Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

bang bang bang...

Da da da……

Not long after, gunshots were heard from the mountains, and the Eighth Route Army recruits began to attack the cottage. Although these recruits were a little nervous, they tried their best to calm down.

More than a dozen of the bandits on the mountain died on the spot. The other bandits were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they were almost powerless to fight back. After firing a few symbolic shots, they fled in panic.

But they couldn't escape at all, because Wu Meng had already made plans to surround them.

"Surrender, we surrender!" A bandit squatted on the ground and shouted loudly to surrender.

Other bandits also followed suit. For a time, Wu Meng and the others directly captured more than 70 bandits.

"Batalion Commander, there were no casualties in this operation and it was a complete victory!" Someone reported to Wu Meng.

"Yeah, not bad." Wu Meng nodded. If there are still casualties, then the training is indeed inadequate.

Although the new recruits were a bit unfamiliar with their cooperation when attacking the mountain, they were still understandable and would become proficient after they cooperated a few more times.

"Old Wu, it's okay, the military training is good." Li Jin and Xu Qingfeng also came to Wu Meng and praised him.

He could tell that Wu Meng had put a lot of effort into training the soldiers. Although the speed of these recruits was not as fast as that of the special operations battalion, compared with other troops, the performance of these recruits was already very good.

"It's not bad." Wu Meng smiled, feeling very comfortable being praised.

"What are you going to do with these bandits?!" Li Jin asked. He glanced at the shivering bandits squatting on the ground not far away. They were a little timid. Their pants were already wet, and they were obviously scared to pee.

"They are all prisoners, so they must be taken back." Company commander Tang Feng said that the Eighth Route Army treated prisoners preferentially.

"Capture him back?!" Li Jin raised his eyebrows, obviously dissatisfied with this answer. How could he train new recruits if he was captured and taken back?

"If it were you, how would you handle it?!" Wu Meng asked Li Jin's opinion.

"Use it directly to practice bayonet for new recruits." Li Jin said without hesitation what he would do.

In his opinion, there is no need to capture these bandits at all. The meaning of bandits' lives is to train the recruits to be brave.

"What?! Use bandits to practice bayonet, how can this be done! If we do this, what's the difference between us and the Japanese!" Tang Feng said in shock.

"I don't like your metaphor very much. The devils are just killing everyone no matter who they are, but I am not." Li Jin said.

All those he killed were damned bandits, and he was doing justice for heaven. How could he be compared with such a dehumanizing thing as the Japanese?

"Company Commander Tang, the bandits are brutal. They usually enter the village to rob, kill, rape and plunder. There is no point in capturing them.
You also need to give them delicious food and drinks. Do you think this is good for the people who were killed by the bandits? ! "Xu Qingfeng also said at this time.

"This..." Tang Feng fell silent for a moment.

"It's true that you follow the rules, but most bandits basically do this kind of thing.

If you let them go and they continue to be bandits and kill people, then you will become an accomplice! "Li Jin continued.

"I..." Tang Feng was speechless. What Li Jin said seemed to make sense.

"These bandits deserve to die. In this case, it is better to let the new recruits practice their courage so that they will not be afraid when they go to the battlefield.

Of course, you don’t have to kill them, then I will! "Li Jin said, if Wu Meng and the others choose not to kill these bandits, Li Jin will not kill these bandits.

There are not many good guys in this era, and the evil deeds they do are comparable to those of the Japanese. The only difference is that these bandits are Chinese.

"Just follow what Battalion Commander Li wants." Wu Meng said directly.

"What?! Battalion Commander, this, this is against the rules, isn't it?" Tang Feng said quickly after hearing this.

"We didn't have this opportunity before, and our comrades who died before didn't have the opportunity, but now the new recruits have it.

It can increase their chances of survival when they go to the battlefield in the future.

Killing only some miscellaneous people, but allowing a few more recruits to survive in the future, is a good thing. "Wu Meng figured it out in an instant.

In contrast, he hopes that the soldiers he leads can survive a few more times in the future!

Moreover, they killed some bandits who liked to rob homes and kill people. This could be regarded as eliminating harm for the people and did not violate their original purpose.

"Understood!" Tang Feng nodded and said no more, then gathered a certain number of recruits and asked them to execute all the surrendered bandits with bayonets.

Although some recruits were hesitant at first, when Wu Meng mentioned that if the bandits escaped in the future, it would probably harm his family, the recruits chose to act decisively.

Why do they join the army? Isn't it just to drive out the little devils and protect their families from being hurt? Now even some bandits may hurt their families, so what are they waiting for if they don't kill them?

In short, I can die, but I can't hurt my family.

At one time, dozens of bandits were all stabbed to death by the recruits with bayonets. The feeling of assassinating the enemy with cold weapons was a huge shock to the recruits, and a life was lost on them.

"I'm always worried about the psychological burden on the recruits if I do this." Tang Feng said, killing someone with a cold weapon is far more frightening than killing someone with a gun.

Because when you kill someone with a gun from a long distance, they won't feel much. At most, they will just see the blood on the other person's body and then fall down.

But let the recruits stab a person to death at close range, and watch the bandit die and struggle. The look in his eyes that wants to live will be deeply imprinted in the recruits' minds and will never be forgotten for a long time.

"So, after you finish killing these bandits, you have to ask the veterans to give them some psychological counseling and tell them that they were not wrong in killing the bandits.
Because these bandits have done many evil things, they don't need to have too much psychological burden. "Xu Qingfeng said.

Although the recruits were told how cruel the bandits were before they were asked to kill them, they still felt somewhat burdened when they actually killed people with their own hands.

This is inevitable, and it just shows that everyone is a normal person. No one can kill a stranger without any psychological burden, unless they are people with psychological problems.

"I'm a little curious, is this how your special operations battalion trains new recruits?!" Wu Meng couldn't help but say at this time.

"Well, letting the recruits kill bandits is my way of training. I don't care whether the bandits die or not. I only care whether their death can make my soldiers stronger." Li Jin admitted directly.

Killing bandits is to train soldiers and increase the combat effectiveness of new recruits. This is also the safest and most secure way of training.

Bandits are not very effective in fighting and do many evil things. Killing bandits can help recruits quickly relieve their psychological burden.

A bunch of scum, just kill them. "Hiss... No wonder you are so strong, even your training methods are different." Wu Meng took a breath.

He was basically certain that these soldiers in the special operations camp had definitely killed many bandits before fighting the Japanese.

In this case, the recruits have accumulated combat experience and have less burdens. When they go to the battlefield, no recruits will be soft-hearted. They could have killed the Japanese, but because they were soft-hearted, they were killed by the Japanese instead!
The key is that this way the recruits will not be afraid when they go to the battlefield in the future and can display their true combat capabilities.

.........

In the following days, Li Jin followed Wu Meng and the others. Every time Wu Meng and the others attacked the mountain, Li Jin would ask soldiers from the special operations battalion to follow behind.

Try to help these recruits eliminate some dangers as much as possible, but these bandits are indeed just chickens and dogs with no combat capabilities at all.

After a few people died, they were so frightened that they fled in all directions, and few dared to resist.

Of course, after killing bandits in the past few days, Wu Meng's recruits also had a murderous aura in them. Compared with before, they were completely different.

These recruits have become stronger and have a greater chance of survival on the battlefield.

Six pm.

In a forest, everyone rested and had dinner here.

When Wu Meng set out this time, he brought all dry food, and Li Jin and the others also ate dry food.

"It's really troublesome to ask you to come here to suppress the battle this time. There is no chance for you to take action." Wu Meng gnawed on the dry food and said to Li Jin with some embarrassment.

Inviting Li Jin and the others to come over, but not letting Li Jin and the others take action. Basically, they just asked Li Jin to come over and run with them.

"It's okay. Don't pay too much attention to small problems. Besides, this is also a kind of training, so that when they bring in new recruits in the future, they will know how to hold the recruits in line and ensure safety as much as possible." Li Jin said with a smile.

The people he brought over this time were actually new recruits.

"You are thinking quite far ahead." Wu Meng said with a smile.

But he also felt other things from Li Jin's words.

With Li Jin's ability, it is certain that he will become a high official in the future, and the people Li Jin brought are all new soldiers, which shows that Li Jin is also training these new soldiers, or in other words, all new soldiers are trained by Li Jin according to the standards of officers.

Thinking about it this way, Li Jin is a bit too scary. He is very capable and can cultivate talents like this. His future future is limitless.

"I like to prepare for rainy days. If one day I get promoted again and the officers below me get promoted as well and bring in more soldiers, then someone will have to take over the officer's position.
If an army has no command, what is the difference between it and the army? !How can such an army win a war? ! "Li Jin said with a smile.

Officers who can correctly command the troops are very important to the army. Even if they are just a squad leader, they cannot be chosen randomly. They must have certain abilities.

Being able to think about how to command and how to arrange the positions of soldiers during a battle is how to win the battle.

If you let someone who knows nothing make arrangements, the person who should have arranged it will not arrange it, but the person who should not have arranged it will be arranged.

If they were all laid out like this, wouldn't the positions be just like paper that would fall apart when touched? There would be no point in winning the battle. It would be good if they were not annihilated all at once.

"Well, yes, the commanders of the troops, whether they are senior officers or low-level officers, have their own meanings.

Senior officers are responsible for formulating a rough combat plan and improving the plan. Officers at the lower level are responsible for delegating tasks according to the requirements of the higher-level officers and passing them on layer by layer, so that the troops can operate. All of them are indispensable. "Wu Meng also nodded in agreement.

"So, the training of officers is still very necessary, but it can't just be training. It needs to be led by experienced officers.

Experience can only be taught by those who have fought in war. If you ask someone who can only talk about war on paper to teach others how to fight, it is just a joke. "Li Jin continued.

Why veterans are important? Because veterans have experiences that others cannot have, and their teachings can give more recruits a chance to leave the battlefield alive.

The same is true for veteran officers who have fought in battles. They can quickly follow the orders conveyed by their superiors and then arrange the soldiers below them in the corresponding combat positions as soon as possible.

If a new officer were to take command, I'm afraid it would take him a long time to figure out how to do it. By the time he figured it out, he might have lost his position.

Therefore, veterans lead new recruits, and old officers lead new officers. This is a kind of inheritance and the reason why the army's combat effectiveness lasts for a long time.

"Li Jin, you should go to Yan'an to study." Wu Meng said suddenly. He felt that talents like Li Jin should go to Yan'an to study more.

"Our brigade commander asked me to go, but I refused." Li Jin said that the brigade commander wanted him to go to Yan'an to study last year, but he refused.

In Li Jin's opinion, it's better to kill more Japs, accumulate more merit points, study, etc. We'll talk about it later, don't worry.

"What, why did you refuse?! What a great opportunity this is. Many people who want to go have no chance." After hearing this, Wu Meng said in surprise.

Being sent to Yan'an to study meant that the higher-ups would focus on training him, and his future would be unlimited. Unexpectedly, Li Jin refused.

If it were him, he would have to rush over quickly.

"I want to kill more Japs, so I'm not in a hurry." Li Jin said.

Wu Meng didn't know what to say for a moment. If he remembered correctly, Li Jin had only been in the army for more than a year.

Brigadier Chen wanted to send him to Yan'an to study last year, which shows that Li Jin had already shown great talent at that time.

That's why a big shot like Brigadier Chen is so interested in Li Jin.

"By the way, tomorrow's group of bandits will be the last group of bandits, right?!!" Li Jin changed the subject and said, they had killed four groups of bandits in the past few days.

According to the five groups of bandits mentioned by Wu Meng, only one group is left now.

"Well, that group of bandits is also the largest bandit among them. There are 500 people in total. It is said that this group of bandits is very cruel. They even robbed the materials transported by the Japanese before.

Although it was only a transport team of a dozen Japanese soldiers, it was enough to show that this group of bandits was quite powerful. "Wu Meng nodded and said.

He asked Li Jin to come over to suppress the formation, but it was actually because of this group of bandits.

The other party not only dared to rob the transport team of Japanese soldiers, but also succeeded in robbing it. This was different from the previous groups of bandits. They were truly cruel and did not take anyone seriously.

"It's okay. We will take action tomorrow. No matter how cruel he is, just kill him. It's no big deal." Li Jin said. In the past few days, he could only watch others kill bandits, but he couldn't take action himself. He was also frustrated.

(End of this chapter)