Chapter 100 Kong Jie's Request
"Battalion Commander, Deputy Commander Kong is coming with reinforcements."
"Oh? Deputy Captain Kong is here?
Where is he now? "
Qin Yangming listened to Goudan's report, put down the MG42 general-purpose machine gun he was maintaining, stood up and asked.
"Deputy Captain Kong is organizing reinforcements to help build fortifications. He said he would come to you later."
"Well, I see."
Qin Yangming listened to what Goudan said, but he was not in a hurry and continued to maintain his weapon.
Qin Yangming has always maintained his weapons himself.
It’s not that other people’s maintenance level is not good, but Qin Yangming’s habit.
Weapons are a soldier's second life. Qin Yangming will never put his life in the hands of others.
In addition, people like Qin Yangming who have their own fixed weapons will generally make slight adjustments to their weapons to suit their own usage habits.
If someone who doesn't know about it performs maintenance in the usual way, it may affect the use of the weapon.
Especially the sniper rifle given to him by the system. If the scope was touched by someone else, Qin Yangming would be furious.
There are some differences between the sniper rifles given by the system and those exchanged in the system mall. The sniper rifles in the mall can be said to be common goods, but they are modified from Mauser 98k rifles with slightly higher accuracy, which are similar to those in the normal world.
However, the sniper rifle given to him by the system seemed to be specially customized, and its accuracy was higher than that of ordinary sniper rifles.
After Qin Yangming had maintained his weapons and equipment, he reassembled them and handed them to Goudan to carry.
Kong Jie also came over after arranging the troops.
"Captain Kong, will you take over the defense of Baihu Ridge?"
Qin Yangming looked at Kong Jie coming over and asked.
Although Baihu Ridge is now Qin Yangming's territory, Qin Yangming is only a battalion commander and Kong Jie is the deputy regiment commander.
If Kong Jie wanted to take over Baihu Ridge, Qin Yangming would naturally hand over the command to Kong Jie.
Kong Jie listened to Qin Yangming's words, shook his head, and then looked around: "Xiao Qin, I have something to talk to you about."
Qin Yangming understood immediately and waved his hand to let Goudan and others leave.
When Kong Jie saw that Qin Yangming and he were the only two people left in the battalion headquarters, he pulled over a few empty ammunition boxes and sat down: "Xiao Qin, there is something I hope you can agree to."
Qin Yangming listened to Kong Jie's words and frowned in confusion: "Captain Kong, what's the matter?"
"Do you want to borrow some equipment? Or someone?"
Kong Jie looked at Qin Yangming and said directly: "I want to borrow the entire Vanguard Camp."
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"Captain Kong, you want to borrow the entire Vanguard Battalion? What do you want to do?"
After listening to Kong Jie's words, Qin Yangming also became serious.
Although the Pioneer Battalion is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Independent Regiment, in fact the Pioneer Battalion has a very high degree of autonomy.
The Vanguard Battalion can be said to be a small system in itself. The appointment of the military chief in the Vanguard Battalion is assessed by Qin Yangming and Zhangye, and then reported to the regiment headquarters for direct appointment.
The regiment headquarters will not interfere in the military work of the vanguard battalion, and almost all of it will be left to Qin Yangming.
As for the political chief, the power to appoint does not lie in the hands of the independent regiment, but in the hands of the brigade headquarters.
If anyone in the independent regiment other than the vanguard battalion wants to mobilize the troops of the vanguard battalion, even a platoon, they must have the order of Li Yunlong or Qin Yangming.
Otherwise, even Zhao Gang would not be able to mobilize a single soldier from the Vanguard Battalion. Kong Jie's order was only to help the Vanguard Battalion guard Baihu Ridge and see if there was any chance to take a bite out of Shiquan County.
There was no authority to mobilize the vanguard battalion for combat.
If Kong Jie wants to bypass Li Yunlong and mobilize the vanguard battalion, he must obtain Qin Yangming's consent.
"Captain Kong, you don't intend to attack Shiquan County, do you?"
When Qin Yangming heard Kong Jie say that he wanted to borrow the entire vanguard camp, he was wondering what Kong Jie was going to do.
The vanguard battalion now has nearly 2,000 troops, including a mountain artillery company, a mortar company, a rocket launcher company, a cavalry company... Although it is organized as a battalion, its actual combat effectiveness and personnel equipment are stronger than any regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
If the Japanese forces nearby are just strongholds, then the three battalions of independent regiment troops that Kong Jie brought with him are enough to deal with them.
If the vanguard battalion is sent to attack the stronghold, it would be like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
In order not to waste the combat effectiveness of the Vanguard Battalion, the biggest possibility is that Kong Jie wants to attack Shiquan County!
When Kong Jie saw that Qin Yangming had guessed his thoughts, he stopped pretending.
"Xiao Qin, you also know the situation of the independent regiment."
"The last time Yangcun was attacked by the Japanese, the independent regiment was directly given a dough hat."
"I originally thought that I could take off this hat by attacking Qinghe County last time.
But I didn't expect that the bastard Li Yunlong didn't give the main attack mission to the Independent Regiment, but to the New 1st Regiment.
If the independent regiment wants to get rid of the label of being a dough-making group, it must fight a tough battle.”
“But there aren’t so many opportunities to fight tough battles.
This time we have obtained the consent of the brigade commander and can attack the two county towns of Linyuan and Shiquan.
I had originally thought that the main attack mission for the last attack on Qinghe County should be given to the New 1st Regiment. This time, for the attack on Linyuan County, even if it was a turn, it should be the turn of my Independent Regiment.
Li Yunlong did let our independent regiment go up, but I didn’t expect that the Japanese would run away!
Moreover, those puppet troops surrendered to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army..."
"So Commander Kong hopes that I can help attack Shiquan County and take off the dough hat on the head of the independent regiment."
Kong Jie nodded: "Well, Xiao Qin, I know that your vanguard battalion is nominally part of the independent regiment.
But in fact, the boss only took into consideration the heavy losses suffered by the Independent Regiment that time, so he sent the Vanguard Battalion to the Independent Regiment to support it.
It is estimated that after this battle, the Vanguard Battalion will separate from the Independent Regiment and form a new regiment.
The hat worn by the independent regiment's dough has nothing to do with the Pioneer Battalion.
But I don’t want that. The independent regiment was established by Political Commissar Li and I. I don’t want the independent regiment that we two worked so hard to establish to be labeled as a traitorous group after Political Commissar Li’s death.
It’s been almost a year since the political commissar died. If I wait until the time comes to pay tribute to him, I really won’t be able to tell him that the independent regiment turned into a dough.”
"Xiao Qin, I'm begging you for this. You just need to lead the vanguard battalion to help me fight for reinforcements, and leave the siege to me."
"If the higher-ups ask about it, I'll say it was my own idea and I promise I won't make it difficult for you."
Qin Yangming listened to what Kong Jie said and nodded in agreement: "I can agree to this matter, Captain Kong.
Captain Kong, if you want to attack the county town, you can't do it without heavy firepower. I'll give you the mountain artillery company and the anti-aircraft machine gun platoon."
Seeing Qin Yangming agreed, Kong Jie stood up excitedly: "Xiao Qin, I, Old Kong, would like to thank you here. After you settle down, I will treat you to a drink!"
"Captain Kong, the troops have just finished a battle. How about we take a night's rest and then march into Shiquan County tomorrow?
Things in Linyuan County have not been settled yet. By tomorrow, things in Linyuan County will be clear. By then, even if there are any problems, there will be enough troops to deal with them. "
Kong Jie listened to Qin Yangming's suggestion and nodded: "Well, I have the same idea. Let the troops rest for a night before launching an attack on Shiquan County."
"Even if something unexpected happens, Li Yunlong will be able to spare some troops to support us."
(End of this chapter)
