My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

Some people even suggested that each team should bring a civilian staff member who graduated from the Military Academy to help promote policies. After all, these soldiers are combatants and are not good at propaganda.

Let me add here that the Military Academy not only trained military officers, but also cultivated a group of civilian personnel who were good at ideological work.

Of course, they are not only good at ideological work, they also have many other expertise.

For example, they have high political awareness, strong ideological work ability, good organizational and coordination skills, good communication skills, and a certain strategic vision.

These people are the legendary political commissars. However, due to the rapid expansion of the army, it is not possible to send one to every army for the time being.

The main reason, of course, is that the requirements for becoming a political commissar are too harsh. Therefore, there are not many political commissars in the Anmin Army now. Taking the regiment level as an example, two-thirds of the regiments in the Anmin Army now do not have a political commissar.

Therefore, Jiang Li naturally could not agree to their outrageous request of assigning a political commissar to each team.

But he did not deny it. Instead, he summarized it and said, "I have heard everyone's opinions, and most of them are reasonable."

“But there are a few small parts that don’t make sense, and I’ll modify them slightly and address that specific issue.”

As he said this, he turned his head and glanced at those people who made outrageous demands. They were so embarrassed that they wished they could find a hole to crawl into.

But Jiang Li just glanced at him and didn't pay any more attention to him. Instead, he gave a unified response to the questions they had just raised.

"I have heard everyone's opinions just now. I will make my position clear here. I will give you some activity funds and let the local intelligence organization pass on information to you so that you can quickly gain a foothold in the local area!"

"In addition, I will also listen to them and transport weapons, ammunition, money and food supplies to you."

"As for the machine guns and mortars, forget about them. Each of you can carry a Lee Enfield rifle, a pistol, four grenades, and a small medical kit."

"After all, you are going to maneuver in the countryside and mountains, and it will be inconvenient to carry too many weapons and ammunition."

"As for the matter of the political commissar, I will naturally make arrangements for you once you have established your foothold. I cannot let you mess around and ruin the reputation of my Anmin Army!"

As he spoke, he started laughing, and the soldiers in front of him also started laughing.

After Jiang Li finished laughing, the soldiers thought about it and found that it made sense. Not to mention the weight of machine guns and mortars, even bullets and artillery shells were difficult to replenish.

After all, it is impossible for them to run to the intelligence personnel every other day.

Besides, they are going there to develop the team, not to fight. Even if there are some bandits, they can't use too many heavy weapons.

Afterwards, Jiang Li discussed the mission details with them, and finally asked them to follow the intelligence personnel to the surrounding counties in batches.

After arranging for these people to leave, Jiang Li transferred some intelligence personnel, plus a dozen political commissars, several officers and clerks.

A department was set up to allocate supplies and solve problems for these people, and it was named the Guerrilla Command.

What he didn't know was that because there were wars everywhere during those years and it was also the end of the Little Ice Age, people everywhere were living in misery.

So after these 400 guerrilla teams dispersed, they quickly gained a foothold and then, with the material support of intelligence personnel, they quickly expanded their team.

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But all this happened later. After Jiang Li arranged this matter, he brought his men to the cavalry division’s base.

Speaking of which, the reason he transferred people from the cavalry division this time was to eliminate these horses and replace them with mechanized equipment.

After all, machine guns and cannons have become increasingly popular, and cavalry that cannot carry too much heavy firepower are actually at a disadvantage on the battlefield. The mobility of horses is also completely crushed compared to that of cars.

Back to the topic, after Jiang Li led some Taoist soldiers into the Cavalry Division's base, the Cavalry Division commander Sun Yousheng came to greet him with the Cavalry Division's regimental and brigade commanders.

"Welcome Commander to inspect our work. On behalf of all officers and soldiers of the Cavalry Division, I salute you!"

As he said this, Sun Yousheng saluted solemnly.

Seeing this, Jiang Li smiled and said a few words to comfort him, then led his men to the division headquarters.

Arriving at the meeting room of the Cavalry Division, Jiang Li looked at the officers in front of him and asked directly, "How many people are there in the Cavalry Division now? How many horses? What are the weapons and equipment configurations?"

Sun Yousheng felt confused when he heard Jiang Li's three questions. He remembered that they would report detailed information of the troops every month, and Jiang Li should know it. But why did he come here again today to ask about this specifically?

However, he was only slightly confused for a few seconds, then he came to his senses and answered loudly, "To reply to the commander, there are currently twelve cavalry regiments in the cavalry division!"

"Each cavalry regiment consists of eight cavalry companies, each cavalry company has 1907 soldiers, and a cavalry regiment consists of soldiers equipped with Moxinganna carbines!"

"Besides here, the Cavalry Division also has a cavalry artillery battalion equipped with ten detachable 75mm caliber field guns."

"Plus a machine gun reinforcement company, equipped with eighteen air-cooled heavy machine guns."

"The entire cavalry division, including cooks, military doctors and other logistical personnel, has a total of more than 16,000 people. Including the horses that transport shells and cannons, the cavalry company has 38,400 horses!"

"We also have a number of other weapons such as sabers and pistols. If you need any mission, please give us your orders, Commander!"

Jiang Li listened to Sun Yousheng's words and shook his head. "Old Sun, your cavalry division has 16,000 people and nearly 40,000 horses, but only ten 75mm cannons and less than 20 heavy machine guns!"

"Do you think it's enough?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Yousheng couldn't help but smile and asked, "Commander, are you planning to give us more artillery and machine guns?"

"I have already reported to you and asked you to allocate more heavy firepower to us. I..."

Before he could finish, Jiang Li interrupted him, "I am not here to buy you weapons, but to disband the cavalry division!"

Hearing Jiang Li's words, everyone at the scene immediately widened their eyes in disbelief, and Sun Yousheng fell to his knees with a thud.

Then she asked in a tearful voice, "Commander, you must not disband the Cavalry Division. I know you have invested a lot of money and food in disaster relief recently. At most, we can just eat less in the future!"

Seeing this sudden change, Jiang Li realized that he had played a joke too much, so he immediately stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help him up, bending down to pat his trouser legs which were not very dusty.