Globe Trekker

Chapter 76 Lu Yao Knows Horsepower

On a chilly spring morning, the rising sun on the eastern mountain tops did not bring much warmth to the earth. Hoarfrost that had not yet melted could be seen everywhere on the marching road, and there was still a lingering white mist on the mountainsides of the surrounding mountains.

Due to the rolling and trampling of a large number of heavy vehicles and horses, the newly expanded road from the south of Fuzhou has become potholed. The officers and soldiers of the four regiments of the army are now in the formation of a long snake, walking on this difficult road.

Yu Jishi rode his horse across the long and narrow marching team, and boarded a gentle slope at the turning point of the road ahead. He reined in the steed's horse and looked at the clear sky. .

At four o'clock yesterday afternoon, Yu Jishi led the four security regiments under his command after a five-day march, and arrived at Fuzhou, the front headquarters of the Suppression General Command, one and a half days earlier.

Chiang Kai-shek didn't expect his favorite student and nephew Yu Jishi to come so quickly. After asking about it, he happily commended him. According to the latest adjustments made by the Suppression General, Yu Jishi, the chief of security in Zhejiang Province, was appointed as the commander of the second column of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Anhui border encirclement and suppression. He also generously agreed to Yu Jishi's request to form the Second Division of the Zhejiang Security Force, and immediately ordered the quartermaster of the headquarters to allocate [-] Czech machine guns, [-] boxes of hand grenades, and a large amount of ammunition to Yu Jishi.

Looking at the marching team that stretched for several miles, Yu Jishi's face became very solemn. The reason why he took the initiative to call Chiang Kai-shek to ask his troops to join the battle was not only to share his worries for Chiang Kai-shek sincerely, but also to test the combat effectiveness of the security forces under his command.

But now it seems that the performance of most of the officers and soldiers made Yu Jishi very disappointed. The 210 kilometers from Shangrao to Fuzhou are all newly expanded provincial roads in the past two years. After rushing to Nancheng, [-] kilometers away, all the officers and soldiers of the regiments were seriously fatigued. After leaving Fuzhou, the entire formation became sparse, and the speed dropped greatly, let alone any morale.

Only Wu Ming's five regiments did not disappoint Yu Jishi.

Since leaving Shangrao, Wu Ming's fifth regiment has been designated as the vanguard regiment. Yu Jishi hoped that Wu Ming's regiment would bring up the overall speed. As a result, they did march [-] kilometers on the first day, but the following three regiments complained endlessly and could barely Keeping up with the speed of the Wu Ming Regiment, under the advice of Ma Zhizhai and Chen Shizheng, Yu Jishi had no choice but to transfer the Wu Ming Regiment to the rear team to assist the improvised transport battalion to deliver weapons and ammunition, and gather the lagging officers and soldiers.

During the five-day march, Wu Ming's regiment not only successfully completed the task, but also appeared very relaxed. While assisting the baggage battalion to move smoothly, no laggard officers and soldiers were left behind. The overall performance was even better than that of the guard battalion that had followed Yu Jishi for many years.

This result made Yu Jishi very gratified. Chen Shizheng and others, who had disliked Wu Ming before, also secretly admired them. After seeing Wu Ming and all his officers marching like ordinary soldiers, no one laughed at Wu Ming for giving up their horses. It is hypocritical to carry ammunition and supplies, and march in full armor like ordinary soldiers.

Today, almost every officer agrees with Chief of Staff Ma Zhizhai's statement: "All the officers of the Wu Ming Regiment don't know that riding a horse is comfortable, but they choose to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers to make the soldiers feel comfortable, so the speed and morale of the Wu Ming Regiment are always the same."

The golden morning sun silently shone on the gentle slope. Facing the sun, Yu Jishi couldn't help but half-closed his eyes. Chen Shi, who was standing next to Yu Jishi, was even more worried about the marching formation and the mental outlook of the officers and soldiers. He hesitated for a long time and finally raised his whip and pointed The marching team below suggested in a low voice: "Move the Wu Ming regiment to the front, this situation is worrying!"

Yu Jishi nodded slightly: "That's what I planned too. The 65 kilometers to go down are basically within the war zone. While we are marching, we must also be prepared to fight at any time. A small group of harassing troops of the Communist Army are elusive, and they will fight several times from a distance. If you shoot coldly, there will be no one, and there are thousands of mountains and ravines, even if you can see them from a distance, you can't pursue them. If you continue to march, we will have to spend the night in the barren mountains tonight, and the danger will be doubled."

Chen Shizheng asked: "The 14th, No.90, and No.[-] divisions of the second column are all in Nancheng, right?"

Yu Jishi smiled wryly and said, "Don't expect them to compress the communist army to the south of the entire line of defense. Last night, the principal got angry when he heard that the headquarters of their three divisions were located in the south city. It can be seen that the three The divisions were not deployed separately according to the latest battle plan, it is estimated that the fiasco of the 52nd and 59th divisions frightened many people, and their morale is worrying!"

Ma Zhizhai on the other side sighed: "The four of our regiments have never fought before. Being the reserve team of the second column is not easy. Maybe we will go up to help them fill holes at any time."

Yu Jishi nodded helplessly: "Let's put these things aside for now, and hurry to Nancheng as soon as possible, Herald!"

"To!"

The young herald flew off his horse and ran in front of Yu Jishi.

"Notify the regiments to stop advancing and rest in place, and then call regimental commander Wu Ming." Yu Jishi issued an order loudly.

"Yes!"

The several-kilometer-long marching team soon stopped advancing, and the entire formation suddenly became chaotic. The officers got off their horses and yelled loudly, and the soldiers either lay on the side of the road panting, or ran to the stream to find water to drink. Chen Shizheng, the deputy chief of staff, couldn't understand it. After hearing the chief of staff Ma Zhizhai say that the army in the whole province has not been equipped with marching water bottles and lunch boxes, Chen Shizheng was too embarrassed to say anything. He could only get off his horse with Yu Jishi and others, and sat around on the gentle slope. On the next day, discuss in a low voice the marching adjustment and reconnaissance and security affairs.

Soon, the three war horses quickly passed the officers and soldiers criss-crossed beside the road, turned their horses' heads at the bottom of the gentle slope, and rushed up to the top of the slope. Chen Shizheng saw Wu Ming's tall and ugly piebald horse from a distance, so he didn't need to look to know that it was Wu Ming.

Wu Ming got off his horse ten meters away from the officers, threw the reins to Han Tiecheng, the captain of the guard, and strode up to Yu Jishi to report. Yu Jishi politely ordered him to sit down on the grass under Ma Zhizhai, bow his head and dig Take out a cigarette, light it alone and listen quietly.

After Yu Jishi summed it up, he made a decision without hesitation: "Considering the actual situation of each regiment, it is not necessary for each regiment to be responsible for the investigation and security tasks during the march. From now on, the division guard battalion will be responsible for the two wings of the march route. And the safety of the rear, the task of going out and reconnaissance is handed over to the fifth regiment of the commander Wu, and the fifth regiment is transferred to the front and continues to serve as the vanguard regiment of the march.”

Wu Ming was quite surprised. He glanced at the people who had different reactions, and agreed before he had time to think about it.

The head of the regiment Chen who belonged to the Quzhou security force quickly called out and begged Wu Ming not to go so fast, otherwise he would have to drag the other regiment brothers to death.

As soon as these words came out, the other two regiment leaders immediately agreed, but Yu Jishi and Chen Shizheng were very depressed.

After the meeting ended, Yu Jishi left Wu Ming alone, asked about Wu Ming's plans, and finally asked with satisfaction, "What help do you need from me?"

Wu Ming, who learned that Yu Ji had obtained a batch of excellent equipment, smiled and said, "If the commander allows it, give us some weapons and ammunition."

Yu Jishi also smiled: "Your regiment's equipment is already very good, especially your special agent company, all of which are American Thompson machine guns, and everyone wears the latest American Colt M1911 pistols on their waists. Even my guard battalion has No comparison!"

"How is it possible? There are 160 brothers in the secret service company under it, only 56 officers and soldiers of the assault platoon are equipped with Thomson machine guns and Colt pistols, and the remaining [-] officers and soldiers are all rifles. To make matters worse, apart from eight old French August [-] mortars, there are only six Czech light machine guns whose rifling is about to be wiped out, let alone other infantry companies." Wu Ming suddenly cried bitterly.

Chen Shizheng strode up from the side: "I said Commander Wu, didn't your regiment still have eight heavy machine guns before? Where did they go?"

Wu Ming pointed helplessly at the surrounding mountains: "This kind of place, this kind of terrain, it is difficult to use a heavy machine gun weighing more than 50 kilograms in a fast march, and based on the analysis of the Communist Army's equipment level and flexible and fast combat characteristics, Even if we encounter them, there is no need to use heavy machine guns, and before we can lift the heavy machine guns up, the communist army will already be gone.”

"Secondly, since the establishment of the fifth regiment, it has not been established as the main infantry regiment. To put it bluntly, it is just a security regiment for guarding places. After several years of hard work, less than one company can operate heavy machine guns and repair machine guns to troubleshoot. In such a situation, a heavy machine gun that is inconvenient to move and consumes a lot of energy is like a chicken rib!"

"How about this, if it doesn't work, don't give us a light machine gun. Give us fifty boxes of grenades, right? It can also reduce the burden on the supply battalion!"

Chen Shizheng was well aware of Wu Ming's sophistry, but he didn't know how to refute it. Although Wu Ming's reason seemed far-fetched, it made sense when he thought about it. Is it similar to Wu Ming's voice?

Yu Jishi showed his generous side at this time: "I heard that you are a businessman, and it seems to be true, haha! It seems that I can't do without some benefits for you. How about this? Czech machine guns, 50 rounds of ammunition and [-] boxes of grenades, I will ask the quartermaster to accompany you to collect them later."

"Thank you sir!"

Wu Ming thanked loudly with both legs, and walked towards the quartermaster behind Yu Jishi, and pulled the helpless quartermaster on his horse and left.

Chen Shi was facing Wu Ming's back and shook his head repeatedly: "This Wu Ming, isn't he afraid that receiving so many weapons and ammunition will affect his marching speed?"

Ma Zhizhai, who had been watching silently, said with a smile: "Wu Ming's regiment usually conducts frequent field training. Usually, after completing the training of recruits, they immediately enter the second phase of intensive training, which mainly focuses on marching and tactical training. They are fully armed and heavy-duty. Marching training is once a week, and it has been unremitting for several years... For example, it is [-] kilometers from Quzhou to Changshan. They can go back and forth in one day. Give him all those weapons and ammunition, and he can carry a thousand brothers under his command without a single bullet falling."

Yu Jishi was very surprised. At first he thought he knew the Wu Ming regiment very well, but he didn't expect that there were so many specific training situations that he didn't know, let alone that the training intensity of the Wu Ming regiment was so high that it had far surpassed the main force of the Central Army.

Chen Shizheng didn't seem to believe it, but Ma Zhizhai needed to rush out a change plan and didn't have time to talk to him, so Chen Shizheng looked at Yu Jishi who was also puzzled, thought for a while and asked, "I want to march with Wu Ming... You have to see for yourself whether Wu Mingtuan is as good as Ma Zhizhai boasted."

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