Chapter Eighteen: Training Soldiers

  Zhang Xianfeng, a big man with a mustache, was an uneducated roughneck who couldn't recognize a single character, so he was very interested in Zhao Xiaofeng. Zhang Xianfeng immediately took Zhao Xiaofeng to the First Battalion where he served as deputy battalion commander.

  But unexpectedly, it was said that the team leader had come down, and all the soldiers in the whole military camp were called out by the regimental commander to meet him.

  Only to see thousands of people in the military camp are eagerly waiting. "Do you see, do you see, so many soldiers have come to welcome me, and there are three battalion commanders, and all the soldiers! I'm so proud! Zhao Xiao Feng was overjoyed and wanted to shout loudly.

  "Oh! Commander, you've honored us with your presence. The soldiers of our three regiments are truly blessed!" A fat regimental commander rushed up to fawn over him, not really "worshiping" Zhao Xiao Feng at all.

  "Wang Deqiang! Today I'm here to promote you to a great general!" Zhang Xianfeng shouted: "You listen carefully, damn it! This is the brigade commander personally appointed deputy regimental commander. Next time if you say again that your subordinates don't have a great general, I'll send you back home!"

  "Yes! Yes!" Wang Deqiang nodded and smiled with a bow.

  "Scram! All of you, scram! What are you gathering here for?" Zhang Xianfeng waved his hand and chased away the remaining two battalions.

  Zhao Xiaofeng had just fallen from the exciting summit to the abyss of despair, so he looked up at his superior.

  This fat battalion commander named Wang Deqiang looked like he had drunk a lot of soldiers' blood, his face was flushed with excitement, and many soldiers didn't dare to look him straight in the eye.

  At this time, Wang Deqiang was already holding the appointment certificate and shouting loudly: "Zhao Feng! He is hereby appointed as the deputy commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Provincial Defense Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Welcome everyone!"

  Zhao Xiaofeng looked at the three hundred or so people under him, who were all twisted and distorted, and his heart was indeed not feeling good. These people couldn't even compare to his own bandits, it seemed that these people really weren't a match for the Japanese.

  "Brothers! From today on, we're all in the same pot stirring the porridge together! We'll be family and friends from now on. If anyone has any difficulties, I hope you can tell me, and I'll definitely do my best to help!"

  "Swear to die for the Three Principles of the People! Swear to die for the National Government! Strive to kill the enemy! Protect our homes and defend our country!" The soldiers immediately shouted in a chaotic manner.

  Zhao Xiaofeng felt a pang of emotion as he took the appointment letter from Wang Deqiang's hand. He had gone from being a commander with over a thousand men under him to becoming a deputy battalion commander in charge of just over three hundred scattered soldiers. Sigh! When would this kind of life ever come to an end?!

  When he calmed down, Zhao Xiaofeng began to carefully think about the events written in his memoirs of the War of Resistance. Although he had arranged everything, he was now in Shancheng Town, far from Fengtian, and many things were beyond his control. What should he do on September 18th? Should he wait here or go to Fengtian? With troops or alone? Bah! Relying solely on the more than three hundred scattered soldiers under his command?

  Now, there are only two people who are happy about Zhao Xiaofeng's arrival. One is called Qi Yong and the other is called Jin Zhanguo. Both of them are battalion commanders under Zhao Xiaofeng.

  At this time, the orderly reported: "Company Commander Jin Wanguo of the 1st Company, Company Commander Qi Yong of the 2nd Company and Company Commander He Ziqing of the 3rd Company have arrived."

  Zhao Xiaofeng immediately stood up to greet them, after all these people were his subordinates.

  "Congratulations, Deputy Battalion Commander!" Jin Zhanguo saluted as soon as he saw Zhao Xiaofeng.

  "Thanks! Old brother." Zhao Xiao Feng also returned a military salute, saying: "Younger brother has just arrived and there are many things that still need older brother's care!"

  "Deputy Regimental Commander, don't be polite, just give orders as you please!" Jin Zhanguo said with a smile, his face filled with joy.

  "I heard that Vice Captain is a top student from the Martial Arts Academy, I'll have to learn from him more often in the future!" Qi Yong also laughed and said.

  Zhao Xiaofeng pointed south and said: "Brothers! In the future, when we fight against the Japanese on the battlefield, we will still have to cooperate with each other!"

  "Will we go to war with the Japanese?" He Zi Qing immediately furrowed his brow and said: "The Japanese seem to be quiet, they don't seem to have any intention of fighting us."

  Zhao Xiaofeng smiled, he knew that most people nowadays have no guard against the Japanese who are like wolves and tigers, and lack necessary vigilance. Otherwise, how could they easily give away Beidaying to the Japanese, give away Fentian to the Japanese, and give away the entire Northeast to the Japanese?

  Zhao Xiaofeng knew that it was pointless to explain now, and even if he said something, no one would believe him. So he just exchanged pleasantries with the three of them for a while.

  From the conversation, Zhao Xiaofeng discovered that He Ziqing was actually a nobody. Later on, he found out that his sister was the newly taken concubine of the camp commander.

  While Qi Yong and Jin Zhan Guo are still decent, at least these two people have been fighting step by step from the beginning, with actual combat experience.

  After five days of familiarization, Zhao Xiaofeng can now call out the name of every soldier and has a certain understanding of their abilities and temperament. The training of soldiers should not have been under Zhao Xiaofeng's jurisdiction, but since he saw that no one was in charge of training the soldiers, he summoned three company commanders to inquire about it.

  Zi Yongdao said: "We want to train, all are self-trained in units of brigades, and the top never manages!"

  "Hmm!" Zhao Xiaofeng nodded, thinking to himself, no wonder the troops are in such disarray!

  "Ah!" Jin Zhanguo said: "Above, an order was given to have the former deputy battalion commander lead our battalion to Kirin Mountain to suppress bandits, but the task has not been arranged yet. He was transferred away, I don't know if Battalion Commander Zhao knows about this matter?"

  "Ah!" Zhao Xiao Feng was shocked. Isn't this Qilin Village the team of Zhong Ba Tian? What? His own troops were preparing to annihilate them?

  Seeing Zhao Xiaofeng, Jin Zhanguo was shocked and immediately said: "If Commander Zhao doesn't know, then the three of us can take action together, you don't have to go!" Jin Zhanguo thought that this commander was like the previous one, afraid to fight.

  "How can that be?" Zhao Xiao Feng immediately spoke up, "Isn't the battalion commander participating in this operation?"

  "Cough!" Qi Yong looked at He Ziqing, who had been silent all along, and said tirelessly: "If Commander He doesn't have to go, can Commander Wang go?"

  "Hum!" He Ziqing stood up and immediately shouted at Qi Yong: "You stinky little boy! What is my status, just a few small bandits on the mountain, do I still need to be polite to you? After saying that, he turned around and left without even looking back at Zhao Xiaofeng.

  "Ptoo!" Jin Wenguogou spat at the back of He Ziqing and pulled Qi Yong, "Qi Lianzhang, let's discuss how to eliminate these bandits! No need to get angry with these bastards!"

  "Hmm!" Qi sat down with a huff.

  Zhao Xiaofeng had already seen the way, that He Ziqing relied on his brother-in-law's care, in the first camp he was fearless of heaven and earth, even this deputy camp chief didn't care, it can be seen how rotten the provincial defense team is. Seeing the two angry, Zhao Xiaofeng immediately said: "Don't worry, He Ziqing will definitely go!"

  "What?" Qi Yong looked at Zhao Xiao Feng with a hint of suspicion in his heart. Did this kid dare to provoke Wang De Qiang?

  "Since we are going to eliminate the bandits in Qilin Village, have you all conducted reconnaissance on Qilin Village?" Zhao Xiao Feng asked.

  "We've done reconnaissance! We have an insider in Kirin Village!" Qi Yong said.

  "What? Traitor?" Zhao Xiao Feng was shocked, he did not expect that there would be a traitor from the Provincial Defense First Brigade in Kirin Village.

  "Really!" Jin Wenguo said strangely, "We just sent a clever soldier to surrender to Zhong Batian. He brought back the news that Zhong Batian has not been in Qilin Fort recently, but instead went to a place called Front Slope, which seems very suspicious."

  "Ah!" Zhao Xiaofeng saw that they had already set up a way to deal with Qilin Village, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If he hadn't arrived at the Provincial Defense First Brigade First Regiment First Battalion, Qilin Village would have probably been wiped out!

  "Right!" Zhao Xiao Feng asked: "What about our battle plan?"

  "What plan?" Zhi Yong laughed: "Just gather a few hundred bandits, what battle plan do we need!"

  "That's not going to work!" Zhao Xiao Feng immediately said: "Mopping up the bandits is also a military operation! This also requires a detailed battle plan, and we must order the soldiers to conduct a round of actual combat drills, so as to reduce our losses!"

  "Yes!" The two of them did not dare disobey the deputy camp commander's arrangement and immediately went down to prepare a battle plan.

  After getting the battle plan, Zhao Xiaofeng immediately found Pu Ye and told him his own battle plan, asking him to go back and make arrangements according to his deployment!

  Zhao Xiaofeng found Wang Deqiang again and handed over his plan for suppressing bandits.

  Wang Deqiang saw that this Qilin stronghold actually had more than 500 bandits, and immediately began to calculate. He couldn't go himself, or his concubine would be taken by others!

  "Let's go!" This matter I want to lead personally, Zhao Xiao Feng saw Wang De Qiang's mind and immediately said.

  "Great! Great! Young and promising!" Wang Deqiang was so excited that he almost jumped up, if this kid went on this mission, even if it failed, he wouldn't care about his own affairs!

  "But," Zhao Xiao Feng continued, "I need everyone in the camp to fully cooperate with my actions!"

  "Alright! No problem! If anyone dares to disobey your orders, I'll take care of him!" Wang Deqiang said immediately with a fierce tone.

  "Alright! We'll take action in a month!" Zhao Xiao Feng immediately went back satisfied and called He Zi Qing over, telling him what Wang De Sheng had said.

  He Ziqing agreed readily enough, but as soon as he got back, he immediately went to find Wang Deqiang.

  Finally, Wang Deqiang found Zhao Xiaofeng and arranged: "You must put He Ziqing at the end when the time comes, and cannot let him rush to the front!"

  After watching the training of three brigades, Zhao Xiaofeng finally found their gap. This group of soldiers had no combat experience at all. If they were to fight against his own soldiers, they would be a batch of "meat" delivered to their doorstep!

  Zhao Xiaofeng categorized them during training, those who could fight and listen to orders, the majority were able to consciously follow Zhao Xiaofeng's requirements, but those who were lazy, either feared death or had ulterior motives.

  During training, Zhao Xiaofeng discovered that there was a godly marksman in his camp named Gu Wenqian. Although he wasn't as good as the snipers Zhao trained himself, he was still a master with a 100% hit rate. So, Zhao immediately ordered this soldier to be his personal bodyguard and demanded that he train alone. If bullets weren't enough, they would be allocated from other soldiers' training ammo. Unexpectedly, this kid fired over a thousand rounds in just one day! It pained Zhao Xiaofeng so much that he almost cried out for his mother.

  In Zhao Xiaofeng's battalion, each company only had three light machine guns, one heavy machine gun, and three mortars. There were no cannons at all. This made Zhao Xiaofeng very depressed. Although the new "Hanyang-made" was also exquisite, if they fought against the Japanese, how could it compare to the Japanese Type 38? At this time, Zhao Xiaofeng really worried about his soldiers.

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