Chapter 43 Individual surgery

Okamura usually shows people with a refined style, but he is very determined to implement his own tactics.At the beginning, many commanders in the Japanese Eleventh Army opposed his tactical thinking, thinking that doing so might lead to emptiness on the left and right, and even the rear, which would be taken advantage of by the Chinese army.After Okamura heard about it, he immediately transferred all these commanders away for various other reasons. Before the summer offensive started, Okamura attacked ahead of time, concentrating the forces of five divisions and launching a large-scale attack on the fifth theater in the north of Wuhan. This is the famous Battle of Zaoyi.

The Battle of Zaoyi caused heavy losses in the fifth theater. Zhang Zizhong, the commander-in-chief of the 33rd Army, was the first to kill the pumpkin shop, which shocked the Japanese war reporters.When Yukio Komata learned that Zhang Zizhong and his group army headquarters were destroyed after more than a dozen rounds of hand-to-hand combat, he couldn't help being greatly moved. The Japanese side does not have such a position, so Komata compared it to the "hand-to-hand combat" in which the commander-level of the Japanese army was also killed in battle. How tragic. The bad results of the Zaoyi Battle did not stop there. The subsequent fall of Yichang opened the door to eastern Sichuan, Chongqing was directly threatened, and the situation of the Anti-Japanese War became extremely severe.

The Battle of Zaoyi was a demarcation point. Since then, the strategists in all theaters have been immersed in research on how to fortify. The large-scale guerrilla warfare that has just emerged on the frontal battlefield and the planned summer offensive plan have quietly aborted. The war was temporarily suspended, and the Seventy-Fourth Army seized the time to rest and replenish in the Shanggao area, and the officers and officers also underwent blood changes to varying degrees.Wang Yaowu adhered to the principle of selecting talents and talents, and had little sense of sect or folks. His younger brother Wang Zhemin followed him all the time.Later, Wang Yaowu found out that his younger brother really lacked talent and courage, so he never promoted him again, so that Wang Zhemin only held the rank of adjutant for many years.

Wang Yaowu trains officers and attaches great importance to the process of being a company commander.Within the Seventy-Fourth Army, if an officer does not have a company commander resume, even if he has a bright academic record and qualifications, he will rarely be able to get the position of a senior military commander. One time, Wang Yaowu went to the headquarters of the 51st Division on business and met Liu Bingjun.Liu Bingjun used to be the artillery platoon leader in another unit. After being introduced to Wang Yaowu, he was directly appointed as the deputy of the artillery battalion of the 51st Division. Later, Li Tianxia transferred him to the division headquarters as the chief of the combat section.Wang Yaowu felt that Liu Bingjun was a good material to be a commander, but because he had never been a company commander, he must have insufficient practical experience in leading troops to fight and managing the army's economy, and this would be detrimental to his future personal development.

Feeling this, Wang Yaowu reminded Liu Bingjun: "Do you think it is good to be a section chief in the division? You have never been a company commander, and you will suffer in the future!" Liu Bingjun replied angrily: "If you don't transfer me, can I go by myself?" Wang Yaowu is strict in running the army, but he is fearless and not fierce, and he is very easy-going with his subordinates.After being contradicted by Liu Bingjun, he was not angry, but was very happy: "Okay, okay, I will tell your teacher." Arranged by Wang Yaowu, Liu Bingjun was quickly transferred back to the Artillery Battalion of the 51st Division as the deputy battalion commander and the commander of the third company, which enabled him to fully display his talents.

The premise of cultivating soldiers is that they must understand soldiers.No matter how busy he is usually, Wang Yaowu will try his best to spare time to have individual conversations with officers at all levels, and at the same time learn about the various aspects of the officers. Wang Yaowu's family lived in Chongqing. For a period of time, the Japanese army bombed Chongqing day and night, so he wanted to find another place for his family to hide.Liu Bingjun is from Huili. Huili is located at the southernmost tip of Sichuan Province. It is a remote town and relatively safe.Wang Yaowu found Liu Bingjun and said, "Your hometown will be taken care of. I think it's pretty good there. Japanese planes won't go there. I want to ask my family to live in your home for a while, how about it?"

Liu Bingjun's family conditions are good, the house is very spacious, otherwise Wang Yaowu would not have said so.Liu Bingjun was very happy when he heard it, and he agreed.Later, because the Chongqing bombing gradually eased, Wang Yaowu canceled his plan to move.There are a large number of officers in the Seventy-Fourth Army. From this incident, it can be seen that Wang Yaowu is familiar with the personal and family situations of his subordinates. Wang Yaowu especially cherishes Qiu Weida and Zhang Lingfu, commanders who have both actual combat experience and certain military theoretical literacy, and he also knows how to encourage them according to their different personalities.Qiu Weida is introverted, calm and self-restraining. Even if you sometimes blame him too much, he will not take it to heart. The "treatment" Wang Yaowu gave him was the kind of swearing commonly used by professional veterans to arouse Qiu Weida's pride.Zhang Lingfu is different from Qiu Weida in that he is a lofty, arrogant, stubborn and stubborn man from Guanzhong.Most of the time Wang Yaowu rewarded and praised Zhang Lingfu for performing spells for others.Even if he encounters an unsatisfactory situation, Wang Yaowu will not criticize directly, but will reprimand another officer who made a mistake in front of Zhang Lingfu.Those words were actually meant for Zhang Lingfu, and Wang Yaowu's intention was to save face for the other party while giving enlightenment.

Wang Yaowu has a set of unique skills to win over people.When he was still the commander of the 51st Division, Zhang Lingfu often sent the clerk Hu Liwen to the division headquarters to deliver documents, and Wang Yaowu got to know this little guy from this.He was very kind to Hu Liwen. Once it was almost noon when Hu Liwen finished his work at the division headquarters, and when it was time to eat, he happened to meet Wang Yaowu.Wang Yaowu took his hand and chatted, and after knowing that he hadn't eaten yet, he asked him to go to the teacher's office for lunch. A division commander doesn't know how busy he is every day. He can ask a teenage soldier to ask questions and invite him to lunch. In fact, it's all for one thing, that is, to let the leader of the soldier, that is, Zhang Lingfu, get a different courtesy.His brilliance lies in the fact that the whole process seems to be completely inadvertent, but in fact moistens things silently, and all the goals Wang Yaowu wanted to achieve have been achieved.

With the abolishment of the brigade headquarters, Qiu Weida, the former brigade commander, was left idle.Wang Yaowu first transferred Qiu Weida to be the infantry commander of the division, and then Qiu Weida himself was admitted to the special class of the Army University. Wang Yaowu then transferred him to be the deputy division commander of the 57th Division, so that Qiu Weida could take the dry salary of the deputy division commander and focus on nothing else in the Army University. to study further. Similarly, Wang Yaowu also appointed Zhang Lingfu a transitional infantry commander during his medical treatment.Due to the limited medical conditions in the mainland, Zhang Lingfu was hospitalized for more than half a year, and his leg failed to heal. At that time, there was only one way, which was to send him to Hong Kong for treatment by British doctors.However, medical expenses in Hong Kong are very expensive and cannot be afforded by individuals.So Wang Yaowu reported to Xue Yue, and through Xue Yue forwarded it to Chiang Kai-shek, and won a special treatment fee for Zhang Lingfu.

When Zhang Lingfu returned from injury, Liao Lingqi was promoted to division commander. Wang Yaowu logically replaced Zhang Lingfu from a duty-free infantry commander to deputy division commander of the 58th Division to ensure that he had soldiers to fight. Regardless of whether Qiu Weida, Zhang Lingfu, or Liu Bingjun, a low-level military officer, they all respect and love Wang Yaowu.The emergence of this group of young and strong officers has become an important guarantee for the 74th Army to achieve glory. Now if Wang Yaowu and his subordinates want to continue to succeed, what they lack may be only opportunities, and these opportunities will naturally be generously given by their opponents.