Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 58: Nomination of Deputy Group Leader
Kong Jie then taught Wang Gensheng earnestly:

"Comrade Wang Gensheng, your ideological awareness is not enough! Think about how our New Second Regiment was established. Without the weapons and personnel from other regiments, how could we have been able to pull it off? We, the Eighth Route Army, are not some warlord who just pockets whatever he gets. If everyone thinks that way, how can the Eighth Route Army develop?"

Wang Gensheng naturally had no intention of refuting Kong Jie's teachings, and at the same time he admired Kong Jie's ideological awareness.

Although I don't know what Kong Jie really thinks, at least from his words I can feel that Kong Jie is an idealist and not very selfish, so I nodded immediately:
"Yes! The leader is right. I will definitely correct my thoughts from now on!"

"Alright! Alright! As long as you understand, go ahead and do your thing! I'm going to report this to the commander. It's really unbelievable that the New Second Regiment has been formed for so long and still hasn't sent a regular officer!"

Wang Gensheng left the regiment without responding to Kong Jie's complaint. In fact, Wang Gensheng didn't quite understand it. Isn't it better to have no positive attitude?

Just after Wang Gensheng left the regiment, Kong Jie called the head of the regiment. The head of the regiment who answered the phone asked curiously:
"How did you find the time to call me? You want equipment again. Let me tell you, Comrade Kong Jie, the New Second Regiment can only give you so much. You have to figure out the rest yourself!"

Kong Jie really didn't expect that the chief would think he was asking for equipment and people right after he made the call, so he quickly explained:

"Captain, I'm not calling to ask for anyone. I'm calling to ask if your army is short of ammunition. We just seized three tons of ammunition. Would you like to send it to you, Commander?"

As he spoke, Kong Jie recounted how Wang Gensheng led the cavalry company to defeat a Japanese squad without losing a single person.

However, Kong Jie seemed to have underestimated the chief, who simply refused.
"You should keep that ammunition for yourself and develop your new Second Regiment!"

That's right, Commander Xu looked down on the three tons of ammunition seized by Kong Jie. To be honest, if Kong Jie had seized 3,000 rifles, there would be no doubt that at least half of them would have been distributed.

But three tons of ammunition is really nothing. After all, the Eighth Route Army also has arsenals. They may not be able to produce weapons and guns, but they can reload bullets and produce grenades.

Although black powder grenades are not as powerful as the Japanese grenades, they are better than nothing. Moreover, because they are easy to manufacture, they are available in large quantities.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have given Li Yunlong twenty boxes of grenades so casually.

Moreover, the Eighth Route Army Arsenal at this time had already figured out and started producing smokeless gunpowder, so the reloaded bullets were not much different from the original bullets.

That's why Commander Xu didn't want Kong Jie's three tons of ammunition! Besides, Commander Xu also understood that Kong Jie's new Second Regiment had only been established for a short time and was financially very poor, so how could he have the nerve to ask for such a small amount of ammunition!
Kong Jie felt that the chief was about to hang up the phone, so he quickly said:

"Captain, my new Second Regiment has been established for over half a year. Shouldn't you send me a regular to assist me? This regiment can't be supported by me alone!"

However, what Kong Jie did not expect was that the chief immediately refused:

"I won't send a Zhengwei. You're not Li Yunlong. If Li Yunlong isn't under control, he's bound to cause some serious trouble. You have a high level of ideological awareness, so I'm relieved that I won't send a Zhengwei. Besides, do you think a Zhengwei is a cabbage? I can get you one if I ask you to!"

When Kong Jie heard that the head of the garrison refused to even assign a regular officer, he said:
"Or you could send me a deputy commander. I, Kong Jie, can't handle this regiment alone!"

However, as soon as Kong Jie said this, the chief saw through Kong Jie's thoughts and asked immediately:
"Tell me! You want to promote that guy in your group to deputy group leader? Is that Wang Gensheng?"

Kong Jie also said without hesitation:
"Yes! Commander Wang Gensheng is a capable man. Not only is he good at throwing grenades, but he also has many ideas for fighting. Not only did he seize three tons of ammunition this time, but it was also Wang Gensheng who led the charge to take down the Japanese bunkers in the base of our New Second Regiment. So I can't let this talent go to waste!" What Kong Jie didn't expect was that Commander Wang refused outright:

"No! This guy's been promoted too fast. It hasn't taken long for him to go from an ordinary soldier to a battalion commander, and he's already the deputy regimental commander. In a few months, he's going to be the commander of the new Second Regiment!"

However, Kong Jie's answer was beyond the expectations of the governor:

"Even if Wang Gensheng wants to be the commander of the New Second Regiment, I have no objection. He's capable of fighting the Japanese, so he should be the commander. At worst, I can be the deputy commander, just like the Independent Regiment! We, the Eighth Route Army, are not those warlords. We can't let talented people get discouraged!"

Kong Jie's words made the commander speechless. He really didn't expect Kong Jie to have such ideological awareness. In fact, if Wang Gensheng was next to Kong Jie, he would definitely shout that he really didn't want to be the deputy regiment commander!

In fact, the reason why he gave up leading the Third Battalion and turned to set up a special cavalry company was not only because he wanted to build a special forces unit, but also because Wang Gensheng found that he would not be able to manage it once there were too many people.

Commanding a large-scale military operation is no joke; every decision can determine the life or death of hundreds or even thousands of people.

Because of this, it is easy to find talented generals, but difficult to find talented commanders!

Kong Jie's words made the chief silent for a long time before he spoke:

"I can't make the decision on this matter, but I will report it to headquarters and let them discuss and decide!"

That’s right, at the regimental level, not to mention the commander, even the lion commander has no power to appoint. Only the army, that is, the Eighth Route Army, has this power of appointment and dismissal.

Otherwise, Li Yunlong would not have said that it was an order from headquarters when he went to the clothing factory.

Of course, Kong Jie also knew that the chief had no power of appointment or dismissal, but this matter had to be reported to the higher authorities one level at a time, otherwise reporting across levels would be a big taboo.

Since the mayor agreed to report it, it means that he agreed with Kong Jie's suggestion. So Kong Jie immediately said to the mayor:
"Thank you, Chief!"

"Don't be too happy too soon. Comrade Wang Gensheng may have many military achievements, but his military service is too short. Whether they agree or not depends on the opinions of the higher-ups!"

After saying that, he hung up the phone. At this time, Wang Gensheng, whom Kong Jie and Commander were discussing, was taking two of his wounded men to the regiment's medical team to treat their wounds!
After all, on the battlefield, they would just bandage and stop the bleeding, and the wounds were not even disinfected, although there are already anti-infection drugs such as antibiotics in this era.

But the Eighth Route Army is not unaware of their situation. Antibiotics are more precious than gold.

Therefore, the correct option is to disinfect the wound as soon as possible to prevent infection.

After all, alcohol is much cheaper than antibiotics. You can get medical alcohol by distilling and purifying a few bottles of sweet potatoes.

What Wang Gensheng didn't expect was that the two wounded men seemed to have never seen a woman before.

(End of this chapter)