Chapter 403: Testing before the Exercise
It was not time for the shift change yet, and the two chefs on duty, Wang Shizhen and Mou Changxun, were both there.

"Master Mou, Master Wang,

The militia is going to conduct a large-scale field training, and I have to lead the team to stay in the field for a few days.

During this period, the work of Fengze Garden will be handed over to you two."

The reason why He Yuzhu did not tell them the truth was to avoid leaking the news and causing unnecessary panic among the people.

Mou Changxun and Wang Shizhen saw He Yuzhu, who had disappeared for a day, hurried back.

And when he told them the news as soon as he came back, they didn't doubt it.
After all, the militia conducts large-scale field training every year, and it is not the first time that the two of them have taken care of the household for He Yuzhu. As the head chef of Fengze Garden, this is not a problem for them.

"Okay, Zhuzi, go do your thing, and leave Fengze Garden to us. We guarantee nothing will go wrong."

After the two agreed, He Daqing, who sat next to them and chatted with them just now, asked,
"How long will it take this time? Or will we leave at night?"

"No, I'm leaving tomorrow morning. I don't know how long I'll stay. The specific plan will be issued after we set off."

"It's quite mysterious. OK, I get it."

As for the other people in Fengze Garden, when they heard He Yuzhu say that he would take the militia out for training, they were used to it and didn't even ask a single question.

After dinner, Lou Xiao'e returned to the east wing and looked at him curiously.
"Zhu Zi, didn't you say before that Big Brother's leader was coming to visit Da Xia? If everything goes well, Fengze Garden will have a lot of entertainment in the next two months.

But I didn't tell you and Dad that I was going to prepare a state banquet. Instead, I wanted to take the troops out for a training exercise.

I'm afraid something has happened!"

Seeing Lou Xiao'e looking at him seriously, He Yuzhu pretended to be indifferent and smiled to comfort her.

"Hey, it's just a training exercise. Our militia has field training exercises every year. How big of a deal can it be?

You take good care of He Ying at home, I will be back soon."

Looking at He Yuzhu's relaxed expression, Lou Xiao'e couldn't find any flaws. Even if she had some doubts in her heart, they were dispelled by He Yuzhu's actions.

Early the next morning, He Yuzhu arrived at the base to gather, and then drove a truck to the military camp outside the city.

When we arrived at the military camp, the garrison was busy loading weapons and ammunition onto trucks.
Seeing the militia coming,

Li Yunlong and several other garrison leaders all walked towards them.

He Yuzhu was asked to command the team to assemble, while Ma Yongqiu himself trotted forward, saluted and reported the situation.

After a while, he ran back.

"stand at attention!"

"Take a break."

"Please invite the leaders to give a speech."

After a round of applause, the garrison leader looked at the well-organized militia team in front of him and highly praised the work of Ma Yongqiu, He Yuzhu and other captains and deputy captains.

Then he gave a few more words of encouragement and went back to his own business. Then Ma Yongqiu began to assign tasks.
"Comrades, according to the instructions of our superiors, since the troops have just completed a large-scale equipment change, our militia will still use the weapons and equipment we brought with us.
But there are enough blanks. Come with me to get the ammunition now."

Although the garrison leader had just said some encouraging words, his action of walking away right after speaking clearly showed that he had no hope for the militia's combat effectiveness, which made the comrades a little unhappy.
So when they followed Ma Yongqiu to collect the ammunition, Han Chengxiang and the others were a little unconvinced.
"Xiao Ma, how did you report this work? It's obvious that the leader doesn't believe in our combat effectiveness, and he didn't even say anything about changing our uniforms or anything like that."

"No, it's not the cavalry. I think the leader just doesn't trust us.

Coming to see us is just a routine matter, and they just look down on our fighting ability."

In fact, Ma Yongqiu was not very comfortable, but he was his superior after all, and he did not want to say bad things about him during the drill.

Hearing the complaints of his comrades, he said directly,
"Okay, take out all your anger on the training ground.
Don’t you think that there are enough blank bullets? Let’s get some more heavy machine gun bullets and suppress them with a barrage of bullets. I don’t believe that their regular troops are flying in the sky.”

Upon hearing what Ma Yongqiu said, the comrades immediately became angry and determined to teach these garrison troops a lesson.
Then he gave orders to the soldiers behind him.

You are required to carry heavy machine gun bullets and artillery shells, and just a few dozen rifle bullets for self-defense.

When the comrades in charge of military supplies saw the militiamen moving heavy weapons and ammunition, they couldn't help but murmur in their hearts.
I thought that these guys didn't fight enough on weekdays, so they came to have some fun this time.

But he didn't stop it.
After all, the troops are not short of bullets now. As long as the militia can transport them to the training ground, they will be given as many as they want.

The military supply department didn't care, but the garrison commanders took matters into their own hands.
"Lao Ma, Zhuzi, why are you militiamen carrying so much ammunition? Aren't you tired? You are just here to make up the numbers, so why don't you just wait for us to break through?"

Looking at this group of cadres from the main force, Ma Yongqiu and He Yuzhu didn't have any ideas, but the comrades below were very angry.
I secretly clenched my fists, wondering whether I should go up and teach them a lesson.

This was also noticed by the sharp-eyed cadres.

"Why, do you still want to beat us up, Lao Ma? This is how you usually manage your subordinates."

Hearing this, Ma Yongqiu looked back, then looked at them unhappily and ordered them to leave.
"Don't talk about them. Just looking at the way you just acted, I want to beat you up.
Okay, whether you have a problem or not, if you don’t, just get out of here.

Besides, the battle hasn't even started yet, so why do you think you can beat us? Be careful not to get into trouble, or you'll be embarrassed!"

"Tsk, we might, don't you see what weapons we are equipped with now?
The Type 56 semi-automatic rifle is like distributing a light machine gun to every soldier. How can your militia's Type rifle and water-jet rifle compare with ours?
Or is it just the heavy machine gun bullets you brought into the car?"

Hearing this, Ma Yongqiu immediately became alert and waved them away.

"Go away, what do we militiamen plan to do is none of your business. We will see the truth on the battlefield. Stop asking about these nonsense."

Seeing that Ma Yongqiu was unwilling to talk to them more after he finished speaking,

Several officers turned away with regret on their faces.

"Do you think Lao Ma and his men are planning to use heavy machine gun lobs or barrage attacks? If so, it will be difficult to deal with."

“It’s quite difficult.

Put the heavy machine guns in the trenches, and the artillery may not be able to take them out.

If they fire at a high angle, the bullets will rain down like raindrops. If they hit our gathering place, there will be heavy casualties immediately.

We have to find a way to break it."

(End of this chapter)