The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2411 Promotion?

There was a woods on the hillside, and a corner of a farmhouse was visible from the woods. Two fully armed soldiers were standing solemnly in front of the farmhouse.

It is not surprising that the soldiers are fully armed. However, the weapons of these two soldiers are not rifles, but twenty-shot box guns. In addition, the nine-dragon belt worn by each of them shows the difference in their identities.

Looking back into the woods, there was still a whole row of soldiers surrounding the farmhouse, and their attire was exactly the same as that of the soldiers in front of the farmhouse.

It is not surprising that two soldiers use 226-gun guns, and it is not surprising that a platoon of soldiers use -gun guns. It is said that the recruit company of the th Regiment can form a platoon of soldiers using -gun guns.

But the soldiers in this platoon all use 20-shot rifles and have Kowloon belts with magazines in each compartment. This is something that ordinary troops cannot get.

The soldiers in the woods glanced vigilantly down the hillside.

Outside the woods was an open space, at the end of the open space was another woods, and in the woods were more soldiers sitting cross-legged.

However, the attire of these officers and soldiers was inferior to that of the soldiers in the woods. Xiao Boji was sitting among them. Although his face was equally solemn, he could not hide the sleepiness on his face.

It is now noon on the second day after the 223rd Regiment captured Houersai.

Originally, Xiao Boji and his men had been busy all night yesterday, and after dawn they were searching for remaining enemies, so naturally they had no time to rest.

This time, Xiao Boji belonged to the supervision team. In order to capture Houersai, most of the Zhu Weiyan Battalion of the 223rd Regiment suffered casualties, and only more than people were left. Xiao Boji certainly would not have any ideas about those spoils.

But the problem is that although Zhu Weiyan's battalion was crippled, for the Chinese army at that time, retaking Houersai was also a victory. Their casualties were slightly more than those of the Japanese army, but not as high as 2:1, which was not easy.

The dead are gone, so naturally there are soldiers cleaning up the battlefield and burying the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country. But when Xiao Boji was planning to take his men back for rest, who would have thought that the commander of his division actually went to the frontline himself after hearing about the great victory!
The division commander is called "general". Although the miscellaneous brand division is a miscellaneous brand, the number is also given by the higher-ups, so the division commander should also be called "general". The regiment commander is called "colonel". There is an essential difference between them.

There is definitely a difference between anti-Japanese generals and anti-Japanese officers and soldiers.

It was risky for such a high-ranking division commander to go to the front line in person. If any division commander died in the War of Resistance, it would be recorded in the history books of later generations. This is called leaving a name in history.

That's why there is such strict security here, and those soldiers equipped with box guns are the division commander's guards.

Since the division commander had arrived, the three regimental commanders and the eight surviving battalion commanders were called to the farmhouse for a meeting.

A company commander like Xiao Boji was not qualified to attend the meeting, but considering that he had made contributions by leading his company to fight the Japanese during this period, he had to "wait for announcement" outside with other company commanders of their division.

Xiao Boji was really sleepy. He resisted the urge to yawn, looked around, and saw that they were all familiar faces. He suddenly regretted his decision. Why was he sitting outside these company commanders?

A man of his age can actually endure going without sleep for two or three nights, but that requires him to be busy, such as marching and fighting against the enemy.

But now we are not marching to fight, how can we not feel sleepy if we sit cross-legged?
Alas, Xiao Boji sighed inwardly, it would be fine even if he could just sit and take a nap.

But now he was sitting outside the other company commanders, and sleeping like that was really damaging to his military appearance.

Just imagine, the division commander is having a meeting with the regiment and battalion commanders, but a small company commander like me is drooling in sleep. How can that be acceptable?
He is no longer that little bandit, so he has to endure it no matter how sleepy he is.

Thinking of this, Xiao Boji secretly hated the company commanders who were sitting with him.

Originally he was planning to sit inside and sleep, but those company commanders all said that you, Captain Zhang, had made great contributions in fighting the Japanese this time, so you should sit outside. The division will definitely reward you, so why are you hiding inside?

Since people said so, Xiao Boji had to be respectful and could only sit outside reluctantly.

It's really a shame to save face! Xiao Boji still maintained the self-consciousness of a company commander in his military appearance, but he was secretly complaining in his heart. After holding on for a while, Xiao Boji couldn't hold on any longer. Just when he was about to fall asleep, a company commander behind him poked him in the waist with his hand.

Xiao Boji was startled and when he looked up again, he found that a soldier was standing in front of them.

"Who is Company Commander Zhang Jidong? The division commander lets you in." The soldier said expressionlessly.

"It's me!" Little Boji jumped up instinctively, and only then did he come to his senses.

When he did this, the company commander behind him looked at him with envy.

There are more than 20 company commanders sitting here. If the division commander summons him alone, isn't this a prelude to promotion and wealth?
The messenger also looked at the small dustpan curiously.

The reason why he was curious was not because Xiao Boji had the possibility of getting promoted or something, but because he was somewhat amazed at Xiao Boji's skills.

If a person is sitting cross-legged on the ground normally and wants to stand up, he basically has to press down on the ground and use the reaction force to stand up.

But Xiao Boji was already very sleepy. When he heard that the commander was looking for him, he was startled and jumped up directly from the ground.

This is more or less difficult. How much jumping power can you have when your butt is sitting on the ground?
Xiao Boji also stood up, but at this time the messenger asked again: "Which one is Shang Zhen?"

No one present expected that the messenger would call out Shang Zhen's name.

The company commanders of the 226th Regiment were fine, as they knew Shang Zhen, but the other two regiments knew very little about Shang Zhen.

Who told Shang Zhen to come late? How long has it been since Shang Zhen led the young men to join the 226th Regiment, and finally trained them into a new recruit company and made great contributions in the battle?

"He is on military duty and is not here." Xiao Boji replied quickly.

The messenger said, "Captain Zhang, please follow me."

Xiao Boji followed the messenger to the temporary meeting room. Let’s not talk about how the company commanders who remained there envied Xiao Boji and wanted to know who Shang Zhen was.

Xiao Boji came out faster than expected, about half an hour later, but when he came out he was with their team leader Zhao Jingyong.

Nothing could be seen from Xiao Boji's expression, but the head of the group, Zhao Jingyong, was already looking very happy.

And then, in the woods, their division commander came over and spoke to the company commanders.

At this time, the company commanders realized that Xiao Boji had been promoted to battalion commander, but he went to the Third Battalion of the 223rd Regiment, which was Zhu Weiyan's battalion.

As for Shang Zhen, the commander did not mention him.

However, after the division commander made the announcement, he praised the company commanders again. What he talked about was nothing more than topics like everyone's hard work in fighting against the Japanese. This time, their division was the best in the battle to protect Dahongshan.

After the division commander finished speaking to the company commanders, the meeting ended.

At this point, the company commanders found out that the division commander was planning to promote Shang Zhen, the company commander of the 226th Regiment's recruit company, to the rank of battalion commander, but since Shang Zhen was not there, it was not announced.

But Shang Zhen’s promotion to battalion commander is a foregone conclusion!