Bright Sword: Let my company hold off the Yamazaki Battalion

Chapter 24: The Battle of Wits Between the Big and Small Foxes! Huang Zhenggong: "Our company i

Chu Feng didn't expect Minister Zhang to refuse so decisively. He wasn't embarrassed at all; after so many years in the army, he had long since developed a thick skin.

He immediately chuckled and said, "My bad, my bad, Minister, it was my oversight."

"In that case, I won't cause you or your superiors any more trouble. These cars will remain with our guard regiment."

"We also seized a batch of gasoline this time. The quantity was not large, but it was enough to train the soldiers to drive. In addition, I am very interested in the structure of cars, so I can learn to repair cars while taking them apart and playing with them. It's always good to have more skills."

Minister Zhang didn't seem to mind and said, "Alright, it's yours to seize it anyway, you can decide what to do with it."

Chu Feng smiled and nodded in agreement.

After that, everyone talked about other things, mostly praising the leaders.

Towards the end of the conversation, Chu Feng pushed all the captured silver dollars and military scrips to Minister Zhang: "Sir, I need your help with something."

"The military training is intense, and if soldiers don't get timely nutritional supplements, they could easily be ruined by the training."

"We know how tough it is for the leaders, so I'm going to take out the silver dollars and military scrips we've captured this time and ask the leaders to buy pigs and sheep for us."

"Of course, there will be no shortage of meat during this month, so when buying, try to focus on lambs, half-grown chickens, and piglets."

"At that time, I will build a breeding farm."

"Lambs can be ready for market in six months, chicks can be eaten in one or two months if you're in a hurry, or three or four months if you're not. Piglets take longer, but I can wait."

"This is also a plan for the future. It's not about achieving complete self-sufficiency in meat, but it can at least become a relatively stable source of meat."

Hearing Chu Feng's words, Minister Zhang Wanhe glanced at the pile of money in front of him, then at Chu Feng, and his lips twitched slightly: "Okay, no problem!"

To be honest, he had been waiting for Chu Feng to take the initiative.

He could understand if the guy didn't hand over his weapons and equipment, but he couldn't just leave without any response. But the kid just wouldn't take the bait.

They readily agreed that we wouldn't have to pay for three months.

For some reason, Minister Zhang suddenly felt that he might have acted rashly at this moment.

"Sure, I'm overjoyed that you have this idea."

"Not bad, that shows some foresight."

After the thought flashed through his mind, Minister Zhang agreed without hesitation and casually added a compliment.

This wasn't just for show. In any case, Chu Feng's actions relieved their pressure and enabled them to become self-reliant. As their superiors, they were overjoyed and would never refuse to help.

The leaders did not linger after the meeting ended.

Because of their concerns about their first battle, they had already stayed for a day and a night, and with so much work to do, they couldn't stay any longer.

After seeing the leader off, Chu Feng returned to the regimental headquarters alone. He lit a cigarette, took a puff, and exhaled slowly.

He immediately shook his head with a laugh, and muttered helplessly, "Old fox, too wary!"

"This is boring!"

To be honest, Chu Feng really disliked dealing with veteran comrades like Minister Zhang, especially those who worked in intelligence and logistics.

They are all old foxes, each with a deeper level of experience than the last.

As for the matter of attacking the train station, Chu Feng did not mention it because the timing was not right. He planned to gather relevant information in the next couple of days.

First, develop a relatively specific operational plan, and then go to your superiors.

After finishing his cigarette, he rubbed his eyes, checked on the sentry post, and then went back to bed.

Minister Zhang, who rushed back to his post overnight, complained helplessly to his colleagues: "This Chu Feng is a sly fox. Don't even think about getting the better of him."

Hearing Minister Zhang's words, everyone showed a hint of helplessness.

One of the leaders said somewhat reluctantly, "Minister, are we really not going to take these cars? Using them as transport capacity is indeed a bit of a waste."

"But car engines are great things. Whether they drive machine tools or generators, they are beneficial to our power supply and arsenals."

Minister Zhang pondered for a moment, then waved his hand: "No rush, let's wait and see. That kid's shrewd; if we go to exchange him now, we'll definitely get ripped off."

"Isn't that kid going to learn repair? We don't need to ride the bike, we just need the engine. As long as he doesn't break the engine, it's fine."

"Once he's almost finished dismantling the car and learned everything he needed to, and the last bit of gas is gone, then we can go back to 'collecting junk'."

"In the future, we won't have to fight like we do now. We can just give them some pigs and sheep and they'll thank us."

"After all, the goods have already been retrieved. Even if the meat rots in the pot, it's still ours."

"The guard regiment is, after all, a unit of our General Logistics Department. Even if that kid is Sun Wukong, can he escape my grasp?" Minister Zhang said with a smug look.

The other leaders couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

The next day, just as dawn was breaking.

Chu Feng woke up from his sleep, quickly got up, and washed up.

The troops also began routine training, and he did not change the training subjects, which were still mainly bayonet fighting and live-fire training.

Let's continue this kind of combat-oriented training for a month first.

After running five kilometers, drenched in sweat, he wiped his brow and rushed to the regimental headquarters to begin planning the allocation of weapons and equipment, as well as the new organizational structure of the combat battalions.

The troops were still training in the afternoon.

The company commanders and political instructors of the five companies of the combat battalion gathered at the regimental headquarters.

"Comrades!"

Sitting at the head of the table, Chu Feng's gaze swept over everyone: "We've won the battle and eaten the meat. I know you're all eyeing the weapons and equipment we brought back yesterday."

As soon as Chu Feng said this, everyone who had their little scheme exposed used awkward laughter to cover up their embarrassment.

"Alright!"

Chu Feng didn't dwell on it and immediately said, "If we win a battle and acquire spoils, keeping the weapons and equipment is just like burning firewood if we don't distribute them."

As he spoke, he patted the notebook in front of him: "I worked overtime this morning and have finished distributing the weapons and equipment."

"Incidentally, we also made a small adjustment and expansion to the military."

As soon as he said this, the company commander and political instructor, who had been awkwardly laughing, all stopped laughing and looked at their regimental commander with surprise.

"Expansion?"

Their combat battalion has only been established for eleven or twelve days, and they want to expand it after just one battle?

"Hehehe!"

Seeing the somewhat puzzled looks on everyone's faces, Chu Feng chuckled and began to speak: "First, there are four infantry companies. Each company will have an additional 30 men on top of the original 150 men, bringing the total number of men in each company to 180."

"The artillery company was expanded from 80 men to 60 men, bringing the total number of men to 140."

"That means our combat battalion has grown from 680 men to 860 men."

"These extra 180 people were drawn from six guard companies and 17 guard platoons, with a ratio of new to veteran soldiers of 7:3."

At this point, without giving anyone a chance to ask questions, his voice rang out again: "Regarding the distribution of supplies and equipment..."

"Each company is to be supplemented with one heavy machine gun, four light machine guns and four grenade launchers."

"Because we were short one, I took a light machine gun to trade with the arsenal."

"That is to say, each of our companies is equipped with 3 heavy machine guns, 7 light machine guns and 7 grenade launchers."

Upon hearing this assignment, the company commanders and political instructors of the four infantry companies beamed with joy; none of them disliked the toughness of their weapons.

"Commander!"

Company Commander Huang Zhenggong spoke up at this moment, smiling as he said, "Regimental Commander, you've increased both the basic manpower of each company and their firepower."

"With this change, our numbers are now equal to those of a Japanese infantry company. We are slightly inferior in terms of weaponry and equipment, but the difference is not significant."

As he spoke, Company Commander Huang Zhenggong looked at Chu Feng with burning eyes and anticipation: "You want our company to be on par with an entire Japanese infantry company?"