Commander Wang Zhen looked at the two with a smile on his face and said: "Yes, you did a good job, the battle was fought beautifully, and the development of the troops was also very good. ”

Commander Wang Zhen, a native of Liuyang, Hunan, joined China in 1927, joined the guerrillas in 29, and served as the political commissar of the First Independent Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in Hunan and Jiangxi from the following year, and the commander of the Hunan and Jiangxi Military Region. In 34 years, he served as the political commissar of the Red Sixth Army Corps, participated in the Long March in 35 years, and served as the commander of the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army during the Anti-Japanese War. In 1941, the commander went to Nanniwan to open up the wasteland. In 44, he served as the commander of the southward detachment of the Eighth Route Army. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as deputy commander and chief of staff of the Central Plains Military Region, and after the Central Plains broke through, he served as the commander of the second column of the Northwest Field Army, and the commander and political commissar of any corps in 49 years. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as secretary of the Xinjiang Bureau and deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army. In 1955 he was awarded the rank of general. In 1988, he was elected Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China. He died in 1993 at the age of 85.

This is a brave and invincible general, and he is also the idol of Li Yong in later generations.

The other leaders were unconvinced when they heard that Commander Wang Zhen did not let Li Yong and Wang Chengde salute them: "Okay, you are a king's beard, you will protect the calf when you first see you, what's wrong with saluting?" We still want to rob people, Mr. Peng, you can transfer this battalion to our column, I guarantee that it will not take half a year to expand into a regiment. ”

Hearing that the leaders of other troops were going to rob people, Commander Wang didn't do it: "What? Give you half a year to expand into a regiment, do you know how many people I have in this battalion? Sue sù you, it is more than 800 people, which is not much less than one of your regiments, and if you add a few hundred people to your feelings, it will be considered a regiment? Looking red-eyed? It's useless to be red-eyed, you have the ability to get it yourself, hahahaha. ”

Commander Wang's words made the other chiefs choke and roll their eyes: "Boss, political commissar, look at this Wang beard, a powerful army has emerged under his hand to take him to the sky." ”

Mr. Peng and Political Commissar Xi just smiled and watched the excitement on the sidelines, "Isn't it choking to know that Wang Huzi's temper is still robbing people with him," but this can't be said because of the identities of the two.

Just when Li Yong and Wang Chengde were at a loss, a leader who washed his gray military uniform turned white came over: "Battalion Commander Li, Instructor Wang, I heard that you were preparing food for the main force a few days ago, how are the preparations?" ”

Wang Chengde took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to the chief: "Report to the chief, it's all on this." The chief looked at it carefully, and then handed it to the old general who had not spoken all the time, but quietly looked at Li Yong and Wang Chengde: "Boss, this can really solve the problem, and the grain they got back can be supported by Mr. He to transport the millet from Shanxi." ”

Then he turned his head to Li Yong and Wang Chengde and said: "Battalion Commander Li, Instructor Wang, you have helped me a lot, and my headache can be lightened, I praise your battalion on behalf of the field army headquarters, and do more when you encounter such things in the future, Wang Huzi, you have two good soldiers." ”

Li Yong and Wang Chengde replied: "Thank you for the praise, this is what we should do." Commander Wang Zhen introduced the two of them on the side: "This is Comrade Liu Jingfan, deputy commander of our field army, who is in charge of the logistics work of our troops, and there is no need to be too modest. ”

Li Yong hurriedly saluted again and said, "Good chief, I have long heard of the chief's name, and it is like thunder." ”

Commander Liu smiled and said: "Sycophant, how do you know me, but I have been doing local work all the time, and I have not been in our field army for a long time." ”

Li Yong hurriedly explained: "Chief, I'm not talking nonsense, you used to be the vice chairman of the border district government, and you are also the younger brother of General Liu Zhidan, the founder of our northern Shaanxi base area, I have heard about it a long time ago. ”

After Li Yong finished speaking, the leaders in the room were a little surprised, did this newly promoted small battalion commander know a lot, Liu Jingfan is the vice chairman of the border district government, there are many people who know about this, and there are few people who know that he is the younger brother of General Liu Zhidan, where did this young man know?

Commander Liu Jingfan was also very strange: "Battalion Commander Li, how do you know these things?" Li Yong thought in his heart that he should be careful not to say too much in the future, otherwise it would be easy to arouse the suspicion of the chiefs, these chiefs are all top-notch people who are not easy to fool: "Report to the chief, I also heard it from other soldiers, and I only thought of it when I heard Commander Wang say that you are the logistics commander." ”

The old general, who had not spoken all this time but quietly observed the two of them, asked, "Comrade Li Yong, how many people are there in your battalion now, and how many companies are there?" ”

Li Yong had already guessed from the tone of these chiefs that this was one of the founders of our army, a genius military strategist, and General Peng, who made every one of his opponents frightened, hurriedly replied: "Report to the chief, our battalion has a total of 825 people, and there are nine platoons, including five infantry combat platoons, one reconnaissance platoon, one heavy machine gun platoon, one mortar platoon, and one baggage platoon, and there is no company-level establishment. ”

Mr. Peng was a little surprised and said, "Really? Why not set up a company establishment? Li Yong carefully sorted out his thoughts and then said: "Report chief, I think so, now the current system of our army follows the Western standard, that is, the division, brigade, regiment, battalion, and company arrangement, which has also become the international standard now, but is this standard necessarily correct and perfect?" ”

"I don't think so, I have a simple idea, that is, each battalion is regarded as the most basic combat unit, which can independently complete the tasks assigned by the superiors, without the need for other auxiliary arms, and this battalion can be composed of multiple platoons, just like our battalion, there is no company under the battalion, but the battalion is directly under the jurisdiction of the platoon, and the advantage of this is that the combat orders at the battalion level can be directly sent to the platoon, which saves the intermediate link of the company, can make the combat orders more smooth, and improve the reaction speed of the troops."

Li Yong's words made the room calm down, these people are all battle-hardened generals, and they are particularly sensitive to topics such as military reform, and after thinking about it carefully, you can understand the truth of what Li Yong said.

Mr. Peng smiled and encouraged: "Yes, I have a lot of ideas, is there anything else, continue to talk, don't be afraid to say something wrong." Li Yong made up his mind and said: "The higher-level units of the battalion do not have regiments, but directly set up divisions or brigades, and multiple battalions form a division or brigade, which can be five battalions or eight battalions. ”

"Such units can fight in combination or alone, a small battle can be solved by a battalion, a medium-sized battle can be completed by a brigade or division, and a large campaign can be completed by multiple brigades or divisions, so that the commander can more conveniently carry out his operational intentions and ideas, and the troops can also be deployed in place more quickly, shorten the organization and deployment time of the campaign, and also make the commander's command more flexible."

Speaking of this, Li Yong stopped: "For the time being, I only think about so much, and if there is something wrong, please criticize the leaders." ”