Chapter 12: The Westgate Exercise

As soon as the private banquet was over, Zheng Runcheng rode out of the city and returned to the barracks with the guards. The guards are still strange, usually the commander-in-chief does not return to the camp until dark, what is the matter today?

Not to mention what the guards thought, just say that Zheng Runcheng galloped all the way, and entered the barracks in a short time. As soon as he returned to his own headquarters, he immediately gave an order: the main commanders of the various departments of the Volunteer Army should come to the general headquarters for an important military meeting! If there is a coup d'état, can it be done without unifying ideas?

This is a major matter related to the life and death of the volunteers! Since he signed the coup declaration, the coup can only succeed and not fail! Once he fails, not only him Zheng Runcheng personally, but the entire volunteer army may also have to be unlucky! It's already out, so let's do our best to get it done!

Hu Fei brought his chief of staff, Liu Dong, to attend this meeting. Liu Dong has been the chief of staff for a while, and Hu Fei has also taken him to attend military meetings of the top leaders of the Volunteer Army before. Liu Dong was not on duty today, which just gave Hu Fei the opportunity to catch the strong man. Bringing the chief of staff to the meeting, it also seems that he, the captain, is the head of the team!

Hu Fei is a celebrity in the Volunteer Army! The wolf meat he beat and the officers who participated in the meeting basically ate it, and the big guys all accepted Hu Fei's affection. If you don't drink wolf broth, these people will starve to death! It is not an exaggeration for Hu Fei to say that it is a life-saving grace to their big guys. As soon as the two of them entered, they were surrounded by the sound of greetings. Hu Fei's popularity is good, and everyone is willing to talk to this handsome young man.

Chief of Staff Liu Dong followed Hu Fei for a long time, and most of the officers present also knew each other, and some people greeted Liu Dong while greeting Hu Fei, and the atmosphere at the scene was lively and very warm.

At this moment, a herald shouted: The commander-in-chief has arrived! There was silence in the field, and the generals stood up to welcome the arrival of the commander-in-chief.

Zheng Runcheng walked into the conference hall with a calm face, looked around the hall and motioned for everyone to sit down. The people who came were all the people who came with him all the way from the Northeast through life and death, and they were all his brothers in life and death. Zheng Runcheng had nothing to hide, and straightforwardly told the generals present what happened in Dihua City today.

To a coup d'état? When the generals heard this, they immediately boiled! These people are used to fighting, adventurous, thrill-loving, and violent. After so many days without fighting, these people have long been bored! After a hard march from the Soviet Union, the losses were already made up. Although a coup d'état is not a war, it is also quite exciting! These idle and bored guys heard that something was going on, and they shouted excitedly one by one!

Well, morale-boosting things don't bother. Seeing the attitude of his generals, Zheng Runcheng breathed a sigh of relief first. He was afraid that the generals would be war-weary after a few days of comfort, and if that was the case, he would have to think about how to put his mind into stimulating the belligerent factor in the veins of these people. Now it seems that this one can be omitted!

Morale is no problem, it's time to assign tasks next. Although the discussion at that time was that the Naturalized Army would be the main force of the coup d'état, and the Volunteers would be responsible for the deterrence of the periphery, there should still be preparations! This is equivalent to getting on a thief ship, and you can't help but work hard!

Zheng Runcheng named them one by one, assigned tasks to whoever he clicked, and pointed to Hu Fei's head. Seeing Hu Fei's indifferent face, Zheng Runcheng had a headache!

"Captain Hu, you lead the special forces to stick to your barracks, just don't go anywhere." After thinking about it, Zheng Runcheng still felt that it was safer for the Einsatzgruppen to stay in the barracks. A coup d'état is a big deal! Commander-in-Chief Zheng doesn't want the slightest accident!

"Eh, Commander Zheng, why do other people have a task assigned to me, just stay in the barracks and sleep?" Hu Fei was reluctant to stalk his neck.

People either stick to the city gate or enter the city to be responsible for the security of a certain area, and Liu Kuai's order is to monitor the security headquarters! Although the tasks are all surveillance, they are out on a mission. He's fine, go back and stick to his barracks, isn't that a good night's sleep? How did he go back to see the brothers?

"Ahem," Zheng Runcheng knew that this person's head was difficult to shave, and now that he was accused by Hu Fei in public, all the generals in the camp were looking at him, as if he, Commander-in-Chief Zheng, was really making things difficult for Hu Fei! Zheng Runcheng coughed twice, trying to keep his voice steady, "Captain Hu, sticking to the barracks is not the same as sleeping. Once a coup d'état occurs, the enemy may counterattack at any time, and the Einsatzgruppen holding the barracks is also for the sake of stabilizing the rear of our troops! ”

"Commander-in-chief, don't fool me about this kind of thing." Hu Fei pouted and looked unconvinced, as if Zheng Runcheng really often fooled him. Zheng Runcheng was so angry that his face was red and white.

"All the officers and men of the Einsatzgruppen are willing to fight for the honor of the volunteers! Ask the Commander-in-Chief to give me a more important mission! ”

Zheng Runcheng is really speechless for Hu Fei's style, but in the face of such a character, he really can't do anything about him! In order to prevent Hu Fei from continuing to mess around, so that he could not continue this military meeting, Zheng Runcheng had no choice but to give in and promised to let the Einsatzgruppen go to monitor the West City Gate.

All the generals were assigned tasks, and the role of the Volunteers in this coup d'état was emphasized, and the precautions for each unit in carrying out their tasks were emphasized. Finally, Zheng Yuncheng explained to everyone what the volunteers should do during the period between now and April 12, the day of the coup d'état. In a word: the purpose of the coup d'état must not be exposed in advance!

After the meeting, the generals returned to their respective units. From this day on, the rebels began to prepare for a coup d'état. Hu Fei's Einsatzgruppen practiced frequently in the barracks, and every day a member of the Einsatzgruppen would take dozens of people to patrol the vicinity of the West City Gate. Learn about the terrain and find out what's going on near the West Gate.

Time flies, a few days pass in the blink of an eye. This day is April 12 of the 22nd year of the Republic of China. Before dawn in the morning, Hu Fei left the barracks with the Einsatzgruppen. Originally, Hu Fei wanted to come last night, but Liu Dong told him to come in the morning. The Einsatzgruppen only monitored the West Gate, and was neither the main attack of the coup d'état, nor was it ordered to block the West Gate, it was useless to come early, and it was easy to leak the coup target.

Liu Dong told him that he didn't need to be in a hurry, it was not too late to arrive at the West City Gate at nine o'clock in the morning. But after Hu Fei flew out of the camp gate, he still couldn't help but ride his horse and gallop! Now that you have received the task, even if it is to go out for a walk, you have to walk happily!

More than a hundred cavalry rushed to the west gate like a gust of wind and stopped. Looking at the watch, it was only seven o'clock, and the sky was just dawning.

When the soldiers guarding the city gate saw a troop of men coming outside, they immediately reported to the officers on duty. The officer rubbed his eyes and asked, "Where did you come from?" What do you want to do when you run out of town in the morning?

Of course, Hu Fei couldn't say that he was here to attack Dihua City. He told the officer at the head of the city that he was a volunteer soldier and had come out for a drill this morning! Go outside the city gate early in the morning to walk the horses, and don't blame if there is any disturbance.

Oh, it's the Volunteers who are exercising, so let's do it. It just so happens that we haven't seen it yet, you guys act, let's watch! The officers at the head of the city did not fall asleep anymore, took a pot of tea, and sat down on the tower of the city gate and looked down.