The Northern Jiangsu Corps does not have a complicated bureaucracy, and the streamlined agencies work very efficiently. In just two days, all units have been adjusted to the new establishment.
"Dudu-dudu-du-"
Before dawn, the loud wake-up bugle sounded throughout the camps, waking up the sleeping brothers.
The heavy snowfall that lasted for several days made the weather extremely cold. The sky and the earth were covered in snow, and even the willow branches were covered with ice skates, making the air chilly.
"Quick, quick, get up and gather!"
After hearing the wake-up bugle, the newly appointed commander of the third infantry company of the 1st Guerrilla Battalion, "Crazy Wolf", climbed up from the bunk, put on his clothes and loudly urged his brothers.
As a company commander, he was promoted directly from the squad leader. Although he learned a lot from the previous veteran company commander, after all, it was his first time to serve as a company commander, and he still felt guilty.
On the first day of winter military training, he didn't want them to drag the whole battalion back and become a laughing stock. If that happened, he would just buy a piece of tofu and kill them.
"What time is it? It's not even bright yet."
Looking out the window, the brother who was woken up by the new company commander "Crazy Wolf" was bleary-eyed. As he spoke, he fell down and went back to sleep.
"Hurry up, don't wait too long. If you exceed the set time, breakfast will be gone today." The mad wolf shouted loudly and urged.
When they heard that there was no breakfast, these brothers complained incessantly. As they climbed out of bed and put on their clothes, they cursed in a low voice: "Who is so wicked? They actually stipulated that the company that did not meet the standard did not have breakfast. We have nothing to do with it."
I have to tell Commander Yang that we can’t train without breakfast..."
"If you wake up early, you will have food to eat. If you wake up late and have no food to eat, who is to blame?" Crazy Wolf smiled and opened the door, and a cold wind flowed into the room, making the brothers dress faster.
"Let me tell you the truth, this is an order personally given by Chief Yang, just to urge you lazy guys."
When the brothers heard that the order was actually given by Yang Ling himself, they didn't dare to complain anymore. They quickly put on their clothes, grabbed hold of them and rushed out of the house, into the cold wind, and ran towards the assembly point.
In the thick snow, there were figures everywhere wearing thick cotton coats running and gathering. After a while, each phalanx stood in the cold wind.
"It's almost time." A brother wearing the armband of the inspection team looked at the watch in his hand and nodded to another brother.
The Inspection Team is a newly established disciplinary force in Yangling. It is mainly responsible for maintaining the military appearance and discipline of each battalion, which is equivalent to the military police force.
Previously, the inspection team had been intensively receiving training from Yang Ling, so today was the first time that their inspection team made its appearance.
Yang Ling had clear regulations on the assembly time of each unit, and also wanted to train the brothers to maintain a quick reaction speed and always remain on alert.
But it was too cold today. When most of the brothers heard the wake-up call, they quickly dressed up and rushed to the designated place to gather. However, there were still some who were a step too late.
The veteran "Rat" had just been promoted to captain and company commander, so he acted as a host last night and secretly bought two kilograms of bulk sorghum wine and some peanuts from Jieshou Town. He hid in the house and drank with some old brothers that night.
It's a happy event, and it can be considered a celebration.
We are not in combat mode now, so each battalion turns a blind eye to drinking in the camp. After all, it is freezing cold, so it is good to drink a few ounces of wine to warm the stomach.
Although the Northern Jiangsu Corps is not rich now, it is not too poor either. It has captured a lot. Now the theater headquarters has supplemented the military salary. It can be regarded as a benefit for the regular army. If it is an ordinary local army, let alone military salary, food
None of them had enough to eat.
Veteran "Mouse" and other old brothers were all happy, so they drank all the two kilograms of sorghum wine.
In those days, what merchants paid attention to was credibility. If it was said to be sorghum wine, it was definitely real sorghum wine and would never be watered down.
So after two kilograms of sorghum wine, Mouse was still a little dizzy even though he had a good drink capacity, so when the wake-up call sounded just now, they took a few steps slower.
"Which battalion are you from?"
When they saw that all the troops had gathered to count, Mouse and the others hurriedly grabbed their clothes and ran over. Several brothers wearing the armbands of the inspection team stepped forward to stop Mouse and the others. The second lieutenant who led the team saluted the captain, company commander, Mouse.
Li, he asked seriously.
"You're in charge of my camp. Get out of the way. I'm going to be late for the meeting."
Mouse's head was still groggy. When he saw someone blocking his way, he would push them away in annoyance.
"We are from the inspection team, and we are ordered to inspect the military discipline of the troops. You are already two minutes late for gathering, so please cooperate with us and report your numbers and names..." the second lieutenant of the inspection team said with a straight face.
"Bullshit inspector team, please see clearly, I am a captain, how dare you stop me?!"
Mouse saw that they not only refused to get out of the way, but also seriously asked to report their number and name, which made Mouse a little angry.
"Sir, please cooperate with us and report your number and name——"
"Mom, if you have to fight against me, don't you, you idiot, you won't go and ask around? When I was fighting with the Japanese with bayonets, you were still unborn in your mother's womb. Get out of my way now, otherwise I will
You're welcome." Several old brothers behind Mouse also started shouting, a little anxious.
Because they saw that among the troops assembled not far away, many people were secretly looking at this place. After all, being late was not a glorious thing, and they did not want to be watched as monkeys.
"Get rid of their guns! Send them to the solitary confinement room."
Although Mouzi and the others are veterans of many battles and have a higher military rank than the second lieutenant of the inspection team, this second lieutenant is selfless and business-like.
"Let's see who dares to fire my gun today!" Seeing these people wearing inspection squads actually want to step forward and fire their guns, the rat immediately became angry.
He was a veteran, and had fought countless bloody battles with the Japs, but the Japs could not disarm him. Now that one of his own people wanted to shoot him, his temper was getting worse.
Mouse pulled out the shell gun from the holster on his waist and started to confront several old brothers and people from the inspection team behind him.
Facing the menacing rats and the others, the second lieutenant of the inspection team did not change his expression at all, and suddenly blew the copper whistle hanging around his neck.
The penetrating copper whistle sounded, and more than a dozen officers and soldiers who also wore the armbands of the inspection team ran over from a distance when they heard the sound.
Seeing more than a dozen people wearing the armbands of the Inspectorate running past at a distance, the assembled members of the Mouse Company immediately couldn't stand it any longer.
"Brothers, you guys, someone dares to touch our company commander!" A brother said, taking off the gun he was carrying and shouting.
"Let's see who dares to move!"
At this time, there was a loud shout, and Blacksmith, the acting commander of the 1st Battalion, who was still bandaged, walked over with a dark face.
"Battalion...battalion commander, our company commander was stopped by those people from the inspection team." The brother explained hurriedly.
"Deserve it!"
Looking at Mo Zi and others who were surrounded by the inspection team in the distance, the blacksmith's face didn't look good and he said angrily.
He had just been demoted to acting battalion commander due to a command error in the battle at Jieshou that caused heavy casualties to the troops. Now the people under his command were not worried and kept attacking others' guns. Now he wanted to rush over and kick the rats.