Globe Trekker

Chapter 68

Before Chen Shizheng could recall it, Yu Jishi pointed to the military barracks located a hundred meters away between the town and the checkpoint: "Look, the three officers and soldiers of the company directly under Wu Ming's leadership are assembled in the barracks for nearly an hour and a half. , They have been maintaining such a neat formation on standby, and Wu Ming and several battalion-level officers also set an example and stood in front of the team."

"Arranged neatly outside the barracks are more than [-] specially-made large-scale loaded carriages, and more than a hundred officers and soldiers in full armor standing beside the carts are Wu Ming's supply company, and the only professional supply company in the entire Zhejiang security force. Such a military discipline , such training, there are not many of our Central Army's direct troops."

All eyes were cast on the inside and outside of the barracks in the distance, until the battalion commander of the guard battalion below came to ask for instructions, and then everyone followed Yu Jishi down the steps behind the fort, mounted their horses, and followed the team directly under the Second Regiment to head west.

At dusk, the four regiments of the Zhejiang Army finally entered Yushan County after a 38-kilometer march. Wang Daohan, commissioner of the Shangrao Administrative Office, led the security commander and other civil and military officials, who had already been waiting three miles outside the city gate, and enthusiastically welcomed Yu Jishi and others into the vacated city. In the military camp, after thanking you repeatedly, Yu Jishi, Ma Zhizhai and other chief officials were invited to the most magnificent restaurant in the city.

The host and guest gave way for a long time, and sat down one after another. Yu Jishi glanced at the six heads and deputy heads at the other table, frowned, and turned to the adjutant behind him: "Go and see what head Wu is up to? Invite him over. "

When Ma Zhizhai leaned towards Yu Ji, he explained in a low voice: "Commander, don't bother, brother Wu will not leave his army."

Yu Jishi frowned even tighter: "How?"

Ma Zhizhai had no choice but to explain in detail: "Unless he has to lead his troops abroad, he will not leave his own troops to go out to socialize, especially when performing missions. Every time he camps in a place, he must first patrol the sentry post, wander around each company, and when it is time to eat, He randomly picks a company to squeeze in to deal with a meal, and his bad temper remains the same, so we don't care about him."

Yu Jishi praised secretly in his heart, nodded and no longer persisted.

After the banquet was over, and after discussing the march and garrison for tomorrow, Yu Jishi immediately rushed to the barracks inside the east gate where Wu Ming's troops were stationed, wanting to find out.

Yu Jishi rode on a strong horse and walked by the hazy starlight. More than a dozen cavalry captains and guards stopped in front of the temporary rejection horse set up at the gate of the camp. The spy platoon leader on duty saw the familiar Ma Zhizhai and hurried up Saluted before, moved away immediately after receiving the order, and led a group of officers to the temporary regiment headquarters.

Wu Ming, who was grooming his beloved horse in the stables, received the report and trotted all the way to salute Yu Jishi, Ma Zhizhai and other officers.

Yu Jishi asked Wu Ming to accompany him on a round of inspection. He walked through two barracks one after another, and found that except for the sentry on duty outside the gate and on the city wall, the rest of the officers and soldiers had already fallen asleep. He stopped the inspection immediately, leaving only one staff officer on duty when he returned. temporary battalion.

Seeing the commander and chief of staff approaching, the staff officer on duty quickly saluted and carefully lit another lantern.

Yu Jishi looked away from the bare old walls on all sides, and asked curiously: "It's just after eight o'clock, and your officers and soldiers go to bed so early?"

Wu Ming replied respectfully: "Basically, this is the case. The four companies on this expedition are the Secret Service Company, the Machine Gun Company, the Engineer Company, and the Supply Company. Check the condition of the vehicles, and solve any problems immediately without delay. While protecting the safety of the supplies, you also need to take care of all the horses to ensure the march tomorrow, so the officers and soldiers are very tired and need to be refreshed."

"In addition to carrying individual weapons and basic ammunition, the 150 officers and soldiers of the engineering company also need to carry professional materials such as engineering shovels, picks, and connectors for erecting floating bridges. The average load is [-] kilograms. Even if they are not particularly tired, they must obey orders. Replenish your energy, maybe you will need them on the march tomorrow."

"Considering possible combat missions, our two combat companies brought most of our regiment's light machine guns and four 81MM mortars, with an average load of 25 kilograms per person. After stationing, we also need to be responsible for resident defense and internal and external security, including The setting of the light and dark whistle, so they need to rest more."

Yu Jishi deliberately asked: "The friendly army already has a battalion in charge of outer security, and our other three regiments are also stationed in the city, are you still worried?"

Wu Ming despised Yu Jishi's low-level temptation, and he was not polite: "If you say something that offends others, please don't blame the commander: After entering the battlefield, I only believe in myself!"

Yu Jishi frowned when he heard that, Ma Zhizhai was also anxious, and a group of lieutenants and officers nearby felt that Wu Ming's words were too much, too arrogant and conceited.

Yu Jishi asked displeasedly: "You don't trust your allies so much?"

Wu Ming explained helplessly: "Commander, it's not that the subordinates are unwilling to trust the friendly army, but that the capabilities of the friendly troops are not worthy of the subordinate's trust...The subordinate believes that since we entered Jiangxi, we have already entered a dangerous battlefield."

Seeing Yu Jishi's pensive look, and looking at the people around him with bad expressions, Wu Ming simply stood up and expressed his concerns truthfully:
"Please allow me to explain, let's not talk about whether you have entered the battlefield right now... I don't know if you are clear, thirteen days ago, the Shangrao Security Second Regiment stationed here just fought a big defeat, and the three hundred soldiers who suddenly appeared More than [-] officers and soldiers of the local Second Regiment who went into the mountain to encircle and beat the buttocks of the rest of the enemy did not stop until Sigu Bridge, ten kilometers north of the city, calmly cleaned the battlefield and walked away."

"In view of this, the subordinates have sufficient reasons to believe that this place is not safe. If the enemy is more courageous, sneak into the city and wait for the opportunity to set fire everywhere, or attack from inside and outside, or hide in the dark and shoot at the officer. , Once you succeed, you will flee away immediately, what should the defenders do?"

"Don't believe it, if I were the opponent, I would dare to do this... Don't look at the army gathered in the entire Jiangshan City, but the more this is the case, the easier it is to be negligent. Once there is a sudden change, with the low morale of the regiments, the camp will definitely be blown up. , and I observed it carefully, the defense inside and outside the city of Shangrao is full of loopholes, the southeast corner and the west wall collapsed nearly a hundred meters, and no one has been repairing it. Daoming Post, I can sneak into the city, kill people, set fire to looting, and then retreat, I don't believe anyone would dare to chase me out and beat me."

Yu Jishi was slightly moved, and the displeasure on other people's faces was gradually replaced by worry and fear.

Wu Ming continued: "As for the issue of not trusting friendly troops, in fact, everyone knows it well. In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, the subordinates still have to explain one or two things: the officers have been in the army for many years, have experienced many battles, and have rich experience and experience. Experience, from the two Northern Expeditions to the split between Ning and Han, from the Battle of Guangxi to the Central Plains War, from the Great Wall War in the north to the previous three encirclement and suppression campaigns, and to the fourth encirclement and suppression campaign that is currently underway. Are there few incidents of being abandoned or betrayed by friendly forces, or even being attacked by friendly forces? In the face of countless bloody lessons, who would dare to trust the friendly forces around him? At least I dare not!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, no one dared to say a word, the atmosphere became quite depressing for a while, and embarrassment appeared on most people's faces.

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