Chapter XIII: Provisional Reorganization
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Early the next morning, the coalition forces were reorganized, and a team of more than 200 people, carrying more than 40 truckloads of supplies, set out from Tianjin and headed for the front.
Among the team of more than 200 people, there were nearly 100 people, who controlled the mule and horse carts, which was the standard equipment of the baggage team.
It's just that because of the particularity of this mission, the Japanese did not do it according to common sense, but replaced a hundred civilian men with an equal number of soldiers.
The soldiers disguised themselves as civilians and hid their weapons in vehicles. In the event of an attack, they will have nearly two companies to resist.
As long as they can delay for half an hour, the troops behind will encircle and annihilate the enemy from the flank.
Not only that, but the coalition forces sent a total of nearly two thousand troops to eliminate this mysterious force this time. In addition to the two battalions of the Japanese, plus two companies, one battalion of the British troops temporarily stationed in Anding was also ready for battle.
At the same time, the Russians also urgently dispatched a battalion to lurk along the nearby line, and once an anomaly was detected, the combined forces of four battalions would frantically pounce on the enemy.
This time, the coalition was almost inevitable. And for this mysterious force that brought them huge losses, the coalition side is also very angry about this, and they can't wait to tear this force apart and swallow it.
On the other side, after leaving the battlefield, Wang Sirui continued to lead the troops and began to move north.
If a unit like theirs stays in one place for a long time, it is inevitable that they will be discovered by the coalition forces.
Fortunately, the number of troops was not large, and there were only more than 50 wounded, so it did not take much effort to transfer.
After the stretcher team moved more than a dozen wounded to a relatively safe place, they returned to their temporary station overnight.
In this way, without the restraint of the wounded, the flexibility of the troops will be greatly increased. However, there are also problems, and the firepower of the troops has been further weakened.
In the morning, Wang Sirui gathered all the soldiers together and told them about the battle of the previous night, clearly pointing out the shortcomings in the battle.
For a whole morning, Wang Sirui kept telling the battle summary.
However, Wang Sirui also knows very well that no matter how much he talks at the moment, it will not make any difference. After all, these soldiers do not have enough professionalism and combat quality, and it is not very reliable to tell them this.
After last night's battle, there were only 39 people left in the army, and this was still with 21 stretcher team members and five reconnaissance team members (including Ma Sanru, who had lost one person in the previous battle).
Excluding these people, there are only thirteen members of the real battle team left. It can be said that last night's battle also brought huge losses to Wang Sirui's side.
To put it mildly, if the coalition forces come to the next class now, Wang Sirui will still be able to resist the other party with his outstanding marksmanship. But if they come to two shifts, then they can only run away as soon as possible.
Similarly, after the First World War, it was not only confused by the coalition forces, but also the arrogance of the coalition forces. It also suppressed the flame of Wang Sirui's resistance.
There are only so many people in the army, how should this battle be fought? Unless they can find a lone coalition force. But it is clear that there are no lone coalition forces along the way.
Because the coalition forces that appeared on this line were all battalions or regiments, advancing towards the capital. With hundreds or thousands of troops, Wang Sirui didn't have the courage to move them at all.
"After yesterday's battle, our disadvantages have also been fully demonstrated, about the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces, I have also analyzed this with everyone, but we now have an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, what should we do next? I'd like to hear your opinions. After thinking about it again, Wang Sirui decided to ask for everyone's opinions.
After all, this is a war, and you can lose your life at any time. And after last night's battle, Wang Sirui had no reason to ask them to do more.
They have done a good job of getting a unit with extremely low morale to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the coalition forces. Although there are many aspects that do not meet Wang Sirui's requirements, in the current situation, Wang Sirui can't find any fault at all.
Although his morale is now there, the strength of his troops has become his biggest limitation.
Of course, Wang Sirui is not afraid, he just doesn't want the soldiers to do what they don't want to do. As for why Wang Sirui has this idea, the main reason is that these soldiers under his command are not like his own soldiers in later generations, and they have all undergone at least one year of training.
They had no training at all, and they fought with all their blood. This is the reason why the Qing army has been defeated so completely.
The Beiyang Army, which is trained, equipped, and the most elite, has never appeared on this battlefield from beginning to end. The elite troops did not appear, but let the ragtag army fight, how could this battle be won?
"I'm going to keep fighting......" a thin man in the middle of the team muttered in a low voice.
Wang Sirui's question made everyone fall into thought, and they could hear any slightest sound.
The soldier who spoke, Wang Sirui, knew him and was a member of the reconnaissance group, who was quite tall and not tall. But it was very sensitive, and in last night's battle, the entire reconnaissance group was the fastest in his charge, although the results were not the highest, and it was only in cooperation with others that a Japanese soldier was eliminated.
"Tell me your reasoning." Wang Sirui looked up at the soldier named Wu Yang and asked.
Wu Yang raised his head with red eyes, and said firmly: "My father and eldest brother died in North Korea, and the second brother joined the Wuwei front army for revenge. The third in my family, I should have shouldered the responsibility of avenging my father and brother. ”
Wu Yang's reason made Wang Sirui unable to refuse, but two people in a family died in battle, one life and death are unknown, and the remaining one still wants revenge.
Don't say anything else, and don't talk about the big truth of family hatred and hatred, it is this kind of courage that is also worthy of Wang Sirui's admiration.
"There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great!" After a long time, Wang Sirui spoke out to dissuade him.
To be honest, although Wang Sirui couldn't find any reason to refuse, like Wu Yang's situation, Wang Sirui didn't dare to let him go to the front line. What's more, it's a war in which you can die with a single shot, a war without any support, or even a war where no one knows about your death.
"My lord, there is still a little brother in the villain's house, the eldest brother and the second brother are already dead, what can I do if I am dead? Anyway, as long as our old martial artist has a queen, I can't care about anything else. Wu Yang continued, seemingly determined to continue fighting.
"What about you?" Wang Sirui didn't answer Wu Yang, but turned to ask others, "We can fight, we can continue to fight like this, or we can temporarily withdraw our troops, lurk for a few months, recruit troops, and wait for the day when the soldiers are strong and strong to come out and fight to the death with the coalition army." Or, like those who came before them, they just scattered. ”
"This is a matter of life and death, and I will not embarrass you! If you want to leave, I will send you the travel fee, and if you want to stay, we will obey the majority. ”
"I'm not leaving, I'm going to stay and continue fighting." Wu Yang was the first to stand up and say unexpectedly.
"I'm not going to ...... either"
Immediately afterwards, Wang Shuqi, Ma Sanru, Cheng Jin and others also expressed their stance not to leave.
There were a few people who were a little hesitant, but as more and more people expressed their intention to stay and continue fighting, those people did not choose to leave in the end.
After all, everyone knows that if you leave, you can only live a messy life in the future. Although they are worried about their lives if they stay, they still have hundreds of taels of pensions to receive after they die in battle, at least their families don't have to worry about their future lives.
"My lord, in fact, we still want to fight, we have been out for so long, and we have never fought so happily as last night. But now we're just such a few people, and I don't know ......," Cheng Jin hesitated.
Not only Cheng Jin, but most people also have this concern. Although last night's battle was very happy, after that battle, they no longer have enough ability to fight again.
Besides, the reason why they chose to stay was not to die. Who wouldn't want to survive?
"There are many people and many people playing, and there are few people and few people playing style, as long as you are willing to endure hardships, our results in the future will definitely not be lower than last night." Wang Sirui affirmed.
"Then beat him ****, we hide for a day, maybe how many people will suffer." Many people have expressed their opinions.
Wang Sirui nodded, if you want to fight, then there is no way to fight according to the current configuration. The troops must be expanded as soon as possible and reorganized at the same time, and the existing strength can no longer meet their new tactical requirements.
"Since everyone is determined to fight, then let's not be the shrunken turtle. However, we can't fight in the current way, our manpower is an absolute disadvantage, so there is no need for the stretcher group to exist. In the future, the stretcher bearer will be played by each of us. Wang Sirui said.
"Now I have decided to carry out a new reorganization of our troops, Ma Sanru will continue to be the head of the investigation team, and the personnel under him will still be five people (not Ma Sanru). The remaining 33 people are the first, second, and third classes, with 10 people in each class, the first class is personally served by me as the squad leader, the second class is headed by Cheng Jin, the third class is headed by Wang Shuqi, and the three classes form a platoon, and I personally serve as the platoon leader. ”
"From now on, all of our 39 people are combat units, each carrying its own supplies, and each squad of the wounded is responsible. What we have to do is to kill as many enemies as possible so that they regret coming to our country. ”
"In addition, Ma Sanru, I will give you another task, while investigating, if you encounter our defeated soldiers, but anyone who has no bad habits and is willing to join us will be brought back."
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