Tang Cheng was overjoyed by the arrival of the 300 supplementary troops. Early the next morning, he took Hou San and others to drive to the temporary camp for the supplementary troops to select people. Only 50 of the 300 supplementary troops were brought by Huang Hanju from Kunming.
, the other 250 people were all brought by Mike from Lambgar. Among them were veterans of the national army and recruits who had recently joined the army. However, these people all had the same characteristic, that is, they were basically literate, and many of them were
Like Tangcheng, he went to school.
The one who was temporarily in charge of these supplementary soldiers was the US military instructor under Mike. Tangcheng and the others arrived too early, just in time to catch up with the instructor taking the supplementary soldiers out for morning exercises. "Granny, these guys look much neater than ours."
, Unlike us, when we run, we are like herding sheep, and we are in no formation." Dice on the jeep stretched his neck and looked at the running supplementary soldiers from a distance, but the other people who were jokingly said that they ran like sheep were there.
Hold the dice with your feet.
The three jeeps that appeared outside the replenishment camp were so conspicuous that it was impossible for the replenishment soldiers who were running with the instructors not to see them. Especially when Hou San and the others threw the dice out of the jeep and were cursing at them, they attracted a lot of replenishers.
The soldiers' attention. "Fifth brother, what do you think those people do? Are they here to recruit soldiers?" The supplementary soldiers in the queue whispered, and the supplementary soldiers who were friends with each other even whispered about appearing here.
Tangcheng and them.
"Don't talk, speed up and run, fast, fast." The arrogant US military instructor began to yell loudly, asking the supplementary soldiers who were still chatting among themselves to continue to speed up. Before these supplementary soldiers were taken over by Tangcheng, Mike
A dozen US military instructors were specially arranged to train these supplementary soldiers, but they only trained their physical fitness. As for other training content, Tangcheng had to arrange and complete it himself.
Tang Cheng, who was in the jeep, did not interrupt the US military instructors' morning training. He just sat in the jeep and watched silently, waiting for the morning training to end within the specified time. Only then did Tang Cheng get out of the car and meet the temporary personnel responsible for these supplementary soldiers.
The instructor captain made the handover. "Tang, I want to remind you that there are many veterans among these supplementary soldiers. These people are not easy to discipline. You must be careful. My people and I have suffered such losses before." The handover was completed.
The instructor captain kindly reminded Tang Cheng, and then left with his men in a hurry to say goodbye.
Originally, Tang Cheng had not taken the other party's kind reminder seriously, but seeing the relieved look on the other party's face and the haste when he left, Tang Cheng suddenly felt that the other party's final reminder was not without reason. "Third brother,
Tell them to assemble." Looking at the noisy supplementary soldiers outside from a distance, Tang Cheng calmed down and asked Hou San to give the order to assemble the supplementary troops. He was going to touch the bottom of these supplementary troops to see if they could be used.
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The supplementary soldiers were still given face, and they quickly stood out of the queue following the command from Hou San and others. Although it didn't look too neat, at least it was in accordance with Tang Cheng's order, and every hundred people were divided into one team. Facing the supplementary soldiers
Tang Cheng ignored the others as they stood, and first asked Liu Shitou to take the roster and sort out the 50 people Huang Hanju brought from Kunming. These 50 people were all carefully selected by Huang Hanju from various detention centers in Kunming.
Veterans, and these 50 people are not from the same army. Tangcheng feels that such people are the easiest to place.
"You are all brought by Director Huang from Kunming. You were all living in various shelters before. I think Director Huang must have told you something along the way." Tang Cheng looked up and looked at the people who were alone.
The 50 veterans who were separated said in a deep voice, "This is Lieduo, a small town on the border between Myanmar and India. You want to undergo several months of rigorous training here, and then follow the large forces to counterattack into Myanmar.
Japanese army, I am Tang Cheng and will be your commander."
The veterans were in an uproar. No one thought that they would have a commander who looked like he had not yet grown up. They originally thought that Tang Cheng was a clerk or an adjutant in the army. "You heard me right, I said it."
, I will be your future commander. Don’t be surprised. My military experience is not much less than that of the most qualified among you. You are all from Kunming, so you should know about the Dabanqiao Internment Station. What was there originally?
None, it was me and a dozen of my brothers who established the Dabanqiao shelter. You should know me by now."
These veterans brought by Huang Hanju from Kunming are all soldiers who have been mixed up in various shelters. How could they not know about Dabanqiao shelter? Among all the shelters in Kunming, Dabanqiao shelter has the best conditions.
, their wounded soldiers even have medicines to use, unlike the wounded soldiers in other shelters who can only find their own solutions. Seeing that these 50 veterans no longer question themselves, Tang Cheng nodded with satisfaction, the veterans
He has the advantage of a veteran, but such a soldier is also the hardest to face during the training of the army.
After arranging for Tan Fei and Liu Shitou to register the arms and specialties of the 50 separate veterans, Tang Cheng then turned his attention to the remaining supplementary soldiers who had been waiting for a long time. "You are all captains who specially come from Lambgar."
Come here, I heard that many of you have fought in the war and have special skills. I am different from the captain. I only believe what I see with my own eyes. As long as I don’t see it, no matter what it is,
I won’t believe anyone who says it.”
The supplementary soldiers obviously didn't understand what Tang Cheng meant by that. Before any of them could ask, Tang Cheng, facing the strength of the supplementary troops, had already raised his arms. "It's very simple. The soldiers I need must have
At the very least, if you don't have the physical strength to march with ammunition on your back, then you have no choice but to go back to where you came from. War is a very dangerous thing, and I can't let one of you drag down other brothers.
The Japanese soldiers in the forests of Burma are not as simple as you think."
Tang Cheng didn't select the soldiers first. He just ordered the supplementary soldiers to run in circles around the temporary camp while carrying stones on their backs. Hou San and others who were responsible for supervising the supplementary soldiers drove around in a jeep and drove them fiercely.
These supplementary soldiers were not very painful when they were hit by branches as thick as their little fingers, but if they were whipped by branches in front of other people, no one's face would look good, so these supplementary soldiers who were carrying rocks on their backs
Being chased by Hou San and others was very embarrassing, and it felt a bit like what Dice said was herding sheep.
Tang Cheng didn't have time to pay attention to these things. He was looking through the registration forms of these supplementary soldiers. What were their names and where did they come from? Tang Cheng was not interested in these. What he was concerned about was the military age and original status of these supplementary soldiers.
The arms it belongs to. Tangcheng now has no shortage of infantry who dare to fight the Japanese army face to face. Those defeated soldiers who he led across the river several times to clear out the Japanese army can already be regarded as elite infantry. What he lacks most now are machine gunners, gunners and rescuers.
soldiers.
After going through the entire information on 300 additional soldiers, there are only a few people who meet the requirements of Tangcheng. There are not a few who can read and write, but only three people can speak English as well as Tangcheng. Walkie-talkies are a good thing.
, it is not difficult to learn how to operate, but in the joint force formed by Mike, the other detachment is all American troops. The contact between the two detachments will inevitably involve language issues. Tangcheng did not expect those Americans with big noses to speak Chinese.
He couldn't speak English, so he could only hope that these three English-speaking supplementary soldiers could reach the level he expected.
The supplementary soldiers who were forced to run in circles had already covered a distance of about 5 kilometers. The 300 people who were still neatly organized had been divided into several small groups due to physical exertion. The 50 veterans brought by Huang Hanju took their time.
Running in third place, and their formation of 50 people has not yet dispersed. After running a few more laps, the physical condition of the supplementary soldiers was already very obvious. The last few groups of supplementary soldiers seemed to have lost their physical strength. At this time
They are basically supporting each other and moving forward step by step. On the contrary, 50 veterans from Kunming are already running in the first position, and the formation is still as neat as when they started.
"The more than 100 people running in front are all veterans who have fought in the war, and those behind are new recruits who have just joined the army and were sent to Ramgarh. However, these people are tough enough and have not given up voluntarily yet." etc.
As all the supplementary soldiers ran a distance of 10 kilometers, Hou Sanguoli whispered to Tang Cheng for a while. Ten kilometers was not very far, but for the supplementary soldiers who were carrying more than ten kilograms of stones, it was definitely a physical exertion.
And the test of will, Tang Cheng did not expect that those recruits could completely escape.
The whistle blew, and the exhausted supplementary soldiers lay down in twos and threes. Hou San and others, who had just waved the branches as thick as their little fingers to chase them, ran over in a hurry, "Get up, everyone, you can't lie down now."
, I first took off my backpack and walked slowly for a while, and then I stopped to rest after I was out of breath." Hou San and others almost kicked and punched the supplementary soldiers who were lying down, and then continued to use branches to force them to slow down.
Go to recovery.
Carrying more than 15 kilograms and marching for 10 kilometers was the basic standard for Tang Cheng's original training of Tan Fei and the others. If these supplementary soldiers knew that Tang Cheng's broken soldiers were now carrying 20 kilograms and marching for 15 kilometers three times a day, they would not know.
Are you going to make a fuss about returning to Ramgarh immediately? "Let's do this for now. From now on, we will increase the weight by one kilogram and the distance by one kilometer every three days, and we will take the physical examination after half a month."
The physical strength of these 300 supplementary soldiers was basically acceptable, but Tang Cheng could not see any happiness on his face. He left the training and supplementary soldiers' physical strength to Hou San, and Tang Cheng took Tan Fei and Liu Shitou to drive.
Leave, the supplies distributed to these supplementary soldiers are still at the train station, and he needs to get them back.