101st Independent Regiment, Second Battalion Camp.
Under the late night light, more than five hundred soldiers stood in the square in front of the camp with their hands behind their backs, like javelins.
The second battalion commander was facing them, also with his hands behind his back, and shouted loudly: "Listen up, Xing Jiu Mengzi has been promoted, and now he is a senior colonel. He wants to come to us to recruit troops. Anyone whose name will be called in a moment will be given."
I will automatically leave the queue! Do you understand?"
"yes."
Everyone shouted in unison, their voices uniform.
Xing Yao walked over speechlessly and kicked the second battalion commander on the butt: "You are so stupid in front of so many people, and you are making fun of me, right?"
The second battalion commander grinned: "Aren't you awesome now? Come on, sir, please!"
"Okay, then I'm not polite. There aren't many people, just a piece of paper!"
As he spoke, Xing Yao took out a piece of A4 paper from his arms, with a dense row of names printed on it.
The second battalion commander took it and took a look. He was trembling with anger. He pointed at the list and said, "Damn it, there are so many people? You are trying to drain me dry."
Xing Yao said with a helpless look: "There is no way, this is a task given by the superiors. It's okay if you don't choose anyone. I just don't want to go, how about you go for me?"
"Okay! I'll let you choose!" The second battalion commander gritted his teeth and said to the soldiers in front of him: "Everyone stand at attention!"
"Snapped!"
Everyone immediately straightened their legs and looked straight ahead.
"Anyone who hears the name, come out!" The second battalion commander took the list and read: "Reconnaissance company, platoon three, Zhao Xi!"
"arrive!"
A soldier walked out with firm eyes!
"Firepower company, second platoon, second squad, Wang Hai!"
"arrive!"
Another soldier walked out of the crowd.
"Engineer company..."
The sound of calling names lasted for a full twenty minutes, and more than a hundred soldiers stood up and lined up in the square formation on the other side.
"Is that enough?"
The second battalion commander turned to look at Xing Yao.
"And." Xing Yao then took a step forward and asked the soldiers: "Those under the age of twenty-five, come out!"
"Crash!"
Fifty or sixty people came out of the team.
Xing Yao asked again: "We will set up artillery positions, assemble light and heavy firepower, and those under thirty years old will come out!"
"Crash!"
Another fifty or sixty people walked out of the crowd.
Xing Yao nodded and said to the second battalion commander: "That's enough."
Together, these people amounted to 240 to 50 people, almost half of the total number of people in the second battalion. The commander of the second battalion's face turned green with distress.
Xing Yao patted his shoulder: "Then I'm leaving! I'll buy you a drink when I come back!"
When the second battalion commander heard this, he paused for a long time, looked at Xing Yao and said, "Bring yourself and these soldiers back to me. I'll beg you as fast as you can."
"Okay." Xing Yao nodded heavily.
The two looked at each other for a long time. Xing Yao looked away and shouted to the soldiers: Five minutes to say goodbye to old comrades, five minutes to pack your things and get in the car. Disband!"
The rows of soldiers dispersed. As they walked, a young man said to his comrades next to him: "I have just become acquainted with you, and I am leaving again."
"Be safe, Xiaohai!"
"Bring me a bottle of chili pepper sauce!"
"There are five more bottles, take them all!!"
"...!"
A group of young people chatted while walking, and when they returned to the camp, they said goodbye reluctantly.
Ten minutes later, Xing Yao watched these people walk out of the camp, stood on both sides, and waved his hands.
More than 200 people got on the military vehicle, not knowing their destination or what they were going to do.
In the camp, the old regiment leader, several tents, and the soldiers who were not selected all saluted and watched them leave.
The same thing happened repeatedly in various camps of the People's Min Army. Fei Pingsheng and Xing Yao personally recruited troops, all in secret, on the grounds that they were reorganizing the troops and redistributing their forces.
…
One day later, late at night.
More than 30 military vehicles were parked at the edge of the camp, and about 3,000 soldiers gathered here.
Xing Yao was waving to everyone, directing the soldiers, and was busy carrying military supplies to the car.
Fei Pingsheng stood aside, wrapped in a thick military coat, talking on the phone.
From the microphone, his wife Ahua's roar came: "Fei Pingsheng! There are so many people in the headquarters, why do you stand forward? What are you saying?"
Fei Pingsheng frowned and replied: "Okay, okay, stop shouting, the whole military camp has heard your voice. The orders have been issued, what's the use of saying this now? You stay well in Bana City.
Come on, I know it's okay, I'll be back in two days."
At this point, the couple fell into silence.
Ah Hua thought for a long time and said to him: "Fei Pingsheng, if it weren't for you, I, a woman, wouldn't have done this kind of thing outside, nor would I have been drifting for so many years. Do you understand?"
Fei Pingsheng paused for a long time and said slowly: "I know everything..."
Although Ahua didn't know what Fei Pingsheng was going to do, anyone who wasn't a fool could figure it out... It was definitely dangerous for a chief of general staff to suddenly lead a team away without being able to talk on the phone.
So, she was silent for a while, and her voice became a little softer: "It's good that you know...I'll wait for you to come back..."
"good!"
Fei Pingsheng nodded, turned to look at the troops next to him, and said calmly: "For now, please pay more attention to your health, don't be too tired, wait until I come back."
"Um……"
The two hung up the phone, and Fei Pingsheng returned to the team.
Xing Yao glanced at him and asked with a smile: "Sister-in-law? Did I scold you?"
Fei Pingsheng said calmly: "I missed me. I cried so hard that it took me a long time to get over."
Xing Yao chuckled and said nothing more.
Fifteen minutes later, three thousand troops mounted military vehicles and set off slowly under the cover of darkness.
…
Another four hours later, more than thirty military vehicles came to a standstill on a very muddy dirt road.
There are continuous mountains ahead, and the convoy cannot move forward. At the end of the dirt road, there is a dense forest that can't be seen to the end. There are weeds, branches, and vines everywhere, connected together, and there is no complete road at all.
Fei Pingsheng sat in the car, looking at the scene ahead, took out his walkie-talkie, and shouted to all channels: "Attention all units, get out of the car! Logistics team, start unloading goods and distribute them!"
"receive!"
More than 3,000 troops jumped out of the military vehicle without any sound and quickly stood on the dirt road in an orderly manner, with their feet covered in mud.
Then, under the command of the logistics group, all military supplies were unloaded and distributed to the soldiers one by one, allowing them to carry them manually.
After everyone was ready, Fei Pingsheng looked deeply at the dense forest ahead and ordered: "Let's go!"
"yes!"
Each of the soldiers was wearing anti-thermal energy detection cloth, and they were grouped according to their respective groups, carrying heavy cargo, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and gradually walked into the dense forest.
The commander of the motorcade looked at these people with a hint of admiration and solemnity in his eyes. He turned around and saluted Fei Pingsheng with a military salute: "We can only send it here. I wish you victory and good luck!!"
Fei Pingsheng stretched out his hand, patted his shoulder and said, "Thank you, go back quickly."
After saying that, he also put on the anti-thermal energy detection cloth, followed the large army, and got into the vast dense forest.
In this operation, a total of two brigades were mobilized, with a total of 18,000 men, which took away almost half of the Minjun Second Army. The external reason was that the troops had suffered excessive battle losses and had to be reorganized.
These 18,000 people were divided into six squads, marching towards the predetermined target from six different starting positions, carrying military supplies on their backs.