Chapter 241 Ask the Brigade Commander to Be the Referee
"How about it, this little gadget I made is pretty good, isn't it?"
In the open space outside the room, Ding Wei and others had their eyes red from the smoke and their faces were wiped with wet towels by guards including Wei Dayong.
Looking at Ding Wei and others who were looking somewhat embarrassed, and then looking at Li Yunlong who was standing beside him and laughing, Qin Yangming couldn't help but speak.
"Captain, how about you hide first? Captain Ding and the others look a little scary."
"It's okay, just a mixture of pepper and chili powder. I tried it myself last night and it won't cause any problems."
Li Yunlong waved his hand nonchalantly and continued speaking.
"The logistics department has mixed chili powder, pepper powder and some special powders to make artillery shells, in the form of mortar shells, infantry artillery shells, and grenade launchers.
I just fired such a small firecracker, and even we couldn't withstand it, let alone the Japanese.
It is true that the fortifications inside the Japanese' Zhangzhuang stronghold were strong.
But we don't necessarily have to attack the Japanese fortifications. Even if the Japanese are holding on to their fortifications and refuse to come out, we can use this thing to smoke them out!"
Listening to what Li Yunlong said, Qin Yangming seemed to be hesitant to speak.
The Japanese would definitely not be able to bear the chili powder bomb detonating in a confined space, but it was not easy to fire the shell through the shooting hole into the Japanese fortifications.
And even if a shell exploded nearby, how much chili powder or some other mixture made by the logistics department could be blown into the turret?
And even if there were no gas masks in the Japanese fortifications, to deal with this powdery substance, most of the problems could be solved by simply wetting a cloth strip with water and covering the mouth and nose.
All that's left is to close your eyes and wait for the powder to fall to the ground on its own.
In fact, Qin Yangming has some more useful things in his hands, but he can't guarantee whether those things are useful or not.
When the attack was launched on the Japanese 4th Brigade, Luo Chengwen led his men to the Japanese artillery position and obtained a batch of unexploded poison gas bombs from the Japanese artillery position.
Qin Yangming simply hid that batch of poison gas bombs and did not hand them over.
He was planning to use it secretly on the Japanese.
If he used it secretly, even if it was discovered, it would be his own business and would have nothing to do with the higher-ups.
Because the higher-ups don’t even know about this.
So Qin Yangming was struggling over whether or not to tell the story about the batch of poison gas bombs.
If they tell it out loud and something goes wrong, Li Yunlong and others will definitely not be able to escape, and maybe everyone will be held accountable.
Qin Yangming didn't care. He had a strong enough background. At worst, he could just quit being the leader and continue to be a soldier. With his ability, he would be the leader of the vanguard regiment in a few months.
Looking at Qin Yangming's conflicted expression, Li Yunlong sensed something was wrong.
"Xiao Qin, what's with that expression on your face? If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you being so awkward?"
Listening to Li Yunlong's words, Qin Yangming glanced around.
Li Yunlong noticed that Qin Yangming felt that there were too many people around and some things were inconvenient to say, so he immediately took Qin Yangming to a corner and spoke to him.
"Xiao Qin, do you have any good ideas? Come on, tell me."
"Captain, it's like this. You know, when the Japanese attack our positions, if they can't take them down for a long time, those beasts will use..."
"Poison gas bomb."
Listening to what Qin Yangming said, Li Yunlong spoke out the rest of Qin Yangming's words without waiting for him to finish.
Li Yunlong didn't realize anything was wrong when he first said this, but he quickly realized what was wrong.
"Xiao Qin, you don't have any poison gas bombs in your hands?!"
Listening to Li Yunlong's words, Qin Yangming nodded and spoke.
"Well, there was a batch. When we were fighting the Japanese Fourth Brigade, the soldiers thought that the remaining shells were just ordinary shells, so they pulled them all back, and then reported them as ordinary shells.
Finally, some spoils of war were handed in. These shells were directly transferred from one hand to the other and then remained in the warehouse of the Vanguard Regiment.
Just last time when Lao Sun led people to check the warehouse, he found that these shells were a little different, and then he found me, and then I knew that these shells were poison gas bombs. "
Hearing Qin Yangming's words, Li Yunlong's eyes lit up.
“Good stuff, don’t hand it in!
I was worried that the chili powder shells from the logistics department might not work well, but I didn't expect you to give me a surprise!"
“But Captain, that’s a poison gas bomb!
If this matter gets out, it will be very troublesome for our Eighth Route Army..."
"Xiao Qin, are there any words like 'poison gas bombs' written on the shells you mentioned?"
"Of course not. There's only a yellow sign and Japanese words on it."
"Then does our Eighth Route Army have the ability to produce poison gas bombs?"
"No."
"That's it, isn't it? We don't have the ability to produce poison gas bombs, so where do we get them?
Let’s not talk about whether there will be any surviving Japanese soldiers who will leak this matter. Even if they do, where did our poison gas bombs come from?
It was seized!
Whose were they captured from? The Japanese.
Why do we use it?
I can't read, so I didn't know it was a poison gas bomb. I thought it was just an ordinary artillery shell."
Li Yunlong's words immediately dispelled Qin Yangming's concerns.
Yes, we don’t produce poison gas bombs here, and there is no Chinese marking on the shells indicating that they are special shells.
Even the Japanese labels are only on the boxes.
Even if we tell others about it, we can still deceive them with words we can't even read. What's more, this shell was captured from the Japanese!
"Xiao Qin, how many of these shells do you have?"
"We are still counting them. There are mortar shells, infantry artillery shells, and grenade launchers.
We found it yesterday, and we are still taking inventory today to see if there is anything that has been missed by the battalions, companies and platoons."
"Well, let me know when you're done with the inventory."
"Okay, I'll go back and take a look later."
In fact, not many poison gas bombs were seized from the Japanese, and counting them was just Qin Yangming's excuse.
But after Li Yunlong explained how to use it, Qin Yangming no longer worried about what might happen and directly opened the system.
The system contains chemical shells of various calibers and models, and there are even chemical shells that are more powerful than the Japanese's chemical shells. Qin Yangming plans to exchange another batch of chemical shells from the system and mix them together for the Japanese to play with.
...After discussing how to attack Ping'an County as quickly as possible, Qin Yangming also began to discuss with everyone about having the assault platoon conduct decapitation operation training.
“Three captains, this is what I think. Although Fu’an County is not a big county, the city wall of Fu’an County is about ten meters high, and the outer city defense is not bad either.
So I plan to use Fu'an County directly for training.
At that time, I will lead the assault platoon to carry out a decapitation operation against the command center in Fu'an County, and the other three regiments will be responsible for defense.
If the assault platoon can successfully defeat the Fu'an County headquarters amid the defense of the three regiments, then I think it won't be a problem to defeat the Ping'an County headquarters at that time."
Listening to Qin Yangming's proposal, Li Yunlong and others nodded.
"I think there is no problem with Xiao Qin's proposal. Let Xiao Qin do this. Not only can we train the assault platoon, but it can also give our soldiers more experience in dealing with this kind of small elite force that carries out decapitation operations against the headquarters.
I think so. ”
“Well, this training is fine, and we know in advance that Xiao Qin will launch a decapitation operation against our headquarters, so we will definitely make corresponding arrangements. At that time, Xiao Qin will face greater difficulties.
If Xiao Qin still successfully carries out the decapitation operation under such circumstances, it will be easier to attack Ping'an County."
"Most of the soldiers from the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment have seen the assault platoon. In order to ensure the authenticity and effectiveness of the performance, I suggest using my New 2nd Regiment to guard the city gate.
In this way, even if Xiao Qin wanted to infiltrate the assault platoon into Fu'an County in advance, the act would not fail directly because someone in our troops gave up the soldiers of the assault platoon.
After all, no one on the Japanese side knew about the assault platoon."
“This suggestion is fine, but I suggest that we select some soldiers who are familiar with the assault platoon to serve as patrols.
Although no one on the Japanese side knows about the assault platoon, if the assault platoon chooses to sneak into Ping'an County first, it is not ruled out that the Japanese will notice the soldiers of the assault platoon.
Especially with Xiao Qin's size, it's hard not to attract attention."
"That's fine with me. We can increase the patrols. After all, in a real battle, any unexpected situation could happen."
Listening to the arrangements made by the three team leaders, Qin Yangming nodded directly, indicating that he had no problem.
“If that’s the case, how do you evaluate it?
Who will act as the referee?
The referee must ensure fairness and justice. If we directly select personnel from our respective troops to act as referees, it is inevitable that some soldiers will secretly report to the defending side after discovering the assault platoon, which is completely unfair to the attacking side. "
"If we draw personnel from the Vanguard Regiment, then the referee might inform the soldiers of the Assault Platoon, which would be unfair to us."
Hearing the concerns raised by Kong Jie, Li Yunlong chuckled.
He spoke directly.
"The four of us are all parties involved. If we want a fair and impartial referee, we naturally have to ask someone who has nothing to do with us to act as the referee."
"Isn't the brigade commander coming over soon?
Wait for the brigade commander to come over, and ask him to bring the brigade guard battalion to act as the referee, right?"
"And if the assault platoon performs well enough, won't it be more secure if the brigade commander agrees to our attack on Ping'an County?"
Li Yunlong's idea was very simple. Since everyone was worried about unfair refereeing, he would just invite the brigade commander over and use the brigade commander's guard battalion to act as the referee.
In this way, no one can find any fault.
Moreover, after the brigade commander sees the combat effectiveness of the assault platoon and the strength of the four regiments, he will be more likely to agree to their attack on Ping'an County.
That’s right, in fact, Li Yunlong had no idea whether the brigade commander would agree with his attack on Ping’an County.
If all four regiments did not have radio stations now, Li Yunlong would have planned to attack Ping'an County first as long as the assault platoon performed well, and act first and report later.
By the time Ping'an County is taken, it won't matter even if the brigade commander withdraws.
But now the four regiments have radio stations. As soon as Li Yunlong takes action, the brigade commander's dismissal order can be sent immediately.
Li Yunlong was not so stubborn as to disobey the brigade commander's order and lead his troops to attack Ping'an County.
The reason why he disobeyed orders and broke out from another direction was simply because breaking out from the front was indeed feasible and could achieve greater results. In addition, due to the inconvenience of communication and the battlefield situation, Li Yunlong chose to break out from the front.
So his disobedience on the battlefield only sounds serious.
If the order had not been issued by the headquarters, nothing would have happened to Li Yunlong.
But now it’s different. The brigade commander’s order has come down, and you still don’t listen. This is truly disobeying orders.
Dismissal is the lightest punishment.
Everyone had no objection to Li Yunlong's suggestion to ask the brigade commander and the brigade guard battalion to act as referees. Soon, after discussion among several people, Qin Yangming's training plan was quickly passed.
Afterwards, everyone waited for the smell in the room to dissipate, then returned to the room to discuss the training of the new recruits, and then returned to their troops to begin preparations.
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Pioneer Corps Station.
After Qin Yangming returned to the Vanguard Regiment, he first had the system process the chemical shells he had exchanged from the system, making them the same color as the Japanese's shells, and then stuffed them into the warehouse to mix them up. Then he assembled the assault platoon.
Pioneer Regiment Headquarters.
Duan Peng looked at Qin Yangming with trepidation.
I was afraid that Qin Yangming would say that the assault platoon should be disbanded or reorganized.
The last time the Japanese 4th Brigade was completely wiped out, the assault platoon not only did not make any contribution, but also placed the Japanese special forces team near Baihu Ridge.
After the battle, Duan Peng became uneasy when he thought about what Qin Yangming said about reorganizing the assault platoon.
"Captain, do you have any mission for our assault platoon?"
Duan Peng looked at Qin Yangming and asked nervously.
If Qin Yangming said that there was a task to be assigned to the assault platoon, then it would be a good thing for the assault platoon.
The existence of a mission shows that Qin Yangming is still thinking about the assault platoon, and the assault platoon will not be directly reorganized into a reconnaissance company.
The assault platoon’s position is now somewhat awkward.
Although they are scouts, the assault platoon rarely carries out reconnaissance missions.
It is called a spearhead force, but each battalion has its own spearhead force, and the assault platoon is never used in normal times.
It is said to be the regiment guard company, but the Vanguard Regiment is now preparing to form a regiment guard company.
(End of this chapter)
