Bright Sword: Let my company hold off the Yamazaki Battalion

Chapter 32 Establishing Authority! The combat battalion is mobilized again, its forces heading strai

Company Commander Huang Zhenggong and Political Instructor Gao Chongxi immediately stood up, their faces beaming with joy: "Yes, Regimental Commander!"

Although we didn't manage to score the main attack, scoring a backup attack is still pretty good.

Chu Feng looked at You Tianming, the fourth company commander, and Ma Dingguo, the political instructor: "Is there a problem with your fourth company acting as the reserve force?"

As soon as he finished speaking, You Tianming and Ma Dingguo's faces flushed bright red.

Although I had a bad feeling, I thought that even if I couldn't play as a starter, I could still play as a support.

But in the end, they weren't even included in the reinforcements and became part of the reserve team.

They felt very frustrated, but they also knew that their performance had not been as good as the other three companies during this period. They couldn't say anything because they were not as skilled as the others.

"Yes!" The two dared not object and could only nod, their faces flushed and their voices filled with resentment.

"Um!"

Chu Feng looked at Zeng Niu Da and Luo Yi Fei of the artillery company: "I am not satisfied with the performance of your artillery company, so this time you two will stay at the regimental headquarters. The artillery company will be led by me and Deputy Company Commander Zhang Dongyi."

"..."

Zeng Niu Da and Luo Yi Fei remained silent. Although they had received Chu Feng's warning, they didn't believe that the commander would really target them, the only son of the group.

But when it actually happened, the two were stunned.

You Tianming and Ma Dingguo, who were initially feeling a bit aggrieved, felt much better after seeing Zeng Niuda and Luo Yifei, who were in even worse shape than themselves.

"Any objections?"

Seeing Zeng Niu Da and Luo Yi Fei remain silent, their expressions constantly shifting between light and shadow, Chu Feng asked expressionlessly.

"No!"

Zeng Niu Da and Luo Yi Fei dared not be negligent and immediately stood up, gritting their teeth as they replied.

"OK!"

Having received a response, Chu Feng ignored their unpleasant expressions.

After assigning specific combat tasks, he waved his hand dismissively and said, "Alright, that's all."

"You have one hour to prepare. We'll set off in one hour."

As he spoke, he looked at Zeng Niuda and handed him the note that Minister Zhang had given him: "Take this note and send someone to the arsenal to borrow that 37mm rapid-fire cannon. I've already spoken with Director Wang."

"Yes!" Zeng Niu Da replied.

"Go back and get ready!" Chu Feng said no more, waving his hand to signal everyone to go back.

The company commanders and political instructors quickly left.

The liaison officer, who had remained silent until now, asked with some concern, "Commander, if we don't let Company Commander Zeng and Political Instructor Luo fight together, won't they have objections?"

"Any objections?"

Chu Feng chuckled upon hearing this: "If you have any objections, you'd better keep them to yourself."

"Just because you're an only child, does that mean you think you're indispensable? Does that give you the right to slack off and have a bad attitude?"

"You know, as soldiers, if they can't obey orders and follow instructions without question, I think it's better if they don't stay in our guard regiment."

"Our guard regiment is a unified whole. Anyone who violates this principle should either correct their behavior or seek other opportunities."

Seeing Chu Feng's resolute expression, the liaison officer opened his mouth but didn't try to persuade him further.

He was just a liaison officer; Chu Feng was the head of the regiment.

"Oh, right!"

Having expressed his stance, Chu Feng said to the liaison officer, "You also have a mission."

"I've already spoken with Minister Zhang, and our General Logistics Department will send a transport team to assist in the operation."

"I've also drawn personnel from other companies and platoons to form a joint transport team. You'll be in charge of commanding and managing this team. Any questions?"

The liaison officer hadn't expected that he would have his own affairs to deal with.

Even though he was only in charge of logistics, he was happy and quickly said, "Commander, no problem, I guarantee I'll complete the mission."

On the other side!

The atmosphere in the artillery company headquarters wasn't very good.

"Company Commander, Political Instructor, is the Regimental Commander really not letting you go?" Deputy Company Commander Zhang Dongyi's eyes were filled with disbelief upon hearing the news.

"This, this!"

Zhang Dongyi didn't know what to say. He hadn't expected Chu Feng to actually do it.

"Ugh!"

Zeng Niu Da, with a gloomy expression, remained silent for a long while before letting out a long sigh: "Did we run into the line of fire, or did we deliberately walk into it?"

"Fine, I won't go then!"

"It's our own fault for being so useless."

Instructor Luo Yifei shook his head helplessly. The two were genuinely unhappy; they hadn't expected Chu Feng to be so serious.

They were unhappy, but not angry enough to think that Chu Feng was targeting them and then refused to cooperate with their work.

As a cadre of the Eighth Route Army, I still have this much party spirit.

"Old Zhang!"

General Zeng Niu handed over the note Chu Feng had given him: "Take this and send someone to the arsenal to retrieve the 37mm rapid-fire cannons."

"Then, quickly reorganize the troops."

"With the instructor and me out, we're counting on you this time."

Zhang Dongyi opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything. He took the note and said, "Yes, Company Commander!" He then saluted and turned to leave.

Only Zeng Niu Da and Luo Yi Fei remained in the room.

"Old Luo, we've embarrassed ourselves this time!"

With no one else around, Zeng Niu gave a wry smile: "However, it's not the fault of the others; it's because the two of us had the wrong attitude."

"This incident also shows that our new regimental commander, although he looks young, is the kind of person who means what he says and does what he means. We should take this as a warning."

Luo Yifei agreed wholeheartedly, nodding vigorously: "That's right, we can lose face once, but we absolutely cannot lose face twice."

"Let's stay home and have a good talk about how to manage the artillery training that's coming up next."

For the two of them, this is what it means to be ashamed and then strive to improve!

News of Chu Feng's handling of the artillery company commander Zeng Niuda and political instructor Luo Yifei quickly spread throughout the entire combat battalion.

Meanwhile, news also spread that the Second and Third Companies were launching the main offensive, the First Company was attacking reinforcements, and the Fourth Company was a reserve force.

In an instant, the entire combat battalion was shocked by Chu Feng's thunderous actions.

Everyone stopped joking around; they understood that what their leader had proposed wasn't just talk, but something they were definitely going to do seriously.

Second Company.

Company Commander Zhang Mieri looked at his officers and soldiers with a solemn and serious expression and said, "Our Second Company has won the main attack. This is the result of our hard work, and we should be happy."

The soldiers of the Second Company couldn't help but grin.

However, Zhang Mierui did not laugh. His voice rang out again: "But the artillery company and the fourth company are living examples. They tell us a fact."

"In our guard regiment, winning a single battle by being the main attacking force doesn't make you a hero. A true hero is someone who leads the main attack every time, and that takes real skill."

"So, if you don't want to lose face and don't want to miss out on the main attacking position, fight with all your might in battle, and train with even more determination."

The officers and soldiers of the Second Company, with solemn expressions, all responded loudly, "Yes, sir!"

The atmosphere in the fourth company was rather oppressive.

Other companies were fighting, but they were just reserves.

Frustrated and unwilling to accept defeat, they wanted to cause trouble and go to the regimental commander to ask for permission to fight.

But the shame of being less skilled than others made them lack confidence.

"This time, we were simply outmatched!"

Company Commander You Tianming said, "This isn't the regimental commander's fault; it's our own."

"We only have one main attacker, and we failed to live up to expectations and lost him, so we have to accept this result."

At this point, Company Commander You Tianming swept his sharp gaze across the crowd: "This time, I hope everyone can remember this frustrating moment clearly."

"I hope that a similar situation will not happen again next time. Our Fourth Company must learn from our shame and strive to do better."

An hour passed quickly.

Looking at the assembled troops, Chu Feng waved his hand: "Let's go!"

Immediately, the troops, under the watchful eyes of artillery company commander Zeng Niuda and political instructor Luo Yifei, strode northward.