The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 7 Company
In the trench, striding forward was the company commander of the Sixth Company of the Second Battalion. His surname was Fu Mingchen, with the rank of captain. He was an infantry student of the eighth phase of Huangpu. He came from the Nanjing Central Military Academy (that is, the Huangpu Military Academy after it was moved to Nanjing, which can also be called the Central Military Academy). Military academy, Army officer's academy, military academy, the duration of the schooling is three years) graduation takes exactly four years.

A month and a half ago, he was the lieutenant platoon leader of the third platoon of the sixth company. The original company commander of the sixth company was an old company commander who graduated from the sixth phase of Huangpu. Together with the former platoon commander of the first platoon of the sixth company who graduated from the ninth phase of Huangpu, He was hit by a Japanese artillery shell during a tug-of-war for positions west of Peiping.

After the war, the people of the Sixth Company only found half a thigh and a hand in the hidden section where the two men were hiding. The old company commander was killed in action, so Fu Chen took over the vacancy of the Sixth Company commander and was promoted to captain.

Fu Chen raised his head and straightened his back as he walked into a row of trenches. There were a few gouges from the war on his forehead. Dots of blood stained the sunken eye sockets. His right shoulder was wrapped in bright red gauze, and a telescope hung on his chest. forward.

On the face of the newly appointed company commander, there was no excitement or high spirits of any new officer, only sadness and nervousness. As he walked, Fu Chen rolled up the sleeves of his general uniform to his upper arm, raised his left hand, and looked at the white mark on his left wrist, feeling resentful. He opened his mouth, reached into his military uniform's shoulder pocket, and took out a watch with a worn-off strap.

Putting his watch back, Fu Chen immediately waved to a row of soldiers.

"Brothers, work hard. The devils will come at any time and at any time. Hurry up! Come to me for the monitors and deputy monitors of each squad."

Soon, the first squad leader of the sixth company, Ge Guicai, the second squad leader Luo Youdao, the third squad leader Tu Desheng and the three deputy squad leaders all gathered around Fu Chen.

Fu Chen withdrew his gaze, stared into the eyes of Ge Guicai and others, and said slowly: "The battalion commander wants to count the casualties. The officers who died in each company have been counted. Our sixth company is sending your platoon now. When we were raided by the little Japs just now, , did any of you squad leaders, squad leaders, and the soldiers in the platoon see He Wei? Was he killed by bullets, or was he run over by a Japanese chariot? "

"They were all scattered just now. People were crowded together. No one could care about anyone else. They were all running around. The last time I saw our platoon leader, he seemed to be wrapped up with the soldiers of the fifth company. The men of the fifth company were swept away by the arrogant chariots. Many were beaten to death, but I didn’t see our platoon leader killed in action, and now..."

Ge Guicai shook his head with a look of helplessness on his face. The battlefield was extremely chaotic. Who could keep an eye on one person among hundreds of people?He Wei was shot to death?Killed by a bomb?Or was he hit by a Japanese chariot?Crushed to death?Or disappeared?Ge Guicai couldn't say for sure, and no one could say for sure what no one saw on the battlefield.

"He wasn't killed in action, maybe he deserted."

First Class Deputy Yang Biao whispered.

"Fart, get out." Ge Guicai slapped Yang Biao's butt and turned to look at Fu Chen.

"Company Commander, don't listen to his nonsense. None of us know what Platoon Commander He is."

Fu Chen lowered his head and ignored Yang Biao at all. He was also very angry. The whole battalion attacked in the morning, but was defeated. Compared with the other two infantry companies that suffered heavy casualties, his sixth company was in the best condition because of the troops in the marching column. In the end, casualties were minimal.

Even the second and third rows inside are fine, but this row alone is in trouble!
Platoon leader He Wei, an infantry student of the [-]th batch of Huangpu who graduated early, was assigned to the Sixth Company as a second lieutenant trainee. Soon after the original platoon leader was killed in action, He Wei took over the position of platoon leader as a trainee in advance.

As a result, in the first battle, life and death were unknown, and he was missing on the battlefield!People don’t know where they go when they die!You can't see people alive, but you can't see corpses even if they are dead.Fu Chen sighed: "Forget it, let's put this aside for now and wait until today is over. If we really can't go back and report missing, it's important to set up defenses. We can't extract people from the second and third platoons now. Lao Squad Leader Ge, take charge of the first platoon first. Immediately place two forward warning sentries in front, be quick and stay far away!"

"To tell you the truth, our battalion's initiative to attack failed. The regiment came and ordered our battalion to defend Yanzhuang on the spot. The main position at Xinkou in the east has already started fighting with the Japanese. It will be a matter of time for us here. Our company is fighting against the whole army. The front of the division must be nailed to the position!"

Ge Guicai: "Yes!"

Sixth company commander Fu Chen came and left quickly.After Fu Chen left, Ge Guicai immediately ordered Yang Biao, the deputy squad leader of his squad, and Jiang Qilong, the superior soldier's machine gunner, to set up the guard post.

Because of the missing platoon leader, Ge Guicai felt particularly displeased with the deputy squad leader Yang Biao today, so he simply sent him to the guard post. Out of sight, out of mind, plus the tall and strong Jiang Qilong was enough.The two people put on their helmets, took their weapons, got out of the trench, and ran forward at a rapid pace.

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Yang Biao and Jiang Qilong ran for more than four miles, surrounded by open areas. They dug two shallow holes in the ground with a shovel they brought with them. They set out lightly, not bringing much except weapons and water bottles. .

Machine gunner Jiang Qilong didn't use his Czech rifle, but a [-]-center rifle from a fellow soldier, so he worked faster.

One person shoots and the other traps. Both of them are not stupid. Once they are in position, they load the rifles with chamber fire. The task of the sentry is to buy time for the troops to warn the troops. As long as they see an enemy situation, they must fire the sentry gun immediately.

Time passed by, Yang Biao and Jiang Qilong stared straight ahead, refusing to let go of any flying bird, and just kept staring.

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"Shift deputy, shift deputy, look, that's not someone!" About a quarter of an hour later, Jiang Qilong suddenly seemed to see a small black dot moving slowly in front of his eyes, coming and going, Jiang Qilong rubbed it Rubbing his eyes, he made sure that he was not dazzled, and hurriedly asked Yang Biao to take a look.

Yang Biao is a true man, but he is also an old soldier. His military service life is shorter than that of Ge Guicai in the platoon. He was a soldier during the Central Plains War and had little education, but his ability to fight hard in the army is not bad. .

He used to be a warrant officer platoon leader in the [-]th Division's Supplementary Regiment. It is said that he will soon be promoted to second lieutenant and become a real officer. In the army, it is commonly known as "hanging an armed belt" (the armed belt refers to an officer).
The Tenth Division is the Central Army. The backbone of officers at all levels are mostly Huangpu freshmen who graduated from the Central Military Academy. Those who are not regular graduates of the Central Military Academy are not many in the Tenth Division. Similarly, among the officers at all levels of the [-]th Division, brigade commanders are mostly people from Huangpu's third term and above, regiment commanders are mostly people from Huangpu's fourth term and above, battalion commanders are mostly people from Huangpu's fifth term and Huangpu's sixth term, and company commanders are mostly The positions of platoon leader and platoon leader are graduates from Huangpu [-]th term, Huangpu [-]th term, Huangpu [-]th term, Huangpu [-]th term and so on.

Being able to get the opportunity to be promoted to an officer in a unit with many officers in Huangpu shows that Yang Biao is quite capable, but just when he was about to be promoted, something went wrong.

(End of this chapter)