Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 38 Establishing an Intelligence Station

But it is better to have something than nothing, at least no matter how much ammunition there is. But this time we have more than 500 rifles, although most of them are old chambered ones.

But this is enough to make the New Second Regiment fully staffed, especially this time they also got a company of war horses. With these war horses, at least in terms of numbers, the New Second Regiment is no worse than the Independent Regiment.

Everything that his independent regiment had, the New Second Regiment now also had. In fact, Wang Gensheng knew that Kong Jie was holding a grudge and wanted to bring out the New Second Regiment and develop it to prove that he, Kong Jie, was no worse than Li Yunlong.

In fact, Wang Gensheng himself was also holding a grudge and wanted to develop and expand the New Second Regiment to prove that he, Wang Gensheng, had not followed the wrong person by following Kong Jie.

In fact, when Wang Gensheng decided to follow Kong Jie, his cousin Wang Xikui advised him against it. After all, the newly established Second Regiment was definitely not as good as the Independent Regiment.

But Wang Xikui had no idea that the more newly established the regiment, the more opportunities there were for meritorious service and promotion. At least if Wang Gensheng had not been able to make it, he would still be a deputy company commander now, and would not have jumped three levels to become the commander of the third battalion of the new second regiment, although his third battalion now only had one platoon.

But this time, with this batch of weapons from the Japanese invaders in Liujia Town, it is only a matter of time before the Third Battalion is fully staffed.

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Wangjia Village

New Second Regiment, regimental headquarters meeting room.

Liujia Village post-war summary meeting.

Unlike other regiments, at least Kong Jie would hold a post-battle summary meeting after each battle to discuss the shortcomings of the battle and the aspects that deserve recognition, and Wang Gensheng would be the first to speak.

"Captain, I was a little careless during last night's battle. I didn't notice there was a dog in the yard! I will pay attention next time!"

Kong Jie waved his hand and said:

"It's not your fault. Not only you, but even I didn't expect this. However, your ability to handle the situation this time is still commendable. Being able to decide to throw a grenade and attack directly in such a short time shows that you are very reflexive. But we need to think of a way to deal with the dog, otherwise it will be useless if we encounter a guard dog during a night raid in the future!"

Just as Kong Jie finished speaking, the battalion commander spoke:

"That's easy! Let's get some fast-acting anesthetic and put the medicine on a chicken drumstick or something. I guarantee they'll be silent once they take it!"

As soon as the First Battalion Commander said this, all the backbone members of the New Second Regiment present turned their eyes to the First Battalion Commander. In response, the First Battalion Commander chuckled and said:

"That's how someone in our village stole dogs before. They put anesthetics in them, not poison. Otherwise, if you don't handle it properly, people will be poisoned. And dogs that have been anestheticized won't bark, but dogs that have been poisoned will bark miserably!"

Although Wang Gensheng really wanted to say something like, the person who stole dogs in this village couldn't be the battalion commander, but for the sake of unity within the New Second Regiment, Wang Gensheng kept silent.

After hearing what the battalion commander said, Kong Jie nodded and asked:
"Is this anesthetic easy to use?"

"Easy! Easy! Most county pharmacies have this kind of medicine!"

After hearing what the battalion commander said, Kong Jie nodded and then changed the subject and said:

"Oh right! Does anyone here know how to train cavalry? We can't just leave this cavalry company there for show!"

In response to Kong Jie's question, all the battalion commanders and company commanders shook their heads and said they didn't know. After all, the backbone of the New Second Regiment was actually transferred from other regiments.

For example, the commander of this battalion was originally the deputy commander of the 772nd Regiment, and was promoted to the new 2nd Regiment. It was normal to transfer deputy backbone personnel from other regiments to serve as backbone personnel in the newly established regiment.

For example, a soldier who has made meritorious contributions in normal times naturally cannot replace the original backbone who has not made any mistakes! Therefore, they usually assign a deputy to follow the main position and learn how to be a battalion commander and a company commander, and then transfer them to the new regiment when it is established.

This will not affect the combat effectiveness of the original regiment, and a new regiment can be quickly formed. For example, Kong Jie did this and made a mistake.

Then the Battle of Lijiapo was considered a meritorious service, so Li Yunlong couldn't be allowed to get out! Therefore, a newly formed regiment like this is more suitable for Kong Jie.

Seeing that none of the key members spoke, Kong Jie spoke directly:

"Then let's assign this cavalry company to the Third Battalion! The Third Battalion Commander, Wang Gensheng, was once the deputy company commander of the cavalry company of the Independent Regiment. He knows how to train cavalry."

So just like that, the Third Battalion, which originally had the smallest number of troops in the New Second Regiment, was transformed into a reinforced battalion with a cavalry company.

This means that all the gains from the attack on Liujia Town were used to supply the Third Battalion.

After deciding the distribution of weapons and equipment for this battle, the summary meeting was adjourned.

However, Wang Gensheng did not leave the regiment headquarters, but said to Kong Jie:
"Captain, our easy victory this time was also due to the contribution of Translator Liu. In order to ensure that Translator Liu can provide a steady supply of intelligence in the future, I think it's time for our New Second Regiment to establish an intelligence station in the county!"

Kong Jie nodded when he heard Wang Gensheng's suggestion:
"In war, intelligence is key. Without it, we're like a blind cat catching a dead mouse. If we continue to fight blindly based on our feelings, we could easily fall into the Japanese's trap! Okay, I approve!"

But after getting Kong Jie's consent, Wang Gensheng did not leave. Instead, he smiled and said:
"Commander, this county town is the territory of the Japanese. If we want to set up an intelligence station there, we can't just rob them openly! Look, didn't we find a lot of silver dollars and gold bars from that Japanese battalion commander last night?"

Wang Gensheng had said so much, Kong Jie naturally understood that Wang Gensheng was asking him for activity funds.

After all, whether you rent or buy a house in the county town, you need money!
Although the county town has been occupied by the Japanese, silver dollars are still the currency in circulation even in the enemy-occupied area.

So Kong Jie thought for a moment, then took out two silver dollars from the safe of the second devil battalion commander that he had seized last night and placed them in front of Wang Gensheng, saying:
"These should be enough! If not, get more."

Wang Gensheng looked at the two silver dollars and recalled the memories of Wang Gensheng in this era in his mind. After comparing them, he found that this silver dollar had a purchasing power of about one hundred yuan.

This envelope of silver dollars is made up of one hundred silver dollars, the kind wrapped in paper in the movies.

So two silver dollars is about 20,000 yuan, and 20,000 yuan should be enough to establish a short-term intelligence station, so he nodded and said:

"That should be about right! I'm going to the county town to set up an intelligence station tomorrow. As for training the cavalry, we'll talk about it after I get back."

"Okay! The county town is the devil's territory. Be careful with everything. If you can't do anything, retreat immediately!"

Kong Jie spoke to Wang Gensheng with concern, and after the battle last night, Wang Gensheng's strength had suddenly improved a lot.

Therefore, he nodded indifferently and said:

"Do not worry!"

(End of this chapter)