Bright Sword: Let my company hold off the Yamazaki Battalion

Chapter 26 Zhang Wanhe: "You son of a bitch, I'm your superior, not your subordinate!"

"Hehehe!"

He tapped the ash from his cigarette, waved to the excited crowd, and said, "Alright, everyone sit down!"

"Now that we've finished talking about the first thing, let's move on to the second!" Having absorbed the memories of the original body's owner, Chu Feng was also an experienced hand.

His years of military service have also made him a master of rhythm, allowing him to firmly grasp the initiative in the game.

"Yes!" *N~!

The group responded and sat down again, their eyes filled with curiosity.

"The second thing is simple, just three words: fight the Japanese devils!" Facing everyone's expectant gazes, Chu Feng casually uttered these words.

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.

Training is important, but fighting the Japanese is even more important; they love fighting the Japanese so much.

"Commander, who should we shoot?" Artillery Company Commander Zeng Niu couldn't sit still any longer and looked at Chu Feng expectantly as he pressed for an answer.

The crowd, who had originally intended to ask questions, all shut their mouths when Zeng Niu Da spoke first, and their gazes immediately focused on Chu Feng.

Amidst the expectant and surprised gazes of the crowd, Chu Feng stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and uttered three words: "Train Station!"

"TRAIN STATION?"

Everyone was taken aback by this goal.

"Commander, are we going to break out of our base?" Zhang Mierui's eyes were burning with excitement.

"Um!"

Chu Feng gave Zhang Mierui an approving look: "That's right, we don't have many choices to begin with. If we don't step out, how can we find suitable opponents?"

"Furthermore, none of us have ever faced an opponent like this before."

"The train station—consider it a training ground for you guys. How about it? Confident?"

Upon hearing this, everyone either rolled up their sleeves or patted their chests in agreement.

"Commander, no problem!"

"It's just a train station, don't use them, I'll take care of everything in Erlian!"

"Just because we haven't fought before doesn't mean we can't. We absolutely can!"

"..."

Seeing the eagerness of the crowd for battle, Chu Feng was very satisfied: "The battle plan is still being prepared, and it will take at least half a month to more than twenty days."

"I will inform you immediately once I have the results."

Everyone showed excitement upon hearing this.

"but!"

Chu Feng made his usual shift in perspective: "In this battle, who will provide the assists, who will provide the cover, and who will be in the reserves, we will base everything on the results of our training."

"During this period, in addition to your daily training, each of your companies should conduct targeted training in attack tactics."

"I will decide based on your performance."

The moment those words were spoken, all the company commanders and political instructors looked at each other with sharp eyes.

The military is a place where competition is everywhere.

Chu Feng never forbids competition; on the contrary, he is very happy to see such healthy competition. He smiles when he sees everyone driven by their own extreme competitiveness.

"The meeting is adjourned. Go back and make your plans." Without hesitation, he decisively ended the meeting.

Upon hearing Chu Feng's words, the company commanders and political instructors all stood up and replied, "Yes!" before turning and leaving the regimental headquarters.

Just as they stepped out of the regimental headquarters, Zhang Mieri, the second company commander, "casually" bumped into the third company commander's shoulder and grinned, "Old Zhao, your company was half a minute slow last time during the five-kilometer run. Don't let yourselves fall behind again in the assault training!"

Company Commander Zhao Quanyou, without changing his expression, retorted, "Don't worry, we've never backed down from fighting the Japanese, and we certainly won't compete with friendly forces. It's your Second Company that's all talk and no action."

The smell of gunpowder had already filled the air even before the regimental headquarters had been left.

Watching the company commander and political instructor constantly bickering and finding fault with each other, artillery company commander Zeng Niuda and political instructor Luo Yifei remained very calm.

As the only children, they don't need to compete; as long as it's a battle, they will never be left behind.

"Company Commander Zeng! Company Commander Zeng!"

Just as the artillery company was laughing and joking, their expressions slightly relaxed, a soldier hurriedly chased after them.

"The regimental commander told me to tell you that if your artillery company doesn't perform well, you and Political Instructor Luo will stay home to guard the battlefield during the battle."

Upon hearing this, Zeng Niu Da and Luo Yi Fei stared at each other, completely dumbfounded.

"hehe!"

At the regimental headquarters, Chu Feng watched his proud and fierce soldiers leave, then chuckled softly, his expression calming down.

He did this for a purpose.

After the guard regiment was established, Chu Feng never talked about any team-building philosophy or gave anyone any goals.

It wasn't that he didn't want to, but he knew the timing wasn't right. Forcing his ideas would only backfire.

So he's been waiting for an opportunity, waiting for a victory.

His years of military service made him very clear that as an outsider and paratrooper regimental commander, no matter how impressive his resume was before he arrived, he could not quickly and thoroughly grasp the overall situation and establish prestige in the new place.

The best way to break the deadlock is to win the battle.

After the ambush at Dongshan ended, Chu Feng's prestige in the guard regiment soared visibly, and he knew the time had come, which led to what happened today.

He used the expansion of his forces to introduce the issue of benchmarking, setting the goal as catching up with and surpassing the fighting strength of the Japanese forces of similar numbers.

The goal was simple: to use this incident to unite everyone and temporarily bring together this disorganized guard regiment composed of various mountain strongholds.

Although it is still fragile, having an overall concept is enough.

However, three months is too long, and the promises made are too grandiose; over time, the actual results will be greatly diminished.

Therefore, we set the next battle as a short-term goal and then introduced a competition mechanism to enhance the effect.

By clearly distinguishing between rewards and punishments and implementing the standard that the capable should reap the rewards while the incapable should watch others do the work, Chu Feng completely controlled the guard regiment.

What is prestige? It's not a position!

Prestige is when someone says something and others listen and follow it without question.

"laugh!"

Chu Feng lit a cigarette, took a puff, and then put all of that behind him, turning around to get busy.

Two days later, based on the information and intelligence he had gathered, Chu Feng left the regimental headquarters and went to the General Logistics Department.

"minister!"

Chu Feng approached Minister Zhang and, without further ado, unfolded the combat map he was carrying: "I would like you to help me gather information and intelligence about the various train stations along the Zhengtai Railway and the relevant train operations."

As he spoke, he pointed to the map: "This is Xiaoxishan Railway Station. When gathering intelligence, it's best to focus on Xiaoxishan Railway Station."

Upon hearing Chu Feng's request, Minister Zhang was taken aback: "What do you need this for? Are you planning to attack the train station?"

At this point, Minister Zhang's expression turned serious: "You better tell me properly, don't try to dodge the question."

"Taking a train station is no ordinary battle."

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng's smile vanished, and he first offered a flattering remark: "As expected, nothing escapes the leader's discerning eyes."

"The reason I chose to attack the train station is that I found it difficult to create a suitable target for a combat battalion around us."

"Secondly, our combat battalion has too little combat experience. Attacking the train station will allow us to learn combat experience in assault battles and also obtain supplies."

As he spoke, Chu Feng spread his hands: "You know the situation of the combat battalion. What they lack is not training, but real combat experience."

"Experiencing different combat scenarios will help improve the combat effectiveness of the combat battalion."

At this point, Chu Feng immediately assured him, "I'm just gathering intelligence right now. If we decide to take action, I will definitely develop a detailed battle plan."

After hearing Chu Feng's explanation, Minister Zhang pondered for a moment and then agreed: "I trust you to handle things."

"Alright, I'll have someone handle this. If there are no other problems, you can go back now."

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng immediately added, "Minister, we need to hurry, I'm in a rush!"

"Damn it!"

Upon hearing this, Minister Zhang couldn't help but laugh and curse, "Chu Feng, I'm still the Minister of the General Logistics Department of the Eighth Route Army."

"You think you can treat me like your subordinate? You come to me for every little thing."

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng retorted defiantly, "If I don't come to you, who else can I come to? I don't know anyone else."

"Furthermore, you are our guard regiment's direct superior. Isn't it normal to go to your leader if you have any problems?"

Minister Zhang was speechless and didn't want to waste any more time arguing with him, saying, "Alright, alright, I'm not talking to you anymore."

"I'll assign a liaison officer to your guard regiment. He'll report to you tomorrow."

"If there's anything you need to do in the future, just tell him. If he can do it, he can do it himself. If he can't, he'll let me know. Don't bother me with every little thing."

Chu Feng didn't care about any of that; he just wanted to solve the problem.