Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 510 Randomly Select Tasks

Taking advantage of the opportunity to accompany Wang Meng around Weishan Island, Peng Liang gave a basic introduction to the situation of the Weishan Lake Independent Regiment.

Now the Weishan Lake Independent Regiment has a total of four infantry battalions, stationed in the four directions of Weishan Lake, southeast, northwest, and northeast. Each infantry battalion is composed of four companies, plus the organization of the battalion's direct troops, the strength of a battalion has reached more than 800 people.

In addition, because it was built based on Weishan Lake, the independent regiment also had a surface combat brigade under its jurisdiction. Its main weapons were two captured gunboats and some reinforced fishing boats.

In total there were more than fifty boats and more than four hundred people.

Together with the regiment's reconnaissance company, communications company, logistics department, field hospital and other regiment-affiliated units stationed on Weishan Island, the total number of the Weishan Lake Independent Regiment reached more than 6,000 people.

After listening to Peng Liang's introduction, Wang Meng was amazed in his heart. He didn't expect that the team had developed so well in just a few days.

"Oh, Captain Peng, your Weishan Lake is developing very rapidly, but what about the combat quality of our soldiers? Have they never fought in any wars?"

Compared to the number of soldiers, Wang Meng was more concerned about their combat effectiveness. Even if you get 10,000 people, if they are all untrained recruits, their combat effectiveness may not be as good as that of a few thousand veterans.

"Chief of Staff, with the support of the column, our soldiers can concentrate on training. Now we can't say that they can fight ten enemies at once, but fighting the Japs one on one is not a problem, and fighting Er Gouzi one on three is no problem at all!

Moreover, we listened to the opinions of the subordinates of Captain Wei of the former 201st Airborne Regiment, and fought with the Japanese and puppet troops from time to time, so we basically had combat experience.

Although we have no experience in large-scale corps combat behind enemy lines, our soldiers have fought the Japanese with real weapons and swords, so they are not rookies! "

Wang Meng nodded with satisfaction. Accumulating experience in battle has always been his preferred method. Only after rigorous training and the baptism of war can a soldier become an elite soldier.

"How is your officer training going? I remember that Principal Lin Shubing sent you several instructors, as well as artillery training classes and so on!"

"Chief of Staff, we officers train during the day and attend classes at night, and everyone has their own ideas now!

In addition, last time Principal Lin contacted us, he asked us to train another batch of reserve officers according to the standards for training officer cadres. Are we going to expand the army again?"

Wang Meng chuckled. He couldn't reveal the news about the appointment of officers and the expansion of the troops in advance.

However, Shandong Province is worthy of being called a "strong province in civil service examinations" in the future. It has such a keen sense of smell and it seems that it has learned quite well.

"The columns have their own arrangements. My time is very tight. Next, you will organize one or two battles according to the situation to let me see your combat effectiveness. However, I will randomly select the participating teams.

You can regard this as an assessment of you. If you can pass the assessment successfully, we can then discuss whether to expand the army or not!"

Upon hearing this, Peng Liang rubbed his hands in anticipation. It was not easy for this remote combat unit to show up in front of the head of the headquarters.

"Chief of Staff, shall we go to the kitchen to eat?"

"We've been talking for so long. We're also hungry. Let's go!"

When he arrived at the kitchen, Wang Meng opened the lid of the pot and looked at the full plate of big white steamed buns. He couldn't help but take one. Then he saw a row of side dishes, including dried salted fish, smashed cucumbers, green onions, garlic, etc.

"Captain Peng, I didn't expect you guys to eat so well! This is even better than the food at our headquarters!"

"Hehe, live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water. There are countless fish and shrimps in our Weishan Lake. All these salted fish and small shrimps we caught were caught in this lake."

Wang Meng took a bite of the steamed bun while eating the pickled cucumber.

"Not really? Can white flour grow in your lake?"

Peng Liang scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Hehe, nothing can be hidden from the Chief of Staff's sharp eyes. We definitely can't grow white flour in Weishan Lake, but we have a lot of Japanese here, and they are all rushing to send us things!"

Wang Meng became interested. He was most interested in getting rich.

"Explain it?"

"Zaozhuang to the east of Weishan Lake, Xuzhou to the south, and Jining to the north are all owned by the Japanese. As long as we send a small team to take a look around, we will have everything to eat and drink!

In the past, when our Weishan Lake Railway Guerrillas were just doing small-scale operations, we also robbed the Japanese devils' foreign companies a few times. However, because we had few weapons and equipment and they were not very effective, the results were not very good.

Since we joined the independent column, our weapons and equipment have improved, and the effectiveness has naturally improved. We now have good food and warm clothes, and the soldiers are particularly enthusiastic about training.

With the food and drink provided by the Japanese, and the weapons and equipment allocated by the column, our team is growing stronger and stronger! We have used the weapons and equipment seized from the Japanese to equip the armed work team and the guerrillas. If there is a real need, the team can be doubled in a short time!"

After eating a steamed bun, Wang Meng patted his belly and said to Peng Liang:

"If you have a chance in the next two days, let me open my eyes! Our headquarters is in the base area, and we don't usually have such exciting opportunities. Since it's the devil's foreign company, let's go all out!"

Peng Liang wiped his mouth and took Wang Meng to the regiment headquarters on Weishan Island.

"Chief of Staff, our regiment headquarters has two floors, which can withstand the bombing of the Japanese! Please come in!"

Wang Meng walked to the map hanging on the wall and poked it.

"Let's just pick one at random and have the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion on the east side of Weishan Lake attack the Japanese foreign company!"

"Yes!"

"Captain Wei, you have to keep a close eye on Captain Peng. Don't let him cheat. Hahaha!"

"Okay, leave it to me!"

Wang Meng, Monk Wei and Peng Liang all changed into casual clothes, then boarded a small boat and headed southeastwards towards the lake.

Because the Weishan Lake Independent Regiment was located behind enemy lines, in order not to cause trouble for the villagers, the troops were stationed in companies far away from the villages.

The Third Company of the First Battalion of the Weishan Lake Independent Regiment was stationed in a small woods on the south side of Zhouzhuang.

This place is sparsely populated and there is a dilapidated temple that has been in disrepair for many years, so it became the base of the third company.

After getting off the boat and riding the three fast horses that had been prepared, they arrived at Zhouzhuang in less than half an hour.

When they were two miles away from the ruined temple in Zhouzhuang, a soldier with a gun suddenly jumped up from the side of the road and crossed the middle of the road.

When he saw that it was the regiment commander, the soldier immediately put his gun behind his back and saluted.

"Captain? Why are you here?"

Peng Liang returned the salute from his horse.

"I came to see your Captain Zhou for something."

"Then I'll go and report it!"

"No need, we'll go straight over, you just stand guard!"