War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 136 This matter is probably not a small matter! (Thanks to 'Langya Wendao' for the 500 reward!)

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, but during this half month, Xu Chaoyang's company had undergone earth-shaking changes!

"Get started, go!"

Early in the morning, in the wilderness outside Kailu County, a column was advancing slowly. The elected squad leader stood at the front of the line with a machine gun, and the deputy platoon leader stood at the end with a pistol. Although the military appearance was solemn, the soldiers in the middle also knew how to stand and how to carry their guns.

"Enter the enemy!"

"Disperse!"

At the command, the team immediately dispersed in irregular shapes, with intervals of five or six meters, quickly and evenly dispersing around the machine gun of the squad leader at the front.

If there is cover, kneel down and hold the gun to engage the enemy; if there is no cover, lie down on the ground or hold the gun in a lying position.

The squad leader leads two people to form a machine gun team, the remaining seven people form a rifle team, and the deputy squad leader stays at the end of the team to prevent anyone from stealing their troops, so that the formation can be arranged in a very formal manner.

If the picture is enlarged again, the array is no longer a squad, but a platoon.

Two machine gun squads within a platoon were linked into a front line, responding to each other from a distance. The soldiers who could not make up a squad formed a skirmish rifle group, hanging in the gap between the two squads like stars. Their quick reaction and fierce fighting style made it look very much like the real thing.

No matter how wide the picture is, the two platoons of the entire company are spread out horizontally in this form. Each platoon has two Type 99 light machine guns as heavy firepower, which are reasonably matched. In front of them are targets of 30 meters, 50 meters, and 100 meters respectively.

Yang Jingyu was standing behind the formation at the moment, and he shouted with great excitement: "Engage the enemy and open fire!"

boom! boom! boom!
chug chug!
All guns fired at the same time, and the sound of the gunfire caused clouds of dust to float in the air where the team was located.

The targets in front of them were hit by several bullets. However, no one in the rifle group missed the target at the 30-meter target, a few missed the target at the 50-meter target, and the 100-meter target... well, let's just ignore it.

"Okay, okay!"

Yang Jingyu looked at the soldiers who were becoming more and more capable and praised them repeatedly. Chang Zhan, who was in charge of training, pouted his lips proudly at the side.

"Mr. Chang, you are really good! You are quite capable!"

"These Oroqen warriors have been transformed in your hands!"

After being praised by Yang Jingyu, Chang Zhan immediately showed off: "That's right. These days, I've broken 17 or 18 hemp ropes. The soldiers' waists are sore from being tied by ropes. If I still can't train like this, won't Chaoyang's trust in me be wasted?"

When Yang Jingyu and Chang Zhan looked at Xu Chaoyang at the same time, Xu Chaoyang was frowning.

He still saw the flaws in these people.

This training method, which originated from the mature formation of the German Army in the middle of World War II, is indeed good. The commands are concise and easy to train. It can enable the troops to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time. But what happens after they are pulled to the battlefield?
The greater your lethality against the Japanese army, the easier it will be for you to be targeted by the Japs. By then, a shell will hit your head, and the smoke and dust floating along with the sound of gunfire will be a guiding light for the artillery to fire!

"Each of your men must be provided with a water bottle."

This is Xu Chaoyang's true feeling, and his response method is completely different from that of the sniper king in our army's Korean battlefield.

"What do you need that thing for?" Chang Zhan asked in confusion, "It makes a lot of noise. I find it annoying to wear it on my body."

Xu Chaoyang didn't respond, but shouted, "First Platoon Leader!"

"To!"

Yu Minghao stood up in the crowd, straightened his body and faced Xu Chaoyang.

"Go, have your men use the helmets we captured from the devils to fetch water and evenly distribute them under and around each soldier."

"Yes!"

Several soldiers each picked up two helmets and went out. When they came back, each of them held two helmets of water.

"Row one! Everyone stand up!"

Under Yu Minghao's command, the soldiers all stood up on the spot, and the soldiers who were fetching water began to sprinkle water under and around them. When everything was ready, Xu Chaoyang shouted at the top of his voice: "Prepare to engage the enemy!"

After this shout, everyone in the row returned to their positions, and Chang Zhan immediately said, "Engage the enemy and open fire!"

boom! boom! boom!
chug chug!

The sound of gunfire was heard again, and the smoke and dust in the wilderness were still floating, except for this row, where nothing was floating.

"Fuck..." Chang Zhan turned his head and looked at Xu Chaoyang, and said in surprise: "It's, that simple?"

Isn’t it that simple?

This is why our snipers had to carry water bottles even without individual rations on the Korean battlefield!

At that time, the American snipers carried a blanket with them, while our snipers carried this kind of kettle.

Both things can prevent dust, but their cost-effectiveness is far from satisfactory.

Seeing this, Xu Chaoyang was finally satisfied and shouted again: "All the company, stand up and build defensive fortifications on the spot!"

The three platoon leaders and their deputy platoon leaders gave orders frequently, and all the soldiers in the company picked up their shovels and started digging on the spot.

Yu Minghao was smart. In the absence of corrugated plates, he simply used sacks filled with soil and used the curvature of the sides of the sacks filled with soil to build a corrugated shape in the trench to mitigate the impact of the shells. Wang Tianhao was not so smart, but he also put the training of the past few days into practice, asking the soldiers to directly pile soil in the trench, making the side soil wall into irregular waves...

Only Altai, when his subordinates asked how to make the corrugated plates, directly shouted: "You won't fight without those things?"

In the end, Altai's platoon completed the trench digging first and received a failing grade.

Wang Tianhao was the second to complete the task and achieved a passing score.

Yu Minghao was the last one to finish with an excellent score.

Altai was still not convinced. He jumped out of the trench covered in dirt and asked Xu Chaoyang, "Brother Chaoyang, why did I fail? Isn't it enough to dig trenches and fight the Japanese?"

Xu Chaoyang didn't say anything, Chang Zhan rushed over, stood at the edge of the trench and shouted: "Everyone in the third platoon, get out of the trench!"

After the people in the third row came up, Chang Zhan spoke again: "Retreat ten meters!"

"Go up the high slope!"

All three rows of people stood on a small mound of earth as instructed. Chang Zhan took out an imitation Soviet-style grenade from the ammunition box nearby, pulled the fuse and threw it into the trench - boom!

After the explosion, everyone in the third row saw with their own eyes the impact of the grenade rushing along the wall in the trench, and the sacks that had just been filled with soil and had not yet been moved to the breastwork of the bunker were directly crushed!

"do you understand?"

"Do you understand?"

Smoke and dust continued to float in the three rows of trenches, and the gust of wind that just rushed across the trenches left each of them with a lingering fear.

This is just an imitation of the Soviet-made grenade. If it were a shell... a lot of people would die in the trench!
You have to use human flesh to block the shock wave generated by the explosion!

Chang Zhan pointed at the trenches, looked up and asked the three rows on the hill: "Are you still stubborn?"

"what!"

This is the army. Those who are stubborn will be beaten to death, and those who can swim will be drowned. Here, everything has a standard answer, and it is tested on human lives.

"reset!"

Chang Zhan did not continue to argue with them. He waved his hand and shouted, "Next item, throwing training!"

On the training ground, soldiers threw wooden pieces that looked like hand grenades and hand grenades out of the trenches again and again. They often calculated the throwing distance based on the positions of the targets at 30 or 50 meters.

It was strange that the third platoon, which had just been scolded, instead learned from its mistakes and became stronger. In the throwing training, no one in the platoon threw less than 70 meters, and the farthest one threw 90 meters, thus snatching an excellent grade from the first and second platoons.

Wang Tianhao was so angry that he was furious. In their row, only three or five people were short of being able to throw the ball 50 meters away to get the same result as the third row.

Yu Minghao watched all this indifferently, but Xu Chaoyang knew that his cheap brother-in-law was a man of few talents, and he would not show anything on his face. He must have made up his mind secretly. "Take him back!"

At noon, the midsummer sun was scorching the earth. Soldiers covered in dirt were taken back one after another. The row that had achieved two "excellent" results in formation shooting and defensive fortification construction in the training was given priority to take a shower, while the others stood behind and watched...

Yes, this is the only benefit of getting an 'excellent' grade, and that's because there is only one wellhead in the compound.

But this became what Xu Chaoyang's soldiers looked forward to most, because they could laugh at others while taking a bath.

Perhaps, this is the simplest happiness for men...

"Chaoyang."

In the courtyard, the soldiers poured buckets of cool water fresh from the well over themselves. Wang Feng walked over leisurely with white gloves on, appeared in front of Xu Chaoyang with a swaying step, and exclaimed: "You have brought out a group of good soldiers."

Xu Chaoyang's soldiers were very different from the entire 9th Brigade. Their soldiers also swore and smoked, but they would never shake their heads and tails like hooligans.

His soldiers would always put their equipment neatly in place after training, even putting away their shoes properly.

These are definitely not Xu Chaoyang's achievements. They were created by Yang Jingyu who followed the soldiers one by one and nagged their children like a mother.

But to outsiders, all this was Xu Chaoyang's credit, because he was the company commander.
"Hi!"

Xu Chaoyang did not take credit for himself, nor did he explain. He looked at the transformation of this group of Oroqen people with satisfaction, and there was light in his eyes.

He understood that this was the team that could fight tough battles.

"Hey, I just remembered." Xu Chaoyang turned his head and said to Wang Feng, "A few days ago, Li Haidan asked him to go there."

Wang Feng frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"

"What can it be? Just buy people's hearts."

Xu Chaoyang continued, "They said they would give me so many benefits and so on, but I didn't listen carefully."

"There has to be some reason, right?"

"It's all about Dao Wenbin coming to the Fifth Military Region." Xu Chaoyang took out a cigarette from his pocket, handed one to Wang Feng and said, "Tell me, isn't Dao Wenbin going to bring five regiments this time? He plans to take this opportunity to capture Tongliao. That guy sounded very confident when he spoke."

"Let all these Oroqen guys under your command be incorporated into their camp?"

Wang Feng misunderstood.

Xu Chaoyang lowered his head and didn't look at the other person's face.

He couldn't lie, so he didn't answer. As for how Wang Feng misunderstood him, it was his business.

"Not entirely. The day I first arrived, Li Haidan probably saw us talking, and he wanted to take this opportunity to let me find out more about you. In fact, he was afraid that after Dao Wenbin arrived, the 9th Brigade would accuse Li Haidan of something because of Shebutu, which would prevent him from retaking Tongliao."

Wang Feng smiled: "Tell me, what did I promise you?"

Xu Chaoyang then showed the shoes on his feet that were swollen with thick thread: "That thing... Hey..."

"Hahahahaha, got it!"

"Boy, are you a little jealous after seeing the large batches of supplies we received today?"

Xu Chaoyang immediately raised his neck and said, "Nonsense!"

"Am I such a shallow-minded person?"

Then he softened: "It's mainly because my brothers have suffered so much. They fought their way out of the Northeast, and until now, the mustard seeds on their bodies were given by you. They don't even have a water bottle to drink. I can't bear it."

"that's it?"

Xu Chaoyang quickly responded: "That's all!"

Wang Feng immediately replied: "I'll arrange it for you, but there's one thing..."

"Don't worry, I will definitely not go to Li Haidan to serve as a cavalryman." Xu Chaoyang was about to laugh, but Wang Feng scolded him, "It's not about this. If you leave the 9th Brigade and insist on following Li Haidan, you will have to suffer the consequences yourself."

He pointed at Tong Meng, who was squatting under the shadow of the eaves. "This kid got the explosives from our military supply department and kept tying explosive packs. What do you mean by this?"

"What can I do?"

Xu Chaoyang felt so wronged!
"All the equipment for our company was looted from the battlefield. So far, no one has given me even a gun or military supplies. Hasn't this made me develop a habit of doing things myself?" He was telling the truth!
"In terms of organization, our regiment is gone in Qi City; in terms of relationships, I heard that my old master Ding Ma has gone to the Russians..."

"We are now unloved by our mother and uncle, so we are too embarrassed to beg you, Chief of Staff, right?"

"If my sister-in-law were here, I, as her younger brother, would be able to open my mouth..."

"Fuck you!" Wang Feng thought the first two sentences sounded like normal words, but they became more and more strange as he continued speaking. He just opened his mouth and started cursing.

With a laugh, he put his arm around Xu Chaoyang's shoulders and left the crowd. He walked to the far end and said, "Brother, I understand what you said. It's not that I won't help you. The supplies are in the warehouse. The 9th Brigade can't eat them all. It doesn't matter who I give them to."

"The problem is... I gave you the things, but if you don't know how to be grateful, how disgusting would it be for me to think about it in the middle of the night?"

Xu Chaoyang felt a little awkward when he heard this: "What do you mean?"

"This was originally the garrison of our 9th Brigade, but now it has been changed to the Fifth Military Region. How can Dao Wenbin just come here and slash at it?"

"With Li Haidan added to the mix, our 9th Brigade is almost like a stepmother, not to mention you, brother!"

Xu Chaoyang felt as if Wang Feng was waiting for him to show his loyalty...

The key is, are you that important?

"Don't beat around the bush. I'm not smart, but I can lead troops in battle. Can you just speak frankly?" Xu Chaoyang looked into Wang Feng's eyes.

"Then I'll just say it straight?"

"Brother, it's no problem for me to give you the stuff. There are enough supplies coming in these days. It's no problem to fully load you with equipment and supplies."

"But as a brother, I also hope that if I get into trouble one day, someone can help me."

"The world is in chaos now."

Is this what you call speaking clearly?

Xu Chaoyang is still confused by what he heard!
The problem is, he heard something else, which is that as long as he showed his loyalty, he could get the supplies!
"I didn't say anything!"

Xu Chaoyang raised his chin and said, "Our company is a distant relative of the 9th Brigade. You are the only one I know here. From now on, as long as I don't go against my conscience, I will fight wherever you point me to fight, right?"

"Is that so?"

"That's what I said!"

Wang Feng looked into Xu Chaoyang's eyes and a smile slowly appeared on his face. Xu Chaoyang always felt like he had fallen into a trap.

"Let's go, the quartermaster is out, get the supplies!"

"Ammunition, guns, gun parts, military uniforms, bedding, water bottles, as long as you can tell me, I will sign immediately!"

Xu Chaoyang understood something. The supply of military supplies was under the management of the logistics department. If Wang Feng's signature was all that was needed, then that meant that he had already taken control of the logistics department of the 9th Brigade?

As the staff officer of the 9th Brigade, even if you become the leader, you shouldn't get any benefits from this, right?
"Come on, don't just stand there!"

Xu Chaoyang didn't expect it to be so smooth, so he blinked quickly and followed.

He estimated that what happened to Wang Feng was probably a big deal.

　Thanks to 'Langya Wendao' for the 500 reward!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)