Chapter 4: Forming an Elite Force
"Then it's decided, I'll send a report to Yan'an and transfer Comrade Zhao Gang over." After the head of the headquarters finished speaking, he began to ask the correspondent to draw up a telegram and send it to Yan'an.
At this time, in the new regiment's station, Li Yunlong summoned all the battalion and company-level command cadres in the regiment to the operational command room for a meeting.
"Regiment Commander, what's the matter, is our regiment going to war again?" Wang Dashan, the commander of the second battalion, said with some excitement after entering the house.
Don't blame him for thinking too much, after all, Li Yunlong usually doesn't have meetings at all except for fighting before, so he might as well sit down and have a glass of wine when he has this time.
"Alright, sit down, I'll tell you what happened later." Li Yunlong glared at him and said with a straight face.
After everyone entered the house and sat down, Li Yunlong spoke.
"Let everyone come over for a meeting this time, I have an important thing to announce."
But before Li Yunlong finished speaking, the third battalion commander on the side said anxiously: "Commander, tell me, who are you going to do this time." ”
"What to do, you know how to fight all day long, and you have nothing to do and use your brain." Li Yunlong pointed to his head and said angrily to the third battalion commander.
After speaking, Li Yunlong, the commander of the third battalion, continued: "Since the last time our regiment fought with the Bantian United in Cangyunling, I have an idea in my heart that our regiment will set up an elite unit to be used for reconnaissance and intelligence collection, attack and sabotage, create harassment and riots for the enemy, and counter-agent anti-sneak attack .......
The number of people is not too much, tentatively set at twenty people, exactly a group of six people for a total of three groups, plus a squad leader and an instructor. ”
"Commander, what's the difference between this and our regiment's scouts?" As soon as Li Yunlong finished speaking, Zhang Dabiao, who was sitting on the side, opened his mouth and asked.
"Da Biao asked this question well, since you asked, then I will explain to you, the unit I am talking about is not much different from the scout, the most important task of the scout is to reconnoiter the battlefield to obtain enemy intelligence, auxiliary troops to fight. And what about the unit I'm talking about, reconnaissance intelligence is only one of his many tasks, the main task is to use all means to destroy the enemy, just like the swordsman in ancient times, and this unit will not be sent out to confront the enemy head-on. ”
Hearing Li Yunlong's words, everyone was a little interested, after all, no matter how powerful he said, it was only a small army of twenty people, and in their opinion, it could not play any role on the battlefield at all.
"Okay, since you're not interested, I'll take this force personally." Li Yunlong looked around and saw that everyone was not interested, so he spoke.
Everyone has no opinion on Li Yunlong personally leading this small unit, after all, they are battalion commanders and company commanders, and no one is willing to surrender their identities to lead such a team.
Li Yunlong saw that everyone had no opinion, so he opened his mouth and continued: "Since everyone has no opinion, I will pick someone tomorrow, as long as they are selected by me, they must join unconditionally, this is a major event of our group, I believe that you are very conscious, and you will definitely not oppose it." ”
Li Yunlong's words made everyone speechless, since the regiment commander has said that the matter is so serious, if they oppose it again, it will still be human.
"Alright, after talking about the establishment of the elite team, let's talk about what you are interested in." As he spoke, Li Yunlong took the map and put it on the table, and then drew a few circles on the map with a pen.
"Commander, is our group going to take action?" Seeing Li Yunlong's movements, the third battalion commander on the side grinned and said.
"It's not much action, it's just some hors d'oeuvres. Last time, our regiment fought a battle with the Sakata United, and although the whole body was returned to the other party's headquarters, the losses of our regiment were not small, and we had to find a way to make up for it. Li Yunlong said and pointed to a few circles he had drawn: "Here, here, and here, I have already sent someone to investigate, these places are all devils' strongholds, and there are not many troops stationed in them, just suitable for us to coach soldiers, by the way, replenish the consumption." Tomorrow, when I finish picking out my troops, the three of you battalions will go out and uproot these enemy strongholds for me.
There is no need to rush back after pulling out the enemy's stronghold, I will give you a month to move freely, and I don't care what you do during this period, but there is one thing, you can't bully the people, and you can't suffer losses. ”
Hearing Li Yunlong's words, the three battalion commanders pinched their thighs in disbelief, after all, this was to let themselves go out to do independent activities, and there was no such a good opportunity before, and then Qi Shengsheng agreed: "Don't worry, regiment commander, we will definitely not suffer." ”
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Early the next morning, Li Yunlong finished selecting the team members, sent the troops of the three battalions out of the camp, and then led the team to the training ground to begin the lecture.
"I know that some of you are reluctant to come to the original unit and don't want to come to this bullshit elite team, but I tell you, this elite team is not what you want to come to, you have just been selected now, and then you will have to go through a two-month training, and all those who fail to pass the training will be returned, and the rest can become official members of the elite team." Li Yunlong stood on the training ground and looked at the people in front of him, and said in a serious tone.
Hearing Li Yunlong's words, everyone was a little puzzled, after all, isn't it training, they have trained in their respective companies before, what's so difficult about this.
However, Li Yunlong's next order made them suffer a lot, and the first thing they did was to run around Zhengjiazhuang.
Run three laps before eating at noon, you must know that although Zhengjiazhuang is not big, it is nearly ten kilometers down in one lap, and three laps are more than 30 kilometers, and now there are still two and a half hours before the meal.
The heaviest thing is that Li Yunlong said, all those who did not finish before the meal will be eliminated and driven back to their original troops.
Just when Yan Jiecheng was training the team members, Brigade Commander Chen ushered in guests here.
"Report."
"Come in. Brigade Commander Chen said without looking back when he heard the voice. ”
"Zhao Gang, a graduate of Kang University, came to report and asked the chief to assign tasks." Zhao Gang raised his hand and saluted and said.
"Comrade Zhao Gang, it's been hard along the way, hurry up and sit down and have a cup of tea." Director Chen welcomed the people into the room and sat down, and then spoke.
"Don't bother the chief, you can just say what you want."
"Okay, that's the case, this time the boss transferred you, that is, there is a lack of educated cadres like you in our grassroots troops, I want to transfer you to the new regiment to be a political commissar, what do you think?" The brigade commander frowned a little when he looked at Zhao Gang in front of him, and felt that it was a bit difficult for him to control Li Yunlong.
But the people have already come, and they can't be sent back, so they just treat the dead horse as a live horse doctor.
"It's all up to the organization." Zhao Gang did not refuse, although the front-line combat troops were a little bitter, and they would be injured or even lose their lives if they did not make trouble, but as an old party member, he had already dedicated everything he had to the great revolutionary cause, including his own life.
"I'm not worried about your work ability, the key is your partner, it's a thorn, I'm afraid your work will not be carried out." Brigade Commander Chen gave Zhao Gang a preventive shot in advance and said, for fear that he would be bullied by Li Yunlong in the new regiment.
"Brigade commander, don't worry, no matter who you partner with, I will do my best to do a good job."
"Xiao Zhao, you have to be mentally prepared, your partner Li Yunlong, can fight but can also cause trouble, he is a donkey, he has to be a doom at every turn, and he has a bad relationship with the two political commissars in the new regiment, I'm worried that you won't be able to stop him." Seeing that Zhao Gang didn't take care of the matter, the brigade leader turned around and reminded.
"As long as it is not a matter of principle, I listen to him, so there will be much fewer contradictions, after all, he is an old comrade, and he has rich experience in leading troops, so I should be like him to learn." Zhao Gang stood in place and said in a firm tone.
"It seems that you are very confident, well, you go to the Political Department to go through a formality, and I will send someone to send you over when you come back." The brigade commander saw that Zhao Gang was full of confidence, so he also laughed.
"I don't need the brigade commander, I can go by myself." Zhao Gang straightened his military hat and said
"Well, I hope you can lower this donkey and let him cause less trouble for me."
"Guaranteed to get the job done." Zhao Gang gave Brigade Commander Chen another military salute, then turned around and went out to ride the horse he had brought, and hurried all the way towards the station of the new regiment.
Because Yan Jiecheng's arrival changed some plots, Zhao Gang did not meet Monk Wei like in the TV series.
Not to mention Monk Wei, I didn't even encounter a devil along the way, and I arrived at the station of the new regiment safely.
However, as soon as he entered the station, he smelled the smell of meat, so Zhao Gang asked the vigilant soldiers on the side: "What day is your new group today?" Why do you still eat meat? ”
"Today is the day when our regiment establishes an elite unit, as for the rest, I don't know, if you have any questions, you should ask our regiment commander." The soldier on the side replied honestly, and after speaking, he took the lead in front and took Zhao Gang into the room where Li Yunlong was eating.
"Report to the head of the regiment, the political commissar of our regiment is here."
"Who?" Li Yunlong was a little stunned when he heard this, he hadn't heard the news before that he was going to send a political commissar to himself, why did he come suddenly.
So he looked at the door curiously, although he crossed over and changed some plots, but he didn't expect Zhao Gang to come and partner with him.
Finding out that the new political commissar was Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong hurriedly got up and went out to greet him.
"Head Li, I'm Zhao Gang, and I'm your partner in the future, please help me more." Hearing that the person in front of him was Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang hurriedly gave a military salute, and then stretched out his hand to shake Li Yunlong.
"Hurry up and go into the house, let's go into the house if it's cold outside." Li Yunlong didn't make a move, after all, Zhao Gang is also a man, and Yan Jiecheng is very disgusted with shaking hands with a man, if it is a beauty, it will be much better.
Seeing that Li Yunlong didn't take care of himself, Zhao Gang was not discouraged, and followed Li Yunlong into the house.
Back in the house, Li Yunlong directly took off his shoes and put on the kang, then picked up the wine bottle and poured a glass for Zhao Gang.
"Political Commissar Zhao, come, take a sip to warm up." Although Yan Jiecheng knew that Zhao Gang didn't know how to drink, he did this mainly to sharpen Zhao Gang's temperament and save him from going against himself in the future.
"Captain Li, I'm sorry, I don't know how to drink." Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang said with a straight face.
"If you don't drink, don't drink, by the way, I have to make it clear to you when we meet for the first time, the military and the government are separated, let's do our own thing, I have the final say in the war, and you have the final say in life, no problem, right?" Li Yunlong said to Zhao Gang while eating peanuts.
"Of course, it's okay to perform their duties, but the matter of principle is not a matter of who has the final say, as long as it is within the duties of the political commissar, I will definitely take care of it." Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang said with a cold face, thinking that this Li Yunlong was really as bad as the brigade commander said, and he wanted to give himself a taste as soon as he came.
"It's the same thing, the regiment commander is in charge of the war and the political commissar is in charge of life, by the way, there is also political and ideological work, as for the rest, you should worry less about it." Li Yunlong said this mainly because he wanted to subdue Zhao Gang and divide one big and small king, after all, there can't be two in a single army
Great, that's going to be messy.
"It seems that Commander Li should really strengthen his political study, this is a purely military point of view, and the above has already criticized it." Zhao Gang said a little unconvinced.
"Okay, I'm not going to talk nonsense with you, anyway, it's settled. Xiao Wang, go, clean up the room for our political commissar Zhao and take him to rest. After speaking, Li Yunlong directly ordered the eviction of the guests, and asked the guards at the door to take Zhao Gang out.
And he stayed in the house and continued to eat peanuts and drink wine.
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Early the next morning, when Zhao Gang got up, he saw that the camp was quiet, except for the people from the cooking squad and a few resident guards, there was not a single soldier.
"Xiao Wang, do you have any combat missions for our regiment?" Because it was already midnight when Zhao Gang came to the new regiment yesterday, he didn't notice how many people were in the station, and he didn't know that Li Yunlong had released the soldiers of the three battalions.
"Nope."
"Then how can our group pay back these few people, and what about the others?" Zhao Gang asked with some doubts, after all, even if he had not been at the grassroots level, he knew that a regiment had at least a thousand people, and it was impossible to leave such a few people in the garrison without a combat mission.
"Oh, you ask this. The others were all dragged into the mountains for training by the regiment commander, and they would not come back until noon dinner. Xiao Wang explained honestly, but did not say anything about the other three battalions.
Hearing Xiao Wang's words, Zhao Gang relieved himself this time, he thought that something was wrong in the group.
Sending Xiao Wang away, Zhao Gang continued to wander around the station, but the more he turned, the more frowning he became.
Looking at the empty barracks, there are no beds and quilts, this is not normal, even if Li Yunlong takes the troops into the mountains for training, it is impossible to bring all the luggage.
And there is also a problem with the food cooked by the cooking class, although the food is good, there are vegetables and meat just like the festival, but the amount of this meal is a little too little, which is not enough for a thousand people to eat.
"You're going to cook like this at noon?" Zhao Gang pointed to the pork stewed cabbage in the pot and questioned a few people cooking on the side.