Chapter XVIII
On the tenth day, Gao Quan and his 500 brigades were finally about to set out. After reporting to Chief Hu for approval, more than 2,000 officers and men of the 500 Brigade wore brand-new military uniforms and carried all kinds of light and heavy weapons, and drove out of Xinyang City in a majestic manner amid the sound of passionate military music.
As everyone knows, after Chief Hu personally sent this army out of the city, he also breathed a sigh of relief. The 500 Brigade is in Xinyang City, and the deterrent power is really too great, and Chief Hu must be on guard against any changes in this army at any time, or even mutiny! Every day, special people were sent to keep an eye on the gate of the 500 Brigade's barracks, and even outside the walls around their station, there were people watching them 24 hours a day, just for fear that those people in the barracks would be restless and run into the city to make trouble.
Xinyang is the garrison of the 17th Army Corps, and there is a war going on in front, if there is any accident at the headquarters of the Legion Headquarters, it will really affect the entire battle situation. Now, this big trouble has finally been thrown out! Chief Hu can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Without the 500 Brigade, an unstable factor that does not know when it will attack, only need to consider the devil aspect, the corps commander is obviously much more relaxed, it's a big deal, can't you hold it is a withdrawal, who hasn't withdrawn yet?
The 500 Brigade left Xinyang City and marched all the way forward, but did not launch a counterattack on the Japanese division head-on, as their brigade commander assured to Commander Hu. With more than 2,000 soldiers, it is no less than suicide to attack tens of thousands of Japanese troops who are attacking. The 500 Brigade marched forward for more than 30 miles, and most of the day had almost passed.
When the troops were camping, Liu Qi led one or twenty people out of the barracks, they were scouts, and it was their job to check the terrain around the troops, and they did not attract anyone's attention or suspicion.
After dinner, the troops began to rest, and Gao Quan took the golden tiger to sit on the ground in front of the camp gate and chat, as if he couldn't sleep and came out to enjoy the coolness. Time passed little by little, and the two people who were enjoying the shade at the gate of the camp also stood up from the ground, and Gao Quan looked up into the distance from time to time, as if he was waiting for someone.
A little starlight appeared in the distance, more and more, brighter and brighter, and when I got closer, I could see that it was a rapid march of men and horses with torches.
"Here we are." Jin Hu muttered in a low voice. Gao Quan breathed a sigh of relief. He and Jin Hu had been waiting here since dinner, and it was these people who were waiting.
At the front of the team coming from a distance was a mighty man, one meter seven or eight tall, with two shining eyes like stars under the two sword eyebrows, a tall nose bridge, and a tough lip line, looking like an iron-blooded tough guy on the screen. In fact, this person is a real iron-blooded man, he is the commander of the only regiment of the Independent Brigade, Wang Dazhu.
"Traveler!" Wang Dazhu saw Gao Quan and Jin Hu from a distance, and walked over quickly to give Gao Quan a military salute. Now that everyone is a high-ranking officer of the government army, the etiquette that should be taught must be explained. At this point, Wang Dazhu is much stronger than Qian Sixi. Qian Sixi always has a bit of a hippie smile, and he doesn't seem to be positive at any time. Wang Dazhu knows his identity at all times, and he never forgets the posture that a high-quality officer should have.
"Dazhu, it's coming so fast!" originally wanted to complain about how it came so slowly, but as soon as the words came out, it turned into a compliment to Wang Dazhu for coming quickly. Gao Quan took Wang Dazhu's hand and shook it twice, "How is it?" Is the team all pulled over? You didn't encounter anything on the way, did you? ”
"Have a safe journey! All three thousand six hundred and seventy-six people, not a small one, all brought with them! ”
"Good! Now our brigade is strong! As Gao Quan spoke, the team behind him began to march into the barracks in a steady stream, and Zhang Erxiao, the head of the third regiment, also ran over to salute Gao Quan, and the brothers were very affectionate when they met.
"Good news for everyone," in the makeshift conference room, all the senior officers of the 500th Brigade were gathered, and the brigade commander Gao Quan was holding a military meeting for everyone. "Our Independent Brigade is now officially renamed the 500th Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army. This is our military flag. "Cai Feng and Liu Qi unfurled the brand-new military flag to show everyone." Now I would like to announce the appointment of the officers of the 500th Brigade: Wang Guodong (Wang Dazhu's tuba), as the colonel of the 500th Regiment. Qian Bin (Qian Sixi), served as the head of the 501st Regiment. Zhang Yaohua (Zhang Erxiao's name) is the colonel of the Independent Regiment. "It is stipulated by the state that one brigade has jurisdiction over two regiments, and even if he arranges Zhang Erxiao into a 502 regiment, the Ministry of Military Affairs will not agree to it, so he will simply make it an independent regiment.
A brigade of 5,000 or 6,000 men can indeed be said to be strong and well-manned, but the actual combat capability of this unit can only be known on the battlefield. According to the previous situation of Huang Sanpao and others who just joined the army, these people who recruited An are worse than veterans who have fought in battles, and they are much stronger than the recruits who have been caught by strong men. In addition, these people are also a scourge to stay in the local area, it is better to pull them to the battlefield to contribute to the country, which is also called fighting evil with evil, which is beneficial to ordinary people and harmless, so Gao Quan will always be keen to recruit bandits and bandits to serve as soldiers.
Although these thousands of people seem to be a lot of heads, it is obviously not enough to fight with the Japanese army's divisional and regimental troops, and Gao Quan certainly didn't plan to do that, he still used his old tactics to harass and annihilate the enemy in the back.
Harassing and destroying the enemy is easier said than done. The devil is not a fool, when people fight, will no one be left to look at the back door? The good thing is that behind the devil queue are often troops with relatively weak combat effectiveness, such as baggage soldiers or something, and those with particularly strong combat effectiveness have been transferred to the front to fight the main attack, so that Gao Quan and his 500 brigades will have an opportunity.
Disguised reconnaissance is the specialty of the 500 Brigade. Not only are there dozens of Japanese soldiers in the unit, but their brigade commanders are also proficient in Japanese. The most important thing is that the top military commander of this unit himself has always been fond of reconnaissance, harassment, sabotage, and other unworthy combat methods, and everyone knows exactly what kind of combat style this unit will have. Two of the three regimental commanders under his command were professionally trained as scouts, not to mention the apparently overgrown reconnaissance battalion of the 500th Brigade.
At this time, leaving Xinyang City, he had to find an opportunity to fight alone, and the role of the scout was naturally fully played. As soon as the military meeting was over, the reconnaissance battalion was all dispatched, and even the regiment-level units had people sneaking out of the barracks in the night and sneakily disappearing into the darkness. When people who don't know the inside story see this scene, they will definitely think that before the war has started, a large-scale desertion has begun to appear in the 500th Brigade.
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