There was no need to carry any weight, and the equipment and supplies were carried by mules and horses. They walked on the horse road, which was a gravel road. It was not very slippery, so it should be much easier to walk than usual.
But a night march of 150 miles
The younger soldiers in the 2nd Battalion still had serious expressions on their faces. Some of them even felt their legs trembling.
Usually, even on a sunny day, a 60-mile march in the wild would be tiring.
It was snowing heavily now, and there were still snowflakes floating in the sky. Moreover, it was still night, and they still had to march 150 miles in secret.
Looking around, Zhang Dabiao saw that although many soldiers were still nervous and solemn, he was still quite satisfied. Not bad, not bad. They were just nervous and solemn, or afraid, but they didn't cower.
They had to travel 150 miles in a night in the snow. If they were carrying heavy loads, they would have to carry dozens of kilograms of weapons and ammunition. Not to mention this group of recruits who had not even been a year old, even they would have a hard time…
Then he would add more firewood to boost morale.
"We are all soldiers of the Independent Regiment. Not long ago, Yang Village was attacked by a small group of Japanese troops. I don't think anyone has forgotten." Zhang Dabiao said in a deep voice.
"I didn't forget!"
At the front of the troop, the former Second Battalion Commander, Li Yong, shouted.
Immediately after, there was an excited roar."I didn't forget!”
Everyone's eyes turned red. Whether it was the soldiers from the original 2nd Battalion or the soldiers from the other battalions, their eyes were filled with hatred.
How could he forget? How many people and comrades had died in the hands of those Japanese? How many people's comrades had died in the hands of those Japanese? How could he forget such hatred?
"According to the information we received, this group of devils is called the Yamamoto Secret Service Team.”
Zhang Dabiao was very satisfied with the emotions of the soldiers, so he continued," It was this Yamamoto Special Agent Team. They set off from Shou County, walked more than a hundred miles of mountain roads to Yangcun Village, and climbed up a cliff more than twenty meters high to attack the rear of our Independent Regiment's position.”
"The battle has only lasted for less than an hour, and our entire team has lost more than 200 soldiers, and more than 100 soldiers have been injured.”
"And we didn't even leave a single strand of hair behind!”
"This is a disgrace. A great humiliation!"
At this point, Zhang Dabiao shouted himself hoarse and his face was ferocious." Our Independent Regiment has more than 1,000 people. We fought with more than 30 Japanese. They killed 200 of our people, but we didn't manage to kill a single Japanese.”
All the members of the assault team clenched their fists and gritted their teeth when they heard this.
Zhang Dabiao suddenly changed his tone and said calmly,"
"Of course, we can't blame the Independent Regiment for this. The Japanese each have a submachine gun with sufficient bullets and ten to twenty cantaloupes grenades. In addition, these Japanese are well-trained and their marksmanship is accurate.”
"It's normal that we can't beat them if we can't match up to them in terms of weapons, ammunition, and training.”
Zhang Dabiao glanced at the crowd and said in a high and fierce tone," However, the new guns that were distributed yesterday should be in everyone's hands.”
"There are 160 people in the entire team, equipped with 40 German models, each with 500 rounds of ammunition. There are also 140 German 20-barrel shell guns and more than 1,000 melon grenades.”
"Right now, our equipment is only stronger than the Yamamoto Special Agent Team's equipment.”
"However, there is still a big gap between us and the Japanese in terms of training.”
"The route we took this time was the same route that the Yamamoto Special Agent Team took when they attacked Yang Village. This group of devils carried a full set of equipment and walked for a hundred miles. They only spent ten hours, and they still had the strength to fight with us and even defeated us.”
"Then, we have to be able to do it too.”
" At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, march to Mashi Ridge. The completed team will be officially organized into a commando team to carry out the mission of long-range attack on the enemy's nest."
"If the Japanese troops are attacking our base from a distance, then we have to attack their base from a distance as well.”
"We will bring more bullets, more machine guns, and more grenades to blow up their nest and kill the devils."
At this point, the commando team members all widened their eyes. They were excited and eager to try.
"Is everyone confident?"
Zhang Dabiao asked loudly.
"I'm confident!" Everyone shouted in unison.
"Say it again, your voice is too soft, I can't hear you!”Zhang Dabiao roared.
"I'm confident!" The voices were louder, more orderly, and louder.
"Alright, let's go!"
Zhang Dabiao waved his hand, and Li Yong, who was in the front row, led the group out. As the former second battalion commander and the deputy captain of the assault team, he knew the marching route and the actual plan. Therefore, he led the team, and Zhang Dabiao was in charge of the rear.
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"This Zhang Dabiao is a tiger general.”
Seeing Zhang Dabiao's words stir up the morale of the soldiers, Zhao Gang nodded and praised.
Immediately after, Political Commissar Zhao frowned and was a little puzzled.
Didn't they say that the Japanese came from Shou County? Shou County was only a hundred miles away from Yang Village. How did it become Meng County?
Also, what was with this long-range mission to attack the enemy's nest? He walked up to Zhang Dabiao and asked his question.
"Oh, this. This is to strengthen training and raise morale. It is to simulate actual combat situations as much as possible so that the soldiers feel that they are carrying out long-range attacks.”
"These weapons and ammunition were brought along to make it more realistic.”
Zhang Dabiao was already prepared for this, or perhaps this was what Regiment Commander Li had instructed.
" Then this one hundred and fifty li rapid march should be fine, right? This snowy day…"
"Such a high-intensity march is very easy to cause problems.”
A 150-mile march in 15 hours meant that they had to travel 10 miles per hour. This was already close to the limit of the human body! Zhang Gang had also participated in military training.
"Don't worry, political commissar. We don't have to march 150 miles. In fact, Yang Village is only about 100 miles away from Wild Dog Mountain. If the soldiers can't take it anymore, we will definitely stop. We have brought canvas tents, so we can set up camp and rest.”
Zhang Dabiao's explanation made Zhao Gang heave a sigh of relief.
"Political commissar, I'm leaving." Zhang Dabiao said as he looked at the assault team that had already completed the mountain path.
After saying that, Zhang Dabiao glanced at Zhao Gang. The political commissar shouldn't have noticed anything unusual, right?
"Go, be careful!"
Zhao Gang waved his hand, signaling Zhang Dabiao to follow the team. Suddenly, he saw the guard beside him, Monk Wei, looking at the commando team in the distance with an eager face, so he pulled Zhang Dabiao and said," Is it okay to add one more person to your team?"
" Ah, no problem. We have prepared enough supplies, but you…" Zhang Dabiao was shocked. He thought Zhao Gang was going to go personally.
"Monk, go pack up and follow them. I'm safe in the regiment headquarters and don't need your protection.”Zhao Gang said to the monk beside him.
"Yes." Monk Wei was overjoyed.
He had been following the political commissar for the past few days and felt that his hands and feet were rusted. He had long wanted to stretch his muscles and bones.
The political commissar arranged his guards into the commando team. Would they see any problems? Zhang Dabiao was a little uncertain.
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