The main members of the Four Elements Troupe fell into an incomprehensible carnival after receiving the news that the leader of the regiment was engaged.
However, the marching speed of the whole army did not slow down because of this. On the contrary, it was like a shot in the arm. In one morning, they ran nearly 20 kilometers and arrived near another market.
After that, the whole army made rice in the pot, and each person had a big bowl of meat. But this was not a daily meal, but a treat for Tantai Mingyue, and the old man from Tantai paid the bill.
It is said that when a middle-aged handsome man went to pay money at the military supply office, he repeatedly stamped his feet and sighed that girls are extroverted!
However, the old handsome guy was not reluctant to give up, and was always smiling. The old man frowned. The master didn't know, but he knew that the two of them only had a hundred dollars in total, and they all paid it. The two old men begged for food.
Going back to Jiangxia?
Logically speaking, Tang Dao and Tantai Mingyue's engagement was a private matter between the two of them. Even if the whole army of the Four Elements Regiment expressed their heartfelt blessings to their leader for finally winning the beauty, they would not be so happy that they could not wait to have a feast for three days.
Not only did the ordinary officers and soldiers cheer and chant, even veteran veterans like Lei Xiong and Li Jijin were delighted. Veteran Youzi, who was usually not good at searching, was bleeding profusely and lost all the old skills he had saved.
He took it out and bought five sheep from the village he passed by and sent them to the medical team, saying that this was a gift from all the officers and soldiers of his third battalion and first company to the commander and Captain Tantai for their eternal union.
In the last night attack on the Japanese artillery brigade, veteran Youzi, who narrowly escaped death, was not so willing, so he only gave an extra white-flour steamed bun to everyone in the company during dinner!
This actually has a lot to do with the background of this era. At this time, China had just transformed from the feudal era. Especially for these veterans who had served in the Sichuan Army and the Northeast Army, their fate was basically related to the military masters.
The fate of the officials is bound together.
As long as the military chiefs don't overturn, they will follow suit. This is simply the inherent pattern of the old army.
Tang Dao's previous performance on the battlefield was astonishing, almost making people overlook the fact that he was only in his early 20s, but that was an objective fact after all.
Age is an advantage, but it can also be a disadvantage.
In the eyes of traditional Chinese people, being smooth-talking and doing things poorly is what they value most. Tang Dao has all the best qualities, except that he is too young. There is a high chance of making mistakes when you are young, and if you make mistakes on the battlefield, you will
This is the hidden worry in the hearts of most soldiers who have gradually matured.
But now, this hidden worry has been completely eliminated.
Although the age is still the same, once a person gets married and becomes a husband, he changes from a boy to a man.
People are still the same people, but men and boys are fundamentally different and have more responsibility and responsibility. These may confuse the little butterflies from the future, but in this era, they are the most normal understanding.
It was only natural that the whole group was in a state of joy.
However, Tang Dao and Tantai Mingyue are not the only winners of this engagement.
For example, Li Jiujin also got a lot of credit.
The five sheep he sent were only worth five oceans.
The gift was neither ostentatious nor fancy, but extremely practical. The fresh mutton soup was definitely a great tonic for the wounded who were suffering from long-term illness. Not only did Tantai Mingyue accept his heart, but even hundreds of wounded soldiers expressed their gratitude to the bold and bold Company Commander Li Dal.
Watch with admiration.
Many wounded soldiers in the old unit who have been reorganized and dispersed are thinking about whether they can defect to the loyal and loyal company commander Li after they have completely recovered from their injuries in ten days or so.
Tang Dao's arrangements for the wounded soldiers after they recover have long been publicly promised to the medical team. These wounded soldiers are elite soldiers and the wealth of the Four Lines Regiment. In view of their efforts, Tang Dao specially provides these wounded soldiers with
As a privilege, they can go to any company they want to go to. If there is no place, then the company's establishment can be expanded, and no officer can stop it.
Even if their hands and feet are disabled due to injuries, the Four Lines Regiment will never abandon them. They can no longer shoot. They can still do some simple tasks in the baggage company and the regiment. If they are severely disabled, losing their legs, feet or eyes.
, the Four Lines Group will definitely take responsibility to the end, and will never simply give him a pension and let him go back to his hometown.
During the warlords' melee, the miserable figures of some veterans who had lost their limbs and were forced to beg for a living on the streets were the most chilling images for soldiers. No one wanted to be one of them.
This kind of commitment not only comforts the wounded soldiers, but also stabilizes the morale of the entire regiment.
Although everyone did not know how their leader would care for the seriously injured soldiers who had lost both legs and feet, they all firmly believed that their leader could do it.
This kind of trust started when Tang Dao led them to defeat the Japanese Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade.
Standing on a battlefield full of steel fragments and corpses of Japanese invaders, the surviving soldiers firmly believed from that moment on that their commander was the kind of magical person who could make the impossible possible.
And this concept, as the veterans spread it word of mouth, the soldiers who joined later began to believe it, and it became deeply rooted in their bones as they won again and again on the battlefield.
The gloomy mood of the wounded soldiers was healed by Tang Dao's promise! They were also eager to return to the army and go to the battlefield again, and the front-line troops were their best choice.
At this moment, each of the three newly established infantry battalions is still short of more than 100 men. These veterans who have been injured but survived the disaster and are about to regain their health are definitely the most popular beings among the commanders of each battalion and company.
After the reorganization a few days ago, the commanders of the three infantry battalions and the main infantry companies, including the commanders of several directly affiliated companies, all came to the medical team to visit the wounded. Those with old comrades chatted with old comrades, and those without old comrades.
It’s nothing. The battalion commanders and company commanders are all famous figures in the Four Elements Regiment. How can anyone ignore them?
As time passed, the wounded soldiers came to their senses and realized that the officers were just recruiting people!
Originally, there was no pressure on the wounded soldiers who could return to their old companies. However, the wounded soldiers who learned that their companies had been reorganized were still thinking about where they would go in the future. Now it was good and they no longer had to worry.
The buyer's market has turned into a seller's market, and the wounded soldiers still have the right to choose freely. The five sheep, Lao Lao Youzi, unexpectedly gained the recognition of many wounded soldiers, which can be regarded as an unexpected surprise.
Of course, compared to Li Jijin, who unexpectedly gained recognition, the two company commanders who took the most advantage among these company commanders were Wei Donglai and Cai Yongguan.
These two men had been in the medical team since the Battle of Mouse Mountain. Hundreds of wounded soldiers had seen with their own eyes how these two men struggled to survive from the brink of life and death.
Let’s not talk about military exploits. If you can just save a life from the hands of the Lord of Hell, you are a hero!
You know, the entire medical team has received hundreds of seriously injured patients, but in the end, they can still talk nonsense, not even half of them.
Almost every morning, there is a scene of the brother who was still talking quietly to everyone last night, but when the sun comes, the cold face covered with a white sheet is quietly carried away.
That kind of cruelty is even better than the bloody battlefield.
Because there are no drugs to treat wound infections caused by bacteria. If you want to survive, good luck and a strong willpower to defeat the bacteria are the only two factors.
The two infantry company commanders suffered not only external scars but also serious internal injuries caused by the shell shock wave. Even the military doctors thought they would die, but they miraculously survived.
As the two people with the highest military rank among the wounded soldiers in the medical team, they learned from Tudou that their two infantry companies would be rebuilt when they woke up. The two infantry company commanders looked at Xiaotuo and wanted to cry.
There were dozens of seriously wounded lying there like them, and the only one who could move between the two infantrymen was a small soldier.
But both of them are also smart people. After hearing Tang Dao's promise, they directly set their sights on their wounded brothers. As the saying goes, first come first served, as long as one hundred wounded soldiers can be persuaded to recover.
Later, he joined his own infantry company. With these veterans, the infantry company could also build up its frame.
Especially in the past few days, when the news came that many companies had been reorganized due to the expansion of the battalion, many wounded soldiers were naturally moved. It was familiar to them to return to the old company, but the position waits for no one, among squad leader, squad deputy, and platoon leader.
The position has already been occupied, so it would be better to develop and develop two new companies that will definitely be taken seriously.
There are 300 wounded soldiers who are willing to go to Wei Donglai. Cai Yongguan's two infantry companies. Including the original company's wounded soldiers, there are about a hundred people, leaving 200 people. Most of them were persuaded by the old commander to return to the old company, but there are enough
More than 30 people were persuaded by wounded soldiers from Li Jijin's former infantry company to join the Third Battalion and the First Company.
More than a dozen infantry companies competed for veterans who could only swing around with hundreds of guns. However, Lao Youzi only paid five sheep to win the hearts of one-third of the wounded soldiers. Do you think Lao Youzi was overjoyed?
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Of course, it's hard to say whether this effect can last until the wounded soldiers return to the team. Everything depends on the final result, but at least the good impression is left.
The main force of the Four Lines Regiment was laughing and laughing. Tang Dao and Master Zhuang were accompanied by cavalry platoons, guard companies, and transport companies, thousands of new soldiers and veterans, plus hundreds of pack horses and hundreds of carts. It was also a mighty force.
, stretching for nearly five miles.
In that formation, an integrated infantry regiment was marching.
When they were fifty miles away from the outskirts of Xuzhou, Gong Shaoxun led hundreds of cavalrymen and came all the way to join Tang Dao.
"Reporting to the commander, my subordinate Gong Shaoxun has come to report with the first cavalry company of the Four Lines Regiment!" Gong Shaoxun jumped off his horse and saluted Tang Dao.
Tang Dao and Gong Shaoxun were very familiar with each other, and they had fought side by side for half a month. However, the two were previously affiliated with friendly forces and were only temporarily fighting under Tang Dao's command, so they were somewhat polite to each other.
However, a few days ago Tang Dao asked Comrade Lao Wu to transfer Gong Shaoxun to the position of deputy of the Second Regiment of the Sixings Regiment, and after receiving the transfer order from the Ministry of Military Affairs two days ago, the two officially became colleagues in the same infantry regiment.
Gong Shaoxun's attitude at this time was completely that of a subordinate meeting his superior. This was more like a statement, indicating that he would only follow Tang Dao's orders in the future. He didn't look at what he said, "bring a cavalry company with him."
It's not that he brought a cavalry company to report, but he didn't ignore the cavalry platoon of the Si Xing Regiment, which currently only has 21 people, even if those cavalrymen are his old troops.
Tang Dao had a smile on his face.
"Cavalry company, report to the commander!" The cavalrymen lined up neatly on the roadside. After Gong Shaoxun paid the military salute, they jumped off their horses one after another, holding the reins with one hand and saluting with the other.
Tang Dao was even more satisfied with Gong Shaoxun's performance.
This is not the so-called slickness, but a very intelligent performance. He is also the second regimental deputy he needs. Externally, he has strong enough combat capabilities. Internally, he can also unite everyone and not form some small groups.
"Brother Shaoxun, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Tang Dao also jumped off his horse and saluted Gong Shaoxun and the soldiers of the cavalry company who still raised his right hand.
Then he and Gong Shaoxun clasped hands. "On behalf of the entire Si Xing Regiment, I welcome you, Brother Shaoxun, to take up the post. Your division of labor has been studied by the Regiment Headquarters. As the deputy of the Regiment, you will be responsible for assisting me in all battalions and companies."
Commanding and coordinating military affairs, but considering that you are good at cavalry operations, brother Shaoxun, you have to work harder, and you have to personally command the cavalry company in operations! Sanjiang is still young and needs your guidance!"
"Yes! Gong Shaoxun takes the order!" Gong Shaoxun nodded solemnly.
The lieutenant colonel of the army finally felt relieved. He was also new here. Although his position and military rank had been promoted, he knew that Tang Dao and the deputy Lei Xiong of the first regiment who were ranked before him had good personalities and
It is not impossible to turn a person with a strong commanding style into a dispensable mascot-like second regimental deputy.
But Tang Dao's words completely reassured him. He handed over the command of the most elite cavalry unit to him, which was both trust and recognition.
"Then where should we go next?" Tang Dao asked.
This is the rendezvous point agreed upon between the Fourth Army Regiment and the 67th Army Headquarters, but looking at the surrounding wilderness, it doesn't look like a place where a large amount of arms can be hidden.
"Regiment seat, the arsenal is only ten miles away from here. Please come with me." Gong Shaoxun smiled slightly.
Over there, Lu Sanjiang's cavalry platoon also took the initiative to join the cavalry troops brought by Gong Shaoxun. They were old comrades in arms. They hadn't seen each other for a few months, but they felt more friendly and not at all strange.
Lu Sanjiang is still a bit dazed and young, but after more than a month of training on the battlefield, the cavalry second lieutenant who lost his old squad leader has grown rapidly. After the regiment unexpectedly added such a cavalry company three days ago, Lu Sanjiang took advantage of the opportunity and the
Tang Dao took the opportunity to march and took the initiative to resign as acting cavalry company commander.
In fact, many of the cavalry companies who came were his senior officers and superiors. Suddenly, he, a young cavalryman, suddenly became their commander. The cavalry lieutenants and captains who were much older than him could not help but feel uncomfortable.
This is the biggest problem with the newly formed troops. They have already been appointed, but now they have officers with more senior qualifications and good abilities. It is inevitable to adjust their mentality. If the adjustment is good, there is no problem. But if the adjustment is not good, the combat effectiveness will be reduced.
Instead of rising, it falls.
After careful consideration, Tang Dao decided that Lu Sanjiang's lieutenant company rank would remain unchanged, but he would no longer serve as acting cavalry company commander. Instead, he would be transferred to the special squadron as deputy captain and riding instructor, and as deputy captain and riding instructor.
Niu Eryi, who serves as an archery instructor, will focus on training soldiers for at least three months.
As for the cavalry company commander, the original cavalry company commander of the newly joined 67th Army cavalry will continue to serve. This not only shows respect for Gong Shaoxun and the newly joined cavalry, but also does not treat Lu Sanjiang badly.
As we all know, the Special Squadron is a combat unit that Tang Dao attaches great importance to. It has not yet begun to announce the recruitment plan and details. The old black belt's original guard platoon has only been temporarily assigned to the Special Squadron, and in addition to the 60 official establishment, there are
There are 60 reserve personnel quotas, and except for a few officers who have already been selected, no one knows who will be officially selected in the end.
Just look at Gu Xishui, Niu Er and Heizi and you will know that when you enter the special squadron, your rank will be promoted faster than in the ordinary army. Being the deputy captain there is no worse than being the chief officer in the cavalry company.
Moreover, according to the information from the staff department, Tang Dao will adjust the salaries of its various units after arriving at the destination. The combat allowances of the front-line combat troops will be greatly increased. Naturally, this is also divided into levels, and an elite army such as the special squadron will
, properly the first gear.
After performing this mission, Lu Sanjiang will take a cavalry squad to report to the special forces squadron and become special forces on horseback!
And all special forces must also learn to ride horses and ride fast horses!
The team traveled through smoke and dust, and under the leadership of the cavalry, they went straight ten miles away.
It was a village called Dalinzhuang, which is now the headquarters of an infantry regiment of the 49th Army, which is also part of the Northeastern Military Department.
After Gong Shaoxun's introduction along the way, Tang Dao learned how this arsenal, which had been secretly operated by the Northeast Army for eight years, kept its secrets.
The entire village was actually created by immigrants from Northeastern Army families.
Northern Jiangsu has a lot of land but is barren. Many places are saline-alkali land and are not suitable for farming. Therefore, a lot of land is abandoned. The Northeast Army sent a wealthy businessman to buy a large amount of land from the local county government. In the following years, residents continued to migrate from the Northeast to this place.
Build a village with a population of more than 1,000 people.
When the September 18th Incident broke out, hundreds of thousands of Northeastern troops lost their original bases and were forced to garrison in the northwest. This secret arsenal, which was originally just a small amount of arms for rainy days, became even more important. After several years of continuous filling, the secret arsenal built in this village was
The large granary actually stores ordnance that can supply up to 8 infantry divisions.
Tang Dao can only say that these warlords are really rich and crazy, but they really use good steel on the blade.
At this time, it was the Battle of Xuzhou. The Northeastern Army that had gathered included 3 infantry corps and 6 infantry divisions. They were all re-equipped, and there were still equipment for 10 infantry regiments, which was divided between the 59th Army and the 43rd Army. .
As for the Four Lines Regiment, even if they try their best, they can still absorb the equipment of two infantry regiments. However, this depends on the inventory of the Northeast Army. If it is not as good as the existing equipment of the Four Lines Regiment, Tang Dao plans to Loading an infantry regiment with equipment and heading on the road.
Obviously, Tang Dao underestimated the ability of Lao Zhang, a small farming expert, to save money, and also underestimated the weapons manufacturing capabilities of China's largest arsenal at the time.
At this time, the Shanxi Arsenal under the rule of Yan Laoxi'er, who was known as the top three arsenal in China, was very good. In a battle, 300 cannons were used to beat the Fifth Division to a bloody head, but that was someone else's. The Northeast was occupied, and they barely managed to squeeze into the top three.
To put it bluntly, the first place is gone, and the second, third, and fourth places will make up for it.
In China at that time, if you wanted to ask who was the best manufacturer of guns and cannons, you had to ask Lao Zhang and Xiao Zhang in the Northeast!
