Li Yunlong smiled proudly and said: "Hahaha, let me tell you, they will definitely come back today."
The three leaders of the Independent Regiment came to the courtyard of the regiment headquarters and saw Xu Dalong and others carrying captured weapons on their backs, ammunition on their horses, and pulling two large carts filled with food and other supplies. .
Seeing the three leaders, Xu Dalong hurriedly stepped forward, stood at attention and saluted, and said: "Reporting to the leader and political commissar, the special service platoon went out to perform a mission and returned safely. Please give instructions. Xu Dalong, leader of the special service platoon."
Li Yunlong was still very concerned about the safety of the soldiers. He returned a military salute and first asked: "Dalong, are there any casualties among our brothers?"
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Don't worry, the whole platoon was supposed to have 24 people, but it actually turned out to be 24 people, and there were no casualties."
Zhao Gang smiled with satisfaction: "Good job."
Li Yunlong asked the soldiers of the special service platoon to go back to rest first, and then asked Xu Dalong to go to his room to report on the battle.
After Xu Dalong reported the battle, everyone was shocked.
You must know that attacking an enemy hiding in a strong fortification usually requires several times the enemy's strength and powerful artillery fire. During combat, the casualties of the attacking side are usually much greater than those of the defending side.
It is unimaginable for people like Xu Dalong and others to use inferior forces to attack an enemy with superior forces relying on solid fortifications.
What's even more outrageous is that it only took Xu Dalong and others 12 minutes to capture the enemy's stronghold without any casualties.
Kong Jie excitedly waved his fist and said, "Well done."
Zhao Gang was also very excited. He said: "Old Li, Deputy Commander Kong, and Xu Dalong must summarize their combat experience and pass it on to other cadres of our independent regiment."
Li Yunlong said happily: "No problem, well, political commissar Zhao is your strong point in putting pen to paper, so you should be responsible for handling this matter."
Taking advantage of the happiness of the leaders, Xu Dalong said: "We have consumed a lot of ammunition in this attack on the Xinzhuang stronghold. We will hand over all the weapons and other materials we seized. Let us keep those bullets for our platoon."
Li Yunlong nodded and said, "No problem, you all can take it."
Zhao Gang was in charge of logistics, so he still asked: "How many bullets were seized in total?"
Xu Dalong said: "37,500 rounds."
Zhao Gang hesitated and said, "It's a bit much. Should I hand over some?"
Li Yunlong said firmly: "Send them all to the special service platoon."
Kong Jie also said: "I agree with Lao Li. These bullets can play a greater role in the special service platoon. Besides, they have handed over so many weapons and food, leaving these bullets is not excessive."
Zhao Gang didn't mean to deprive Xu Dalong and the others, he was just worried that the special service platoon would leave so many seizures behind, which would have a bad impact. Seeing that Li Yunlong and Kong Jie were resolute, he agreed.
Xu Dalong expressed his gratitude to the three regiment leaders and prepared to say goodbye and leave.
Li Yunlong said: "Wait a minute.
Political Commissar, Lao Kong, we now have the equipment for a cavalry company, and the brigade commander has agreed. Our regiment will form a cavalry company. The soldiers of the cavalry company are easy to deal with, but the commander of the cavalry company must choose a real good player. I have a candidate, his name is Sun Desheng. He used to be the platoon commander of the cavalry platoon of the Northeast Army, but now he is the deputy company commander of the new regiment. I want to get him over. "
Neither Zhao Gang nor Kong Jie had any objections. Zhao Gang said, "Okay, let's report to the brigade headquarters and transfer Sun Desheng to our independent regiment."
Li Yunlong shook his head like a rattle and said, "Old Zhao, this is not possible at all. That guy Ding Wei will definitely refuse to let me go. You have to offer enough benefits in exchange."
Zhao Gang asked curiously: "What conditions will Commander Ding put forward?"
Li Yunlong said: "At least 5 light machine guns are needed."
Zhao Gang was shocked when he heard this. Now that the Independence Regiment's family was very poor, he couldn't bear to take out five light machine guns at once. He said: "This is too much."
Kong Jie said: "Political Commissar, I think Lao Li's opinion is correct. If we can bring out a cavalry company, it will be worth paying a little more."
Zhao Gang said: "We took out 5 light machine guns at once. We don't have enough in the warehouse. They will definitely not be willing to transfer them from the battalion and company below."
Li Yunlong did not answer Zhao Gang's words. He looked at Xu Dalong and said: "Dalong, leave this matter to you. Give Ding Wei whatever he wants. Not only do you want to get Sun Desheng back to me, but also that Wang Chengzhu." Bring them back together."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Regiment commander, political commissar, deputy commander, you can rest assured, I will set off with the special service platoon early tomorrow morning."
After dinner, the special service platoon held a combat summary meeting for the Xinzhuang battle.
Fight a battle and go further. After each battle, it is a fine tradition of our army to hold a combat summary meeting to summarize the gains and losses in combat experience, retain good experience, explore the reasons for failure, and make corrections. This is an effective means to improve the individual and collective combat capabilities of officers and soldiers.
After a thorough discussion, Xu Dalong commented on all the members of the special service platoon one by one.
He fully praised the soldiers for their hard work, bravery, and flexibility on the battlefield during the march. He also pointed out areas for improvement such as lack of tacit understanding on the battlefield.
Xu Dalong's comments were very accurate and pertinent, and were recognized by the soldiers.
At the end of the summary meeting, Xu Dalong announced the regimental leader's commendation to the special service platoon and the new combat missions that were about to be carried out, and arranged for the soldiers to take a rest and set off on time at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Before turning off the lights, Zhu Xiaoshan, deputy squad leader of the second squad, came to Xu Dalong and said: "Platoon leader, our squad leader has gone too far. Needless to say, during training, he often punishes soldiers corporally.
Just now, Squad Leader Wei asked Zhou Wanmin, a soldier from our class, to get him foot-washing water. Not only that, he also asked others to wash his feet.
Zhou Wanmin had blisters on his feet. He couldn't stand still while squatting there and spilled some water. The squad leader reprimanded him and even beat him. Everyone has opinions about the squad leader. You should take care of this matter. "
The relationship between the officers and soldiers of the Kuomintang is far inferior to that of the Eighth Route Army. Fighting and scolding between officers and soldiers are common. Monk Wei came from the National Army, so he inevitably got into the bad habits of the National Army. He didn't get along well with the soldiers in the special service platoon, and the soldiers had strong opinions on him.
Xu Dalong arrived at the dormitory of Class 2 and saw Zhou Wanmin sitting in the corner wiping tears.
Xu Dalong did not criticize Monk Wei. He personally helped Zhou Wanmin break the blisters on his feet, applied disinfectant on him, and joked with him affectionately.
The soldiers all liked the platoon leader's approachability and gathered around him to laugh and laugh together.
Monk Wei saw the close relationship between Xu Dalong and the soldiers, and felt enlightened. He came to Xu Dalong, scratched his head, and said with some embarrassment: "Platoon leader, let me do it."
Xu Dalong stood up, and Monk Wei sat in front of Zhou Wanmin and said sheepishly: "Brother, it's my bad attitude, don't be angry." After saying that, he helped Zhou Wanmin deal with the blisters on his feet.
Xu Dalong didn't say anything. He reached out and patted Monk Wei gently on the shoulder, expressed his approval for his behavior, and then turned and left.
After going out, he did not leave immediately and stood quietly at the door.
I heard Monk Wei say: "Brothers, my temper is not very good. I have offended my brothers. Please forgive me."
The soldiers saw Monk Wei's change of attitude. Although they were a little uncomfortable for a while, everyone also expressed their understanding towards him.
Then, Monk Wei helped other soldiers deal with the blisters on their feet, followed Xu Dalong's example and told some jokes to the soldiers, and the atmosphere in the room gradually became lively.
Xu Dalong smiled happily and walked towards his room.
Early the next morning, as soon as Xu Dalong got up, deputy commander Kong Jie came to the special service platoon.
