Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 14 The Tragic Guard Company
After less than three hours of rest, Wang Ping was called to the temporary headquarters by guard Yang Chengwu.

Although he was very tired, Wang Ping hurriedly asked: "Commander, Chief of Staff, is there another mission?"

"No, the chief of staff and I invited you over for dinner. You have made such a great contribution, so you still have to invite me for a meal?" Yang Chengwu replied with a smile.

"Thanks to you, I have beef stew tonight, sit down!" Yang Chengwu warmly greeted himself to eat while putting a large bowl of beef soup on the table in front of him.

Large pieces of beef, steaming beef soup, and dry food pancakes, for the Eighth Route Army who are used to poverty, can definitely be called rich.

Wang Ping, who didn't think too much, ate his fill very quickly, and the tired look on his face was also much less!
Seeing that the commander and the chief of staff hadn't let him leave, Wang Ping immediately realized that the meal in front of him was not easy.

Sure enough, before he could speak, Yang Chengwu motioned for him to sit down.

Then the chief of staff said: "Staff Wang, the commander and I plan to reorganize the guard company and let you take the lead. What do you think!"

Although the guard troops did not have many combat missions, they were troops after all, and Wang Ping, who didn't want to stay in the headquarters, subconsciously wanted to agree.

At this moment, the Chief of Staff Feng suddenly changed his subject and continued: "However, we don't have much support for you?"

Wang Ping frowned, looked at the two thoughtfully, and then a very bad premonition appeared in his mind.

"There is not much problem with the strength of the troops. The commander and I will draw you 100 veterans from the headquarters, and then draw [-] people from the recruit company. But there are not so many pretense. Now every army has to Weapons and ammunition, especially the first regiment of the sub-division, in order to cover the transfer of the headquarters, a whole battalion was disabled. For the weapons and ammunition you captured, I can only give you a platoon, and I will fill up all the rest. After all , A regiment now has to fight devils all the time, without equipment and ammunition, that is death!" the chief of staff continued.

And it wasn't until this time that Wang Ping really understood the reason why the commander and the chief of staff invited him to this meal together.

This is not to treat the heroes to dinner at all, but to compensate the heroes.

After working so hard to seize so many weapons and ammunition, he almost lost his life.When I was about to use the weapons and ammunition, I actually told myself that these weapons and ammunition were already owned!
If you put it on anyone, you will feel uncomfortable and unconvinced.

But Wang Ping is not an ordinary person. He came from later generations and he is very clear about how bad the situation that the First Military Division is currently facing!

It can be said that even if the weapons captured by myself do not play a decisive role in the entire anti-encirclement campaign, they can still reduce the losses of a large number of front-line combat troops.

Equip the guard company that will be established soon, although the combat effectiveness of the guard company will be greatly improved in a short period of time.However, because the guard company is not a combat force, the impact and effect of these weapons and equipment on the entire anti-encirclement and suppression campaign will be reduced to a minimum.

After suppressing the anger in his heart, Wang Ping, who wanted to understand all this, could only answer: "Commander, I understand the difficulties of the front-line troops. I have taken over the burden of the company commander of the guards. I only need thirty dollars for the equipment of a platoon." If you don’t need a rifle, you don’t need a machine gun, and the main force needs it more than me. But I ask the headquarters to add [-] grenades to the guard company!”

"Besides, I don't need too many bullets, just twenty rounds for a rifle!"

Yang Chengwu's eyes lit up, and then he said with admiration: "As expected of an old party member who has gone through the Long March, the old Red Army! Chief of Staff, Wang Ping is so generous, we can't be stingy, you can think of a way, except for the headquarters to give the guard company Twenty veterans from the division, and ten veterans from the two main regiments in the sub-division were transferred to Wang Ping, trying to form the guard company into a reinforced company!"

The chief of staff immediately affirmed: "So many weapons and ammunition are exchanged for twenty of their veterans, and these veterans all joined the guard company to protect the headquarters, no one will not give it!"

With the enemy at hand, Yang Chengwu did not perform any ceremony for the reorganized guard company.

One night, except for the 120 veterans drawn from the two main regiments who had not yet arrived, the remaining [-] people all gathered at the entrance of the command department, along with [-] rifles, [-] rounds of bullets, [-] grenades, four Take the bastard box pistol and forty rounds of pistol ammunition.

Because the army has just expanded and there is a shortage of cadres everywhere, Wang Ping is very lucky to have the company commander and instructor shoulder the shoulders.

Except for twenty veterans, the remaining recruits, Wang Ping, could hardly find anyone he was satisfied with.However, since he has taken over the burden of the guard company, he can only be a ninja if he is not satisfied.

"Comrades, I should know everyone, so I won't introduce myself much. Here, I welcome everyone to join the guard company! From now on, we will eat in the same pot and share weal and woe!"

"Not much nonsense, I will now introduce the basic situation of the guard company to you."

"In a word, poor! Poor equipment, poor foundation, and poor combat effectiveness. Such a guard company, not to mention protecting the headquarters and the commander, can't even protect itself if it really encounters devils."

At this point, Wang Ping changed the subject and continued: "However, no matter how bad the guard company is, the mission of protecting the headquarters cannot be discounted at all! Everyone see the rifle next to me, it is all equipped by devils. Many of the big covers are new. However, there are only [-] such rifles, and only [-] rounds of bullets."

"In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the guard company, I decided to equip [-] rifles with the [-] people with the best marksmanship in the company. The remaining comrades will first equip each of them with two grenades."

"However, as the company commander, I will give everyone a guarantee. In ten days at the latest, I will equip all the guard companies with rifles!"

After the reorganization, the 120 guards were divided into three rows, one directly under the squad and one cooking squad.Each platoon has 34 platoon leaders, 11 directly subordinate squads, and five cooking squads, leaving company commander Wang Ping and two communications guards.

The old subordinate Zeng Quan served as the deputy of the security company and the leader of the first platoon.Zhong Yusheng is also in the guard company and serves as the squad leader directly under him!
All platoon leaders are equipped with a bastard box, and all [-] rifles are scattered in the hands of [-] people with good marksmanship. Each person is equipped with ten bullets, and each person is equipped with two standard grenades.

For the next two days, Wang Ping only did one thing, training the guards to carry their guns.

It is impossible to train them into elites within a limited time, but at least they must be able to aim their guns at the enemy and kill them. This is Wang Ping's most basic requirement for one hundred recruits in the guard company.

The headquarters has also been transferred from the depths of the mountains to a village in the past two days, and the conditions have improved a lot.

But the anti-encirclement and suppression situation outside Dashan has not eased.

Perhaps it was because Wang Ping wiped out more than 100 devils in the forest, which made the captain very angry. What the devils did in the entire siege campaign was more spicy than in history.

People in almost every village died at the hands of devils.

Of course, the devil's animal nature also aroused everyone's determination to resist.Not only did the main force wipe out a large number of devils through guerrilla warfare, but ordinary people also took every opportunity to kill devils, which was beneficial to the First Military Division.

(End of this chapter)