Seeing the commander at least now has no intention of talking to himself. Du Kaishan and Tao Jingfei glanced at each other, and could only follow a combat staff officer from the headquarters back to the accommodation arranged for them with some loss.

Back at the residence, after the two guards laid out his luggage, they glanced at Du Kaishan's face, and the guards who knew their chief's character didn't dare to ask more, and said that they were going to eat, and they were about to quit.

Just when the two guards were about to turn around and leave, Du Kaishan suddenly stopped the guards who were about to quit, took out a handful of money from his pocket and said: "Go to the headquarters canteen to ask for two dishes, bring the jar of wine on my horseback, and I will see off the political commissar today." ”

When the guard heard Du Kaishan's words, he was slightly stunned and said, "Brigade commander, didn't you bring this jar of wine to give to the commander and chief of staff?" Now that I've drunk it, how can I send it to Ming'er? Brigade commander, you said that you were going to see off the political commissar, could it be that the work of the political commissar was transferred? ”

Du Kaishan, who was a little upset, heard the guard's words and asked, and said impatiently: "The brigade commander is a fart, you are going to go with me to fight the local armament, and the brigade commander is not the brigade commander." If you want to go, there is so much nonsense that comes. How did you learn the rules of secrecy for your kid, don't ask what you shouldn't ask. ”

"Also, send the big black dog I bought on the road to the canteen and let them stew, and I'm going to have a good drink with the political commissar today. Now this meal has passed, and the next time I want to drink, I don't know the Year of the Monkey. Sue sù The secretary named Liu what, don't look at him as the secretary of the headquarters canteen, if he doesn't do well, Lao Tzu will go and smash his pot. ”

Compared with Du Kaishan's troubled appearance, Tao Jingfei is much calmer. patted Du Kaishan's guard on the shoulder, and also took out some money and stuffed it into the guard's hand and said, "Go quickly, your chief is not in a good mood today, don't be like him." I don't have enough money, I still have it. ”

After sending away Du Kaishan's guards, Tao Jingfei turned around and looked at Du Kaishan, who was lying on the kang in a large shape, looking at Du Kaishan who didn't know what to think about anymore in the ceiling. frowned and said, "Lao Du, what kind of tantrum are you angry with the guards." It's not like you, you have to be calm. You are now a member of the party, and you can't lose your temper because of your position. ”

Hearing Tao Jingfei's words, Du Kaishan turned over and sat up and said, "Old Tao, it's not that I'm careful. But I really can't figure it out. The position of the commander of the two columns, we didn't think about it. I'm always competent as a deputy commander, right? Besides, even if the deputy position is incompetent, let's be qualified as a brigade commander.

"But you can't kick me into a military sub-district and go to the local armed forces. This is transferred from the field army to the local troops, what is this all about? I'm not convinced. ”

"We fought a big victory, and people were promoted to the main forces, and we were transferred from the local troops to the main forces, but we went back more and more. I was demoted to the local armed forces, and your old Tao was even more simply transferred to the rear to be a head of farming. You also know what the situation of the first division is now, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to go to the battlefield in the future. Do you think that's a bit too much? ”

Du Kaishan's words, he had been pondering the commander's intention of transferring himself and Du Kaishan to work in the division, but he shook his head, obviously disapproving. Tao Jingfei has always had some doubts in his heart, and he always feels that the headquarters does this as if he has ulterior motives.

If it is said that the commander is simply deliberately punishing the two of himself and demoting the two of himself, this Tao Jing is not unbelievable. At present, there is a large-scale expansion of the troops, and there is a shortage of military cadres themselves. In particular, there are very few brigade-level cadres like Du Kaishan who have commanded frontal battles. It is impossible to demote a tiger general so rashly at this juncture, but Tao Jingfei couldn't think of the commander's intention to send himself and Du Kaishan to the local armed forces. Is it really because the two of them acted without authorization during the Battle of Jiamusi? But it's not like, the commander is not the kind of person who cares? There should be some reasons for this, but if it is all for this reason, Tao Jingfei does not believe it.

Tao Jingfei thought carefully about the commander's speech at the meeting of military and political cadres, as well as the establishment of the expanded troops, the stations of various departments, and the newly established operational area of the four divisions, and carefully pondered the words that the commander finally said to himself and Du Kaishan: "Figure out why you transferred yourself to work in the military division, and what is the purpose of this transfer?" ”

Thinking of the commander's last confession, Tao Jingfei suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart. By transferring Du Kaishan to the newly established Fourth Sub-district and transferring himself to one of the sub-districts and political commissar of the Production and Construction Corps, the commander certainly meant to punish the two of them for acting on their own initiative again and again. But I am afraid that there is an ulterior motive in it.

After Tao Jingfei took out the map from his satchel and opened it, he circled the newly established four-division jurisdiction, and marked the surrounding enemy situation, and suddenly had a feeling in his heart. It's okay to be there yourself, but Du Kaishan's transfer this time will definitely not be as simple as it seems.

Thinking of this, Tao Jingfei dragged Du Kaishan to the map, pointed to the jurisdiction of the four divisions on the map, and said: "Old Du, think about the two sentences that the commander just said to us, and you look at the jurisdiction of your four divisions, as well as the surrounding enemy situation. Do you see a little bit of fame? ”

Du Kaishan walked to the map, and after carefully looking at the map marked by Du Kaishan, he shook his head and said, "Old Tao, what is this?" Although the enemy situation around the jurisdiction of the four divisions was strict, the two columns of the main force of the people in the big battle were against that. I don't have any in this fourth division, I'm just in charge of local vigilance. ”

Tao Jingfei looked at Du Kaishan, who was extremely shrewd in the past, but at this time he was confused, and he couldn't wait to unscrew his head off to see what was in it now. Tao Jingfei pointed to the map and said, "I said Lao Du, when Director Gao announced the future formation of the army at the meeting, did you listen carefully?" ”

"Director Gao is not saying that the combat unit establishment of the two columns this time is not fixed, and that the military region's future operations and training will be based on brigades. In fact, the column is more responsible for the operational command of one direction during the battle, and is responsible for the daily training of the troops below in peacetime. In peacetime, the various formed brigades below are not set in stone. In wartime, the headquarters will be adjusted according to the situation. ”

That is to say, the three brigades under the column are only temporarily assigned to the command of the column. In wartime, it is not certain that the brigade will be formed in that column. And didn't you find that each brigade always has one more deputy than we used to do? ”

"It's not just that there is one more deputy brigade commander, but this time there are actually more deputy political commissars, deputy directors of the political department, deputy chiefs of staff, and other establishments that we didn't have before. Moreover, the backbone regiments of each military subdivision were divided into three and expanded into three regiments. However, the establishment of this third regiment is also amazing, and it is also equipped with two deputy regiment commanders, two deputy directors of the political department, and two deputy chiefs of staff. ”

"And these people are carefully selected from the army, and they are even people who are in advance of their posts. This time, all of them were changed to deputy positions, which is really unusual. If we talk about strengthening the configuration of the command structure, it is normal to appoint a deputy. But with all two deputies appointed at once, something is wrong. The move of the headquarters will not be as simple as it seems. ”

"Don't forget, the commander has been emphasizing the need for competent command teams at all levels. Before this expansion, each of our brigades had only one deputy brigade commander, and except for the deputy political commissar, who was concurrently served by the director of the political department, the rest of the deputy posts such as chief of staff were not available. As for the regimental level, there is not a single deputy position. ”

"In the case of a shortage of cadres, this kind of configuration is still made. Even if there are a lot of cadres transferred from the customs, in terms of the commander's usual behavior, this configuration is definitely strange. ”

Regarding Tao Jingfei's analysis, Du Kaishan said a little lazily: "What's so strange? This disposition is nothing more than a reserve for the future expansion of the troops. It is estimated that our base area can now have a population of one million, and it should not be difficult to recruit 180,000 soldiers according to this number. ”

"When not in use, these cadres train in their current positions. If necessary, new units can be drawn out at any time. However, even if a new unit is formed, it will be a matter of the main force, and it has nothing to do with the so-called local armed forces of our division. ”

Tao Jingfei looked at the listless Du Kaishan and smiled: "Why does it have nothing to do with you?" Do you look at your quad location? The newly expanded units need to be tempered and tempered in actual combat. I feel that after the expansion of the troops is completed, the commander will definitely adopt the method of taking turns in a small area and pull the units to the front so as to enhance the actual combat experience of the troops before the next big war.

"If the commander wants to train the troops, one is the three-division area, and the other is your four-division. And judging from the enemy situation around the two divisions, Deputy Commander Zhao's side is far worse than yours. ”

"In front of you, the main force of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army is stationed in Mishan, in the east is the 12th Division, and in Raohe is the main force of the 4th Division withdrawn from Sanjiang Province. And behind the 11th Division, Muling was still stationed the 8th Division of the Japanese Army. On the front of the 3rd Division, there was only the 14th Division of the Japanese Army. ”

"Why did the commander put you in the position of the commander of the fourth division, have you thought about it carefully? If, after the expansion of the troops, the troops take turns to fight against the enemy in brigades or even regiments in order to strengthen their combat experience, your fourth division is the first choice. ”

"And if the commander is overstaffed with cadres is really as you said, it is for the sake of wartime expansion of troops. That means that the commander should have a third column in mind. The reason is very simple, one column has three brigades under its command, which is already the extreme, and if it is not done well, there will be inconvenient command. In particular, under the fact that our troops are now familiar with the three-three system, the headquarters will not let the establishment of a column be too large,"

"And if you are placed on the front line of the battle against the Japanese army, if the commander is really determined to participate in the rotational battle with the brigade as a formed unit, you can completely direct its actions with your qualifications and ability without using the command structure at the column level. So I think this transfer of yours, the commander should have something else in mind. If you don't get it right, you are the commander of the third column in the commander's mind. ”

Regarding Tao Jingfei's judgment, Du Kaishan shook his head and said: "I didn't think too much about it, I just feel that the commander transferred the two of us to the military division this time, I'm afraid it should be because we were punished for disobeying the order during the Battle of Jiamusi." But I can't figure it out, when we fought before, we didn't do this kind of thing less, why did the commander be so angry this time? ”

Du Kaishan's doubts, Tao Jingfei smiled and said: "You, you don't know if you fall, and you still have the heart to sulk here?" We've had some disobediences before, and we've gone out on our own. But that was in the overall operation, and there was no departure from the established plan of the commander. ”

"In other words, although we have violated discipline before, it was within the big framework. That is, those are all tactical problems. This time, we left the enemy on the first line of Mishan behind, exposed the flanks of the 1st Brigade that were attacking Jiamusi to the enemy on the first line of Mishan, and attacked Fujin without authorization, which was a strategic mistake. ”

"We can say that this time we disrupted the overall deployment of the headquarters, and it would be strange if the commander did not get angry. If my guess is correct, the commander will not only punish us but also give you a chance. It is necessary to let us understand that his bottom line is there, and to hide his true intentions. ”

When Tao Jingfei was about to continue, the guard who went to buy food and get wine came back. Tao Jingfei, who was very cautious, immediately closed his mouth after the guards came in. It wasn't until the two guards arranged the wine and food and turned to leave, that he continued his topic after filling Du Kaishan's tea jar.

Tao Jingfei's judgment seemed reasonable, so Du Kaishan, who didn't know that Tao Jingfei's judgment was very close to Yang Zhen's true intentions, said with some disbelief: "The commander's thinking has always seemed to be imaginative, so don't guess if we can't guess it." The commander transferred us out of the field army, and there must be a reason for punishment. As for whether there are other ideas, let's not guess if we can't guess. Whether your judgments are true or false will be known when the time comes. ”

Speaking of this, Du Kaishan raised the teapot full of wine and said, "Old Tao, don't worry." Regardless of whether your judgment is true or not, I will not delay my work because of the things on the relationship. 情xù return to the love xù, work to work. This time, I was ordered to form a new division, and it can be said that my subordinates have no old foundations, and almost all the troops have to be newly trained. ”

"I'm going to be with the commanders of those two columns this time. Give me a few months, and I'm going to bring out a new third brigade in the 4th Division. People fight for a breath, and Buddha fights for a stick of incense. I see whether they have a strong ability to lead troops, or I have a strong ability to lead troops. I don't believe it, the same soldiers, why is my independent regiment inferior to theirs. In this world, there are only generals who can't use soldiers, and there are no soldiers who can't fight. ”

After saying this, Du Kaishan looked at Tao Jingfei, and said with some reluctance: "Old Tao, I'm not completely unconvinced. I'm actually most reluctant to part with you. We have been partners since the formation of the Third Regiment, the predecessor of the Third Brigade. We've been working pretty well with each other for so long. This sudden separation, I am really reluctant. ”

Listening to Du Kaishan's extremely reluctant tone, Tao Jingfei took a sip of the wine in the cup and said with a smile: "Old Du, I appreciate your temper of not admitting defeat." You form four divisions this time, do a good job, and you must surpass them. When it comes to working in the subdivision, we can't feel like dwarves on our own. Where are the local armed forces, the field army, aren't they all the troops of the Anti-United Nations? ”

"As for the two of us, we don't always stay together, though. But not all of them are still working in the military region, and as long as we don't sacrifice, we will often have the opportunity to meet in the future. What's more, we won't have the opportunity to work together in the future. Maybe one day the shape shì needs it, and you will be transferred back to you as a political commissar. ”