Chapter 23: Vanguard Regiment (6) Collection Quantity!

  Just as the Special Operations Unit was celebrating its great victory and numerous captures, Wang Goudan, who had gone out of the city to look for the main force, finally found the main force unit that was conducting a forced march after three hours.

  "Reporting to the battalion commander, special agent Wang Goudan has been ordered to come and report..." Seeing Battalion Commander Yang Yong, Wang Goudan hastily jumped off his war horse and ran to Yang Yong's front, saying.

  "Ah, I remember you! Weren't you with Zhang Hua and Xu Bin? How did you come back? Did something happen to the Special Forces?" Yang Yong asked nervously upon seeing the Special Forces' communication officer.

  "Reporting to Captain, nothing's wrong with the scout platoon, we haven't encountered any trouble..." Wang Goudan hastily replied upon seeing the anxious captain.

  "That's good... Zhang Hua let you come, is there any situation?" After listening to the communicator's words, Yang Yong nodded and asked.

  "Yes, Commissar, the Regimental Commander and the Instructor have asked me to inform you that you are to lead the main force of the regiment to accept the surrender of the county seat of Pu County immediately. At the same time, use the radio to notify the Division Commander to lead the main force of the division to rush to the county seat of Pu County..." Wang Goudan replied with a salute.

  "What? What did you just say? The county seat of Pucheng has been occupied by your special agent troops?" Yang Yong looked at the communication officer Wang Goudan in incredulity.

  "Report to the team leader, four hours ago, the company commander has led the main force of the special operations company into the county town. However, at that time, the 800 defenders in the city were not eliminated by us. The company commander asked me to inform you to bring the main force to Pucheng immediately, and the remaining enemies will be annihilated by the company commander within two hours." Wang Goudan replied affirmatively.

  "Haha, Zhang Hua, Xu Bin, you've given me another big gift... Radio operator, immediately send a telegram to the commander, my 10th Special Duty Company has successfully occupied the county seat of Pu County. The specific battle process and results will be reported again after the special duty company is assembled. Please ask the commander to lead the main force of the division to quickly rush to the county seat of Pu County." Yang Yong loudly commanded his radio operator beside him.

  "Yes, Captain..." The radio operator turned around and walked out of the marching column, starting to send a message.

  "Chief of staff, order the troops to advance at a run... Comrade Wang Goudan, it's hard on you to lead the way for the main force..." Yang Yong commanded excitedly.

  "Yes, Battalion Commander..." Immediately, the remaining 1,000 or so people in the entire 10th battalion quickened their pace under the commander's orders and rushed towards the county seat of Pucheng. At this time, in the home of the enemy's security team leader in Pucheng County, there were indeed cheers and laughter. Because at this moment, Zhang Hua was convening a meeting of platoon-level cadres above the special operations company to count the battle results achieved by the special operations company today.

  "Lao Xue, first report to everyone present. This afternoon, our special operations team achieved specific results, let the soldiers be happy too." Seeing the smiling faces of several platoon leaders in front of him, Zhang Hua also said with a smile.

  "Yes, Commissar..." In formal settings, Instructor Xu Bin was not as casual as Zhang Hua. He answered loudly and stood up from his seat.

  "Comrades, after an afternoon of fighting, we have eliminated a total of 792 enemy soldiers, including 45 killed and 747 captured. Among them are the commander of the enemy's security regiment and the commander of the logistics battalion... We have also seized 654 rifles, 15 light machine guns, 5 heavy machine guns, 1 mortar, over 380,000 rounds of rifle ammunition, nearly 100,000 rounds of light and heavy machine gun ammunition, 500 rounds of mortar shells, 20 enemy logistics trucks, and 62 mules. In addition, we have seized around 210,000 kilograms of grain in the county town and $292,000. This is the greatest victory since the establishment of our special operations company!" Instructor Xu Bin exclaimed excitedly.

  "Great, now that we have these grains and ammunition, our Red Army's combat effectiveness will increase several times, and we won't have to worry about food and ammunition problems anymore..." Just as Instructor Xu Bin finished speaking, Second Platoon Leader Qiu Ming excitedly said.

  "Well, comrades, after an afternoon of fighting. It can be said that our special operations team has once again achieved a great victory. However, through this battle, it still exposed a major weakness of our special operations team, which is the lack of troops. Think about it, if today's county town troops were not the enemy's security regiment but regular army, would our special operations team be able to take down the county town with such small casualties?" Zhang Hua said, calming down the excited crowd.

  "Zhou, I let you recruit new soldiers within the enemy's security team. How is it going?" Seeing several platoon leaders below being speechless by their own words, Zhang Hua said to Zhou Zhigang, the platoon leader of the firepower support platoon.

  "Report to the company commander, political instructor. After several hours of effort by the soldiers, so far, a total of 41 squad members are willing to join the Red Army. If we continue to work on it, the number of people joining will definitely increase." Zhou Zhigang stood up and said.

  "Alright, very good. Now the whole county town of Pucheng has been occupied by us. In the following time, each unit, in addition to continuing to collect spoils of war, also has an important task, which is recruitment. My requirement is that when our special operations company leaves Pucheng County, I require our special operations company to have at least 280 people... So, I require that after the meeting disperses, each squad will immediately start mobilizing among their captives. Of course, they can also mobilize ordinary people and prisoners of war to join the Red Army..." Zhang Hua commanded loudly.

  "Yes, Company Commander, Platoon Leader, we guarantee to complete the task..." Several platoon leaders stood up and said in unison.

  "Alright, Comrade Battalion Commander has already assigned the task of connecting with the scouts. I absolutely support the Battalion Commander's decision, which is to continue recruiting and expanding our Red Army troops. In addition, there is another matter, that is, the main force of the regiment led by the Regimental Commander will likely arrive in the county town early tomorrow morning, so we must make good preparations for the welcoming ceremony." Instructor Xu Bin stood up and said.

  "Director, you can arrange the task now! This time we've mixed up so many supplies, and there are dozens of big fat pigs. Enough to treat our tenth regiment's thousands of people..." said He Deqing, a squad leader, standing up with a smile.

  "Alright, I've made the arrangements. Each squad, apart from the tasks assigned by Commissar Gang just now, I require each department to quickly dispatch a batch of soldiers to assist the cooking team and logistics team in doing their work. Before dawn tomorrow, you must prepare breakfast for at least 2,000 people. Of course, the more the better, because behind our 10th Regiment, there are two main force regiments led by the Division Commander himself..." Instructor Xu Bin ordered.

  One night, the whole county of Pu was in a state of bright lights. Some soldiers were among the captives, back and forth to publicize our army's policy, Li Yong Zhang Hua professor's method of complaining, calling on everyone to join the Red Army. A group of soldiers were shuttling back and forth on the main street, collecting the floating wealth of landlords and bureaucrats in the county seat. The remaining soldiers, under the command of Zhang Mingyuan, the head of the cooking class, set up dozens of large pots at the enemy's logistics camp, starting to prepare a sumptuous breakfast for the follow-up main force troops.

  In this way, in the midst of busyness, a night's time quickly passed. Just as Zhang Hua and Xu Bin were dragging their tired bodies back to the company from the prisoner-of-war group, it was already 4 o'clock in the morning. However, the two men's busy night was extremely worthwhile. Because under the education of the two men and dozens of soldiers, more than 700 prisoners, amazingly, over 160 people put down the burden in their hearts and were willing to join the Red Army.

  Of course, facing more than a hundred new recruits, the special operations company obviously couldn't swallow them all at once. However, Zhang Hua selected 60 robust soldiers from among the new recruits and unhesitatingly added them to his own special operations company. Moreover, within the special operations company, he reorganized a new recruit platoon. Nevertheless, what made Zhang Hua and Xu Bin feel depressed was that the proportion of old soldiers in the entire special operations company was too low, and there were fundamentally no suitable cadres who could take on the role of platoon leader for the new recruits...

  "Lao Zhao, if it's really not possible, our new platoon will be disbanded and directly assigned to three combat platoons..." The instructor rubbed his extremely tired head and suggested as he returned to the company headquarters.

  "Old Xu, now our three combat platoons have all reached full strength. If we increase the number of troops again, it will be inconvenient for the unit to command. Besides, in the future, when casualties occur in each platoon during battles, where can we get new soldiers with certain fighting power to replenish them in time? Only by having a reserve platoon can our special operations company's combat unit not be reduced due to casualties and affect the overall combat effectiveness of the special operations company."

  "Lao Zhao, I know the benefits of a new squad. But where can we find a suitable squad leader? Looking at the entire special forces company, there are basically no more cadres available..." Instructor Xu Bin asked back.

  "...just then. Zhang Hua thought that after the Long March, basically all the main forces of the Red Army had undergone a certain degree of downsizing. Many cadres became soldiers due to the reduction of troops. Among them, what made Zhang Hua remember vividly was a company communication platoon that appeared in the 10th Regiment of the 4th Division during the Long March."

  It's called Lianchang Communication Team because during the downsizing of the troops, too many company-level units were disbanded and became empty shells. These company commanders and political instructors who had no soldiers under them eventually became a communication team directly under the division headquarters. I don't know if this communication team still exists now.

  "Lao Zhao, have you noticed? Speak up and let's hear it..." Seeing the sparkling eyes of Battalion Commander Zhang Hua, Instructor Xu Bin asked excitedly.

  "Lao Xue, which soldiers make up the communication squad of our 10th regimental headquarters?" Captain Zhang Hua asked back, ignoring the anxious instructor.

  "What's wrong? I remember that our regimental communication team was composed of company and battalion-level cadres after the troops were defeated during the Long March period... There were more than a dozen company and battalion-level cadres inside, weren't there? Haha... I understand, Old Zhao, you're paying attention to the regimental communication team again..." Instructor Xu Bin slapped his own head heavily and said excitedly.

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