In comparison, the nature of the army is purer and its future tasks are clearer.
Practice has proved that the army is the guarantee of the base area. Only when the army has combat effectiveness can the base area achieve better construction. In short, political power comes from the barrel of a gun.
In the few days after Tan Lin arrived in Hebei, Shandong and Henan, the focus of his work has been on the army. Comrades from Yanzhou formed the Political Department of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Region, and accompanied Tan Lin to inspect various regiments.
Within a group of defense zones.
The second battalion of the first regiment has been transferred to the outskirts of the defense area to garrison. Only the third battalion and the regiment's direct team are with the regiment headquarters.
A regiment of 3,000 new recruits, assisted by Jing Dagang's powerful measures, achieved remarkable results, and the long march around the foot of the mountain every day was still maintained.
When Tan Lin and his comrades from the Political Department rushed to the regiment, Tan Lin was greatly surprised when he saw the results of the regiment's training of new recruits.
Today, there are less than 3,000 recruits, organized into recruit companies, distributed in various small camps around the regiment headquarters, with the backbone selected from the regiment serving as the cadres of the recruit companies.
The mental outlook of each of the recruits has greatly improved compared to before, and it is obvious that they are very enthusiastic about taking the initiative to receive training.
"Hiss, the results of your regiment's training of new recruits are good. The morale is high. Let's not talk about the current combat effectiveness. The enthusiasm for training alone is not comparable to that of the three or four regiments!" Tan Lin said approvingly: "There is something in this.
If you have any tips, please tell me quickly, but you can’t keep it secret!”
Faced with Tan Lin's inquiry, Li Ziwen, the political commissar of the group, seemed a little hesitant, while Jing Dagang had no scruples and directly told the story.
Finally, I would like to add that when doing ideological work, it is not enough to just show off your words.
When Li Ziwen heard this, his expression changed, and he quickly pulled Jing Dagang, who was speaking freely, and said to himself, just tell me this, why are you telling the new political commissar this?
Tan Lin laughed: "Comrade Jing Dagang, your approach is very unique. It seems to be very effective now, and your final evaluation is even more to the point!"
"Indeed, doing ideological work is not just about talking. You must know that one person's thoughts are the most difficult to change, let alone the ideological work of three thousand people!"
"Youdao is like a mouse droppings that ruins a good pot of soup. You have done a good job in the follow-up work. Some ideologically stubborn personnel have been eliminated again, so that future ideological work can be carried out more easily.
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"Iron feet are the tradition of our Eighth Route Army. Even recruits must maintain this excellent tradition. But I'm curious, how did you deal with the die-hards who were later eliminated?" Tan Lin asked with a smile.
"These people do not cooperate with the transformation or training, but they will not be shot. Once released, they are likely to join the Japs and leak the military secrets of our Eighth Route Army, so they are all assigned to do hard labor!" Jing Dagang replied.
Tan Lin nodded after hearing this, and then said: "Well, we handled it very decisively!"
"Comrade Ziwen, although our Eighth Route Army has a policy of preferential treatment for prisoners, specific issues must be analyzed in detail. As a political cadre, you must first do your own ideological work. Your thinking is too rigid and has always been within the rules.
How to carry out work!"
The political commissars of the First, Second and Third Regiments were all recruited from the Anti-Japanese University by their superiors when the New Second Regiment was established to serve as instructors for the New Second Regiment. They reached the level of political commissar of the Regiment in less than a year.
In the final analysis, he still has too little experience, or his vision is too narrow due to his lack of experience. He is good at uploading and declaring, but he is not pioneering enough. Tan Lin has learned this after staying in the third group, but he did not expect that Jing Dagang, the group leader, would give
It was an unexpected surprise to him.
Tan Lin's words seemed to have reached Jing Dagang's heart. Before Li Ziwen could react, Jing Dagang smiled and said, "Political Commissar, I think what you said makes sense!"
"Political Commissar, do you smoke?" Jing Dagang said and took out a cigarette from his pocket.
Tan Lin was indeed the political commissar for nothing, and he won Jing Dagang's favor in just a few words.
"Smoke, give me one!" Tan Lin did not stick to his status as a political commissar and acted very calmly.
Jing Dagang happily dispersed cigarettes to everyone present. After puffing for a while, Tan Lin asked the staff of the Political Department to summarize the experience of one group and distribute it to the other two groups.
That night, Tan Lin returned to his residence.
Although Zhou and Tan are not familiar with each other yet, they are both old smokers.
The fire was burning hot. One of them was leaning on the head of the kang, and the other was leaning on the end of the kang. They were smoking cigarettes, talking about things, and exchanging their work in the past few days.
"I'm going back to Tainan tomorrow, Comrade Tan Lin. In the next period of time, you should pay more attention to the various tasks in Hebei, Shandong and Yu!" Zhou Weihan said to Tan Lin.
After a few days of getting along, Tan Lin finally gained Zhou Weihan's approval, and Zhou Weihan could safely return to Tainan.
"Why are you going back to Tainan? Isn't it inappropriate for you to go back just after I arrived?" Tan Lin said teasingly.
"Aren't you asking knowingly? It's time to celebrate the New Year. I need to go back. It will take too long to be out. Don't worry!" Zhou Weihan said.
"Oh, that's it. I thought you were anxious to go back and get married!"
After his little thought was exposed, Zhou Weihan suddenly became angry and threw the matchbox in his hand at Tan Lin.
"screw you!"
"Okay, let's go back. Tainan is the rear area. Only when Tainan is stable can we support Hebei, Luyu and Yu!"
Zhou Weihan immediately straightened his face and got down to business: "It's winter now. According to past experience, the little devils will also stop in winter. But now that Fushimi Miya Mingyi is in our hands, I guess the little devils have figured it out."
We know our approximate location, so even if it’s the Chinese New Year, we have to be careful and don’t take it lightly!”
Fushimi Gong Mingyi had been captured by the Eighth Route Army for some time, but Zhou Weihan deliberately rejected the Japanese army's request for a trade, deliberately stalling for time and making the Japanese afraid of using troops against the Eighth Route Army base area.
"I understand!" Tan Lin nodded and said.
"At the moment, the three regiments are stationed alone on the periphery. I will leave the cavalry company and artillery company behind to take charge of the security of the military region headquarters. Just in case, you can bring back Dong Jiang's reconnaissance company!"
"I'll be back after the New Year. Don't worry, I won't delay my normal work!" At this time, Zhou Weihan seemed to be back to when he asked for leave from his teacher when he was in school.
"Well, you can go with ease. Just leave this place to me. As a newlywed, you can stay for a few more days!"
"After the year, I will transfer another main force group from the Tainan Military Region to strengthen the Hebei, Shandong and Henan Military Region, and also to expand base areas abroad!" Zhou Weihan finally said.