Chapter 265: Adjustments Before Departure

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? The moonlight was shining, and it was a night with a lot of columns, and many people had already fallen asleep after nightfall, and only a few famous drunkards in the town of Ledo were still staggering through the streets. But there are still many people busy in the night, there is a truck parked in the camp of the direct company, the old artillery commander is loading, the boxes moved out of the warehouse are confirmed by the rich man and Kane, and the people who load the truck are the first to follow Zhao Zhi, the soldiers have long been taken by goats to the field for the night, and the name is --- night combat training.

A speeding jeep drove into the camp of the company directly under it, with Catherine, Maotou and a wrench on the car, and the doglegs who had not seen each other for a long time hugged each other, especially the wrench who was fluent in Chinese, and was clamoring to set off with Zhao Zhi to the Nu River, but he was now a member of the American army, so he could leave casually. Catherine and the others rushed over late at night, it was Zhao Zhi who had something to hand over to them, and the direct company had a truckload full of materials and medicines, and Zhao Zhi needed Catherine and them to transport these things back to Kunming.

"Catherine, you must hand over this batch of medicines and supplies to the profiteer in person, and this letter will also be handed over to him" Zhao Zhi handed a letter to Catherine. Zhao Zhi decided to let Catherine transport all of them back to Kunming, as long as the order from the headquarters arrived, the direct company could immediately replenish new medicines and supplies, as long as it lasted for a few days. The profiteers who are far away in Kunming have always been Zhao Zhi's biggest worries, the last time he contacted by radio, Zhao Zhi learned from his brother-in-law that the city of Kunming is now cracking down on the black market, and it is estimated that this is also the last chance to make a move.

Parting is painful, but the dogs are all guys who came over with bullets and bullets, although they were reluctant, but they still sent Maotou out of the camp, the sooner this batch of supplies was sent away, the big stone in Zhao Zhi's heart would fall to the ground, and he didn't want to have an accident before departure. Fortunately, in the past few days, Catherine and her sisters have to transfer to Kunming to transport a batch of ammunition to Xinpingyang, so they just took this opportunity to transport the materials back by transport plane. Even if someone doubts the material consumption of the direct company, as long as this batch of materials leaves Ledo, then it can't be done to Zhao Zhi.

The preliminary route of the march has been determined, and now it is only waiting for the action order of the headquarters, and the Ledo railway station is still the place that Zhao Zhi goes to the most, if nothing else, Zhao Zhi is for those trucks on the railway station. Zhao Zhi now not only has a large number of soldiers, but also a large number of mules and horses, if the soldiers sit in the cart and the mules and horses walk, then the soldiers in the year of the monkey can meet the mules and horses. Without mules and horses, the soldiers could only walk to Gaoligong Mountain, which was something that Zhao Zhi did not want to see.

The fat dispatcher has a good relationship with the direct company recently, and under the bombardment of countless foreign cigarettes and alcohol, this very interesting dispatcher has become the logistics supply officer of the direct company. As long as it is something he can get, the dog can use it casually, but it should be no problem to borrow a truck, not to mention that this time it was Zhao Zhi who went out in person. After soaking at the train station for a day, Zhao Zhi got all the things he wanted and the dispatcher's assurance, and then he was satisfied with the dog and they returned to the camp.

"Zhao, I'm back" As soon as Zhao Zhi returned to the camp in the evening, he saw Edward who came out to greet him. What's going on? Zhao Zhi was a little confused, shouldn't Edward stay in the office of the headquarters? How can you end up in your own camp? A large box of cigars was thrown into Zhao Zhi's arms by Edward, this was the pure Cuban cigar he stole from Stilwell, maybe just like that, the cute old man was jumping in his office.

"Zhao, don't you welcome me back?" Edward took out an order and dangled it in front of Zhao Zhi's eyes, which contained an order to appoint Edward's liaison officer to the battalion directly under the headquarters. "Hehe" Zhao Zhi smiled stupidly with the order in Chinese and English, and finally became a direct battalion from the direct company, and the official positions of the brothers could also be moved. If the expeditionary force wants to promote officers, it needs to be reported to the headquarters for approval, and the conditions are extremely harsh, the direct company does not need to be so troublesome, Edward, as a liaison officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he has the right to approve the appointment of the lieutenant, which is also one of the privileges that Edward won from Stilwell for the direct battalion.

Zhao Zhi talked about the set of meritorious deeds as soon as he had the opportunity, Edward was already familiar with it, and he guessed that there would be such a thing, so when he came, he brought a lot of blank appointment documents from the headquarters, all of which were signed by Stilwell, and he only needed to fill in the officer's name and take it back to the headquarters for archiving, and there was no need to go through Stilwell, a stubborn old man. Lao Pao, Uncle Guo, and Yuan Qingqing are still captains, while Cao Yan, Goat, Machete, Dog and Yan Shijun have become lieutenants, Da Niu and Mantou are several of them are second lieutenants, the best of the soldiers are non-commissioned officers, and the officers of the directly subordinate battalion have sprung up like mushrooms after the rain, and even the brothers and sisters Roger and Linda have been made captains by Zhao Zhi.

It was late at night, Zhao Zhi and Edward were still studying the marching route, and Edward was also inclined to Zhao Zhi's plan, sticking to Myitkyina and turning north to Gaoligong Mountain, as long as the 38th Division moved fast enough, the good news of breaking Meng Gong would come in the next few days. As long as the gate of the Mong Gong River Valley is wide open, even without the cooperation of other units of the expeditionary force, it is possible for the directly subordinate battalion to quietly cross Myitkyina, but the trucks can no longer be used, and it is necessary to change mules and horses to march.

The problem of people eating and chewing along the way has been decided by the command to use airdrops to solve it, and Catherine's flight squadron is in charge, so that Zhao Zhi does not have to worry about the wrong amount of materials dropped by airdrop or airdropping some inedible pictorials and insoles. As the saying goes, the time and place are favorable, Zhao Zhi feels that he has occupied the time and the people, and the problem of location is about to be seen, as long as he can find the guide smoothly when he climbs Gaoligong Mountain, all this is not difficult.

"Qingqing, why do you think he must have traveled so far to return to China to fight, isn't it good to be here? At least the two of us don't have to worry about him anymore," Linda, who was packing her belongings, asked Yuan Qingqing puzzled. The time when Zhao Zhi was in Ledo was the most comfortable day Linda had ever lived, every day she just talked to Zhao Zhi, washed his hair, fed him, cut his nails, and Linda even thought that she could live like this for the rest of her life. But this annoying guy, who just ran away all day long as he was injured, is good now, and he is still clamoring to fight thousands of miles to climb Gaoligong Mountain, and the headquarters will actually agree to the battle plan.

"Lucy, you don't understand" Yuan Qingqing put down the things in his hand, took Linda's hand and called Linda's nickname softly, "Don't look at him usually doesn't have a serious appearance, in fact, he is very orthodox in his bones." The Chinese pay attention to the fallen leaves and return to their roots, even if they die, they will be buried in their hometown, and he promised those brothers who died in battle that he would take them home, and he could give up such a good opportunity in front of him. Scholars, they had been collecting the ashes of those brothers who had died in battle a few days ago, and I guessed that he would definitely agree to the orders of the headquarters, and he had been looking forward to this day for a long time."

Linda looked at Yuan Qingqing's reddened eyes and was a little stunned, it turned out that she had never really understood Zhao Zhi, or Yuan Qingqing wanted to understand him, after all, they came out of the vast jungle together. "Cough" Linda lowered her head and sighed softly, this is the gap between herself and Yuan Qingqing, she just regards Zhao Zhi as her lover, her only one, but she has never considered his feelings. And Yuan Qingqing not only likes Zhao Zhi, but also tolerates him, everything about him, everyone and everything he cares about.

"Okay, don't pretend, I don't know your ghost mind yet" Yuan Qingqingjiao smiled and twisted Linda's chest, this is a trick she often uses on Linda, who called Linda's breasts bigger than her own. Linda, who was suddenly attacked by Yuan Qingqing, screamed and lay on the bed, covering her chest with a red face and giving Yuan Qingqing a white eye, since she was bumped into by Yuan Qingqing in the last bath, this hateful woman often touches her breasts coldly, is it because her breasts are smaller than herself? Or is it because Zhao Zhi likes his big breasts?

This time when she was treating Zhao Zhi's wounds in the mountain camp, Linda encountered the problem of not having the same blood type as Zhao Zhi again, and without saying anything, she transfused blood for Zhao Zhi again, plus this time she had transfused blood for Zhao Zhi for the second time. Yuan Qingqing also completely dispelled the idea of rejecting Linda because of this incident, and the two of them got along very well without estrangement, and even began to live in a barracks, so there were many more whispers in the boudoir.

Zhao Zhi, who was busy talking with Edward at night, obviously couldn't take care of these two women, because Roger and Uncle Guo had also joined the discussion group, and there were too many things to prepare. According to the operational plan of the headquarters, the time for the 11th Group Army to forcibly cross the Nu River was set for early May, and now it is March, which means that the battalion directly under it has less than two months to climb the Gaoligong Mountain, and the time is very tight, and the newly arrived reinforcements will not be able to reach Ledo until the day after tomorrow.

The new reinforcements were handed over to Roger and the old cannon to carry, and they trained as they went, as long as they could adapt to the jungle as soon as possible. The 400 reinforcements who came this time are said to be veterans of more than 2 years, and there is naturally no need to retrain in firearms drills, Roger and the old artillery only need to pick out the good hands among them, Zhao Zhi relies on his abundant materials, and is ready to expand the scout and sniper team, and the old artillery's Bazooka team will remain the same for the time being due to the limitation of equipment.

The order Edward brought this time made it clear that Zhao Zhi's direct battalion could be given priority in replenishment at the Ledo Railway Station, and Zhao Zhi understood it as a means that he could choose the weapons and supplies that fit him at will, according to the results of the discussion with Edward just now. 150 submachine guns are enough, the sniper squad is expanded to 80 people, half of the sniper rifle is half of the Garand, the scout team is also expanded to 80 people, half of the submachine gun and half of the Garand, except for the 100-man submachine gun squad, the rest of the soldiers are all Garand rifles. This rifle is already the favorite of the direct company, and most of the soldiers have already used it, and if they temporarily switch to carbines, I am afraid that everyone will not be too comfortable in a short time.

The guns were solved, and the remaining problem was the problem of staffing, and the direct company was different from other units of the expeditionary force, there was no squad platoon in the direct company, only a few squads established according to Zhao Zhi's intentions, and the officers responsible for leading the team only had military ranks and no official titles. Now that the company directly under it has been upgraded to a battalion directly under it, and the number of people is close to 800, whether or not to continue the previous management model has become the most urgent problem to be solved at present.

Naturally, Edward and Roger, who received a Western-style education, would not agree with Zhao Zhi to still let his soldiers go on like this, and they hoped that Zhao Zhi would become a real officer, rather than relying on the righteousness of his brothers to manage his troops. As long as the battalion directly under it builds its own officer system, once the commander is killed, the unit will not collapse. However, the uncle and the old cannon from the old officer system obviously disagreed with Edward's statement, although the direct company never exceeded 300 people, but it was not the first time that Zhao Zhi was injured on the battlefield, and there had never been a situation where soldiers broke up on the battlefield. Most of the soldiers were uneducated, and it was better to talk to them about brotherhood.

Zhao Zhi put his feet on the table and watched the four guys chatter and quarrel, but he was not angry, because this was the direct company, this was his brother, and they quarreled for the good of everyone, and there was no personal factor in it. "Okay, you all rest" Zhao Zhi finally couldn't stand their endless arguments, and slapped the table with his hand, "Let's divide the troops into squads according to scouts, snipers, artillerymen, engineers, submachine gunners, and riflemen, and the officers will manage a squad in pairs, and when the new reinforcements arrive, the number will be divided according to what I just said."

"Huang Mao, Radish, Scholar and I form a command team, and we don't stay together during the usual march. As long as it is not completely annihilated by the Japanese army, there will always be someone to command the troops, so that there is no fear of soldiers breaking up on the battlefield, what do you think? "Zhao Zhi doesn't want to use the snipers and scouts separately in a squad platoon, and the fists have to be clenched tightly. If you want to defeat the Japanese army, you must use your most elite forces to concentrate them and fight them, so that it will be effective.

"Okay then" Seeing that Zhao Zhi had already decided, Edward and Roger had no choice but to nod and agree, in fact, they were also adapted to the squad mode of the direct company, and if they changed back to the original squad and platoon company formation coldly, they might not be used to it. The reason why they insisted on changing the establishment was just for Zhao Zhi's future consideration, the war with Japan could not be completed in a day or two, and Zhao Zhi would not always be with the major. For the sake of Zhao Zhi's future official career, he still has to develop into an orthodox officer, and he can't always look like a low-level officer. ~