Before Yang Ling and the others had finished their meal, an officer wearing a brand-new major rank hurried over.
The major officer pointed to the remaining soldiers resting nearby and ordered: "You all come here to assemble! Quick!"
The hungry Li Tiezhu, the well-fed Yang Ling, and the four or five hundred remnant soldiers who retreated around them all stood up, packed up their belongings, and quickly gathered together.
"Listen! No matter which unit you originally belonged to, you will all be reorganized into the 174th Division's supplementary regiment and become soldiers of our supplementary regiment. I am the deputy commander Liu Ming."
As soon as Deputy Commander Liu finished speaking, the remaining soldiers who had gathered were all whispering to each other. They were all from different combat units. Now that they were being stewed in such a pot, it was hard to accept it.
"Okay, let's change nests again." Old Wangtou joked to himself.
He originally belonged to the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army. He was exhausted in the Yunzaobang Regiment, and was temporarily reorganized into the 4th Regiment of the Tax Police. The 4th Regiment was exhausted and fought with the Gui Army. Now he is directly reorganized.
He became a member of the 174th Division's supplementary regiment and changed several units in a short period of time.
Yang Ling and platoon leader Wu Jiang didn't care. Anyway, their troops had changed a lot since they came and went. The soldiers who went to the front line did not survive for more than a day. They were lucky and were still alive, but they continued to make up for their losses.
The heavy-hit troops continue to fight, but they don't know when they will be decommissioned, and the future is gloomy.
"Anyone who has an opinion will be swallowed by me. No one will treat you as mute. Now all the platoon commanders who are still alive should come to the front!"
Although Deputy Commander Liu Ming wears glasses and looks gentle and carefree, he possesses the decisiveness and sharpness unique to a soldier.
In this bloody battlefield, even the most elegant and gentle person will be forced into a beast if he sees too much death, because war is too cruel.
Yang Ling and Wu Jiang, whose head was wrapped in gauze, looked at each other, pushed through the crowd and walked to the front. Li Tiezhu, the Gui Army platoon leader, also stood next to Yang Ling. When he saw Yang Ling's gaze, he let out a muffled snort in his nostrils, and Yang Ling also
Just smile and say nothing.
Among these four to five hundred people, there were not many company and platoon commanders alive. There were only two company commanders and four platoon commanders in total. The rest of the more senior officers died on the battlefield.
Seeing a sparse group of six people standing up, Deputy Commander Liu Ming frowned and asked loudly again toward the remnants of soldiers huddled together: "All officers above the company and platoon commanders should stand in front.
Anyone else?"
Deputy leader Liu Ming asked several times in succession, but no one came forward. He had to say: "All squad leaders should also stand in front of me."
"Can you be the cooking squad leader?" Lao Wangtou asked in a loud voice.
Deputy Captain Liu scolded: "Why are you talking so much nonsense? You are just kicking your ears. Come to the front quickly!"
Lao Wangtou chuckled, squeezed through the crowd with a few canvas bags, and stood next to Yang Ling. Lao Wangtou puffed up his chest, and for the first time he felt that he was also an officer.
As all the officers at the squad leader level and above stood in front, the officer team suddenly expanded a lot. There were more than twenty people, but compared to the four to five hundred remaining soldiers, it was still a little less, but Liu Ming was too lazy to take care of it.
Liu Ming was originally just a deputy battalion commander. When his commander died in battle, he was promoted two levels to deputy battalion commander. Now the leader of their supplementary regiment is still lying on the hospital bed. In fact, he is the temporary commander of the supplementary regiment.
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There are only two company commanders, one is Yang Ling and another is a burly man. Looking at his bloodstained appearance, he must be a good fighter, Yang Ling judged.
"What's your name?" Deputy Commander Liu asked the brawny company commander.
"Report sir! Qin Feng!"
"Mom, please keep your voice down, it's almost deafening me." Liu Ming covered his ears and cursed. The company commander who asked Qin Feng scratched his head with an embarrassed look on his face. The remaining soldiers below were already laughing.
Once again, the atmosphere relaxed.
Deputy Commander Liu bowed his hand and interrupted the laughter of the remaining soldiers: "Okay, you big guy will serve as the first company commander."
"yes!"
"Believe it or not, I'm going to kick you if you keep talking so loudly!" Deputy Captain Liu heard a buzzing in his ears and cursed loudly, followed by another burst of laughter from below.
Deputy Commander Liu cursed and turned his eyes to Yang Ling, who was standing upright. Although Yang Ling's old military uniform was dirty and smelly, Yang Ling looked extra upright and energetic when he was wearing it. Liu Ming was satisfied.
head.
"What's your name?"
"Sir, my name is Yang Ling!"
Hearing Yang Ling's answer in a loud voice that was neither humble nor arrogant, Liu Ming patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, you are the second company commander of our supplementary regiment!"
"Yes!" Yang Ling straightened his legs and gave a military salute.
Li Tiezhu stood next to Yang Ling, imitating Yang Ling's example and standing straight, but he found that he couldn't compare to Yang Ling, and finally gave up helplessly.
"Platoon leader Li Tiezhu, I've seen you, sir!" Before Liu Ming could say anything, Li Tiezhu saluted and reported home.
"Okay, you are quite strong. You are the third company commander——"
Third company commander!? Before Li Tiezhu could react, he thought he heard wrongly. After being stunned for a few seconds, he excitedly shouted: "Thank you, sir, for your cultivation!"
"Damn, I told you to lower your voice." Li Tiezhu shouted excitedly when he was kicked by Liu Ming, the regimental deputy. Although his face was covered with mud, his heart felt like honey.
"Quietly, you are so promising-" Lao Wangtou said gloatingly from the side. He was still very emotional towards Li Tiezhu. After all, he was scolded as a deserter by Li Tiezhu, which made him feel uncomfortable.
Li Tiezhu responded with a cold snort, too lazy to speak to Lao Wangtou.
The battle on the Songhu battlefield was brutal. Half of a division would be killed in less than half a day. Officers at all levels suffered heavy casualties. In order to ensure command of the battle, the Third War Zone ordered all ministries to promote officers on the line and report after the war was over.
Yang Ling was just a platoon leader at first, but after a few battles he became a company commander. The officers above him were either killed or seriously injured and sent to the rear.
He has always been a company commander in name only, because the men under his command have never been fully equipped, and because of constant casualties, the soldiers behind him cannot be replaced, so he has always been a bare commander.
This time, although the regimental deputy Liu Ming appointed him as the commander of the second company and assigned 150 people to his hands, which was regarded as strengthening the company, Yang Ling was not happy at all because the responsibilities on his shoulders were heavier.
, what worries him even more is weapons, ammunition and food.
Wang Tou, the leader of the cooking team, also became a platoon leader and was assigned to Yang Ling's command. Wu Jiang, the original platoon leader, was appointed as the commander of the fourth company, which was considered a high promotion. All in all, everyone was happy with this change and they all got promoted.
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After the temporary reorganization was completed, before they could take a breath, the newly formed supplementary regiment was led by the regimental deputy Liu Ming straight to Jiangqiao Town near the Suzhou River, responsible for evacuating the people in the area who had not yet evacuated. The battle situation on the front line was daily
As the weather worsened, the affected area became wider and wider. All the people living westward along the Suzhou River had to organize their evacuation, which was a heavy task.