On the way to Heishan, he also went back to Donghai to lead a group of people from Donghai and reunite with Hanzhu. Unfortunately, something happened in Guidong during these few days.
Several bandit gangs near Guidong suddenly came out in full force and joined forces to destroy a town in Guidong. A guard company and an armed work team of the security department stationed in the town suffered heavy casualties. The town was also looted and hundreds of villagers were slaughtered.
Before Lu Ming left, he repeatedly ordered all the anti-bandit units not to slack off, but the town was breached by the bandits due to carelessness.
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The headquarters meeting room.
Deng Youlin, commander of the Wanzhou Garrison Brigade in charge of Guidong's defense, came hurriedly this morning and was currently reviewing himself with a look of shame on his face.
The Wanzhou Garrison Brigade is mainly composed of incorporated local troops and recruited local newcomers. Its combat effectiveness is indeed not comparable to that of the main brigade of the army, but the main brigade's weapons, equipment, tactical concepts, etc. are more suitable for positional warfare and large-scale warfare. It is a bit wrong to use them to go into the mountains to suppress bandits.
Originally, it was thought that suppressing bandits would also be a training for the Wanzhou Brigade. After the task of suppressing bandits was completed, the Wanzhou Brigade and the Nanping Regiment would be formally reorganized into the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the army.
But war is not a game. You can never control the overall situation all the time. One mistake can cost lives.
Thinking about the lives that were brutally slaughtered, Lu Ming sighed in his heart and felt a little guilty.
What if I mobilize my main force at all costs, fire all my cannons at once, and flatten the mountain
But then I sighed and thought that if I had to do it all over again, I would still not make the same choice. Maybe my heart has become harder and harder.
This is the reason why a kind person cannot command an army.
Over there, Deng Youlin finished his self-criticism, slowly sat down, lowered his head and said nothing, but it was obvious that there was a flame beating in his heart.
He submitted his resignation, but General Lu did not approve it.
Lu Ming stood up and said, "I also bear a great responsibility for the Yangshanyu incident. As the commander-in-chief of the suppression headquarters, I left the headquarters and failed to command on the front line. I have been criticized by the entire army and fined one year's salary."
No one present said anything. In fact, this tragic failure had nothing to do with General Zhang, but who told him not to be in southern Guangxi at the time? Even if he went to Heishan to report on his work, General Lu knew it clearly. After all, he was reporting to General Lu. But that was how the Heishan faction was. The primary responsibility still had to be borne by the chief.
"General Lu also feels very guilty, so he is planning to dispatch the First Mixed Brigade to Wanzhou to take over the bandit suppression mission. The Suppression Headquarters will also start a new operation after a while."
Before Lu Ming finished speaking, Deng Youlin stood up suddenly and said, "Dismiss me from my post, kill me! I have no complaints! But if you just let us stand aside like this! Will all the brothers of the Wanzhou Brigade be able to hold their heads up in the future?!" He paused and said, "I will go to Heishan to ask the commander for orders!" Although he said so, one could tell from the hesitation in his eyes that he must be nervous when he went to see General Lu. He was in a similar psychological state to a child who had done something wrong and wanted to see his parents.
Lu Ming waved his hand. "Old Deng, please be patient. This matter has not been decided yet. I am also preparing to petition the military. So, you write a petition and I write one, and I will submit them together later."
"Yes!" Deng Youlin stood at attention and sat down again.
Lu Ming sighed, "Okay, let's adjourn the meeting. In the future, all departments must remember to be modest and cautious, and not make any more mistakes."
Sun Pojun and Sun Chonggu both attended the meeting, but since it involved the internal affairs of the Black Mountain Army, even if Sun Chonggu was not very worldly-wise, he knew it was not good to interrupt. He just listened to the self-examination and blame of these senior officers of the Black Mountain faction, and felt very disapproving.
Suppressing bandits, it is normal for a village to be harassed by bandits, right
Don’t you even look at the results of the battles in the past two months? How many bandits have you killed
Sun Pojun remained silent, but his eyes flickered from time to time, especially when "Commissioner Zhang" was punished and criticized himself, and even "General Lu" was so angry that he wanted to replace his generals at the last minute, and the one he replaced was his most trusted and beloved general. Obviously, today's meeting also made him feel a lot of different things.
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The Wanzhou Brigade and part of the 302 Brigade's garrisons were replaced.
Sun Chonggu was very proud of this. After all, the 302nd Brigade won a great victory in Xiaohuling Village, while the Wanzhou Brigade suffered the Yangshanyu tragedy.
The current rotation of guards shows that the combat effectiveness of the 302 Brigade is much stronger than that of the Wanzhou Brigade.
This shows that the bandits in the deep mountains near southern Guangxi have been almost defeated, so the 302nd Brigade was sent to take over areas with heavier defense tasks.
Sun Pojun went to Guidong, but his wife stayed in the Suppression Headquarters.
Because his wife was pregnant, it would be inappropriate for her to follow him around.
Sun Chonggu did not go to Guidong because he felt that given his status, he should be at the Suppression Headquarters.
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In Lu Ming's office, only Deng Youlin and Ji Fukui are from the Montenegrin faction. One is the commander of the Wanzhou Brigade and director of the political training department, and the other is the director of the militia armed work department of the Wanzhou Security Committee.
"Enter the Eighteen-Bend Cave?" Deng Youlin was so shocked that he couldn't help but repeat it.
Commissioner Zhang just said that the main force of the enemy bandits has arrived in Shibaguaizi Cave, and it can be seen that two infantry battalions have been stationed there. Moreover, they are an armed force composed of Jinzhou soldiers as the backbone, and there are dozens of Japanese military advisers who have undergone two months of special guerrilla warfare training.
Commissioner Zhang ordered Deng Youlin to select soldiers with mountain warfare experience from the Wanzhou Brigade, and Ji Fukui to select strong sergeants from hunters, mountain people, etc. from the armed militia, to form a special warfare mountain battalion, which will be equipped with corresponding weapons. In addition, from the Montenegrin side, dozens of officers with experience in mountain bandit suppression will also be added. After the battle, the mountain battalion will be directly under the Wanzhou Brigade Headquarters, which is the future mixed 4th Brigade. The main combat mission of the 4th Brigade in the future will be mountain warfare, and it will be gradually reorganized into the mountain brigade of our army in the future.
But no matter what, should we go into the mountains and suppress the bandits in Shibaguaizi Cave
It all sounded unbelievable, especially when the other side had clearly sent a large number of bandits to the area.
Lu Ming could see Deng Youlin's confusion and surprise.
In fact, the so-called officers from Montenegro, to be precise, came from the Special Forces Battalion, and the sharp reconnaissance company of the Special Forces Battalion.
What was the origin of this reconnaissance company? They were warriors trained by Biju over the past two years, about a hundred people.
I just brought it from the East China Sea.
After a thousand years, it was already the end of the martial arts era, and it was very difficult to find the lost warriors. Biju could only settle for the second best and look for some people with similar qualifications to train.
But Biju's inheritance is upright and upright, without as many secrets as Liuli's. Of course, it is not like Xigong's inheritance that may harm people's minds and requires the selection of women with extremely high qualifications.
The scouts that Biju is currently training are naturally far inferior to the excellent Qing'e in terms of individuals, but they have the advantage of being produced in a short time and in batches. Unlike Liuli's Qing'e, many of them were selected for Liuli by Master Liuli when they were young. Master Liuli began to feed them medicine to help them build roots when they were in swaddling clothes. Many of them died halfway because they could not stand the cruel training.
It took these one hundred scouts two and a half years to train, and their reaction speed, marksmanship, etc. are much higher than those of ordinary strong soldiers. They are also mentally strong. I'm afraid each of them must have been a combat hero in his previous life.
In addition, pilots are also selected by Biju for training, and they undergo special training both mentally and physically.
Therefore, Lu Ming is full of confidence in going into the mountains to suppress the bandits with these dozens of so-called mountain warfare expert officers entering this mountain camp as the backbone.
Not to mention, there is a great chance that Daxiaoguo and Tuolong Po Po will paralyze the opponent's sentry posts in advance and turn the battle into a surprise attack.
This bandit gang, with Jinzhou soldiers as the main combat force, would never have imagined that after their defeat in Yangshanyu, they would inexplicably launch a surprise attack on Shibaguaizi Cave.
They wouldn't care about a few hundred armed men, but if a brigade-level army went into the mountains to suppress the bandits, they would find out anyway.
What I have grasped is their current arrogant mentality.
Looking at Deng Youlin and Ji Fukui, Lu Ming smiled and said, "Just prepare as I say, and make sure to do it in secret!"
Deng Youlin and Ji Fukui both stood up and stood at attention. Having said that, they naturally followed the military order.
As soon as the two left, Pei Wanjun, dressed in a blue cheongsam and looking graceful, walked into the office, carrying a food box. It seemed that she was delivering snacks and fruits to the head of the family.
When Deng Youlin and Ji Fukui were having a secret conversation with Lu Ming, the confidential secretary Ding Wanjun had already gone out. At this time, she came in with Pei, and when she saw Lu Ming's gesture, she went out again and closed the door tightly.
"Is Wang really pregnant?" Lu Ming asked.
Pei Wanjun nodded gently: "It seems so. We also asked a doctor from this town to see her. I accompanied her to see the doctor."
Among the wives of several officials, the one who has the closest relationship with Sun Pojun's wife Wang is Pei Wanjun. They are both from wealthy families, and have both attended university and received contemporary higher education. They have a lot in common, and it is rare for them to meet people of the same kind in normal times, so they are naturally closer.
Therefore, Pei Wanjun looked a little guilty. After all, she had recently helped the master to gather information, which was a bit like betraying their friendship.
Lu Ming hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand, "Go ahead. Don't tell anyone what I told you."
Pei Wanjun walked to the door and turned back to say, "After a while, the daughter and son of Brigade Commander Sun should be brought here. Madam Sun said that according to the customs in her hometown, it is unlucky if the child is not nearby to reunite during pregnancy."
Sun Pojun and Wang have a son and a daughter. The daughter is seven years old and the son is five years old. This is their third child.
"Well, both my son and daughter will take it..." Lu Ming thought for a moment and waved his hand.
Pei Wanjun didn't dare to say anything more and knelt slightly to take her leave.