Chapter 45: Waiting for War
"Qingfeng Tang has always been active around Bengbu, how did this come to Macheng?" Kuroko, who was also born in the mountain bandits, fell into deep thought after listening to Tang Cheng's words, and was afraid that Tang Cheng would lose Heizi led people to support Tang Cheng, but he didn't expect to catch up with Tang Cheng and order to shoot those horse bandits who were captured alive. Surprised by Tang Cheng's completely different attitude now from Mengcheng, Heizi secretly let out a long breath, stretched out his hand and rubbed the corners of his eyes that couldn't help beating, if Tang Cheng was so ruthless when he was clearing out bandits in Mengcheng, I'm afraid he wouldn't be alive now.
"Company commander, the brothers who searched for Liulipu are back, the bandits that the horse bandits said just now are indeed here, looking at the scale of five or six hundred people, the brothers who searched only saw that they had light machine guns, but did not see small cannons and heavy machine guns." Tang Cheng was watching the people of the second company cleaning up the battlefield, and the soldiers who had sent Lu to search for the enemy's situation came back, and heard that there were bandits with a size of five or six hundred people attacking, which made Heizi and a few of them standing beside Tang Cheng gasp.
Xu heard the hissing sound from the mouth of the sunspot's inhalation, Tang Cheng turned around and glanced at them, and then smiled, "It's just some bandits, they have no experience in fighting against the regular army, and they don't have any heavy firepower, so they don't have to be afraid, just kill them all, just use them to try our fortifications." Tang Cheng's words made Heizi stunned, is this still the Tang Cheng who was beaten by the Japanese army in the north mountain of Mengcheng? The current Tang Cheng is like a sharp sword that has been unsheathed, and the sharpness in his eyes makes people dare not look at him.
Tang Cheng was the youngest in the second company, but he was the commander of the second company, and the battle that had just defeated more than 100 horse bandits with single-digit casualties outside the city had already established Tang Cheng's absolute command in the second company. "Go back to the city to prepare for war" Tang Cheng's order is very simple, only four words but the people of the second company are all busy, the ammunition in the position outside the city has been replenished, and the two heavy machine guns of the 88th Division to support the second company have also been arranged, now just wait for the arrival of the bandits, "Regiment commander, let's not go out of the city to fight, our ** has not done it with real swords and guns, if the real Japanese soldiers come, then we will be blind." Tian Guang cautiously looked at Sun Liansheng, who was looking out of the city with a telescope, the latter's face was as black as a dark cloud in the sky, and it was gloomy and about to squeeze out the water. But for the sake of the garrison and his future future, Tian Guang must ask this sentence, who made him sent by Sun Shoucheng to assist Sun Liansheng.
"What to fight, if you don't fight, let's just watch from the city, I want to see how good the surname Tang is." Sun Liansheng obviously still couldn't let go of the entanglement between him and Tang Cheng. I thought that if I took over the position of the head of the Macheng garrison regiment, I would be able to completely control the defense of Macheng, but I didn't expect that Tang Cheng, who was supported by the 88th Division, got the defense command of Macheng, and the commander of the garrison regiment with hundreds of troops became a side drummer.
Sun Liansheng's open-mindedness made Tian Guang unable to continue his words, and he opened his mouth for a while, and then Tian Guang secretly shook his head and walked slowly down from the city, assisting such a thing that does not know how to fight is definitely the biggest mistake in his life. "Fucking idiot, if the second company in Tangcheng is eaten by bandits, you think you will be able to stay alone, it's strange that the guy in the 88th Division with eyes on the top of his head doesn't tear your Sun Liansheng to pieces." Tian Guang, who walked down the city, spat at Sun Liansheng's back at the head of the city, and then called the soldiers he brought over and whispered.
Tian Guang was ready to go out of the city to meet Tang Cheng at any time, and once he found that the second company facing the enemy outside the city was defeated, the regular army he brought from the 36th Division would immediately be able to fight out of the city to support Tang Cheng, and he would be able to benefit both the public and the private. Although Song Xilian values the 36th Division, the people of the Sun family are not in charge of the 36th Division, and compared with the upper and lower groups of the 88th Division, the Sun family is not very good in the 36th Division. If it weren't for Sun Shoucheng who was still Song Xilian's cronies, a guy like Sun Liansheng who had been messing around all day would have been shot in the middle of the night, and it was his turn to put on a face for himself, and when the two were compared, Tian Guang naturally chose to help Tang Cheng.
Tang Cheng in the position outside the city didn't know this, he didn't expect to get Sun Liansheng's help from the beginning, and now they are just some bandits, if the second company can't even defeat these bandits, where is he still qualified to fight the Japanese army, so Tang Cheng did not panic, but sat in the trench and waited quietly for the bandits to arrive. The combat effectiveness of a unit is not only manifested in the face of the enemy, but also in the mentality when the enemy appears, and the performance of the commander directly affects the display of the combat effectiveness of the troops.
This is a passage that Tang Cheng read in Xie Bo's notebook, although he understands the meaning of this passage, but Tang Cheng, who understands everything, disdains to do any pre-war mobilization speech, all he has to do is to show that he is as stable as in training. While the few novices in the second company were anxiously waiting for the enemy to appear, Tang Cheng wanted to show them his composure, and make them feel that the upcoming battle was no different from the usual training, the only difference was that there would be more blood.
Like Liu Goat, Tang Cheng also felt that the best way to train soldiers was to keep fighting, only the washing of battles could find the gold particles hidden in the gravel, and only continuous fighting could make the soldiers of the second company become veterans who could really survive on the battlefield. Tang Cheng didn't know if Lao Xu under the Nine Springs of the Second Company would scold himself for being too a loser, in order to meet the upcoming bandits, Tang Cheng mobilized almost all the ammunition of the Second Company, as long as he could make these guys in the Second Company become real veterans, Tang Cheng didn't care about those ammunition.
Tang Cheng's deliberate composure had a certain effect, under the guidance of Niu Laogui and their squad leaders and veterans, the novices in the trenches no longer clutched their weapons tightly with cold sweat on their faces, and under the guidance of the veterans, the novices sat in the trenches or smoked cigarettes with slightly trembling fingers, or chatted and bragged with the soldiers around them in a hoarse voice, in short, the tense atmosphere before the big war could not be found in the position of the second company.
"These guys are okay, just fight a few more battles, when I was forced by the squad leader to shoot on the battlefield, it was not as good as they are now." After patrolling around the position, Niu Laogui, who was a little panting, sat down next to Tang Cheng. Niu Laogui, who is already a second deputy in a row, is more like playing the role of a nanny, whenever Tang Cheng has a drill horn, Niu Laogui can always find a topic to talk to Tang Cheng, and when Tang Cheng comes back to his senses, he finds that his emotions have relaxed.
Taking Niu Laogui's dead cigarette in his hand, Tang Cheng followed Niu Laogui's line of sight and looked at the novices in the trenches, "I'm afraid that the Japanese army won't give us time, and the horse bandits who were captured alive said that there was only one Japanese in their horse team, I believe this." But according to what I know about the Japanese, they are not likely to do such things that outweigh the losses, and I am afraid that the bandits who will come later will have problems. Tang Cheng's voice was very soft when he said these words, but Niu Laogui was shocked by Tang Cheng's words.
Picking up the fallen matches from the dirt under his feet, Niu Laogui looked at Tang Cheng beside him with a shocked expression, "Are you saying that there may be Japanese soldiers among the bandits behind?" Or are all the bandits Japanese? Niu Laogui is not a fast brain, but the meaning of Tang Cheng's words just now is too obvious, and people like Niu Laogui can hear the meaning of Tang Cheng's words.
"I'm not sure, it's just a guess on my part, of course I hope that all the bandits who come here will come, so that the opportunity for us to train will come." Tang Cheng took the match in Niu Laogui's hand, and then lit a cigarette for himself and Niu Laogui, "But if it's the Japanese army who comes, five or six hundred people is the size of two Japanese squadrons, and the second company is now not to mention dealing with two Japanese squadrons at the same time, it is very troublesome to face a Japanese squad alone." ”
Niu Laogui, who had already lit the cigarette to his mouth but didn't know how to smoke it, couldn't help but jump his eyelids, he knew what Tang Cheng meant when he said trouble, it was nothing more than referring to the possible casualties of the second company. Niu Lao Gui, who had fought with the Japanese army more than once, knew that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, the current second company did not have the combat effectiveness of the main battle unit of the national army, but it would not make Tang Cheng so pessimistic. Let's click, Niu Laogui swallowed the words he wanted to ask back into his stomach, now is not the time to dwell on these, Niu Laogui is thinking that if he cheers up Tang Cheng, the big war is imminent, and Tang Cheng, as the commander, can't do this.
Niu Laogui took a bite and smoked half of the cigarette in his mouth, Xu saw what Niu Laogui was thinking, Tang Cheng smiled, "I'm just saying that, I know what I should do, Erlian has pinned too many people's hopes, how can I bring Erlian into a dead end." Although Tang Cheng did not make a clear statement, Niu Laogui's hanging heart finally landed, and it was better to know what he should do, than to have his head full of paste.
However, Tang Cheng's words also made Niu Laogui realize in his heart, this 19-year-old little company commander was carrying too many things, and it was no wonder that he chose to stay in Macheng when the Huang family left Macheng, and rebuilding the second company was not only a promise for Tang Cheng, but also a responsibility. "It's coming, it's coming. Company commander, the flag is waving over there. The observation post in the position rushed to Tang Cheng with binoculars and smoke, and waved the flag in a row arranged on the flank, which means that the bandits they had been waiting for for a long time in Tang Cheng finally came.