Cheng Dequan threw his previous prejudices against Xiao Zhenlei out of the clouds, he thought that a soldier with this kind of heroic and resolute temperament is definitely not a treacherous person, only a loyal and courageous soldier has such a temperament. And Xiao Zhenlei called him the chief, although this name was very novel, but it made Cheng Dequan extremely happy to hear it, but he thought that Xiao Zhenlei was a little uncomfortable when he brought so many people over, so he asked: "Xiao Zhenlei, the official just called you here, and didn't let you bring so many people over!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei saluted and said: "Sir, before the mark came down, I received an order from Lord Zhang, the governor of Liangjiang, and Lord Zhang ordered the commander to bring a company of men and horses to Jiangning, so I brought it with me when I came to see the chief!" ”

"This Zhang Renjun, he interfered in the military affairs of this province not long after the official came, it is really unreasonable!" Although Cheng Dequan was extremely unhappy in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, he nodded and said: "So that's the case, since Governor Zhang ordered you, then you can go later, this is you bringing a company?" Why so many people? ”

Xiao Zhenlei explained: "Sir, this is a reinforced company, and the extra people are drawn from other companies, and I think that if Master Zhang wants to watch the drill, it will be better to add these people!" ”

Cheng Dequan nodded, it turned out to be like this, remembering that Xiao Zhenlei talked about the drill just now, he asked in his heart: "How do you know that Master Zhang wants to watch the drill?" ”

"Sir, I don't know, but I can't help but be prepared!"

Cheng Dequan thought that this is the army directly under the Yamen of the Governor's Yamen, and I, the Governor, have not seen the drill of the 46 standards, so you Zhang Renjun have to watch it first? What kind of thing is this? No, if you want to see this exercise, I, the governor, have to watch it first.

Come to think of it. Cheng Dequan immediately said: "Xiao Zhenlei! ”

"Here, please give me advice!" Xiao Zhenlei stood on the right path.

Cheng Dequan was very satisfied with Xiao Zhenlei's posture of saluting. Nodding and said, "There's no hurry to go to see Lord Zhang, since you brought so many people over." This official wants to see you drill once, to see how you have practiced since you became an army, what do you think? ”

Xiao Zhenlei said: "The chief has an order, and he will naturally obey it, but I don't know where to perform?" ”

Cheng Dequan thought for a while and said: "Let's go to the 45th standard station, and notify the governor's yamen and the prefect's yamen, as well as the officers and officers above the 45th standard, to go over and watch!" ”

"Yes!"

The time was still early, the drill was held in the morning, and there was still enough time to go to Jiangning in the afternoon, and the station of the 45th standard was not far from the governor's yamen. After walking for a few minutes, Liu Zhijie, the commander of the 45th standard, quickly received an order to let the guards at the gate of the station let them go, and after Xiao Zhenlei led the team to the 45th standard station, many soldiers and officers in the 45th standard station ran out of the barracks to watch.

Liu Zhijie was very shocked to see Xiao Zhenlei's men and horses driving quickly in trucks to the station, he didn't expect the truck to run so fast, if every army has so many trucks, wouldn't the marching speed be greatly reduced, and they could rush to a far battlefield in a very short time? He discovered the military role of trucks as a means of transportation.

Finding that the soldiers and officers of his forty-five standards were in a mess, Liu Zhijie's face was extremely ugly. He immediately ordered all the officers and soldiers to assemble in formation. At this time, the guard company brought by Xiao Zhenlei had all jumped out of the truck and began to assemble, and counted the number of people in an orderly manner and formed a team, and then drove to the rostrum.

After more than half an hour, Cheng Dequan and a group of officials, big and small, had already arrived. Cheng Dequan sent a person to tell Xiao Zhenlei that the drill could begin, and Xiao Zhenlei trotted to the bottom of the soldier platform and saluted Cheng Dequan: "Sir, all the members of the 46th Standard Guard Company have been assembled. Please instruct the sir! ”

Seeing that Xiao Zhenlei was so strict and formal, Cheng Dequan also had to stand up and walk to the rostrum. Wave your hand, "Let's get started!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei saluted again and turned back, ordering the guard company to start practicing the first item. When each platoon passes through the platform, all the soldiers look at the platform as a whole and shout the slogan of "defending the territory, fighting bravely to kill the enemy, and raising the prestige of our country."

The momentum of this review was quite impressive, which shocked Cheng Dequan and other old-style bureaucrats, but when a group of soldiers walked in front of the point platform, there was a round of applause on the point platform, and the soldiers and officers of the 45th standard who were watching around also talked about it.

A pipe tape said, "This, how did this come about?" How can you do it so neatly? It seems that Xiao Zhenlei, the forty-six standard standard, is a character, if there is no strict military discipline, it is possible to do this! ”

Another pipe band was rather dismissive: "What's this?" It's just a look, if you really want to fight, I guess these people will be cowardly, whether they are heroes or bears, you will only know when you go to the battlefield! ”

Liu Zhijie, the forty-five standard commander standing next to him, listened to it and said angrily: "Shut up for me, in this era of rampant firearms, individual heroes have become a thing of the past, and the combat effectiveness of the army depends first on the tacit understanding between soldiers and soldiers, at this point, Xiao Zhenlei's company has already walked in front of us, you see, they are not only well-equipped, neat and tidy clothes, the pace is consistent, and the movements are uniform, which requires a high degree of discipline and tacit understanding to do this, I've always wanted to find a way to train the chemistry between soldiers and soldiers in the army, but I can't find it, but today I see hope! ”

Just now, he was a little disdainful of the drill of the guard company, and said: "Lord Biaotong, do you think a little too highly of them?" ”

"I don't think highly of them at all, it's just an appetizer, there must be other drill subjects next, let's wait and see!"

The split drill ended with thunderous applause, and then the second drill item was carried out, shooting, dodging, and cooperating during the offensive march.

On the playground, with Ma Xiaoshuang's order, the first row of soldiers all carried rifles and scattered, the distance between the soldiers and the soldiers was stretched very large, these people rushed forward quickly with rifles, some people in the front rushed more than ten meters on the ground and shot, the soldiers in the back squatted down to shoot, the soldiers at the back shot in a standing position, and the soldiers who shot in a standing position rushed to the front and then prostrate to shoot, and the squatting ones got up again and rushed forward and then prostrate. The soldiers who were the first to prostrate and shoot ran to the front and prostrate to shoot, so that they could continue to advance in echelons, so that they could charge quickly, and they could have companions to cover them in the charge, so that they could attack at the fastest speed and with the least casualties.

Cheng Quande and the others only saw that the soldiers in these exercises were vigorous and flexible, running like wild horses on the loose, and their momentum was like a white rainbow running through the sun, and they all applauded and laughed, but Liu Zhijie and other officers of the 45th standard and Ai Zhongqi, the co-commander, were dumbfounded, and this offensive tactic almost subverted their cognition. Some people may think that this offensive tactic lacks firepower, but if several heavy machine guns are arranged on the left and right flanks of the attacking force, and machine gun positions are set up after entering the firing range, it can provide strong fire support, and if the heavy machine guns are on the flank, the attacking troops will not block the line of sight of the heavy machine guns, of course, it is best if the attacking troops are equipped with light machine guns or squad machine guns.

Liu Zhijie is a high-achieving student who graduated from the Japanese non-commissioned officer school, of course he understands the subtlety of the offensive tactics of the guard company, although he has seen it for the first time, but he can see the advanced nature of this offensive tactic at a glance, "What kind of tactic is this, it is both offensive and defensive!" Okay, that's a good tactic! ”

Ai Zhongqi, the co-commander on the platform, looked as if he had discovered a new continent, and said to the officers beside him: "I can't imagine that this Xiao Zhenlei really has a few brushes, and he is a talent!" ”

The third drill item is target shooting, Xiao Zhenlei doesn't want to expose his strength too much, the drill of target shooting is a fixed target, lying posture, action essentials are all good, forty-five standard soldiers have also trained, this is almost the result of watching the target, a target shooting record was quickly sent to the point platform, the shooting results are very good, the co-commander Ai Zhongqi saw these achievements and sighed that if the Chinese army has this kind of shooting results, the combat effectiveness will undoubtedly be greatly improved.

Cheng Dequan asked, "What are these results?" ”

Ai Zhongqi said: "My lord, this kind of score is too much stronger than the forty-five standard, there is no way to compare, the shooting results are basically fed with bullets, the more targets are hit, the higher the shooting accuracy, if you want to improve the shooting performance, you must be prepared to burn money, because a bullet is money!" ”

How did Cheng Dequan not know this, how much money did he have for a governor who had just arrived in office? In this case, the predecessor generally took the money away before leaving, leaving only a mess, if he was transferred from another governor's position, he might still have some family funds in his hands, but Cheng Dequan went home after a vacancy before, and he didn't bring money at all this time.

After the drill ended, Cheng Dequan left Xiao Zhenlei to have lunch in the governor's yamen, after a drill in the morning, Cheng Dequan also saw that the combat effectiveness of this army is very strong, and it was formed by Xiao Zhenlei single-handedly, and Xiao Zhenlei is a person from top to bottom, and it is basically impossible for him to take away the command, rather than forcing Xiao Zhenlei to jump off the wall in a hurry, it is better to have a good relationship with Xiao Zhenlei for the time being, stabilize Xiao Zhenlei, and seek to seize military power can only find another way.

After Xiao Zhenlei had lunch at the governor's yamen, he took the guard company to Jiangning to take Zhang Renjun, the governor of Liangjiang, this is not to fool Cheng Dequan, it was Zhang Renjun who sent an official document for him to go and see. Cheng Dequan saw that he was leaving, and he didn't stay. (To be continued......)