Chapter 87: The Seventh Brigade
Tan Weimin's change from a quartermaster to my adjutant is equivalent to changing from a simple logistics post to a complex logistics post, because many of my miscellaneous matters have to be handled by the adjutant.
Tan Weimin was very dissatisfied with such a transfer, but he was quickly diluted by other reasons, because as my adjutant I could see Ani often. In the new 200 regiment, everyone knows that Ani is my little tail.
Because there was an extra Tan Weimin in the battalion headquarters, when he had dinner that day, Ani handed over the work of making a meal to Tan Weimin to do.
Seeing Tan Weimin holding three lunch boxes, and the hat was squeezed crookedly on his head, I was a little unbearable, no matter what, he was Tan Qinrou's brother after all.
I pretended to be very angry and said, "What do the star officers do to eat, don't you know if they have to line up for dinner?" And there is no army! ”
Tan Weimin put the lunch box on the table, and explained for others: "There is no way, there are too many people, and the star officer can't take care of it." ”
Ani opened the lunch box, snorted, and glared at Tan Weimin: "Look at the food you called, just a little bit, where did the food go, was it stolen by you on the road?" ”
Tan Weimin muttered: "When I was cooking, they kept urging me to hurry up behind me, and I was in a hurry to fight less......"
Ani pursed her lips and said: "They are like that, if I go to eat, I will see who dares to urge me, the more I urge me, the slower I will show them, next time I see which one dares to talk nonsense!" ”
I smiled and said: "Who can compare with you Anibi, you are the first in the new 200 regiment and no one dares to mess with it, Weimin is just a newcomer, and the soldiers everywhere are willing to bully newcomers." ”
Ani was unconvinced: "He's an officer, and he can be bullied like this...... Besides, you've been in the military for so long, how can you not even do this little thing? ”
Tan Weimin stammered: "I, I haven't eaten in the military, they all sent ......"
This is a natural thing, he is a commander in the army, and there is no need to order him to cook, and someone will do it for him. Unexpectedly, when he came to me, he was a second lieutenant, but let Sergeant Ani turn around.
Ani seems to be Tan Weimin's natural nemesis, Tan Weimin, who is very arrogant in front of me, as soon as he sees Ani, he immediately loses all his identity attributes and becomes another person, a person who only has to be submissive.
In front of the woman he likes, a man will lose part of his ability to judge right and wrong, and the other party's gestures are flashes of infinite charm in his eyes.
At noon the next day, several colonels and lieutenants plus more than a dozen escorts, like stars holding the moon, surrounded by a colonel officer to the Jianlong Bay position.
When they arrived at Huang Wenlie's regimental headquarters, everyone was waiting outside, and only the colonel officer had a secret conversation with Huang Wenlie for at least more than an hour before leaving in a hurry with someone.
I didn't inquire about the news, I knew that if it was good news, Huang Wenlie would definitely inform me as soon as possible, and if it wasn't good news, I wouldn't be interested in knowing.
Huang Wenlie is often taciturn, which will give people the impression that this is a calm and introverted person. Only those who have been with him for a long time know that all this is an illusion, and that he is actually willing to share the glory and joy with others.
Therefore, when the herald asked me to go to the regiment headquarters, I guessed that the colonel's sudden visit should have brought good news, at least for Huang Wenlie, the probability of good news was the greatest.
Sure enough, as soon as Huang Wenlie saw me, he grabbed my hand and shook it again and again: "Camp Commander, as we wish!" It's time to counterattack! We're finally going on a counteroffensive! ”
I've known Huang Wenlie for so long, and it's the first time I've seen him so out of shape, and it does seem that something unusual is about to happen.
But I wasn't used to being held by a man for a long time, so I pulled out my hand as little as I could, and said, "What do you mean...... We're going on a counteroffensive? ”
Huang Wenlie nodded and said, "First of all, I will leak a little military aircraft to you, and the army stationed in India will unite with the allied forces to launch an attack on the Japanese army entrenched in Burma later!" The Expeditionary Force Headquarters asked our defenders in western Yunnan to vigorously cooperate with this attack of our friends! ”
Huang Wenlie looked at me indifferently, with some dissatisfaction in his eyes, as if he didn't understand why I wasn't excited about it. So I answered: "So our Nujiang defense line should change from passive to active, and turn defense to attack?" ”
Huang Wenlie nodded and said, "Not bad!" We're officially moving from defense to offense! ”
Although I know that Huang Wenlie is not a person who is willing to exaggerate, I still feel a little unbelievable, since we are going to attack, how can we not get any news in advance? According to the usual practice before the war, if such a large-scale offensive was to be launched, it should be at least a month before the preparation stage and the state of imminent battle.
I asked tentatively: "But with our current situation, it is unlikely that we will launch an effective offensive in a short period of time, not to mention other troops, just our regiment, there is no shortage of guns, ammunition and materials......
Huang Wenlie interrupted me; "Do you know who is here today?"
I smiled and said, "Then how do I know that I don't know the second officer of the same rank as you except you." ”
Huang Wenlie was in a very good mood, and he didn't pay attention to my ridicule.
He sighed with a fist clapp: "When it comes to rank, he should have been a major general a long time ago, but this person once made an oath that he would not drive out the Japanese for a day, and he would not be a general for a day!" ”
I was surprised: "What did you say...... It can't be Brigadier Geng Huaiqi Geng of the Seventh Brigade, right? ”
Huang Wenlie nodded, and said with a sigh: "In the battle of Myitkyina, Brigade Commander Geng defeated the Japanese Kurosawa Wing in one fell swoop! Junzuo praised him as a model of our generation and the soul of our army! I think it's well deserved! ”
I was very disappreciative of Huang Wenlie's appreciation: "You don't have to be too arrogant, Brigade Commander Geng won such a battle, but when he withdrew to the east bank of the Nu River, there were already more than a dozen remnants of the defeated generals left around him......"
Huang Wenlie frowned: "Camp Commander An, do you have to question everyone and everything?" ”
"I just want to say that many of the so-called famous generals in the army were created by Shangfeng in order to boost the confidence of our army! Just like this Brigade Commander Geng, he won a battle, then lost a battle, and then the whole army was destroyed. What does he say that he is not a general, in my opinion, he is also embarrassed to accept this general! ”
"Forget it! Stop it! ”
Huang Wenlie was completely disinterested by me, and stood sullenly for a while before he said: "The military department has decided to let Brigade Commander Geng's 7th Brigade be the main force to enter the Japanese army's rearguard, and our regiment will be the follow-up force. ”
Only then did I understand why Huang Wenlie was so excited today, it turned out that his battle plan was finally implemented by Shangfeng.
It is not only implemented, but also used as an important supplementary part of the counteroffensive operations of the army stationed in India. As the advocate of this battle plan, Huang Wenlie was out of the limelight this time, no wonder Geng Huaiqi deigned to come to Longwan to ask Huang Wenlie in person.
But in any case, our long-awaited counteroffensive has finally begun to emerge. That's the thing that should be the most enjoyable.