under fire

Chapter 1637: Promotion, marriage, fear

late at night.

Rencun.

High walls, large courtyards, old houses.

On the conference table where two broken tables were put together in the room, the flame of the oil lamp kept flickering.

More than ten people were crowded together on one side of the table.

All his eyes fell on the two yellowed maps hanging on the rammed earth wall opposite the table.

One is a national map of the Republic of China, and the other is a map of the situation between ourselves and the enemy in the Central Plains.

Standing in front of the map was a staff officer wearing glasses, waving a wooden stick in his hand, pointing and making gestures on the map, spitting and saying: "On the frontal battlefield, the Battle of Western Hubei ended some time ago, and the Chinese army achieved a great victory, wiping out 4,000 enemies. The war zone requires us to launch a full-scale attack on the Japanese-occupied areas to contain the Japanese troops in North China and cooperate with the upcoming battle of Changde in Hunan Province."

Suddenly a big hand stretched out from behind the table and squeezed out the ashes formed by burning the oil lamp wick.

The flame of the continuously shining oil lamp suddenly became much larger.

From time to time, correspondents came in and placed messages and documents in front of the soldiers sitting at the head.

The meeting has been going on for nearly eight hours, from dark to three o'clock in the morning.

There were people in the room taking notes, drinking tea, and even political commissar Ding Deyi who was peeling peanuts.

Some people occasionally yawned, and quickly grabbed the tea in front of them and poured it into their mouths, trying to force themselves away from sleepiness.

"The current external and internal situation is severe. The staff has almost introduced everything to everyone. Next, everyone will express their opinions." The soldier sitting at the top raised his eyes and scanned the faces of the participants one by one, and finally stopped. To a thin soldier: "Political Commissar, please tell me first."

"Chief, the reactionaries just want to use the hands of the Japanese to weaken our strength..." The thin criminal political commissar waved his right arm with a patched elbow.

Another person next to him commented: "Yes, not long ago they were preparing to attack our northern Shaanxi base area with the Japanese from the north and the south..."

"They have a large area of ​​land for supplies in the southwestern rear area. They talk about joint resistance, but they don't give us money or ammunition. They just talk about it and only make demands on us." Another person will speak.

"In order to contain the Japanese troops in northern China from attacking northern Shaanxi, we have suffered heavy losses in the past few months."

"It's true. Our purpose of marching eastward from the mountains to the plains is to contain the Japs from invading northern Shaanxi. Now the main Japs forces in the Suimeng area have withdrawn. Since the purpose has been achieved, all ministries should consider withdrawing to the mountains."

"That's right. Wars are fought over ammunition and food. After the severe drought in the plains last year, the villagers who lacked food had problems even surviving. Food supply for the troops is a big problem!"

"If we continue to stay in the plains, it will only increase the burden on the fellow villagers."

The atmosphere at the scene became heated, with most people complaining.

The chief looked a little unhappy and cast his gaze on Ding Deyi, who was sitting at the end peeling peanuts: "Old Ding, tell me."

As soon as Ding De heard the roll call, he stood up quickly: "Everyone has said it very comprehensively. Our independent group has small arms and thin legs, so there is no objection..."

"Comrade Ding Deyi, you are an honest person, please speak politely!"

"I...obey the arrangements of my superiors..."

"Old Ding, I heard that the Independent Regiment is rampaging behind enemy lines. They recently evacuated two county towns. They drive armored vehicles... ride motorcycles... build gunboats... and deploy radio stations to the battalion. And the bicycle team is very majestic..."

"Sir, who would believe the things you say?"

"You don't admit it?"

“Definitely exaggerated”

The leader raised his hand and slammed the table: "Old Ding, believe it or not, I will send your independent regiment back to the mountain to defend the division headquarters!"

"No way...uh...those little brats are just cooperating with our brother troops..."

"If you keep talking nonsense, no one will be able to sleep!"

"Chief, those victories achieved by chance, don't you think so, right?"

"Not good? What's wrong? Setting an example is inspiring and everyone can learn from it..."

"... "

"I just received a telegram from the Third Division of Luxi, saying that the First Division of the 23rd Regiment, together with the guard battalion of the First Regiment and the local anti-Japanese forces, completely annihilated a Japanese squadron and a battalion of puppet troops." The leader said with a smile: "Explain it. , What is the origin of the first regiment guard camp?"

"Ziyi Regiment? Aren't you from Cheng Lao'er?" The criminal political commissar sitting next to him stood up and stared at Ding Deyi with wide eyes: "That's not right, aren't your Independent Regiment, including Lao Lu, all in Hua County? ?”

Another person next to him tugged at the patched gray military uniform of the criminal political commissar: "Old criminal, sit down quickly. It's okay if you know something. Don't talk nonsense..."

"The battalion commander seems to be surnamed Hu." According to the principle of confidentiality, the unit number sometimes has to be concealed even by the brother units. The leader certainly doesn't want me to really talk about the Ninth Battalion. Ding Deyi had no choice but to change the subject: "I think we can take this opportunity to establish and expand the base behind enemy lines, while dividing and disintegrating the puppet army, and even seize actual control of some counties in the name of the puppet army, and establish extensive bases behind enemy lines in the enemy-occupied areas of Central Plains and North China. When the time comes, we don't have to worry about Chiang Kai-shek turning against us and saying that we entered their guerrilla zone!"

"It seems that I really made a mistake, Lao Ding, I heard that your independent regiment has a ninth battalion, and I kept saying that Lao Lu was trying to make a fool of himself."

"What nonsense are you talking about? There are really nine battalions. Why don't I apply to the chief to establish a new brigade? We are doing this just to confuse the enemy." Seeing that this man was talking about the original topic again, Ding Deyi quickly explained.

The leader understood the stakes and directly interrupted the conversation between the two: "Hey, I'm telling you, Old Ding, it's okay to hide good methods. Today you have to use the advanced experience of the independent group's ideological work, mainly to quickly develop and expand the team. It’s a good thing, I’ll tell you all about it.”

...

The telegram reporting the victory has been reported to the head of the third division. The telegram was drafted by Xiao Hongying. The reported combat unit is: the 23rd Regiment.

In line with the principle that it is better to make money silently than to make money with a big tree, the independent group was not mentioned at all in the telegram, nor was it mentioned from the self group. However, Xiao Hongying did not expect that the division chief would not appreciate it. He analyzed the battle report and reported it based on the facts.

The person involved, Hu Yi, didn't care at all about who fought the battle in the reported cable.

His idea was simple. It would be better to report the battles of the Ninth Battalion in the divisional defense area in the name of the division.

As for winning battles and making meritorious deeds, how about beating the Japanese to relieve their anger?

In this situation, even if it can really be promoted to the group level.

There was already a staff officer in the regiment, but with Commander Lu's temperament, there would be almost no problem if he became chief of staff.

And then qualify…

marry

When I think of these two words, I feel scared.

That woman probably wouldn't agree.

"Report to the battalion commander."

While he was thinking wildly, another correspondent came up from the side to report the situation, and Hu Yi quickly recovered his thoughts.

"The Japanese reinforcements stopped at Donglu Village and did not pursue them."

"I know." Hu Yi felt relieved now.

Lying on the stretcher, unable to sleep, I continued to think...

The reinforcements and support were turned into positional offensive battles. Although the victory was achieved and the casualties were much lower than expected, many problems were still exposed during the battle.

The general rule is: there is no need to reason with the Japanese, it is better to use bayonets, guns, hand grenades, and grenades!

On the battlefield, strength is everything...

Two big and thick men, carrying a stretcher, kept passing the northward team in the procession.

The man in the lead kept asking the soldiers carrying large and small bags where the battalion commander was.

After a while, Liu Yuanqing, who was lying on the stretcher, finally approached Hu Yi.

"Captain, are you awake yet? I have something to discuss with you. Is that ok?"

Hu Yi's voice on the stretcher sounded a little tired: "What's the matter?"

"I think Wang Shun's team is pretty good. Well, they want to ask me to be a staff officer."

"You mean, you plan to go to Wang Shunbu?"

Liu Yuanqing sighed: "To be honest, I have always been under someone else's command in the past, and most of the battles I fought were incompetent. This time, I want to give it a try."

Hu Yi roughly understood Liu Yuanqing's thoughts and was speechless for a while.

"Don't worry, the team I brought out will definitely be named Ba!" Seeing that Hu Yi didn't speak, Liu Yuanqing quickly stated his position: "We are all soldiers, but during the time we entered the Ninth Camp, I know who is really for the common people. ! Although the Nine Camps are different from the other Eight Routes.”

Does this guy's last sentence mean that Jiuying is an eight-way or not an eight-way?

Hu Yi had a dark look on his face, and he also knew that he said this because he was worried that he would have opinions about his own Lishantou.

But ideological work is indeed not my strong point.

To recruit Wang Shun's tribe, Jiuying really didn't have the ability.

Because the local anti-Japanese armed forces have one characteristic: they do not leave their jobs.

That is to say, they usually fight Japanese soldiers near their hometown and go home to farm in their spare time.

It is also commonly known as the district team.

Hu Yi's mind was a little confused and he couldn't find how to reply.

The scene was a bit cold. Liu Yuanqing knew Hu Yi's character and spoke again: "How about I talk to the girl?"

Xiao Hongying was lying on the stretcher in front of Hu Yi, listening to the conversation between the two.

Hearing that Liu Yuanqing was leaving, he was already furious. Hearing that this guy still had the nerve to come after him, he immediately sat up from the stretcher and said, "You eat my food and drink my food."

"Hey, can you please stop being so stingy?" Liu Yuanqing quickly explained: "This is a good opportunity for the development of the Nine Battalions. If we do it well, hey, we can not only recruit at least one battalion team, but also develop their area. It will become a base area. It can also provide Captain Su with "

Hearing Liu Yuanqing mention Su Qing, Xiao Hongying immediately interrupted: "Oh, I really didn't realize that you still know the development base."

"Tch, do you really think I'm as stupid as you? Before joining the Ninth Battalion, I once studied the situation in the Eighth Route Army's development base area."

"You dare to call me stupid?"

"It's not necessarily that smart anyway. For example, the book of 300 Tang poems I gave you, how many can you recite now?"

Xiao Hongying was dumbfounded when she heard about reciting poems.

Hu Yi heard Liu Yuanqing mention that woman.

Suddenly I felt a little worried

He quickly reached out and took out his pocket watch.

Click

The soldier carrying the stretcher behind him quickly shouted to the correspondent who had been following him to turn on his flashlight.

With the help of the flashlight, Hu Yi could see clearly that the number on the dial was around three in the morning.

It wasn't long before dawn.

And Luo Fugui hasn’t come back yet!