After breakfast, Wang Haitao said to Hu Youmin, "Will you go to the border patrol with me?" he nodded and went back to his room to put on his equipment.

She followed up and said: "Don't wear that camouflage uniform, it's TG's military uniform, it's easy to cause misunderstanding, wear our People's Army uniform." ”

After speaking, he asked the guards to bring over a set of officers' uniforms, and gestured on him and said, "This is what I picked based on your figure, I don't know if it fits?"

When he put it on, it fits perfectly. After putting on the military uniform, he looked even more heroic, and she looked a little stupid. He touched the rank on his shoulder and asked, "What rank is this?"

"Major, one rank with the regimental commander, your two bodyguards are captains, and the captain below the regimental commander is one rank. She told him.

"You're just going to take us in?" he asked jokingly. She thought he was too low-level, and then said, "The deputy commander and I are lieutenant colonels, and Abba is a colonel, why don't you be promoted to lieutenant colonel?"

"I don't mean that, I'm not interested in that, I mean can you not include us in your formation?" he explained.

"Aren't you going to help us defeat Meng Peizhen?

He changed into military boots, the dagger was not easy to tie to his legs, threw it into his backpack, inserted the pistol into the holster, put on the military hat and said: "Let's go, I will have the addiction of being an officer with you." ”

As she walked, she said, "You like daggers, I asked someone to make a sleeve that can be hung around the waist." He said indifferently, "Whatever you want." ”

Lin Feng and Wu Hongyuan stayed in the barracks to familiarize themselves with and understand the situation of the army. Hu Youmin and Wang Haitao took a platoon to inspect the border.

Along the way, she told him about the situation: "The town of Kangula is more than 70 square kilometers, with a population of more than 20,000, and the terrain is a transition zone from hills to mountains, with three small rivers passing through the territory and four relatively large reservoirs. ”

"To the north is the old rival Meng Pei Town, which used to be similar to us, but in recent years, it has been instigated and supported by Xingzi Town to the north of it, and has constantly invaded us. ”

"The mayor and commander of Mengpei Town is called Daotuo, and their armed force is called Mengpei Revolutionary Army. The army is one regiment more numerous than ours, and the equipment is much stronger, as you saw yesterday. ”

"To the west is the town of Sanna, which is relatively weak, with a population of less than 10,000 people. The mayor and commander of the town is called Sangbo, and the armed force is called the Sanna Self-Defense Army, and he claims to have two regiments, but in fact there are only more than 200 people. ”

"To the south is the town of Kandon, and the mayor and commander of the town is called Ah Gang, a little smaller than us, with three regiments of troops. Wu Agang and Abba are good friends, and we basically don't have to defend in the south. ”

"To the east is the town of Lai Guang, which is also smaller than our town, with only more than 10,000 people. The mayor and commander of the town is called Miao Miaosui, a woman, in her 40s. The armed forces are called the Lai Guang Liberation Army, and there are three regiments of troops. ”

"Sanna Town and Laiguang Town are both friends and foes with us, they usually don't infringe on us, and they will come up and bite us when they have benefits. ”

"We are mainly guarding against Mengpei Town, and our troops are basically deployed here. During the autumn harvest season, they would rush across the border, rob us of food and livestock, burn, kill, commit adultery, and do all kinds of evil. ”

The border with Mengpei Town is more than five kilometers long, and it stops and stops all the way, listens to reports, deploys work, and does not complete the inspection until more than 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

She was in good health and full of energy all the way. The meal at the border at noon, the food at the outpost was far worse than that at the headquarters, but she did not dislike it at all, and ate it very well.

On the way back, Hu Youmin asked her about the strength and equipment of Kangula Town. She introduced: "The supreme commander is the headquarters, Abba is the commander, and Danway and I are the deputy commanders. ”

"The chief of staff is Danto, who is in charge of intelligence, and he is also my uncle. The Quartermaster's name is Suo Wen, and he is the uncle of my sister Wang Kexin, who is in charge of finance and taxation. ”

"A guard regiment, responsible for the security of the headquarters and the security of the town, the head of the regiment is called Min Jue, the younger brother of my little aunt. ”

"Three combat regiments, the first regiment commander Miao Lun, the second regiment commander Tunqin, and the third regiment commander Lin Wu. They were all cronies who had followed Aba for many years. ”

"You can see the weapons assembly, that's basically all we have. The General Staff had three transmitters and six walkie-talkies, but they were rarely used. ”

"There are nine pickup trucks, plus the ones seized yesterday, there are twelve. The two trucks are Chinese-made Dongfeng brands, because of the shortage of gasoline, these cars can only be driven in rotation, there are more than 30 two-wheeled motorcycles, 15 side three-wheeled motorcycles. ”

"Then there are 13 tractors that can be used normally, with different models, mainly used to transport materials and help the people work. ”

He said with a smile: "No wonder the improvised road from the headquarters to the border, which is more than four kilometers, is on foot, and it turns out that I am reluctant to gasoline." ”

She smiled embarrassedly: "Yes, save a little if you can, you're not tired, are you?"

He smiled and said, "Don't you be tired, what about you?" Seeing her shake her head, he continued, "Then let's go quickly, or we won't be able to make it to dinner." ”

Back at the headquarters, before dinner, he asked her if she had a map, she said that the staff did, and took him to the war room after speaking.

After greeting Danto, he began to study the battle map hanging on the wall. The towns of Kangula and Mong Pei are both oval in shape and about the same size.

Sanna Town and Laiguang Town are long and narrow, with Kangula Town and Mengpei Town sandwiched between one left and one right. To the south, the town of Kandong is shaped like a half-moon, supporting these three towns.

What made him excited was that it was only about 80 kilometers away from China's Yunnan border, and if Mengpei Town was taken in the future, there would be only two towns across the Chinese border, less than 60 kilometers.

He carefully studied the map and silently memorized it. Wang Haitao asked him to eat, and he said without looking back: "Help me get a meal, I'll eat here." ”

It wasn't long before she came with a basket of food, and after putting the food on the table, she asked him to eat again, and he reluctantly left the map.

She chatted with him while eating, and asked him if there was a way to defeat Meng Zhen, and he said confidently, "There is a way, but you have to listen to me." ”

"No problem, as long as you can defeat Meng Peizhen, I will immediately promote you as the deputy commander. ”

"I'm not interested in this, I'll go back to China after helping you guys. ”

"Yes, the premise is that you marry me first. ”

"Can you change the conditions? No matter what, I want to go back, even if I marry you, you can't go back to China with me, won't it hurt you then?"

"I'll talk about it later, I won't go back with you, you can come to see me often. ”

"How can I come here?"

"You can come back if you can go back, I don't believe that you are a heartless person, you really married me, will you bear to leave me alone?"

"My wife won't agree, she'll be very sad, how do you let me face her?"

"I don't care, that's your business. ”

"If you women can't talk about it, you can withdraw it, forget it, talk about work. It is not difficult to defeat Meng Peizhen, there is an old Chinese saying, it is called a rich country and a strong army. ”

"How?"

"To be rich means to have money, and war is actually a fight for financial resources, and only when you have money can you recruit troops and buy arms. Strong soldiers are easy to understand, that is, they have combat effectiveness. ”

"I'll listen to you. ”

"Okay, let's train the troops first, and my two bodyguards will systematically train the army. As for making money, you can take me around town these days, and I'll talk about it after I've finished reading. ”

"Okay, what to do, you tell me, I'll arrange it according to your requirements. ”

"Well, in the future, you will teach me D language in the evening, and it will be easier to communicate in the future, and you will also arrange for one person to teach two bodyguards to speak D language. ”

"Yes, I'll let my sister Wang Kexin teach them. ”

After eating, she cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks for the guards to take away, and he continued to study the map. There was also a sand table here, which was much more intuitive than the map, and he looked around the sand table for a long time.

There was still no electricity tonight, and the guards lit a few lanterns to illuminate him. Wang Haitao accompanied him, did not disturb him, and followed him.

After studying for more than two hours, he said to her, "Let's go, let's go back and rest." She came to his bedroom after taking a shower, her warm hair draped over her shoulders, adding to the charm of many women.

She sat down beside him and said, "Before teaching you D, I will tell you about our customs and customs here, and you can learn D language quickly." ”

"Because my father is Chinese, I have developed the habit of eating three meals a day, and now the military camp also eats three meals a day. ”

"The locals eat two meals a day, one at 10 a.m. and one at 5 p.m. We take a bath at night, they get up early to take a bath, just drink a cup of tea, eat some dim sum or fried rice, boiled beans, etc. to satisfy their hunger. ”

"The staple food is rice, noodles. Non-staple foods include chicken, fish, shrimp, eggs, pork, onions, water spinach, etc. ”

"I don't eat beef, I don't buy live chickens or live fish to eat, I only like to eat freshwater fish. One of the must-try dishes at every meal is the fried shrimp sauce."

"Generally, I don't go out on Tuesday to run errands, MD people worship Buddhism, are willing to give, and give things must be from Monday to Saturday, and don't give things to others on Sundays. ”

"On Mondays, it is forbidden to give cattle to others or to borrow cattle for use, on Tuesdays, it is forbidden to give wood, bamboo, etc., on Wednesdays, it is forbidden to give rice to others, and on Thursdays, it is forbidden to ask for gold and silver products. In addition, MD people also taboo borrowing money to others on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. ”

"The natives regard the left hand as low and unclean. It is not allowed to use the left hand to deliver tea, serve food, receive things, and deliver things, and it is even more taboo to shake hands with the left hand when meeting. ”

"MD people have no surname, only a first name, and most people have a title in front of their name to distinguish their gender and generation. ”

Men or juniors call themselves "appearance", seniors are called "Wu", peers are called "Guo", women are commonly called "Ma", and older ones are called "Du". ”

He smiled and said, "There are so many rules, I can't remember it, I have to write it down in a notebook." She patiently repeated it until he remembered it.

The next day, Hu Youmin asked Wang Haitao to send someone to call Wu Hongyuan and Lin Feng to discuss the training of the army. He asked the two of them, "What do you think after spending a day at home yesterday?"

Wu Hongyuan said bluntly: "You have seen all the weapons and equipment, I won't say more, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is okay, they are good, and they are not afraid of death." ”

"They have not been systematically trained, and it is okay to fight some small-scale guerrilla warfare, but compared to the regular army, it is far behind. Especially positional warfare, I don't know how to fight at all?"

Lin Feng added: "The construction of fortifications, the setting of firing points, the coordination of artillery, the organization of blocking and charging, etc., really need to be improved. ”

Wang Haitao did not have an unhappy look on his face, and it was the first time he had heard of these terms. She looked at him expectantly, hoping that he would solve these problems.

He looked at her and said, "We must improve the combat effectiveness of the army, and the two of you are responsible for this, starting from two aspects." ”

"First of all, according to the actual situation here, a simple training program should be compiled to conduct targeted training and improve the army's ability to coordinate operations. ”

"The second is to set up a special combat team to conduct training in special operations subjects such as reconnaissance, demolition, interdiction, and infiltration, with a number of about 30 people, to be selected by you from all over the army. ”

He turned to her and said, "There is one more thing that needs to be done by Deputy Commander Wang." It is necessary to expand the number of troops and improve the combat configuration, such as increasing medical aid and field hospitals. ”