Chapter 7: Survey
The new company commander needs to conduct a survey of the soldiers’ combat effectiveness!
This kind of thing is very common!
His new company commander was an adjutant who came here to gain experience, so he must be a man with some ideas. This arrangement was in line with his expectations!
Deputy Company Commander Liao quickly nodded in agreement!
Bullets are very precious to grassroots companies. For the Guard Company No. 3 that guards the armory, it is not a big deal to have them. What's more, the new company commander has a background!
If Zhou Xiaoshan's signboard can't even get bullets for target practice, those people in the Ordnance Department should be shot!
After arranging the two things, Zhou Xiaoshan stood up!
"Deputy Captain Liao, please go to the military supply warehouse and borrow some documents. We need to conduct statistical analysis for the training assessment this afternoon. I need to go find our Battalion Commander Chu. Whether it's target shooting, assessment, or new training content, I need to inform him of everything!"
Zhou Xiaoshan works part-time as the adjutant of Chief of Staff Luo. Logically speaking, he can completely avoid peeing at the guard battalion commander!
This move obviously shows a gesture that he will be stationed in the guard company and take root!
Although these lieutenants are not well educated, it does not mean they are without knowledge!
Especially considering the military habits and the unwritten rules of the guard camp, several people immediately stood up and asked Zhou Xiaoshan to leave the company headquarters first and then go about their own business!
Guard Battalion Commander Chu Tianshu is an old acquaintance of Zhou Xiaoshan!
Zhou Xiaoshan had the same idea in his mind as Mingjing. As a college student who also came from Chengdu to join the army and served in the 66th Division, Chu Tianshu had a much higher status in the heart of Chief of Staff Luo Jialie than himself, the adjutant who was kicked out after only three months!
After all, he has been in the army for seven or eight years!
With his military achievements, it is no exaggeration to say that he is Luo Jialie's arm!
Even when Qin Guoliang sent Zhou Xiaoshan to report to the third company, he did not let Chu Tianshu accompany him!
The rank he applied for alone was lieutenant colonel, which was higher than several regiment commanders of three brigades. You can imagine his status in the 66th Division!
"Reporting to the commander, the commander of the Third Guard Company, Zhou Xiaoshan, is reporting in. Please give me your instructions!"
Chu Tianshu was still writing something in the camp headquarters. When he looked up and saw Zhou Xiaoshan, he smiled brightly!
"I always thought that it was Huang Bingzhen who came to our third company. I didn't expect the division commander to ask you to come over. How about it? Let me see the wound!"
It was winter and the Sichuan Army all wore cotton-padded clothes. Zhou Xiaoshan looked at the enthusiastic Chu Tianshu who came forward from the desk and quickly thanked him, then took off his coat, revealing dense bandages!
"Hey, you can't see the wound, put it on quickly, don't catch a cold!"
"The shrapnel cut a long hole in my back, and I needed seventeen stitches!"
"Fortunately, he just passed by and didn't break in!"
After watching Zhou Xiaoshan put on his clothes, he pulled him to sit on the bench next to him and asked the guard to make tea!
"Commander Qin called me and told me some ideas about strengthening the guards of the battalion. Don't worry. The division commander is still patiently dealing with the Longxi bombardment. He will make arrangements after this phase is over. He asked me to keep an eye on you and take good care of your injuries. Today, the division commander patted my shoulder and I heard the howl!"
Chu Tianshu said as he laughed!
Zhou Xiaoshan waved his hands, strongly disagreeing with his superior's statement. Chu Tianshu was stunned. No one in the guard battalion dared to deny him like this. Suddenly he remembered that he also had an identity as the adjutant of the chief military officer!
"Commander, time is running out. The Longxi bombardment is just the beginning of a series of crises for the 66th Division! The Marshal originally intended to reorganize the Sichuan Army, and the organization of our division is too strange. Not only does the division have no empty salaries, but the actual number of people is comparable to that of an entire army of the Central Army!"
Chu Tianshu was surprised and immediately understood what this boy meant!
"You mean, the Marshal also intends to weaken our division?"
"Because our division is isolated in northeastern Sichuan, the military pay is raised by the Yongzhou Defense Zone. Although the commander is from the Marshal's direct line, in the final analysis, he is not as good as the two generals around the Marshal. The Marshal is also very wary of people's hearts. If there is a rebellion, it will be another Liu Wenhui or Yang Sen! The Marshal's goal is to weaken our division, but Chiang Kai-shek wants to uproot the 66th Division! Chiang Kai-shek wants to wipe out the warlord generals who don't suck the blood of the soldiers and don't eat empty salaries!"
This is the truth. Chu Tianshu didn't expect that Zhou Xiaoshan, who has always been a taciturn person, has such insight!
"Believe me, the Longxi bombardment will not be a problem for him. These people will only shoot themselves in the foot in the end. However, resolving this crisis may expose the tacit understanding between us and the Red Army that we are unwilling to go to war, and further accelerate Chiang Kai-shek's fear of the 66th Division!"
Chu Tianshu took a breath of cold air!
Pretend that the Red Army attacks Yongzhou and marches into Chongqing!
He just found out about it too, how come this guy knows so much!
Not only did he briefly say it, but he also started thinking about the next step from the perspective of the guard battalion!
Chu Tianshu found the training plan Zhou Xiaoshan came up with a bit stupid!
He regretted that he had said that this kid was all talk and no action!
Ten kilometers of weighted cross-country running, a four-hundred-meter obstacle race, and three-person assassination training every day!
Daily military posture training, formation training, ambush training, earthwork training, short-distance charge training, throwing training, gun holding training, and live ammunition training once a week!
With this intensity, five training sessions a day, according to the current food standards of the guard battalion, the soldiers simply cannot bear it without two meat meals a day!
I'm afraid that everyone will be ruined!
If the entire guard battalion joins in, the entire year's budget and military pay would be wiped out by live ammunition alone in three months!
Do you want me to go to the General Staff to ask for money?
"As for food, here's what I think. We're next to Longxi River, surrounded by a land of fish and rice. There are plenty of loaches, eels, fish and shrimp! These are very cheap and can be eaten as meat. You can buy them from the fishermen nearby for a little money. They just cost a little oil and seasoning!"
"Loaches and eels, aren't they used to feed chickens and cats?"
Good things can’t taste good, Zhou Xiaoshan is speechless about this era!
"It smells so fishy, how can the soldiers eat it?"
"My dear, it's delicious! This is true. When loach and yellow eel are cooked, they taste better than pork and beef. You don't even know what those people from Guangdong and Henan eat?"
"What do they eat?"
"You know the kind of eggs that fail to hatch chicks?"
"I know, wake up, this is disgusting!"
" What ? They take out the eggs and fry them in oil until both sides are golden brown. The balls emit this attractive color, and then they are coated with chili powder. It smells so delicious!"
Seeing Zhou Xiaoshan smelling the scent on his hand, Chu Tianshu almost believed it!
He looked at Zhou Xiaoshan doubtfully, but unexpectedly, the boy made a gesture of throwing an egg into his mouth!
Then he made a "ugh" sound and spit it out!
This kind of food made both of them feel sick!
“Loach and eel, when cooked well, are just as good as river fish!”
"real?"
"No kidding, I guarantee with my life that this is definitely not the kind that makes you sleep. Zhang Zhenhe has already gone to find some old fishermen. He heard that this can be sold for money. The nearby fishing boats and farmers have all moved and ordered dozens of kilograms. He doesn't even know that I'm going to treat them to this tonight!"
