While we were having lunch, the cadres sent by the Central Column to the 18th Regiment arrived, led by Wu Zheng, a deputy division cadre studying at the Red Army University.
The head of the Cadre Department of the General Political Department also came with the team. He read out three orders from the General Political Department of the Red Army: The first order was to establish the Party Committee of the 18th Red Army, with Liu Yimin as the group leader and party secretary, Cai Zhong as political commissar and deputy party secretary, and Liu
Established, Li Qing and Wu Zheng served as members of the party committee, and Wu Zheng concurrently served as the logistics director of the 18th Regiment. The second order was in view of the fact that the 18th Red Regiment captured huge amounts of money in the battle to seize the passage and established a solid foundation for the Chinese revolution.
For special meritorious service, after study by the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, it was decided to award first-class collective merit to the 18th Red Regiment, first-class collective merit to the 1st Battalion and 1st Company of the 18th Regiment, and reward the entire regiment with 5,000 silver dollars. Each soldier of the entire regiment was awarded 2 RMB.
Silver dollar. The third order is that in view of Comrade Liu Yimin's numerous military exploits and outstanding contributions to the Red Army since he joined the Red Army, Liu Yimin was awarded the first-class Red Star Medal after study by the Central Revolutionary Military Commission.
After the order was read out, the head of the Cadre Department personally handed the first-class Red Star Medal to Liu Yimin. He took Liu Yimin's hand and said that since the establishment of the Central Red Army, only a few first-class Red Star Medals have been awarded, and they were all awarded to those who contributed to the Chinese revolution and the Red Army.
People who have made great contributions, considering that Liu Yimin broke through the 34th Red Division and rescued
For his special contribution to the 18th Regiment to the Red Army and the rescuing of the defeated Red Army by the Xiang River, as well as his record of annihilating two regiments of the Guangxi 24th Division and one regiment of the Hunan Army with zero casualties, plus the huge captures in the passage battle, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission decided to award him a first-class
Red Star Medal, I hope he will not be proud and make new contributions to the revolution and the Red Army.
Liu Yimin was so excited that he was at a loss for words. The first-class Red Star Medal, the legendary first-class Red Star Medal, his contribution is not that big, God! Seeing that Liu Yimin was a little stupid again, Cai Zhong hurriedly touched him gently.
Liu Yimin was excited and hurriedly saluted and said: "Commander, please rest assured that for the success of the Chinese revolution, I will live my life and struggle endlessly, dedicate myself to my heart, and die."
After seeing off the head of the cadre department, Liu Yimin took over the cadre list from Wu Zheng. A closer look showed that there were a total of 220 people, including political cadres and staff officers, artillery cadres, cavalry cadres, engineering cadres, communications cadres, and logistics cadres.
Liu Yimin thought to himself, the central leadership is really generous.
The 18th Regiment spent a lot of money to support it. Not to mention anything else, the fact that the regiment leader is also the secretary of the party committee is unprecedented in the Red Army. There is also a reward of silver coins, 2 yuan for each soldier, which is probably the first in the history of the Red Army.
Once again, look at these cadres. Except for technical cadres, they are all the backbone of grassroots combat.
The cadres who were born in the Red Army battalion and the company's military and political work were selected to be trained in the Red Army school. The artillery unit alone consisted of cadres of a heavy artillery battalion and a mortar battalion. At this time, the cadres of the Staff Office, Political Department, and Logistics Department
We are all here. The cadres of the artillery battalion, heavy machine gun battalion, cavalry company, and engineer company are here.
Now that there are four battalions of radio operators, the regiment communications class can set up another telephone class. If the war goes well in the future, there will be no problem in raising ten more battalions. Thinking of this, Liu Yimin called a few party committee members to join him.
After discussion, it was finally decided that the regiment leader would no longer work part-time and the troops would be reorganized.
Worried that it might receive a task at any time, the party committee decided to use the meal break to hold a meeting directly.
When Liu Yimin announced the order of the General Political Department of the Red Army at the restaurant, the soldiers of the 18th Regiment burst into cheers. The new cadres felt that the 18th Regiment seemed to be a victorious team, as if it was not affected by the tragic defeat in Xiangjiang. Then Liu Yimin announced the troops
Organization and appointment of cadres: The regiment staff office was established, with Zhang Yicheng as the staff director; the regiment logistics department was established, with Wu Zheng as the director; the regiment baggage team was established, with Wu Zheng as the captain, instructor Cao Shengli, and other cadres selected from cadres sent from the Red Army headquarters.
, soldiers are selected from the new soldiers who signed up to join the army. The regiment's heavy machine gun company is established, with Wei Xiufeng as the company commander, Li Yi as the instructor, and Wang Runqing, the former fire support platoon leader, as the deputy company commander. At least 40 heavy machine gunners must be trained and selected in the entire regiment.
Archer; the regiment's engineer company was established, with He Mingliang as the engineer company commander and Ren Chaoran as the engineer company instructor; the regiment artillery company was established, with Li Chang as the company commander and Wang Shanzhu as the instructor; the regiment's cavalry company was established, with Hu Huhu as the company commander and Bowen as the instructor; regimental communications
The class was upgraded to a communications platoon, with communications classes, telephone classes and flag language classes. Zhang Siqiao was appointed as the platoon leader; Zhao Jie was appointed as the instructor of the first battalion, Li Congmin was appointed as the instructor of the second battalion, Hu Xuerong was appointed as the instructor of the third battalion, Liu Yi was appointed as the instructor of the fourth battalion; Li Yimo was appointed as the instructor team
Captain, Han Qian is appointed as the political commissar of the teaching team, Shi Ran is appointed as the deputy captain of the teaching team; He Xinghua is appointed as the director of the radio station. The deputy cadres of the newly established unit and the subordinate company and platoon leaders are selected from the sent cadres and handed over to the Political Department for appointment, and the soldiers are appointed from all over the country.
Regiment selection. Soldiers with expertise in engineering, artillery, and cavalry are expected to sign up. Among the remaining cadres, artillery cadres and logistics cadres will be incorporated into artillery companies and supply companies, and all others will go to the new barracks to train new recruits. Cadres from each unit will take office immediately
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After eating, taking a shower, getting a haircut, and putting on new military uniforms, the newly arrived cadres began to be busy selecting people from the entire regiment to build up the team. The people from the artillery company were the first to find people, because the troops of the Gui 24th Division were eliminated.
Some of the new soldiers who joined the army in the battle of Gulingtou were artillerymen. They were originally scattered in various battalions, but now they are drawn out. The artillery company commander Li Chang and the instructor Wang Shanzhu followed Liu Yimin, shouting about the ready-made artillery.
With artillery, you can fight. Liu Yimin was in a good mood, so he told Li Chang that the Central Army had all types of artillery. In the next battle, the artillery company would be brought up. It would be a piece of cake to capture a company of mortars. If
It would be even better if a battalion of artillery could be captured, and Li Chang could directly become the battalion commander. Who knew that Li Chang was not a simple man? He studied artillery when he was studying in the Soviet Union, and was deeply influenced by the Soviet artillery doctrine. Hear what Liu Yimin said,
With his eyes shining brightly, he hit the snake and followed it with the stick, and asked Liu Yimin what if the captured artillery was enough to equip a regiment? Liu Yimin said with a smile, then you would be the first artillery regiment commander in the history of the Red Army.
Hu Laohu, the commander of the cavalry company next to him, was not happy. It was difficult to find soldiers from the cavalry company. After searching, he found that there were only about 20 people in the whole regiment who had ridden horses, and not to mention war horses, there was not even a donkey.
Seeing Li Chang's cheerful appearance, Hu Laohu got angry and asked directly: "Can the artillery charge? Commander, if you give me a cavalry regiment, I can chase the Central Army like rabbits all over the mountain. How can I use it?"
Do they want their artillery to waste shells?"
Liu Yimin liked the cadres' eagerness to fight, and told Hu Laohu, who was crying with a sad face, that there are war horses and sabers. The key issue is that you have to train qualified cavalry warriors. Don't always think about using sabers to chop the enemy.
In his head, he wanted to think about how to take advantage of the cavalry's high mobility and train the soldiers into sharpshooters, bombardiers, and mortarmen on horseback. You know, the 1st Cavalry Division, the ace unit of the United States, has replaced its war horses with armor.
Chariots, cavalry are too fragile in the face of the powerful firepower of modern warfare. Using sabers to chop the enemy is only used to launch pursuit when the enemy is defeated.
Looking at basically all the main cadres of each battalion and company, Liu Yimin thought that some new cadres needed to change their minds, so he said: "A commander must be wise and courageous, and it is not advisable to be brave only. When our 18th Regiment fights, we must mobilize everything."
factor, lure the enemy, confuse the enemy, confuse the enemy, deceive the enemy, make a tough battle
, turn bad battles into clever battles. Fully investigate before the war, analyze intelligence, and come up with practical combat plans, especially plans for how to retreat in the event of a defeat. During the battle, you must covertly engage the enemy, attack the enemy with sneak attacks, and maximize the effectiveness of the battle.
To develop firepower, the principle is that problems that can be solved with artillery shells must be
Never use bullets to solve problems. Problems that can be solved with bullets must not be solved with grenades. Problems that can be solved with grenades must not be solved with bayonets. The lives of Red Army soldiers are the most precious. Hand-to-hand combat should not happen if possible. Because the purpose of our war is not
for sacrifice, but
In order to destroy the enemy, preserve and strengthen ourselves. Of course, when training troops under current conditions, in addition to strengthening shooting and bomb-dropping training, they also need to train on bayonets, because only troops who dare to see red with bayonets are truly tough troops.
, only then can we defend like Mount Tai and attack like thunder.”
Liu Yimin's remarks made a group of cadres fall silent, and everyone was deep in thought. You must know that since the Red Army has always been short of guns and ammunition, it usually launches a charge after three bullets have been fired. The Red Army's victory mainly relies on the art of command and the bravery of its soldiers.
Obtained. Seeing that everyone was silent, Liu Jianshe asked: "Commander, I think what you said is right, but our Red Army has difficulties in logistics and supply, and it may be difficult to use firepower."
Knowing that this was a common thought among the cadres, Liu Yimin replied: "Our Red Army does not have its own weapons and ammunition production factory, so logistical supplies are indeed difficult, but we can seize them from the enemy. This requires us to strive to achieve casualties in every battle."
If it is small, there will be more seizures. Commanders at all levels must calculate the cost of combat. A battle with no seizures and heavy casualties is a loss-making battle, so fight it as little as possible."
Hu Laohu said blankly: "We have to fight a battle like the Xiangjiang Blockade. It's not up to us."
Liu Yimin said: "It will be difficult for a battle like the Battle of Xiangjiang to happen again in the future. I believe that our military headquarters will not make such low-level mistakes again in the future. But blocking battles will definitely occur frequently. Blocking battles can be divided into two types: active blocking and passive blocking. Active blocking.
Blocking is carried out proactively by our side in order to achieve the campaign objectives. It must be
Logistics support must be prepared in advance, interception positions should be deployed in depth, firepower should be deployed heavy in the front and light in the rear, and troops should be deployed light in the front and heavy in the rear. In passive blocking, we must try to quickly seize favorable terrain and turn passivity into initiative as soon as possible. Once the enemy's goal of blocking the enemy is achieved, cover must be alternated
Retreat quickly, distance yourself from the enemy, and look for opportunities to fight again. Of course
No matter what kind of battle, the key is to look at the combat effectiveness of the troops and the quality of the soldiers. For the same soldiers, a well-trained combat backbone can destroy an enemy with one shot, but a new soldier may not be able to destroy an enemy with 50 rounds of bullets. Therefore, as a
There are three main tasks of the commander. First, the training department
Team, improve the tactical level of individual soldiers and the overall unit. The second is to plan well. At any time, we must be prepared to attack the enemy and attack the enemy unprepared. When the enemy attacks us, plan in advance and prepare in formation. Always be prepared.
The troops must not be placed in a dangerous situation. Third, the determination must be correct. Whether to fight or withdraw, it must be decisive and decisive without hesitation."
Hu Laohu added: "Captain, according to your request, is it necessary to win every battle?"
Liu Yimin said with a smile: "Congratulations, your answer is correct. Our Eighteenth Red Regiment is to become a victorious division and the arrow of our Red Army. We want the enemy to retreat as soon as they hear the name of our Eighteenth Regiment. Therefore.
, the whole regiment must firmly establish the belief that I will win in tough battles, cultivate a strong will to fight, and dare to destroy any strong enemy. Even if we are surrounded by enemies, we must dare to fight with enemies ten times or a hundred times our size.
Fight to the death. Just like in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, one soldier of the Tang Army could charge against hundreds of enemy troops and win victory. Therefore, we must train while fighting and march while training. My goal is to build the 18th Regiment
Be able to attack well and defend well, with talents emerging in large numbers, a master of hundreds of battles, a master of civilization." After saying this, Liu Yimin's eyes flashed across the faces of the cadres, and he shouted loudly: "Do you have confidence?"
The cadres were immediately incited and responded in unison: "Yes!"
Liu Yimin looked at everyone with satisfaction and said: "Okay, everyone, think carefully about what I said and convey it to the soldiers. Each unit should seize the time to rest and train and prepare for battle. The logistics department should hurry up to prepare dry food and strive for success.
We must prepare three to five days' worth of dry food for the whole regiment and the central column, one army corps and one division."
Hu Zheng, the director of the logistics department, said hurriedly: "Captain, I have just arrived and the logistics department has just been set up. The situation is not familiar yet. Can I send a leader to help?"
Liu Yimin said: "Ask Director Li Qing for assistance. He has been handling these matters for the past two days. I will give you one afternoon to familiarize yourself with the situation, and it will be your business from now on. There is only one request for the time being, that is, the soldiers cannot be hungry. Wait.
In the future, if we capture more in battles, we will have to coordinate the planning of funds, weapons and equipment, and ammunition supply. You know, fighting is about logistics."
Hu Zheng stood at attention: "Promise to complete the task!"
That afternoon, the cadres and soldiers of the 18th Red Regiment were thinking about Liu Yimin's words during training. In Liu Jianshe's words, they were digesting the brand-new tactical ideas proposed by Liu Yimin. Hu Laohu, in particular, spent the entire afternoon thinking about how to make the cavalry more capable.
The problem of becoming a sharpshooter and a sharpshooter on horseback.
Only the recruit battalion commander Lei Ming did not think about this, because in one afternoon, 400 of his recruits were taken away by some transport team, heavy machine gun company, artillery company, engineer company, and cavalry company. He originally thought about how many times these recruits would be trained.
months
Then you can go to the battlefield and fight. Who knows, the leaders of those units said that they train themselves. Especially Li Chang of the artillery company, they only select the ones with good health. One recruit said that he had never seen what an artillery looked like, so he could not be an artilleryman.
What happened to Li Chang?
What's the answer? He actually said that you don't need to know what a cannon looks like, as long as it can carry the wooden box containing the shells. It's almost like a bandit. Fortunately, the regiment leader sent a group of cadres from the headquarters to the new barracks. In this way,
Not only every company
You can have two deputy company commanders and two deputy instructors, and the cadres can go directly to work. You must seize the time to train, and at least let the recruits learn to throw grenades and shoot. Otherwise, your recruits will soon be