Chapter Ten Current Situation
"Come on! You're just taking advantage of the situation to show off! Are you afraid? Otherwise, how could you have taken down this team leader position so easily? Are you an official fanatic?"
Chen Feichen thought to himself: "I'm really an official fanatic." Of course, this was just what he said in his heart, and he didn't dare say it to their faces.
He said solemnly: "Superior officer, I am your old subordinate. No matter what, I am a man of the 18th Division. If I have any bad ending, wouldn't that be a loss of face for you?"
Xiao Fei waved his hand and said: "Don't beat around the bush, just say it directly!"
Chen Feichen smiled and said: "Superior, I'm short of men over there! There are too few political commissars, can you spare some for me?"
Xiao Fei shook his head and said: "The 18th Division is now short of men everywhere, I've been looking for troops from the column to fill in, but I don't have any!"
"Master, don't you see the monk's face and also the Buddha's face? After all, we two are also fighting desperately in the same trench! You can't be so ruthless, I only have you as my elder brother! Others may laugh at me, but you can't!"
Alright, this big hat was directly pressed down, Xiao Fei was both amused and angry, he helplessly said: "I'll give you five cadres, that's all I can do, don't go out and talk nonsense, got it?"
"Yes! I knew it was still Master who is best to me!" Chen Feicheng flattered.
Xiao Fei shook his head in annoyance, and Chen Feichen suddenly remembered to say: "Master, what did you call me here for?"
Xiao Fei suddenly remembered the purpose of calling Chen Feicheng over. He said in a deep voice: "Chen Feicheng, I have received orders from the column and you have been appointed as the acting regimental commander of our 18th Division's 3rd Regiment. You should know this already, so I won't say much more. Let me put it straight to you - no matter what, you must do a good job as this regimental commander! People from our 18th Division are not incompetent, which is why I agreed to give you a political commissar. From now on, it mainly depends on your own ability. Of course, if you encounter any difficulties in the next month, feel free to come find me!"
"Yes, thank you, Master! I'll take my leave now and come back next time!"
Chen Feichen patted his butt and left immediately, Chen Feichen's decisiveness was beyond Xiao Fei's expectations. In his opinion, Chen Feichen should have taken more advantage of the situation! He is a talented person, he must know that there are no more benefits to be gained here, so he left immediately! Incisive! Moreover, this kid is very clear about what is most important for him right now? Instead of grinding his teeth with himself, it's better to go back to the troops and let the former national soldiers have a stronger sense of collective honor! Passing the assessment in a month is the top priority.
Xiao Fei's evaluation is indeed very high, he doesn't know what the reason is, it's just that he finds this kid pleasing to the eye, probably because they've been through life and death struggles together!
Chen Feichen had no idea that his actions would have such an effect. If he had known, Chen Feichen would definitely be extremely proud of himself! His starting point for doing so was a typical case of being content with what one has! He simply didn't have the idea of continuing to take advantage of the situation, and it was already great that he could get ten administrative cadres, what more could he ask for?
The 18th Division's 3rd Regiment is now really attracting attention! Firstly, this regiment was thoroughly rebuilt after the war. Secondly, most of its soldiers were former Nationalist Army prisoners of war, and its members are quite complex! Finally, the person in charge of this regiment is still a young man under twenty!
It has been ten days since Chen Feicheng was appointed as the acting commander, and in these ten days, Chen Feicheng finally knew what it meant to be in charge. The political commissar could finally do some work, but there was a severe shortage of cadres in other positions. It was easy to find regimental or battalion-level cadres, but there were no one to manage logistics, staff, and training, all of which lacked capable cadres who could take charge on their own. All these tasks had to be personally overseen by Chen Feicheng himself! This left Chen Feicheng utterly helpless.
Chen Feichen made many bold decisions in these ten days. Many of the decisions were very daring, and apart from the cadres assigned by the higher authorities, there were also many who were selected from among the captives! Two out of three battalion commanders in the whole regiment were former National Army officers, and at least two company commanders in each battalion were also National Army officers. This is not all, he even insisted on setting up an engineer company! They were all from the former New Third Division Engineer Battalion, if it weren't for the fact that they were still wearing PLA uniforms, one would have thought they were a Nationalist army unit!
Many comrades had reported to the top, especially the Security Bureau received dozens of letters of denunciation! The content was similar, all saying that Chen Feichen was a GMD spy! With such a strong color of opposition party on his body! However, these letters of denunciation were like stones sinking into the ocean without causing any ripples.
However, the impact of these on Chen Feichen was that Chen Feichen quickly joined the party! A main force regiment deputy commander who is not a party member, how can this be said to pass, isn't this a joke? Under the influence of the application to join the party written in person by the political commissar of the third regiment, Chen Feichen now has that set of theoretical concepts on organizational ideology on the tip of his tongue, as for whether he really learned it by heart or not, only he himself knows.
Chen Feichen's standard for appointing battalion-level and below cadres is to compete in martial arts, whoever wins takes the position. This resulted in many cadres assigned from above becoming deputy positions! Many people were dissatisfied with this, but Chen Feichen did not explain at all.
Chen Feichen was also secretly evaluating these people. If they were all smart and had a sense of collective honor, then the only thing they should be doing now is to find their own shortcomings and strive to improve themselves! If they continued to grumble and complain, then sorry, you can go back where you came from! Chen Feichen gave them a deadline of fifteen days, half a month. After this period, he would start expelling people. He was not afraid of offending anyone. If after a month's time, one still didn't qualify, then they were done for. At that time, who could they go to? Compared to this, offending some people was nothing!
The political commissar of the 3rd regiment, Tang Jingwu, is an old Red Army soldier and is already 44 years old this year. He also comes from the old political work and has a good grasp on ideological work. If he hadn't made a mistake in one of the rectification campaigns, he would probably be the commander of the column by now!
Tang Jingwu initially had a bad impression of Chen Feichen, wondering if someone so young could command the respect of others and whether he was capable enough to take on the role. He also wondered if he could work well with him. However, he believed that orders from superiors must be obeyed, and his presence was meant to alleviate some of Chen's burdens. After all, this young man was the team leader and his partner.
It was with such consideration that Tang Jingwu began to carry out his own work, and the ideological progress of the new soldiers was great. In addition, Chen Feichen decided to assess and appoint cadres throughout the regiment, which suddenly brought the hearts of these former National Army officers closer together! It made Tang Jingwu, who was watching from one side, very surprised, and he couldn't help but change his impression of Chen Feichen a lot!
