Chapter 158 Commander Duan is here? !
"It can't be Commander Duan! It's definitely not him!" Although Xu Changhe was quite shocked, he knew one thing clearly. Compared with Baiteng Town, the four towns of Heshuo were in a state of war. As the commander of Kun District, how could he not guard the four towns of Heshuo and instead inspect the territory of Xiong District?
Adjutant Wang shook his legs and said, "But, but I heard from the soldiers guarding the entrance of the town that the car did have a Kunqu license plate?"
"Don't be so nervous, Xiao Wang. Look at you, you are so scared that you are like a dog. What are you doing?"
Xu Changhe was certain that the person coming to Baiteng Town would not be the top leader of Kun District.
He is the commander of a large military region, why would he suddenly come to this small place to inspect battlefield work?
During this period, the place Commander Duan was most likely to go was not Baiteng Town, where their Xiong District was stationed.
Although the other party has the right to manage their Xiong District, there are leaders of several levels of departments under him. If the school leaders below do not come, what will it mean for him to come on his own?
It was illogical, too illogical, so after some investigation, Xu Changhe ruled out that the person who appeared in the town would not be a top leader like the commander of a major military region.
"How about this, you go out and investigate immediately. If you see that it is indeed the military district leader, come back and report immediately." After analysis, Xu Changhe made this order as a preparation for both scenarios.
Adjutant Wang had no choice but to run out and personally investigate which leader the visitor was.
He prayed in his heart that this man's official rank must be lower than Xu Changhe's, so that nothing would happen today.
Seeing Adjutant Wang hurried out, Xu Changhe was unable to do anything.
Since he couldn't lie down on the bed to rest for a while, and he couldn't calm down to think about strategy, he took out a cigarette and paced back and forth beside the sandbox.
The town now does not seem as prosperous and lively as it used to be.
There are few pedestrians in the town. Since the conflict broke out on the border, all entrances and exits of the town have been blocked. Except for military vehicles, other vehicles are prohibited from entering the town.
A jeep with a Kunqu military license plate drove through half of the town and slowly stopped outside the largest drug store in Baiteng Town.
"Uncle, you old man are too stubborn. People just came over to take a look for you, but you insisted on coming in person." In the back seat, Duan Yanzhi spoke in a deep voice, with one arm wickedly resting on the window, watching the man next to him open the door and get out of the car.
The man who got off the car looked almost identical to Duan Yanzhi from behind, with the same tall figure, but he seemed more reserved than Duan Yanzhi, and exuded a cold air.
He is the youngest heir of the previous generation of the Duan family and the helmsman of the Hongtai Merchant Gang, one of the three major merchant gangs in western Yi.
Duan Yanzhi watched his uncle get off the car, and someone from the pharmacy ran out to greet him.
"Master Jiu, why are you here? Please come in." The shopkeeper bent slightly and made a gesture of invitation with a smile.
When entering the pharmacy, Duan Yanzhi saw his uncle waved to him with his back, which regarded as a greeting.
"Turn around! Let's go see what that kid Xu Changhe is doing." Duan Yan leaned back in the back seat and straightened the military coat on his shoulders. Through the car window, he felt that the once bustling border trading town now seemed much quieter than usual.
There was hardly a single idle person to be seen on the street.
I just caught a quick glimpse of a few soldiers.
Adjutant Wang didn't know whether the military vehicle that entered the town was still at the entrance of the town, so he hurried to the entrance of the town to check.
So they missed Duan Yanzhi's jeep on the way. The jeep happened to drive out slowly from the other intersection, turned a corner and was out of Adjutant Wang's sight.
Xu Changhe stood at the window with his back to the outside, puffing away on a cigarette, his mind in a mess.
Suddenly, the sound of soldiers running outside was heard.
Before he could react, he heard a car door slamming with a loud bang.
"Who, who is here?!"
Duan Yanzhi glanced at the person in the window with his sharp eyes. He was wearing a military coat and had already stepped into the military office mansion with his swift and imposing aura.
Xu Changhe, who was in the room, didn't even see the face of the person who came. Perhaps he was completely numb.
Compared with Adjutant Wang before, Xu Changhe's legs were already as shaky as sieves when he saw with his own eyes the commander of the major military region suddenly come for inspection. No wonder the soldiers at the door didn't even dare to fart before entering.
"How are you, Old Xu? I heard that you are so badly injured that you can't even defeat a small-scale enemy nearby?"
Xu Changhe was shaking his legs, with a smile on his face that was uglier than a ghost. He laughed dryly twice, "Hello, Chief!"
"Military salute!" Duan Yanzhi roared in a hoarse voice.
Stunned by the order, Xu Changhe stood at attention and saluted: "Hello, Commander!"
Xu Changhe remembered it very clearly. Since he joined the army and was promoted to the head of the 9th Division in Xiong District, he had only met Duan Yanzhi twice. There were even more rumors about the leader in front of him. There was no doubt that he was smart, meticulous, and did not play by the rules. Most people could not outsmart him.
"My goodness, I knew that this gentleman was coming to Baiteng Town..." Xu Changhe's mind was in a mess, and he was left with only confusion in the wind.
Duan Yanzhi went into the house, looked at the sand table for a few seconds, and asked, "What are you doing standing at the door?"
"Wait for me to bring you a chair?"
"Oh no no..."
Xu Changhe was completely oppressed by the strong pressure from the people in the room. He almost suffocated. He forced himself to calm down, turned around and walked over quickly. "I wonder why the chief came to Baiteng Town today. What kind of work do you want to know about?"
"In what aspect?" Duan Yanzhi's unruly eyes narrowed slightly, his face cold and cold, as if looking at a monster. His gaze stayed on Xu Changhe's face for two seconds, and then he lit a cigarette, "You just became the commander today?"
"Why, don't you know that the surname of Bai Teng Town is 'Duan'? If the conflict breaks out, our Duan family will be forced to stop working in the Shihuang Mine on the opposite mountain. I will ask you to compensate for this huge loss?"
"Hey, what I mean is, Commander, you have come all the way from Kun District, you must be tired, how about we go sit down in the teahouse next door and talk while drinking tea?"
"Your country tricks are useless to me!" Duan Yan flicked the cigarette ash between his fingers and uttered a few extremely insulting words.
Xu Changhe was so frightened that he quickly put away the smile on his face and said seriously: "It is just as I reported. These past few days, for five consecutive days, as soon as it got dark, the mountain started to move..."
Duan Yanzhi held a cigarette in his mouth, raised his arms, and narrowed his eyes. "Tell me how you fought?"
"In the beginning, there were more soldiers from District 9 who went back to visit their families, and fewer who could come to join the battle. That's why our combat power was suppressed by them in the first few days! However, in the past two days, the soldiers have gradually returned to the troops. Until this morning, all the soldiers who went home to visit their families have returned to the troops."
"You let the soldiers go back to their hometowns to visit their families, and then release them all at once?"
"Well, not all at once. They were released gradually in batches."
"We will settle the matter after the war!" Duan Yanzhi had heard that at least half of the soldiers in Xiong District were sent home to visit their families, so our side suffered heavy losses on the night when the conflict in Baiteng Town broke out.
"Tell me about the combat methods of the past few days." Duan Yanzhi found a chair and sat down, crossing his legs.
Xu Changhe hurriedly stepped forward and said nervously: "We will coordinate conventional combat methods with mobile and flexible combat..."
A few minutes later, Duan Yan stared at Xu Changhe with his eyes fixed on him. "How are we going to meet the enemy tonight? Tell me the strategy."
"Tonight, hehe, Commander, I'm still thinking about it." Xu Changhe was stared at so hard that he felt as if there were ten thousand ants biting him all over. He felt very uncomfortable and rubbed his hands helplessly.
Duan Yanzhi closed his eyes and was once again forced to lose his temper at the incompetent commander in front of him.
After a pause, he asked in a deep voice: "The two sides have been exchanging fire for a week or so. How are the casualties being dealt with?"
"Don't worry, Commander. All of our more than 100 injured have been properly treated."
Xu Changhe felt that the only work worth commending was the treatment of the injured, so he reported nonstop: "More than a hundred lightly injured have all been placed nearby, and seven seriously injured have been sent to Xiong District Hospital for treatment. The twenty or so seriously injured who were added later were all placed under my supervision."
"Didn't you say that the seriously injured were sent to the district's big hospital? Are there any left right under our noses?" Duan Yan was furious.
"There are more than 20 new cases in the past two days. Two soldiers were hit by bullets yesterday afternoon and have not yet been transferred to the district. But don't worry, Commander. Our temporary health workers have already taken care of them."
Duan Yanzhi's expression was extremely exaggerated, and he grinned and said, "What do you mean by temporary sanitation personnel? Wait, can a temporary sanitation personnel remove bullets with bare hands?!"
"I'm sorry! This is all my work mistake..."
Xu Changhe knew that he could not hide from the sharp eyes of the military region commander.
She reported to her leader in detail the fact that three female sanitation workers assigned to the unit were going home to prepare for childbirth at the same time.
It was like a man who was having an epileptic seizure and was very excited to select temporary sanitation workers from among the military wives. He accidentally discovered a military wife who was proficient in surgical skills and reported it to the leader. He had only one simple wish in his heart: he hoped that the leader would pardon his crime.
"Oh? There is a doctor who is proficient in surgery among the wives of soldiers in your army?" Duan Yanzhi did not directly attack the other party. He really did not think it necessary to show off the skills of those barefoot doctors in the village.
He took a deep puff of his cigarette, threw the butt in his hand to the ground, and stomped out the cigarette with his black military boots.
The tall figure slowly stood up from the chair, "Come on! Take me to see the injured."
Although the commander of the military region had arrived at this time, Xu Changhe had not had time to notify everyone, so all the departments in the quaint mansion were still unaware that a leader was coming to inspect their work.
No one greeted Xu Changhe when he saw him leading a man in a military coat towards the mansion with a happy face.
When I passed the door of the girls' dormitory, I heard snoring so loudly that even the door couldn't hold it down.
"Who lives here? His snoring is almost deafening."
Duan Yan glanced at the closed door, but heard Xu Changhe say, "This is the dormitory for female sanitation workers. Hey, is there anyone sleeping in it at this time?"