Chapter 8: Special Operations Platoon's Intensive Training (Part 1)

  "Thank you, Captain. But..." Zhang Hua said with embarrassment.

  "Zhang Hua, what do you want? Just say it. This time your special agent team has made such a great contribution and captured so many spoils of war. As long as I can satisfy you, I will definitely satisfy you." Team leader Yang Yong guaranteed with a smile, completely unaware that Zhang Hua was waiting for these exact words.

  "Ah, Captain, is this true..." Upon hearing Yang Yong's words, Zhang Hua felt a surge of excitement.

  "You little brat, are you looking for a beating? When has my word not counted? What do you want, speak up quickly, or else I won't recognize you in the future." Yang Yong said discontentedly to Zhang Hua, who looked equally shocked.

  "Squad leader, where is it... You always speak with authority. It's like this, I didn't get your approval and secretly left behind two light machine guns and one heavy machine gun to form a heavy firepower squad... Also, the captured rifles, apart from the special forces company having one rifle per person now, I also kept 34 rifles, preparing to leave them for new recruits joining the special forces company. So, the spoils of war handed over to the battalion headquarters only include 200 rifles, six light machine guns and one heavy machine gun." Zhang Hua said with embarrassment.

  "What? You say you want to form a heavy firepower class and also leave behind a captured heavy machine gun. Zhang Hua, I'm telling you, all the other requests are fine, but don't even think about touching those two heavy machine guns. My heavy machine gun company has just barely reached full strength, you can't ruin my good fortune." As soon as he heard that Zhang Hua wanted his precious heavy machine guns, Regimental Commander Yang Yong immediately rejected him without any hesitation.

  "Captain, you can't bully people, you just promised me. However, I guarantee that with this heavy machine gun, the combat effectiveness of the special operations company will be at least doubled. And I guarantee that in future battles, I will capture another heavy machine gun and return it to the regiment's heavy machine gun company." Zhang Hua guaranteed.

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  So, Zhang Hua spent a full ten minutes in the temporary team department before Team Leader Yang Yong finally relented. However, it was also conditional that if they encountered a major battle, the heavy machine guns of the special operations company must obey the command of the heavy machine gun company. In addition, Zhang Hua guaranteed that within one month, he would find a way to hand over some captured heavy machine guns as compensation to the team department.

  He got what he wanted from the team leader. As the company commander, Zhang Hua also didn't want to stay in the team command post anymore. He hastily led the soldiers to move the heavy machine gun back to their own camp, fearing that the team leader would regret it. As for the bullets, Zhang Hua had made some adjustments on the report form. It can be said that now the special operations company's ammunition is not only the most abundant in the 10th regiment but also in the entire Red Army.

  "Old Zhang, you really did it! You actually carried back the heavy machine gun... I'm truly impressed by you." The instructor exclaimed excitedly as he saw Zhang Hua carrying a heavy machine gun back from the regimental headquarters, having waited for half a day at the entrance of the company.

  "Hehe, Old Xu, the good news is yet to come! Just now at the battalion department, I found out that our 10th battalion has received a batch of new recruits. The battalion commander promised to add 44 new soldiers to our special operations company, allowing our special operations company to reach its full strength." Zhang Hua said with a smile.

  "Ah, replenishing new soldiers? Old Zhang, you guys are cheating me! Since the Long March began, we've basically had no reinforcements. Our warriors have been dwindling, one less with each battle..." Instructor Xu Bin said disbelievingly.

  "Old Xu, do I need to deceive you? The captain said that the new recruits who are supplementing our troops will arrive at our garrison tomorrow, so let's get ready. Of course, these are all your matters. Also, Old Xu, after a day of fighting, the comrades are all tired, arrange for sentry duty and we'll have a good rest tonight. Tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, I want to hold a full company meeting to reorganize our special forces company." Zhang Hua ordered with a smile.

  "Well, you can rest assured... I'll go and pass on the orders now." Instructor Xu Bin couldn't help but reveal his excited emotions, immediately responding as he ran towards the troops' barracks.

  The next morning, Zhang Hua ate two steamed buns and a large bowl of wild vegetable soup, belched loudly, and arrived at the courtyard in front of the company department. At this time, the remaining 100 or so people from the special operations company were already seated in rows, waiting for Company Commander Zhang Hua's arrival.

  "Comrades, yesterday our special operations company won a great victory and obtained a large amount of spoils. Originally, we were going to give everyone a day off to rest well. However, time waits for no man, and far away in Shanxi, Yan Xishan is not giving us time to rest. So, after discussion with the instructor, it was decided that during the few days when the troops are reorganizing, our special operations company will undergo a reorganization as well. You have all seen it, right in front of you are two heavy machine guns and two light machine guns. These are what I am using to establish our special operations company's heavy firepower unit. Now, I order that everyone who has experience with heavy machine guns step forward." Company Commander Zhang Hua shouted loudly.

  As soon as Zhang Hua's voice fell, a soldier came out... However, after this soldier came out, no other soldiers stood up from the team.

  "Lao Xue, how is it that our special agent team has only one soldier who has ever fired a heavy machine gun?" Zhang Hua asked incredulously at the scene before him.

  "Haha, Old Zhang, how did you become so mysterious again. You're not unaware that heavy machine guns are in short supply in our Red Army. Generally, only regimental or higher-level units have the qualifications to be equipped with heavy machine guns. Today, like our special operations company, a company-level unit being equipped with heavy machine guns, I estimate we've set a precedent for the entire army. The soldiers below don't even know how to operate heavy machine guns, they may not have even touched one before." Instructor Xu Bin shook his head with a bitter smile.

  "Reporting to Company Commander and Instructor. Third Squad soldier Zhou Zhigang has been ordered to step out, please instruct." Zhou Zhigang, who had walked out of the formation, replied loudly.

  "Hey, Zhou Zhigang, how did you learn to operate a heavy machine gun?" Zhang Hua asked curiously.

  "Report to the company commander, before joining the special operations company, I was a squad leader in the division's heavy machine gun company. However, during the Long March, we lost most of our heavy machine guns, so I was reassigned to the special operations company as an ordinary infantryman." Zhou Zhigang replied with a bitter smile.

  "Alright, Comrade Zhou Zhigang. Now, on behalf of the Special Operations Company Party Branch, I appoint you as the leader of the Firepower Support Squad. You will select two light machine gun operators from the entire company to operate the two light machine guns next to the heavy machine gun, and they will serve as your deputy squad leaders. As for your deputy shooters, the battalion commander will send over a batch of new recruits soon, and you can choose seven soldiers from among them. How's that? Do you have confidence in leading this newly formed Firepower Support Squad?" Zhang Hua commanded loudly.

  "Report to Commander Lian and Instructor, you can rest assured! I, Zhou Zhigang, guarantee the completion of the task..." Zhou Zhigang replied excitedly.

  "Alright, you sit down first... Now, the instructor will call out a name, and the soldier who is called should stand up and come forward to my front." Zhang Hua nodded and nodded towards the instructor beside him.

  "The following comrades who have been called out by name, please take one step forward and stand in front of the company commander. Squad leader Wu Zijie, third squad soldier Shi Kequan, second squad fourth squad soldier Bai Quan, second squad fifth squad soldier Liu Chun, third squad seventh squad deputy squad leader Jiang Yongwen. Please take one step forward." The instructor loudly commanded to more than 100 soldiers in front of him.

  "Comrades, the five warriors who stood out, I think everyone knows. And they all have one thing in common, which is that these few warriors are the best marksmen in the entire company. Today, I'm taking these five people out to form a special unit, that is, the sniper squad. Now, I order, the leader of the sniper squad is Wu Zijie, and the deputy leader is Jiang Yongwen. As for the members of the sniper squad, you two will bring along three others, making it a total of five warriors. As for the training of the sniper squad, I will personally take charge. Does anyone have any opinions?" Zhang Hua asked.

  "Platoon leader, you've taken away all the best marksmen from our platoon. How are we going to fight in the future?" Zhang Hua's words had just finished when Second Platoon Leader Qiu Ming hastily stood up.

  "You took away my training, now are our special forces short of ammunition or manpower? With such good conditions, you don't know how to use them. If you can't lead the troops, tell me and I'll remove your platoon leader directly." Zhang Hua furrowed his brow and questioned after hearing Qiu Ming's words.

  "Yes, Commander, no opinion..." Qiu Ming sat down awkwardly after being criticized by Zhang Hua.

  "Company commander, company commander, new recruits, the new recruits assigned to our battalion have arrived." Just as Zhang Hua was about to do something else, a sentry at the door rushed over and said.

  "What, it's come so quickly... Let's go, instructor, we'll go to welcome the new comrades of our special operations company. There are 44 new soldiers!" After finishing speaking, Zhang Hua pulled the stunned instructor and walked towards the entrance of the barracks. From a distance, Zhang Hua saw a group of unarmed new recruits walking towards their quarters under the leadership of the chief of staff of the regiment.

  "Reporting to Chief of Staff... the Special Operations Unit is undergoing reorganization, awaiting instructions from the Chief of Staff..." Zhang Hua ran up to the front of the Chief of Staff and saluted.

  "Heh heh, I'm not worthy of the instruction. Zhang Hua, this is the new recruit that the battalion commander asked me to hand over to your special operations company. Let me tell you, in our 10th Battalion, your special operations company has the most personnel. You must do a good job for me and not lose face for me and the battalion commander. You know, this time the battalion commander and I assigned 44 new recruits to you at once, don't know how much pressure that is. How about it, are you confident?" The chief of staff asked, patting Zhang Hua's shoulder.

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