Resistance against Japan: Starting with the local militia

Chapter 247 Preparing for the Opening Ceremony

For the next week, Tang Guo devoted herself entirely to the preparations for the school's opening. Meanwhile, Tang Weiguo instructed the cultural department to cooperate with Tang Guo in completing the opening activities.

To reduce Tang Guo's workload, Tang Weiguo specially sent the capable Long Wenying to assist Tang Guo in her work.

Over the course of the week, Wolong Mountain gradually became more lively.

Students recruited from the surrounding area of ​​Wolong Mountain gradually arrived at their new schools. The first thing Tang Guo and Long Wenying did upon the arrival of the teachers and students was to assign them accommodations and arrange their meals.

On the other hand, the logistics department also gave the green light to the supply of daily necessities for teachers and students.

The logistics department would do everything in its power to obtain any supplies the school needed. For this, Bi Shoucai even made a solemn pledge to Tang Wei.

After arranging the students' accommodation and meals, Long Wenying personally organized the students into classes.

Although the students are all at the beginning of their studies, their ages vary greatly. Some are just six years old and have just started school, while others are fifteen or sixteen years old.

Furthermore, during the learning process, older students are significantly more diligent and hardworking, achieving better learning results and progressing faster.

Therefore, after consulting with Tang Weiguo, Long Wenying divided the students into three different groups based on their age.

Children aged 6-9 are in the small class, children aged 10-13 are in the middle class, and children aged 14 and above are in the large class. Teachers are assigned to teach the courses according to the children's age.

When arranging the curriculum, Tang Weiguo simply adopted the system from later generations.

The learning process is divided into three stages: six years of primary school, three years of middle school, and three years of high school.

As for universities, the main group of teachers at Wolong Mountain are recent college graduates, so it would be too much to ask them to establish a university.

However, establishing a university remained a goal in Tang Weiguo's mind.

When formulating school regulations, Tang Weiguo also adopted the system from later generations.

Each class has a homeroom teacher responsible for class affairs, each grade has a grade director, and finally the school has a principal and three vice principals.

In addition, a certain number of life teachers are assigned to each student dormitory area to take care of the students' lives.

When the system was finalized and personnel were assigned to positions, different opinions arose.

Tang Weiguo intended to appoint Professor Zhao, since Professor Zhao was a university teacher with ample teaching experience.

However, as soon as Tang Weiguo proposed this idea, it was met with strong opposition from Tang Guo, Long Wenying and others.

They believed that the school in Wolong Mountain was built at the suggestion of the brigade commander, and that the school would not exist without the brigade commander's request. Therefore, they believed that the position of school principal should belong to the brigade commander.

As for Professor Zhao, he would be perfectly capable of serving as a vice principal in charge of education.

Under the unanimous request of everyone, Tang Weiguo, unable to refuse repeatedly, had no choice but to reluctantly take on the position of principal.

In addition, the appointment of the vice principal was also finalized at the same time.

The three vice principals are Professor Zhao, Long Wenying, and Tang Guo.

Professor Zhao is in charge of school education and manages teachers' teaching work; Long Wenying is responsible for school administration; and Tang Guo is in charge of school logistics and supplies, providing services for teachers and students.

Finally, after discussions among the group regarding the school's name, they unanimously agreed to Tang Weiguo's proposed name: Wolongshan Independent Brigade First Anti-Japanese School Brigade.

The other four branch schools can be named as Branch School 1, Branch School 2, Branch School 3, and Branch School 4 in sequence.

After the school's name was decided, Tang Guo worked through the night to have the school's name printed out and immediately hung it on the school gate.

The first batch of students enrolled at the First Anti-Japanese School of the Wolongshan Independent Brigade totaled more than 1000.

The Wolongshan main campus enrolled more than 500 students, while the other three campuses enrolled a total of more than 500 students.

All the students recruited in this batch were the biological children or direct relatives of the soldiers of the Independent Brigade during their time in the militia.

The second round of school admissions is scheduled for next year, and the admissions will be open to the immediate family members of soldiers who have recently joined the Independent Brigade.

To express his gratitude to the Independent Brigade soldiers for their contributions to the War of Resistance, Tang Weiguo emphasized that all the students' school expenses would be borne by the Independent Brigade.

Therefore, Tang Weiguo used all the money seized from Wolongshan County for school expenses.

The veterans of the Independent Brigade already knew the news, and upon hearing it again, they exchanged knowing smiles and became even more serious when training new recruits.

But the soldiers who had just joined the independent brigade jumped up excitedly and cheered when they heard the news.

They found it hard to imagine that there was such a military unit that would think of building a school specifically for their children and charging no fees.

In a short time, many new recruits began to wholeheartedly recognize the strength of this unit and sincerely wanted to fight for it, to defend their hometown, their school, and the future of their children.

To the surprise of the officers, the new recruits suddenly trained even harder.

To avoid overtraining, various units quickly reduced the intensity of training to prevent accidents during training.

Meanwhile, preparations for the school's opening ceremony are proceeding smoothly.

According to Tang Weiguo's requirements, it should be lively, but not extravagant or wasteful, and not too expensive.

This has left the organizers of the school celebration racking their brains.

In the end, Tang Guo came up with an idea: since it was an independent brigade's school, then let's solve it using military methods.

"Let's hold a small military parade. This will not only demonstrate the strength of our independent brigade, but also give the new students a strong sense of security."

"The most crucial point is that the soldiers are essentially free labor, so we can hold the opening ceremony without spending a single penny."

Tang Guo shared her thoughts.

"Director Tang's idea is good, I agree." Long Wenying immediately raised her hand in support after hearing this.

"Another point is that we can plant the seeds of our Independent Brigade in the hearts of students, so that they will become loyal supporters of our Independent Brigade when they grow up." After all, Long Wenying had gone to university, and her understanding was deeper than Tang Guo's.

"agree."

"I agree."

Others nodded in agreement and support.

After everyone finalized the plan, Tang Guo immediately found Tang Weiguo and reported it to him. Tang Weiguo nodded in satisfaction after reviewing the plan for the ceremony.

“This plan is very good, let’s go with this plan. As for the troops, I will have Deputy Brigade Commander Zhang cooperate with you. You can tell him any requests you have.”

"Yes, thank you for your support, Brigade Commander."

"Brigade Commander, there's one more thing. You'll still need to personally command the military parade."

“Okay, no problem.” Tang Weiguo nodded.

After leaving Tang Weiguo's office, Tang Guo went directly to Zhang Haoshan's residence to tell him about it.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Haoshan thought it was great news. He immediately assembled the troops stationed in Wolong and selected the best from among the various units, ultimately choosing 600 people to participate in the opening ceremony.

In order to fully demonstrate the spirit of the Independent Brigade to the students, Zhang Haoshan personally organized the soldiers participating in the ceremony to conduct intensive drill training.

He divided the 600 people into four formations of 150 each to conduct parade training.

With everyone's concerted efforts, the school opened as scheduled.