Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2678 Emergency meeting!

"One infantry squad and one company of puppet troops are nothing to worry about."

Duanwu had a smile on his face, because he had decided to take over Kaoshantun. If the Japanese wanted to raid, he would take the initiative and attack Kaoshantun first.

Afterwards, Duanwu asked Jiang Li about the deciphering of the Japanese secret codes, as well as the training of Li Zhenshan, Long Qianyan and Ma Shanpao's new recruits.

Jiang Li, Li Zhenshan, Ma Shanpao, Long Qianyan and others made reports respectively.

Jiang Li spoke first: "Captain, after days of hard work, we have initially cracked some of the Japanese secret codes. These secret codes were left behind by the Japanese secret codes we captured in the past.

Some of the devil's strongholds and some remote areas are still in use.

Although there was no important information in the communication, I have had people monitoring it.

I also asked people to find the main lines of the Japanese's telephone lines.

This kind of telephone line will connect to various enemy bases in the city. Once we find it, we can eavesdrop and find the intelligence we need.

But there is a problem that needs to be solved, and that is the shortage of manpower.

On the one hand, we need experts in telecommunications, and on the other hand, we need highly skilled agents to assist us in reconnaissance and stealing intelligence.

This is the biggest difficulty I have encountered so far.”

After that, Jiang Li sat down, while Li Zhenshan stood up and said, "The training of the new recruits is going well, especially their physical fitness and basic swordsmanship. They are making rapid progress. Although they are not as good as the veterans yet, they are better than when they first arrived. Hopefully, they will have the strength to fight the Japanese before the war comes."

After saying that, Ma Shenshan also sat down.

Ma Shanpao chuckled, stood up and said, "Those guys of mine, although they are usually careless, they are very serious when they practice. Shooting and throwing bombs, they are like chicken blood, just waiting to go to the battlefield to teach the Japanese a lesson!"

Long Qianyan also stood up at this time and said: "Captain, the situation here is similar to that of Ma Shanpao. The people we train are all from the mines and have a deep hatred for the devils, so they train very hard.

So their marksmanship improved very quickly, but the morale of the puppet soldiers who surrendered from the mines was not very high. Some even pretended to be sick and did not come to training. "

Li Zhenshan on the side also added: "Yes, yes, I always seem to be short of a few people."

Ma Shanpao also echoed: "Yes, it seems that there are indeed a few mischievous ones."

After listening to the four people's reports, Duanwu nodded, then thought for a while, and then said:

"After hearing your reports, I can confirm one thing: both you and the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Brigade have worked very hard.

But at the same time? You all encountered difficulties of one kind or another.

As for these difficulties, we will not discuss them today because we don’t have time. So I will just give the order directly. If you have any opinions, please raise them immediately. If you don’t have any opinions, then execute them immediately! ”

"Yes!"

At this time everyone stood up again.

Duanwu ordered:

“First, Jiang Li will continue to decipher the encrypted code and try to obtain more intelligence before the battle.

You are short of people, I will let One-Eyed Dragon give you a platoon, if it is still not enough, you can come to assist."

"Yes!"

Ma Hu replied that besides trying to find connections and intelligence with a few brothers, he was also responsible for the security issues around the Anti-Japanese Brigade. But since nothing special had happened recently and he hadn't gotten any intelligence, he didn't make any reports.

So at this time, when he heard Duanwu giving the task, he immediately carried it out.

At this time, Duanwu said to Li Zhenshan, Long Qianyan, and Ma Shanpao, "The training of the new recruits cannot be delayed, and we cannot let a few bad apples spoil the whole pot of soup. Report to me the names of those who are naughty and pretending to be sick."

Ma Shanpao said happily, "Captain, are you going to train them yourself?"

Duanwu sneered, "Are they worthy?"

At this point, Duanwu shouted, "Zhao Laonian, get in here."

"Hey, Captain, what do you want?"

A middle-aged old man with messy hair and unkempt appearance, carrying a gun on his back, bowed and nodded to Duanwu. It was Zhao Laonian, who was subdued by a group of bandits when Duanwu was fighting against creepers.

Duanwu said: "Today I will give you a few, or even dozens of people. These people are as slippery as you, but I want you to put them in order. In other words, if you don't deal with them like a soldier and rush to the front in the battle, I will let you be the vanguard. Do you understand?"

Zhao Laonian was stunned for a moment, but then he straightened his back and said, "I guarantee that I will complete the task."

Zhao Laonian didn't want to be a vanguard. The vanguard was the one who died the fastest. Not to mention an old soldier like him, even ordinary veterans knew that veterans would let the new recruits rush to the front.

So he didn't want to be the vanguard, so no matter who the person assigned to him was, even if he was his brother-in-law, he would have to kill him.

Duanwu looked around and saw that no one had any questions, so he said, "Let's adjourn the meeting. If you have any questions, you can come to me at any time."

"Yes!"

Everyone took the order and left the meeting room immediately. Zhao Laonian also left with Li Zhenshan, Ma Shanpao, and Long Qianyan.

Li Zhenshan actually looks down upon people like Zhao Laonian the most.

Li Zhenshan is upright and meticulous in his work. He is most disgusted with old soldiers like Zhao Laonian and doesn't know why the captain would employ such people.

However, he did not question Duanwu. After all, Duanwu's performance had already conquered everyone, including Li Zhenshan.

Li Zhenshan went to his residence, took out the roster, and copied the names of those who were naughty and those who pretended to be sick and did not come to school to Zhao Laonian.

The same was true for Long Qianyan and Ma Shanpao. But the results were surprisingly similar. There were a total of 23 people, all of whom were part of the group of puppet troops who surrendered to the Anti-Japanese Brigade from the mine.

These people were veteran soldiers in the puppet army. They did not bully the common people and were content to obey the Japanese invaders and the orders from their superiors.

So when Duanwu led his men to occupy the mine, the miners not only did not beat them, but some of them even pleaded for them.

They were originally planning to flee after the mine was disbanded, but considering that if they did not join the Anti-Japanese United Army, they would be treated as traitors, they followed.

But they didn't want to fight, and even less wanted to train, so eight of them pretended to be sick and hid in the base hospital, while the remaining fifteen simply deserted and ran away.

But they didn't run away, because deserters would be shot. Moreover, there were guards everywhere around the garrison. They actually wanted to run away, but they didn't dare!

(End of this chapter)