Coming out of Li Jichen's room, Han Baihang swept away the gloom in his heart and rushed back to Nanyuan with great ambition. He urgently needed to pull up the company that was taken to Yongcheng. After returning to Nanyuan, he met Zhou Dongliang here. At this time, he had received the
After Feng's transfer order, he knew that Han Baihang was about to be transferred to Yongcheng, so he showed great enthusiasm and said with a smile: "I will shoulder the important task entrusted to me by Commander Yu. After the bandits are successfully suppressed, my future is limitless."
"Captain!"
Han Baihang hurriedly saluted with a wry smile on his face and said: "I don't dare to ask for anything else in my humble position. I just hope that I won't make any mistakes when I go to Yongcheng. I will live up to the expectations of the commander and lose the prestige of our third division."
Zhou Dongliang pointed at him and said with a smile: "I don't believe you, Han Baihang, can't deal with a mere bandit!"
Han Baihang scratched his head and smiled stupidly, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.
"But you still have to be more careful. The water in Yongcheng is very deep, so you can't take it lightly." Zhou Dongliang warned solemnly.
"Yes, before I came to humble position, Chief of Staff Li Jichen gave me an interview." Han Baihang nodded.
Zhou Dongliang laughed and said: "Since the chief of staff has given you a lesson, I won't say more about when I plan to leave."
"The sooner the better!"
Han Baihang rubbed his hands and said: "There is one more thing I want to do when I return to Nanyuan this time. I hope to get permission from the regiment leader to let me select a company of elites to take away."
Zhou Dongliang smiled and said: "It's a trivial matter. I will issue a warrant right now, allowing you to go to each army to recruit people. The weapons and equipment will only meet the needs of the army."
Han Baihang said with great joy: "Thank you, Commander."
Zhou Dongliang waved his hand and said: "As a boss, I can't help you a lot, I can only do my best, so don't be polite."
Han Baihang was deeply moved. To be honest, Zhou Dongliang had helped him a lot. If Zhou Dongliang hadn't promoted him to company commander when he was in Zhuozhou, he wouldn't have been able to show his talents in Liulician, Liangxiang, and Nanyuan.
After taking out the warrant, Han Baihang felt refreshed and borrowed a fast horse from the regimental guard. He first found the whereabouts of Zhou Qing, and then the two of them went to find Zhou Baocai and Xu Pengzu. At this time, the two
They had already been promoted to platoon leader due to their merit. When they heard that Han Baihang wanted to take them to Yongcheng, both of them politely refused. Han Baihang did not force it, but only asked a dozen veterans of the Selection Team to leave under their command.
With this team of veterans laying the foundation, Han Baihang went in and out of various units, specially selecting soldiers who were brave, careful, and good at kung fu and marksmanship. Soon he started to act like a company. Here he stole a trick and deliberately deployed troops according to the strengthened company.
In addition to the three basic infantry platoons, the entire company also has a machine gun platoon, a special agent squad, a reconnaissance squad, a communications squad, and a service squad. The total strength of the company has reached more than 240 people.
After the company was formed, Han Baihang took the troops to the munitions department. He showed Zhou Dongliang's order and asked for weapons and equipment. The rifles excluded Mauser and Hanyang rifles, and all wanted Japanese-style 38 rifles with bayonets. The squad leader
The above officers are equipped with one box gun, each squad is equipped with one Madsen machine gun, each platoon is equipped with one Maxim heavy machine gun, the machine gun platoon also has three Maxim heavy machine guns and four Madder light machine guns, the special agent squad and the reconnaissance squad
They are all modeled after the pistol team of the Northwest Army in the future, with each man armed with two box cannons and a large sword.
When this series of equipment was about to come out, the director of the Munitions Department was so frightened that he called Zhou Dongliang specifically to ask for instructions. After hearing the report, Zhou Dongliang only said one sentence, even if he asked for heavy artillery and tanks, he would give it to him.
Now the director of the munitions department knew the importance, and he transferred all the weapons and ammunition, which was enough to load more than ten trucks of ammunition and baggage. Then Han Baihang asked the director of the munitions department for a full set of new military uniforms. After the company was fully equipped and refreshed,
He rushed to the headquarters to thank Zhou Dongliang and say goodbye.
Zhou Dongliang personally escorted him out of Nanyuan. He led his army to Fengtai Railway Station, boarded the military train on the Beijing-Hankou Railway and headed south to Henan.
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After spending a day and night in the stuffy compartment of the military train, the train stopped in Zhengzhou, where Han Baihang took the transfer order and went to Kaifeng Road to report that his unit was assigned to the 1st Division, 1st Brigade, 3rd Regiment, 4th Battalion and 3rd Company, Division Commander
His name is Zhang Xiyuan, and his brigade commander is Cheng Shen.
After hurriedly reporting the transfer, Han Baihang boarded the car again and went all the way south to Xinyang. He got off the car here and started walking towards Yongcheng. After walking only a dozen miles, he heard a report from the rear platoon that there was a caravan of hundreds of people approaching.
Following the troops, the intention is unknown.
Han Baihang was shocked. They said bandits were rampant in eastern Henan. Is it possible that some bandits dared to target the officers and soldiers? He did not dare to be careless and quickly ordered the troops to be on alert and asked the rear platoon to continue walking slowly. He led two other platoons to make a detour.
He made dumplings out of these caravans in one breath, and when he caught the leader of the caravan, he found out that he had made a mistake. It turned out that these caravans were going to Shangqiu to sell goods. Due to the rampant bandits along the way, the caravans were all
After forming dozens of people, hundreds of people dared to go on the road. It happened that Han Baihang's troops were also heading to Shangqiu, so the businessman followed with the intention of protecting the officers and soldiers, but unexpectedly he was misunderstood.
Han Baihang angrily asked the troops to release the caravan, and just as he was about to continue on his way, the leader of the caravan asked to see him, hoping that officers and soldiers would escort them all the way, and offered him a protection fee of two hundred yuan.
Han Baihang hesitated for a moment before agreeing to the caravan's request. He was not coveting the two hundred yuan, but had other deep intentions. First, he wanted to use the caravan to understand the situation in Yongcheng, and second, he wanted to see if the banditry was really that serious.
, fight with the bandits to see what they are capable of, and the third is to establish a relationship with the caravan. After all, suppressing bandits is not a one-day achievement. The military salary from above is not enough to support the troops to win. Instead, you can use the convenience of the army to do business and replenish the troops. At the same time,
Fill his pockets.
When the troops were on the road again, Han Baihang was not stupid enough to divide his troops to protect the caravan in the middle. He just waved the flag of the officers and soldiers, slowed down the march, joined the caravan end to end, and walked slowly for three days before finally arriving at Shangqiu.
The journey was extremely safe. The bandits seemed to have disappeared. This made Han Baihang very disappointed. The most disappointing thing was the caravan. It felt like the two hundred oceans of protection fees were paid in vain.
Entering Shangqiu City, there is also a company of officers and soldiers stationed here. Like the third company, it belongs to the First Division of the Henan Army. The company commander's name is Xu Jusheng, who is from Kaifeng, Henan. He is very hospitable to the wedding wine and forced Han Baihang to drink it.
Han Baihang couldn't resist the idea of spending the night drinking, so he had no choice but to risk his life to accompany the gentleman.
The next day, Han Baihang suddenly fell ill after drinking. It turned out that his injury was not completely healed. He was exhausted physically and mentally from the trek, and after drinking all night without rest, his condition suddenly worsened. Xu Jusheng was still alive.
Unexpectedly, Han Baihang was injured and fell ill after drinking. Knowing that he had caused a big disaster, he quickly sent someone to send Han Baihang to the best St. Paul's Mission Hospital in Shangqiu.
After five days of recovery in the hospital, Han Baihang's injury was under control. He wanted to recover for a while and completely recover from the injury, but unexpectedly, bad news came back from Yongcheng. It had only been a month since the new Yongcheng County official took office.
The concubine of the county magistrate Mei Changyuan was actually kidnapped by the bandits at open fire. They also burned the county government office and threatened to ask Mei Changyuan to pay 10,000 yuan to redeem her for three days, otherwise the concubine would be used as a prisoner.
lady.
Just a few days after Mei Changyuan took office as county magistrate, he could not raise ten thousand yuan even if he searched for it. Everyone knew that spending the night with tickets would most likely be ruined by bandits. Since he could not raise the money, he could only angrily throw his anger at the garrison.
The officers and soldiers, especially Han Baihang, stayed in Shangqiu for five days. He reported the matter to Luoyang with a written complaint. The warden Zhao Ti personally inquired about the matter and ordered Han Baihang to immediately suppress the bandits and rescue his concubine intact.
"What a fool! You're looking for death!"
Han Baihang was furious. The bandits were too rampant. They just bullied ordinary people. They actually extended their claws to the county magistrate. This was not bad. He did not complain about the county magistrate who complained. After all, his aunt and wife were kidnapped by the bandits. He said no.
Resentment is impossible. He originally planned to act slowly, but now it seems that he can only act vigorously and resolutely.
The military order was overwhelming, and the county magistrate's face was at stake. Han Baihang did not care about healing his injuries, and hurried back to Yongcheng dragging his sick body.
