kvmb Chapter 1040 Paired Assistance
Chapter 1040 Paired Assistance
Li Shaoyi punished two major generals of the Central Army in succession, followed by regimental-level officers. The reward took only a dozen minutes, but the punishment took more than forty minutes, covering people under various warlords. A total of three major generals and sixteen colonels were executed.
Hearing the gunshots coming from outside, Chief of Staff Zhang also felt a headache coming on.
Although Li Shaoyi was the commander-in-chief of the war zone, he had the right to execute his subordinates at any time during battles.
But the two major generals that Li Shaoyi executed were both very tough officers.
However, after Li Shaoyi cleared these people out, the commanders in charge of the operation were all excited. In their minds, the party and state's reward and punishment system had formed a fixed image. Today, Commander Li gave us hope again. The reason for not handing these people over to the special military court was that they were afraid that someone would do something underhanded.
They were executed right outside the theater command headquarters, with so many people watching; no one could protect them.
"Alright, no need to sit so straight anymore. The rest of you are all our brothers in the fight against Japan. Or rather, I haven't discovered that you've done some illegal things. I've sent out a bunch of informants in the Pujiang war zone. I advise you all to work hard in the fight against Japan and do less bad things."
Li Shaoyi's words amused everyone, but they also gained a new understanding of Li Shaoyi's control abilities. Take those officers, for example; they may have thought they were doing something very discreet, but in the end, Li Shaoyi still managed to find out.
The Pujiang War Zone Command did not differentiate between levels when punishing its subordinates for violations. If you did something that harmed the national interest during the War of Resistance, then all they could say was sorry, a bullet would be your final fate.
Of course, the people present weren't fools. Judging from what those people had just done, if the military court behind them had been fair and impartial, those people probably wouldn't have escaped a bullet either; it was only a matter of time.
"Now I'll talk about the third thing. The Japanese and we have temporarily ceased hostilities, but you can't just sit idly by and let the problems that were exposed some time ago go by. I'm sure all of you officers understand that. I'll be sitting at the door in a bit. Whoever has figured it out, come and talk to me. I have a scale in my mind to tell you what the shortcomings of each army are, and you have yours too. After we've talked it out, I'll have my own way of dealing with it, but you have to write down your solution for me first. I'll give you one hour to finish this."
No one expected that after a period of rewards and punishments, there would be an exam at the end.
"I'm completely illiterate, how can you expect me to write this character? Wouldn't that kill me?"
A division commander of the Guangxi Army said with a great headache, "We are not afraid of fighting, we will fight the Japanese to the death. Anyway, we are not cowards. But the problem is that writing is really difficult."
“Sir, you can dictate and I will write it down for you.”
The orderly behind immediately spread out a sheet of paper. It doesn't matter if you can't write; we've prepared a secretary for you here.
"Of course I know the shortcomings of my army. They are nothing more than a lack of various weapons and equipment and lagging training. Do you think Commander Li can solve them for me after I write them down?"
What was said in jest was taken seriously by the listener. After a division commander said this, everyone else immediately knew what to write on their papers. If you submit this report to the Ministry of Military Affairs, it might just become someone else's toilet paper. But if it gets to Li Shaoyi, it might actually be able to fill in the gaps for you.
Several others were busy complaining, but when they heard that others had started writing, they realized that they were already late and hurriedly buried themselves in writing.
The first division-level officer Li Shaoyi received was Commander Song of the 36th Division.
"You seem to know your troops quite well. The headquarters can only provide you with 1,500 replacement soldiers. Along with these 1,500 replacement soldiers, there will also be 100 Czech light machine guns, 350 German submachine guns, 60 Maxim heavy machine guns, 35 81mm mortars, 50 60mm mortars, 20 75mm German infantry guns, and 6 105mm howitzers. Since you have never operated a 1.5mm howitzer before, I will assign an instructor to each artillery piece. On days when there is no fighting, you must seize the time to train your men. This is an assessment form. I will send someone to personally assess the 36th Division. If you fail to complete the task, you will not receive the next batch of military equipment."
As Commander Song listened to Li Shaoyi's words, he was so grateful that he almost cried. With this batch of weapons and equipment, we can truly be a German-equipped division, especially with the 105mm howitzer.
According to the standards of the Junkers Infantry Division, Li Shaoyi should have given them twelve to sixteen 105mm howitzers, but considering that they did not have soldiers with this capability, he gave them six cannons to familiarize themselves with first.
Although there were quite a few artillery regiments coming from the north, there were still some areas that could not be adequately covered. Li Shaoyi also needed to increase the armament of these German-trained troops. As for who would take command in the future, Li Shaoyi didn't have time to think about that now. He had to make the Japanese lose 300,000 troops here first.
The second to arrive was the 11th Division of the Sichuan Army.
"Commander Li, our 11th Division has more than 9,000 men, and now only 3,000 are left. You must take good care of us."
Commander Zhu said with a bitter expression, "Of course, I am also very grateful to Li Shaoyi. All the brothers who sacrificed their lives will be compensated according to the standards of the 72nd Army. All six thousand people have been registered."
"The headquarters needs to replenish too many troops, so your 11th Division will be reorganized into the 11th Independent Brigade. We can only give you 2,000 men. However, all weapons and equipment will be reissued according to the standards of the Central Army."
Li Shaoyi had to find a way to preserve such a heroic unit, but there was a shortage of soldiers everywhere on the battlefield. Being able to replenish them with two thousand men was already quite an achievement.
Li Shaoyi also needed to conduct on-site inspections of various units. He didn't just give them all the best equipment at once. Take the 11th Independent Brigade under Commander Zhu, for example. Replenishing them according to the standards of the Central Army was already the maximum they could accept.
Giving them too much artillery is useless; only a handful of the entire independent brigade know how to use artillery, and they can't be trained to use it in the battlefield these past few days. It would be better to give them more light and heavy machine guns. They already know how to use rifles, so there's no need to say more. Replace their old rifles with Mauser rifles...