vstars Chapter 167 Crazy Recruiting
Chapter 167 Crazy Recruiting
Not long after Zhang Dabiao left, Shen Quan also came to the command center with a list.
"Brigade Commander, I have compiled the list you requested."
Li Yunlong took the list from Shen Quan and spoke.
"Shen Quan, I have a task for you. Zhang Dabiao will be responsible for recruiting people for the independent brigade, and you will be responsible for training the new recruits."
"Yes, Brigadier."
"Okay, you go down and do your work."
Shen Quan turned and left the headquarters yard.
Li Yunlong sat in the command center holding two lists and fell into deep thought. The independent brigade still lacked grassroots officers, and a group of grassroots commanders and fighters must be trained as soon as possible.
At this time, Political Commissar Zhao Gang left the command center.
"Commander, what are you looking at?"
Li Yunlong looked up and saw that it was the political commissar.
"Political Commissar Zhao, you've come just in time. Come and help me look at these two lists. Now that we have become an independent brigade, many officers and soldiers need to be promoted. Please help me check them."
Zhao Gang walked over and sat down next to Li Yunlong.
He picked up the two lists on the table and started reading them. The two lists recorded in detail the merits and military service of the platoon leaders of each company in the independent regiment.
In Zhao Gang's opinion, anyone on either list is eligible for promotion.
Among them he also met two company commanders who had followed the Eighth Route Army in its battles since the Red Army period. These people were all staunch commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army.
Zhao Gang said, "Commander, I have looked at all the people on these two lists. They deserve promotion based on their merits and military service.
Some officers and soldiers find it difficult to get promoted because of their insufficient academic performance. I suggest that an officer training class be set up in the brigade.
I will teach them to read and improve their cultural level so that they can be promoted smoothly,......."
Li Yunlong was overjoyed when he heard what Zhao Gang said. He also knew that many commanders and fighters found it difficult to get promoted because of their insufficient educational level.
If they could receive systematic education, they would definitely be able to take on higher positions.
"Political Commissar Zhao, I'm leaving the matter of organizing the officer training to you. I hope you can put more effort into it and help the independent brigade train a group of outstanding officers and fighters." Li Yunlong said sincerely.
"No problem, Brigadier General. Leave this matter to me."
Zhao Gang readily accepted the task.
In the following days, company and platoon-level officers of the independent regiment were organized for cultural training.
During the day, company and platoon-level officers lead their troops in training, and at night they receive cultural studies in the officers' training classes.
Not a single officer quit. Everyone knew that this was a very good opportunity and that only with a certain level of education could one be promoted to a higher position.
.................
Within the next week.
The two brigades of the independent column began to recruit people frantically. The Ping'an Brigade was formed by the county brigade, so there was no shortage of people.
However, the New 1st Brigade and the Independent Brigade did not have enough people, so they had to recruit soldiers desperately.
When young men from the surrounding villages and towns heard that the Eighth Route Army was recruiting, they all rushed to sign up.
During this period, due to the Eighth Route Army's good discipline and excellent style, the local people had great trust in the Eighth Route Army.
They saw the seeds of hope in the Eighth Route Army. The ordinary people living in this area had never seen such an army.
In the vast rural areas, the Eighth Route Army was a true people's army, so the common people were willing to send their children to serve in the Eighth Route Army to resist the invaders and defend their homes.
The New 1st Brigade and the Independent Brigade recruited enough new soldiers in just one week.
Zhang Dabiao, who was in charge of recruiting soldiers for the independent brigade, was recruiting people even more crazily and accepted everyone who came.
Almost all the young people from dozens of surrounding villages were recruited into the independent brigade.
When Zhang Dabiao saw the number of new recruits, he was stunned.
Since he sent out several recruiting teams, he didn't know exactly how many people he recruited, but he was recruiting every day anyway.
Now according to statistics, the independent brigade has recruited more than 12,000 people, which is twice the 6000 people given by the brigade commander Li Yunlong.
Zhang Dabiao looked at the number of recruits and suddenly felt overwhelmed.
It's over, it's over.
Tnd, these guys just keep recruiting people and won’t they restrain themselves a bit?
Now, it has exceeded doubled.
Alas, what should I do?
These new recruits have been recruited, and we cannot drive them away, otherwise it will cause bad effects.
Forget it, forget it, I should go find the brigade commander and see if he has any solution.
Zhang Dabiao came to the command center.
Li Yunlong asked when he saw Zhang Dabiao pounding his face.
"Zhang Dabiao, what's wrong with you? Are you heartbroken?"
"Alas, Brigadier General, I don't even have a partner, how could I possibly fall out of love?"
"If you haven't broken up, then why are you pounding your face?"
"Brigade Commander, please don't be angry when I tell you this."
"Say it, say it."
"The recruitment work for this independent brigade has been completed, but the number of recruits is a bit too much."
After hearing what Zhang Dabiao said, Li Yunlong felt something was wrong and asked curiously.
"Zhang Dabiao, how many more people did you recruit?"
"Brigade Commander, we've recruited 6000 more men."
"Damn, Zhang Dabiao, are you crazy? Why are you recruiting so many people?" Li Yunlong shouted with his eyes wide open.
Zhang Dabiao explained: "Brigade Commander, I didn't want to recruit so many people, but who knew that we would recruit so many people all at once..."
After hearing Zhang Dabiao's explanation, Li Yunlong was speechless.
Now the number of people in his independent brigade has reached more than 14,000, which is more than the number of a division, which is simply out of the ordinary.
Recruiting so many people at once is a huge burden for the current independent brigade. It does not have enough food, weapons and ammunition to feed so many people.
It seems that we have to ask the commander for help in this matter. How should we arrange so many people?
"Zhang Dabiao, that's enough. This matter is not entirely your fault. I will find a way to solve it. You go and deal with the new recruits."
"Yes, Brigadier."
Zhang Dabiao immediately turned around and left the command center, fearing that he would be scolded by Li Yunlong if he left a second later.
Li Yunlong turned and walked to the communications room and found the communicator.
"Correspondent, send a telegram to the commander immediately."
"The recruitment work for the independent brigade has been completed, but there was a small mistake in the middle, and more than 6000 new soldiers were recruited. How should these extra new soldiers be placed?"
After Li Yunlong finished speaking, the correspondent who was recording on the side also completed writing the telegram.
"Commander, please read the message."
Li Yunlong picked up the written telegram and read it through.
"No problem, just send it to the commander like this."
The communicator immediately began sending telegrams to the independent column.