Chapter five hundred and thirteenth clear code power
In the Ruichang County House, a brother from the communications platoon was tinkering around with the captured Japanese radio station. Several company commanders saw him tinkering for a long time without making any movement, and suddenly became a little anxious.
Although Yang Ling and others seized the radio station that the Japanese had no time to destroy, and also intercepted the little Japanese's code book, it was very difficult to send a telegram.
Although squad leader Li Changqing of their communications platoon once had a short-term training at the communications office of the brigade headquarters, he was only half-experienced. But now Yang Ling is also a dead horse and a living doctor. I hope he can play a role.
Li Changqing, the communications squad leader, finally managed to adjust the radio station to the frequency of his army, but new problems came one after another. He remembered that they did not have their army's code book.
Most of the radio stations used in this era were in Morse code, with each Chinese character replaced by four digits. However, in order to prevent the leakage of information, encryption was carried out as agreed by both parties on this basis, and the receiving party then used a codebook to restore it.
The advantage of this is that even if the enemy intercepts the telegram, because there is no code book to decipher it, it will only be a string of numbers, which is of no use at all.
"Regiment deputy, what should we do if we don't have the communication password of the brigade headquarters or division headquarters?" Li Changqing, a half-time radio operator, was also in trouble at this moment.
"Electrify with a clear code and say that our troops have eliminated the Japanese and recovered Ruichang!"
Yang Ling did not want to claim credit or reward, but wanted to make the news of the recapture of Ruichang public. After all, this was the first county town that the Chinese army took the initiative to recapture from the Japanese since the war began.
Now the sharp-edged Japs have captured most of China. Although these soldiers are still fighting bloody battles on the front lines, the whole country is enveloped in an atmosphere of pessimism and despair. The arguments for national subjugation and surrender and compromise are as noisy as dust.
Although they have regained Ruichang County only temporarily, as long as they are sent out, they can boost the confidence of the people and let them see the hope of the war of resistance.
You must know that except for Yang Ling, most of the Chinese people do not know that the War of Resistance will eventually be victorious. All they can see now is the loss of the country day by day and the crazy and arrogant attacks of the Japanese.
Several major battles have exhausted the strength of the impoverished and weak China. The reason why the whole country is still struggling to support it is that this nation has an unyielding will and does not want to be a slave to the country.
But the Japanese are not vegetarians. They also saw that China, which had been struggling to support itself, was at the end of its tack. Their strategy was to use strong force to force the Chinese to surrender. They wanted to beat you until you were unable to fight back, and then they launched an attack on Wuhan.
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Although the Japs have not yet reached Wuhan, the theories of surrender and national subjugation have already begun to make a huge noise in the country. Now China urgently needs a huge victory to boost the sluggish military morale and popular morale, and to shut down the so-called elites.
Their bad mouth.
Communications squad leader Li Changqing quickly started tinkering after receiving Yang Ling's instructions. The clear code had no password, which meant that anyone could receive it. Yang Ling's purpose was to spread the news of Ruichang's recovery, and the clear code radio came in handy.
"Vice-General, the clear telegram has been sent." Soon, Li Changqing, the communications squad leader, stood up happily.
Yang Ling nodded and took a high look at the communications squad leader. In this era when most people were illiterate, although Li Changqing was not familiar with the use of radio stations, he was already an irreplaceable talent in the army.
The radio station in Yang Ling's army was only assigned to the brigade level, and communication between the troops below the regiment and battalion only relied on communication troops on horseback, which seriously affected the timeliness of the delivery of orders.
Especially now that Yang Ling and others are deep behind enemy lines, they have almost lost contact with the brigade headquarters and friendly forces. All actions depend on the commander's own judgment, which is very detrimental to the overall control.
Although Li Changqing, the communications squad leader, had only undergone simple training as a telegraph operator, Yang Ling had already made up his mind to use him as the backbone to form his own communications team after returning. After all, communication would be more convenient, which would be beneficial and harmless.
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"Li Changqing, I will leave the radio station to you for safekeeping. If anything goes wrong, I will ask you for it." This radio station will be the basis for Yang Ling's future communications, and Yang Ling attaches great importance to it.
As a communications soldier, Li Changqing regarded the radio station with convenient communication as a treasure and knew its importance. He immediately patted his chest and said: "Regimental deputy, don't worry, I will definitely take care of it like my own son!"
At this moment, China is extremely poor and weak. Yang Ling and his 74th Army belong to the main force of the central government. Both materials and weapons and ammunition are given priority for supply. Even so, the radio station is only assigned to the brigade level.
Those troops such as the Sichuan Army all carried old sleeves with smoothed rifling, and the troops with Sichuan-made earthen guns, not to mention rare things like radios, all they longed for was to have enough ammunition and food to fill their stomachs.
This is why Yang Ling attaches so much importance to it now that he has seized the Japanese radio station.
"Regimental deputy, where should we evacuate next?" After eating and drinking, and the telegram was sent, Wang Huzi and the others were thinking about leaving this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.
These company commanders look like big bosses, but in fact they all have their own little ones. They can survive countless fierce battles. If they were really big bosses, they would have died eight hundred times.
Now they took advantage of the weak defense force of the Japanese in Ruichang, conquered Ruichang, and blew up so many weapons and supplies of the Japanese. They knew very well in their hearts that with the Japanese's unyielding character, it would be strange not to retaliate wildly.
So when the telegram was sent, they were already aware of the danger, so they hurriedly asked Yang Ling, and they were already ready to retreat. After all, staying alive is the best way.
"Who said we are going to evacuate?" Yang Ling looked at several company commanders who were thinking of retreating and said with a smile: "The food of the 6th Japanese Brigade has been cooked, don't you want to take a bite?"
"What? The 6th Brigade is just a dish?" Wang Beard shook his head like a rattle: "We are just a dish, but there are thousands of devils who eat people without spitting out their bones. Let's not mess with them, right?
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Although Shunzi and others were bold and unafraid of death, when they saw Yang Ling intending to meet with the Japanese 6th Brigade, they also persuaded him: "Vice-deputy, we have already overfulfilled our mission by blowing up the Japanese munitions.
There is no point in taking the risk to meet the Japanese 6th Brigade."
"That's right, regimental deputy, we only have a few hundred people, and it's not enough to fill the gap in the Japanese's teeth. Let's run away quickly." The blacksmith also shouted.
They were self-aware. Even though they defeated Ruichang, luck accounted for a large part of it, so they were not dazzled by the victory and tried to fight the Japanese 6th Brigade with an egg against a stone.
Besides, now that they have overfulfilled their mission and have achieved military exploits and honors, now is the time to return home with honors.
The Japanese 6th Brigade is a powerful force that fought hard with their 74th Army in Minshan for several days and nights without losing the upper hand. Now that they are looking for trouble, isn't it too long-lived?
"What, are you scared?" Yang Ling stared at several company commanders who wanted to retreat and asked.
"I'm not afraid..." the blacksmith blurted out, but before he could finish his words, he regretted it when he saw Yang Ling's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and his emotions were aroused.
"If you're not afraid, let's go up and take a bite. Even if we can't get the bones, we still have to take a piece of meat!" Yang Ling didn't wait for them to speak, he waved his fist and spoke fiercely.