Seventh Company Association
Participants:
Company commander Chu Xiong, instructor Yang Wei, 1st platoon leader Li Qing, 3rd platoon leader Lin Xiaofeng and the 8 living squad leaders;
The third squad leader and the eighth squad leader died.
The Seventh Company originally had 9 combat squads and 1 cooking squad. Of course, the cooks were also combatants, so strictly speaking there should be 10 combat squads.
In the military history of the Fourth Front Army, there has been one of the most awesome cooking classes:
The squad leader became a lieutenant general, and the two cooks who took the blame became generals.
So don’t underestimate Huaxia’s cooking classes!
Chu Xiong was the first to speak, and the company committee was naturally the company commander's organization.
“Comrades, there are three items on the agenda of today’s company meeting:
The first item is to elect new second platoon leader, third squad leader, and eighth squad leader;
The second item is for me to read out the seventh company’s reorganization plan;
The third item is to summarize the experience and lessons learned from the Xiaowangzhuang battle and discuss the next development direction.
We have temporarily lost contact with the regiment headquarters, and we cannot wait forever. We have to have our own ideas. "
After Chu Xiong finished speaking, he looked at the instructor and everyone else.
Yang Wei nodded in agreement
Other squad and platoon leaders also expressed no objections.
The first issue was easily solved, and everyone knew the basics. In the end, it was unanimously agreed that Zhang Yu, the first squad leader, should replace the second platoon leader.
The new squad leader is Zhou Qing;
The third squad leader and the eighth squad leader also recommended new candidates to take over.
On the second topic, Chu Xiong announced the reorganization plan:
The Seventh Company currently has 102 personnel, 35 of whom have suffered varying degrees of minor injuries, and 6 of whom are seriously injured. It will be difficult to regain combat effectiveness in a month or two.
Therefore, the new plan is to reorganize 96 people, and all the wounded will be concentrated in the third platoon, and they will not be assigned to combat missions for the time being.
The first platoon and the second platoon each have three squads with 10 people in each squad, and a total of 31 people including the platoon leader.
4 crooked machine guns were seized, 2 from each platoon;
3 grenade launchers, 2 in one row and 1 in the second row.
The first and second rows were all replaced with Japanese weapons, so that ammunition could be guaranteed.
The lightly wounded members of the third platoon are responsible for the usual security work of the third platoon;
A squad from the second platoon was taken out to carry the seriously wounded during the march.
The cooking class was reduced to 3 people, one squad leader and two scapegoats!
(Video: Chu Xiong wants to copy the most awesome cooking class?)
After Chu Xiong announced the complete plan, a collective vote followed, and it was finally passed unanimously.
Then enter the third issue, which is also the most important issue——
Summary after the war and discussion of future development directions.
Post-war summary is a fine tradition of our army, whether during the Red Army period or the period when it was adapted into the Eighth Route Army.
It is a great magic weapon for learning to fight in battle, improving oneself, and defeating the enemy!
The first person to speak was platoon leader Li Qing:
"The Japs are stronger than all the enemies we have encountered before, they are completely armies from two eras!
Their fighting will and fighting qualities are not weaker than ours, and their marksmanship is very accurate!
As long as we raise our heads, there is a high probability that we will be hit by the opponent. Their team cooperation is very skillful and the battlefield discipline is very strict. Don't expect to capture the opponent..."
"I agree with Comrade Li Qing's statement. During the battle, I found that the enemy's small artillery fire was very accurate. Many of our casualties came from the opponent's small artillery!
I suggest that in the future we can select some sharpshooters to specifically fight their grenadiers! "
The speech of fifth squad leader Yan Haoyu made Chu Xiong's eyes light up. He was indeed a veteran, and he had thought of a way to deal with the Japanese grenadiers so quickly.
This shows that the backbone of the Seventh Company are seriously thinking about fighting the Japanese. This is a good habit.
The seventh squad leader also took over the topic:
"The skirmishing line when the Japanese attack is very organized, unlike the Chinese army's swarm. There is close cooperation between their teams, and their weapon configurations are also very complementary."
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The results of the summary meeting are very obvious. Almost all the advantages and disadvantages of the Japanese have been found out, and they are all objective;
It is not about belittling the enemy, nor over exaggerating the enemy.
The purpose is to find out the enemy's weaknesses in order to better defeat the enemy.
Chu Xiong believed that through this summary, the Seventh Company would have a completely new understanding of the Japanese;
When we fight the Japs next time, we will definitely be able to reduce casualties and eliminate more Japs!
Finally, Chu Xiong made a concluding speech:
"The speeches made by the comrades tonight are very good. At least it shows that we are observing the enemy, summarizing the enemy, and thinking about how to defeat the powerful enemy!
The devils have been plotting against our country for more than a year or two. It is no exaggeration to say that they have spent at least a generation preparing for war against us;
As for us, our own people have been fighting our own people for more than ten years. The country has become poorer and poorer with more fighting, and the gap with the Japanese is getting wider and wider!
Therefore, the war of resistance will be a long-term process, and everyone must be mentally prepared for a protracted war.
This group of hundreds of thousands of old Japs will be very difficult to fight since the Japs base camp has spent a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to train them!
Only when these old devils are exhausted will the military quality of the remaining devils go downhill.
For these old devils, we must try our best to avoid positional warfare with them!
It is necessary to bring into play the fine tradition of guerrilla warfare in Hubei, Henan and Anhui and use guerrilla warfare plus mobile warfare to deal with the Japanese positional warfare. "
"Just one sentence:
They fight theirs, we fight ours! "
Finally, we discuss the next development direction of Qilian. It can be said that there are different opinions!
The whole is divided into two groups:
One group's opinion is to find the main force of the regiment as soon as possible, and then work with the organization without pressure;
The other group's opinion is that if they can't find the main force of the regiment for a while, they might as well stay in Xiaowangzhuang and wait for news from the regiment headquarters before joining them.
Both factions will eventually develop together with the regiment. This is not the answer Chu Xiong wants.
He finally understood that military affairs cannot be too democratic!
As their military commander and a time traveler, I still have to act arbitrarily when I should.
"Comrades, we are now separated from the regiment headquarters. The troops are fighting and moving every day, and there is no precise communication channel;
When our Eighth Route Army crossed the Yellow River, we set a broad policy, which was to go deep behind enemy lines, carry out independent guerrilla warfare, preserve ourselves, destroy the enemy, and grow stronger;
Just like when we established a base in the Soviet area, a single spark can start a prairie fire!
When the regiment headquarters is there, we follow the big troops;
Now that we have lost contact with the regiment headquarters, we cannot sit, wait, or rely on it. Instead, we must give full play to our subjective initiative, survive first, and then develop. After we have news from the regiment headquarters or have established a firm foothold, we can move closer to the organization... "
After others listened, they expressed no objection;
In the end, Chu Xiong made the decision, and the Seventh Company independently carried out guerrilla warfare, and established a solid anti-Japanese base when the time came.
Chu Xiong felt that since he was going to take this road sooner or later, he might as well leave early!
Now that the War of Resistance has just begun, and the Japanese are still very powerful, it is very important to choose a place to establish a base area. Not every place is suitable for establishing a base area.
Of course, the advantages of advancing behind enemy lines now are also obvious:
The Japanese are still fighting forward, and there is a vacuum in the rear. This is the best time to launch guerrilla warfare.
Chu Xiong just wants to pull together a strong enough team before the Japanese react!
The current rear area is full of stragglers from the dispersed Central Army and Shanxi-Sui Army, and guns and ammunition are scattered everywhere.
These defeated soldiers had weapons in their hands, and there were only three paths before them:
One is when the bandits occupy the mountain and become kings
The second is to join the Japanese and serve as puppet soldiers.
Third, they continued to resist Japan spontaneously and were eventually eliminated by the Japanese.
Chuxiong needs to develop. First of all, there must be people with guns. These stragglers are the best soldiers.
When the team expands to a certain size, it will be pulled out to engage in the Japs' logistics line...
Thinking of this, Chu Xiong finally had a general outline of the future development of Qilian:
The Japanese will not provoke them for the time being. They will wait until the wounded soldiers recover and the troops are mobilized before attacking.
Majia Village
Dozens of scattered Jinsui troops came to collect food under the leadership of a captain officer.
To put it nicely, it means requisitioning grain; to put it worse, it means robbing openly.
"Boss, this is too much. The situation this year is not good, wars are going on everywhere, the land is barren, and we haven't harvested a few grains of food at all.
The villagers all depend on eating wild vegetables to survive. Even if the entire Majia Village were turned over, there wouldn’t be so much food! "
Taking the food requisition list issued by the boss, Village Chief Ma begged these soldiers for mercy with a tearful voice.
"Mr. Ma, we are fighting the Japanese on the front line with our heads tied to our belts. We can't let our brothers fight the Japanese on an empty stomach, right?
I will give you one more day to collect 5,000 kilograms of grain and 1,000 yuan of military pay. I will come over to collect it at noon tomorrow. Don’t let the brothers go door to door to collect it! "
The captain was obviously a little impatient and had issued a naked threat——
Isn't door-to-door collection just a direct grab?
I’m afraid that we won’t just be grabbing food by then!
Many families have older girls and younger wives, and these ruffians can do anything.
In troubled times, there is no distinction between soldiers and bandits
Even soldiers have no bottom line than bandits!
"Boss, please be more lenient and let's discuss it with the fellow villagers..."
Village Chief Ma continued to beg for mercy.
The captain signaled the orderly behind him with his eyes, and the orderly immediately took a step forward.
He raised his big hand and slapped Village Chief Ma, and said to Village Chief Ma viciously:
"You are the one who is nagging. Don't toast me and you will be punished with wine. If you miss a grain of food, don't blame me for having you killed for sabotaging the anti-Japanese war!"
After saying that, the group of people walked away.
Village Chief Ma was left to swallow the knocked out teeth into his mouth and sighed:
"Alas, there is no way for ordinary people to survive these days!"
