When they saw Xie Zhengxiang, the commander of the fourth battalion, and Liu Zhi, the battalion commander of the fifth battalion, arriving together, everyone who was talking and laughing turned around and said hello with a smile.
Xie Zhengxiang, the commander of the fourth battalion, has always had a prejudice against these officers who rose up from the ranks step by step. He always felt that he, who was born in a military academy, was superior to others.
"snort!"
So when I was greeted, I just snorted coldly, then raised my head and walked straight towards the courtyard pointed at.
The fifth battalion commander Liu Zhi, who was transferred from the theater headquarters to the Northern Jiangsu Corps together with the fourth battalion commander Xie Zhengxiang, wore black-rimmed glasses. Seeing Xie Zhengxiang not giving face to the blacksmiths, his face was full of embarrassment.
"Captain Shen, Commander Tie, Commander Wu...don't be offended. Commander Xie has this weird temper. I've told him this many times."
Xie Zhengxiang could wave his sleeves to show off, but Liu Zhi couldn't. He greeted Shen Biao and the others with a smile and explained, and wiped Xie Zhengxiang's butt.
"Haha, it doesn't matter. We are fighting a war. Who doesn't have a weird temper? I can't move when I see alcohol. I was even put in solitary confinement by Chief Yang."
Seeing Liu Zhi's friendly face, Shen Biao laughed and revealed the little thing about himself, trying to lighten the atmosphere.
But everyone had just been shaken off by Xie Zhengxiang, and they all smiled reluctantly, but the atmosphere was still a bit awkward.
"Well, everyone, you can chat while I go in first."
Seeing that the atmosphere was not very good, Liu Zhi pushed up his black glasses, said goodbye, and followed into the yard.
Although Liu Zhi knew that the relationship in the Northern Jiangsu Corps could not be too tense with these brothers who had been on the battlefield with Yang Ling, he also wanted to live in harmony with them.
But after all, he and Xie Zhengxiang were transferred from the war zone together, so they were on the same front. Even if they were dissatisfied with Xie Zhengxiang's temperament, they still had to stand with him.
"Humph, what the hell? I haven't fought many battles, but my head is already in the sky."
Looking at the backs of Xie Zhengxiang and others in the yard, Liu Jinhu, who had a straightforward temper, couldn't help but curse.
"I've drank ink after all. Just like you, you're a big boss. You've been in literacy class for so long and you can't even write your own name." Shen Biao looked at Liu Jinhu and joked with a smile.
"Writing can't kill Japanese people. Knowing so many words is useless. I think the literacy class is just messing around." Liu Jinhu retorted dissatisfiedly.
Deputy battalion commander Luo Feng also joked: "Jin Hu, if you have the ability to go to Commander Yang and say this, let's see if Commander Yang doesn't put you in solitary confinement."
Looking at the people joking and joking, Liu Jin reacted and said: "I'm not stupid, I want to go to you."
The crowd burst into laughter again, dissipating the unhappiness just now.
"Okay, let's not hang around here blowing the cold wind. Let's all go in." The blacksmith, the commander of the first battalion, had a serious expression as he greeted everyone to go in for the meeting.
The Northern Jiangsu Corps was originally a monolithic unit, but now that the theater headquarters has dispatched some officers, it now vaguely resembles two mountains.
One group is composed of old brothers headed by the blacksmith. They all worked hard on the battlefield with Yang Ling. They have fought countless battles with the Japs and have gone to hell several times.
They are now the main officers at the battalion and company level, controlling the North Jiangsu Corps, and can be regarded as Yang Ling's right-hand man.
The other faction is the airborne faction headed by Yuan Guangtao, the deputy captain who was transferred from the theater headquarters. Many of them came from military academies, but have no experience in leading troops.
And because they were from military schools after all, they looked down upon these brothers who had been promoted step by step from lower-level soldiers and felt that their military quality was low.
Now the two sides are not happy with each other, but after all, the blacksmith and the others are Yang Ling's trusted people, they control the troops, and now they are firmly suppressing the airborne faction.
As the blacksmith and the others entered the conference room, ten battalion commanders, deputy battalion commanders and a group of staff officers quickly filled the conference room.
However, judging from their seats, the blacksmith and the deputy captain Yuan Guangtao and the others are somewhat distinct from each other.
Yang Ling is naturally aware of some conflicts between the two parties, but he also knows that sometimes conflicts and competition are a good thing.
If an army really loses its competitiveness, it will start to go downhill, but the direction of this competition must be controlled, such as competition between training troops, competition between fighting and killing Japanese soldiers, rather than competition among internal frictions. He has always
Try your best to avoid internal friction.
Fortunately, he is now the commander of the Northern Jiangsu Corps and has a high prestige. Although the two factions compete, he can still suppress them and guide them to compete in a good direction.
"Sir is here!"
Following a loud shout from the guard outside the door, Yang Ling, wearing a thick woolen military uniform, strode into the conference room.
"brush!"
The officers in the conference room all stood up and saluted Yang Ling in unison, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
After Yang Ling reached the front seat, he returned the military salute to his brothers: "Sit down——"
Everyone had serious expressions and sat down with a shudder. Everyone's upper body was sitting upright, showing a good military appearance.
After Yang Ling sat down, he gestured to intelligence staff Liu Sheng. Liu Sheng nodded and stood up.
“According to intelligence from local militias and self-defense forces, the activities of small groups of Japanese infiltration troops suddenly became more frequent. They often crossed our cordon lines, attacked our sentries, captured working villagers, and robbed cattle and sheep...
"
Staff officer Liu Sheng reported: "In the past week alone, there have been six attacks in the Sishui River and Liujiaba areas, resulting in more than 20 casualties among our innocent people, eight casualties among our self-defense militiamen, and countless livestock losses.
."
The brothers have been training troops in the territory of Jieshou and Baoying these days. The intelligence is now under the responsibility of the General Command's Intelligence Division, so they are not aware of these things.
Now I suddenly heard that the Japanese had begun to move more frequently and caused such great losses to the people on the edge of the defense area. The brothers were filled with indignation and their faces were filled with sullen anger.
"I think this little devil is just a bitch. He didn't know how to restrain himself after so many people died at the head of the world, and he came to provoke him again!"
"The stupid little devil is really worse than a beast!"
"Brothers, my hands have been itchy these days. Now that the Japanese are here, let's stop hiding them and do it! Kill another group of them!"
...
The brothers all clamored one after another to send out troops to fight against the Japs.
"We didn't even know the number of the Japanese, nor the purpose of attacking us, so we just shouted to be beaten. I think this is the behavior of a reckless man."
Seeing the brothers shouting with indignation that they wanted to teach the Japanese a lesson, the Fourth Battalion Commander Xie Zhengxiang spoke angrily.
"It doesn't matter how many stupid people there are, since they are here to beat us, we can't be cowards! If anyone is a coward who dares not beat us, just go home and take care of the child."
Hearing the Fourth Battalion Commander Xie Zhengxiang pouring cold water on him, the Second Battalion's Deputy Battalion Commander Liu Jinhu immediately became unhappy and pushed back.
"you!"
Looking at Deputy Battalion Commander Liu Jinhu with a proud look on his face, Fourth Battalion Commander Xie Zhengxiang wanted to curse, but when he saw so many people here, he restrained himself.
"Jin Hu, sit down."
Yang Ling said in a lecturing tone: "Battle Commander Xie is right, you all need to learn. Fighting is not about charging when your head is hot, but fighting with your brain. Have you forgotten what I taught you?"
"Yes!" The brothers who were clamoring for a beating all agreed in unison.
Intelligence staff officer Liu Sheng continued: "After analysis by our intelligence office, the main purpose of this Japanese infiltration attack is to test the strength of our army and our reaction..."