Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 364 Let’s wait and see

The next morning, at the Sichuan Army camp, the soldiers simply built a platform. More than 3,000 soldiers and officers, fully armed, sat cross-legged on the ground, waiting for the troops to arrive.

Zhao Gang stood on the platform and handed the independent column army flag to Long Wenjian.

"Captain Long, the flag is now in your hands. Remember, even if you fall, the flag cannot fall!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Gang then announced the appointment of cadres at the battalion level, and asked the Sichuan Army Corps and each battalion to prepare their own list of cadres and report them within three days.

The next step is the most complicated task of dividing the troops. These officers are all shrewd people and they all want to get those top trainees into their own hands.

Fortunately, Wang Meng was well prepared and the artillery, medical soldiers and the regiment's direct troops had already been selected.

The remaining soldiers were divided into three levels according to the instructors' training scores and evenly distributed to three infantry battalions.

As for the camps, if they want to change, they can find a way themselves.

Whether it is selling favors, exchanging people, or exchanging materials, the final organization will always be determined within three days.

Three days later, the Sichuan Army Corps officially formed its battalions and companies, and then according to the original plan, the guard company originally stationed at Jiqipo will withdraw from Jiqipo, and the defense of Jiqipo will be taken over by three infantry battalions in turn, with a rotation every month.

"Captain Long, now that the team has been set up, you still have to hurry up with the training. You have to do live-fire shooting when it's time to do it. Don't worry about what to do if you run out of bullets and shells! What we lack most now is time!"

Wang Meng looked anxiously at the sky which seemed like it was going to rain again. He was going to fight at the seaside in May next year, and there were only less than 5 months left.

In a word: time is short and the task is heavy.

The top priority is training, not only training on the training ground, but also taking the initiative to fight the Japanese with real guns and real swords!

"Chief of Staff, once our training is almost complete, we will prepare to cross the river and fight, and train our troops!"

"Well, there's also artillery, which needs training too! Fire a round at the Japanese every day to stop them from building fortifications so easily under our noses!"

The Sichuan Army is now rich and powerful, and it is easy for them to fire hundreds of artillery shells every day. Since we are going to conduct a live-fire drill, we might as well fire all the shells at the Japanese devils' foreheads.

Wang Meng looked around but couldn't see any trace of Lao Zhao. He wondered which company he had gone to investigate.

"Where's Lao Zhao?"

"I guess he's going to hang around the company again!"

Long Wenjian has a good impression of Wang Meng and Zhao Gang, who are down-to-earth and get things done. After all, in Master Yu, he has seen too many mountains and too much high-handedness.

Wang Meng and Zhao Gang did not have the slightest "official air" at all. Instead, they were as simple and honest as a soldier.

"Let's go, Captain Long, let's go to Zenda!"

After Wang Meng finished speaking, he took Long Wenjian and got on the jeep and sped towards Zenda.

The last time Wang Meng entered the small town of Zenda, he was a guest. This time, he probably came as a half-owner.

Wang Meng and Long Wenjian walked on the bluestone steps and looked at the ancient city.

"If there were no war, Zenda would really be a great place to travel!"

Long Wenjian was completely confused and was about to ask a question when he heard a noisy sound coming from the front. A group of people gathered in front of a yard.

"Let's go and have a look!"

As Wang Meng and the other man approached, they heard unbearable shouting and cursing.

"How shameless of you to do this in broad daylight!"

"That's right, I thought he was a good guy in this military uniform, but I didn't expect him to be a dirty guy!"

"All crows are black! All men are like this!"

"Hey, didn't you say you had turned over a new leaf? Why are you doing it again now?"

"Humph, what do you mean by becoming a good person? It's easy to change the country but hard to change one's nature!"

The more Wang Meng and Long Wenjian listened, the more they felt something was wrong. The entire Sichuan Army knew about Meng Fanle's affair with Xiaozui, and it seemed as if what he said implied that Xiaozui was a "secret prostitute."

"Give way!"

Wang Meng pushed through the crowd and walked to the middle, where he saw a middle-aged man in jungle camouflage being escorted by several soldiers in M-style uniforms, with a carbine pointed at his head.

Wang Meng was still wondering which soldier from the independent column was being held captive by Master Yu, but when he looked down, he saw that it was...

"Hey? Lao Zhao! What's going on?!"

Without waiting for Lao Zhao to answer, Wang Meng immediately took out the pistol from his waist and pointed it at those soldiers of Yu Xiaoqing.

"Let him go!"

Seeing that the situation was not right, Long Wenjian also took out his pistol and pointed it at the soldiers.

"Bullshit! Master Yu is enforcing military discipline. Get out of here right now. You have only two broken pistols, and you are still acting so recklessly. Get out!"

Wang Meng and Yu Xiaoqing were both soft-hearted people, so how could they retreat? If they left their political commissar here and ran back in disgrace, how could they save their face?

"If I don't retreat, let me go immediately!"

Wang Meng and Yu Xiaoqing loaded their guns and prepared to stand alone against ten thousand.

Just when the stalemate was about to break out, the sound of footsteps was heard from a distance, and a group of soldiers from Division Yu pointed their guns at the foreheads of Wang Meng and Long Wenjian again.

The common people who came to watch the excitement all retreated to the sides.

"Who is it? Obstructing Master Yu from enforcing the law?!"

The team was led by He Shuguang, the man with embroidered pillow and glasses.

Long Wenjian leaned his head towards Wang Meng's ear and whispered:

"This person is He Shuguang, Yu Xiaoqing's sword holder and a big shot!"

Wang Meng naturally knew that it was just an embroidered pillow.

"He Shuguang, right? Release the man and we will cooperate with your investigation!"

"Oh, isn't this the Independent Column? And our Grand Commander Long Wenjian is here too? Didn't expect that this would happen to us?"

He Shuguang became furious when he thought about the glory that the Sichuan Army had enjoyed since it broke away from the Yu Division and set up its own army.

Originally, their division Yu had changed into full M-type equipment, so they could show off a bit, but they didn't expect that the independent column would directly change into more advanced equipment, some of which they had never seen before! They were completely overshadowed!

These days in Zenda and even Baoshan, they saw the Sichuan Army, which was once suppressed by them, now full of high spirits and glory, which made them hate it so much.

Especially when I see them using US dollars to shop everywhere, while I am using the ever-depreciating fiat currency, I feel even more upset.

Now that I have finally gotten this chance, I must take revenge!

"Capture them all and send them to the military court!"

"Wait! He Shuguang, are you crazy? Are you going to take our soldiers from the independent column to the military court of General Yu?"

He Shuguang was used to being arrogant and domineering in Zenda, and he actually thought they were the original Sichuan Army.

"So what? I'll catch you if I say so!"

Wang Meng sneered. He didn't expect that He Shuguang was so stupid.

"Okay, since you want to arrest people without asking any questions, we'll just wait and see!"