"Congratulations, General!"
"Congratulations, General!"
For a moment, the entire command center was filled with congratulations. Everyone's faces were filled with joy. After all, Zhou Weiguo's promotion meant that they would also be promoted.
"Damn it, an independent division has also been promoted to the 19th route army?”Zhou Weiguo ignored the people in the command center and stared blankly at the telegram.
The telegram clearly read: " Zhou Weiguo will be promoted to lieutenant general and commander of the 19th route army…"
This news made Zhou Weiguo unable to react for a moment. A few days ago, he was still a colonel, but after killing the lieutenant general of the Japanese, he was promoted to a major general.
He had only worn the military uniform of a major general for two days, and he had become a lieutenant general. In the future, this would be even higher than the average provincial party secretary.
Even if he counted all eighteen generations of his ancestors, they would not have such a high official position.
"Congratulations, General. You are one of the few people in the history of the party and the army to become a lieutenant general at such a young age.”Zhang Lingfu said enviously.
However, he knew that Zhou Weiguo had exchanged his life for it, not the kind that relied on his ancestors to obtain it.
Therefore, he was very convinced and sincerely wished Zhou Weiguo well.
"Brother Lingfu, don't laugh at me. I'm already a little flustered as a commander, let alone a commander.”Zhou Weiguo said with a bitter smile.
"General, your ability is obvious to everyone. You can just be a general.”Zhang Lingfu couldn't help but laugh.
"However, there are more important problems in front of us. We have been completely surrounded by the Japanese. As the commander of the army, you should think about how to break out.”Zhang Lingfu said seriously.
"Yes, I'm thinking about what you said, but I have a question. I didn't send a telegram, so how did the commissioner know about us?”Zhou Weiguo said with some doubt.
"I guess you were too high-profile at Xiaguan and let some troops spread the news. After all, those cowards fled first. If they don't find an excuse, how can they avoid the military court's punishment?”Zhang Lingfu said without hesitation.
" Also, this is a critical period. You saw on the telegram that you were fully in charge of the Nanjing war, and you needed a model, so…" Zhang Lingfu shut up, but Zhou Weiguo quickly understood.
" F * ck, they must be treating me like a dead man. No wonder they were so generous and even gave me the title of the 19th Route Army…"
Zhou Weiguo was a little speechless. He naturally knew the fate of the 19th Route Army. It was basically the fate of being permanently dismissed. It was his fault for being so capricious and directly angering the reverse scale of Generalissimo Jiang.
Now, he was given the title because he could see that he could not defend Nanjing City. He just wanted to set an example for the people, that as long as you held your ground, you would be rewarded.
The lieutenant general had given him enough grief and honor after he died in battle. After thinking for a long time, Zhou Weiguo finally understood that he could jump to lieutenant general in such a short period of time.
After understanding the secret of promotion, the joy of promotion was halved. Zhou Weiguo stood where he was and frowned.
"Brother Lingfu, how many troops do we have now?”
"Three infantry brigades, a total of 15,000 people, a heavy artillery brigade of 3,000 people, the tank battalion is expanding into a tank regiment, the anti-aircraft battalion is also expanding, and an engineering battalion is being established. There are also field hospitals and so on, a total of more than 23,000 people.”
"In addition, we have formed a teaching brigade and are reorganizing the defeated soldiers who came to seek refuge. There are more than 10,000 people now, and the number is expected to increase. After all, Nanjing has more than 150,000 troops. After deducting the casualties, there are about 80,000 to 90,000.”
"Moreover, after the General's speech at Xiaguan, many young men from Nanjing City joined us. It is estimated that the total number of soldiers will exceed 50,000.”Zhang Lingfu had already memorized all the data by heart, so he opened his mouth and said it.
"50,000 people. It seems that the army will be reorganized again.”Zhou Weiguo muttered.
"No, General, it's best not to reorganize now.”Zhang Lingfu refused.
"Uh, why?" Zhou Weiguo asked in confusion.
"They're being promoted too quickly. Besides, didn't you notice that the commanders of the troops are all very young? Some of them were only platoon leaders, and most of them were battalion commanders. Now, many of them are directly promoted to regimental commanders and brigade commanders. Although promotion can boost morale, it also brings many hidden dangers. Their command level is not high enough. Blindly expanding the number of troops will lead to various drawbacks, such as arrogance and failure.”Zhang Lingfu said calmly. After the expansion, he would become a major general, but for the sake of the future, he had to stop the expansion.
Hearing this, Zhou Weiguo fell silent. He was also a little overwhelmed by joy. He thought about his own promotion and the promotion of his subordinates, but he did not think of the various drawbacks after being promoted.
Many people were originally ranked consecutively, and if they rose too quickly, there would naturally be a lot of influence.
" It's a pity that the base's productivity is too slow. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to recruit a batch of hero units.'
"You mean to suppress the expansion and then temper their commanding skills in the flames of war, and then promote whoever has made contributions?”Zhou Weiguo asked.
"General is wise!"
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