After listening to Zhou Cheng's introduction to all the main forces of the National Salvation Army, all the battalion commanders in the conference room were happy, and they were very happy from the bottom of their hearts.

According to the plan the regiment commander just mentioned, there were 2,000 people in the main force alone, which was not counted as the new recruits and the unformed third battalion.

Of course, if you let everyone know that the two guerrillas active in the north of Punishment were also affiliated with the National Salvation Army, after this anti-sweeping campaign, their strength did not decrease but increased. The total strength of each guerrilla team had exceeded 200 people. After nearly 300 people, they would definitely be shocked and speechless.

Yuan Shushan, who was standing aside, stopped doing it. During the counter-sweeping, he refuted the commander's order twice, but was defeated. Not only did he not establish his prestige, but he was also embarrassed.

In order to turn the tables, he placed all his hopes on the Third Battalion, hoping that the third battalion he formed could become his confidant, so that he would not be alone in the National Salvation Army, and would have troops to support him.

But just now, Zhou Cheng's plan to rebuild the National Salvation Army did not mention the Third Battalion at all.

The regiment did not give soldiers or weapons and ammunition. The Third Battalion would not be formed until the Year of the Ox and Horse Month. So should it be left alone forever?

Yuan Shushan couldn't accept this result at all, so he decisively put forward his thoughts: "Captain, what should I do if the Third Battalion?"

"I think I need to take a bowl of water to level it. I can't just focus on one or two battalions. The third battalion must also be formed at the same time!"

Zhou Cheng shook his head and retorted: "No matter how much you care about the third battalion, the first and second battalions are the well-deserved main forces of our National Salvation Army. The vanguard of fighting the Japanese must first rebuild them and form combat effectiveness. Only when our National Salvation Army has the ability to protect ourselves."

"After the first and second battalions are fully formed, if the regiment headquarters still has extra troops and equipment, then form the third battalion."

"If not, then the third battalion will recruit new soldiers in the occupied area of ​​our National Salvation Army. If we have weapons, we can only wait for the war zone to replenish us."

"Our National Salvation Army won such a big victory this time. The Japanese devils alone destroyed more than 1,000 people. The results of the war zone are unprecedented. It is impossible for the war zone to ignore it. We must give us certain rewards and compensation. At that time, all the weapons given to us by the war zone are equipped with the Third Battalion. If it is not enough, you can only rely on Deputy Commander Yuan to find a way to solve it yourself."

"I think we formed the National Salvation Army when we formed the same guns but no guns, no ammunition, and finally, after everyone's efforts, we now have everything."

"I will hand over the task of forming the third battalion to you. You can't eat everything ready-made. If you encounter problems, the regiment headquarters will help you solve them, what do the regiment headquarters want you to do?"

Zhou Cheng's idea is very simple, to use everything to the fullest, and to drain all the useful value of Deputy Commander Yuan, especially the secret arsenal where Yuan Shushan could draw out ammunition.

Now that the anti-sweeping campaign has won, the first thing Zhou Cheng has to do next is to transport all the remaining weapons and ammunition in the arsenal back to the national rescue army's garrison.

After all, the arsenal is an area occupied by the Japanese, and it may be exposed one day. It is like an ant moving home and gets back a little weapon and ammunition every time. It is too dangerous. Only by holding them all in your own hands can it be considered safe.

Yuan Shushan was speechless by Zhou Cheng, but he had the support of the arsenal, and the war zone would also give him certain support. In order to re-establish his prestige in the National Salvation Army and let the battalion company commander see his responsible side, he agreed decisively: "Don't worry, regiment commander, since I should come down to form the third battalion, I will definitely complete it."

"At most one month, we will ensure that a full main battalion will be built."

"Even if there are no conditions, I will find a way to create conditions!"

"very good!"

This is what Zhou Cheng wanted. As long as Yuan Shushan transports weapons and ammunition from the arsenal to the garrison, he would have a way to let Yuan Shushan emptie all the remaining weapons and ammunition in the arsenal!

Just when everyone thought that the conference was about to end here, Zhou Cheng continued to speak: "Comrades, since we ordered the National Salvation Army to be rebuilt by the war zone, the battalion commanders of the first and second battalions have always been the chief of staff and I."

"I made a promise to everyone at that time. As long as the six company commanders performed outstandingly in the subsequent battles and let the regiment headquarters see that he has the ability to be the battalion commander, he can become the battalion commander."

"After this anti-sweeping campaign, the regiment headquarters has discovered that many people have the potential to be battalion commanders."

"After unanimous research and decision by me, Deputy Commander Tang and Chief of Staff: Comrade Dong Fei temporarily acted as the battalion commander of the first battalion and the company commander of the second company, and waited for Comrade Dong Fei to find a suitable comrade to take over as the company commander of the second company before resigning from the position of company commander."

"The former deputy company commander of the Third Company temporarily acted as deputy battalion commander of the First Battalion, and the regiment headquarters sent someone to take over as deputy company commander of the Third Company."

"Comrade Huang Hu of the Sixth Company was appointed to temporarily act as the battalion commander of the Second Battalion, the deputy company commander of the Fourth Company acted as the deputy battalion commander of the Second Battalion, and the position of the company commander of the Sixth Company and the deputy company commander of the Fourth Company, the regiment headquarters will send someone to take over."

Everyone looked at Dong Fei and Huang Hu with envy, and some people were envious and showed a disappointed expression.

Zhou Cheng saw everyone's reaction and continued: "Don't be discouraged if you have not become battalion commander or deputy battalion commander."

"We have always been the best for the people to save the country and the best for the people to use. The few battalion commanders and deputy battalion commanders who have just appointed still have the word "agent". Whether the word "agent" can be removed depends on their next performance."

"If the performance during the agent is not up to standard, I'm sorry. It turns out that it's the company commander or continue to go back to be the company commander. As for the new battalion commander and deputy battalion commander, continue to choose from other company commanders."

"So the company commander and deputy company commander who were not selected today still have the opportunity to be deputy battalion commander, or even battalion commander."

"In addition, considering that the Third Battalion does not have a qualified battalion commander at present, in order to facilitate Deputy Commander Yuan to form the Third Battalion, before the new battalion commander takes office, Deputy Commander Yuan will also serve as the battalion commander. All first-level cadres of the Third Battalion shall be appointed by Deputy Commander Yuan, and will be directly transferred from the first and second battalions, and there is no need to report to the regiment headquarters..."

This appointment was suddenly decided by Zhou Cheng. If Yuan Shushan wanted to use the remaining weapons and ammunition in the garrison, he must be careless.

The best way to numb the other party is to give him some sweetness first.

What Yuan Shushan wants most now is to establish his own prestige in the National Salvation Army, have his own confidant troops, and then have the ability to compete with him.

Since that's the case, then I will satisfy his wish.

Not only did he give full responsibility for forming the Third Battalion, he also gave him the command and personnel appointment and removal power of the Third Battalion, making him feel that after the formation of the Third Battalion is completed, he would use weapons and ammunition from the Arsenal to form the Third Battalion.

Although I just promised: after replenishing the first and second battalions, if there are still many soldiers and weapons in the regiment, I will give them all to the third battalion.

But this promise was only used to deal with Yuan Shushan. The regiment provided him with at most some soldiers, weapons and ammunition.

If you want to form the third battalion as soon as possible, you either ask the war zone for equipment or use weapons and ammunition from the secret arsenal.

The former has little hope, and even if it can be obtained, the number will not be too large.

The main battalion of the National Salvation Army has six or seven hundred people. Yuan Shushan wants to have full troop of the third battalion and have strong combat power, so he can only mobilize weapons and ammunition in the arsenal.

And this happened to be the result Zhou Cheng wanted.

Once Yuan Shushan starts to mobilize weapons and ammunition in the arsenal to form the third battalion, the third battalion will become a bottomless pit and slowly emptied the arsenal.

Yuan Shushan knew that Zhou Cheng must not be so kind, but he couldn't expect Zhou Cheng to have any conspiracy, so he just thought that he wanted to use the Third Battalion to ask himself about the war zone to ask for more rewards and compensation.

However, this is not considered a use, because Zhou Cheng had just promised: in order to support the Third Battalion, the war zone will compensate and reward the National Rescue Army to all the weapons and ammunition of the Third Battalion.

Even if you ask the war zone to get a sufficient amount of weapons and ammunition, it will eventually fall into your hands, and the regiment headquarters will not take any advantage.

After thinking about it, I didn't think that Zhou Cheng had already planned to the arsenal he had secretly controlled, and I thought that Zhou Cheng's order just now was a pie falling from the sky and hitting him on his head.

He served as the battalion commander of the Third Battalion as the deputy commander, and he had the final say in the personnel appointment and removal and organization of the battalion. Yuan Shushan was 100% sure to build the Third Battalion into his own private army, and all the platoon-level officers became his own confidants.

By then, the Third Battalion will be his trump card in the National Salvation Army, and Zhou Cheng will never be able to treat himself as a lonely man as before.

Yuan Shushan became more and more excited the more he thought about it. He had already made a decision: no matter whether the war zone would supplement weapons and ammunition for the National Savior Army, he would have to build the third battalion in the shortest time. If he really had no choice, he would use the weapons and ammunition in the secret arsenal first.

That arsenal is the trump card of the war zone to help it control the National Salvation Army. It is meaningless if it is always in the warehouse. If they can use them to form a unit loyal to them, it will undoubtedly maximize their useful value.

He had no idea that his next move was under Zhou Cheng's calculations, and he took the initiative to get into the trap Zhou Cheng had put on him.

As if Zhou Cheng had resigned, he quickly replied: "Thank you for your trust in me, I will definitely build the third camp in the shortest time."

The battalion commander below was also shocked by this decision.

They all knew that Yuan Shushan lost to Zhou Cheng twice in the anti-sweeping raid and lost all his face.

So during the entire meeting, almost no one looked at him with a direct look, and they all thought that Yuan Shushan was the grasshopper in the autumn and could not stay in the national rescue army for a long time.

Unexpectedly, the situation turned around when the meeting was about to end.

The regiment commander not only did not beat the dog in the water, but also tried to drive him out of the National Salvation Army, but also activated him when he had no prestige and entrusted him with important tasks.

Not only did he be responsible for establishing the Third Battalion, but he also served as the battalion commander of the Third Battalion, and was fully responsible for all the affairs of the Third Battalion. Is this an opportunity to not give Yuan Shushan the opportunity to build a confidant army in the National Salvation Army?

Could it be that the leader wanted to take the opportunity to take Yuan Shushan for his own use, or the leader was under some pressure and had to give Yuan Shushan the right?

No matter what the reason is, everyone's expressions have become complicated.

Most people showed a worried expression on their faces, afraid that Yuan Shushan would continue to fight for power and profit even more after the National Salvation Army had the power and the troops, destroying the unity and stability that the troops finally fought for, thereby affecting the combat effectiveness of the troops.

A few cadres who did not become battalion commanders were angry and thought they were treated differently showed an expression of expectation.

Although the third battalion, which has not yet been established, is Deputy Commander Yuan and the battalion commander, it is impossible for him to continue to serve. Once he has a suitable candidate, he will step down from the position of battalion commander of the third battalion.

If I now curry favor with Deputy Commander Yuan and have a good relationship with him, the future battalion commander of the Third Battalion will probably be his own, and at least he can get a deputy battalion commander.

Tang Yufeng and Chen Zhengyu didn't know about Zhou Cheng's decision to appoint Yuan Shushan as the battalion commander of the Third Battalion at the meeting, and they were also stunned.

As deputy commander and chief of staff of the National Salvation Army, they knew better than anyone what this appointment means!

Yuan Shushan is a wolf-like man, and his ultimate goal of entering the National Salvation Army must be to control the National Salvation Army. The regiment commander now appoints him as the battalion commander of the Third Battalion. Wouldn't that help him gradually take power in the National Salvation Army and help the evildoers to commit abuse?

The two of them couldn't figure it out, but it was difficult to collect the water. The appointment of the regiment commander had been issued. It was impossible to refute the order he had just said on the spot. It would severely hit the regiment commander's prestige in the army, and it would not be worth the loss.

The two decided to ask Zhou Cheng for the final answer when the meeting ended.

If the regiment commander did this, it would be best if it was not. If not, the three of them must come up with a solution as soon as possible to avoid the Third Battalion really becoming Yuan Shushan's private army, and then it would be a huge loss.

After the meeting, the two of them found Zhou Cheng as soon as they returned to the war room. They wanted to ask clearly, but before they could speak, Yuan Shushan followed in and was very anxious: "The regiment commander, Deputy Commander Tang, Chief of Staff, and the regiment headquarters handed me over the task of establishing the third battalion. I felt very stressed. In order to form the third battalion as soon as possible and live up to everyone's trust in me, I decided to go hand in hand in hand in three ways."

"While recruiting recruits in the new recruits, we all reported the victory to the war zone in the name of the regiment headquarters, and asked the war zone to add some weapons and ammunition. I will go out to the army now, select suitable cadres from the first and second battalions, determine the list of all company-level officers in the third battalion, and set up the third battalion's racks as soon as possible."

"As soon as the recruits recruited by the recruits battalion are in place, the troops will be replenished immediately."

"If the war zone does not have the ammunition to replenish our weapons and ammunition, second some weapons from the recruits battalion for them to train."

"If the war zone does not have enough weapons and ammunition to supplement our war zone, I will find a way to use my personal relationship to get some weapons and ammunition back from the war zone, so as to ensure that the third camp will be built in the shortest time."

Tang Yufeng and Chen Zhengyu's faces were very bad. They could see Yuan Shushan's purpose as soon as they heard it.

An officer is the soul of a unit. Controlling the officers in the team is equivalent to controlling the entire unit.

Yuan Shushan obviously knew this very well, so he started from the source.

He went to the First and Second Battalions to pick up officers by himself, and with his name as the deputy regiment commander, many deputy company commanders and deputy platoon leaders of the First and Second Battalions would definitely throw themselves into his arms and become Yuan Shushan's confidants in order to be promoted to the full-time position.

Even if the regiment headquarters realizes something is wrong and wants to take back the rights in Yuan Shushan's hands, the third battalion's shelf has been built, and the regiment headquarters will not be able to break up the shelf and re-organize people to set up the shelf. At that time, most of the officers of the third battalion will still be Yuan Shushan's confidants.

The two kept winking at Zhou Cheng, hoping that he could reject Yuan Shushan's proposal.

Even if you can't refuse, it's okay to delay for two days.

At that time, the three of them will work together to find a way to break the deadlock and solve this problem.
To be continued...