Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

As a result, despite all his achievements, Li Qingchuan was only a colonel after liberation.

Yang Quanwu thought for a moment and said, "What position are you going to give him?"

"I plan to establish the North China Military and Political University, dividing it into a military academy and a cadre academy. One is for training military cadres, the other for training local cadres. I intend to recommend him to serve as the vice president of the military academy and concurrently as the dean of education at the North China Military and Political University. With his abilities, this job is more than enough for him."

The vice president's concurrent position as the dean of education meant that Li Qingchuan was fully responsible for the military academy's educational work. Although he was only the dean of education at the military academy, it was a good start for Li Qingchuan's future.

"Old leader, please give Li Qingchuan to me. Not only can I give him more room for development, but I can also guarantee that when these university graduates are assigned in the future, I will definitely give you more positions in the Jizhong Military Region."

"You're just fooling me."

Yang Quanwu spoke angrily.

Then he said, "You are only in charge of this matter temporarily. It's still wartime, and military cadres like you won't be easily transferred. When you return to the Yirecha Military Region, you can still manage these universities. When these university students graduate, can you manage their fate?"

"Old leader, I'm not here, but isn't Li Qingchuan still here?"

Yang Quanwu sighed.

Yang Quanwu truly couldn't bear to part with Li Qingchuan. But Wei Hongjun was right: if Li Qingchuan remained under his command, his position would have reached its ceiling, making further advancement difficult. Li Qingchuan had made significant contributions to the development of the First Division, and Yang Quanwu also had to consider the future of his former subordinate.

So he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave Li Qingchuan to you. But when he arrives at the North China Military and Political University, you have to take good care of him. You know his situation. He is a capable person and will definitely be able to achieve great things at the North China Military and Political University.

Yang Quanwu was still worried.

So let's take a look at Wei Hongjun. Li Qingchuan's background is really disadvantageous to him.

Wei Hongjun nodded and said, "Old leader, don't worry. I plan to let him partner with Comrade Sun Yi."

"it is good."

Chapter 602 Li Qingchuan’s Suggestions

After Li Qingchuan was transferred out of the Ji-Zhong Military Region, he had no time to rest at all.

Because Wei Hongjun gave him the task directly.

To identify the teacher.

At this time, Sun Yi returned from Yan'an. He had been studying at the Party School, but after the Central Committee received a telegram from Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, it asked Sun Yi to graduate early and return to Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei. Sun Yi thought something had happened.

It was only when we arrived in Jin-Cha-Ji that we realized that it was Wei Hongjun who had called our name.

Sun Yi had been running schools for many years and possessed far more experience than Wei Hongjun. After his return, the pace of university preparations was greatly accelerated.

In fact, among the universities established this time, the North China Military and Political University was the most difficult to open.

Because he has the highest level and the most important status.

After all, this was a university dedicated to training military and political cadres, and many aspects were sensitive. While the other schools were important, they weren't as sensitive as the North China Military and Political University. Wei Hongjun suggested to the Jin-Cha-Ji Central Committee that Marshal Nie himself serve concurrently as president of the North China Military and Political University, Comrade Sun Yi serve as vice president and president of the Military Academy, and Comrade Zhao Zhensheng serve as vice president and president of the Cadre Academy.

However, before Sun Yi became the vice president of the North China Military and Political University, he was also the deputy head of the university preparatory group organized by Wei Hongjun, responsible for the daily work of the preparatory group. After Sun Yi's arrival, Wei Hongjun's work pressure suddenly eased a lot.

Wei Hongjun just needs to grasp the general direction.

"How about it?"

Li Qingchuan shook his head.

"I've been in contact with teachers from various universities. They are all experts in guerrilla warfare and are good at training new recruits. However, many of them don't meet the requirements of the military academy we want to establish at the North China Military and Political University."

Li Qingchuan has been busy contacting candidates for teachers at the Military and Political University during this period.

This time, the North China Military and Political University was the largest of the several universities because it would merge the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military and Political Cadre School, the Chahar-South Cadre School, and other cadre schools that had been run by other military sub-districts in history.

"The purpose of establishing the North China Military and Political University this time is to train a large number of grassroots commanders for regular warfare for the front-line troops. Face-to-face regular warfare is completely different from the guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare, and ambushes that our troops used to fight. If we want to improve the combat effectiveness of the front-line troops in large-scale operations, the most important thing is the grassroots commanders. They must teach our soldiers how to fight large-scale operations. Therefore, I believe we should start by recruiting teachers from schools."

It was quite unexpected that Li Qingchuan was transferred to the school this time.

But he didn't object.

His main job in the First Division was to train new recruits and be responsible for the army's logistics. He knew that he was not an officer who could lead troops in battle when he was in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. After joining the Eighth Route Army, it was even more difficult for him to get the opportunity to lead troops in battle.

Compared with training new recruits, Li Qingchuan would certainly prefer to train commanders at the Military and Political University.

"But where can we find a school teacher?"

"Chief, are there any restrictions on the school teachers we are looking for?"

"limit?"

Wei Hongjun thought for a moment and said, "Go ahead. You must have some ideas."

Li Qingchuan knew Wei Hongjun.

But they were just acquaintances, never working together. When Li Qingchuan defected to the First Division, Wei Hongjun had already begun to establish a new base in Sheng County. Later, Wei Hongjun's fame grew, and now he is a member of the Central Bureau of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region.

Li Qingchuan was very cautious when coming to cooperate with Wei Hongjun this time.

Li Qingchuan knew his background couldn't compare to that of veteran Red Army members like Wei Hongjun. Wei Hongjun and his fellow Red Army members were of genuine pedigree, coming from poor peasant families and being veteran Party members and Red Army members. He, however, came from a landlord family and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. Furthermore, two of his closest confidants had been executed for violating discipline, and the other had "defected." While he had Yang Quanwu's protection and unwavering support in the First Division, many veteran Red Army members and cadres still resented Li Qingchuan.

I think Yang Quanwu is too good to Li Qingchuan.

Now that he is here with Wei Hongjun, he is of course more careful.

Li Qingchuan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Commander, when it comes to fighting, many generals of the Beiyang Army and the National Army are rigid and look low-level. However, many of them have received formal military education, and most of their textbooks are from Germany and Japan.

They may lag behind in grand strategy and flexible tactical changes, but in the most fundamental infantry tactics and basic organizational structure, they have learned the very formal German and Japanese military systems. The North China Military and Political University we established this time is designed to adapt to future large-scale troop operations, so the grassroots commanders we train will learn these very same techniques.

"You mean, we should look for teachers among officers of the Beiyang Army and the Nationalist Army who have received formal military academy education?"

"Yes."

Li Qingchuan gritted his teeth and nodded.

Li Qingchuan knew that Wei Hongjun was Yang Quanwu's favorite general. He would never have made such a suggestion to anyone else. Coming from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, recommending a Nationalist officer to the newly established North China Military and Political University would have had a negative impact.

Wei Hongjun did not nod immediately.

Li Qingchuan saw Wei Hongjun thinking and continued, "We are establishing the North China Military and Political University this time to adapt to large-scale troop operations. In addition to the grassroots commanders who command the front-line operations, we must also train a large number of professional talents in other organs. In the future, the construction of various departments of our army, logistics construction, including logistics transportation, will gradually move towards formalization. Because these are different from the original guerrilla warfare. If we want to train cadres in this area, we need to choose from the national army. For example, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, although its combat effectiveness is average, its logistics construction is very formal.

Wei Hongjun looked up at Li Qingchuan.

I am very satisfied with Li Qingchuan.

Li Qingchuan's considerations for the North China Military and Political University were deeper and more far-reaching than those of Wei Hongjun and Sun Yi. His thoughts on the Military Academy of the North China Military and Political University were not superficial either.

Regularizing the army and building a large-scale military group is not simply about training and raising commanders who can fight. It is composed of various departments, including front-line commanders who fight in battles, as well as qualified organs that need to ensure smooth communication between the upper and lower levels. Of course, it is inseparable from the regularization of the logistics forces.

Not to mention frontline commanders, if there are problems with organizational structure, there will be a phenomenon of various organizational units pushing each other around, which will directly affect the stability of military command. Especially when commanding more troops, the organizational units need clear responsibilities and powers. This goes without saying for the logistics department.

Once problems arise in the regular construction of the logistics department, the field troops will not be replenished in a timely manner, which will directly affect the combat capability of the field troops.

Li Qingchuan thought of all these.

All these aspects require a large number of cadres.

"What other channels are there? Tell me all of them at once."

"Then there's the training of cadres for specialized arms, especially our artillery. In this regard, I think we can select some artillery officers from among the Japanese prisoners of war to serve as artillery tactics instructors at the school. We need to quickly train a group of qualified, grassroots artillery commanders for our artillery units."

The Eighth Route Army established its own military academy, but all the instructors came from other areas.

This made Wei Hongjun quite helpless.

However, Wei Hongjun still agreed with Li Qingchuan's idea. Therefore, Wei Hongjun asked: "Where can we draw so many former Beiyang Army and National Army officers from?

"Commander, in fact, we in Jinchayi have many cadres in this field.

Many of these cadres were fighting on the front lines. Many former Nationalist Army officers also served as commanders of the Eighth Column.

"Ah."

Wei Hongjun nodded.

The Jin-Cha-Yi wing indeed had quite a few cadres in this field. For example, within the Eighth Column, the commanders of the First Special Agent Brigade, Li Wanfu; the Second Special Agent Brigade, Zhang Dahu; the Security Brigade, Wu Qinghe; and Song Zhiyuan, the deputy commander of the Second Training Brigade currently stationed in Yan'an, were all former Nationalist Army officers. Many of the regimental commander-level cadres below them also came from the Nationalist Army.

Of course, it’s not just the Eight Columns that are like this.

Many other military regions in the Jin-Cha-Ji region also had a large number of Nationalist Army officers. Most of them were officers from the Jin-Sui Army, the Northeast Army, and the Northwest Army, reorganized during the establishment of the Jin-Cha-Ji base area. However, Wei Hongjun frowned and said, "I can't transfer them all back from the front lines just for the North China Military and Political University. Many of them were leading troops on the front lines. Even if I agreed to let them teach at the university, the commanders of the various military regions wouldn't agree."

Those cadres are all fighting on the front lines.

Fight well.

Asking them to leave the front lines and return to the military academy to serve as instructors was unacceptable no matter how you looked at it. Not only would leaders from other military regions, but even many people in the Yirecha Military Region would oppose it.

"Commander, here in Jincha, we have many former Nationalist officers fighting on the front lines. We also have many serving in the training corps of the various military regions, in the logistics agencies of the various military regions, and in the military academies established by the various military regions. We can definitely transfer cadres from these institutions to join the North China Military and Political University."

"Are there enough people?"

"Search around, there should be quite a few people."

"it is good."

Wei Hongjun discovered that Li Qingchuan was really confident about running the school.

No wonder Yang Quanwu trusts Li Qingchuan so much.

Wei Hongjun also planned to follow Yang Quanwu's example and give Li Qingchuan more power. Therefore, he said, "Comrade Li Qingchuan, from now on, you may screen instructors needed by the school from across the entire military region. Regardless of their previous status, as long as they are needed by the military academy, you may select them. Those you can convince, you can handle it yourself. For those you cannot handle, please submit a list and I will personally handle it. Also, regarding the recruitment of Japanese officers as instructors, you can also screen them in advance. There are currently three matters that must be resolved as soon as possible for the opening of the Military Academy of the North China Military and Political University: determining the different classes for the Military Academy, equipping the Military Academy with the necessary instructors, and compiling the textbooks. I will fully entrust you with these tasks. You will have little time, at most six months. After six months, the school will definitely open."

"Yes."

Wei Hongjun handed over all the preliminary work of the military academy to Li Qingchuan, but Li Qingchuan was not unhappy at all.

On the contrary he was very happy.

Because he defected from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to the Eighth Route Army, he had heard countless complaints over the years due to Yang Quanwu's esteem. Therefore, he was particularly attentive to other people's opinions. Now, Wei Hongjun, like Yang Quanwu, valued him so much that he entrusted him with such an important task at the Military Academy.

Li Qingchuan was just happy.

He was grateful for Yang Quanwu's trust, and now he is also grateful for Wei Hongjun's trust.

He must live up to the expectations of the Military Academy of the North China Military and Political University and run it brilliantly.

Chapter 603: New Events in the Liberated Areas

Many things look simple, but are actually not easy to do.

It's like forming a university.

The Eighth Route Army also had its own universities, but they were small and currently located in Yan'an. However, the university that Wei Hongjun was planning to open in Jin-Cha-Ji was not just a technical secondary school in name only. It was a truly established university.

However, due to the current actual situation, the university to be established this time is a hodgepodge of undergraduate, junior college, technical secondary school, and vocational schools. In other words, the resources of the previously scattered schools are concentrated to run a school.

This is not so easy to do.

However, since Wei Hongjun was in charge of this task, he would not back down easily. He negotiated with the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region and the local departments of the Jin-Cha-Ji Border Region, met many people, and learned many ways to deal with various departments.