Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 95 Incorporate prisoners of war, double the strength of the independent battalion

"Sir, it's not impossible for you to recruit us, but you have to show enough achievements to convince us that I, Zhao Hong, have already been captured by the party-state once, and I don't want to be a second time in this life."

Zhao Hong did not immediately agree to join the independent battalion, mainly because he was worried about the strength of the independent battalion.

But what Wang Chengzhu is most afraid of is that others doubt the strength of the independent battalion. He smiled and said: "First of all, although my independent battalion is only a battalion-level combat unit, the superior leader has no limit on the number of my battalion.

Don't say 2000 people, even 2 people, my independent camp also accepts all orders. "

After a pause, Wang Chengzhu continued: "As for the strength you are worried about, my independent battalion may not be able to satisfy you with other requirements, but in terms of record, I promise to satisfy you!"

Zhao Hongdao: "Oh? Then please listen to the officer, if it really convinces us, I guarantee that everyone will follow the officer to fight devils!"

Wang Chengzhu: "I won't talk about the battle at Cangyun Ridge. After all, I just fired a cannon casually and blew up the headquarters of the Sakata Regiment, and killed the leader of the Devil Regiment, Sakata Nobuzhe, as well as the other devil's lieutenant and two soldiers." A major officer."

"Then, by the way, the Union flag was seized."

Wang Chengzhu pretended to be a bit aggressive, and then paused on purpose to give everyone a little time to react.

When Wang Chengzhu introduced himself at the beginning, Zhao Hong just felt that this army was a little familiar. Now that he heard Wang Chengzhu's reminder, he immediately reacted and said to Wang Chengzhu in awe: "The Independent Battalion of the New Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, It turns out that the Cangyun Ridge battle was fought by you?"

Many prisoners of war and migrant workers were escorted over recently, so it is not surprising that Zhao Hong knew about this.

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Wang Chengzhu nodded indifferently: "I was just a small artilleryman in Cangyunling. To be precise, the victory and achievements of that battle have little to do with my independent battalion."

"What I really want to tell is about the military achievements of my independent battalion. All of this has to start with the development history of my independent battalion."

"A month and a half ago, my independent battalion was only a platoon, and including me, the platoon leader, there were only 11 people in total..."

Wang Chengzhu gave a detailed account of the battles fought in the independent battalion during the past one and a half months, and he spoke very calmly.

However, the prisoners of war were stunned after hearing this. They had all fought against the Japanese army, so they naturally knew the horror of the Japanese army's fighting power.

Zhao Hongdao: "Battalion Commander Wang, are you saying that it only took one and a half months for your independent battalion to develop from 11 people to the present? During this period, at least 1000 devils were eliminated?"

Xu Hailang on the side has become Wang Chengzhu's little fan. Hearing Zhao Hong's doubts, he immediately proved to Wang Chengzhu: "This thing can't be faked. You only need to investigate after you go out. Besides, I am from Shilipo Town. The company commander of the Royal Association Army, at that time, our battalion commander was just a platoon leader."

"Don't think our battalion commander is just a battalion commander now, but with his ability, I believe that he will be promoted to regiment commander, brigade commander, or even a higher-ranking officer in a short time.

And joining the independent camp is also the most correct decision I, Xu Hailang, made in my life, bar none! "

Zhao Hong: "I have no doubts about Battalion Commander Wang's and your department's record, it's just that this record is too appalling!"

Strictly speaking, the Independent Battalion only wiped out more than 1000 Japanese troops, which is nothing compared to the entire period of the War of Resistance.

But the difficult thing is to win more with less every time, and beat the strong with the weak.

If it was Zhao Hong, he thought he couldn't do it, not to mention growing an army of 11 to more than 1000 in one and a half months and destroying more than 1000 Japanese troops.

Even if Wangjiacun wiped out the devils in that small team, he couldn't do it himself.

The history of the development of the Independence Camp is simply hell-level difficulty at the beginning!
"This is the command knife of Kato Takaki, the senior staff officer of the North China Front Army, which I captured at Shilipo."

With that said, Wang Chengzhu took the Zuoguan knife from Monk Wei and threw it to Zhao Hong.

He believed that the colonel in front of him should be a man of knowledge.

Zhao Hong took the command saber suspiciously, and then watched it carefully. The more he looked at Zhao Hong, the more shocked he became.

He graduated from a regular course, and even worked as a teaching assistant at Baoding Military Academy for a period of time, so he naturally knew the difference between Japanese military officers' swords.

Although in the eyes of many people, the command swords of the Japanese army are similar, but for those with real eyesight, there is still a big difference.

To put it simply, the Guizi Weiguan knife is usually a brass handle, and the blade thread is cyan.

The handle of the Guizi Zuoguan knife is silver, and the thread of the knife is red.

As for the handle of the Devil General's Knife, it is gold-plated, and the thread of the knife is also yellow. If it is a child of the royal family, there will be a chrysanthemum pattern engraved on it.

The Japanese commander's sword in front of him is not only made of excellent material, but also has a red thread on the back of the silver handle. It is a standard Saguan sword at a glance.

Zhao Hong handed the Zuoguan knife back to Wang Chengzhu, and still asked in disbelief: "Sir, is the history of the development of the independent camp you just said true?"

Zhao Hong didn't doubt Wang Chengzhu's words, he was just too shocked, so he wanted to get his own confirmation.

Wang Chengzhu said: "I can swear by the glory of the soldiers that the development history of the independent battalion in the past one and a half months, and all the achievements are true. If there are fakes, each of you can shoot me in the back, and you can leave the independent battalion at any time. camp!"

Zhao Hong thought for a while, then suddenly raised his hand to pay a standard military salute, and said loudly: "Zhao Hong is willing to join the commander's army, and I hope the commander will take him in!"

Wang Chengzhu bowed back and said, "Welcome!"

It is much easier to have someone take the lead. Except for some fellow villagers who were tricked into coming here and are unwilling to leave their hometowns, the rest have all joined the independent camp.

Since this is an enemy-occupied area and time is tight, Wang Chengzhu has no specific statistics, but there are at least 2000 people who are willing to join the independent battalion.

Although the composition of these people is complex, at least half of them have undergone systematic military training, and they all have actual combat experience against the Japanese army. Their military literacy is much better than that of the newly recruited recruits.

The other migrant workers are basically young and middle-aged, and they fully meet the recruitment standards of the independent battalion.

Of course, there are also many people who dig coal in the Dashawan mine and fall into incurable diseases, probably between five and six hundred. However, Wang Chengzhu will not abandon them.

The development of base areas requires population and labor. They may not be able to serve as soldiers and continue to fight in the army, but it is not a problem to do logistics in various places.

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(End of this chapter)