War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 408 Xiao Liuzi's Application for Party Membership (Thanks to 'Book Friends' for the reward)
Xu Chaoyang was frightened.

It was not during the Spring Festival, but during the daily training just after the Spring Festival. He was patrolling the training ground and heard the words "Lü Haiquan" from Chang Zhan's mouth.

At that time, they were squatting behind the wall of Dagu Factory...

"Captain, why do you think our regiment commander has us training every day to attack Haiguang Temple? He even created a similar terrain. Are we really going to fight?"

Lu Haiquan snorted coldly: "If a fight really breaks out, will the current training be useful?"

"You bastards heard the gunfire and saw the bullets flying by your ears. It would be great if some of you didn't shit your pants."

The soldier next to him responded: "Captain, I'm definitely not a coward!"

"By then, I'm afraid you'll only have your butt left..."

Hahahahaha!
Everyone around was laughing, and some soldiers were already sitting on the ground.

Lu Haiquan said at this time: "But you all have to remember this. If a fight really breaks out, you must obey orders when you are on the battlefield!"

"Didn't the battalion commander teach us how to attack? If we can't get through, we have to change our tactics."

"Captain, what's the change?"

"How to change... Anyway, the devil can't open the door, paint it and serve tea to welcome us in."

Lu Haiquan held a clod of earth in his hand, crushed it into powder and made it float in the wind, saying: "So, let's concentrate all the machine guns in the company to engage in frontal fire confrontation with the enemy. The second row, while firing, detour to the left to force a flank breakthrough. The third row is not allowed to make any sound. If you fart, hold it back. Move over quietly from the right and launch a leapfrog attack. Whichever side goes in first, goes first..."

"I know this, the Big Iron Rod Hospital, the doctor Tong (pao), stabbed these bastards in the ass!"

"Yes~"

Lu Haiquan continued, "The weapons in our hands are better than theirs. If we fire 10 bursts at the back of these guys, they will definitely be in trouble. I don't believe that they will not be confused if we attack them from both sides!"

……

Isn’t it scary?
An officer who had just been promoted from platoon leader to company commander dared to launch a leapfrog attack, letting his men cross the firing point and go around the enemy!
"Chaoyang, then you didn't take care of it?"

Back in the office, Xu Chaoyang told Lao Yang what he had said, and Lao Yang immediately stood up and said, "This is too undisciplined. Behind the iron fence is the garrison headquarters. We all know how much firepower is inside. If we fail miserably, two platoons of soldiers will be killed!"

Xu Chaoyang smiled: "I think it's good."

This was also what scared him at the beginning. Being greedy for merit and advancing recklessly is a taboo in military strategy... But Xu Chaoyang was amused when he thought of this. With his level of education, he had violated such a taboo in military strategy... No... What he meant was that being greedy for merit and advancing recklessly is too dangerous.

But then I thought, isn't it true that what kind of commander leads what kind of soldiers?
Isn't that what you, Xu Chaoyang, did when you led your troops deep into the enemy's territory alone, made a circle around Rehe, and formed a camp?

Moreover, our party and army have always allowed grassroots military commanders to give full play to their creativity on the battlefield. For example, before the "Xi'an Incident", Xiao Liuzi, who had just returned from Europe, had changed his identity. He was no longer the master of half a country. He had no territory and no money.

What could he do at this time? The military expenses were all paid by the government.

You gave up your job and ran off to Europe for fun, but the Kuomintang government here is still barely supporting your army. When you come back, you will still be the commander-in-chief. If they ask you to encircle and suppress the enemy, do you dare to disobey?

This is a typical case of taking something from someone and then not paying it back.

The Northeast Army at that time was also arrogant, from top to bottom. Compared with our army, they had longer training time, richer battlefield experience, and better equipment. For Xiao Liuzi, during this period, our army was very weak and could have won a quick victory.

As a result, the battle was won quickly. At the beginning, the Northeast Army easily occupied more than 200 kilometers of our guerrilla zone, and they were so arrogant. But when they turned around, our generals taught them what deep warfare was!
Aren't you a human being?

Aren't you well equipped?
That will stretch your battle line, disperse your defenders in a large depth, and weaken yourself.

Immediately following was the "Laoshan Ambush", which made Xiao Liuzi feel like he was kicked in the heart, and he also heard a voice of "kneel down" in his ear!
Less than two months later, nearly three divisions of the Northeast Army were wiped out, and two division commanders died. Among them, six regiment commanders were either killed in battle or captured by our army. The diary writer was so angry that he directly rescinded the numbers of two divisions of the Northeast Army, which was a shame to the old man.

At that time, four mountain cannons, eight mortars, 24 heavy machine guns, 162 light machine guns, and more than 3,000 long and short guns were seized from the Northeast Army... Xiao Liuzi has never played games, otherwise he would definitely understand what "poor people eat chicken, rich people get express delivery" means.

He was beaten up by Xu Haidong... Later he submitted an application to join the party. It's a true story, a historical fact. Xiao Liuzi submitted an application to join the party. This is even wilder than unofficial history. He was completely defeated (recorded in the book "Joining the Party", the party declaration was "I would rather die in struggle than sit there and wait for death").

If our army did not have a sufficiently relaxed policy and really had to rely on the command of superiors, it would have been impossible to accomplish all of this. At that time, our army did not have a communication system that could control the details.

The command method used by our army in that era was named "task-based" command by the current American military. That is, when senior officers assign tasks, they only say "what to do" and "why to do it" without detailing the process, giving front-line commanders greater autonomy.

Even in the German army, which was known for its "rigor" during this era, the environment in which the soldiers were in when the war broke out was different from what most people thought. They had unexpected freedom.

There is a term in the German army called "delegated command", yes, it means "trusteeship" in the game of Landlord. They will only emphasize the goals of military operations. As for what to do, that is your business. You can either be rewarded for your merits or bear the main responsibility. It all depends on success or failure.

In 1933, the German Army announced a "Combat Regulations", which placed great emphasis on people's creativity and freedom in military operations. It also explicitly stipulated that superiors' orders to subordinates should not be too detailed... It was an explicit stipulation.

"So what you mean is, just let these people go to the ditch like ducks and forget about them?"

Because Xu Chaoyang is overly indifferent to other aspects of the 217th Regiment, Yang Jingyu has become a nanny-like "political commissar". He cannot stand this kind of "motherly" care and "fatherly" indulgence, so it is normal for him to say a few words.

Xu Chaoyang looked at Yang Jingyu: "Do you admit that this world has always been a world where success or failure determines a hero?"

"Admit it." Yang Jingyu didn't pretend and nodded directly.

"Then what do you think? Is it better for us to adopt a persecution-style education, so that the soldiers under us are constantly denied and become less and less confident in the battle? Or is it better for us to encourage him, so that when he is in a good mood and knows that we have high expectations for him, he will pay more attention to this matter and accomplish it?"

Xu Chaoyang had experienced frustration education. Few people of his age had not experienced this. When he expressed an idea in such an environment, the answer he got was: "Can you do it?"

But it was different when he was in the army. He never dared to talk to the squad leader like that. In the army, as long as you said, "I think I can do 100 push-ups," the squad leader's eyes would light up and say, "I think you can do 101. Come on, try it!"

That's completely screwed. If you brag in the army, you have to be responsible!
You thought you were with your family? Bragging is not taxable.

"Hey, Xu Chaoyang, when did I say I would attack him? I just said that it is too dangerous to have such thoughts in your mind!"

Xu Chaoyang was happy and said, "Why don't you think about it again?"

"If we want to fight this battle, we definitely won't send just one company. It would be dangerous if we only send one company. It would be extremely dangerous if he dared to attack Haiguang Temple with only one company. But what if the whole regiment is moving and each company is on the position to attract firepower?"

"Why are you always right?" Yang Jingyu looked at Xu Chaoyang in confusion: "What if he fails? Wouldn't a platoon of soldiers be left there?"

Xu Chaoyang pointed at him and said, "This is just like what happened to my husband."

　Thanks to 'book friend 20240421110930740' for the reward. Thank you very much.

　　You don't know how happy I was when I saw Xiao Liuzi's application to join the party... I was so happy that I died.

　　I'm not as good as him, I really am not as good as him, hahahaha!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)