Chapter 21 Acting Battalion Commander
Seeing Tang Cheng come out of the ambulance station, Liu Goat instantly regained his former calm, as long as Tang Cheng didn't sneak away again, Liu Goat didn't care where he went just now. "Transferred to the teaching team as the commander of the first battalion?" On the contrary, Tang Cheng was shocked by the news that Liu Goat was promoted to battalion commander, didn't it mean that Xie Chengrui looked down on the second company and all the people in the second company? Why did Liu Goat go to serve as the battalion commander of the second regiment he taught? Liu Shanyang is the company commander of the 88th Division.
"Let's not worry about that, the company commander himself knows what to do." Qiu Jiangong was also full of sadness, he, the nominal platoon commander and acting company commander of the sergeant, why was this title so unpleasant. The second company is now 20 hits of individuals, if you really want to talk about it, I am afraid that it can't even compare with a platoon of the teaching team, and the teaching team has never been merciless when it comes to fighting.
Tang Cheng has already returned, even if the rest of the second company is already neat, in the dispute between pockmarked face and Biaozi, all the people in the second company followed Liu Goat to get weapons and ammunition. "The Japanese offensive will only get stronger and stronger, so there should not be many opportunities for us to replenish ammunition, and when you go to get ammunition later, you must remember to load more, and the next time you get ammunition, you will be deducted by military supplies." Liu Goat was muttering to Qiu Jiangong and a few of his veterans all the way, and the group dragged the scattered formation straight to the munitions warehouse of the Second Regiment.
"Grenades, I want grenades, I can give less bullets, and then machine gun bullets are more, I'll exchange rifle bullets with you" Facing the fat-hearted quartermaster, Qiu Jiangong, who took over the second company, bargained like a housewife buying vegetables, until he got the part of the ammunition supply he wanted. The quartermaster who was in charge of distributing ammunition was lost his temper by Qiu Jiangong, so he had to add two more boxes of grenades to the original supply order, and then he left the second company and his group.
"This dog is also a bully who is afraid of the hard, looking at the supply list is something personally arranged by Commander Xie, he is very diligent in running before and after, damn." Biaozi, who was carrying a brand-new machine gun, spat at the quartermaster's back, but when the fat body turned around, the anger on Biaozi's face had changed to a smile. Waving goodbye to the quartermaster, Biao Zi carried the newly received machine gun and roared to chase Liu Goat who had already gone away.
"As soon as the head of our squad became the acting company commander, even the quartermaster of the dog day gave face, and the sun really came out of the west." Looking at the stacks of tall ammunition on the cart and the Czech light machine gun on Biaozi's shoulder, Zhou Fu looked satisfied. The quartermaster of the Second Regiment is a guy who only enters and can't leave, and the veterans of the Second Regiment for many years have never seen this dead fat man so generous, and even Tang Cheng, who has never spoken much, also talked a few words with everyone.
With a bang, a room more than 20 meters away from Yang Xiao and them turned into a ball of fire, and when the bricks and pieces of wood that were blown into pieces by the explosion crackled and fell, several people with smoke and flames also burst out of the house. "Scattered, scattered, the Japanese shelled." The men of the second company hurriedly escorted the cart full of ammunition into a small alley, and the pockmarked faces and the others scattered directly and leaned against the trees on the side of the street to hide.
"The little devil of the dog day is starting to ** again" Looking at those who rushed over from elsewhere to help put out the fire, the impatient pockmarked face couldn't stop scolding the Japanese soldiers outside the city. From early in the morning, the Japanese troops assembled outside the city began a tentative attack, and after being repulsed twice by the defenders, the Japanese army switched to attacking the defenders stationed at Gwanghwamen with artillery fire.
"Let's go, we can't help, let's go to the assembly point first" The entire battalion that Liu Goat was going to take over was withdrawn to rest, and when Xie Chengrui was at the regiment headquarters, he only gave Liu Goat an address, and the second company and the first battalion were all in Guanghuamen. Liu Goat: They pushed the ammunition received by the second company, and they only turned a street corner and found the assembly point of the first battalion——- a tavern with two Japanese light machine guns at the door.
The two-story tavern was crowded with sleeping soldiers, and the owner of the tavern had long since disappeared, whether he had fled or for some other reason. Qiu Jiangong obviously hadn't adapted to his status as an acting platoon commander, so he squeezed into the crowd with two veterans to greet the guys he knew well, and took out a bottle of wine from under the counter and stuffed it into his pocket. Although Xie Chengrui was born in Huangpu, he was very loose about the behavior of the veterans who plucked their feathers, and he didn't know how many people he could live after this battle, so he didn't have to blame them for something.
Liu Goat, who entered the tavern, said hello to Ma Han, the platoon commander he was familiar with, and then nested in the corner and joked with Ma Han quietly, while paying attention to the reactions of these people in Ma Han's company. It can be seen that the casualties of the first company are very large, at least in Liu Goat's opinion, after counting them carefully, Liu Goat's silent reading of the number stopped at 80. I heard Mahan say that the regiment commander Xie Chengrui had taken out the third company of the first battalion as a reserve, and the second company of the first battalion had only about 70 people left, which means that the first battalion, which was originally supposed to be 400 people, now has only 150 people left.
"Damn, what a bullshit battalion commander, he's still a company commander after a long time." After figuring out the current strength and weapons and equipment of the first battalion, Liu Goat, who was expressionless, couldn't help but curse Xie Chengrui secretly in his heart. An infantry company of the national army has a quota of 120 to 134 people, and now a battalion can command only 150 troops, which is only two squads more than a regular infantry company, and his acting battalion commander is still a company commander at all.
"Fuck Xie Chengrui, this bullshit battalion commander is gone, who do you love." Liu Goat suddenly got up and walked outside the tavern, and Qiu Jiangong, who was joking with the veterans of the teaching team, followed them when they saw this. Seeing Liu Goat's face, Qiu Jiangong and the others knew that something was wrong, but everyone still didn't know what Liu Goat was for.
"The first battalion was taken away by Xie Chengrui as a reserve, and now there are only about 150 people left in the first battalion, although the first battalion is equipped with 6 light and heavy machine guns and two mortars, but with so many troops to guard the city gate, the most reluctant can only be a dead end, this battalion commander, Lao Tzu can't do it." Liu Goat took out a cigarette as he walked, lit it and smoked it.
The veterans of the second company also followed suit, and they also took away a company as a reserve for this point of strength, and Xie Chengrui appointed Liu Goat as the acting battalion commander, which was nothing more than wanting Liu Goat to organize the second company into the first battalion to guard the city gate. "These people in the teaching team are not at ease at all, Xie Chengrui is simply a disguised incorporation, if our second company is dragged into the first battalion, there will be no second company in the future." Qiu Jiangong's mind turned quickly, and he directly thought of the issue of being incorporated and losing his original number, but this was also the most troublesome thing for Liu Goat.
"What if you don't go? Since Xie Chengrui has already opened this mouth, he will never let Uncle Liu change his words, and besides, haven't we already received all those ammunition? Tang Cheng was the calmest, and he found the point of the problem at once, and then everyone remembered the unusually enthusiastic and cooperative attitude of the fat quartermaster of the Second Regiment. Originally, I thought it was the sun coming out of the west Biaozi and Mazi immediately scolded angrily, and after a long time, the second company was tricked by others, and they also said that the quartermaster had changed his temperament.
"The first battalion still has to go, but our second company does not participate in the first battalion, and the battle can be mixed together, and the second company still has to have its own defense area, and the people of the second company cannot be mixed with the first battalion." Tang Chengquan talked for a while, and finally Liu Goat turned around. In any case, Xie Chengrui is the regiment commander, and the second company is now temporarily under the command of Xie Chengrui, if Liu Goat does not follow Xie Chengrui's order to take over the first battalion, people have a way to clean up Liu Goat and the second company.
Just as Liu Goat was standing at the door of the tavern and discussing countermeasures with several veterans of the second company, Xie Chengrui, who had changed into a soldier's military uniform and had just come down from the city gate, walked in with several officers under his command. Seeing Xie Chengrui, the officers of the unknown battalion in the tavern all stood up and saluted Xie Chengrui, even Liu Goat, who was standing outside the door of the tavern. "Okay, sit down, I'm here to announce something to you, your battalion commander was injured and went to the hospital, and now Liu Fengtang, the company commander of the original 88th Division 2nd Company, temporarily commanded a battalion, and half an hour later the first battalion rushed to Guanghuamen to assemble and take over the defense area"
Xie Chengrui's words made most of the officers of the first battalion not believe it, in their opinion, even if they want to take over the position of battalion commander, it should be sent from the regiment or promoted from the officers of the first battalion.
Liu Goat, who was talked about by everyone, was still standing at the door of the tavern with a blank face, and there was no expression on his calm face. "Okay, don't talk about it, this is the meaning of the group, if you really have time to spare, let's think about how to kill more little devils" Xie Chengrui took the two bottles of wine handed over by Ma Han and left with his herald. Xie Chengrui left the tavern on the front foot, and the officers of the first battalion talked loudly on the back foot, many of them did not associate Liu Goat with Liu Fengtang, who was about to take over the position of battalion commander.
Only Ma Han was the first to extend his thumb to Liu Goat to show his kindness, and Liu Goat also nodded at the kindness released by Ma Han, but the chaotic scene in the tavern made Liu Goat frown, if all the people in the first battalion were like this, it would be appropriate for this bullshit acting battalion commander to be inappropriate.