The next day, before Wang Ping's order was waiting for Wang Ping's order, several company commanders guarded the battalion headquarters. Everyone wanted to know what order Wang Ping brought back to the military division.

Wang Ping, who had been in a much better spirit after resting for a few hours, directly proposed to hold a meeting, and then announced in front of everyone the military sub-district's order to stay in Laiyuan to stay in Laiyuan to insist on fighting the Japanese. As for the bad situation that the independent battalion was about to face, Wang Ping did not say anything.

The proportion of puppet troops in the army is too high, and there is no sense of belonging to the Eighth Route Army. If they are told that the Independent Battalion is about to face heavy encirclement and suppression of nearly 10,000 Japanese and puppet troops, Wang Ping is sure that it is possible that they can become deserters directly.

Staying in Laiyuan means that there will be uninterrupted battles waiting for the independent battalion next. Several company commanders couldn't help but feel excited when they thought about this, and then they were very satisfied to return to their base and continue to reorganize and train the troops.

"Old Cheng, how is the reorganization of the troops?" As soon as they left, Wang Ping asked Cheng Xiao the most concerned question.

"There are no problems with the three main companies, and the appointment of cadres above the platoon leader is waiting for you to come back and approve. But there is also a problem. We have too few cadres. Even if all the old Red Army and puppet army who have been officers have been promoted, it will not meet the requirements of battalion commander, you will assign two deputy positions to cadres above the platoon leader!" Cheng Xiao replied with a embarrassed look on his face.

Wang Ping smiled and replied confidently: "I will solve this problem for you. You should see the people I brought back. They are all old Red Army cadres. Many of them have served as squad platoon leaders, and even company commanders and instructors. They were demoted and used during the reorganization of the troops, and many of them became soldiers directly. This is what I asked the commander and the two regiment commanders. There were 50 people in total, all of which were talents, and at least they could be used as squad leaders!"

"That's great. With these people joining, our independent battalion's combat effectiveness will definitely improve quickly. Battalion Commander, we have made a lot of money this time when we go to the military sub-district!" Cheng Xiao said very happily.

"It's indeed profitable!" Wang Ping affirmed.

After thinking about it, I directly suggested: "Now there are so many grassroots cadres all at once, at least for our current independent camp, cadres are definitely enough. So, I want to carefully review the list of cadres reported in the three companies!"

"I probably looked at it. On the list they reported, many people were promoted to two levels and three levels at one time. Although these people are old Red Army soldiers, promoting them in our way of pulling seedlings and promoting them will only have bad effects but no benefits for them in the future!"

"Yes, many deputy platoon leaders here are Red Army soldiers, and they have never even been squad leaders. This promotion is too dangerous. It is not only irresponsible for the lives of the soldiers below, but also irresponsible for themselves." Cheng Xiao also found the seriousness of the problem and answered heavily in a tone.

Then he suggested: "I also have an idea to set a rule in our independent camp. All cadres can only be promoted to the top one level at a time, unless there is an order from above!"

"I agree!" Wang Ping answered without thinking, and then decided to say, "Old Cheng, you can work harder. If the cadres on the list should be pressed down, press down. If there is not enough, let the cadres I brought back up."

"In addition, there are several people in it who served as company commanders and instructors during the Red Army period, and arranged them all to three companies to be deputy positions. Tell the three companies that these cadres must have more combat experience than them. Now they are the deputy to help them and let them learn their experience."

"There will be a lot of battles next for our independent battalion. If the three of them have not made progress, I don't mind changing them!"

"Now our independent battalion is not like before. There are many cadres, and there are many cadres who can be company commanders. If you don't study hard, someone will replace them at any time. After all, the three of them used to be squad leaders, and now they are promoted to company commanders all at once, which is an exception!"

Cheng Xiao agreed very much: "Battery Commander, your method is good. In this way, the company platoon leader below will definitely study hard. It will also be very beneficial to the future development of my independent battalion. I fully agree that those who are capable will go up and those who are weak will go down!"

One day later, a plan for the promotion of all cadres of the independent battalion came out. Except for eight people who were left in the battalion headquarters and directly under the army, all the others were transferred to three main companies.

After the reorganization of the troops was completed, Wang Ping then issued an order to strengthen training and specially appointed 10,000 bullets for live-fire training. Then he stared at the map and thought about how to use this month to make the independent battalion completely gain a foothold in Laiyuan!

"Battery Commander, this is the information sent by the underground party outside the mountain. The Japanese seem to have taken a big move!" Instructor Cheng Xiao frowned and said to Wang Ping as soon as he walked into the battalion headquarters.

"The Japanese outside the mountain seemed to be crazy and sent a large number of intelligence personnel to look for us. That's not all, the Japanese and puppet troops scattered in various strongholds did not stop, and they captured a large number of strong laborers from the surrounding villages to repair artillery towers for them."

"Maybe it was because we used mortars to destroy the artillery towers in the Kanliang stronghold. This time they built the artillery towers very strong and specially transported a batch of cement from Shijiazhuang to strengthen the artillery towers!"

"If the Japanese in these strongholds were allowed to repair the artillery towers, it would be difficult for us to capture these artillery towers again. Moreover, these artillery towers are scattered in Laiyuan City, which is also a huge challenge for our independent battalion to establish a base! Battalion commander, we must not let the Japanese plan to build artillery towers succeed!"

With the Japanese army about to expand, the artillery towers were repaired in Laiyuan. Even fools could see that the Japanese wanted to use these artillery towers to ensure the stability of Laiyuan during the expansion of the army, and at the same time, they could also use these artillery towers to block the independent battalion in the mountains.

Once the Japanese army is expanded and the troops form combat effectiveness, they can concentrate their superior forces, rush towards them at lightning speed, and then destroy the independent battalion!

"The devils are indeed smart enough!" Wang Ping couldn't help but sigh.

Then he changed his subject and continued: "But they have far underestimated the combat effectiveness of our independent battalion!"

Speaking of this, Wang Ping's body thought of something and immediately asked: "Old Cheng, you just said that the Japanese in Laiyuan City transferred a lot of cement from Shijiazhuang!"

"Yes, I don't know how much it is. Anyway, there are several large trucks. Each stronghold uses a mule and horse cart to pull a truck, which looks like a thousand pounds!"

Wang Ping's eyes quickly shot out two rays of light, and then said greedy: "Cement is a good thing, strategic materials, which can not only repair artillery towers, but also bunkers. Lao Cheng, aren't we building blocking positions on the way into the mountains? If we can grab the cement from the Japanese and build a machine gun castle that cannot be destroyed by several field guns on the positions. When the Japanese come to attack us, what kind of picture will appear on the battlefield!"

Cheng Xiao's eyes also shot out two rays of light quickly, and he replied happily: "That must be the Japanese who will die as much as they come!"

Wang Ping immediately made a decision: "That's it, it's decided to destroy the Japanese's plan to repair artillery towers, and then grab all the cement in the Japanese's hands and we will use it ourselves!"
Chapter completed!