Chapter Twenty-Three: Expansion in Disguise

A long convoy drove on the road to Ruili.

The convoy consisted of one jeep, twenty liberation trailers, five large flatbed trucks, and twelve buses.

The car carried the first batch of materials purchased by Guan Fei, mainly building materials and construction equipment, as well as two diesel generator sets, wires, voltage stabilized substation equipment, etc.

In this jeep, in addition to the driver, there are only him, Zhang Shengguo, and Sun Yaohua.

Guan Fei told the details of how he set up a company in Hong Kong, and he spoke in a very flat tone, as if all this was just a matter of course, but Zhang Shengguo and the others listened to it with relish, and from time to time they exclaimed in surprise or worry, accompanied by laughter from time to time.

"Lao Guan, I really admire you! To be honest, I don't want to say that I can't do these things in Hong Kong, I can't even think of it! After listening to Guan Fei's narration, Sun Yaohua said with emotion.

"Not to mention anything else, you can make our 291st Brigade re-mount the domestic line, which makes me admire it even more! This is something that even the BJP headquarters cannot do! As a political commissar, Zhang Shengguo is even more clear about the political significance of Guan Fei's trip.

To put it bluntly, the People's Party is a rabble of hot-blooded youths and local ethnic armed forces, and its specific qualities have been tested in the offensive of the Weiding Army.

Facts have proved that the basis for the continued existence of the current remnants of the People's Army and their 291 Brigade is the attitude at home.

If the country is willing to protect it, then their safety will be guaranteed. If you don't want to, sooner or later you will be completely wiped out in the liquidation of the Raiding Army!

Guan Fei's biggest gain in this line is not how much money he makes, but to find a big backer for the 291st Brigade, so that the 291st Brigade will not be in danger of being destroyed at least for a few years. With this respite, I believe that with Guan Fei's ability, I can develop my strength to a considerable extent. When the time comes, they will really not be afraid of the pressure from the Wei Dingjun.

Perhaps, one day they will be able to launch a counteroffensive and regain the land they once lost, which is not impossible!

What peaceful development, he does not believe.

It is nothing more than using this as an excuse to take the opportunity to ask the command of the headquarters of the People's Party to take the domestic line and get an opportunity to accumulate strength.

Guan Fei is capable, ambitious, far-reaching, non-conformist, and flexible. This time, he borrowed his strength and the domestic momentum to get rid of the control of the People's Party headquarters, and maybe he will soar into the sky from now on!

It's my luck to be able to follow him......

The precision instruments brought back by Guan Fei were afraid of impact, so they were installed in a separate car. Each box was wrapped in a thick quilt as a cushion and carefully guarded by the soldiers, who picked it up at the slightest bump in the road to avoid damage.

The convoy departed at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and arrived in Ruili City at 10 o'clock in the evening.

Guan Fei did not stop at Ruili, the convoy had dinner in the military sub-district, and set off overnight. Such a long convoy has to pass through Menghai, and Menggu across the river will definitely be able to see it.

Although a tacit understanding has been reached with them in China, it is not good to openly enter the 291 Brigade Defense Zone with such fanfare. Taking advantage of the cover of the night, passing by quietly, this is acceptable to both parties.

"How's the reorganization of the troops now?" Guan Fei ignored the fatigue of the journey, and used the time on the road to talk about work with Zhang Shengguo and them.

"The reorganization has basically ended, and at present we have reorganized 12 companies, as well as engineering battalions, logistics companies, artillery companies, communications companies, medical teams, teaching companies, and other technical support units, totaling more than 2,900 people......

Zhang Shengguo is in charge of the reorganization of the troops, and according to the division of labor, Sun Yaohua is in charge of training, which is also to avoid the excessive concentration of power in one person.

There are no regimental and battalion-level organizations under the brigade, and they are directly field companies.

Flat command systemIn small-scale troops, the multi-layer command system is higher than that of heavy bed stacking. Similarly, this is also conducive to Guan Fei's grasp of the command of grassroots troops.

A full-fledged field company has 150 men, including a cooking squad, a communications squad, and 120 actual combatants.

At present, the front-line combat personnel of the 291 Brigade is 1,440 people, and there is also an artillery battery that includes 122 caliber heavy howitzers, 85 mm heavy mortars, and 60 caliber mortars to provide heavy fire support.

There was also an anti-aircraft machine gun platoon, a heavy fire platoon consisting of heavy machine guns, small 45-caliber mortars.

In terms of weapons, after the defeat of the KPA in Kitoura, a large number of people fled across the border, and they also moved the weapons depot of the former KPA. As a result, they were all seized by the border guards for the first time and sealed, and now these weapons have been transferred to Guan Fei.

The 122 howitzers and others were found from this warehouse, and the only artillery of Guan Fei's original 4102 battalion was a 60-caliber mortar.

According to the list of weapons handed over by the border posts, there is enough stock to arm a regular army of 30,000 men. All kinds of ammunition are also enough for them to fight a few medium battles with a scale of 10,000 people. It's just that Guan Fei is not preparing to expand the army on a large scale for the time being, and the vast majority of weapons are still sealed in the warehouses of border stations, and they will be transported when needed.

"You're right not to have two levels: regiment and battalion. We did not take in the military cadres who were in the rout, and all the military cadres who were promoted were former company and platoon commanders, and the cadres were too diluted, and their military quality and command ability were very limited. Although the army has expanded a lot, its actual combat effectiveness has dropped sharply. Even if rotational training was introduced, live-fire training was often organized, but it would take a long time to return to our average level at that time. Sun Yaohua was in charge of the training, and he shook his head vigorously when he talked about the current combat effectiveness of the troops.

Troops are not pulled up to fight.

Guan Fei and the others turned out to be educated youths, and they were completely military laymen. The People's Army was also a grass-roots team, and when it was rapidly expanding its army, it formed a company in its forties and fifties, and after a few days of rough training, it took up a gun and went to the battlefield, and the results can be imagined. In the early days, Guan Fei's comrades-in-arms sacrificed heavily, and his subordinate company was reduced by more than half in a month, and it was because of this that he would be promoted by the firing line because of his effective combat.

It was precisely because the casualties were too huge during the beginning of the period that many educated youths who ran impulsively were frightened by the cruelty of the battlefield and ran back to China.

Later, it became a little more formal, and a boot camp was formed, but the number of troops was close to 30,000 at that time. Those units that have been formed long ago have basically learned to fight on the battlefield and have basically not undergone formal training.

This situation is not possible in the country.

Domestic recruits are required to participate in three months of basic cohort training, and then after being assigned to the army, it is a long-term military skills training. Soldiers within a year are called recruits, and it is impossible to draw them in battle.

Guan Fei is now making up for the classes, making up for all the lessons he owed before.

Fortunately, these new fighters have also had a certain military foundation in other units before, and they are still better than pure recruits. And they have experienced bloody battles, and their fighting courage is far greater than that of new recruits. As long as you go through about a year of formal training, and are willing to spend the capital to bring out bullets and let them carry out live firing frequently, you will have the capital to protect yourself.

Guan Fei asked about the reorganization and training, and then asked about other things: "By the way, you have done everything I explained before leaving, right?" ”

"Of course! You said it was very important, how could I forget, you can personally accept it when you go back. Sun Yaohua said confidently.

The three of them talked about work all the way, and the convoy arrived at Menghai Town.

It is located in a remote area, dozens of kilometers away from the county seat, and there are no power lines. It was past twelve o'clock in the evening, and in the dead of night, the townspeople had already gone to bed. Guan Fei could only see a dark silhouette from the car, and only one or two lights could be seen from the border checkpoint in the distance - it was the checkpoint's own diesel generator, the communication was also a special military line, and there was no civilian telephone in the town at all.

The convoy slowed down and the engine crept by, but it still woke up the town's dogs.

First there was a dog barking, and soon all the dogs in the town barked, and some people got up and opened their windows to look out.

"You've woken people up, so let's speed up." Guan Fei saw this situation and simply ordered.

"Okay." As soon as the driver stepped on the accelerator, the speed of the jeep suddenly increased.

Seeing the acceleration in front of the car, the car behind also stepped on the accelerator and passed through the town quickly. However, the convoy was still too long, and it took more than ten minutes for the last car to pass through the town.

"You just said that after we stopped recruiting, there are still a lot of people stranded here?" Guan Fei pondered for a while and asked Zhang Shengguodao.

"Yes, there are more than two thousand people, and the town has a headache for them."

Menghai is not a wealthy place, and the local people, like the rest of the country, cannot fill their stomachs. Tens of thousands of people had been evacuated, and the demand for food had put considerable pressure on the local population.

Later, some cadres from the farm came over and persuaded many of the educated youths from the farm to go back, while others left on their own. Some people have also returned to peace after the situation calmed down a little. After the 291st Brigade recruited enough soldiers here, many people who felt hopeless also left disappointed.

Even those army commanders and division commanders left angrily after being politely rejected by the recruits of the 291 Brigade many times, either taking a detour to chase the People's Party headquarters, or simply breaking up and returning to their hometowns.

There are about 2,000 people still in the town, most of them former KPA soldiers. They didn't want to lay down their arms, they didn't know other life skills, and they didn't want to surrender to the army, so they lived here with self-abandonment, refusing to leave, and they didn't know where to go.

"Since we are rich in food, let's just collect it all and send it to the engineering battalion. If they don't want to, we don't force it, everything is voluntary. Before leaving, ask them to build a dirt road a little further outside the town where they can cross the car. In the future, we often have to pass the car at night, so it is not good to wake up the people in the town all the time. Guan Fei looked at the dark night sky outside and said calmly.

"This is good!" Sun Yaohua is still more sympathetic to these former comrades-in-arms, and he is willing to help them, "Anyway, you plan to engage in construction in the past few years, build roads, build bridges, and build houses, not afraid of more people, but afraid of fewer people!" ”

"This is easy to do, I will have people register their names tomorrow and organize them to build roads." This is a trivial matter, Zhang Shengguo agreed very happily.

When the convoy left the town, there was a checkpoint in front of it, and across the river was Menggu Town, which had been occupied by the Weiding army.

Under Guan Fei's guidance, the jeep turned right and drove onto a dirt road parallel to the Jiehe River.

"You've built this road, it's much smoother than before." Guan Fei felt that the jeep was not bumpy at all, and he was very happy.

"Didn't you tell you to build the road all the way to the brigade headquarters? The engineering battalion has been doing this for more than a month. You don't know, this can make me choke enough. In the past, the roads were trodden by people, and in order to widen the roads, the engineering battalions were exhausted and tired, and in some places they had to open mountains and blast them, and people were exhausted just by removing those big stones. Hurry up and hurry to get the road through, or you can drive these cars through! Zhang Shengguo had a painful expression on his face that could not be looked back on.

He was tired enough to be busy with the reorganization of the troops, and he also had to complete the tasks arranged when Guan Fei left, and he couldn't wait to break it in half by himself when he was busy. In more than a month, he has lost at least three pounds.

"You've worked hard, okay, I'll let you go to Hong Kong next time, how about compensation? By the way, I also went to get a Hong Kong identity card. Guan Fei said half jokingly, half seriously.

"I said Lao Guan, you're not funny. Why does Lao Zhang want to compensate, I won't give it? I lead the troops every day, is it easy to beat me in the mud and water? No, no, I want to go to Hong Kong, I want to go too, I haven't seen the world of capitalism yet, I have long wanted to open my eyes! Sun Yaohua, who was a little drowsy, woke up as soon as he heard that he was going to Hong Kong, and immediately made a noise.

"Go all, go! Next time you both go, I'll leave the house to me! Remember, I got my Hong Kong ID card in the past! Guan Fei agreed with a smile.

"Why are you bothering about this Hong Kong ID card?" Zhang Shengguo said strangely.

"Because I want to keep my rights as Chinese!" Guan Fei looked out of the car in front of him and said solemnly, "We came here, and the country does not recognize dual nationality, so in fact, we are already arrogant." But I was not reconciled, so I went to apply for a Hong Kong identity card! Even though Hong Kong is still in the hands of the British, I believe it will eventually return to the motherland! It just so happens that it recognizes multiple nationalities, so I am equivalent to turning a circle and becoming a Chinese again! ”

"Good! Don't forget the number of dictionaries! Lao Guan, you did the right thing, I support you! Sun Yaohua cheered loudly, then thought about it, and sneered, "Since that's the case, I'll just take him a few hundred people next time, and they all get a Hong Kong ID card!" ”

"Hehe, Sun Monkey, you are going to engage in disguised expansion! You're like this, then I'll bring more people next time, but I can't lose to you! Zhang Shengguo pointed and said with a smile.

Guan Fei twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled coldly.

That's it?

He will not be satisfied with this little thing, he will hide his claws at the moment, playing the image of a harmless little white rabbit. Then vigorously develop the economy, develop armaments, accumulate strength little by little, take advantage of the opportunity when it comes, and then hit the Indian Ocean in one fell swoop with a thunderous momentum, before the enemy has time to react!

The blockade of the sea given to us by the West, sooner or later I will smash him with one punch!