The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 623
Independent regiment base.

With the development of the economy, coupled with the resettlement of foreign disaster victims, the scale of the base area is getting bigger and bigger.

Some guerrilla areas that originally belonged to the outskirts of the Independence Regiment base area were quickly developed into substantial Eighth Route Army anti-Japanese base areas.

On the one hand, the news that the Migrant Workers Corps was falsely rumored to be the military arm of the Eighth Route Army is still brewing.

As the situation became more dramatic, not only the Japanese army, but also some surrounding Jinsui troops believed that the independent regiment was rapidly expanding.

On the other hand, the independent group was under the guidance of the "Principles and Specific Measures for the Registration and Resettlement of Migrant Disaster Victims in Base Areas" written by Kong Jie himself.

In addition, Dong San, Xu Qingnian, and Li Wenjie firmly believed in the demographic dividend proposed by Kong Jie.

Accepting the victims of the disaster is another responsibility that the Eighth Route Army should shoulder for the common people.

Therefore, the base area of ​​the independent regiment has been continuously receiving the victims who fled from the disaster.

Some of them escaped from northern Henan when John’s caravan was transported by the Yellow River; some escaped from southern Hebei; and some were from Shanxi.

Since mid-July.

The drought continued to spread in various provinces, especially in many places in Henan, and then spread to Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, northern Hubei, and northern AH.

In these severely disaster-stricken places, the tragic scenes of local mourners and starvation have long been unbearable.

The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army once sent people to various places to investigate the local disaster situation. When the soldiers sent to investigate returned to report the situation, their eyes were full of tears, and they were almost speechless about the tragedy they witnessed.

Naturally, the Japanese invaders in the occupied area would not care about the life and death of the Chinese disaster victims.

In order to continue the military process of aggression and expansion, the devils even increased taxes and squeezed the people, making it even more difficult for the people to survive under the disaster.

What's more, the omnipotent little devil really followed Kong Jie's worst guess.

After refugees appeared in county towns and villages, the devils did not assume the responsibilities of the taxation government, but directly drove these victims and refugees to the Eighth Route Army base in the mountainous area.

These inhumane little devils didn't resettle the refugees, and just watched them starve to death or die of illness.

There are even little devils who are so crazy that they make a fuss about these refugees, and suggest that when the refugees are driven to the Eighth Route Army base area, some Japanese troops will be disguised in the refugee team, and after the Eighth Route Army is lured to appear, they will take the opportunity to attack.

For this reason, some Eighth Route Army troops who were concerned with resettling and rescuing refugees around the Taihang Gentu land did suffer a lot.

Not long after, the Eighth Route Army headquarters issued work instructions for each regiment stating:
Each regiment should try its best to resettle refugees and help the people according to the economic situation of their respective bases.

Stand up actively and actively, and take on the responsibility that the people's soldiers should bear when the people are in danger.

After the order from the headquarters was issued, all regiments in the Taihang base area took action one after another.

By the end of July, in less than half a month, the entire Taihang Roots had received nearly 3 refugees.

Among the regiments of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang base area, the independent regiment of Kong Jie accepted the largest number of refugees, settled them the most properly, and started accepting refugees the earliest.

A total of nearly 1 refugees were accepted and resettled.

With a team effort, Leng solved the difficulties of food and accommodation for one-third of the victims in the entire Taihang base area.

In addition, Kong Jie took the lead in proposing and implementing the elite soldier policy in the Independent Regiment.

The so-called elite soldiers do not mean not to develop troops, but to strengthen training, refine the original troops, and enhance combat effectiveness.

Reduce the command organization and enrich the number of companies.

After a large number of victims rushed to the base of the Independence Regiment.

Kong Jie originally had no intention of recruiting new recruits and continuing to expand the army.

But many young people among these refugees are indeed good seedlings to serve in the army, and everyone is grateful for the rescue and treatment of the victims by the Independence Group.

Captain Kong had no more recruits, so he could only recruit some of them based on merit.

Coupled with the growing number of migrant labor groups.

Although there are a large number of refugees and migrant workers in the entire base area of ​​the independent regiment, who are not considered military combatants, the total number of related members in the base area of ​​the entire independent regiment has already exceeded the [-] mark.

In just over a year, the base area of ​​the independent regiment has expanded, developed, and enriched, and the scale of its establishment has already exceeded Kong Jie's expectations.

The three veteran battalion commanders, Wang Leihu, Shen Quan, and Wang Huaibao, even approached Kong Jie many times to express their feelings.

If you don't think about it, commander, even though we are battalion commanders, we are doing the job of a regimental commander and commanding a regiment!

The original five battalions of the Independent Regiment were simply not enough.

Commander Kong was worried about this, thinking about whether to continue to expand a few battalions.

But if it continues to expand like this, if a regiment leader wants to manage so many battalions, he must be very busy, and his command efficiency is not high.

Kong Jie honestly reported to the brigade headquarters and headquarters, explaining his difficulties.

……

And that's it, to early August.

A meeting was held at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

At the meeting, leaders spoke one after another.

The core theme of the meeting revolved around the future development direction of the independent group.

Some cadres said that the current scale of the independent regiment and its base area has long exceeded the scale that a regiment-level combat unit should have.

If it continues like this, it will seem bloated, and adjustments must be made in the establishment.

"According to the old tradition of our Eighth Route Army, if a regiment develops too fast and such a situation occurs, it can be dismantled and formed into multiple regiments to avoid the problem of reducing command strength."

But then another cadre said: "Although the scale of the independent group is very large, Kong Jie has been managing it very well. The entire rootland seems to be developing independently, but in fact it is connected as a whole. Especially now that the independent group is still relocating Tens of thousands of refugees have been lost, and if they are scattered at this moment, once the original operation mode of the independent group is affected, it may be counterproductive."

In the end, he didn’t speak much, but the brigade commander who spoke with a lot of weight said: “In this case, I suggest that you might as well take a bold new step.”

"It is indeed possible to divide the existing independent regiment into multiple regiments."

"However, the unified command and the old mode of operation remain unchanged, and it is still directed by Kong Jie's leadership team."

When the brigade commander spoke like this, all the cadres at the meeting nodded and quickly reached a consensus.

For more than a year, everyone has seen the development of the independent group, and Kong Jie's performance is always amazing.

In the end, the headquarters issued a decision, and the cadres all expressed that such an arrangement for the follow-up development of the independent regiment could not be more appropriate!
Five days.

The appointment news and documents of the headquarters are conveyed to the independent regiment headquarters through the brigade headquarters.

The general content is that the headquarters decided after discussion at the meeting to adjust and divide the original regiment of the independent regiment into four nine-company Type A regiments, namely, the first independent regiment, the second independent regiment, the third independent regiment, and the fourth independent regiment.

Among them, Wang Leihu, the former commander of the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment, served as the head of the Second Independent Regiment.

Shen Quan, the former commander of the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment, served as the commander of the Third Independent Regiment.

Wang Huaibao, the former commander of the Third Battalion of the Independent Regiment, served as the head of the Fourth Independent Regiment.

And the independent first regiment, second regiment, third regiment, and fourth regiment jointly formed the first independent anti-Japanese detachment of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi.

Kong Jie, the former head of the independent regiment, served as the head of the detachment and also served as the head of the first independent regiment.

Comrade Li Wenjie, the acting political commissar of the former independent regiment, served as the political commissar of the detachment and concurrently served as the political commissar of the independent first regiment. …………

regiment.

Kong Jie took the headquarters appointment document from the correspondent, which contained a list of specific appointments.

The list does not include all cadres and positions. Obviously, there is still a large part of the appointment space determined by Kong Jie.

After this expansion, many of the original cadres of the independent regiment have made adjustments in their positions.

Acting political commissar Li Wenjie became a full-time member.

Shen Quan and other three veteran battalion commanders were appointed as regimental leaders.

Lei Dasheng, the former commander of the Fourth Battalion, became the commander of the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment.

Du Aiguo, the former commander of the Fifth Battalion, served as the commander of the Second Battalion of the First Independent Regiment.

Zhu Wu, the former deputy battalion commander of the fourth battalion, served as the commander of the third battalion of the independent first regiment.

As for the battalion commanders of the second, third, and fourth regiments.

They are also served by the original crew of the old camp such as Shen Quan, Wang Leihu, and Wang Huaibao.

After seeing it, Kong Jie was also overjoyed. This basically meant that the old staffing of the Independence Regiment hadn't been changed.

However, Kong Jie was given more generous and flexible establishment rights.

The most important thing is that Kong Jie was still troubled by the fact that the five battalions of the independent regiment were not enough, and the team of each battalion was too bloated.

Now it's all right, the headquarters directly helped him solve it.

"The First Anti-Japanese Independent Detachment of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi!"

"Listen, how rich!"

Kong Jie said with a smile when the battalion commanders and company commanders of the regiment headquarters came to the meeting with beaming faces and accepted the appointment from the headquarters.

Regarding the appointment of the headquarters, the cadres all readily accepted it.

Everyone's position has basically been raised by one level.

As for Lei Dasheng and Du Aiguo, whose positions had not changed, the headquarters also took into account their military exploits and seniority, and adjusted them to be the first battalion commander and second battalion commander of the independent first regiment.

Once the detachment continued to expand, the leaders of the fifth and sixth regiments did not run away.

In the cheerful atmosphere, the cadres were joking.

The first battalion commander, Wang Leihu, looked at the appointment list at the headquarters and rubbed his eyes several times.

Shen Quan on the side joked: "Why, Lei Hu, I suddenly became the head of the regiment, and I still feel a little unbelievable, feeling dazzled?"

Wang Leihu said: "Ah bah, I was thinking, why did you, old Shen, become the head of the regiment?"

Shen Quan scolded: "Lei Hu, I don't understand what you said. I was also the squad leader when you were the squad leader, and I was also the platoon leader when you were the platoon leader. When you become the battalion commander, we are still battalion leaders." Commander, why are you allowed to be the head of the regiment, and I can't be the head of the regiment?"

The two stared with big eyes, and the cadres couldn't help laughing.

Kong Jie scolded with a smile: "Well, when they were battalion commanders, they bickered and were useless. Now that they are regimental commanders, they are still useless. It's a shame."

"Captain!"

"Captain!"

When Kong Jie spoke, Shen Quan and Wang Leihu smiled shyly and shouted.

"Don't, we are all regiment leaders now, so why don't you just call me Old Kong!" Kong Jie said.

Shen Quan and Wang Leihu shook their heads in fright.

Shen Quan said: "How can it be, leader, you will always be our leader!"

"That's right, I don't admit that this puts someone else aside!" Wang Leihu said.

Wang Huaibao, the leader of the third regiment, said with a smile: "That's right, our regiment leader also serves as the detachment leader! Now our independent regiment is a legitimate anti-Japanese detachment."

"It's strange to say that the size and number of our original five battalions have not changed at all, but because of the reorganization into these four regiments, we suddenly feel in our hearts that we will have more confidence in fighting the little devils again. already."...

(End of this chapter)