Chapter 95 The Last Two Pieces of the Puzzle for the New Second Group

Watching Li Yunlong perform a Sichuan Opera face-changing performance in front of him, the brigade commander said angrily:

"You kid, can't you be more successful? In your mind, am I just a villain who only exploits my subordinates? Without me protecting you, that big head on your neck would have been moved countless times!"

At this point, he looked at Zhao Gang, and his spring-like smile returned to his face.

"Zhao Gang, I think your work in the New Second Regiment is going very smoothly. I'll leave Li Yunlong to you, please take care of yourself."

In the next half hour, the brigade commander and his staff analyzed the current situation in Jin Province with Li and Zhao, and told them to seize the last period of time to train troops.

Before leaving, Li Yunlong asked in a low voice like a mosquito: "Who is this deputy leader? Don't be a pustule."

The brigade commander walked out of the command post of the New Second Regiment without looking back. After a few seconds, a voice came from outside the house: "Xing Zhiguo."

"Brigadier, walk slowly! Walk slowly! Make arrangements for the radio station and food as soon as possible when you have time~"

Li Yunlong was very happy when he heard the name, and he competed with Bai Jian, a cavalry company.

Zhao Gang next to him looked puzzled. He had never seen Li Yunlong speak so highly of someone, and he had never been so excited even when he mentioned his old comrades Ding Wei and Kong Jie.

After confirming that the brigade commander had left, Commander Li began to explain the reason to his partner.

Although this comrade named Xing Zhiguo was not his old comrade-in-arms in the Fourth Front Army, he had been in the army for as long as he did. In the past, he was a well-known cadre of the First Army, and his qualifications were absolutely nothing to say.

At that time, Li Yunlong's troops got separated from the Fourth Front Army for some reasons. After joining the First Front Army, he briefly worked with Xing Zhiguo for a period of time.

It can be said that this person is a perfect cornerstone cadre. Not only does he have a firm stance, but his military quality is also good, and he can even serve as a political commissar under special circumstances.

Moreover, Xing Zhiguo's military style is relatively stable, and this stability is based on caution. He pays attention to planning before taking action, and may sometimes achieve modest results, but the strength of the troops will surely grow steadily under his leadership.

Li Yunlong, who has a fierce offense, and Xing Zhiguo, who has a solid defense, can perfectly complement each other. Coupled with Zhao Gang, who is extremely good at political work, the leadership team of the new second regiment has no shortcomings.

"Originally, Lao Xing was supposed to be fighting to the death or in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Third Division at this time. He was originally working with Lao Li during the 42-year sweep. But I brought him over in advance to increase the paper strength of the new second regiment."

After communicating with Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong explained today's work arrangements and immediately drove to the new regiment's location.

The last time he approached Ding Wei to recruit people, he forgot to take away Sun Desheng, the only person in the regiment who was capable of training and commanding cavalry. Now that the cavalry equipment was in place, he had to go to a new regiment.

The result of recruiting people this time was still very smooth, but unlike the last time it was free, this time Li Yunlong paid five tricks.

Fortunately, those light machine guns were all captured by Zhao Gang, and the troops were in the process of changing their equipment. After getting the new machine gun, Li Yunlong's vision gradually became higher.

Li Yunlong, who looked unhappy, returned to the station and immediately ordered Sun Desheng to select soldiers with potential to become cavalry from the three battalions.

Sun Desheng was also worthy of the value of these five crooked weapons, and he picked out a company of soldiers in just one afternoon.

The next afternoon, Li Yunlong invited Zhao Gang to visit the training of the cavalry company. When the two arrived at the training ground, they saw Sun Desheng giving a demonstration to the soldiers in the company.

He held an unedged saber, and in front of him were dummy targets made of straw.

Sun Desheng took the lead. Although there were no enemies in front of him, he still made various defensive movements, as if there were several Japanese cavalry fighting with him in front.

When he reached the position of the first dummy, he took advantage of the strong inertia of the horse's sprint to slash the saber in his hand sideways. Even the unedged training knife still cut the dummy in half.

Subsequently, Sun Desheng opened his bow from left to right, beheading the dummies along the way one by one. His honed sword skills made everyone present scream in surprise.

Just when Zhao Gang wanted to step forward to communicate with this fierce general, Li Yunlong winked and pulled him back.

"Don't worry, there are exciting projects ahead. You will make the soldiers nervous if you go up now."

I saw Sun Desheng riding a horse around the field and randomly picking out a soldier. Just cutting the dummy is not enough. To achieve certain training results, you still need to simulate one-on-one actual combat.

The two of them put on wooden swords for training and rode horses to separate the distance, preparing to attack from a distance of 500 meters.

After starting to sprint, it only takes more than ten seconds for the horses to meet at this point.

Unlike the soldiers who served as cavalry on the first day, Sun Desheng was not only fast, but his upper body was also very stable. He held the saber as if it was embedded in the horse's back.

And his eyes were wide with anger. If he were placed on an ancient battlefield, he would definitely be a fierce general who opened up territories.

"kill!"

Sun Desheng faced the new recruits of the cavalry company with an indomitable momentum. When the two sides interacted, he was not in a hurry to take action.

After observing the opponent's posture, he successfully predicted the recruit's attack trajectory, and then used his flexible movements to dodge sideways on horseback, making this seemingly powerful and heavy chop miss.

After doing all this, he turned around and slapped the recruit on the back with the saber in his hand. Although Sun Desheng had saved some strength, he still almost caused the opponent to fall off his horse.

After the sparring, the hot-tempered cavalry captain jumped off his horse and walked towards the recruit who was sparring with him.

Seeing the man in front of him looking a little aggrieved, Sun Desheng was so angry that he slapped the recruit's hat.

"What the hell are you doing? I have emphasized many times that you should be aggressive when charging. You are as cowardly as a dog. Do you want to let the Japanese laugh at you?"

"This is just sparring with me. If I met the enemy, I would have killed you, the bastard. How could I teach you to be such a waste."

After scolding, he was still a little unsatisfied, stretched out his leg and kicked the recruit's stomach heavily.

First, he lost to the company commander in the duel, and then he was beaten and scolded by the company commander. If it weren't for the fact that this little soldier had a strong psychological endurance, he would have been unable to bear it.

And it's not his fault. After all, this is the first simulated combat for the recruits, not to mention that the opponent is Sun Desheng who joined the army at the age of twelve.

After seeing this, Zhao Gang shook his head in dissatisfaction.

This kind of behavior must be stopped, because the nature of the army is there. The Eighth Route Army is the people's army and naturally cannot fight the people's soldiers. What is the difference between veterans bullying new recruits at will and preserved fruits?

Zhao Gang pulled Li Yunlong up together. Sun Desheng, who was still cursing, saw his two chief officers coming to inspect the work and immediately trotted over.

He held his saber upright in front of his chest, saluted with a saber and said: "Report to the regiment commander and political commissar, the cavalry company of the new second regiment is conducting equestrian slashing training, please give instructions."

Looking at the energetic Sun Desheng, although the other party had some problems in his thinking, Zhao Gang couldn't help but praise him:

"Captain Sun, your riding skills are very good. I can see that you must have killed many devils."

Li Yunlong also saw that his partner was a little dissatisfied, so he took the initiative to take over the conversation and introduced Zhao Gang:

"He used to work in the 69th Army Cavalry Regiment, and then he has been following me. In the new regiment, because the army had no horses, he could only be an infantryman. Now he can be regarded as doing his old job."

When he heard about the 69th Army, Zhao Gang frowned instinctively.

He naturally hated the traitor's army. Moreover, this defected general had massacred civilians. It was a good thing for him to be punished by heaven and earth.

Seeing the expression of the political commissar, Sun Desheng knew what he was thinking, mainly because he had seen this kind of face too many times.

"That traitor was kind to me. When I was about to starve to death, he gave me a bite of food and took me in."

"But! I, Sun Desheng, will never be a traitor! Since I'm a soldier, I must fulfill my responsibility to defend my country."

"Although I haven't been educated! But I can distinguish between personal grudges and national justice! Besides, I've been injured twice for him over the years and I don't owe him any favors."

These words made Zhao Gang know that the man in front of him was definitely a good soldier who dared to fight and had ideological awareness.

Originally, he had some complaints about Li Yunlong's use of five light machine guns in exchange for people, but now he also felt that this deal was still very cost-effective.

But the more he admired him, the more he wanted to correct his shortcomings, so Zhao Gang put away his smile and said:

"The sparring just now was very exciting, and I agree with your point of view. It is better to sweat more during training than to bleed on the battlefield. But I saw that you beat and scolded the soldiers."

Sun Desheng did not deny Zhao Gang's words. He showed a very helpless and aggrieved expression and explained:

"Political Commissar, I don't want to do this, but some soldiers are really stupid. If I don't do something powerful, they can't learn!"

But Zhao Gang was obviously dissatisfied with this explanation. He stretched out his hand to interrupt the other party, showing a stern expression that Li Yunlong had never seen before.

"No matter what the reason is, our army prohibits beating and scolding soldiers. That is the style of warlords!"

"We are all comrades with a common goal! This will destroy unity. Aren't you afraid of being shot in the back?"

"What problem do you encounter! Go and do ideological work for the soldiers! Beating and corporal punishment will not solve the problem."

As a rough man who joined the army at the age of twelve, Sun Desheng had a headache when he heard the word ideological work. He repeatedly explained to the two people opposite him that his cultural level was too low.

Although there are literacy classes in the army, he has not taken them seriously in recent years, mainly because he has a regiment commander who doesn't like to study as an example.

Originally, he thought the regiment commander would stand on his side, but Li Yunlong is no longer the semi-illiterate person he used to be.

Although he can't be said to be well-read, he has no problem reading books and newspapers. With the help of Zhao Gang, his cultural level has improved by leaps and bounds, almost reaching the level of elementary school graduates.

And he knows how to prescribe the right medicine for Sun Desheng's situation.

"Let me ask you one thing, do you think the devil's motorcycles are better or our cavalry are better."

Faced with this sudden question, Sun Desheng blurted out without thinking: "I think they are similar, but they are more durable. Although motorcycles have an advantage in firepower, cavalry are more flexible."

"Then let me ask you, how many cavalry do you think can destroy a devil's tank?

This question is indeed a bit difficult. Although they encountered tanks during the Central Plains War, it was not their turn to deal with it at that time.

However, as a veteran with rich combat experience, Sun Desheng believes that if the mobility of cavalry is reasonably utilized, destroying a tank within visual range will definitely require the sacrifice of many soldiers.

But the specific situation needs to be analyzed specifically, after all, there are often a large number of infantry around the tanks to provide cover.

Seeing that the other party could not answer. Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction and continued:

"We all know that the Japanese tanks are powerful, but if one day our new second regiment has a more powerful tank, do you want to drive it?"

This question is affirmative, Sun Desheng nodded, no one can resist the charm of the behemoth.

"Then why don't you study? With your current cultural level, you won't even understand the instructions and tactical manuals at that time. If you don't study, you will be eliminated one day."

Speaking of this, Li Yunlong remembered what Huang He had said to him. He put his hand on the other's shoulder and looked at the veteran who had followed him for many years seriously.

"I believe that your future will not stop at being a small cavalry company commander, come on!"

While the two were talking, Zhao Gang also prepared the words in his heart.

He is also a person who has participated in training, and knows that in many cases, new recruits are called "new fathers". You can't beat or scold, and you can only do ideological work when there is a problem, and go to persuade him to correct it with painstaking words.

In fact, most recruits can accept it at this time. Only a few "new fathers" are unyielding. In this case, it can be handled according to the regulations.

So he looked at Sun Desheng and said:

"Everyone has self-esteem, and soldiers are no exception. Beating and corporal punishment will only cause internal conflicts. Your starting point is good, so you must work hard to let the recruits feel it."

"But! Although corporal punishment is not allowed, push-ups, sprints, frog jumps, and low-profile crawling are still possible. If conditions permit, talk to the soldiers more after these trainings are over."

After saying this, Zhao Gang found that Li Yunlong and Sun Desheng looked at him in surprise.

Cultural people are really cruel.

Here I come, there is too much work today, and there is no time to slack off during the day.

The new second regiment has been strengthened almost, and it feels like it has reached the level before the Japanese raid in the play.

There is another chapter in the evening, I will continue to write