AWB Chapter 261: One Regiment’s Strength
Chapter 261: One Regiment’s Strength
While the military special envoy stayed in Zenda, patiently waiting for the return of a new colonel regiment commander, the protagonist had indeed gathered enough troops for a regiment.
While they were resting, Lu Cheng asked, "Long Wenjian, how many people do we have now?"
"Counting the people who just joined today, there are more than 1500 people, which is definitely enough for a regiment. Captain, you are now only one title away from becoming the regiment commander. When the time comes, don't forget the conditions you promised me."
"Don't worry, future deputy commander of the Dragon Regiment. I will give you a battalion of soldiers and equipment. If you have the ability to continue to expand, even if you expand a battalion into a regiment, I have no objection."
"That's fine. I've been waiting for you to say that."
At this time, a battalion of the National Army consisted of about 300 to 500 people, and a regiment generally consisted of between 1200 and 2500 people.
The reason for such a big gap is that at the regiment level, there is a great deal of autonomy and you can garrison and guard a place independently. It also means that as long as you can afford it, even if you make a regiment of 5000 or 1 people, it is your ability.
Just like Chu Yunfei in the drama "Bright Sword", a reinforced regiment had several thousand people. After his wife was captured, Li Yunlong, the head of the regiment, was able to gather tens of thousands of soldiers and directly attack Ping'an County.
Although Lu Cheng also believes that quality is more important than quantity, how can he select a group of elite soldiers without sufficient numbers as a basis?
Knowing that he had gathered enough troops for a regiment, Lu Cheng was not satisfied: "We are almost at the Nujiang River, we must speed up and gather as many troops as possible. After we cross the Nujiang River, we will not have such a good opportunity.
Moreover, before crossing the river, we will most likely face another major battle, blocking the Japanese troops at Nantianmen to buy time for the defenders on the east bank to deploy their defenses."
"From what the battalion commander said, you know the situation of the river defense on the east bank? I heard that Commander Yu is quite capable."
"He does have the ability to brag and inspire people. As for his real ability, anyone who believes it is a fool."
"Oh, huh? Our battalion commander actually dares to ignore his superiors. That's incredible. Aren't you afraid that I will spread these words to the ears of Commander Yu?"
"Even if Yu Xiaoqing was standing here right now, I would still say the same thing. He is just the second generation with a father who is a military commander."
"The camp is domineering."
To be honest, Lu Cheng had done so many things in Myanmar that he had specifically told Catherine how to operate after returning. If his superiors did not promote him after returning this time, Lu Cheng would consider whether to turn the table over.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng took out a map of the Nujiang River, pointed on it, and discussed the current situation with Long Wenjian, Meng Fanle and others.
At this moment, Meng Fan looked at Lu Cheng with a little more awe in his eyes. This map was his contribution. When this map was drawn, there were still many things he didn't understand.
But now, considering the current situation and the strength and weapons configuration of his own regiment, Meng Fanle discovered that Lu Cheng seemed to have prepared for a blocking battle at Nantianmen more than half a year ago, and even arranged a retreat in advance.
I used to hear people say that there are people who can plan and win battles from thousands of miles away. Now I have actually seen it.
Just as several officers were discussing the next marching arrangements and battles, a noisy sound suddenly came from the front, followed by a loud call: "Fall down the mountain!"
Hearing the voice, Long Wenjian immediately stood up, picked up his Ying Qiqi, and walked towards the direction where the voice came from.
Before Meng Fanle and the others could figure out what was going on, Lu Cheng had already stood up and said with a smile, "Let's go and see what's going on and see what trouble Milong has caused again."
In fact, Lu Cheng, who had watched the original drama, had already guessed what was going on. It should be that Milong met Shangguan Jieci.
Shangguan Jieci's family was originally overseas Chinese from Myanmar and was considered wealthy. After the Japanese invaded, Shangguan Jieci's husband was beaten to death for no reason. Shangguan Jieci had no choice but to flee towards China with her son and father-in-law.
Not long ago, Shangguan Jieci's father-in-law also died on the road, leaving only the two women.
Shangguan Jieci couldn't bear to see her father-in-law's body exposed in the wilderness, so she stood there begging, asking the soldiers passing by to help bury her father-in-law.
Unfortunately, the expeditionary soldiers who retreated from Myanmar had seen too many deaths along the way. Even if their comrades fell to the ground, they had no time to care. The only thing that supported them was the belief of returning home.
In this situation, who would be willing to help a stranger?
It was not until Shangguan Jieci met Milong that Milong immediately fell in love with this widow with a child. He confessed his love to her on the spot and put forward a condition that as long as Shangguan Jieci was willing to marry him, he would help her bury her father-in-law.
Shangguan Jieci also put forward a condition that as long as Milong could make a three-inch thick coffin board for her father-in-law, she would agree to marry Milong.
The two sides hit it off immediately, and Milong immediately ran to cut down trees to make a coffin. He also called on Li Wula, Doubing and several other soldiers to help.
Long Wenjian, who arrived first, immediately asked, "What's going on? What's wrong with Milong? Why is he going out to chop trees instead of resting here?"
"Deputy Battalion Commander, Milong is preparing a betrothal gift for himself and is getting ready to marry a wife."
"What do you want as a betrothal gift?"
"A coffin."
"Using a coffin as a betrothal gift? How dare you! Someone, capture that kid Milong and bring him here!"
Seeing this, Lu Cheng did not step forward to stop it immediately, but just watched quietly from the side.
It was only before going to Myanmar that Milong decided to follow Lu Cheng and the others. He has not participated in the training for more than half a year and still has many wildness and bad habits. It would be good for Long Wenjian to give him a lesson.
"You bastards? Why did you arrest me? How did I bother you? Let me go!"
When Milong was brought in front of Long Wenjian and the others, he was still a little unconvinced: "What? Why did you arrest me?"
Long Wenjian glanced at Shangguan Jieci and her son who were not far away: "Why? Just because you wanted to have sexual pleasure, and you threatened your sisters and forced them to marry you!"
"I didn't force her. She wanted to marry me. I promised to make her a coffin and bury her father-in-law properly before she agreed to marry me. It's fair and reasonable. Why do you say I forced her?"
"Oh? You dare to talk back? As a soldier, you shouldn't use such conditions to coerce ordinary people! Even if you want to help someone, you shouldn't force them to agree to marry you. Come on, put this kid to military court!"
"Military law? What military law?"
"With a powerful enemy at hand, anyone who violates military rules and discipline must be severely punished. Take him out and shoot him!"
Hearing that he was shot, Milong panicked: "Hey, hey, hey, are you serious? We are all brothers who eat from the same pot, you are not fair. Long Wenjian, you are just a deputy battalion commander, you have no power to punish me, battalion commander, battalion commander, please say something!"
At this time, Lu Cheng finally stood up, walked up to Shangguan Jieci, and asked, "Madam, did the soldier just threaten you? Did you voluntarily agree to his conditions?"
Although Lu Cheng knew everything that happened in the original drama, he had to get Shangguan Jieci's personal admission before he could announce the punishment for Milong.