"Master Ma, you're really polite, don't bother me!" Shen Zhengwen doesn't think that he has anything to learn here, and if he doesn't teach well, he will mislead people's children.

"Haha, you scholars are modest, is it possible to let my old horse kneel down to worship the master and serve tea, and your old Shen is willing to teach me?"

Shen Zhengwen looked at Ma Wanzhong not like he was joking, but like he was real.

"Master Ma, why don't I take you to the army to have a look, and if there are any shortcomings, you can give me some advice!"

Although Shen Zhengwen was a teacher in school, when he arrived in the army, he regarded himself as a primary school student. Since Ma Wanzhong had to think that he was hiding it, Shen Zhengwen had no choice but to take him to the army to take a look.

As for the mine protection team, most of the officers of the new 33rd Division thought that it was a second-rate unit, and their purpose was to maintain internal order and stability in the Jingcheng mining area, so it did not have much combat value.

After all, there are more than 16,000 regular combat troops of Ma Wanzhong's division in the Jingcheng area, and even if there is a fight, it is Ma Wanzhong's division that is responsible for the main defense, and the mine protection team is responsible for transferring the machinery and equipment and personnel in the mining area.

Therefore, no one regards the mine protection team as a real force, and for Shen Zhengwen as the captain, they think that this can be regarded as a kind of experience for Shen Zhengwen by Liao Fan. After all, this is often the case in the new 33rd Army, an officer is exceptionally promoted, if he is capable, then he will focus on training in the future, if he is not capable, he will not even be allowed to be a platoon commander. Such an approach solved the problem of a large shortage of officers for the new 33rd Army.

So Ma Wanzhong also thought that Liao Fan was looking at Shen Zhengwen's military ability, but he had been hearing rumors about the mine protection team in the past few days, so he decided to come to Jiazhuang Town to have a look.

In Ma Wanzhong's eyes, Jiazhuang Town's defense is not perfect, of course, in this regard, although there are some veteran officers to help, but in the end it depends on the equipment and cooperation of this army.

But when he saw the soldiers of the mine protection team, Ma Wanzhong felt that the mental outlook of the soldiers here had really undergone earth-shaking changes.

Especially the clothes worn on the warriors, although these clothes are not uniform, they are also very shabby, and they are a little patched, but the clothes of the fighters are clean and neat.

Although all units of the New 33rd Army have dress codes, they have never been so strict.

"Let's go to the training ground!" Ma Wanzhong decided to go to the training ground to see the training of the mine protection team.

When he arrived at the training ground, Ma Wanzhong saw that the soldiers of the mine protection team were braving the cold to train, and there was no one to supervise them at all.

Ma Wanzhong asked curiously, "What about their squadron leader?" ”

"Oh, it's also training inside, now the mine protection team, whether it is a soldier or an officer, has to train together, if Master Ma doesn't come today, I'm afraid I'll be among them!"

Officers and soldiers are equal, and the mine protection team is not only reflected in peacetime, but also in training, and officers should lead by example, unless there is something important, they can stop training.

When Ma Wanzhong heard Shen Zhengwen's words, he felt a little embarrassed, since he became a battalion commander in the Northeast Army, he had not trained, but only occasionally ran and ran. Later, when he became a regiment commander and division commander in the New 33rd Army, he didn't even run anymore.

"Do you have time for anything else?"

"There is always a squeeze in time, is there anything wrong with Master Ma? As long as you point it out, I'll change it right away! Shen Zhengwen thought there was something wrong with this.

"No, no, it's good, the officers and the soldiers share weal and woe, and the soldiers can better respect the officers!"

Ma Wanzhong thought about it, as if he usually trains in his division, only the company commander takes it, and the battalion commander no longer participates in the usual basic training. Ma Wanzhong also understood what the reason for the change of the mine protection team was, it may be that the officers and soldiers trained together, so that the soldiers and the soldiers consciously abided by every rule set by the officers.

Since ancient times, in addition to improving the physical strength of the soldiers, the training is more important to improve the mutual cooperation between the soldiers, because on the battlefield is not a soldier fighting, but a whole is fighting, although individual heroism can drive morale, but the final decision of the battle is often coordinated operations.

"Do you have basic training like usual, and do you still have collaborative training?" Ma Wanzhong asked.

"There are some, but some soldiers are a little poor in physical fitness, so after this year passes, the physical fitness of the soldiers has improved, and I will formulate a detailed training plan!"

"I have an idea, there is still some time before the Chinese New Year, how about the two of us have a military exercise?" Ma Wanzhong decided to try the real combat effectiveness of the mine protection team.

"Okay, I just want to try it too, then thank you Master Ma!"

So in the Jingcheng area, a regiment and mine protection team under Ma Wanzhong began military exercises, of course, the exercises were only exercises at the tactical level.

Ma Wanzhong discovered for the first time that the troops led by a scholar were so difficult, if it weren't for the short time that the mine protection team was established and there were big problems with the cooperation between the troops, maybe Ma Wanzhong was really defeated by this scholar.

And through this exercise, Shen Zhengwen also discovered his lack of ability in all aspects, and the most important thing is that Shen Zhengwen found that every victory won by the New 33rd Army in the battle against the Japanese army was not a fluke, except for Liao Fan's command, the mutual cooperation of various units has been perfect, especially the use of the "33 tactics", in the absence of effective firepower, the 33 tactics are definitely more effective on the battlefield than the soldiers of the little devils.

Since the end of the exercise, Shen Zhengwen and Ma Wanzhong's contacts have gradually increased, because the two of them found that each other has something worth learning from them, and for a while, the two of them have become like glue, like brothers.

And Li Weimin in Beitai Peak is actively preparing for the war, the plan to go north out of Taihang Mountain has already been set, their division as the main force out of Taihang Mountain in the north, although there is no specific goal, but Li Weimin knows that the time given to him is running out.

Yan Xingwang's cavalry regiment, as the main force of Li Weimin's division, of course, could not be ignored, although Liao Fan gave the order that there was no battle a year ago, but raising so many troops required all kinds of resources.

So Yan Xingwang's cavalry regiment was divided into several units, constantly harassing the surrounding Japanese army, because the Japanese forces in Shanxi were consumed by the new 33rd Army and there was not much force to support, so the cavalry frequently succeeded, so that the little devil took care of one thing and lost the other, and the Japanese army in the northeast direction of Jin was tortured by the cavalry without the slightest power to parry.

In order to deal with the cavalry unit of the New 33rd Army, the little devil drew a cavalry wing from the Suiyuan area to support the Japanese army in Shanxi.

Just when Liao Fan returned to Taihang Mountain, the Japanese army wing that came to support also reached Shanxi and quietly stationed in Dingxiang.

Dingxiang is a famous city that civilized the whole country during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but even the city that has stood tall from the Spring and Autumn Period to the present has now been destroyed by the artillery fire of the little devils.

However, Liao Fan was pleased that the Japanese army did not make drastic moves in the local area, and the local people were able to eat all year round, but the local security was very poor, and the puppet army often bullied people.

Liao Fan had no idea about the cavalry stationed in a wing in Dingxiang City, and even Li Weimin didn't know the situation at all.

Yan Xingwang ordered the soldiers to fight separately and harass the surrounding Japanese strongholds and transportation lines as usual, and after a few days of training, the cavalry was already familiar with this set of combat plans.

The cavalry has high mobility, and they run away after the fight, so that the infantry of the little devils have no place to chase.

But at noon today, something went wrong. A cavalry battalion of more than 300 people attacked a military train of the little devils, and the train was from Taiyuan to Dingxiang, and the action was very fast, and this cavalry battalion had already succeeded.

But there was a problem when retreating, the Japanese infantry kept chasing behind the 300 cavalry, and the battalion commander of the cavalry battalion was very puzzled, in the past, the little devils did not chase after two miles, but the Japanese army of nearly a brigade was like a dead brain, and only followed behind the cavalry.

Until a group of black and oppressive Japanese cavalry appeared in front of these three hundred cavalry, the cavalry battalion commander was surrounded by Japanese cavalry until something went wrong, and when he reacted, he was already surrounded by Japanese cavalry.

It turned out that the Japanese infantry who had been following them were trying to drive them into the encirclement of the Japanese cavalry.

Iron hooves rumbled on the land of northeastern Jin, puffs of dust and smoke were raised behind the cavalry, war horses neighed, and the sound of swords colliding with each other was heard.

Blood splattered, throwing a perfect parabola in the air.

Half an hour later, the saber was sheathed, and the war horse, which had no master, stopped in the distance after rushing out of a distance, bowing its head and eating the weeds that had been killed.

The three hundred Chinese cavalry were wiped out and there were no survivors, only the neighing of war horses in the field, as if they had nothing to do with the battle.

Also elsewhere, there was a Chinese cavalry company that was pursued by the Japanese cavalry, and the company commander had discovered the situation in advance during the attack and ordered the soldiers to turn around and run.

Fortunately, the company commander reacted quickly, so they were not surrounded by the Japanese cavalry, but the speed of the Japanese war horse was obviously faster than the speed of the war horse of this company, and the cavalry company commander retreated while fighting.

"Company commander, the cavalry of the little devil is too fast!"

"Lao Tzu is not blind!" The cavalry company commander knew that if this continued, it would not take half an hour for them to have a cavalry confrontation with the little devil, but he had no choice.

Although the brave of the two armies met on a narrow road, the company commander looked at the billowing smoke and dust in the rear, and the Japanese cavalry had at least more than 800 people, and no matter how brave they were, it was impossible for them to retreat with one enemy and eight with their whole body.

In fact, the Japanese army chasing them had a large number of troops, more than 1,000 men and horses, and they were coming for the Chinese cavalry today, how could they let this cavalry company escape easily.