Chapter 159: My Soldier My Company
Coming out of Colonel Wood's regimental office, Muyang saw Claire waiting outside. Captain Terry.
"Claire, my business is done, now we will go to the quartermaster department, by the way, you and I carefully talk about why the quartermaster detains our things, what is it withheld." Muyang asked.
"Bread, flour, canned bacon, biscuits, pรขtรฉ, cheese were fine, beef, vegetables, butter, condiments, tea were all down by a third. Cigarette rolls and cigars were reduced by more than half, and some chewing tobacco was given. Coffee, sugar, jam, lard, and wine are not given now. Claire told Mu Yang very carefully what the quartermaster had deducted.
And hearing Muyang's ears, such food can only be described as abundant, in 1918, those warlords in China, if there is such a standard for their own army, it is estimated that the whole of China is willing to follow him to fight.
But now that Mu Yang is the commander of this British company, he doesn't care about anything else, these benefits that should belong to him are deducted, Mu Yang must be unhappy, and naturally wants to get it back.
Coming to the quartermaster department, Muyang met Major Eugene, who was in charge of the supply of quartermasters for the entire West Yorkshire regiment. The quartermaster department is not directly subordinate to the regimental headquarters, he is subject to dual management, after all, the munitions are issued from above, and the logistics of the entire army is responsible for the staff logistics department, so although Eugene is also a major, but in his eyes, a company commander like Muyang is just a bun, he will not put it in his eyes, if Colonel Wood comes, it will be about the same.
"Major Williams, I have already said that the supply of the troops is in short supply, and the division headquarters has issued so many things, you want me to take care of you, but the other companies don't need it. That's all for this month, if you want cigarettes and alcohol, let's talk about it next month. โ
After Major Eugene said these words very arrogantly, he turned around and ignored Mu Yang, making Mu Yang angry in his heart. But for a while, there was no good way. After all, Major Eugene is in charge of logistics and supplies.
Go to Aite for help? Aite is the logistics director of the division headquarters, as long as there is Aite's approval, Eugene will definitely not deduct their company's things, but the division headquarters is at least a dozen miles away from here, and it will take at least half a day to go back and forth, and it may not be possible to find Aite, the most important thing is that this little thing has to find Aite, Muyang feels a little embarrassed.
Muyang is a little angry now. He said to Quartermaster Eugene: "Major Eugene, I don't care about the reasons you said, I only know that the ration standard of the troops cannot be changed at will, and it is not that there are no supplies here, but you are now pressing things and not giving them to us, what is the reason." We are fighting so the front line, can't we even fill our stomachs? โ
"Major Williams. You have your responsibilities and I have my job. It's not my responsibility to reduce the supplies, if there's anything, you can report it upwards, but that's all there is to it this month. Eugene was a little angry and dared to argue with himself. The supplies that will be given to you next month will be reduced for you.
"Mr. Eugene, are you sure you want to do this?"
"I still have a job, and now please leave Major Williams." Eugene looked at Muyang with some mocking eyes and said something shy.
Mu Yang had the heart to go up and give him a punch, but that would not help. He thought silently to himself. Boy, you wait for me, tomorrow at the latest, to make you look good.
Muyang turned around and left, taking Claire outside.
"Let's go back first, come back tomorrow, and if he doesn't give it to him, I'll shoot him in the head directly." Mu Yang said fiercely.
"Company commander, forget it, if you hit Eugene, you will be punished."
"Don't worry, even if I beat him, I won't be punished, now let's go back first and see the situation of the troops." Muyang said.
The two left the village where the regiment headquarters was located, and on the dirt road outside the village, a team of soldiers responsible for transporting supplies were waiting for them, and Mu Yang saw his soldiers for the first time, with familiar faces and unfamiliar faces inside.
This is not a good place to chat, Mu Yang did not stop long, but took his soldiers and returned directly to the garrison of the defense area.
The front line was about two miles away from the village where the regiment headquarters was located, and the soldiers lined up, several mules loaded with goods and supplies, and the team stepped on the dirt road, slowly moving forward. Ten minutes later, a long, criss-crossed, endless trench appeared ahead.
"Brothers, hurry up and carry supplies." Claire shouted from above, and suddenly a number of soldiers appeared below.
One by one, wooden ladders were set up on the edge of the trench and began to carry things down.
Mu Yang went down the ladder into the trench. The trench was about three or four meters high, and at two meters high there was a gentle slope that allowed people to stand on it and shoot out. The passage at the bottom is about two people wide, because there was a heavy rain a few days ago, and there is a lot of water in the trenches, and although some places have made the floor with formwork, there are still many places that are exposed to the outside, like a muddy pond.
Muyang felt that there was not much difference between this place and the pigsty, the mud, the smell of rot, and the clothes on the soldiers' bodies were full of mud.
"Company commander, let's go to the fortifications, just let the soldiers carry these supplies." Claire said.
Every few tens or hundreds of meters, there will be a large fortification, in which the soldiers can live, with beds and some living facilities, and this is the soldier's home. And Muyang's company commander's office is next to the fortifications, a room built independently.
"Claire, call the other platoon commanders, by the way, they're all still there." Muyang really didn't know that there were a few people alive in the original group.
"Nishizawa and Brooke died in battle, it turned out that our soldiers had too many casualties, and the entire 51st Regiment was scattered, so some veterans were added in, and we have two new platoon commanders, you haven't seen them yet, I'll introduce you later." Claire said.
There was not much time, and the four platoon commanders of the first company of the second battalion gathered in Muyang's room. By the way, Claire is both the deputy company commander and the platoon commander of a platoon.
A company-level combat unit in the British Army has a maximum of 6 officers, company commanders, and is basically a major or captain. The deputy company commander is basically a captain. The platoon commander is basically a lieutenant or second lieutenant. As for the others, they were all soldiers.
"Company Commander, you've recovered, welcome back." Second Platoon Commander Calvin. Lieutenant Wright came up to greet Muyang.
"Hello company commander, I'm Chuck from the third platoon. Newton. A round-faced guy saluted.
"Hello Lieutenant Newton." Mu Yang returned a military salute.
"Hello company commander, I'm Bolton in the fourth platoon. Ray Foster. "This guy is obviously young, probably in his early twenties.
"Burton. Hello Second Lieutenant Ray Forster. โ
"My name is Joseph. Williams, okay, now that we've met, let's have a meeting and arrange the work. Muyang said. (To be continued......)