It turned out that long before the Japanese transport squadron was ambushed on Xiaolingou Mountain Road, Kong Jie had issued a common order to battalion commander Wang Leihu and second battalion commander Shen Quan.
Let the two select fighters with good skills, good marksmanship, and excellent physical fitness from the whole group to form a small combat force with special combat capabilities.
Yes, this is the prototype of a commando or special operations team.
How could Kong Jie, who had the military thinking of later generations, forget such a tactical unit that could shine in the present?
Kong Jie's request is that the number of this commando team is initially set at twenty people.
Twenty elite soldiers were selected from a team of one thousand people, and one in fifty was selected. This elimination rate was still quite high, and the quality of the selected soldiers was naturally not bad.
In the words of First Battalion Commander Wang Leihu and Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan:
"According to your request, Commander, these twenty people are all good players in the regiment. They are skilled in martial arts and veterans of the regiment. They have good marksmanship and excellent physical fitness. They absolutely meet your standards, Commander. "
Kong Jie reviewed his commando team and was indeed very satisfied. The average age of the twenty members was about twenty-five years old, making them a quite energetic young force.
The prototype of such a commando team is very malleable. As long as it undergoes certain special operations military training, it will soon grow up.
Wang Leihu and Shen Quan still don't know why their captain selected such a team.
But the two of them could make a rough guess. It should be a team used for assault, such as a death squad or a knife platoon.
Kong Jie didn't have much explanation for this. Sooner or later, the two battalion commanders would see the power of this commando on the battlefield.
Kong Jie's next order made Wang Leihu and Shen Quan a little dumbfounded.
The captain of this commando team was actually directly served by the regiment leader Kong Jie.
After hearing the news, Wang Leihu and Shen Quan could not agree, so they quickly came to persuade Kong Jie:
"Captain, you are the highest military commander of our independent regiment. You should be responsible for commanding from the rear. You can just leave it to us to lead a commando charge like this. We don't agree with you, Commander, to take risks yourself!"
Kong Jie laughed, glared at the two of them and asked, "I remember that our Independence Regiment does not have a political commissar, right?"
"Yes, the superiors have not sent a political commissar to our independent regiment yet." Shen Quan said.
Kong Jie scolded: "Then why do you two act like my political commissar?"
"Leader——"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense and just execute the order. You still don't understand the nature of this commando team I formed. A frontal charge is definitely not possible. You can rest assured that the danger is not great. If the superiors If you are truly to blame, I will bear the full responsibility.”
"well--"
Wang Leihu and Shen Quan had no choice but to give up.
Training Course.
When they learned that the commando team was captained by the regiment leader Kong Jie, the twenty commando team members were all surprised, followed by great encouragement and excitement.
Kong Jie, who came over, skipped the opening remarks and asked a question as soon as he opened his mouth:
"Do you know why I selected you, the most elite brothers in the regiment, to form this team of twenty?"
Seeing everyone's silence, Kong Jie selected one of them and asked, "Ye Min, you are the deputy captain of the commando team. Please tell me."
"yes!"
Ye Min responded. He was a veteran of the Red Army and an old subordinate who had been with Kong Jie for many years. He was highly skilled in martial arts and had good marksmanship.
So after the commando team was formed, Ye Min deservedly became the deputy captain.
Ye Min replied: "Captain, I don't know if you are right or not. Since the team you formed is called a commando, it should be inseparable from the role of assault. It should be somewhat similar to the death squads and sharp knife companies in our team. And bayonets and stuff like that.”
The other members all nodded as they listened. It was obvious that they all thought so.
Kong Jie said: "If this is really the case, I will have to go through all the effort to select you and reorganize you, and will I have to give you special military training again in the future?
The death squads and knife companies can just be temporarily selected from the team to perform tasks. Why bother? "
The members were stunned, Kong Jie's denial left them with no answer.
After a moment of silence, Kong Jie said: "Listen carefully, what I am going to say next will be a brand new military theory."
"This commando team, or special operations team, that I selected from you is a small elite combat force created to perform special operations missions."
"Captain, what is a special operations mission?" Ye Min asked.
"Good question!"
Kong Jie replied: "I have said too much and you can't remember it. Let me tell you vividly! In conventional operations, whether it is frontal combat or guerrilla warfare, this is an open operation, just like an open operation. Guns, the ancients said it well! It is easy to hide with open guns, but difficult to guard against hidden arrows. These open guns are similar to these frontal battles.
And what are the hidden arrows that are hard to guard against? That is a small combat force like ours that is small in number but powerful in combat effectiveness and has clear missions.
The so-called special operations mission can be understood as a military operation that performs special tasks that cannot be completed by conventional combat forces and remains concealed throughout to catch the enemy off guard. "
"Understood?"
"...I don't understand!" Everyone was confused.
Kong Jie was helpless, "Okay! In other words, you should also know that the last time I went to the brigade headquarters for a meeting, I took over the main offensive task of attacking the Changpo stronghold. Just two days later, we were ready to attack Changpo. Stronghold.
And what is the most difficult thing to deal with the Japanese defenses in the Changpo stronghold?
You should also have the answer to this point, that is, there are two security gun towers in the Changpo stronghold. Our artillery cannot destroy the Japanese gun towers at all. The Japanese use the commanding firepower point of the gun towers to suppress, and our team attacking the Changpo stronghold will Casualties are difficult to avoid.
The only way was to secretly attack the Japanese artillery towers, but the Japanese artillery towers were heavily guarded, and there were barbed wire fences, trenches, and even secretly laid mines around the stronghold. For conventional combat troops, this was a dead end and impossible.
This kind of thing that is impossible for conventional troops, our commando team is going to complete it. This process can be called special operations. Secretly attacking the Japanese gun towers is our special operations mission. "
Kong Jie's explanation made the team members thoughtful.
He continued: "Of course, special operations missions are much more than these. As long as they are military targets that cannot be achieved by conventional forces and have extremely high military value, they can become our special operations missions.
For example, during a battle between two armies, a beheading operation was used to seize the enemy's highest military headquarters.
For example, sneaking into the enemy-occupied county town without the enemy being alert and blowing up the enemy's arsenal.
For example, assassinate a high-ranking Japanese official.
What I want to tell you is that special operations are full of hardships and dangers, and military operations that may even seem unbelievable to ordinary people.
And I formed our team just to complete these seemingly unbelievable tasks. "
"Special operations are a kind of honor. What you will complete will be tasks that ordinary people cannot complete. You will become a hidden arrow of my independent regiment, a peerless sharp blade that can go anywhere and kill the enemy invisible!"
"How about it, members, are you confident?"
"have--"
As Kong Jie narrated his words, an inexplicable sense of glory filled his heart.
The members are all looking forward to such a mysterious and powerful team.
The team members responded loudly...
