Chapter 256 Ready to go
"No problem. When this matter is over, I can help you train a similar force. However, I cannot guarantee that all the trained troops will have the strength of a special forces team.
After all, everyone in the special forces team is carefully selected.
The first new regiment, the independent regiment, and the vanguard regiment behind me, the three regiments carefully selected these thirty people. "
Qin Yangming naturally would not refuse the requests from Ding Wei and Kong Jie.
Wanting to train a team similar to the special forces would indeed play a significant role for the three regiments.
Even if their strength is not as good as that of the special forces, being half as strong is already pretty good.
If a regiment has a team similar to a special forces team, it can play a good role in conducting small-scale ambushes, reconnaissance missions, or prisoner-capturing missions.
Or it can be used as a spearhead force.
After finishing the discussion, Qin Yangming and the others dispersed and began to make preparations.
Because there was a plan to attack Ping'an County a long time ago, the relevant supplies for each unit were prepared.
Therefore, now it only requires a slight modification and the troops can set out immediately.
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"Duan Peng, Goudan, assemble the special forces and the cavalry company and prepare for the mission!"
After Qin Yangming rode back to the vanguard regiment on horseback, he immediately gave orders.
"Yes!"
After receiving Qin Yangming's order, Goudan and Duan Peng left on horseback and went to notify the cavalry company and special forces as Qin Yangming requested.
After arranging the tasks for Duan Peng and Goudan, Qin Yangming turned his attention to Zhangye beside him.
This time he needs to take the special forces team to Xiaocaozhuang first, and the burden of the vanguard group will all fall on Zhangye.
"Lao Zhang, this time I need to take people to Xiaocao Village first to see if I can contact Qingquan Muyi and Murakuchi Saburo.
If we can get in touch and continue the transaction, it will be much easier for us to attack Ping'an County. During this period, the Vanguard Group will need to rely on you.
If Kiyozumi Muichi and Murakuchi Saburo are still willing to continue the transaction, then I will rush back to the vanguard group soon.
But this is only the best case scenario, and we still need to be prepared for a strong attack.
Wait a minute, give all those artillery shells to Li Erhu, and let Li Erhu take the mountain artillery battalion to the independent regiment.
You take the rest of the troops and follow Captain Kong.
If you have any ideas that you can't make up your mind along the way and can't contact me, just ask Captain Kong. Captain Kong is a steady person. Even if he doesn't make great contributions, he won't make any big mistakes either.
Remember, apart from you, me, Li Erhu and Captain Li, no one else is allowed to know about those special shells!
Tell Li Erhu that when using special shells, let him bring his own exclusive artillery team and do not distribute the shells to every gun.
It is also not allowed to fire only this type of shell, so Li Erhu was asked to mix special shells and normal shells together.
His gun crew fires special shells, and the other gun crews fire normal shells.
I have informed Captain Li that all the artillery groups will be dispersed at that time, and a squad of soldiers will be arranged near each artillery group as direct guards.
During the firing, no one is allowed to approach the artillery unless they have received orders from Li Yunlong, and Li Yunlong personally calls to notify them. If you approach without permission, you will be shot as a warning, and shot twice to kill you! "
Seeing Zhangye coming, Qin Yangming waved to the soldiers around him to disperse, then walked to Zhangye, hooked his arm around Zhangye's neck and whispered instructions to Zhangye.
"Also, tell Li Erhu and the others that no matter what the situation, only three specially prepared special shells should be kept, and the rest must be fired!"
Listening to Qin Yangming's instructions, Zhangye nodded seriously.
"Captain, don't worry, I promise to convey your words to Li Erhu intact."
"Well, the Vanguard Regiment will be handed over to you for the next period of time. Although you are the political chief and have not led troops into battle before, you should not feel any psychological pressure.
If you encounter any situation that you don’t know how to solve, just ask Captain Kong.
The equipment and supplies of the New Second Regiment are a little inferior. We will help as much as we can. We ask you soldiers to pay attention to your words and deeds. You are absolutely not allowed to show off your equipment in front of your comrades in the New Second Regiment, and you are absolutely not allowed to have conflicts with the soldiers of the New Second Regiment.
Commander Kong is a very stable commander, and he will also be able to discipline the soldiers of the New Second Regiment.
If anyone in the vanguard group dares to disobey, tell me when I come back and I will punish them."
"In addition, regarding logistics, have Lao Sun compile relevant information about the breeding farm and submit it to the brigade headquarters, or have Lao Sun bring someone to the brigade headquarters when the time comes.
This time when I went to the brigade headquarters, I didn’t get to eat, and I also lost my farm.”
This was the first time that Qin Yangming led a small force out alone, leaving the large force to Zhangye to lead in the battle.
It was also the first time that Zhangye led troops to fight in a real sense. Although Zhangye had the ability, he came from a political background after all, and was still somewhat lacking in combat.
Qin Yangming was worried that Zhangye was under too much pressure. After all, such a large vanguard regiment was under great pressure on Zhangye. If any problems occurred with the vanguard regiment, Zhangye would be deeply guilty.
In particular, the vanguard group is basically centered around Qin Yangming. In other words, the entire vanguard group extremely admires Qin Yangming.
Apart from Qin Yangming, who made them admire him and obey his orders unconditionally, no one else could command the vanguard regiment at all.
Even the political commissar of Zhangye was only given the respect he deserved.
If there was no Qin Yangming's order, no one would obey Zhangye's order if he wanted to mobilize normal combat troops to do things.
The only mobile troops that Zhangye could command were a part of the direct guards.
Faced with the situation where Qin Yangming relied on his personal charm to raise the morale and combat effectiveness of the entire vanguard regiment to the peak, Zhangye had no good way to prevent the soldiers' personal worship.
But Qin Yangming was just a regiment leader, and he would discuss everything with Zhangye and would not have the final say.
There is no harm in this situation. On the contrary, it will greatly improve the cohesion of the troops, stabilize morale, and enhance combat effectiveness...
Therefore, Zhangye did not think about making any changes at the beginning.
And now, because Qin Yangming leads the vanguard regiment to fight, they have never been defeated once.
The entire vanguard group's personal worship of Qin Yangming became even more serious, and Zhangye had no way to change it but to let it go. This situation would be alleviated after the troops expanded and a large number of new recruits joined.
Then we can seize the opportunity to do some ideological work on the soldiers.
However, Zhangye did not expect that the original plan was for Qin Yangming to lead the Vanguard Regiment and Kong Jie to lead the New Second Regiment to enter the Ping'an County area. As a result, Qin Yangming now needs to lead the special forces cavalry company to Xiaocaozhuang to contact Qingquan Muyi and Murakuchi Saburo.
The task of moving the troops to the Ping'an County area with the vanguard regiment and Kong Jie fell entirely on Zhangye.
Don't think that troop transfer is a small task. Once something goes wrong in the middle, or if you encounter a certain Japanese unit, you will have to decide whether to fight, how to fight, what will be the consequences of fighting, and what will be the consequences of not fighting.
All these things fell on Zhangye's shoulders.
Zhangye also had to get the entire vanguard regiment to cooperate. If the three battalion commanders below competed for the attack mission, how should Zhangye allocate it so as to minimize the losses of the troops and maximize the benefits?
And how to fight during battle...
In short, Zhangye will not only be responsible for the task of the political commissar, but also have to take on the task of Qin Yangming, the regiment commander.
If Zhangye had Li Yunlong, or people with the ability of Kong Jie, Ding Wei and others, there would not be much pressure to lead the vanguard group.
But Zhangye had never led troops to fight a war before, and had always been doing political work.
Now he was suddenly asked to lead the troops to fight. Although Kong Jie was there to help, he was the commander of the New Second Regiment after all.
They are the vanguard.
Zhangye didn't even dare to guarantee that the vanguard group would obey his orders from top to bottom, let alone let the vanguard group obey Kong Jie's orders.
Unless the old commander Li Yunlong comes, he might not be able to command the vanguard regiment.
So Zhangye also felt tremendous pressure at this moment, and his body was a little tense.
In order to relieve the pressure on Zhangye, Qin Yangming constantly gave Zhangye various suggestions.
Tell Zhangye how to deal with any situation, and if anyone disobeys his orders, he will deal with it himself when he returns.
He didn't even obey the political commissar's orders and was actually rebelling.
When he is not here, the political commissar of the Vanguard Regiment has the highest authority!
To be on the safe side, before the cavalry company of the new regiment of the independent regiment and the personnel assigned to the other three regiments arrived, Qin Yangming directly summoned all the military chiefs of the battalions and companies of the regiment to hold a meeting.
"I have already told you the combat mission. In short, I have only one thing to say. If I am not in the Vanguard Regiment, then the political commissar is the most senior one in the Vanguard Regiment. I don't care what you think in your heart. You must obey the orders of the political commissar honestly!
If I find anyone who dares to take the political commissar's words lightly, I will loosen his bones myself after I come back!"
Seeing Qin Yangming crush the table with one hand, the military commanders of the battalions and companies, who usually regarded Qin Yangming as the third and him as the fourth, all promised to obey the orders of the political commissar during the time when Qin Yangming was away.
"Captain, Captain Li is here."
After Qin Yangming gave instructions to everyone, Goudan came to Qin Yangming and reported that Li Yunlong had brought people here.
Qin Yangming certainly knew what Li Yunlong came here for, so without any further ado, he took Li Yunlong directly to the artillery camp.
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"This is what we call a cannon camp, all of them are mountain cannons. Xiao Qin, you are really capable."
At the artillery camp of the vanguard regiment, Li Yunlong praised the neatly arranged mountain cannons.
"Captain, your independent regiment's artillery battalion is not bad now. You know, in the past, even if we had one cannon, it was a great harvest.
Now the artillery of our four regiments combined can form an artillery regiment.
Commander, when you return later, please take the artillery battalion with you."
"I will set off with the special forces and the cavalry battalion in a moment."
Listening to Qin Yangming's words, Li Yunlong sent away the soldiers around him and walked to Qin Yangming's side.
"Xiao Qin, where are those things?"
The things Li Yunlong was talking about naturally refer to the special shells in Qin Yangming's hands.
Listening to Li Yunlong's question, Qin Yangming pointed directly at an ammunition truck that Li Erhu was loading personally and spoke.
“Yes, those three ammunition trucks over there have fifty-six shells.
So many shells are enough to cover the entire Zhangzhuang. When the time comes, the two cannons will open fire. I also have a batch of mortar shells here. If the mountain artillery shells are not enough, we will use the mortar shells... The mortar shells are also in the gun carriage.
Captain, I will hand these things over to you. When the time comes, you can give them all to Li Erhu. Li Erhu knows how to use them.
Commander, remember, when these shells are used, Li Erhu will fire all of them within ten minutes.
If there is no wind, the large force will have to wait at least half an hour before launching a charge, and during this period they will have to continue bombing with ordinary artillery shells.
It is best to wait an hour for all the gas to dissipate before sending the soldiers charging.
Otherwise, if our soldiers inhale this air, we will be the ones in trouble.
In addition, when Li Erhu and his men are firing, Commander, you must have the guards be prepared. No unauthorized personnel are allowed to approach Li Erhu and his men's artillery positions.
Also, during transportation, no one except the people brought by Li Erhu is allowed to approach the transport vehicle.
If someone with ulterior motives deliberately uses so many shells to harm us, we would be in trouble but that would be a small matter.
What if these shells explode among our own troops?
If the soldiers were injured by mistake, it would be a serious crime."
Listening to Qin Yangming's words, Li Yunlong patted his chest and made the assurance.
"I asked Hu Zi to personally lead the men to the outermost area. No one is allowed to approach the artillery position without my presence.
If anyone dares to approach, no matter if it's a stranger or anyone else, one shot will be used as a warning, and two shots will kill them immediately."
Li Yunlong knew Qin Yangming's concerns and how dangerous these artillery shells were. Even if Qin Yangming didn't say it, he didn't intend to let anyone get close to the artillery positions of Li Erhu and others.
"Okay, Commander, you can take the artillery battalion to the independent regiment now. The equipment of the artillery battalion is ready.
If you take the bridge first, you can then ask the artillery camp to drive trucks directly to transport the shells over.
I remember that the chairman of the maintenance association in Fu'an County is one of our people. He has a truck, and we can arrange for someone to borrow it to transport the shells. Trucks can transport a lot more shells than mules and horses."
"no problem."
(End of this chapter)
