Chapter 9 The Best Chief of Staff

  Song Zhe-wu returned to the front gate of his temporary residence, suddenly thought of something: "Xing Gang, you are the director of the Political Department, although now is still a nominal commander, but from now on you officially take office. I give you a task, you must do it well." Wang Xing-gang heard that he had been given a task, immediately became excited. Having a task can intervene in troop affairs, can make him integrate into the troops as soon as possible.

  "The battle just now, although the bandits did not break into the village and the shells did not hit us, stray bullets were unavoidable. Moreover, our troops had to damage some of the villagers' property during the defense. Your task is to take the quartermaster of the guard battalion, bring more silver dollars, and go from door to door to comfort the villagers, investigate whether our troops damaged their property, if there was any damage, compensate them according to the price, and if it's hard to determine the value, give them a bit more." Wang Xinggang was taken aback, thinking he would be asked to comfort the wounded or educate the prisoners, but didn't expect this task. "Does the National... Army also compensate for damaging villagers' property?" Wang Xinggang felt that his previous statement was somewhat inappropriate and hastily added: "And stray bullets, not to mention damaging property, even if they injure people, no army compensates for that."

  Song Zhe-wu said seriously: "Xing Gang, you must remember that I can't control other troops, but if my troop damages the property of the local people, we must compensate. This time, after all, it's because of our reason that the bandits came here, so no matter whether it's injury to people or damage to property, we must pay compensation. Execute the order!" Wang Xing-gang looked at Song Zhe-wu and saluted him solemnly before going to find the quartermaster.

  Song Zhe Wu now has 80% confidence, this is the historical Wang Xing Gang. Looking at Wang Xing Gang's back, Song Zhe Wu slightly shook his head, still young after all. Much worse than Yu Ze Cheng in The Hidden Corner.

  Song Zhe Wu entered the courtyard, Chu Feng was standing in front of the door to his room where the phone was. Seeing Song Zhe Wu return, he immediately stepped forward to report: "The cavalry communication officer who went to Yuanyuan encountered Major Xiao on the way, Major Xiao led a battalion and a regiment to take the lead in advance by truck, while Battalion Commander Zhang led the rest of the troops to follow closely behind on foot. It is estimated that the major will arrive soon." As soon as Chu Feng's words fell, the sound of an automobile engine could be faintly heard, and soon the engine sound came from afar and approached, finally stopping outside the villa.

  "The Chief of Staff has arrived," said Song Zhe Wu as he walked towards the door. Chu Feng took a few steps forward, turned his head to glance at the phone inside the room, and stopped in his tracks with a look of helplessness.

  Song Zhe-wu met Chief of Staff Xiao Guo-dong on the road inside the villa, and their two big hands were tightly clasped together. Since the start of the relocation, the two had not seen each other for a long time. One was in Tianjin, the other in Laiyuan.

  In Dresden, Xiao Guodong was one year senior to Song Zhiwu, while Liang Fang and Song Zhiwu were in the same grade. Wang Xu was one year junior to Song Zhiwu. Xiao Guodong was normally taciturn but meticulous in his thinking and actions, a man of few words but many deeds. Liang Fang was like the young master Song from her previous life, both being hot-blooded youths with sharp edges exposed. Wang Xu was the youngest but had a fierce determination when it came to studying academic problems. When Wang Xu first arrived in Dresden, due to his poor foundation, he fell behind his German classmates, but relying on his unyielding spirit, he quickly caught up and graduated as the top student in telecommunications. All three of them deeply respected Xiao Guodong and called him "big brother". After the Security Regiment was formed, Xiao Guodong repeatedly asked Song Zhiwu not to call him "big brother" anymore, and they eventually agreed that only in private would they use this term, while in public they would address each other by their official titles. Since the formation of the Security Regiment, it was always Song Zhiwu who set the tone and made decisions, with Xiao Guodong responsible for specific implementation. It could be said that half of the credit for building up this unit belonged to Xiao Guodong.

  "Big brother, are you okay! You've lost weight." Song Zhe Wu said emotionally. "Hehe, Wen Ge, I think you've lost a lot of weight too, must be not eating on time again." The two burst out laughing.

  "Big brother, you'll be here in three hours, you guys are coming really fast." Song Zhe Wu said while walking and holding Xiao Guo Dong's hand. "How can we not hurry? After receiving your telegram, big brother was startled. With thousands of bandits, if it were daytime, I wouldn't worry, let alone bandits, even thousands of Shanxi troops couldn't do anything to you. But nighttime is different, bandits are good at night battles, and our firepower advantage can't be played out in the dark. Not just me, even Liang Fang wants to bring his few field guns." After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but laugh. "Liang Fang has been busy with his troops all day!" Song Zhe Wu asked while holding back his laughter. "Needless to say, in Laiyuan, he didn't stop for a single day, every day leading his troops and cannons to the wilderness. But it's really effective, those soldiers who had never touched a cannon before can now hit their targets within 5 kilometers with two shots."

  The two men returned to the barracks, where the cooking squad had already prepared breakfast. Chu Feng and Xiao Guodong greeted them, served them food, knew they had something to discuss, and immediately withdrew, closing the door.

  As soon as Chu Feng left, Song Zhe Wu and Xiao Guo Dong almost simultaneously opened their mouths to speak. The two saw that the other wanted to say something, and simultaneously closed their mouths, waiting for the other to speak. Seeing this situation, the two couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Xiao Guodong smiled and said: "Wen Ge, I know you're eager to know the situation on the ground. Let me tell you first. After our troops arrived in Laiyuan, there was a document from the provincial government regarding land requisition. The county magistrate of this county was very cooperative. According to your requirements, I gave him 1,000 yuan. This county magistrate was so scared that he kept bowing and apologizing, saying that Laiyuan is a poor place with few people and no money to comfort the army. I think he misunderstood me, thinking I wanted to extort him. But this county magistrate seems not bad, at least he didn't take advantage of the situation to exploit the common people. After I repeatedly reassured him, he finally accepted it.

  The division headquarters is set up in the Nan Guan Temple, and the county magistrate wanted to offer us the county government building, but I didn't agree. The textile mill, dyeing factory, flour mill, and the noodle factory you mentioned are all located outside the south gate because of their large land requirements. They were built according to your plans and blueprints. The specific arrangements for these factories will be handled by the people in charge who came with us.

  We have trucks, so transportation is convenient, and laborers are paid daily wages. Local villagers are very enthusiastic about working for us. Now that the walls and buildings of the factories are completed, we just need to install the machinery. In the villages of Heishan, Shuiquan, Jingshan Kou, Zhenwu Temple, Zhaojiazhuang, and Muzhai in the east of the city, six military camps have been set up.

  Three days ago, you sent a telegram saying that Shang Zhen gave us more than 10,000 people. Now we have 54,000 people. Without consulting with you, I think it's enough to form six infantry regiments, one artillery regiment, the special forces battalion you mentioned before, and a cavalry regiment of 2,000 people, as well as the division headquarters. It seems that the six military camps are not enough, so I set up another camp in Dongjiazhuang in the east of the city.

  Now, except for Dongjiazhuang, the other six camps can be occupied immediately. Dongjiazhuang is still under construction and will take about 10 more days to complete. The distance between these military camps is at most 12 kilometers, and the closest one is only 3 kilometers away. Heishan Village is the largest and closest to the city, so it's been designated as our main camp. Taking advantage of the terrain, I excavated three large caves in the mountains as warehouses for our weapons, ammunition, and other military supplies.

  The arsenal repair shop is also located in Heishan. In addition, five checkpoints have been set up on the roads leading to Laiyuan, with troops stationed there, ranging from a platoon to a company. They are located at Ma Ji Ling, Xiao Jia Xiang, Cha Jian Ling, Long Pan Gou, and Sha Ling Zi. I've finished reporting. Are you satisfied?"

  "Satisfied! Too satisfied! My brother Xiao. In ancient times, Xiao He said to Liu Bang that getting one person like Han Xin is enough to conquer the world, but I got my brother Xiao and that's enough for me, you are China's best chief of staff." Song Zhe Wu saw that Xiao Guo Dong had arranged everything in an orderly manner, all the things he thought of and didn't think of, Xiao Guo Dong had made arrangements for them to be perfectly rounded off. As soon as he arrived at Li Yuan, he could start training troops and preparing for battle, and for a moment, he was so excited that his words were somewhat incoherent.

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