This was not a formal military meeting, and it was probably known that the four battalion commanders were going to be criticized, so Zhang Ruhao, deputy commander of the regiment, and Tang Yongming, chief of staff, did not come over for some reason, so as not to lose face.

However, these two high-level officials did not come, but in addition to the four large battalion commanders, there were also Zhang Tianyou, the commander of the recruit battalion, Liang Wenzhong, who was in charge of logistics, Zhao Ergou, the commander of the artillery battalion, Wu Chenghu, the commander of the engineer company, and Zhao Changfeng, the commander of the baggage company.

In addition to Xiao Fenghua, the head of the security department, and Yu Xiancheng, the captain of the special brigade, both of whom are in military affairs, are not at the base of the independent regiment, almost all the middle-level officers of the independent regiment are all present, and they can be regarded as the backbone of the independent regiment gathered here.

Although the faces of the four big battalion commanders were a little ugly, the faces of the other battalion and company-level commanders who were appointed by Liu Lang as referees of the exercise were actually not very good. After all, if the infantry fights ugly, their auxiliary arms will not have any light on their faces, not to mention, on the opposite side, a group of recruits who have only been trained for three months have defeated the infantry of the independent regiment that has long defined themselves as "Lao Tzu's first in the world". As for the training that I did in the village in the past year, can I count it?

It was Lieutenant Colonel Ji who poured tea for the stalwarts of the independent regiment who did not look good, but the specifications were too high, and the stalwarts of the independent regiment with ugly faces had to stand up and squeeze out a difficult smile to express their gratitude when they took the tea. In addition to the four large battalion commanders who stood straight. Because they were meant to be standing.

Liu Lang, on the other hand, has not looked back since he entered the regiment headquarters, staring at the Chinese map hanging on the wall of the regiment headquarters with his hands behind his back.

No one knows what he's looking at.

After a long time, I only heard Liu Lang, who was on his back, ask: "Yan Xue, order Sun Fu's guard platoon to expand the warning range by 100 meters, and all personnel who are not allowed to enter the 100-meter range of the regiment headquarters will be enforced according to battlefield discipline." ”

"Okay." Ji Yanxue did not hesitate to go out to announce Liu Lang's military order.

The sudden and solemn military order made the backbones of the independent regiment look at each other, and even the four infantry battalion commanders who were full of shame and anger and intended to ask Liu Lang for an explanation were stunned, what is the regiment going to do? The big deal is just to scold them a few words, is it necessary to be so cautious? Who hasn't been scolded by him? Even Chi Dakui, who is an old qualification, was severely criticized by Liu Lang because the excavation of the field fortifications of the first battalion did not meet the standards.

"Guys, can I trust you?" Liu Lang turned his head expressionlessly, and his eyes looked around the faces of all the captains, majors, and lieutenant colonels.

Everyone's hearts couldn't help but tremble slightly. Liu Tuanzuo's question was a bit heavy. Among you here, even Li Guobin, who has only been a newcomer to the Independent Regiment for less than a year, has fought to the death with the Independent Regiment for nearly two months, and he is definitely a brother who has experienced life and death.

"Sir, you just have to say what you want, I, Zhao Ergou, will absolutely obey it, even if you are not happy with the bald guy, I will follow you to beat him." Zhao Ergou stood up and roared loudly.

Chi Dakui glared fiercely at this goods who didn't have a door on his mouth, and made a military salute at Liu Lang in a proper manner, and lowered his voice: "But there is an order in the regiment, and Da Kui will definitely do it." ”

The rest of the people also followed him and shouted in unison: "There is an order for the group, and it is not to be done." ”

Liu Lang squeezed out a smile on his face that was not very pleasant, stretched out his hand and pressed it, and said, "Sit down and talk, and the four of you will also sit down first." Also, Zhao Ergou, you will control your mouth to Lao Tzu after a dog day, it is your special mother who wants to beat him! Don't pull everything on Lao Tzu. ”

Seeing Liu Lang say this, the solemn atmosphere just now was slightly relaxed, and Zhao Ergou had a little more familiar ruffian on his face, took out his cigarette for the first time, and scattered cigarettes to his colleagues, "Come, come, isn't it just a losing battle!" What are you doing with your face strained, smoking and smoking, listening to the high opinions of the group, and if you don't change it, you will be encouraged! ”

"Hey, Camp Commander Zhao has been working overtime to study and study overnight again! It seems that the love letter to Nurse Xiaocui doesn't need to be done by the group. Hearing that the two-skinned face Zhao Da Battalion Commander suddenly dragged a noun used by Liu Lang in a crepe manner, everyone was happy. Even Li Guobin, a major who came from the 29th Route Army and was a little rusty a year ago, began to joke about Zhao Ergou.

"Hey, Lao Li, you've learned badly from Ling Hong. Let me tell you, Lao Tzu can now write a love letter of dozens of words. Zhao Ergou was not annoyed, and replied with a smile.

The crowd laughed again. The atmosphere seems to have become much better than before.

Liu Lang also smiled slightly, reached out and took the cigarette handed over by Chi Dakui and lit it on the match he was wiping. Of course he knew what these subordinates meant. They are also using this form of expression to tell him that no matter what he wants to do, they will follow him. Including Li Guobin, who spoke just now, his sentence seemed to be joking with Zhao Ergou, but it was actually a statement, stating that he was now one with the independent group.

Obviously, his solemnity just now frightened the backbones of these independent regiments. Several infantry battalion commanders who had wanted to come to him for questioning also forgot their intentions for the time being.

"You four, you want to come to me, the chief referee, and these referees to complain about injustice!" Liu Lang, who was standing alone, took a puff of cigarette and looked at the faces of the four infantry battalion commanders led by Chi Dakui and asked.

Chi Dakui and the others hurriedly stood up and replied in unison: "Report, sir, don't dare." ”

", if you feel unfair, just say it, what dare you dare." Liu Lang extinguished the cigarette butt, "That's right, of course you want to say that it's unfair, the reason why a few of them did that is all my intention, because it is unfair to you, so your combat effectiveness has been weakened by at least two percent, and in addition to the new weapons that originally belonged to you, the heavy firepower has been taken out and the combat effectiveness has been weakened by forty percent again, it can be said that you are using less than half of your combat strength to fight against the "Japanese army" that is more than twice your strength and twice as much firepower.

Although they were new recruits, they made up for many deficiencies with numbers and firepower, and even I dummies mountain artillery, heavy artillery, and airplanes for them. Therefore, it was doomed from the beginning that you would be defeated. ”

"But, sir, why did you do that? The Blues play the role of a Japanese criminal, and if our fighters are defeated by the Blues in such an exercise, it will not be fair to the fighters who have been training for a year, and it will hurt morale. You must know that the marksmanship of the real Japanese invaders is much more accurate than that of the new recruits of the Blue Army, and if the fearful soldiers encounter the real Japanese attack, the psychological defense line collapses, even if it is just one or two places, it is not good for the entire front. We should keep morale high with constant victories. Li Guobin spoke first this time.

For Li Guobin, who was born in the regular national army system, he is too clear about the role of morale, and if a soldier loses his fighting spirit, a collapse in one place may lead to a collapse on the whole front. In Rehe, many units of the national army are chased and beaten behind their buttocks by little devils, squadrons and brigades.

The other three didn't speak, but from the look in their eyes, it was clear that they agreed with this statement. In addition to Chi Dakui, he was also a little hesitant.

But morale isn't just about winning a lot! Liu Lang sighed slightly in his heart.

Of course, Liu Lang doesn't blame them. Because they have been in the national army system for a long time, they do not know that there is such an army that does not rely only on victory, but more on a belief, a belief in their own ideals, to support them in fighting against an enemy who is several times stronger than themselves.

Such an army is the most invincible.

The Independent Regiment fought a battle of the Great Wall, and more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers attacked with the assistance of aircraft and heavy artillery, and finally defeated the 8th Division, indisputably winning a great victory. Those two months of bloody battles have tempered the nerves of the warriors to be extremely tenacious.

It can be said that the remaining 3,000 veterans of more than 7,000 people in the three regiments can be called strong soldiers in the whole of China. Even if the independent regiment does not care about weapons and equipment, it can not only rank in the forefront of the national army in terms of the military quality of its personnel, but even if it encounters the elite of the Japanese, it will not be in vain.

However, the independent regiment, which appeared as a strong army, gradually became a little proud. Even the defeat of a Blue Army unit that he had formed was unacceptable.

They still have a long way to go relative to that unit, not in terms of equipment or military quality, but in terms of spirituality.

Liu Lang set his eyes on the map of China he had just seen, and the famous riverside was written with a pen on December 1, 1934.

December 1 was also the last day of the Independent Regiment's exercise.

Now, it's late at night.

That battle is over.