The country is broken

Li Wei personally took the porters to do a preliminary physical examination in the new barracks, then registered the recruits, arranged the procedures for enlistment, and each porter got a set of training uniforms.

After arranging these porters to disperse into the recruit establishment, Li Wei said to them: "Now everyone has to call each other comrades. The ugly thing is to say that our [-]th district team has strict training, and only those who pass the examination can leave the new barracks." Entering the combat unit, if you fail to perform in the combat unit, you will be sent back to the new barracks. This is called being able to go up and down. I hope you can stand this test and become a qualified Eighth Route Army soldier.”

"Don't worry, Brother Li! We haven't had any hardships. No matter how hard it is, we can still live through the days when we are porters carrying heavy burdens in the wind and rain." Wang Touer showed a smug smile, and he was able to lead the brothers to have a happy life. A stable foothold is finally a big thing to let go of. After the Japanese are beaten, they can go home and live in peace and security. They can also marry a wife and give birth to a litter of children. This life is worth it .

"You wait here, the instructors and veterans of the new barracks will tell you what to do. Don't worry, there is no such thing as bullying in the Eighth Route Army. If you don't know, you can ask your instructors for advice at any time. Of course! In the new barracks, you are subject to The respect is completely determined by the performance of military quality." Li Wei confessed his experience in the new barracks, the new barracks of the [-]th district team is more strict, Li Wei first vaccinates the new soldiers who have been upgraded from these porters.

"I still have something to do, let's go first, you two talk slowly!" Li Wei waved his hand. [

"Yes, Comrade Company Commander!" A group of recruits sent Li Wei away with the military salute they had just learned.

On September [-]th, a message that was like a torch thrown into a puddle of gasoline quickly spread throughout the bases in North China. All of a sudden, the radio waves over the whole of China were sending the same message repeatedly. One of the allies, an ally of Germany, the Roman Empire that ruled most of Europe in the past, the Italian government announced its surrender.

At the beginning of September, the US-British coalition forces landed in Sicily and southern Italy and officially launched an attack on the Italian mainland. The serious differences that existed in Italy intensified. The government has tried its best to fight again, formally announced its surrender, and signed an armistice agreement with the conditional surrender.For the first time, cracks appeared in the fascist alliance. All the anti-fascist countries participating in the Second World War were rejoicing. Now that the first one was finished, the remaining fascist countries were not far from defeat.

This exciting news quickly spread throughout China, which indicates that fascism is facing failure and the war against fascism will eventually be won. The reporters and editors of major newspapers are all staring at the international telegraph station, writing quickly. News stories came out one after another, and the printing presses roared to life.Just for a few hours.The newspaper boys all over the street shouted with full energy: "Extra, extra, the fascist country Italy has been defeated, and officially announced its surrender." , by the wall, in any corner, there are a bunch of people crowded together, with their eyes wide open, listening to the newspaper reader reading the news on the outside number word by word, as if they want to listen to every word without missing a word. In the ears, firmly imprinted in the mind.

From time to time on the street, people would bump into each other because they were too focused on the newspaper news in their hands, but the two sides were very good-tempered and there was no quarrel.They just glanced at the newspaper in each other's hands, smiled knowingly, pulled each other to stand up again, bowed or nodded to each other's chest, and walked around as if nothing had happened.

No matter on the battlefield of the Communist Army or the battlefield of the National Army, the soldiers stared straight at the signal soldiers and loudly announced the great victory on the European battlefield, and then cheered desperately, jumped, ignoring the flow of flying over, Hug together, or pull up the machine gun and sweep at the rushing enemy. The charge horn sounded, and a full-scale charge was launched to commemorate this important victory.

Italy was defeated. Although this fascist country is thousands of miles away from China, even in terms of interests, it is not close to each other. But for China, which has suffered a lot from the war, the fall of a fascist country means There is a glimmer of hope for victory in the struggle against Japanese fascism. As long as there is such a glimmer of hope, then everything is possible. The Chinese people need such a glimmer of hope to fully unleash their fighting spirit.

In the base area, the militiamen set up loudspeakers and loudly read the news of Italy's defeat and surrender to the strongholds of the Japanese and puppet troops. The place rushed over, never tired of listening to it, and every time the propaganda would arouse the cheers of the masses like a tidal wave.

Inside the stronghold, whether it is the Japanese army or the puppet army, their faces are pale and trembling, and they don’t even have the courage to stretch out their heads to look outside the stronghold. On the surface, the puppet soldiers just quietly listen to the tweeter outside, but inside Like a stormy sea, they may not know what kind of country Italy is in their eyes, but they know that Japan is also one of the countries in the Fascist Alliance, and Italy, as Japan's alliance, was also defeated, so little Japan may also be in danger.

It is inevitable that the hearts of the puppet soldiers will fluctuate. A few Japanese military officers who have been deeply educated in bushido and fascism suppressed those Japanese and puppet troops who may be restless.

In the solitary dormitory of the company commander of the fourth company, a small oil lamp was shaking the dim light, holding in his hand the battle briefing and intelligence summary of the eleventh division that had just been sent by telegram, Li Wei leaned on the small table beside the kang and carefully Read, the Japanese army's mopping up target is the entire North China region, and the intelligence system of the [-]th District Team can only take care of the base areas it is in charge of. It is beyond reach for areas other than the base areas, except for the emergency information that the local guerrillas occasionally send over. , can only rely on the eleventh division commander's staff to produce intelligence editor-in-chief updates to understand the latest enemy military force mobilization.In recent years, the anti-Japanese military and civilians have been familiar with the Japanese army's repeated mopping-up policy, and the mopping-up effect has become worse and worse. Instead, the Eighth Route Army guerrillas took advantage of their combat habits to deal with it several times.

At the beginning of this year, the Japanese army adopted a new combat strategy, similar to the leapfrog tactic, to feint in other areas, using vehicles and other means of transportation to suddenly launch long-distance raids at night, causing considerable losses to the base areas, battle reports and superior intelligence from various areas Analyze the direction of the Japanese army's operations, and maintain the vigilance and combat effectiveness of the district team between one piece and one gallop.

The announcement of Italy's defeat was completely within Li Wei's expectations. There have always been few elite forces in Italy, and Italy led by Mussolini was not as crazy and aggressive as Germany under the leadership of Hitler. Still irresistibly walking along the established route, no matter whether Li Wei was sent into this era, there was not even a trace of ripples, which made Li Wei feel more at ease about the future. China's War of Resistance Against Japan will surely After winning the victory, the Chinese people and the government, who have experienced blood and fire, will definitely cherish this hard-won stable society. Although there will still be many detours to go in the future, as a China that has grown step by step, without going through these storms, How can we see the rainbow in the future.

Li Wei was concentrating on browsing the documents in his hand, when suddenly there was a loud noise outside the house, chaotic footsteps came from far and near outside the house, and even the voices of several people full of resentment could be heard.

"Damn, did you deliberately punish us, isn't there anything to reason about here?! There is no king's law!"

"That's right, those who bully us as coolies look down on us or something."

"No, you can't go there! Back off!" The guard's voice sounded, and he tried to stop those who broke into the dormitory camp.

The guard soldiers are not afraid of these people attacking the dormitory area. The dormitory area is not an important military area. These people do not carry guns. , It is free to rush up, the fourth company commander is equipped with a gun but a machine gun, otherwise the guards would have fired warning shots.

Li Wei raised his head, glanced at the Czech-style light machine gun that was within reach, stretched out his hand to the fighting thorns on the table, and shouted outside the room: "Who! Why are you so noisy when you don't sleep at night! "[

The chaos outside the house suddenly quieted down, and the voice of the guard soldier said outside the house: "Report to the company commander, there are some recruits who want to break in."

"Let them in!" Li Wei stuffed the documents in his hand into a cowhide document bag, and he was familiar with the voices of the people outside, those porters he entered the new barracks, but he didn't know how He came here to make a noise, as if he had been wronged.

"Yes!" The guards outside immediately let go, but they didn't walk away, but stood at the side of the dormitory to guard.

"Come in." Li Wei opened the door, and saw a few recruits wearing training uniforms who used to be coolie porters.

"Hello, company commander!" The former head porter, in the new barracks, changed his nickname to Wang Gou'er with the help of the instructors. The new recruit named Wang Xuezheng led several other recruits outside the door. He gave a military salute, although it was still not standard, the tense muscles of his right hand showed that this soldier was extremely serious in his salute.

"Hehe, are you free tonight? Come on, sit down." Li Wei never had any airs of officialdom. He didn't have it before, he doesn't have it now, and he won't have it in the future. Next, took a few small teacups and placed them on the side of the square table in the house, and poured tea.