..."Boss, you know, it's just the three of us. If you let us go to the battlefield to kill the Japanese, that's no problem. But if you let us go to the Anti-Japanese University to be teachers, we, who were born as rough men, will have this little ink in our stomachs." , I’m afraid it’s really not that good!”
"You'd better spare us!"
Thinking of the nightmare situation these days, Kong Jie quickly begged for mercy.
Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, who were winking at the side, nodded hurriedly.
Notwithstanding the nice things they usually say when they brag, they can still go to the Anti-Japanese University and serve as instructors to the battalion commanders, regiment commanders, and even brigade commanders. How majestic that is!
But in fact, they know better than anyone how much they weigh.
If he really got on the podium, he might make a big joke.
The image of an iron-blooded general that he had built up through winning battles over the past few years might just collapse.
The level of teachers at the Eighth Route Army Anti-Japanese Military and Political University is beyond the reach of ordinary people. The first batch of students were basically division commanders and corps commanders.
You, Li Yunlong, dare to brag that you were once a teacher at Kangda University?
Even the old brigade commander was your student, Li Yunlong?
Even with Lao Li's courage, he wouldn't have dared to say that.
Facing the expressions of Kong Jie and the other two people who were uglier than crying, the boss smiled. Of course he didn't mean to embarrass the three brothers: "You can rest assured about this. As the saying goes, a foot is short, an inch is short. Sir, none of you are modest, so stop pretending to be modest.
Although among the teachers of the Anti-Japanese University, you may have some shortcomings when it comes to the theoretical aspects of teaching, but when it comes to your experience in actually leading troops on the front line, the performance of the three of you in the past few years is remarkable. Can't say no.
I want you to serve as temporary instructors at the National Anti-Japanese University, and you will teach the graduating batch of students the practical experience of the frontline anti-Japanese war that is most lacking. "
Speaking of this, the boss also revealed some news to the three of them:
"In accordance with the instructions of the central government, our sixth branch will be preparing to merge with the main school soon. All current students in the sixth branch will drop out of school in advance, regardless of whether they have completed the courses.
After graduation, all students will be transferred to various frontline troops and government agencies. If you three veteran commanders with rich practical experience teach them before graduation, they will definitely benefit a lot. "
This is what the boss said.
Kong Jie also had new thoughts at this time. He suddenly realized that it might be a good thing to serve as a temporary teacher in the sixth branch of Kangda University.
Kong Jie, who realized this, was the first to speak while Li Yunlong and Ding Wei were still dazed beside him: "Boss, since you have said so, our three brothers are willing to give it a try. We just have the title of teacher of Kangda University." But it's too bluffing, and we don't dare to ask for it.
It is still okay to share with comrades the experience of frontline operations and base area development. "
As soon as Kong Jie said this, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei suddenly became anxious.
The boss didn't give the two of them a chance to say anything: "Okay, since you don't have any objections, then the matter is settled!"
After making the decision, the busy boss turned around and left.
The meeting room immediately exploded, and Li Yunlong immediately shouted and asked: "Speaking of Lao Kong, what are you thinking about? Can you fucking agree to this?"
Ding Wei echoed: "Yes, our three-party army finally won a great victory this time. The construction and development of all aspects of the army are still waiting for us to arrange. What are you doing at the sixth branch at this time?"
Kong Jie said with a smile: "Old Li, Old Ding, don't blame me in a hurry. You should think carefully about the pros and cons of us going to the Sixth Branch as guest teachers."
These words confused Ding Wei and Li Yunlong.
Ding Wei asked: "Lao Kong, what do you mean?"
Kong Jie said: "Let me ask you, how do you feel being pestered by cadres from various base areas who have come here for exchanges and studies these days?"
It's okay that Kong Jie didn't mention this issue. When he mentioned it, Li Yunlong immediately cursed:
"Well, you old Kong, you have the nerve to say this! Later, when we asked about it, it was you who suggested the relationship to the boss, but you made Lao Ding and I miserable!"
"We, Lao Li, haven't learned much about culture yet. Damn it, it's great, now we're giving lectures to others!"
Kong Jie smiled and said, "Listen, is this the same Li Yunlong I knew in the past? Old Li, Old Li, no wonder people say you should study more if you have nothing to do. Since you have learned culture, you have become humble."
"Having said that, I recommend to the boss that the cadres who are studying should go to your regiments to study. This is also for your own good."
“Think about it, although cadres from various base areas are coming to study with us this time, isn’t this an excellent opportunity for our Huasheng Company to take the opportunity to expand our business chain, expand our relationship network, and even develop our business to major base areas? "
"As the second and third leaders of Huasheng Company, shouldn't you fulfill your obligations?"
This reason was indeed very accurate, and Ding Wei and Li Yunlong were speechless.
"What about going to the sixth branch to be a teacher?" Ding Wei asked.
Kong Jie said happily: "You guys are really smart.
Think carefully about what the boss said just now. Did the boss say that our sixth branch is going to merge with the main school, and all the existing student cadres of the sixth branch will graduate early after the merger?
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what does that mean?
This means that more than 1,000 elite students from the Six Branches, so many talents, will soon be transported to various front lines and agencies.
These white-flowered talents! These are all potential stocks, with more investment value than equipment and materials.
Talent can strengthen an army.
As the saying goes, the one who is near the water and the tower first gets the moon.
You said that the three of us came together to serve as guest teachers in the sixth branch at this time, and then hired the top students among these students to join our team. Is this a sure-profit deal?
In addition, in the past few days, we have been troubled by the comrades who came to study in the base area, so we might as well go to the Sixth Branch to hide and relax. "
After a brief silence.
Li Yunlong and Ding Wei suddenly realized that they couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"Damn it, Lao Kong, you think so fast! Why didn't we, Lao Li, think of it! If you say that, I won't be depressed. This is the teacher of the sixth branch of Kangda University, our Lao Li It’s still decided!”
Ding Wei's eyes were also shining with gold, and he was already thinking about how to go to the sixth branch to poach people and prepare some special talents for the new group in advance.
After thinking about this, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei wiped away the sadness on their faces, and then the three of them left the headquarters.
Sitting on the military motorcycle exclusive to the leader of the first team, driving all the way back to the base of the first team, Kong Jie was thinking about other things.
In fact, the reason Kong Jie expressed to his boss that he was willing to work part-time as a temporary teacher in the Sixth Branch was just one of the reasons he had told Ding Wei and Li Yunlong before.
But this is not the main reason.
Kong Jie had other plans in mind. That was what he wanted and the main reason why he served as a teacher in the sixth branch.
——In response to the upcoming May Day raids.
Despite its own butterfly effect, the First Army garrisoned in Shanxi suffered a series of disastrous defeats and suffered extremely heavy losses in the winter counteroffensive launched by one of its own teams.
Various units of the Eighth Route Army also took the opportunity to achieve considerable development.
But Kong Jie has always been worried. He knows very well that according to the current situation, the First Army in Shanxi will be defeated at the hands of the Taihang Eighth Route Army. This time, it will even defeat the entire northern Henan, West Shandong, central Hebei, central and southern Hebei regions.
The Japanese army will never sit back and watch the situation worsen.
According to the original historical trajectory, the upcoming May Day raids may still be unavoidable.
In addition, according to the current situation, the upcoming May Day raids will be unprecedented and even exceed Kong Jie's expectations.
The forces used by the Japanese army will never be limited to the First Army stationed in Shanxi.
Realizing the rapid rise of the Eighth Route Army, coupled with a series of disastrous defeats not long ago, a large part of the Eighth Route Army's strength was also exposed.
The Japanese army has once again launched a major sweep, and will definitely launch an even more brutal retaliatory sweep when it comes back.
There is no doubt about this, the storm will only get stronger.
So, how can we use this small variable of our own as the starting point to change the situation and guide the Eighth Route Army troops to deal with the crisis of the upcoming May Day raids?
This is Kong Jie’s top priority right now.
At first, Kong Jie considered many plans, including the most direct way to directly report the future situation he predicted to the headquarters, and suggested that the headquarters deploy in advance and make full preparations in advance.
But in the end it still felt inappropriate.
At this moment, the boss suddenly said that he would transfer Kong Jie and the three of them to the Sixth Army Branch of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, which was organized under the 129th Division, as temporary teachers to teach the students who were about to graduate. This gave Kong Jie a special opportunity.
Thinking about these things in my mind, I couldn't feel the passage of time. Soon, the motorcycle rushed back to the team headquarters.
The sky was filled with clouds and dark clouds covering the sun, indicating that a fierce storm was about to hit.
Beiping.
At the head of the headquarters of the Japanese Army's North China Dispatch Force, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army's North China Dispatch Army, Okamura Neiji, sat at the head of the conference room.
The rest of the seats lined up on the left and right are also full of people. Judging from the military rank, at least they are of the rank of leftist and above.
Those present here can be said to be the mainstay among the officers of the entire North China dispatched army.
This is the first comprehensive internal military meeting of the North China Expeditionary Force that Okamura Neiji has held since the end of the overall campaign surrounding the Eighth Route Army Huangyadong Arsenal and the encirclement and suppression of Taihang based on the Eighth Route Army troops.
Among them, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the First Army in Shanxi, Yoshio Iwamatsu, attended the meeting.
As for the former commander of the First Army in Shanxi, Yoshio Shinozuka, he had resigned from the First Army Headquarters half a month ago.
There was no way, since Yoshio Shinozuka became the commander of the First Army stationed in Shanxi, he began to use the cage policy to massively blockade the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang base area, which caused a lot of noise.
The result was that the thunder was loud but the rain was small, and the cage was broken directly by a hundred-regiment battle of the Eighth Route Army, followed by repeated defeats at the hands of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Base Area, and finally ended in this disastrous defeat.
Although as the commander-in-chief, Okamura Neiji was particularly admiring of Shinozuka Yoshio, and even vouched for him, Shinozuka Yoshio was still able to extend his term despite constant setbacks at the hands of the Taihang Eighth Route Army.
But in the end, not only did his First Army suffer heavy losses, but also the Mongolian Army, the Kwantung Army, even the 12th Army stationed in Shandong and the Japanese troops in northern Henan suffered setbacks.
Such a disastrous defeat, such a huge mistake, this big black pot is no longer something that ordinary officers can bear.
In the end, it could only fall on the head of his First Army Commander Yoshio Shinozuka.
Yoshio Shinozuka, who was also frustrated and mixed with despair, made his last call to Okamura, specifically discussing how to change the strategy against the Eighth Route Army troops, and then resigned from the Japanese military headquarters.
At this point, the commander of the First Army in Shanxi, Yoshio Shinozuka, withdrew from the frontline Sino-Japanese war and transferred to the reserve force.
Yoshio Iwamatsu took over as commander of the First Army.
Since they had just experienced a fiasco, the atmosphere was not very high after the meeting started.
Okamura, an old Japanese soldier who is proficient in Chinese culture and is even known as the "China Master" among the Japanese army, understands very well that a arrogant soldier will lose and a sad soldier will win.
He did not say any particularly encouraging words to re-boost the morale of the officers. Instead, he changed from his normal state and said with a calm face:
"Have you heard a particularly popular jingle in the security area recently?"
The strange opening statement attracted the attention of all the officers present. Okamura slowly said: "If you want to say this is smooth, it is catchy. I remember the content is like this:
Gangcun Gangcun China Master, it's a pity that it's almost dusk. Instead of learning the real skills, you have to learn to be a stupid pig! The troops are deployed like sand, marching and sweeping like caterpillars, beaten everywhere like rats scurrying, wolves running like pigs hiding in the camp. "
In order to express the meaning while retaining the smooth rhyming characteristics, Okamura even made special adjustments in Japanese.
So that the officers present here can understand the essence of it and understand the special irony towards Okamura, the commander-in-chief of the North China Expeditionary Force.
As Okamura's words fell, the entire conference room could hear the drop of a needle.
The officers who were caught by Neji Okamura's gaze quickly lowered their heads, not daring to look back.
Although the old Japanese soldier Okamura still smiled calmly, the officers present felt the overwhelming anger brewing in the heart of the Commander-in-Chief.
This officer, the more angry he is in his heart, the calmer he appears on the surface.
In the end, Okamura himself broke the silence in the conference room:
"Although this casual comment refers to me, Neji Okamura, I think all of you here can't escape the relationship. You should be lucky that you are not sitting in my position, so you don't have to bear the infamy."
The officers' heads dropped lower.
Immediately, a Japanese major general responded angrily: "The general is humiliated and it is the responsibility of his subordinates. Your Excellency, Commander, we are willing to destroy the Eighth Route Army and avenge our shame, so please give the order!"
"Please give the order, Commander!" All the officers responded one after another, because all of them were filled with righteous indignation because of Gangcun's rhyme.
Okamura took a panoramic view of the officers' expressions in the calm, and saw that the atmosphere was in place, and then he said loudly, "Xingxi, since you still have the determination and courage, you have not been knocked down by small setbacks, and If you are not intimidated by the mere Eighth Route Army, then let us officially start the meeting and discuss together how to destroy the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop!"
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