While Li Yunlong was talking eloquently, Zhou Weihan lifted the curtain and walked in.
"Young, it's quite lively!"
The room was steaming hot, and the stove was burning brightly. After Zhou Weihan entered the room, he took off his cotton-padded clothes.
"Old Li, go on, you shut up as soon as I came in. You don't want to see me, or else I leave?" Zhou Weihan suddenly stopped talking when he saw Li Yunlong, and pretended to put on his cotton clothes again.
"Hey, you're here, aren't I trying to show off my sword in front of Guan Gong? Come on, come on, get on the kang!" Li Yunlong moved his buttocks inside, making room for Zhou Weihan on the edge of the kang.
Zhou Weihan glanced at the four regiment leaders surrounding the table, and then said: "I said that if you regiment leaders are out drinking, your political commissar will not care about you!"
"Hey, I'm still a political commissar. Every time I go to the brigade headquarters and mention this, the brigade commander says, let me, the regimental commander and the political commissar, do it first. Don't mention how annoying I am every day!" Kong Jie laughed.
He said.
"It was Lao Luo who approved me to go out to drink. With Lao Luo at the regiment headquarters, I can rest assured!"
"Then it's no problem for me. It's not easy for old comrades to get together during the Chinese New Year. Xiang Ying can't stop them from drinking!"
"Hey, I would like to find a political commissar, but the division headquarters can't select a suitable candidate for the time being!" The last person to speak was Liu Tianming from the 22nd Regiment.
The selection of political cadres at the regiment level within the Eighth Route Army is extremely strict. As partners, political commissars must not only assist the military chief, but also suppress the military chief at critical moments.
At the same time, more consideration must be given to the personalities of the two people. Otherwise, if there is a conflict between the two, it will ultimately affect the combat effectiveness of the unit.
A more obvious example is the pairing of Luo Benzhong and Li Yunlong.
The reason why Kong Jie's independent regiment had no political commissar was because Kong Jie was an honest man and would never do anything outrageous, and his superiors trusted him.
Liu Tianming did not have a political commissar because political work was his old profession, and the 22nd Regiment was newly transferred, so it was normal that his superiors did not arrange a political commissar.
In this era, most of the political commissars of the Eighth Route Army were versatile in both civil and military affairs, capable of both doing the work of political commissars and commanding operations.
Although the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a document stating that political commissars must not interfere with the command authority of military chiefs during wartime, in peacetime, political commissars can manage both the military and daily life, and they have great authority.
This is also the reason why Zhao Gang dared to guarantee to Li Yunlong that the new regiment would be transferred after the year when Zhou Weihan was not in Tainan.
"Hurry up, don't be stunned, let's start eating!" Ding Wei, as the host, hurriedly greeted a few people.
Several people first appeased their stomachs, and then Ding Wei took the home-brewed clay pot from the window sill.
"Hey, if you want to say it's strong enough, it has to be this local roasted sake. Compared with this, the little devil's sake is not strong at all, and I won't even drink it!" Li Yunlong picked up the wine bowl and became bored after one sip.
The others were not inferior either, only Zhou Weihan drank in small sips.
Halfway through the drink, Li Yunlong stretched out his foot and kicked Ding Wei quietly under the table.
Ding Wei immediately understood and took the initiative to raise the topic: "Old Zhou, is it confirmed that the new regiment will be transferred to Hebei, Shandong and Henan after the new year? If it is confirmed, our division must also prepare early, right?"
Several people present turned their attention to Zhou Weihan. Zhou Weihan had a drink yesterday and had another drink today. His head was a little dazed and he said hum.
"Then if this is the case, how to adjust the troops in the first division?"
"The new regiment left a main battalion and reorganized it with local armed forces into a basic regiment, which was also commanded by the first division!"
As soon as Zhou Weihan finished speaking, Li Yunlong was not happy: "What? Leave a main battalion behind? Our new regiment suffered a lot of casualties in the previous battle, and it has just barely resumed its organization now. The combat effectiveness of each battalion has not yet been restored.
Isn’t this cutting off my flesh?”
Zhou Weihan glanced at Li Yunlong with drunken eyes and said directly: "If you don't want to, it's fine. Let Lao Ding lead the troops to Hebei, Shandong and Yu, and you can stay!"
"Hey, I think it works!" Ding Wei responded immediately.
After the reorganization of the troops in the Tainan Military Region, Li Yunlong's new regiment numbered 3,000, and was known to the outside world as having five battalions and several directly affiliated teams.
Of these five battalions, only the first four have reached full strength, and only the first, second, and third battalions can be called the main force.
After the battle around the Changzhi area started, as Li Yunlong said, the new regiment suffered the greatest casualties.
This is why after the war, Zhou Weihan gave priority to replenishing the troops of the New Regiment, and allowed the New Regiment to be replenished independently from the prisoners of the puppet army.
"Why are you so anxious? It's just a main battalion. There isn't much else in Hebei, Shandong and Yu, but it's a vast area with a lot of people. After your new regiment arrives, are you worried about a lack of troops?" Zhou Weihan said calmly.
Li Yunlong originally wanted to refute that new recruits could compete with veterans.
Unexpectedly, Ding Wei directly interjected: "Old Li, there are only two of our regiments in the first division. Your new regiment is the main force. You can't be afraid of leaving. Let me, the 281st regiment, take over your new regiment's defense area."
Where did you get so many troops?"
Kong Jie and Liu Tianming on the side looked lively, but this matter had nothing to do with their two groups anyway.
Then Zhou Weihan used a big stick, Ding Wei said soft words, and Li Yunlong was drunk. They said something to each other, and successfully made Li Yunlong agree to keep the third battalion of the New Regiment.
"Damn it, I knew you, Old Ding, had no good intentions. Why did you invite me to drink? The relationship is like a banquet at Hongmen!" Li Yunlong did not dare to say anything to Zhou Weihan, so he could only point his finger at Ding Wei.
Ding Wei, on the other hand, took the benefits and pretended to let Li Yunlong scold him.
"Old Zhou, I went to the division headquarters a few days ago and overheard my superiors mentioning that the weapons and equipment supported by Big Brother were coming. Is this a thing?" Liu Tianming asked.
Looking at everyone's burning gazes, Zhou Weihan burped: "Is there such a thing? What's wrong, you guys are worried about it?"
During the Chinese New Year, the boss mentioned to Zhou Weihan the weapons and equipment supported by Big Brother.
"How many divisions can our Tainan Military Region be divided into?" Ding Wei asked anxiously.
"There are only three divisions' equipment in total. Don't worry about how much you can get!" Zhou Weihan waved his hand and said.
"This time, we won't give priority to the 772nd Regiment again. I'm not saying that. Even if good steel is used on the blade, we can't be so partial!" Kong Jie complained.
"Lao Kong, the current weapons and equipment level of your independent regiment is no worse than that of the 772 regiment. The weapons of Big Brother are good, but they may not be as easy to use as the weapons produced by China and the Japs. Replenishing ammunition is also a troublesome task!
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"Besides, we have so many troops in the Eighth Route Army. We really need to distribute them evenly. It would be good if a regiment can be assigned one heavy machine gun. Don't worry about the artillery, which cannot be assigned to the regiment level for use!" Zhou Weihan said.