War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 183 Do I need to teach you how to be the captain?

Duolun, regiment headquarters.

"report!"

A scout rushed into the regiment headquarters in a hurry. All the officers of the regiment were there at that time. Some of them were staring at the map, some were asking questions on the phone, and they were very busy.

"speak!"

Wang Changhai asked with a cold face and continued to look at the map. The officer next to him shouted while holding the phone: "What the hell are you doing? We haven't even seen Song Laoding's train arrive at the station yet!"

These people are going crazy!
Ever since Song Zheyuan left by train in the morning, Wang Changhai began to contact the front station frequently, and repeatedly reminded him: "As long as the train arrives at the station, you must call back to report." As a result, the train was supposed to arrive at the station an hour ago, but the front phone call was not made.

Wang Changhai contacted the Duolun Station directly, but the answer he got was: "Wang Tuan, the train you mentioned didn't come!"

Wang Changhai was so angry that he started to curse: "The train is lost?"

In an instant, he felt something was wrong and immediately ordered all troops to enter combat readiness. While guarding against the Japanese troops in the Tongliao direction, he stared at the map.

He didn't dare to move, for fear that by the time he sent people to find Lao Ding's train, the Japanese would be at the gates of the city!

The only thing Wang Changhai could do was to send out the few scouts he had left to scout along the railway line all the way to the frontier station...

"Captain, Lao Ding is back with a team and a group of bandits."

bandit?

Wang Changhai didn't understand and slapped his ears, then exclaimed: "Fuck!"

He ran out of the regiment headquarters, and a large number of officers followed him without knowing what was going on.

As soon as this group of people left the city, they were stunned by the scene before them.

Sixty or seventy bandits in rags stood in the front with their bare hands, but they were neatly lined up in a vertical square of four people in a row. Behind them were the soldiers of the first company holding guns. Song Laoding was surrounded by the soldiers of the first company and the pistol team. He was in the middle of the two teams and kept talking to Xu Chaoyang. When he was happy, he laughed with his head back.

Wang Changhai rushed over, bypassed the group in front, and went to the middle of the group, pointing in the direction of the bandits and asked, "General, Chaoyang, what's going on?"

Song Zheyuan turned his head and glanced at Xu Chaoyang, who then said, "Captain Wang, the commander is testing me."

"Test you?"

"This is what happened." Xu Chaoyang responded, "We were escorting the commander back to Zhangjiakou. The train had just left for more than an hour when these guys blew up the railway, causing several carriages to derail... Fortunately, they were not familiar with the detonation time of the explosives, so we escaped. Now, they have made me behave myself."

"So who are you testing?"

Xu Chaoyang smiled and said, "The commander asked me if I could also train an example for our 217th Regiment, so I let these bandits set an example."

Bandits practicing formation?
Even Wang Changhai has never heard of it!

Xu Chaoyang explained to Wang Changhai, who was full of doubts, "Just tell these guys how to line up, and then have them line up and go back to Duolun for trial. At the same time, tell my first and second platoons to load their guns with live ammunition and be ready to shoot at moving targets at any time."

Wang Changhai was stunned: "Are these two things next to each other?"

"Wang Tuan, please listen to me."

Xu Chaoyang continued, "On our way back, after walking a few steps, a bandit broke away from the formation and tried to escape, so the row with live ammunition loaded took the lead in firing at the moving target."

"Hey, Wang Tuan, there's only one person who collapsed. Look, this team is more orderly than the people under my command."

Wang Changhai looked at Xu Chaoyang, who was chatting and laughing, and then looked at the row of people who were missing some of their hands. He frowned and asked, "It's a big loss, right?"

"Nothing serious happened. The bandits are just bad shooters."

“Then you…” Wang Changhai remembered that when Xu Chaoyang came, he had almost a reinforced company under his command, but now nearly half of his men are missing.

"Captain Wang, I'm going to ask the third platoon to work with the cavalry platoon to raid the bandits' lair. Destroying them will be an explanation to the people of Duolun."

Wang Changhai pointed to the second row of the first company and asked in front of Wang Tianhao: "Why are the weights of these people different?"

Wang Tianhao immediately rolled his eyes and walked out, as if he was particularly unwilling to hear these words.

"Oh, this is the punishment the second platoon received for failing to hit a moving target after another bandit ran off into the woods."

"That's right, all the company's equipment, even the captured guns and ammunition, are on their backs." Xu Chaoyang said this and patted a soldier in the second platoon. The soldier was carrying three Type 38 rifles, and his belt was full of bullets. Wang Changhai didn't know what to say, and stood there in a daze as if looking at the scenery.

Song Zheyuan walked over with a smile on his face and whispered into Wang Changhai's ear, "The people are crying out in pain right where the train crashed. So, are you planning to let the people under your rule be tortured in the wilderness?"

The soft voice made Wang Changhai blush, and he turned around and said, "First Battalion Commander!"

"To!"

"Organize rescue immediately!"

"Second Battalion Commander!"

"To!"

"Investigate thoroughly! Before dawn, I must find out where the news that the commander was taking a car back to Zhangjiakou was leaked from!"

"Third Battalion Commander!"

"To!"

"Send out all the scouts and keep an eye on the movements of the Japanese in the Tongliao direction day and night. We must not be careless!"

"Yes!"

Orders were issued one after another from Wang Changhai's mouth. Judging from the orders he issued, Wang Changhai was absolutely qualified to be the regiment leader, and he had considered everything inside and outside of the regiment very clearly.

"Chaoyang!"

"arrive."

At Song Zheyuan's call, Xu Chaoyang stood in the afterglow of the sunset.

"First, take them into the city. Those who need to be tried will be tried, and those who need to be executed will be executed. If there are really some heinous criminals, let the people be punished for their crimes."

"Yes!"

Xu Chaoyang led sixty or seventy prisoners into the city, and at this time, Song Zheyuan put his arm around Wang Changhai's shoulders...

"This kid is a talent."

"A company, under the enemy's surprise attack, advanced and retreated in a measured manner and charged forward bravely."

"Changhai, don't disbelieve me. You gave him a strategic location that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If both sides have the same equipment, even if all your 217th Regiment goes out, you may not be able to take it."

Wang Changhai turned his head and looked over, with a bit of dissatisfaction on his face, but he still responded: "I have talked with Xu Chaoyang and watched their company's training. Their training is indeed different from ours."

That's totally different. The 217th Regiment is still swinging big knives, how can it be the same?
But Wang Changhai immediately explained: "The difference is not just that they came out of the Fifth Military Region and carried weapons that we envy, but their training is extremely simple and highly repeatable. A bayonet action can be practiced thousands of times. Gun aiming and live-fire shooting exercises are even more cost-effective."

Wang Changhai patted his pocket and said, "These days, I have seen the company use up less and less bullets, but Xu Chaoyang continues to invest without any regrets... Commander, the group of people you saw were trained using the methods of prodigal sons. We can't afford the price at all."

"I can probably bear it for one company if I grit my teeth, but if you let me train my entire regiment like this, in a month, I'll have to go out and sell underpants on the street."

Hahahahaha...

Song Zheyuan laughed louder and louder, then turned to look at Wang Changhai: "Did I ask you to practice?"

"Why would you let such a talented person go unused and suffer this?"

"You can't even move the abacus beads in your hand. What kind of leader are you?"

Wang Changhai didn't understand and looked at Song Zheyuan without daring to say anything.

"I have already appointed Xu Chaoyang as the chief instructor of the 217th Regiment. He failed to train the troops properly and caused a shortage in the arsenal. Will you not hold him accountable?"

"How can I teach you how to be a team leader?"

Wang Changhai almost cried: "General, General!" He chased Song Zheyuan into the city and shouted behind him: "Is this a matter of accountability? If the devils from Tongliao come to kill me and I can't get any bullets, you'll be the one shooting me, Wang Changhai!"

(End of this chapter)