Looking at Shi Zebo with a sneering face, Wang Demin was both relieved and a little annoyed.

Based on his experience, after more than a year of observation, he was sure that this person who graduated from the Baoding Military Academy would definitely have a good future, and it was definitely an honor to be a commander for him. However, this Shi Zebo is a bit free and easy, and he likes to do things without fear and the provisions of the charter, so sooner or later he will suffer. There is also a contradiction that Shi Zebo may have developed a habit in the military academy, and he is uncompromising on the execution of orders, this is not a person who has achieved great things, if this continues, Shi Zebo's future is limited.

Therefore, Wang Demin usually acts beyond the scope of his orders to Shi Zebo, and most of the time adopts a conniving attitude. The purpose is to encourage Shi Zebo to develop the temperament of having his own decisions about doing things, daring to do things, and being arbitrary.

However, there must be a bottom line in doing things, otherwise something big will happen.

After beating Shi Zebo, Wang Demin softened his tone and said: "If you can catch the prisoners, then you still have to catch some live." Our wounded must be sent back to Uriya Sutai for treatment, and if there are prisoners, they can be carried, and we can also send out fewer fighters, after all, we are behind enemy lines, and we will have to hold out for a while. ”

"Yes, take as many prisoners as you can next time." Shi Zebo replied happily and loudly.

What to do, Shi Zebo knows in his heart, he is not willing to fight with the chief on this issue, so that his chief will not be able to step down.

Wang Demin was no longer entangled in this issue, patted Shi Zebo, and said with appreciation: "In this battle, we not only annihilated a reinforced battalion of more than 800 Soviet troops, but also captured the baggage supplies of a large number of Soviet troops, and we won the first battle." Enpeng, your battalion fought very well, and I will give you the first credit for this battle. ”

"By the way, what about your battalion's casualties?" Wang Demin asked with some unease.

"Report to the regiment commander, the first battalion seriously injured 6 people and slightly injured 9 people."

Wang Demin could clearly see the fighting style of the first battalion in the regimental command post, and it was certain that the casualties would be small if there was such a fighting style as the first battalion. But what he didn't expect was that the casualties were so small! This somewhat surprised Wang Demin.

At this time, the commander of the second battalion hurriedly ran over.

"Report to the regiment commander, I arrested the battalion commander of Lao Maozi!"

Wang Demin has no interest in catching a battalion commander, even if this is Lao Maozi's battalion commander. At this moment, Wang Demin's main concern is the casualties of the troops. Judging by the situation of the battle, the casualties of the second and third battalions will not be small.

"How many casualties did the second battalion suffer?"

At the mention of casualties, the second battalion commander became embarrassed and replied in a low voice: "38 killed, 36 seriously wounded, and 47 lightly wounded." ”

For the casualties of the second battalion will be very large, Wang Demin is mentally prepared, how can he not die in a war? As the saying goes, "If you kill 10,000 enemies, you will lose 8,000 yourself." He annihilated a reinforced battalion of more than 800 Soviet troops, according to the casualty figures of the second battalion, the third battalion should be about the same, and the casualties of the three battalions together were less than 300 people, and the battle loss ratio of the Soviet army was three to one, which was definitely an out-and-out victory. However, he suffered more than a company of casualties, which still made him a little annoyed. Especially when it is entirely possible to avoid such a large casualty.

Wang Demin had a cold face and reprimanded the second battalion commander: "You have to use your brains to fight. We have an advantage in firepower and the terrain is also favorable, as long as we defeat Lao Maozi's tank, we can use firepower to drive Lao Maozi away from the vicinity of the convoy. As long as Lao Maozi withdraws, we and the troops in ambush on the opposite bank will be flanked from both sides, and it will not be a problem to annihilate Lao Maozi's battalion. That way, the casualties will be much smaller! We still have to hold out behind enemy lines for a while, and your kid has suffered more than 100 casualties in one battle, how will this battle be fought in the future? ”

"I thought that as soon as we rushed, Lao Maozi would run away. I didn't expect Lao Maozi to be really tenacious, this ......"

Just as the commander of the second battalion was still thinking about how to explain to Wang Demin, the regimental chief of staff Wang Bin led two staff officers to arrive with great interest, which made the second battalion commander secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Although Wang Demin started a fire to be very strict with his subordinates, and sometimes even ruthless, he had an advantage, that is, he attached great importance to intellectuals, and Wang Bin, who graduated from university, was an example, no matter what happened in the regiment, no matter how angry Wang Demin was, as long as Wang Bin spoke, Wang Demin's anger would quickly subside.

Wang Bin was one of the many Northeast college students who joined the Fourth Route Army after the victory in Manchuria, and his achievements in the teaching corps were very outstanding, and he is now the highest-ranking young man among the Northeast people who joined the army with him.

Wang Bin also noticed that the situation was different, and at the regimental command post, he knew that Wang Demin was extremely dissatisfied with the battle of the second and third battalions, especially when the two battalions were suppressed by Soviet fire and threw grenades at each other, he was even more angry and scolded.

However, this is a big victory after all, and the tactical gains and losses are still left to the summary meeting to comment.

Wang Bin diverted the topic and said excitedly: "Regiment commander, this time we not only eliminated a reinforced battalion of Lao Maozi, but also captured a large number of weapons, ammunition and baggage. Weapons, ammunition, machine guns, rifles and various shells, bullets. Other heavy supplies included large quantities of flour, sugar, butter, canned food, cigarettes, and even more than 200 cans of caviar and dozens of calves. ”

"These calves seem to be used to make steaks for senior officers of Lao Maozi, and unfortunately more than a dozen of them were killed."

Seeing Wang Demin's smile, Wang Bin lost no time in continuing and said, "Commander, guess what else we have seized?" ”

Wang Demin was very satisfied with the chief of staff of this college student from Northeast China, who was not only very proficient in staff work, but also very knowledgeable, and was able to feel the inner feelings of others in a timely manner.

Wang Demin smiled and said: "Chief of Staff, you don't want to sell Guanzi anymore, let's talk quickly, how much wine has been seized?" I smell the smell of Lao Maozi's wine and know that this wine is good, you see how long the fire has burned! This wine can't be lowered. ”

Wang Bin gave a thumbs up and said, "The head of the regiment is worthy of being a master in wine, and he really let you say it." The liquor seized this time was the Soviet Red Card vodka, which was very famous in the Soviet Union, and it was 65 degrees, and I drank it from my White Russian professor when I was in Harbin. According to him, vodka is one of the eight major spirits in the world, and its production method is somewhat different from our Chinese baijiu. When it is filtered, the original liquor obtained by distillation is injected into the birch live charcoal filter tank, and the distillate is fully contacted and purified by the live charcoal molecules through a slow filtration procedure, and all the oils, acids, aldehydes, esters and other trace elements contained in the original liquor are removed, and it is generally distilled and filtered more than five times to obtain a very pure vodka. Russian vodka is characterized by almost no aroma other than the aroma of the wine, it has a fierce taste, and it is so strong that it irritates the throat like a fiery sip when you drink it. ”

"Good! This kind of wine is good wine! To drink alcohol is to drink strongly, Lao Maozi...... What is added to the wine is very similar to our Chinese wine, unlike those foreign wines of the Westerners, not to mention the small strength, there is a strange smell. ”

"Yes, those foreign wines can't compare to vodka."

Wang Bin continued: "In 1812, Napoleon of France led a large army to invade Russia, and a Russo-French war was launched on the stage of the harsh Russian winter. In order to boost morale, the tsar provided vodka to each soldier to ward off the cold, while the French army only drank their brandy, and in the end the French army could not withstand the cold of Russia, and many people froze to death and frostbite, so that they returned defeated, and only 30,000 of the 570,000 troops returned to France. Later, it was said, 'It was not so much the victory of the Russian army over the French army with the help of the bitter cold as the victory of vodka over brandy'......"

Wang Bin's eloquent narration made Wang Demin's wine flourish, if it weren't for the fact that he was on the battlefield now and couldn't drink, Wang Demin really wanted to let someone bring two bottles now. Wang Demin's alcohol consumption is very famous in the mountain division, and he will not get drunk with two catties of liquor.

Wang Demin waved his hand and said happily: "Chief of Staff, take away all this Russian wine." The weather in Beimeng is very strange, it is still September, but the temperature at night is like winter, very cold. Tonight, each of the warriors was also given two taels, and the brothers were also asked to go to the cold. Those calves were taken away alive, and the dead ones were let the brothers quickly pick up the skin while it was hot, cut the meat and take it with them, and at night we also learned from the heroes of Liangshan, drinking wine in big bowls, and eating meat in large pieces. ”

Wang Demin looked at the truck that was still burning in the distance and exuded a strong smell of alcohol with pity, turned his head and glared at Shi Zebo and said: "You kid fought a good battle, but you blew up a whole load of good wine for me, I will remember this account for you, you have to pay me a cart of Russian wine." ”

Wang Demin's words immediately stunned Shi Zebo, and at the same time made Wang Bin, the second battalion commander and the two staff officers laugh.

The second battalion commander patted Shi Zebo on the shoulder, and whispered with some schadenfreude: "Fortunately, I didn't blow up this wine, otherwise the regiment commander would not have killed me!." ”

Wang Binqiang couldn't help but smile and said: "Regiment Commander, don't be embarrassed for Battalion Commander Shi, I found more than 300 boxes of this vodka, which is enough for our whole group to drink for a few months." ”

Wang Demin smiled from ear to ear, nodded and said: "When transporting the wounded back, send a box to the brigade commander and the division commander, so that they can also try it." ”

The rest of the seizures, including canned meat and cigarettes, were taken away and distributed among the brothers. The rest of the flour, sugar, butter, and Russian sauce burned me along with the car, and the weapons and ammunition were blown up. Tell the battalions that they must burn and blow them up, and they must not leave anything for Lao Maozi. ”

Wang Demin's words made Wang Bin anxious all of a sudden, and he shook his hand again and again and said, "No! No way! Others can be burned and fried, but these hundreds of cans of caviar must not be burned, and they must be taken away. ”

Wang Demin waved his hand indifferently and said: "I said Chief of Staff, don't say that the taste of this Russian sauce may not be as good as our Chinese sauce, even if it is better than our Chinese sauce, we can't take it with us, so much sauce we can't eat in a few years, and it will be very troublesome to carry it." ”

Wang Demin's words made Wang Bin cry and laugh, knowing that Wang Demin didn't know what this caviar was, so he said so.

Shi Zebo on the side couldn't help laughing, when he was at the Baoding Military Academy, he had seen it from a foreign instructor.

"Leader, this caviar is not our Chinese sauce, it is a very expensive dish of Lao Maozi and Europe and the United States, and ordinary people can't afford to eat it."

(To be continued)