacant for a long time, so he can only retreat to the second best place and be replaced by Li Tianxia.

Although Li Tianxia has more bad problems, he is fortunate to be old enough in the army, and he is one of the first batch of little brothers who follow him to fight the world, and he is also quite decisive and good at fighting in war, and he has always been heartfelt to him, and he is naturally quite relieved that the 51st Division will be taken over by him. There is another point, that is, the relationship between Li Tianxia and several chief officers of the whole division is not very good, so there is no need to talk about the stones, their affairs are known to the whole division. The 153 Brigade is similar, because Zhang Lingfu's relationship, whether it is Chang Xiaode, Lu Xing, or Tang Shenghai, is full of contradictions with Li Tianxia, and this relationship will inevitably affect the combat effectiveness and morale of the troops. No, for Wang Yaowu, such a relationship also allows him to better continue to control the 51st Division.

After Li Tianxia was promoted, the post of deputy division commander was taken over by Zhou Zhidao, commander of the 151st Brigade, and in Wang Yaowu's meaning, it was best for the post of commander of the 151st Brigade to be taken over by Shi Lai, the commander of the 302nd Regiment. Regarding the use of stones, Wang Yaowu has always had his own ideas. An officer like Shishi, only the military commander of a department, is the best position, in order to maximize his wisdom and strength, like Shishi, let him rush to the front line, is undoubtedly the best. Generally speaking, let alone the army commander, the division commander has the right to recommend the appointment of his officers, and often after reporting, he will approve it, which is actually a process. This is also why to get the appreciation of the peak, in the army is the most critical reason, only get the appreciation of the peak, you can continue to rise, there is a future at all, otherwise, even if you have the ability, it is difficult to have room to play.

But this time, the situation was a little abnormal, Wang Yaowu's proposal was deducted by Shangfeng, and the reply was to ask him to wait for the news, and the specific news is not yet known. This situation made Wang Yaowu very puzzled, and he had never encountered it at all, he had just been promoted to the commander of the 74th Army, and his ass was not yet hot, so naturally he could not be compared with Yu Jishi at the time, whether it was the right to speak or the connections, they had not yet been established, which made him feel a little helpless and passive for the time being. But fortunately, there is no death in the words, the meaning naturally has room for maneuver, presumably there is still a problem in which link, just wait quietly, Wang Yaowu did not take it to heart.

For this matter, he also made a special trip to the Yifeng 302 Regiment station and had a detailed discussion with Shi all night. The arrival of the new army commander naturally made the officers and soldiers of the 302nd regiment rejoice, and even the county magistrate and section chiefs of Yifeng also sent a greeting sticker, wanting to invite Wang Junchang to have dinner with a face, so that they can do their best to be a landlord, but Wang Yaowu is busy with military affairs, and he came here only because of the stone, after the new army commander, a lot of things are still waiting for him to deal with, and where do they have the leisure to eat, naturally let these local officials have a hot face and a cold butt.

After Wang Yaowu left, the officers of the 302nd regiment came to congratulate him, the commander attached so much importance to the regiment commander, and the promotion must be just around the corner, they were also very happy, and at the same time had some thoughts about the vacated position after the promotion of the stone, especially Lin Xiufeng, he could already serve as the head of a regiment in terms of qualifications, if it weren't for the stone turned out to be born, when the head of the regiment Ji died, the position of the head of the regiment should have been his. But where did he dare to mention these things again? Now he just wants to show his face in front of the stone more, and he just wants to take care of the stone a little after he is promoted.

Only Shi felt that the arrival of the army commander was probably not a good thing, if everything went well, how could Wang Yaowu, the new army commander, come to such a special trip if he was a little busy? I'm afraid there are probably some variables! However, Shi didn't have any feelings about these, whether it was the regiment commander or the brigade commander, it was nothing more than how many troops he led, to be honest, the more soldiers he led, the more he felt the pressure, in his thoughts, how good it would be if he could be like when he was in Luodian! You don't have to worry about anything, just concentrate on fighting the battle in front of you, how can it be like now, you can hardly even sleep well, and how many people know the pain in it?

On July 9, another batch of promotion lists came out, and Feng Shengfa, the former commander of the 58th Division, was promoted to deputy commander of the 86th Army for his merits, and continued to lead troops under the old Shangguan Yu Jishi. As for the promotion of the stone, there is still no news, as if the stone has sunk into the sea.