"Comrade Wang Xuexin!" Daniel held up a kerosene lamp and pushed Wang Xuexin, who was sleeping soundly: "Wake up, we have a mission!"
Wang Xuexin turned around and replied in a daze: "It's so late at night, what kind of mission can I have?"
Not wanting to be a bully, he pushed even harder: "It's a combat mission, the regimental commander gave the order!"
Wang Xuexin was frightened and woke up in an instant. He sat up as soon as he could, looked at Daniel blankly, and asked: "What did you say? Combat mission?"
"Yes!" Daniel nodded excitedly: "The leader ordered you to return to the army immediately. I will be in charge of the teaching team. We will set off as soon as we are ready!"
Wang Xuexin said "Oh", arranged his equipment a little and walked out of the bunker.
At this time, Wang Xuexin discovered that there was actually a light snowfall outside. The snow fell in patches, like goose feathers, and disappeared as soon as it hit the ground, as if it had sunk into the ground.
Wang Xuexin shrank his head and tightened the openings of his military uniform. Although he was wearing a cotton-padded coat, the cotton-padded coat was just two layers of cloth with a finger's worth of cotton sandwiched at the top, which could not block the cold wind outside at all.
But there is no way. The Eighth Route Army has such conditions, and it may be even more difficult in the future.
Holding the gun in hand, I ran down the mountain along the traffic trench, turned around a big rock, and arrived at the headquarters of the Seventh Company.
At this time, the soldiers of the Seventh Company also received orders and were making preparations one by one.
As soon as they saw Wang Xuexin, they greeted each other one after another, and Wang Xuexin responded politely.
When they reached a row, the soldiers immediately stood up and shouted: "Instructor!"
Huzi casually hit several soldiers on the head and cursed: "Are you stupid? Call the platoon leader!"
"Platoon commander!" the soldiers shouted quickly.
"Are you ready?" Wang Xuexin asked.
"Ready!" the soldiers replied loudly.
At this time, Xiao Liu, the battalion headquarters correspondent, shouted from a few meters away: "Platoon Commander, the battalion commander is looking for you!"
Wang Xuexin said "yes", and as he walked toward the battalion headquarters, he secretly thought that something was wrong. He hadn't given the ten rockets he promised to the battalion commander yet. He must be here to collect debts.
The battalion headquarters is located in a bunker on the slope, just a few minutes up the traffic trench.
The whole black cloth at the entrance of the camp is actually made of two layers, one on the outside and one on the inside. This way, when you lift the black cloth and go in, no light will leak out.
This was done at Li Yunlong's request.
At this time, the troops were in the rear, but in order for the troops to enter combat status as soon as possible, Li Yunlong required everything to be operated according to wartime. Li Yunlong often personally inspected posts and sentries, and immediately "criticized and educated" anyone who did not comply with the regulations.
To say that it is criticism and education is actually just to curse.
However, Li Yunlong's eloquence in scolding is unparalleled. He can scold everyone in the independent group non-stop without repeating the same thing. He can be as ruthless as he wants.
Therefore, there is a saying among the independent regiments: If you are not afraid of Japanese soldiers or death, you are only afraid of being scolded by the regiment leader.
In order not to get scolded, each department could only follow the requirements meticulously.
After lifting the black cloth and entering the bunker, the room suddenly became bright. Wang Xuexin saw that the instructor and deputy company commander were also there. They nodded towards Wang Xuexin, and their eyes seemed a little different.
Wang Xuexin didn't have time to guess. He stood up and saluted Guan Dashan, and then said cautiously: "Batalion Commander, I haven't had time to ask about the rockets yet. If I have time, I promise..."
Not wanting to shut down Dashan but not caring about it, he raised his head to the side and said, "Put this aside for now, sit down and talk!"
"Yes!" Wang Xuexin responded and sat down in the seat vacated by Xie Baoqing.
"Comrade Wang Xuexin!" Guan Dashan said: "After careful discussion among several of us and the approval of the regiment officials, we have decided that you will be the commander of the seventh company. What do you think about this?"
Wang Xuexin said "Ah" and asked doubtfully: "Batalion Commander, if I become the company commander, where will our company commander go?"
"Comrade Wang Xuexin!" the instructor explained: "Comrade Wu Lei injured his left hand during the last battle and is no longer able to continue fighting. Considering this situation, the superiors transferred him to manage the mule and horse shop opened by our regiment!"
Then Wang Xuexin understood that Wu Lei originally practiced his left hand because his right hand was not good. Now that his left hand is injured, of course he cannot stay in the army and continue to lead the troops.
That’s fine too!
The Eighth Route Army's mule and horse shop was not just for business, it was also the contact point and training center for the nearby guerrillas. It was the right place for Wu Lei to go.
"Little Northeast!" Guan Dashan said: "Let's start with the ugly talk. This seventh company is the main company of our battalion. Comrade Wu Lei also said that you can rest assured that the company will be left to you. Don't embarrass us. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" Wang Xuexin responded, and at the same time glanced at Xie Baoqing, secretly thinking, shouldn't this be the promotion of deputy company commander to company commander? How could he be directly promoted to the platoon leader?
Later, Wang Xuexin found out that it was Xie Baoqing who proposed this.
When discussing the candidate for company commander, Xie Baoqing said this: "If anyone is qualified to be the company commander, it would be Xiao Dongbei. No matter in terms of merit or ability, no one can match him. It would be someone else.
, let alone others who are dissatisfied, I can’t even sit still!”
Guan Dashan waited for Xie Baoqing's words. Before, he was worried that Xie Baoqing, the deputy company commander, would have objections.
So the matter was settled.
Wang Xuexin is a bit unskilled because managing a company is somewhat different from managing a platoon.
This is not a simple matter of numbers.
It doesn't make much difference whether the number of people is more or less. Wang Xuexin just conveys the task to the platoon leader.
The problem is that a company is often a separate combat unit, and supplies, combat plans, manpower allocation, etc. all need to be considered. To put it simply, it must have the ability to stand on its own.
Although Wang Xuexin's ability is sufficient in this regard, he has not gone through the process of connecting the previous and the next with the deputy company commander, so there may be problems in specific operations.
However, Xie Baoqing patted his chest and said, "Company Commander, don't worry, I will handle all other matters. Just think about how to fight!"
It's much simpler this time. Just commanding the battle, that's all.
Before Wang Xuexin could rush to flip through the roster, the assembly call sounded.
After the troops gathered urgently, they lined up and took to the road.
The instructor conveyed the content of the previous meeting as he walked: "The situation is not very clear at the moment. We received a telegram from the front line, saying that there were several stray tanks in the direction of Yucun! The chief asked us to go and check and try the rocket launcher.
Whether we can really fight tanks, we will be able to arrange missions then!"
"Lost tank?" Wang Xuexin asked.
"I guess so!" the instructor laughed: "We dug up the road everywhere, and the bridges were blown up, so the Japanese tanks had to go around it, and ended up in Yucun!"