Globe Trekker

Chapter 70 Test each other

At two o'clock in the afternoon, a huge fleet carrying three and a half regiments of officers and soldiers of the Zhejiang Army docked at the wharf outside the south gate of the ancient city of Shangrao. The secretary-general of the Nanchang Camp, the commander of Jiangxi Provincial Security, the chief of staff, and dozens of military and political officials gathered at the wharf , Warm welcome.

Two and a half hours later, Yu Jishi, who was chatting happily with Jiangxi military and political officials, received a report from his adjutant Zhang Yingnian: "Wu Ming led his troops to arrive, and they have been stationed in the North Gate Barracks as planned."

Yu Jishi was secretly surprised, and blurted out, "So fast? How are the officers and soldiers?"

Zhang Yingnian obviously went to investigate it himself, and said in an admiring tone: "The overall formation is neat, the pace is strong, and there is no sign of fatigue."

Wang Daohan, a commissioner of the Shangrao Administrative Office sitting on the side, heard the word "Wu Ming", and immediately pricked up his ears to eavesdrop. At this time, Yu Jishi's adjutant had quietly retreated.Wang Daohan thought for a while, but suppressed the urge to ask, and took advantage of the toilet time to call for the secretary to give detailed instructions.

In the North Gate Barracks, all the companies under Wu Ming's command had settled down, and the battalion and company commanders came to the largest barracks in the camp to attend the meeting. Dai Ziran, the combat staff officer, announced the arrangement in a few words.

The brothers were still waiting for Wu Ming to make a summary, but Wu Ming waved his hand: "This place is too dirty, and the pigsty is cleaner than here. Let's go back and organize all the officers and soldiers who are not on duty to clean up. After dinner, each company's cooking team Enough hot water must be boiled, officers and soldiers who do not bathe or burn their feet will be fined five oceans per person, and the meeting will be dismissed!"

More than a dozen officers saluted and left, and the entire camp soon became boiling.

"Reporting to the delegation, there is a person outside the camp gate who claims to be the Shangrao Administrative Office, and sent five freshly slaughtered pigs, five carts of rice, two carts of vegetables and sauces." The platoon leader on duty of the spy company came in and reported loudly.

Wu Ming, who was about to open the map, raised his head in surprise, and muttered, "Shangrao Administrative Office? Steve, don't be so busy, go and have a look with me."

The young officials who were stopped at the gate of the camp saw Wu Ming and hurried forward.Wu Ming saluted and asked if the same thing was given to every regiment of the Zhejiang Army?
The young official quickly explained that the food supplies of the various units of the friendly army were in charge of their own security forces, and these were sent by Commissioner Wang's special order. Finally, they also brought Wang Daohan's words of inviting Wu Ming to his house as a guest.Seeing Wu Ming accepting the generous gift, the young official was relieved, said goodbye politely, and hurriedly left the dusty military camp that was undergoing general cleaning.

The chiefs of the companies who came after hearing the news split up everything in a blink of an eye, and shouted loudly before they reached their barracks that they would eat braised pork and sweet and sour hoofs tonight.

At nightfall, except for two staff officers from the general headquarters who came to inspect and issue a report on the battle situation, no one came to disturb Wu Ming's headquarters.

The battalion and company commanders, who were well fed and refreshed, were able to gather around Wu Ming and start a pre-war discussion around the military map of northeastern Jiangxi drawn by the staff team.

The pre-war seminars, like the squad platoon seminars, were good habits that Wu Ming's department had developed over a long period of time.

From the beginning of leading troops, Wu Ming sorted out a set of military crash textbooks for internal learning based on the textbooks of major military schools in China and foreign armies. two years.

Today, the theoretical knowledge and command level of officers at all levels in Wu Ming's headquarters have been significantly improved, and the temperament of the officers has also undergone great changes. Confirmation and other aspects have been able to reflect the gratifying science, logic and objectivity.

Wu Ming is very proud of this. He believes that the military foundation and tactical command level of the battalion and company commanders under his command are no longer inferior to the officers who graduated from most regular military academies in China. What they lack is continuous practice and summary.

At midnight, the seminar had already dispersed, and the remote Shangrao North Gate military camp was completely silent. Wu Ming, who came back from Cha Gang, saw Dai Ziran, Lu Kuiyuan, and Steve still talking in low voices under the oil lamp, so he sat over and asked if it was so late. What are you talking about without sleeping?
Dai Ziran pointed to the map spread out on the table, and explained in a low voice: "Based on the battle report we just issued, we marked the situation of the enemy and ourselves on the map one by one, and found that the entire battlefield in Northeast Jiangxi was very chaotic. Know where to start."

Wu Ming glanced at the map, and said angrily: "You are all pig brains? If the friendly army's report is accurate, they will not be beaten to the ground by the Communist Red Army. You can't doubt this for a while. The accuracy of the combat report? If you consider the information on the report that you think is reliable, and then consider the situation we have obtained, and then initially draw the general scope, you probably won’t find it confusing.”

"Ah! That's it..."

Dai Ziran covered his mouth and let out an exclamation, and then his eyes sparkled. He picked up a trapezoidal ruler and a pencil and quickly drew a few straight lines on the map. Circle, excited after putting down the compasses:
"The army has less than 5000 combatable soldiers. Under the three-sided threat of five times the strength of our army, it is impossible for him to spread his troops everywhere in the south, east, west, and north. That would only allow us to defeat them one by one... Therefore, this The [-] troops can only gather back and concentrate in the Huaiyu Mountains, a narrow area of ​​[-] kilometers from north to south and [-] kilometers from east to west, waiting for an opportunity to move."

"That's true! Faced with our pressing force, they can only see the opportunity. As long as one or two groups in the encirclement and suppression army are eliminated, the whole battle will come to life! Besides—"

Wu Ming pointed to the area north of Wuyuan on the map: "When the battle situation is unfavorable, you can retreat calmly. Don't forget that they still have a retreat route in the direction of southern Anhui."

Dai Ziran immersed himself in thinking again, and Lu Kuiyuan asked in puzzlement, "Aren't there two brigades of the Anhui friendly army to cooperate with us in the southern Anhui frontline?"

Wu Ming smiled wryly and said: "If the friendly forces could work together, the army would have disappeared long ago... What's more, our friendly forces are not familiar with the complex terrain of the Huaiyu Mountains, let alone have training and experience in mountain warfare. , so don’t count on them. You might as well imagine that you lead three companies to hide within a radius of a hundred miles centered on Huaiyu Mountain, and let friendly soldiers divide into three groups to encircle you. What should you do? "

"Hmph, who are we afraid of in this mountain? Although we are not familiar with most of the area, there are at least fifty brothers from this mountain in our several companies. It can be said that we can occupy a geographical advantage; secondly , Several of our companies have undergone more than a year of mountain and jungle combat training, have the ability to march quickly and continue to fight, and master flexible and applicable tactics."

"Furthermore, there are high mountains and dense forests, thousands of mountains and ravines. No matter how many opponents we have, we can't get rid of them, let alone carry artillery into the mountains. If this is the case, they will only be passively beaten! Do you understand?"

When Wu Ming said this, Lu Kuiyuan suddenly came to his senses: "I understand! I understand what big brother means. It seems that the battle that is about to start is more or less ominous!"

Dai Ziran raised his head, agreed with Lu Kuiyuan's analysis, then stared at the map again, silently weighing.

Steve asked Wu Ming with some concern: "Brother Ming, what if the battle is unfavorable and the headquarters push us out?"

Wu Ming sighed: "Try to avoid it as much as possible. If this happens, we can only obey and obey, and don't have to think about fighting and annihilating the enemy."

Steve nodded thoughtfully: "Perhaps this is the only way... With the training and equipment of our two companies, especially the strong combat and reconnaissance capabilities of the special agent company, as long as we don't go deep alone, even if we encounter three times as many enemies as me, Encircled by the enemy, self-protection is still assured.”

Wu Ming nodded and turned to Lu Kuiyuan: "Are you ready?"

"Get ready. The five brothers sent out are all local heroes who defected to us at the beginning of the year. They have undergone basic reconnaissance training in the battalion. They have taken off their military uniforms and put on their old clothes. The family members are all in Maoliangwu and have been well taken care of," Lu Kuiyuan replied confidently.

Wu Ming was very satisfied: "You did a good job. When you get back, I will tell the brothers that you only need to find out the opponent's whereabouts. You don't need to venture into the opponent's warning area. After three days, no matter what the result is, you must return."

"understand!"

Lu Kuiyuan stood up, put on his military cap, saluted and strode away.

After reading the map, Dai Ziran finally raised his head: "Brother Ming, is there a time limit for this campaign?"

Wu Ming said helplessly: "They say they will solve the communist army in the encirclement within a month, but they don't have any clear combat plan and requirements. It is estimated that the two armies will hold a joint combat meeting tomorrow, and they can come up with a specific combat plan within three days. Even if it is highly efficient.”

"What if Director Yu asks you to attend the Joint Operations Conference?" Steve asked.

Wu Ming thought for a while and shook his head: "It's probably nothing to do with me. The generals who gathered in Shangrao City this time are not low-ranking. In addition to a large number of generals and schools from the Jiangxi Provincial Security Command, Chairman Jiang also sent the deputy secretary of the Nanjing camp. The chief and the chief of operations, as well as two German military advisers, how can I, the little lieutenant colonel, be needed to make up the number?"

"So in the next few days, will each company start normal training?" Dai Ziran asked again.

Wu Ming shook his head again: "No need, rest for three days, and start internal studies... At this time, we need to recharge our batteries, don't take out the radio, don't move the individual weapons and combat equipment of the special agent company, and don't go out. Camp area! Steve, if your health team is bored, you can give the engineering company and the brothers in the cooking squad of each company a comprehensive and detailed physical examination."

"Yes!"

Steve and Dai Ziran answered in unison, and went back to rest under Wu Ming's urging.

Wu Ming turned on the horse lantern, lit a cigarette, and looked at the map silently, measuring a certain area on the map from time to time, and after repeated deliberation, wrote down groups of data and wrote down paragraphs of text.

　The almonds are inflamed again, in this weather, tsk tsk... The emperor asks for recommendation tickets and collections for comfort...

　　


(End of this chapter)