The advance detachment arrived at Xiaoshui's original village in the early morning of March 2.
It had been less than a month since Zhou Wen and the others came here last time, but this small village that had no human habitation was completely dilapidated.
Under the thick snow, weeds that herald the arrival of early spring have grown in the courtyards and roofs of every household.
It seems that someone has discovered that this village has suffered a tragedy. I don't know if it is the local garrison or the nearby people. They have taken away all the useful furniture from every household, and even pried away many door panels and windows.
The small dilapidated village looked desolate and quiet. Only the dozens of snow-covered graves at the entrance of the village constantly reminded people of the human tragedies that had happened here.
Zhou Wen thought to himself that it was a good thing that Xiao Shui did not follow him, otherwise he would have been so sad when he saw that his former home had turned into such a desolate scene.
When the advance detachment set off this time, Zhou Wen did not take Xiao Shui and Huang Dayou with him, who were still in the training period for new recruits. Instead, he asked them to follow Zhao Changshu's headquarters, mainly to let them experience the atmosphere of war.
However, all the Wudang disciples have been brought here. The eight Wudang Dragon Sect masters headed by Zhao Xiaojin have all completed military training. Everyone is now a qualified precision shooter and battlefield rescuer.
Especially the senior brother Zuo Mingqing and the second senior brother Zhou Mingyuan among the Longmen disciples. Their performance in training has now surpassed that of most of the senior brothers in the first team, and their shooting level is even on par with Ergazi, Li Hu and others.
The special marksman is mediocre, what he lacks is battlefield experience and psychological training.
But even so, Zhou Wen also dispersed all seven Wudang disciples into various groups, in order to lead the new ones with the old and let them integrate into the special operations system of the first team as soon as possible. And the first team was divided into seven combat groups, one
It's just right for a group of one person.
After arriving at the small village, Zhou Wen issued an order to rest on the spot. Under the command of Chen Wanli, all units of the advance detachment established a temporary camp around the small village in an orderly manner.
Since Meng Yuting was already the chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters and had to arrange the march of the entire model brigade, he set off with the large army. According to the previous plan, the model brigade would arrive on the 4th at the latest.
This was the first time that Chen Wanli, who had been Meng Yuting's deputy, independently commanded the second unit in combat, so he felt a little nervous but also a little excited.
You must know that Chen Wanli is actually a very good commander, otherwise he and Meng Yuting would not be able to enter the Frunze Military Academy, which is equivalent to the highest military academy in the Soviet Union. And while in school, he was also awarded because of his excellent grades.
He was highly praised and appreciated by the instructors of the college.
Perhaps because his personality was more out-of-the-box compared to the more calm Meng Yuting, Meng Yuting was more convincing among the Chinese students studying in the Soviet Union, and he became accustomed to making suggestions for Meng Yuting and checking for omissions.
This time, because Meng Yuting assumed the more important position of Chief of Staff of the entire army, he alone commanded the more than 1,000 brothers in the second detachment. It is impossible to say that he was not nervous, but it was also a time to test his commanding skills.
Rare opportunity.
And he also knew that this was also Zhou Wen's trust and test for him.
Why do you say this way?
It was because Zhou Wen was used to coming up with combat ideas by himself, and then letting Meng Yuting and the others formulate detailed combat plans and specific deployments, and the on-the-spot combat command of the second detachment was completely left to them.
This is the command system of the mercenary group that Zhou Wen has always created. Because he specializes in martial arts, most of Zhou Wen's time and energy is focused on the dozens of soldier kings in the first team. This is the foundation for his survival. Any training of the first team
and combat command must be personally involved, because special operations not only pay attention to tactics, but also require a tacit understanding of mutual cooperation, which can only be formed through long-term training and combat together.
If they had to take care of everything, Zhou Wen would be busy enough just eating, drinking, and eating with more than a thousand people in the second team.
Where is that company stationed? How to arrange the infantry artillery positions? How to deploy the security forces? How many overt and covert sentries are sent out? There are a lot of things. If you let Zhou Wen take care of it, it might make his head big, but in Chen Wanli's hands
However, the arrangements were made in an orderly manner, and after a while, a simple but not crude temporary camp was established.
More than a thousand people were as orderly and compact as a sophisticated machine. The logistics soldiers of each unit lit fires on the stoves that could be used in every household in the small village. The brothers had not had hot meals for several days.
Okay, taking advantage of the gap before the battle, Zhou Wen wanted to give his men a warm meal.
So, after a month of silence, this dilapidated small village once again welcomed the breath of human fireworks.
But the members of the first team were sent out by Zhou Wen because they couldn't even get hot meals.
Except for Xu Dacheng's artillery team and Uncle Ma's machine gun team, the other five teams, No. 35, were dispersed by Zhou Wen. They now have to travel dozens of kilometers to explore the Japanese army on the roads and trails from Rehe to Lengkou Pass.
Case.
Each group carries a communication device. Although the communication distance in the mountains and forests is only about 15 kilometers, it is enough.
Some people asked why he didn't bring a radio. It was because Zhou Wen didn't know whether the Japanese army had receiving equipment to detect radio signals. If the Japanese army discovered that an unknown radio station was working in this direction, it might be exposed and alert the Japanese army.
We must know that the Chinese army in this period was able to equip radio stations at least at the brigade level. If a brigade of Chinese troops appeared in the direction of Lengkou of the Great Wall, the Japanese army's offensive deployment might be adjusted. Will there be any Japanese troops to sneak attack Lengkou?
Both sides of the story are spoken.
Therefore, Zhou Wen only sent a telegram of safe arrival to the rear at Luanxian Station, and then maintained radio silence.
However, the radio station was not turned on, but the radio signal receiver was turned on immediately under the command of Zhou Yongbin. As long as the Japanese advance team brought the radio and used it during this period, there would be hundreds of miles of interference-free sky to capture the source of the signal.
And it is not difficult at all to determine the general position of the Japanese army.
This time, Zhou Yongbin, who was the director of the telecommunications section of the headquarters, set out with the advance detachment because Zhou Wen had tasted the sweetness of capturing Japanese radio signals during the Songhu Anti-Japanese War. This time, Brother Zhou might come in handy again.
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So when setting off from Luan County Station, Zhou Wen also loaded a docile little mare on the truck. When marching on foot, Zhou Yongbin rode a horse, and when they reached the rugged path, Ti Jing and Tieniu took turns carrying him.
Walking just like this made this telecommunications expert very tired, and Zhou Wenfuzhu Space specially brought hot milk for him to replenish calories along the way, otherwise he would get cold even if he lay down without being tired.